Football feast, starting from the acquisition of European clubs

Chapter 356

Although Guardiola has left Crystal Palace now, his offensive tactics have been deeply engraved in the minds of Crystal Palace players.

By constantly passing and cutting and pulling Zenit St. Petersburg's defense, Crystal Palace quickly found the opponent's weakness.

When the game progressed to No. 203 minutes, Messi broke through from the right and made a pass from the bottom. Tony in the center beat the opponent's defender with a header and scored.

"GOAL!"

Crystal Palace lead Zenit St Petersburg 1-0.

After conceding the ball, Advocaat was still very calm, and did not order his players to press the attack, but honestly huddled in his own half and placed the bus.

However, some players are really not something you can defend if you want to.

When the game went on for another ten minutes, Ronaldo first dribbled the ball along the left line to break through, and then played a good heel knock to switch the ball to the inside.

Without giving the Zenit St. Petersburg players a chance to defend, Ronaldo shot a curve ball with his right foot.

The ball flew directly to the upper left corner of Zenit St. Petersburg's goal with a strong spin. The goalkeeper tried his best to save but failed to touch the ball. He could only watch the ball fly into his goal.

"GOAL!"

Crystal Palace 2:0 Zenit St. Petersburg.

If Advocaat could still hold his breath when he was only one goal behind, then now, he can no longer sit still.

Although he knew in his heart that pressing the attack could lead to a terrible death.

But if you continue to place the bus, there is really no chance of a comeback.

No matter what, you have to fight hard, otherwise the ball will be too useless to lose.

Whether it is to the club owner or the fans, he has no way to explain it when he goes back.

After making up his mind, Advocaat immediately called on the players of Zenit St. Petersburg to attack aggressively.

Seeing Advocaat's actions not far away, Chen Ran couldn't help smiling, turned around, walked back to the bench and sat down.

He still had a headache when Zenit St. Petersburg huddled behind the bus, but now that the opponent wants to press the attack, he can't wait for it.

Playing against each other, the current Crystal Palace has never been afraid of anyone.

If the first half hour of the game was a half-time offensive and defensive drill, then the rest of the game time became the audience's favorite offensive battle.

On the Crystal Palace side, Kaka, Ronaldo and Messi each scored a goal.On the other side of Zenit St. Petersburg, Arshavin also won two dollars alone.

In the end, Crystal Palace defeated Zenit St. Petersburg 5:2 and successfully defended the UEFA Super Cup again.

"Ding, congratulations to the host for successfully defending the UEFA Super Cup, and a bonus of 1000 million euros for the champion."

After winning the UEFA Super Cup, Chen Ran and the Crystal Palace players were in no mood to celebrate, and flew back to London overnight.

There is no way, the third round of the Premier League will be played just one day later.

It was already the morning of the next day when we returned to London. Instead of letting the players go home, Chen Ran took the players directly to the hotel to rest.

For this game against Wigan Athletic, Chen Ran carried out a comprehensive rotation.All the players who played the whole game in the European Super Cup did not enter the starting lineup of this game.

The abilities of the Crystal Palace's substitute players are actually very strong, but they usually don't have many opportunities to play together, so the cooperation between them is far less than the tacit understanding of the main lineup.

The head coach of Wigan Athletic, Steve Bruce, is also very pragmatic, and did not act rashly because of the intensive schedule of Crystal Palace.

He knew that his team was far inferior to Crystal Palace, so he stayed in his own half to play defensive counterattacks.

Without Tony, Ronaldo, Kaka and Messi on the field, Crystal Palace's offensive ability was greatly weakened.

Under the concerted defense of Wigan Athletic players, Crystal Palace played extremely hard throughout the game.

In the end, with a direct free kick from Beckham, Crystal Palace was able to beat Wigan Athletic 1-0 at home.

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

In other games of this round of the Premier League, Chelsea was tied 1:1 by Tottenham Hotspur at Stamford Bridge, and Liverpool was also tied 0:0 by Aston Villa away.

