Football Feast, Starting From the Acquisition of European Clubs

   Chapter 263 Isn't this guy a turtle?

  On January 27th, in the fourth round of the FA Cup, Crystal Palace went away to challenge the British Championship team Birmingham.

   As before, Chen Ran still sent a substitute lineup to deal with this game, and he still handed over the command of the game to Guardiola and the three of them.

  Crystal Palace's substitutes were once again impressive. With goals from Jan Kohler, Alves and Mascherano, Crystal Palace beat Birmingham 3:2 away.

  At the same time as advancing to the fifth round of the FA Cup, the system also gave Chen Ran a winning bonus of 1 million euros.

  Three days later, in the twenty-fifth round of the Premier League, Crystal Palace played at home against Wigan Athletic.

   This time is not the FA Cup, Chen Ran sent all the main lineup.

   With the goals of Ibrahimovic and Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka and Modric, 4:1 victory over Wigan Athletic.

When    got three points, Chen Ran also got a "free kick master card" from the system.

   In other Premier League matches in this round, Manchester United beat Watford 4-0 at Old Trafford, and Chelsea also beat Blackburn 3-0 at Stamford Bridge, still in hot pursuit.

   After just two days off, the 26th round of the Premier League starts again.

   This time, Crystal Palace will go away to challenge Manchester City.

   Because of the intensive schedule, Chen Ran made a lot of rotations to the starting lineup.

  Crystal Palace finally scored with headers from two defenders, Yaya Toure and Thiago Silva, from set-pieces, and defeated Manchester City with a 2:1 score.

When    got three points, Chen Ran also got a "Level 1 Aiming Card" from the system.

   In other Premier League games this round, Manchester United beat Tottenham Hotspur 4-0 away, Chelsea also beat Charlton 1-0 away, still clinging to Crystal Palace.

   A week later, in the twenty-seventh round of the Premier League, Crystal Palace played against Aston Villa at home.

   After a week's rest, the main players of Crystal Palace recovered well, and Chen Ran also sent all the main lineup in this game.

  In the end, with goals from Ibrahimovic and Toni and Ronaldo, Crystal Palace defeated Aston Villa 3:1.

   "Ding, congratulations to the host for winning the game and discovering a teenager with football talent."

Huh?

   Another one?

   It seems that the youth training base of Smart Island has gained a lot recently.

  Name: Zhao Lei

   Age: 12 years old

   Potential (PA): 177

   Competency (CA): Vacancy

  Location: To be determined (fast speed, good technology, able to fight well and have a sense of responsibility, strong plasticity, but limited height, may not exceed 170CM)

  I go, this is the first time the system has picked out a small player with a PA value of more than 170.

   Those kids in the past all had a PA value of 160+. Although they are considered top-level in China, they are a bit underwhelming when looking at the world.

   Now this kid named Zhao Lei has a PA score of 177, and the evaluation of the system is also very high. He can be trained as the core of the first batch of players in the youth training system of Galaxy Football Group in the future.

   As for the issue of height, it is easy to handle, as long as he is not allowed to play goalkeeper, the three positions of center back and center are fine.

   In other Premier League matches this round, Manchester United beat Charlton 2-0 at Old Trafford, and Chelsea also beat Middlesbrough 3-0 at Stamford Bridge. The two teams are still in hot pursuit.

   On February 18, the fifth round of the FA Cup kicked off. This time, Crystal Palace will be visiting Old Trafford to challenge Manchester United.

   However, because two days later, that is, on February 21, the UEFA Champions League 16-to-8 match will begin, and Crystal Palace will fly to the Netherlands to challenge PSV Eindhoven.

   So Chen Ran decided to give up the FA Cup game against Manchester United very simply, and sent a starting lineup of all substitutes in this game, and also handed over the command of the game to Guardiola and the three of them.

   What I didn't expect was that Ferguson and Chen Ran on Manchester United had an idea.

   They also have a Champions League game to play, also on February 21st, but they are flying to Lille, France to play an away game.

   Coincidentally, after seeing that the opponent was Crystal Palace, Ferguson also decisively gave up the FA Cup game and sent a Manchester United starting lineup dominated by substitute players.

   So, in this substitute-to-substitute contest, the two teams ended up tied.

