Football feast, starting from the acquisition of European clubs

Chapter 379 It Really Hurts!
Seeing Mendes' phone number displayed on the phone, Chen Ran was slightly taken aback. He and Mendes hadn't been in touch for a while.

"Jorge, why did you remember to call me today?"

After exchanging pleasantries, Chen Ran asked curiously.

"Chen, I think there is a piece of news that you might be interested in."

"Oh? What's the news?"

"Just today, Manchester City entrusted Raiola to find Jose and wanted to introduce players from Real Madrid."

"Manchester City? Hehe, their hands are quite long."

"The key is Mino Raiola. Without him as a bridge, the Abu Dhabi consortium, which has just entered the football circle, would not have such a wide network of contacts."

"Then how did Mourinho react? Did he agree to Manchester City's signing request?"

"José didn't agree on the spot, but I could see that he was a little moved."

"Okay, I see. Thank you very much, Jorge. I'll treat you to dinner when you come to London someday."

"Haha, that's settled. I will never forget the Chinese restaurant you picked."

After hanging up the phone, Chen Ran's expression suddenly darkened.

Raiola, an insatiable guy, is really doing his best for the Manchester City club.

And that bastard Mourinho didn't forget to make trouble for himself even though he was far away in Spain.

Although the current Manchester City is far from being able to pose a threat to the Crystal Palace, Chen Ran is still a little upset.

Thinking carefully about Manchester City's main lineup during Mancini's time, Chen Ran suddenly found that the opponent's captain and defensive backbone Kompany, midfielder Yaya Toure, and main striker Dzeko have all been poached by him in advance. To the Crystal Palace here.

Coupled with the fact that De Bruyne, the absolute core of Manchester City, was also included in the introduction plan of Crystal Palace, Chen Ran felt that he seemed to attach too much importance to Manchester City.

After all, the game is played by people. During Mancini's period, Manchester City had their main players dug into the Crystal Palace by themselves. Do they still have the strength to compete for the Premier League championship trophy?

Thinking of this, Chen Ran smiled helplessly.

Rebirth is of course his biggest reliance, but this also makes his vision and standards for introducing players too high.

Many players who are actually very good, he actually looks down on them now.

Just like David Silva, Chen Ran knew that he was Manchester City's future offensive core player, but he still couldn't make up his mind to make a move.

After all, a team is not the more stars the better.

Although David Silva is very good, but comparing him with Ronaldo, Messi, Kaka, Ribery or Modric, who can he replace?

Buying someone else but not using it will definitely cause conflicts after a long time.

At that time, if the team is not united, it will directly affect the results of the game.

The most obvious example, since Messi replaced Ribery as the team's main force this season, Ribery has disliked Messi.

If it hadn't been for Chen Ran to resolve it in time, I don't know what that stunned young man Ribery would do.

Chen Ran always remembers the painful lesson of Real Madrid's blind accumulation of big-name players.

Therefore, except for the season when he first entered the Crystal Palace, Chen Ran's subsequent signings were very cautious.

Most of them are mainly talented young players, with a small number of established stars.

After repeated weighing, Chen Ran finally gave up his plan to intercept Hu Mancheng, because it would not be worth the candle.

After explaining that Fatty Louis paid close attention to every move of Manchester City and Mino Raiola, Chen Ran turned his attention to Crystal Palace.

After only two days of rest after playing the FA Cup play-offs, on January 1, Crystal Palace once again ushered in the challenge of Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium.

Coach Wenger has a very personal character. Regardless of the past or the present, Arsenal under his leadership has never shrunk their formation and placed the bus when facing Crystal Palace.

This time is no exception, Wenger still dispatched all the main lineup, ready to fight a hearty battle against Crystal Palace.

Forward Van Persie, Forward Adebayor
Left Midfield Walcott, Central Midfielder Nasri, Central Midfielder Alexander Song, Right Midfielder Rosicky
Left back Clichy, center back William Gallas, center back Kolo Toure, right back Sagna

goalkeeper almunia
On the Crystal Palace side, the lack of a main player in the FA Cup make-up match also allowed Chen Ran to confidently and boldly send the strongest lineup to face Arsenal.

center tony
Left forward Ribery, forward midfielder Kaka, right forward Messi

DM Yaya Toure, DM Modric

Left back Chiellini, centre-back Thiago Silva, centre-back Kompany, right-back Maicon
goalkeeper cech
Both Crystal Palace and Arsenal are old rivals who have fought many times, and there is no secret between them.

