Football Feast, Starting From the Acquisition of European Clubs

   Chapter 319 I'm still more interested in Crystal Palace

   As soon as Ronaldo scored a goal, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game.

   During the intermission, because of the good game situation on the Crystal Palace field, Chen Ran did not make any personnel adjustments except after giving the players a **** fight as usual.

   On the Roma side, Spalletti couldn't wait. He replaced the midfielder Aquilani with the newly introduced Montenegro striker Vucinic this season, and also turned the Roma team's no striker into 4411.

  Vucinic is the lone striker, and Totti follows him to play as an attacking midfielder or a shadow striker.

   At the beginning of the second half, Chen Ran was relieved to see Spalletti's substitution adjustment.

  Compared to Spalletti's unconventional set of no strikers, Roma, which has returned to the regular formation of 4411, is better to deal with. At least, Vidic and Thiago Silva finally have a clear marking target.

  Since Spalletti started to use traditional tactics, Chen Ran also immediately ordered Crystal Palace's formation to start retreating and no longer adopt a high-pressure situation.

   After all, Guardiola's attacking tactics are too physically exhausting, and for Crystal Palace, which has an intensive schedule, it's okay to play a dozen occasionally. If they continue to fight like this, I am afraid that it will be Crystal Palace themselves who will be dragged down first.

   The situation of the game was the same as Chen Ran had judged. The Roma team, which had a serious striker, was not as good as a strikerless team in the first half.

   Under the tight marking of Vidic and Thiago Silva, Vucinic is difficult to receive even the ball, let alone score.

   On the contrary, on the Crystal Palace side, after the formation retreated, they had more opportunities to fight back.

   When the game went to the 63rd minute, the Roma team, who could not enter the penalty area of ​​Crystal Palace, was shot by Totti from outside the penalty area.

  Cech grabbed the ball firmly, got up quickly, and threw the ball to Modric with a strong hand.

  Modric pulled and dunked after receiving the ball, flashed past Totti who rushed to grab the ball, and then a through pass to Kaka who was advancing at a high speed and preparing to counterattack.

   Seeing that Crystal Palace was going to fight back, Roma's midfielder Perotta rushed up to intercept.

   Kaka flicked the ball slightly, just stabbed it between Perotta's legs, and then accelerated to throw Perrotta behind him.

   found that the situation was not good, and De Rossi, another midfielder of the Roma team, immediately rushed over to make up the defense.

   As a result, Kaka didn't stop at all, just moved the ball forward, and then went around from the other side of De Rossi and played a personal ball.

   After passing both of Roma's midfielders, Kaka took the ball and rushed directly to Roma's penalty area.

   At this time, there were only two central defenders left in the penalty area of ​​the Roma team, Mex and Juan. Among them, Mex was also responsible for marking Tony, and Juan had to bite the bullet and intercept his fellow Brazilian Kaka.

   Seeing Juan rushing towards him, Kaka flicked the ball with his left foot to the front right, dribbling the ball directly around Juan and into the penalty area of ​​the Roma team.

   Goalkeeper Donny, who was in critical condition, immediately abandoned the door and rushed towards Kaka.

  Kaka pushed the ball forward to the right again. After dodging Donny's attack, he flicked his right ankle, and a push shot kicked the ball to the unguarded Roma goal.

   At this time, Juan, who had just been swayed by Kaka, desperately chased back, and a flying shovel wanted to block Kaka's shot.

  Unfortunately, his movements were still one step slower and he was unable to reach the ball.

   On the other side, Mex also wanted to rush over to destroy Kaka's shot, but it was a pity that Tony, who had been marking him, used his huge body to block him.

  In this way, Kaka's kick was not strong and the angle was not difficult to shoot, and easily rolled into the goal of the Roma team.

   "GOAL!"

   With Kaka's wonderful one-stop performance, Crystal Palace led Rome 2:0 away.

   "Driving the ball all the way from the backcourt, Kaka's goal is really beautiful!"

   "When everyone's attention was focused on Ronaldo, Kaka broke out again. Crystal Palace is strong, there are too many explosions, and it is impossible to prevent."

