Football Feast, Starting From the Acquisition of European Clubs: Chapter 164 This guy wants to cheat again

   Chapter 164 This guy wants to cheat again

   In another strong conversation this round, Chelsea beat Arsenal 1:0 at home, while Manchester United also beat Aston Villa 1:0 at home.

  After the second round of the Premier League, Crystal Palace, Chelsea and Manchester United all achieved two consecutive victories. And Crystal Palace still occupy the top position of the standings with the advantage of goal difference.

   There were two strong-to-strong dialogues in the round, and who of the four strong teams performed best has also attracted strong attention from the English media.

   "There are just two rounds in the new season, but the strong performances of Crystal Palace, Chelsea and Manchester United have stood out."

   "Crystal Palace beat Liverpool, Chelsea beat Arsenal, the league title in the new season is likely to be produced by these two teams."

   "Crystal Palace, led by the Chinese, still continued the excellent performance of last season."

   "The latest data from the gaming company shows that Crystal Palace tops the Premier League winning odds list in the new season, followed by Chelsea with a slight disadvantage."

   "The Premier League title in the new season is likely to be a competition between Chinese Chen Ran and Portuguese Mourinho. Can Ferguson, Wenger and other older coaches keep up with the younger ones?"

   Across the country, thousands of miles away, more and more fans are paying attention to Crystal Palace games.

   Correspondingly, the popularity of Crystal Palace Post Bar has always remained high and is still growing.

   "Haha, Crystal Palace's performance is still so stable in the new season."

   "Indeed, Liverpool won the new Champions League away from home. It seems that Crystal Palace's Champions League performance this season is worth looking forward to."

   "Cough, everyone should keep a low profile. Liverpool won the Champions League last season because AC Milan underestimated the enemy. In terms of strength, Liverpool is definitely not as good as the current AC Milan. Therefore, Crystal Palace's victory over Liverpool is of little reference."

   "It makes sense. There are quite a few teams that have won against Liverpool in the Premier League last season. Do they have the strength to win the Champions League?"

   "That's right. But I still have confidence in Chen Ran's Crystal Palace."

   "Me too. I have already won the Premier League and the UEFA Cup. The main thing to watch this season is whether Chen Ran can lead Crystal Palace to the Champions League."

   "That's right. If Chen Ran can still lead Crystal Palace to the Champions League, it would be too awesome."

   The next week, Crystal Palace ushered in another week of double games.

  In the third round of the Premier League, Crystal Palace defeated Manchester City 2:1 at home with goals from Modric and Yaya Toure.

   On the weekend, in the fourth round of the Premier League, Crystal Palace scored a long-range shot from Mascherano on the road, 1-0 victory over Wigan Athletic.

   And these two victories also brought Chen Ran a winning bonus of 2 million euros and a drawing of a small statue.

   "Statue? What is this for?"

   Chen Ran is more and more interested in the endless new things that the system is now emerging. It feels like opening a blind box, full of expectations.

  This small statue is exactly the same as the hand-drawn drawing of the new Crystal Palace stadium that Chen Ran took out before. It can be said that it is a miniature version of the new Crystal Palace stadium.

   Look carefully at the introduction of the system: a small drawing of a statue of Crystal Palace, after the completion of the Crystal Palace Club, can slightly increase the attraction of the Crystal Palace Club, including but not limited to fans, players, tourists, etc. (Only valid for the first statue built)

   is a bit interesting, Chen Ran quickly figured out the function of this statue.

   Can attract fans, does that mean that Crystal Palace will continue to increase its income from selling tickets, jerseys or their peripheral merchandise in the future?

   Can attract players, does that mean that when Chen Ran buys another player in the future, under the same conditions, players are more willing to come to Crystal Palace?

   However, only the first statue built has an effect.

   Seeing this remark, Chen Ran rolled his eyes secretly, he thought the plan of infinite nesting dolls was aborted.

   How can this system prevent me from being like a thief?

   is too unattractive.

   Chen Ran thought, and there was an additional architectural blueprint in his hand.

  Although it's not direct money, but this kind of long-term effective Buff, accumulated over time, the effect is also very amazing.

