MTL - Football Feast, Starting From the Acquisition of European Clubs-Chapter 485 I am really convinced!
Chapter 485 I am really convinced!
Deschamps called Koeman, who was playing for Bayern Munich, from the bench. After a brief warm-up, he replaced the midfielder Matuidi with Koman.
Then, Koeman replaced Griezmann as the left midfielder, and Griezmann was pushed to the front line by Deschamps, and he partnered with Giroud as a double forward.
The formation of the French team has also changed from the previous 4231 to the 442 diamond-shaped midfielder, leaving Kanter alone as a midfielder.
"I'm going! The French team is now playing a single midfielder. Isn't it too risky to do so?"
"Yes. Defensive counterattack is Chen Ran's housekeeping skill. Although Kanter's defensive ability is good, he can't take care of the entire midfield by himself."
" Deschamps is gambling. He is betting whether the French team will equalize first or Belgium will score again."
"No way, there is not much time left for the French team. If you don't work hard now, you will pack up and leave."
"Pogba is a bit disappointing. Didier Deschamps has already asked him to play as a front midfielder, and entrusted him with the task of organizing the offense of the French team. As a result, he has not seen any outstanding performance."
"Hehe, you upstairs don't even look at who the opponent of the French team is. Pogba has grown up in Chen Ran's Crystal Palace club these years. Chen Ran knows his technical characteristics well. In the game against the French team, Chen Ran Of course I will teach the Belgian players how to mark Pogba."
"The above is correct. I guess this is why the Crystal Palace Club sold Pogba before the start of the European Cup. Because they know that facing Belgium led by Chen Ran, Pogba will definitely be stared to death. , when the time comes, it won’t be able to sell at a high price.”
"Hahahaha, Chen Ran is such a thug!"
"I guess the owner of the Manchester City club must have an ugly face now."
At this time, Pogba on the court was also anxious and angry.
In the past, no matter in the Crystal Palace club or the French national team, when he joined the attack from the midfielder position, with his strong body and outstanding technical ability, he was always able to create a threat to the opponent's defense.
This is also an important reason why Pogba has the confidence to be the core of Crystal Palace's midfielder and why he can create a new record for player transfer prices.
However, today when Deschamps moved his position forward as the attacking midfielder and gave him the responsibility of organizing the French team's offense. Pogba suddenly discovered that this job is not so easy to do.
It is completely different from playing as a midfielder. When Pogba appeared in the midfielder position, he was immediately surrounded by Belgian defensive players.
Led by Fellaini, plus Witsel and Dembele, Pogba has at least two Belgian players double-teaming him at any time.
This makes Pogba's space for holding the ball very narrow. Once the ball is more than half a meter away from his body, or his movements are half a beat slow, Belgian players will immediately rush up to press.
Pogba took a lot of effort to prevent the ball from being intercepted by his opponent, but he also consumed too much energy and physical strength for this, and failed to help the French team organize a decent offense.
Seeing that the game time is getting less and less, Pogba is becoming more and more anxious. He even started to frequently shoot long shots outside the penalty area.
Unfortunately, the Belgian goalkeeper Courtois opposite Pogba is his former teammate at the Crystal Palace Club and is very familiar with Pogba's shooting characteristics.
Although Pogba's long-range shots were of good quality, they were either hugged by Courtois or thrown away by him, which did not pose any threat to Belgium's goal.
Seeing that Deschamps used the last substitution to replace Koeman, Chen Ran immediately called Na England from the bench.
After the warm-up ended, he replaced Hazard with Na England. Hoard the four major midfielders in the midfield, and then move De Bruyne's position to the center. The team's formation has also changed from the previous 451 to the current 4411.
In the final stage of the game, the French team launched a crazy attack on the Belgian defense.
But because Chen Ran had built an iron barrel formation for Belgium, the French team was still unable to break through the goal guarded by Courtois.
Instead, he seized the opportunity when the game entered stoppage time. Courtois threw the ball with a strong hand to launch a counterattack. De Bruyne then sent a super long-distance through ball.
