Football feast, starting from the acquisition of European clubs

Chapter 118 Crazy Football

I have to say that Arsenal's current main lineup is still very capable.

Although Chen Ran arranged for Crystal Palace to play a defensive counterattack in his own half, the pressure given by Arsenal's offense was really not comparable to other teams.

And because they have played together for a long time, the cooperation between Arsenal players is very skilled, which also brings a greater threat to Crystal Palace's defense.

Under pressure, Evra and Ribery on the two wings had to stay behind to help Chiellini and Maicon defend together.

For a while, Crystal Palace fell into a complete passivity.

Chen Ran didn't respond yet, but the reporters in the stands got HIGH first.

"Haha, this is the demeanor of a real strong team. Now that we have met Arsenal, Crystal Palace, a pseudo-strong team, has finally revealed itself."

"That's right. Now that Crystal Palace is suppressed by Arsenal, they can't pass the midfield, and they can't even hit a good counterattack. It seems that it will be a matter of time before Arsenal breaks the goal."

"Don't rush to conclusions, Crystal Palace's defensive ability is still very strong."

"It also depends on who the opponent is. In the League Cup final last season, Arsenal clearly underestimated the opponent, both from the coach and the players. Now that they are playing against each other again, Coach Wenger will not allow the same mistake to occur."

"Let's see if Arsenal's attacking power is stronger or Crystal Palace's defensive ability is tougher."

Seeing the passive situation on the court, Chen Ran also frowned.

Arsenal has a strong offensive power, he knows very well that the Crystal Palace will be very passive when they shrink their defense, and he is also prepared.

But now he was so passive, he hadn't expected it.

It seems that the lack of physical fitness has a greater impact on the Crystal Palace than Chen Ran expected.

The running of the Crystal Palace players on the field was obviously much less than usual.

Moreover, the speed of each movement is much slower than before, and it is obvious that the physical condition is not very good.

Fortunately, these players have been working together for a long time and have developed a tacit understanding.

After skillfully changing defenses to make up for each other, they finally withstood Arsenal's opening onslaught.

After the first 10 minutes of the game, Chen Ran breathed a sigh of relief.

The physical fitness of Arsenal players has also reached the first small bottleneck, and then Crystal Palace can relax a little bit.

"not good!"

Just took a sip of the mineral water on the sidelines, and what happened on the field made Chen Ran exclaim.

I saw Southgate, the captain of Crystal Palace, suddenly stopped and limped without physical confrontation.

"It's broken, it's probably a muscle strain."

This kind of situation is very common, and Chen Ran immediately judged the possible injury of Southgate.

Seeing that Southgate was already sitting on the field, the referee stopped the game in due time and called the team doctor on the sidelines to enter the field.

Although the team doctor had to wait for the final confirmation, Chen Ran had already turned around to call Thiago Silva on the bench to warm up.

The house leak happens to rain overnight.

Chen Ran smiled wryly, afraid of what would happen.

Continuous high-intensity and high-density games, for veterans like Southgate, are very prone to injuries due to fatigue.

However, as the most experienced veteran of the Crystal Palace defense, how could Chen Ran not be used in such a crucial game?
Crystal Palace's current two backup central defenders Thiago Silva and Pepe, one is 20 years old and the other is 21 years old.

If there are some geniuses at the forward position who can play the main force at the age of 20, but at the central defender position, no coach dares to use a 20-year-old young man as the main force.

Coupled with the fact that Crystal Palace is still a team competing for the championship, it is even more impossible.

Although both Thiago Silva and Pepe will grow into top central defenders in the future, one of them is still a little immature and the other is a little frizzy.

Chen Ran is really worried about using them in the strong dialogue against Arsenal.

There was no surprise, the team doctor on the field made a gesture to Chen Ran for a substitution.

"Thiago, you are responsible for marking Bergkamp after you go up. Work hard, you are the best!"

Chen Ran patted Thiago Silva on the back, and when he was suddenly replaced, the young man's expression was a little stiff.

Hearing Chen Ran's encouragement, Thiago Silva just turned his head and grinned at him, showing an ugly smile, and rushed into the field without saying a word.

On the other side, seeing that Crystal Palace was forced to replace the main central defender, Pat Rice approached Wenger and said, "Boss, our chance has come."

