MTL - Football Feast, Starting From the Acquisition of European Clubs-Chapter 425 take off again

   A week later, Crystal Palace has ushered in the Premier League's famous Christmas devil schedule.

  On December 26th, in the nineteenth round of the Premier League, Crystal Palace played at home against Bolton.

   With the goals of Suarez and Alves, Crystal Palace easily won Bolton 2:0.

  At the same time that he got three points, Chen Ran also got a "Level 1 Health Card" from the system.

   In other matches in this round of the Premier League, Chelsea beat Birmingham 1:0 away, and Manchester United defeated Hull City 3:1 away.

  Manchester City won 2:0 at home Stoke City, Arsenal beat Aston Villa 3:0 at home.

  The Liverpool club, under the leadership of Rijkaard, defeated Wolves 2-0 at Anfield, which initially stopped the downward trend.

   Just one day off, on December 28, Crystal Palace ushered in the twentieth round of the Premier League. This time, they are going to face Everton away.

  Crystal Palace, which was forced to make a large rotation, almost overturned. Fortunately, Thiago Silva scored a header in stoppage time, which made Crystal Palace win Everton 1-0 away.

  At the same time that he got three points, Chen Ran also got a "Level 1 Rehabilitation Card" from the system.

   In other matches in the Premier League this round, Chelsea beat Fulham 2:1 at Stamford Bridge, and Manchester United beat Wigan Athletic 5:0 at Old Trafford.

  Manchester City beat Wolves 3:0 away, Arsenal beat Portsmouth 4:1 away.

   On the Liverpool side, they beat Aston Villa 1-0 away this time. Rijkaard's two-game winning streak after taking office has given Liverpool's management and fans the hope of a V-shaped reversal.

  On January 2, the FA Cup will start again, and Crystal Palace will go away to challenge Milton Keynes this time.

   For the FA Cup game, Chen Ran still follows the old rules. He also handed over the command of the game to Southgate while fielding the full bench.

Milton Keynes is the original famous "Crazy Gang" Wimbledon, but the relocation and name change coupled with the debt have made this very distinctive team different from what it used to be. Now it can only play in the third-level League One. .

   Therefore, even Crystal Palace, who played all the substitutes, still defeated Milton Keynes 4-0 away with the goals of Dzeko, Cavani, Vardy and Pepe.

  At the same time as advancing to the fourth round of the FA Cup, Chen Ran also got a "Level 1 Sight Card" from the system.

   With the opening of the winter transfer window, Liverpool, which had just changed the head coach and was banned from signings during the summer transfer period, immediately attacked.

  Antro Enrique, who once served as the sports director of the famous European black shop Porto, has a wide network of contacts, coupled with the strong support of the Qatar consortium behind it, the Liverpool club once again shocked the entire European football with a generous amount of money.

   In the first transfer, Liverpool used 100 million euros to package and introduce two Davids from the Spanish club Valencia - striker David Villa and midfielder David Silva.

   In the second transfer, Liverpool bought Brazilian central defender David Luiz from the Portuguese club Benfica for 30 million euros.

   In the third transfer, Liverpool once again spent 30 million euros to introduce Serbian backfield versatile Kolarov from the Italian Lazio club.

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   Although Rijkaard is Dutch, he has been coaching in Barcelona for a long time and knows more about La Liga players.

   Therefore, after he succeeded Benitez as the head coach of the Liverpool club, he continued to intensify his efforts to introduce players from La Liga.

   So much so that the current Liverpool club team has gathered six Spanish internationals, Torres, David Villa, David Silva, Xavi Alonso, Abeloa and Reina.

   This number is even more than Liverpool's native England international.

   In the winter transfer period, which has always been a clear transaction, and invested 160 million euros in one breath, Liverpool's continuous large-scale transfers immediately attracted attention from all over the world.

This guy   Antro Enrique is also a jerk. He separates the press conference to introduce new players.

   For a while, Liverpool FC dominated the sports headlines for several days in a row.

  On January 9th, in the twenty-first round of the Premier League, Crystal Palace played at home against Stoke City.

   With the goals of Tony, Ronaldo and Yaya Toure, Crystal Palace defeated Stoke City 3-0 at home.

