Football feast, starting from the acquisition of European clubs

Chapter 253

After some incisive analysis by Mendes, Mourinho can finally settle down and prepare for the game against Crystal Palace.

After half a season of repeated verification, Mourinho reluctantly accepted the reality that Shevchenko is really not suitable for the three-forward tactics.

For the sake of performance, he abandoned his previous favorite 433 formation and tailored a set of 442 tactical play for Shevchenko.

Forward Drogba, Forward Andriy Shevchenko
Arjen Robben, C. Makelele, C. Michael Ballack, Lampard, R.

Left back Ashley Cole, centre-back Terry, centre-back Carvalho, right-back Essien

Cudicini
As for the Dutch defender Boulah Luz, who is also newly introduced this season, although he is physically strong and defensively fierce, he will make some low-level mistakes from time to time.

So Mourinho had to replace him with Essien, an all-rounder who can play both midfielder and right back.

On the Crystal Palace side, facing the old rivals Mourinho and Chelsea, Chen Ran naturally will not take it lightly.

He did not send out his strongest attack lineup as soon as he came up, but also adopted the 442 twin tower tactics with both offense and defense.

Forward Toni, Forward Ibrahimovic
Left midfielder Cristiano Ronaldo, midfielder Vieira, midfielder Yaya Toure, right midfielder Ribery

Left back Chiellini, center back Thiago Silva, center back Vidic, right back Maicon
goalkeeper cech
"Hello, audience friends, welcome to watch the highlight of this round of the Premier League, Crystal Palace's away game against Chelsea."

"Chelsea are at home in blue and Crystal Palace are away in white."

"This game is likely to directly determine the ownership of the Premier League champion this season."

"Crystal Palace didn't use 352, which is their strongest attack, and Chelsea didn't use 433, which Mourinho is best at."

"It can be seen from the positions on the field that both Crystal Palace and Chelsea adopted a more balanced offensive and defensive 442 formation in this game."

"From this, it can be seen that for this game, the coaches of the two teams are very cautious."

"As the referee blew his whistle, Chelsea took the lead in attacking. Arjen Robben from the left dribbled the ball along the sideline at an extremely fast speed."

"Crystal Palace's right-back Maicon was a step slower to keep up, and Robben passed the ball out."

"Chelsea had two outflanks in the middle and Drogba beat Vidic to get the ball."

"Shoot~~~~"

"Unfortunately, Drogba's header was a little bit straight."

"Crystal Palace's goalkeeper Petr Cech reacted very quickly and flew to hold Drogba's header firmly in his arms."

"This time it was Crystal Palace's turn to attack. Cristiano Ronaldo dribbled the ball directly from the left to break through, and with one push and one dunk, he easily passed Lampard."

"Chelsea's central midfielder Makelele, who was closer to Chelsea, rushed to help defend immediately. Ronaldo didn't get entangled with Makelele, and directly sent a through ball forward with the outside of his right foot."

"Beautiful, a very precise through pass between the two Chelsea centre-backs, right in front of Zlatan Ibrahimovic who was going forward."

"Carvalho fell to the ground and shoveled to destroy the pass. Unfortunately, his legs were a bit short and he couldn't reach the ball."

"Ibrahimovic took the ball and took the lead and went straight to Chelsea's goal."

"Single-handed, this is an excellent shooting opportunity!"

"Attack, Chelsea goalkeeper Cudicini was very decisive and rushed directly to Ibrahimovic."

"Shoot! Zlatan Ibrahimovic was so composed. Seeing Cudicini pounce, he flicked the ball right over Cudicini's head and into Chelsea's net .”

"GOAL~~~~"

"In less than 10 minutes of the game, Ibrahimovic scored a goal for Crystal Palace and took a 1-0 lead."

Seeing that Crystal Palace scored a goal shortly after the start, Mourinho's face was livid.

However, he was still calm and did not blame the players.

He just let out a cold snort and went back to the bench to sit down, scaring the Chelsea players to shut their mouths and watch the game honestly.

On the Crystal Palace side, the bench was naturally bursting with joy and laughter.

