Football feast, starting from the acquisition of European clubs

Chapter 181 Be a coach and also know how to act?

"Regardless of whether they play like a strong team or not, at least Chelsea did a good job defending today. Crystal Palace has not gotten any decent scoring opportunities so far."

"That's right. I guess Mourinho also learned from the experience and lessons of Chelsea and Crystal Palace before, so he is so conservative today."

"But if we continue like this, Chelsea won't be able to beat Crystal Palace. If Chelsea can't beat Crystal Palace in this game, it will be difficult to narrow the point gap in the future."

"That depends on what Mourinho thinks. You must know that once Chelsea presses out to attack, maybe Crystal Palace will catch the loophole and score."

"Yes, judging from the attack power of the Crystal Palace, the chance of this possibility is not small."

"Hehe, I guess Mourinho is also hesitating whether to attack or not. He still holds Robben, Duff, and Joe Cole for several cards."

"This decision is indeed difficult to make, and the risk is too great."

Five 10 minutes, 55 minutes, six 10 minutes, 65 minutes.
As the game time passed, seeing that Mourinho still had no movement, Chen Ran decided to take the first shot.

"Josep, tell Yaya Toure and Mascherano to warm up and get ready to play."

"Okay, boss."

Since Mourinho adopted a 532 formation in this game, Drogba and Crespo have always left two strikers in the frontcourt.

This caused Chen Ran to never dare to let Crystal Palace's two full-backs Chiellini and Maicon press for assists.

Because as soon as Chelsea got the ball in the backcourt, they immediately made a long pass to Drogba and Crespo in front.

And these two guys are top-notch forwards. If only Vidic and Southgate are left to defend, Chen Ran is not at ease.

In this way, Chelsea's two forwards contained the four defenders of Crystal Palace, plus a defensive midfielder Simeone.

Calculated, fully half of the Crystal Palace's players were unable to attack, which directly led to the Crystal Palace's offense often being weak and unable to form a continuous offensive situation.

Seeing that most of the time has passed, Chen Ran is going to cheat Mourinho.

Put on the look of being ready to bring in the defenders, accept the draw and see if Mourinho takes the bait.

If Mourinho is still unmoved, he will stick to it to the end.

Then Chen Ran also admitted that a draw is not the best result for Crystal Palace, but it is completely acceptable.

Mourinho, who has been secretly paying attention to the movement of the Crystal Palace bench, naturally sees everything in his eyes.

Seeing Guardiola rushing Yaya Toure and Mascherano to warm up, Mourinho was anxious. Is Crystal Palace going to shrink their defense and accept the result of the draw?

You must know that Yaya Toure and Mascherano are both defensive midfielders. Once they play, the formation of Crystal Palace is likely to become a defensive system with three midfielders.

At that time, even if Chelsea presses up to attack, it may be difficult to achieve any effect.

Mourinho, who has studied the Crystal Palace very thoroughly, immediately judged the possible changes of Chen Ran's substitution.

what to do?Do you want to launch a counterattack immediately?
If you don't fight hard at this time, you will have no chance if it is too late.

There is no way, the initiative of the entire form is in the hands of Crystal Palace.

Crystal Palace can accept a draw, but Chelsea can't.

Thinking of this, Mourinho immediately called Robben and Duff from the bench, ready to attack.

"Boss, there has been movement on the Chelsea bench. Mourinho seems to be replacing Robben and Duff."

On the Crystal Palace side, Guardiola, who was assigned by Chen Ran to keep an eye on the Chelsea bench, immediately noticed Mourinho's move.

"Hehe, Mourinho finally lost his composure."

Chen Ran smiled slightly and turned to look at Guardiola.

"Josep, go find Yaya Toure and Mascherano, and act like you're arranging tactics for them."

"???"

Hearing Chen Ran's order, Guardiola was stunned for a moment. He couldn't believe his ears, so he asked a question.

"Boss, did you just say to act like arranging tactics?"

"That's right. After Chelsea replace Robben and Duff, you can let Yaya Toure and Mascherano continue to sit on the bench."

"Ah? Boss, why don't you change?"

"No more, my goal has been achieved."

"Oh well."

