Football Feast, Starting From the Acquisition of European Clubs

   Chapter 362 Is it important to have a job?

   Seeing Palin's pragmatic substitution adjustment, Chen Ran also admired it very much. This guy wants to make the defense to the extreme.

   It is no wonder that in his previous life he was able to lead the national football team to link Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan and North Korea in the Asian Cup, and advance with a record three-game winning streak in the group stage.

  Although he was later dismissed because he was drawn twice by Hong Kong in the world preliminaries, he had to admit that the national football team during Palin’s coaching period was the best-performing national football team after Milou, even surpassing the famous coach Lippi who was hired heavily.

   However, now facing the iron barrel formation that Palin put up, Chen Ran had to act.

  Although he believes that with the strength of the Crystal Palace players, he will be able to break Lyon's goal sooner or later, but he decided to add an insurance.

   turned on the system, Chen Ran called up a "first-level sight card" and a "free kick master card", which were used by Ronaldo and Modric respectively.

   It's not that he doesn't want to use the "level 1 chicken blood card", but that this thing has too much negative effect, and the next thing is the key game. Whether it is Cristiano Ronaldo or Messi, the absence of anyone is a huge loss.

   "Little Luca!"

   Taking advantage of the dead ball, Chen Ran called Modric, who was closer to him, to the sidelines.

"You will tell Ronaldo to hit the goal more; then tell Messi, let him increase the strength of dribbling and breakthrough. Once there is a free kick opportunity, as long as the distance and angle are not too outrageous, you will directly hit the goal, understand ?"

   "Okay, boss!"

   nodded heavily, Modric immediately turned around and ran back to the field.

   For Chen Ran's orders, the Crystal Palace team members have always been resolute in implementing them.

  Cristiano Ronaldo, who immediately added a lot of inside shots.

  With the blessing of the "first-level sight card", Cristiano Ronaldo, who had a strong shooting ability in the first place, is now hitting every shot within the door frame. Lyon's goalkeeper Loriston was in a hurry.

   And Messi, who was on the right, also began to frequently use his super-fast action rate to force breakthroughs.

  Although there were times when Lyon players double-teamed and intercepted the ball, it also created a good free-kick opportunity accordingly.

   "Beep!"

   When Messi was brought down with the ball again, the referee blew the whistle decisively and awarded Crystal Palace a free kick in the frontcourt.

   The position of this ball is a little outside the penalty area line on the left side of Lyon, and the angle is very biased. Normally, it is not suitable for hitting the goal directly.

   If a left-footed player takes the free kick, it is also possible to try a direct shot.

   But Modric is a right-footed player and can only pass the ball in this position, which makes Lyon’s defenders more certain that he will not hit the goal directly.

   Standing next to the ball, Modric took a deep breath. In fact, he also thought that this position was more suitable for passing the ball.

   And in Lyon's penalty area, all the big players of Crystal Palace have now been concentrated.

   If he passes the ball in at this time, he will definitely be able to create a good scoring opportunity.

   However, the words that Chen Ran had specially explained before popped up in his mind again at this time.

   Over the past few years, Modric has developed the habit of resolutely implementing the boss's orders.

   Rubbing his cheeks with both hands, Modric put aside all his messy thoughts and looked up at the situation in the Lyon penalty area.

   Step back, stand still, run up, swing your legs.

"boom!"

  I saw the ball rise in response, and flew an exaggerated arc towards Lyon's penalty area.

  Not good, the power of this ball seems to be a little big, as if it is going to fly out of the baseline.

   Just when everyone at the Emirates Stadium was sighing, the ball suddenly began to fall rapidly when it was about to fly over the Lyon goal.

   At this time, Lyon goalkeeper Loris, who was going to attack to intercept Modric's pass, quickly adjusted his pace and rushed towards the back post.

   However, by the time he reacted, it was too late.

  The ball slid into the net from the narrow space between the Lyon goalpost, the crossbar and Lloris' hands.

   "GOAL!"

   With Modric's unexpected free kick, Crystal Palace finally broke the iron barrel and led Lyon 1-0 at home.

"Oh!"

   The entire Emirates Stadium suddenly sounded a burst of exclamations, and then turned into a sea of ​​joy.

   On the bench on the Crystal Palace side, Beckham was dumbfounded. How could the free kick taken by Modric look like his own footwork.

   On the Lyon side, seeing that the defense line he had built with great effort was still broken by Crystal Palace, Palin, who was standing on the sidelines, seemed to be fixed there, motionless.

   Now, do you continue to stay behind to defend or take the initiative to press out to attack?

   Without hesitation for long, Palin quickly made a decision.

   has maintained a draw with Crystal Palace for most of the game, and he would not be reconciled if he fell short at the last minute.

   So, he replaced the central defender Squelage with the Brazilian striker Fred on the bench, and also changed the team's formation from 541 to 4312.

   Seeing that Leon took the initiative to attack, Chen Ran was very happy, which meant that the opponent finally lost his temper.

   "Gareth!"

   "Boss, what are your orders?"

   "Immediately notify Alves and Mascherano to warm up, and then use them to replace Toni and Cesc Fabregas. The team switched to defensive counterattack tactics, and the formation also changed from 352 to 4231."

   "Okay, boss."

   Chen Ran's substitution adjustment made the situation on the field change dramatically.

   Originally, Crystal Palace surrounded Lyon, but now Lyon has taken the initiative on the field.

