Football Feast, Starting From the Acquisition of European Clubs

   Chapter 246 Stay on the line, see you in the future

   As Ribery scored the third goal, the referee also blew the whistle for the end of the first half.

   During the halftime break, Chen Ran did not make any adjustments except to give the players blood as usual.

   On Tottenham Hotspur's side, manager Martin Joel obviously couldn't accept the result of being three goals behind Crystal Palace in the first half.

   He replaced Marblanc with striker Defoe, ready to strengthen the attack, at least not lose so ugly.

The presence of   Defoe did indeed produce a good effect.

   In the 52nd minute, Defoe broke through Thiago Silva's defense with speed on the left flank and made a successful cross from the bottom.

   "Brother Chi" Berbatov in the penalty area used Robbie Keane's cover to get rid of Vidic's mark, and used a volley side hook that he was good at.

   is still the same sentence, only the wrong name, no wrong nickname.

   Berbatov's volley side hook was stretched, very chic, and the ball-eating part was also accurate. The ball rushed towards the Crystal Palace goal like a cannonball.

  Cech's reaction was already very fast, so he just touched the ball with his fingertips, but it couldn't stop the ball from flying into the Crystal Palace's net.

   With Berbatov's volley side hook, Tottenham Hotspur reduced the score to 1:3.

   At this moment, Martin Joelton, who seemed to see hope, became excited and stood on the sidelines and kept calling Tottenham Hotspur players to press on the attack.

   "Boss, should we shrink the formation and play defensive counterattacks instead?"

   Seeing that Tottenham Hotspur seems to want to start a little bit now, Guardiola feels that Crystal Palace still has a two-goal lead. At this time, if they play defensive counterattacks, they should be able to maintain the lead until the end of the game.

   "No, now is not the time to shrink the defense. Keep attacking, Tottenham can score goals, we will only score more than them."

  Chen Ran waved to Guardiola. With the current strength of Crystal Palace, it is worthwhile to play against any team.

   What's more, it's only 50 minutes into the game, and it's too early to start defending.

  As Chen Ran expected, in the fifty-ninth minute, Ribery on the right was in hot pursuit all the way by Li Rongpyo and forced a cross from the bottom.

  In the penalty area of ​​Tottenham Hotspur, Ibrahimovic, who was in charge of rushing to the front point, failed to jump up due to the interference of Ledley King.

  Fortunately, Tony, who was behind him, beat another central defender of Tottenham Hotspur, Dawson.

  Cheney threw a fly and blocked the ball, and the ball flew towards Tottenham Hotspur's right.

   At this time, according to Chen Ran's tactical arrangement, Ronaldo, who was in charge of outflanking the back point, just came over, and faced the ball with a leap to the top.

   And Cheney, who had just made a save, hadn't got up from the ground, and could only watch the ball fly into Tottenham Hotspur's net from his eyes.

   "GOAL!"

   With Cristiano Ronaldo's diving for the top, Crystal Palace once again extended their lead to three goals.

   kicked for a few more minutes, Chen Ran saw that the time was almost up, then turned around and called Guardiola over.

"Josep, you go and inform Yaya Toure, Mascherano and Maicon to warm up, then use them to replace Kaka, Modric and Ibrahimovic. Then the team The formation has changed to 451 with three midfielders, and the defensive counterattack has changed. Understand?"

   "Okay, boss."

   Hearing Chen Ran's instructions, Guardiola knew that the boss felt that the game was almost ready to end.

  With Crystal Palace taking the initiative to recover the formation, Tottenham Hotspur can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

  Unfortunately, even if Crystal Palace gave them the initiative on the field, Tottenham Hotspur was still unable to attack with the defense of three defensive midfielders and four defenders.

   Until the game entered injury time, "Brother Chic" Berbatov had a flash of inspiration again.

   After this guy received a pass in the Crystal Palace penalty area, because the Crystal Palace defender was closely guarding him, he did not find a chance to shoot.

  So, he took the ball to walk in the penalty area of ​​Crystal Palace.

  Yes, I read that right, just strolling.

   Because there is no better adjective than "walking around".

   After most of the game, Crystal Palace's defenders also understood how powerful this guy who seemed to be lazy and didn't run aggressively.

