Football feast, starting from the acquisition of European clubs

Chapter 337

Seeing that Messi was about to rush into his penalty area, Puyol quickly pushed out to intercept.

As a former teammate, Puyol is well aware of how powerful Messi is.

Once Messi is allowed to rush into the penalty area, with his ultra-fast movement frequency, the defensive players dare not step at all.

When training in the Barcelona team before, these defenders suffered a lot from this kind of loss. They were either passed or given a penalty.

Seeing his former captain Puyol come out to intercept in person, Messi flicked the ball to the left. Instead of continuing to rush into Barcelona's penalty area, he began to dribble the ball laterally along the line of the penalty area, ready to open the space and play directly. Door.

Messi's intention was quickly seen through by Barcelona's defensive players. Marcos, who had been passed by Kaka before, rushed back to make up the defense in time, blocking the gap that Messi had just opened.

Seeing that the space disappeared, Messi didn't give up. He played a fried ball and dribbled the ball around Marcos. After flashing a gap, there was no chance for other Barcelona players to defend. He immediately made an arc with his left foot The ball shoots.

"boom!"

The ball drew a wonderful arc and flew towards the upper right corner of the Barcelona goal.

The location of Messi's shot was very hidden. After the ball bypassed Marcos in front of him, goalkeeper Valdez saw the trajectory of the ball.

The speed of the ball is fast and fast, and the angle is too tricky. It is too late for Valdes to make a save at this time.

By the time Valdes flew over, the ball had already flown into the net.

"GOAL!"

With Messi's goal, Crystal Palace once again tied the score on the field to 3:3.

"Good guy, this Champions League final has really turned into a goal shootout!"

"Yeah, after only playing for more than 60 minutes, the two teams have already scored six goals, with an average of one goal every 10 minutes. It's so exciting!"

"I like to watch this kind of finals. It's much better than those finals that only play defense."

"At present, it's really hard to say who will win and who will lose in this game."

"That's good. Neither of the two teams dare to relax. It is estimated that there will be goals in the future."

One goal after another, the fans were hooked, but Rijkaard, one of the parties involved, couldn't be happier.

The Crystal Palace pursued closely, and Barcelona was still unable to establish a lead, which made him unable to let go of the stone hanging in his heart.

Especially when he saw that Ronaldinho had akimbo panted several times, the feeling of uneasiness became more and more obvious.

Looking at the time, Rijkaard gritted his teeth and couldn't care less, then turned around and called Xavi and Iniesta from the bench.

After a brief warm-up, he replaced Ronaldinho and Deco with Harvey and Iniesta.

I have to say that Rijkaard's actions are still very timely.The appearance of these two new forces immediately reversed the situation in which Barcelona gradually fell into a disadvantage due to the decline in Ronaldinho's physical fitness.

Maybe it was because Chen Ran underestimated Xavi and Iniesta, the two substitute players. After seeing Barcelona's substitutions, Guardiola immediately moved to Chen Ran's side.

"Boss, Xavi and Iniesta are very capable players, and both of them were born in La Masia, and they cooperate with each other tacitly. After they play, the threat may not be much worse than Ronaldinho. Just be more careful."

"Well, Josep, you're right."

Chen Ran nodded. The rebirth of Harvey and Iniesta is of course very clear to him.

"Now go and inform Modric and Cesc Fabregas to warm up, and later replace Toni and Yaya Toure with them."

"Then Fabregas, Modric and Mascherano formed a three-man midfielder, and the team's formation changed from 4231 to 433 without front."

"Change Tony? Boss, didn't you like to use high-altitude bombing tactics when you couldn't open the situation?"

Guardiola looked at Chen Ran in surprise. Is this still the boss who likes to hoard a bunch of big men and bombard him indiscriminately?
Speechlessly glaring at Guardiola, Chen Ran snapped back angrily.

"What do you mean I like to use high-altitude bombing tactics? This is the only tactic that can achieve quick results when the situation cannot be opened."

"As for why I don't use it now, have you forgotten our injury list?"

"Jan Kohler, Vieira, Vidic, Chiellini and other big men are all absent due to injuries, and the remaining players can no longer form a cluster bombing effect, understand?"

