Football feast, starting from the acquisition of European clubs

Chapter 165 Make the water muddy first

If Chen Ran knew that the reporters said that he was going to deceive people again, he would definitely cry out for injustice.

This is obviously a normal tactical arrangement, how can it be called a scam?
Letting Modric's small body fight those strong men, isn't this using his own shortcomings to confront the opponent's strengths?
Chen Ran would not do such a stupid thing.

It would be a wise choice to wait until those strong men at Chelsea are bored, and then let Modric go up and ravage them.

Therefore, Chen Ran stood still throughout the first half.

Crystal Palace and Chelsea did not compare each other, and the two sides ended the first half with a score of 0:0.

During the intermission, Chen Ran did not adjust his tactics.

The heat is almost meaningless, and the physical fitness of Chelsea players has not yet reached its limit.

Chen Ran made no adjustments, but Mourinho took the lead in making substitutions.

He replaced Wright Phillips with Duff and it was clear Mourinho wasn't too happy with Wright Phillips' performance in the first half.

In fact, this can't be blamed on Wright Phillips. His small body is not as good as Modric. Letting him participate in the fierce confrontation in the first half is simply hitting a stone with a pebble.

In the second half of the game, the fighting was still so fierce.

This time, Chen Ran stood on the sidelines, watching the players on both sides all the time.

"Well, this guy's movement frequency has started to slow down, probably because his physical fitness has begun to decline."

"Huh? This guy can still run so well, he's not even tired at all, and he's physically fit."

"Not good, Diego seems to be a bit unable to run, it seems that the replacement time must be brought forward."

After evaluating all the players on both sides, Chen Ran began to focus on Simeone's performance.

This game consumes the most physical energy for the players in the midfielder position, and Simeone is getting older, and his physical condition is definitely not comparable to when he was young.

Therefore, Chen Ran had to replace Simeone immediately before he couldn't hold on.

At 10 minutes into the second half, Chen Ran called Modric from the bench.

"Little Luca, you go up to replace Diego, and then move forward to play the attacking midfielder. Just behind Lampard and the others, Carvalho and Terry are in front of them. The space is active."

"You break through a few more times, so that Lampard and the others have scruples and have to retreat to mark you. In this way, we can press Chelsea's formation back and attack. Understand?"

"Okay, boss, I see."

Soon, everyone discovered that Chen Ran, who had been holding back for more than 60 minutes without making any moves, made a move.

Crystal Palace replaced Simeone with Modric. Seeing this adjustment, anyone familiar with Crystal Palace knows that this is a signal to launch an attack.

As Chen Ran's old opponent, Mourinho naturally understood the intention of this substitution, but he didn't respond.

One is because Mourinho has full confidence in the players he has on the field, and the other reason is that Mourinho has sent all the best players in his hands to the field.The rest of the bench, he didn't trust.

According to Chen Ran's instructions, Modric stood behind Lampard and others as soon as he entered the field.

After receiving Vieira's pass, he took the ball directly and began to attack Chelsea's defense.

Modric has good skills, can pass people, and has a long-range shot.

Because Terry is responsible for marking Tony, Carvalho can only deal with Modric alone.

Carvalho's situation is also very embarrassing. If you go up to grab it, you are afraid that Modric will pass you by; .

This time, Lampard and others had to rush back to defend.

The formation of Crystal Palace took the opportunity to start pressing up.

Although Modric's several consecutive breakthroughs did not result in a goal, he managed to overwhelm the Crystal Palace formation at halftime.

It is easy for Lampard and others to return to the defense, but it is difficult to go up.

Crystal Palace has successfully burned the flames of war to Chelsea's half.

After Modric came on the field, Chelsea's defensive players were particularly uncomfortable.

The area where he is currently active is just at the front of Chelsea's penalty area, and it is also where Chelsea has to defend.

The Chelsea formation has only three midfielders, and each of them needs to be responsible for the defensive area.

If it weren't for Lampard, Makelele and Essien are strong enough that ordinary players can't take care of them at all.

Now it is necessary to set aside one person to mark Modric, and the remaining two need to defend a larger area.

And this is exactly what Chen Ran wants to see.

After Modric came on the field, the area where Chen Ran arranged his activities was too threatening.