Wenger smiled faintly, did not reply, just walked from the bench to the sidelines.

At this time, Chen Ran almost focused all his attention on Thiago Silva, fearing that he would make a mistake.

It's a pity, what to be afraid of.

Maybe it's because I haven't adapted to the rhythm of the game when I first played, or because I'm too nervous?

Anyway, Thiago Silva hadn't played for 5 minutes, after Bergkamp picked the ball in the penalty area, he volleyed and broke through the goal guarded by Petr Cech, and he had no choice but to become the background board.

Arsenal scored the first goal and Crystal Palace fell behind 0:1.

Chen Ran only felt that his eyes were dark, and it was difficult to deal with it now.

Although he likes to use defensive counterattack tactics, but that is when Crystal Palace is not behind.

Now that Arsenal have advanced a goal, is there any point in continuing to defend?

Glancing at Thiago Silva with a frustrated face, Chen Ran sighed softly, maybe this is the price that needs to be paid for growth.

However, he has no time to manage Thiago Silva's mood now. He returned to the bench and rushed all the offensive players such as Tony, Crouch, Fabregas and Alves to warm up.

Chen Ran made such a big commotion at the Crystal Palace, which immediately attracted Wenger's attention.

"This little guy from Huaguo seems to be making a move. Wenger looked down at his watch, and there were still 10 minutes before the end of the first half." He didn't even want to wait for the halftime break. It seemed that he was really in a hurry. "

"There has to be constant pressure on him and there must be no breathing room for Crystal Palace."

While muttering to himself, Wenger walked to the sidelines and signaled Arsenal's players to continue attacking.

Fortunately, Thiago Silva was still up to the mark, and he was able to adjust his mentality immediately after losing the ball, and he didn't make any more mistakes.

This also made Chen Ran feel relieved, and finally the worst situation did not happen.

The score of 0:1 was maintained until the end of the first half.

Back in the locker room, Chen Ran immediately found Thiago Silva.

"Thiago, the conceded goal was entirely due to Bergkamp's strength and has nothing to do with you. Don't pay too much attention to it. Your performance in the subsequent games was very good, and you continued to maintain it in the second half, understand?"

"I see, thank you, boss."

Seeing that instead of blaming Chen Ran, he came to comfort himself instead, Thiago Silva nodded movedly.

"Diego, are you physically able to hold on?"

Chen Ran looked back at Simeone and asked.

"I'm fine, boss."

Simeone was wiping his sweat, and when he heard Chen Ran's question, he made a powerful movement to show that he was full of energy.

"That's good. Guys, we were behind by one goal in the first half, and then we will equalize or even overtake in the second half."

"So, in the second half, we're going to start attacking, and the team's style of play has also become a two-tower tactic. Understand?"

"understand!"

The team members responded loudly and neatly. It seemed that morale was maintained well. Chen Ran nodded in satisfaction.

"Gareth, you are injured now, just stay in the locker room and rest."

Chen Ran looked at Southgate's thigh covered with ice packs and said.

"Boss, I'd better go back to the bench, I can't sit still here."

"Then you should be careful."

"Understood, thank you boss."

At the beginning of the second half, Wenger saw that Crystal Palace made personnel adjustments. Chen Ran replaced Yaya Toure with Tony.

"With a striker replacing the midfielder, Crystal Palace is going to attack."

Wenger, who had studied the Crystal Palace thoroughly, immediately understood Chen Ran's intentions.

However, Wenger didn't care about this, and he didn't plan to shrink back to strengthen the defense.

In England, in terms of the team's offensive power, Arsenal is not afraid of anyone now.

In the case of leading by one goal, Wenger is very confident in attacking and attacking.

Chen Ran's twin tower tactics this time have also changed from the past.

Instead of using the combination of Tony and Crouch, he directly put Ronaldo and Tony at the forefront.

As soon as Crystal Palace pressed up to attack, the game immediately became better.

The two teams opened up to attack, which immediately made the current fans and reporters hooked.

"That's right. Crystal Palace's offensive power is obviously strong, but they always like to hide behind and play defensive counterattacks, making the game fragmented and ugly."

"That's right. This is the level of competition between the top two of the Premier League table."

