Football Feast, Starting From the Acquisition of European Clubs: Chapter 167 Conquer the San Siro
Chapter 167 Conquest of San Siro
After a two-day break, Crystal Palace ushered in the sixth round of the Premier League.
Because this is the third game in a week, Chen Ran made a considerable rotation in the face of West Bromwich Albion who came to challenge.
Fortunately, the strength gap between West Bromwich Albion and Crystal Palace is relatively large. Crystal Palace finally defeated West Bromwich Albion 1-0 with a header scored by Vidic in a corner kick.
When got three points, the system also rewarded Chen Ran with a first-level harvest card.
The previous harvest card has expired after the last Champions League game. In this game against West Bromwich Albion, the attendance rate of Highbury Stadium was only 70-80%.
Those vacancies in the stands are particularly eye-catching, and some media even hyped the decline in the attendance of Crystal Palace after the game.
This made Chen Ran clearly understand that not everyone is willing to cross half of London just to watch a game.
It seems that this harvest card has become a necessity during the time spent renting the Arsenal Stadium.
In the other games of this round, there is also the highlight of a strong dialogue. Liverpool drew 0-0 with Manchester United at Anfield.
And Chelsea beat Charlton 2-0 away and continued to follow Crystal Palace, and Arsenal also beat Everton 2-0 away.
The following week, Crystal Palace will play three games a week.
September 24th, in the seventh round of the Premier League, Crystal Palace will go away to challenge Middlesbrough;
September 29th, in the group stage of the European Champions Cup, Crystal Palace will go away to challenge the strongest opponent in this group, AC Milan, the runner-up of the European Champions Cup last season;
On October 1st, in the eighth round of the Premier League, Crystal Palace will return to Highbury Stadium to face West Ham United.
and Middlesbrough game, nothing to say.
With the goals of Tony and Ronaldo, Crystal Palace easily defeated Middlesbrough 2-0 away.
While scored three points, Chen Ran also received a winning bonus of 2 million euros after a long absence.
At this time, Chen Ran's attention had already turned to his opponent AC Milan five days later.
Although the Champions League final last season, AC Milan experienced an unforgettable night in Istanbul.
However, I have to admit that AC Milan is still one of the top teams in Europe, and they are still in their prime.
As the earliest European league broadcast in China, Serie A can be said to have deeply influenced many Chinese fans, including Chen Ran in his previous life.
As one of the representative teams in Serie A, AC Milan is of course very familiar to Chen Ran.
From the early Dutch Three Musketeers to the current Shevchenko, Kaka and many other top stars, Chen Ran can almost recite it backwards.
Now, Crystal Palace will play against AC Milan, which makes Chen Ranshi both excited and nervous.
Every time he faced a strong enemy, Chen Ran would ask Guardiola to edit a video of his opponent for reference.
This time was no exception, and he also sent Simeone, an assistant who had been in Serie A for a long time.
Coach Ancelotti;
Strikers Vieri, Shevchenko, Inzaghi, Gilardino;
Midfielder Kaka, Pirlo, Seedorf, Rui Costa, Gattuso, Ambrosini, Serginho, Vogel;
Defenders Nesta, Stam, Maldini, Cafu, Costacurta, Kaladze, Jankulovsky, Simic;
Goalkeepers Dida, Karachi, Fiori.
Seeing the information handed to him by Guardiola and Simeone, Chen Ran also had a tingling scalp.
The special meows are all current famous generals.
From front to back, the three lines have few weaknesses.
Looking at it, Chen Ran reluctantly found that compared with the current AC Milan, Crystal Palace has no advantage at all except for the younger players and better physical fitness.
"Boss, AC Milan is not easy to play."
Southgate, who was also reading this document, couldn't help but sigh.
You still need to talk about this?
Chen Ran secretly vomited in his heart that he, the captain, has played for low-level teams in the Premier League all year round, and he has never seen anything in the market.
"Boss, Diego and I also discussed when editing the video of the AC Milan game. We found that we have only one way to win against AC Milan."
