Football feast, starting from the acquisition of European clubs

Chapter 68 and the first time with a Premier League team

It is both an away game and a Premier League team, Chen Ran naturally formed a lineup for defensive counterattack.

center tony
Left midfielder Cristiano Ronaldo, right midfielder Ribery
DM Yaya Toure, DM Modric, DM Simeone

Left back Chiellini, centre-back Southgate, centre-back Vidic, right-back Maicon
goalkeeper cech
Walking into the Villa Park Stadium in Birmingham, Chen Ran found that the attendance rate of the stadium today was not very high, and the stands were sparsely populated.

That's a pretty good sign.

For Aston Villa fans, a midweek, normal Carabao Cup game against a Championship side has little appeal.

Even if Crystal Palace currently tops the English Championship and remains unbeaten, for these fans who are used to watching the Premier League, it is just pecking at each other.

Chen Ran sincerely hopes that David O'Reilly also thinks so.

Unfortunately, he is purely wishful thinking.

Able to build the Young Guards single-handedly, although David O'Reilly has been criticized by others, his coaching ability is still very strong.

David O'Reilly, who didn't pay much attention to the opponent Crystal Palace in this game, immediately raised his vigilance after seeing the information collected by his assistant.

Nineteen wins and two draws, the unbeaten record of 59 points leads the data of the British Championship, which means that this Crystal Palace has completely surpassed the same level of teams.

For this Crystal Palace team, he must now be treated like a Premier League team.

These are the first reactions of David O'Reilly after reading the information about Crystal Palace.

For this reason, he deliberately asked his assistant to find the video of Crystal Palace's last five games and watch it again.

Then, he started scratching his head.

Damn, is this what a Championship team should look like?
Why is Lao Tzu so unlucky, who is not good to meet, but the Crystal Palace?

David O'Reilly was very upset.

You know, as a coach who once led Leeds United to the Champions League semi-finals, he came to coach Aston Villa not to avoid relegation.

It is his goal to compete in the European arena and prove himself once again.

However, with the current results of Aston Villa, it is very difficult to rely on the league ranking to qualify for the European war.

So David O'Reilly set his sights on the Cup.

Compared with the FA Cup, which strong teams pay more attention to, the League Cup is undoubtedly less difficult.

Therefore, this season's League Cup champion has long been set by David O'Reilly as an important task second only to relegation.

This Crystal Palace must be eliminated.

Originally, David O'Reilly wanted to do some rotations in this game, so as to reserve some energy for the next Premier League game.

Now he decided not to rotate and play with all the main players.

Then, in Aston Villa's roster, Chen Ran saw the same starting lineup as they had in the Premier League.

Damn, Aston Villa pays too much attention to Crystal Palace, right?

Chen Ran curled his lips. He was still thinking of luck, hoping that his opponent would despise Crystal Palace because they were the Championship team.

Now it seems that it is all in vain.

Forget it, get ready for a tough fight.

"Guys, all our previous achievements were achieved on the English Championship team. It's hard to judge how much gold they have."

"Today is the first time we face a Premier League team, and it is also an opportunity to test whether we are worthy of the Premier League. Do you have the confidence to kill Aston Villa?"

"Have!"

Shouts resounded throughout the locker room.

With the whistle of the referee, the game officially began.

Although David O'Reilly attaches great importance to Crystal Palace, he is not like those English Championship teams who have to shrink back and defend at their home courts.

After all, Aston Villa is a Premier League team with strength and confidence.

Therefore, relying on their own two excellent strikers, Aston Villa started the game with all their strength.

The players of Crystal Palace immediately felt the difference from the Championship game.

Fast-paced, everything seems to be speeding up.

Whether it is receiving or passing the ball, there must be no hesitation, otherwise you must be mentally prepared to be tackled.

Unsuitable, many Crystal Palace players seemed a little flustered at the beginning and made several mistakes.

This was immediately seized by Aston Villa to attack and formed a few threatening shots.Had it not been for Cech's brave performance, the gate of Crystal Palace may have been breached.

Fortunately, there are veterans like Southgate and Simeone sitting in charge. They kept calling for command and helped the team stabilize the morale.

After surviving the opening 10 minutes, the young players of Crystal Palace finally slowly adapted to the rhythm of the game and began to show their sharp fangs.

Covered by Simeone and Yaya Toure, Modric's long ball accurately found Ronaldo.

Cristiano Ronaldo, who faced the Premier League team for the first time, was extremely excited today.

A series of dizzying feints, passing two people in a row, and then rushed the ball into the penalty area before the Aston Villa defender who came up to defend was blocked.

"boom!"

Toni carried the Aston Villa defender on his shoulders, grabbed the spot abruptly, and smashed the ball hard towards the goal.

It's a pity that Aston Villa's goalkeeper Sorensen is not a vegetarian either. He jumped up, made a beautiful side attack, and dragged the ball over the crossbar with his fingertips.

"Fxxxk!"

Chen Ran on the sidelines was extremely regretful. It would be great if the goal was scored, then he could play a solid defensive counterattack.

Crystal Palace's very threatening offense seemed to have surprised Aston Villa's players.In the next game, their offensive strength was obviously weakened compared to before.

David O'Reilly, who was also standing on the sidelines, reacted very quickly, and immediately ordered the two full-backs of Aston Villa not to press so high, and to keep an eye on Cristiano Ronaldo and Ribery.

It's a pity that Chen Ran, who saw all this in his eyes, sighed secretly.

This David O'Reilly is really not a fuel-efficient lamp, his reaction is too fast.

As soon as Crystal Palace took advantage of the gap left by Aston Villa's attack to hit a counterattack, he was immediately spotted and made up for it.

In the next game, Aston Villa still dominated the offense, but the participation of their midfield players has been significantly reduced.

Although this has greatly reduced the pressure on the Crystal Palace's defense, but at the same time, the Crystal Palace's counterattack space is not as large as before.

The score of 0:0 was maintained until the end of the first half.

"Guys, your performance in the first half was very good. Facts have proved that you are no worse than those Aston Villa players. In the second half, we will continue to work hard to get rid of Aston Villa and eliminate the Premier League team!"

"Get rid of Aston Villa!"

During the intermission, Chen Ran didn't make any tactical adjustments, but gave the players another injection.

In the first half of the game, although the scene was passive, Crystal Palace was not without opportunities.

Now, it depends on who will change first, he or David O'Reilly.

(End of this chapter)