Football feast, starting from the acquisition of European clubs

Chapter 330 That Chinese Man Feels Guilty
"Carlo, the Crystal Palace's continuous loss of defensive players may not be able to sustain the collapse soon. This is a rare opportunity for us, you must take good advantage of it."

Peter Kenyon smiled and took a sip of his coffee, obviously in a good mood.

"Peter, don't forget that there is Manchester United ahead of us. They are only three points behind Crystal Palace, but we are four points behind. Even if Crystal Palace does collapse, it may end up being cheap for Manchester United."

Ancelotti is not as optimistic as Peter Kenyon. After half a season of adaptation, he is very clear that the intensity of the Premier League has far surpassed the current Serie A, and it is not so easy to win the championship.

"Haha, Carlo, have you forgotten that in the remaining five rounds of the league, there is still a direct contest between us and Manchester United. As long as you can win that game, we can overtake Manchester United immediately."

"What's more, apart from Manchester United, we don't have any strong opponents in the remaining five league rounds, but Manchester United still has to face their old rival Arsenal."

"Carlo, if you look at it this way, don't we have a greater chance than Manchester United?"

Seeing that Ancelotti still looked cautious, Peter Kenyon smiled and compared Chelsea and Manchester United's upcoming schedules.

"It really is."

After listening to Peter Kenyon's analysis, Ancelotti finally relaxed.

"Peter, don't worry, I will definitely win against Manchester United."

Against Manchester United, Ancelotti is very confident.When he was coaching AC Milan, he often eliminated opponents in the Champions League, and he was very experienced.

Next, Peter Kenyon and Ancelotti had a detailed discussion on Manchester United.

And the Crystal Palace seems to have been forgotten by the two of them.

On the Crystal Palace side, Chen Ran was speechless in the face of such serious injuries and downsizing. The only remaining "Level [-] Rehabilitation Card" was once again completely used up.

"Boss, we won't be able to get anyone injured anymore. Especially at the central defender position, there are still Pepe and Mascherano barely supporting them. If they get injured again, there will really be no one to replace them."

Facing the current difficult situation, Southgate couldn't help expressing his worries at the pre-match preparation meeting.

"Is it up to me to decide if anyone got hurt?"

Chen Ran stared at Southgate speechlessly.

"Boss, what about our next game? Judging from the players who can still play, the team's defensive strength has dropped a lot. It is estimated that in the next game, our number of goals conceded will increase significantly. .”

Even Simeone, who has always been in charge of the team's defensive tactical training, is now a little worried about Crystal Palace's defense.

Of course Chen Ran knew what Simeone said.He called Guardiola and the three of them today just to arrange the next countermeasures.

"The current situation of the team, I believe you are all very clear. A large number of defensive players are injured and absent, making it difficult for us to adopt defensive counterattack tactics."

"So, I plan to adopt a strategy of substituting offense for defense in the next game, and burn the flames of war to the opponent's half, thereby reducing the opponent's threat to our defense. What do you think of this method?"

"Replace defense with offense?"

Guardiola repeated it in a low voice and nodded silently.

"Judging from the current situation, the boss's approach may be the most suitable coping strategy."

"Boss, our current defense line is not reliable. If we take the initiative to attack, will we expose more loopholes?"

Southgate scratched his head, feeling that this approach was too risky.

"There will definitely be loopholes, but as long as we can score more goals than our opponents, it's not a problem at all."

"How can there be a perfect solution in this world? You have to take some risks. Regarding the ability to score goals, I have great confidence in the strength of our strikers."

Having said that, Chen Ran stopped and looked around at his three assistants.

"How about it? Do you dare to gamble with me? Shut up those who think that Crystal Palace is about to collapse!"

"Haha, why are you afraid? Boss, don't use aggressive methods."

"That's right, just gamble, whoever is afraid of whom."

"The champion will belong to Crystal Palace!"

Three days after the Champions League match against Real Madrid, Crystal Palace ushered in the No.30 four rounds of the Premier League.This time, they sit at home to meet the challenge of Aston Villa.

