Football Feast, Starting From the Acquisition of European Clubs

   Chapter 235 Another wave of people sending money

   "Carlos, what you said makes sense. In this way, you let Saha warm up at halftime, and in the second half of the game we will change formations and attack. Even if we lose, it will not allow Crystal Palace to win so easily."

"OK."

  Because he already had a two-goal lead in the first half of the game, Chen Ran did not make any other adjustments during the half-time break except to give the players some blood as usual.

However, at the beginning of the second half, the situation changed suddenly. Manchester United, who were two goals behind, replaced right midfielder Fletcher with striker Saha, and then moved Park Zhixing to the right. Scholes retreated to hit the central midfielder, and the formation on the field also changed Back to their usual British 442 parallel stance.

   "Boss, it seems that Manchester United is going to attack?"

   As soon as he saw Manchester United's substitution, Guardiola was immediately acutely aware of Ferguson's intentions.

   "Almost. If we continue to play according to the situation in the first half, Manchester United will lose too much. I guess Ferguson feels that he can't afford to lose this man. Even if he wants to lose, he will lose vigorously."

   "Boss, what shall we do? Are we going to change the formation and shrink the defense now?"

"Don't worry. Josep, you remember, our Crystal Palace is not what it used to be. Even if Manchester United attack with all their strength, we are not afraid. We have a two-goal lead now, and against us, Manchester United will only die. Worse."

   In the face of Manchester United's evolution, Chen Ran did not make any adjustments and still let Crystal Palace continue to attack.

   This time, the game looks good.

  Manchester United no longer shied away from defending, the two teams started to attack each other, and the game was open and closed, making the fans feast for the eyes.

   In the 58th minute, after receiving a cross from Ryan Giggs from the left, Saha in the middle grabbed a header and Cech struggled to save the ball.

   As a result, the ball just flew to Rooney's feet, and Lu Xiaopang deftly stretched out his foot and pushed the ball towards the Crystal Palace goal.

   Cech, who had just finished the save, didn't have time to get up and could only watch the ball roll into the net.

   The score on the field became 2:1, and Manchester United pulled a goal back.

   This goal immediately stimulated the morale of Manchester United players and launched waves of more violent offensives.

  Manchester United has invested more offensive forces, and the back line has naturally become a lot empty.

   Sixty-seventh minute, just under ten minutes before Manchester United scored.

  Rooney's shot was too angled and Cech held him firmly in his arms, then Cech got up quickly and threw the ball to Vieira with a hand.

  Vieira looked up for a moment, and then a big foot passed the ball to Cristiano Ronaldo who was advancing at a high speed on the left.

  Because Manchester United was still attacking, it was too late to return to the defense when a large number of players remained in Crystal Palace's half.

   At this time, there was only one Gary Neville in front of Ronaldo.

   In the face of this 31-year-old veteran, Ronaldo didn't even bother to make fake moves.

   After receiving Vieira's pass, Ronaldo slammed the ball forward and kicked the ball five or six meters away.

   Then an acceleration bypassed Gary Neville and played a pass to himself three seconds later.

  Nothing else, just bullying Gary Neville is not fast enough.

   After getting rid of Gary Neville, Cristiano Ronaldo took the ball directly inside and rushed towards Manchester United's penalty area.

   At this time, Manchester United's two central defenders, Sylvester and Ferdinand, are staring at Tony and the other is staring at Ibrahimovic. Seeing Ronaldo rushing over, both of them wanted to go over to make up the defense.

   However, Tony and Ibrahimovic quit at this time. They also saw the situation of Cristiano Ronaldo, so they stalked Sylvester and Ferdinand, not letting them have the opportunity to get out of the defense.

   At this time, Park Ji-sung, who claims to have three lungs, rushed back from the midfield.

   Seeing that Cristiano Ronaldo was about to rush into Manchester United's penalty area, Park Zhixing hurriedly shoveled down to the ground. Even if he fouled, he would have to keep Cristiano Ronaldo outside the penalty area.

   "There is someone behind!"

   Seeing the movements of Park Zhixing behind Ronaldo, Ibrahimovic hurriedly reminded Ronaldo loudly.

   Hearing Ibrahimovic's voice, Cristiano Ronaldo tapped the button smartly, and Park Zhixing slid past him.

   Then Cristiano Ronaldo looked up at Kuzzak's position, and directly used his right foot to take a curve ball.

