Football feast, starting from the acquisition of European clubs

Chapter 98

"Josep, you don't have to worry. I just set my goal as the Premier League champion, and I didn't ask you to win the Premier League champion."

Chen Ran intends to appease Guardiola, this guy seems to be frightened.

"Boss, I really think that my current ability is not enough. I plan to study with the boss for another two years."

Guardiola made a serious statement to Chen Ran, unmoved at all.

"That's it. What about Gareth, you and Diego? Which of you wants to be the head coach?" Chen Ran turned to Southgate and Simeone.

"Boss, I'll forget it. I think I can play football for another two years, and I'm not in a hurry to be a coach."

"Me too."

Seeing that the three of them were all determined, Chen Ran finally had no choice but to say that he would resign himself to continuing to work for another year.

With the beginning of the pre-season preparation period, Chen Ran has also entered a busy state again.

The joining and running-in of new players, the further improvement and rehearsal of the three sets of tactical play, physical reserves, etc. are carried out step by step.

Fortunately, Crystal Palace has only added two newcomers this summer, and the main lineup has basically remained unchanged, so the running-in process has been very smooth.

Unlike some teams, too many rookies are brought in at once, and it takes a lot of time just to get in.

This can be seen from the friendly matches before the start of the season. Crystal Palace arranged a total of five friendly matches, and they won all without conceding a goal.

Although they were all low-level teams, they were still a little shocked to those interested in Crystal Palace.

"Jose, it seems that Crystal Palace is in a very good state now, don't underestimate this newly promoted team in the new season."

Chen Ran's old friend Mendes, at this time, the old god was sitting on the ground in the Chelsea head coach's office, while smoking a cigar, he reminded Mourinho next to him.

"Jorge, you seem to attach great importance to that Chen Ran?"

Mourinho frowned. Mendes mentioned Chen Ran's name many times in front of him, and each time he praised him a lot, which made him a little uncomfortable.

"It's not that I value him, but that he deserves our attention."

Mendes also noticed Mourinho's little emotions and continued to explain.

"If you understand the past situation of Crystal Palace, you have to admire Chen Ran's ability. Can bring an ordinary team to this point, and the upward momentum is obvious. Isn't this worthy of our attention?"

"My goal is the Premier League champions and the Champions League champions, not those relegation teams. So, I am not interested in the situation of Crystal Palace. You don't think Crystal Palace has the strength to compete for the Premier League title, do you?"

Hearing what Mendes said, Mourinho, who was still looking down at the documents in his hand, looked up at Mendes.

"That's not so"

Mendes thought for a while, but still did not continue.

Because he had a feeling that if he continued, it would only be counterproductive.

Before the Champions League final, Mendes made an appointment with Chen Ran. If Porto won the championship, he would treat Chen Ran to dinner and introduce Mourinho to Chen Ran.

But because Mourinho was unwilling, the matter finally fell through.

Even though he is in London with Chen Ran now, Mendes is too embarrassed to meet Chen Ran.

Mendes has a guess in his mind that Mourinho's faint hostility towards Chen Ran may be caused by his praise of Chen Ran's ability in front of Mourinho several times.

This made Mendes feel both helpless and amused.

Ever since Chen Ran's generous introduction of Ronaldo's arrogance left a deep impression on Mendes, he has been paying attention to Chen Ran's every move.

For more than a year, this Chinese native has been in a foreign country, and by his own strength, he has brought a team that has never been well-known to the Premier League, and even won the League Cup.

Is this what ordinary people can do?
Therefore, Mendes is very optimistic about Chen Ran's future development prospects, and hopes to have further cooperation opportunities with Chen Ran.

Originally, he wanted to bring Chen Ran and Mourinho together to pave the way for possible future cooperation.

Just imagine, if a team has Chen Ran as the owner in charge of management, Mourinho in charge of training and games, and Mendes in charge of transfer transactions.

Isn't such a team invincible and invincible?

Unfortunately, no matter how well Mendez conceived, he ignored an eternal truth.

That is: same-sex repulsion.

What is Mourinho's personality?
That is the pride that radiates from the inside out, from the bone marrow.

It would be fine if Chen Ran was just a simple boss, but he is still a head coach, and he is also a head coach who has achieved good results and is much younger than Mourinho.

Although this result is not in the eyes of Mourinho at all, but do you want him to be Chen Ran's subordinate?

Impossible!

2004年8月14日，2004-2005赛季英超第一轮比赛正式开始。

Crystal Palace's opponent in the first round was their old friend Norwich in the Championship last season.

Although during the summer transfer period, Norwich introduced as many as seven players.

But after reading the information, Chen Ran found that, except for one veteran player who was somewhat famous in Helveg, the others were all unknown.

As a right back, the 33-year-old Helveg has clearly entered the late stages of his career, so there is nothing to worry about.

The fact is just as Chen Ran expected, due to the introduction of a large number of new players, the running-in of the team has not been completed, and the cooperation between the players is still a little rusty.

Norwich's combat effectiveness is not as good as when they played against Crystal Palace last season.

Although Crystal Palace was an away game, Chen Ran adopted Guardiola's offensive tactics at the beginning of the game, surrounding Norwich in the backcourt.

center tony
Left midfielder Cristiano Ronaldo, midfielder Modric, right midfielder Ribery

DM Fabregas, DM Simeone

Left back Chiellini, centre-back Southgate, centre-back Vidic, right-back Maicon
goalkeeper cech
The difference from last season is that Chen Ran has placed two playmakers, Modric and Cesc Fabregas, on the field at the same time.

This move immediately made Norwich, who was familiar with the Crystal Palace, at a loss because he didn't know who to defend.

Send people to mark Modric, and Fabregas organizes the attack; send people to mark Fabregas, and the ball is handed to Modric.

If they were to guard against these two at the same time, the loopholes in other positions would be enormous.

For a while, Norwich was firmly suppressed by the Crystal Palace in their own half.

Chen Ran made it clear that he was not strong enough to bully Norwich, and it was difficult to grab the ball from Crystal Palace to organize a counterattack, so he dared to send two playmakers on the field at the same time.

As a result, Norwich fans saw their home team being blocked by Crystal Palace in their own half and bombarded indiscriminately in the team's first home game in the Premier League.

(End of this chapter)