Football feast, starting from the acquisition of European clubs

Chapter 74
As Chen Ran expected, Crystal Palace failed to win the away game against Reading three days later.

Not only did it fail to win, but it was almost broken by Reading.

Due to physical fatigue from continuous combat, Southgate moved a step slower during a defense.

The foot that was going to tackle the ball directly kicked the Reading striker's leg, but the referee on duty gave him a red dot package.

Chen Ran scratched his head at the situation where one player was missing and one goal behind.

He can feel that the current physical condition of the Crystal Palace players is worse than after the last match against Aston Villa.

Moreover, Reading immediately recovered after scoring a penalty kick and set up the bus firmly.

Seeing this situation, Chen Ran had no choice but to replace Yaya Toure with Crouch and continue to strengthen the attack with the twin tower tactics.

The Reading team really worked hard this time, united as one, and they just withstood wave after wave of attacks from Crystal Palace.

Until the last moment of the game, Crystal Palace won a corner kick.

Chen Ran called goalkeeper Petr Cech loudly on the sidelines and asked him to go to Reading's penalty area to fight for a header.

Because throughout the game, Reading's defenders were very good at marking Tony, Crouch and even Ronaldo.

When defending set kicks, the tall defenders of Crystal Palace were also guarded one by one.

At this time, Chen Ran thought that a variable had to be added, so that Reading's defensive players didn't know who to send to mark this variable for a while, so that they might be able to win by surprise.

Sure enough, as Chen Ran expected, Cech, the only one who didn't have a dedicated defender in the crowded Reading penalty area, grabbed this opportunity.

Leaped high and headed into his first career goal.

"Goal"

Crystal Palace players were ecstatic, hugged Cech one after another, and kissed his head frantically.

In this way, Crystal Palace narrowly escaped death in stoppage time, relying on goalkeeper Petr Cech's goal, a 1:1 tie with Reading.

In this regard, the reporters who thought that Crystal Palace was finally going to lose, beat their chests and stamped their feet.

Why do such strange things always happen around that Chinese man?
Was the goalkeeper who scored the header originally a center forward?

After three days and two games again, Crystal Palace can finally take a breather.

五天之后，12月26日英冠联赛No.20五轮，水晶宫主场1：0战胜了做客的米尔沃尔。

However, just one day later, on December 12, Crystal Palace will go to an away game against Ipswich Town for the No.28 six rounds of the Championship.

Chen Ran is now completely speechless about the FA's schedule. He now deeply understands how difficult it is to rely on a main lineup to play in England's league.

From the recent training and competition, Chen Ran can intuitively feel that the intensive schedule has depleted the players' physical reserves before the start of the season.

Due to limited funds, the lineup Chen Ran built at the beginning of the season, except for the relatively rich central defender position, is basically a carrot and a hole in other places.

But who would dare to rotate at the central defender position casually?

In this way, Crystal Palace is basically a main lineup until now.

And just after the No.20 six rounds of the English Championship, the FA Cup will start again.

I don't know whether it was being taken care of by someone or really bad luck. Crystal Palace's lottery was really bad, and they were once again drawn to the Premier League team.

This time, Crystal Palace's opponent is Tottenham Hotspur, away.

When the lottery result came out, Chen Ran hesitated.

Championship, League Cup, FA Cup.

If you want to rely on a set of main lineup to complete all three events, it is very likely that you will be beaten by chickens and eggs in the end, and nothing will be lost.

In the unlikely event that a player in a key position without a substitute is injured, the Crystal Palace lineup will immediately have a fatal flaw.

You know, declining physical fitness and physical fatigue are one of the most prone to injuries.

Maybe it's time to make a trade-off.

The English Championship is related to whether he can be promoted to the Premier League next season, and the system gives the most winning bonuses. It is Chen Ran's main source of income now, and he must not let it go.

After finally reaching the semi-finals of the League Cup, they are not far away from the championship, and it is related to whether Crystal Palace can participate in the UEFA Cup next season. At this time, Chen Ran is reluctant to give up.

After much deliberation, it seems that in the end I can only give up the FA Cup.

Anyway, there is no difference between the champions of the League Cup and the FA Cup for him. They are both qualified to participate in the UEFA Cup next season.

One is enough, the other will be discussed later, there are plenty of opportunities.

Therefore, in the No.20 six rounds, Chen Ran still sent all the main players to play.

And as soon as Chen Ran changed his practice of playing defensive counterattack in the away game, he sent the twin towers to attack at the beginning, and caught Ipswich Town by surprise.

Tony scored a goal in the first 5 minutes of the game, and then continued to expand the results by taking advantage of Ipswich's mentality of wanting to get back.

In the end, Crystal Palace relied on three goals from Tony, Crouch and Nemanja Vidic to beat Ipswich Town 3:1 away.

While achieving two consecutive victories in the league, it also brought another 200 million euros to Chen Ran.

Five days later, the FA Cup begins.

Crystal Palace was a guest at Tottenham Hotspur. When the reporters saw the starting lineup of Crystal Palace, they immediately blew up the pot.

"What's going on? Crystal Palace is giving up the FA Cup?"

"Yeah, who is this starting lineup? They are all substitutes."

"Tsk tsk, that Chinese man really played rotation thoroughly, even the goalkeeper was changed."

"In this starting lineup, there are old people left by Crystal Palace last season. It's really not easy. I thought the Chinese had completely given up on these guys."

"If you want me to say, this is the smart way. With the Crystal Palace lineup, the current results are already very incredible. Giving up some games appropriately can give the players time to rest."

"That's right. We all know how intensive our games are in England. With the Crystal Palace lineup, if we want to fight all the way to the end, we will only be dragged down. I have to say that the Chinese man has a very clear mind."

There were no surprises in the game. Even though Chen Ran started to set the bus from the first minute, the strength of the substitute players was far from that of the opponent Tottenham Hotspur.

In the end, Crystal Palace lost 0:3 away to Tottenham Hotspur and were eliminated from the FA Cup.

After the game, although those reporters agreed in their hearts that it was a wise move for Crystal Palace to abandon the FA Cup, they did not show this at all when writing the manuscript.

"Crystal Palace lost to Tottenham Hotspur, out of the FA Cup."

"The day has finally come and Crystal Palace ushered in their first defeat of the season."

"Refused to be unpopular, Tottenham easily won Crystal Palace 3-0."

"Crystal Palace did not continue their upset trip, and the away game was completely won by the Premier League team Tottenham Hotspur."

"The undefeated record of the Chinese coaching career was broken by Tottenham Hotspur."

"The genius coach reveals his ordinary nature, has the road to fall for that Chinese man begun?"

(End of this chapter)