Football Feast, Starting From the Acquisition of European Clubs

   Chapter 257 The Pen of God

   Just when the matter of Galaxy Football Group was raging, Chen Ran, the core figure of the topic, also ushered in the Premier League against Manchester United.

  Because the team was fighting continuously and the players were physically exhausted, Chen Ran had to make a lot of adjustments to the Crystal Palace lineup.

   However, in order to ensure the strength of the team, Chen Ran used Vieira's "Level 1 Healing Card" so that he could participate in this match against Manchester United with plenty of energy.

   Then, after checking Crystal Palace's next schedule, Chen Ran found that Crystal Palace's opponents in the next three games were all weak teams, so he used the "Level 1 Chicken Blood Card" for Ronaldo.

  Before the game, Chen Ran specially called Ronaldo over and told him individually.

   "Chris, according to my observation, this game against Manchester United, your state will reach its peak. So I will give you 'free fire', whether it is shooting or passing, you can decide for yourself."

   Hearing Chen Ran's words, Ronaldo's face darkened. He is now a little afraid to hear the word "freedom to fire".

   "Boss, does this mean that my state for the next three games will be bad again?"

   Holding a fluke mentality, Ronaldo couldn't help but ask a question.

"That's right. Chris, you have to get used to this situation. Every player will have problems with ups and downs. This is something that no one can avoid. You have maintained it very well now. Don't worry, there is me. Now, you won't let your downturn period exceed three games."

  Chen Ran patted Ronaldo on the shoulder and continued to flicker earnestly.

   "Understood, thank you boss."

   Ronaldo nodded helplessly, he seems to have accepted his fate now.

  So, Chen Ran formed a starting lineup against Manchester United with Cristiano Ronaldo and Vieira, as well as Kaka and Modric who had a half-time break in the last game as the core.

   striker Cristiano Ronaldo, striker Jan Kohler

   Front waist card

   Midfielder Vieira, Midfielder Modric, Midfielder Mascherano

  Left-back Evra, center-back Thiago Silva, center-back Vidic, right-back Alves

   Goalkeeper Cech

   On the Manchester United side, Sir Alex Ferguson naturally also sent the strongest lineup in his hand.

   Now they are only three points away from Crystal Palace, and this game is the perfect time for them to catch up to Crystal Palace.

   Striker Rooney, striker Saha

  Left midfielder Ryan Giggs, center midfielder Scholes, center midfielder Carrick, right midfielder Park Ji-sung

   Left-back Heinze, centre-back Sylvester, centre-back Ferdinand, right-back Gary Neville

   Goalkeeper Kutzzak

   This game about whether Manchester United can catch up with Crystal Palace has attracted the attention of countless people.

  Especially because of the Galaxy Football Group, Chen Ran and Crystal Palace are now on the cusp, and there are countless people who want to see their jokes.

   So today's Old Trafford stadium is full of seats, and even outside the stadium, many fans who have not bought tickets are unwilling to leave.

   With the whistle of the referee, the highlight of the twenty-first round of the Premier League officially began.

   In the pre-match preparation meeting, Chen Ran specially explained to all the players that the offense of this game is all around Ronaldo.

   So, from the first minute of the game, one pass after another was sent to Ronaldo's feet. And Ronaldo, who used the "first-level chicken blood card", naturally did not disappoint everyone.

   In the 17th minute, after Kaka dribbled the ball in the middle and forcibly broke through Carrick's defense, he sent a through ball forward.

   At this time, Cristiano Ronaldo, who was still horizontally opening the gap for Kaka, immediately accelerated forward, and Manchester United right-back Gary Neville, who had been following Cristiano Ronaldo, was instantly left behind.

   Cristiano Ronaldo, who used the "first-level chicken blood card", is now at his peak, with a posture of God blocking and killing God, and Buddha blocking and killing Buddha.

  Manchester United rushed over to intercept Ferdinand, and he was stepped on by several bicycles of Ronaldo, and suddenly lost his focus. If he hadn't propped up the turf with his hands, he would have almost fallen to the ground.

  After passing Ferdinand, Ronaldo took a step forward, looked up at the position of the eyeball door, and directly raised his left foot to shoot.

   When seeing Ferdinand being swayed by Cristiano Ronaldo, Manchester United goalkeeper Kutzzak quickly moved here and was ready to save Cristiano Ronaldo's shot.

