Football feast, starting from the acquisition of European clubs

Chapter 269 Ibrahimovic's Doubt

"Of course it's true."

Hearing Mendes' tone, Mourinho's face darkened even more, because he knew that Mendes would definitely not have any good words next.

Just as Mourinho expected, Mendes poured cold water on him again.

"Jose, to be honest, I don't think Crystal Palace will be in a slump. After these two years of competition, I believe you have a good understanding of Chen Ran's ability. If you say that this difficulty can stump him, do you believe it yourself? ?”

Mendes' words immediately made Mourinho silent.

Ask yourself, Mourinho actually doesn't believe that Vieira's absence can bring down Crystal Palace.

For every head coach, it is very common for the main players to be injured and absent.If this problem can't be solved, it's impossible for Chen Ran to win so many championship trophies.

"Jose, although I don't think Crystal Palace will be in a slump, but anyway, now is your good chance."

"Don't worry about what will happen to Crystal Palace, what will happen to Manchester United, you just need to lead Chelsea to win all the remaining Premier League games."

"If you win all the remaining Premier League games, you can leave Chelsea with your head held high even if you don't win the title."

Hitting a stick to a sweet date, Mendes played this trick very skillfully.

He first poured a basin of cold water on the somewhat hyperactive Mourinho, and then immediately poured him a bowl of chicken soup.

Seeing the renewed fighting spirit in Mourinho's eyes, Mendes knew that this bowl of chicken soup worked.

Just when the outside world was hyping the recent decline of Crystal Palace, inside the Crystal Palace club, it was calm.

The team members who were affected by the media and had some mood swings felt relieved when they saw that Chen Ran looked the same as usual.

The development of Crystal Palace from a British Championship team to the present is all created by Chen Ran.

Most of the players in the Crystal Palace team followed Chen Ran all the way from the English Championship to today. They have extraordinary confidence in Chen Ran.

It can be said that in the current Crystal Palace club, Chen Ran is the god of the sea.

Many team members have a deep-rooted idea in their minds, that is, as long as Chen Ran is there, no matter how big the difficulty is, it will not be a problem.

Two consecutive draws, Manchester United and Chelsea have narrowed the points gap to within one game, and Vieira may be reimbursed for the season. Although these things have caused Chen Ran a bit of trouble, he is not in a hurry.

After all, we are also people with cards.

Chen Ran cleaned up the hole cards in the system, which was quite sufficient.

Taking another look at the upcoming schedule, Crystal Palace's next opponent is Premier League giants Liverpool.

Well, let's take Liverpool first, so as to save all ghosts and monsters from appearing.

After making up his mind, Chen Ran left Ronaldo alone after training.

That's right, he plans to use the "first-level chicken blood card" for Ronaldo in the game against Liverpool.

"Boss, what can you do with me?"

Ronaldo looked at Chen Ran anxiously. Now he felt a little psychologically shadowed by Chen Ran talking to him alone. Could it be that his state is going to be in a downturn again?

"Ahem, Chris, according to my observation, you will have a peak state in the next game against Liverpool."

"So in this game, I will give you 'free fire'. Take advantage of the opportunity, try to score a few more goals, and give a few loud slaps to those who have looked down on our Crystal Palace recently."

"Ah? Boss, you mean after playing Liverpool, I will have three downturns again?"

As soon as he heard the word "right to fire freely", Ronaldo's handsome face suddenly wrinkled into a bitter face.

"Ahem, that's right. The three games went very quickly, and it will be over after a while."

Looking at Ronaldo's bitter face, Chen Ran suppressed a smile and patted him on the shoulder.

"understood"

On April 4, in the No.7 second round of the Premier League, Crystal Palace faced Liverpool at home.

Because of Vieira's injury, Chen Ran adopted a four-back formation in this game for safety reasons.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic

Left midfielder Ronaldo, midfielder Kaka, right midfielder Ribery

DM Yaya Toure, DM Mascherano
Left back Chiellini, center back Thiago Silva, center back Vidic, right back Maicon
goalkeeper cech
On the Liverpool side, seeing the recent decline of Crystal Palace, head coach Benitez is also preparing to take advantage of the fire.When he was interviewed by the media, he even threatened to beat Crystal Palace.