Mourinho arranged for Makelele, who is similar in size to Modric, flexible enough, and has plenty of physical fitness, who is known as "cannot run to death" to mark Modric.

The result of this is that there is a stadium nearly 70 meters wide, which is completely taken care of by Lampard and Essien.

And now the formation of the Crystal Palace has been pressed as a whole. Whether it is Vieira or Yaya Toure, they have already passed the center line, plus Ronaldo and Ribery on both sides.

Chelsea's midfield defense was immediately like a sieve, leaking everywhere.

Mourinho on the sidelines immediately discovered the problem, but Modric was too dangerous to ignore, so he quickly ordered the two wingers Robben and Duff to recover to help Lampard and Essien protect the wings.

Chen Ran, who was always watching Chelsea's movements, how could he let go of such a good opportunity?
With Robben and Duff up front, he can't move yet.Now that the sharp side knife was put into the scabbard, Chen Ran didn't have any worries.

"George!"

Taking advantage of the dead ball, he called Chiellini to his side.

"Chelsea's Robben and Duff are back now, you and Maicon will press the attack immediately, don't give them a chance to breathe. Understand?"

"Got it, boss."

As soon as Chiellini and Maicon pressed for the assist, they immediately wrapped Chelsea in their own half.

Except for one Drogba, all Chelsea players had to invest in half-court defense.

After a fierce contest for most of the half, Mourinho's Chelsea finally failed to hold back, and the situation on the court fell to the Crystal Palace side.

Seeing this scene in front of him, Mourinho on the sidelines was livid with anger.

The set of 433 tactics he designed for Chelsea is very effective for ordinary teams.

Opponents can't penetrate the defense line composed of three generals he arranged in the midfield, but they will be killed by the forward line with Drogba as the fulcrum, Robben, Duff or Wright Phillips as the sharp knife.

But when encountering the Crystal Palace, Mourinho's tactics are not easy to use.

Because the midfield strength of Crystal Palace is also strong enough, Chelsea fought hard for most of the game, but they couldn't get through.

However, there were only three players in the midfield on his side, and the lack of numbers was caught by Chen Ran.

Using a Modric, he took away Makelele, making Chelsea's midfielder's defensive space bigger.

Now Mourinho is forced to let Robben and Duff take part in the defense and let them do things they are not good at, which in itself has already fallen behind.

For Mourinho, the most appropriate decision now is to immediately replace Robben with a player with stronger defensive capabilities.

But once this is done, it means that Mourinho has given up hope of getting three points in this game.

Because Robben is Chelsea's sharpest knife now.

You put away the knife, can you still win the game?

This is why Mourinho is still hesitating.

He was not reconciled.

This is Chelsea's home game. If they can't win against Crystal Palace at home, is it possible to win at Crystal Palace's home court?

Mourinho was engaged in a fierce ideological struggle there, and the offense of Crystal Palace did not relax at all.

After the overall pressure of the Crystal Palace, Ronaldo and Franck Ribery, who were supported, finally got the chance to show their strength.

With the cooperation of Chiellini and Maicon, they took turns attacking Del Horno and Ferreira's defense.

Duff is better. Although he is also an offensive player, after all, he grew up in the English football system since he was a child, and he does not suffer from physical confrontation.

Robben's side is a little bit worse. It's not that he doesn't want to defend, but he really doesn't have the ability.

When Ribery broke through with the ball, he rushed up to knock Ribery down and destroy the attack.

But as soon as the body came into contact, Ribery didn't respond, and Robben fell out by himself.

As a result, not only did he fail to stop Ribery, but he also bumped Del Horno who was rushing to intercept Ribery.

This is great, Ribery doesn't have to think about how to excel.

"Thank you!"

After leaving a thank you, Ribery dribbled the ball straight to Chelsea's penalty area.

"Fuck, that's okay? Is this Robben our undercover agent?"

Chen Ran on the sidelines was dumbfounded. Could it be that Robben is a friend?

"Fxxxk!"

On the other side, Mourinho, who also saw this scene, was so angry that he swears.

At this time, Franck Ribery, who was running around, didn't care so much, he only had Chelsea's penalty area in his eyes.