"That's it, I understand."

Guardiola rolled his eyes secretly in his heart. It turned out that it's not that you have changed your sex, it's just that the current conditions don't allow it.

Soon, Rijkaard saw that Fabregas and Modric replaced Tony and Yaya Toure on the Crystal Palace side.

"No front formation?"

Rijkaard, who has carefully studied all the recent videos of Crystal Palace's games, immediately reacted.

The characteristic of this formation is that almost all offensives are initiated from the back. All offensive players are outside the penalty area before launching the offensive, and there is no way to arrange marking in advance.

On the Crystal Palace field, Cristiano Ronaldo, Messi and Kaka are the three major attackers, all of whom are fast, skilled, and capable of dribbling and breaking through. They are especially suitable for this tactical style of play.

Many strong teams have suffered from their losses before, and Rijkaard has a deep understanding of this when studying game videos.

After repeated weighing, Rijkaard immediately called the French international Abidal from the bench who is more flexible and can play both central defender and left back.

After a brief warm-up, he replaced the Brazilian central defender Edmilson with Abidal.

Then let Puyol and Thuram partner at center back, Abidal at left back and Zambrotta at right back.

In this way, among the four defenders currently on the field in Barcelona, ​​Puyol, Abidal and Thuram are all players who can play both central defenders and full-backs, and Zambrotta is also a player who can play both left and right full-backs. Competent generalist.

It can be said that Barcelona's current defense line is absolutely extreme in terms of flexibility and mobility.In order to resist Chen Ran's no-front tactics, Rijkaard racked his brains.

Seeing Rijkaard's response, Chen Ran was also in admiration. This guy has really studied the Crystal Palace thoroughly.

However, relying on Abidal, Puyol, Thuram and Zambrotta to defend Ronaldo, Messi and Kaka, the three major attackers, is obviously a bit whimsical.

Compared with the previous combination of Yaya Toure and Mascherano, Modric and Cesc Fabregas, who Chen Ran just replaced, are much more capable of organizing offense.

Under their organization and scheduling, Crystal Palace's offensive trio threatened even more than in the first half.

When the ball once again fell into the hands of Crystal Palace, Modric dribbled directly from midfield.

He first played a one-two with Cesc Fabregas, and passed Iniesta who came up to press.Then he played a two-for-one with Kaka, and then shook off Harvey who came to intercept him.

Immediately afterwards, Modric sent a through ball diagonally through the entire Barcelona defense line before Marcos rushed to grab the ball, and passed the ball to Messi, who was advancing at high speed from the right.

Messi used his speed to cut into the inside from Abidal's outside line abruptly, and went straight into Barcelona's penalty area.

Finding that the situation is not good, Puyol, who is now playing left center back, rushed over to make up the defense.

Facing Puyol, who was coming aggressively, Messi changed direction and continued to move towards the bottom line.

Then, before Puyol stretched out his foot to block, he used the power of the shot to sweep the ball to the middle.

At the same time, according to the tactical requirements formulated by Chen Ran, Kaka in the center and Ronaldo in the left advance together at high speed.

Because Messi's pass was too powerful and too fast, Kaka was a step slower and failed to catch up.

However, due to the long distance of Ronaldo on the left, when he rushed over, the ball just flew over.

Without time to adjust, Ronaldo immediately dived to the top in a dive-bombing style, and threw his body out.

At this time, Barcelona's right central defender Thuram also stretched out his foot, trying to break the ball out of the bottom line.

"boom!"

"what!"

Ronaldo hit the ball, but Thuram's foot also hit his head.

The ball flew towards Barcelona's goal like a fired shell. Valdez swooped over with all his might, but he was still a step too slow, and could only watch the ball fly into the goal he was guarding.

"GOAL!"

With Ronaldo's desperate dive to the top, Crystal Palace once again led Barcelona 4:3.

However, now everyone can't care about scoring goals.

Ronaldo, who was kicked in the head by Thuram, immediately fell to the ground, and blood flowed out visibly to the naked eye.

"Go and save people!"

On the sidelines, without waiting for the referee to signal, Chen Ran immediately urged the team doctor on the bench to come in to rescue Ronaldo.

