Football feast, starting from the acquisition of European clubs

Chapter 396 The Tinker Has a Bold Idea
After a week of rest, Crystal Palace ushered in a consecutive week of double matches.

Their opponents in the UEFA Champions League semi-finals have also been determined. This time they will face Juventus, which has recovered quickly from the "Italian Callgate" incident.

In another Champions League semi-final, Chelsea, which eliminated Liverpool, will face Barcelona led by Guardiola.

This season, Guardiola, who served as the team's head coach for the first time, shined brilliantly.

The Barcelona led by him not only overwhelmed the old rival Real Madrid in La Liga, but also firmly occupied the top position in the league standings.

And in the Champions League, he has been advancing all the way, and now he has reached the semi-finals of the Champions League, which also makes the two guys Southgate and Simeone envious.

On April 4, in the No.26 round of the Premier League, Crystal Palace will go away to challenge Sunderland.

Because in two days, Crystal Palace will go to Italy to play Juventus in the first round of the UEFA Champions League semi-final, so Chen Ran has a large number of substitute players in the starting lineup for this game.

Fortunately, the strength of the opponent is limited. With the goals of Cavani and Pepe, Crystal Palace defeated Sunderland 2:1 in the away game.

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

Early the next morning after the game, Chen Ran led the Crystal Palace team to Turin, Italy.

Although Juventus was punished and relegated to Serie B because of the "Italian phone gate" incident, there are still many main players in the team.

Such as forwards Trezeguet and Del Piero, midfielders Nedved, Camoranesi and Marchisio, defenders Zebina and Lelottaglie, goalkeeper Buffon and other famous players make them Soon back to Serie A.

Coupled with the newly introduced powerful players such as Salihamidzic, Zanetti, Iaquinta, Amaury, Sissoko, Paulson, Andrade and Mellberg, Juventus is Recovered with astonishing speed.

And their head coach is the famous "Tinker" Ranieri.

Although this guy can't bring the team to the top of the world, he is the best at quickly kneading a team that is in chaos together.

The boss of Juventus obviously took a fancy to Ranieri's specialty.

For Ranieri, being able to lead Juventus to the semi-finals of the Champions League this season is already a surprise.

Now that he has met Crystal Palace, which has won three consecutive Champions League titles, he himself knows that Juventus is not as strong as his opponent.If they adopt their style of play in Serie A, it will definitely die a miserable death.

Therefore, Ranieri, who has always been pragmatic, has simply arranged a starting lineup for defensive counterattacks.

Trezeguet
Left forward Nedved, defensive midfielder Sissoko, defensive midfielder Marchisio, defensive midfielder Paulson, right midfielder Salihamidzic

Left back Molinaro, center back Andrade, center back Lero Tallie, right back Zebina
goalkeeper buffon
On Chen Ran's side, he dispatched the entire main lineup without hesitation.Even if you go to an away game, you must strive for the victory of the game.

Center forward Cavani, shadow forward Messi
Left midfielder Evra, midfielder Cesc Fabregas, right midfielder Alves
DM Yaya Toure, DM Mascherano
Left centre-back Kompany, centre-back Nemanja Vidic, right centre-back Thiago Silva

goalkeeper cech
Moreover, Chen Ran specially called Cavani to have a private talk before the game.

Unexpectedly, before Chen Ran could speak, Cavani asked Chen Ran excitedly as soon as he entered the door.

"Boss, did you ask me to come here because my best form is about to appear?"

"Eh, you know everything?"

Cavani's sudden question really stunned Chen Ran for a moment.

"Hey, boss, Suarez, Vardy and Dzeko have all told me about this."

Cavani touched the back of his head and smiled a little embarrassedly.

As long as there are people, there are rivers and lakes. At the Crystal Palace Club, young players such as Cavani, Dzeko, Suarez, and Vardy who were loaned to the Willem II Club in the Netherlands spontaneously formed a small circle.

Cavani also heard about Chen Ran talking to Suarez and the others from them, so he was very envious of it.

Now it was finally his turn, so he was naturally very excited.

