Football feast, starting from the acquisition of European clubs

Chapter 234 Ibrahimovic continues to explode
"Louis, tell me, what is your father's decision regarding my proposal?"

Although he didn't play football, directing the game is also very tiring. Chen Ran also wanted to finish his work early and go back to rest.

Hearing Chen Ran's question, Little Fatty Louis couldn't help recalling the conversation he had with his father.

When Louis told his father about Chen Ran's Galaxy Football Group plan, there was a long silence on the phone.

"Louis, you are a great friend. You are lucky to be his friend, and you must cherish it. Do you understand?"

"Understood. Chen is indeed a very powerful person. I saw with my own eyes how he brought the unknown Crystal Palace to where it is today."

"Well, it's good that you know it in your heart. Chen Ran's plan for the Galaxy Football Group is too ambitious, and the time and money it will take are difficult to estimate."

"Whether this thing can be done, I can't say for sure now. Therefore, my opinion is that you can participate, but you can't invest too much."

"Our family is your father and I accumulated transfer commissions little by little from a small agent. Chen Ran's plan is too big, he can afford it, but our family can't afford it. Do you understand?"

"Understood. Dad, how much do you think we should invest? Chen Ran gave us 49% of the share."

"Well, it's 20%. One is to support his plan on behalf of our family, and the other doesn't need to invest too much. It can be regarded as the best of both worlds."

"20%? Is it too little?"

"Louis, I intend to give you this share. If there is more, your elder brother will have an opinion."

"Understood. Dad, how did you check the sports situation in Recife? Is it worth a shot?"

"Yes. The foundation of this club is fairly clean. The main problem is that the owner's business failed and he wants to sell the team to save his business."

"That's good. Dad, you still have to talk to my elder brother about this matter. After all, after the acquisition of Recife Sports, he still needs his company's help in introducing players."

"Hehe, I don't need to say anything, he's been listening by the phone all the time."

"I'll go, Dad, you are too insidious!"

"My father's opinion is that we can cooperate, but he doesn't intend to ask for so many shares. He said that he only needs to leave 20% of the shares."

After sorting out his thoughts, the little fat man told Chen Ran about his father's decision.

"Oh? So few? Louis, did you hear me right?"

Hearing that Fatty's father, Juan Figel, a bigwig in the football brokerage world, only wanted such a small share, Chen Ran felt a little uneasy.

"That's right, it's 20%. My dad said, only when you have enough shares in your hand can you put more effort into running this club."

"I see."

Chen Ran nodded, the big boss is indeed a big boss, and he sees things from a different angle than ordinary people.Focus on the long-term, and don't covet the petty profits in front of you.

"One more thing, my dad plans to give me the 20% of the shares as compensation. So if there are too many shares, my elder brother may not be happy."

I'm afraid this is the most important reason, right?

Chen Ran shook his head secretly in his heart, it is difficult for an upright official to decide on housework, and it is not easy for him as an outsider to intervene in such matters.

"Louis, it's better for you. At that time, we brothers will explore the South American market together. By the way, how is the investigation of the Recife sports? Can it be acquired?"

Chen Ran patted the little fat man on the shoulder to divert the conversation away.

"My father sent someone to check, and the foundation is still clean. The main problem is that the current boss' business has failed and he wants to cash out to save his main business."

"Well, that's good, so I can rest assured."

Chen Ran knew in his heart that there are some things that cannot be found out by just hiring a Big Four accounting firm.On the contrary, local snakes like the Figel family have more comprehensive information.

"I have talked with my elder brother. If his company finds any talented young players in the future, it will be given priority to us."

"Okay, that's a good thing."

This unexpected harvest made Chen Ran overjoyed.

As a big player in the South American football brokerage world, the Figel family's brokerage company does not know how many brokers and scouts there are in Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and other South American football powerhouses.

Being able to get the priority of their company is equivalent to harvesting a steady stream of talent pool.

With the support of the Figel family, a local snake, Chen Ran is now more confident in the acquisition of Recife Sports.

"Louis, I will notify Stephen later and ask him to send someone to contact Recife Sports to formally launch the acquisition plan. At that time, I will need your father's assistance."

