Football feast, starting from the acquisition of European clubs

Chapter 324
While the Crystal Palace players were still celebrating the goal, the referee did not let Manchester United kick off, but directly blew the whistle to end the first half.

During the intermission, because Crystal Palace was leading the score and the situation on the court was good, Chen Ran didn't make any substitutions and adjustments except to beat the players as usual.

However, out of concern about Crystal Palace's defense, Chen Ran once again emphasized to the midfielders Vieira, Modric and Yaya Toure that they should focus more on defense.

On the Manchester United side, in the locker room, the wind power of the Ferguson hair dryer reached an astonishing [-]th level.The players all lowered their heads and dared not show their anger, for fear of being picked up by the old man to criticize them alone.

After losing his temper, Ferguson finally calmed down a little.

In fact, he was also very conflicted in his heart. He wanted to order the players to go all out to attack and equalize, or even overtake the score, but he was also afraid of being counterattacked by Crystal Palace.

Don't look at the fact that Crystal Palace now only have Ronaldo and Messi in the frontcourt, but Ferguson, who has already learned how powerful they are, will not underestimate the threat of these two guys.

The intermission was only 15 minutes in total, but Ferguson's tantrum alone took up more than half of the time.

Before Ferguson could make a decision, the fourth official came over and urged the Manchester United players to get ready to play.

After hesitating for a moment, Ferguson didn't make any adjustments in the end, and waved his hands to get Manchester United's players ready to play.

Seeing the players fled the locker room one by one with a sigh of relief, his friend and assistant Queiroz walked to Ferguson.

"Alex, there is no way to go on like this. We only have Carlos Tevez as a striker on the field, and it is difficult to pose a threat to Crystal Palace's goal."

"If this game is lost to Crystal Palace, then our Premier League title this season may be out of play again."

"Of course I know." Ferguson glared at Queiroz angrily.That is to say, Queiroz has been his friend for many years. If it were someone else, he would have sprayed it directly.

"But Ronaldo and Messi of Crystal Palace are too threatening to counterattack. If I reduce the midfielders and replace them with forwards, then I may be attacked by them again."

"Once you are two goals behind Crystal Palace, it's all over. Since that Huaguo kid took over Crystal Palace, no team has been able to reverse Crystal Palace from two goals behind."

"Then we're just so exhausted? I'm afraid that's what the Chinese man wants to see most now."

Queiroz also knows that Ferguson's concerns are justified.But commanding a game is like marching to fight a war. In many cases, there is no perfect strategy, and a gamble must be taken at critical moments.

"Of course it's impossible to just waste it like that."

Ferguson reached out and patted Queiroz on the shoulder, "Carlos, after you go out for a while, arrange for Saha and Park Ji-sung to warm up. We will launch a general attack at six or 10 minutes into the game."

"Ok, I see."

As soon as the second half of the game started, the scene of the first half continued.

On the Crystal Palace side, because Chen Ran was worried about the instability of the defense, everyone except Ronaldo and Messi stayed behind to defend.

On the Manchester United side, in order to mark Ronaldo and Messi, except for the only striker Tevez, Giggs and Nani on the two wings, most of the players also hoarded in their own half. Inside.

So although the two teams competed fiercely and played very lively, neither of them could create a real scoring opportunity.

When the game reached No. 60 minutes, Ferguson gave an order to replace Giggs and Nani with Saha and Park Ji-sung.

Saha and Carlos Tevez served as double forwards, Park Ji-sung, Hargreaves and Paul Scholes three partners in midfield.The team's formation has also changed from 441 to 432 like Crystal Palace.

Seeing Ferguson's substitution adjustment, Guardiola immediately moved to Chen Ran's side.

"Boss, it seems that Manchester United is going to launch a general attack. Shall we remove a striker and replace it with a defensive player, and then strengthen the team's defense?"

"Strengthen defense? Josep, do you think there are any players on our bench who are more defensive than the players on the field?"

Chen Ran shook his head and smiled wryly, pointing to the bench of Crystal Palace with his finger.

"Eh, one more person is more strength."

Following Chen Ran's finger, after Guardiola glanced around, he didn't know what to say.

