Football feast, starting from the acquisition of European clubs

Chapter 263 This guy doesn't belong to the turtle, does he?

On January 1, in the fourth round of the FA Cup, Crystal Palace went away to challenge the Championship team Birmingham.

As before, Chen Ran sent a substitute lineup to deal with this game, and he still handed over the command of the game to Guardiola and the three of them.

Crystal Palace's substitutes were impressive once again. With goals from Jan Kohler, Dani Alves and Mascherano, Crystal Palace beat Birmingham 3-2 away.

While advancing to the fifth round of the FA Cup, the system also gave Chen Ran a winning bonus of 100 million euros.

Three days later, in the fifth round of No.20 Premier League matches, Crystal Palace played against Wigan Athletic at home.

This time it's not the FA Cup, Chen Ran sent all the main lineup.

With the goals of Ibrahimovic, Ronaldo, Kaka and Modric, they beat Wigan Athletic 4:1.

While scoring three points, Chen Ran also got a "Free Kick Master Card" from the system.

In other games of this round of the Premier League, Manchester United beat Watford 4-0 at Old Trafford, and Chelsea also beat Blackburn Rovers 3-0 at Stamford Bridge, still catching up.

After only two days of rest, the Premier League's No.20 six-round match began again.

This time, Crystal Palace will go away to challenge Manchester City.

Due to the intensive schedule, Chen Ran made a lot of rotations to the starting lineup.

Crystal Palace eventually beat Manchester City 2-1 with two defensive players, Yaya Toure and Thiago Silva, who scored headers from set kicks.

At the same time as getting three points, Chen Ran also got a "Level [-] Awareness Card" from the system.

In other games of this round of the Premier League, Manchester United beat Tottenham Hotspur 4-0 away, and Chelsea also beat Charlton 1-0 away, still clinging to Crystal Palace.

A week later, in the No.20 seventh round of the Premier League, Crystal Palace faced Aston Villa at home.

After a week of rest, Crystal Palace's main players recovered well, and Chen Ran also sent the entire main lineup in this game.

In the end, with the goals of Ibrahimovic, Tony and Ronaldo, Crystal Palace defeated Aston Villa 3:1.

"Ding, congratulations to the host for winning the game and discovering a teenager with football talent."

Huh?
another one?
It seems that the youth training base of Smart Island has gained a lot recently.

Name: Zhao Lei

Age: 12 years old

Potential (PA): 177
Competency (CA): Vacant
Position: TBA

Let me go, this is the first time the system has selected a small player with a PA value over 170.

The few children in the past all had a PA value of 160+. Although it is considered a top level in China, it is not enough to look at the world.

Now this kid named Zhao Lei has a PA value as high as 177, and the evaluation of the system is also very high. He can be trained as the core of the first batch of players in the Galaxy Football Group's youth training system in the future.

As for the height issue, it is also easy to handle. As long as he is not allowed to play goalkeeper, the three positions of central defender and center forward are fine.

In other games of this round of the Premier League, Manchester United beat Charlton 2-0 at Old Trafford, and Chelsea also beat Middlesbrough 3-0 at Stamford Bridge.

On February 2, the fifth round of the English FA Cup kicked off.This time, Crystal Palace will be a guest at Old Trafford to challenge Manchester United.

However, because two days later, that is, on February 2, the UEFA Champions League 21-to-[-] match will start, and Crystal Palace will fly to the Netherlands to challenge PSV Eindhoven.

So Chen Ran simply decided to give up the FA Cup match against Manchester United, and sent a starting lineup with all substitutes in this game, and at the same time handed over the command of the game to Guardiola and the three of them.

Unexpectedly, Ferguson and Chen Ran at Manchester United had the same idea.

They also have a UEFA Champions League game to play, also on February 2, but they are flying to Lille, France to play an away game.

Coincidentally, after seeing that the opponent was Crystal Palace, Ferguson also decisively gave up the FA Cup game and sent Manchester United's starting lineup mainly composed of substitute players.

Therefore, in this substitute-to-substitute contest, the two teams finally drew.

According to the regulations of the FA Cup, after the tie, the two sides will play again.