   "Crystal Palace took the initiative to retreat the formation in the second half of the game, but instead got a lot of opportunities to counterattack. Kaka's goal benefited from this. The Chinese man's on-the-spot command ability is now getting better and better."

   On the Roma side, seeing Kaka scored the second goal, Spalletti's heart sank. He knew that his hope of defeating Crystal Palace by surprise now seemed to have little hope.

   Like the previous Schalke 04, Roma, a second-tier team, can only make up a decent starting lineup.

  Once this lineup can’t open up, it will be difficult to find enough players from the bench to top it.

On the Crystal Palace side, because there is an away game in the twenty-seventh round of the Premier League two days later, and now Crystal Palace has a two-goal lead, Chen Ran also began to save his physical fitness and changed On the bench.

  In the end, with the goals of Ronaldo and Kaka, Crystal Palace defeated Rome 2-0 away.

  At the same time that he got the first move in the Champions League quarter-finals, Chen Ran also got a "first-level sight card" from the system.

   After the game, Chen Ran flew back to London with the team overnight.

   Just two days apart, on February 23, Crystal Palace will go away to challenge Wigan Athletic again.

  Because he just finished the Champions League game, Chen Ran had to make a big lineup rotation in this game.

  In the end, with the goals of Cavani and Beckham, Crystal Palace defeated Wigan Athletic 2:1 away.

  Although he successfully got three points, Chen Ran also got a "Tier 1 Harvest Card" from the system. But Vidic's injury did not make Chen Ran happy at all.

  Crystal Palace's two main central defenders, Thiago Silva just returned from injury not long after, Vidic entered the injured list again.

   And Vidic has a fractured phalanx this time, and it is conservatively estimated that he will be out for about three months.

   It is now the end of February, the final round of the Premier League is on May 11 and the Champions League final is on May 22.

   That is to say, if there is no miracle, Vidic has basically been certain to miss all the remaining games of Crystal Palace this season.

   In other matches in the Premier League this round, Manchester United beat Newcastle United 5:1 away, and Chelsea defeated Tottenham Hotspur 4:3 away.

  The two teams are now four and six points behind Crystal Palace respectively. The situation that was already favorable for Crystal Palace has become full of variables due to Vidic's injury.

"Boss, as soon as Vidic is injured now, we can only use the central defender combination of Thiago Silva and Pepe. Considering that Pepe's performance is not so stable now, our next game Wouldn't it be more secure to take a defensive counterattack?"

  Because of Vidic's injury, Chen Ran called his three assistants together to discuss countermeasures. Simeone, who usually does not speak actively, is uncharacteristically this time, and he took the initiative to express his opinions.

   "Well, Diego, you are very thoughtful, this is indeed a good way to deal with the situation in front of you."

   Chen Ran nodded, he also knew that Simonyi's method was the most pragmatic choice at present.

   "Do you two have any other suggestions?" Chen Ran turned to look at Guardiola and Southgate again.

"Boss, I also support Diego's suggestion. However, let's not all use defensive counterattacks. We can still push the offense against weak teams. After all, those teams are not capable of posing too much threat to our back line. "

   Guardiola was the first to speak, and as soon as he finished speaking, Southgate immediately took it.

"Boss, I think Josep and Diego are right. We can take the initiative to attack when we play weak teams, and retreat to defense and counterattack when we play strong teams. Anyway, our players are very familiar with these two tactics, and there is no difficulty at all. ."

   Seeing that Southgate is taking advantage of this guy again, Guardiola and Simeone glared at him angrily.

  Chen Rancai didn't care about the small movements between the three guys, and directly made a decision: "Next, we will follow Gareth's method. You let the players get used to it in advance during training, understand?"

   "Okay, boss."

   "No problem, boss."

   "Got it, boss."

   Just when Chen Ran was having a headache over Vidic's injury, on the other side, after the disbandment of G14, a new alternative organization, the European Football Club Association (ECA), was officially established.

