Football feast, starting from the acquisition of European clubs

Chapter 297 Americans Are So Realistic

In the box at Anfield, Tom Hicks and George Gillette, who have already agreed that Liverpool is not as strong as Crystal Palace, are also overjoyed at this moment.

The two excitedly high-fived each other and even reopened a bottle of champagne, as if Liverpool had won the game.

On the bench of Crystal Palace, watching the scene of Liverpool players celebrating wildly and listening to the cheers of Anfield fans resounding through the sky, Chen Ran was very calm.

They have been strongly suppressed by me for several years, so it's okay to let them vent once in a while, as long as Crystal Palace is the one that has the last laugh.

However, judging from the conceded goal just now, although Vidic's frontal defensive ability is very strong, his speed and flexibility are slightly lacking, and he seems a bit unable to keep up with Torres.

Thinking of this, Chen Ran turned to look at Guardiola beside him.

"Josep, you go and inform Vidic and let him hand over the task of marking Torres to Thiago Silva."

"Okay, boss."

Soon, the Crystal Palace defense line, which quickly adjusted its defensive responsibilities, immediately made Torres feel a big difference.

Thiago Silva is neither as tall nor as strong as Vidic, but in addition to being more flexible, he is also a player who is better at playing with his brain.

He can often accurately predict the opponent's next move, so as to make countermeasures in advance.

This is also an important reason why Thiago Silva was able to play as the main central defender for Chelsea Club and the Brazilian national team when he was 38 years old in his previous life.

After Thiago Silva took over the task of defending Torres, Torres' threat to Crystal Palace's goal was immediately greatly reduced.

After the defense was stabilized, Crystal Palace also freed up their hands to launch a crazy attack on Liverpool's goal.

Less than 10 minutes after Torres scored, Cristiano Ronaldo on the left received a pass from Vieira, and first played a classic two-to-one cooperation with Kaka in the center.

Then he played a good heel knock, and while passing Liverpool's right back Arbeloa, he smoothly switched the ball to the inside.

After looking up at Liverpool's goal, Ronaldo raised his foot and shot a long shot before Carragher came up to block it.

"boom!"

The ball was fast and fast, flying towards the upper left corner of Liverpool's goal with almost no rotation.

Liverpool goalkeeper Reina's reaction was also extremely fast. When he saw Ronaldo kicking the goal, he immediately made a save.One threw himself sideways and barely blocked the ball with his fingers.

"when"

The ball, which changed direction slightly, hit the goal post heavily, and then flew towards the upper left corner of Liverpool's penalty area.

Seeing the ball flying towards his own defense zone, Liverpool's left-back Aurelio hurried to the landing point, ready to destroy the ball out of the touchline.

At this moment, a small man rushed out from the side of Aurelio and grabbed the ball before Aurelio.

"what!"

With a scream, Aurelio slowed down a step, his foot missed the ball, but directly kicked the little man who jumped out from beside him.

It's Ribery!In order to grab the ball, he rushed up desperately.

"beep!"

At this moment, the referee's whistle blew.

It's a penalty!
As the referee pointed to the penalty spot, the Crystal Palace players also ran towards the kicked Franck Ribery.

Fortunately, although Ribery is short, his body is very strong.

After the team doctor came in for treatment, he quickly stood up on his own.Even the stretcher was useless, so he followed the team doctor to the sidelines.

Because Modric was not on the field, Ronaldo picked up the ball and walked towards the penalty spot without hesitation.

Taking a few steps back, standing still, and running up, Ronaldo directly pushed the lower right corner of Liverpool's goal with the instep of his right foot.

Reina judged the right direction, but Ronaldo's shot angle was too tricky and still failed to prevent the ball from flying into Liverpool's net.

"GOAL!"

Relying on Ronaldo's penalty kick, Crystal Palace evened the score 10:1 when they were less than 1 minutes behind.

At this moment, the Liverpool fans who were still singing "You'll Never Walk Alone" just now became dumbfounded.

And in the box at Anfield, Tom Hicks and George Gillette also felt that the champagne in their hands was not fragrant.

The two looked at each other with no expression other than wry smiles.