"No problem, my dad has agreed to this matter, and he will naturally help if there is something."

Two days later, in the fifth round of the Premier League, Crystal Palace went away to challenge Sheffield United.

Because he had just finished playing the UEFA Champions League in the middle of the week, Chen Ran made a substantial rotation of Crystal Palace's lineup this time.

The bench lineup led by Southgate and Simeone is also very competitive. With the goals of Jan Kohler and Alves, Crystal Palace beat Sheffield United 2:1 in the away game.

In the fifth round of the Premier League, there are two more eye-catching strong dialogues.

Manchester United, who had won four consecutive victories at the start and tied for the top of the standings with Crystal Palace, lost 0:1 to Arsenal in the relegation zone at Old Trafford.

Chelsea beat Liverpool 1-0 at home.

After five rounds of competition, Crystal Palace topped the standings with a record of five victories and [-] points.

Ranked No.2, it turned out to be Portsmouth with [-] points, which surprised everyone.

Manchester United and Chelsea ranked third and fourth with 11 points, Liverpool ranked ninth with seven points, and Arsenal ranked No.[-] with five points.

With no Champions League next week, Crystal Palace can relax a bit.But a week later in the sixth round of the Premier League, they will face their old rival Manchester United at home.

This season's Manchester United started very well, and a wave of four consecutive victories gave Manchester United fans the hope of competing for the Premier League title.

But I didn't expect to meet the old enemy Arsenal who had already fallen into the relegation zone in the last round, but was stunned by the opponent's blow to the head.

Coupled with the subsequent contest with the defending league champion Crystal Palace, Manchester United immediately calmed down a lot.

"Alex, what are you going to do next game against Crystal Palace?"

At Manchester United, in Ferguson's office, assistant coach Queiroz asked with some concern.

Although Manchester United added much-needed midfielder Carrick and goalkeeper Kuzzak in the summer, they also sold the main striker Van Nistelrooy.

Compared with Ruud van Nistelrooy, the Saha used to replace him is still much worse.

"Let's play a defensive counterattack. The Crystal Palace is now at its peak, and Kaka and Ibrahimovic have been supplemented this summer. Looking at the whole of Europe, there are not many teams that can play against them."

Although he didn't want to admit it, preparing for the game is not just a play, and Ferguson still chose the most pragmatic approach.

"Yeah, I didn't expect that in just four years, the Crystal Palace would be brought to this point by that Huaguo man. It really feels like creating a Crystal Palace dynasty."

On the Crystal Palace side, facing a strong enemy like Manchester United, Chen Ran still focused on stability and adopted a four-back configuration.

Forward Toni, Forward Ibrahimovic
Left midfielder Cristiano Ronaldo, right midfielder Ribery
Vieira, Yaya Toure
Left back Chiellini, center back Thiago Silva, center back Vidic, right back Maicon
goalkeeper cech
On the Manchester United side, Ferguson uncharacteristically did not use the usual 442 formation, but a 451 defensive counterattack formation.

striker rooney
Giggs on the left, Scholes on the midfielder, Fletcher on the right
DM Park Ji-sung, DM Carrick

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

Kuzzak
Because both sides are already very familiar with each other, when the referee blew the whistle to start the game, Crystal Palace immediately launched wave after wave of offensives.

"Huh? Boss, Manchester United didn't use their usual 442 formation today."

Within a few minutes of the game, Guardiola discovered that Manchester United was different from the past.

"Well, that's true. It seems that Ferguson has changed."

"Boss, it seems that Ferguson is afraid of our Crystal Palace's offensive strength."

Seeing that Manchester United were forced to give up their usual style of play, Guardiola was also a little proud.

"It's possible. But don't worry, let's play first. If we haven't scored in the second half of the game, it won't be too late to launch a general attack at that time."

"Got it, boss."

Sometimes, although the head coach has made arrangements in advance, if there are BUG-type players in the opposing team, no matter how detailed the arrangement is, it will be useless.

As for Crystal Palace, there are players of this type, and there are more than one.

