Football feast, starting from the acquisition of European clubs

Chapter 231 The new season begins with a tragedy

Regarding Chen Ran's newly designed tactics for the team, Guardiola and the three of them don't have much opinion.

Because Chen Ran has taken all aspects of the situation into consideration, no matter whether it is Guardiola, Southgate or Simeone, there is nothing wrong with it.

It's just that their next training plan may have to be greatly revised, and those players are probably going to suffer again.

"Boss, there are a lot of tactics added this time. I'm afraid it will take a while for the players to master them all."

Guardiola and the other two looked at each other, stood up and expressed their concerns.

"It doesn't matter. Didn't we arrange a lot of friendly matches? While training, we use the matches to conduct actual combat tests."

"Gareth, Diego, both of you are 36 years old this year. I believe you have experienced the decline in your physical condition. If you two play as the main players for a whole season, you will be prone to injuries. I don't want you At that time, he was forced to retire due to injury."

"So in this season, I will gradually reduce the playing time of the two of you. In many cases, you will not be allowed to start as the main players. I hope you two will be mentally prepared for this."

Hearing what Chen Ran said, Southgate and Simeone glanced at each other.

Just now when Chen Ran arranged the new tactics, the names of the two of them did not appear in the starting lineup. At that time, the two of them already had a faint premonition in their hearts.

"Boss, don't worry, we know it well. As players, this day will come sooner or later, and we accept it."

In the end, it was Southgate who stood up and expressed his opinion on behalf of the two.Although they didn't want to admit it, they knew in their hearts that their physical condition was indeed not as good as before, and it was becoming more and more difficult to play the whole game.

"I'm relieved if you can figure it out for yourself. Next, the two of you have to be like Josep, and slowly put the focus of your work on the assistant coach. Do you understand?"

"Got it, boss."

Next, after determining the tactical play for the new season, the Crystal Palace players who had just returned to the team began a hard pre-season preparation period.

After careful preparation, the first International Champions Cup was a great success in the United States.

Four Premier League teams, a total of six games, were held in six different cities in the United States.

The game with the smallest audience was Liverpool vs. Arsenal, with more than 1000 people attending the game.

The most crowded game between Crystal Palace and Manchester United was held at the Rose Bowl Stadium in Los Angeles, California. The number of spectators who attended the game reached a staggering 1000 people.

Ranked No. 2 is the match between Crystal Palace and Arsenal. At the M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland, the number of spectators also reached more than 3000.

These astonishing numbers of spectators surprised those who were not optimistic about the International Champions Cup before.

Americans' enthusiasm for football far exceeds most people's expectations.

So much so that this time the International Champions Cup had just ended, and many sponsors came to Stephen with checks, asking to book sponsorship places for next year.

Although the players are still in the pre-season preparation period, Crystal Palace still won the first International Champions Cup with a record of three victories by virtue of their super strength.

"Chen, this time around the International Champions Cup, based on the preliminary statistics of tickets, TV broadcasts, advertising sponsorships, and appearance fees, we can probably get about 2500 million euros in revenue."

Sitting in Chen Ran's hotel room, Stephen reported to Chen Ran the income of the International Champions Cup.

"Well, it's not bad. I heard that many manufacturers have approached you to book sponsorship for next year, right?"

"Yes, the International Champions Cup this time has surprisingly good results. Now there are too many manufacturers scheduled to sponsor next year, and the number of places is limited. I don't know how to choose."

Stephen had a wry smile on his face. He didn't expect that there were so many people who came to give money on their own initiative. It was a happy trouble.

"It's simple. You double the sponsorship price for next year's ad, and you're guaranteed to get a lot of people back."

"Is doubling the amount too much?"

Stephen was also surprised by Chen Ran's lion's big mouth.

"Next year I will expand the number and scope of participating teams, and the influence of the International Champions Cup will only increase. You disclose this news to those manufacturers and guarantee that they will honestly pay for it."

"Understood. Chen, once you throw this bait out, you will definitely catch a big fish again."

Upon hearing Chen Ran's arrangement, Stephen immediately felt relieved.This good friend of his can always come up with various solutions, and many problems can be easily solved by him.