   The ball turned directly to the upper left corner of the Manchester United goal. Kuzzak jumped and stretched his body to the limit, but he still failed to touch the ball.

   "GOAL!"

  Crystal Palace led Manchester United 3-1, extending the lead to two goals again.

"Thanks."

   After scoring the goal, Cristiano Ronaldo found Ibrahimovic for the first time and thanked him in a low voice.

   "Hehe, half of my credit for your goal."

   "You are dreaming."

  Cristiano Ronaldo, who is a rare thank you, was half-hearted by Ibrahimovic's words, and turned his head to celebrate with other teammates.

   Seeing Crystal Palace score another goal soon, Ferguson on the sidelines was also helpless.

   He watched the situation of the game. It wasn't that the Manchester United players didn't work hard, but the guys from Crystal Palace were too perverted and couldn't defend at all.

   Forget it, keep attacking, it counts wherever you hit.

   Ferguson, who had no hope of winning this game, also thought about it this time. With a big wave, he continued to greet the Manchester United players to press on the attack.

   Even if you lose, you have to lose vigorously.

   In the 78th minute, Manchester United's aggressive attacking once again paid off.

   Ryan Giggs made a breakthrough pass from the left. Rooney and Saha, who were outflanking at two points in the middle, did not fight for the ball. Thiago Silva took the lead and pushed the ball out of the penalty area.

  Unfortunately, the ball didn't go far and just fell to the feet of Carrick, who was guarding outside the penalty area of ​​Crystal Palace.

   Before Yaya Toure came up to block, Carrick also volleyed.

  The ball was hurried and fast, and flew directly into the upper right corner of the Crystal Palace goal.

   This is an absolute ten-pointer, and even Cech tried his best to prevent the ball from going into the net.

   The score on the field became 3:2, and Manchester United pulled one back again.

   "Josep, inform Kaka, Mascherano and Alves to warm up, and replace Toni, Maicon and Yaya Toure later. Kaka will be the attacking midfielder, and the team will change to 4231."

   "Okay, boss."

   Soon, Chen Ran's substitutions paid off.

After   Mascherano and Alves replaced Maicon and Yaya Toure, who had decreased physical fitness, Giggs' offense was misfired.

   After Kaka came on the field, he took over the task of organizing the attack from Vieira.

   His dribbling and scoring in the middle is sharper, more direct and more threatening than Vieira's long pass in the middle and backcourt.

   In the 87th minute, Kaka once again dribbled the ball at a high speed in the middle, and both Scholes and Carrick were left behind by him.

   In desperation, Sylvester had no choice but to give up Ibrahimovic, who he was in charge of marking, to come up to make up the defense.

   Seeing that there was a gap in Ibrahimovic, Kaka made a direct pass, and the ball just went over the head of Sylvester, who rushed up, and fell in front of Ibrahimovic.

   Kaka passed the ball in the right amount and position, so that Ibrahimovic didn’t need to make any adjustments, and instead of waiting for the ball to hit the ground, he directly bounced with his right foot.

  Ibrahimovic's shot angle is not tricky, but it is powerful enough and fast enough. And the position of the shot is between the penalty spot and the small penalty area line, which is already very close to the goal.

   Goalkeeper Kuzzak had no time to react, so he could only subconsciously reach out to block it. Although it touched the ball, it could not change the result of the ball flying into the Manchester United goal.

   "GOAL!"

  Ibrahimovic scored another goal and Crystal Palace led Manchester United 4:2.

  Crystal Palace scored the fourth goal, Manchester United was completely discouraged. Coupled with the lack of game time, Manchester United's players can no longer afford to attack.

   Finally, when the referee blew the whistle of the end of the game, with Ibrahimovic's hat-trick and Ronaldo's goal, Crystal Palace beat Manchester United 4:2 at home.

  For this powerful dialogue between Crystal Palace and Manchester United, it has also attracted the attention of many fans in the country far away.

   "I wonder if you are the same as me? If Crystal Palace won a strong team like Manchester United in the past, I was both excited and excited. Why do I feel nothing when I see Crystal Palace win Manchester United."

   "Haha, I'm similar to the one upstairs, I feel a little numb after winning too much."

   "That's right. Crystal Palace can win the Champions League, and it's not easy to come back to play in the Premier League."

   "Upstairs, I seriously doubt that you are connoting Liverpool."

