Chapter 385 I’m not really nervous

  Real Madrid’s opponent in the Champions League this season is Liverpool.

  For this team, Mourinho, who has been in the Premier League for three seasons, can be said to know quite a lot.

   Although not particularly strong in terms of player configuration, their Spanish coach Benitez is very good at playing cup games.

   Liverpool’s performance in cup competitions is far better than their performance in the Premier League.

  When Mourinho was coaching Chelsea, he once appeared in the Premier League to beat Liverpool, and then Liverpool was eliminated in the Champions League.

   In addition, this season, Liverpool seems to be fighting chicken blood, and they are in surprisingly good condition. They are currently in second place in the Premier League behind Crystal Palace, which makes Mourinho have to be more afraid of Liverpool.

   And, this time Real Madrid is the first and then the guest. If you can’t take Liverpool at the Bernabeu, who knows what will happen at Anfield.

   “José, you don’t care about Crystal Palace now, Atletico Madrid will definitely not be able to stop them. The most important thing for you now is to find a way to kill Liverpool in order to stabilize your position as head coach.”

   Seeing that Mourinho still has the heart to care about Crystal Palace, Mendes had to remind him.

   Just last month, the president of Real Madrid, Calderon, was forced to step down, and the club is currently temporarily taken over by Vicente Boluda until a new chairman is elected.

   Judging from the current situation, the voice of Florentino, the former chairman of the Real Madrid club, to return as the club chairman is very high.

   As the head coach appointed by Florentino’s nemesis Calderon, Mourinho’s position can be said to be at risk.

  Especially in this season, Real Madrid has been suppressed by their old enemy Barcelona, ​​and both fans and the media are increasingly dissatisfied with Mourinho.

   Therefore, when it is difficult to catch up with Barcelona in a short period of time, Mendes suggested that Mourinho should focus his team on the Champions League.

   After all, as long as Real Madrid continues to move forward in the Champions League, no matter who is elected as the club’s new president, Mourinho’s position will not be moved for the time being.

“I see.”

   Mourinho nodded, knowing that Mendes was right.

  Crystal Palace is still far away from Real Madrid. It doesn’t matter whether he wins or loses, it is the most important thing to keep his position as head coach.

After    turned off the TV, Mourinho began to seriously study the situation of his old rival Liverpool.

   At this time, at Guardiola’s home in Barcelona, ​​Spain, Guardiola and his brother were also watching news reports about Crystal Palace together.

   Compared with the dignified atmosphere of Mourinho and Mendes, the Guardiola brothers are much more relaxed.

   On the one hand, it is because Barcelona is currently seven points ahead of Real Madrid in La Liga, ranking first in the standings.

   On the other hand, it is because of Barcelona’s Champions League opponent Leon, which is significantly weaker than Barcelona.

   Therefore, the brothers also have time to pay attention to the situation of Crystal Palace, the most powerful team in the world.

   “Pep, do you think that if Barcelona meet Crystal Palace in the Champions League, they will be able to eliminate the opponent?”

  Pere Guardiola, half lying comfortably on the sofa, asked while watching TV.

“Very difficult.”

   After thinking for a while, Guardiola still shook his head.

   “Isn’t it? Barcelona is now strong and strong, and under your training, the team’s offense is booming. The three strikers of Yin Blahimovic, Henry and Eto’o have scored goals.”

   “In addition to the fact that Crystal Palace now has several main players who are injured and out, isn’t this a good opportunity for you to lead Barcelona to beat Crystal Palace?”

  Pere Guardiola looked at his brother in surprise.

   “Perey, Mr. Chen’s abilities are not fully understood by people outside of you.”

   “Oh? Does that Chinese have any special abilities that everyone doesn’t know about?”

   At this moment, Pere Guardiola was also aroused and asked curiously.

   “Cough, let me give an example: Mr. Chen can accurately predict the state of a player, and then give the player the ‘free-fire right’ when the player is in the best condition.”

   “What? Precisely predict the state of a player? Pep, are you kidding me?”

  Pere Guardiola hurriedly asked, he couldn’t believe his ears.

   “This is not a joke, Pere, this matter is not a secret inside the Crystal Palace, as long as the old people of the Crystal Palace Club basically know it.”

