Football Feast, Starting From the Acquisition of European Clubs: Chapter 299 "Premier League Blind Man" Turnover
Chapter 299 "The Blind Man of the Premier League"
One stone stirred up a thousand waves, because the Red Bull Group's shareholding has made the Galaxy Football Group, which was only known to some insiders, now it is completely out of the circle.
Especially among many people who are not fans, when they heard that this group owns six football clubs spread over four continents, and among them, Crystal Palace Club is the most popular team in the world in recent years, they have been left unsure. Jue Li really has the impression of a fork.
Together with Chen Ran, the boss of the Galaxy Football Group, he suddenly became a big boss in the eyes of many people.
"Haha, boss, are you in a good mood recently?"
Crystal Palace Club, in Chen Ran's office, the little fat man teased Chen Ran with a mean smile.
"roll!"
Chen Ran unceremoniously gave him a middle finger, then turned to look at David Gill sitting on the sofa.
"David, you still have to work hard. The reception of the two clubs, Salzburg Red Bull and New York Red Bull, still requires you, the CEO of Galaxy Football Group, to come forward in person."
"Boss, these are all my jobs. Don't worry, I'll take care of them."
David Gill, as a newly joined member, naturally couldn't be as casual as Little Fatty. Seeing Chen Ran assigning himself a task, he immediately sat up straight from the sofa.
"Well, stability is the main priority when receiving. As long as there are no problems with the original club staff, they can keep as much as they can. However, if there is a problem, don't be soft-hearted, and deal with it as you please. I understand. ?"
"Okay, boss, I see."
After the cooperation with the Red Bull Group was finalized, Chen Ran also put his energy back on the Crystal Palace.
Because after this national team match day, Crystal Palace's new season of the Champions League and the English League Cup will start, plus the Premier League, it is another devil's schedule.
This season, Crystal Palace's grouping in the Champions League is not bad. The opponents in the same group are the Bundesliga team Schalke 04, the La Liga team Valencia, and the Norwegian team Rosenberg. There is not much problem of qualifying.
On September 15th, in the sixth round of the Premier League, Crystal Palace will play against Newcastle United at home;
On September 19th, in the first game of the Champions League group stage, Crystal Palace played at home against the Norwegian team Rosenberg;
September 22, the seventh round of the Premier League, Crystal Palace will go away to challenge Arsenal;
On September 26th, in the third round of the English League Cup, Crystal Palace played at home against South Allianz;
On September 29th, in the eighth round of the Premier League, Crystal Palace will face Bolton at home;
On October 4th, in the second game of the Champions League group stage, Crystal Palace will go away to challenge Valencia;
On October 6th, in the ninth round of the Premier League, Crystal Palace will go away to challenge Reading again.
Seven games will be played in twenty-one days, with an average of one every three days, including the Champions League away game to Spain.
Although Chen Ran has gradually adapted to the perverted level of the FA schedule over the past few years, he still couldn't help but curse again in his heart.
Although there was no club competition for two weeks, the national team competition after a long flight would consume more players.
Looking at the rejoined players on the training ground, they were stunned, Chen Ran frowned, and then turned to look at Guardiola beside him.
"Josep, hasn't the team doctor's physical examination report come out yet?"
"Boss, Gareth is here to remind me, just wait a little longer."
Guardiola is also aware of the reasons for Chen Ran's concern. When he is not sure about the physical condition of the players, he does not dare to arrange normal training. Now he can only let Simeone take the players to jog and relax.
"Boss, the report is out."
With the familiar voice coming from his ear, Chen Ran saw Southgate running towards him from a distance waving the test report in his hand.
"Gareth, just tell the result."
Chen Ran asked about Southgate while taking the report.
"According to the test results, the team doctor's suggestion is that it is best not to let players who are physically tired enter the starting lineup to avoid injuries."
Quickly flipping through the test report, Chen Ran's face turned black.
Good guy, almost most of the main players are in a state of physical fatigue. Those national team coaches are really ruthless when using players.
