Football Feast, Starting From the Acquisition of European Clubs

   Chapter 98 Dead Tsundere

   "Josep, don't worry. I just set my goal as the Premier League champion, and I didn't ask you to win the Premier League champion."

  Chen Ran intends to appease Guardiola, this guy seems to be frightened.

   "Boss, I really think that my ability is not enough now. I plan to study with the boss for another two years."

   Guardiola expressed his stance to Chen Ran with a serious face and was unmoved.

   "I see. What about Gareth, you and Diego? Who among you is willing to be the head coach?" Chen Ran turned to look at Southgate and Simeone again.

   "Boss, I'll forget it. I think I can play football for another two years, and I'm not in a hurry to be a coach."

"Me too."

   Seeing that all three were firm, Chen Ran finally had to say that he would reluctantly continue to work for another year.

   With the start of the pre-season preparation period, Chen Ran also entered a busy state again.

  The joining and running-in of new players, the further improvement of the three sets of tactical play, and the drills, physical reserves, etc., are carried out step by step.

   Fortunately, Crystal Palace only added two newcomers this summer, and the main lineup was basically unchanged, so the running-in process was very smooth.

   Unlike some teams, who have entered too many new players at once, it takes a lot of time just to run in.

   This can be seen from the friendly matches before the start of the season. Crystal Palace arranged a total of five friendly matches, and the result was a complete victory without conceding a goal.

  Although they are all low-level teams, they are still a little shocked by those who are concerned about Crystal Palace.

   "José, it seems that Crystal Palace is in very good shape now. Don't underestimate this newly-promoted horse in the new season."

   Chen Ran's old friend Mendes, at this time, the old **** was sitting on the ground in the Chelsea club head coach's office, smoking a cigar and reminding Mourinho next to him.

   "Jorge, you seem to attach great importance to that Chen Ran?"

   Mourinho frowned, Mendes mentioned Chen Ran's name many times in front of him, and each time he received a lot of praise, which made him a little uncomfortable.

   "It's not that I value him, but he deserves our attention."

  Mendez also noticed Mourinho's small emotions and continued to explain.

   "If you understand the past situation of Crystal Palace, you have to admire the ability of Chen Ran. Isn't it worthy of our attention to be able to bring a mediocre team to this point, and the upward momentum is obvious?"

   "My goal is the Premier League and the Champions League, not those relegation teams. So, I'm not interested in the Crystal Palace situation. You don't think Crystal Palace also has the strength to compete for the Premier League title, right?"

   Hearing Mendes' words, Mourinho, who was still looking down at the information in his hand, looked up at Mendes.

   "That's not the case"

  Mendez thought for a while, but did not continue.

   Because he had a feeling that if he continued, it would only backfire.

  Before the Champions League final, Mendes had an appointment with Chen Ran. If Porto won the championship, he would invite Chen Ran to dinner and introduce Mourinho to Chen Ran.

   But because Mourinho was reluctant, this matter finally came to an end.

   Even though he is in London with Chen Ran now, Mendes is embarrassed to see Chen Ran.

  Mendez has a conjecture in his heart that Mourinho's faint hostility towards Chen Ran may be caused by his praise of Chen Ran's ability several times in front of Mourinho.

   This makes Mendes feel helpless and funny.

  Since Chen Ran made a big impression on Mendes when he introduced Cristiano Ronaldo's arrogance, he has been paying attention to Chen Ran's every move.

   For more than a year, this Chinese man has been in a foreign country, and with his own strength, he has forcibly brought the team that has never been in the mainstream to the Premier League, and also won the League Cup championship.

   Is this something that ordinary people can do?

   Therefore, Mendes is very optimistic about Chen Ran's future development prospects and hopes to have further cooperation opportunities with Chen Ran.

   Originally, he wanted to match Chen Ran and Mourinho to get to know each other, and to pave the way for possible future cooperation.

  Imagine if a team had Chen Ran as the boss in charge of management, Mourinho as coach for training and matches, and Mendes for transfers.

Isn't a team like    invincible and invincible?

  Unfortunately, no matter how well Mendez imagined, he ignored an eternal truth.

   That is: same-sex exclusion.

  What kind of personality is Mourinho?

   That is the pride that radiates from the inside out, from the marrow.

   Chen Ran would be fine if he was just a simple boss, but he was still a head coach, and he was a head coach who had achieved good results and was much younger than Mourinho.

  Although this achievement is not in Mourinho's eyes at all, but do you want him to be Chen Ran's subordinate?

   Impossible!

   On August 14, 2004, the first round of the 2004-2005 Premier League season officially started.

  Crystal Palace's opponent in the first round is Norwich, an old friend of the British Championship last season.

  Although Norwich brought in as many as seven players during the summer transfer window.

   But after reading the information, Chen Ran found that except for a veteran who was considered somewhat famous by Helvig, the others were all unknowns.

   As a right-back, the 33-year-old Helwig has clearly entered the late stages of his career and is nothing to worry about.

  The fact is as Chen Ran expected, due to the introduction of a large number of new players, the team's running-in has not been completed, and the cooperation between the players is still a little unfamiliar.

  Norwich's combat effectiveness is not as good as when they played against Crystal Palace last season.

   Although Crystal Palace was an away game, Chen Ran adopted Guardiola's offensive tactics from the very beginning, surrounding Norwich in the backcourt and attacking.

   Center Tony

   Left midfielder Cristiano Ronaldo, midfielder Modric, right midfielder Ribery

   Fabregas, midfielder, Simeone

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

   Goalkeeper Cech

   Unlike last season, Chen Ran placed the two playmakers Modric and Cesc Fabregas on the court at the same time.

   This move immediately made Norwich, who was familiar with Crystal Palace, at a loss, because he didn't know who to guard.

   sent someone to mark Modric, and Cesc Fabregas organized the attack; sent someone to mark Cesc Fabregas, and the ball was handed over to Modric.

   If you mark these two people at the same time, the loopholes in other positions are huge.

   For a time, Norwich was suppressed by Crystal Palace in their own half.

  Chen Ran showed that he was not strong enough to bully Norwich, and it was difficult to grab the ball from Crystal Palace to organize a counterattack, so he dared to send two playoff players on the field at the same time.

   As a result, Norwich fans saw their home team in their first home game in the Premier League, blocked by Crystal Palace and bombarded indiscriminately in their own half.

   (end of this chapter)