Guardiola, who was driven away by Chen Ran to act, still had a look of disbelief at this moment.

How about acting as a coach?

Boss, what is this routine?
Seeing Guardiola's shocked look, Chen Ran secretly smiled.

If this were replaced by Cesc Fabregas, he would definitely call the boss that you are playing this trick again.

Alas, I don't know how that kid is doing in Barcelona now.

Taking advantage of the dead ball, Chen Ran came to the sidelines and called Vieira over.

"Patrick, from now on, your position will be retreated, and you will partner with Diego as a midfielder. Chelsea is going to attack, you two must do a good job of defense, and the offensive organization will be handed over to Luka."

"Okay, boss."

Soon, Chelsea completed the substitution.

Mourinho replaced central defender Huth and striker Crespo with Robben and Duff.

The formation on the field has also returned to Chelsea's customary 433.

On the Crystal Palace side, Yaya Toure and Mascherano, who had been busy for a long time during warm-up and Guardiola's tactics, now returned to the bench and sat down, as if just now. Nothing ever happened.

This move immediately surprised everyone.

"What is that Chinese man doing? Didn't he just want to change people? Why are they all sitting back now?"

The reporters in the stands were also shocked by Chen Ran's actions, which immediately caused a controversy.

"Hehe, this can be regarded as the tactical invention of the Huaguo. Performative substitutions, if I remember correctly, no coach has ever played like this before."

"Indeed not. Isn't this Chinese man messing around?"

"I guess he wants to seduce Mourinho to replace Robben and Duff to launch an attack. Now that the goal has been achieved, naturally there is no need to change."

"He can seduce Mourinho to change his formation and launch an attack by replacing two defensive midfielders? There is no such reason."

"You don't understand this. The initiative to compete for the league championship is now in the hands of Crystal Palace. Today's game is the best chance for Chelsea to narrow the gap with Crystal Palace. Crystal Palace can accept a draw, but Chelsea can't."

"That's right. Mourinho must be in a hurry when the Chinese man made the appearance of replacing two midfielders to strengthen his defense. So he immediately rushed to change and attack, because Mourinho knew that once Crystal Palace Shrinking the defense, no one is sure that they will be able to break through the defense of Crystal Palace."

"The Chinese man doesn't change players now, does that mean he also wants to win this game?"

"Yes. After Mourinho's substitution, Chelsea's previous defensive system was self-defeating. Isn't this the best chance for Crystal Palace to score?"

"Hiss, that Chinese man is really treacherous."

"You just know?"

"Why do I suddenly feel that Mourinho is a bit pitiful?"

"Hey, who made it so unlucky for him to meet that Chinese man."

Not only the reporters in the stands were shocked, but Mourinho on the sidelines was also shocked.

Damn, after a long time, Crystal Palace's substitution turned out to be fake!

What does it mean?
Could it be to seduce himself to change his formation and launch an attack?
Thinking of this, Mourinho's face suddenly changed.

No, I seem to have been fooled!

Quickly looking at the situation on the field again, Mourinho's heart suddenly rose to his throat.

After Huth went off, Chelsea had only two centre-backs left.

Terry is responsible for closely watching Tony, and Carvalho is required to stand by and provide protection at any time.

The two of them can no longer go out to help the full-backs at any time as they did before.

Now, whether it was William Gallas or Paul Ferreira, the pressure suddenly increased.

Because they only have the defensive midfielder on the same side who can come to help, but correspondingly, Modric on the Crystal Palace side will also come to cooperate with Ronaldo or Ribery.

In this way, the two wingers of Crystal Palace finally began to show their power after being misfired for most of the game.

One after another, the ball began to appear in Chelsea's penalty area.

Tony, who had been silent for a long time, also began to exert his strength as a powerful center, overwhelming Terry and Carvalho.

Robben and Duff, who were placed high hopes by Mourinho, obviously did not achieve the effect Mourinho expected.

For these two old opponents who have played against each other many times, Maicon and Chiellini have already accumulated a wealth of experience and are handy in dealing with them.

Especially on Maicon's side, since Robben just joined Chelsea, every time he saw Robben, he would give him a hard time first.

As a result, Robben has left a psychological shadow when he sees Maicon.

