Football Feast, Starting From the Acquisition of European Clubs: Chapter 423 each has ghosts
Just one day later, the 16th round of the Premier League is about to start again. This time, Crystal Palace will take on Fulham at the Emirates Stadium.
Fortunately, Crystal Palace won the Champions League round of 16 ahead of schedule and can rotate in the final round, otherwise the players will definitely be exhausted by such a perverted schedule.
Crystal Palace, who played all the main players, easily defeated Fulham 3:1 at home with the goals of Cristiano Ronaldo, Messi and Yaya Toure.
At the same time as he got three points, Chen Ran also got a "Level 1 Chicken Blood Card" from the system.
In other matches in this round of the Premier League, Chelsea beat Everton 3:2 at Stamford Bridge, Manchester United beat Aston Villa 1:0 at home, and Manchester City also beat Bolton 3:2 away.
As for Liverpool, they lost 1:2 to Arsenal at Anfield, and they couldn't stop the downward trend as if they were on a slide.
Still in the VIP box at Anfield, Nasser Al-Khelaifi, the chairman of the Liverpool Club, watched the whole game with a gloomy face. He could not remember the first time he saw Liverpool lose.
"Antro, you can contact Guardiola again. As long as he is willing to come and take over Liverpool now, he can put forward any conditions."
Nasser Al-Khrafi turned his head to the sports director Antro Enrique and said.
"Okay, Mr. Chairman. But, with all due respect, I don't have much hope. How about we contact another coach?"
Antro Enrique is also speechless about the current results of Liverpool Club. How can this Benitez not live up to his expectations? At least until the end of the season.
"Other coaches? Comparable to Guardiola?"
Nasser Al-Khrafi stopped Antero Enrique in one sentence.
After hesitating for a while, Antero Enrique insisted on naming his candidate.
"Mr. Chairman, what do you think of the Barcelona coach Rijkaard before Guardiola? He led Barcelona to the Champions League trophy."
"The most important thing is that this Rijkaard is not coaching any club now and can come and take over Liverpool at any time."
"Rijkaard?"
At the age of Nasser Al-Khrafi, as long as he is a football fan, it is impossible not to know the reputation of "The Three Musketeers of the Netherlands".
And Rijkaard did lead Barcelona to the La Liga and Champions League trophies, which is also a real achievement.
Even though Guardiola's rising momentum is very obvious now, he has only won the La Liga championship so far.
Thinking of this, Nasser Al-Khelaifi was a little tempted.
Nasser Al-Khelaifi finally made up his mind after a long time of weighing between Guardiola and Rijkaard.
"Antro, you should contact Guardiola first. If he is willing to take over Liverpool now, then we will still follow the original plan."
"If Guardiola insists on staying in Barcelona until the end of the season, then you can contact Rijkaard and invite him to coach us in Liverpool."
"Okay, Mr. Chairman."
Seeing that his boss was finally willing to change his mind, Antero Enrique was also greatly relieved.
You must know that Nasser Al-Khelaife had identified Guardiola before, which made Antro Enrique extremely passive when negotiating with Guardiola's agent, his brother Pere Guardiola , It can be said that it was completely grasped by Pere Guardiola and asked for anything.
Moreover, Nasser Al-Khelaife also agreed to let Pere Guardiola serve as Liverpool's transfer consultant, which can be said to be directly splitting power from Antro Enrique, which also made Antro Enrique Rick was very upset.
After getting Nasser Al-Khelaife's sword of Shangfang, Antro Enrique immediately called Pere Guardiola.
On the phone, Antro Enrique first chatted with Pere Guardiola about unimportant matters for a long time, and then asked Guardiola lightly if he could do it now. Come and take over Liverpool.
Pere. Guardiola did not take this call seriously, because the Liverpool club hoped that Guardiola would go to coach as soon as possible. The other party raised it not once or twice.
Pere Guardiola thought this time was the same as before. After all, Antro Enrique's tone sounded hopeless, more like a routine, so Pere Guardiola also followed the previous answer. Deal with Antero Enrique.
During this period of time, Pere Guardiola has also been paying attention to the performance of Liverpool Club, knowing that the opponent's performance has fallen sharply.
But for Pere Guardiola, this is exactly what he wants to see now.
Because, only the worse the Liverpool club's performance, the higher the conditions he put forward for his brother after the end of the season.
So, as long as they don't get relegated, Pere Guardiola can't help Liverpool lose more games.
Therefore, Antro Enrique and Pere Guardiola, each with their own ingenuity, hurriedly ended the phone call that was enough to change the future world football pattern.
After hanging up Pere Guardiola's call, Antro Enrique smiled contentedly, and then immediately called Rijkaard's agent.
Just three days off after the match against Fulham, Crystal Palace ushered in the 17th round of the Premier League. This time, they will be at home against Arsenal.
After selling the team's two main players, Adebayor and Kolo Toure, at a high price in the summer, Arsenal still maintained a good combat effectiveness under Wenger's training.
Now both Arsenal players and fans have come to understand the reality, that is, the Arsenal club just wants to make good money and has no intention of competing for the championship.
Therefore, Arsenal's games are pleasing to the eye, and no matter how strong their opponents are, they never put on a bus. This is also an important reason why they can maintain the most expensive tickets in the Premier League without a championship.
Even in the match against Crystal Palace, Wenger did not change his usual tactical style of play and sent all the main force to fight against Crystal Palace.
Striker Van Persie
Left midfielder Nasri, center midfielder Arshavin, center midfielder Rosicky, right midfielder Theo Walcott
Alexander Song
Left-back Clichy, center-back William Gallas, center-back Vermaelen, right-back Sagna
Goalkeeper Almunia
On the Crystal Palace side, although Arsenal no longer have the strength to compete for the league title, Chen Ran still sent the best players.