Seeing that the game was going well, Chen Ran also returned to the bench from the sidelines and sat down.

"Thanks to the director for switching the camera to the bench of Crystal Palace and Chelsea after the goal in time."

"Although Chen Ran and Mourinho both chose to go back to the bench and sit down, but the bench on both sides laughed and laughed, but the other was silent."

Although Crystal Palace advanced by a goal, the players on Chelsea's field were not affected much.

Just 10 minutes later, Ballack also broke through with the ball in the middle.

However, because he does not have Kaka's delicate footwork, after seeing Vieira and Yaya Toure going to double-team him, he took a long shot from 30 meters away from the Crystal Palace goal.

Ballack's feet are very hard, long-range shots are also his forte.

This shot was powerful and had a tricky angle. Petr Cech tried his best to throw the ball out, but he could no longer control the direction of the ball.

At this time, Shevchenko's keen shooter's sense of smell made Shevchenko appear near the ball's landing point before everyone else.

Even though Thiago Silva, who was watching him closely, did not lose his position, Shevchenko took the lead and shoveled the ball towards the Crystal Palace goal.

At this time, Petr Cech, who had just finished making a save, had no time to react and could only watch the ball roll into the net of Crystal Palace.

"The ball went in, a beautiful tackle. Shevchenko, the Ukrainian nuclear warhead broke out again!"

"Crystal Palace's lead didn't last long, and Chelsea tenaciously tied the score."

"Just half an hour into this game, there have been two beautiful goals. The good show is still to come. The next game will definitely be more exciting."

"Boss, it seems that Shevchenko is not easy to defend. Instead of this, why don't we change our formation and play against Chelsea?"

Guardiola saw that Thiago Silva was a little weak against Shevchenko, so he quickly proposed to Chen Ran.

No way, Thiago Silva is just 22 years old this year, and he is obviously still a little immature for the position of central defender, which requires the most experience.

And Shevchenko has just turned 30 years old this year, which is still at his peak for a striker.

It is obviously very normal for Thiago Silva to make some mistakes in their matchup.

Therefore, Chen Ran, who had already considered these factors, was not in a hurry.

Although Thiago Silva is young and inexperienced, he has grown up very quickly, and Chen Ran is willing to pay for this.

What's more, Southgate and Pepe on the bench, one is about 37 years old, and the other is still an uncertain time bomb.

In comparison, Chen Ran is more willing to believe in Thiago Silva.

So, Chen Ran didn't even turn his head, but just waved his hands.

"Josep, don't worry. Now it's just an equalizer, let Kaka and Modric have another rest."

Because there are five games to be played in twelve days, and all of these are in the Premier League, there is no game that can be given up.

This forced Chen Ran to partially rotate the main players in the five games without affecting the team's combat effectiveness as much as possible.

In this game, Kaka and Modric got the rotation.

Although the game was played excitingly and fiercely, until the end of the first half, neither team could score again.

Intermission, Crystal Palace dressing room.

"Guys, you played a great first half, but it's a pity that the score was equalized by Chelsea."

"So, in the second half of the game, you need to work harder, so that Chelsea will completely die from competing for the Premier League championship. Do you have the confidence to do this?"

"Have!"

The uniform response echoed in the small locker room, and the sound was deafening.

Seeing the faces full of fighting spirit in front of him, Chen Ran nodded in satisfaction.

The morale of the army is good and the morale is good.

"Yaya, how about you come down for a rest in the second half of the game?"

Chen Ran walked up to Yaya Toure and patted him on the shoulder.

"Okay, boss."

"Maicon, you should also come down and rest for a while."

Chen Ran turned his head to look at Maicon's position.

"No problem, boss."

"Very good. Kaka, Luka Jr., after the two of you play, one will play as the front midfielder and the other will play as the midfielder. The team formation will become 352, attacking with all your strength."

"The champion belongs to Crystal Palace!"

"The champion belongs to the Crystal Palace~~~~"

"Look, audience friends, Crystal Palace made a substitution at the beginning of the second half."

"Their coach, Chen Ran, replaced Yaya Toure with Kaka and Maicon with Modric."

