Thousands of miles away in China, as Crystal Palace wins game after game, the popularity of Crystal Palace Tieba is increasing every day, and it has now become one of the most popular Tieba.

"Haha, Crystal Palace has won again, 11 consecutive victories. It's unprecedented, and it's probably hard to see anyone else in the future."

"Don't jump to conclusions yet. Crystal Palace can continue to win. Eleven consecutive wins is not the end."

"That's right. I think Crystal Palace can challenge Arsenal's undefeated record of winning the championship last season."

"Ahem, let me remind you. I checked the Premier League schedule and Crystal Palace's opponent in the next round is Arsenal, who are currently ranked second."

"Damn it! Let's just challenge each other. Is it so exciting?"

"It's going to be difficult for Crystal Palace now. After all, Arsenal was the Premier League champion last season, and now they're hot on the heels of Crystal Palace. It's hard to say who will win and who will lose."

"What's wrong with Arsenal? Didn't Crystal Palace beat Arsenal to win the League Cup final last season?"

"That's right. Princes, generals and prime ministers, would you rather have the seed? The champion will take turns and come to my house this year."

"No matter who wins in the end, this game will be very fierce."

"That's for sure. This game must be watched. It may be the key to deciding who will win the Premier League title this season."

"Does that need to be said? If Arsenal can be defeated, Crystal Palace's Premier League title this season will be guaranteed."

...

Just as fans are worried, Chen Ran is also having a headache for the upcoming schedule.

The situation is more dangerous than fans know.

Once the fight is done, everything will be fine.

If they don't play well, Crystal Palace might have a losing streak.

On November 5th, the second match of the UEFA Cup group stage will begin again. Crystal Palace will face the Italian giant Lazio at home.

On November 7, just one day apart, in the twelfth round of the Premier League, Crystal Palace will face Arsenal directly at Selhurst Park.

On November 11, in the fourth round of the League Cup, Crystal Palace will go to Old Trafford to challenge Manchester United away.

If last week's schedule was considered a devil's schedule, then this current one should be called a hell schedule.

Three games in six days, and the opponents were all strong teams, which made Chen Ran feel numb after watching it.

It would be great if the match time between Crystal Palace and Arsenal could be swapped with Manchester United's League Cup match, Chen Ran daydreamed in his mind.

After all, giving up the League Cup was originally part of his plan, so that he could concentrate on playing the other two must-win games.

In this situation, against Lazio, Chen Ran will definitely go all out to win the opponent.

Then, just one day later, in the league match with Arsenal, the Crystal Palace players could still show half of their strength, but Chen Ran was not sure.

Although Arsenal also has to participate in the Champions League, their group match at home against Panathinaikos of Greece will be held on November 3.

In other words, Arsenal have two days more rest time than Crystal Palace.

Chen Ran very much suspected that Crystal Palace had been treated unfairly, at least in terms of the schedule.

For a moment, Chen Ran had the idea of ​​venting his dissatisfaction with the FA through the media.

But then, his reason stopped this idea.

Because Chen Ran is not just a simple head coach, he is also the owner of Crystal Palace Club.

A public break with the FA will do absolutely no good to the Crystal Palace club.

When you are stuck in other people's territory and your own strength is not strong enough, it is best to hide your strength and bide your time.

It is not unreasonable why the "Gou" way was prosperous in the previous life.

Since the schedule cannot be changed, Chen Ran has no choice but to start with himself.

So, he called Guardiola, Southgate and Simeone over.

"Guys, I believe you all know the schedule for the next week."

Chen Ran glanced around the three of them and saw that they were all listening to him attentively, and nodded with satisfaction.

"Although it is very difficult, our goal is still to win with all our strength."

"I'm here to give you the bottom line: I have no performance requirements for the League Cup game against Manchester United. It can be used to train substitutes and young people."

"But the UEFA Cup game against Lazio and the Premier League game against Arsenal, these two must be won."

Guardiola, Southgate and Simeone looked at each other, but Guardiola finally stood up.

"Boss, after the game against Lazio, we only have one day's rest. We are really not sure what the players' physical condition will be like by then."

