Football Feast, Starting From the Acquisition of European Clubs - Chapter 476

Chapter 476 Big White Teeth

After winning five consecutive qualifiers and having enough capital, Chen Ran began to experiment with other formations and styles of play in the next game, and sent all the substitute players in turn to investigate.

Correspondingly, Belgium’s performance has also been affected to a certain extent.

They were tied 0:0 by Wales and 1:1 by Bosnia and Herzegovina, which caused an uproar in public opinion.

Then Chen Ran immediately adjusted his tactics, and once again resorted to the trump card of high-altitude bombing, the effect was immediate.

Belgium then beat Cyprus 5:0, Israel 3:1, Andorra 7:0, winning a wave of three consecutive victories.

In the end, Belgium ranked first in Group B with 8 wins, 2 draws and 26 points in 10 games, successfully qualifying for the European Cup.

On December 12, 2015, the 24 teams that qualified to participate in the main match held a group draw ceremony in Paris.

According to UEFA’s national team rankings, 24 teams are divided into four grades.

Because this European Cup is the first time to expand from 16 teams to 24 teams, Belgium was able to be assigned to the first pot together with France, England, Germany, Spain and Portugal.

Belgium’s grouping was pretty bad, they were assigned to Group E.

In addition to Belgium, there are also Italy, the strongest team in the second tier, and Sweden, the strongest team in the third tier, in this group, plus a strong Ireland, it is simply this European Cup. group of death.

Seeing the result of the lottery, Chen Ran, who was sitting in the audience, sneered secretly in his heart when he personally participated in the lottery ceremony.

Needless to say, someone must be deliberately targeting Belgium.

Or to put it more bluntly, they are targeting themselves. Some people are afraid that they will lead Belgium to **** the championship trophy of this European Cup.

As for who is behind the scenes, needless to say?

Chen Ran turned his head and glanced at the host France coach Didier Deschamps who was smiling happily, then turned and walked straight over.

Chairman Chris of the Belgian Football Association who came to the draw ceremony with Chen Ran was taken aback, and hurriedly followed, for fear that Chen Ran would make any drastic moves.

“Mr. Deschamps, congratulations to the French team for getting a good lottery.”

“It’s Mr. Chen, thank you. Although Belgium’s opponents in the group are relatively strong, I believe that under the leadership of Mr. Chen, Belgium will have no problem qualifying from the group.”

Deschamps, who was celebrating the lottery result with the people around him, looked at Chen Ran with a smile.

“I look forward to meeting the French team in the final.”

“I think so too.”

After a little touch with Deschamps, Chen Ran didn’t stay any longer at the venue, but greeted Chris, and he left the venue early.

As soon as he walked out of the gate, Chen Ran was immediately blocked by media reporters waiting at the gate.

“Excuse me, Mr. Chen, why did you come out so soon?”

“The result of the lottery has come out, so there is no need to stay here. Naturally, I have to leave.”

“But the other guests who participated in the lottery ceremony did not leave. Mr. Chen, are you not satisfied with the result of this lottery?”

“I can’t say whether I am satisfied or not. Anyway, our goal in Belgium is to win the European Cup, so it is unavoidable to play against a strong team. No matter how good the draw is, it is only to postpone the time to play against a strong team. Big.”

Although the reporters did not enter the venue, they all knew the result of the draw and knew that Belgium had been assigned to the death group.

Now hearing what Chen Ran said, everyone immediately became excited.

“Mr. Chen, are you talking about the French team?”

Watching the excitement is no big deal, fanning the flames has always been a good trick for media reporters. However, how could the tried and tested Chen Ran be fooled by them?

“What I’m saying is the truth, not against any team. If you want to compete for the championship trophy, you must defeat a strong team. No matter whether it is France, Germany, England or Spain, no one can hide.”

The result of Belgium being assigned to the death group immediately aroused heated discussions.

With the help of the media, the conspiracy theory that the host French team put on small shoes for Belgium in order to keep the European Cup in France was spread.

“France, Germany, England, Spain and Portugal have no teams that can threaten them. Only Belgium has not only Italy but also Sweden in the group. The French are a bit too obvious. gone.”