   But he never imagined that Ronaldo's shot would be so powerful, and the ball appeared like a bolt of lightning in front of Kutzzak in an instant.

  Kurtzzak only had time to subconsciously raise his hand to block it, but the ball still flew over his head into Manchester United's net.

  “GOAL~~~~”

   Not long after the start, with Cristiano Ronaldo's goal, Crystal Palace led Manchester United 1:0.

   "Fantastic start. Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring in less than 20 minutes. Now, all the pressure is on Manchester United."

   "Although Crystal Palace made a lot of rotations in this game, their attack power is still so powerful."

   "After Cristiano Ronaldo moved from the flank to the forward position, the threat seems to have grown bigger."

   On the Manchester United bench, seeing that Crystal Palace scored a goal at the beginning of the game, Ferguson was also flushed with anger, chewing gum in his mouth desperately, as if that chewing gum was Chen Ran.

   "Alex, Crystal Palace has changed a lot in this game. They basically gave up attacking from the side and switched to the middle. Do we need to strengthen the defense in the middle?"

  Queiroz leaned into Ferguson's ear and whispered his suggestion.

  Ferguson knew in his heart that Queiroz was right. At present, of the two central midfielders on the field for Manchester United, Scholes is more focused on attacking. In fact, Carrick is the one who undertakes the defensive task.

   On the opposite side of the Crystal Palace midfield, the attacking midfielder Kaka is world-famous for his ability to dribble the ball, not to mention that behind him are Modric and Vieira responsible for organizing the attack.

   However, if he made substitutions and adjustments shortly after the opening due to Crystal Palace's goal, wouldn't he admit that he had a problem with his formation before the game?

   At this moment, the weight of face and reputation in Ferguson's heart surpassed the outcome of the game.

   However, Ferguson did not make any adjustments.

   He walked to the sidelines and took advantage of the dead ball and called Saha to his side and warned him a few words.

   Soon, everyone saw the changes in Manchester United's formation on the field.

Saha moved to the right and played as a right midfielder, Scholes played as an attacking midfielder, Park Ji-sung added in and Carrick served as a double midfielder, Rooney played a single striker alone, Manchester United's The formation also changed from 442 to 451.

   "Boss, Manchester United seems to have changed."

  Ferguson just made adjustments, and Guardiola immediately noticed his small movements.

  Sakha's position changed so obviously, of course Chen Ran also saw it. However, he was in no hurry.

  Manchester United has withdrawn a lot of funds to repay debts after the Glazer family took over in the past two years, and there is no signing at all.

   The only signings like Carrick and Park Ji-sung are also midfielders with a balanced attack and defense, and they have no significant help in enhancing their offensive strength.

   Players like Cristiano Ronaldo, Vidic and Evra who were supposed to play for Manchester United have also been cut off by Chen Ran early.

   The strength of a team is often decided off the pitch.

  Ferguson turned these cards over and over in his hand. Even if he played a flower, he couldn't create something out of nothing, so Chen Ran was very confident.

"It doesn't matter. Let's play according to the established arrangement. Ferguson moved Saha to the wing, and there is only one Rooney left in the forward line, which reduces the threat to our goal. This not only makes us feel at ease and boldly attack. ?"

   "That's true. Boss, what do you think this Ferguson thinks?"

   Hearing Chen Ran's analysis, Guardiola pondered a little and found that it was really the case.

   "What do you think? It's just that I can't hold myself back, and I don't want to make a substitution at the beginning of the game."

  Chen Ran pouted slightly, the problem of face kills people.

  Ferguson's adjustment has added one more person to Manchester United's mid-way defense, which has indeed effectively curbed the success rate of Kaka's dribbling breakthrough.

   But as Chen Ran analyzed, there is only one Rooney left in the forward line, and he is not a strong center. He can't do anything when defended by Thiago Silva and Vidic.

  If the two teams continue to stalemate like this and no one scores any more goals, Chen Ran will of course be fine, because Crystal Palace is now leading, as long as they can get three points.

   But Manchester United's goal is to beat Crystal Palace and tie the points.

   So after more than 20 minutes between Crystal Palace and Manchester United, Ferguson couldn't sit still.

   "Carlos, it can't go on like this. If you want to win, you still have to press up and attack. How do you think I put Saha back in the forward line?"

  Ferguson wanted to fight, but was a little worried that there would be problems with the defense, so he had to ask Queiroz for support.

   "Alex, it's not impossible to fight, but you have to be mentally prepared to lose. After all, Crystal Palace's attacking power is no joke, and their two main strikers are now sitting on the bench."