  According to the regulations of the FA Cup, after a draw, the two sides have to play a new game.

   Chen Ran didn't know what Ferguson was thinking. Anyway, Chen Ran was very upset. Isn't this a waste of the players' physical fitness?

   Complaints are complaints, and as soon as the match against Manchester United was over, Chen Ran took Crystal Palace to Eindhoven, the Netherlands.

  Eindhoven, Ajax and Feyenoord are called the top three in the Eredivisie. Although they are not top teams, they are definitely not soft persimmons that anyone can handle.

  There are many powerful players in the team, such as Brazilian national goalkeeper Gomez, Brazilian Alex in the back line, Moroccan Da Costa, Dutch Cronkamp, ​​Reziger.

   There are also Dutch veteran Cocu and Belgian Simons in midfield. On the striker are Ivorian striker Kone and Peru striker Farfan.

   Of course, there is also Chinese player Sun Xiang in PSV's squad, but I don't know if he has a chance to play.

  The head coach Ronald Koeman is also a famous Dutch player. After retiring, he led Ajax to two Eredivisie championships.

   Chen Ran even gave up the FA Cup against Manchester United in preparation for this Champions League 16-in-8 match.

  There are always many uncertainties in away games. To be on the safe side, Chen Ran dispatched Crystal Palace’s strongest attacking lineup, intending to keep the initiative to advance to the quarter-finals of the Champions League firmly in his own hands.

   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 PSV side, Ronald Koeman also sent the strongest lineup in his hand.

   striker Kone, striker Farfan

  Left midfielder Timmy Simmons, center midfielder Cocu, center midfielder Culina, right midfielder Mendes

  Left-back Carlos Salcido, center-back Da Costa, center-back Alex, right-back Cronkamp

   Goalkeeper Gomez

  When the referee blew the whistle for the start of the game, Crystal Palace did not give PSV a chance to adapt to the rhythm at all, and immediately launched a tide-like offensive.

  Eindhoven's players obviously did not expect Crystal Palace to be so arrogant in the away game. In a hurry, they were beaten by Crystal Palace's offensive in a hurry.

   In the 11th minute, Kaka dribbled the ball through the middle. After passing Cocu, who was too old and unable to keep up, he gave the ball to Ronaldo on the left before the Australian midfielder Culina came up to intercept.

After taking the ball, Cristiano Ronaldo, a beautiful man scored the ball, and after easily passing Eindhoven's right-back Mendes, he used his speed to force the right-back Kronkamp and passed the ball into Eindhoven. Hoving's restricted area.

   Seeing Ronaldo pass the ball over, Tony and Ibrahimovic in the middle started at the same time. One is to grab the front point, and the other is responsible for outflanking the middle.

   In the face of these two big men with a height of more than 1.9 meters, whether it is Da Costa or Alex, these two PSV central defenders are very difficult to defend.

  I can't help it, I'm not tall enough, I'll make small moves.

  Da Costa may be worried that he can't guard against Zlatan Ibrahimovic, and his hands are too hard.

Just when Ibrahimovic was about to take off for a header, he abruptly dragged Ibrahimovic down and ripped open Ibrahimovic's jersey. a big hole.

   This time, Ibrahimovic's back was exposed, and the referee just wanted to pretend he couldn't see it.

   "Beep!"

   A whistle sounded, and the referee pointed his hand to the penalty spot very decisively.

   Seeing the referee's penalty, PSV's players gathered around and wanted to explain.

   But there is such obvious evidence, even if there is no Hawkeye system now, the referee is not willing to make trouble for himself, and still maintains the penalty kick.

   Taking advantage of the opportunity to change jerseys on the sidelines, Ibrahimovic told Chen Ran that he wanted to take the penalty kick.

   Chen Ran did not refuse, and nodded in agreement with Ibrahimovic's request.

  Ibrahimovic didn't let Chen then regret it. He volleyed the ball and kicked the ball directly to the upper right corner of Eindhoven's goal.

   Even though Brazilian goalkeeper Gomez judged the right direction, because Ibrahimovic's shot was too powerful and the ball was too fast, when he reached out, the ball had already flown into the net.

   "GOAL!"

   With this penalty from Ibrahimovic, Crystal Palace already led PSV 1-0 just after ten minutes.