Mertens first used his speed to grab the ball before Kanter, and then changed direction and rushed up to intercept his central defender Koscielny.
Facing the goalkeeper Lori who abandoned the goal, Mertens moved the ball to the front right, passed Lori and directly pushed the empty goal.
"GOAL!!!"
After scoring a goal against the German team, Mertens made another contribution this time, helping Belgium extend its lead to two goals.
As soon as the second goal was scored, the players of the French team were immediately discouraged.
After the re-kick-off, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game soon.
In the end, with the goals of Lukaku and Mertens, Belgium defeated France 2:0.
While successfully getting the tickets for the finals, Chen Ran also got a "Level One Chicken Blood Card" from the system.
At this time, in a five-star hotel room in Manchester, Raiola silently turned off the TV.
He came to Manchester this time, not to the Manchester City club.
Instead, he is going to Manchester City's cross-city rivals Manchester United.
As a top agent, Raiola is not the only player under Pogba.
Ibrahimovic is Raiola's biggest star before Pogba.
However, because Ibrahimovic is 35 years old this year, after the contract with Real Madrid expires, the other party has no intention of renewing the contract.
The Manchester United Club took the opportunity to throw an olive branch at this time, so Raiola came to Manchester this time to discuss the Ibrahimovic contract with the Manchester United Club.
However, although he is busy with Ibrahimovic's affairs, Raiola has not forgotten to care about his biggest cash cow.
However, after watching the semi-finals of the European Cup between Belgium and France, Raiola once again deeply felt the terror of Chen Ran.
"Everything is going on according to that Chinese man's expectation, which is really terrible!" Raiola muttered to himself.
In the room, looking at the Manchester night sky outside the window, Raiola suddenly felt a little cold.
At the same time, also in Manchester, the chairman of the Manchester City Club, Kardun Al Mubarak, turned off the TV with an ugly face.
He originally wanted to see what kind of performance Pogba he had just spent a lot of money to introduce. As a result, only the word "disappointed" can describe his current mood.
Pogba's performance in this game can't be considered bad, but he was unable to turn the tide. Leading the French team to victory over Belgium is obviously not worthy of his transfer value of 150 million euros.
Although 150 million euros is nothing to the Abu Dhabi consortium, Kardun Al Mubarak is just a senior manager sent by the Abu Dhabi consortium to manage the Manchester City club.
If Pogba's performance is too far from the transfer value of 150 million euros, Kardun Al Mubarak will also have to bear the corresponding responsibility.
After a moment of silence, Kardun Al Mubarak picked up the phone and called Raiola.
At this time, he didn't know that Raiola was in Manchester now.
On the other side, Raiola, who was still thinking about Chen Ran, saw the name of Kardun al-Mubarak displayed on the phone, and his heart tightened.
It’s broken, this Kardun Al Mubarak won’t come here to blame him because of Pogba’s affairs, right?
Although Raiola was uneasy, he also knew that escaping at this time would not solve the problem, but would irritate the other party.
Gritting his teeth, Raiola connected the phone.
"Hello, Mr. Chairman, you haven't rested so late? Do you have any orders?"
"Mino, did you watch the European Cup semi-final between Belgium and France just now?"
"Um, I just finished watching."
"Pogba's performance made me a little disappointed."
"Well, Mr. Chairman, there will always be ups and downs in the player's state. Pogba's performance in this game is indeed not good enough, but his ability is absolutely fine."
"I believe you have also seen that although Belgium has made a multi-team defense against Pogba, it is still difficult to steal the ball from his feet."
"And he is only 23 years old this year, and he will definitely get better and better in the future. With Pogba in our Manchester City club, we don't have to worry about the lack of core players in the midfield for the next ten years."
Raiola tried his best, and finally managed to appease Kardun Al Mubarak with his three-inch tongue.
After hanging up the phone, Raiola finally breathed a sigh of relief, and went to the bathroom to wipe the sweat off his forehead with a towel.
Damn it, it’s not easy to earn some money these days!
