Football feast, starting from the acquisition of European clubs

Chapter 382 Am I Really a Genius?
"Pirlo plays the midfielder? Is Ancelotti out of his mind?"

Seeing the positions of the Chelsea players on the field, Southgate muttered in a low voice.

"Ahem, in fact, Pirlo was born as a midfielder. It's just that there were too many people in AC Milan who could play as a midfielder, such as Kaka, Rivaldo, Rui Costa, Seedorf, all top players. No. 10 player."

"Ancelotti had no choice but to arrange for Pirlo, who still had a certain defensive ability, to play as a midfielder, and thus created a new tactic of placing the front midfielder at the back."

Simeone, who has played in Serie A for a long time, has a better understanding of the past of Ancelotti and Pirlo, and explained it.

"So this is ah."

Southgate nodded.

No way, he has played in England his entire career and doesn't know much about other leagues.

"Chelsea's current situation is exactly the opposite of that of AC Milan. They have too many people who can play midfielders."

"Whether it's Lampard, Essien or Deco and Ballack, no matter which one, the defensive ability is stronger than Pirlo."

"So, Ancelotti simply arranged for Pirlo to do his old job, so that he can devote all his energy to organizing the offense."

Hearing Southgate and Simeone's discussion, Chen Ran also stepped in.

"Boss, in fact, Ancelotti might as well replace Pirlo with Essien and directly deploy four midfielders. To attack, use long passes to find Drogba and Shevchenko in front, and everyone else stay behind to defend."

Seeing that Chen Ran also joined the discussion, Simeone took the opportunity to express his thoughts.

The corner of Chen Ran's mouth twitched slightly. He really deserved to be a defensive maniac who had done the feat of dispatching four midfielders at the same time.

If Ancelotti really did what Simeone did, then the Crystal Palace game would be difficult to play.

In all fairness, Chelsea has a strong lineup and can be said to be the team closest to Crystal Palace in the Premier League.

Every time Crystal Palace played Chelsea, it was not easy to win.

Today is the same as in the past. After the start of the game, the players from both sides started a fierce competition in the midfield.

When the game progressed to No. 18 minutes, Cech hugged Drogba's header and directly threw the ball vigorously to launch a counterattack.

Kaka, who received the ball, immediately dribbled the ball through the middle at high speed. After passing Pirlo and Ballack in a row, Deco, who rushed to defend him, shoveled the ball to the ground.

"beep!"

The referee quickly ran to Deco and gave him a yellow card, but Kaka was already rolling on the ground in pain at this time.

"Team doctor!"

Realizing that the situation was not good, the referee quickly signaled to the Crystal Palace bench.

Seeing this situation, Chen Ran's heart suddenly "thumped".

Damn it, Kaka must be fine.

Without Chen Ran calling, the Crystal Palace team doctor rushed into the stadium with a medicine box.

Seeing the team doctor busy treating Kaka, Chen Ran felt uneasy.

No way, Kaka's style of play is too easy to get injured.

It is beautiful to run long-distance with the ball and score goals with several people, but the opponent's defensive players are not just decorations.

If you are knocked down while running at high speed, the possibility of injury is too great.

Just when Chen Ran was praying in his heart that Kaka would be fine, the team doctor turned around and gestured for him to replace him.

"Gan!"

Cursing secretly, Chen Ran immediately turned around and called Southgate to his side.

"Gareth, hurry up and ask Mascherano to warm up, replace Kaka with him, and then let Modric move forward to play the midfielder."

"Okay, boss."

While Southgate was busy arranging for Mascherano to warm up, Kaka was carried to the sidelines on a stretcher, and a large pack of ice packs was tied to his right ankle.

"How is Ricardo?"

Chen Ran immediately walked over and asked with concern.

"Boss, there may be a problem with Ricardo's ankle ligaments, and we need to go to the hospital for further examination to find out the specific situation."

"I see, take good care of Ricardo."

After comforting Kaka again, Chen Ran hurried back to the Crystal Palace bench.

There is no way, the game has resumed at this time, and the referee will not wait for Chen Ran.

What a shame, Kaka was injured after only 10 minutes of the game. It seems that this game needs to be mentally prepared for a hard fight.Chen Ran suddenly had this realization in his heart.

On the other hand, Ancelotti was very happy to see Kaka, one of the absolute core of the Crystal Palace, injured.

