Football feast, starting from the acquisition of European clubs

Chapter 200 Fortunately, there is still a backup
Because Alves hadn't been able to switch, Chen Ran temporarily pulled Mascherano to the right to temporarily fill the vacancy left by Franck Ribery.

And Ronaldo also returned to Chiellini's body to help him mark Beckham on the right side of Real Madrid.Chiellini himself retracted into the penalty area to strengthen the defense of Crystal Palace in the middle.

Cristiano Ronaldo and Beckham, the two No. 7 players of Manchester United in their previous lives, have now staged a dramatic head-to-head confrontation.

If Beckham is particularly outstanding in certain skills, then Ronaldo is an all-around fighter.

Although the current Ronaldo is far from reaching the later peak level, with his speed and agility, Beckham still has no way to pass high-quality passes calmly.

Several hastily sent crosses were either too powerful or had a low arc, and were easily cleared by the Crystal Palace defender.

The other Real Madrid players saw that Beckham couldn't get rid of Ronaldo's defense, so they gradually stopped sending the ball to him.Crystal Palace's defense on the left has temporarily stabilized.

However, just leaving Ronaldo behind to help defend is obviously overkill.

Moreover, the current situation on the Crystal Palace field is very passive.Tony, a high center, can't play his power at all without the support of his teammates.

After Alves warmed up, Chen Ran immediately pulled him to his side.

"Dani, you go to play right midfielder after you come on the field. Now we have one less player on the field. You should focus on defense and don't take part in offense easily."

"Then inform Mascherano to let him replace Chris, and then let Chris go forward to play a lone striker. After you get the ball, go directly to Chris with a long pass. Understand?"

"Understood, boss."

Seeing that Crystal Palace was about to make another substitution, the experienced Real Madrid stars on the field started throwing the ball back and forth again, just not giving the ball a chance to die.

Fortunately, Ronaldo got a chance to shoot shortly afterwards, and Petr Cech saved the bottom line with a kick, which allowed Crystal Palace to replace Tony with Alves.

"Huh? Is the Crystal Palace going to defend it completely?"

Seeing that Chen Ran had replaced the only center, Tony, Carlo was overjoyed.

Now he can let Real Madrid fully attack the attack. You must know that his two full-backs, Roberto Carlos and Cicinho, are both known for their strong assist ability.

However, before Carlo was happy for 2 minutes, he found that although Crystal Palace replaced the only center Tony, they put the original left forward Ronaldo in the forward position.

As the winger of the Crystal Palace, Ronaldo has carefully studied the characteristics of Ronaldo. He is fast, has a strong ability to break through, and has a good header.

It seems that the Chinese man wants to use Ronaldo to go to the front to fight guerrillas.

After figuring out Chen Ran's intentions, Carlo also had to temporarily shelve his plan to let Roberto Carlos and Cicinho attack.

Because, Chen Ran's adjustment had an immediate effect on the field.

When Raul's shot was embraced by Cech, he quickly threw the ball with one hand and threw the ball to Vieira in the midfielder position.

After receiving the ball, Vieira immediately dribbled the ball to the front left and there was no room for Real Madrid players to advance.

However, the rare and active Real Madrid stars immediately surrounded Vieira from all directions.

Beckham on the right is rushing over, Gravesen in the midfielder position is catching up, and Raul in the midfielder position is desperately chasing back.

Realizing that he was about to be surrounded by Vieira, he continued to dribble the ball forward to the left, while quickly looking up to observe, and then passed a reverse long pass to the front right with his left foot.

Because the moment he looked up, he found that Ronaldo in front was advancing from the left position in the middle to the right.

Vieira's long pass just passed the head of Ronaldo and Woodgate, who was chasing after him, and landed in front of Ronaldo.

Ronaldo chased after the ball in the direction of flight, and after getting the ball, he had already arrived near the upper left corner of the Real Madrid penalty area.

At this time, Woodgate was also in place in time, blocking Ronaldo's inside position, so that Ronaldo could not directly dribble the ball into Real Madrid's goal.

