Football feast, starting from the acquisition of European clubs

Chapter 168 I hate this kind of simple and rude style of play without any technical content

Because AC Milan and Crystal Palace are the two most powerful teams in this group, the results of their encounters will probably determine who can qualify as No.1 in this group.

And whether they can qualify first in the group is directly related to whether the opponent in the knockout round is strong or weak.

Therefore, not only the AC Milan club attaches great importance to this Champions League group match, but even the AC Milan fans also attach great importance to it.

Today, the San Siro Stadium, which can accommodate 8 people, is full of seats.

Crystal Palace's first group match was held at Highbury Stadium, the home court that the players are relatively familiar with, so there is no feeling of discomfort.

But today, when they stepped onto the turf of the San Siro Stadium, they were surrounded by the cheers and cheers of nearly [-] AC Milan fans.

That atmosphere, that aura, is completely different.

Not to mention those players, even Chen Ran on the sidelines couldn't help shaking slightly.

Some nervous, some excited, some excited, some apprehensive
"call!"

Taking a deep breath, Chen Ran settled down.

My own goal is to build Crystal Palace into the world's top wealthy club.

Such a big scene will have to be experienced sooner or later.

I just don't know if those bastards under my command who have never seen the world can adapt as soon as possible.

Chen Ran's worry was not unreasonable.

Looking at his starting lineup, apart from Vieira and Simeone having experienced this kind of scene, even captain Southgate is nothing more than an English bumpkin.

Things in this world are often like this, the more you are afraid of something, the more you will get something.

As soon as the game started, Chen Ran found that the team members under him were a little flustered.

Many simple mistakes that would not have been made in the past have also appeared one after another.

Fortunately, Chen Ran adopted Simeone's defensive counterattack tactics, and the entire formation was shrunk to his own half.

The space between the players is very small, and it is more convenient for each other to defend and fill up. This is why AC Milan did not seize the opportunity to score.

"Diego, these boys are a little flustered now, you and Patrick should shout, remind them not to make mistakes!"

Taking advantage of a throw-in, Chen Ran hurriedly called Simeone to the sidelines to explain.

There is no way, Southgate, as the captain, is a little confused now, and he can't hope for it for the time being.

Ancelotti naturally sees the situation of the Crystal Palace.

He is no stranger to this situation. Many teams that suddenly appear to participate in the Champions League for the first time often have such a stage of discomfort.

Usually, by the time most teams have gotten used to it, they've been knocked out.

It seems that Crystal Palace cannot avoid this unadaptable stage.

Thinking of this, Ancelotti was overjoyed.

Taking advantage of the unstable position of Crystal Palace, it was AC Milan's great opportunity to press forward and win the game in one fell swoop.

So, Ancelotti immediately walked to the sidelines, waved his hand, and began to call on the players to attack with all their strength.

If you want to talk about AC Milan's current lineup, it is specially designed by Ancelotti for offense.

Among the four players in the diamond-shaped midfield, apart from Gattuso who is a full-time defensive player, even the midfielder Pirlo is also a front midfielder and a rear midfielder, and his offensive ability is far stronger than his defensive ability.

AC Milan pressed the whole line and immediately wrapped Crystal Palace in their own half.

And this kind of scene used to only happen when the Crystal Palace dealt with others.

Kaka, Seedorf and Pirlo, some have dribbled through, some have played in series transitions, and some have organized offense.

Plus the powerful center Vieri on the front line, and the nuclear warhead Shevchenko.

The entire midfield and backcourt of Crystal Palace suddenly fell into turmoil and precarity.

Fortunately, AC Milan's offensive is mainly concentrated in the middle. Chen Ran arranged Vieira, Yaya Toure and Simeone's three iron gates early on. This allowed Crystal Palace to be protected from AC Milan's overwhelming offensive Huge waves overturned.

10 minutes, 10 minutes two, 10 minutes three.
The cheers from the San Siro Stadium that Ancelotti was looking forward to have never appeared.

Although he was a little flustered at the beginning of the game, the effect of Chen Ran making Simeone repeatedly practice defensive counterattack tactics every day in training finally showed.

Despite being in a hurry and in a panic, Crystal Palace survived in the end.

"This Crystal Palace is indeed a tough nut to crack."

