Football feast, starting from the acquisition of European clubs

Chapter 368 Secret
Knowing that he was inferior to Kaka in terms of speed and agility, Harman rushed forward with a big shovel.

He was going to teach Kaka a lesson, so that the other party would retreat in the face of difficulties, so as not to keep staring at him and repeatedly attacking him.

Now Kaka is no longer a fledgling rookie, and the experience of repeated injuries has also allowed him to accumulate many tips to avoid injuries.

Seeing Harman shoveling aggressively towards him, Kaka immediately picked up the ball, and then he jumped up immediately, the ball and Kaka just passed over Haman's head.

This time, Manchester City's frontier of the penalty area immediately became a huge gap.

Realizing that the situation was not good, Manchester City's central defender Ben Haim had no choice but to immediately drop Dzeko, who was in charge of his marking, and come out to intercept Kaka.

Ben Haim's actions were naturally seen by Kaka.With a flick of his right ankle, he passed the ball to Dzeko, who was now unguarded.

The ball drew a parabola and just flew over Ben Haim's head.

Such a good opportunity, Dzeko certainly did not want to miss it.

However, this ball was passed from behind, and it would be difficult to use the header to shoot straight up and down.

Therefore, Dzeko simply turned his back to Manchester City's goal and directly played an upside-down golden hook against the incoming ball.

"boom!"

Dzeko's touch was very accurate, and the ball flew to the upper left corner of Manchester City's goal as quickly and quickly as a cannonball.

The goalkeeper Hart immediately jumped towards the direction of the ball's flight. Unfortunately, Dzeko's barb shot was too sharp, and Hart tried his best but failed to touch the ball.

"GOAL!"

With Dzeko's World Cup goal, Crystal Palace finally broke the deadlock on the field and led Manchester City 1-0.

Seeing that he had exhausted all means and was finally scored by Crystal Palace, Mark Hughes' mentality immediately collapsed.

When preparing for the game against Crystal Palace, Mark Hughes studied many Crystal Palace game videos.

He found a very serious problem, that is, if he uses the bus-busting tactic to deal with Crystal Palace, once the score falls behind and wants to counter-attack to get the score back, the end result will often be worse.

Mark Hughes is very clear about his current situation.

If Manchester City only lost one goal to Crystal Palace, he can barely explain it.

In case Manchester City loses to Crystal Palace by a big score, he is likely to be fired on the spot by Kardun Al Mubarak who has long disliked him.

After weighing for a long time, Mark Hughes decided to pretend to be dead and continue to ride the bus, pretending that he didn't see the 1:0 score on the huge monitor at the Emirates Stadium.

Moreover, he quickly replaced Wright Phillips with Ireland and Harman with Richards.

There is only one goal, and that is to continue to strengthen the defense.

On the Crystal Palace side, after seeing Mark Hughes' substitution, Southgate turned to look at Simeone beside him in puzzlement.

"Diego, what do you think of this Mark Hughes? It is understandable to replace Harman, who is physically declining, with Richards. But he replaced Wright Phillips with Ireland, who has average offensive ability. Bring it back?"

"I'm afraid you really hit the mark. This Mark Hughes probably didn't intend to bring the score back." Simeone said thoughtfully.

"Huh? And the head coach is willing to lose? Isn't this guy gambling?"

Southgate was dumbfounded and looked at Simeone in astonishment.

"Gambling shouldn't be enough. Mark Hughes probably doesn't want to lose more goals. Gareth, if you recall well, when we played against us, the teams that took the initiative to attack after losing the ball ended up being What's the end?"

"It seems to have conceded more balls."

"So, it is very understandable for Mark Hughes to do this. Manchester City just changed their new club this season and invested heavily in the summer transfer period, but now they are only ranked in the top ten. You think Mark Hughes What is Hughes' current situation?"

"I see. Tsk tsk, Diego, I didn't expect you to think about things comprehensively."

"We follow the boss now, so naturally there is no such pressure. Let's talk about Josep. If Barcelona's performance this season is not good, do you think he can still sit firmly as the head coach?"

