Football feast, starting from the acquisition of European clubs

Chapter 318
After arranging a strategy to deal with the Abu Dhabi consortium, Chen Ran turned his attention back to the team.

There is no way, some things, what should come will still come.

The wheel of history cannot be stopped by Chen Ran's small arms and legs.

Even if the Abu Dhabi consortium really bought the Manchester City club like in the previous life, it would just add another opponent to compete for the championship.

Crystal Palace, Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal, if you add Manchester City, then the future Premier League will be even more lively.

On February 2, in the fifth round of the FA Cup, Crystal Palace will face Portsmouth at home.

However, because on February 2th, the Champions League quarter-finals will start again. This time, Crystal Palace will go to Italy to challenge Rome.

Compared with the Champions League, the importance of the FA Cup is naturally not worth mentioning.

So in the FA Cup match, Chen Ran sent a lineup consisting mainly of substitute players.

Even so, with goals from Dzeko, Mascherano and Yaya Toure, Crystal Palace beat Portsmouth 3-2 at home.

While reaching the quarter-finals of the FA Cup, Chen Ran also got a "first-level rehabilitation card" from the system.

On the second day after playing the FA Cup, Chen Ran took the team to Rome, Italy.

Under the leadership of coach Spalletti, Roma not only won the runner-up in Serie A last season, but also won the Coppa Italia.

It is the only team that can compete with Inter Milan after the outbreak of the "Phonegate" incident in Italy.

Moreover, Spalletti also groundbreakingly tailored a set of frontless formations for Roma. Without a serious striker on the field, they still played offensive football well.

The defending champion Crystal Palace was drawn in the Champions League draw this time, which frustrated the Roma club from the management to the fans.

However, Spalletti himself is quite happy.

Because he knows very well that based on the strength of Rome's lineup, it must not be comparable to Crystal Palace.

So even if Rome is finally eliminated by Crystal Palace, no one will blame him.

In this way, without much pressure, he can give Crystal Palace a go.

Anyway, the worst result is to be eliminated. In case of a miracle, Roma upset and eliminate Crystal Palace, then his head coach must be the biggest contributor.

Therefore, Spalletti, who had calculated the pros and cons clearly, formed his best no-front formation.

Left midfielder Giuly, midfielder Totti, right midfielder Mancini
DM Perotta, DM De Rossi, DM Aquilani
Left back Panucci, center back Mex, center back Juan, right back Cicinho

goalkeeper dhoni
On the Crystal Palace side, before this game, Chen Ran also received good news. Thiago Silva, who had been injured for more than a month before, finally returned from injury.

In the FA Cup match against Portsmouth, Chen Ran sent Thiago Silva to adapt to the rhythm of the game in advance.

As a result, Thiago Silva's performance was very good, which finally made Chen Ran feel relieved.

After entering the Champions League knockout stage, there must be no relaxation in every game.For this reason, Chen Ran dispatched the main lineup of Xue Zang in the FA Cup.

center tony
Left midfielder Ronaldo, midfielder Kaka, right midfielder Ribery

Vieira, Modric
Left back Chiellini, center back Thiago Silva, center back Vidic, right back Maicon
goalkeeper cech
Spalletti's frontless formation is indeed a bit interesting. When the referee blew the whistle to start the game, there were no Roma players in the Crystal Palace penalty area.

This made Crystal Palace's central defenders very uncomfortable for a while, because they were used to marking the opponent's forwards, but now they found that there was no target.

You can't let them stay away from the penalty area and go to the midfield to mark Totti, right?

However, when the ball fell to the feet of the Roma team, the Roma players could be seen rushing towards the Crystal Palace penalty area like a tide.

Moreover, this tide is also divided into echelons.

First, Totti, Giuly and Mancini were the first echelon, followed by Perotta, De Rossi and Aquilani's second echelon.

The advantage of dividing into echelons is: if the attack of the first echelon is blocked, then the second echelon can arrive in time, whether it is to strengthen the offensive force, or counterattack to destroy the Crystal Palace on the spot, it is simply a stroke of magic.