Therefore, when the referee blew the whistle to start the game, the two teams directly launched a fierce confrontation without any temptation.

Less than 10 minutes into the game, Messi successfully broke through the defense of Arsenal left-back Clichy on the right and made a successful cross.

In the penalty area, Tony, who had an absolute height advantage, overwhelmed William Gallas, who was in charge of marking him, and a lion shook his head and broke through the Arsenal goal guarded by Almunia.

"GOAL!!!!!!"

Crystal Palace lead Arsenal 1-0 at home.

Seeing the score behind, Wenger did not seem surprised.

He still sat firmly on the bench, allowing the Arsenal players on the field to play freely.

After half an hour of the game, due to the decline in physical fitness, Arsenal's midfielder gradually became unable to withstand the attack of Crystal Palace, and the team's formation was also pushed back to within the half-time by Crystal Palace.

At this time, Arsenal's assistant coach Pat Rice came to Wenger's side.

"Boss, do you want to shrink the formation defense first, so as not to lose the ball again in the first half of the game?"

"Pat, do you think we can stop the Crystal Palace's offensive with our defensive line?"

Wenger did not answer the assistant's question, but asked a rhetorical question.

"I'm afraid I can't prevent it."

Although unwilling to admit it, Arsenal have always been stronger in offense than defense.

"In this case, it is better to attack to the end. Our offensive players have been in good form recently, and there may be a glimmer of hope for this."

Pat Rice nodded slightly. He understood what Wenger meant. It was actually a bet to see if Arsenal's offensive players could score.

At this moment, it seemed to be verifying Wenger's judgment.

The little tiger Walcott used his speed to successfully break through Maicon's defense on the left and made a pass from the bottom.But he didn't master his footwork well, and his passing power was too strong.

In the penalty area, Adebayor used his strong body to squeeze away Thiago Silva and grabbed the ball.

But because Walcott's passing quality is not good, Adebayor can't directly head the ball.

In desperation, he had to reluctantly point the ball to Van Persie who was not far from him.

Van Persie reacted quickly, and immediately rushed in front of Kompany, diving to the top and heading the ball towards the goal of Crystal Palace.

Due to the short distance, Cech couldn't react in time and could only watch the ball fly into the goal he was guarding.

The score on the field became 1:1 and Arsenal equalized the score.

"Huh? Arsenal are in good shape today."

On the Crystal Palace bench, Southgate said something in surprise.

Due to the drag of the new stadium, Arsenal have withdrawn from the league title competition in recent seasons.

Coupled with the fact that they often lose to weaker teams by losing the chain, many people despise Arsenal a little bit.

Chen Ran's side is as stable as Mount Tai. It's still the same sentence, fighting against each other, Crystal Palace has never been afraid of anyone.

At the end of the first half, Cech hugged Adebayor's header and kicked the ball into the frontcourt with a big foot.

Tony quickly got into position, blocked Alexander Song, and with a flick of his head, ferried the ball to Kaka who was advancing at high speed.

Without any pause, Kaka picked the ball up with his toes, just over the head of Kolo Touré, who was coming up to intercept him.After stopping and passing, he rushed directly towards Arsenal's penalty area.

At this time, because Arsenal was still attacking just now, many people are still staying in the halftime of Crystal Palace and cannot come back.

In front of Kaka, there is only one central defender William Gallas and goalkeeper Almunia.

Without any hesitation, Kaka sprinted at high speed, while flicking the ball to the left front, raised his left foot and shot.

At this time, William Gallas's attention was all on Kaka's right foot.

He knows very well that Kaka's breakthrough shot is very good, so he has been defending Kaka's main right-footed shot.

But William Gallas didn't expect Kaka to shoot with his left foot this time, and when he reacted and wanted to block the goal, he was already a step behind.

Kaka's shot was powerful and heavy, flying like a cannonball to the upper right corner of Arsenal's goal.