According to the plan made by Chen Ran in advance, Crystal Palace launched a fierce attack from the first minute of the game, catching Aston Villa by surprise.

With Ronaldo's brace and goals from Toni, Messi, Beckham and Cavani, Crystal Palace beat Aston Villa 6-4 at home.

Just like what Chen Ran said, although Crystal Palace's defense is unstable now and the number of goals conceded has increased greatly, as long as they score more goals than their opponents, it is not a problem at all.

While getting three points, Chen Ran also got a "Level [-] Recovery Card" from the system that he needs most now.

In the other matches of this round of the Premier League, Manchester United struggled to beat their old rival Arsenal 2:1 at Old Trafford, and Chelsea also beat Wigan Athletic 1:0 at Stamford Bridge.

With four games to go, United and Chelsea remain three and four points behind Crystal Palace respectively.

Next is another week of double matches, and the semi-finals of the Champions League will be played in the middle of the week.

Crystal Palace's opponent this time is Serie A giants Inter Milan, while Chelsea will face La Liga giants Barcelona.

Therefore, in the fifth round of No.30 Premier League matches at the weekend, Chen Ran adjusted Crystal Palace's starting lineup to a certain extent. This time they will go to an away game against West Ham United.

In the end, with the goals of Dzeko and Fabregas and the lore of Alves, Crystal Palace narrowly beat West Ham United 3:2 in the away game.

While scoring the key three points, Chen Ran also got a "Level [-] Recovery Card" from the system.

In the other games of this round of the Premier League, Manchester United beat Blackburn 1-0 in the away game, and Chelsea also beat Everton 1-0 in the away game.

The two teams did not let up, and were still chasing behind Crystal Palace.

Next, Chen Ran and Crystal Palace will face another difficulty.

On April 4, the semi-final of the UEFA Champions League, Crystal Palace will go to challenge Inter Milan away; on April 23, the No.4 sixth round of the Premier League, Crystal Palace will sit at home against Arsenal.

Just two days apart, Crystal Palace will face two strong teams in a row, including an away game in Italy.

And in these two games, you must go all out.This is undoubtedly another huge test for the exhausted Crystal Palace, which is full of wounded soldiers.

So, after the match against West Ham United, Chen Ran immediately flew to Milan, Italy with the entire Crystal Palace team.

This time the Crystal Palace is still the guest first and then the host, with a slight advantage in the schedule.

Since the "Phonegate" incident broke out, Inter Milan can be said to be thriving in Serie A, almost monopolizing the Serie A championship in the past few seasons.

This season is no exception, Inter Milan has established a leading advantage in the league early.So they can send substitute players to play in the league, wait for work, and go all out to face Crystal Palace.

For coach Mancini, the Serie A championship trophy has no appeal for him.

He is now desperate to succeed on a bigger stage, and Crystal Palace is a stumbling block he needs to get rid of.

When Crystal Palace became Inter Milan's opponent in the Champions League semi-finals, Mancini conducted a detailed understanding and analysis of the current situation of Crystal Palace.

The results excited him.

The current Crystal Palace can be said to be the weakest Crystal Palace team in recent seasons. Mancini is even a little fortunate that Inter Milan can meet Crystal Palace at this time.

After all, if you can defeat and eliminate the defending champion, and then take advantage of the trend to reach the top of Europe, then everything will be perfect.

For this reason, Mancini geared up and sent out the strongest lineup he could play, preparing to take the initiative to advance in one fell swoop at his home court.

Forward Adriano, forward Crespo
Left Midfielder Recoba, Central Midfielder Stankovic, Central Midfielder Cambiasso, Right Midfielder Figo

Left back Maxwell, center back Samuel, center back Materazzi, right back Zanetti

goalkeeper cesar

On the Crystal Palace side, Chen Ran still dispatched an attacking lineup according to the previous plan, preparing to fight Inter Milan with offense instead of defense.

center tony
Left midfielder Ronaldo, midfielder Kaka, right midfielder Messi
DM Yaya Toure, DM Modric

Left back Evra, center back Mascherano, center back Pepe, right back Maicon

goalkeeper cech
When the referee blew the whistle to start the game, Inter Milan, who was sitting at home, of course aggressively attacked.