   In order to prevent Berbatov from being tricked into taking a penalty, the Crystal Palace defenders just forced him outside the penalty area, but did not dare to break his ball.

   Berbatov didn't care either. Since the Crystal Palace defenders forced him outside the penalty area, he took the ball further and further away.

When    was about to take him out of the penalty area, Berbatov suddenly flicked the ball horizontally, followed by a volley with his right foot.

  The ball flew to the Crystal Palace goal, and bounced twice on the ground, just dodging Cech's outstretched hand, and jumped into the lower left corner of the Crystal Palace goal.

   Shortly after Berbatov scored the goal, the referee quickly blew the whistle for the end of the game.

  Crystal Palace finally defeated Tottenham Hotspur 4:2 at home, and while getting three points, Chen Ran also got a "Level 1 Healing Card" from the system.

  While Crystal Palace continued to win on the pitch, there was good news off the pitch.

   "Chen, there is new progress in Brazil. The owner of Recife Sports finally can't bear to lower the price back to 15 million euros."

   As soon as he entered the door, he couldn't help but couldn't wait to report the good news to Chen Ran. It must be the little fat Louis, but Stephen also followed him into Chen Ran's office with a smile on his face.

   "Oh? Why is that guy so honest this time?"

   Hearing the good news, Chen Ran asked curiously.

   "It is said that the creditors of his own business are holding on tight. You know, in Brazil, unpaid debts are not just a matter of money."

   The little fat man shrugged, gloating on his face.

   "But last time I said 14 million euros."

   glanced at the little fat man and replied lightly.

   "Er Chen, do you really have to ask for 14 million euros? I think the price of 15 million euros is reasonable. After all, Recife Sports is also a century-old club."

  Luis did not expect Chen Ran to insist on his 14 million euro offer, so he couldn't help persuading him.

   "Didn't I say it? This 1 million euros is a punishment for that guy's greed."

   Chen Ran detests those who dare to knock the foot bar on his head.

   "Chen, isn't there a saying in your country called 'Be a good person and stay in the front line, and see each other in the future'? I think since that guy has lowered the price again, this matter should be understood as soon as possible."

   "After all, buying Recife Sports Club is just the beginning. In the future, we have to carry out all-round transformation of Recife Sports. It is unnecessary to waste time and energy on that person who is not worth mentioning."

   Stephen also stood up to persuade Chen Ran at this time, and also quoted a Chinese sentence.

   Chen Ran was taken aback by this.

  Good guy, being able to say things like "stay on the line, see you well in the future" shows that Stephen's Chinese attainments have gone far beyond "hello" and "thank you".

   "Stephen, when did you speak so much Chinese?"

   "Haha, that is to say, I learned a little when I had nothing to do in private. 'Accept, admit'."

   The "recognition" in this sentence was also spoken by Stephen in Chinese.

   "Hey, did I say you two misplaced the point? Didn't we just talk about Recife sports? Why did you go to learn Chinese again?"

   The little fat man Louis reluctantly interrupted Chen Ran and Stephen's discussion about the progress of Chinese learning.

   "Cough, Stephen, what you said makes sense. Then you inform our people in Brazil and sign the contract at the price of 15 million euros."

   "Okay, I'll call in a while."

   After saying that, Chen Ran turned to look at the little fat man again.

   "Luis, when the time comes to accept Recife Sports, you will have to trouble your father to come out to the town. If there is anything that needs attention, your father also needs to remind you."

   "Don't worry, wrap it on me."

   The little fat man patted his plump chest with a bang while giving Chen Ran a ticket.

After a week off, Crystal Palace ushered in the thirteenth round of the Premier League.

  Crystal Palace beat Charlton 2-0 at home with goals from Ibrahimovic and Thiago Silva.

  Three days later, the Champions League group stage is about to start again, this time Crystal Palace will host Hamburg, Germany.

   In the previous away game against Hamburg, Crystal Palace won 3-0.

   Today, if Crystal Palace can win Hamburg again at home, they will be able to lock the qualification for the Champions League group stage one round earlier.

   To this end, the Crystal Palace went all the way up and down, and be sure to eat this hamburger that was delivered to your door in one bite.

