Football feast, starting from the acquisition of European clubs

Chapter 383 Another trick
During the intermission, Chen Ran did not make substitutions and adjustments other than giving the players blood as usual.

On the Chelsea side, Ancelotti replaced Deco, who had received a yellow card in the first half, with Essien.

Replacing a B2B midfielder with both offensive and defensive abilities with a strong defensive midfielder, Ancelotti is obviously more inclined to keep the current draw than to win the game.

At the beginning of the second half of the game, seeing Chelsea's substitutions and adjustments, Southgate leaned over to Simeone and whispered.

"Diego, Ancelotti is more conservative than you."

"What is conservative? This is a wise move. Ancelotti knows that it is difficult to beat our Crystal Palace, so he takes the second best and chooses a goal that is more likely to be achieved."

When Southgate said he was conservative, Simeone gave him a very uncomfortable look.

"Hehe, let's see if they can hold on. It's not that easy to grab points from our Crystal Palace."

Southgate sneered and curled his lips in disdain.

Hearing Southgate and Simeone's discussion, Chen Ran was not as optimistic as Southgate.

Although Ancelotti's move seems conservative, as Simeone said, it is indeed a pragmatic choice.

And Chelsea's players are very strong. If they really defend with all their strength, it will be difficult to deal with them.

Thinking of this, Chen Ran called Southgate over.

"Gareth, you go and tell Modric to pass more to Ronaldo on the left next. Chelsea's right back Ivanovic is 188cm tall and not fast enough. Let Ronaldo hit his position repeatedly and break through him .”

"Understood, boss."

Soon, Modric, who received the latest order from Chen Ran, obviously kept scoring the ball to the left where Ronaldo was.

This time, the pressure on Ivanovic, who was facing Ronaldo, suddenly increased.

On the Chelsea bench, the experienced Ancelotti also immediately noticed that the situation was not good.

Ivanovic is an all-round defender capable of both central defender and full-back, somewhat similar to Crystal Palace's Chiellini.

Although the speed of this type of player is not slow, once they are repeatedly attacked by players who are good at speed, they will show their flaws sooner or later.

After discovering the problem, Ancelotti did not hesitate and immediately notified the Portuguese right back Bosingwa on the bench to warm up.

Soon, Chen Ran saw that Chelsea replaced Ivanovic with Bosingwa.

"This Fatty An, he reacts very quickly."

Chen Ran pouted imperceptibly.

Now both Kaka and Ribery are out due to injuries, leaving Chen Ran with two less available players with super attack power.

Turning his head to look at the bench of Crystal Palace, Chen Ran called Southgate to his side again.

"Gareth, tell Evra to warm up now, and replace Yaya Toure with him later."

"Then move Modric back and let him play alongside Mascherano as a defensive midfielder."

"Ronaldo's position moved forward, playing as a double forward with Toni, and Evra replaced Ronaldo as a left midfielder."

"The formation of the team has also changed from 4231 to 442, understand?"

"Okay, boss."

Soon, Ancelotti saw that Crystal Palace had also made substitution adjustments.

Especially when he saw Chen Ran pushing Ronaldo to the front line and appearing in Chelsea's penalty area with Tony, he immediately frowned.

Ronaldo's strength is now a household name.Anyone who is an opponent of Crystal Palace knows that this is one of the most threatening players for Crystal Palace.

According to Ancelotti's previous deployment, Terry and Carvalho two central defenders are responsible for double-teaming and defending Tony.

From the beginning of the game to the present, with the tacit cooperation of the two, the effect has been good.

Now that Ronaldo has joined, the two central defenders of Chelsea have to fight on their own.

Terry is okay here. With his physical fitness and ability, he is not very worried about defending against Tony Ancelotti alone.

But letting Carvalho defend Ronaldo alone, Ancelotti himself has no idea.

Because no matter in terms of height, speed or technique, Carvalho can be said to be at a disadvantage overall.

In order to prevent Carvalho from becoming a breakthrough for Crystal Palace, Ancelotti now has only two options: either directly replace Carvalho; or add a central defender, and the team will change to a five-back formation.

Thinking of this, Ancelotti turned his head and glanced at Ivanovic who had just been replaced.

