Football Feast, Starting From the Acquisition of European Clubs

   Chapter 58 Red Dot Package

  So, in the following training, the Crystal Palace players found that Modric was placed in a new position by the coach, the same position as Guardiola and Cesc Fabregas.

   To the surprise of many, Modric was adaptable and quickly played decently in his new position.

   And, because of his very solid basic skills, the accuracy of long-distance long passes after getting the ball in the backcourt is quite high.

   After training for a few days, except that because my body is not strong enough, it is a little difficult to intercept the opponent's attacking players.

  Modric's ability in his new position is no less than Cesc Fabregas' effect in this position, which also convinced Southgate and Simeone to Chen Ran's arrangement.

   Seeing that Modric's change of position is really good, Chen Ran plans to try it in the next round of the league and test it with actual combat.

   In the eighth round of the British Championship, Crystal Palace will face Bradford at home.

  Because of the home game, Chen Ran didn't want to play too ugly like the first half of the away game against Sunderland.

   is also because, compared to Crystal Palace, Bradford is a weak team, currently only ranked 16th in the Championship, which gives Chen Ran room for trial and error.

   In this game, Chen Ran adopted Southgate's British 442 tactics. The starting lineup was:

   striker Tony, striker Crouch

   Left midfielder Cristiano Ronaldo, center midfielder Modric, center midfielder Simeone, right midfielder Ribery

  Left-back Chiellini, centre-back Gareth Southgate, centre-back Vidic, right-back Maicon

   Goalkeeper Cech

  The game went very smoothly, because Bradford's attack is not strong, so Modric's physical weakness is now well covered up.

   With the help of Simeone, there were basically no major mistakes.

   In fact, under the repeated high-altitude bombing of the Crystal Palace Twin Towers, Bradford did not have a few decent attack opportunities.

  Under Modric's dispatch, Cristiano Ronaldo and Ribery continued to send crosses to the opponent's penalty area on both sides.

   As a result, Crystal Palace scored four goals in this game, all of which were headers.

   In Chen Ran's tactical arrangement, if the two-tower tactic is played, one of the two tall men is responsible for grabbing the front point, the other is responsible for grabbing the middle point, and the back point is handed over to the wing player on the other side to rush into the penalty area to grab the point.

   Therefore, when the cross came from Ribery from the right, Crouch, Tony and Ronaldo in the penalty area perfectly formed a three-point outflank before, during and after.

   But if the cross came from Ronaldo from the left, this tactical arrangement would be flawed.

  Because of Ribery's poor height, it was really difficult for him to grab the header.

   Facts also proved this, four headers, Tony scored two, Crouch scored one, Ronaldo scored one.

Because the game went too smoothly, after taking a four-goal lead, Chen Ran simply replaced Simeone, Southgate and Tony who had not rested much with Yaya Toure, Thiago Silva and Pepe. .

  Yaya Toure and Pepe served as double midfielders, Modric played the attacking midfielder, and Thiago Silva and Vidic partnered to play the center back.

   As a result, this substitution can be regarded as a hornet's nest.

   It was less than ten minutes before he played. I don’t know if it was because he rarely played too excited or for some other reason, Pepe came directly to a red dot package.

  Chen Ran almost vomited blood when he watched it on the sidelines, but he forgot the current Pepe, not the mature Pepe later.

   In his previous life, Pepe gradually matured in the middle and late stages of Real Madrid. Before that, there was no shortage of assholes.

   And Chen Ran's impression of Pepe is more at the stage after he matured.

  I'm careless, I played too smoothly today and was a little floating.

  Chen Ran self-examined on the sidelines, but still faced Pepe who was walking down the court.

   "The next time you defend, don't make such a big move, use more hands and less feet, you know?"

  Chen Ran patted Pepe on the shoulder as he spoke, there is no way, the person who bought it himself is responsible for it.

   "Boss, I'm sorry. I made my move after seeing it. Who knew that guy stabbed the ball one step ahead."

   Peipei looked aggrieved, and while explaining to Chen Ran, she was still simulating her actions just now, trying to prove that she was not going for people.

   "I know, I know. It's okay, just pay attention to the action next time."

  Chen Ran kept comforting, but in fact he didn't understand what Pepe was saying.

   For Pepe, who was born in Brazil and later played in Portugal, and has always been speaking Portuguese, English was only learned after he moved to Crystal Palace.

   was not proficient in the first place, but now when I get excited, there is a lot of Portuguese mixed in, so it’s no wonder that Chen Ran can understand it.

   After finally appeasing Pepe, Chen Ran immediately made new adjustments.

   Now there is no substitution place, he can only let Modric return to the position of the midfielder again to fill the vacancy left by Pepe being sent off, and the formation becomes 441.

After   Bradford scored a penalty kick, he seemed to be beaten.

   Their manager may have wanted to take advantage of Palace's sending off and score a few more goals. As a result, the entire team began to frantically press on the offense.

   As the saying goes, if you want to destroy it, you must first make it crazy.

  Bradford now is a bit crazy.

   Originally huddled in the back to play defensive counterattacks and was scored four by Crystal Palace, but now they are pressing on offense?

  The loopholes in Bradford's backcourt suddenly became countless.

   Soon, Thiago Silva passed the ball directly to Modric after stealing the ball in the backcourt, and Modric sent a big foot to Ronaldo's feet.

   may be because after Tony went off the court, there was only one Crouch left in the penalty area.

   This time Cristiano Ronaldo didn't think about making a bottom pass, but dribbled the ball directly to Bradford's penalty area.

  Cristiano Ronaldo, who was at the peak of his previous life, played simple and practical football, and it was hard to see his fancy and extraordinary moves.

   But now, it is the peak period of fancy Ronaldo. If the opponent is not strong, then his extraordinary moves are really pleasing to the eye.

  I saw Ronaldo pass the opponent's goalkeeper after connecting two defenders. Finally, with a flick of his ankle, he nudged the ball into the net, and a train came.

   This time, the score of 5:1 completely stunned Bradford.

Do it all at once, second time tired, third time exhausted.

  In this way, Chen Ran once again won three points and 1 million euros without any risk.

   Eight-game winning streak and eight-game winning streak at the start of the league. Although many media reporters are tired of writing the manuscript for Crystal Palace, they still have to write.

   There is no way, who makes people get good grades?

   When several familiar reporters gathered for a drink, they all lamented and agreed to hold Chen Ran up high and then fall down.

  However, after this guy went up, why didn't he stay there?

   (end of this chapter)