Football feast, starting from the acquisition of European clubs

Chapter 390 Benitez Loves To Tell The Truth

As soon as Real Madrid pressed the offense, the loopholes in the defense immediately became apparent.

Before, they could take advantage of the number of players to help each other defend and make up defense to contain the performance of Ronaldo and Messi.

But now, they often have to face the challenge of Ronaldo and Messi one-on-one.

Marcelo on the left is okay. He is known for his speed and flexibility, and his teammates come to help from time to time. He has not made any major mistakes in defending Messi.

But now Ramos, who has returned to the right back position, is very struggling.

Fighting for speed, he is not Ronaldo's opponent;

Fighting his body, Ronaldo is no worse than him;

Fighting skills, it was thrown away by Ronaldo.

It would be fine if a teammate came to help defend, but now that Real Madrid has pushed the attack across the board, many times the teammate has no time to come back to help.

When Ronaldo broke through with the ball again, Ramos, who had just turned 23 years old, also exposed his frizzy shortcomings.

After being passed by Ronaldo again, Ramos became furious, and a flying shovel brought down Ronaldo from behind.

"what!"

Ronaldo screamed and fell to the ground.

"beep!"

The referee on duty immediately blew his whistle and rushed to the place of the foul without hesitation to show Ramos a red card.

"Fxxxk!"

On the sidelines, seeing Ronaldo injured and fell to the ground, Chen Ran rushed out of the bench with a "bass".

Meow, Ronaldo must be fine!
At this time, the referee also signaled the team doctor to the Crystal Palace bench.

The team doctor, who was already waiting on the sidelines with a medicine box, rushed over immediately.

As the head coach, Chen Ran could only stand on the sidelines and worry.

Crystal Palace now has Kaka, Ribery, Toni, Modric and Chiellini missing due to injuries. If Ronaldo, the absolute core, is injured again, it means that more than half of the main lineup is injured. How to play the game?
Unfortunately, nine out of ten times life is unsatisfactory.

Chen Ran, who was anxiously waiting on the sidelines, finally waited for the team doctor's gesture to replace him.

"Fxxxk!"

Chen Ran, who has always been calm and calm, is now so angry that he swears.

Not only because Ronaldo was injured, but also because Crystal Palace has now used up three substitutions.

This means that in the remaining ten minutes of the game, Crystal Palace, which could have played more and less, had to deal with Real Madrid's offensive with the same number of people.

"Leo!"

Chen Ran quickly called Messi to the sidelines.

"Boss, what are your orders?"

Hearing Chen Ran's call, Messi immediately ran over.

"Leo, after Ronaldo was injured, for the rest of the game, you should not stay on the right, go forward, hide behind Cavani and play a shadow striker, and the team's formation has also become 432."

"Then tell the others, except for you and Cavani, stay in the backcourt to strengthen defense. For offense, let Cesc Fabregas and Beckham use long balls to start. Understand?"

"Got it, boss."

Chen Ran took the time to adjust his tactics here, and Mourinho was not idle either.

Although he and Ronaldo are Portuguese fellows, they are also clients of Mendes.But Mourinho couldn't help being happy to see the most threatening player of the Crystal Palace injured.

Immediately, he called Argentine defender Heinze from the Real Madrid bench.

Heinze can play both left-back and center-back. He can be regarded as an all-rounder in the defense.

After a simple warm-up, Mourinho replaced left-back Marcelo with Heinze and changed the team's formation to 333.

At the same time, he also gave instructions to the players on the Real Madrid field to continue the onslaught.

At this time, as Ronaldo was carried to the sidelines on a stretcher, the referee also signaled for the game to resume.

Chen Ran, worried, hurried over to ask about Ronaldo's situation.

"Boss, I'm fine, I can still play."

Ronaldo, who sat up from the stretcher, looked at the ice pack on his ankle and seemed to think that the problem was not serious.

Chen Ran ignored Ronaldo's yelling and turned to look at the team doctor.

