Football Feast, Starting From the Acquisition of European Clubs - Chapter 415

Liverpool’s season has been quite unlucky. Not only has it been banned from signings, but the main players in the team have also been targeted by other teams.

During the summer transfer period, Real Madrid sent an offer to Xavi Alonso.

As a Spain international, Xavi Alonso is very excited about the invitation from Real Madrid.

In the end, it was the Qataris who offered a sky-high contract extension, which was considered barely keeping Harvey Alonso.

Not only that, but Torres, another Spanish international and main striker in the Liverpool team, also received offers from many clubs.

It has been two years since Torres moved to Liverpool from Atletico Madrid. During these two years, Torres scored 24 goals for Liverpool in his first season.

Last season, he scored 33 goals for Liverpool in 46 games.

Torres’ high scoring rate immediately attracted the attention of many giant clubs.

Among them, the Chelsea club offered him a astronomical price of 60 million euros.

Ancelotti wants to use Torres to replace Shevchenko, who is 33 years old this year and whose competitive state has seriously declined.

In the end, the Qataris had to adopt the same method as Xavi Alonso, and kept Torres with a sky-high contract extension.

A player did not buy, but posted a large sum of money first. The mood of the Qatari owner who just joined Liverpool Club can be imagined.

The boss is in a bad mood, and the people below will naturally not have a good life.

As the team’s head coach, Benitez bore the brunt and became the first victim.

Coupled with Liverpool’s unsatisfactory start to the new season, he is under a lot of pressure.

Qatari trust him far less than the two previous American bosses.

After seeing Chelsea get a point from Crystal Palace, Benitez also held his breath and wanted to take points from Crystal Palace like Chelsea did to prove his ability to the new boss.

Center Torres

Left midfielder Babel, front midfielder Kuyente, right midfielder Benayoun

Defender Harvey Alonso, Defender Gerrard

Left-back Aurelio, center-back Skrtel, center-back Carragher, right-back Abeloa

Goalkeeper Reina

On the Crystal Palace side, because the players in the team are basically international players from various countries.

So after every national team match day, Chen Ran waited for a group of exhausted players.

In desperation, he could only arrange the starting lineup for this game according to the results of the physical examination report.

striker Ronaldo, striker Dzeko

Left midfielder Evra, center midfielder Cesc Fabregas, center midfielder Yaya Toure, right midfielder Vardy

Left-back Chiellini, center-back Kompany, center-back Vidic, right-back Alves

Goalkeeper Cech

After seeing Crystal Palace’s starting roster, Benitez couldn’t help but be secretly happy.

Because Crystal Palace has a lot of substitutes, it makes him feel that Liverpool have a chance in this game.

The process of the game was also as Benitez judged. After a large number of substitutes came on the field, Crystal Palace could no longer suppress the opponent as strongly as usual.

The two teams attacked and defended each other, and no one could take advantage of it for a while.

Chen Ran was mentally prepared for this kind of situation. He was sitting on the bench watching the game, and he didn’t mean to be anxious at all.

Until the end of the first half, neither of the two teams could break the opponent’s goal, and the score remained at 0:0.

During the intermission, Chen Ran first encouraged the players as usual, and then he looked at Dzeko and Vardy.

“Edin, Jamie, how about you two come down for a rest first in the second half?”

“Okay, boss.”

nodded with satisfaction, Chen Ran turned to look at Messi and Kaka again.

“Leo, Ricardo, you two replaced Edin and Jamie in the second half of the game. Leo still played on the right, Ricardo played as an attacking midfielder, and Chris as a lone striker. The team’s formation also changed from 442. Become 4231, understand?”

“Understood, boss.”

While Chen Ran was busy dispatching troops, Benitez did not make any substitution adjustments.

He was very satisfied with the performance of the Liverpool players in the first half and asked them to continue to play as they did in the first half.

However, before the start of the second half, when Benitez saw the substitutions made by Crystal Palace, his heart suddenly tightened.

