Football feast, starting from the acquisition of European clubs

Chapter 385 I'm Really Not Nervous
Real Madrid's opponent in the UEFA Champions League this season is Liverpool.

For this team, Mourinho, who has spent three seasons in the Premier League, can be said to know quite well.

Although it is not particularly strong in terms of player configuration, their Spanish coach Benitez is very good at playing cup games.

Liverpool's performance in the cup is far stronger than their performance in the Premier League.

When Mourinho was coaching Chelsea, he once appeared in the Premier League and beat Liverpool, but was eliminated by Liverpool in the Champions League.

In addition, this season's Liverpool seems to be in a surprisingly good state. It is currently ranked second in the Premier League behind Crystal Palace, which makes Mourinho have to be more afraid of Liverpool.

Moreover, Real Madrid this time is the host first and then the guest.If you can't win Liverpool at the Bernabeu, God knows what will happen after going to Anfield.

"Jose, you don't care about the Crystal Palace now, Atletico Madrid will definitely not be able to stop them. The most important thing for you now is to find a way to get rid of Liverpool in order to stabilize your position as head coach."

Seeing that Mourinho still has the mind to care about Crystal Palace, Mendes had to remind him.

Just last month, Calderon, the chairman of the Real Madrid club, was forced to step down. The club is currently being temporarily replaced by Vicente Boluda until a new chairman is elected.

Judging from the current situation, the former chairman of the Real Madrid Club, Florentino, has a high voice to return to serve as the chairman of the club.

As the head coach appointed by Florentino's rival Calderon, Mourinho's position can be said to be precarious.

Especially in this season, Real Madrid has been firmly suppressed by their old enemy Barcelona. Both the fans and the media are becoming more and more dissatisfied with Mourinho.

Therefore, when it is difficult to catch up with Barcelona in a short period of time, Mendes suggested that Mourinho put the team's focus on the Champions League.

After all, as long as Real Madrid continues to advance in the Champions League, no matter who is elected as the new chairman of the club, Mourinho will not be moved for the time being.

"I see."

Mourinho nodded, knowing in his heart that Mendes had a point.

Crystal Palace is still far away from Real Madrid. It has nothing to do with him whether he wins or loses. The most important thing is to keep his position as head coach.

After turning off the TV, Mourinho began to seriously study the situation of his old rivals Liverpool.

At this time, at Guardiola's home in Barcelona, ​​Spain, Guardiola and his brother are also watching news reports about Crystal Palace together.

Compared with the dignified Mourinho and Mendes, the Guardiola brothers are much more relaxed.

On the one hand, it is because Barcelona currently leads Real Madrid by seven points in La Liga and ranks first in the standings.

On the other hand, it is because Lyon, Barcelona's opponent in the UEFA Champions League, is obviously weaker than Barcelona.

Therefore, the brothers also have the leisure to pay attention to the situation of Crystal Palace, the most powerful team recognized in the world.

"Pep, do you think that if Barcelona meets Crystal Palace in the Champions League, they will be able to eliminate them?"

Pere Guardiola was lying comfortably on the sofa, and asked while watching TV.

"Very difficult."

After thinking for a while, Guardiola still shook his head.

"No way? Barcelona is now strong and strong, and under your guidance, the team's offense is playing well. Ibrahimovic, Henry and Eto'o's three forwards are scoring goals."

"Coupled with the fact that several of Crystal Palace's main players are injured and absent, this is a good opportunity for you to lead Barcelona to victory over Crystal Palace."

Pere Guardiola looked at his brother with some surprise.

"Pere, Mr. Chen's abilities are not fully understood by outsiders."

"Oh? Does that Chinese man have any special abilities that everyone doesn't know about?"

This time, Pere Guardiola was also aroused and asked curiously.

"Ahem, let me give you an example: Mr. Chen can accurately predict the state of a player, and then give the player the 'right to fire freely' when the player is in the best state."

"What? Accurately predict the player's status? Pep, are you kidding me?"

Pere Guardiola hurriedly asked, he couldn't believe his ears.

