Football Feast, Starting From the Acquisition of European Clubs

   Chapter 101 Eat some appetizers

   Since the tactics of the last game worked well, and the opponent Everton this time was not a strong team.

   In addition, this is Crystal Palace's first home game this season. For Crystal Palace fans who have returned to the Premier League, Chen Ran feels the need to dedicate a wonderful game.

   Center Tony

   Left midfielder Cristiano Ronaldo, midfielder Modric, right midfielder Ribery

   Fabregas, midfielder, Simeone

  Left-back Chiellini, centre-back Gareth Southgate, centre-back Vidic, right-back Maicon

   Goalkeeper Cech

   On the Everton side, there is another player that the majority of domestic fans are very familiar with, that is, Li Tie, who later served as the head coach of the national football team.

   In fact, in the first season he joined Everton, Li Tie performed very well, and even secured his position as the main midfielder of Everton.

  Unfortunately, when the national football team was preparing for the World Cup qualifier in Germany and against Kuwait, he was seriously injured by a broken bone while participating in the training camp, so he spent a whole year recuperating.

   When he returned from injury, he never regained his position as the main force of Everton, and even had few chances to play.

   When Chen Ran got the Everton playing list, as expected, there was no Li Tie's name in it.

   Compared with these Everton players, Chen Ran paid more attention to their coach Moyes.

   This is an excellent head coach who can bring such a stingy club to life, which makes people have to admire Moyes's internal potential.

   And he, with this ability, later won the Manchester United coaching opportunity.

  Today, Chen Ran happened to meet this clever woman who is good at thrift and housekeeping.

   may have watched Crystal Palace's first game against Norwich. At the beginning of the game, Moyes played a defensive counterattack very acquainted.

   In the entire frontcourt, only one single striker, Marcus Bent, remained.

  Compared to Norwich, who has a lot of signings, the stingy Everton also has its own strengths.

   That is, there are few newcomers, and it does not require too much time to run in.

  In the main lineup, except for Marcus Bent who was thrown in front and ready to fight back, there was only one new player, Cahill, and he was arranged to play as a full-back.

   Therefore, the entire Everton defensive formation was kept in place, and the players switched to each other in a very timely manner.

   Even if a single point is broken by a Crystal Palace player, someone else will immediately come to make up the defense.

   One link buckles one link, a bit of Italian chain defense.

   After being honed by some key battles last season, the current Crystal Palace players have also calmed down a lot.

   Facing the difficult Everton defense line in front of him, under the leadership of Modric and Cesc Fabregas, the players passed back and forth not far from the Everton penalty area.

   Pass from the left to the middle, and then from the middle to the right.

  If there is a chance, suddenly come to a straight pass and give it to Cristiano Ronaldo or Ribery who suddenly moves forward.

  If there is no chance, then pass back to the middle and then back to the left.

   repeatedly pulled Everton's defense, waiting for the opponent to reveal flaws.

   This style of play is already a little bit of the prototype of Barcelona during the peak period.

   As the old saying goes: only a thousand days to be a thief, no thousand days to prevent a thief.

  Crystal Palace took the initiative on the field. Of course Chen Ran was not in a hurry. He didn't believe that Everton would be able to keep the flaws intact throughout the game.

  Chen Ran knew very well that every game at the moment was a practical exercise for Guardiola's tactics.

   The real difficulties are still to come, and now is a good opportunity to practice hard internal skills.

   In this way, the two teams attacked one and defended the other, and neither of them let anyone take advantage of it and ended the first half.

  Although the score was still 0:0, the content of the game made the reporters in the stands talk a lot.

   "Have you noticed, now Crystal Palace has begun to look like a strong team."

   "I feel this way too. In fact, the first game against Norwich was more obvious. It was a full-court suppression. Norwich didn't have any chance."

   "Don't jump to conclusions yet. Whether it's Norwich or Everton, their strengths are average. Whether Crystal Palace is really strong depends on the results of its matches against those strong teams."

   "That's true. However, that Chinese man is really moving forward according to the goal he said."

   "Yeah, Crystal Palace is now a standard strong team play style. If it can beat those strong teams, a new giant team may really be built."

"It's too early to say. It's difficult for me to see Chelsea. Two years of big signings, and now the Champions League coach Jose Mourinho has been hired. I don't see any chance for Crystal Palace to win. ."