“No way, who will let others be the host. The schedule has always been a major advantage of the host, but I didn’t expect the French to directly target Belgium this time regardless of England, Germany, and Spain.”

“Haha, this shows Chen Ran’s strength even more. Whoever makes the team he coaches can win the championship in the end. Considering the problem from the perspective of the French, it is the most correct choice for them to do so.”

“That’s true. Since Chen Ran became the head coach of the Belgian national team, Belgium has immediately become the favorite to win the European Cup. If I were French, I would definitely find a way to stumbling Belgium.”

June 14th, Lyon, France, Stade de Lyon, the first match of Belgium’s group stage will be against Italy, the strongest opponent in this group.

The current head coach of the Italian team is Conte, who is very familiar to Chinese fans. Under his leadership, Italy, like Belgium, won the first place in the group with an unbeaten record of seven wins and three draws in the qualifiers .

To be able to put the two undefeated teams in the qualifiers into the same group, the French have worked hard.

Facing Belgium under the coach of Chen Ran, Conte did not shrink his formation to put on the bus, but formed his usual 352 formation.

Forward Eder, Forward Pellet

Left midfielder Damian, midfielder Giacherini, midfielder De Rossi, midfielder Parolo, right midfielder Candreva

Left central defender Chiellini, central defender Bonucci, right central defender Barzagli

Goalkeeper Buffon

As for Belgium, after trials in the qualifiers, Chen Ran finally decided to completely transform Belgium into a leading team.

Center Lukaku

Left Midfield Hazard, Central Midfielder Witsel, Central Midfielder Fellaini, Central Midfielder Dembele, Right Midfielder De Bruyne

Left back Vertonghen, center back Kompany, center back Alderweireld, right back Carrasco

Goalkeeper Courtois

In this lineup, apart from Hazard, De Bruyne and Carrasco, no other player is shorter than 185cm.

The task of these three people is to deliver shells to the opponent’s restricted area.

From the first minute of the game, Italy’s defense felt the power of high-altitude bombing.

In fact, the height of the Italian defender is not low. Bonucci has reached 190cm, and Chiellini and Barzagli also have 186cm.

Under normal circumstances, their defense against high-altitude **** is completely sufficient.

However, the current Belgium is not the former Belgium.

When De Bruyne or Hazard take the ball from the wing and pass it into the Italian penalty area, in addition to the center Lukaku who is 191cm tall, Fellaini who is 194cm tall and Witsel who is 186cm tall are also at the same time. From the back of the midfield, he rushed into the penalty area of ​​​​Italy to grab a shot.

Sports warfare is not the biggest headache for Italian defenders. After Belgium gets corner kicks and free kicks, Kompany with a height of 190 cm, Vertonghen with a height of 189 cm, Alderweireld with a height of 187 cm and Dembele with a height of 185 cm Also poured into the restricted area of ​​Italy together.

Among the Italian midfielders, except for Pellet, who is 194cm tall and can come back to help defend high-altitude balls, the other players are all small and can’t help at all.

This move immediately made the entire restricted area of ​​Italy shrouded in the shadow of Belgium.

Once, twice, three times, Belgium constantly threatened Italy’s goal through high-altitude bombing tactics. Although no goals have been scored yet, anyone with a discerning eye can see that Italy’s defense is crumbling. If no measures are taken, it is only a matter of time before the ball is conceded.

“Good guy, I didn’t expect Belgium’s header threat to be so great that even the Italian defense, which is known for its defense, can’t handle it a little bit.”

“Chen Ran’s move is too bad. Does he want to use the high-altitude bombing tactics to smash a champion?”

“Hahahaha, there’s nothing wrong with it. There are those who play pass control with their feet, and those who play high-altitude bombing with their heads. The tactics are diversified, and this kind of football is interesting and the game is more beautiful.”

“If a strong team like Italy is also smashed to death by Belgium with a header, it will be a good show.”

“I’ll go, this director is bad enough, and I will write it for Conte.”

“Haha, Kong Er’s face is really ugly.”

On the sidelines, seeing the situation on the field, Conte jumped anxiously.

