Football Feast, Starting From the Acquisition of European Clubs: Chapter 269 Ibrahimovic\'s doubts

   Chapter 269 Ibrahimovic's questioning

   "Of course it's the truth."

   Hearing Mendes's tone, Mourinho's face darkened, because he knew that Mendes would definitely not have anything good to say next.

   As Mourinho expected, Mendes poured him another basin of cold water.

"José, to be honest, I don't think Crystal Palace will collapse. After two years of competition, I believe that you already know Chen Ran's ability very well. If you say this difficulty, you can stun him, do you believe it yourself? ?"

  Mendez's remarks suddenly silenced Mourinho.

   Ask yourself, Mourinho doesn’t actually believe that a mere absence of Vieira can bring down Crystal Palace.

  For every head coach, it is very common for the main players to be injured and absent. If this problem can't be solved, Chen Ran will not be able to win so many championship trophies.

   "José, although I don't think Crystal Palace will fall apart, but in any case, now is a good opportunity for you."

   "You don't care what happens to Crystal Palace, what happens to Manchester United, you just lead Chelsea to win all the remaining Premier League games."

   "If you can win all the remaining Premier League games, you can leave Chelsea with your head held high even if you don't win the title."

   Hit a stick to a sweet date, and Mendes played this trick very well.

   He first poured a bowl of cold water on Mourinho, who was a little excited, and then poured him a bowl of chicken soup.

   Seeing the renewed fighting spirit in Mourinho's eyes, Mendes knew that this bowl of chicken soup worked.

   Just when the outside world was hyping the recent decline of Crystal Palace, inside the Crystal Palace Club, it was calm.

  The team members who were affected by the media and had some emotional fluctuations, all felt relieved when they saw that Chen Ran was no different from usual.

  Crystal Palace has been able to develop from a Championship team to the present, all of which were created by Chen Ran.

   Most of the players in the Crystal Palace team have followed Chen Ran all the way from the Championship to today. These people have extraordinary confidence in Chen Ran.

   It can be said that in the current Crystal Palace Club, Chen Ran is the Dinghai Shenzhen.

  Many team members have a deep-rooted idea in their minds, that is, as long as Chen Ran is there, no matter how big the difficulty is.

  Two consecutive draws, Manchester United and Chelsea have narrowed the points gap to less than one goal, and Vieira may be reimbursed for the season. Although these things have caused Chen Ran a bit of trouble, he is not in a hurry.

   After all, we are also people with trump cards.

  Chen Ran cleaned up the trump cards in the system, which were quite sufficient.

   Take another look at the next schedule, Crystal Palace's next opponent is the Premier League giants Liverpool.

   Well, let's start with Liverpool first, to save all the ghosts and monsters.

   After making up his mind, Chen Ran left Ronaldo alone after training.

   That's right, he intends to use the "Level 1 Chicken Blood Card" for Ronaldo in the game against Liverpool.

   "Boss, what are you doing to me?"

  C Luo looked at Chen Ran with a worried look on his face. He now has a bit of a psychological shadow over Chen Ran talking to him alone. Could it be that his state is about to go into a downturn again?

   "Ahem, Chris, according to my observation, you will have a peak in the next game against Liverpool."

   "So in this game, I will give you 'free fire'. Take the opportunity to score a few more goals, and give a few loud slaps to those who have been underestimating our Crystal Palace recently."

   "Huh? Boss, do you mean that after playing Liverpool, I will have three more downturns, right?"

   As soon as he heard the word "freedom to fire", Ronaldo's handsome face suddenly wrinkled into a bitter face.

   "Cough, that's right. The three games are quick, and it's over after a while."

   Looking at Ronaldo's bitter face, Chen Ranqiang held back his smile and patted him on the shoulder.

"understood"

  On April 7th, in the thirty-second round of the Premier League, Crystal Palace played against Liverpool at home.

  Because of Vieira's injury, for safety reasons, Chen Ran used a four-back formation in this game.