But to everyone's surprise, the Crystal Palace, which is short of major generals and playing away games, did not adopt defensive counterattack tactics.

Instead, he pushed forward without showing any weakness, and competed with Inter Milan for every inch of midfield.Once he got the ball, he immediately swooped towards the Inter Milan penalty area.Those who didn't know thought it was a home game at Crystal Palace.

On the sidelines, Mancini, who saw Crystal Palace's tactical play, was also slightly taken aback. He turned his head to look at the Crystal Palace's bench, smiled and shook his head.

It seems that the Chinese man has a guilty conscience.

In the case of an unstable defense line, he still took the initiative to press the attack. The Chinese man probably had the idea of ​​"replacing defense with offense".

However, Mancini, who was also very confident in the strength of his players, obviously did not take Chen Ran's strategy seriously.

Look at Mascherano and Pepe, then look at Adriano and Crespo, Mancini is more confident.

Inter Milan's players did give Mancini a boost. Within 10 minutes of the game, they won a free kick near the left line of the frontcourt.

Recoba took the ball and accurately found his own striker in the penalty area of ​​Crystal Palace.

Crespo overwhelmed his fellow defender Javier Mascherano and pushed the ball into the Crystal Palace goal guarded by Petr Cech, helping Inter Milan lead Crystal Palace 1-0.

However, just when the smile on Mancini's face has not completely disappeared.

Ronaldo, who re-kicked the ball, did not pass the ball back as before, but directly dribbled the ball towards Inter Milan's penalty area.

The Inter Milan player, who was caught off guard, hurried up to block Ronaldo's breakthrough with the ball.

But Ronaldo passed Stankovic and Cambiasso consecutively when his opponents were unable to react in time and did not have time to encircle.

Seeing that Ronaldo was about to rush into the penalty area, Inter Milan's central defender Samuel had to rush out to intercept Ronaldo.

Without any hesitation, Samuel came up with a flying shovel.He thought very clearly, and would rather foul and get a card than keep Ronaldo out of the penalty area.

Seeing Samuel's fierce tackle, Ronaldo flicked the ball lightly, then jumped up himself, dribbling the ball to avoid Samuel's flying tackle.

Before the ball hit the ground, Ronaldo volleyed directly.

"boom!"

At this time, Materazzi, who realized that the situation was not good, quickly stretched out his feet to block Ronaldo's shot.

It was fine if he didn't stretch out his feet. When he stretched out his feet, he just blocked his goalkeeper Cesar's sight.

By the time Cesar saw the flight path of the ball clearly, he was already a step slower in reacting.

Cesar only had time to subconsciously make a save, and the ball flew from his hands into the Inter Milan net.

So, just 1 minute apart, Ronaldo's wonderful one-stop performance helped Crystal Palace to tie the score on the field to 1:1.

Seeing Mancini who was equalized so quickly, he obviously couldn't accept such a result.

Under his constant urging, Inter Milan continued to launch a tidal offensive towards the Crystal Palace goal.

After another ten minutes of the game, Adriano received a pass from Stankovic and took a long shot directly outside the penalty area.

The ball was like a fired shell, aiming at the junction of the Crystal Palace left goal post and the crossbar.

Because the angle of the ball was too tricky, the goalkeeper Petr Cech flew up and stretched his body to the limit but failed to touch the ball. He could only watch helplessly as the ball hit the inner edge of the goalpost and bounced into the goal he was guarding.

With Adriano's world-wave long shot, Inter Milan once again leads Crystal Palace 2:1.

However, although Mancini was happy for a longer time this time, it did not last until the intermission.

Just when the game entered stoppage time in the first half, Messi on the right received a pass from Modric and first easily passed Inter Milan's left midfielder Recoba.

Then he played a two-for-one cooperation with Kaka. After passing the left back Maxwell, he dribbled the ball directly into the Inter Milan penalty area.

(End of this chapter)