Football feast, starting from the acquisition of European clubs

Chapter 241
When Cheryl received a call from Victoria the next day, she was packing Chen Ran's luggage for the Moscow competition.

After hanging up the phone, Cheryl immediately found Chen Ran who was looking through relevant materials of CSKA Moscow.

"Honey, Victoria called just now. According to her, Beckham plans to join Crystal Palace on a free transfer after his contract with Real Madrid expires next summer."

"Oh? Really? Beckham has finally made up his mind?"

Last season, Beckham conveyed to Chen Ran through Victoria that he wanted to join Crystal Palace, but there was no news after that, and Chen Ran thought that Beckham had changed his mind.

"Yes, according to Victoria, Beckham has made up his mind this time. She also said that if you are not at ease, you can sign the contract now."

"There is no need to sign a contract now. Everything is done according to the rules, and it is enough to sign the contract half a year in advance. At that time, I will send someone to finalize the specific content of the contract with them."

"Honey, do you really want to sign Beckham? If so, there is no need to force it. Victoria and I only met last year, that is, when she returned to England, we ate and went shopping together. You don't have to go because of me. Sign Beckham."

Seeing that Chen Ran didn't seem to be positive about Beckham's joining, Cheryl thought that Chen Ran agreed to introduce Beckham just to accommodate herself, and she was naturally not willing to cause trouble for her boyfriend because she was considerate.

"It doesn't matter. Although Beckham is not a must-have for Crystal Palace, his joining can still increase the depth of the bench."

Seeing that Cheryl was thinking of herself so much, Chen Ran smiled and put her in his arms, bowed her head and kissed her.

"However, you have to make it clear to Victoria that if Beckham joins Crystal Palace, I can't guarantee him the main position. If Beckham can accept this, then Crystal Palace welcomes him to join."

"Okay, I see, I'll pass on your message to Victoria."

After bidding farewell to Cheryl, Chen Ran flew to distant Moscow with the team.

Because the Premier League battle with Chelsea had just ended two days ago, and they had experienced a long flight, the tired Crystal Palace players were completely out of shape.In the end, with a long-range shot from Zlatan Ibrahimovic, they barely drew with CSKA Moscow 1:1.

After the match against CSKA Moscow, Chen Ran immediately flew back to London with the team. Three days later, they had a Premier League game against Arsenal.

Crystal Palace failed to win two consecutive games, which is very rare after Chen Ran took charge of Crystal Palace.

Many media in England reported this as a big event.

"Without winning two consecutive games, Crystal Palace's decline is beginning to show."

"Have Crystal Palace finally hit a wall after two crazy seasons?"

"After winning two consecutive Premier League titles, Crystal Palace is in crisis."

"Want to achieve three consecutive Premier League titles like Manchester United, Crystal Palace seems to be a little bit closer."

"Is the days when the Chinese dominated the Premier League finally coming to an end?"

"Like Chelsea ending Crystal Palace's monopoly on the Premier League."

"According to the latest data from bookmakers, the funds that are optimistic about Chelsea winning the Premier League this season have increased significantly."

At the same time, in China, thousands of miles away, Crystal Palace's two winless games have also aroused controversy among many domestic fans.

"I said you are all free. Didn't Crystal Palace just win two games? Isn't this a normal thing? How can there be a team that wins all the time?"

"Ahem, upstairs, logically speaking, you are right. But that refers to the general team, Crystal Palace is different."

"What's the difference. When Tiger is still taking a nap, won't Crystal Palace be allowed to relax a little bit? Besides, Crystal Palace didn't lose in these two games."

"That's right. Crystal Palace used to lose, not to mention it's just a tie now. There's no need to make a fuss."

"Upstairs, the situation you said is not comparable to the current situation. The two games that Crystal Palace did not win, one was the Premier League against the title rival Chelsea, and the other was the group stage of the Champions League. This is not the same as before. Obviously not a game that Crystal Palace voluntarily gave up on."

"That's right. These two games were actually Crystal Palace wanting to win but not winning. That's the crux of the matter."