Guardiola also stood up at this time and said the result of his consultation with Simeone.
"Oh? Tell me, what solution have you come up with? See if it's the same as what I thought."
Chen Ran also pondered a solution in his heart. Hearing Guardiola's words, he immediately became interested.
In fact, it is suitable for two people to write a word in the palm of their hand, and then see if it is the same classic bridge.
But Chen Ran looked at the foreigners in front of him. Forget it, let's just order it directly.
"Boss, after discussing with Diego, I think that compared with AC Milan, Crystal Palace may only have an advantage in terms of physical fitness."
"So, we both felt that we can only use Diego's defensive counterattack tactics to drag the game to the end, and when the older players of AC Milan have no physical strength, we will attack with all our strength, so that we may win. Chance."
"Well, yes, just as I thought."
Chen Ran smiled and nodded, as expected of a future famous coach, his brain is good.
"There are strong teams everywhere in the Champions League. Now it is AC Milan, and there will be other strong teams in the future. Diego, when you are training during this period of time, you need to increase the number of defensive counterattack tactical drills."
"Although there are not many teams in the Premier League that need us to play defensive counterattacks, this is our Crystal Palace's housekeeping skills after all, and we must not lose it."
"Understood, boss, I'll let those boys practice defensive counterattack tactics starting tomorrow."
Seeing that Chen Ran attached so much importance to the tactical style of play he designed, Simeone was naturally excited and clapped his chest to make sure.
Just when Chen Ran and his assistants were studying AC Milan, the head coach Ancelotti was also studying this strange new opponent in the AC Milan club in Milan, Italy.
"Carlo, this is the information about all the players of Crystal Palace Club you want. The video of the game is being edited, and it is estimated that it will be delivered tomorrow at the latest."
Assistant coach Tassotti put a thick stack of documents in front of Ancelotti.
"Okay, Mauro, hard work. Tell me what you think of the Crystal Palace team?"
Ancelotti asked casually while flipping through the documents in his hand.
"Although Crystal Palace is only a newly emerging Premier League team, it is very strong and difficult to deal with."
"Oh? You rate them so highly?"
For AC Milan, which has been competing for the Champions League all the year round, Ancelotti did not pay too much attention to Crystal Palace.
This kind of team that suddenly rose to qualify for the Champions League, and then disappeared from the Champions League in a flash, Ancelotti has seen a lot.
But his assistant Tasotti's evaluation made him immediately interested in Crystal Palace.
Ancelotti and Tasotti have known each other since they were players. The two played together in AC Milan, and now they are coaching together in AC Milan.
Tassotti's character, Ancelotti knew very well, this was never a rhetoric.
Therefore, Tasotti's high evaluation of Crystal Palace made Ancelotti immediately raise his vigilance against Crystal Palace.
"Yes, Carlo, I think we should pay enough attention to the Crystal Palace team."
"Tell me your reasons."
Ancelotti put down the Crystal Palace player information in his hand this time, and listened to Tasotti's analysis seriously.
"Although we don't know Crystal Palace, we are familiar with Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool, the three traditional Premier League teams."
Ancelotti nodded slightly, it is true, especially Manchester United and Arsenal, AC Milan have played many times in the Champions League these years.
Although AC Milan wins more and loses less and eliminates its opponents, Ancelotti must also admit that the three teams are not easy to deal with.
As for Liverpool? That is the pain in Ancelotti's heart forever, not to mention it.
"Crystal Palace is a newly-promoted player who just played in the Premier League last season. I checked the records of Crystal Palace and Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool three teams, and I was surprised."
"What's the matter? Crystal Palace played well against these three teams?"
Ancelotti was also aroused by Tasotti's curiosity at this time, and he couldn't help but ask a question.
"In the Premier League, with the exception of Manchester United's draw, Crystal Palace won all three against these three strong teams!"
"What? Mauro, do you mean that when Crystal Palace faced Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool, they all won except a draw?"
Crystal Palace's record really surprised Ancelotti.
