Football Feast, Starting From the Acquisition of European Clubs - Chapter 487

Chapter 487 At least 50% increase

However, Ronaldo saw a scene that made him even more desperate.

After ordering the players on the field to shrink their formation, Chen Ran quickly called Vermaelen, Na England and Mertens from the bench.

After the warm-up was over, Chen Ran called these three people to his side.

“Thomas, I will replace De Bruyne with you later. After you play, you will act as a left center back, and together with Kompany and Alderweireld, they will form a defense line of five backs and three center backs.”

“You tell others, the team’s formation has changed from the previous 451 to the current 541, understand?”

“Okay, boss.” Vermaelen nodded heavily, his voice sonorous and forceful.

“Racha, you will come on to replace Hazard, and then you will be in charge of the midfield defense with Fellaini, Witsel and Dembele. Understand?”

“Understood, boss!”

Na Engel, who was wearing a cockscomb head, replied full of fighting spirit.

Patting Na England’s shoulder with satisfaction, Chen Ran turned to look at Mertens on the other side.

“Driss, it’s the same as the previous two games. After you replace Lukaku, you will be at the forefront and responsible for counterattacks. I will give you the ‘right to fire freely’, and you can play as you want.”

“Understood, boss.”

“I hope you can break through the opponent’s goal again like the previous two games.”

Chen Ran also patted Mertens on the shoulder with a smile. After turning around and returning to the bench, he silently turned on the system and gave Mertens another “Level 1 Chicken Blood Card”.

Portugal’s two central defenders, Fonte and Pepe, are 191cm tall and 187cm tall. Using Mertens, who is fast, flexible and less than 1.7 meters tall, to deal with them, the effect must be good.

What’s more, after replacing Mertens in the previous two games, this small player has completed his tasks very well, which is also an important reason why Chen Ran is willing to continue using him.

Soon, everyone saw Belgium’s substitution adjustments.

“I’m going! Play this trick again? Portugal is miserable!”

“Hahahaha, Chen Ran must have tasted the sweetness. Mertens scored goals against Germany and France before, and now he uses Mertens against Portugal again.”

“No way, the central defenders of all teams are generally tall players. It is really a disadvantage to deal with a small player like Mertens who is fast and able to drill.”

“With Chen Ran’s adjustments, maybe Portugal will not only fail to equalize the score, but Belgium will score again.”

“This is the on-the-spot command ability of a top coach. Seeing Chen Ran’s move, I guess the Portuguese head coach must be very desperate.”

At this time, Fernando Santos, the Portuguese substitute, stood motionless on the sidelines.

He watched the videos of the two matches between Belgium, Germany and France. Not only did he watch them, but he also studied them repeatedly for a long time.

Fernando Santos is very familiar with the technical characteristics of the Belgian team’s surprise soldier, the small forward Mertens, and knows that he is a good player against tall central defenders and counterattacks.

But is there a fart for just knowing?

Portugal is now behind and must press forward to attack. Is it because they are afraid of Mertens that they shrink their formation and strengthen their defense instead of attacking?

Turned his head and glanced in the direction of the Belgian bench. Although this was only the first time he had played against Chen Ran, Fernando Santos had already fully realized the strength of his opponent.

For example, now, even though he knows that it is very risky to continue the onslaught, he has no other solution except to tell the defenders on the field to mark Mertens.

Carvalho has rich defensive experience, but he is 38 years old this year, his physical function has declined severely, and he can’t keep up with Mertens’ speed.

As for the other backup guards, they are either of the same tall type, or their strength is too far behind the main players on the field. Fernando Santos himself has no confidence.

Now, Fernando Santos can only bet that Portugal can equalize the score before Belgium breaks through their own goal again.

However, the miracle that Fernando Santos expected still failed to appear.

Although Ronaldo is superior in strength, Chen Ran, who is too familiar with him, has already made targeted arrangements for him.

C Ronaldo’s teammate Kompany at the Crystal Palace is responsible for personal marking, while Vermaelen and Alderweireld are ready to double-team on both sides.

No matter where Ronaldo is, there are at least two defenders on the Belgian side with him.

With the addition of two full-backs and four defensive midfielders, a defensive system of up to nine people has been woven into an impenetrable net.