Therefore, despite the fact that there are no Roma players in the penalty area of ​​the Crystal Palace, but the way they suddenly advance forward at the same time, the average team really can't stand it.

Seeing that the Crystal Palace players were not used to Roma's style of play, Guardiola joined Chen Ran again.

"Boss, should we strengthen the defense at the midfielder position?"

In front of the Roma team divided into two echelons and a total of six players advancing at the same time, only Vieira and Modric's midfielder position of the Crystal Palace seemed very thin.

Chen Ran also discovered this problem, but these players of the Roma team usually stay in their midfield and attack forward only when they get the ball. Once the attack is blocked, they will quickly retreat to their own half. defend the field.

Chen Ran would not be reconciled if Crystal Palace's offense was sacrificed to strengthen the defense because of this.

But Guardiola's concerns are not unreasonable. The momentum of the Roma team's group charge is quite scary. It is indeed a bit weak to rely on Vieira and Modric as the defense line alone.

After much deliberation, Chen Ran really came up with a solution.

Didn't the players of the Roma team start to advance collectively after getting the ball, so as long as they are not allowed to easily grab the ball, they will naturally have no chance to advance.

After making up his mind, Chen Ran turned to look at Guardiola beside him.

"Josep, you should go and inform the players on the field immediately. From now on, you will press all the way up and adopt the offensive tactics you designed."

"Suppress the Roma players in their half. Once the ball is lost, they would rather foul than give them a chance to advance."

"Boss, do you mean to use offense to suppress the opponent's offense?"

Guardiola was taken aback when he heard it, and it took him a long time to react.His suggestion was to strengthen the defense, but Chen Ran directly launched a full-scale attack.

"That's right, it's attacking against attacking. Fighting to attack, our Crystal Palace has never been afraid of anyone!"

"Ok, I see."

Soon, Guardiola passed Chen Ran's order to the players on the field.

Under the gaze of more than 6 fans of the home team at the Olympic Stadium in Rome, all of Crystal Palace's sides were over the center line except goalkeeper Petr Cech, two central defenders Thiago Silva and Vidic.

"What does Crystal Palace want to do?"

"Isn't it too arrogant? This is the home court of the Roma team."

"All-round pressure, is Crystal Palace going to launch a general attack?"

"I didn't expect that Chinese man to be so courageous, and the formation of the Crystal Palace is so high. Isn't he afraid that the Roman team will fight back against them?"

"Being so suppressed by the opponent at home, this situation usually only occurs when two teams with disparity in strength play against each other. If you can't beat Crystal Palace back, then Spalletti will be too embarrassed in front of the Roma fans. .”

Seeing Chen Ran's latest adjustment, before Spalletti could react, the commentators of the major TV stations became anxious for him first.

As for Spalletti, seeing the changes in Crystal Palace, he couldn't sit still anymore.Quickly walked from the bench to the sidelines, and began to call out to his players not to retreat, and to push back the Crystal Palace formation.

Originally, Spalletti had calculated the pros and cons of this game very clearly. Everyone knew that the strength of the Roma team was not as good as the defending champion Crystal Palace. Losing the game is a normal thing, and no one will blame him.

However, the same loss, the impact of different scenes will be different.

Crystal Palace is now aggressively pressing up, suppressing the Roma team at halftime.

If he loses so aggrievedly, Spalletti can imagine what will happen to him afterwards.

From fans to the media, overwhelming boos and abuse must be indispensable, and even the club owner may leave a bad impression on him.

This was not the result he wanted.

Therefore, under the strong request of Spalletti, the players of the Roma team began to fight fiercely with the Crystal Palace in the midfield, trying to push the Crystal Palace's formation back.

However, Spalletti did not realize that the Roma team who did this had abandoned their good style of play and began to unwittingly enter the rhythm of the game designed for them by Chen Ran.

On the sidelines, Guardiola, Southgate and Simeone got together again to discuss the current game situation.