Chen Ran didn't know what Ferguson was thinking. Anyway, Chen Ran was very upset. Isn't this a waste of the players' energy?
Complaints are nothing but complaints. As soon as the match against Manchester United was over, Chen Ran took the Crystal Palace to Eindhoven, the Netherlands.

Eindhoven, Ajax, and Feyenoord are called the top three in the Eredivisie. Although they are not considered top teams, they are definitely not soft persimmons that can be manipulated.

There are many powerful players in the team, such as the Brazilian goalkeeper Gomez, the Brazilian Alex in the defense, the Moroccan Da Costa, the Dutch Kronkamp, ​​and Reziger.

There are also Dutch veteran Cocu and Belgian Simmons in the midfield.The forwards are the Ivorian striker Kone and the Peruvian striker Farfan.

Of course, there is also Chinese player Sun Xiang in Eindhoven's team, but I don't know if he will have a chance to play.

The head coach Ronald Koeman is also a famous Dutch player. After retiring, he led Ajax to win two Eredivisie championships.

In order to prepare for this UEFA Champions League match, Chen Ran even gave up the FA Cup against Manchester United.

There are always many uncertainties in away games. To be on the safe side, Chen Ran dispatched the strongest attacking lineup from Crystal Palace, intending to firmly hold the initiative to advance to the quarter-finals of the Champions League.

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 Eindhoven's side, Ronald Koeman also sent the strongest lineup in his hands.

Forward Kone, Forward Farfan
Left Midfielder Timmy Simmons, Central Midfielder Cocu, Central Midfielder Ciulina, Right Midfielder Mendes

Left back Carlos Salcido, center back Da Costa, center back Alex, right back Kronkamp
goalkeeper gomez

When the referee blew the whistle to start the game, Crystal Palace did not give Eindhoven a chance to adapt to the rhythm, and immediately launched a tide-like offensive.

Eindhoven's players obviously did not expect the Crystal Palace to be so arrogant in the away game. They were rushed by the Crystal Palace's offensive in a hurry.

No. In the 11th minute, Kaka dribbled the ball through the middle, passed Cocu, who was too old to keep up with the speed, and passed the ball to Ronaldo on the left before the Australian midfielder Culina came up to intercept.

After taking the ball, Ronaldo, a beautiful man, passed the ball and easily passed Eindhoven's right forward Mendes, then used his own speed to forcefully attack the right back Kronkamp, ​​and passed the ball into Eindhoven Huo Wen's restricted area.

Seeing Ronaldo pass the ball, Tony and Ibrahimovic in the middle started at the same time.One grabs the front point, and the other is responsible for outflanking the middle.

Facing these two big men with a height of more than 1.9 meters, whether it is Da Costa or Alex, the two central defenders of PSV Eindhoven are very difficult to defend.

There is no way, the height is not enough, small movements come together.

Da Costa may be worried that he will not be able to guard Ibrahimovic, and he is using too much force.

Just when Ibrahimovic was about to take off for a header, he abruptly pulled Ibrahimovic off and tore Ibrahimovic's jersey a big hole.

This time, Ibrahimovic's back was exposed, and the referee had no choice but to pretend not to see it.

"beep!"

A whistle, the referee pointed to the penalty spot very decisively.

Seeing the referee's penalty, the PSV players gathered around to explain.

But with such obvious evidence, even if there is no Hawkeye system now, the referee is not willing to make trouble for himself, and still maintains the penalty kick.

Taking advantage of the opportunity to change his jersey on the sidelines, Ibrahimovic told Chen Ran that he wanted to take the penalty.

Chen Ran did not refuse, and nodded in agreement with Ibrahimovic's request.

Ibrahimovic did not let Chen Hou regret it, and volleyed vigorously, kicking the ball directly to the upper right corner of PSV's goal.

Even though Brazil's goalkeeper Gomez judged the right direction, because Ibrahimovic's shot was too powerful and the ball was too fast, when he stretched out his hand, the ball had already flown into the net.

"GOAL!"

With Zlatan Ibrahimovic's penalty, Crystal Palace led PSV Eindhoven 10-1 just 0 minutes into the game.

Ronald Koeman obviously has also done in-depth research on Crystal Palace, knowing that the opponent's strength is much stronger than PSV Eindhoven.