Damn it, I won't fall into the tricks of that Huaguo man again, will I?
Fortunately, Chelsea's bench is deep and thick. Ancelotti decisively put aside the messy thoughts in his mind and called the Brazilian central defender Alex to warm up.

After Alex's warm-up ended, Ancelotti finally did not choose to change to a five-back formation, but directly replaced Carvalho with Alex.

Obviously, he still has a glimmer of hope for winning Crystal Palace.

"Alex?"

Seeing Ancelotti's substitution, Chen Ran was overjoyed.

Although Carvalho is not as capable as Ronaldo in all aspects, he has rich experience and is a teammate of the Portuguese national team with Ronaldo. He knows Ronaldo's abilities and technical characteristics well.

Although Alex is young and strong, he is tall and fast, but Chen Ran decided to make him the main direction of the team's next attack.

"Gareth, go and tell the players on the field to focus on attacking Chelsea's new centre-back Alex. Let Ronaldo lead Alex out of Chelsea's penalty area, and then use his speed to turn forward and hit behind, understand? ?”

"Okay, boss."

Soon, Ronaldo, who received Chen Ran's latest order, immediately ran out of Chelsea's penalty area to catch the ball.

Seeing Ronaldo leaving the penalty area, Alex, who was in charge of marking him, had no choice but to follow him.

Realizing that Alex was fooled, Modric quickly passed the ball to Ronaldo.

While Ronaldo used his body to block Alex behind him, he stopped Modric's pass with his feet.

Then Ronaldo flicked the outer instep of his right foot and distributed the ball to Evra on the left, while Ronaldo himself immediately turned around to bypass Alex who was close behind him, and accelerated forward.

Seeing Ronaldo's actions, Evra understood.Before Chelsea's right back Bosingwa came up to steal, he directly rubbed an arc with his left foot and passed the ball to Ronaldo who was advancing at high speed.

The weight of this pass was just right, and it just fell on Ronaldo's forward line.

At this time, Alex was still chasing desperately behind Ronaldo.If Ronaldo is allowed to move forward, then he will directly face Chelsea goalkeeper Cudicini.

Terry, who found that the situation was not good, immediately abandoned Tony, who he was in charge of marking, and rushed to block between Ronaldo and Cudicini.

Seeing that Terry made up the defense in time, Ronaldo did not go hard.With a flick of his left ankle, he passed the ball across to Tony, who was now unmarked.

Such a good opportunity, of course, Tony will not let go.

Just as he swung his thigh to hit the door, a small man rushed over from behind him.

A flying shovel appeared on the line where the ball rolled.

It was Ashley Cole, this guy realized that the situation was critical, and he came over from his left back position in time.Before Tony, he poked the ball out.

However, Ashley Cole's flying shovel in desperation could no longer control the direction of the ball going out.

It was originally Ronaldo crossing the ball to Tony, but it was shoveled back by Ashley Cole.

Ronaldo reacted very quickly, before Terry made a move, he volleyed the ball.

"boom!"

The ball flew towards Chelsea's goal like a fired shell.

The distance is close, the ball is fast, and the goalkeeper Cudicini has no time to react.

As soon as he stretched out his hand subconsciously, the ball flew past him and into Chelsea's net.

"GOAL!!!!!!"

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

"Cristiano Ronaldo, it was his goal that helped Crystal Palace achieve a big comeback!"

"Crystal Palace's bench depth is too strong. Although Kaka and Ribery were absent due to injuries, they still failed to prevent Crystal Palace from continuing to score goals."

"I have to admire the coaching ability of the Chinese man. Several tactical adjustments have accurately found Chelsea's weakness."

At this time, Ancelotti, who was standing on the sidelines, could not hear what the game commentary said.

All he knew was that Alex, whom he had just replaced, had become the main target of Crystal Palace's attack, and he had fallen into the trap of that Chinese man again.

Now that the score has been overtaken, there is no point in defending it, so it is better to just attack and fight.

I have to admit that Chelsea's player configuration is really quite strong.

After making up his mind, Ancelotti turned his attention to Chelsea's bench.