"Forget it. Now Ronaldo and Messi are holding back Manchester United's defensive energy."

"If one of them is replaced, it will be easy to defend if there is only one person left. This is to untie Manchester United so that they can free up more people to attack. If you calculate it carefully, the gain outweighs the loss."

Chen Ran, who did not adopt Guardiola's opinion, chose to believe that the Crystal Palace players on the field could withstand Manchester United's offensive.

Facts have also proved that Manchester United, which gave up the traditional wing attack and started to attack the center, did not pose a greater threat to the goal guarded by Petr Cech.

Facing Vieira, Yaya Toure and Modric's Crystal Palace midfield barrier, Manchester United's Hargreaves, Scholes and Park Ji-sung, it is difficult to get the ball to strikers Saha and Tevez's feet.

Tevez, who waited boredly for most of the game, couldn't help running out of the penalty area of ​​Crystal Palace to ask for the ball.

As soon as Tevez ran out of the penalty area, Mascherano, who was in charge of man-marking him, quickly followed.

Tevez, who was so entangled by his fellow Argentines that he was going crazy, didn't get any shots for most of the game, this time when he received the ball, he turned around and took a step sideways, and directly kicked the goal.

At this time, Tevez's shot was outside the upper right corner of the Crystal Palace penalty area, more than 30 meters away from the goal.

The angle is off, the distance is far away, and Mascherano is still closely following him. It is really not a good opportunity to hit the goal.

But Tevez, who was frustrated for most of the game, didn't care so much, he didn't intend to score this shot, it was purely to vent his depression.

However, Mascherano, who was keeping a close eye on Tevez, was very conscientious. When he found that Tevez was going to hit the goal, he immediately rushed forward to block the hole of the gun.

"boom!"

The ball kicked by Tevez just touched Mascherano's leg stretched out to block the ball, drawing a strange arc.

This time, Cech, who had moved ahead of schedule, was caught off guard.When he wanted to change direction again, he slipped and fell to the ground, and could only helplessly watch the ball fly into the Crystal Palace goal from before his eyes.

"beep!"

The goal counts.

With Tevez's shit dribble goal, Manchester United tied the score at 1:1.

Looking at the ecstatic Tevez and the dejected Mascherano on the field, Chen Ran was also speechless for a while.

Temiao's Crystal Palace's recent luck is too bad, right?
Not only did he suffer from constant injuries, but he was also constantly scored with balls.

Faced with this situation, Chen Ran couldn't help scratching his head a little.

Glancing at the "Level [-] Chicken Blood Card" in the system inventory, Chen Ran hesitated for a while, but Chen Ran finally gave up the idea of ​​using it.

Because once the "Level [-] chicken blood card" is used for Messi, it means that he can only sit on the bench for the next three games.For the Crystal Palace, which is currently short-staffed, Chen Ran cannot afford this price.

And, more importantly, in Crystal Palace's next three games, there will be a Champions League eight-to-four game.Compared with the Champions League, the importance of the Premier League is obviously not comparable.

However, Chen Ran didn't want the match against Manchester United to end in a draw. The "Level [-] chicken blood card" can't be used, but other things can be used.

Therefore, Chen Ran called out another "Level [-] Sight Card" from the system's inventory.

Because Chen Ran had already used the "Free Kick Master Card" for Ronaldo before, this "Level [-] Sight Card" was naturally used on Messi.

After activating the card, taking advantage of the dead ball, Chen Ran called Messi to the sidelines.

"Leo, for the next game, I will give you the 'right to fire freely'. As long as you think the time is right, you can directly hit the goal, don't have any worries."

"Boss, are you serious?"

Messi, who was just in his early twenties, looked at Chen Ran innocently. Except when he was in La Masia, since he was promoted to the senior team, he had never been given the "right to fire freely".

The feeling that during the La Masia period, the whole team took him as the core and he could play as he wanted, Messi missed it very much.

"Of course. In the next game, you can hit the goal as much as you want. Also, you tell Ronaldo to make more breakthroughs and create more free kick opportunities. All free kicks today will be taken by him."

"Oh, yes, boss, I will definitely take your words to Chris."

