Football Feast, Starting From the Acquisition of European Clubs

   Chapter 244 No bargaining!

   In the 75th minute, when Kuyt's header was firmly held in his arms by Cech, Cech quickly threw the ball to the unmarked Modric.

  Modric looked up at the positions of Crystal Palace's frontcourt players, and kicked the ball out before Gerrard's feet reached out.

  Because he had to avoid Gerrard’s tackle, Modric’s pass was not very accurate and would probably fall outside the upper left corner of Liverpool’s penalty area.

   At this time, Ibrahimovic, who was closest to where the ball landed, immediately rushed over from the Liverpool penalty area.

   And the Liverpool defender Agger, who was responsible for marking Ibrahimovic, kept in mind the tactical requirements of the coach Benitez and ran after him very dutifully.

Seeing that Agger didn't give up the marking because he left the penalty area, Ibrahimovic simply turned his back to Liverpool's goal, stopped the ball with his chest first, and then made an upside-down shot from outside the penalty area. action.

"boom!"

   The power of the ball was so great that it flew directly to Liverpool's goal.

   At this point, Ibrahimovic was far and far from Liverpool's goal.

   is just an ordinary long-range shot, and it is difficult to hit the goal, let alone a barb shot.

   So, after seeing Ibrahimovic catch the ball with his back, no one expected him to play this trick.

   Is this a choice a normal person would make?

too crazy!

   So, when Ibrahimovic made a barb shot, everyone's eyes were fixed on the trajectory of the ball, whether it was the players and referees on the field or the coaches and spectators off the field.

Huh?

   The ball is actually flying towards Liverpool's goal.

Huh?

  The angle of this ball is quite tricky.

Huh?

   That Liverpool goalkeeper Reina did not touch the ball.

  OMG!

   This ball actually scored!

  In an instant, the fans in the entire Anfield stadium were silent, wondering if they were stunned by Ibrahimovic's incredible, ultra-long-distance upside-down golden hook.

"Oh!"

   With a roar, Ibrahimovic, who scored such a shocking goal, was too excited to himself.

   Raise your right fist high and roar at the sky!

   In the quiet Anfield stadium, the roar of Ibrahimovic and the celebration of the Crystal Palace players were intertwined and extremely harsh.

   The next moment, I felt that the Liverpool fans who were dominated by Crystal Palace's counter-attack were completely infuriated.

  The boos filled the entire Anfield stadium and resounded through the night sky of Liverpool.

   "It's incredible, what kind of people are in the Crystal Palace team. Before that Modric scored a corner kick and scored directly. Today, this Ibrahimovic scored an upside-down golden hook from outside the penalty area."

   Not only the fans, but also the media reporters in the stands were surprised by Ibrahimovic's goal.

   These reporters don't know how many football games they have watched, and it is the first time they have seen such an incredible goal.

   "Yeah. Ibrahimovic's barb shot today is probably the longest barb shot in history, right?"

   "Should be. At least I haven't seen a goal with a barb shot farther than this."

"Me too. The previous Modric, today's Ibrahimovic, as well as Kaka and Cristiano Ronaldo, so many excellent players have been gathered by the Chinese into one team, Crystal Palace. It's getting scarier now."

   "Who said it wasn't. When Crystal Palace was tied by Chelsea and CSKA Moscow in a row, I thought Crystal Palace would not be able to do it this season, but I didn't expect them to have a winning streak."

   "Yes, I thought so at the time. Now it seems that it is difficult to prevent Crystal Palace from winning the Premier League three consecutive championships."

   "Yeah, I don't know which team can stop that Chinese from dominating British football."

   It is thousands of miles away in China. Now, as long as there is a Crystal Palace game, no matter how late it is, the Crystal Palace post bar is as lively as a vegetable market.

   "Good guy, I'm direct good guy. This Ibrahimovic is simply not human!"

   "Yeah. Who would dare to shoot a barb in that place?"

   "The key is that he still entered."

   "This Ibrahimovic must have no friends."

