Football feast, starting from the acquisition of European clubs

Chapter 319 I'm Still More Interested in Crystal Palace

As soon as Ronaldo scored a goal, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game.

During the intermission, because the game situation in the Crystal Palace was good, Chen Ran did not make any personnel adjustments except to give the players blood as usual.

On the Roma side, Spalletti couldn't wait.He replaced the midfielder Aquilani with the newly introduced Montenegro striker Vucinic this season, and also changed the Roma team's strikerless formation to 4411.

Vucinic acted as the lone forward, and Totti followed him as a midfielder or shadow forward.

At the start of the second half, Chen Ran was relieved to see Spalletti's substitutions and adjustments.

Compared with Spalletti's unconventional frontless formation, Rome, which has returned to the conventional formation of 4411, is actually easier to deal with.At least Vidic and Thiago Silva finally have a clear target.

Now that Spalletti started to adopt traditional tactics, Chen Ran immediately ordered the Crystal Palace formation to retreat and no longer adopt a high-pressure posture.

After all, Guardiola's offensive tactics consume too much energy. For the Crystal Palace with a dense schedule, it is okay to play occasionally.If they kept fighting like this, it might be Crystal Palace who was dragged down first.

The situation of the game was the same as Chen Ran's judgment. The Roma team with a serious striker was not as offensive as the frontless team in the first half.

Under the tight marking of Vidic and Thiago Silva, it was difficult for Vucinic to even receive the ball, let alone score.

On the contrary, on the Crystal Palace side, after the formation retreated, they had more opportunities to fight back.

When the game progressed to No. 603 minutes, the Roma team, which could not enter the penalty area of ​​the Crystal Palace, was shot by Totti from outside the penalty area.

After Cech hugged the ball firmly, he quickly got up and threw the ball to Modric with a strong hand.

After receiving the ball, Modric pulled and dunked, flashed past Totti who was rushing forward to grab the ball, and then passed a through pass to Kaka who was advancing at high speed and preparing to counterattack.

Seeing that Crystal Palace was about to fight back, Roma's midfielder Perotta rushed up to intercept.

Kaka flicked the ball lightly, just passed between Perotta's legs, and then accelerated directly to leave Perotta behind.

Realizing that the situation was not good, De Rossi, another midfielder of the Roma team, immediately rushed over to defend.

As a result, Kaka didn't stop at all, just moved the ball forward, and then went around from De Rossi's other side, playing a one-man ball.

After passing the two midfielders of the Roma team, Kaka rushed directly to the penalty area of ​​the Roma team with the ball.

At this time, only two central defenders, Mex and Juan, were left in the restricted area of ​​the Roman team.Among them, Mex was also responsible for man-marking Tony, so Juan had to bite the bullet and go up to intercept his fellow Brazilian Kaka.

Seeing Juan rushing towards him, Kaka flicked the ball to the front right with his left foot, and directly dribbled the ball around Juan and entered the penalty area of ​​the Roman team.

Seeing the critical situation, the goalkeeper Doni immediately abandoned the goal and rushed towards Kaka.

Kaka flicked the ball to the front right again. After avoiding Doni's attack, he flicked his right ankle and kicked the ball towards the unguarded Roma goal.

At this time, Juan, who had just been swayed by Kaka, desperately chased back, and a flying shovel tried to block Kaka's shot.

It's a pity that his movement was still a step slow and he couldn't reach the ball.

On the other side, Mex also wanted to rush over to destroy Kaka's shot, but Tony, who had been marking him all the time, blocked behind him with his huge body.

In this way, Kaka's kick was not strong and the angle was not tricky, and he easily rolled into the goal of the Roma team.

"GOAL!"

With Kaka's wonderful one-stop performance, Crystal Palace led Rome 2-0 away.

"Starting from the backcourt, Kaka's goal was really beautiful!"

"When everyone's attention was focused on Ronaldo, Kaka broke out again. Crystal Palace is strong. There are too many explosive points, and it is impossible to guard against it."

