Football feast, starting from the acquisition of European clubs

Chapter 171 If you mess around again, I won't protect you
"Louis, your next task is to find out which big clubs have sent scouts to London and who their targets are."

"Okay, Chen, what else do I need to do?"

"No need, we players just renewed their contracts in the summer. No matter who those giants want to buy, they can't avoid our Crystal Palace club. As long as I don't want to sell, they can't do anything about me."

Chen Ran had already built the firewall in advance, so now he has food in his hands and doesn't panic.

"Chen, I reckon they might spend money this time."

"Hard hit?"

"Yes. Like Real Madrid bought Zidane, Figo and Ronaldo."

"Hehe, is it? Then I have to see and see. See how much money they can give me. You know, my appetite is very big."

Although it was a bit of a disappointment, Chen Ran still calmed down and led the team to seriously prepare for the ninth round of the Premier League on the weekend.

Because, Crystal Palace is about to run into their tough old rival Manchester United again.

This season's Manchester United, due to being put together by Chen Ran, delayed the time for signings.So apart from one Park Ji-sung, the lineup has not been greatly reinforced.

It may be due to the increased number of matches. Now whether it is Chen Ran or the Crystal Palace players, when they face Manchester United, they no longer have the nervousness and anticipation they had before.

Because he got enough rest and was playing at home, Chen Ran decided to adopt Guardiola's tactics and have a good time against Manchester United.

center tony
Left midfielder Ronaldo, midfielder Modric, right midfielder Ribery

Vieira, Simeone

Left-back Chiellini, Centre-back Gareth Southgate, Centre-back Vidic, Right-back Maicon
goalkeeper cech
On the Manchester United side, Sir Alex Ferguson replaced Fletcher as the right midfielder with the newly joined Park Ji-sung.

Forward Rooney, Forward Van Nistelrooy
Left Midfielder Ryan Giggs, Central Midfielder Scholes, Central Midfielder Keane, Right Midfielder Park Ji-sung

Left back Heinze, centre-back Sylvester, centre-back Rio Ferdinand, right-back Gary Neville

goalkeeper carroll

"It seems that the old sir is very conservative this time."

When Chen Ran saw Manchester United's starting roster, he couldn't help feeling like this.

"Boss, why do you say that? Manchester United's starting lineup has not changed much from before. Except for this new foreign aid, the rest are old faces."

Southgate and Simeone are both going to play, Guardiola, who stayed by Chen Ran's side, asked suspiciously.

"Hehe, Josep, don't underestimate Manchester United's new foreign aid. This guy named Park Ji-sung claims to have three lungs."

"Three lungs?"

"That's right. It means that this guy is energetic and active in running. Sir Alex Ferguson doesn't use Fletcher or Alan Smith, but uses Park Ji-sung, a rookie, obviously to let him mark Chris."

"Josep, go and remind Chris that he's in trouble for this game."

"Boss, is that an exaggeration?"

"It's not an exaggeration at all. I can even guess how Ferguson explained to Park Ji-sung. He will definitely let Park Ji-sung follow Chris every step of the way throughout the game. Wherever Chris goes, he must follow."

At the same time, on Manchester United's side, Ferguson deliberately called Park Ji-sung aside.

"Pu, your task today is to follow Crystal Palace's No. 7 player Cristiano Ronaldo every step of the way. Wherever he goes, you must be there. Do you understand?"

Worried that Park Ji-sung would not understand, Ferguson even slowed down and repeated.

"But, boss, if Crystal Palace's No. 7 player leaves his position, do I have to follow? If I also leave, won't our right lane be empty?"

"Don't worry about this. Just remember that your task today is to entangle Crystal Palace's No. 7 player. Even if there is an opening on the right, it is not your responsibility. Understand?"

"Okay, boss, I see."

This is the first time since Park Ji-sung came to Manchester United that Ferguson has so carefully explained his mission.

Park Ji-sung immediately got into high spirits, ready to give Crystal Palace's No. 7 some flair.

After explaining to Park Ji-sung, Ferguson called captain Roy Keane to his side.

"Roy, today I arranged for Park to mark Ronaldo of the Crystal Palace. If he is taken away by Ronaldo, you have to pay attention to filling the gap on the right side left by him in time. Understand?"