"After the substitution, Crystal Palace's current formation on the field has also become 352, which is the strongest offensive lineup of Crystal Palace now."

"OMG! It seems that Crystal Palace will start a full-scale attack in the second half of the game. Can Chelsea's defense stop it?"

Just when the commentators in charge of broadcasting the game began to interpret Chen Ran's substitutions, Mourinho at Chelsea naturally saw all this in his eyes.

But Mourinho didn't react at all, he just walked to the bench and sat down expressionlessly, responding to all changes with the same.

In fact, it's not that Mourinho doesn't want to react.It's that Chelsea's current strongest lineup has all been sent to the field by him.

As for those substitute players, changing them now will only make things worse.

The presence of Kaka and Modric has greatly enriched Crystal Palace's offensive methods.

The 442 formation in the first half made Crystal Palace's offensive basically launch from the two wings.

And Mourinho, who has played against Crystal Palace many times, is naturally very aware of this, so he arranged for Lampard and Essien on the right to focus on Ronaldo.

Throughout the first half of the game, Ronaldo was basically restricted by these two guys except for an assist.

But now, Kaka and Modric teamed up one after the other, directly attacking Chelsea's defense from the center.

In 5 minutes, Modric made a straight pass. After Kaka received the ball, a Marseille roundabout passed Ballack, who was jumping up, and then used his own speed to forcefully eat Makelele.

At this moment, the Chelsea players who saw Kaka about to rush into their penalty area began to retract one after another.

Carvalho had no choice but to leave Tony, who was in charge of his marking, to block Kaka, and Essien immediately moved in from the right back position to fill the vacancy left by Carvalho.

At this time, I saw Carvalho blocking the way ahead and Makelele chasing after him.

Kaka immediately swung his right leg, making a look like he wanted to hit a long shot.

Then with a flick of the ankle, a fake shot and a true pass, the ball was given to Ronaldo on the left.

At this time, Ronaldo, because Essien, who was in charge of marking him, went to the center to cover the vacancy left by Carvalho, there was no interference from anyone.

Such a good opportunity, how could Ronaldo let it go?

He immediately drove the ball straight into Chelsea's penalty area from the left.

Seeing that there was such a big gap on his right, Chelsea's players immediately became confused.

Essien, who is now marking Tony, immediately wants to go back to intercept Ronaldo. After all, Ronaldo broke through the gap left by him.If the ball is conceded, he has to pay the main responsibility.

As soon as Essien left, there was another gap on Tony's side.

Fortunately, Makelele's defensive awareness is really good. He was with Kaka, but he decisively gave up marking Kaka and rushed to make up for Tony's loopholes.

This time, Ronaldo, who originally wanted to pass the ball to Tony, saw that the space was gone, so he simply went it alone.

A good heel knocked the ball, and while dangling Essien, he smoothly turned the ball inside.

Ronaldo did not hesitate, followed by a volley.

The shot was so powerful that it didn't have any arc, and it flew into the far corner of Chelsea's goal like a cannonball.

Seeing Ronaldo cut to hit the goal, Cudicini, who had already experienced Ronaldo's power, immediately jumped up and stretched his body to the limit.

It's a pity that Ronaldo's shot is fast and the angle is tricky. Cudicini tried his best and still failed to touch the ball. He could only watch the ball fly into Chelsea's net.

"GOAL~~~~"

"World wave, another world wave! Cristiano Ronaldo's heel kicked the ball and scored a goal. It was done in one go, and it was extremely exciting!"

"Just 10 minutes into the second half, Cristiano Ronaldo gave Crystal Palace the lead again."

"This very critical goal, Ronaldo used his skilled skills and excellent footwork to score the goal. The Chelsea players could only watch the ball fly into their goal."

"After Kaka came on the field, Crystal Palace's offensive power immediately went up a notch."

"It is precisely because of Kaka's breakthrough in the middle that attracted the attention of Chelsea's defensive players that Ronaldo on the left got a huge gap. Kaka should have half of the credit for this goal."

"After Crystal Palace leads again, what will Chelsea do? We will wait and see."

(End of this chapter)