   Center Ibrahimovic

   Left midfielder Cristiano Ronaldo, midfielder Kaka, right midfielder Ribery

   Defender Yaya Toure, Defender Mascherano

  Left-back Chiellini, center-back Thiago Silva, center-back Vidic, right-back Maicon

   Goalkeeper Cech

   On the Liverpool side, seeing Crystal Palace's recent decline, coach Benitez is also ready to take advantage of the situation. When he was interviewed by the media, he even threatened to beat Crystal Palace.

   Center Kuyt

   Left midfielder Zenden, midfielder Kewell, right midfielder Pennant

   Defender Harvey Alonso, Defender Gerrard

  Left-back Riise, center-back Agger, center-back Carragher, right-back Finnan

   Goalkeeper Reina

   However, Benitez is a master of tactics after all, and he did not order Liverpool players to press on and attack.

When the referee blew the whistle for the start of the game, Liverpool's entire formation was still relatively back, and they only tentatively launched a few attacks on Crystal Palace before shrinking back to play a defensive counterattack. Benitez seemed to have completely forgotten Those rhetoric spoken in interviews with the media.

   "Boss, didn't Benitez threaten to beat us Crystal Palace during the interview? How did he shrink back and fight back? He wanted to beat us just like that?"

  Seeing Benitez's formation on the field, Guardiola was speechless for a while. There are really everyone these days.

   "Hehe, Josep, you'll get used to it in the future. These old foxes are more cunning than each other. You can't believe a word of what they say."

   "That's it, I see."

Because Chen Ran used the "level 1 chicken blood card" for Ronaldo, at the pre-match preparation meeting, he made it clear that Ronaldo had the "right to fire freely" in this game, and asked other players to give Ronaldo more Create opportunities.

  Most players are very obedient, and what Chen Ran says is what he says.

   Because of what they have experienced along the way with Chen Ran, they have proven countless times that as long as they follow Chen Ran's orders, they will eventually win the game.

   But Ibrahimovic, who just joined Crystal Palace last summer, is a little unconvinced. This season, he has been showing signs of being with Ronaldo, and no one is convinced.

   If you score one goal, I will score two; if you score one world wave, I will also score one world wave.

   Now that Chen Ran not only gave Ronaldo the "right to fire freely," he even asked everyone else to create opportunities for Ronaldo. Isn't this eccentric? Ibrahimovic exploded on the spot.

   "Boss, I have an opinion. If Chris can score goals, so can I. You let everyone create opportunities for him, isn't that eccentric?"

  Ibrahimovic stood up suddenly and loudly questioned Chen Ran's decision with a look of dissatisfaction.

  Ibrahimovic shocked everyone at once.

   Good guy, since Chen Ran joined Crystal Palace Club, apart from the players left before Chen Ran acquired Crystal Palace in the early days, this is the first time anyone dares to publicly question his decision.

   Kaka, who also joined Crystal Palace last summer, quickly tugged at Zlatan Ibrahimovic's clothes, wanting him to sit down first.

   But Zlatan Ibrahimovic's 195CM big man didn't move at all. Obviously, Chen Ran had to give him an explanation.

   "Hehe, do you really think I'm partial?"

  Chen Ran glanced at Zlatan Ibrahimovic speechlessly, feeling a little funny in his heart.

  If Ibrahimovic knew what price Ronaldo had to pay, I don’t know what kind of expression he would have.

"Is not it?"

  Ibrahimovic, who was still very young, pinched his neck and looked at Chen Ran stubbornly.

   "Chris, tell Zlatan about your situation."

   "Okay, boss."

Ronaldo stood up in response, first glanced at Ibrahimovic with a strange look, and then judged Chen Ran that he would be at his peak in this game, and then he would enter a downturn that lasted for three games. Things are said again.

   This time, not only the players including Ibrahimovic were dumbfounded, but even Guardiola and the other assistant coaches were dumbfounded.

   "Chris, are you kidding me? How can anyone grasp the ups and downs of a player's state so accurately?"

  Ibrahimovic seriously suspects that Ronaldo is fooling him.

   "It's true. This has happened to me several times, and every time it proves the boss's judgment is right."

   Halfway through, Ronaldo seemed to suddenly remember something.

   "Oh, I forgot that you only joined our Crystal Palace last summer. You don't know what happened in the past."

   Having said that, Cristiano Ronaldo looked at the other teammates of Crystal Palace.