He knew very well that the presence of Messi and Kaka meant that Crystal Palace was going to launch a total attack.

At this point, the second half of the game is about to start.

It is really not an appropriate time to make a hasty substitution at this time.

After hesitating for a while, Benitez finally chose to stay put for the time being and continue to trust the players on the field.

Facts have proved that the same tactics, executed by different players, have really different effects.

As soon as Messi and Kaka came on the field, Crystal Palace’s offensive intensity immediately improved a notch.

When the game reached fifty-eight minutes, Messi first easily passed the opponent’s left-back Aurelio on the right, and then drove the ball directly into Liverpool’s penalty area.

found that the situation was not good, and the central defender Skrtel quickly moved over to make up the defense.

Seeing Skrtel’s actions, Messi didn’t bother him more.

He pushed the ball laterally to Kaka in the middle, but he did not stop, but continued to rush towards Liverpool’s goal.

Seeing Messi’s movement, Kaka, who received the ball, understood.

He didn’t stop the ball at all, and before Xavi Alonso stretched his foot to steal, a pick pass and rubbed the ball to Messi who was advancing at a high speed.

Kaka’s passing component was just right, and the ball just landed on Messi’s forward line.

At this time, Skrtel has been completely matched by Messi and Kaka’s two-to-one match.

Messi did not wait for the ball to land, adjusted his pace slightly, rushed over and volleyed.

“boom!”

The ball stabbed directly into Liverpool’s goal like a sharp sword.

Because the distance was too close and the speed of the ball was too fast, the goalkeeper Reina had no time to react before the ball jumped from him and into the Liverpool net.

“GOAL!

”

With the exquisite cooperation of the two newly replaced players, Crystal Palace led Liverpool 1:0 away.

On the sidelines, Benitez, who saw Messi’s goal, patted his forehead regretfully, knowing that he would have made a substitution immediately.

However, it is too late to say anything now.

Only scoring points at Crystal Palace can relieve the pressure on Benitez.

Benitez, who knew his goal very well, decided to ignore the goal and let the Liverpool players continue to attack.

On the Crystal Palace side, after taking the lead, they entered the rhythm they are used to.

is still the same sentence, when fighting against each other, Crystal Palace is not afraid of anyone.

Chen Ran didn’t give up after seeing it this time, and he called Southgate to his side again.

“Gareth, you go to inform Tony to warm up now, and then use him to replace Evra. Let Tony be the center, and Ronaldo will go back to the left midfield, understand?”

“Understood, boss.”

As soon as Tony played, Crystal Palace basically returned to the main offensive lineup except for one Modric, and the power of the attack was further strengthened.

When the game went to the 68th minute, Cristiano Ronaldo on the left forcibly broke through the defense of Liverpool’s right back Abeloa and made a cross.

In the penalty area, Tony, who had just played, jumped high and competed for the ball to land under the double teams of Carragher and Skrtel.

Not only that, but Liverpool’s goalkeeper Reina also gave up and hit the ball with a heavy punch on the heads of all the players.

Outside the penalty area, the two Liverpool midfielders, Harvey Alonso and Gerrard, who were responsible for protecting the front of their penalty area, suddenly found that the ball was flying towards Kaka’s position, and found that the two people who were in trouble were throwing the ball at the same time. The drop point rushed past.

Kaka certainly won’t miss such a good opportunity. He also saw the actions of Xavi Alonso and Gerrard, and knew that he didn’t have time to adjust.

So, Kaka didn’t wait for the ball to land, and directly kicked the ball with the instep of his right foot.

“boom!”

The ball drew a clear parabola and flew towards Liverpool’s goal, and fell rapidly when it was almost in front of the goal.

Reina, who had just attacked, was desperately rushing back. After seeing the ball being kicked back by Kaka, he hurried to make a save.

However, despite Reina’s best efforts, he was unable to save Kaka’s fallen leaf shot.

“GOAL!

”

With Kaka’s world-beating goal, Crystal Palace led Liverpool 2-0 away.

This second goal made Benitez completely anxious.