"I see you made a gesture of substitution, how is Chris' situation?"

"Boss, I suspect that Chris has a problem with his ankle, but the specific situation can only be confirmed by going to the hospital for further examination. But for safety reasons, Chris must not play in this game, otherwise the consequences will be unpredictable."

"Okay, I see. Your decision is right, take good care of Chris."

"Don't worry, boss."

At this time, the game had resumed. After learning about Ronaldo's situation, Chen Ran hurried back to the bench.

Taking advantage of the fact that Ronaldo was injured and Chen Ran was forced to order Crystal Palace to shrink their formation to play a defensive counterattack, Real Madrid pressed forward across the board and bombarded Crystal Palace indiscriminately.

Just when the game entered stoppage time and was about to end, Robben finally seized the opportunity to break through Alves' defense and make a cross.

In the penalty area, Benzema, who had just joined Real Madrid during the winter transfer period, rushed ahead of Vidic, who was in charge of marking him, and a lion shook his head and headed the ball towards the goal of Crystal Palace.

Benzema's header drew a strange parabola, flew over Petr Cech's fingertips in an almost lob, and fell into the Crystal Palace net. Real Madrid equalized the score at the last moment.

At this moment, the entire Bernabéu stadium suddenly boiled, and the Real Madrid fans cheered, as if Real Madrid had won the game.

On the sidelines, looking at the game time, Chen Ran gave up the idea of ​​using the system card, and he will clean up Real Madrid when he returns to the home court.

On the other side, seeing Benzema help the team equalize, Mourinho was as excited as if he had won the Champions League.Ran all the way along the sideline and played a sliding knee, the celebration was even cooler than Benzema who scored the goal.

Not long after the re-kick-off, the referee on duty blew the whistle for the end of the game.

In the end, with Benzema's flat goal, Real Madrid drew Crystal Palace 1:1 at home, and Mourinho finally felt proud.

In another UEFA Champions League match, Liverpool unexpectedly lost 1:3 to Chelsea at Anfield at home.

Early the next morning, Chen Ran flew back to London with the entire Crystal Palace team.

No way, they only have two days to rest.

On April 4, in the No.11 second round of the Premier League, Crystal Palace will go to an away game against Middlesbrough.

In addition, Ronaldo has to be rushed to the hospital for further examination, and Chen Ran also hopes to get a good result.

Unfortunately, the inspection results did not go as Chen Ran hoped.

Ronaldo's right ankle ligament was slightly torn. Although it is not serious, if it is not handled carefully, it will be a huge hidden danger of serious injury in the future.

After hesitating again and again, Chen Ran finally chose to let Ronaldo rest and cooperate with the doctor's rehabilitation treatment, so he didn't have to rush to come back to the game.

"Boss, I don't think it's a big problem. You can come back before the end of the league, so it won't delay the Champions League final."

Because the ligament is only slightly torn, Ronaldo's pain is not strong now, and there is no obvious congestion and swelling. He feels that he will be able to play soon.

"Chris, just stay here and recuperate honestly. The doctor said that although your injury is not serious, if it is not completely cured, it will leave hidden dangers in the future."

"For me, neither the Premier League nor the Champions League is as important as your health."

"So, for you, this season is over. Your most important task now is to recover from the injury, understand?"

"Boss thank you!"

Ronaldo knew that Chen Ran was thinking of him, so he couldn't help being moved.

In his growth experience, he has personally seen the coach ask the players to play with injuries for the sake of game performance.

But now that more than half of the main players of the Crystal Palace were injured, Chen Ran actually wanted to let him recover from his injuries.

Such a boss is really rare.

The game between Crystal Palace and Real Madrid, of course Mendes also watched the game.

As his most important player, Ronaldo's injury made Mendes no less nervous than Chen Ran.

For this reason, he also flew from Spain to London to visit Ronaldo.

When Ronaldo told Mendes about Chen Ran's decision, Mendeston fell silent.

After a long time, Mendes sighed and looked up at Ronaldo.

