Football Feast, Starting From the Acquisition of European Clubs

   Chapter 249 The Chosen Son

   This is the first time Crystal Palace has participated in the Club World Cup, but it will never be the last.

   In fact, when Chen Ran and the Crystal Palace team were still sitting on the Emirates charter plane, the Club World Cup had already started.

   It’s just that Crystal Palace, the European champion, and the South American champion, Brazil International, can directly advance to the semi-finals.

  On December 10th, the African champion, the Egyptian team Ahli defeated the Oceania champion, New Zealand's Auckland City 2-0, and advanced to the semi-finals.

  On December 11, the Asian champion, the South Korean team Jeonbuk Hyundai lost 0:1 to the North American champion, Mexico's America, who advanced to the semifinals.

   After these two games are over, the semi-final matchup of the Club World Cup will be determined.

   Brazil International vs Egypt Ahli, England Crystal Palace vs Mexico America.

  On December 13, Brazil International defeated Egypt's Ahli 2:1 with the goals of Pato and Adriano, and took the lead in advancing to the final of the Club World Cup.

  On December 14th, the semi-finals of the Club World Cup between Crystal Palace and Mexico America are about to start.

  Because Crystal Palace is eligible to participate in the Club World Cup this year, the popularity of the Club World Cup in China is much higher than in previous years.

   In the previous Club World Cups, domestic fans usually only watched the last game, which was the game between the European champions and the South American champions.

   As for the previous game, very few people paid attention.

   Now, due to the emergence of Chen Ran and Crystal Palace, this year will be very different.

   "Haha, how are you guys, look where I am?"

   Immediately, several photos were uploaded to the Post Bar of the Crystal Palace.

   Now as long as there is a Crystal Palace game going on, the Crystal Palace post bar is always very lively, no matter what time it is in China at that time.

   "I'm going, isn't this the big guy who went to watch Crystal Palace win the UEFA Cup and the UEFA Champions League?"

   "Haha, I didn't expect anyone to remember me. That's right, I'm here again today, guess where I am now?"

   "Boss, please don't insult our IQ. Every time you jump out like this, don't you go to watch the Crystal Palace game live?"

   "Yeah, it's too simple. So I guess the boss must be at the 'Yokohama International Arena' right now?"

   "Haha, you guessed it right, I'm going to watch Crystal Palace win the Club World Cup again today."

   said, the brother took a photo of the ticket and uploaded it to the post bar.

   "Ha, two tickets again. What excuse is the boss looking for to lie to his girlfriend this time?"

   "Haha, I didn't lie this time, I just asked her if she wanted to travel to Japan?"

   "Then swam straight to the football field?"

   "Hey, she's used to it now."

   "I said, have you noticed that in the finals that Crystal Palace participated in that the big guys went to watch live, Crystal Palace won the championship in the end."

   "I'm going, do you mean that the boss has a good crystal palace image?"

   "Upstairs, I've only heard of Wang Fu Xiang, when is there a Wang Crystal Palace Xiang?"

   "Because the boss went to see the game and Crystal Palace won."

   "That's because Crystal Palace is strong enough."

   "At least one good luck."

   "That's true. Crystal Palace is the champion!"

   "Crystal Palace is the champion! +1"

   "Crystal Palace is the champion! +2"

The Organizing Committee of the    Club World Cup was also considerate, giving Crystal Palace three days of rest, allowing Crystal Palace to recover a lot from the fatigue caused by the intensive schedule and long-distance flight.

   Chen Ran has also done a lot of homework for this Club World Cup semi-final opponent Mexico America.

  In their player list, I really saw a lot of acquaintances.

   In the World Cup, the world-famous Blanco, the former Argentina international, the famous striker Claudio Lopez, and the Paraguay international familiar to domestic fans, the striker Cuevas who once played for Shencheng COSCO.

   However, compared with today's Crystal Palace, Mexico America is obviously not a heavyweight opponent.

   Therefore, Chen Ran did not send all the main lineup in this game.

   Center Jan Kohler

   Left midfielder Evra, midfielder Kaka, right midfielder Alves

   Defender Yaya Toure, Defender Mascherano

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

   Goalkeeper Van der Sar

   On the Mexican side, the head coach Turner, who knew that his strength was inferior to others, naturally did not dare to hold back, and sent all the main force to prepare for a fight.