   "Haha, I think so too, it's too stressful to be friends with such non-human beings."

   "Have you noticed, many of Crystal Palace's goals recently are world waves."

   "That's right. Not to mention Ibrahimovic's ultra-long-range barb shot. In the first half of the game, Ronaldo's kicked the ball with his heel and added a fried ball to score a goal. It's also a world wave."

   "And the previous Modric corner kick and scored a goal directly, and Kaka's one-stop breakthrough shot. Good guy, after this, how do I feel that Crystal Palace can enter the world wave as an individual."

   "Haha, that only shows that Crystal Palace's players are too strong."

   "The upstairs is right. However, what I admire more is Chen Ran's ability to gather so many talented people into one team. The vision for selecting players is truly incredible."

   If it is said that when one goal is behind, Benitez can still keep his face as steady as Mount Tai. So now that Liverpool are two goals behind, he can't sit still, pacing back and forth in the small area in front of the bench thinking about countermeasures.

   Benitez is very clear in his heart that Liverpool's strength cannot be compared with Crystal Palace, and there is only a dead end in frontal confrontation.

   However, he has no other way to go now.

   Disarm and surrender? That's not his Benitez style.

   After thinking about it, Benitez intends to fight. Anyway, the worst result is to lose, and it doesn't matter to him whether to lose one more or one less.

   So, the cruel Benitez replaced the right midfielder Pennant with Bellamy, and then moved Gerrard to the right to play the right midfielder.

   Liverpool's formation has also changed from 4411 to 442 in a diamond-shaped midfield position.

   Kuyt and Bellamy are the double forwards, Luis Garcia is the attacking midfielder, Zenden on the left is Gerrard on the right, and Xavi Alonso is the single midfielder.

   "Boss, Benitez is going to work hard."

   Guardiola was also stunned when he saw the changes in the position of Liverpool after the substitution.

   The previous two central midfielders could not stop Crystal Palace's offensive, but now they have become a single midfielder. Benitez is going crazy.

   "Hehe, desperate? Does he have the capital?"

  Chen Ran glanced at the time. Now that the game has been going on for more than 80 minutes, there is really not much time left for Liverpool.

   Of course, Chen Ran still felt that there was too much time left, and he should use a little more for Liverpool.

   So, he turned to look at Guardiola beside him.

"Josep, you go and inform Yaya Toure, Mascherano and Maicon to warm up. Use them later to replace Kaka, Modric and Ibrahimovic. The formation has also changed. A 451 formation with three midfielders."

"Remember, when making substitutions, replace them one by one, first replace Kaka with Yaya Toure, then replace Modric with Mascherano, and finally replace Ibrasimo with Maicon Vicky. Understand?"

   "Boss, are you planning to waste time?"

   "That's right. Including injury time, there are at most fourteen or five minutes left in the game. Our three substitutions will consume four or five minutes and make Benitez a little more difficult."

   "Haha, boss, it's really unlucky to be your opponent."

   Guardiola went to implement Chen Ran's orders with a smile, but he silently set a rule for himself, that is, don't stand on the opposite side of the boss unless it is absolutely necessary.

  Time passed slowly as Crystal Palace made substitutions one after another.

   And, it's not just a matter of time consumption. Every substitution is an interruption of the game. For Liverpool, who were eager to attack, the rhythm of the attack was interrupted again and again.

   Although Benitez was very clear about Chen Ran's intention to make such a substitution, he had no choice because it was completely within the scope of the rules.

   Watching Crystal Palace make substitutions slowly again and again, Benitez couldn't do anything except spread his hands, urge and complain.

  In the end, Benitez originally wanted to go out and recklessly attacked his plan, so Chen Ran used one by one to cut him into pieces.

   When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, Crystal Palace defeated Liverpool 2-0 at Anfield, avenging the previous League Cup elimination by Liverpool.

  At the same time as he got three points, Chen Ran also got a "Free Kick Master Card" from the system, which just made up for the vacancy left by the previous use.