   "That's right. Although the Chinese led Crystal Palace to some achievements, it is not worth mentioning when compared with Mourinho's Champions League."

   Intermission, Chen Ran did not make any changes.

   At the beginning of the second half, he found that Moyes had not made any changes. It seems that Moyes was also satisfied with Everton's performance in the first half.

  50 minutes, 55 minutes, 60 minutes, 65 minutes

  Everton still tenaciously maintained the score of 0:0 on the field, but their players were sweating profusely and panting.

   has been highly focused, constantly moving the defense line with Crystal Palace's passing, which has caused a huge physical consumption of Everton's players.

  Chen Ran glanced at Everton's bench, Moyes still didn't move.

  Everton players are almost exhausted and can start.

  Chen Ran immediately turned around and greeted Crouch to warm up, he was ready to add another high point on the court.

   Barcelona in their prime had the disadvantage that their attacking players were almost all dwarfs.

  This led to their offense, basically going down three lanes.

   When Chen Ran watched Barcelona games in his previous life, he sometimes worried about them.

   There was a good chance to pass, but he didn't pass it. He was still going back and forth, thinking of a deadly through ball that would tear the opponent's defense.

   Now that Chen Ran is here, he will not stick to the style of Barcelona in his previous life.

  Why don't you have a ready-made high center?

   Soon, Chen Ran put Crouch on the court.

   And, he replaced Simeone with Crouch.

   That's right, there is no defensive midfielder in Crystal Palace anymore.

   Then Chen Ran called Southgate to the sidelines.

"Gareth, after Diego comes off, you need to mention the premise, stand behind Modric and Cesc Fabregas to play Liberty and provide protection for them. As long as the opponent has the opportunity to steal the ball and counterattack, he will not hesitate to commit a foul. Destruction too. Understand?"

   "Understood, boss."

   This time, Crystal Palace stayed at the end, leaving only Vidic as a central defender.

   Chen Ran's instructions to the field were very simple, continue to pull Everton's defense line, and if there is no chance, bombard directly from high altitude.

  We Crystal Palace, now it’s not just one move.

   Seeing Chen Ran making such a radical substitution, Moyes' eyes lit up. Maybe this is an opportunity?

  Moyes held back most of the game, and he also saw the physical consumption of the players on the field of Everton.

   The game is only 70 minutes into the game, and whether Everton can hold on for the rest of the time is a little bit of a drum in his heart.

   Now Crystal Palace has removed the only defensive midfielder, further weakening the defensive strength, should we just fight?

   Just when Moyes hesitated, Crystal Palace, which offered the twin towers, has ushered in the opportunity to score.

  Crouch brought Chen Ran's latest instructions as soon as he came on the court, and Crystal Palace's tactical play also changed immediately.

   The rhythm of going back and forth on the outside of the Everton penalty area suddenly changed.

   When the ball came to the right again, this time it did not pass back to the middle.

   It was Ribery who dribbled the ball directly to the bottom and made a cross. Inside the penalty area, Crystal Palace once again had the classic three-point outflanking of Crouch, Tony and Ronaldo.

   Crystal Palace's sudden change in rhythm caught Everton's defenders by surprise.

   Their thoughts, under the repeated pulling and pulling of the Crystal Palace for 70 minutes, still stayed in the original rhythm.

   It feels like listening to "people like me." for more than an hour, and suddenly a voice "the river flows east".

  Everton's two central defenders, Yobo and Stubbs, reacted significantly slower, that is, Crouch was not strong enough and was pulled by Stubbs without jumping up.

   But Tony didn't have this problem, Yobo tried to pull him but didn't hold it.

   A beautiful lion shook his head, and Tony simply headed the ball into the goal guarded by Martin.

   "Goal"

   After 70 minutes of fierce battle, Crystal Palace finally scored.

   This time, Moyes didn't have to hesitate.

   If he wants to take points away from Selhurst Park, there is only one way to go.

  So, while the Crystal Palace players were still celebrating their goal, Moyes had already called Cahill to the sidelines to start arranging the changes.

   All of this was seen by Chen Ran on the other side.

   If they are still in the British Championship, most teams will likely choose to continue to defend even if they are led by Crystal Palace.

   Because they know that if they attack rashly, they will fall into Chen Ran's trap and cause the team to concede more goals.

   But now in the Premier League, many teams have not experienced the nightmare that the Championship teams have encountered.

