Football feast, starting from the acquisition of European clubs

Chapter 187 The Chicken Blood Card Is Too Powerful

"Isn't it just a noble with no real power? It's the 21st century, what else can these guys do besides eating and waiting to die?"

Mourinho obviously didn't care about Peter Kenyon's reminder.

"Ahem, Jose, this is England, and the veteran nobles still have some energy."

"Well, so what? Crystal Palace is now the number one team in the Premier League. Even with the support of the Marquis of Bath, it is impossible to go further. Could it be that he can help Crystal Palace win the Champions League?"

"José, you can't just look at it from a football point of view."

"Oh? Peter, tell me in detail."

Hearing what Peter Kenyon said, Mourinho immediately became serious.

He is indeed unfamiliar with and doesn't care about things outside the football field.

"That Chinese man is a foreigner just like our boss, and they all come from countries that are not on the side of the Western camp."

"It doesn't matter if it's just a small fight, but once you want to stand on the top, you will attract countless enemies, open or hidden."

"This Chen Ran is very smart. He has won over the powerful Marquis of Bath. This is to find an amulet for himself and the Crystal Palace Club in advance."

"With this talisman, at least it can help that Huaguo ward off most of the plots. Others will not embarrass that Huaguo too much for the sake of the Marquis of Bath."

"This is really a good move. Our boss lacks such a powerful friend in the UK now."

While Peter Kenyon explained to Mourinho, he was also full of envy.

Because he knew that Abramovich's identity was much more embarrassing than Chen Ran's.

Chen Ran is just an amateur, but Abu has an inexplicable relationship with the Russian political circle.

Under such circumstances, which powerful British boss would dare to get close to Abramovich?

"Peter, what you mean is that the Chinese man has filled the last loophole, and the Crystal Palace is now more difficult to deal with, right?"

Hearing this, Mourinho completely understood what Peter Kenyon meant.But his eyebrows were furrowed even tighter.

"That's right. These actions of the Chinese man can at least ensure the stability of the Crystal Palace Club for a long time. Jose, we may have to be mentally prepared to be suppressed by the Crystal Palace for a long time."

"Hehe, Peter, are you too pessimistic?"

Mourinho raised his eyebrows and sneered, but Peter Kenyon's pessimistic remarks aroused his fighting spirit.

"I admit that the Chinese man managed the Crystal Palace Club very well. Even if we paid a lot of money, we couldn't poach their main players."

"However, that's not because the main players of Crystal Palace don't want to make a lot of money, but because they think Chelsea's background is not enough."

"Crystal Palace has now won the Premier League title and the UEFA Cup. They have also performed very well in the UEFA Champions League this season. I believe they must have attracted the attention of many European clubs."

"If those giant clubs also offer sky-high prices to attract players from Crystal Palace like us, I don't believe that those players will stay firmly in Crystal Palace?"

Mourinho has never been a person who gives up easily. If the enemy is strong, he must be stronger.

Want him to bow his head to Chen Ran?

dream!

Also in London, Arsenal Club, Arsene Wenger's office.

Wenger was also speechless when he saw the newspaper his assistant had placed on his desk.

Why did you put the gossip newspaper on his desk today?
Huh?
Isn't this the little guy from Huaguo?
Wenger, who originally wanted to ask his assistant to take these newspapers away, couldn't help but pick up the top Sun newspaper and read it.

"The Marquess of Bath?"

"When did this little guy get together with this controversial figure again?"

With strong curiosity, Wenger continued to read.

However, he couldn't stand it after seeing half of it. Although he is French, he has heard a lot about the Marquis of Bath.

However, that little guy from Huaguo is really capable of tossing around.

It's really clever to think of hugging the thigh.

As a Frenchman, Wenger did not know how many losses he suffered in the years of competition with Ferguson.

Things like the schedule, the referee's penalty and so on, are simply too numerous to write.

But what can Wenger say?

Turn the table over?
Don't want to hang out?

This is neither Wenger's style, nor does he have the courage to sink the boat.

However, Wenger's useless attitude over the years has been stored in his heart bit by bit, and he has never forgotten it.