"I think you are a bit unfounded. Whether in the Premier League or the Champions League, Crystal Palace is now ranked first. As long as the subsequent games are played well, the championship will still belong to Crystal Palace, and no one can take it away."

"The upstairs said it well, no one can try to take away the championship!"

"No one can take away the championship! +1"

"No one can take away the championship! +2"

Because the two games were not won, the atmosphere in the Crystal Palace team was not very good, and the mood of the players was generally not high.Coupled with the intensive schedule and the fatigue of long-distance flights, these players looked listless.

"Boss, it seems that we must win the next Arsenal. Otherwise, if we lose three games in a row, it may have a worse impact."

"That's right, boss, Josep has a point. We have to win the game against Arsenal, and there must be no more substitutes."

"However, some players consume a lot of physical energy. If they continue to start, not only the effect will not be good, but they will also be easily injured. If that is the case, the price to be paid will be too high."

Chen Ran's three assistants, who were keen to discover the problem, immediately found Chen Ran and expressed their opinions one after another.

Of course, Chen Ran also saw the problems that the three of them discovered, and had already figured out how to deal with them.

Just as Guardiola and others were concerned, Chen Ran must win this game against Arsenal.

For this reason, he has asked the team doctor to perform a physical condition test on the main players.He knows who needs to rest and who can't compete again, and who still has the strength to fight again.

In addition, Chen Ran also plans to use the "Level [-] Recovery Card" for Vieira, who is currently the oldest player in the main lineup.

With a midfielder with Vieira's experience and abilities at the peak, even if there are some substitute players in other positions, the strength of this lineup will not differ too much.

In this game, Chen Ran rested the two strikers Toni and Ibrahimovic, as well as the two full-backs Cristiano Ronaldo and Ribery, adopting the Christmas tree formation invented by Ancelotti in AC Milan.

Center Jan Kohler
Attacking midfielder Kaka, attacking midfielder Modric

DM Mascherano, DM Vieira, DM Simeone

Left back Evra, centre-back Southgate, centre-back Vidic, right-back Alves

goalkeeper cech
As for Arsenal, in the summer transfer market, Wenger can be said to have played well.

Using only a little transfer budget, not only completed the replacement of the team from old to new, but also improved Arsenal's strength.

Among several meritorious veterans, Bergkamp retired, Pires went to Villarreal on a free transfer, and Campbell went to Portsmouth on a free transfer.

Then Wenger traded left-back Ashley Cole from Chelsea for William Gallas, who can play both full-back and center-back, and 740 million euros.

He also traded left forward Reyes from Real Madrid for Baptista, who can play as a midfielder, as a midfielder, and as a striker.

Wenger also took advantage of Dortmund's financial crisis and bought their midfield playmaker Rosicky for a low price of 1000 million euros.

He also bought the Cameroon international and midfielder Alexander Song from the Ligue 400 team Bastia for 300 million euros, and then sold the French defender Sigan, who was unable to play in the team, to Belgian for [-] million euros. Real.

When the summer transfer market closed, the media with good things settled the bill.

With so many players in and out of Arsenal, the final net investment was only 360 million euros.

If you don't pursue the championship, Arsenal's small life is actually quite nourishing.

In the past few years against Crystal Palace, Arsenal have never taken advantage of it.

What's more, Arsenal are now severely constrained by their financial situation, so Wenger's mentality has become more peaceful.

There is no shame in losing to Crystal Palace. If you win, you will earn it.

It happened that Crystal Palace had lost two consecutive games, which made Wenger seem to see hope of winning.For this reason, he ranked the strongest lineup he could come up with.

Forward Henry, Forward Van Persie
Left Midfielder Rosicky, Central Midfielder Gilberto Silva, Central Midfielder Baptista, Right Midfielder Hleb

Left back Clichy, center back William Gallas, center back Kolo Touré, right back Eboue

goalkeeper leyman
Crystal Palace and Arsenal are also old rivals, and they are very familiar with each other, which naturally saves the trial link.