   This is really a good thing that no amount of money can buy.

   But where should this statue be built?

  Selhurst Park, the original home of Crystal Palace, is about to be demolished, and it must not be built there.

   As for Highbury Stadium, it is Arsenal's territory, much less likely.

  Crystal Palace's current training base?

  Chen Ran stood up and looked out the window. This place has been used for many years, and the facilities are outdated. After the new stadium is built, Chen Ran plans to demolish it and rebuild it.

   Obviously, this is not suitable for building statues either.

   After thinking about it, Chen Ran thought of the youth training base of Huaguo Smart Island just built.

   It is estimated that it will not be demolished and rebuilt for many years. Anyway, it is the site of the Crystal Palace, and it will be effective to put it there.

After    made up his mind, Chen Ran called Stephen over.

   "Chen, what's the matter with you calling me here?"

   "I remember our youth training base in Smart Island. As soon as we entered the door, it was a big flower bed, right?"

  Chen Ran handed Stephen the blueprint of the statue as he spoke.

"Yes what's the matter?"

  Stephen took the blueprint in confusion and asked inexplicably.

   "Remove the flower bed and replace it with this."

   "Is this the statue of the Crystal Palace?"

   "That's right. You have to explain that this statue is the symbol of our Crystal Palace. It must use the best materials, and there must be no quality problems. Understand?"

   "Okay, I got it. You didn't call me just for this, did you?"

   "Cough cough. Of course not. Last time I asked you to contact other industry sponsors, is there any progress?"

   Actually, Chen Ran really called Stephen over for the statue, but now that Stephen asked this, he also felt that it was a bit of a fuss for a statue, which seemed abnormal, so Chen Ran quickly found a topic to cover it up.

   "I was also trying to report this to you. I asked people to contact major car manufacturers, but the results were not very satisfactory."

   "Not ideal? Tell me about the specific situation."

   Originally, Chen Ran was just asking casually, but he didn't expect to actually ask something.

   "Now all major car brands have sponsored clubs. It's not that they are not interested in sponsoring our Crystal Palace, but either the bid is too low or they want to sponsor jersey advertisements."

   "And our jersey advertisement has been sold to Emirates, so naturally there is no way to comply with such a request."

   "Well, that's the case, it's really not easy to handle."

  Car manufacturers sponsor clubs to increase exposure, and the best choice is naturally jersey ads.

   Now that Crystal Palace cannot provide jersey advertisements, then of course people are reluctant to pay high prices.

   "However, there is a Japanese car company that offers a good price. They don't require jersey advertisements, as long as we use their brand of cars as the official club's designated cars."

   "Oh? What's your name?"

  Chen Ran asked curiously, it is rare for Japanese car companies to sponsor Premier League teams.

   "Infiniti, said to be a luxury brand owned by Nissan, is willing to sponsor 2 million euros a year."

   "Their requirement is that as long as it is an official event, or even a player participating in training, they must ride in their brand of car."

   "Chen, this is currently the highest bidder from a car company, what do you think?"

Infiniti?

  Chen Ran didn't answer Stephen's question immediately.

   This is not only a question of money, but also involves more complex factors.

   Don't cause big trouble for this money.

   "Stephen, forget this Infiniti. Your energy in the future will mainly be on car companies in Europe and North America."

"Okay, I know."

   Although Stephen didn't know the reason for Chen Ran's refusal, he still agreed decisively.

   After arranging the statue, Chen Ran put his energy back on the team.

  Because, the next week is another intense and difficult race.

  September 10th, the fifth round of the Premier League, Crystal Palace will be away to Chelsea.

   On September 14, the 2005-2006 UEFA Champions League group stage began. Crystal Palace will host Anderlecht in Belgium.

   On September 17th, in the sixth round of the Premier League, Crystal Palace will face West Bromwich Albion again at home.

  Especially in the first two games, there is no room for loss for Crystal Palace.

   If nothing else, Chelsea is still Crystal Palace's main rival for the Premier League title this season.

   So in this direct contest, Crystal Palace must take Chelsea and keep the initiative firmly in their own hands.