"Boss, what about it? The kid in Crystal Palace is just like that. Apart from playing tricks, he just flops and cheats fouls. You leave him to me, and I will teach him a lesson."

Keane has long been unhappy with Ronaldo, but now he is being watched closely by the referee and has not found a suitable opportunity.

"Nonsense! Don't you know that you have been blacklisted by the referees? I warn you, if you mess around again, I won't protect you."

Hearing Keane's words, Ferguson immediately gave him a hard look. He, the captain, wanted to find trouble again.

"understood."

Keane curled his lips in disdain, turned and walked away.

Seeing the back of Keane leaving, Ferguson shook his head helplessly.

Over the years, he didn't know how many times he wiped the ass of his rebellious captain.

Every time, it's not without a price. Isn't Ferguson's favor a Chinese cabbage?

What's more, Keane is 34 years old this year, with more and more injuries, and his ability will inevitably decline.

The value that can be used is getting less and less; the ability to cause trouble is increasing instead of decreasing.

"Roy, I hope you can take care of yourself. Otherwise, don't blame me for being ruthless."

While muttering to himself, Ferguson turned and walked in the opposite direction.

Chen Ran had no knowledge of what happened at Manchester United.

However, this does not prevent him from judging the situation on the field.

When Chen Ran saw that Park Ji-sung was following Ronaldo tightly as he had expected, he shook his head helplessly.

"Boss, you were right again. Ferguson really used that Park Ji-sung to follow Chris closely."

Guardiola came over again at this time, expressing emotion.

"Then what do you think we should do now?"

Chen Ran deliberately created a problem for Guardiola.

"Boss, I don't think we need to make adjustments now. Although Park Ji-sung has good physical fitness, his speed is not as fast as Chris. As long as there are no other Manchester United players to help defend, Chris can still get rid of Park Ji-sung."

"Well, what you said makes sense, but it's too passive."

"Now we are attacking across the board, and Manchester United's defense is compressed a lot. Their players are very close to each other, and it is easy to help defend. So you want Chris to find opportunities without help, it is very difficult. .”

"Boss, what should we do then?"

"What do you think about swapping Ronaldo and Ribery?"

"Swapping? Boss, what do you mean, let Chris go to the right to see if Park Ji-sung will follow?"

"That's right. If Park Ji-sung follows, what about Giggs? Also change positions with Park Ji-sung? If Giggs plays on the right, then his offensive power will be greatly reduced."

"If Park Ji-sung and Giggs don't change positions, then with Giggs' defensive ability, wouldn't Ronaldo get anything he wants?"

"Haha, boss, it's still your idea. Let's see how Ferguson will deal with it then."

After making up his mind, Chen Ran immediately came to the sidelines and took advantage of the dead ball to call Ribery who was close to him.

"Frank, you and Chris will switch positions in a while. You go to the left and let him come to the right. As for whether to pass from the bottom or cut inside after the switch, it is up to you two to decide. Understand. ?"

"Understood, boss,"

Soon, Franck Ribery and Ronaldo, who received Chen Ran's order, switched positions.

On the Manchester United side, Park Ji-sung kept Ferguson's account in mind: Wherever Crystal Palace's No. 7 player goes, you must follow there.

So, Park Ji-sung followed Ronaldo directly to the right of Crystal Palace, which is the left of Manchester United.

Giggs was dumbfounded this time.

Park Zhixing came to his side, so what should he do?Are you going to Park Ji-sung too?

No way, Giggs immediately turned his head to look at Ferguson on the sidelines, hoping to get instructions from the coach quickly.

Chen Ran's adjustment caught Ferguson in a daze.

This Chinese native has never played like this in so many games before.

Giggs is used to playing on the left, and the effect of going to the right is very bad.

In 1999, in the Champions League final between Manchester United and Bayern Munich, Ferguson wanted to win by surprise, so he switched Giggs and Beckham, and the performance of the two was very bad.

Had it not been for Sheringham and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's sudden inspiration at the end of the game, the European Champions Cup that year should have belonged to Bayern Munich, which performed better.

And without this Champions League champion, Ferguson would not have been knighted.His failure to switch Giggs and Beckham in the game will definitely be criticized by the fans.

