Football Feast, Starting From the Acquisition of European Clubs

   Chapter 265 Galaxy Cup

   "David, Crystal Palace Club's current office conditions are limited. You'll be wronged first. After a period of time when our Crystal Palace's new stadium is built, there will be brand new facilities there, and we'll all move there."

   "When the time comes, I will give you an independent office building as the office space of Galaxy Football Group."

  Chen Ran also knew that the office conditions of Crystal Palace and Galaxy Football Group could not be done right now, but he would still be able to do the trick of "quenching thirst" by drawing a flat cake for David Gill first.

   "Haha, okay, boss, I'm looking forward to that day."

   Now that he has decided to join the Galaxy Football Group, David Gill naturally adapts to the new role as soon as possible, which is not a problem for him who is good at sociability.

   "David, the first thing you need to do next is to manage the four clubs currently under the Galaxy Football Group. Especially the other three clubs, both in terms of management structure and business model, must learn from Crystal Palace."

   "My goal is that in the future, players, coaches, and staff can be freely circulated within the Galaxy Football Group."

   "Based on Willem II Club, Recife Sports Club and Shencheng East Asia Club, recruit and train local talented young players, and then send them to Crystal Palace Club after selection to participate in the world's top football competitions."

   "These players are best if they can play in Crystal Palace. If they can't, they can sell them to other clubs at a suitable price. The transfer fee obtained can be fed back to the Galaxy Football Group."

   "The transfer fee for players in the future will become more and more expensive, and there may be an exaggerated transfer record of hundreds of millions of euros, or even 200 million euros."

   "And after we prepare in advance, Galaxy Football Group can form a self-sufficient closed-loop model, and Crystal Palace may not need to acquire players from outside at high prices in the future."

   Chen Ran's introduction to Galaxy Football Group made David Gill dumbfounded.

   He is a newcomer after all. When he was at Manchester United, he was only amazed by Chen Ran's generous acquisition of four football clubs, but he was not clear about the real purpose of Chen Ran's establishment of this Galaxy Football Group.

   Now he fully understands that Chen Ran is treating the football club as a business.

  William II, Recife Sports and Shencheng East Asia clubs are responsible for producing and processing raw materials, making semi-finished products and sending them to Crystal Palace, and Crystal Palace Club is responsible for making these semi-finished products into commodities for their own use or sale.

   In commercial terms, Chen Ran is to open up the upstream and downstream supply chains. From the initial raw materials to the final finished products, he intends to solve all by himself.

   hiss.

   This ambition is really big!

  David Gill is both shocked and excited now, it's not just a football club. If Galaxy Football Group can really succeed, it will create a brand new football business model.

   "Boss, don't worry, I will work hard to achieve your goals. Next, I plan to personally inspect the current operation of these three clubs, and then come up with a rectification plan based on the inspection results."

   "Very good. When you visit, focus on the youth training facilities of these clubs. If there are any shortcomings, improve them as soon as possible, and don't be afraid to spend money."

   "In the future, I plan to build a youth training base in each of these three clubs. Willem II is responsible for attracting football-talented children in the Netherlands and surrounding areas."

   "Recife Sports is responsible for attracting football-talented children in Brazil and even the whole of South America. Shencheng East Asia is mainly responsible for the Chinese side."

   "In addition, I plan to hold the Galaxy Cup Youth Football Competition every summer. In addition to the clubs of our Galaxy Football Group, we will also invite the youth training echelons of major clubs around the world to participate."

   "This point, you also have to plan ahead. In the future, the youth training echelons of the clubs under our Galaxy Football Group will have to play more games and play more with children of the same age from all over the world in order to grow faster."

   "Understood, boss, I will arrange all these things."

After    arranged the Galaxy Football Group for David Gill, Chen Ran put his energy back on Crystal Palace.

   In the twenty-ninth round of the Premier League, Crystal Palace will face Arsenal.

  Arsenal's performance this season is still so stable, currently ranked fifth in the Premier League standings behind Liverpool, and is still working hard to squeeze out Liverpool to qualify for the Champions League.