  Ronald Koeman obviously also had in-depth research on Crystal Palace, and knew that the opponent's strength was much stronger than Eindhoven.

   So even if Crystal Palace scored a goal, they still maintained the rhythm of the game after the opening, and had no intention of letting the team aggressively attack.

  Unfortunately, although Ronald Koeman can hold his breath, Chen Ran will not be satisfied with just one goal.

   After all, this is already the knockout stage of the Champions League. To count the two rounds, of course, the more away goals the better.

  So, after taking the lead, Crystal Palace did not stop, but strengthened the offensive and continued to bombard Eindhoven indiscriminately.

   In the 28th minute, Ribery received a pass from Modric and dribbled the ball along the right flank.

   and his counterpart Eindhoven left midfielder Timmy Simmons is 186cm tall, how can he keep up with the speed of Ribery's little steel gun? Before he could run a few steps, Ribery was left behind.

   Right back Carlos Salcido saw that the situation was not good, so he had to come up to intercept Ribery.

   Carlos Salcido is a Mexico international. He is known for his speed and fierce defense. He will not suffer against Ribery.

   Although he failed to grab the ball from Ribery's feet, at least he was not thrown off by Ribery.

  Ribery saw that Carlos Salcido was not easy to deal with, and he did not act recklessly. Seeing that Kaka in the middle was moving towards the right, ready to meet him, Ribery directly passed the ball to Kaka.

   After catching the ball, Kaka pulled and dunked, dodged Cocu who was next to him, and sent a through ball directly to the left front.

   At this time, Kaka himself was in the left flank of Eindhoven's half, and he made such a through ball that directly penetrated Eindhoven's entire back line.

   At this time, Tony and Zlatan Ibrahimovic in the middle were pegged by Eindhoven's two central defenders, Da Costa and Alex, respectively.

   With their speed, they couldn't catch up with Kaka's pass.

   Just when Eindhoven's back line thought that Kaka made a mistake in passing the ball and was relieved, a figure suddenly entered diagonally from the left to the middle.

   is Ronaldo!

   It turned out that Kaka's through ball was not given to Tony and Ibrahimovic at all.

   His goal is to pass to Cristiano Ronaldo who is inserted from the left.

  Cristiano Ronaldo also understood. As soon as Kaka's ball left his feet, he started to push forward, and instantly got rid of the PSV right-back Kronkamp who was in charge of marking him.

  Kaka and Ronaldo, across the entire Philips Stadium, performed a very tacit cooperation of oblique pass and oblique insertion.

   Ronaldo, who received the ball, immediately formed a single-handed situation.

   At this time, Eindhoven goalkeeper Gomez, who knew something was wrong, had to abandon the goal and pounce on Ronaldo.

   In the face of this kind of scene, Ronaldo, who he has seen a lot, flicked his ankle lightly, and a shot came directly, and the ball flew from the top of Gomez's head into Eindhoven's net.

   "GOAL!"

   With the wonderful cooperation of Kaka and Ronaldo, Crystal Palace scored another goal and led PSV 2:0 away.

  If Ronald Koeman can still hold his breath when he is one goal behind. Now, he can't sit still anymore.

   I saw him walking quickly to the sidelines, and while the Crystal Palace players were celebrating their goals, he gave PSV's players new instructions.

   "Boss, is Eindhoven planning to change and attack?"

   Guardiola, who noticed Ronald Koeman's actions, immediately reminded Chen Ran.

   Following the direction of Guardiola's fingers, Chen Ran also saw Ronald Koeman's movements.

   "It doesn't matter. Josep, our main goal today is to score more away goals. If Ronald Koeman really makes PSV press out to attack, then I really want to thank him."

  Chen Ran patted Guardiola on the shoulder and glanced at Ronald Koeman again.

  Crystal Palace is not afraid to play against any team now, but is worried that the opponent will not be able to defend. I hope this Ronald Koeman will not let him down.

   As a result, Chen Ran soon discovered that things did not develop in the direction he expected.

  I don't know what Ronald Koeman was thinking?

   Two goals behind, his reaction was not to attack with all his strength to get the score back.

   Instead, PSV Eindhoven was able to fully recover the formation, leaving only two forwards in Crystal Palace's half, and the other players retreated to the center line.

   This guy is not a turtle, right?

   (end of this chapter)