Seeing that the wing was broken through, Essien, who was close to Chelsea's midfielder on the left, rushed over to defend.

Franck Ribery is also a gentleman who knows current affairs. When he saw this black charcoal head rushing towards him aggressively, he felt a little difficult.

Make a decisive decision and immediately change direction.

Instead of going to Chelsea's penalty area, I went to make a pass from the bottom.

This time, Essien, who rushed over in a hurry, was in vain, and could only turn around and follow behind Ribery's buttocks.

Seeing that the bottom line was approaching, Ribery adjusted his pace, flicked his ankle, and passed the ball into Chelsea's penalty area.

At this time, Tony, who saw Ribery's successful breakthrough, had already started to grab a position in Chelsea's penalty area.

And Chelsea's two central defenders Terry and Carvalho are not vegetarians either.

The two have a clear division of labor, Terry is responsible for marking Tony closely, and Carvalho is responsible for assisting defense protection.

One after the other, the two firmly sandwiched Tony in the middle.

As for the small movements of the hands, they are naturally indispensable.

Squeezing, bumping, pulling, and pulling, Tony couldn't jump up at all, and could only watch the ball pass over his head.

Of course, Tony is not a person who suffers from being dumb, and his hands are not idle.

He didn't jump up, and Terry and Carvalho couldn't jump up either.

The three looked up at the stars, the moon, and the ball together.

To talk about the critical moment, it depends on the performance of the superstar.

When Ribery broke through to the bottom, Ronaldo, who was far on the left, keenly felt that this was an opportunity.

While everyone's attention was on Ribery, Ronaldo began to speed up and rush into Chelsea's penalty area.

Ronaldo's Portuguese fellow, Chelsea right back Ferreira was half a beat slow in reacting. When Ronaldo rushed past him, he remembered to pull Ronaldo.

Unfortunately, this one was not held, and Ferreira had no choice but to chase after Ronaldo's ass desperately.

The speed of the two is not at the same level at all.

When Ferreira caught up with Ronaldo, Ronaldo had jumped high and slammed the ball towards the Chelsea gate guarded by Cudicini.

Cudicini, a neurotic goalkeeper, may save any difficult shot; but similarly, he may not be able to defend any difficult shot.

This time, Mourini has a good Olympic spirit, and Cudicini belongs to the former.

Soaring into the air, Cudicini blocked Ronaldo's inevitable goal with a sideways pounce.

After the ball changed direction, it hit the crossbar, and instead of going out of bounds, it bounced upwards.

At this time, Tony, who reacted, rushed over to grab a shot.

And Terry and Carvalho, who were beside him, reacted very quickly, rushing over almost at the same time.

So, the three got entangled again, and none of them jumped up to grab the header.

At this time, Ronaldo, who had just headed the ball, also rushed over, trying to grab the header.

And Cudicini, who just made a wonderful save, also got up quickly at this time, jumped up again and reached for the ball.

He wanted to pull the ball out of the bottom line, at worst, give Crystal Palace a corner kick, and let the alarm go first.

Logically speaking, even if Cristiano Ronaldo and Cudicini take off at the same time to fight for the ball, because the goalkeeper can use his hands, the ball will almost certainly be grabbed by Cudicini first.

However, Tony, who was still entangled with Terry and Carvalho at this time, tried his best, but Terry didn't move, but Carvalho staggered and took a step back, just blocking Cudicini.

It was this critical first block, Cudicini couldn't fully jump up.

With his excellent bounce, Ronaldo sent the ball into Chelsea's gate lightly.

"GOAL!"

Crystal Palace lead Chelsea 1-0 away.

"Foul! Foul!"

"Referee, this is a foul!"

Seeing that the referee signaled that the goal was valid, the Chelsea players quit immediately.

They rushed forward and surrounded the referee on duty.

On the sidelines, Mourinho was also jumping with anger.

He couldn't come in and could only babble at the fourth official.

In fact, so far away, Mourinho couldn't see what happened at that time.

But he saw his players surround the referee, so the goal must be disputed.

This goal of Crystal Palace cannot be allowed to be effective, otherwise it will be bad.

There is not much time left, and he is not sure of breaking the goal of Crystal Palace.

No matter what the matter is, let's muddy the water first.

(End of this chapter)