Football feast, starting from the acquisition of European clubs

Chapter 264

After Eindhoven shrank their formation, the offensive effect of Crystal Palace was greatly reduced immediately.No new goals were scored until the end of the first half.

During the intermission, Chen Ran did not make any adjustments except to give the players blood as usual.

On the PSV side, coach Ronald Koeman didn't even make adjustments.

At the beginning of the second half, Guardiola, who found out that PSV still adopted tactics in the second half of the first half, asked Chen Ran in puzzlement:
"Boss, this Ronald Koeman is not going to win, is he?"

"I estimate that he intends to attack again in the last 10 minutes or so."

"The last twenty minutes?"

"That's right. Attack us when our players' fitness is down and our concentration is relaxed. If I were PSV Eindhoven's coach, I would do the same."

"It turns out that Ronald Koeman had this idea."

After hearing Chen Ran's analysis, Guardiola nodded slowly. This is indeed the most practical solution for Eindhoven at present.

If he really presses out to attack now, he will fall into Chen Ran's trap, and his death will only be worse.

Ronald Koeman's calculations are very good, and PSV's players can be regarded as the life of the three armed forces.It's a pity that due to the gap in strength, Crystal Palace scored another goal.

At 8 minutes into the game, because Eindhoven shrank their defense, there was very little room for Crystal Palace to cooperate.

Therefore, Chen Ran simply asked the players on the field to directly launch the high ball from the two sides, making full use of the height advantages of Tony and Ibrahimovic to carry out high-altitude bombing.

In addition, Ronaldo, who is 187cm tall, also rushed into Eindhoven's penalty area to grab some shots from time to time, which finally made Eindhoven's defense line leak again.

This time, Ribery on the right didn't even go to the bottom, and directly kicked the ball from the rib position and made a pass.

In the penalty area, Ibrahimovic, Tony and Ronaldo are responsible for outflanking the front, middle and rear points respectively.

Eindhoven's defenders managed to break the ball out of the penalty area, but the ball just landed at the feet of Kaka who was waiting outside the penalty area.

Seeing that Kaka was about to lift his foot to hit the goal, Koku, who had been keeping a close eye on Kaka, immediately rushed over with a flying shovel to block Kaka's shot.

But I didn't expect Kaka to play a fake pass. When he found that Cocu rushed to block the hole of the gun, he passed the ball to Modric next to him.

At this time, everyone's attention has been attracted by Kaka, thinking that he is going to shoot directly, and Modric's side suddenly fell into an unmarked state.

When encountering such a good opportunity, how could Modric be polite?
Facing Kaka's pass, he shot with all his strength.

"boom!"

Playing long shots is Modric's forte. The ball is like a fired shell, flying directly to the upper right corner of PSV's goal.

Seeing Modric's shot, goalkeeper Gomez immediately moved his feet and flew to save it.It's a pity that Modric's shot was powerful and angled. Although Gomez's finger had touched the ball, he still couldn't stop the ball from flying into the net.

"GOAL!"

With Kaka's assist and Modric's long shot, Crystal Palace lead PSV Eindhoven 3-0.

This time, Ronald Koeman couldn't bear it anymore when he saw that Crystal Palace scored the third goal despite PSV's full defense.

Just as the Crystal Palace players surrounded Modric to celebrate the goal, he once again called Eindhoven's captain Cocu to the sidelines to arrange tactics.

Soon, Chen Ran saw Ronald Koeman replace midfielder Mendes with Tardelli, and then changed PSV's formation to 433.

This Tardelli was the same Tardelli who played for the Huaguo Taishan team in his previous life. Ronald Koeman replaced him as a right winger.

Tardelli also just joined Eindhoven this season, but he didn't gain a firm foothold, and he packed up and left after the season ended.

Obviously, Ronald Koeman found that his full defense still lost the ball, so he decided to attack in advance.

"Boss, Ronald Koeman is being cornered by us."

Guardiola saw all of Eindhoven's actions.Seeing that Ronald Koeman finally jumped into the pit dug by Chen Ran, he couldn't help gloating.