At this time, the Luzhniki Stadium with more than 8 people fell into silence, with neither cheers nor boos.

Whether it is a Crystal Palace fan or a Barcelona fan, although everyone has a different position, no one wants players to have accidents.

Looking at Ronaldo lying on the field from a distance, Chen Ran felt even more nervous than the team falling behind.

Don't worry!

Don't be in trouble!
If possible, Chen Ran would rather give up this goal in exchange for Ronaldo's health.

Fortunately, after emergency treatment by the team doctor, it was determined that Ronaldo was not seriously injured.

Right next to the corner of his left eye, there was a wound about three centimeters long from being kicked by Thuram's shoe spikes.Fortunately, the eyes were not injured, which is finally a blessing in misfortune.

After carrying Ronaldo out of the field on a stretcher, the team doctor sewed up the corners of Ronaldo's eyes on the sidelines.

Seeing that Ronaldo was fine, Chen Ran felt relieved, and then turned around and called Guardiola to his side.

"Josep, hurry up and ask Alves to warm up, and replace Ronaldo with him later. Then let Messi play on the left, and Alves will take Messi's place."

"Okay, boss."

"Wait a moment!"

Just when Guardiola was about to arrange a substitution, a voice came over.

I saw Ronaldo, who had just finished stitches, climbed up from the stretcher, "Boss, I can continue the game!"

"Chris"

Guardiola originally wanted to persuade, but when he saw Ronaldo's firm eyes, he swallowed the rest of the words.

"Chris, for me, the UEFA Champions League trophy is far less important than your health. You have performed well enough today, and the rest will be left to your teammates."

Chen Ran shook his head resolutely, what he said just now was the truth.

"Boss, my body is fine. I want to help the team complete the three consecutive Champions League championships!"

Chen Ran ignored Ronaldo, but turned to look at the team doctor standing aside.

"Is there really no problem with Chris continuing to play?"

"Forehead"

Looking at Ronaldo's longing eyes, the team doctor of Crystal Palace took a deep breath.

"Boss, my professional skills tell me that Chris is not fit to continue playing right now."

"I see. Josep, what are you still doing? Follow the arrangement I just made!"

"Okay, boss."

Hearing Chen Ran's order, Guardiola quickly turned around and ran to execute it.

Seeing that Chen Ran had made up his mind, Ronaldo, who grew up with Chen Ran, didn't dare to get angry at Chen Ran, and he couldn't get angry at the team doctor who had just saved him, so he could only sulk there.

"Okay, Chris, it's just the UEFA Champions League trophy. As long as you keep following me, there will be times when you will lift it yourself."

Patting Ronaldo on the shoulder, Chen Ran comforted him a little, and then handed him over to the team doctor.

At this time, the referee who saw that Ronaldo was fine was also relieved, and then called Thuram to the front, and then showed a yellow card.

"Not a red card?"

This question immediately popped up in the minds of countless people.

Suddenly, Luzhniki Stadium, which was still very calm before, boiled again, and tens of thousands of Crystal Palace fans broke out deafening boos.

On the sidelines, Chen Ran, who saw the referee's penalty, did not react violently. He silently turned on the system and used a "Hawkeye Guardian Card".

Then, although the players of Crystal Palace surrounded the referee to express their dissatisfaction, the referee still had no intention of changing the sentence. Instead, he showed a yellow card to Pepe, who was the most emotional.

Seeing this result, Chen Ran immediately understood that it was impossible for the referee to show Thuram a red card.

In order to avoid a worse result, Chen Ran immediately called Modric who was closest to him.

"Little Luka, go and call them all back and prepare to continue the game. Especially Pepe, don't let him mess up."

"Understood, boss."

The obedient and obedient Modric immediately rushed towards the Crystal Palace players surrounding the referee, while conveying Chen Ran's order, he dragged Pepe back.

The aggrieved Pepe still wanted to break free from Modric's pull and continue to go to the referee to argue, but suddenly heard that it was Chen Ran's order, and suddenly froze.

The Champions League final was interrupted for more than ten minutes because of Ronaldo's injury, and finally it will continue again.

(End of this chapter)