Manchester United beat Fulham 3-0 at Old Trafford, and Arsenal also beat Newcastle United 3-0 at Highbury.

As a result, Chelsea and Liverpool, who previously tied for the top spot with Crystal Palace, fell behind at the same time.

This enabled Crystal Palace to successfully occupy the top position of the Premier League standings with a two-point advantage.

This is followed by the national team game day, there is no club game for two weeks.

With the current momentum of the Crystal Palace club, not only the main players, but even the substitute players have been selected for their respective national teams.

When it came to the national team match day, except for the youth team players, the training base of the Crystal Palace club was empty, and even the daily training of the first team had to be cancelled.

The players have all gone to the national team, but Chen Ran has no way to rest. He has to make plans for the games after Crystal Palace. This is the first devil schedule that Crystal Palace will face this season.

After the end of the national team match day, the new season of the UEFA Champions League and the English League Cup will also begin.

In the UEFA Champions League, Crystal Palace was assigned to Group F this time, and the opponents in the same group are very strong.

In addition to Bayern Munich, the Bundesliga overlord, there are also two strong teams, Lyon and Fiorentina.

It can be said that there is no obvious weak team in this group, and every game is not easy to play.

On September 9, in the fourth round of the Premier League, Crystal Palace will go away to challenge Newcastle United;
On September 9, in the first game of the UEFA Champions League group stage, Crystal Palace will face the Bundesliga overlord Bayern Munich at the Emirates Stadium;
On September 9, in the fifth round of the Premier League, Crystal Palace will play against Everton at home;
On September 9, in the third round of the English League Cup, Crystal Palace will face Cardiff City at the Emirates Stadium;

On September 9th, in the sixth round of the Premier League, Crystal Palace is going to challenge Arsenal again;

On October 10, the second game of the UEFA Champions League group stage, Crystal Palace will go to an away game against Fiorentina;
On October 10, in the seventh round of the Premier League, Crystal Palace will go away to challenge Tottenham Hotspur.

There are seven games to be played in 21 days, an average of one game in three days.

The opponents in the game are still strong teams such as Bayern Munich, Arsenal, Fiorentina, Tottenham Hotspur and Everton.

Among these teams, except for Bayern Munich, any other team is not an opponent of Crystal Palace.

But now they are gathered together to fight against the Crystal Palace, even with the strength of the Crystal Palace, Chen Ran has to be cautious.

"Let's talk about it, what should we do next?"

After handing the Crystal Palace schedule to Southgate and Simeone, Chen Ran asked.

I have to say that he was a little uncomfortable without Guardiola during the meeting.

"Forehead"

In the past, Guardiola was the first to speak, but now that he is gone, Southgate and Simeone looked at each other, and finally Southgate was forced to stand up.

"Boss, in my opinion, the two UEFA Champions League games against Bayern Munich and Fiorentina must go all out, and the League Cup game against Cardiff City can be foregone. As for the other games, it depends on the players. We will make a decision based on our physical condition.”

Chen Ran did not express his opinion immediately, but continued to turn his head to look at Simeone.

"Diego, what do you think of Gareth's approach?"

"Boss, I agree with Gareth. However, the other games are the Premier League and we still have to win as much as possible."

As the national team games ended one after another, the Crystal Palace players also returned to the club to report one by one.

As soon as these guys returned to the team, Chen Ran immediately arranged for the team doctor and fitness coach to check their physical condition.

The result was far from ideal. The players of Crystal Palace have now become the thighs of their respective national teams, and it has almost become the norm to play all the games.

Coupled with the exhaustion of the journey, the physical consumption of the players is more severe than when they play in the club.

In desperation, facing the upcoming fourth round of the Premier League, Chen Ran could only send players with good physical test data to form a starting lineup with most of the substitute players and a small number of main players. Challenge Newcastle United.

The head coach of Newcastle United, the Irishman Chris Hughton, also adopted the tactics of defensive counterattack and busting to deal with Crystal Palace.