"Chris, if there are no special circumstances, I suggest that you stay in the Crystal Palace from now on. After all, there are fewer and fewer bosses like Chen Ran who are so humane."

"Hey, Jorge, I think so too."

After dealing with Ronaldo's matter, Chen Ran led the Crystal Palace team to Middlesbrough's home stadium, the Riverside Stadium, non-stop.

According to the plan made by Chen Ran, all the main players who had just finished playing the UEFA Champions League were all placed on the bench by him.

In the end, with the goals of Cavani, Suarez and Kompany, Crystal Palace defeated Middlesbrough 3:1 away.

While getting three points, Chen Ran also got a "Level [-] Recovery Card" from the system.

In the other games of this round of the Premier League, Liverpool beat Blackburn 4-0 at Anfield. They were in a brave state and continued to catch up behind Crystal Palace.

When Chen Ran replayed the video of Liverpool's game, he discovered that Benitez had sent the entire main lineup to play.

This is obviously very abnormal!
You must know that the two rounds of the Champions League's eight-to-four matches are played together, with a round of the Premier League in between.

Whether it is Crystal Palace or Chelsea, or other teams participating in the UEFA Champions League's eight-to-four competition, they have more or less carried out personnel rotations in their national leagues this weekend.

But Liverpool has sent all the main lineup in this Premier League. Are they planning to give up the Champions League?

In fact, just as Chen Ran judged, the Liverpool club did make the decision to give up the Champions League and fight for the Premier League title.

After losing 1-3 at Anfield to Chelsea in the first leg, Liverpool's two American owners, Tom Hicks and George Gillette, called Benitez up for a long talk.

No way, they are now negotiating with Qatar on the acquisition of Liverpool Club.

The team's win or loss in every game now may be directly related to the success or failure of the acquisition negotiations.

Benitez can be regarded as an academic coach, obsessed with the study of technical and tactical play, but he is not good at dealing with the world.

When the two American bosses asked him if he had the confidence to turn the game over at Chelsea's home court, Benitez said directly that he was not sure.

This time, both Tom Hicks and George Gillette were dumbfounded.

Even the frontline commanders don't have confidence in themselves, so how can they play this game?
Not only that, Benitez also admitted frankly that even if Chelsea is eliminated, it may be bad luck to meet Crystal Palace in the future.

Hearing this, Tom Hicks and George Gillette were completely speechless.

The two looked at each other with mixed feelings in their hearts.

After Benitez left, George Gillette looked at Tom Hicks helplessly.

"Tom, isn't our head coach being a little too honest?"

"George, actually, I think it's good to have a head coach like Benitez. If he is like Ferguson at Manchester United, it will be a headache."

"That's true. However, according to Benitez, is our Liverpool empty-handed again this season? This is very detrimental to our negotiations with those Qataris."

George Gillette complained with a worried face.

"According to Benitez's judgment, we have very little chance of winning the Champions League."

"But in the Premier League, we are now five points behind Crystal Palace. Moreover, we have a direct contest with Crystal Palace in the future. Unless we can beat Crystal Palace, there is little hope of winning the Premier League championship trophy."

Tom Hicks shook his head again and again while analyzing the current situation facing Liverpool.

"Then what should we do? If that's the case, how can we convince those Qataris to accept that Liverpool has huge debts?" George Gillette was a little anxious.

"Or, let's give up one event, and then try our best to compete for the championship of another event. George, do you think this will work?"

After much deliberation, Tom Hicks could only come up with an alternative.

"That's the only way to do it."

George Gillette sighed helplessly, and then cursed fiercely: "Fxxxk! Which bastard said those oil rich people have a lot of money?"

Therefore, after seeking Benitez's opinion again, the situation Chen Ran saw appeared. Liverpool decided to devote all their energy to the Premier League.

However, Chen Ran has no intention to pay attention to these things for the time being.

Because, the second round of the UEFA Champions League's eight-to-four match is about to start.
(End of this chapter)