Football feast, starting from the acquisition of European clubs

Chapter 191 The Master of Pro Evolution Soccer

Soon, Chen Ran knew what "kicking like shit" meant.

Can you imagine a player like Simeone stopping the ball seven meters away?

Today, in the FA Cup game, everyone saw it.

Stopping the ball seven meters away, stopping the ball out of the sideline, passing the ball too far, hitting the corner flagpole with a shot, almost injuring himself with a tackle, and other unimaginable things, all appeared on Simeone.

Chen Ran didn't care that the game lasted less than half an hour, so he was so scared that he quickly replaced Simeone.

It's okay to be ashamed, don't hurt yourself again, it's not worth it.

"Boss, I'm sorry, I don't know what's going on today. My legs and feet seem to be out of control, and all the mistakes that are impossible to make in normal times have all appeared today."

Simeone, who walked off the court, was too ashamed to look up into Chen Ran's eyes.

"Ahem, it's okay. It's normal for a player to have ups and downs. Didn't you perform very well in the game against Juventus before? It's okay if you are not in good shape today. Just rest for a few days, don't Take it to heart."

Chen Ran stepped forward and put his arm around Simeone's shoulder to comfort him.

Others didn't know, and thought Simeone's state fluctuated too much.

But Chen Ran knew clearly in his heart that it was all because of the result of his experiment with the "first-level chicken blood card" with Simeone.

After appeasing Simeone, Chen Ran put his mind on the game again.

In fact, for the FA Cup, Chen Ran's attitude is similar to that for the League Cup. He mainly focuses on training substitute players and rookies, and doesn't pay much attention to the results of the game.

It's just that Crystal Palace's signing luck this season is good, and they haven't encountered any strong enemies along the way in the FA Cup.Even with a substitute player, he was able to pass the test and hit the present.

Today's situation is still the same. Chen Ran mainly uses substitute players, with a small number of main players. With Mascherano's goal, Crystal Palace still won Middlesbrough 1-0 at home and advanced to the FA Cup. Quarterfinals.

What surprised Chen Ran the most was that after winning the game, the system rewarded him with new goodies.

"Level [-] profiteer card": When the host sells players, they can add another [-]% to the opponent's psychological price.

"Add another ten percent above the psychological price?"

Seeing this explanation, Chen Ran's eyes lit up.

In other words, if Crystal Palace wants to sell players in the future, as long as they use this "first-level profiteer card", they can directly lock in the highest price that the other party is willing to pay, and it can also increase by [-]%.

As expected of a profiteer card, in Chen Ran's mind, the image of a flower planter seeing a camel suddenly popped up. The profiteer is worth MAX.

Everything is going well, Chen Ran is naturally in a good mood.

What is rare is that there is no mid-week game in Crystal Palace this week, and Cheryl's side is not as busy as it was a while ago.

After the two discussed it, Chen Ran simply accompanied Cheryl to Milan, Italy to watch Milan Fashion Week.

Now that he has come to Milan, Chen Ran inevitably thinks of Kaka who is playing here.

Moreover, Kaka's wife, Caroline, is a model and designer, and her mother is Dior's general agent in South America.

So, Chen Ran tried to contact Kaka through the little fat man.

Unexpectedly, Kaka was very enthusiastic, and took his wife Caroline to accompany Chen Ran and Cheryl to watch the fashion show.

Especially Cheryl and Caroline, they hit it off right away.

After all, the fashion industry and the entertainment industry are already closely related. Two beauties with similar looks get together and have endless topics and gossip.

So that in the end, Cheryl and Caroline stuck together watching shows, shopping, eating, and chatting, but left Chen Ran and Kaka aside.

"Haha, it seems that the two of us have become redundant."

Seeing Kaka's helpless expression, Chen Ran also laughed.

"Mr. Chen, it's the middle of the season. As the owner and head coach of the Crystal Palace Club, do you still have time to watch the fashion show with your girlfriend?"

Kaka couldn't help asking curiously.

Ever since Chen Ran sent the little fat man to contact Kaka, Kaka has paid more attention to Chen Ran and the Crystal Palace Club.

As long as he saw reports about Crystal Palace or Chen Ran, he would pay attention.