So even though Crystal Palace scored a goal, they still maintained the rhythm of the game after the opening, and there was no intention of letting the team attack aggressively.

It's a pity that although Ronald Koeman can hold his breath, Chen Ran will not be satisfied with just one goal.

After all, this is already the knockout round of the UEFA Champions League. To count the two rounds, of course, the more away goals the better.

Therefore, after taking the lead, Crystal Palace did not stop, but stepped up their offensive and continued to bombard Eindhoven indiscriminately.

No. In 208 minutes, Ribery received a pass from Modric and dribbled the ball along the right flank.

Eindhoven's left forward Timmy Simmons, who is facing him, is 186cm tall. How can he keep up with the speed of Ribery?Before running a few steps, he was left behind by Ribery.

Right back Carlos Salcido saw that the situation was not good, so he had to go up to intercept Ribery himself.

Carlos Salcido is a Mexican international. He is known for his speed and fierce defense. He is not at a disadvantage against Ribery.

Although he failed to grab the ball from Ribery's feet, at least he was not thrown away by Ribery.

Ribery saw that Carlos Salcido was not easy to deal with, and he was not reckless.Seeing Kaka in the middle approaching to the right to meet him, Ribery directly passed the ball to Kaka.

After receiving the ball, Kaka pulled and dunked, flashed past Cocu who was following him, and sent a through ball directly to the front left.

At this time, Kaka was in the left rib of Eindhoven's half. His through ball directly penetrated Eindhoven's entire defense.

At this time, Tony and Zlatan Ibrahimovic in the middle were closely watched by the two central defenders Da Costa and Alex of Eindhoven respectively.

With their speed, they couldn't catch up with Kaka's pass.

Just when Eindhoven's defense thought that Kaka had made a pass error and breathed a sigh of relief, suddenly a figure came in diagonally from the left to the center.

It's Ronaldo!
It turns out that Kaka's through ball was not for Tony and Ibrahimovic at all.

His goal is to pass to Ronaldo who plugs in from the left.

Cristiano Ronaldo also understood. As soon as the ball left Kaka's side, he started to move forward, and instantly threw away the PSV Eindhoven right back Kronkamp who was in charge of marking him.

Kaka and Ronaldo, across the entire Philips Stadium, made a very tacit cooperation of oblique pass and oblique insertion.

Ronaldo, who received the ball, immediately formed a one-handed situation.

At this time, Eindhoven goalkeeper Gomez, who knew something was wrong, had no choice but to abandon the goal and rushed to Ronaldo.

Faced with this kind of scene, Ronaldo, who has seen a lot, flicked his ankle, and directly shot a lob, and the ball flew from the top of Gomez's head into PSV Eindhoven's net.

"GOAL!"

With the wonderful cooperation of Kaka and Ronaldo, Crystal Palace scored another goal and led PSV Eindhoven 2-0 away.

If Ronald Koeman can still hold his breath when one goal is behind.Now, he can't sit still anymore.

I saw him walking quickly to the sidelines, and while the Crystal Palace players were celebrating their goals, he gave new instructions to the Eindhoven players.

"Boss, is Eindhoven planning to change their attack?"

Guardiola, who discovered Ronald Koeman's actions, immediately reminded Chen Ran.

Following the direction of Guardiola's finger, Chen Ran also saw Ronald Koeman's movements.

"It's okay. Josep, our primary goal today is to score more away goals. If Ronald Koeman really makes PSV come out to attack, then I really want to thank him."

Chen Ran patted Guardiola on the shoulder, and then glanced at Ronald Koeman.

Crystal Palace is not afraid to play against any team now, but is worried that the opponent will not be able to defend. I hope this Ronald Koeman will not let him down.

As a result, Chen Ran soon discovered that things did not develop in the direction he expected.

This Ronald Koeman doesn't know what he thinks?

Two goals behind, his reaction was not to attack with all his strength to get the score back.

Instead, let Eindhoven fully recycle the formation, leaving only two forwards in Crystal Palace's half, and the other players retreated to the center line.

This guy doesn't belong to the tortoise, does he?

(End of this chapter)