Football feast, starting from the acquisition of European clubs

Chapter 257
When the Galaxy Football Group incident was raging, Chen Ran, who was at the heart of the topic, also ushered in the Premier League match against Manchester United.

Due to the team's continuous battles, the players' physical energy was exhausted, so Chen Ran had to make considerable adjustments to the Crystal Palace's lineup.

However, in order to ensure the strength of the team, Chen Ran gave Vieira a "Level [-] Recovery Card" so that he can participate in this contest with Manchester United with sufficient physical fitness.

Then, after consulting Crystal Palace's upcoming schedule, Chen Ran found that Crystal Palace's opponents in the next three games were all weak teams, so he used the "Level [-] Chicken Blood Card" for Ronaldo.

Before the game, Chen Ran specially called Ronaldo over to give him a private lecture.

"Chris, according to my observations, this game against Manchester United, your state will reach its peak. So I will give you the 'freedom to fire', whether it is shooting or passing, you can make your own decisions."

Hearing Chen Ran's words, Ronaldo's face turned black. Now he is a little afraid of hearing the word "right to fire freely".

"Boss, does this mean that my state for the next three games will be bad again?"

With a fluke mentality, Ronaldo couldn't help asking.

"That's right. Chris, you have to get used to this situation. Every player will have the problem of ups and downs. This is something that no one can avoid. You have maintained it very well now. Don't worry, with me Now, you won’t be in a downturn for more than three games.”

Chen Ran patted Ronaldo on the shoulder, and continued to fool around earnestly.

"Understood, thank you boss."

Ronaldo nodded helplessly, and he seemed to have accepted his fate now.

Therefore, Chen Ran formed a starting lineup against Manchester United with Cristiano Ronaldo and Vieira, as well as Kaka and Modric, who had a half-time rest in the previous game, as the core.

Forward Ronaldo, Forward Jan Kohler
Kaka
Vieira, Modric, Mascherano
Left back Evra, center back Thiago Silva, center back Nemanja Vidic, right back Alves
goalkeeper cech
On the Manchester United side, Sir Alex Ferguson naturally sent the strongest lineup in his hand.

Now there is only three points between them and Crystal Palace, this game is the best time for them to catch up with Crystal Palace.

Forward Rooney, Forward Saha

Left Midfield Giggs, Central Midfielder Scholes, Central Midfielder Carrick, Right Midfielder Park Ji-sung
Left back Heinze, centre-back Sylvester, centre-back Rio Ferdinand, right-back Gary Neville

Kuzzak
This game, which is about whether Manchester United can catch up with Crystal Palace, has attracted the attention of countless people.

Especially because of the Galaxy Football Group, Chen Ran and Crystal Palace are now on the cusp, and there are countless people who want to see their jokes.

So today's Old Trafford stadium is full of seats, and even outside the stadium, there are many fans who have not bought tickets and are unwilling to leave.

With the whistle of the referee, the highlight of the No.20 round of the Premier League officially began.

At the pre-match preparation meeting, Chen Ran specifically explained to all the players that the offense of this game will all revolve around Ronaldo.

Therefore, from the first minute of the game, one after another, the ball was sent to Ronaldo's feet.And Ronaldo, who used the "Level 1 Chicken Blood Card", naturally did not disappoint everyone.

In the 17th minute, Kaka dribbled the ball in the middle and forcibly broke through Carrick's defense, then sent a through ball forward.

At this time, Cristiano Ronaldo, who was still opening the space for Kaka horizontally, immediately accelerated forward, and Manchester United right back Gary Neville, who had been following Ronaldo, was instantly left behind.

Ronaldo, who has used the "Level [-] Chicken Blood Card", is now at his peak, with a posture of gods blocking and killing gods, and Buddhas blocking and killing Buddhas.

Ferdinand, who Manchester United rushed to intercept, was stepped on by Ronaldo's bicycles and immediately lost his center of gravity.Had it not been for supporting the turf with his hands, he would have almost fallen to the ground.

After passing Ferdinand, Ronaldo took a step forward, looked up at the position of the goal, and swung his left foot directly to shoot.

When seeing Ferdinand being passed by Ronaldo, Manchester United goalkeeper Kuzzak quickly moved to this side, ready to save Ronaldo's shot.

