Football Feast, Starting From the Acquisition of European Clubs

   Chapter 258 Long pain is worse than short pain

   After Ronaldo scored the second goal, the referee quickly blew the whistle for the end of the first half.

   Since Crystal Palace had a two-goal lead in the first half, at halftime, Chen Ran did not make any substitution adjustments except for some blood for the players.

   On the Manchester United side, for some unknown reason, Sir Alex Ferguson did not make any adjustments.

   At the beginning of the second half, Manchester United still maintained a 433 formation to attack Crystal Palace, which was a bit desperate.

   However, they soon suffered from Cristiano Ronaldo, who was at his peak.

   In the 57th minute, Crystal Palace got a free kick from the left side of the frontcourt, and Modric sent the ball into Manchester United's penalty area with a big foot.

   Now all the coaches know that Chen Ran has hoarded a group of tall players for Crystal Palace, so every time Crystal Palace gets a set-piece in the frontcourt, it is like a big enemy, and this time is no exception.

   Just when Manchester United’s defenders used all kinds of tricks to push the ball out of the penalty area, Alves, who was guarding outside, quickly grabbed the ball’s landing spot and lifted his foot to volley.

   At this time, Manchester United's penalty area was full of people.

  The ball first hit Thiago Silva's leg, and then Sylvester's leg. After being refracted twice, the ball still stubbornly flew towards Manchester United's goal.

  Fortunately, the ball has been refracted twice, the power has been much smaller, and the speed has slowed down a lot.

  Although Manchester United goalkeeper Kutzzak was caught off guard, he finally reached out and fished the ball out of the goal line at the last minute.

   At this moment, a figure suddenly rushed out.

   A flying tackle shoveled the ball, which had just been fished out of the goal line by Kurtzzak, into Manchester United's net.

  “GOAL~~~~”

  It's Ronaldo, and it's Ronaldo again!

   Before the game was over, Ronaldo had already scored a hat-trick. Crystal Palace also led Manchester United 3-0 with three goals from Ronaldo.

   "I'm going, what happened to Manchester United? Before the game was over, Crystal Palace scored three goals in a row? Is this the Manchester United we are familiar with?"

   This round of the Premier League’s focus game has attracted countless media reporters to watch the game on the spot.

   But the current situation on the field, beyond everyone's expectations, immediately aroused the amazement of the reporters. The reporter who spoke just now seems to be a Manchester United fan.

   "Yeah, I thought it was a close contest, but I didn't expect it to be a one-sided situation."

   "Is this Crystal Palace's strength too strong, or Manchester United's strength getting weaker?"

"In my opinion, both. Crystal Palace brought in Kaka and Zlatan Ibrahimovic in the summer; Manchester United only brought in Carrick and let go of the main striker Ruud van Nistelrooy. In the long run, it's obviously incomparable."

   "If Crystal Palace beats Chelsea and Manchester United in a row now, I'm afraid no team can stop them from winning the Premier League three consecutive championships."

   Just as Crystal Palace was celebrating, Ferguson was flushed with anger on the Manchester United bench.

  Cristiano Ronaldo has a heartache every time he scores a goal.

  You know, Ronaldo almost joined Manchester United at the beginning.

   It's all the **** Chen Ran, who bribed the more **** agent Mendes to cut Ronaldo to Crystal Palace.

   Now, Ronaldo scored a hat-trick against Manchester United.

   At this moment, new hatred and old hatred flooded into Ferguson's heart.

   "Carlos, I'll give you the command for the rest of the game."

  Ferguson turned his head and explained to his old partner Queiroz, turned around and went back to the bench to sit down.

   "This Alex, are you all right?"

   Seeing the unusual behavior of the old friend, Queiroz immediately asked with concern.

   "I'm fine. It's just that there are some things that need to be considered carefully, this game is up to you."

   "Well, okay. Then you go to rest for a while, and I'll support you here."

  Queiroz is a coach who has coached Real Madrid after all. Although he is only an assistant coach of Manchester United club now, his experience in commanding games is no worse than that of the head coaches of some teams.