Center Tony
Left midfielder Cristiano Ronaldo, midfielder Modric, right midfielder Messi
Defender Yaya Toure, Defender Mascherano
Left-back Evra, center-back Thiago Silva, center-back Vidic, right-back Alves
Goalkeeper Cech
I have to admit that although Arsenal sells their main players every year, coach Wenger's vision in selecting players is indeed admirable.
He can always introduce new players at a lower price to make up for the vacancies left by the main players leaving, and can also keep the team's strength above a certain level.
When the referee blew the whistle for the start of the game, Van Persie, Nasri, Arshavin, Rosicky and Walcott on Arsenal's attacking line immediately caused a lot of trouble for Crystal Palace's defense.
These guys have distinct characteristics, some are fast, some are skilled, some have strong organizational skills, and some have strong scoring ability. For a while, the Crystal Palace defense line was in a hurry.
In order to deal with the extremely fast Walcott, Chen Ran also deliberately put the slow Chiellini on the bench and let the fast Evra start.
In the end, Evra still failed to prevent Walcott, and was successfully passed by this little guy using his speed to break through.
In the penalty area, although Van Persie failed to grab the ball under the front and back of Vidic and Thiago Silva. But under his interference, Vidic failed to exert enough force to push the ball far away.
Outside the penalty area, there were two points of Arshavin and Rosicky waiting for a long shot. Under the close pressing of Yaya Toure and Mascherano, no one could touch the ball.
At this time, Alexander Song, the defensive midfielder in Arsenal's 4141 formation, suddenly rushed up and volleyed against the bounced ball.
Cech, who was blocked by a group of people in front of him, reacted half a beat slower. After he saw the ball, it was too late to make any moves. He could only watch the ball fly into the Crystal Palace net. Arsenal took the lead to break the deadlock and lead Crystal Palace 1-0.
Being able to lead Crystal Palace in the game is a very rare thing for many teams now.
Just as Arsenal's players were celebrating their goal on the field, Wenger's assistant Pata Les joined him.
"Arsena, we are finally ahead of Crystal Palace, how about contracting the formation and playing defensive counterattacks now?"
turned to look at his old partner, Wenger smiled and shook his head.
"Pat, do you think we can resist Crystal Palace's offensive with our Arsenal's defensive ability?"
"It's a big deal, let's slow down the pace of the game, even if we can't win Crystal Palace, at least we have to fight for a draw."
"Pat, you have to remember that the reason why we Arsenal can still stand in the Premier League now is the pleasing game process."
"When the team is not strong enough to compete for the championship, if we also start to set up buses, will there be fans who are willing to spend so much money to watch our games?"
"This is a major event related to the life and death of the club. Compared with the gain or loss of a game, I don't need to say more about it."
After hearing Wenger's remarks, Pat Reis was completely honest.
He is just an assistant coach, focusing more on the game itself. And Wenger, as the core figure of the Arsenal club, what he sees is obviously different.
So, everyone saw that after taking the lead, Arsenal did not immediately shrink the defense like other teams did. Instead, as before the goal, continue to play against Crystal Palace.
"Arsenal even continued to attack after taking the lead. Do they still want to continue to expand the score? Is coach Wenger old lake?"
Crystal Palace, seeing Arsenal's performance on the field, Southgate felt incredible.
"Who knows? Maybe this is the style of coach Arsene Wenger."
Next to , Simeone, who has always focused on defense, is also puzzled.
Chen Ran, the owner and head coach of Crystal Palace Club, can of course guess the reason why Wenger did this.
For the survival of Arsenal, Wenger has to make compromises in many places.
However, such a situation is obviously beneficial to Crystal Palace, and Chen Ran is naturally happy to see it happen.
The first half of the game was not over yet, and Ronaldo made a strong pass from the left to break through Sagna's defense.
In the penalty area, Tony grabbed the ball under the front and back of Vermaelen and William Gallas. A lion shook his head and broke the goal guarded by Almunia, making the score 1:1.
During the halftime break, Chen Ran did not make any substitution adjustments except to beat the players as usual.
On Arsenal's side, Wenger replaced the fast winger Walcott with the Danish center Bendtner.
Let Bendtner and Van Persie partner with double forwards, Nasri as left midfielder, and Rosicky as right midfielder, changing the team's formation from 4141 to diamond 442, continuing to strengthen the offense.
At the beginning of the second half, Arsenal, who were replaced by fresh troops, continued to play against Crystal Palace. The game was played well and brilliantly.
However, when the Arsenal players’ physical fitness dropped significantly after the game reached 60 minutes, Messi passed Clichy through his crotch and directly entered Arsenal’s penalty area.
In the face of William Gallas, who rushed over to make up the defense, Messi played a fake shot and a real dunk. After passing the opponent, only goalkeeper Almunia was left in front of him.
found that the situation was not good, and Almunia had to abandon the goal and attacked Messi.
Messi's ankle was lightly picked, and the ball drew a parabola from the top of Almunia's head to Arsenal's goal.
Seeing that the ball was about to fly into the empty goal, Vermaelen rushed back in time and flew up to hook the ball off the goal line.
At this time, Ronaldo also rushed over, preparing to block the ball with his body.
"boom!"
"what!"
Vermaelen hooked the ball, but Ronaldo also arrived at the same time.
The ball hit Ronaldo's chest heavily, and then bounced back into Arsenal's net.
"GOAL!
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With Ronaldo's flying body blocking the hole, Crystal Palace overtook Arsenal 2:1.
At the same time that he got three points, Chen Ran also got a "Level 1 Rehabilitation Card" from the system.
After this round of the Premier League ended, an explosive news attracted everyone's attention.