"Well, it seems that there is no suspense for us to advance to the quarter-finals of the Champions League. Tell the players to continue to attack, strive to get more winning goals, and lock in the quarter-finals of the Champions League in advance."

"Don't worry, Boss, it must be fine."

Just as Chen Ran expected, once Eindhoven pressed forward to attack, the loopholes in the defense immediately became apparent.

When the game progressed to No.70 two minutes, Cech held Tardelli's shot firmly in his arms.Immediately, a strong hand tossed the ball and threw the ball to the unmarked Modric.

After receiving the ball, Modric made a big kick and passed the ball directly to Ronaldo in front.

At this time, Eindhoven had just completed an attack, and a large number of players were still in the half of Crystal Palace, and there was a large open field in their backcourt.

This situation is most suitable for fast players to counterattack. After Ronaldo receives the ball, only Eindhoven's right back Kronkamp is around him.

Whether it is fighting for body or speed, Kronkamp is not Ronaldo's opponent.

Facing Kronkamp, ​​Ronaldo didn't even bother to make fake moves.After knocking Kronkamp away with his body, he accelerated and ran wildly, leaving Kronkamp behind in a few steps, and rushed towards the penalty area of ​​Eindhoven.

As soon as Ronaldo rushed up, the remaining defensive players in Eindhoven were passive.

The defensive midfielder Cocu followed closely beside Kaka, and the two central defenders Da Costa and Alex were marking Ibrahimovic and Tony respectively, and neither of them could get away.

But he couldn't just watch Ronaldo rushing into the penalty area with the ball. After a little hesitation, Cocu immediately decided to give up Kaka and rushed over to intercept Ronaldo's breakthrough.

Seeing Cocu's movement, Ronaldo knocked the ball with his heel cleanly, and directly dodged the rushing Cocu.

After wiping Cocu away, the ball has been knocked inside by Ronaldo. Ronaldo raised his right foot without hesitation and hit a volley.

Due to too much power, the ball had almost no arc, and flew straight to the back corner of PSV's goal.

Goalkeeper Gomez once again tried his best to fly to save, but unfortunately it was still a little bit short, and the ball could only fly into PSV Eindhoven's net.

"GOAL!"

Relying on his own strength, Ronaldo made a sudden pass and then shot, helping Crystal Palace lead PSV Eindhoven 4:0.

Chen Ran looked at the time and felt that it was time to stop. The score of 4:0 is also considered as the completion of the task. Two days later there will be an away game in the Premier League, so the main players cannot be exhausted.

"Josep, you go and inform Yaya Toure, Mascherano and Maicon to warm up, and replace Kaka, Ibrahimovic and Modric in a while. The team shrinks the formation and plays instead 451 with three midfielders."

"Okay, boss."

It is a pity that, shortly after the Crystal Palace replaced and shrunk their formation, Eindhoven scored a world wave from striker Farfan, bringing the score back on the field.

Chen Ran on the sidelines was also speechless. Crystal Palace didn't concede a goal when they were attacking with all their might, but they conceded a goal after shrinking their defense. Who can explain this?

In the end, with the goals of Ibrahimovic and Modric, as well as Ronaldo's brace, Crystal Palace beat PSV Eindhoven 4:1 away.Although it is a bit regrettable, it can be regarded as the completion of the established goal.

In the other games of this round of the Champions League, Manchester United defeated Lille 1-0 away, and Chelsea was tied 1-1 away by Mourinho's old club Porto.

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

I went and found another one?
The youth training base on Smart Island has exploded recently. It seems that Huaguo has a lot of football-talented children in this age group.

Name: Mabei

Age: 12 years old

Potential (PA): 173
Competency (CA): Vacant
Position: TBA

Mapei?

There's something special about this name.

It won't be Maradona + Pele, right?
It is estimated that the child's father is a fanatical fan, and he hopes his son will become a dragon.

Another one with a PA value of over 170, although it can't be compared with Maradona and Pele, but it is quite good. It seems that the quality of the good seedlings selected now is getting higher and higher.

Regarding this phenomenon, Chen Ran also had some guesses in his heart.

When Smart Island's youth training base was just established, the Crystal Palace Club couldn't compare to what it is now in terms of reputation and record.