Facing Woodgate, Ronaldo stepped on a few bicycles, moved the ball to the middle with his left foot, and after dodging the angle, he used the instep of his left foot to shoot a curve ball, and the ball went straight to the goal. in the upper right corner of the .

It's a pity that Casillas reacted very quickly, and he flew sideways, dragging the ball off the crossbar with his fingertips.

At this moment, although the shot missed, it also made Carlo break out in a cold sweat.

Chen Ran's move made Carlo very uncomfortable. Compared with the traditional high center forward Tony, Ronaldo, who is fast and maneuverable, obviously needs more people to stay and defend.

Therefore, Carlo finally left Roberto Carlos and Cicinho behind to strengthen the defense. Chen Ran also achieved the goal of substituting offense for defense and eased the pressure on the back line.

The game was very anxious, and the Crystal Palace, which had one less player, fell into a complete passivity, and was tightly suppressed by Real Madrid within its own half.

Only every time a big foot passed to Ronaldo in front, Crystal Palace's defensive players could get a short respite.

Chen Ran on the sidelines is also living like a year.

He wanted to use the only remaining "Level [-] chicken blood card" for Ronaldo more than once, but he finally endured it.

Because the situation is not yet at its worst, this hole card can be used as long as it can be used.

Fortunately, until the referee blew the whistle to end the first half, the score on the field was still 0:0.

This also allowed Chen Ran to relax for a while with his heart hanging.

Intermission, Crystal Palace dressing room.

Looking at the soaked team members one by one, Chen Ran was also deeply moved.

The Crystal Palace was sent off not long after the opening. Facing the top stars of Real Madrid, they were able to keep the goal. Each of these players has tried their best.

"Guys, you played very well in the first half. With so many stars in Real Madrid, even with one more player, we couldn't break the goal of our Crystal Palace. I am proud of you."

"The situation is now very clear. As long as we keep at it and we don't let Real Madrid score, then we will knock them out and go to the semi-finals of the Champions League."

"Guys, remember our first round goal?"

"Remember! Let them go home crying and call their mother!"

"Ha ha ha ha."

"That's right! Victory belongs to Crystal Palace!"

Because Chen Ran already used up two substitutions in the first half of the game, and now that the team has one less player on the field, the physical exertion of other players will inevitably increase a lot.

In order to prevent the players from having cramps and being unable to persist in the game in the second half, Chen Ran had to save the only remaining substitution spot just in case.

On the Real Madrid side, the situation of not scoring a goal at the end of the first half made the head coach Carlo feel a little anxious.

You know, since Crystal Palace has two away goals in their hands, Real Madrid must score at least two goals in this game to ensure the game continues.

However, after Chen Ran put Ronaldo in the forward position, it produced a huge deterrent force, making Carlo dare not let the two full-backs Roberto Carlos and Cicinho let go of the attack.

So, he had to set his sights on Real Madrid's midfield.

Carlo purposely called Ronaldo, Zidane and Raul, the three big men in charge of the attack in the middle, and pointed to the position on the tactical board representing Thiago Silva to start arranging tactics.

"Zizou, Ronnie, Raul, you see, in the central defender combination of Crystal Palace in this game, they did not send their main central defender and captain Southgate, not even on the bench. Guess he was injured nine out of ten."

"And Thiago Silva, who replaced Southgate, is only 21 years old this year, and he hasn't played many games on behalf of Crystal Palace before. Obviously, in terms of game experience, he can't compete with another central defender. Ditch on a par."

"So, I hope you will focus on this Thiago Silva in the second half of the game. I believe that as long as you continue to put pressure on him, this young man will definitely make mistakes."

Carlo's analysis is well-founded, and even Ronaldo and others who are not very convinced by him can't find any faults.

The three discussed briefly and nodded in agreement with Carlo's tactical arrangement.

While the three of Ronaldo were discussing countermeasures, Carlo stood by and waited with a smile on his face. The atmosphere was very harmonious.

As for what his true thoughts are like, it is unknown.