In desperation, Chen Ran had no choice but to send a starting lineup dominated by substitutes in the game against Newcastle United.
striker Dzeko, striker Cavani
Left midfielder Messi, center midfielder Yaya Toure, center midfielder Cesc Fabregas, right midfielder Beckham
Left-back Evra, center-back Pepe, center-back Vidic, right-back Alves
Goalkeeper Van der Sar
On the Newcastle United side, the current head coach Allardyce is also an old acquaintance of Chen Ran. The two have played each other many times since Crystal Palace was a Championship team.
However, no matter which team Allardyce coaches, so far, he has never taken advantage of Chen Ran.
Newcastle United, now coached by Allardyce, is the most powerful team he has brought in his coaching career.
During the summer transfer period this year, Newcastle United spent 9 million euros to buy England striker Alan Smith from Manchester United, another 8.5 million euros to bring in England midfielder Button from Manchester City, and 4.3 million euros from Paris Saint-Ger. Mann bought the Czech central defender Rozenal.
In addition, they also brought in Australian striker Viduka from Middlesbrough on a free transfer, Cameroonian ace Gremi from Chelsea, and Brazilian central defender Kakapa from Lyon.
Plus the original Irving, Duff, Martins, Milner, Emre, Shay, Bart, Baba Yaro, Ameobi, Enzobia and other powerful players. When Allardyce met Crystal Palace this time, he had the confidence to fight Chen Ran again.
striker Owen, striker Viduka
Left midfielder Duff, center midfielder Emre, center midfielder Button, right midfielder Milner
Left-back Enrique, center-back Rozenal, center-back Steven Taylor, right-back Karl
Goalkeeper Shay
The game was brilliant from the first minute. The Newcastle United midfielder, consisting of Emre, Button and Milner, made up for the lack of ability with their relentless running and fierce fighting. Crystal Palace played back and forth without falling behind.
On the other hand, on the Crystal Palace side, neither Cesc Fabregas nor Beckham are the kind of players who do dirty work, let alone Messi.
The only Yaya Toure who is close in terms of physical fitness is actually a B2B midfielder with both offense and defense. And the real ruthless characters Vieira and Mascherano are still sitting on the bench to rest.
"Boss, the hardness of our midfield seems to be a bit lacking. Should we replace Vieira or Mascherano and the others to suppress it?"
Guardiola, who soon discovered the problem, immediately approached Chen Ran and proposed.
Guardiola has discovered the problem, of course Chen Ran also saw it.
It’s only been less than ten minutes since the start of the game. If you change players now, it will lose the meaning of letting the players rotate and rest. If these tired players get injured again, it will be even more lost.
"Don't worry, just wait and see. According to Newcastle United's current style of play, their players' physical fitness cannot last for 90 minutes."
"I guess that Allardyce just wanted to grab the opening game. After 20 minutes of the game, they will most likely return to the normal game rhythm."
Guardiola pondered Chen Ran's judgment in his heart, and found that it was really as Chen Ran said, Newcastle United are running and fighting hard like a mad dog now, and it is not sustainable at all.
It turns out that the boss is the boss, and he found the other party's flaws at a glance.
Meanwhile, from the Newcastle United bench, Allardyce was also watching the situation nervously.
As Chen Ran expected, his strategy today was to grab the opening game and be caught off guard by hitting Crystal Palace.
Because Allardyce knew very well in his heart, if Crystal Palace were to fight one by one, Newcastle United would definitely not be the opponent of Crystal Palace.
Therefore, to win this game, there is only one way to win by surprise.
However, Allardyce also knew that the current style of play would consume too much physical strength for the players, so he set himself the exact same time as Chen Ran's judgment, which was 20 minutes.
five minutes, ten minutes, fifteen minutes
The game time passed quickly as Allardyce looked down at his watch again and again.
Just when he walked to the sidelines, ready to greet the players to recover the formation and honestly play defensive counterattacks.
Duff on the left, under the interference of Alves, still passed the ball to the penalty area of Crystal Palace.