After participating in the International Champions Cup, Chen Ran started his trip to Asia with Crystal Palace.

This time, Crystal Palace only played a friendly match in China, Japan, and the United Arab Emirates.

With the momentum of the Triple Crown, Crystal Palace's three games in Asia are full.

Especially in Huaguo, because they went to Shanghai last year, Crystal Palace chose to go to the capital this year and played a friendly match with Beijing Guoan.

In order to witness the Triple Crown Crystal Palace game with their own eyes, domestic Crystal Palace fans flocked to the capital.So much so that the price of scalper tickets for this game has been fired into the sky, but the supply is still in short supply.

Although Crystal Palace replaced most of the main players in the second half, Crystal Palace still beat Beijing Guoan with a score of 5:1, which can be regarded as a goal battle for many Crystal Palace fans who came from all directions.

After finishing all the friendly matches, Chen Ran finally led the team back to London and began to prepare for an important championship match.

That is to say, last season's UEFA Champions League champion Crystal Palace will face last season's Europa League champion Sevilla, and the winner will win last season's European Super Cup.

The game time of the European Super Cup has always been very late, which is almost equivalent to the opening game of the European League for the entire new season.

The Sevilla team is also a strange thing. In their previous life, they had the nickname "The King of the Europa League", and they have won six Europa League titles in total.

Chen Ran did not dare to underestimate this opponent.Opponents can win so many Europa League titles, which shows that they are very good at playing cup games, which is a bit like Liverpool in the Premier League.

For this reason, Chen Ran formed the main lineup that had been honed in the preseason.

Forward Toni, Forward Ibrahimovic
Left midfielder Ronaldo, midfielder Kaka, right midfielder Ribery

Vieira, Modric
Left centre-back Chiellini, centre-back Nemanja Vidic, right centre-back Thiago Silva

goalkeeper cech
On the Sevilla side, the head coach Juan Ramos, who is known for being good at playing cup games, also played the main force.

Forward Canoute, Forward Fabiano
Left Midfielder Puerta, Central Midfielder Paulson, Central Midfielder Marty, Right Midfielder Maresca
Left back Dragutinovic, center back Navarro, center back Adriano, right back Pablo

goalkeeper palop

On August 8th, the 25st UEFA Super Cup will begin at the Stade Louis II in Monaco.

"Haha, hello everyone, where am I now?"

Although the European Super Cup is not very popular in China, but because of the participation of the Crystal Palace, it still attracted the attention of many Crystal Palace fans this time.

No, some fans uploaded a selfie on the post bar of Crystal Palace.

"I'll go, brother, you are not in Monaco now, are you?"

"Dangdangdangdang, the answer is correct. I am now outside the Louis II Stadium in Monaco, and I will go in to watch the UEFA Super Cup match in Crystal Palace in a while."

Immediately afterwards, the fan took a photo of his ticket and uploaded it to the post bar.

"The landlord is a local tyrant, the appraisal is complete."

"The one upstairs is misplaced. The host is obviously alone, so why are there two tickets? Who else?"

"Brother, you didn't go to Monaco just to watch a European Super Cup, did you?"

"Ahem, I actually lied to my girlfriend that I was traveling with her to Monaco."

"Good guy, I said it looks so familiar. Brother, you were the one who tricked your girlfriend into watching the Champions League final at Crystal Palace last time, right?"

"Hey, it's me."

"I'll go, the local tyrant has hammered it."

"It's really stupid for your girlfriend to be cheated twice by you with the same excuse. Where can I find such a girlfriend? I want it too."

"Wake up upstairs. His girlfriend is called 'Dazhi Ruoyu', understand? You think his girlfriend really doesn't know the landlord's clumsy excuse, but he just doesn't expose it."

"That's right. Isn't it just to watch a football game? You can go to Europe for travel and shopping. I'm willing to do it for me."

"Hey, I said that your building is too crooked, right? Shouldn't we be discussing the European Super Cup? How can you say it's the host's girlfriend?"

"What is there to discuss in the European Super Cup? As far as Sevilla's lineup is concerned, there are not many names. How can they play against Crystal Palace?"