But he never expected that Ronaldo's shot would be so powerful, and the ball appeared in front of Kuzzak in an instant like a bolt of lightning.

Kuzzak only had time to subconsciously raise his hand to block it, but the ball still flew from his head into Manchester United's net.

"GOAL~~~~"

Not long after the start, with Ronaldo's goal, Crystal Palace led Manchester United 1-0.

"Fantasy start, less than 10 minutes into the game, Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring for Crystal Palace. Now, the pressure is all on Manchester United."

"Although Crystal Palace made a lot of rotations in this game, their attack power is still so strong."

"When Cristiano Ronaldo moved from the wing to striker, he seemed to be a bigger threat."

On the Manchester United bench, seeing a goal scored by Crystal Palace at the beginning of the game, Ferguson's cheeks were flushed with anger, and he was chewing gum desperately, as if the chewing gum was Chen Ran.

"Alex, Crystal Palace has changed a lot in this game. They have basically given up the wing attack and played in the middle now. Should we strengthen the defense in the middle?"

Queiroz approached Ferguson's ear and whispered his suggestion.

Ferguson knew in his heart that what Queiroz said was justified. Of the two central midfielders currently on the field for Manchester United, Scholes is more focused on offense. In fact, it is Carrick who is responsible for the defensive task.

On the opposite side of Crystal Palace's midfielder, Kaka's ability to dribble and break through is world-famous, not to mention that Modric and Vieira are behind him to organize the offense.

However, if he made substitutions and adjustments shortly after the opening because of Crystal Palace's goal, wouldn't that mean he admitted that there was a problem with his formation before the game?
At this moment, the weight of face and reputation surpassed the outcome of the game in Ferguson's heart.

However, Ferguson did not make any adjustments.

He walked to the sidelines and called Saha to his side while the ball was dead.

Soon, everyone saw that Manchester United's formation on the field had changed.

Saha moved to the right to play as a right midfielder, Scholes played as a forward midfielder, Park Ji-sung retracted and Carrick played a double midfielder, Rooney stepped forward and played a single forward, Manchester United's The formation also changed from 442 to 451.

"Boss, Manchester United seems to have changed."

As soon as Ferguson made adjustments, Guardiola immediately noticed his small movements.

Of course, Chen Ran noticed the obvious change of Saha's position.However, he was not in a hurry.

In the past two years, because the Glazer family has withdrawn a large amount of funds to pay off debts after taking over, Manchester United has not had any signings that can be obtained.

The only signings, like Carrick and Park Ji-sung, were also balanced midfielders, who did not significantly help to enhance the offensive strength.

And players like Ronaldo, Vidic and Evra who should have played for Manchester United have also been cut off by Chen Ran early.

The strength of a team is often determined off the court.

Ferguson tossed these few cards over and over in his hand. Even if he played well, he couldn't make something out of nothing, so Chen Ran was very confident.

"It doesn't matter. Let's play according to the established arrangement. Ferguson moved Saha to the wing, leaving only Rooney in the forward line. This reduces the threat to our goal. Doesn't this make us attack boldly with confidence?" ?"

"That's true. Boss, what do you think Ferguson thinks?"

Hearing Chen Ran's analysis, Guardiola pondered for a while and found that this was really the case.

"What do you think? It's just that you don't want to lose face, and you don't want to change players at the beginning."

Chen Ran curled his lips slightly, the problem of face kills people.

Ferguson's adjustment added a man to Manchester United's central defense, which indeed effectively curbed the success rate of Kaka's breakthrough with the ball.

But as Chen Ran analyzed, there is only Rooney left on the front line who can't do anything alone. He is not a strong center forward, and he can't do anything when he is guarded by Thiago Silva and Vidic.

If the two teams continue to be stalemate like this, and neither of them will score any more goals, Chen Ran is of course fine, because Crystal Palace is leading the score now, as long as they can get three points.

But Manchester United's goal is to beat Crystal Palace and tie the points.

So after more than 20 minutes of playing back and forth between Crystal Palace and Manchester United, Ferguson couldn't sit still.

"Carlos, you can't go on like this. If you want to win, you still have to press up and attack. How do you think I put Saha back in the forward line?"

Ferguson wanted to fight, but he was a little worried that there would be problems with the defense, so he had to ask Queiroz for support.