No. In the 207th minute, Ibrahimovic received a long pass from Vieira in the backcourt. Facing a situation with Park Ji-sung in front and Carrick in the back, he stopped the ball with a chest, and then did not wait for the ball to land. With a light flick, the ball just passed over the head of Park Ji-sung who was rushing forward.

After picking Park Ji-sung, I saw Manchester United defender Sylvester jumping up to block.Ibrahimovic didn't wait for the ball to hit the ground, and directly volleyed with his right foot.

At this time, he was more than 35 meters away from the Manchester United goal. The ball drew a wonderful arc, and when it was approaching the Manchester United goal, it fell rapidly, and a wonderful deciduous shot was made.

According to the previous flight trajectory of the ball, Manchester United goalkeeper Kuzzak, who judged to be high on the crossbar, was already a step slower in making a save at this time.

The ball will escape Kuzzak's fingers and fly into the Manchester United net.

"GOAL!"

With Ibrahimovic's deciduous ball world wave, Crystal Palace leads Manchester United 1:0.

"Boss, are we going to change our formation and play defensive counterattack now?"

According to Chen Ran's previous habits, after facing a strong team and gaining the lead, he usually shrinks his formation and plays a defensive counterattack.

"Don't worry. Josep, our Crystal Palace is different now. We are stronger than most opponents now, so there is no need to rush to shrink the defense and wait until we score two more goals."

"understood."

After taking the lead, the Crystal Palace players had more confidence to deal with Manchester United slowly, and they played more easily in offense, and they were no longer as anxious as they were at the beginning.

No. 401 minutes, this time it was Ribery on the right. After receiving a pass from Vieira, he advanced all the way along the right line.

After passing Giggs and Heinze successively, he passed the ball into Manchester United's penalty area before Park Ji-sung, who came to make up the defense.

In the penalty area, Ibrahimovic is in charge of the front point, Tony is in charge of the center, and Ronaldo on the left is also rushing into the Manchester United penalty area at high speed. Chen Ran's task for him is to outflank the back point.

Ribery's pass is a bit strong, neither Ibrahimovic who grabbed the front point nor Tony in the middle did not touch the ball.

Seeing that the ball was about to fly out of the baseline, Ronaldo arrived in time and pushed the ball back before the ball went out of bounds.

Since Ronaldo barely saved the ball, there was no way to control the landing point of the ball, so the ball flew behind Tony and Ibrahimovic.

At this moment, Ibrahimovic once again showed his flexibility that is not at all 195cm tall.

He turned around immediately, leaned against Ferdinand, aimed at the ball's landing point, and hooked the ball to the upper right corner of Manchester United's goal with a beautiful upside-down golden hook.

Kuzzak flew sideways, but unfortunately he still failed to block the ball from entering the net.

"GOAL!"

With Ibrahimovic's brace, Crystal Palace lead Manchester United 2-0.

While the Crystal Palace was celebrating, the Manchester United bench was dead silent.

Seeing that the situation of the game was not right, the assistant coach Queiroz also hurried to Ferguson who was standing on the sidelines.

"Alex, I think with the current state of the Crystal Palace, it is difficult for us to defend even if we want to. This is not the way to go, why don't we change our formation?"

"Change? How?"

Because he conceded two goals in a row before the first half ended, Ferguson, who was already burning with anger, turned red and turned to look at his old partner.

"I think, since it has been proved that we can't defend, it's better to attack. Even if we lose, at least we will try our best so that we won't be said to be smothered by Crystal Palace after the game."

What Queiroz said reminded Ferguson.

Facing last season's Triple Crown Crystal Palace, Manchester United is not incapable of losing.

Because it is generally recognized that Crystal Palace is the strongest team in the UK, fans who lost to Crystal Palace and Manchester United will not have much reaction.

However, there is also a difference between losing and losing.

After all, Manchester United is also a champion team. If they still lose the game while keeping their defenses back like this, the fans will definitely be very dissatisfied after the game.

And if Manchester United lost against Crystal Palace, the fans' reaction should not be so violent.

At this moment, Ferguson, the old Jianghu, has already begun to consider how to minimize the adverse effects of the loss.

(End of this chapter)