He also wanted to adjust, but among the Italian players he selected, except for these tall men on the field, most of them were not tall.

The only backup central defender, Obonna, is 191cm tall, but Conte is worried about his defensive ability, so he dare not play him easily.

And the substitution was made shortly after the start of the game. Doesn’t it mean that his formation was a complete failure?

Just when Conte was hesitating, De Bruyne dribbled the ball on the right and was brought down by Italy’s left forward Damian. The referee awarded Belgium a frontcourt free kick close to the right line.

Seeing the referee’s verdict, Chen Ran on the sidelines immediately waved his hand.

I saw Vertonghen, Kompany, Alderweireld and other big players who had stayed in the midfield to take charge of the defense, and ran towards the Italian penalty area together.

The Italian side suddenly felt like an enemy, and Conte yelled anxiously on the sidelines, constantly directing the players to deploy defenses.

De Bruyne personally took the free kick. He first glanced at the position of his teammates in the Italian penalty area, then took two steps back, and raised his right hand to signal.

“boom!”

The ball drew a high arc and flew towards the back post of the Italian goal.

The point of this pass far exceeded the expectations of the Italian defenders.

De Bruyne’s pass was very powerful. Seeing that the ball was about to fly out of the baseline, just as the Italian defenders were about to breathe a sigh of relief, Alderweireld suddenly rushed from behind and looked back at the moon. , and pushed the ball back to the middle of the penalty area.

Seeing that Alderweireld pushed the ball back according to Chen Ran’s pre-designed tactics, Lukaku, Kompany, Verton and Fellaini, who had been prepared for a long time, took off at the same time.

“boom!”

In the end, Vertonghen, who is not the tallest, grabbed the ball, swung his head and hit the goal and smashed the ball heavily towards the Italian goal.

Buffon deserves to be a top goalkeeper. Although his reaction speed is a bit slow now that he is older, his judgment and position selection are still impeccable.

Due to the short distance, although Buffon could not hug the ball, he still blocked Vertonghen’s header.

However, Buffon failed to keep the ball away in a hurry. Just when he was about to make another save to hug the ball, Kompany rushed over and stabbed the ball first, and stabbed the ball into the Italian goal.

“GOAL!!!”

Belgium leads Italy 1-0 with Kompany’s supplementary shot.

“Hahahaha, Belgium finally scored with their feet this time. Look at those guys who dare to say that Belgium can only score headers.”

“Eh… In fact, more than half of the credit for this goal should be attributed to Alderweireld and Vertonghen’s header.”

“That’s right, so Belgium is still the head team, hahahaha!”

…

On the sidelines, seeing that his goal still failed to withstand the Belgian high-altitude bombing, Conte was so angry that he kicked the mineral water bottle on the ground.

“Mr. Conte, please pay attention to your behavior.”

The fourth official will not be used to Conte, and immediately came over to warn.

Although Conte was nicknamed “Kong Er Lengzi” by Huaguo fans, he is not stupid at all.

After honestly returning to his own bench, he immediately rushed Aubonna to warm up.

The current situation does not allow him to continue to hesitate.

Even though Obonna’s defensive ability makes him worry, but this guy has a height of 191cm after all, it’s better than being smashed to death by the Belgian team with a header.

Soon, Conte replaced the midfielder Jacherini with Obonna. Then let Chiellini play left back and Barzagli play right back. The formation of the Italian team has also changed from 352 to 442.

Seeing Conte’s substitution adjustment, Chen Ran immediately walked to the sidelines, and took advantage of the dead ball to call Lukaku over.

“Romeru, have you seen the new central defender Obonna in Italy?”

“There is a clear gap between this guy’s ability and the others. Your next task is to stare at him and attack him. Do you understand?”

“Understood, boss.”

Lukaku nodded, turned around and ran back to the court, and stood directly beside Obonna.

Obonna gave Lukaku a puzzled look, and Lukaku smiled at him, showing his big white teeth.

“What are you going to do?”

Obonna was confused, always a forward hiding behind a defender, but today Lukaku took the initiative to run to his side, something was wrong.

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(end of this chapter)