"That's right. The result of this game is basically determined from the moment Crystal Palace wins the Champions League. Crystal Palace is the champion!"

"Crystal Palace are champions +1."

"Crystal Palace are champions +2."

Frankly speaking, Chen Ran also thinks that Sevilla's strength will hardly pose a threat to Crystal Palace.

Therefore, he sent a 352 formation with super attack power.

When the referee blew the whistle to start the game, Crystal Palace immediately pressed across the board.

Whether it was Tony and Ibrahimovic in the forward line, or Kaka in the midfield, Ronaldo and Ribery, they all formed a comprehensive suppression of Sevilla.

Because Crystal Palace has too many hot spots on the field, Kaka breaks through with the ball, a Sevilla player can't defend at all, so he can only have another defense.

In this way, there will inevitably be loopholes in other parts of Seville's defense.

In the same way, whether Ronaldo, Ibrahimovic, or even Ribery, as long as any of them gets the ball, Sevilla will have to use two people to double-team.

This made Sevilla's defense quickly become fragmented.

Coupled with the position of the defensive midfielder, Vieira and Modric, who can see the overall situation, are responsible for pass scheduling.The offensive of the entire Crystal Palace is like mercury pouring down the ground, pervasive.

No. In the 204th minute, Kaka broke through and encountered a double-team, and then distributed the ball to Ibrahimovic in front left.

Ibrahimovic took two steps, came to the outside of Sevilla's big penalty area, dialed and dunked, and made an arc with his right foot before the Sevilla defender came up to block it Line ball long shot.

The ball draws a wonderful arc, will pass the fingertips of Sevilla goalkeeper Palop, and fly into the upper left corner of the goal.

"GOAL!"

Crystal Palace lead Sevilla 1-0.

Ibrahimovic scored in his first official game on behalf of Crystal Palace.

This start, no matter for Crystal Palace or Ibrahimovic himself, is too wonderful.

"Pretty!"

Chen Ran on the sidelines also shook his fist fiercely, and the stone hanging in his heart was finally let go.

After all, Crystal Palace played friendly matches before, and the reference value is not very high.How effective the new formation will be in the official game is the real test.

"Haha, boss, it seems that your new formation works well. Zlatan Ibrahimovic is also strong, and Sevilla can't defend him at all."

Guardiola and Southgate also came together to celebrate the goal. It started smoothly and everyone was in a good mood.

Seeing a goal behind, Sevilla's head coach Juan Ramos was also a little anxious, and kept calling his players to attack.

However, the strength gap between the two teams is there. Even if Sevilla's players want to press up and attack, they can't press up.

Because the offense of Crystal Palace did not restrain itself because of the goal, but intensified, and the wave was higher than the wave, overwhelming the defensive players of Sevilla.

In the 309th minute, Ronaldo ran along the left line after receiving a pass from Modric.A good heel dribbles and immediately cuts inside to the middle.

Immediately afterwards, he made a two-for-one cooperation with Kaka. After receiving the ball knocked back by Kaka with his heel, he shot directly.

"boom!"

It is similar to Ibrahimovic's shooting position before, except that Ronaldo's shooting has no arc, the ball is urgent and fast, and goes straight to the upper right corner of Sevilla's goal.

The unlucky goalkeeper Palop jumped and stretched his body to the limit.It's a pity that Ronaldo's shot was too angled, and Palop still couldn't touch the ball.

"GOAL!"

Crystal Palace lead Sevilla 2-0.

After scoring the goal, Ronaldo gave Ibrahimovic a provocative look.The meaning is very clear, if you can enter, so can I.

Since Zlatan Ibrahimovic came to Crystal Palace, he and Ronaldo, the two strong guys, have shown their signs in training and games.

Both of them think that they are the best, what you can do, I can only do better than you.

Southgate, who soon discovered that there was a rivalry between the two, immediately reported the matter to Chen Ran.

After observing for a period of time, Chen Ran found that the two of them had no conflicts off the field, but they didn't agree with each other on the football field.

Chen Ran welcomes this healthy competition.

He likes this kind of self-motivated employees the most.

(End of this chapter)