Joe Cole, Anelka, Malouda, etc. are all good offensive players.

There was only one substitution left, and after some hesitation, Ancelotti finally replaced Pirlo with Malouda.

Then Malouda served as the left midfielder, Lampard as the right midfielder, Essien and Ballack as the central midfielder.The team's formation has also changed from 4312 to 442.

Ancelotti's change of formation immediately caused a heated debate among the reporters in the stands.

"Is Ancelotti going to press up and attack? It's over, Chelsea is completely over now."

"Not at all. Chelsea players are still very strong, maybe they can even the score."

"Hehe, haven't you guys watched the Crystal Palace game? Which of the teams that dare to play against the Crystal Palace will have a good end?"

"Isn't it just a loss? Anyway, Chelsea is now behind in the score. It doesn't matter if you lose one, two, or three. It's better to attack and fight."

"I guess Ancelotti thinks so."

"Then wish him a miracle."

"Me, too."

On the Crystal Palace side, Chen Ran was very happy to see Chelsea taking the initiative to attack.He knew that Ancelotti was in a hurry.

In the next game, Chelsea hesitated to move forward, making the loophole in the defense once again caught by Crystal Palace.

This time, it was Messi who took advantage of Ashley Cole's high assist and failed to return to the defense in time, and dribbled the ball straight into Chelsea's penalty area from the right.

Realizing that the situation was not good, Terry immediately rushed over to defend.

Messi flicked the ball to the left and dribbled it laterally in Chelsea's penalty area.

When Terry tried to chase and intercept him again, he was blocked by Tony with his huge body.

On the other side, seeing Messi dribbling the ball horizontally, Alex also wanted to rush to block it.

At this time, Ronaldo also took a step across alertly, blocking Alex's way forward.

With Tony and Ronaldo doing the pick-and-roll, an empty space suddenly appeared in front of Messi.

Without any hesitation, Messi dribbled the ball through the narrow gap and faced Cudicini.

At this moment, Cudicini, who knew the situation was critical, immediately abandoned the door, opened his arms, and tried his best to expand the defensive area and rushed towards Messi.

In the face of Cudicini's ferocious actions, Messi was not at all confused.

With a flick of his right ankle, the ball drew a wonderful arc and flew right over Cudicini's head.

And Messi himself, with a light jump, jumped over Cudicini's body.

At this point, the ball had already flown towards the unguarded Chelsea goal.

Just in case, Messi accelerated after landing, rushed over and hit his head again.

"boom!"

"GOAL!!!!!!"

The ball crashed into the net, and Crystal Palace led Chelsea 3:1 away.

As soon as the goal was scored, it basically killed Chelsea's hope of a comeback.

The entire Stamford Bridge was silent, and even Chelsea fans got up and prepared to leave.

Seeing that the overall situation was settled, Chen Ran replaced Modric with Fabregas.

Although Drogba scored a goal in stoppage time for Chelsea, it still failed to change the outcome of their loss to Crystal Palace again.

As the referee blew the whistle to end the game, Chen Ran also got a "Level [-] Recovery Card" from the system.

In the other games of this round of the Premier League, Liverpool beat Portsmouth 3:2 away, and Manchester United also beat West Ham United 1:0 away.

Arsenal were held to a 0-0 draw by Tottenham Hotspur in the North London derby, while Manchester City beat Middlesbrough 1-0 at home.

After the No.20 five rounds of the Premier League ended, Crystal Palace still led Liverpool by seven points and ranked first in the standings. The situation is very good.

However, another two-week national team match day followed.

Although there is no Premier League game, since almost all Crystal Palace players are now international players, not only will the players not get rest, but they will be more tired than usual.

Chen Ran, who had to let him go according to the rules, could only pray that no player was injured while playing in the national team.

Perhaps it was because the gods of Huaguo couldn't control England's affairs, and Chen Ran received news that he didn't want to see again.

This time, it was Toni and Modric who were injured.

If you count Kaka and Ribery who were injured before, Crystal Palace has now lost four absolute main players at once.

When this kind of thing happened when it was about to enter the final sprint of the season, Chen Ran's face was so ugly that it was scary.

(End of this chapter)