Center Kevin Dirk

Left midfielder Zenden, midfielder Kewell, right midfielder Pennant
DM Harvey Alonso, DM Gerrard

Left back Riise, center back Agger, center back Carragher, right back Finnan
goalkeeper reina
However, Benitez is a master tactician after all, and he didn't order Liverpool players to press up and attack as soon as he came up.

When the referee blew the whistle to start the game, Liverpool's entire formation was still relatively deep. They only tentatively launched a few attacks against Crystal Palace and then retreated to fight back. Benitez seems to have completely forgotten that he was in the game The rhetoric that was said in the interview with the media.

"Boss, didn't Benitez threaten to beat our Crystal Palace when he was interviewed? Why do you shrink back and fight back? Just want to beat us like this?"

Seeing Benitez's formation on the field, Guardiola was also speechless for a while. There are really everyone these days.

"Hehe, Josep, you'll get used to it gradually. These old foxes are getting more and more cunning one by one. You can't believe a single word they say."

"That's it, I understand."

Because Chen Ran used the "first-level chicken blood card" for Ronaldo, at the pre-match preparation meeting, he made it clear that Ronaldo had the "right to fire freely" in this game, and asked other players to give Ronaldo more Create opportunities.

Most of the players are very obedient, and Chen Ran does what he says.

Because what they have experienced along the way with Chen Ran has proved countless times that as long as they follow Chen Ran's orders, they will eventually win the game.

But Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who just joined Crystal Palace last summer, was a little unconvinced. This season, he has been biding farewell to Ronaldo, and no one is convinced.

If you score one goal, I will score two; if you score a world wave, I will also score a world wave.

Now that Chen Ran not only gave Ronaldo the "right to fire freely", but also asked other people to create opportunities for Ronaldo. Isn't this biased?Ibrahimovic exploded on the spot.

"Boss, I have an opinion. Chris can score goals, and I can also score goals. You let everyone create opportunities for him. Isn't this biased?"

Ibrahimovic suddenly stood up and questioned Chen Ran's decision loudly, with an expression of dissatisfaction.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic surprised everyone.

Good guy, since Chen Ran entered the Crystal Palace club, except for the players left before Chen Ran bought Crystal Palace, this is the first time anyone dared to publicly question his decision.

Kaka, who also joined Crystal Palace last summer, hurriedly tugged at Ibrahimovic's clothes, trying to make him sit down first.

But Zlatan Ibrahimovic's 195cm bulk did not move at all, obviously Chen Ran had to give him an explanation.

"Hehe, do you really think I'm eccentric?"

Chen Ran looked at Ibrahimovic speechlessly, feeling a little funny in his heart.

If Ibrahimovic knew what price Ronaldo had to pay, he didn't know what kind of expression it would be.

"Is not it?"

The still young Ibrahimovic stared at Chen Ran with a stubborn face.

"Chris, tell Zlatan about your situation."

"Okay, boss."

Ronaldo stood up in response, first gave Ibrahimovic a strange look, and then judged Chen Ran that he would be at his peak in this game, and then he would enter a downturn that lasted three games. Things said again.

This time, not only the players including Ibrahimovic were stunned, even the assistant coaches like Guardiola were dumbfounded.

"Chris, are you kidding? How can anyone accurately grasp the ups and downs of a player's state?"

Ibrahimovic seriously suspected that Ronaldo was fooling him.

"It's true. It's happened to me several times, and every time it proves that the boss is right."

Halfway through, Ronaldo seemed to suddenly think of something.

"Oh, I forgot that you only joined our Crystal Palace last summer, you don't know anything about the past."

After all, Ronaldo looked at the other teammates of Crystal Palace.

"Do you guys remember how many times I wasn't in the starting XI for three games in a row?"