"This is not a joke, Pere, this matter is not a secret inside Crystal Palace, as long as the old people of the Crystal Palace Club basically know it."

Guardiola looked at his brother with a serious expression.

"Pep, how accurate is the precise prediction you mentioned?"

"As far as I know, there have been no inaccuracies."

"hiss!"

Pere Guardiola gasped.

Although he has continuously raised his evaluation of Chen Ran, the other party still shocked him time and time again.

"How can we play against Crystal Palace? The opponent's players are already strong, and they can always send the best players to play. No wonder Crystal Palace can win so many championship trophies. This game cannot be played."

Pere Guardiola slumped on the sofa like a deflated ball, complaining feebly.

"So, our focus should still be on La Liga. First, make sure to grab the La Liga championship trophy from Real Madrid. As for the Champions League, just let nature take its course and go as far as you can."

Guardiola was very calm from beginning to end.

"Well, now it seems that this is the only way to do it."

Thinking of the terrifying ability of that Chinese man, Pere Guardiola immediately lost his fighting spirit.

Chen Ran didn't know that he was coming, and he had already attracted the attention of two old friends.

He is currently focusing all his energy on the Champions League match against Atletico Madrid. For this reason, Chen Ran has sent the strongest team that can play now.

Dzeko
Left midfielder Ronaldo, midfielder Cesc Fabregas, right midfielder Messi

DM Yaya Toure, DM Mascherano
Left back Chiellini, center back Thiago Silva, center back Vidic, right back Maicon
goalkeeper cech
At Atletico Madrid, facing the Champions League defending champion Crystal Palace, the head coach Abel Resino also dispatched the entire main lineup.

Forward Aguero, Forward Forlan
Left Midfielder Maxi Rodriguez, Central Midfielder Assuncao, Central Midfielder Maniche, Right Midfielder Luis Garcia

Left back Peña, center back Ujfalusi, center back Heitinga, right back Setaridis

Goalkeeper Coupe
The current Atletico Madrid is not the defensive Atletico Madrid under the coach of Simeone in the previous life.

In the current Atletico Madrid, it can be clearly seen from the staffing that the offense is stronger than the defense.

Therefore, the head coach Abel Resino, who is well aware of the characteristics of his team, did not adopt the bus tactic like many teams did against Crystal Palace.

It's not that he doesn't want to pose, but that he knows that it's probably useless.

Instead of being eliminated uselessly, it is better to give full play to the characteristics of Atletico Madrid's strong attack power and fight, maybe it is possible to create miracles.

The worst result would be to be eliminated by Crystal Palace.

Anyway, everyone knows that the strength of Crystal Palace is higher than that of Atletico Madrid. No one will blame him for losing to Crystal Palace.

Abel Resino is also a veteran of the world, and his small calculations are crackling.

Therefore, when the referee blew the whistle to start the game, the Atlético Madrid players unexpectedly rushed out to fight the Crystal Palace.

For a while, the two teams played back and forth, and Atletico Madrid did not fall to the disadvantage.

Regarding this situation, Chen Ran was not in a hurry.

Atletico Madrid dared to fight against Crystal Palace, maybe they can resist for a while when they are physically fit at the beginning.

As long as the physical fitness of their players shows signs of decline, that is when Crystal Palace begins to reap the fruits of victory.

Throughout the first half of the game, Chen Ran sat firmly on the bench and did not stand up.

Although the two teams played a lively battle, neither of the two sides scored a goal, and the score on the field remained at 0:0 without any change.

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

At Atletico Madrid, head coach Abel Resino was very satisfied with the result of the team's draw with Crystal Palace in the first half, and also did not make substitution adjustments.

At the beginning of the second half of the game, the trend of the first half was still continued.But when the time came to 10 minutes, Atletico Madrid's players gradually couldn't keep up with the rhythm of the Crystal Palace game.

Especially on the two wings, after the repeated impact of Ronaldo and Messi for most of the game, Atletico Madrid's two full-backs consumed a lot of energy.