Therefore, since the Champions League final, Ferguson has left a deep impression in his mind that Giggs is not suitable for playing on the right.

Now, Chen Ran's adjustment brought back that bad memory in Ferguson's mind again.

How to do?
Let Giggs go to the right?

Ferguson also saw the way Giggs looked at him. After years of getting along, Ferguson could see from Giggs' eyes that he didn't want to play on the right side either.

At this time, Ferguson had no time to think about it.

Ribery has gone to the right of Manchester United, and Park Ji-sung followed Ronaldo to the left of Manchester United.

In other words, there is no one in Manchester United's right midfielder position.

"Pu, you go back to the right right now, the No. 7 of Crystal Palace doesn't need you to follow."

"What?"

Park Zhixing was also taken aback when he heard Ferguson calling his name.

Boss, this is different from what was arranged before the game.

There is no way, the head coach's order must be implemented if he understands it, and it must be implemented if he does not understand it.

Park Ji-sung's professionalism is still not to be said. After receiving Ferguson's order, he dropped Ronaldo, turned around and ran to the right.

On the other side, seeing Ferguson hastily adjusting his deployment on the sidelines, Chen Ran suddenly smiled.

Good guy, let Giggs and Heinze defend Ronaldo and Maicon's offense.

Mr. Ferguson really has a big heart. As far as Giggs' poor defensive ability is concerned, Heinze is really unlucky.

"Patrick!"

Chen Ran immediately greeted Vieira on the sidelines, and then kept Ronaldo's position with his hands.

Vieira understood, when the ball came to his feet again.I saw Vieira's ankle flicked, and the ball immediately flew to Ronaldo on the right.

Seeing the direction in which the ball was flying, Giggs hurried over to stop Ronaldo from receiving the ball.

It's a pity that as soon as the two competed close to each other, Giggs was immediately ejected.

In terms of physical fitness, Giggs is not Ronaldo's opponent at all.

After squeezing Giggs away, Ronaldo dribbled the ball forward.

Seeing that Giggs failed to stop Ronaldo, Heinze had no choice but to rush up to block.Because he knows that once Ronaldo is allowed to run, he will never be able to catch up again.

Facing Heinze, Ronaldo did not talk to him.Kicked the ball forward, accelerated to bypass Heinze, and played a "pass the ball to myself three seconds later".

Nothing else, just bullying Heinze's speed is not enough.

After catching up with the ball, Ronaldo has left Heinze behind.With no one in front of him, Ronaldo took the ball and went straight to Manchester United's penalty area.

At this time, Manchester United's central defender Sylvester hurried over to make up for it.

Cristiano Ronaldo did not continue to pass, but passed the ball across to Modric in the middle.Not only did he not stop, but he continued to rush forward.

Seeing Ronaldo passing the ball and continuing to move forward, Modric, who has cooperated with him for more than two years and has a good understanding, immediately knew what Ronaldo wanted him to do.

Modric didn't stop the ball, and before Keane came to grab the ball, he directly rubbed the ball in an arc, crossed Sylvester's head, and the weight just fell in front of Ronaldo.

A perfect two over one.

Modric's basic skills are very solid, and Ronaldo does not need to adjust the ball's landing point.When the ball bounced off the ground, it was a volley when it went up.

"boom!"

Because of too much force, the ball drew a straight line and flew directly to the near corner of Manchester United's goal.

"clang!"

Because the angle of Ronaldo's shot was too wide, the ball hit the junction of Manchester United's goal crossbar and goal post heavily, and then bounced to the other side.

"Fxxxk!"

Ronaldo, who was already about to celebrate, couldn't help but swear.

Seeing that the ball missed, Tony hurried to grab the second point.

On Manchester United's side, Ferdinand is not good. His task is to keep an eye on Tony, so how can he let Tony grab a follow-up shot?
Anyway, Ferdinand kept dragging and pestering Tony, and neither of them could win the ball.

At this time, Manchester United goalkeeper Carroll rushed over and punched the ball out of the penalty area.

However, before everyone at Manchester United could catch their breath, they saw a thin figure rushing towards the ball's landing point.

Without waiting for the ball to hit the ground, he volleyed directly.

(End of this chapter)