Although it is not kind to think so, as the head coach who has coached Kaka, Ancelotti knows Kaka's power very well.

Now that the Crystal Palace is without Kaka, it is equivalent to losing a sharp knife, which makes Ancelotti seem to see the hope of winning this game.

Soon, Ancelotti saw Crystal Palace replace the injured Kaka with Mascherano.

Replaced the front midfielder with a midfielder, and then pushed Modric to the front midfielder.

Ancelotti was secretly pleased. Although Modric's ability to organize and attack is good, he does not have Kaka's ability to break through and score.

What makes Ancelotti even more happy is that less than 10 minutes after the Crystal Palace team completed the substitution, Pirlo made a through pass in the middle, and Shevchenko inserted at high speed, a little outside the upper left corner of the Crystal Palace penalty area. , and hit a long shot with a deciduous ball.

The ball fell rapidly in front of the Crystal Palace gate, catching Cech by surprise.When he made a save, the ball had already flown into the net of Crystal Palace, who trailed Chelsea 0-1 in the away game.

At this moment, the entire Stamford Bridge Stadium suddenly boiled, and countless Chelsea fans cheered, as excited as if they were celebrating a festival.

You know, with Crystal Palace dominating the Premier League in recent years.Not to mention winning, it is not easy to lead Crystal Palace in the game.

Seeing the scene of Chelsea players celebrating wildly, Southgate couldn't help but moved to Chen Ran's side.

"Boss, should we add a striker to strengthen the offense?"

"What's the hurry? We only played for half an hour in the first half, and there's still plenty of time in the game. Take it easy, Gareth, and trust the players on the field."

Chen Ran glanced at Southgate indifferently, and said calmly.

"But Kaka is injured now, which has a great impact on our offensive power, boss." Southgate, who is used to the lead of Crystal Palace, still can't accept the situation of falling behind.

"Gareth, when did Crystal Palace rely on a certain player to win the game?"

This time, Southgate stopped talking.

He suddenly realized that although Crystal Palace has won many championships over the years, there is an important reason why no player has ever won the Premier League Golden Boot.

Because Crystal Palace has too many attack points, almost every season more than five players can score double-digit goals.

Although the number of goals was too scattered to prevent players from winning the league golden boot, it also caused headaches for Crystal Palace's opponents.

Because they have no way to carry out targeted defense at all. If you send someone to double-team Ronaldo, Messi may take the opportunity to score; if you send someone to double-team Messi, Kaka may show his prowess.

Coupled with the fact that Toni, Ribery, Modric and others are also watching, this is the key to the Crystal Palace's offensive that is difficult to resist.

"Boss, I understand."

Southgate, who had thought about all this clearly, sat back in his seat steadily.

Now, like Chen Ran, he has become full of confidence.

Sure enough, as Chen Ran expected, at the end of the first half, Cristiano Ronaldo dribbled the ball past Chelsea's right-back Ivanovic and sent the ball into Chelsea's defense with a cross. restricted area.

In the penalty area, Chelsea's two central defenders work together.

Terry is responsible for marking Tony closely, and Carvalho is responsible for checking for gaps and filling gaps.

Tony was like the patty in the hamburger. He was double-teamed and couldn't move. The ball was pushed out of the penalty area by Terry.

At the top of the penalty area, according to Chen Ran's tactical requirements, Modric has long been waiting nearby.

Seeing that the ball was pushed out by Terry, he immediately rushed to the vicinity of the landing point, drew his bow and set up an arrow, and prepared to volley in the air.

At this time, Chelsea's midfielder Ballack also discovered Modric's intentions and rushed over quickly to destroy Modric's shot.

Because Ballack rushed too hard, he didn't brake the car and hit Modric.

With Modric's small body, how can he support Ballack's tall and strong body?

Modric shot halfway through when he was knocked out by Ballack and fell into Chelsea's penalty area.

"beep!"

Ballack was frightened by the whistle immediately. He thought the referee was going to award a penalty kick, so he quickly pointed to the place where he committed the foul and explained to the referee.

The referee did not make a misjudgment, but awarded Crystal Palace a free kick in the frontcourt in a good position.

The free kick is just outside the arc of the penalty area, facing Chelsea's goal, and can be played with either foot.It's close to perfect, except it's a little close.