Every time Crystal Palace played against Chelsea, Robben played while avoiding Maicon, so naturally it was impossible to perform well.

The situation on the field, from the previous fierce attack by Crystal Palace and the staunch defense by Chelsea, has now become a confrontation between the two sides.

However, on Chelsea's side, there is only thunder but not rain, while on the Crystal Palace side, Chelsea's goal has been constantly threatened.

"Josep, get Jan Kohler and Yaya Toure to warm up and get ready to play."

"Okay, boss."

Looking at the game time, it was already 10 minutes, Chen Ran decided to add fire.

Soon, he replaced Modric with Jan Kohler and Simeone with Yaya Toure.

Taking advantage of the substitution time, Chen Ran called Vieira to the sidelines again.

"Patrick, now the team has changed to 442, playing a double-tower tactic, and you are responsible for organizing the offense. Do you understand?"

"Understood, boss."

Seeing that Crystal Palace had replaced Jan Kohler, Mourinho's heart sank.

Chen Ran is going to resort to the twin towers tactic, but he has already replaced the tall central defender Huth.

Only relying on Terry and Carvalho to defend against Tony and Jan Kohler?

Terry is 187CM tall, Carvalho is 182CM tall, Tony is 193CM tall, and Jan Kohler is 202CM tall.

Mourinho still has self-knowledge, and this existence is purely courting death.

As a last resort, Mourinho had to let the left back William Gallas retract and play as a left center back, and then replaced Makelele with the left back Del Horno.

But in this way, Chelsea's formation became a weird 523, and the midfield was extremely empty.

No way, Mourinho had to retreat Robben and Duff as left and right midfielders.

This time, the formation became 541 again.

What the hell is this meow attacking?

Seeing the situation on the field, Mourinho was livid with anger.

He tried so hard to launch an offensive, but was forced back by Chen Ran after a few strokes.

Then what was he doing so much before?
It's better to stick to it forever.

However, although Chelsea has now become a 541 formation, but in terms of defensive strength, it is far from being comparable to the previous 532 formation.

Because Robben and Duff are not defensive players at all.

Now, Ronaldo and Ribery finally let go of their hands and feet completely.Crystal Palace's offensive also reached its peak in the final stage of the game.

"Boss, there may not be enough time."

Guardiola came over to remind Chen Ran at this time.

Chen Ran looked down at his watch, and it was less than 10 minutes to make up time.

"It doesn't matter. It's best to win this game. Even a draw is acceptable. After all, the initiative is in our hands, isn't it?"

"Boss, Mourinho seems to be cornered."

Following Guardiola's gaze, Chen Ran saw Mourinho complaining endlessly on the sidelines about a penalty made by the referee.

It turned out that Paulo Ferreira brought down Ronaldo, and the referee awarded Crystal Palace a free kick in the frontcourt.

I don't know what Mourinho said, the referee directly sent him to the stands.

good chance.

With a wave of his hand, Chen Ran immediately called the big players of Crystal Palace to go to Chelsea's penalty area to grab a header.

So, I saw Jan Kohler 202CM, Tony 193CM, Vidic 191CM, Vieira 191CM, Yaya Toure 187CM, Ronaldo 187CM, Chiellini 186CM seven tall players gathered in Chelsea's penalty area.

Good guy, I didn't pay attention usually, these guys gathered together, this scene is really scary.

Chelsea's restricted area was suddenly shrouded in the shadow of Crystal Palace.

"Frank, don't shoot the ball low, kick it high!"

Seeing that the Crystal Palace players had an absolute aerial advantage, Chen Ran hurriedly reminded Franck Ribery who took the free kick.

At this time, Chen Ran couldn't care less about keeping things secret.

They are all bright cards and speak with hard power.

"Got it, boss."

Soon, according to Chen Ran's instructions, Ribery kicked a high and floating pass and flew into Chelsea's penalty area.

Suddenly, Chelsea's penalty area became a mess.

Pulling, pushing, slamming, the ball fell inside before it even flew into the penalty area.

"beep!"

At this time, a whistle suddenly sounded on the field.

Everyone's eyes immediately looked nervously at the referee on duty.

(End of this chapter)