"That's true. It's still comfortable to follow the boss, there is no pressure, and you can continue to win various championship trophies."

Chen Ran was also a little surprised by Mark Hughes' actions.

Is the deterrence of Crystal Palace too great, or is this guy too cowardly?
However, when Chen Ran changed his mind, he immediately guessed the purpose of Mark Hughes.

This is also good, since Manchester City has completely given up attacking, it can just save the Crystal Palace players a little energy.

As a result, Chen Ran waved the banner, and Crystal Palace also began to reduce their offensive intensity.

The game, in such a very tacit atmosphere, ushered in the whistle of the end of the game.

In the end, with Dzeko's barb shot, Crystal Palace beat Manchester City 1-0 at home.

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

In the other games of this round of the Premier League, Liverpool easily beat Bolton 2-0 away, continuing their strong performance this season.

Chelsea also beat West Bromwich Albion 3-0 away, and Manchester United beat Stoke City 5-0 at Old Trafford.

Arsenal lost to Aston Villa 0:2 upset at Highbury Stadium, and once again began to lose the chain.

When the No. 13 Premier League rounds are all over, Crystal Palace, Liverpool and Chelsea are still ranked first, second and third, and the points gap between them has not changed.

After the game against Manchester City, Crystal Palace finally ushered in a week of rest.

In Spain, at this time La Liga has played eleven rounds.

Under Guardiola, Barcelona topped the standings with 28 points.

Real Madrid, on the other hand, only scored 23 points and ranked fourth.

All of a sudden, rumors spread throughout Spain that not only Mourinho could not beat Chen Ran, but even Chen Ran's assistant Guardiola could not beat him.

"Fxxxk!"

"These bastards are afraid that the world will not be chaotic. La Liga has not even finished a third of the league, and it is nonsense to say that the champion of this season is none other than Barcelona!"

In Mourinho's residence in Barcelona, ​​the reports in the Spanish media sent him into a rage.

"José, do you care too much about the media's reports? Don't you know the virtues of these media when you were in England?"

Mendes frowned slightly for Mourinho's so excited performance now, something was wrong.

"call"

After taking a long breath, Mourinho calmed down a little, and he also realized that his reaction was a bit abnormal.

"Sorry, Jorge, I got a little too excited."

"Jose, Guardiola is Guardiola, don't confuse him with Chen Ran, so that you can deal with this guy with a more peaceful mind."

As a friend and partner, Mendes certainly knows what Mourinho's Achilles' heel is.

"Heh, Jorge, am I trying to mix them up?"

"Then don't bother with those media. The angrier you are, the happier they are. Isn't this in their trap?"

"I see. By the way, Jorge, how is that guy Chen Ran doing recently? I heard that many of their players have been injured and missed this season?"

Mourinho, who was overwhelmed by Guardiola's Barcelona, ​​has not been in the mood to pay attention to the news of the Premier League recently.

"Crystal Palace did have many players injured, and they were all the main players. Before that, it was Kaka, Vieira and Vidic. Chris was also injured a few days ago."

"What? So many players injured? Is Chris' injury serious?"

Hearing that so many of Crystal Palace's main players were injured, Mourinho was immediately refreshed.

"It's not a big problem for Chris, it's almost enough to rest for half a month."

"That's it, it's a pity." Mourinho shook his head and sighed.

"What do you mean by that?"

Hearing Mourinho's words, Mendes almost lost his breath.

Ronaldo is one of the biggest cash cows in Mendes' hands. If the injury is serious, he will lose a lot.

"Ahem, Jorge, don't get me wrong, I don't mean anything else."

Mourinho also knew that what he said just now was a bit unkind, so he quickly explained.

"José, although many of Crystal Palace's main players were injured, under Chen Ran's training, Crystal Palace is still the number one team in both the Premier League and the Champions League."

"If you expect injuries and downsizing to slow down the progress of Crystal Palace, it doesn't seem to work so far."