In addition, under Chen Ran's orders, the little fat man just made a phone call to care and greet him.During the holidays, there will be heartfelt gifts from the UK.

This made Kaka's impression of Chen Ran and Crystal Palace even deeper.

"The team's performance has been good recently, and it's rare for me to have time to relax. To tell you the truth, this is the first time I've accompanied Cheryl to a fashion show."

"What? This is your first time to see a fashion show?"

Kaka looked at Chen Ran in surprise, he almost threw up after watching the fashion show.

"Yeah. I am very busy, and Cheryl is also very busy. It is difficult for the two of us to find time to be free at the same time. So this time I have the opportunity, I will accompany her to take a look. Let me tell you a secret, in fact, I Not interested in fashion shows at all.”

At the end, Chen Ran's voice suddenly became quieter, and he didn't forget to look around.

"Actually, I'm not interested either. It's better to play live football at home for a while."

Hearing Chen Ran's complaint, Kaka also nodded with sympathy.

"Huh? Do you also like to play live football? Let's compete when we have time. Let me remind you first, I am a master of live football. When I was in school, I was invincible in the whole school."

"Hmph, that's because you didn't meet me."

Hearing Chen Ran boasting, Kaka was also unconvinced.

He immediately called Caroline, and the four of them split into two groups.

Caroline continued to take Cheryl to watch shows and go shopping, while Chen Ran was brought back home by Kaka.The two of them turned on the game consoles and started playing, and they both got what they wanted.

Chen Ran is indeed a master of Pro Evolution football, no matter in his previous life or now, he has been playing for two lifetimes.

Kaka is not too weak, although he is slightly worse than Chen Ran, but he can still play back and forth, winning and losing each other.

Playing live football, the most fearful thing is that the strength of the two people is too different.

In this way, those who lose have no interest in continuing to play, and those who win also find it boring.

In fact, it is not easy to find a playmate of comparable strength in the game of football.

Whether it is Chen Ran or Kaka, they usually play against the computer at home more often.

It's rare to meet each other now, and I forget the time all of a sudden.

By the time Caroline came back with Cheryl, it was already dark.

With Kaka and Caroline entertaining them, Chen Ran and Cheryl's trip to Milan certainly had a great time.

Reciprocity, Chen Ran naturally invited Kaka and his wife to visit London.

When leaving Milan, Kaka took Caroline to the airport to see her off in person.

Looking at the reluctant Kaka, Chen Ran smiled inwardly, the harvest of this trip to Milan is really not small.

A week later, in the seventh round of No.20 in the Premier League, Crystal Palace went away to challenge Birmingham.

With the high-altitude bombing of Tony and Jan Kohler, Crystal Palace blasted away Birmingham's strict defense and won the game 2:0.

The victory of this game allowed Chen Ran to get a new reward from the system.

"Level [-] discount card": When the host buys players, they can get another [-]% discount on the opponent's psychological price.

"A [-]% discount on the psychological price?"

Seeing this explanation, Chen Ran seemed to have a clue.

It seems that this "first-level discount card" corresponds to that "first-level profiteer card".

One is responsible for buying, and the other is responsible for selling. They complement each other and complement each other. The system is really considerate.

In this game, Chen Ran put Simeone on the bench again, and waited until the stoppage time before replacing him to delay the time.

This time, even Guardiola couldn't stand it anymore. He thought that Chen Ran was going to freeze Simeone because of Simeone's poor performance in the last FA Cup.

"Boss, although Diego's performance in the last game was not good, he still has strength. You only let him play in stoppage time, isn't it a bit too wasteful?"

"Josep, don't worry. I am adjusting Diego's state, and I have adjusted it now. In the next game, I will let Diego start."

Chen Ran patted Guardiola's shoulder calmly, looking confident.

Of course he dared to promise Simeone to start the next game, because the negative effect of the "first-level chicken blood card" shit is three games, and today is the last game.

"Really?"

Guardiola looked at Chen Ran suspiciously.

"Of course, just wait and see the effect."

On March 3th, in the No.5 eighth round of the Premier League, Crystal Palace will go to an away game against Manchester City.

Originally, with Manchester City's current strength, it was not a threat to Crystal Palace.

However, just two days after this game, Crystal Palace will travel to Turin, Italy to play Juventus in the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals.

