Football feast, starting from the acquisition of European clubs

Chapter 270 Crouch's Sigh
"boom!"

It's Ronaldo.

I saw Ronaldo rushing up in front of Liverpool right back Finnan who was about to catch the ball, and went up to volley.

At this time, Ronaldo's shooting position is on the right side of Liverpool's penalty area. The position is very biased, and the shooting angle is already very small.

But Ronaldo's shot actually hit a deciduous ball.

The ball drew a high arc and suddenly fell when it was about to fly to the Liverpool goal.

Reina, who originally thought that Ronaldo's kick flew, was taken aback, but it was too late to make any moves.

The ball fell from above Reina's fingertips into the far corner of Liverpool's goal.

"GOAL!"

With Ronaldo's brace, Crystal Palace lead Liverpool 2-0.

"World wave, another world wave, Cristiano Ronaldo is in full form in this game. Before the first half of the game is over, he has already scored two world wave goals!"

"Judging from the current game situation, it is not a big problem for Crystal Palace to win Liverpool. Those who look down on Crystal Palace may be disappointed."

"Broadcasting the results of the other two games: Manchester United are now 0-1 away at Portsmouth, while Chelsea are drawing with Tottenham Hotspur at home, neither team has so far Can score."

"Judging from the progress of the three games, it is unlikely that Manchester United and Chelsea will catch up with or even overtake Crystal Palace in this round of the Premier League."

One goal behind Benitez can still hold his breath, but when Ronaldo scored the second goal, Benitez can no longer sit still.

The plan he made for Liverpool before the game was to stabilize the defense in the first half, and then press out and attack in the second half of the second half.

But if the score is too far behind, it will be too late even if the attack time is pressed across the board.

Seeing that Cristiano Ronaldo scored both of Crystal Palace's goals from the left, Benitez was very disappointed with the defensive performance of Liverpool right-back Finnan.

So, although the first half of the game was not over yet, Benitez called from the bench the Spanish right back Arbeloa who had just joined Liverpool during the winter transfer period.

After the intermission, Benitez replaced Finnan with Arbeloa. He wanted to use this Spanish international from Real Madrid to limit Ronaldo.

On the Crystal Palace side, the atmosphere in the locker room was weird during the intermission, and everyone's eyes were on Chen Ran and Ronaldo.

Although everyone knows that Ronaldo is strong, it is indeed a bit too exaggerated to score two world-wave goals in half the game.

Is it really like what the boss said, this game is Ronaldo's peak state?
The boss's grasp of the player's status is too accurate, right?

This is really incredible.

"Ahem, okay, don't watch it. The game is not over yet, the second half of the game must be as serious as the first half, and you can't relax your vigilance just because you are leading by two goals, understand?"

"Got it, boss."

"Boss, don't worry, let Chris score two more goals in the second half."

"Haha, that's right, the peak state is really enviable."

"I'm envious, the next three games will be a downturn. You guys have never experienced it, so you don't know how uncomfortable it is."

Seeing his teammates making fun of him one by one, Ronaldo glared at them angrily.Even if he scored two world waves in the first half, he couldn't be happy.

Sitting on the side, Ibrahimovic quietly watched Ronaldo being teased by others. Although he didn't speak, he began to believe that Chen Ran could really accurately grasp the ups and downs of the player's state.

Because the two world-wave goals scored by Ronaldo in the first half of the game were quite difficult, even if he is as proud as Ibrahimovic, he has to admit that if he is not in an excellent state, he can't do it in this game. In one game, two world waves were entered in a row.

Since the first half of the game went very smoothly, Chen Ran did not make any adjustments during the intermission.

At the beginning of the second half of the game, Crystal Palace still launched a fierce attack from Ronaldo's side according to Chen Ran's arrangement.

Liverpool's newly replaced right-back Arbeloa resisted tightly for less than 10 minutes. Just like Finnan in the first half, he was blown away by Ronaldo who was at his peak.

In 4 minutes, Cristiano Ronaldo scored the ball by himself and got rid of Arbeloa, and then flicked the ball lightly, just avoiding the flying shovel of Gerrard, and then he dribbled the ball directly into the goal Liverpool's penalty area.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Carragher rushed over to defend.Moreover, Carragher is very experienced and did not rush too hard, but just blocked Ronaldo's way forward.There is a step distance between the two, just to prevent being passed by Ronaldo.