"Hehe, if it wasn't for Arsenal's first goal in the first half, it would be absolutely impossible for that Chinese man to take the initiative to press."

"Now that the two teams are attacking each other, we can see who is the most attacking team in England. How about it? Are you interested in taking a gamble?"

"I beat Arsenal."

"I also bet on Arsenal."

"Arsenal."

"Hey, hello, are you going too far? Is there no one pressing the Crystal Palace?"

"You."

"Fxxxk!"

Because of Southgate's injury, Crystal Palace was forced to use up a substitution.

So now Chen Ran has only one last chance to make substitutions. In order to prevent the team from getting injured again, this made him dare not make substitutions easily.

But Tony's play, the effect is not very good.

Because Arsenal's current central defender is Campbell at his peak.

It is very difficult for the general central defenders to defend Tony, but this Black Iron Tower does not lose the wind in the slightest.

Fortunately, another Arsenal central defender, Kolo Toure, was firmly suppressed by Ronaldo.

Ronaldo is 187cm tall, while Kolo Toure is 183cm tall. Although Kolo Toure has a strong jumping ability, Ronaldo's jumping is stronger.

After discovering this, Chen Ran immediately let Evra and Ribery pass the ball to Ronaldo.

One, two When Ronaldo grabbed consecutive headers, Wenger couldn't sit still immediately.

"This Ronaldo is becoming more and more threatening now. We must find a way to contain it, otherwise there may be problems."

Wenger immediately sounded the alarm in his heart, should he replace with a tall defender to strengthen the defense?

For a while, Wenger hesitated.

It's not that Arsenal doesn't have tall defenders. For example, Sigan and Senderos are 192cm and 190cm tall respectively.

But both guys have their own problems, Seagan is 30 years old this year, and Senderos is only 19 years old.

One is a bit old, and Wenger is worried that he can't keep up with Ronaldo's speed; the other is too young and has never played a few official games. Wenger is worried that he will be played around by Ronaldo.

This is also an important reason why Kolo Toure, who is not outstanding in height, can become Arsenal's main central defender.

Just when Wenger hesitated, Crystal Palace ushered in a turning point.

Evra on the left took the ball and made a breakthrough along the side. He tried to get past Arsenal's right-back Lauren, but failed. He had to cross the ball to Ronaldo who ran out of Arsenal's penalty area.

After receiving the ball, Ronaldo returned the ball to Modric who was following up in the middle, and then immediately turned forward.

Modric understood, and without any pause, he directly made an arc and passed the ball into Arsenal's penalty area.

At this time, Kolo Toure, who followed Ronaldo out of the penalty area, was left behind by Ronaldo who turned around and re-entered the penalty area.

Modric's pick pass is excellent, as if it was tailor-made for Ronaldo, it bounced off the ground one meter in front of Ronaldo.

Ronaldo didn't need to make any adjustments, he just volleyed.

"boom!"

With a loud bang, the ball was so powerful that it hit the lower edge of the crossbar of Arsenal's goal.

Lehman was also unlucky. When he saw Ronaldo throwing off Kolo Toure, he knew something was wrong and moved over here immediately.

As soon as Ronaldo made a shot, he had already made a save.

Lehman's save was not untimely, but the ball was perfect in terms of power, speed and angle, so he was still a beat behind.

When Lehmann pounced, the ball bounced off the crossbar and landed on the back of his head.

The ball that might have bounced off was blocked into Arsenal's goal by the back of Lehmann's head.

"Goal"

With the help of Lehmann, Crystal Palace finally got back a goal and the score became 1:1.

On the sidelines, Chen Ran and the Crystal Palace substitutes jumped up excitedly after seeing this scene.

This is really pie in the sky.

On the Arsenal bench, there was a dead silence.

No one spoke because they didn't know whether to be angry or amused.

Wenger covered his forehead with his hands, which was really meowing and made people speechless.

In the stands, the reporters also burst into laughter.

"OMG, how did this happen?"

"Oh, I can't do it anymore, my stomach hurts from laughing."

"It's probably the funniest goal of the season."

"Damn it, it's true that God is helping that Chinese man."

"This time, the score returned to a tie. It's hard to say who will win and who will lose in the next game."

(End of this chapter)