Since Crystal Palace won the Premier League title last year, Wenger has judged that Ferguson will definitely make a move against Crystal Palace.

This can be seen from the fact that Crystal Palace has much more devil schedules than other teams.

In addition, in the past two years, Crystal Palace can be said to be the team that has won the least number of penalties, even worse than some relegation teams.

Wenger didn't know if Chen Ran knew who was behind it, but when he saw the photo of the little guy and the Marquis of Bath today, he knew that the little guy had made a move.

Not only did he make a move, but he was a king bomb as soon as he made a move.

Presumably that old fellow Ferguson is now considering whether to stop?

Thinking of Ferguson's deflated appearance, Wenger couldn't help but burst out laughing.

After finally finishing his work, Chen Ran finally turned his energy back to the team.

Because, a new stage of intensive schedule is about to start again.

On January 1, in the fourth round of the FA Cup, Crystal Palace challenged the Championship team Preston away.

Because there will be two consecutive Premier League games three days later, it is natural for Chen Ran to send a substitute lineup for this FA Cup.

Especially those little guys who were about to go to William II, Chen Ran sent them all to practice.

Chen Ran also handed over the command of the game to Guardiola. In the end, under the pressure of the Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace beat Preston 1-0 away and advanced to the fifth round of the FA Cup.

On February 2, in the No.1 round of the Premier League, Crystal Palace played against Middlesbrough at home.

This time, Chen Ran naturally used all the main force, and sent Tony and Jan Kohler to form a double center.

The main players of Crystal Palace, who were recharging their energy, did not spend much effort against Middlesbrough.

No other tricks were used, that is, to break through the cross from the side and grab a shot from the center.

But because the player strength gap is a bit big, Middlesbrough's defenders just can't defend.

Crystal Palace stunned Middlesbrough with three headers from Toni, Jan Kohler and Yaya Toure.

In the end, Crystal Palace easily won Middlesbrough 3-0 at home and took three points.

Just two days later, on February 2th, in the No.4 fifth round of the Premier League, Crystal Palace will go to an away game against West Ham United.

This time, because it was the third game within seven days, it was an away game.

Taking into account the physical condition of the players, Chen Ran adopted Simeone's defensive counterattack tactics.

West Ham United is also an old opponent of Crystal Palace. The two teams played against each other in the Championship. Naturally, they are very clear about the details of Crystal Palace.

Therefore, although Chen Ran adopted a defensive and counterattack tactic, West Ham United was not fooled at all.They don't attack at all, they also shrink in the backcourt to defend.

As a result, the two teams spent most of the game amidst the boos of West Ham United fans.

Crystal Palace is an away game, so of course Chen Ran has no burden.

What is rare is that the head coach of West Ham United has a thick skin enough to ignore the boos all over the field, even if they are killed, they will not attack.

In the end, Chen Ran also gave in, because he still wanted to win the game.

From the first to the seventh 10 minutes of the game, Chen Ran began to change his lineup. After replacing Yang Kohler, he continued to play the routine of the previous game.

In the end, Crystal Palace took advantage of 10 minutes of attacking time, relied on Jan Kohler's two headers to score, and won the away game 2-0 against West Ham United.

In this round of the Premier League, there is another strong dialogue, that is, Chelsea beat Liverpool 2-0 at home, achieving a season double kill against Liverpool.

Among other strong teams, Manchester United beat Fulham 4:2 at Old Trafford, and Arsenal beat Birmingham 2:0 at home.

After five rounds of Premier League No.20, Crystal Palace topped the standings with 23 wins, two draws and 71 points.

Chelsea are still seven points behind in second place, Manchester United are third with 51 points, Liverpool are fourth with 45 points, and Arsenal are still in sixth place, still under the pressure of rivals Tottenham Hotspur in the same city.

After a wave of three consecutive victories, Chen Ran also received a first-level harvest card, a winning bonus of 200 million euros, and a first-level chicken blood card from the system.

The first two don't matter, but Chen Ran has been looking forward to the last one for a long time.

He had only gotten one before, and he was never willing to use it.