Seeing Kaka hitting the door, Almunia quickly moved his feet and jumped over.

Unfortunately, he was still a step too late.By the time Almunia stretched out his hand, the ball had already flown into the net ahead of schedule.

"GOAL!!!!!!"

Crystal Palace 2:1, leading Arsenal again.

Soon, the referee blew the whistle to end the first half.

During the halftime break, Chen Ran did not make any substitutions and adjustments except to give the players blood as usual.

At Arsenal, Wenger replaced Clichy at left-back with Sylvester and then moved William Gallas to play at left-back.

While strengthening the defense on the left, it also enhanced the air defense capability of the back line.

However, the progress of the second half of the game proved that Wenger's substitutions and adjustments were useless.

Although Clichy's defensive ability is not as good as that of William Gallas, William Gallas's speed is not as good as Clichy's.

Messi used his speed and extraordinary ability to make William Gallas live a life of doubt.

In the No. 603 minute of the game, Messi passed William Gallas with a croquette, and then dribbled directly into Arsenal's penalty area.

Realizing that the situation was not good, central defender Kolo Toure rushed over to defend.

Messi changed direction, and immediately swept the ball towards the goal after getting out of the neutral position.

The ball flew close to the ground, fast and fast.

Whoever touches the ball has the potential to deflect it into Arsenal's goal.

Arsenal's defenders immediately threw their hands at the mouse, and it was just a few tenths of a second of hesitation that the ball passed in front of Arsenal's goal.

At this time, a figure suddenly appeared in the back.

"boom!"

It was Ribery. This guy was afraid that he would not touch the ball, so he simply slid his shovel on the ground and threw his body out.

Indeed, Ribery's method is very idiomatic, and the ball was directly blocked by him into Arsenal's goal.

Almunia could only helplessly watch the ball fly into his goal again.

"what!"

The moment the ball hit the net, a shrill scream followed.

It turned out that although Ribery blocked the ball into Arsenal's goal.

But when he slid his legs apart, with great inertia, his crotch also hit the right post of Arsenal's goal hard.

"hiss!"

Throughout the Emirates Stadium, everyone who saw this scene gasped.

This... really hurts!
"Team doctor!"

The referee, who also saw this scene, immediately turned and greeted the Crystal Palace bench.

At this time, due to the distance, Chen Ran and the players and coaches on the Crystal Palace bench only knew that Crystal Palace scored again, but they did not see what happened to Ribery.

It was only when the referee greeted the team doctor that he realized that the situation was not good.

"what happened?"

Chen Ran immediately walked to the sidelines and asked the Crystal Palace players on the field.

"Boss, it looks like Ribery hit the Arsenal post when he hit the goal."

Captain Thiago Silva hurried over to report the situation to Chen Ran.

"Oh? That's okay."

Chen Ran breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that he hit the doorpost.

It should be just a hard injury. It was very painful at the time, but it was fine after a while.

"Boss, Frank seems to have hit the goalpost with a vital part."

After hesitating for a moment, Thiago Silva still told what he saw.

"What? Are you sure?"

Now Chen Ran is a little anxious, that part can be said to be the most vulnerable part of a man, Ribery can't be beaten, right?

"Gareth, hurry up and tell Ronaldo to warm up and replace Ribery with him later."

"Okay, boss."

Ronaldo has recovered from his injury, but just to be on the safe side, Chen Ran did not let him start in this strong dialogue with Arsenal.

Because of Franck Ribery's injury, the game was interrupted for nearly 10 minutes.

Seeing the team doctor gesturing towards him for a substitution, Chen Ran's heart sank. Ribery isn't really a problem, is he?

When Ribery was carried out of the field on a stretcher, Chen Ran immediately walked over to ask about the situation.

Seeing that Ribery, a tough guy, had tears in his eyes, Chen Ran knew how much he hurt.

"Boss, I am using ethyl chloride and ice packs to relieve Frank's pain, but the specific situation needs to be further checked at the hospital."

"I see, you go to the hospital with Frank now, and you must take good care of him."

"Okay, boss."

Seeing Ribery being carried into the ambulance, Chen Ran secretly prayed in his heart that nothing would happen.

(End of this chapter)