Football feast, starting from the acquisition of European clubs

Chapter 89
With the current abilities of the Crystal Palace players, they can barely play the tactics designed by Guardiola.

Moreover, Guardiola's tactics themselves are still in the process of continuous exploration and improvement.

The superposition of the two problems has resulted in the high turnover rate of Crystal Palace's passing and receiving cooperation today, which also left a good opportunity for West Bromwich Albion to fight back.

A counter-attack was sabotaged by Crystal Palace;
The two counterattacks were cleared by Crystal Palace;

For the Nth time, I was no longer so lucky.

Crystal Palace's goal was broken by a West Bromwich Albion striker's world wave from 30 meters away.

Crystal Palace trailed West Bromwich Albion 0:1.

Crystal Palace, eager to equalize the score after losing the ball, even stormed around West Bromwich Albion's penalty area.

It's a pity that instead of scoring a goal, West Bromwich Albion stole one.

Crystal Palace trailed West Bromwich Albion 0:2.

This time, Guardiola panicked a little.

During the intermission, Guardiola, Southgate and Simeone got together.

"Josep, if it doesn't work, replace Crouch. Although the twin tower tactics are simple and crude, they work." Southgate couldn't help but put forward his own opinion.

"Diego, what do you think?"

Guardiola did not answer directly, but turned to look at Simeone.

"Well, I also think it is more appropriate to replace Crouch. Josep, our players are not proficient enough in your tactics, leaving too many opportunities for the opponent to counterattack. The most important thing now is that the game cannot Lose, otherwise we won't be able to explain to the boss."

Simeone's last sentence moved Guardiola, yes, he can't let down the boss who trusts him so much.

So, as soon as the second half started, Crystal Palace switched to the twin towers tactics.

And it did have an effect, as Crouch, who came off the bench, scored a goal.

It's a pity that West Bromwich Albion was united and did not allow Crystal Palace to score a second goal until the end of the game.

In the end, Crystal Palace lost 1:2 away to West Bromwich Albion, ushering in the first defeat of the English Championship.

The next day, the English media, which have been tracking and reporting on Crystal Palace for a long time, published the news in important pages.

That battle was more grand than reporting that Crystal Palace won the championship ahead of schedule.

"This day has finally come. Crystal Palace's unbeaten record in the Championship has been officially ended by West Bromwich Albion."

"Winning the double crown, is this the last glory of Crystal Palace?"

"The day of winning the championship early is the beginning of the decline of Crystal Palace?"

"Fireworks or shooting stars? That's the question."

"The Chinese man who mysteriously disappeared on the bench, is he going to give up on the Crystal Palace?"

"After winning the championship, it seems that the Chinese man has lost interest in Crystal Palace."

"Mr. Chen, if you have lost interest in Crystal Palace, please remember to pay off the loan."

Crystal Palace Club, Chairman's Office.

Little chubby Louis walked in with a smirk on his face, holding a stack of newspapers in his hand.

"Chen, come and take a look, you are on the front pages of many newspapers today."

"roll!"

Chen Ran glared at Louis angrily, and directly gave him a middle finger.

"What? Are you really angry?"

"No, it's just a little sore."

"What did you say?"

"It's nothing."

Although he was mentally prepared to lose some money, but when this time came, Chen Ran still felt a little overwhelmed.

This is 100 million euros for nothing.

Forget it, it's worth it to exchange money for people's hearts.

Chen Ran could only continue to hypnotize himself.

Soon, Guardiola brought Southgate and Simeone to Chen Ran's office, and Luiz fled away winkingly.

"Boss, I'm sorry. I failed your expectations. I didn't direct the game well and caused the team to lose. It seems that I am not suitable for the job of coach. You should let Gareth and Diego direct the game."

Guardiola took the initiative to stand up and self-reflect. It seems that the loss of this game has hit him hard.

"Don't be like this, Josep. This is only the first game you command, and it's normal to have some problems. There are seven games left, just play these seven games well."

Chen Ran walked up to him, patted Guardiola's shoulder with a gloomy face, and comforted him.

"Gareth, Diego, you too, don't take this game to heart. Work hard, keep working hard, you will all become good coaches, I have great confidence in you."

Seeing that Chen Ran was not only not angry because Crystal Palace's undefeated record was ended, but instead comforted them instead.

All of a sudden, the three men in their 30s couldn't help being moved.

Chen Ran, who saw all this in his eyes, also secretly heaved a sigh of relief, the 100 million euros was finally not in vain.

With the lessons learned this time, Guardiola will no longer be obsessed with his offensive tactics in the next English Championship.

Instead, according to different opponents and different situations, discuss with Southgate and Simeone, and alternately use three different tactics.

This time, the team that played against Crystal Palace can be regarded as suffering.

Crystal Palace, whose tactics have become more flexible and changeable, often makes opponents defensively inconsistent.

And this is also fully reflected in the results of the game.

In the No.40 round of the British Championship, Crystal Palace beat Sunderland 3-0 at home;
In the No.40 round of the English Championship, Crystal Palace beat Cardiff 3-0 away;
In the No.40 second round of the English Championship, Crystal Palace beat West Ham United 1-0 at home;
In the No.40 third round of the English Championship, Crystal Palace defeated Wigan Athletic 2:1 at home;

In the No.40 round of the English Championship, Crystal Palace narrowly beat Crewe 3:2 away;

In the fifth round of No.40 of the British Championship, Crystal Palace beat Walsall 5-0 at home;

In the sixth round of No.40 of the English Championship, Crystal Palace beat Coventry 2:1 in an away game.

So far, Crystal Palace ended the 2003-2004 season of the British Championship with a wave of seven consecutive victories, and at the same time brought Chen Ran another winning bonus of 700 million euros.

In the end, Crystal Palace broke the English secondary league record with 41 wins, four draws and one loss, accumulating 120 and seven points.

And those unscrupulous English media once again touted Chen Ran's unique vision and made an exception to promote a coach with no coaching experience like Guardiola.

It seemed that the previous reports that satirized and ridiculed Chen Ran had nothing to do with them.

The Sun even made a special feature for Chen Ran.

The above enumerates what Chen Ran has done after taking over the Crystal Palace, and lists the amazing results of the Crystal Palace this season.

Finally, the Sun newspaper made a bold prediction even more sensationally:

In the Premier League in the 2004-2005 season, there will be a pattern of top five contending for hegemony among Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea and Crystal Palace.

The Warring States Period of the Premier League is coming!

PS: At this point, "Volume [-]. The Green Years of the British Championship" is officially over.

What is about to unfold is the passionate "Volume II. The Warring States Period of the Premier League".

(End of this chapter)