Football Feast, Starting From the Acquisition of European Clubs: Chapter 174 I didn\'t expect these little guys to be really good at it!

   Chapter 174 I didn't expect these little guys to be really good at it!

  Because the starting lineup sent by Crystal Palace in this game are all substitutes and young players. This gave Benitez the feeling that he was full of strength, but punched the cotton.

  Chen Ran played this game very thoroughly. Not only did all the players use the substitutes, but even the command of the game was handed over to Simeone, who was good at defensive counterattacks.

  Simeone took his tactical concept to the extreme, contracted the defense all over the court, and entangled with Liverpool until the last moment of the game.

   If it wasn't for the inexperience of Pique coming off the bench and giving Liverpool a penalty, Simeone might have dragged Liverpool to a penalty shootout.

   When it comes time to kick a penalty, anything can happen.

   gave up the League Cup match with Liverpool, and the main players of Crystal Palace got a sufficient rest time.

   Three days later, in the eleventh round of the Premier League, Crystal Palace beat Portsmouth 3-0 at home with goals from Ronaldo, Modric and Mascherano.

   After finishing the Premier League, Chen Ran took the team to Sevilla, Spain, to challenge Real Betis away.

   For this Champions League group match, Chen Ran still did not dare to relax at all, and dispatched all the main players of Crystal Palace.

   However, because it was an away game, Chen Ran adopted Simeone's defensive counterattack tactics.

  Real Betis obviously wanted to win Crystal Palace at their home, and pressed the attack on the whole line at the beginning of the game.

  Fortunately, Chen Ran was well prepared. After more than two years of training, Crystal Palace's defensive players already have a strong ability to resist strikes.

  Real Betis stormed the majority of the game, but still failed to break the Crystal Palace defense.

   Seventy minutes after the game, the physical fitness of the Real Betis players began to decline significantly.

   And this is the opportunity Chen Ran was waiting for.

   Substitutions, evolutions, and onslaught.

  Crystal Palace was in a hurry and scored with a header from Tony to beat Real Betis 1:0 away.

   After the game, Chen Ran immediately flew back to London from Seville with the team overnight.

  Three days later, Crystal Palace will usher in a fierce battle with Arsenal.

   When I returned to London, it was the next morning.

   Not to mention the players of Crystal Palace, even Chen Ran and other coaches who don't need to play are too tired to move.

   Put all the team members home and have a good rest for a day. When we gathered again, it was the morning of the third day.

   Due to the continuous battle, the physical condition of the players has been used to the limit.

   Therefore, Chen Ran did not arrange any training, just let the assistants move their bodies with activities and do some simple recovery movements.

   "Boss, the physical condition of the players is not very good. Some players are already overtired. If they use it again, I am afraid they are prone to injuries."

   Guardiola said, and handed Chen Ran the physical condition monitoring data report of the Crystal Palace players.

  Chen Ran took a look and his heart sank.

  It's so **** meow, almost all the main players are too tired.

   It seems that in this game against Arsenal, it is impossible not to rotate.

   After all, the season is still very long. If the main players are injured for this game, it will not be worth it.

   "Josep, you go to the youth team to transfer some young people over. Let's add young players from the bench for this game."

   "Oh boss, are you going to give up this game against Arsenal?"

   "Who said that? Arsenal are also playing in the Champions League group stage, and their players are not much better than ours."

   Chen Ran glared at Guardiola angrily.

   "Besides, our Crystal Palace's substitutes and young players are not bad. Who will win and who will lose in this game is not certain."

  Since things have developed to this point, Chen Ran simply decided to play a big game. So, he drew up a jaw-dropping starting lineup.

   striker Dzeko (19 years old), striker Suarez (18 years old)

   Left midfielder Bell (16 years old), right midfielder Vardy (18 years old)

   Midfielder Mascherano (21 years old), midfielder Yaya Toure (22 years old)

   Left back Evra (24 years old), central defender Thiago Silva (21 years old), central defender Pepe (22 years old), right back Alves (22 years old)

   Goalkeeper Van der Sar (35 years old)

   It can be said that, except for goalkeeper Van der Sar, all are young players.