   While getting three points, Chen Ran also got a "Free Kick Master Card" from the system.

   In other matches in this round of the Premier League, Chelsea beat Hull City 1:0 away, and Manchester United also beat Birmingham 2:1 away.

  Manchester City beat Blackburn 4-1 at home, while Arsenal drew 2-2 at home by Everton.

   Liverpool, who had just made big signings, had immediate results. They defeated Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 at Anfield.

   A wave of three consecutive victories seems to let everyone see the style of the Premier League runner-up last season.

  On January 16th, in the twenty-second round of the Premier League, Crystal Palace will go to Old Trafford to challenge Manchester United this time.

   In the League Cup, the all-substitute Crystal Palace was eliminated by Manchester United.

   But now in the league, Chen Ranke will not be so polite.

   striker Ronaldo, striker Tony

  Left midfielder Ribery, center midfielder Yaya Toure, center midfielder Mascherano, right midfielder Messi

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

   Goalkeeper Cech

   On the Manchester United side, Sir Alex Ferguson also sent his entire main lineup to face Crystal Palace.

   Striker Rooney, striker Berbatov

   Left midfielder Park Ji-sung, center midfielder Hargreaves, center midfielder Carrick, right midfielder Nani

  Left-back Fabio, center-back Ferdinand, center-back O'Shea, right-back Valencia

   Goalkeeper Kushchak

   As in previous games, despite knowing that Manchester United is not as strong as Crystal Palace, Ferguson still did not use the tactics of placing the bus.

   From the first minute of the game, the two teams started a fierce battle, and this is what Chen Ran wanted to see the most.

   When the game went to the 32nd minute, Cech got up quickly after blocking Berbatov's barb shot, rushed to the edge of the penalty area and threw the ball with a strong hand to launch a counterattack.

  Ribery, who was near the center circle, stretched his foot and took the lead to intercept the ball from Hargreaves.

After    got the ball, Ribery immediately took the ball and ran all the way along the left line.

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   found that the situation was not good, Manchester United's right back Valencia quickly came up to intercept Ribery.

   At this time, Ronaldo also ran back from the front to meet Ribery.

  So, Ribery did not entangle with Valencia too much, and directly passed the ball to Ronaldo, and then he bypassed Valencia and continued forward.

   At this time, Manchester United's central defender O'Shea also followed Ronaldo out of the penalty area.

  Cristiano Ronaldo didn't stop the ball at all, but directly knocked the ball back to Ribery with the heel of his right foot, playing a two-for-two match.

   At this moment, Valencia and O'Shea were left behind at the same time, and the front of Ribe was wide open. With a change of direction, he dribbled the ball directly into Manchester United's penalty area.

   At this time, another central defender of Manchester United, Ferdinand, was still keeping an eye on Tony and could not quench his thirst.

   Fortunately, the midfielder Carrick came back in time and got in the middle of Ribery and goalkeeper Kushchak.

  Ribery first dunked the ball back, and after Carrick moved his center of gravity, he dunked it forward again.

   With two consecutive dunks, Carrick, who was caught off guard, lost his center of gravity and fell to the ground. There was no obstruction between Ribery and Kushchak.

  Ribery didn't hesitate, and directly pocketed a curve ball with his right foot.

"boom!"

  Kushchak flew up, but unfortunately he was still a step behind. He could only watch the ball fly from his hand into Manchester United's net.

  “goal!

  ”

   With Ribery's wonderful goal, Crystal Palace led Manchester United 1-0 away.

   On the sidelines, Ferguson, who saw this goal, was both angry and helpless.

   It’s not that your defenders don’t work hard, it’s just that the opponent’s ability is too strong to guard against.

  Ferguson didn't lose his temper this time, but told Manchester United's players to strengthen their defense against Ribery.

  Fortunately, the Manchester United players were still doing well, until the referee blew the whistle at the end of the first half, and the score on the field did not change again.

   At halftime, since the first half of the game went very smoothly, Chen Ran did not make any substitution adjustments except to encourage the players to make persistent efforts.

