Football feast, starting from the acquisition of European clubs

Chapter 320 "Running Wild Dog"

"Boss, the Crystal Palace's attitude is very clear. That Chinese man is only willing to sell 20% of the shares at most."

Karduun Al Mubarak was also scratching his head at the request of the big boss Sheikh Mansour. He didn't plan to sell it at all, and he couldn't help it.

"Didn't you tell the people at Crystal Palace about our offer?"

Hearing Sheikh Mansour's question, Karduun Al Mubarak couldn't help but smiled wryly.

"Boss, the other party doesn't listen to our offer at all. According to Crystal Palace Club CEO Stephen, unless we are willing to buy only 20% of the shares, there is no need to continue negotiating."

This time, Sheikh Mansour could not help but frown.

He knows very well that the things that cannot be solved with money are the really difficult things.

"In this case, then tell me about the situation of the Manchester City club."

"Okay, boss."

Nemanja Vidic's absence from injury has brought great troubles to Chen Ran's formation, because Crystal Palace will usher in a new devil's schedule.

On March 3, the No.2 eighth round of the Premier League, Crystal Palace will meet the challenge of Sunderland at home;

On March 3, in the second round of the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals, Crystal Palace will host Rome at home;

On March 3, the FA Cup quarter-finals, Crystal Palace will go to Old Trafford to challenge Manchester United;
On March 3th, the Premier League No.11 nine rounds, Crystal Palace will go to Stamford Bridge to challenge Chelsea;
On March 3th, the No.15 round of the Premier League, Crystal Palace will sit at home and compete with Manchester United for the second time within a week;
Five games in thirteen days, an average of less than one game in three days, and except for the game against Sunderland, the opponents in the other four games were all strong teams.

Whether it is Roma or Chelsea and Manchester United, these games are related to the promotion qualification of the Champions League and the championship of the Premier League.

There is no doubt that these teams will definitely do their best when they encounter Crystal Palace.

When I saw this schedule, and considering the season's reimbursement of the team's main central defender Vidic, let alone Guardiola, Southgate and Simeone took a breath, even Chen Of course, my scalp was numb for a while.

"Let's talk about it, how should we play these games?"

Chen Ran looked at his three assistants, and found that none of these guys dared to look directly at him.

In the end, under the push and go, Guardiola was arched out.

"Boss, according to the method we agreed on before, except for the active attack against Sunderland, we should adopt defensive and counterattack tactics in the other four games."

"Another point is that we may have to give up the FA Cup match against Manchester United in the middle. Otherwise, I am worried that our players will consume too much energy, and if there is another injury, it will be a big trouble. "

"That's right, boss, I also support Josep's opinion."

Before Chen Ran could speak, Southgate quickly stood up to support Guardiola's approach.

"Diego, what do you think?"

Of course, Chen Ran was very aware of Southgate's little thought, but he was not in the mood to argue with him now, and turned his head to look at Simeone.

"Boss, at present, Josep's idea is indeed the most suitable method for our current situation."

According to the previously formulated coping strategy, Chen Ran aggressively attacked in the No. 3 eighth round of the Premier League on March 2.

With goals from Toni, Ronaldo, Kaka and Modric, Crystal Palace beat Sunderland 4-1 at home.

While getting three points, Chen Ran also got a "level one recovery card" from the system.

In the other games of this round of the Premier League, Manchester United defeated Fulham 3-0 away, and Chelsea also beat West Ham United 4-0 away.

The two teams are still four and six points behind Crystal Palace respectively, ranking second and third in the standings.

After two days of rest, on March 3, Crystal Palace ushered in the second round of the Champions League quarter-finals.

This time, they sit at home against Rome.

Spalletti has no way out now, and simply let go of his hands and feet to attack in an all-round way.

On the Crystal Palace side, according to the prepared coping strategy, Chen Ran uncharacteristically shrank his formation and started a defensive counterattack during the home game.

Although the scene of the game was ugly, fortunately, the result was not bad.