"Crystal Palace took the initiative to withdraw their formation in the second half of the game, but got a lot of opportunities to counterattack. Kaka's goal benefited from this. The Chinese man's on-the-spot command ability is now getting better and better."

On the Roma side, seeing Kaka scoring the second goal, Spalletti's heart sank.He knows that his hope of defeating Crystal Palace in an upset now seems to be slim.

Like the previous Schalke 04, Roma, as a second-tier strong team, can only make up a decent starting lineup.

Once this lineup can't start the situation, it will be difficult to find players with enough strength from the bench to top it.

On the Crystal Palace side, since there will be an away game in the seventh round of the No. Get on the bench.

In the end, with goals from Ronaldo and Kaka, Crystal Palace beat Roma 2-0 away.

While taking the lead in the quarter-finals of the Champions League, Chen Ran also got a "Level [-] Sight Card" from the system.

After the game, Chen Ran took the team back to London overnight.

Just two days later, on February 2, Crystal Palace was going to an away game against Wigan Athletic.

Because he had just finished playing the Champions League, Chen Ran had to make a large lineup rotation in this game.

In the end, with the goals of Cavani and Beckham, Crystal Palace defeated Wigan Athletic 2-1 in the away game.

Although he successfully obtained three points, Chen Ran also got a "Level [-] Harvest Card" from the system.But Vidic's injury made Chen Ran not happy at all.

Crystal Palace's two main central defenders, Thiago Silva had just returned from injury, and Vidic was placed on the disabled list.

Moreover, Vidic suffered a fractured phalanx this time, and it is conservatively estimated that he will be out for about three months.

It is now the end of February, the last round of the Premier League will be played on May 5, and the final of the Champions League will be played on May 11.

In other words, if there is no miracle, Vidic has basically determined that he will miss all the remaining games of the Crystal Palace this season.

In the other games of this round of the Premier League, Manchester United beat Newcastle United 5:1 away, and Chelsea beat Tottenham Hotspur 4:3 away.

The two teams are now four and six points behind Crystal Palace respectively. The situation that was already quite favorable to Crystal Palace has become full of variables due to Vidic's injury.

"Boss, once Vidic is injured now, we can only use the central defender combination of Thiago Silva and Pepe. Considering that Pepe's performance is not so stable now, our next game Wouldn't it be safer to adopt a counterattack tactic?"

Because of Vidic's injury, Chen Ran summoned his three assistants to discuss countermeasures.Simeone, who is usually not active in speaking, was uncharacteristically this time and took the initiative to stand up to express his opinions.

"Well, Diego, you are very thoughtful. This is indeed a good way to deal with the situation in front of you."

Chen Ran nodded, and he also knew that Simeone's approach was the most pragmatic choice at present.

"Do you two have any other suggestions?" Chen Ran turned to Guardiola and Southgate again.

"Boss, I also support Diego's suggestion. However, we don't want to use defensive counterattacks all the time. We can still press the offense against weak teams. After all, those teams are not capable of causing too much threat to our defense. "

It was Guardiola who did his part to speak first. As soon as he finished speaking, Southgate immediately took it.

"Boss, I think both Josep and Diego are right. We can take the initiative to attack against a weak team, and retreat to defend and counterattack against a strong team. Anyway, our players are very familiar with these two tactics, and there is no difficulty at all. .”

Seeing Southgate taking advantage of it again, Guardiola and Simeone glared at him in unison.

Chen Ran didn't care about the petty moves between the three guys, and made a decision directly: "Next, we will follow Gareth's method. You let the players get used to it in advance during training, understand?"

"Okay, boss."

"No problem, boss."

"Got it, boss."

Just when Chen Ran was having a headache because of Vidic's injury, on the other hand, after the disbandment of G14, a new alternative organization, the European Football Club Association (ECA), was officially established.

Due to Chen Ran's special explanation, Crystal Palace, which was very active in this matter, also became one of the seventeen founding members of the European Football Club Association.