   And the second game against Anderlecht is the first European Champions Cup game that Crystal Palace has participated in since its establishment 100 years ago, which is of great significance.

   Chen Ran will win this game no matter what, making a good start to the new century history of Crystal Palace.

   As for the third game against West Bromwich Albion, Chen Ran can't care about it now. At that time, we will see how much physical fitness the players have left after playing the first two games before making a decision.

  Chen Ran is carefully preparing for the game against Chelsea here, and Mourinho is gearing up to give Crystal Palace a head-on attack.

   "José, how is the preparation for the match against Crystal Palace? Do you have the confidence to teach your opponent a lesson?"

  Chelsea CEO Peter Kenyon, who usually never asks about the game conductor, couldn't help but run over to care about Mourinho's preparations.

  No way, although the head coach is Mourinho, but the investment of hundreds of millions of euros every year for three consecutive years is spent from Peter Kenyon.

  If he can't win a championship, not only will Mourinho pack up and leave, but his position as CEO of Peter Kenyon may not be secure.

   "Hehe, Peter, don't worry. With Essien joining in, I can't say that I will definitely win Crystal Palace, at least I won't lose this game."

   "Don't lose? That's not bad, at least the points gap was not opened by that Chinese."

  Crystal Palace's consistently strong performance has caused Mourinho and Peter Kenyon to lower their expectations.

  Because it was an away game, Chen Ran used a defensive counterattack very cautiously.

   Center Tony

  Left midfielder Cristiano Ronaldo, right midfielder Ribery

   Midfielder Yaya Toure, midfielder Vieira, midfielder Simeone

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

   Goalkeeper Cech

   On the Chelsea side, Mourinho was also full of confidence and sent all the main players in his hand.

  Although Chelsea also have a Champions League game to play in midweek, in Mourinho's eyes, nothing is more important than killing Crystal Palace.

   Center Drogba

   Left winger Robben, right winger Wright Phillips

   MF Makelele, MF Lampard, MF Essien

  Left-back Del Horno, center-back Carvalho, center-back Terry, right-back Ferreira

   Goalkeeper Cudicini

   When Chen Ran got the Chelsea starting list, his scalp was numb.

   Among the three central midfielders, with the exception of Lampard, who are both offensive and defensive, Makelele and Essien are all top defensive midfielders.

  Crystal Palace want to pass the Chelsea midfield defense, the difficulty can be imagined.

   With the whistle of the referee, the game officially started.

   As expected by Chen Ran, from the first minute, Crystal Palace and Chelsea started a fierce fight in the midfield.

  Makelele, Lampard and Essien are tough characters, but Vieira, Yaya Toure and Simeone from Crystal Palace are not good either.

   In the first 20 minutes of the game, neither side could pose any threat to the opponent's penalty area, and they all concentrated on strangulation in the midfield.

   Seeing this situation, Chen Ran simply returned to the bench and sat down.

   Fighting for hardness, Crystal Palace has never been afraid of anyone.

  Chen Ran has hoarded a group of ruthless people. In addition to these players on the court, Mascherano is still sitting on the bench.

If    still doesn't work, he will release the nuclear weapon Pepe.

   The first half was a war of attrition, trying to consume more of the physical fitness of Chelsea's main players, and he would change out in the second half.

   Attacking others from behind is Chen Ran's forte.

  Crystal Palace and Chelsea, the two most promising teams for the league title, naturally attracted a large number of reporters to watch the game.

   Seeing the tragic fight on the field, the reporters in the stands were also talking about it.

   "Good guy, from the beginning of the game to the present, the two teams have done nothing, and they are just competing there."

   "This is the scene of the championship. If anyone can't hold on, they won't want to win the championship."

   "If it goes on like this, I'm afraid it will be bad for Chelsea."

   "How could that be? Chelsea are playing very well now, and they won't lose out against Crystal Palace at all."

   "You forgot? That Chinese guy is best at changing formations in the second half."

   "That's true. And did you find out, the playmaker of Crystal Palace, that little guy from Eastern Europe didn't play?"

   "Huh? You mean Modric?"

   "That's right, it's him. That Chinese man put him on the bench, he must be trying to trick people again!"

   (end of this chapter)