When Ronaldo saw Carragher's actions, he knew that this guy was ready.He didn't choose to hit the goal after passing Carragher this time, but stepped on a few bicycles and rushed the ball towards the baseline.

Carragher saw that Ronaldo did not choose to go in the middle this time, so he quickly adjusted his pace and followed Ronaldo to the bottom line, but at this time he was already a step slower than Ronaldo.

By the time Carragher arrived, Ronaldo had already dribbled the ball towards Liverpool's goal along the baseline.

At this time, Ronaldo was already in Liverpool's penalty area. Not only did Carragher, who was a step slower, dare not step down to grab Ronaldo's ball, he was even forced to brake suddenly to avoid hitting Ronaldo and being tricked into a penalty kick by him.

It is expected that Ronaldo, who was afraid of Carragher, took the ball and rushed directly along the baseline to Liverpool's goal.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Liverpool goalkeeper Reina quickly moved over to block Ronaldo's shot angle.

At this time, because Ronaldo is advancing along the baseline, his shooting angle is almost zero.

Whether it is Reina or other Liverpool defenders, they are not very worried about Ronaldo's shot. Everyone's attention is on preventing him from passing the ball to Ibrahimovic who outflanks the center.

As for Ronaldo, when he thinks that he will be on the bench for the next three games, he is full of displeasure, and he only thinks about this game to vent.

I saw Reina move to the near corner of the goal and seal the goal tightly, leaving only the wicket between the legs.

Ronaldo didn't think much about it, he swung his right foot and aimed at the small door, and it was a volley.

"boom!"

"what"

I saw the ball passed between Reina's legs like a fired shell, without knowing where it hit, and then bounced into Liverpool's goal.

"beep!"

The referee blew his whistle, signaled that the goal was valid, and ran towards Reina, who was rolling on the ground covering his private parts.

Reina screamed in pain and kept rolling on the ground. Liverpool players surrounded him to care about Reina's situation.

On the Crystal Palace side, the players who had run over to celebrate the goal were embarrassed to celebrate now.

All of them patted Ronaldo on the shoulder with strange faces. Did this guy eat gunpowder, or did his aunt come?Tete Meow is so tough.

In the past, it was all fallen leaf balls, banana balls, elevator balls, what is Ronaldo's shot?Cutting off children and grandchildren?
Ibrahimovic watched from the side and his crotch was tight, and felt that it would be better not to provoke the emotionally unstable Ronaldo.

"Boss, Chris is really in good shape for this game."

Guardiola, who saw the whole process of the goal, quietly wiped the sweat from his forehead, and prayed silently for his Spanish fellow Reina, he must be in pain now, right?

"Ahem, accident, this is pure accident."

Chen Ran was also speechless for a while, what stimulated Ronaldo?
Isn't it just a substitute for three games, what's the big deal?
It seems that this guy Ronaldo has experienced too little, and he needs to strengthen his training in the future.

After some treatment by the team doctor, it was determined that Reina's injury was just a flaw and nothing serious.

But to be on the safe side, the team doctor informed Benitez to make a substitution.After all, that place is relatively fragile, and Reina is still young, so don't leave any sequelae.

In desperation, after a simple warm-up, Benitez was forced to replace Reina with substitute goalkeeper Dudek.Now, Liverpool has only one substitution left.

0:3 behind, the main goalkeeper was injured again, Benitez knew in his heart that Liverpool was basically out of play in this game.A miracle like Istanbul cannot be replicated casually.

However, Benitez is not prepared to give up just like this. There is still one substitution, and he plans to fight one last time.

Therefore, Benitez replaced the midfielder Kewell with the two-meter-high high center Crouch, who had just been introduced from Chelsea this season, and played a traditional British 442 formation.

Crouch, the old player of Crystal Palace, has not gotten any decent chance to play since he transferred to Chelsea at a high price.

The only opportunities to play are mostly in the League Cup, FA Cup or some garbage time in the Premier League.