   Left winger Claudio Lopez, center Cabanas, right winger Cuevas

  Central midfielder Aguero, MF Pereira, MF Villa

   Left-back Davino, center-back Ricardo Rojas, center-back Oscar Rojas, right-back Castro

   Goalkeeper Ocho

   However, although Mexico America sent all the main force, as the referee blew the whistle to start the game, they were completely suppressed by Crystal Palace and were forced to surrender the initiative of the game.

  In the 18th minute, Crystal Palace's right back Maicon and right midfielder Alves, two fellow Brazilians, played consecutively on the right flank.

   In the penalty area of ​​Mexico America, Jan Kohler, who is 202cm tall, is naturally the focus of the defenders. Especially the bright bald head, it is difficult to ignore his existence.

  Ricardo Rojas and Oscar Rojas, two central defenders from Mexico America, were one after the other, sandwiching Jan Kohler in the middle. It was like a hamburger with a patty between two slices of bread, making Jan Kohler unable to jump at all.

   Seeing Alves' pass flying over, Ricardo Rojas, who was in front of Jan Kohler, directly pushed the ball out of the penalty area.

  It's a pity that he didn't go far in this ball, because they dealt with Jan Kohler with a stalker method, and the experienced Jan Kohler had seen such scenes a lot, so naturally it wouldn't make them feel better.

   Just when Ricardo Rojas jumped to head the ball, Jan Kohler made a slight effort behind him, and immediately made Ricardo Rojas, who was jumping in mid-air, shift his center of gravity.

   The center of gravity is lost, so how can it be possible to exert force to head the ball, of course, the ball is not too far away. It just flew out of the restricted area less than two meters.

   At this time, Kaka, who was waiting for an opportunity outside the penalty area, immediately found this opportunity, and saw that he rushed towards the ball and volleyed.

"boom!"

  The ball was extremely powerful, and after bouncing on the ground halfway, it jumped directly to the lower left corner of the Mexico America goal.

  Goalkeeper Ocho made a save, but because the speed of the ball was too fast, when he stretched out his hand, the ball had already flown into the net.

   "GOAL!"

   With Kaka's volley, Crystal Palace led Mexico America 1:0.

   "Strangers are like jade, and the son is unparalleled."

   "Whether at AC Milan or at Crystal Palace, Kaka is the one and only one."

   "Beautiful goal, Crystal Palace took the lead in less than twenty minutes."

   "World wave, another world wave, it seems that Crystal Palace players are particularly good at scoring world wave goals."

   "Crystal Palace's strength is too strong. Although the coach Chen Ran sent many substitute players in this game, he still dominated the game."

   "I conceded the ball at the beginning. With Crystal Palace's defensive ability, this game in Mexico and America was much less fortunate."

  Kaka scored a goal here, and the commentators who broadcast the game all over the world collectively climaxed.

   However, they soon discovered that they had to exercise restraint or they would be very tired.

  In the 31st minute, seeing Alves and Maicon on the right playing well, Evra on the left of Crystal Palace was not to be outdone.

   After dribbling through the right back Castro of Mexico America, he did not choose to cross the bottom, but directly slanted into the penalty area of ​​Mexico America.

   This time, the threat posed by Evra made the most of Shiadi Chuan.

  The two central defenders Ricardo Rojas and Oscar Rojas of Mexico America who were responsible for marking Jan Kohler had to separate one to stop Evra from moving forward.

   At the same time, the central midfielder Pereira of Mexico America also quickly returned to the defense, ready to help Ricardo Rojas to double-team Evra together.

  Evra saw that he was about to fall into the encirclement of Mexico and America, and immediately gave the ball to Kaka who was in the middle.

   At this time, because he was going to help defend Evra, Pereira, who should have stayed in the middle of the defense, had left his position, and there was a defensive vacuum next to Kaka.

   Such a good opportunity, how could Kaka miss it?

  I saw Kaka flick the ball to the right, looked up at the position of the Mexico America goal, and then directly shot a curved ball with his right foot.

  The unlucky Mexican-American goalkeeper Ocho made a flying and side-flying action again, but he still didn't even touch the ball. In the end, he could only watch the ball fly into the goal he was guarding again.

   "GOAL!"