Backing to the bedroom, Raiola thought for a while, then took out his phone and sent Chen Ran a text message.
The content is very simple, only one sentence.
"Mr. Chen, I'm really convinced!"
In another semi-final, Portugal also defeated Wales with a score of 2:0. In this way, they will compete with Belgium for the championship trophy of this European Cup.
Since Belgium and Portugal have not won the European Cup before, no matter who wins this game, a new European Cup winner will be born.
The current head coach of the Portuguese national team is the local coach Fernando Santos, who began to serve as the team's head coach after the end of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
Before that, he spent most of his time coaching clubs in Portugal and Greece, and since 2010 he succeeded Rehhagel as the head coach of the Greek national team.
The Portuguese team participating in this European Cup, although compared with Chen Ran's coaching period, has undergone great changes in terms of personnel, but the core players are still basically those people.
The top star Cristiano Ronaldo is naturally indispensable, Pepe and Carvalho are still in the defense, and the two big wingers Nani and Quaresma are still in the team.
"Haha, the opponent Ronaldo probably doesn't want to meet the most is the Belgian team coached by Chen Ran."
"That's for sure. From the Crystal Palace to the Portuguese national team, Ronaldo has played under Chen Ran for so many years. Chen Ran is very good, and he knows it best."
"I don't know if Ronaldo will give the current head coach an idea to deal with the Belgian team."
"Hehe, what can I do if I have an idea? I have never heard of this Fernando Santos. Can he compare with Chen Ran? Even if he has Ronaldo in his hand, it is estimated that he will still lose in the end."
"Ahem, don't be so absolute about what you said upstairs, it's too degrading. It should be said this way: After 90 minutes of the game, although the Portuguese players tried their best, they still lost to Belgium and the European Cup. champion."
"Damn it! Upstairs you take the bamboo shoots!"
As for his opponent, Fernando Santos, the head coach who once brought Portugal the World Cup championship, naturally studied it repeatedly for a long time.
However, he used to coach in Portuguese and Greek clubs, and he was not even qualified to play against Crystal Palace. He had never personally experienced Chen Ran's power.
For this reason, he also specifically asked Ronaldo and Pepe, who have played under Chen Ran for a long time, for advice.
However, the answer he got was very simple, that is, as a head coach, Chen Ran has no shortcomings and is impeccable.
Whether it is selecting players, formulating tactics, or commanding on the spot, Chen Ran is proficient in almost everything.
This answer immediately made Fernando Santos shut up.
However, he had no way to question it.
Because not only Ronaldo and Pepe players who play for the Crystal Palace club say so, but even players like Carvalho and Nani who have nothing to do with Crystal Palace say the same.
In desperation, Fernando Santos had no choice but to give up the idea of finding Chen Ran's weaknesses, and concentrate on arranging the starting lineup for the final according to his own tactics.
Forward Ronaldo, forward Nani
Left Midfielder João Mario, Central Midfielder Adrian Silva, Right Midfielder Renato Sanchez
Defense midfielder William Carvalho
Left back Raphael, center back Fonte, center back Pepe, right back Cedric
Goalkeeper Patricio
On the Belgian side, Chen Ran decided to continue using the previous high-altitude bombing tactics in the final.
Among Portugal’s defensive players, Fonte is 191cm tall. Pepe and William Carvalho are also 187cm tall, but their abilities are average.
The only Pepe who has played for a wealthy club for a long time is also 33 years old this year, and his physical function has begun to decline.
Chen Ran believes that even with a high-altitude bombing tactic, the Portuguese team's goal can be smashed.
Center Lukaku
Left Midfield Hazard, Central Midfielder Witsel, Central Midfielder Fellaini, Central Midfielder Dembele, Right Midfielder De Bruyne
Left back Vertonghen, center back Kompany, defender Alderweireld, right back Carrasco
Goalkeeper Courtois
July 11, France, St. Denis, Stade de France.
2016 European Cup final, Belgium against Portugal.
One touch and go!
(end of this chapter)