It can be said that this situation is completely inconsistent with his original transfer fee of 2000 million euros from Crystal Palace to Chelsea.

Crouch originally wanted to wait for the dismissal of the head coach Mourinho, who looked down on him, to regain the chance to play from the new head coach.

But Mourinho is like Xiaoqiang who can't be beaten to death. Every time the coaching position is shaky, he can miraculously survive.

In the end, Crouch really couldn't consume Mourinho, so he had to apply for a transfer on his own initiative.

Therefore, Crouch, who was originally worth 2000 million euros, joined Liverpool this season with a transfer fee of 1000 million euros, a full [-]% off.

But what Crouch didn't expect was that after coming to Liverpool, he was squeezed to the bench by the Dutch striker Kevin Dirk, who also joined Liverpool this season.

After being busy for a long time, turning around, is he a substitute?
When dreaming back at midnight, Crouch thought more than once: If he hadn't made a transfer at the beginning, although he was still a substitute, he has won so many championships with Crystal Palace now.

Today, when Benitez sent him to play against Crystal Palace, seeing the familiar faces on the field now turned into opponents, there was only a sigh in Crouch's heart, and he would never go back. not going.

"Boss, Benitez has replaced Crouch."

Seeing Liverpool's substitution, Guardiola also specially reminded Chen Ran.

"Well, I see it."

With a height of more than two meters, Crouch is the target of everyone's attention, and of course Chen Ran also sees it.

It's just that Crouch is no longer a threat to Crystal Palace.

As his former boss, Chen Ran couldn't understand Crouch's strengths and weaknesses.As former teammates, Crystal Palace's two central defenders Thiago Silva and Nemanja Vidic are also well aware of Crouch's situation.

Therefore, Chen Ran was not worried about Crouch's appearance at all.

The following game process also verified Chen Ran's judgment.

Liverpool's two forwards, Crouch was stared to death by Vidic.As soon as his iconic bamboo pole body was close to the strong Vidic, he immediately swayed and lost his center of gravity.

And Dirk, who was also guarded by Thiago Silva, lost his temper.

As time went by, Chen Ran, who saw that Liverpool could not come up with any killer tricks, began to gradually replace them with substitute players.

Except that near the end of the game, Crystal Palace was scored by Gerrard with a long-range world wave.

With Ronaldo's hat-trick, Crystal Palace beat Liverpool 3-1 at home.After two consecutive draws in the Premier League, the feeling of victory has been regained.

"Ding, congratulations to the host for winning the game, and I will be rewarded with a 'Level One Chicken Blood Card'."

Seeing that the system replenished his inventory in time, Chen Ran expressed his satisfaction.

In the other games of this round of the Premier League, Manchester United overtook Portsmouth 2:1 at the last minute of the away game, and Chelsea beat Tottenham Hotspur 1:0 at Stamford Bridge. strong pressure.

Crystal Palace won the game again and kept its top position in the Premier League standings, which caused many media that had bad-mouthed Crystal Palace to turn off their fire.

But thousands of miles away in China, the fans of Crystal Palace are elated.After watching the game, they were still not satisfied, and ran to the post bar of the Crystal Palace to blow water and fart.

"Haha, let me just say it. As long as Chen Ran is there, the Crystal Palace will be fine."

"I'll go, you upstairs can also blow it out? Isn't this a well-known truth?"

"Hmph, there are some people with ulterior motives who started to fan the flames and take the rhythm when they saw that Crystal Palace hadn't won the two rounds."

"It's okay, just like you said. As long as Chen Ran is here, Crystal Palace will be fine, and those people can't bring the rhythm even if they want to."

"However, Crystal Palace's next schedule is not easy. I checked, and the Champions League eight-to-four match is about to start, and the Premier League has also reached the final moment of the championship. No matter which game we can't relax."

"Yes, Crystal Palace's Champions League opponent this time is the Bundesliga champion Bayern Munich. Now that Vieira is injured and cannot play, this game is not easy to play."

"Don't worry about those upstairs. Although Bayern Munich is strong, it's not like our Crystal Palace has never won. The absence of Vieira will have an impact, but I believe that guy Chen Ran will definitely have a solution."

(End of this chapter)