At that time, except for the parents who loved football very much, most other parents were skeptical about the youth training program of the Crystal Palace Club.

No matter how cautious you are, you can't be too cautious when it comes to major issues related to your child's future, so most parents probably have been in a wait-and-see state.

However, after Crystal Palace won the Premier League title again, the UEFA Champions League title, the European Super Cup title, the Club World Cup title and a series of titles, these parents may be a little tempted.

Coupled with the recent news about the Galaxy Football Group, the parents saw that Chen Ran had made such a big deal, and it was obvious that they were not playing casually.

If their own children can join the youth training program of the Galaxy Football Group, they will not be able to enter the top giants Crystal Palace in the future, even if they go to the Netherlands, Brazil, or even stay in China to play in the league.

Besides, Chen Ran also promised that if the selected children can't become professional players and go to college in the future, he will also bear the tuition fees.

Under all kinds of temptations, many parents' small calculations are crackling.

No matter how you calculate it, it seems that your children are not at a disadvantage.

Therefore, recently, more and more parents have sent their children to Smart Island Youth Training Base of Galaxy Football Group to participate in the selection.

The scope of material selection is large, and the probability of good seedlings will naturally increase greatly.

If it continues to develop according to the current situation, Smart Island Youth Training Base will form a virtuous circle, and the goal of continuously selecting outstanding football talents is just around the corner.

Seeing this situation, Chen Ran felt that the time for some of the plans he had considered before was ripe, and he could start preparations now.

After the match against PSV, Chen Ran flew back to London overnight with the entire Crystal Palace team.

Two days later, the Premier League No.20 eighth round will start again, and Crystal Palace will go to an away game against Middlesbrough.

Because he just came back from the Netherlands after playing the UEFA Champions League, Chen Ran made a lot of rotations for this away game.

Middlesbrough have performed well this season and are now in the top ten of the Premier League.The game was very difficult. In the end, with the goals of Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Thiago Silva, Crystal Palace barely beat Middlesbrough 2:1 in the away game.

In other games of this round of the Premier League, Manchester United also defeated Fulham 2:1 away, and Chelsea beat Manchester City 1:0 away, continuing to maintain the pressure on Crystal Palace.

Three days later, the fifth round of the FA Cup rematch will start again, this time replaced by Crystal Palace at home against Manchester United.

Because in the Premier League two days later, Crystal Palace will play against Arsenal, so Chen Ran really wants to send all the substitutes to play this FA Cup match against Manchester United.

But because this game is the home court of Crystal Palace, if all the substitutes are sent, there is no way to explain to the Crystal Palace fans who came to support the team. Therefore, after thinking twice, Chen Ran can only compromise and send a lineup with a mix of main players and substitutes.

Coincidentally, Manchester United's opponent in the Premier League two days later is also a strong team, and it is still their deadly rival Liverpool.

But because there were so many incidents after Manchester United lost to Crystal Palace by a big score, Ferguson didn't want to lose another big score to Crystal Palace this time.

As a result, Ferguson's formation adopted the same logic as Chen Ran's, and he also sent out a starting lineup with a mix of main players and substitutes.

After a fierce battle between players from both sides, Crystal Palace finally lost to Manchester United 2:3.

Chen Ran also breathed a sigh of relief, and finally got rid of the burden of the FA Cup in a way that is not embarrassing.

The next day, after going to work, Chen Ran called David Gill, the newly appointed CEO of Galaxy Football Group, to his office.

Because the affairs of the Galaxy Football Group were managed by Stephen in the past, the current Galaxy Football Group does not have its own independent office space, and they all work together with the Crystal Palace Club.

After the last head-to-head contest with Ferguson, the reputation of the Galaxy Football Group is now completely established.

Since low-key and wretched development is no longer possible, Chen Ran plans to act high-key this time.

Previously, David Gill was busy handling handover matters with Manchester United's successor CEO Ed Woodward, and then Chen Ran was busy leading the team to play games.

Today, David Gill had a private conversation with Chen Ran for the first time after joining the Galaxy Football Group.

Chen Ran has prepared a series of big moves, and David Gill will be busy next time.

(End of this chapter)