After another hard fight, finally with two headers from Cavani and Kompany, Crystal Palace defeated Newcastle United 2:1 in the away game.

While getting three points, Chen Ran also got a "Free Kick Master Card" from the system.

In the other games of this round of the Premier League, there are two games that are particularly interesting.

The first is Liverpool's double-red meeting against Manchester United at Anfield. As a result, Liverpool beat their old rivals 2:1 at home.

The other game was Manchester City's home game against Chelsea, which had just changed their new boss.

Before the Abu Dhabi consortium took over the Manchester City club, Chelsea's Abramovich, as the richest owner of the Premier League team, was the upstart in many people's hearts.

Now there is another richer Abu Dhabi consortium, and this competition is regarded by many as a direct contest between old and new upstarts.

In the end, Chelsea, which has spent several years of money, had the last laugh.

They easily defeated Manchester City 3:1 in the away game and continued to follow closely behind Crystal Palace by two points.

In the first four rounds of the Premier League, Manchester City only achieved two wins and two losses.It's not bad, but compared to their huge investment, it's not enough.

In the VIP box at the Manchester City Stadium, Kardun Al Mubarak, who had watched the entire game, looked very unhappy.

Especially when he learned that Crystal Palace had once again won the game and led the Premier League standings alone with four consecutive victories, he lightly explained to the secretary standing behind him:
"From now on contact all the top managers in the world and see if any of them are willing to coach Manchester City. Tell these people that as long as they are willing to coach Manchester City, money is not an issue."

"Mr. Chairman, does this include Chen Ran?"

Kardun Al Mubarak didn't expect his secretary to ask this question, so he was stunned for a moment.

"Mr. Chairman, with all due respect, I think that Chinese man is currently the best head coach in world football, not one of them."

Hearing what the secretary said, Kardun Al Mubarak didn't get angry.

After a long silence, he nodded silently.

"You are right. He is indeed the best head coach in the world. You should also contact Chen Ran. Even if there is only a one-in-ten-thousand chance, we will give it a try."

"Okay, Mr. Chairman."

After playing the Premier League against Newcastle United, Chen Ran and Crystal Palace turned their attention to the upcoming Bayern Munich.

The current Bayern Munich is still in the stage of careful calculation, and is not as willing to spend a lot of money on signings as it was later.

In this summer transfer period, because of Kahn's retirement, they introduced German goalkeeper Bout from Benfica for free, Italian right back Odo from AC Milan on loan, and German midfielder Borows from Bremen for free. base.

If you count the players sold, Bayern Munich not only did not spend a penny during the entire transfer period, but also made a net profit of 1090 million euros.

In this summer, the young Klinsmann succeeded the famous coach Hitzfeld as the new head coach of Bayern Munich.

Facing the Crystal Palace, the defending champion of the Champions League, which is currently in full swing, Klinsmann has no fear at all.Even though the game was played at Crystal Palace's home court, he still insisted on his usual tactics.

Forward Podolski, Forward Klose

Left Midfielder Ze Roberto, Central Midfielder Schweinsteiger, Central Midfielder Van Bommel, Right Midfielder Altintop
Left back Lahm, center back Van Buyten, center back Lucio, right back Odoi

goalkeeper bout
On the Crystal Palace side, Chen Ran, who had rotated in the last game against Newcastle United, sent all the main players this time.

center tony
Left midfielder Ronaldo, midfielder Kaka, right midfielder Messi
Vieira, Modric
Left back Chiellini, center back Thiago Silva, center back Vidic, right back Maicon
goalkeeper cech
As the first UEFA Champions League game ushered in at the new stadium of Crystal Palace, it is also facing the old giant club, the Bundesliga overlord Bayern Munich. Not only have the tickets for the Emirates Stadium been snatched up, but on the day of the game, there are still many who have not bought. Fans who bought tickets stood outside the stadium, hoping for a miracle that someone would refund their tickets.

A much-anticipated battle is about to start!
(End of this chapter)