   Guardiola looked sternly at his brother.

   “Pep, how accurate is this precise prediction you said?”

   “As far as I know, there has been no inaccuracy.”

   “His!”

  Pere Guardiola breathed a sigh of relief.

   Although he has kept raising his evaluation of Chen Ran, the other party still shocked him time and time again.

   “How can you play against Crystal Palace? The opponent’s players are already strong, and they can always send the best players to the field. No wonder Crystal Palace can win so many championship trophies. This game can’t be played.”

  Pere Guardiola slumped on the sofa like a deflated ball, complaining feebly.

   “So, our focus should still be on La Liga, and first make sure to grab the La Liga championship trophy from Real Madrid. As for the Champions League, just let it take its course and go as far as you can.”

   Guardiola was calm throughout.

   “Okay, it seems that’s the only way to do it now.”

   As soon as he remembered the terrifying ability of that Chinese, Pere Guardiola lost his fighting spirit.

  Chen Ran didn’t know that he was coming, which has attracted the special attention of two old friends.

   He is currently focusing all his energy on the Champions League match with Atletico Madrid. For this reason, Chen Ran has sent the strongest lineup that can play now.

   Center Dzeko

   Left midfielder Cristiano Ronaldo, midfielder Cesc Fabregas, right midfielder Messi

   Defender Yaya Toure, Defender Mascherano

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

   Goalkeeper Cech

   On the side of Atletico Madrid, the coach Abel Resino also dispatched the entire main lineup to face the Champions League defending champion Crystal Palace.

   striker Aguero, striker Forlan

  Left midfielder Maxi Rodriguez, center midfielder Asunsang, center midfielder Maniche, right midfielder Luis Garcia

   Left-back Peña, center-back Uyin Falusi, center-back Heitinga, right-back Setaridis

   Goalkeeper Kupe

   The current Atletico Madrid is not the defensive-oriented Atletico Madrid coached by Simeone in the previous life.

  Now Atletico Madrid, from the staffing configuration, it can be clearly seen that the offense is stronger than the defense.

   Therefore, the head coach Abel Resino, who knows the characteristics of his team well, did not use the tactics of placing the bus against Crystal Palace like many teams.

   It’s not that he doesn’t want to put it, but that he knows it’s useless to put it.

   Instead of being eliminated uselessly, it is better to use the characteristics of Atletico Madrid’s strong attack to fight, maybe it may create a miracle.

   The worst result is to be eliminated by Crystal Palace.

   Anyway, everyone knows that Crystal Palace’s strength is higher than Atletico Madrid, and no one will put the blame on him for losing to Crystal Palace.

  Abel Resino is also an old man, and his abacus is crackling.

   Therefore, when the referee blew the whistle to start the game, the Atlético de Madrid players unexpectedly rushed out and fought against Crystal Palace.

   For a while, the two teams played back and forth, but Atletico Madrid did not fall behind.

   Chen Ran was not in a hurry for this situation.

  Atlético de Madrid dared to play against Crystal Palace, and maybe they could resist for a while when they were full of energy at the beginning.

   As long as their players’ physical fitness shows signs of decline, that’s when Crystal Palace begins to reap the fruits of victory.

   Throughout the first half of the game, Chen Ran sat firmly on the bench and did not stand up.

  Although the two teams played a lively match against each other, neither side could score a goal, and the score remained at 0:0 without any change.

   During the intermission, Chen Ran did not make any substitution adjustments except for the usual bloodbath to the players.

   On the side of Atletico Madrid, the head coach Abel Resino was very satisfied with the result that the team was able to draw with Crystal Palace in the first half of the game, and also did not make substitution adjustments.

   At the beginning of the second half, the trend of the first half continued. But when the time came to 60 minutes, Atletico Madrid’s players gradually couldn’t keep up with the rhythm of Crystal Palace’s game.

  Especially on the two flanks, after the repeated impact of Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi in the majority of the game, Atletico Madrid’s two full-backs consumed a lot of energy.

   When Cristiano Ronaldo received the ball again, he immediately dribbled the ball along the left lane at a high speed.