Ancelotti muttered secretly.

"Carlo, how about letting Maldini and Cafu also attack?"

At this time, assistant coach Tassotti came to Ancelotti's side and had an idea.

Although unwilling to admit it, Crystal Palace is still as they discussed before, the defense is very tenacious, and it is difficult to break through their defense.

Hearing Tassotti's suggestion, Ancelotti shook his head.

"Don't worry, let's take a look."

It's not that Ancelotti doesn't want to increase the offensive power, but that Maldini and Cafu are two players, one is 37 years old and the other is 35 years old.

As a full-back, these are absolute senior players.

If it weren't for AC Milan's offensive strength is too strong, most teams would be crushed and have no power to fight back.

Otherwise, with the current physical condition of Maldini and Cafu, they will not be able to run if they repeatedly hit the half court.

Therefore, the way Ancelotti uses Maldini and Cafu now is to stay behind and take charge of the defense.

As for the offense, it is enough to rely on AC Milan's super midfield strength.

Ancelotti did not adopt Tassotti's suggestion to continue to strengthen the offensive, which is naturally good news for Crystal Palace.

On the other hand, Chen Ran was relieved to see that Crystal Palace had gradually adapted to AC Milan's offensive rhythm and gained a firm foothold.

Picking up the mineral water at his feet, "Gudu Gudu" drank half of the bottle.

Just now he has been shouting at his throat to remind the players to help defend and make up for the position. Now his throat is so dry that he is almost on fire.

"beep!"

The referee on duty finally blew the whistle to end the halftime game. Chen Ran wiped the sweat from his forehead and finally took a breath.

On the display at the San Siro Stadium, it was still 0:0 as it was at the beginning.

Intermission, in the Crystal Palace dressing room.

Looking at the team members who were drenched all over, Chen Ran also felt the same way.

He was sweating standing on the sidelines, not to mention the players who had fought for 45 minutes on the court.

"Guys, you played well in the first half. AC Milan's attack power is the best in the world, but you managed to resist their attack. I'm proud of you!"

"The players on the AC Milan field are much older than you. This means that their physical fitness is definitely not as good as yours."

"Guys, as long as you persist for another 10 minutes in the second half. When the AC Milan players' physical fitness declines, it is our chance to attack."

"So, whether you can win the game or not depends on your performance in the second half. Do you have confidence?"

"Have!"

The deafening answer resounded throughout the locker room.

Looking at the eyes full of fighting spirit, Chen Ran nodded in satisfaction.

Military Heart is available.

During the intermission, Chen Ran did not make any substitutions, nor did Ancelotti make any adjustments.

At the beginning of the second half of the game, the situation on the court was still the same as the first half, and it was another half-time offensive and defensive drill.

Fortunately, after the test in the first half, Crystal Palace's defensive players are now more experienced in dealing with AC Milan's offense.

Although it was still suppressed by AC Milan within the half-court, it never allowed AC Milan to break through the goal guarded by Petr Cech.

Five 10 minutes, six 10 minutes, seven 10 minutes
Looking at the AC Milan players who were gradually showing signs of fatigue on the field, Chen Ran felt that the heat was almost ready.

"Little Luca!"

Chen Ran called Modric over from the bench.

"After you come on the field, go play the attacking midfielder, and then inform the other teammates that we are going to start attacking. Do you understand?"

"Got it, boss."

Modric nodded heavily, and waited on the bench for seven to 10 minutes, and now it was finally his turn to show his talents.

Seeing the movement on the Crystal Palace bench, AC Milan assistant coach Tassotti, who had been staring at this side, hurried to Ancelotti's side.

"Carlo, the Crystal Palace is going to be replaced. It seems that Modric is going to be replaced. This player is the core of the Crystal Palace. It seems that the Chinese is going to attack."

Reminded by Tassotti, Ancelodi turned his head and glanced at the Crystal Palace bench.

"Mauro, do you think we still have a chance to win Crystal Palace in this game?"

Although Ancelotti didn't know the truth of "one bang, then decline, three exhaustion", AC Milan attacked most of the game violently, but still failed to break through the goal of Crystal Palace.

So he had a bad feeling.

AC Milan's shortcomings, as the head coach, Ancelotti is very clear.