So, just 5 minutes into the second half, Chen Ran realized something was wrong.

Several major attackers of Real Madrid stared at Thiago Silva's position and continued to attack, which made Thiago Silva, who was still a little immature, panicked.

"Boss, Real Madrid seemed to be attacking Thiago's position in the second half."

Guardiola also noticed this situation very keenly, and hurried over to remind Chen Ran.

"I noticed that too."

Chen Ran responded casually, but he immediately walked to the sidelines and shouted for Chiellini to withdraw from the penalty area to help Thiago Silva defend.

At this time, the cards in Chen Ran's hand were almost exhausted.

Although there is still a central defender Pepe on the bench, he really doesn't have the courage to replace this ticking time bomb in such a critical game.

Five 10 minutes, six 10 minutes, seven 10 minutes
The players of Real Madrid seem to have identified Thiago Silva, always implementing the tactics arranged by Carlo during the intermission.

When Cech held Ronaldo's shot firmly in his arms again, he quickly got up and threw the ball to Thiago Silva, who had no one around him, hoping to launch a counterattack through him.

However, Ronaldo, who has always been lazy and never participated in defense, suddenly got up from the grass not far from Cech, and rushed towards Thiago Silva, who was observing his teammates' positions and preparing to pass the ball after receiving the ball. past.

"Tiago, be careful behind you!"

Seeing this scene, Cech hurriedly shouted Thiago Silva's name.

Thiago Silva, who heard the voice, only had time to look back, and Ronaldo had already rushed in front of him.

In a panic, Thiago Silva wanted to clear the ball, but Ronaldo, who moved faster, poked the ball first.

The ball that was stabbed just rolled to Raul's feet.

At this time, Cech has not fully returned to his position and is a little far from the goal.

Raul didn't stop the ball at all, he just lobbed a shot, the ball drew a parabola, and flew directly to the goal of Crystal Palace.

At this time, Cech, who found that the situation was not good, was already running towards the goal with all his strength.

Seeing that Raul's shot flew to the goal accurately, Cech jumped with all his strength and touched the ball with his fingertips.

"boom!"

It was Cech's pounce that caused the ball to change direction slightly, hit the crossbar of the Crystal Palace goal hard, bounced out from a distance, and flew towards the arc of the penalty area.

Zidane, who just arrived at this place, relied on his strong body to lean on Vieira who was also rushing over. Before the ball hit the ground, he turned around and volleyed, and slammed the ball towards the goal of Crystal Palace again.

Zidane's shot was extremely accurate, the ball was pressed flat and fast, and flew directly into the upper left corner of the Crystal Palace goal.

This time, Petr Cech, who had just rescued Raul's lob shot, got up from the ground, and tried to save him, but it was beyond his reach.

Crystal Palace fell behind Real Madrid 0-1 at home.

The entire Highbury Stadium suddenly became silent.

Chen Ran's heart also tightened suddenly, it was dangerous.

Although according to the current score, Crystal Palace can still rely on the advantage of more away goals to eliminate Real Madrid and advance.

But once Real Madrid scores another goal, Crystal Palace will be eliminated.

Now, it's as if the two teams are wrestling on the edge of a cliff at the same time, and whoever loses will be smashed to pieces.

Thinking of this, Chen Ran immediately walked to the sidelines to cheer the players loudly.

"Cheer up for me, the initiative is still on our side. As long as we persevere, we will be promoted to Crystal Palace!"

Hearing Chen Ran's voice, Vieira, who took over as the captain of the field after Simeone left the field, also hurriedly stood up to encourage the players.

"Boss, what should we do now? Do you want to make adjustments?"

Guardiola asked worriedly.

"hold on."

Chen Ran can only answer Guardiola in this way.

There is only one substitution left, and he still has to reserve players who are exhausted.

If the substitution quota is used now, if someone is unable to persist in the game in the future, wouldn't the Crystal Palace have to fight with two fewer people?

Fortunately, Chen Ran still has a backup.

Silently checked the remaining cards in the system, the ammunition is still sufficient, it should be enough to deal with this game.

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