Although Crystal Palace won Juventus in the first round, the 2:1 score hardly gave Chen Ran any sense of security.

In particular, Juventus scored a valuable away goal, which made Crystal Palace feel stuck in their throats and must go all out.

Therefore, after repeated weighing, Chen Ran decided to rotate most of the main players in the Premier League game against Manchester City.

As a result of this, Crystal Palace was tied 1:1 by Manchester City in the away game and lost three points.

In the other games of this round of the Premier League, Chelsea beat West Bromwich Albion 2:1 away, and Manchester United beat Wigan Athletic 2:1 away.

Liverpool were held to a 0-0 draw by Charlton at Anfield, while Arsenal beat Fulham 4-0 away.

After the No.20 eight rounds of the Premier League game, Crystal Palace still tops the Premier League standings with a record of 25 wins and three draws.

But the draw, and Chelsea's simultaneous victory, cut Palace's lead to five points.

Looking at the latest standings, Chen Ran felt a long-lost sense of urgency.

The next game against Juventus must be won, otherwise the price paid will be too great.

Because they only played against each other not long ago, Chen Ran is already very familiar with the situation of Juventus.

Considering that this is an away game, and that Crystal Palace now has the initiative.

As long as Juventus don't break their own goal, then Crystal Palace can eliminate their opponents and advance to the quarter-finals of the Champions League.

Therefore, Chen Ran did his part to adopt Simeone's defensive counterattack tactics.

center tony
Left midfielder Cristiano Ronaldo, right midfielder Ribery
DM Yaya Toure, DM Vieira, DM Simeone
Left back Chiellini, centre-back Southgate, centre-back Vidic, right-back Maicon
goalkeeper cech
On the Juventus side, Capello was even more ruthless, taking out the posture of breaking the boat and preparing for a comeback.

He directly moved the lineup that Juventus scored a goal in the second half of the first round to the starting list.

Center Trezeguet, Center Ibrahimovic
Midfielder Del Piero
Left Midfielder Nedved, Right Midfielder Camoranesi
DM Emerson

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

goalkeeper buffon
March 3th, Turin, Italy, Del Alpi Stadium.

The stadium, which can accommodate 9000 people, is rarely full.

Unlike the stadiums in the Premier League, most of the stadiums in Italy are comprehensive stadiums, that is, the kind with a runway, so the whole stadium looks very huge and empty.

Whether it is the audience experience or the atmosphere of the scene, it is far inferior to the Premier League stadium.

However, this is not a bad thing for Crystal Palace who are playing away.

At the very least, you won't clearly hear what the audience is yelling at you.

"Boss, the Juventus starting lineup is out."

While speaking, Guardiola handed the list to Chen Ran.

"Capello is trying his best!"

When Chen Ran saw Del Piero's name appearing in it, he immediately understood that Capello was going to attack with all his might.

"Yes. Capello's lineup is exactly the same as when they scored a goal in the second half of the first round. It seems that Capello is planning to send three forwards directly to attack this time."

Guardiola also saw Capello's intentions at a glance.

"There is also a possibility that Capello will let Del Piero play the midfielder. He also has this organizational ability, and then the formation adopts a 442 diamond-shaped midfielder."

"Huh? It is indeed possible. Boss, which arrangement do you think Capello is more likely to adopt?"

"It's hard to say. But I prefer Capello to let Del Piero play the attacking midfielder. It's too aggressive to play three strikers at the beginning. This is not Capello's style."

"However, if Juventus is unable to break through the goal of our Crystal Palace, then Capello may change his formation, let Del Piero move forward, and change to a three-forward tactic."

"In short, we have to prepare for both possibilities. Josep, go and call Maicon."

"Okay, boss."

After Maicon was called by Guardiola, Chen Ran pointed to Del Piero's name and told him.

"This Del Piero may play as a front midfielder or a left winger. If he is a left winger, then his range of activities is the area you are responsible for defending."

"You remember, this guy is very good at cutting inside, so when you defend, you have to guard his right foot, guard his inside. Understand?"

"Got it, boss."

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

As soon as he saw the positions of the players on the Juventus field, Guardiola immediately murmured.

"That Capello really asked Del Piero to be the attacking midfielder, and the boss guessed it right again."

(End of this chapter)