It's so meow, I was happy in less than 10 minutes, your uncle is still uncle Ni.

On the Crystal Palace side, after seeing Ronaldo equalize, Chen Ran nodded in satisfaction, looked around the quiet Liverpool fans, walked back to the bench with a smile and sat down.

After several years of training, these Crystal Palace players are now very familiar with Chen Ran's tactics.They didn't need Chen Ran to direct them at all, they knew what to do next.

After Torres was successfully restricted by Thiago Silva, Liverpool never got a real threatening shot.

At the end of the first half of the game, Cech, who was hugging Dirk and shooting, quickly sent the ball to the frontcourt with a big foot.

Tony used his tall and strong body to block Carragher, who was marking him, firmly behind him, and accurately grabbed the ball.

But Carragher is not a vegetarian either. He uses both hands and feet, pulling and pulling, making Tony unable to move at all.

In desperation, Tony had to return the ball to Kaka, who was transitioning from defense to offense, and advanced at high speed.

At this time, not only the Crystal Palace players were advancing at high speed to prepare for a counterattack, but the Liverpool players were also switching from offense to defense, desperately running back.

Beside Kaka, Liverpool's midfielder Harvey Alonso has long been eyeing the main attack point of the Crystal Palace.

Seeing that Tony passed the ball back to Kaka, Harvey Alonso hastily stretched out his hand to grab Kaka who was about to speed up the breakthrough with the ball.

Because Harvey Alonso knew very well in his heart that if he couldn't stop Kaka when he first started, if he really let Kaka run, he wouldn't be able to catch up with him at all.

It's a pity that Kaka is not only fast, but also has excellent physical fitness.Harvey Alonso pulled a few times but he didn't hold back, instead he almost lost his balance and fell down.

Seeing that Harvey Alonso failed to deal with Kaka, Carragher, who was in charge of man-marking Tony all the way to the midfield, had no choice but to give up on Tony and wanted to use a foul to stop Kaka from moving forward.

But at this time, Tony made a trick of "returning the other side in the same way".

It was Carragher who entangled Tony just now, making him unable to turn around.

Now it was Tony who clung to Carragher tightly, making it impossible for the opponent to intercept Kaka, and could only watch Kaka rush past him with the ball.

This time, Liverpool's defense is only left with two defensive players, center back Agger and right back Arbeloa.

Left-back Aurelio just went up and down to make a cross, and he hasn't rushed back yet.Similarly, Franck Ribery on the Crystal Palace side just now had to go back to help Maicon defend, and he has not caught up yet.

Look at Agger who is alone in the penalty area, then look at Kaka who is dribbling forward with the ball in the middle, and look at Ronaldo who is also advancing at high speed along the left line.

Arbeloa hesitated for a while, and finally gave up his defense zone on the right, gritted his teeth and rushed to Kaka in the middle.

Seeing Arbeloa running towards him, Kaka did not choose to do it alone, but pushed the ball lightly and sent it to the line where Ronaldo went forward on the left.

At this time, Liverpool's defense on the right is a big gap.

Ronaldo ran all the way, and after receiving Kaka's pass, he rushed towards Liverpool's penalty area without any pause.

Arbeloa, who ran to the center to help defend, was too late to turn around and defend Ronaldo.

Agger, who found that the situation was not good, had no choice but to go up to intercept Ronaldo himself.

Seeing Agger rushing to his side, Ronaldo repeated his old tricks and played another trick he is good at, knocking the ball with his heel, switching the ball to the inside line while swaying Agger, and then followed by a kick Volley hard.

Ronaldo's last shot was thrown by Reina and hit the post.

This time because the shot was closer, even though Reina reacted quickly, it was too late and he could only watch the ball fly into Liverpool's net.

"GOAL!"

With Ronaldo's brace, Crystal Palace overtook Liverpool 2-1.

"After Torres opened the scoring for Liverpool, it took less than half an hour for Cristiano Ronaldo to help Crystal Palace overtake the score. This is what stars do."

"Liverpool fans were only happy for 10 minutes before they had to face the cruel reality again."