"Yes, boss. After all, Lazio is a long-established and strong team. Although it encountered an economic crisis before and sold many stars. But after changing to a new owner this summer, the team has regained stability. We cannot take it lightly."

Simeone, a former Lazio player, still knew his old club well, so he also stood up to remind Chen Ran.

"Don't worry, I won't underestimate the enemy." After saying that, Chen Ran turned to look at Simeone, "Diego, you have played in Serie A for many years, and you are most familiar with the football style there. You can introduce it to everyone later."

"Okay, boss."

After explaining Simeone, Chen Ran looked at Guardiola again.

"Josep, when you go back, edit the video of Arsenal's games this season. I will use it in the pre-match preparation meeting."

"I understand, boss."

Finally, Chen Ran explained to Southgate again.

"Gareth, you are the captain of the team. The next week's game is very important to us. You should pay more attention to the physical and mental conditions of the players. If anything abnormal occurs, report it to me immediately. Do you understand?"

"Boss, don't worry, I will leave the dressing room to you."

Southgate slapped his chest loudly and assured Chen Ran.

The Lazio of today is not the Lazio of its heyday.

Because the previous owner spent money lavishly, the team fell into a serious economic crisis and even entered a state of administration.

Just this summer, after acquiring Lazio, the new boss Claudio Lotito changed his predecessor's business style and strictly controlled unnecessary expenditures.

While it allowed Lazio to recover, it also caused the team's strength to decline sharply, becoming a mid-range team in Serie A.

Stars such as Stam, Nesta, Nedved, Vieri, Veron, Crespo, Stankovic, Mihajlovic and other players have now left the team.

One thing that made Claudio Lotito famous was that on the last day before the end of the summer transfer period, he spent 1.3 million euros to introduce nine players in one breath.

This 1.3 million euros was spent on half of the ownership of striker Rocchi, and the other eight players did not spend any money.

Yes, you heard it right, this is Lazio now.

However, even so, because it was the first time he played against a strong established team outside of England, for the sake of safety, Chen Ran still sent out the entire main lineup and still adopted Southgate's twin tower tactics.

Because Chen Ran has carefully studied Lazio's current lineup, their main center backs Negro and Cotto, one is 182cm tall and the other is 184cm tall.

And Tony here at Crystal Palace is 193. With such an obvious height advantage, wouldn’t it be a pity not to make good use of it?

Chen Ran's idea is very simple, try to stun Lazio with a header.

Forward Tony,Forward Crouch

Left midfielder Ronaldo, central midfielder Modric, central midfielder Simeone, right midfielder Franck Ribery

Left back Chiellini, center back Southgate, center back Vidic, right back Maicon

Cech

Lazio's current head coach is Delio Rossi, who has never left Italy either as a player or as a coach.

But he still heard about Crystal Palace's reputation for winning 11 games in a row at the beginning of the Premier League.

In order to prepare for this game, Delio Rossi also looked for the Crystal Palace game video and studied it carefully.

Then, he realized that with Lazio's current strength, it would be very difficult to compete with Crystal Palace.

However, Delio Rossi did not retreat to defend, but still gave Lazio his usual 4-4-2 formation.

Forward Di Canio, Forward Inzaghi Jr.

Left midfielder Cesar, central midfielder Gianni Keda, central midfielder Liverani, right midfielder Zauli

Left back Celic, center back Cotto, center back Negro, right back Odo

Goalkeeper Peruzzi

On the day of the match, Selhurst Park was packed again.

Even fans who did not buy tickets ran outside the stadium to cheer.

Once upon a time, when did Crystal Palace have the opportunity to play against these famous European clubs?

Even for a declining giant like Lazio, this is the first time Crystal Palace fans have had the opportunity to have such close contact.

The warm atmosphere at Selhurst Park also surprised Lazio players.

Frankly speaking, as Lazio players who play in Rome's Olympic Stadium that can accommodate more than 82,000 people all year round, they look down on Selhurst Park, which can only accommodate more than 26,000 people.

However, the full attendance and the non-stop singing inside and outside the stadium have made Lazio players who have suffered from turmoil in recent years envious.

With the referee's whistle, the match between Crystal Palace and Lazio officially began.
To be continued...