"Alex, it's not impossible to fight hard, but you have to be mentally prepared to lose. After all, Crystal Palace's offensive power is not a joke. Their two main strikers are now sitting on the bench."

Hearing what Queiroz said, Ferguson followed the direction of his finger and glanced at the Crystal Palace bench.

The two big men, Ibrahimovic and Tony, are very conspicuous.

After all, Ferguson is a famous coach. Now that he has made a decision, he no longer hesitates.

He immediately walked to the sidelines, taking advantage of the dead ball, called Scholes to his side and gave him some advice.

Soon, the positions of Manchester United's players changed dramatically again.

"Boss, Ferguson has changed his formation again. He seems to have changed to 433 this time."

Ferguson's adjustment this time really shocked Guardiola.

You must know that Manchester United has played 442 for so many years, and today it suddenly changed to 433, but it was completely unexpected.

Chen Ran naturally noticed the changes in Manchester United.

To be honest, he was also taken aback.

Sir, is this another whim since the 1999 Champions League final?

In Manchester United's current formation, Saha plays center forward, Giggs plays left winger, Rooney plays right winger.

Park Ji-sung, Scholes and Carrick lined up as the three central midfielders.

It seems that Ferguson saw that he did not arrange a full-back for this game, so he did not arrange a full-back, did he?

Chen Ran quickly calculated in his mind, should he pull Ronaldo back to the wing, and then replace Ribery to attack Manchester United's two wings, or just keep the same and continue to attack Manchester United's center?
For a moment, Chen Ran also hesitated.

"Boss, what are we going to do now? Are we still going to attack Manchester United's center?"

Realizing that Chen Ran didn't respond just now, Guardiola couldn't help but ask again.

Middle?Chen Ran looked at Manchester United's midfielder again.

Carrick and Park Ji-sung were really responsible for the defense. Although Scholes retreated, his main energy was to pass the ball forward to organize the attack.

Seeing this embarrassment, Chen Ran decided to continue to implement the tactics he formulated before the game.

"Josep, don't worry, we will still follow the original plan. Even if Manchester United switched to a three-forward, can their striker configuration be compared to Chelsea? Even Chelsea's three-forward can't do anything to us, let alone Manchester United's temporary changes. Bunch guy."

Patting Guardiola on the shoulder, Chen Ran still looked like he had everything under control.

Sure enough, as Chen Ran judged, Manchester United's players who were used to playing two forwards suddenly changed to three forwards, and they were very uncomfortable for a while.

Especially Rooney, who was supposed to play right winger, couldn't help running to the center, which caused Manchester United's right attack to be useless and crippled a leg.

On the contrary, on the Crystal Palace side, they have been attacking Manchester United's center with all their strength, making the two defensive players Carrick and Park Ji-sung exhausted and exhausted.

Finally, at the end of the first half, Manchester United's central defense once again had a loophole.

This time, it was Cristiano Ronaldo who took the initiative to retreat, and Kaka and Kaka made continuous wall-kicking two-for-one cooperation in the middle, clearing Carrick and Park Ji-sung.

Then Ronaldo, like Kaka before him, dribbled the ball straight into Manchester United's penalty area.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Manchester United's central defender Sylvester left Jan Kohler to Ferdinand's defense, and rushed over to intercept Ronaldo himself.

Cristiano Ronaldo, who was at his peak, flicked and dunked, and after easily passing Sylvester, he used his right foot to throw a curve ball. The ball flew towards the upper left corner of Manchester United's goal with an extremely fast spin. .

Goalkeeper Kuzzak saw Ronaldo hit the goal directly, and he stepped hard, and immediately rose into the air, stretching his body to the limit.

Unfortunately, because Ronaldo's shot was too angled, Kuzzak still couldn't reach the ball with his fingertips, and could only watch the ball fly into Manchester United's net.

"GOAL~~~~"

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

"Cristiano Ronaldo has scored two goals today. Crystal Palace coach Chen Ran arranged for him to play as a striker. It is a stroke of genius."

"Crystal Palace's famous winger, Cristiano Ronaldo, now seems to be activated by the head coach Chen Ran as a striker."

"The head coach of the Portuguese national team would like to thank Chen Ran for helping him solve the big problem of weak front."

(End of this chapter)