   The average age of this lineup is only 21.63 years old.

  Especially in the frontcourt, the oldest Dzeko is 19 years old, and the youngest Bell is just 16 years old after graduating from high school.

  When Chen Ran came up with this starting list, whether it was Guardiola, Simeone or Southgate were all stunned.

   "Boss, are you kidding me?"

   Southgate looked a little confused.

   "Cough, what are you thinking? Would I joke about this kind of thing?"

   "Boss, this match against Arsenal is the Premier League, not the League Cup like the previous match against Liverpool."

  Simeone worried that Chen Ran had misremembered the nature of the game, so he kindly reminded him.

   "I know it's the Premier League against Arsenal. I'm not old yet, I have a good memory."

   "Boss, although Arsenal also played in the Champions League, their grouping is better than ours. There are no strong teams in their group."

   "Two days ago, they easily won the Czech Republic's Sparta Prague 3:0 at home, and we just flew back from Spain."

   "From the point of view of physical consumption, Arsenal can be said to wait for work, they can send the main lineup to deal with us."

   "If we use this lineup to play Arsenal, I'm afraid it will be a lot worse."

   Guardiola is obviously very worried about Chen Ran's starting lineup, and his eyebrows are wrinkled together.

"Do you think I want to take such a risk? You have also read the physical condition monitoring data of the players that Josep brought over. Do you think these main players can play again? For the sake of a game, the main players were injured. ,does it worth?"

  Chen Ran spread his hands and looked helplessly at the three musketeers in front of him.

   This time, Guardiola and the three of them stopped talking.

   They are all players, especially Southgate and Simeone, who are still the main players of Crystal Palace.

   How is their physical condition, when they reach their age, they probably know in their hearts.

   It's not that I can't continue to play, but it's really easy to get injured.

   It may be an ordinary, usually fine action, but if you do it now, you will be injured.

"Okay, I know your worries. But things have come to this point, and you have to make a choice. Besides, the level of our young players is still very good. Maybe they can bring us surprises, not necessarily. ."

  Chen Ran was busy convincing his assistant to accept his exaggerated starting list.

   And here at Arsenal, Wenger is in a good mood.

  Although the team's performance in the Premier League is not very good, but in the Champions League, Arsenal is playing well.

  The financial situation of the club has made Wenger's mentality very calm now.

   He knew in his heart that it was difficult for Arsenal to compete with Crystal Palace and Chelsea for the Premier League championship.

   Therefore, he put his main energy into various cup competitions, especially the European Champions Cup.

   After all, compared to the league, there are far fewer matches in the cup, and it is easier to upset.

   It may be possible to win the championship with just one or two key games.

   More importantly, the high bonuses of the Champions League are a very crucial income for Arsenal, who are now short of money.

   However, in the face of the upcoming Premier League match with Crystal Palace, Wenger is not going to let it go.

   Because he has carefully studied the Crystal Palace schedule, and their opponents.

   Wenger is sure that Crystal Palace must be exhausted now, and this is also the easiest time for Crystal Palace to deal with.

   If such a good opportunity is missed, it is true that God will not forgive himself.

   Arsenal and Crystal Palace have played against each other in the past two years. Arsenal have always been overwhelmed by Crystal Palace.

   So far, Arsenal have yet to win against Crystal Palace. Where does this put Wenger's face?

   Therefore, after Wenger easily won Sparta Prague at home, he has been gearing up and waiting for Crystal Palace to send him home.

   Looking at the photo of Chen Ran in the newspaper in front of him, Wenger smiled slightly.

   "Little guy, I'm sorry, I must give you some color this time."

  Because from the beginning of this season, Crystal Palace have been renting Arsenal's Highbury Stadium.

   So although this game is Arsenal's home ground, Crystal Palace is no stranger to it, but the stadium is now filled with Arsenal fans.

   In order to win this game, Wenger still did his best.