"I remember. You mean, that's when you entered a downturn, right?"

Ribery stood up first to answer Ronaldo's question.

"That's right. You should also remember that before that, the boss also gave me the 'right to fire freely'?"

"There is such a thing. I also thought it was the boss's partiality, but your ability is indeed strong, so everyone didn't say anything."

This time it was Alves who stood up to speak, and made an expression of enlightenment while speaking.

Listening to his teammates reminiscing about the past, Ibrahimovic was still skeptical. He even suspected that these guys were acting together to deceive him.

After all, this thing is really unbelievable.

He has never heard of any coach who can accurately grasp the ups and downs of a player's state in a certain game.

If the boss is really like what Chris said, wouldn't his coaching level have reached an incredible level?
"Zlatan, this incident is a bit unbelievable. But don't worry, first see if Chris is as I judged. You will always believe what you see with your own eyes, right?"

"Okay, boss, I will pay attention to Chris's next performance. In this game, I will try my best to create opportunities for him."

"Very well, you will get a satisfactory answer."

Because of such an episode before the game, the Crystal Palace players on the field are all trying their best to pass the ball to Ronaldo.

And Ronaldo did not disappoint everyone. At his peak level, he overwhelmed Liverpool's right back Finnan.

No. In the 203rd minute, Kaka and Ronaldo on the left made consecutive two-for-one cooperation by kicking the wall, first passing Liverpool's right midfielder Pennant, and then passing the right midfielder Gera Germany.

Facing Finnan who came up to block him, Ronaldo knocked the ball with his heel and knocked Finnan to the ground. At the same time, he cut inside to the middle and dribbled the ball directly into Liverpool's penalty area.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Carragher, the central defender on the right of Liverpool, hurried up to stop Ronaldo from continuing to the goal.

Ronaldo made another croquette. After shaking the angle, he grabbed a curve ball with his right foot before Carragher stretched out his foot to destroy it.

The ball is fast and fast, spinning rapidly towards the upper left corner of the Liverpool goal.

Seeing Ronaldo's shot, Liverpool goalkeeper Reina immediately flew into the air, and flew sideways, trying to save the ball from the bottom line.

It's a pity that Ronaldo's shot angle was too tricky. Reina stretched his arm to the limit but couldn't reach the ball. In the end, he could only watch the ball turn into Liverpool's net.

"GOAL!"

With Cristiano Ronaldo's wonderful goal, Crystal Palace leads Liverpool 1-0.

"Cristiano Ronaldo staged another world wave, helping Crystal Palace take the lead shortly after the opening!"

"First a two-for-one with Kaka, then juggling past two Liverpool defenders, and finally a wonderful curling shot. Cristiano Ronaldo's goal, wonderful Peerless!"

"Crystal Palace took the lead very quickly thanks to a goal from Cristiano Ronaldo. Who said it was going downhill for Crystal Palace?"

"Cristiano Ronaldo's goal blew the horn of Crystal Palace's strong counterattack!"

Seeing Ronaldo's goal, there was no movement on Liverpool's side.

Benitez was very calm, he was mentally prepared for Crystal Palace's first goal, and he continued to execute according to his pre-match preparation plan.

It's a pity that Benitez didn't know that Chen Ran used the "Level [-] Chicken Blood Card" for Ronaldo today. He was not mentally prepared for how powerful Ronaldo was at his peak.

In the 308th minute of the game, Franck Ribery made a cross from the right.

The quality of Ribéry's pass was not very good because of interference from Liverpool left-back Riise.

The arc of the ball was high and powerful. Zlatan Ibrahimovic in the penalty area carried Liverpool central defender Agger to jump for the top. As a result, neither of them could reach the ball.

Carragher, another Liverpool centre-back, hid behind Ibrahimovic and Agger and took off, but barely caught the ball and flew the ball to the right sideline.

Seeing that the ball was about to fly out of Liverpool's penalty area, suddenly a figure rushed over from the wing.

(End of this chapter)