  Atlético de Madrid’s Greek right-back Setaridis was already breathing heavily on his hips at this time. Seeing Ronaldo rushing towards him again, he had to reluctantly cheer up and go forward to intercept.

   Ronaldo also noticed that there was a problem with Setaridis’ physical fitness at this time, so he didn’t play any tricks, just slammed the ball forward, simply and rudely fighting for speed.

   Setaridis’ speed is not as good as Cristiano Ronaldo, and now his physical fitness is declining, he is even less the opponent of Cristiano Ronaldo.

  Cristiano Ronaldo threw off Setaridis with a few big strides and slanted directly towards the penalty area of ​​Atlético de Madrid.

   found that the situation was not good, central defender Haitinga hurried over to make up the defense, trying to prevent Ronaldo from continuing to break into the penalty area.

   Seeing Heitinga rushing over, Ronaldo didn’t hesitate, and directly played a good kick with his heel.

   While passing Heitinga, he also switched the ball to the inside.

   Then Ronaldo didn’t give the opponent’s goalkeeper Kupe any time to prepare, and just volleyed with his right foot.

“boom!”

  The ball didn’t spin at all, just a straight line towards the upper left corner of the Atlético de Madrid goal.

   Because Cristiano Ronaldo’s coherent movements were too fast, Kupe was also caught off guard by this shot.

   By the time he made a save, the ball had already flown into Atlético de Madrid’s net.

   “GOAL!

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   With Cristiano Ronaldo’s wonderful individual performance, Crystal Palace finally broke the deadlock on the field and led Atletico Madrid 1:0 away.

   Ronaldo’s goal immediately changed the situation of the game.

  Abel Resino saw that the team was about to win the draw. At this time, Crystal Palace scored a goal. Unwilling, he immediately ordered the players of Atletico Madrid to continue to strengthen the attack.

   Not only that, he also replaced Maxi Rodriguez with Portuguese winger Simao, ready to increase his breakthrough ability on the wing.

   On the Crystal Palace side, after taking the lead, Chen Ran was even more confident.

   Seeing Abel Resino’s substitution, he also called Southgate to his side.

   “Gareth, you go tell Vardy to warm up now, and replace Dzeko with him later.”

   “Okay, boss.”

   Soon, after a simple warm-up, Vardy walked to the sidelines and waited for the chance of a dead ball to prepare to play.

   At this time, Chen Ran also walked from the bench to the sidelines and beckoned to call Vardy over.

   “Boy, how’s it going? The first time you represent Crystal Palace in an official match is the Champions League knockout round, aren’t you a little nervous?”

   “Hey, boss, I’m not nervous.”

  Valdi grinned and gave Chen Ran a stiff smile.

   “Okay, it’s okay, it’s normal for young players to be nervous for the first time.”

  Chen Ran patted Vardy on the shoulder and began to explain some things he needed to pay attention to.

   “After you play, first tell Cristiano Ronaldo to play in the center, and then let Messi switch to the left, and you will be the right midfielder yourself.”

   “In addition to attacking, you also have an important task, which is to target Simao, who has just been replaced by Atletico Madrid.”

   “Wherever Simao goes, you must go there. We must not let this new force threaten our right defense. Understand?”

   “Boss, I’m not nervous.”

   Looking at Vardy, his eyes were a little straight, and his mouth was still saying that he was not nervous.

  Chen Ran knew that what he just said was all in vain, this guy was so nervous that he didn’t listen at all.

   Just when Chen Ran was hesitating whether to cancel the substitution, the game finally had a chance to kill the ball, and the assistant referee began to urge Vardy to prepare to play.

   “Boy, remember, you just do one thing right after you play, target Atlético de Madrid’s Simao, you must not give him a chance to break through the defense, understand?”

   If the substitution is cancelled at this time, it will be a huge blow to Vardy. Chen Ran was worried that the little guy could not bear it psychologically, so he decided to gamble according to the original plan.

   “Understood, boss!”

  Valdi yelled and ran to the assistant referee.

   When Vardy replaced Dzeko and ran into the court, he didn’t forget to turn around and shout to Chen Ran.

   “Boss, I’m really not nervous!”

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