Under Vidic's close pressing, Viduka had no way to head the goal directly, so he had to ferry the ball to Owen, who was not far from him.
Seeing the ball flying towards his position, Owen immediately jumped into the air, wanting to make a volley side hook.
At this moment, Pepe, who was in charge of marking Owen, also stretched his foot over, trying to block Owen's shot.
"what!"
heard a scream, and Owen fell heavily from the air to the ground.
It turned out that Pepe's long legs stabbed the ball first.
And the foot that Owen wanted to shoot did not hit the ball, but hit the stud on the sole of the foot that Pepe stretched out to block.
This was a blow to the pot. Whether it was a player from Newcastle United or a player from Crystal Palace, they all rushed to the location of the incident.
"Beep!"
Seeing that the situation was not good, the referee rushed over to separate the players from both sides.
On the sidelines, seeing that it was Chen Ran who had an accident with Pepe again, he was immediately speechless. When will this guy be able to make him feel more relieved?
But now is not the time to think about these things.
glanced at the referee on the field, he was still an acquaintance, and had whistled Clattenberg in the Chinese Super League in his previous life.
Now Clattenberg is still very young and has just been promoted to an international referee this year.
Just in case, Chen Ran silently turned on the system and quietly used a "Eagle Eye Guardian Card".
For the rest, we can only pray that Pepe really does not foul.
At this time, with the help of the assistant referee, Clattenberg finally appeased the players on both sides. The Newcastle United team doctor is also emergency treatment of Owen, who is still lying on the ground.
To say that Owen, a former talented striker, is also ill-fated, and the continuous injuries have turned him from the hope of England into the current ordinary star.
Soon, the Newcastle United team doctor made a substitution gesture for Allardyce on the sidelines.
"Fxxxxk!"
Allardyce unabashedly spit on the sidelines, and then called Martins from the bench to warm up.
Meanwhile, Clattenberg on the field made a shocking penalty.
After Owen was carried off the pitch, he awarded the ball to Newcastle United, but it was not a penalty.
Because of the ball that was stabbed by Pepe just now, he was kicked out of the sideline by Van der Sar with a big foot.
So, it's Newcastle United's attacking throw-in.
This time, the players of Newcastle United were in a frenzy.
They thought that even if they didn't give Pepe a red card, they still couldn't run away with a penalty and a yellow card.
As a result, now not only does Pepe have nothing to do, but there is no penalty.
Can you endure such a thing?
In addition, Clattenberg is still an obscure young referee, and the Newcastle United players suddenly surrounded him in the middle, as if they were going to eat Clattenberg alive at any time.
On the sidelines, Allardyce, who was out of anger, was also furious, and he was a powerful output at the fourth official.
On the bench of the Crystal Palace not far away, Chen Ran quietly watched the scene in front of him, feeling dark in his heart.
"Xiao Ke, although your current situation is definitely not easy, but the slow-motion technology broadcast on TV will make you innocent. You will become famous at a young age because you insist on correct punishment today."
"At that time, you can bid farewell to the title of 'Premier Blind Man' and start a new life. You will be grateful that I used the 'Hawkeye Guardian Card' today."
While Chen Ran was muttering inwardly, the major TV stations broadcasting the Premier League were also replaying the slow motion of Owen's injury just now.
"The slow motion shows that Pepe stabbed the ball first, and then Owen's foot hit the stud on Pepe's sole and was injured. Therefore, the referee Clattenberg's penalty was accurate, and Pepe did not commit a foul."
"Although Irving's re-injury is something everyone doesn't want to see, but from the slow motion of the replay, Pepe did not foul on this ball."
"Judging from the slow motion of the replay, Crystal Palace's defender Pepe did not foul this ball. This young referee Clattenberg can withstand the pressure and insist on the correct result of the penalty, and he will definitely become a top referee in the future, with an unlimited future. ."
"Although the game is not over yet, we have already found a good young referee in advance. Clattenberg, good work!"
(end of this chapter)