245. Fight for four
Overall, Wen Sheng is quite satisfied with Parrish and his bosses.
First of all, these bosses are supporting Wensheng as much as possible, although the transfer funds are not as free and easy as Abu, but they are quite okay, and after the promotion of the horse, they dare to take out 40 million pounds for investment, sorry that the Premier League is really not there so far.
Secondly, they don't interfere with the team's employment, Wen Sheng is almost the same in the team, there is no boss who you have to use, what kind of tactics you have to adopt and so on.
"You said it was so exciting today, are you sure about the game against Chelsea?!" Parrish is old and looking forward to it, when he bought Crystal Palace in the past, he broke the casserole and asked to the end, and he had to ask Wensheng's opinion, but now it is a critical period, and Parrish is starting to be nervous again.
"Steve, what do you want me to say?!" Wen Sheng spread his hands helplessly.
Parrish smiled, ashamed.
"I don't want the team to be better, to go further! It would be great to win the league under me! ”
"If you want to win the championship, you have to put in the work! Steve! You understand this truth, if we have the current salary level, it is difficult for us to keep good players, and now this group of young people in the team are very good, to keep them is to keep hope, if not, champions! I'm sorry! At that time, it will be difficult to relegate! Wen Sheng seriously suggested Parish.
"Of course, we'll do our best to keep everyone! Rest assured, after this season, we are discussing that the salary structure will definitely be adjusted! Parrish made his own assurances.
Wen Sheng is of course satisfied with this result, and if he can keep this group of people, he is still quite confident in hitting the league championship.
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Chelsea were not as optimistic as Crystal Palace, who got a full week of rest, but they played a hard-fought midweek game away to Manchester United.
That game was a good thing for the entire top team, with Chelsea slowing their pace to progress with a 2-1 win away at Manchester United, with Arsenal of course the biggest gainer, but Wen Sheng knew Arsenal was out of luck.
Crystal Palace also sounds profitable in name, after all, they are not crazy to pull away from the first place, Crystal Palace actually did a really good job in the two rematch games, against Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur got four points, but not the replay games they performed really poorly, resulting in the gap with the first place points widened.
Because the Crystal Palace can't be simply regarded as a promotion horse, and Wensheng has called the slogan of fighting for the fourth to the sky, can you think they are easy to provoke.
"Daniel's team has been one of the biggest highlights of the league this season and I think they've played really well! Daniel has proven his coaching prowess, and under his tutelage, the youngsters at Crystal Palace are delivering on their talent! It's their home stadium now, but we're only going to London for three points! 'With the win over Manchester United, Ancelotti had a lot less pressure on him and a little more confidence in his words in his pre-match press conference.
Compared with Ancelotti's attitude, Wensheng also did not admit much.
"Coincidentally, we want three points too! Chelsea's recent upturn in form is not good news for us! But this is London, this is Selhurst, so our goal is to get all three points! ”
A reporter asked Wensheng what the chances of Crystal Palace fighting for the top four this season are.
Wen Sheng's slogan is out, but for this question of probability, Wen Sheng makes people feel that this goal is so hypocritical.
"It's hard to predict! There are several teams to compete for, but only one spot! I can't say we're going to make it, but at least we're going to try! ”
Parallel imports!
A group of reporters in the audience scolded one after another.
Boy, be confident! Say 90 percent, even 60 percent! Vague and not interesting enough!
Although Kante is injured and can't play, but Crystal Palace also has good news, at least Derry is finally back, Wen Sheng originally thought that Delhi's injury is not necessarily a bad thing, after all, he can make room for Matic and Stroman, and now he finds that these two little guys still need a little time, and they can't rush to the main position, and Delhi's return naturally becomes good news.
So on the night of March 5, Wen Sheng sent Delhi on the field.
At the back, Shears was injured, so he had to let Mark Brown. Johnson comes on, Mark Brown. Johnson can really only be a substitute, he can be left or right on the defensive end, mainly because his offensive ability is not very good, and he is more panicked when he shoots the ball, and he is not as calm as Klein and Hills, two children.
The central defender's partner naturally used the combination of Benatia and McCarthy, and the last game against Wolves was defeated, and the central defender combination at that time was McCarthy and Morgan, these two are not very tacit, which is why Wolves can get the game done with three set-pieces, of course, the responsibility cannot be attributed to their pair.
This match is back to business, allowing Benatia and McCarthy to partner again.
In addition to Derry, there are two remaining in the midfield, one is Stroman and the other is De Bruyne.
Up front, Mertens, Zaha and Jamie Vardy were partnered, with Klose on the bench.
Klose has just recovered from injury, and he himself is naturally eager to play in this game, and took the initiative to ask Wensheng for help, but Wensheng has other arrangements for him, one is that he has just recovered from injury and is afraid that there will be another mistake, and the other is that the Europa League away to Braga in midweek will depend on Klose's experience.
An explanation is reasonable, Klose knows that Vardy's current state seems to be okay, and he can't completely occupy the starting position, not to mention that he also knows that Vardy represents the future, and he can probably only share the opportunity with Vardy at most, unless Vardy is really bad, he can dominate the forward position.
Chelsea's side arranged Drogba and Torres to pair up in the forward line, which was also the second time that the two started together after the Espanyol's transfer, with Anelka on the bench; In midfield, Russia international Zhirkov replaced Malouda, with Frank Lampard, Essien and Ramires continuing to start; At the back, Branislav Ivanovic was rested, with Bosingwa taking his place, David Luiz and captain John Terry partnering in central defence, with Ashley Cole remaining at left-back.
Torres was brought in as a key player for the Blues for the next few years, costing Chelsea £50 million during the winter break, and when you add the amount of money they spent on Boateng, Chelsea have been in the limelight in the winter window.
It's just that Boateng has had a bad year, just transferred to play two games as a substitute, and then he was injured, and he has not returned until now, and it is expected that he may not return until mid-March.
The arrival of Torres has seriously squeezed the playing time of the veteran Drogba, Drogba is indeed hard, scored 10 goals this season, and is still the team's top scorer, but he is old, Ancelotti is shouldering the task of renewal, and there is no choice but to let Drogba sit on the bench.
To say satisfied, how can Drogba be satisfied?!
However, Ancelotti flatly denied that there was a situation with Drogba because of the problem of playing time, and Lampard repeatedly claimed that Drogba was the leader of the team in an interview two days ago, and I don't know if it was for the sake of his old man to pressure Ancelotti, anyway, the media speculated that it was.
Torres has played four games without scoring a single goal, but Ancelotti has had to use him.
Wen Sheng can quite understand this mood, there is no way.
Jamie Vardy didn't score at the beginning, but he brought it in by himself, it's the future, and if he doesn't score, he has to be put on until he can score.
Ancelotti's situation is similar now, but perhaps in view of the fact that Drogba is more eye-catching in the game against Crystal Palace, Ancelotti has made a change of formation this time, allowing Drogba and Torres to partner as two strikers.
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