"Okay, Edinson, since you've got everything clear, then I won't repeat myself. Just remember that you have the 'right to fire' in this game. You must take advantage of this rare opportunity, understand ?"

"Understood, boss, I will not let you down!"

This season is the first time Juventus has participated in the UEFA Champions League after experiencing the "Italian phone gate" incident.

This has a strong symbolic meaning, representing the rebirth of Juventus, an old giant club.

Moreover, they reached the Champions League semi-finals all the way, which also aroused the great enthusiasm of Juventus fans.

Today's game against Crystal Palace, which has won the Champions League for three consecutive times, is even more difficult to get a ticket.The entire stadium was packed.

Before the game started, Chen Ran silently called up the system and gave Cavani a "Level [-] chicken blood card".

When the referee blew the whistle to start the game, Crystal Palace did not have any temptations, and immediately pressed the attack across the board.

On the Juventus side, except for striker Trezeguet, all retreated to their own half for defense.

As if this game was not at Juventus' home court, but at the Emirates Stadium in Crystal Palace.

Seeing this situation, Chen Ran could only shake his head helplessly.

As the Crystal Palace is now too famous, one after another the veteran giants have begun to imitate those weak teams and use the bus tactics to deal with the Crystal Palace.

This game seems to be another very difficult battle.

Chen Ran, who was mentally prepared, simply sat down on the bench for the entire first half of the game.

Until the referee on duty blew the whistle for the end of the first half, the score remained unchanged at 0:0.

During the halftime break, Chen Ran did not make any substitutions and adjustments except to give the players blood as usual.

He now has a lot of experience with these teams on the bus. When the opponent is physically strong, it is difficult to break through the opponent's defense with the current incomplete lineup of Crystal Palace.

However, Chen Ran was not in a hurry, because the opponent's players would always get tired.

On the Juventus side, Ranieri was very satisfied because the two teams were tied in the first half of the game.

While vigorously praising his players, he also asked the players to make persistent efforts and continue to stick to the style of play in the first half of the game.

After the start of the second half, although Crystal Palace's offensive was still fierce, they still couldn't break through the goal guarded by Buffon for a while.

The physical condition of the Juventus players is quite good. It was not until about 10 minutes into the game that no one of their players showed obvious signs of physical decline.

Alves dribbled the ball along the right line at high speed. Although Juventus' left midfielder Nedved is known as the "Iron Man", he is almost 37 years old this year.After a few steps of chasing, he was left behind by Alves.

Seeing that the big brother Nedved in front did not defend Alves, the left back Molinaro, who is a junior, hurried up to intercept.

Alves didn't play any tricks, just slammed the ball forward, and then carried Molinaro hard and started to fight for speed.

Unlike many speed full-backs, Alves is not only fast, but also very strong physically.

In the physical confrontation with Molinaro, he did not lose the wind at all.And taking advantage of his speed, he rushed over abruptly.

After passing Nedved and Molinaro, Alves swiped the ball inside and dribbled directly towards the Juventus penalty area.

Realizing that the situation was not good, Juventus' Portuguese central defender Andrade hurried over to defend.

Alves did not choose to dribble, but swiped the ball towards the bottom line.After evading Andrade's grab, and then with a flick of his right ankle, the ball drew a wonderful arc and flew towards the middle of Juventus' penalty area.

Cavani, who had been waiting for an opportunity in the penalty area, started the moment the ball left Alves' feet.

He rushed to the ball's spot before Lero Tallie, who was marking him, leaped high, and smashed the ball hard into the Juventus goal with a lion shake.

Buffon's reaction was extremely fast, and he jumped hard to save Cavani's header.

However, because Buffon blocked the ball with his palm instead of hitting it with his fist, the ball did not fly far.

Finding that the crisis has not been completely resolved, the midfielder Marchisio, who rushed back to assist in the defense, immediately rushed to the ball's landing point, wanting to clear the ball with a big foot.

At this moment, a small player suddenly grabbed Marchisio from behind and in front of him.