  F Henry, striker Bergkamp

  Left midfielder Pires, center midfielder Gilberto Silva, center midfielder Hleb, right midfielder Ljungberg

   Left-back Ashley Cole, center-back Campbell, center-back Kolo Toure, right-back Lauren

   Goalkeeper Lehmann

   Just when Wenger was smug about winning Crystal Palace, assistant coach Pat Rice brought him the Crystal Palace starting roster.

   "Pat, are you sure this starting list is real?"

   Wenger looked at his assistant with a look of disbelief.

   "Yes, boss. When I first saw it, I also thought that this starting list must be wrong. But after repeated confirmation, this is indeed Crystal Palace's starting list for this game."

  Pat Rice shrugged, indicating that he was surprised too.

   "It seems that the little guy from China is planning to give up this game."

   "I guess so. Crystal Palace just came back from the Champions League game in Spain, and their main players must be very tired, otherwise the Chinese would not have missed a main player."

   "Hehe, Pat, it seems that we are more sure of winning the Crystal Palace game today."

   "Yes, boss. Today, we Arsenal must win!"

  When the players of the two teams lined up to enter the stadium, it was not only fans who were familiar with Crystal Palace who were surprised.

   Even the media reporters who were watching the game from the stands widened their eyes one by one, repeatedly confirming the players that Crystal Palace played.

   "Good guy, Crystal Palace really played off the bench today."

   "Yeah, none of the main players made it. Is that Chinese going to give up this game?"

   "I'm afraid that's true. Crystal Palace has six games in 16 days, and just flew back from Spain after the Champions League game the day before yesterday. I estimate that the main players of Crystal Palace must be very tired now."

   "Nine times out of ten, this is the case. Otherwise, the Chinese would not give up this Premier League game. This is not a League Cup game."

   "Then this decision is really bold enough. You know that Chelsea is only three points behind Crystal Palace. If Crystal Palace loses this game, then Chelsea will catch up."

   "Hehe, it's more interesting this way, isn't it. If Crystal Palace is far ahead like last season, I'm going to vomit when I write about Crystal Palace."

"That is, the league still needs competition to look better. Although I don't like Chelsea's upstart, but if they can prevent the Chinese from Crystal Palace from continuing to win the Premier League title, then I don't mind being a Chelsea fan. "

   "Haha, I thought so too."

   "Metoo!"

   Seeing the full bench lineup sent by Crystal Palace, Wenger will naturally not be polite.

   When the referee blew the whistle for the start of the game, Arsenal pressed on all the way, posing as if they were going to eat Crystal Palace in one bite.

   Fortunately, although Crystal Palace's lineup is too young, the defensive line players from the midfielder to the goalkeeper still have a lot of game experience.

  It was a rush, to be sure, but it didn't collapse as soon as Wenger expected.

  According to Chen Ran's request, the two fullbacks Bell and Vardy also returned to their own half to help Evra and Alves defend.

  Suarez also retreated near the center circle to harass Arsenal's Hleb, who was responsible for organizing the attack.

   Only Dzeko was left behind by Chen Ran, ready to act as a bridgehead for counterattacks at any time.

   For these young players in the youth team, there are not many opportunities to play in normal times.

   Even if there are opportunities to play, most of them are some games that the team is ready to give up.

  For example, in the League Cup against Liverpool before, even the coach of the team, Chen Ran, was not even standing on the sidelines to direct the game.

   This time is very different from the past, this game is the Premier League. And to face, is the traditional strong team Arsenal. Standing on the sidelines and directing the game was also the team's head coach, Chen Ran himself.

   This time, these teenagers who got the chance to play are very excited. They all made up their minds to perform well in order to leave a deep impression on Chen Ran.

   So, I saw these young generals running on the field and fighting with their lives. With their actions, help the team make up for the lack of experience and ability.

   So much so that Arsenal attacked for more than 20 minutes, but failed to break the goal guarded by Van der Sar.

   This not only shocked Wenger, but even Chen Ran was a little surprised.

   "Boss, I didn't expect these little guys to be really good at it!"

   Guardiola's admiration came from his ears. Although Chen Ran didn't agree, the corners of his mouth were slightly raised.

   (end of this chapter)