   Hearing Queiroz's words, Ferguson followed the direction of his finger and glanced at the Crystal Palace bench.

  Ibrahimovic and Tony, the two big men, are very conspicuous.

  Ferguson is a famous coach after all. Now that he has made a decision, he will no longer hesitate.

   He immediately went to the sidelines, and took advantage of the dead ball opportunity, called Scholes to his side and warned him.

   Soon, the positions of the players on the Manchester United field changed dramatically again.

   "Boss, Ferguson has changed again. He seems to be playing 433 this time."

  Ferguson's adjustment this time really surprised Guardiola.

   To know that Manchester United has played 442 for so many years, and suddenly changed to 433 today, but it was completely beyond his expectations.

   Manchester United's changes, Chen Ran naturally saw it.

   To be honest, he was also surprised.

   Sir, is this another whim since the 1999 Champions League final?

   Now Manchester United's formation, Saha is in the middle and plays the center, Ryan Giggs plays the left wing, and Rooney plays the right wing.

  Park Ji-sung, Scholes and Carrick lined up as three central midfielders.

   It seems that Ferguson saw that he didn't have a fullback in this game, so he didn't arrange a fullback, didn't he?

  Chen Ran quickly calculated in his mind, should he pull Ronaldo back to the wing and replace Ribery to attack Manchester United's flanks, or should he just continue to attack Manchester United's midway in the same way?

   For a while, Chen Ran hesitated.

   "Boss, what should we do now? Are we still going to attack Manchester United's mid lane?"

   Realizing that Chen Ran had not responded just now, Guardiola couldn't help but ask another question.

   Middle? Chen Ran looked at Manchester United's midfield again.

  It is Carrick and Park Ji-sung who are really in charge of defense. Although Scholes is retreating, his main energy is to pass the ball forward to organize the attack.

   Seeing this admiration, Chen Ran decided to continue to implement the tactical style of play formulated before the game.

"Josep, don't worry, we'll stick to the original plan. Even if Manchester United play a three-forward, will their striker configuration be comparable to Chelsea's? Even Chelsea's three-forward can't do anything about us, let alone these temporary changes from Manchester United. Array guy."

   patted Guardiola on the shoulder, Chen Ran still looked like he was in control of everything.

   Sure enough, just as Chen Ran judged, players like Manchester United who were used to playing two-forward tactics suddenly changed to a three-forward, and they were very uncomfortable for a while.

   In particular, Rooney, who should play on the right wing, can't help but run to the middle, which makes Manchester United's right attack useless and lame.

   Instead, on the Crystal Palace side, they have been aggressively attacking Manchester United's midway, leaving the two defenders Carrick and Park Zhixing exhausted and consuming a lot of physical energy.

   Finally, at the end of the first half of the game, Manchester United's mid-way defense once again had a loophole.

   This time, it was Cristiano Ronaldo who took the initiative to retreat, and Kaka and Kaka made a continuous two-to-one cooperation in the middle of the road, clearing Carrick and Park Zhixing.

   Then Ronaldo, like Kaka before, dribbled the ball straight into Manchester United's penalty area.

   Seeing that the situation was not good, Manchester United's central defender Sylvester left Jan Kohler to Ferdinand's defense, and rushed over to intercept Ronaldo.

Cristiano Ronaldo, who was at his peak, flicked and dunked, and after passing Sylvester easily, he directly took a curve ball with his right foot, and the ball flew to the upper left corner of the Manchester United goal with an extremely fast rotation. .

   Goalkeeper Kutzzak saw Cristiano Ronaldo hit the goal directly, he stepped hard, and immediately jumped into the air, stretching his body to the limit.

  Unfortunately, because Cristiano Ronaldo's shot angle was too awkward, Kurtzzak's fingertips were still unable to reach the ball, and he could only watch the ball fly into Manchester United's net.

  “GOAL~~~~”

   With Ronaldo's brace, Crystal Palace led Manchester United 2-0.

   "Cristiano Ronaldo has scored two goals today. Crystal Palace coach Chen Ran arranged for him to play as a striker. It's a stroke of genius."

   "Crystal Palace's famous winger Cristiano Ronaldo seems to have been activated by coach Chen Ran as a striker."

   "The head coach of the Portuguese national team would like to thank Chen Ran for helping him solve the big problem of Feng's weakness."

   (end of this chapter)