Once the Portuguese offensive players enter the 30-meter zone of Belgium, they immediately seem to be stuck in a quagmire, unable to move an inch.

Finally, when the referee Clattenburg blew the whistle for the end of the game, relying on the defensive system designed by Chen Ran for Belgium, the Belgian team kept the one-goal lead to the end.

Belgium defeated Portugal 1-0 and won the first European Cup championship trophy in team history.

“Ding, congratulations to the host for winning the European Cup, and a bonus of 50 million euros for the champion!”

“Ding, congratulations to the host for winning the championship trophies of all top competitions and winning the title of ‘the number one player in football’!”

“The number one player in football: As long as you are a fan, you must know your name. Your name will be recorded in history and will always live in the hearts of the fans!”

Damn it!

Live in the hearts of fans forever?

Why does this sound a bit wrong.

Before Chen Ran could think about the newly acquired title, he found that he was lifted up by those **** again and thrown into the sky.

Special meow!

Why can’t you avoid this trick no matter where you go!

“Hahahaha, Chen Ran is so awesome! Is this a grand slam?”

“Almost. Premier League, Europa League, European Super Cup, UEFA Champions League, Club World Cup, America’s Cup, European Cup, World Cup, Chen Ran has won all the top championship trophies that a coach can win, and many of them have won More than once.”

“Ahem, can I pick a thorn? Chen Ran hasn’t won the South American Libertadores Cup yet.”

“The people upstairs are here to find fault, right? Whenever there are good seedlings in South America, they are immediately poached to Europe, and the strength of South American clubs is getting weaker and weaker. Who cares about the Copa Libertadores now?”

“Exactly. Let me say that the champion team of the Copa Libertadores may not have played against the champion team of the Europa League.”

“I don’t know which team Chen Ran will coach next?”

“It must be Argentina. It was passed on two years ago. If the then president of the Argentine Football Association hadn’t died and they were in a mess fighting for the chairman’s seat, otherwise Chen Ran would have been the head coach of the Argentine national team long ago. .”

“I’ll go! Brother, what happened two years ago can still be counted now? The chairman of the Argentine Football Association has changed three times.”

“As long as Messi is still playing at the Crystal Palace Club, this matter should not be serious. After all, Chen Ran promised Messi at the beginning.”

“That’s right. Chen Ran has already helped Kaka and Ronaldo win the World Cup. If he doesn’t help Messi, isn’t that partial?”

“Hahahaha, the ones upstairs are Messi fans, right?”

“So what? If Chen Ran contradicts what he says, I will always be black with Chen Ran!”

Same as before, at the celebration party after winning the championship, Chen Ran was drunk again by the players under him.

At noon the next day, Chen Ran was awakened by the ringing of her mobile phone in her sleep.

In a daze, he picked up the phone and looked, good guy, it’s Messi’s call again.

Two years ago, after leading Brazil to the World Cup, this guy was the one who woke him up on the phone.

Although Chen Ran was upset to be woken up from his sleep, he finally got through the phone when he saw the phone that kept ringing.

“Boss, congratulations on winning the European Cup!”

Before Chen Ran could speak, Messi congratulated Chen Ran first.

Reaching out his hand not to hit the smiling face, Chen Ran grumbled a bit, pinched the center of his brows hard, and asked angrily:

“Leo, I just led the team to play the game last night, and then I participated in the celebration banquet. Why are you calling so early?”

“Morning? Boss, it’s already noon, and you haven’t woken up yet?”

“I’m in France now, not Argentina. It’s noon on your side, but it doesn’t mean it’s noon in France!”

“Boss, I’m also in France now.”

“You don’t go on vacation, what are you doing in France?”

“Hey, boss, of course I’m here to see you. You haven’t forgotten the agreement we made two years ago, right? I wanted to talk to you about this before, but you said that we would talk about it after the European Cup is over. Now, the European Cup Isn’t it over already?”

Hearing this, his brain finally got rid of the influence of the hangover, and Chen Ran, who had finished restarting, immediately understood what Messi meant.

After the end of the Premier League last season and before the start of the European Cup, Messi came to find Chen Ran, wanting to talk about his future as the head coach of the Argentine national team.