"I also suggested to the boss to strengthen the defensive position of the midfielder. As a result, the boss not only did not strengthen the defense, but also attacked in an all-round way. Now it seems that the boss is very good, and he disintegrated the Roma team's offensive routine with one move."

Guardiola sighed while watching the game on the field.

"Hehe, I don't think that Spalletti looks very smart. Doesn't he know that he has fallen into the trap designed for him by the boss?"

Southgate curled his lips in disdain, and glanced at the bald head on the Roma bench.

"Gareth, don't make sarcastic remarks. This is the home court of Roma. If the Roma team is sieged by our Crystal Palace in the half court and has no power to fight back, the head coach Spalletti will be scolded to death." No."

Simeone helped Spalletti say something fair.

"You said, has the boss already taken into account what you just said, Diego?"

"I'm afraid that's true. The boss is so smart. What he's good at is digging a hole and waiting for you to jump in."

"Oh, it's so miserable to be a rival with the boss!"

At the request of Spalletti, although the players of the Roma team ran and fought hard, but because the personal abilities of the Crystal Palace players were too strong, it was difficult to grab their ball without fouling.

Therefore, after robbing for a long time, Crystal Palace still pressed the Roma team in halftime.

However, the physical consumption of Roma players is far beyond the normal situation.

At the end of the first half of the game, when the physical fitness of the Roma players entered the bottleneck period ahead of time, Crystal Palace finally waited for the chance to score.

According to the offensive routine designed by Guardiola, the players of Crystal Palace continued to use short passes to pull the Roma team's defense.

Due to the excessive consumption of physical energy, the availability rate of Roma players has dropped significantly, and the situation of half a beat has continued to appear.

Spalletti on the sidelines also noticed this problem, but he looked at the time and found that the first half of the game was about to end, so he decided not to make adjustments for the time being, and wait until the intermission.

At this moment, Modric passed the ball to Ronaldo on the left with a big foot.

In front of Roma's right midfielder Aquilani, Ronaldo headed the ball back to Chiellini, then turned around Aquilani and began to advance at high speed.

At this time, as the Crystal Palace's formation was fully pressed, Chiellini's position had also passed the center line.

After receiving the ball back from Ronaldo, Chiellini, who has cooperated with Ronaldo for several years and has been very tacit, did not stop at all, and directly passed the ball forward to Ronaldo who was advancing.

Realizing that the situation was not good, Roma's right back Cicinho rushed up to intercept Ronaldo.

Ronaldo didn't make any fake moves this time, he just slammed the ball forward, and then directly competed with Cicinho for speed.

Cicinho is also a full-back who is good at speed, and he has never been afraid of fighting for speed.

But Ronaldo will not make it easy for him. While the two are fighting for speed, Ronaldo continues to use his strong body to hit Cicinho.

And after several years of training, Ronaldo now has very rich game experience.

He wasn't the kind who bumped into Cicinho head-on, but left after one touch, and left after another touch.

In this way, the referee will not blow the whistle, and Cicinho will continue to oscillate between losing his balance and regaining his balance, and his speed will inevitably be affected.

Soon, Ronaldo left Cicinho behind and rushed directly towards Rome's penalty area.

This time, Rome's right central defender Juan had to step up to intercept Ronaldo.

Facing the tall and burly Juan, Ronaldo directly played a trick with his heel and knocked the ball over others. While shaking Juan to the ground, he also smoothly transferred the ball to the inside.

Before another Roma central defender Mex came over to defend, Ronaldo took a shot directly, and the ball flew towards the upper left corner of the Roma goal like a fired shell.

Goalkeeper Dhoni also reacted quickly, flying up, trying to save the ball.

It's a pity that Ronaldo's shot angle was very tricky. Despite Doni's best efforts, he couldn't touch the ball. In the end, he could only watch the ball fly into the goal he was guarding.

"GOAL!"

Before the end of the first half, Crystal Palace led Rome 1-0.

(End of this chapter)