After explaining to Messi, Chen Ran returned to the bench and sat down.

For today's game, he has already used a "Hawkeye Guardian Card", a "Level [-] Sight Card" and a "Free Kick Master Card".

Except for the "first-level chicken blood card" that I didn't dare to use, it almost caught up with the importance of the Champions League final.

Chen Ran has already done everything that can be done, and the next step is to look at the performance of the players on the field.

For Chen Ran's on-the-spot command ability, Ronaldo has been convinced in the past few years.

After receiving Chen Ran's latest order, he immediately stepped up his efforts to break through with the ball.

Unfortunately, after Ronaldo scored a free kick in the first half of the game, the Manchester United players who learned the lesson moved very cautiously.

Anyway, there are too many of them, if one person can't guard against it, then there are two people, and if two people can't defend against it, then there are three people.

While double-teaming Ronaldo, he didn't make it easy. He just blocked his breakthrough line to the Manchester United penalty area and drove him to the sideline.

Cristiano Ronaldo, who found out that the effect was not good, had no choice but to pass the ball to Messi who was nearby.

And Messi, who was granted the "right to fire freely" by Chen Ran, seemed to be unsealed, and his activity increased sharply.

Since Ronaldo alone attracted the defensive attention of two or three Manchester United players, the defensive pressure around Messi was significantly less.

After receiving a pass from Ronaldo, Messi first played a fried ball and passed Hargreaves, and then flicked the ball lightly, piercing the crotch and passing Heinze who was rushing to grab the ball.

After running wildly with the ball for a while, I saw Park Ji-sung rushing over from Ronaldo to defend.Messi flicked the ball horizontally, out of the way of Park Ji-sung, and shot a curve ball with his left foot.

The ball drew a wonderful arc and hit the crossbar of Manchester United's goal heavily.When the ball bounced off, the goalkeeper Kuzzak just threw himself sideways.

So, the ball hit Kuzzak's back again and bounced into Manchester United's goal again.

"GOAL!"

With Kuzzak's assist, Messi helped Crystal Palace lead Manchester United again 2:1.

As soon as the goal was scored, the entire Highbury Stadium suddenly boiled again.

"Unbelievable, really incredible! This Messi scored after passing two people in a row. His ability to dribble the ball is really too strong."

"After Tevez broke through Crystal Palace's goal through refraction, Messi also broke through Manchester United's goal through a rebound. It seems that God is not partial, and he is not on the side of Manchester United."

"Judging from Messi's increasingly outstanding performance, it is estimated that no one will say that it was a wrong decision for the Chinese to exchange Ibrahimovic for Messi in the future."

On the sidelines, it was completely different from the elated atmosphere of the Crystal Palace bench. Manchester United's bench was quiet and scary, and the players even slowed down their breathing.

Sir Alex Ferguson looked gloomyly at the Crystal Palace players who were celebrating their goals, chewing gum quickly, without saying a word.

He has paid enough attention to the two forwards of Crystal Palace, Ronaldo and Messi, and specially arranged special guards.

And he is also very clear that the players on the Manchester United field have also tried their best, and they dare not relax in the slightest in the defense of Ronaldo and Messi.

But even so, Manchester United was still scored by Ronaldo and Messi.

It can only be said that the personal abilities of the two players bought by the Hua people are really too strong.

I can't help it!

At this moment, Ferguson couldn't help but feel powerless.

It seems that it is too difficult to defeat Crystal Palace from the front, and I am afraid it will be difficult to achieve.

Then, you can only find another way.

Thinking of this, Ferguson turned his head and glanced at the few substitute players on the Crystal Palace bench not far away.

The injury situation of Crystal Palace this season is very serious. Although they have given up the FA Cup and the League Cup, but the remaining Champions League and Premier League, it is impossible for the Chinese to give up anyway.

The schedule of the final impact stage of the Premier League is very abnormal. Coupled with the consumption of the Champions League, the patchwork defense line of the Crystal Palace is likely to have new injuries, which will cause a complete collapse.

The most important thing now is that the FA must punish Pepe as hard as possible.

At this moment, although the game is not over yet, Ferguson's mind has drifted to other places.

(End of this chapter)