   "Do you remember how many times I didn't make the starting lineup for three consecutive games?"

   "I remember. You mean, that's when you're in a slump, right?"

  Ribery stood up first to answer Ronaldo's question.

   "That's right. You should also remember that before that, the boss also gave me the 'right to fire' right?"

   "That's what happened. I thought it was the boss's bias at the time, but your ability is really strong, so everyone didn't say anything."

   It was Alves who stood up to speak this time, and he made an expression of sudden realization as he spoke.

   Listening to your teammates and your recollections of the past, Ibrahimovic was still suspicious. He even suspected that these guys were acting together to deceive him.

   After all, this thing is unbelievable.

   He has never heard of any coach who can accurately grasp the ups and downs of a player's state to a certain game.

   If the boss is really like what Chris said, wouldn’t his coaching level reach an incredible level?

   "Zlatan, this is a bit unbelievable. But don't worry, let's see if Chris is what I judged. You will always believe what you see with your own eyes, right?"

   "Okay, boss, I will pay attention to Chris's next performance. In this game, I will also try my best to create opportunities for him."

   "Very good, you will get a satisfactory answer."

  Because of such an episode before the game, the Crystal Palace players on the court are now trying their best to pass the ball to Ronaldo.

   And Cristiano Ronaldo did not let everyone down. At his peak, he pushed Liverpool's right-back Finnan to a screeching halt.

In the 23rd minute, Kaka and Cristiano Ronaldo on the left made consecutive two-to-one cooperation, first passing Liverpool's right midfielder Pennant, and then passing right midfielder Jie rad.

   In the face of Finnan who came up to block, Ronaldo knocked the ball with a good heel. While knocking Finnan to the ground, he cut inwards to the middle and dribbled the ball directly into Liverpool's penalty area.

   Seeing that the situation was not good, the center back Carragher on the right side of Liverpool hurried up to stop Cristiano Ronaldo from continuing to move towards the goal.

  Cristiano Ronaldo made another fried ball. After shaking the angle, he used his right foot to shoot a curved ball before Carragher stretched his foot to destroy it.

  The ball was fast and fast, spinning towards the upper left corner of the Liverpool goal.

   Seeing Ronaldo's shot, Liverpool goalkeeper Reina immediately jumped into the air and flew to the side, trying to save the ball from the baseline.

  Unfortunately, Ronaldo's shot angle was too awkward. Reina stretched his arm to the limit and failed to reach the ball. In the end, he could only watch the ball turn into Liverpool's net.

   "GOAL!"

   With Cristiano Ronaldo's wonderful goal, Crystal Palace led Liverpool 1:0.

   "Cristiano Ronaldo once again staged a world wave, helping Crystal Palace take the lead shortly after the opening!"

"It was a two-to-one with Kaka, then a juggling past two Liverpool defenders, and finally a wonderful curling shot. Cristiano Ronaldo's goal, wonderful Absolutely!"

   "With Cristiano Ronaldo's goal, Crystal Palace quickly took the lead. Who said Crystal Palace started to go downhill?"

   "Cristiano Ronaldo's goal sounded the horn of Crystal Palace's strong counterattack!"

   Seeing Ronaldo's goal, there was no movement from Liverpool.

   Benitez was very calm. He was mentally prepared for Crystal Palace's first goal, and he still continued to execute according to the plan he prepared before the game.

  Unfortunately, Benitez didn't know that Chen Ran used the "Level 1 Chicken Blood Card" for Ronaldo today, how powerful Ronaldo was at his peak, and he was not mentally prepared at all.

  The game went on to the 38th minute, and Ribery made a cross from the right.

  Because of the interference from Liverpool left-back Riise, Ribery's passing quality was not very good.

  The ball has a high arc and great strength. Ibrahimovic in the penalty area carried Liverpool's central defender Agger to jump for the top, but neither of them could top the ball.

   Liverpool's other central defender Carragher jumped behind Ibrahimovic and Agger, but barely touched the ball and flew it to the right sideline.

   Seeing that the ball was about to fly out of Liverpool's penalty area, a figure suddenly rushed over from the wing.

   (end of this chapter)