With the goals of Messi and Cesc Fabregas, Crystal Palace drew with Roma 2:2 at home and eliminated their opponents with a total score of 4:2 to advance to the quarterfinals of the Champions League.

In other Champions League competitions, the Premier League teams have continued their strong performance in the past few seasons. Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool have all successfully advanced to the quarter-finals of the Champions League.

Just two days later, on March 3, Crystal Palace ushered in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup.

According to the plan made before, Chen Ran sent a starting lineup mainly of substitute players in this away game to Old Trafford to challenge Manchester United.

Moreover, Chen Ran also handed over the command of this game to Simeone, and Simeone will use his best defensive counterattack tactics.

Despite the best efforts of Crystal Palace's substitute players, Crystal Palace eventually lost 0:1 to Manchester United, which played all the main players, and ended this season's FA Cup trip ahead of schedule.

Still only two days apart, on March 3, the No.11 nine rounds of the Premier League will start again.

This time, Chen Ran will lead Crystal Palace to an away game against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.

After more than half of the season, Ancelotti, who has basically adapted to the Premier League, is very clear.

If he still wants to compete for the Premier League title this season, then this direct contest between Chelsea and Crystal Palace is his last chance.

Therefore, like Chen Ran, in order to preserve the physical fitness of the main players, he sent a substitute lineup in the FA Cup match two days ago, which also caused Chelsea to be knocked out by a Championship team Barnsley.

All of a sudden, there was an uproar in the public opinion, and the criticism and accusations against Ancelotti were overwhelming, which made him feel more and more pressure.

After paying such a painful price, Ancelotti can only put all his eggs in one basket now, and must make up for it on Crystal Palace.

Otherwise, the result of losing both ends may make his head coach's position unsecured.

For this reason, he put all the main players who can play in his hands into the starting lineup.

Forward Drogba, Forward Andriy Shevchenko
Ballack

The midfielder Makelele, the midfielder Pirlo, the midfielder Lampard
Left back Ashley Cole, centre-back Terry, centre-back Carvalho, right-back Essien

Cudicini
On the Crystal Palace side, Chen Ran also dispatched all the main players who could play.It's just that, unlike before, he adopted the staffing of defensive counterattack tactics according to the plan made in advance.

Ronaldo

Left midfielder Messi, right midfielder Ribery
DM Mascherano, DM Vieira, DM Yaya Toure
Left back Chiellini, center back Thiago Silva, center back Pepe, right back Maicon

goalkeeper cech
When Ancelotti saw the Crystal Palace starting list, his brows could not help but frown.

Without the main center Tony, without the main midfielder Kaka, and even Modric, who has excellent organizational skills, did not play. What does this Chinese man want to do?Is he not going to attack?

When he saw Vieira, Mascherano and Yaya Toure's three midfielders appearing in the starting list at the same time, Ancelotti immediately understood the intention of Chen Ran's arrangement.

It seems that this Chinese man wants to adopt defensive counterattack tactics in this game
With the whistle of the referee, after the first half of the game officially started, Ancelotti was more sure of his judgment.

Except for Cristiano Ronaldo, Messi and Ribery, the rest of Crystal Palace's players are basically no more than the center line, and they all shrank in their own half to strengthen their defense.

And their offensive methods are also very simple and rude. Once they get the ball, they will directly make a long pass to Ronaldo and the three in front.

Only the three of them participated in the entire offensive process. It is best to complete the shot, and it does not matter if it cannot be completed. The other players of the Crystal Palace have no intention of keeping up with the attack.

This time, not only Ancelotti, but even the fans and the commentator of the game were confused.

"I don't know what the reason is. From the very beginning of the game, Crystal Palace shrank their formation and played a defensive counterattack. This is completely different from Crystal Palace's usual strong style of play. Is Chelsea so strong?"

"In fact, Crystal Palace also adopted a defensive and counterattack style in the previous games against Roma and Manchester United."

"However, one is because they beat Roma 2-0 away, and they only need to keep a draw at home to advance. The other is because Crystal Palace has always paid little attention to the FA Cup and League Cup, and sent a large number of substitute players. It was expected."

