Football Feast, Starting From the Acquisition of European Clubs

   Chapter 80 The Tsunami is Coming

   "Yes, our advantage is physical fitness."

   "You count, from the start of the season to today, how many games have Arsenal played, and how many games have we played?"

   "Arsenal wants to participate in the Premier League, to participate in the Champions League, to participate in the FA Cup, to participate in the League Cup."

   "And we, after giving up the FA Cup, only need to play in the Championship and League Cup."

   "And from the intensity of the competition and the intensity of the game, Arsenal's games are obviously higher than us. This means that in the same number of games, their physical consumption is much greater than ours."

"Of course, Arsenal's squad is thicker than ours, and there are more people available. But don't forget, many of their players are not young. And we Crystal Palace, except for a few of you, are all young people. "

   If Guardiola introduced the situation of Arsenal players before, the coaches of Crystal Palace became less confident the more they listened, and the more they felt that the game was more ominous.

   Chen Ran's generous speech now makes his assistant coaches feel more and more hopeful the more they listen.

   "Boss, just tell us how to fight."

   Southgate stood up with a slap on the thigh, and he now thinks Arsenal are not so scary. What his old club Middlesbrough can do, Crystal Palace can do too.

   "Haha, don't worry Gareth."

  Chen Ran patted Southgate on the shoulder and pressed him back to his seat.

   "Since we have a physical advantage, we must make full use of this advantage."

   "The first thing is to defend well and never lose the ball. For this reason, we can temporarily give up attacking."

   "If all goes well, I plan to start the attack after 70 minutes of the second half."

   "70 minutes? Boss, will it be a bit late?"

   Guardiola asked hesitantly.

   "It's not too late. The more we go on, the more obvious our physical advantage will be. You have to be mentally prepared for extra time or even penalty kicks. By the way, give the players some extra practice for penalty kicks in the past few days."

"Understood."

   At this time, on the other side of London, Arsenal Club.

   Wenger looked at the player list of Crystal Palace in his hand and couldn't calm down for a long time.

   They are all good seedlings. That little guy from China has really poisonous eyes.

   In order to prepare for the League Cup final with Crystal Palace, Wenger read all the information about Chen Ran and Crystal Palace that he had accumulated during this period of time.

   As a result, I don't know if I don't see it, but I'm startled when I see it.

  In each battle report, the assistant who was in charge of helping Wenger to collect information gave points to the Crystal Palace players on that match.

  There are not many people available for Crystal Palace, just a dozen or so players back and forth.

   After more than 30 games, the average score of these people is terrifyingly high.

   For this reason, Wenger specially called the assistant to inquire about the matter.

The answer    got is that this score is the result of averaging the scores of the major media after the game is over.

   This is very intriguing.

   If it is one or two games with high scores, or two or three players with high scores, that’s all.

  You are a small Crystal Palace, with more than a dozen players scoring high scores in more than 30 games, is this normal?

   Even if the level of the British Championship is low, it is already scary.

   "I seem to have discovered an incredible gold mine."

   Wenger muttered to himself.

   His interest in Chen Ran and Crystal Palace is growing.

   At 2pm on February 29, the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, the capital of Wales.

  The weather is good today, and it is Sunday afternoon again. Many fans came to the Millennium Stadium, which can accommodate more than 70,000 people.

  Because Crystal Palace and Arsenal are in London, under the hype of the media, this can be regarded as a small London derby.

  Crystal Palace fans and Arsenal fans each came in groups of three or five, singing the team song and pouring into the stadium from all directions.

   Fortunately, the two teams are not in the same level of league, and the fans have no grudges. Generally speaking, everyone is at peace, which also relieved the police officers in charge of security.

Before the start of the game, Wenger unexpectedly took the initiative to walk to the Crystal Palace bench and shook hands with Chen Ran.

   "Boy, you're great, very good."

   "Haha, I'm really honored to be praised by the professor."

   "We're all in London, we can get together when we're free."

"sure."

   After a brief chat, Wenger returned to the Arsenal bench.

   is obviously a practice in every game, but Chen Ran has a feeling that what Wenger just said may not be polite.

   With the referee's whistle, the final of the 2003-2004 English League Cup officially started.

   Nothing changed, Chen Ran sent out the tactics he set at the pre-match preparation meeting.

   Center Tony

  Left midfielder Cristiano Ronaldo, right midfielder Ribery

   Midfielder Yaya Toure, midfielder Simeone

   Freeman Southgate

  Left-back Chiellini, center-back Vidic, center-back Thiago Silva, right-back Maicon

   Goalkeeper Cech

   On the Arsenal side, Wenger also sent the strongest lineup.

  F Henry, striker Bergkamp

  Left midfielder Pires, center midfielder Vieira, center midfielder Gilberto Silva, right midfielder Ljungberg

   Left-back Ashley Cole, center-back Campbell, center-back Kolo Toure, right-back Lauren

   Goalkeeper Lehmann

   From the first minute, the game entered Arsenal's half-court offensive and defensive drills.

  Crystal Palace contracted in an all-round way, with the exception of center Tony, everyone else returned to their own half to strengthen their defense.

   After experiencing Chelsea's offensive test, many young players at Crystal Palace feel that they have seen the world.

   But today, Arsenal in their prime have taught them another lesson.

   That passing, that running position, that technique, that coordination made the Crystal Palace players just dazzled.

  Henry's speed and Bergkamp's skills can make Vidic and Thiago Silva a disaster. Even if he tried his best, he was still passed from time to time, and it was very difficult to defend.

  Fortunately, Chen Ran arranged for Southgate to be a free agent to fill the gap beside them, which was considered to be barely keeping Crystal Palace's goal.

  Chen Ran stood on the sidelines, watching every detail of the game nervously.

   Once a problem is found, immediately loudly remind the players on the field.

   Even the Crystal Palace players on the bench were fidgeting and staring at the game on the field.

   In the distance, Wenger folded his arms and watched the game calmly, as if everything was under his control.

   On the bench behind him, Arsenal's players were talking and laughing, as if they didn't pay much attention to the game itself.

   Also, for them, the League Cup is really not attractive.

  Arsenal's offensive, one wave after another, like a tsunami, rushed towards Crystal Palace's defense.

   is suffocating.

   (end of this chapter)