"Liverpool have brought in Torres very well this season, but Crystal Palace has too many players as good as Torres. Facts have proved that even without Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Crystal Palace is still a difficult team to beat. .”

In the stands, the Liverpool fans, who had just recovered from the Crystal Palace equalizer, were now being hit hard again.

It is more frustrating to see the hope of winning first and then be overtaken sooner than later than to fall directly behind.

Throughout the entire Anfield stadium, the celebrations of the Crystal Palace players could be clearly heard.

And in the high-altitude box, as the current owners of Liverpool, Tom Hicks and George Gillette have already started discussing the US stock market, which has reached new highs.

After Liverpool kicked off again, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half.

During the intermission, Chen Ran was very satisfied with the Crystal Palace players who had successfully come back.Except for praise and encouragement, no substitution adjustments were made.

On the Liverpool side, Benitez, who was reversed by Crystal Palace, is obviously not reconciled to the current score.

He replaced Benayoun with the old Crystal Palace player Crouch, let Torres and Crouch partner as double strikers, and then moved Dietera to the right to play right midfielder.The team's formation has also changed from 4231 to 442.

As soon as the second half started, Guardiola, who saw Benitez making changes, came to Chen Ran's side.

"Boss, do you want to make a targeted defense against Crouch?"

"Targeted defense? No need. Since he left Crystal Palace, whether in Chelsea or Liverpool, he has always been a substitute. The opportunities to play have not been as many as in Crystal Palace, and his skills have not improved. Normal defense is enough."

"Okay, boss."

Chen Ran could see the intention of Benitez replacing Crouch. He just wanted to use Crouch to attract the defensive attention of Crystal Palace, so as to create more shooting opportunities for Torres.

Unfortunately, Benitez obviously overestimated Crouch's deterrent power, and Chen Ran was not fooled at all.

Therefore, after replacing Crouch, Liverpool's offensive was still the same as before.

Benitez, who realized that his move hadn't worked, couldn't help but scratched his hairless head, frowning.

The Crystal Palace players on the field ignored Benitez's troubles.

A football game is a contest of suppression and counter-suppression.

Liverpool can't suppress Crystal Palace here, so they must be mentally prepared to be suppressed by Crystal Palace.

When the game went on to 7 minutes, the right back Maicon pressed and assisted. After playing a two-for-one cooperation with Ribery, he successfully broke through Liverpool's left-back Aurelio's defensive pass.

In the penalty area, Tony struggled to jump up to shoot for the top, but under the double-teaming of Agger and Carragher, he couldn't jump up enough at all. As a result, Carragher grabbed the ball and pushed it out of the penalty area.

But the ball just flew towards Kaka, who was guarding outside the Liverpool penalty area. Just when Kaka was about to volley, Harvey Alonso, who was also guarding outside the penalty area for protection, arrived in time.

With a shovel on the ground, Kaka volleyed and kicked the ball, which just hit Harvey Alonso's outstretched leg and bounced high.

This time, Tony, who hadn't grabbed the ball just now, rushed over immediately.With his back to the goal, an upside-down golden hook came directly.

"boom!"

Agger and Carragher, who were a step slower, failed to stop Tony's shot, and could only pin their hopes on goalkeeper Reina.

Reina threw himself sideways and stretched his body to the limit, but unfortunately he didn't even touch the fur of the ball, and could only watch the ball fly into the goal he was guarding.

"GOAL!"

With Tony's barb shot, Crystal Palace led Liverpool 3:1.

"Not only Ibrahimovic, Tony, a big center with a height of more than 1.9 meters, can also score a barb shot."

"Could it be that barb shooting has become an essential skill for high center forwards?"

"With Toni's outstanding performance, it seems that Crystal Palace fans don't have to miss Zlatan Ibrahimovic anymore."

Tom Hicks and George Gillette were on their feet in the box at Anfield when Crystal Palace scored their third goal.

"Tom, let's stop here today, let's go back and study the stock market."

George Gillette glanced at the stadium below with some disinterest, feeling uninterested.

"That's exactly what I mean. Investing in football clubs is too long, and the returns are not stable. If we had known that the stock market was so good, we might as well use the money to buy stocks."

(End of this chapter)