"However, against Chelsea today, in this game that is related to the title of the Premier League champion this season, Crystal Palace still adopts defensive counterattack tactics. I don't know what the Chinese man thinks?"

After watching for a long time, Ancelotti couldn't figure out why the stronger Crystal Palace suddenly changed to defensive counterattack, but Ancelotti simply didn't want to.

Now that Crystal Palace has given up the initiative in the game, Chelsea can just let go of their hands and feet to attack aggressively.

After all, to compete for the Premier League title this season, Chelsea must beat Crystal Palace.With a gap of six points, a draw will not help, it will only make Manchester United cheaper in vain.

After making up his mind, Ancelotti immediately walked to the sidelines, waved his hand, and called on Chelsea's players to fully attack.

On the Crystal Palace bench, seeing Ancelotti's actions, Guardiola, Southgate and Simeone got together to discuss the situation of the game.

"If this Ancelotti really makes Chelsea aggressively attack, then he will step into the trap dug by the boss again."

Southgate shook his head, feeling sorry for Ancelotti.

"Ahem, in fact, it can't be said that the boss dug a trap. The main reason is that after Vidic was reimbursed for the season, the boss is not at ease with the defense."

Guardiola still spoke a fair word for Chen Ran.

"Hehe, we don't know how cunning the boss is. I don't believe that he just retreated to play defensively because Vidic was absent."

Southgate curled his lips in disdain, as if he had seen through everything a long time ago.

"I agree with Gareth. Josep, didn't you see that the boss didn't even play Toni? Now Ronaldo, Ribery and Messi are all fast, good technique and breakthrough ability Strong player."

"You don't think there are only three of them, but when it comes to counterattacks, just relying on the defenders in Chelsea's defense may not be able to withstand it."

Simeone also rarely sided with Southgate this time.

Guardiola looked up at Cristiano Ronaldo, who was running wildly with the ball on the field, stirring up Chelsea's defense, and the corner of his mouth twitched slightly.

If you are careless, you still can't think of the boss in a good way.

Just when Guardiola and the three of them were discussing Chen Ran's tactics, Ancelotti also discovered that the situation was not good.

Damn, although Crystal Palace only has three people in front, the threat of these three people is really too great.

If Ancelotti knew Chinese, he would definitely use "running wild dogs" to describe these three guys.

Under Chen Ran's special arrangement, Ronaldo, Messi and Ribery did not have a fixed position in the frontcourt.All three of them are frontcourt free agents, with Ronaldo as the core, Messi and Ribery as the wings, wherever the ball goes, they will go there.

The long passes sent by Crystal Palace in the midfield are like Frisbees.Then Ronaldo and the three quickly rushed to the vicinity of the ball's landing point, and through the pass and cut cooperation of the three-person team, they broke through and rushed directly to Chelsea's goal.

If it's just one person, Chelsea's defensive players can also contain their offense by double-teaming defense.

But when the three of them appeared together, Chelsea's defensive players were a little bit overwhelmed.

When the game progressed to No. 201 minutes, Ronaldo blocked Pirlo behind him and used his chest to bounce the ball passed by Vieira from the backcourt.

Then without waiting for the ball to hit the ground, he knocked the ball directly with his heel to Messi who was waiting not far away to respond.

Messi made a deep-fried ball, easily swayed Lampard who rushed to grab the ball, and rushed directly to Chelsea's penalty area with the ball.

At this time, Makelele, who realized that the situation was not good, hurried over to defend.

Without any hesitation, Messi stabbed the ball directly to Ribery not far away, and then bypassed Makelele and continued to sprint towards Chelsea's penalty area.

Seeing the ball fall to Franck Ribery's feet, Ashley Cole immediately rushed up to steal it.

Franck Ribery didn't stop the ball at all, he just kicked a pass, and before Ashley Cole stretched his foot, he passed the ball back to Messi who was advancing at high speed.

At this point, Messi has already rushed into the Chelsea penalty area
(End of this chapter)