So Chen Ran still has no idea what the effect will be.

Now that he has the second first-level chicken blood card in his hand, he is thinking about whether to use one to try the effect first.

Another thing is to look at the negative effects stated on the card, how bad it was to play like shit in the next three days.

After a week of rest, Crystal Palace ushered in the first round of the Champions League quarter-finals.

Crystal Palace's signing luck is not good, first the host and then the guest.

In this game, Crystal Palace is sitting at Highbury Stadium against Juventus.

Chen Ran naturally attached great importance to this old European team.As usual, he asked Guardiola to edit the video of Juventus' recent games.After reading it, the atmosphere of the pre-match preparation meeting was a bit dignified.

"Let's talk about it, how should we play this game?"

Chen Ran looked around at his Wolong, Fengchu and Shanfu, but no one said anything, so he had to call their names.

"Josep, you edited this video, you must have watched it many times, tell me what you think."

"Boss, Juventus really can't find any weaknesses. From the defense, to the midfield and then to the front line, they are all very strong. If we must find a weakness, it may only be that their two central defenders are not very tall. That's it."

"Very well, this alone is very useful."

Chen Ran praised Guardiola verbally, and then wrote down the word height on the tactical whiteboard.

"What do you two think?"

"Boss, since Juventus' defense is not tall enough, let's just use the twin towers tactic. Anyway, the Crystal Palace players are very familiar with this tactic."

Southgate was the first to talk about his views this time.

"Well said."

Chen Ran wrote down the twin tower tactics on the whiteboard again, and then looked at Simeone.

"Boss, after Josep mentioned the height of Juventus just now, I checked the information of several of their main defenders. I found that their main right back Zebina is the tallest among the four defenders. Reached 189CM."

"And Ronaldo, our most powerful left midfielder, happened to be facing Zebina. Judging from the video, Zebina's speed is obviously not comparable to Ronaldo. I think we can focus on Ronaldo. .”

"Very good, Diego said it very well!"

Chen Ran not only praised him verbally, but even took the initiative to applaud Simeone.

After some discussion, Chen Ran finally decided on the tactics against Juventus.

Forward Tony, Forward Jan Kohler
Left midfielder Cristiano Ronaldo, central midfielder Vieira, central midfielder Simeone, right midfielder Ribery
Left-back Chiellini, centre-back Southgate.Central defender Nemanja Vidic, right back Maicon

goalkeeper cech
The typical British 442 formation has no front midfielder and no midfielder, which is rare in Crystal Palace's starting lineup.

On the Juventus side, coach Capello also sent all the main lineup.

For the Crystal Palace who can beat AC Milan, he has no intention of underestimating the enemy.

Forward Trezeguet, Forward Ibrahimovic
Left Midfield Nedved, Central Midfielder Emerson, Central Midfielder Gianni Keida, Right Midfielder Camoranesi

Left back Zambrotta, center back Cannavaro, center back Thuram, right back Zebina

goalkeeper buffon
The same 442 formation, the same two high center forwards and forwards, the two teams actually adopted the same tactics.

The only thing that can make Chen Ran feel lucky is that he snatched Vieira from Juventus last summer.

Otherwise, if there is Vieira in Juventus' formation now, the strength will be too terrifying.

For this game, Chen Ran quietly used the "Level [-] Chicken Blood Card" for Simeone, wanting to see how effective this card is.

After all, Simeone will be 36 years old in April, and his strength is definitely not comparable to that at his peak.

The greater the contrast, the easier it is to judge the effect of the "Level [-] Chicken Blood Card".

With the whistle of the referee, the game officially began.

The game lasted less than 10 minutes, and one person became the focus of the audience.

That is Simeone, running all over the field, from the penalty area of ​​Crystal Palace to the penalty area of ​​Juventus, whether it is offense or defense, he can be seen everywhere, not at all like a veteran who is about to be 36 years old.

"Is this Simeone crazy today?"

Seeing Simeone's exaggerated performance, Capello on the sidelines couldn't believe his eyes. How does this guy look like a 36-year-old?
(End of this chapter)