As the representative of Crystal Palace Club in the European Football Club Association, Stephen also got a vice-chairman position.

"Stephen, should I call you Mr. Vice Chairman now?"

In the Crystal Palace Club, in Chen Ran's office, little fat Louis stared at Stephen enviously, and said sourly.

"Bullshit vice chairman, it's just a title, it has no real power."

Stephen curled his lips in disdain, looking disgusted.

"It's not bad to have this title, at least it sounds bluffing. This title of vice president is obviously UEFA's reward for us to actively move closer to them during this period of time."

While analyzing the current situation, Chen Ran turned to look at the newly appointed Mr. Vice Chairman.

"Stephen, don't underestimate the title of vice chairman. Although it has no real power, it is the first step for our Crystal Palace to move towards the center of European football power."

"You perform well. If you have the opportunity in the future, I will support you to go further and enter UEFA or even FIFA. At that time, you might be able to sit back as the vice president of FIFA."

"Vice President of FIFA?"

Stephen hadn't responded yet, but little fat Louis called out first.

"Chen, aren't you a little too whimsical?"

This time, not only the little fat man was shocked, but even Stephen, who had always been calm, looked at Chen Ran in surprise.

Seeing the reactions of his two friends, Chen Ran smiled slightly.

He's not talking nonsense.

In his previous life, David Gill was from the CEO of Manchester United Club, to the vice chairman of G14, and then a member of the FA board of directors,

Then he was a member of the board of directors of the European Football Club Association, then the vice chairman of the Football Association, and was elected as the UEFA Executive Committee.
Then the chairman of the UEFA Club Qualification Committee, and finally the vice-president of FIFA.

In this life, Chen Ran has been preparing for this plan ever since David Gill was recruited from Manchester United.

Since David Gill was able to become the vice president of FIFA through this path in his previous life, Chen Ran also wanted to push Stephen to try.

After all, the principle that there are people in the DPRK who are good at handling things is not only in China, but also the whole world.

Although Stephen's qualifications are not as good as David Gill's, don't forget that his father is the Marquess of Bath.

Although Stephen was only an illegitimate child, Chen Ran believed that the Marquis of Bath would not stand idly by when it was time to help.

As for David Gill, who was deprived of luck by Stephen, Chen Ran is ready to make up for it
Measures.

The position of CEO of the Galaxy Football Group does not seem to be very important now, but in time, Chen Ran believes that this position will definitely become one of the most important positions in the football circle.

"Stephen, nothing is impossible. I have made a detailed plan for you. You just need to follow my plan."

"However, it will be a long process. It may last ten years, and you need to be patient enough."

"Ten years? OMG! Chen, you have already seen ten years from now when you make plans?"

It was still little fat Louis, who exclaimed before Stephen.

"Ahem, calm down. Stephen, there is one thing I must remind you, that is, it is not certain whether this plan will succeed."

"But if you really succeed, then you will be one of the few people at the top of the football pyramid in the future."

"Stephen, are you interested in the position of FIFA vice president?"

Chen Ran smiled and looked at Stephen. Although it was a question, he was sure that Stephen would be tempted.

"Gudu."

Even Stephen, who was always calm and calm, couldn't help being a little excited at this time.

"Chen, it would be a lie to say that you are not interested. Don't worry, I will follow your plan. Although I know that this matter must be very difficult, I will definitely regret it in the future if I don't try it."

While Chen Ran was busy dealing with various affairs of the Crystal Palace, Thaksin Shinawatra, the owner of the Abu Dhabi consortium and the Manchester City Club, got on the line as in his previous life and made preliminary contact.

In a mansion in London, the big boss Sheikh Mansour and Kardun Al Mubarak, who was in charge of the entire acquisition, sat together, with detailed information on many clubs in front of them.

"Boss, based on the current situation, Manchester City is the team we are most likely to win."

"I'm still more interested in Crystal Palace."

(End of this chapter)