"So, I advise you to focus on La Liga. After all, Guardiola is much easier to deal with than Chen Ran."

Mourinho rarely refuted what Mendes said.

As uncomfortable as it sounds, he knows in his heart that Mendes is really thinking of him.

Also in Spain, Barcelona, ​​Guardiola's home.

The team's performance is good. Both the club executives and the fans are very satisfied with Guardiola's performance, which also gives Guardiola the leisure to have a drink with his brother Pere Guardiola.

"Pep, if Barcelona meets Crystal Palace again in the Champions League this season, are you sure you can eliminate Crystal Palace?"

Seeing that his younger brother, as the head coach for the first time, was able to overwhelm the veteran giants Real Madrid to occupy the top position in the La Liga standings, Pere Guardiola couldn't help but feel a little flustered.

"Ahem, Pere, did you drink too much?"

Guardiola glanced at the empty wine bottles on the table, but did not answer his brother's question.

"How could I drink too much? It's just a bottle of red wine. You still don't know how much I drink?"

"Then why do you ask such a ridiculous question?"

"How can this be called absurd? Barcelona's strength is not weak. When they met Crystal Palace in the Champions League in the past few seasons, they were only narrowly defeated."

"Since you came to coach Barcelona, ​​you have vigorously promoted players from La Masia, and the team's combat effectiveness has been significantly improved."

"What's more, the injury situation of Crystal Palace this season is even more serious. First, the three main players of Kaka, Vieira and Vidic were injured, and even Cristiano Ronaldo was injured a while ago."

"You said, in this case, if Barcelona meets Crystal Palace again, is it a good opportunity to eliminate their opponents?"

Pere Guardiola made an impassioned speech with the help of wine, which was really methodical.

Obviously, he has not been thinking about this issue for a day or two.

"Since you have paid attention to the injury situation of Crystal Palace, you should know that even in this case, Crystal Palace still ranks first in the Premier League and Champions League."

Speaking of this, Guardiola stopped deliberately, and said word by word: "Pere, I know better than you how powerful the boss is!"

"Hehe, Pep, I admit that Chen Ran is very good. But don't forget that this season is only less than a third of the way, and Crystal Palace has already suffered so many injuries."

"If the injury situation of Crystal Palace intensifies in the future and there are no available players at that time, then what's the use of Chen Ran being good? He can't go up and play by himself?"

"Oh, I almost forgot, Chen Ran is not a player. If he goes up to play, the result will be even worse."

Speaking of this, Guardiola is too lazy to continue arguing.

Only those around them know how powerful Chen Ran is.

Among other things, the ability to accurately predict the ups and downs of a player's state alone is enough to make people daunting.

Even though Guardiola has been with Chen Ran for several years, he still hasn't figured out how this is done.

He also hopes to return to the Crystal Palace to learn this ability from Chen Ran in the future, so even his own brother, Guardiola did not reveal this secret.

After six days of rest, Crystal Palace ushered in another consecutive week of double matches.

On November 11, in the No.22 round of the Premier League, Crystal Palace will go away to challenge Portsmouth.

Crystal Palace, who played with all the main players, easily won Portsmouth 3:1 in the away game with goals from Toni, Messi and Ribery.

While winning the game, Chen Ran also got a "Level [-] Recovery Card" from the system.

在本轮英超联赛的其他比赛里，利物浦在安菲尔德1：0小胜富勒姆，切尔西也在斯坦福桥1：0力克纽卡斯尔联队，曼联则在客场0：0被阿斯顿维拉逼平。

However, Mark Hughes, whose position as the coach is in jeopardy, exploded this round, beating Arsenal 3-0 at home, which was a moderate upset.

When the No.14 Premier League rounds are all over, Crystal Palace still tops the standings, while Liverpool and Chelsea are four points behind and six points behind, ranking second and No.3.

The day after the match against Portsmouth, Chen Ran flew to Germany with the entire Crystal Palace team.Three days later, they will challenge Bayern Munich away.

(End of this chapter)