   "I'll go! I didn't, I didn't mean that, don't talk nonsense."

   "I'm not surprised that Crystal Palace can win against Manchester United, but the Ibrahimovic they introduced this year is too bright. A hat-trick against Manchester United is really strong."

   "The key is to score all the wonderful goals. Especially the first two, a falling ball and an undercut. That guy Chen Ran has a really good eye for selecting players."

   "It's not just Zlatan Ibrahimovic, that Kaka also performed very well, okay? That breakthrough, that passing, that shooting, it's an all-rounder."

   "With the addition of these two new aids, I estimate that Crystal Palace still have a chance to win the Triple Crown this season."

   "Upstairs, if it is the European Super Cup, it should be the quadruple champion."

   "If you count it like this, will the Club World Cup also be included at the end of the year?"

   "It makes sense, you can't forget the Club World Cup. Don't worry, according to Chen Ran's operation of continuing to buy people after winning the Triple Crown, he will definitely not be satisfied with only one Triple Crown."

   "Crystal Palace's goal is five crowns!"

   "Five crowns +1."

   "Five crowns +2."

   The day after the match against Manchester United, Stephen looked for it again while Chen Ran was studying the information about the opponents in the upcoming Champions League.

   "Chen, since we won the Triple Crown, more and more manufacturers want to sponsor us, especially those in the beverage industry are the most active."

   "I sorted out their information and quotations. Take the time to see who to choose. The sooner we decide, the better we can make money earlier."

   "Oh? Who is there? You can briefly talk about it first."

   Hearing that someone gave him money again, Chen Ran suddenly became interested, dropped the information in his hand and looked at Stephen with interest.

"Okay. There's Singamas from Thailand, San Miguel from the Philippines, Coca-Cola from the US, Gatorade sports drinks from the US, Grape Energy from the UK, Estella from Spain, Red Devils from Chile, Huaguo's Wahaha drink and Huaguo's Tsingtao Beer."

"so much?"

   Chen Ran was also taken aback when he heard Stephen's list of names. Man, as long as the team is good enough, it's really easy to make money.

   "Actually, there are more. This is after I have selected some manufacturers with low quotations or low brand awareness."

   "Stephen, do I remember that Gatorade is not a brand of PepsiCo? What? This time, it's not PepsiCo's quotation, but Gatorade's quotation?"

  Because of the title of the International Champions Cup, Chen Ran knew something about the American brand Gatorade. But the main market for this brand of sports drinks is in the US, with Red Bull being more popular in Europe and Asia.

   Now Pepsi is sponsoring Crystal Palace in the name of Gatorade. Is it trying to seize the market share of Red Bull?

   "It was indeed Gatorade who made the offer. I guess it was because Pepsi had seen good results in the title sponsorship of the International Champions Cup, so I wanted to continue to promote it in the football field."

   Hearing Stephen's analysis, Chen Ran also felt that it was very reasonable.

  The International Champions Cup can achieve such a high attendance rate in the United States, where football development is not developed. It is estimated that Pepsi's management was surprised, and then this offer was made.

   "Stephen, which of these offers is the highest bidder?"

   "Coca-Cola, their bid is 10 million euros per year. However, they are asking for an exclusive contract, as the only beverage brand officially formulated by Crystal Palace. If we sign with Coca-Cola, then we cannot sign other beverage brands."

   "Exclusive contract? It's not impossible. It's just that carbonated drinks can have a bad effect on football players. You tell the people at Coca-Cola. If you want to exclusively sponsor Crystal Palace, you have to pay more."

   "Also, what was Gatorade's bid?"

   "Eight million euros per year is also an exclusive contract. Their requirements are the same as Coca-Cola, and they are also the only beverage brand officially formulated by Crystal Palace."

   "In this way, you go and tell the Gatorade people that the price will rise to 10 million euros per year, and then it will be the only sports drink brand officially formulated by Crystal Palace."

   "Sports drinks? Chen, do you mean to add the word "sports" and then we can sign contracts with other non-sports drink manufacturers?"

   Hearing Chen Ran's idea, Stephen's eyes suddenly lit up. This method is good, just adding two words can increase a lot of income.

   "That's right. Since Pepsi wants to promote the Gatorade brand to seize the Red Bull market, then we can just take advantage of this loophole. This is a lot of income, and it's not worth it if you don't make it."

   "Understood, I'll contact them right away."

   (end of this chapter)