But at that time, Chen Ran’s main energy was on leading Belgium to prepare for the European Cup, and he didn’t want to be distracted. So I sent Messi away and asked him to wait until the European Cup is over before looking for him.

I didn’t expect this guy to be really obedient, and sure enough, he entangled me as soon as the European Cup was over.

“Understood. I will not go back on what I promised you.”

Chen Ran didn’t make any detours, and directly gave Messi a reassurance.

However, he immediately added another sentence.

“Leo, don’t come to me in disguise this time. I just woke up and haven’t eaten yet, so let’s meet at a restaurant outside and chat while eating.”

“Okay, boss.”

Although Messi did not get blocked in front of the hotel this time, there is also no shortage of football reporters in Paris, where the European Cup final was just held yesterday.

Especially Chen Ran, who once again led the team he coached to win the championship, is the most important goal of the reporters.

Since Chen Ran left the hotel where the Belgian team stayed by car, he was followed by sharp-eyed reporters.

Tracking all the way, when the reporters found out that Chen Ran and Messi met in a Chinese restaurant, they immediately climaxed.

Recalling the news that Argentina, Brazil, England and Belgium wanted to hire Chen Ran as the head coach of their national team at the end of the World Cup in Brazil two years ago, a press release instantly formed in their minds .

“click, click”

After taking a few photos of Chen Ran and Messi in the same frame, the reporters immediately sent the photos back to their respective media centers.

And, accompanying the photo, is a striking title: “Chen Ran met Messi privately, and will soon be the head coach of the Argentine national team!”

At this time, after seeing Messi, Chen Ran knew that Messi chose France as his vacation location this time in order to avoid being intercepted by other countries.

Yesterday, he even left his wife and children behind, and ran to Paris alone to block himself.

Messi has achieved this step, Chen Ran naturally has nothing to say, and he didn’t mean to regret it.

Having received the promise from Chen Ran face to face, Messi finally let go of the big rock in his heart.

For the past two days, because of Chen Ran’s affairs, he didn’t even have the appetite to eat. Now that things have turned out well, Messi immediately felt terribly hungry.

On Chen Ran’s side, he had been drinking last night and hadn’t eaten anything at all. He was already very hungry.

So, the two ordered a table full of dishes and began to feast on them.

Fortunately, the two of them were in the private room, otherwise they would have been seen and thought they were participating in the Big Eater Competition.

Influenced by Chen Ran, Chinese food has now become one of the most popular diets for Crystal Palace players.

The restaurant of the Crystal Palace Club provides improved and healthier Chinese food all year round. Even in life, many players often go to Chinese restaurants to satisfy their greed.

With the help of the well-developed network, while Chen Ran and Messi were having a feast at the Chinese restaurant, the news that Chen Ran would be the head coach of the Argentine national team quickly spread throughout the world.

“Good guy, I’ve been going around for a while, but I didn’t expect Chen Ran to decide to be the head coach of the Argentine national team after all.”

“Ahem, this is just a rumor. It hasn’t been confirmed yet. Two years ago, Messi also had dinner with Chen Ran after the World Cup final. Didn’t Chen Ran become the head coach of the Belgian national team?”

“Upstairs, it was a special situation two years ago. If it hadn’t been for the sudden death of the Argentine Football Association president and the internal chaos, Chen Ran would have been the head coach of the Argentine national team.”

“That’s right. Chen Ran had promised Messi to be the head coach of the Argentine national team. If Kompany and Messi hadn’t reached an agreement and only signed a two-year coaching contract with Chen Ran, otherwise it would not have been Belgium’s turn. ”

“Damn it! Then Belgium picked up a big leak, which is equivalent to picking up a European Cup champion for nothing!”

“Isn’t that right? I think the French must be **** off. They want to be strong, they are the host, and they have an advantage in the schedule. If it weren’t for Chen Ran, how could the European Cup champion get Belgium?”

“Wenger seems to have said before that a head coach can increase the team’s combat effectiveness by at most 10%. I don’t think this sentence applies to Chen Ran, he can at least increase by 30%!”

“Brother upstairs, you can be bolder, at least increase by 50%!”

(end of this chapter)