When Ronaldo received the ball again, he immediately dribbled the ball along the left lane at high speed.

Atletico Madrid's Greek right-back Setaridis was already panting with his hips on his hips at this time. Seeing Ronaldo rushing towards him again, he had no choice but to cheer up and go forward to intercept.

Ronaldo also noticed that there was a problem with Setaridis's physical fitness at this time, so he didn't play any tricks, but just slammed the ball forward, simply and roughly fighting for speed.

Setaridis's speed was not as good as Ronaldo's, and now that his physical fitness has declined, he is even less of Ronaldo's opponent.

Ronaldo threw away Setaridis in a few strides, and went straight towards Atletico Madrid's penalty area.

Realizing that the situation was not good, central defender Heitinga hurried over to defend, trying to prevent Ronaldo from continuing to break into the penalty area.

Seeing Heitinga rushing over, Ronaldo didn't hesitate, and directly played a trick with his heel to knock the ball past others.

While passing Heitinga, he also switched the ball to the inside.

Then Ronaldo didn't give the opposing goalkeeper Coupe time to prepare, so he volleyed with his right foot.

"boom!"

The ball didn't spin at all, it just flew straight to the upper left corner of Atletico Madrid's goal.

Because Ronaldo's coherent movements were too fast, Coupe was also caught off guard by this shot.

By the time he made a save, the ball had already flown into Atletico Madrid's net.

"GOAL!!!!!!"

With Cristiano Ronaldo's wonderful personal performance, Crystal Palace finally broke the deadlock on the court and led Atletico Madrid 1-0 in the away game.

Ronaldo's goal immediately changed the situation of the game.

Seeing that the team was about to win the tie, Abel Resino was not reconciled to being scored by Crystal Palace at this time, and he immediately ordered Atletico Madrid's players to continue to strengthen the attack.

Not only that, he also replaced Maxi Rodriguez with Portuguese winger Simão, preparing to increase his breakthrough ability on the wing.

On the Crystal Palace side, after taking the lead, Chen Ran became more confident.

Seeing Abel Resino's substitution, he also called Southgate to his side.

"Gareth, go tell Vardy to warm up now, and replace Dzeko with him later."

"Okay, boss."

Soon, after a simple warm-up, Vardy walked to the sidelines and waited for the dead ball to get ready to play.

At this time, Chen Ran also walked from the bench to the sidelines and beckoned Vardy over.

"Boy, how is it? The first official game representing Crystal Palace is the Champions League knockout round. Are you a little nervous?"

"Hey, boss, I'm not nervous."

Vardy grinned and gave Chen Ran a stiff smile.

"Well, it's okay, it's normal for young players to be nervous when they play for the first time."

Chen Ran patted Vardy on the shoulder and began to explain to him some things that need attention.

"After you play, first inform Ronaldo to play as a center forward, then let Messi switch to the left, and you will act as a right forward."

"In addition to attacking, you also have an important task, and that is to keep an eye on Simao, who has just been replaced by Atletico Madrid."

"Where Simao is, you must be there. You must not let this new force pose a threat to our right defense. Do you understand?"

"Boss, I'm not nervous."

Seeing that Vardy's eyes were a little straight, he still said that he was not nervous.

Chen Ran knew that what he just said was in vain, and this guy was so nervous that he didn't listen at all.

Just when Chen Ran was hesitating whether to cancel the substitution, the game finally had a chance of a dead ball, and the assistant referee began to urge Vardy to go and get ready to play.

"Kid, remember, you do one thing after you come on the field, stare at Atletico Madrid's Simao, absolutely don't give him a chance to break through the defense, understand?"

If the substitution is canceled at this time, the blow to Vardy will be too great.Chen Ran was worried that the little guy couldn't bear it psychologically, so he decided to take a gamble according to the original plan.

"Got it, boss!"

Vardy roared and ran to the assistant referee.

When Vardy replaced Dzeko and ran into the field, he didn't forget to turn around and shout to Chen Ran.

"Boss, I'm really not nervous!"

(End of this chapter)