   In other Premier League matches in this round, Chen Ran also got an unexpected good news, Chelsea lost to Tottenham Hotspur 1:2 away.

   I didn't expect to do what Tottenham Hotspur didn't do when they played directly against Chelsea.

   Manchester United have been surprisingly solid this season. They played against this season's dark horse Portsmouth in this round. As a result, they, like Crystal Palace, won the opponent with a clean 3-0 score at Old Trafford.

  As for Arsenal, they continued their unreliable performance in the past two years. They lost to West Ham United 0:1 away.

   After the end of the eleventh round of the Premier League, Crystal Palace continued to top the standings with a record of 31 points and 10 wins and 1 draw.

Manchester United are second with 28 points, Chelsea are third with 25 points, Bolton fourth with 20 points and Portsmouth fifth with 19 points.

  As for Arsenal and Liverpool, one is sixth and the other is ninth, not to mention.

   After the match against Liverpool, this stage of the Devil's schedule is finally over, and Crystal Palace will have a week of rest. Chen Ran also gave the team members two days off to let them relax.

   After all, during this period of time, the players were in high tension both physically and mentally.

   The so-called one piece and one relaxation, the way of civil and military.

  The bowstring is too tight and it is easy to break, so relax when it is time to relax.

  Although they were eliminated from the League Cup, Crystal Palace generally completed the plan they had made before. Whether it is in the Premier League or the Champions League, Crystal Palace is still ranked first, which is considered a safe pass.

  However, the players can have a rest, but Chen Ran has no such luck.

The day after the match against Liverpool, Chen Ran came to work at Crystal Palace Club as usual.

   Accumulated during the competition, there are many things that he needs to handle personally.

   Just when Chen Ran was busy, Stephen and Louis came to the door together.

   "Huh? Why did you two come together today?"

  Because the things Stephen and Louis are responsible for usually have little overlap, they basically report to Chen Ran separately.

   It’s really rare to see them together today.

"That's it. We have made progress in the acquisition of Recife Sports Club. Luis's father has contributed a lot here, and he must know the specific situation in Brazil better than me, so I will come together to report to you today. progress."

  Stephen first stood up and gave a brief overview of the matter.

   "Oh? Could it be that the owner of Recife Sports Club has changed his mind and is willing to lower the price?"

   Hearing this news, Chen Ran was in a good mood.

   A club that broke the Brazilian Serie B, but it has not been done for so long.

  Chen Ran is patient enough, but now he is a little impatient.

   "Yes. According to your plan, my father selected three clubs with suitable conditions, and then took our people to visit them one by one."

   "And during the inspection process, many media reporters were also invited. After some hype, the entire Brazilian football world now knows that Crystal Palace wants to buy a club in Brazil."

   "It is said that in addition to the three clubs that arranged the inspection, other clubs have taken the initiative to find our people and sell their clubs."

   "So the owner of Recife Sports Club was a little panicked. He found our people again and said that the price could be reduced from 30 million euros to 25 million euros."

  Crystal Palace is smeared in Brazil, including the staff they sent in the past.

   The reason why he can make such a big noise in Brazil now is that Luis and his father are helping.

   Chen Ran knew this. Although he didn't say it, he remembered it all in his heart.

   "25 million euros? Luis, I remember the previous price was 15 million euros?"

   "Yes. That old boy still doesn't seem to give up."

"So that's it. Stephan, you asked our people to tell the owner of Sporting Recife. Our purchase price is 14 million euros. If he doesn't agree, then we will buy other clubs. Not much else in Brazil is football. Lots of clubs."

   "Er Chen, Recife Sports' previous offer was 15 million euros."

  Stephen thought that Chen Ran had misremembered the price, so he reminded him.

   "I know that their previous offer was 15 million euros. So I deliberately subtracted 1 million euros, the purpose is to punish greed. You can let our people tell the owner of Recife Sports clearly."

   "It's 14 million euros, no bargaining!"

   (end of this chapter)