He doesn’t care about the defense now, he immediately turned around and dispatched troops from the Liverpool bench to continue to strengthen the attack.

As a result, Crystal Palace took advantage of Liverpool’s massive pressure, and when the back defense was empty, Tony scored a header and extended the lead to three goals.

On the Liverpool side, just at the end of the game, Torres scored a long-range shot from outside the penalty area, which saved a little face for the team.

In the end, with the goals of Messi, Kaka and Tony, Crystal Palace defeated Liverpool 3:1 away.

At the same time that he got three points, Chen Ran also got a “Eagle Eye Guardian Card” from the system.

In a VIP box at Anfield, after the referee blew the whistle, Liverpool’s chairman Nasser Al-Khelaifi turned to look at the sporting director, Antro Enrique, who was sitting next to him. .

“Antro, you can now start looking for a manager worthy of Liverpool. If Benitez is still unable to lead the team to the title this season, then you need to be ready to replace him at any time. ”

Antero Enrique felt tight in his heart. Benitez is an old man of Liverpool club, and he has won the Champions League trophy for the team. Always be vigilant.

“Mr. Chairman, do you have any goals for the new coach?”

“I think Mr. Chen Ran is very suitable.” Nasser Al-Khelaifi pointed at Chen Ran who was celebrating the victory by high-fives with the Crystal Palace players on the sidelines of the court.

“Mr. Chairman, after all, Mr. Chen Ran is the owner of Crystal Palace Club. Even if he is willing to coach Liverpool, the FA will not agree.”

Antro Enrique smiled bitterly, rich people are willful.

“Haha, just kidding. However, Antero, the new coach of our Liverpool club is based on this Mr. Chen Ran. Understand?”

Nasser Al Khalifi smiled slightly, but what he said made Antero Enrique sweat.

Wang Defa, Chen Ran is currently recognized as a top coach in the world. Taking him as a standard, why would you be looking for a fart?

“Mr. Chairman, with all due respect, if we want to take Mr. Chen Ran as the standard, then I’m afraid we won’t be able to find a head coach.”

Hearing what Antero Enrique said, Nasser Al-Khelaifi was not angry. In fact, in his opinion, Chen Ran is the most capable head coach in world football, no one.

“Then lower the standard a little bit. I think that Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola is good. He used to be Chen Ran’s assistant coach for a long time, and he also achieved very good results in coaching Barcelona last season. I learned a lot from me.”

“Guardiola? Mr. President, you have a good vision. Guardiola can be said to be another talented coach after Chen Ran, and even the famous coach Mourinho has become his defeat.”

Hearing Nasser Al-Khelaife mention Guardiola’s name, Antro Enrique had to admit that his new boss’s vision was indeed quite good.

“Mourinho? Hehe, he can’t beat Chen Ran before, but now he can’t even beat Chen Ran’s assistant coach. What qualifications are there to become a famous coach?”

Nasser Alkhelife pouted indistinctly, and then stared at Antero Enrique seriously.

“Antro, your most important task now is to do your best to invite Guardiola to coach at our Liverpool club. If Guardiola can lead Liverpool to defeat Crystal Palace led by his former boss, it must be very interesting.”

“Understood. Mr. President, do you have any instructions on the conditions for Guardiola?”

“at all costs!”

In the rest of the Premier League this round, there was also an eye-catching power-to-play conversation.

The newly-promoted local tycoon Manchester City actually beat the old strong team Arsenal 4:2 at home. After Manchester United, they gave Arsenal their second defeat of the new season.

Chelsea beat Stoke City 2:1 away, Manchester United beat Tottenham Hotspur 3:1 away.

After all the games in the fifth round, Crystal Palace is still at the top of the standings, but Chelsea have the same points, just because of the disadvantage of goal difference, they are second, and they are eyeing.

After finishing the Premier League match against Liverpool, Chen Ran took the Crystal Palace team to Sevilla, Spain, to challenge the first opponent in the Champions League group stage of the new season.