  Because the FA Cup rematch with Manchester United consumed some of the main players of Crystal Palace, Chen Ran also made some rotations to the starting lineup of Crystal Palace in this game.

   striker Tony, striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic

  Left midfielder Cristiano Ronaldo, right midfielder Ribery

   Midfielder Vieira, Midfielder Yaya Toure

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

   Goalkeeper Cech

   On the Arsenal side, Wenger has no room for rotation. In order to qualify for the Champions League, he packed all the main players who could play in his hand into the starting lineup.

   Striker Henry, striker Van Persie

   Left midfielder Rosicky, center midfielder Baptista, center midfielder Gilberto Silva, right midfielder Hleb

   Left-back William Gallas, center-back Senderos, center-back Kolo Toure, right-back Eboue

   Goalkeeper Lehmann

   Both sides are old rivals and are very familiar with each other, so there is no temptation.

  When the referee blew the whistle for the start of the game, he immediately opened up and started a confrontation.

   In fact, Arsenal's main lineup is not weak, especially the two forwards, who have excellent scoring ability.

   In the 21st minute, Rosicky sent Henry a beautiful through ball.

  Henry first ran sideways, then jumped forward. It not only avoided the offside trap of falling into the back of Crystal Palace, but also successfully got rid of Alves' mark.

   Seeing that Alves was thrown off by Henry, Vidic hurried over to fill in.

   Frankly speaking, among tall central defenders, Vidic’s turn is not slow. But in the face of Henry, who is known for his speed and technique, he is not enough.

After    a few fake moves shook Vidic's center of gravity, Henry directly accelerated and rushed past him.

   And as soon as Vidic was broken through, Henry rushed directly into the penalty area of ​​Crystal Palace.

   Seeing that the situation was not good, Thiago Silva had to give up Van Persie, who was in charge of marking, and rushed over to make up the defense.

  Henry didn't do it himself. Seeing that there was a neutral block on Van Persie's side, he immediately passed the ball over.

   At this time, according to Chen Ran's usual training requirements, left back Evra has rushed over to fill the gap left by Thiago Silva.

   It should be said that these defenders of Crystal Palace are still very in place when implementing tactical discipline, and they make up defenses and switch defenses in a timely manner.

   However, as an excellent striker, after receiving a pass from Henry, Van Persie did not shoot directly.

   Out of the corner of his eyes, Evra was rushing over to block the hole. If Van Persie shot directly, Evra would probably be blocked from the bottom line.

   So Van Persie played a fake shot and a real dunk, and Evra could only watch as he passed in front of Van Persie.

After    passed Evra, Van Persie kicked the door. This time, Van Persie's foot did not kick the ball, but was shoveled to the ground with the ball.

  It turned out that Yaya Toure, who was in the midfield position, came back in time, with a sliding tackle, trying to stab the ball out, but ended up bringing Van Persie down together.

  “Beep!”

   The referee blew the whistle, pointed his finger to the penalty spot without hesitation, and also showed Yaya Toure a yellow card.

  I'm going. I was awarded a penalty shortly after the game started. The situation is not good today.

   Henry, who took the penalty kick, was rude and pushed from a very awkward angle. After deceiving Cech, he sent the ball into the Crystal Palace net. Arsenal took the lead 1-0.

   "Boss, are we changing now?"

   Seeing that Crystal Palace fell behind, Guardiola came over and asked Chen Ran what he meant. There were still many attacking players sitting on the Crystal Palace bench.

   "Don't worry, it's still early."

  Chen Ran waved his hand, he was very confident in these players on the court.

   Indeed, these players did not disappoint Chen Ran.

   Just under ten minutes after Arsenal scored, Ronaldo on the left received a pass from Vieira and dribbled the ball along the sideline at a high speed.

  Arsenal's right-back Eboue can keep up with the speed, but he is not Cristiano Ronaldo's opponent in physical confrontation.

  Although he is a black player, he did not take advantage of the several physical contacts with Ronaldo. Instead, he was hit by Ronaldo and lost his focus.

   This time, Ronaldo did not choose to cut inside, but passed the ball directly into Arsenal's penalty area.

   In the penalty area, Senderos, who is 190cm tall, can defend Ibrahimovic, but it is very difficult for Kolo Toure, who is only 178cm tall, to mark Tony.