   On Ferguson's side, the reason why he handed over the rest of the game to Queiroz was because he knew that this game could not be brought back.

  With Manchester United’s existing squad strength, unless they perform exceptionally, no matter how they line up, Crystal Palace will find a loophole.

   In the final analysis, the strength of the team is not enough, and there are not enough outstanding players.

   And this situation, as long as the Glazer family continues to control the Manchester United club, it is difficult to change.

   Such a situation made Ferguson, who saw the problem clearly, feel powerless.

   The bitter fruit you sowed, you will have to taste it yourself.

   However, sitting still is clearly not Ferguson's style.

  Since it is difficult to achieve a substantial increase in Manchester United’s strength in a short period of time, we can only find a way to weaken the competition.

  So, Ferguson thought about the Galaxy Football Group, which had been making a lot of noise for a while.

   For this new thing, there are too many controversial places, which is very suitable for making a fuss.

   Gradually, Ferguson's face, who was watching the game from the bench, returned to normal.

  It's just that he never stood up and commanded the game again.

   Just when Ferguson was distracted, the game on the court was going on as usual.

   In the subsequent game, Ronaldo scored another goal and staged a big four.

   This time, the entire Old Trafford stadium was fried.

  This is Manchester United's home ground, and Crystal Palace scored four goals in a row.

   Such a large score gap made it difficult for Manchester United fans to accept it for a while.

   Accompanied by the boos resounding throughout the audience, many Manchester United fans started to leave early.

   "My God! It's incredible! Manchester United fans actually started to leave early. This is a very rare phenomenon at Manchester United's home court."

   "It seems that Crystal Palace's overwhelming lead has completely overwhelmed the psychological defense of Manchester United fans, and they can't accept it."

   "Cristiano Ronaldo scored four goals by himself. It can be said that he defeated Manchester United by himself."

   "If Cristiano Ronaldo was the biggest contributor to Crystal Palace's victory over Manchester United, then Chen Ran, who moved him from left-back to forward, was the mastermind behind the victory."

   "After consecutive victories over Chelsea and Manchester United, Crystal Palace can be said to basically lock the Premier League title this season."

   Seeing that the lead is big enough, and after winning this game without any problem, Chen Ran also closed it as soon as he saw it, and began to replace Southgate, Simeone and Pepe.

   Before the end of the game, Scholes scored a long shot, which can be regarded as a little bit of face for Manchester United.

   In the end, after the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, Crystal Palace beat Manchester United 4:1 at Old Trafford with Ronaldo's four-year bliss.

   "Ding, congratulations to the host for winning the game, and a special reward 'Level 1 Healing Card'."

   As soon as the match between Crystal Palace and Manchester United ended, thousands of miles away in the country, the post of Crystal Palace suddenly boiled.

   "Haha, winning Chelsea and Manchester United in a row, Crystal Palace's three consecutive Premier League titles are just around the corner."

   "Yes, this time, Crystal Palace is six points ahead of Manchester United and seven points ahead of Chelsea. If nothing else, this season's Premier League champion Crystal Palace basically won."

   "Hey, are you guys upstairs a little too optimistic? It's only the twenty-first round of the Premier League, and nearly half of the games have yet to be played. Should we keep a low profile first?"

   "You are unfounded. With Chen Ran's "gou" commanding style, how could it be possible for others to have a chance to overtake?"

   "That's right, the nickname of Ji Ziran is not for nothing. People who can take advantage of him probably haven't been born yet."

   "Cristal Palace's Ronaldo is too good. It's amazing to be able to stage a big four in the face of Manchester United."

"If you want me to say, the key is that Chen Ran's vision of selecting players is too poisonous. Look at the players in the Crystal Palace team, most of them were bought by Chen Ran when they were unknown, and then they were slowly kicked out. ."

   "That's true. Especially the players who joined Crystal Palace in the early days. At that time, they were all unknowns. Chen Ran's vision for selecting players is not acceptable."

   The direct conversation between Crystal Palace and Manchester United, which is currently the top two in the Premier League, naturally attracted the attention of countless people, including two acquaintances of Chen Ran, Tom Hicks and George Gillette.

