Football feast, starting from the acquisition of European clubs

Chapter 218 Has My Foolish Skill Upgraded Again?

"call!"

Chen Ran took a deep breath. Standing in the Champions League final for the first time, he was a little nervous.

Just now, when he was doing the final mobilization for the players in the locker room, he quietly used the "first-level blood card" for Ronaldo, the "first-level quasi-card" for Tony, and the "first-level card" for Ribery. The "Free Kick Master Card" was used.

Moreover, in order to prevent accidents, Chen Ran also used up the "Hawkeye Guardian Card".

This is the last game of the season, and it is also the most important game. It is time to show all the accumulated cards.

Everything is ready, just waiting for the game.

When the referee blew the whistle to start the game, both Crystal Palace and Barcelona pressed towards the opponent's half at the same time.

Apparently, Rijkaard and Chen Ran had the same thought, and both planned to use offense to suppress the opponent.

This time, the fans who came to the scene to watch the game were feasting their eyes.

Completely different from those very conservative finals of major competitions in the past, the confrontation between Crystal Palace and Barcelona was hearty, and the offensive wave after wave was higher.

The game started from the first minute and went straight to the climax.

Chen Ran used the "first-level chicken blood card", and now Ronaldo, who is now at the peak level, has turned Barcelona's right defense upside down.

Whether it is Barcelona's right back Belletti or the right center midfielder Deco, both of them have no choice but to use foul tactics frequently to destroy Ronaldo's breakthrough with the ball.

And in Crystal Palace's left-back Chiellini, Ronaldinho, who is also at the peak level, also made Chiellini suffer.

Ronaldinho's dazzling fake moves made the tall Chiellini embarrassed.If Vieira and Southgate hadn't come to help defend from time to time, Crystal Palace would have had problems on the left.

All of a sudden, both Crystal Palace and Barcelona concentrated their main offensive firepower on the side where Ronaldo and Ronaldinho were.The two sides have started the mode of stabbing each other with knives, and it depends on who will pierce the opponent's line of defense first.

"Boss, Chiellini is too hard to defend Ronaldinho, do you want to change someone to defend?"

Just 10 minutes into the game, Guardiola couldn't stand it anymore, worried that something would happen sooner or later.

Chen Ran also saw Guardiola's worries.

It's not that he didn't realize Chiellini's current predicament, but he had other uses for keeping Chiellini on the court.

That is, Chen Ran wants to use Chiellini's height to increase the height of Crystal Palace in Barcelona's penalty area during corner kicks and free kicks.

However, it seems that it is indeed a bit difficult for Chiellini to defend Ronaldinho.

After weighing it, Chen Ran finally decided to deal with the hidden dangers in the defense line first.

"Josep, you tell Evra to warm up and be ready to replace Chiellini at any time."

"Okay, boss."

Soon, Rijkaard discovered that Crystal Palace had replaced left-back Chiellini with Evra.

He glanced at the time, the game had only lasted 15 minutes at this time, this Chinese native is really courageous.

Rijkaard curled his lips in disdain. With Ronaldinho's current state, Crystal Palace can't defend against anyone else.

However, Rijkaard's complexion soon turned a little ugly.

Because Evra, who was newly replaced by Crystal Palace, will still be passed by Ronaldinho.However, due to the characteristics of Evra's flexibility and fast speed, even if he is passed by Ronaldinho, he can immediately catch up again.

This time, it greatly reduced Ronaldinho's breakthrough success rate, and also made the offensive threat from Barcelona's right side significantly smaller.

The offensive on Barcelona's side is gradually weakening, but the offensive on the Crystal Palace side is getting stronger and stronger.

Especially Cristiano Ronaldo on the left has now managed to get Belletti, who is in charge of marking him, a yellow card.

And Belletti, who was restricted by the yellow card and didn't dare to make moves, had nothing to do with Ronaldo.One after another, the crosses were accurately delivered to Barcelona's penalty area.

This made Barcelona's two central defenders immediately feel tremendous pressure. Oleg, who is 187cm, is responsible for marking Jan Kohler, who is 202cm. Puyol, who is 178cm, is responsible for marking Tony, who is 193cm. They are very passive.