   In other words, they don't think there is anything to be afraid of in the newly-promoted Crystal Palace.

   Therefore, as soon as Moyes sees the team falling behind, he immediately changes to attack, which is a normal reaction.

   And this is exactly what Chen Ran wanted to see.

   As long as you don't stay behind and defend, it will be easier for me to attack.

  Chen Ran also immediately rushed Yaya Toure to warm up, and then called Southgate and Cesc Fabregas to the sidelines.

   "Gareth, don't play free agent now, go back and continue to play central defender, the team formation has changed to 442."

   "Okay, boss."

   "Seske, after Yaya Toure comes on the court, you and his partner will play a double midfielder. The task of organizing the attack will be left to you, understand?"

   "Got it, boss."

   Soon, Chen Ran replaced Modric with Yaya Toure.

  Crystal Palace's tactics also changed from Guardiola to Southgate.

   On the Everton side, Cahill was raised from full-back to forward.

The    formation also changed from a 451 defensive counterattack to a 442 with Marcus Bent and Cahill as double arrows.

   In the next game, due to Everton's attack, a lot of loopholes in the defense suddenly appeared.

   Not only failed to get the score back, but Toni and Ronaldo each scored a goal.

  In the end, Crystal Palace beat Everton 3-0 at home, achieving two consecutive Premier League victories. Chen Ran made another 2 million euros.

   In this round of the Premier League, several other strong teams have also won victories.

  Chelsea beat Birmingham 1:0 away;

  Arsenal beat Middlesbrough 5:3 at home;

   Manchester United beat Norwich 2:1 at home;

  Liverpool beat Manchester City 2:1 at home.

  Crystal Palace still rely on the advantage of goal difference to top the Premier League table.

   Arsenal and Chelsea, which also won two consecutive victories, followed, Liverpool rose to sixth place, and Manchester United also came to ninth.

   After the second round of the Premier League, Crystal Palace still topped the list, making the previous cynicism disappear a lot.

  It is not the conscience of those English journalists, but in the upcoming third round of the Premier League, the opponent Crystal Palace will face is Chelsea coached by Jose Mourinho.

  Everyone is waiting for a good show.

  If Crystal Palace loses, then Chen Ran will face the scene where the wall falls and everyone pushes.

  Many reporters have already thought of the title in advance.

   For example: "Meteor Falls";

   "Counterfeit meets genuine";

   "Who is the real genius coach";

   "Boss, we can definitely win Chelsea. Didn't we win the League Cup last season?"

  Southgate, Guardiola and Simeone also knew the current atmosphere of public opinion, and they came to cheer Chen Ran on purpose.

   To say that Chen Ran has no pressure would be a lie.

   Chelsea under Jose Mourinho is completely different from Chelsea under Ranieri.

   In his previous life, just this season, Mourinho won the Premier League title in his first year at Chelsea.

   In 38 league games throughout the season, Chelsea have only lost one.

   Therefore, if Crystal Palace wants to compete for the Premier League title this season, they must press Chelsea to the ground.

  Chen Ran knew that Crystal Palace could not lose at least this game against Chelsea.

  Otherwise, the initiative to compete for the Premier League title is out of his control.

   In view of the importance of this game, Chen Ran's attention is comparable to last year's League Cup final against Arsenal.

   To this end, he also specially explained to Guardiola, re-edited the video of Chelsea's first two games, and took it to the pre-match preparation meeting for targeted arrangements.

   With Warcraft Drogba as the center, Robben and Duff fly together, this is Chelsea's current striker combination.

   This combination is actually similar to the striker configuration ideas of Crystal Palace's Tony, Ronaldo and Ribery.

   In midfield, Mourinho used Lampard, Makelele and Thiago.

   The biggest feature of this combination is the balance of offense and defense, and even a little bit stronger on defense than offense.

   On the back line, there is a four-back system of Bridge, Carvalho, Terry and Ferreira.

   The strength of the two central defenders is very strong, but the left and right full backs are relatively average.

   In terms of goalkeepers, because Chen Ran stopped Cech, Chelsea's main goalkeeper is still Cudicini.

  This goalkeeper is actually very strong, and he often plays bravely.

   It's just that his state fluctuated a lot, and it was a bit of a nerve knife, which also prevented him from reaching the level of a top goalkeeper.

   And this is the key to Chen Ran's key arrangement.

   (end of this chapter)