As soon as the referee blew the whistle to start the game, the two sides opened up and started a confrontation.

In Chen Ran's Christmas tree formation for Crystal Palace, center Jan Kohler was an attractive target.

The real killing move depends on Kaka and Modric hiding behind Jan Kohler.Especially Kaka's breakthrough shot with the ball is extremely threatening.

Less than 10 minutes into the game, Arsenal's Gilberto Silva was forced to bring down Kaka who dribbled through the center and gave Crystal Palace a free kick in an excellent position.

The location of this foul is right in front of Arsenal's goal, about 26 or [-] meters away, which is very suitable for direct free kicks.

Because Chen Ran did not arrange for the two bandits Ronaldo and Ribery to start in this game, Modric can finally stand next to the ball with peace of mind.

Seeing that the free kick was in such a good position, Chen Ran immediately called out the "Free Kick Master Card" for Modric to use.

I saw Modric on the field suddenly stunned for a moment, and then some involuntarily began to measure his steps, back up, run up, and swing his legs
"boom!"

The ball drew a beautiful arc and turned to the upper right corner of Arsenal's goal.

Lehmann, who was standing on the left side of the goal, moved quickly and jumped towards the ball.

However, Modric's free kick was too angled and hit the inside of the goal post and bounced into the net.

"GOAL!"

Just 10 minutes into the game, Crystal Palace led Arsenal 1-0 with Modric's free kick.

"Haha, boss, we are leading, and the rest of the game will be easy to play."

"Yeah, Luka's free kick was really beautiful."

"Strive to score two more to seal the victory."

With a goal from Modric, Guardiola and others, who suppressed the two games, rushed from the bench to celebrate Crystal Palace's lead.

Seeing that his "Free Kick Master Card" worked, Chen Ran also breathed a sigh of relief.

None of the guys around him who were excitedly celebrating the goal realized that the free kick was related to him, which made Chen Ran feel like "just leave it behind and hide your achievements and fame".

On the other side of Arsenal, Wenger was not angry when he saw that Crystal Palace had scored a goal in less than 10 minutes after the start of the game. He just curled his lips helplessly. Maybe this is the difference in strength.

Taking the lead at the beginning of the game immediately stabilized the mentality of the Crystal Palace players.

The pressure of the previous two games seems to be much less.

In the next game, he also played more easily.

No. In the 308th minute, Kaka and Modric made continuous two-for-one cooperation in the middle, throwing off the defense of Gilberto Silva and Baptista and rushing into Arsenal's penalty area.

This time, Kolo Toure and William Gallas, who were in charge of double-teaming Jan Kohler, had no choice but to send one of them out to intercept Kaka.

Facing the oncoming William Gallas, Kaka flicked the ball lightly with his right foot, just over the head of William Gallas and flew towards Jan Kohler, while Kaka himself bypassed William Gallas Adams continued to rush towards Arsenal's goal.

Seeing that Kaka did not stop after passing the ball but continued to advance, Jan Kohler understood.He didn't stop the ball, but directly nodded the ball flying in the air to Kaka who was going forward.

If you want to talk about the skill of your feet, then Jan Kohler's level is not worth mentioning.But compared to header skills, Nayan Kohler is also one of the best players among active players.

It was just this light touch, and the ball landed in front of Kaka just right, with the right strength and position.

So comfortable that Kaka didn't even need to make any adjustments, and directly headed the ball hard towards Arsenal's goal.

At this time, Kaka's position has come between the penalty spot and the penalty area line.

Lehman, who found that the situation was not good, had already abandoned the door and attacked, but it was a pity that he was still a step too late.

Lehmann had no time to react to the ball pushed out from such a short distance.

As long as Kaka does not head the ball to Lehmann, the goal will be scored.

Fortunately, Kaka, a guy who rarely shoots with a header, still avoided Lehmann's huge body, and the ball flew into the empty goal smoothly.

"GOAL!"

With Kaka's rare header, Crystal Palace lead Arsenal 2-0.

(End of this chapter)