A second before Marchisio stretched out his foot to kick the ball, the player appeared between him and the ball.

"what!"

Marchisio's foot, which wanted to clear the siege, kicked the player firmly.

With a scream, the player fell to the ground.

It's Messi!
"beep!"

The whistle of the referee on duty rang immediately, and he pointed to the penalty spot, awarded Crystal Palace a penalty, and then quickly ran to the foul spot to check Messi's injury.

On the sidelines, the moment he saw Messi being kicked down, Chen Ran's heart twitched.

Messi must never get hurt again!

At this moment, Chen Ran would rather not take this penalty in exchange for Messi's safety.

Under the signal of the referee, the team doctor of Crystal Palace rushed into the field with a medicine box.

With the footage of the TV broadcast, all the fans around the world saw that on the back of Messi's right calf, a long bloodstain was drawn by Marchisio's shoe spikes, and the corners of Messi's eyes were so painful Tears.

After emergency treatment of Messi's injury, the team doctor decisively made a substitution gesture to Chen Ran on the sidelines.

On the sidelines, Chen Ran, who didn't know the details of Messi's injury, saw the gesture of the team doctor, and his heart suddenly "thumped".

Was Messi seriously injured?
Chen Ran forcibly suppressed the irritability in his heart, turned around and called Southgate to his side.

"Gareth, hurry up and ask Beckham to warm up and replace Messi with him later. Then let Beckham, Yaya Toure and Mascherano form a three midfielder, the team's The formation has also changed from the current 352 to 361."

"Okay, boss."

Knowing that the situation was urgent, Southgate didn't dare to delay and immediately turned around to carry out Chen Ran's order.

Soon, Messi was carried to the sidelines on a stretcher, and Chen Ran hurried over to understand his injury.

"Boss, don't worry, Leo is just a few skin injuries, there is no major problem. It's just that he can't continue to participate in today's game, so as not to cause the injury to worsen, and the small injury will become a big injury."

"Well, you're right, Leo's health is the most important thing."

Seeing the shocking bloodstain on Messi's calf, Chen Ran felt pain just looking at it.

"Leo, you have done well enough. Take a good rest and leave this game to other teammates."

Getting up from the stretcher, Messi, who only dared to support his body with one foot, looked up at Chen Ran.

"Boss, we must win this game."

"Don't worry, with me here, your efforts will not go unrewarded."

While talking, Chen Ran helped Messi back to the Crystal Palace bench with the team doctor.

At this time, the game on the field has resumed.

Cavani, who won the "right to fire freely" in this game, picked up the ball and walked towards the penalty spot without hesitation.

After placing the ball, Cavani retreated to the vicinity of the penalty area line.

Taking a deep breath, Cavani didn't look at the opponent's goalkeeper Buffon at all, his eyes were only on the ball, and he started to run up.

"boom!"

Cavani pushed a low ball with the instep of his right foot, and the ball flew against the turf towards the bottom left corner of the Juventus goal.

Buffon completely misjudged the direction of Cavani's shooting choice, so he had no choice but to get up and go to the net to pick up the ball.

"GOAL!!!!!!"

Relying on Messi's desperate fight, Cavani scored a key penalty to help Crystal Palace lead Juventus 1-0 in the away game.

After persisting for most of the game, Juventus was still broken by Crystal Palace.This made Ranieri, while a little frustrated, also had a bold idea.

Now, the only remaining offensive player in Crystal Palace is Cavani.

Other players with great threats were unable to play due to injuries.

This time, the pressure on Juventus' defense is greatly reduced.

Ranieri felt that it seemed time to give it a go.

So Ranieri immediately called Camoranesi and Del Piero from the bench.

After a brief warm-up, he replaced Nedved and Marchisio with the two of them.

Juventus' formation has also changed from the current 451 to 442.

Camoranesi took Nedved's place, while Del Piero played as a shadow striker behind Trezeguet.

Seeing Juventus' substitutions and adjustments, Chen Ran knew that Ranieri couldn't hold back his attack after all.

(End of this chapter)