Seeing the position of the free kick, Chelsea is also facing a formidable enemy.

Goalkeeper Cudicini called out to his teammates and formed a huge wall.

On the Crystal Palace side, Ronaldo walked over and stood next to the ball with Modric. Obviously he also wanted to take the free kick.

"Little Luca, how about handing this ball to me to take the penalty?"

Because Modric is the number one free kick taker in the Crystal Palace team, Ronaldo had no choice but to discuss with him in a low voice.

In fact, Modric also wanted to take this free kick in his heart, but he has always kept a low profile and was unwilling to offend the absolute core of the team for such a trivial matter.Slightly nodded, and finally agreed to Ronaldo's request.

On the sidelines, seeing Ronaldo whispering beside Modric for a long time, Chen Ran knew that this guy couldn't help but want to take this free kick again.

Fortunately, Ribery was not on the court at this time, otherwise, maybe the three of them would stage another farce of finger-guessing and taking free kicks.

However, Chen Ran did not intend to intervene in this matter.

Modric agreed, so why should he jump out and be this villain?
For matters between players, it is better to stay at the player level.

Calling up the system, Chen Ran silently used a "Free Kick Master Card" for Ronaldo.

Although Chen Ran put on a confident look in front of Southgate and the others, it is still the situation he most hopes to see now to equalize the score as soon as possible.

After all, Chelsea is not a weak team and cannot be taken lightly.

Next to the ball, Ronaldo took a few steps back, stood still, glanced at Chelsea's goal, took a deep breath, ran up, and swung his legs.

"boom!"

With a loud bang, the ball drew a wonderful arc and flew to the upper right corner of Chelsea's goal.

Chelsea's large crowd jumped up one after another, trying to block the flight path of the ball.

Unfortunately, the ball successfully circled the wall with a violent spin, and then fell rapidly.

Chelsea's goalkeeper Cudicini moved quickly, jumped, and rushed towards the direction of the ball's flight.

But Cristiano Ronaldo's shot was too angled, and Cudicini tried his best but couldn't touch the ball. In the end, he could only watch the ball fly into the goal from before his eyes.
"GOAL!!!!!!"

With Cristiano Ronaldo's free kick, Crystal Palace 1:1 Chelsea.

The two teams have returned to the same starting line.

"OMG! Isn't this a full moon scimitar?"

But all fans with some qualifications are very familiar with the footwork used by Ronaldo to take this free kick.

This is a standard Beckham-style free kick, which is what fans often call a Beckham arc.

Immediately, countless eyes focused on Beckham who was sitting on the bench of Crystal Palace.

Beckham also looked surprised, seeing everyone's eyes, he shrugged helplessly.

He was equally confused. During training, he never saw Ronaldo practice this kind of free kick.

Doesn't this kid usually practice elevator balls?

Not to mention that Beckham couldn't figure it out, even Ronaldo, who scored the goal, was a little confused.

This free kick is a bit close to Chelsea's goal, and it is not suitable for elevator balls.

Because it is very likely that the ball has already flown out of the bottom line before it has time to fall.

But Ronaldo usually practiced the elevator ball, so he originally planned to try it with the elevator ball.

How did he kick a Beckham-style free kick?

Cristiano Ronaldo, who was surrounded by teammates celebrating the goal, thought in wonder.

Is he really a free kick genius?
On the sidelines, the mastermind behind all this smiled slightly, turned around, walked back to the bench and sat down.

This is what is called "flick off your clothes when things happen, and hide your merits and fame deeply".

Just after Ronaldo equalized the score, the referee soon blew the whistle for the end of the first half.

In the stands, the reporters who were attracted by this Premier League highlight gathered together in twos and threes to talk about the performance of the two teams in the first half.

"It's a pity that Chelsea were evened by Crystal Palace in such a good situation!"

"Yeah. Kaka was injured shortly after the start, and then Shevchenko scored the first goal. It would be great if Ancelotti just shrank the defense and put the bus."

"Actually, it's not too late for Chelsea to set up the bus. After all, it's a good result to get a point from that Chinese man."

"Isn't your request too low?"

"Otherwise, what can we do? Any team that dares to play against Crystal Palace will end well?"

"That's true, I just don't know what Ancelotti thinks about it."

"Hey, wouldn't the second half of the game be more interesting this way?"

(End of this chapter)