  Because of Chen Ran's special explanation, Crystal Palace, who was very positive in this matter, also became one of the seventeen founding members of the European Football Club Association.

   As the representative of Crystal Palace Club in the European Football Club Association, Stephen also mixed into a vice-chairman seat.

   "Stephen, should I call you Mr. Vice-Chairman now?"

  Crystal Palace Club, in Chen Ran's office, the fat little Louis stared at Stephen with envy, and said sourly.

   "The vice chairman of the shit, this is just a title, and there is no real power."

  Stephen curled his lips in disdain, with a look of disgust.

   "It's not bad to have this title, at least it sounds bluffing. This vice-chairman title is obviously a reward from UEFA for us to actively move towards them during this period of time."

   While analyzing the current situation, Chen Ran turned to look at the newly appointed Vice-Chairman.

   "Stephen, don't underestimate the title of vice-chairman. Although there is no real power, it is the first step for us Crystal Palace to become the power center of European football."

   "You perform well. If there is a chance in the future, I will support you to go further and enter UEFA or even FIFA. At that time, maybe you can sit back as FIFA's vice-president."

   "Fifa Vice-President?"

   Stephen didn't respond yet, but the fat little Louis called out first.

   "Chen, are you a little too whimsical?"

   This time, not only Fatty was shocked, but even Stephen, who had always been calm, looked at Chen Ran with surprise.

   Seeing the reaction of his two friends, Chen Ran smiled slightly.

  He wasn't just talking about it.

   In his previous life, David Gill was the CEO of Manchester United, to the vice chairman of G14, and then a member of the FA board of directors.

   Then he was a member of the board of directors of the European Football Club Association, then the vice-president of the English Football Association, and was elected as the UEFA executive committee.

   Then the chairman of the UEFA club qualification committee, and finally the vice-president of FIFA.

   In this life, Chen Ran has been preparing for this plan since he poached David Gill from Manchester United.

  Since David Gill could use this path to become the vice president of FIFA in his previous life, Chen Ran also thought about pushing Stephen to try.

   After all, the principle that there are people in the DPRK and China are easy to handle, not only in China, but also in the whole world.

  Although Stephen's qualifications are not comparable to that of David Gill, don't forget that his father is the Marquis of Bath.

  Although Stephen was only an illegitimate child, when Chen Ran believed that when it was time to help, the Marquis of Bath would not stand idly by.

   As for David Gill, who was robbed of his luck by Stephen, Chen Ran is also ready to make amends

measure.

   The position of CEO of Galaxy Football Group does not seem to be very important now, but over time, Chen Ran believes that this will definitely become one of the most important positions in the football circle.

   "Stephen, nothing is impossible. I have made a detailed plan for you, you just need to follow my plan."

   "However, it will be a long process. It may take ten years, and you need to be patient enough."

   "Ten years? OMG! Chen, you've already seen ten years in your plans now?"

   is still the little fat Louis, and exclaimed before Stephen.

   "Cough, calm down. Stephen, one thing I have to remind you of is that it is not certain that this plan will succeed."

   "But if it is successful, then you will be one of the few people at the top of the football pyramid in the future."

   "Stephen, are you interested in the seat of FIFA vice president?"

  Chen Ran smiled and looked at Stephen. Although it was a question, he was sure that Stephen would be tempted.

   "Goodu."

   Even Stephen, who has always been calm and calm, couldn't help being a little excited at this time.

   "Chen, it's a lie to say you're not interested. Don't worry, I'll follow your plan. Although I know it's going to be very difficult, I'll definitely regret it in the future if I don't give it a try."

  While Chen Ran was busy dealing with various affairs of Crystal Palace, Thaksin, the owner of the Abu Dhabi consortium and Manchester City Club, got on the line like in the previous life and had preliminary contact.

  In a mansion in London, the big boss Sheikh Mansour sat with Kardun Al Mubarak, who was in charge of the entire acquisition, with the details of many clubs in front of them.

   "Boss, based on the current situation, Manchester City is the team we are most likely to win."

   "I'm still more interested in Crystal Palace Club."

   (end of this chapter)