   At this moment, the negotiation of their acquisition of the Liverpool club has come to an end, and only the last few details need to be dealt with.

  If nothing else, then the two of them will buy Liverpool Club from David Moores for £220 million.

   With the acquisition of Liverpool FC well underway, Tom Hicks and George Gillette are now starting to supplement their football knowledge.

   I don’t want to become an expert, but at least I can’t make some common-sense mistakes, so as not to be ridiculed by these British guys as a nouveau riche.

   And the way they chose to supplement their football knowledge is also very simple, that is to watch the Premier League accompanied by football consultant Rodriguez, and ask some very naive football-related questions at any time.

   Today, they chose to watch the match between Crystal Palace and Manchester United.

   After seeing Ronaldo score the third goal, Tom Hicks directly picked up the remote control and turned off the TV.

After    waved Rodriguez to leave, the two of them were left in the room.

   It's just that neither of them seemed interested in talking.

   "Tom, do you still remember the Crystal Palace thing?"

   After a long time, George Gillette asked.

   "Did you forget?"

  Tom Hicks glared at George Gillette angrily and turned back.

   "Tom, we're almost signing a contract with Liverpool now, what else do you think about? This will only add to the annoyance."

   "I know, it's just a pity. You've seen the news, Chen Ran really dared to think and do it. Only half a year later, Galaxy Football Group now has clubs from four countries."

   "Yeah. If we had agreed to cooperate with Chen Ran, maybe the Galaxy Football Group would have five clubs now."

   Hearing Tom Hicks' sigh, George Gillette was also sighed.

  To be honest, Chen Ran's Galaxy Football Group plan, they are really very tempted.

   It's a pity that the crocodiles on Wall Street only recognize the Premier League, which caused them to miss such a good opportunity.

   "Forget it, don't think about it so much. Once the contract is signed, we and Chen Ran's Crystal Palace will be competitors."

   "Competitors? Didn't you see the game just now? The Glazer family finally bought it. Manchester United, currently ranked second in the Premier League, was beaten by Crystal Palace."

   "You know, the Liverpool we are going to acquire is now more than ten points behind Manchester United. Manchester United has been beaten by Crystal Palace like this. Do you think we Liverpool are worthy of Crystal Palace's competitors?"

   Speaking of which, Tom Hicks and George Gillette lost their interest in continuing.

  Yeah, with a huge loan of 220 million pounds, to buy a team that has no strength to compete with Crystal Palace for the Premier League title.

   Just thinking about it, the two Yankees feel that the future is gloomy.

   And if you want Liverpool to have the strength to compete with Crystal Palace, then you must invest a lot of money to introduce top stars.

  Tom Hicks and George Gillette are of course impossible to pay for Liverpool out of their own pockets, and the only option left is to continue the loan.

  Thinking of this, Tom Hicks and George Gillette have the feeling that they have spent a lot of money to acquire a bottomless pit.

   At this moment, the same thought appeared in their minds: it would be great if they had chosen to cooperate with Chen Ran.

   also watched Crystal Palace and Manchester United games, as well as Mourinho and Mendes.

  Seeing the result of Crystal Palace's victory over Manchester United, Mourinho's heart can be said to be mixed.

   Not only disappointed that Manchester United failed to stop Crystal Palace, but also a little bit happy that Manchester United lost more badly than Chelsea to Crystal Palace.

   "José, do you want me to start contacting you with the team that will coach next season?"

  In the very quiet room after turning off the TV, Mendes suddenly said these words.

"Need not!"

   Hearing this, Mourinho turned black with anger.

   What do you mean, Mendes, you are looking down on me and I will definitely be fired by Chelsea?

   "Cough, Jose, frankly speaking, Crystal Palace has a strong momentum now, and Chelsea's hopes of winning the Premier League this season are really low."

   Although he knew that what he said would surely upset Mourinho, Mendes decided to tell the truth.

  After all, long pain is worse than short pain.

   Get ready to contact the next home early, so as not to be too passive when it comes.

   (end of this chapter)