That is because of his age, his players cannot fight for a long time.

Why is there a night in Istanbul, besides underestimating the enemy, is it not because the physical fitness of AC Milan's players has declined and they can't run anymore?

Ancelotti is very clear that the Chinese man in Crystal Palace also wants to delay the game until the AC Milan players can't run before launching an attack.

Not only did Chen Ran discover that the physical fitness of AC Milan players began to decline, but as the head coach, Ancelotti knew his players better.

Therefore, Ancelotti will ask Tassotti this question.

He already had the idea of ​​accepting a draw in his heart, but he needed someone to help him make up his mind.

"Carlo, are you worried about a situation like the one against Liverpool?"

"Ah."

Ancelotti responded subtly, and in the noisy environment of the San Siro Stadium, Tassotti barely heard it.

"Then let's shrink the lineup. Anyway, our team will definitely have no problem. And with our strength, we are not afraid of anyone. It is the same to meet anyone after we appear. There will be a league game on the weekend, and these players on the field are a little tired. Are they now? Is it possible to change someone?"

Tassotti deserves to be a qualified assistant, and he has considered Ancelotti in all aspects.

Soon, Chen Ran found out that within 2 minutes after he replaced Modric, AC Milan also made a substitution.

Ancelotti replaced Seedorf with Ambrosini and Vieri with Inzaghi.

Moreover, Chen Ran also discovered that after the substitution, AC Milan's formation began to retreat as a whole.

Let me go, Ancelotti is a fine guy, right?
Chen Ran was also a little dumbfounded. As soon as he was about to launch an offensive, AC Milan immediately replaced the defensive midfielder Ambrosini and shrunk the formation. This was obviously to guard against his own attack.

What's more insidious is that Ancelotti also replaced Inzaghi.

This guy is known as a man who lives offside.

If Inzaghi managed to score offside when Crystal Palace was on the attack, then he would have fallen short.

You must know that in this era without video referees, Inzaghi's anti-offside skills are extremely lethal.

There are also Shevchenko and Kaka, the speed and scoring ability of these two people, if they fight back, it will be very fatal.

It's amazing, Ancelotti is sure that he is going to press the attack, and he wants to take it back and fight his own counterattack.

So crafty!

Chen Ran is now in a difficult situation.

Shevchenko, Kaka and Inzaghi, these three are all good counterattackers.

When the Crystal Palace pressed forward to attack, Chen Ran had to send someone to mark them.

But if someone is specially assigned to mark these three guys, the frontcourt is pressed very high, and the backcourt is dragged very far back, wouldn't the Crystal Palace's formation be out of line?

Chen Ran scratched his hair vigorously. It seemed that it was impossible to attack as a whole. Ancelotti was clearly prepared.

Then we can only change a set of tactics.

After making up his mind, Chen Ran turned to look at the bench of Crystal Palace.

"Yan, go warm up!"

"Okay, boss."

Hearing Chen Ran's call, Jan Kohler immediately stood up excitedly.

"Jan, after you play, play double center forward with Luka. Then let Luka step back and play double midfielder with Patrick. Understand?"

"Understood, boss."

Damn it, since you want to resist, then I can only force myself to be the overlord.

Chen Ran glanced at Ancelotti in the distance. Fortunately, he had already prepared three different tactics for Crystal Palace, just to deal with the current situation.

So, shortly after replacing Modric, Chen Ran replaced Yaya Toure with Jan Kohler.Crystal Palace's style of play has also become a 442 twin-tower tactic.

The back line and two defensive midfielders guarded their own half, and used long passes to Ronaldo and Ribery on the wing, and then used the height advantage of Tony and Jan Kohler to blast directly into AC Milan's penalty area.

Seeing that Chen Ran quickly made new adjustments for his replacement, Ancelotti also frowned. This Chinese native is really difficult to deal with.

Recalling the Crystal Palace player profiles I have seen, Tony is 193cm, and Jan Kohler is 202cm.

Think about the situation of the two central defenders under him, Stam is 191CM and Nesta is 187CM.

Although it is not impossible to defend, it will definitely be very difficult, and Ancelotti suddenly felt a little uneasy.

I hate this kind of simple and rude style of play without any technical content.

(End of this chapter)