Football feast, starting from the acquisition of European clubs

Chapter 80 The Tsunami Is Coming
"Yes, our advantage is physical fitness."

"You do the math, from the start of the season to today, how many games have Arsenal played and how many games have we played?"

"Arsenal wants to play in the Premier League, they want to play in the Champions League, they want to play in the FA Cup, they want to play in the League Cup."

"And we, after giving up the FA Cup, only have to play in the Championship and the League Cup."

"And judging from the intensity and intensity of the game, Arsenal's games are obviously higher than ours. This means that in the same number of games, their energy consumption is far greater than ours."

"Of course, Arsenal's lineup is better than ours and there are more players available. But don't forget, many of their players are not young. Our Crystal Palace is all young except for you. "

If it is said that when Guardiola introduced the situation of Arsenal players before, the coaches of Crystal Palace became less confident the more they listened, and the more they heard, the more they felt that the game was in danger.

Now Chen Ran's impassioned statement made his assistant coaches feel more and more hopeful as they listened to it.

"Boss, just tell us how to fight."

Southgate slapped his thigh and stood up. He now feels that Arsenal is not that scary.What his old club Middlesbrough can do, Crystal Palace will certainly be able to do too.

"Haha, don't worry, Gareth."

Chen Ran patted Southgate on the shoulder and pushed him back to his seat.

"Since we have a physical advantage, we must make full use of this advantage."

"The first thing is to do a good job of defense and never lose the ball. For this reason, we can temporarily give up offense."

"If everything goes well, I plan to start attacking after 70 minutes of the second half."

"70 minutes? Boss, is it a little late?"

Guardiola asked hesitantly.

"It's not too late. Our physical advantage will become more obvious in the future. You must be mentally prepared to play overtime or even penalty kicks. By the way, we will practice penalty kicks for the players in the next few days."

"understood."

At this time, on the other side of London, Arsenal Club.

Wenger looked at the player list of Crystal Palace in his hand, unable to calm down for a long time.

They are all good seedlings, that little guy from Huaguo has really poisonous vision.

In order to prepare for the League Cup final against Crystal Palace, Wenger read all the information about Chen Ran and Crystal Palace that he had accumulated during this period of time.

As a result, I didn't know if I didn't see it, and I was startled when I saw it.

In each battle report, the assistant responsible for helping Wenger collect information gave points to the Crystal Palace players in the match.

There are not many people available to Crystal Palace, only a dozen players come and go.

After more than 30 games, the average score of these people is frighteningly high.

For this reason, Wenger specially called the assistant over to inquire about the matter.

The answer he got was that this rating was the result of averaging the ratings from the major media after the match ended.

This is intriguing.

If it is one or two games with high scores, or two or three players with high scores, that's all.

Is it normal for a small Crystal Palace to have more than a dozen players scoring high points in more than 30 games?

Even the lower level of the Championship is scary.

"I seem to have discovered an incredible gold mine."

Wenger muttered to himself.

His interest in Chen Ran and Crystal Palace is getting bigger and bigger now.

At two o'clock in the afternoon on February 2th, the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, the capital of Wales.

The weather is good today, and it is Sunday afternoon again. Many fans came to the Millennium Stadium, which can accommodate more than 7 people.

Because Crystal Palace and Arsenal are both in London, under the hype of the media, this can be regarded as a small London derby.

Crystal Palace fans and Arsenal fans came in groups of three and four, singing the team anthem and pouring towards the stadium from all directions.

Fortunately, the two teams are not in the same level of the league, and the fans have no old grudges. Generally speaking, everyone is living in peace, which also relieves the police in charge of security.

Before the start of the game, Wenger unexpectedly walked to the bench of Crystal Palace and shook hands with Chen Ran.

"Boy, you're great, very good."

"Haha, I am really honored to be praised by the professor."

"We are all in London and we can get together when we have time."

"sure."

After a brief chat, Wenger returned to the Arsenal bench.

It is obviously a practice in every game, but Chen Ran has a feeling that what Wenger just said may not be polite.

With the whistle of the referee, the final of the 2003-2004 English League Cup officially began.

Nothing changed, Chen Ran dispatched the tactics he set in the pre-match preparation meeting.

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

Left-back Chiellini, Center-back Vidic, Center-back Thiago Silva, Right-back Maicon

goalkeeper cech
On Arsenal's side, Wenger also sent the strongest lineup.

Forward Henry, Forward Bergkamp

Left Midfielder Pires, Central Midfielder Vieira, Central Midfielder Gilberto Silva, Right Midfielder Ljungberg
Left back Ashley Cole, centre-back Campbell, centre-back Kolo Toure, right-back Lauren
goalkeeper leyman
From the first minute of the game, it entered Arsenal's halftime offensive and defensive drill.

Crystal Palace shrunk in an all-round way. Except for center Tony, everyone else returned to their own half to strengthen their defense.

After experiencing Chelsea's offensive test, many young players in Crystal Palace feel that they have seen the world.

But today, Arsenal at their peak taught them another lesson.

The passing, the running position, the technique, and the coordination all dazzled the Crystal Palace players.

Henry's speed and Bergkamp's technique can make Vidic and Thiago Silva miserable.Even with all his strength, he was still passed from time to time, and it was very difficult to defend.

Fortunately, Chen Ran arranged for Southgate to be a free agent to fill in the gaps by their side, and this was barely enough to keep Crystal Palace's goal.

Chen Ran stood on the sidelines, nervously watching every detail of the game.

Once a problem is found, immediately remind the players on the field loudly.

Even the Crystal Palace players on the bench were restless, staring at the game on the field intently.

In the distance, Wenger folded his hands and watched the game calmly, as if everything was under his control.

On the bench behind him, the Arsenal players were talking and laughing, not seeming to pay much attention to the game itself.

Also, for them, the League Cup is really not attractive.

Arsenal's offensive, one wave after another, rushed towards the Crystal Palace's defense line like a tsunami.

Suffocating.

(End of this chapter)