   With Kaka's brace, Crystal Palace led Mexico America 2-0.

   "The silver saddle shines on the white horse, like a shooting star."

   "Another world wave, this game belongs to Kaka."

   "Although Cristiano Ronaldo, Ibrahimovic, Toni, Ribery and Modric did not play, as long as Kaka is there, Crystal Palace wins enough."

   "If the game develops according to this trend, it is estimated that it will be another massacre."

   "Although the first half of the game is not over yet, the game has shown a one-sided situation."

   "With a two-goal advantage in hand, Crystal Palace is getting closer and closer to the Club World Cup."

After    scored two goals, Crystal Palace's attack rhythm slowed down.

   Standing on the sidelines and keeping an eye on the game, Chen Ran immediately noticed the situation, but he didn't say anything. With the advantage of two goals in hand, there is really no need to attack hard, after all, it is also very physical.

  Crystal Palace reduced the attacking rhythm. Only then did Mexico America have a chance to breathe and began to organize the attack slowly.

  Unfortunately, neither Claudio Lopez on the left nor Cuevas on the right could shake the Crystal Palace's defense, and the number of successful breakthroughs was pitiful.

   As a team using the 433 formation, if the two flanks cannot be opened, then the offense will be considered a waste of more than half. Center Cabanas can't catch the ball, even if his ability is strong, it is a display.

  Just like this, one of the two teams was a little slack, the other wanted to attack but couldn’t get in, and the score on the field remained at 2:0 to end the first half of the game.

   During the intermission, because Crystal Palace played very smoothly in the first half, Chen Ran naturally did not need to make adjustments. He just gave the players some blood as usual.

   On the Mexican side, coach Turner also wanted to do the last struggle, and replaced the center Cabanas with the team captain, veteran Blanco.

   However, what Turner didn't expect was that shortly after the second half of the game, his team suffered another blow.

   In the forty-ninth minute, after an attack by Mexico America, the goalkeeper of Crystal Palace, Van der Sar, threw the ball directly to Kaka near the center line with a strong hand.

   After receiving the ball, Kaka first passed Pereira who came up to intercept, and then dribbled the ball directly in the middle.

   At Kaka's speed, once he is allowed to run, ordinary people really can't catch up.

   And because Mexico America was still attacking before, a large number of people were still in Crystal Palace's half and did not have time to defend.

  This resulted in a large open field in front of Kaka, giving him enough time and space to accelerate.

   In desperation, Ricardo Rojas and Oscar Rojas, the two central defenders of Mexico America, had to separate one person again to meet Kaka.

   In the end, this time it was even worse. Kaka saw Ricardo Rojas rushing over and played a Marseille maneuver directly, passing Ricardo Rojas with ease.

  Oscar Rojas, the other remaining central defender, had no choice but to give up Jan Kohler, who was in charge of marking, to intercept Kaka.

  However, Oscar Rojas, who had been stalking Jan Kohler before, did not let him go this time.

   The two were tightly entwined, and neither could get rid of the other, but Oscar Rojas could no longer stop Kaka's progress.

   Seeing that Jan Kohler was creating opportunities for himself, Kaka naturally wouldn't miss it, and he dribbled the ball directly into the penalty area of ​​Mexico America from the middle.

   Goalkeeper Ocho saw that the situation was not good, and no one else could help now, so he had to bite the bullet and abandon the door, rushing up to intercept Kaka himself.

In the face of Ocho's attack, Kaka first flicked the ball to the right, followed by another stroke, and passed Ocho so easily and freely, and then pushed the ball with the inner instep of his right foot. Empty Mexico Goal for the Americas.

   "GOAL!"

   "The Chosen Son!"

   "Ten steps to kill a person, a thousand miles without leaving."

   "Kaka! It's Kaka again! It's Kaka again!"

   "Kaka performed a solo ride and passed the midfield, defender, and goalkeeper, and then hit an empty goal."

   "In just fifty minutes, Kaka scored a hat-trick."

   "With Kaka's three goals, Crystal Palace has already locked in the World Club Cup final in advance."

   Seeing Kaka's amazing performance, Chen Ran turned his head and called Guardiola, who was celebrating a goal behind him.

   "Josep, Kaka is doing so well, he will be replaced soon."

   (end of this chapter)