Especially Tony, who was used by Chen Ran as the "first-level aiming card", every time he grabs a shot, he directly threatens the goal guarded by Valdes.

For a while, Barcelona's goal was jittery, as if they were about to be scored by Crystal Palace at any time.

Seeing this scene, Rijkaard could no longer sit still at this time, and he immediately called Van Bommel from the bench.

After a simple warm-up, Rijkaard replaced Belletti, who was tied up after receiving a yellow card, with Van Bommel.

He then moved Oleg from centre-back to right-back, dropped Marcos from centre-half to play centre-back, and replaced Marcos with Van Bommel as centre-half.

Obviously, Rijkaard's purpose is to let Oleg, who currently has no yellow cards, to defend Ronaldo.

However, he obviously overestimated Oleg's defensive ability. Facing Ronaldo, who is now at the peak level, Oleg's performance is not as good as Belletti.

Because compared to Belletti, who is more flexible and faster, Oleg, who is 187cm tall, can also play right back, but his situation is somewhat similar to that of Chiellini, who can't keep up with Ronaldo's footsteps. Luo's fake moves were played around.

Seeing that his substitution not only did not have the effect he wanted, but made the situation worse, Rijkaard's face became more and more ugly.

However, he has no better candidate to solve this problem now.

Because now in the Barcelona first team, there are only two people who can play right back.One is Belletti and the other is Oleg.

what to do?Do you want to add a defensive player to strengthen the defense?
If this is the case, then another offensive player must be replaced.

However, Barcelona has always been good at offense. If we weaken the offensive force to strengthen the defense now, wouldn't it be using our own shortcomings to compete for the opponent's strengths?
Thinking of this, Rijkaard suddenly fell into a tangle.

Rijkaard hesitated on the sidelines, but the Crystal Palace attack would not stop waiting for him.

When the ball came to Ronaldo's feet again, Ronaldo, who had already figured out Oleg's characteristics, rushed towards him with the ball.

Speed, Ronaldo made it clear that the speed of bullying Oleg was not enough. Along the left line, Ronaldo dribbled the ball all the way.

Oleg tried his best, but he couldn't catch up with Ronaldo.Seeing that Ronaldo was about to forcefully cut into Barcelona's penalty area from in front of him, in desperation, Oleg could only shovel.

Oleg had no choice, because he knew that it would be more difficult if Ronaldo took the ball into the penalty area.

"beep!"

With the whistle of the referee, Ronaldo fell into the penalty area.

However, when Ronaldo wanted to celebrate the penalty kick, the referee pointed his hand a little outside the penalty area and awarded Crystal Palace a free kick.

"No! Referee, it's a penalty kick. I was tackled in the penalty area!"

Seeing that the referee did not give a penalty, Ronaldo hurriedly got up from the ground and pointed to the place where he fell to argue with the referee.

"It was clear to me that the foul was outside the box and it was a free kick."

While shaking his head, the referee showed a yellow card to Oleg who was still sitting on the ground and did not get up.

On the sidelines, seeing that the referee did not award a penalty, the Barcelona bench heaved a sigh of relief from top to bottom.

On the Crystal Palace side, however, there was a sound of regret and mourning.

"Boss, is the place where Ronaldo was fouled on the ball inside or outside the penalty area? Have you seen it clearly?"

Guardiola couldn't help coming over at this time.

"It's so far away from us, how can I see clearly? Since the referee has already awarded a free kick, it is useless even if it is inside the penalty area. This situation can only be known by going back to watch the slow-motion replay, and now we should focus on it." Get to the game."

Chen Ran had a calm face and was not affected by the penalty.

This made Guardiola on the side sigh in admiration. The boss is worthy of being the boss. He is really calm. This is worth learning.

Nonsense, of course Chen Ran can hold his breath, because he has used the "Hawkeye Guardian Card" in advance to ensure the accuracy of the referee's judgment in this game.

The position of this free kick is a bit off, just outside the upper right corner of Barcelona's penalty area, it is very difficult to shoot directly.

Because Chen Ran used the "free kick master card" for Ribery in this game, he also emphasized in the pre-match preparation meeting that all the set kicks in this game will be taken by Ribery.