   On the Manchester United side, Ferguson replaced Park Ji-sung with veteran Ryan Giggs, intending to strengthen his offense to get the score back.

   At the beginning of the second half, Chen Ran, who saw Manchester United's substitutions, smiled slightly, and the old man still refused to admit defeat.

   That's fine, it's time to dedicate a wonderful game to the fans.

  No way, because many teams now use the bus tactic when facing Crystal Palace, resulting in a serious decline in the excitement of the Crystal Palace game, and many fans complained about it.

  Chen Ran dives in forums and post bars where Crystal Palace fans gather when he is free, and he knows about this situation, but this kind of thing cannot be decided by him alone.

   Now it is rare to encounter a team with a backbone like Manchester United who is willing to play against Crystal Palace, Chen Ran is of course willing to accompany him.

   As a result, the two teams continued the first-half matchup and played well, which made the fans who came to watch the game today hooked.

   However, when the game time reached 60 minutes, Manchester United's side was slowly unable to stand it.

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  When they were full of energy before, Manchester United players can also make up for their lack of technical ability by more active fighting and running.

   But now, as soon as his stamina drops, all the loopholes that were previously covered up appear.

   In this game, although Cristiano Ronaldo was arranged by Chen Ran to be the striker together with Tony, his and Tony's tasks are completely different.

   The task assigned by Chen Ran to Ronaldo is more like a No. 9 and a half, not only as a shadow striker behind Tony, but also in charge of Ribery and Messi who go out of the penalty area to connect the two flanks.

   In the first half of the game, Ribery's goal was attributed to Ronaldo's cooperation.

   Now, after Messi passed the ball to Ronaldo on the right, he continued to move forward like Ribery in the first half.

  Manchester United's defenders are also wise and wise. When Messi continued to move forward, left-back Fabio did not relax his marking on Messi at all, and turned around and ran after Messi.

   Seeing Fabio's actions, Ronaldo immediately gave up his plan to cooperate with Messi. While he resisted O'Shea, who was in charge of pressing him closely, he turned and passed the ball to Tony in the penalty area, and then he rushed forward to the right.

   At this time, Tony was facing Manchester United's goal. Behind him, Ferdinand, who was in charge of marking him, was holding Tony's jersey tightly, wishing to hold him in his arms.

  Tony used his huge body to block Ferdinand, while using the arch of his right foot to directly push the ball back to the line of Ronaldo who was pushing forward.

   At this time, Manchester United's left back Fabio has chased Messi and left his position, leaving a huge gap for Ronaldo. While Ferdinand was blocked by Tony, O'Shea was left behind by Ronaldo and desperately chased after him.

   found that the situation was not good, and Hargreaves in the midfield rushed over to make up for defense.

   However, Ronaldo's action was still a step faster.

   Before Hargreaves arrived, Ronaldo took the lead.

   He didn't stop the ball at all, and when he rushed up to meet the ball, he shot with a rage.

"boom!"

  The ball was like a shell out of the chamber, neither spinning nor arcing, and flew directly to the upper right corner of the Manchester United goal.

   Goalkeeper Kushchak's reaction was already very fast. As soon as the ball left Ronaldo's feet, he flew out.

  Unfortunately, Ronaldo's shot is powerful, fast, and angled. The ball flew directly into United's net between Kushchak's hand and the post.

  “goal!

  ”

   With Ronaldo's ten-corner shot, Crystal Palace led Manchester United 2-0 away.

   After being two goals behind, the morale of Manchester United's players was a bit low, and coupled with the decline in physical fitness, even if Ferguson made consecutive substitutions and adjustments, he could not save the defeat.

  In the end, with the goals of Ribery and Ronaldo, Crystal Palace defeated Manchester United 2-0 away.

  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 Sunderland 7-2 at Stamford Bridge, Manchester City beat Everton 2:0 away, and Arsenal also beat Bolton 2:0 away.

On the Liverpool side, they beat Stoke City 2:1 away in this round. The team has won four straight since Rijkaard took office.

   For a while, the entire English football media page was filled with news of Liverpool FC and Rijkaard.

   Reports such as "Liverpool Club is taking off again" and "Rijkaard is Chen Ran's real opponent" are flying all over the place.

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