   It’s not that Wenger doesn’t know that Crystal Palace’s forwards are all air bullies, but Arsenal’s current bench is not deep enough, and there are only a few defenders who can play.

   Except for Senderos, who is a tall central defender, the others are all about 1.8 meters tall.

  According to Chen Ran's tactical arrangement, Ibrahimovic was in charge of the front point, and he took Senderos away.

   Tony, who was in charge of grabbing points in the middle, beat Colo Toure, and with a beautiful lion shake, smashed the ball into Arsenal's goal.

  It's a pity that Tony's ball is powerful, but the angle is too positive.

  Lehmann didn't need to move his position, he vacated the ball and lifted the ball over the crossbar, and Crystal Palace got a corner kick.

   This time, it was even more incredible. Seven big men rushed up from Crystal Palace and filled Arsenal's penalty area.

  Ibrahimovic, Tony, Cristiano Ronaldo, Vieira, Yaya Toure, Thiago Silva and Vidic, for a while, Arsenal's defensive pressure has increased tremendously.

   Even Henry, a 188cm tall striker, had to give up the opportunity to fight back and ran back to help the team defend the corner kick.

   Modric was not on the field, and Ribery took the corner kick. This guy kept in mind Chen Ran's explanation, and wanted to give full play to the advantages of Crystal Palace's big men, kicking the arc of the ball high and flying to Arsenal's penalty area.

  As soon as the ball flew here, Arsenal's penalty area was already in chaos.

  Can you imagine a dozen burly men playing eagle and chicken together?

"boom!"

   In the end, under the cover of his teammates, Ibrahimovic, who is 195cm tall, jumped high and smashed the ball towards Arsenal's goal with the momentum of Tarzan.

   This time, Lehmann was not so lucky.

   Ibrahimovic's header was from a very awkward angle. Lehmann flew up and tried his best to not touch the ball.

   "GOAL!"

   With Ibrahimovic's goal, Crystal Palace equalized the score 1:1.

   "Heading, heading again, this is Crystal Palace's best way to score goals!"

   "Chen Ran has hoarded a bunch of players with a height of about 1.9 meters for Crystal Palace, which makes it very difficult for other teams to defend against them."

   "First, use Cristiano Ronaldo from the wing to break through and cross, and then use the high center from the middle to grab a shot. Although Chen Ran's tactics for Crystal Palace are simple, they are still difficult to resist."

   "Under the demonstration and guidance of Chen Ran and Crystal Palace, I believe that the transfer value of tall players will increase significantly in the future."

   Until the end of the first half, the score on the field did not change.

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

   On Arsenal's side, Wenger seems to be very satisfied with the performance of the players in the first half, and still maintains the same lineup on the field.

   Less than five minutes into the second half of the game, Ribery dribbled the ball on the right of Crystal Palace.

   The opposite Arsenal left-back William Gallas couldn't keep up with Ribery, but he didn't plan to let Ribery pass so easily.

  I saw William Gallas grabbed Ribery's jersey and stopped Ribery abruptly.

   Fortunately, this time, Ribery's jersey is still strong, and he didn't tear a big hole like Ibrahimovic last time.

  “Beep!”

  While the referee showed William Gallas a yellow card, he also awarded Crystal Palace a free kick in the frontcourt near the right line.

   Soon, the scene of the previous corner kick appeared in Arsenal's penalty area.

   A bunch of Crystal Palace big men ran to test Arsenal's air defense again.

   Wenger on the sideline couldn't sit still at this time, and hurried to the sidelines and shouted to the players to keep an eye on the players he was responsible for.

   It was Ribery who took the free kick, and he still turned the arc high and sent the ball into Arsenal's penalty area.

   This time, Arsenal's defenders were still in high spirits, grabbed the spot and pushed the ball out of the penalty area.

   However, according to Chen Ran's tactical arrangement, just outside Arsenal's penalty area, the Crystal Palace players had already been ambushed.

   Small guys like Alves and Evra, who are not eligible to enter the penalty area, stay outside and prepare to shoot or disrupt Arsenal's counterattack.

   Looking at the ball flying towards him, Alveston became excited, and finally it was time to show his footwork

   (end of this chapter)