For this reason, Ronaldo found Chen Ran to express his dissatisfaction after the preparatory meeting, thinking that his free kick level is not worse than that of Ribery, at least he can share the chance of taking free kicks with Ribery equally.

"Chris, I believe you don't need to say more about the importance of this Champions League final. So, in order to prepare for this game, I have specially adjusted the cycle of your state ups and downs."

"This Champions League final will be your best game in recent times. You have to take good care of it and try to score goals. Don't disperse your energy elsewhere, understand?"

Chen Ran patted Ronaldo on the shoulder, and said earnestly as if I was doing it for your own good.

"Uh boss, what you mean by 'best form' is that you play really well in one game and then play like shit for the next three games?"

Hearing Chen Ran mention the "cycle of state ups and downs", Ronaldo immediately recalled his previous highlight moments, also in the Champions League game, the feeling of "invincible, omnipotent" is really wonderful.

However, he immediately remembered the next three nightmarish games. Fortunately, the boss helped him adjust, and he passed that downturn smoothly.

Unexpectedly, this situation reappeared now, and the boss specially adjusted it for him, which made Ronaldo happy and worried.

But what the boss said makes sense. This Champions League final is the most important game of the season. You must show your best form to win the game and win the Champions League trophy.Even if you have to pay some price, it's worth it.

"That's right. Think about it, in the highly anticipated Champions League final, you are the most outstanding player in the audience, and you are the MVP of the Champions League final. What kind of scenery is this?"

"And Chris, don't worry, I have planned everything for you. After the Champions League final, all the games of this season will be over."

"Your three terrible games, I will help you arrange them for the warm-up match before next season, and you can just play for a few minutes and play for a while."

"Boss, is what you said true? Can you adjust after such a long time?"

"Of course, I have made a detailed adjustment plan for you, and you can follow my arrangement when the time comes."

Chen Ran assured Ronaldo with a confident look.

"That's great, so I can rest assured. Boss, thank you for being so thoughtful for me."

Seeing Ronaldo leaving happily, he had completely forgotten the purpose of him coming to find him, Chen Ran couldn't help touching his mouth, did his deception skills upgrade again?
This time, Ribery is also very proud that there is no annoying Ronaldo competing with him for the right to take a free kick.

Especially after seeing the preparation meeting, the guy ran to find the boss angrily, and then came back quietly, Ribery was even more proud.

The boss is still very fair and did not favor Ronaldo as some people rumored.

Standing alone behind the ball, Ribery secretly cheered himself up in his heart. Today, he must kick a few beautiful free kicks to prove to everyone that the boss chose to take the free kick himself, which is a correct decision.

Measure your stride, take a few steps back, run up, swing your legs.

"boom!"

The ball draws a wonderful arc and flies towards Barcelona's goal.

Ribery's free kick seemed to pass and shoot.

Although the ball was flying towards Barcelona's goal, it began to fall rapidly after reaching Barcelona's penalty area.

Crystal Palace's players who grabbed points in the penalty area had every chance to hit the ball, thereby changing the direction of the ball's flight, and caught Barcelona's goalkeeper Valdez by surprise.

This kind of free kick that seems to be passed and shot is actually the most difficult to defend, because there are too many targets to pay attention to.

The Barcelona players also knew this very well. They were busy in the penalty area, staring at each other as if they were facing a big enemy. They would never let the Crystal Palace players get the chance to grab a shot.

However, the height gap between Barcelona players and Crystal Palace is too big.

The tallest of the Barcelona team, that is, Van Bommel and Oleg, are both 187CM.Even the goalkeeper Valdez is only 183CM.

On the other side of the Crystal Palace, Jan. Kohler 202CM, Tony 193CM, Vidic 191CM, Vieira 191CM, Ronaldo 187CM, Yaya Toure 187CM.

In order to prevent this group of tall and tall Crystal Palace players from grabbing the ball, the Barcelona players can be said to be doing everything they can.

Pushing, pulling, squeezing, hugging, bumping, throwing, as soon as the ball flew into Barcelona's penalty area, a large number of people below fell down.

"beep!"

At this moment, the referee's whistle suddenly sounded again.

(End of this chapter)