Originally, he was leaning comfortably on the chair and talking to Tasotti, but now he has sat up straight, leaned forward slightly, stared at Tasotti's eyes, and repeated Tasotti's words in disbelief. .
"Yes, Carlo, you heard that right."
got Tasotti's affirmative answer, and Ancelotti couldn't sit still.
"Mauro, tell me in detail about Crystal Palace's tactics."
Ancelotti can't wait to slowly flip through the Crystal Palace's information, and let Tasotti report directly.
"Okay, Carlo. Crystal Palace's tactics are usually divided into three types, one is a defensive counterattack, the other is a twin-tower tactic with two high center forwards, and the other is to attack the whole line, press from a high position, and forcefully suppress. "
"I didn't expect a newly-promoted Premier League team to master three tactics at the same time. It seems that the head coach of Crystal Palace is not easy."
As Tasotti reports more and more, Ancelotti is now more and more interested in Crystal Palace.
"Ahem, the head coach of Crystal Palace is indeed something special."
Speaking of Chen Ran, Tasotti's face was also a little weird.
"What's wrong? What's so special about him?"
"This Chinese named Chen Ran is not only the head coach of Crystal Palace, but also the owner of Crystal Palace."
“???”
Now Ancelotti knows why Tassotti looks weird, this is really a maverick guy.
Don't blame Ancelotti for being ignorant. As the head coach of AC Milan, the top European giants, if you want to get his attention, you must at least qualify for the UEFA Champions League.
"It's quite special. However, this Chinese can bring a newly promoted horse to this point, he must be a very strong coach. Mauro, talk about his coaching style."
"As for the coaching style, it's not easy to describe. If I had to use one word to describe it, it would be 'utilitarian'."
"utility?"
"Yes."
"Why do you describe the Chinese coaching style like this?"
"I watched some of Crystal Palace's game videos. As long as Crystal Palace took the lead, in all likelihood, the Chinese would let the team return to half court and switch to defensive counterattack tactics. It doesn't matter if the opponent is a strong team or a weak team."
"Mauro, what do you mean, even against a weak team, that Chinese will shrink and fight back?"
"Yes."
Ancelotti now fully understands why Tasotti uses the word "utility" to describe Chen Ran's coaching style.
In other words, Ancelotti did not understand Chinese, otherwise he would know that there is actually a more suitable word, that is "gou".
"It's not easy to handle now. Mauro, you said that when the Chinese was playing against us, would he have adopted defensive counterattack tactics from the very beginning?"
Breaking the dense defense is a problem for the whole world, and Chen Ran's coaching style is so "utilitarian", Ancelotti can now imagine the picture of the game at that time.
"Uh, I think it's very possible."
Tasotti nodded helplessly, he understood Ancelotti's concerns, but things obviously couldn't go according to their wishes.
"Then we have to prepare for difficulties. Crystal Palace may not be easy to win this Champions League group match."
"Mauro, you will do a physical fitness test for the players later. We have more old players in our team. We just finished the league. Let's see who has more physical energy consumption."
"Don't worry, leave it to me."
In order to prepare for this Champions League match, Chen Ran brought Crystal Palace to Milan, Italy ahead of schedule.
After determining the tactical style of play for this game, Chen Ran has asked Simeone to repeatedly practice defensive counterattack tactics in training these days.
Especially the starting lineup he selected, that is the focus of the drill.
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 side of AC Milan, Ancelotti also determined the starting lineup early.
striker Shevchenko, striker Vieri
Front waist card
Left center midfielder Seedorf, right center midfielder Gattuso
Pirlo
Left-back Maldini, center-back Nesta, center-back Stam, right-back Cafu
Goalkeeper Dida
On the day of the game, when Chen Ran and his team members came to the stadium in the bus, they saw the famous San Siro stadium, which was only seen on TV in the previous life, and could accommodate 80,000 people. .
This time is his first time at San Siro, but it will never be the last.
Chen Ran's goal is simple, to conquer San Siro.
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(end of this chapter)