  Because according to the design of the schedule, the final round of the Champions League group stage is in December. In addition to the Premier League games, Crystal Palace will also fly to Japan to participate in the Club World Cup.

   Therefore, it is very important to lock the qualification of the Champions League group in advance. At that time, Crystal Palace will be able to use all the substitute lineups in the final round of the Champions League, saving physical strength for the main players to participate in the Premier League and the Club World Cup.

   In order to complete his plan, even though he just finished the Premier League three days ago, this game Chen Ran still lined up Crystal Palace's strongest attacking lineup.

   striker Tony, striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic

   Left midfielder Cristiano Ronaldo, midfielder Kaka, right midfielder Ribery

   Midfielder Vieira, Midfielder Modric

  Left center back Chiellini, center back Vidic, right center back Thiago Silva

   Goalkeeper Cech

   On the Hamburg side, despite knowing that his team is not as strong as Crystal Palace, coach Thomas Dole still had to press the attack.

  Because if they can't win Crystal Palace, let alone advance to the next round of the Champions League, they won't even qualify for the Europa League.

   striker Guerrero, striker Ljuboa

   Left midfielder Troshowski, midfielder Van der Vaart, right midfielder Madagascar

   De Jong

  Left-back Sorin, center-back Kompany, center-back Artuba, right-back Demel

   Goalkeeper Wecht

   I have to say that the Hamburg team really worked hard from top to bottom in this game.

   As soon as the referee blew the whistle for the start of the game, they pressed the attack in an all-round way, as if the weaker Crystal Palace were.

   However, Hamburg's players are indeed strong. Less than ten minutes into the game, after receiving a pass from Van der Vaart on the right, Madagascar took a long shot from outside the upper left corner of the Crystal Palace penalty area.

  The position of this ball is far and wide, and most people will not hit the goal at this place at all, so Madagascar’s shot also caught Cech by surprise.

   And this shot was played very beautifully by Madagascar, with great power and great angle. Cech tried his best to fly to make a save, only to use his fingertips to block the ball from the bottom line, scaring everyone into a cold sweat.

  Fortunately, the goal was not scored, but the Crystal Palace players who reacted were immediately enraged, and the defeated players still wanted to go wild on their own territory?

   As a result, wave after wave of attacks quickly pushed Hamburg's formation back again.

   In the 28th minute, after a counterattack by Hamburg was confiscated by Cech, Cech quickly threw the ball to Modric.

   This time, the players in Hamburg were well prepared. Before the game, head coach Thomas Dole repeatedly warned several Crystal Palace attacking organizers that he must pay attention to, and Modric was honored to be among them.

  Because Modric is now receiving the ball to the right, Hamburg's left midfielder Trosowski immediately posted it.

  Troshowski is only 169CM tall, but he has the advantage of being short.

The body is flexible and fast, and he can rush and grab Modric in an instant. Although Modric's foot skills are good enough to not lose the ball, but under the interference of Trosovsky, he can't concentrate on attacking. .

   In desperation, Modric had to pass the ball to Thiago Silva who was not far from him.

   Thiago Silva, as a central defender, does not have as many tricks as Modric. After catching the ball, he looked up at the approximate position of his teammates, and it was a big foot that sent the ball to the frontcourt directly.

   At this time, the benefits of Chen Ran's two high center forwards arranged by Crystal Palace in the frontcourt were reflected.

   Seeing the ball flying over, Tony and Ibrahimovic immediately started to move.

   Two people have a clear division of labor, one is to grab the ball's landing spot, and the other is responsible for covering and interfering with the Hamburg defender.

   On the Hamburg side, Kompany is only 20 years old this year. This age is too young for the central defender position, far from reaching his own later peak level.

   Another central defender, Artuba, is only 24 years old this year. Apart from being a strong, black and tough guy, his ability is also average.

   How can these two guys withstand the two big killers Tony and Ibrahimovic?

  I saw that Toni kept Kompany behind him, and then successfully tipped the ball to Ibrahimovic.

   And Ibrahimovic used his 195CM body to sway left and right, forcibly knocking Artuba to the ground.

   Immediately after, he bombarded the goal 30 meters away from the goal.

   (end of this chapter)