   However, although the Crystal Palace is not a bus, but with the offensive combination of Benzema, Pjanic and Fred, there is no way to take the Crystal Palace's back line.

   Instead, when the game entered injury time, Crystal Palace seized a chance to counterattack.

  Cristiano Ronaldo drove the ball all the way after receiving a strong hand throw from Cech. After connecting Juninho and Toulalan, he took a long-range shot directly from 30 meters away from the Lyon goal.

  The ball was fast and fast, with almost no spin, as if a sharp arrow flew towards the upper left corner of the Lyon goal.

   Fortunately, Ronaldo's shot was far enough away from the goal, leaving plenty of reaction time for Lyon's goalkeeper Lloris.

   After seeing the direction of the ball's flight, Loris moved his footsteps quickly, then flew up with one foot and pounced.

"when!"

  Loris touched the ball with his fingertips. After the ball changed direction slightly, it hit the left post heavily and bounced back.

"boom!"

   Just when everyone's eyes moved with the flight path of the ball, a figure came out, facing the ball with a volley in the air.

   is Messi!

   After the ball hit the left post of Lyon goal, it just flew to Messi's side.

   Before anyone else could react, Messi immediately rushed up and kicked.

   At this time, Lyon's goalkeeper Loris just finished the save and didn't have time to return to his position. He could only watch the ball fly into the goal again from in front of him.

   "GOAL!"

   With Messi's supplementary shot, Crystal Palace led Lyon 2:0 and completely sealed the victory.

  As soon as Messi's second goal was scored, Lyon's players from coach Perrin to the field immediately lost their fighting spirit like a deflated balloon.

   There was no chance for Lyon to counterattack, and the referee soon blew the whistle for the end of the game.

   After winning the Champions League group stage three-game winning streak, Chen Ran also got a "Level 1 Rehabilitation Card" from the system that he needs most now.

After a short two-day break, on October 25, Crystal Palace ushered in the ninth round of the Premier League, this time they will go away to West Bromwich Albion.

   Just had a fierce battle with Lyon, and Chen Ran had to put all the main players with huge physical consumption on the bench.

   Fortunately, these substitute players of Crystal Palace are also very good. With the goals of Cavani and Dzeko, Crystal Palace defeated West Bromwich Albion 2:1 away.

  At the same time as he got three points, Chen Ran also got a "first-level sight card" from the system.

   In other Premier League matches this round, there is a strong conversation that has attracted the attention of many people.

  Chelsea faced Liverpool at Stamford Bridge. As a result, the Red Army Liverpool made a big show and beat Chelsea 1:0 away.

   Arsenal beat West Ham 2:0 away, Manchester United drew 1:1 with Everton, and Manchester City beat Stoke 3:0 at home.

   When the ninth round of the Premier League was over, Crystal Palace still occupied the top spot in the standings.

   Liverpool managed to overtake their opponents after beating Chelsea and were only one point behind Crystal Palace in second place.

   And Chelsea are now three points behind Crystal Palace and have been pushed into third place.

   However, Chelsea is not without a chance to catch up with Crystal Palace. Because in three days, the two teams are going to have a head-to-head matchup.

  Chelsea Club, in the office of CEO Peter Kenyon, the head coach Ancelotti sitting on the sofa looked very solemn.

   "Karllo, Mr. Abramovich is very unhappy that the team lost to Liverpool, which is heavily in debt and may go bankrupt at any time. Let me remind you specially."

  Although Ancelotti's face was not good-looking, Peter Kenyon still had to do what the boss explained.

"I see."

   Ancelotti didn't have much reaction, just replied lightly.

   In fact, he himself was very dissatisfied with the loss to Liverpool. From the end of the game until now, he has been holding a fire in his heart.

   "Carlo, you have to understand the boss. Since he bought Chelsea in 2003, he has invested more than half a billion euros in the transfer market alone."

   "But it's been five years now, and Chelsea haven't even won a decent championship trophy. This is an unacceptable thing for anyone."

   "So, the boss's patience is getting more and more limited now, you have to be more careful yourself."

   Having said that, Peter Kenyon looked at Ancelotti with some sympathy.

  If Chelsea can't win the Premier League or the Champions League this season, then the chubby Italian in front of him may be like his predecessor Jose Mourinho.

   "Peter, thanks for the reminder, I know what to do."

   Ancelotti, an old man with rich experience in dealing with people, will not easily offend people even if he is unhappy in his heart.

After    left Peter Kenyon's office, he plunged into the recording room and began to study all the recent game footage of Crystal Palace.

   Ancelotti is very clear in his heart that whether he can take the initiative to compete for the Premier League championship is in the hands of Chelsea, and the next game against Crystal Palace is very important.

  Chelsea did not make a big move in this summer transfer period. They only brought in Portuguese midfielder Deco from Barcelona and Portuguese right-back Bosingwa from Porto.

   However, after a careful study of Crystal Palace's recent game footage, Ancelotti has more confidence in this game.

   Because he found that Crystal Palace players are generally in poor physical condition. Especially those main players, it is even more exhausted.

   Moreover, Ancelotti found that in the Champions League before, Lyon coach Perrin's tactics against Crystal Palace were very successful.

   If it wasn't for Modric scoring an incredible free-kick, the result of that game would probably have been a draw.

   Therefore, Ancelotti decided to follow Palin's tactical play in this game.

Isn't    just setting up a bus?

   Who wouldn't?

   As long as you are not afraid of losing face.

   For Ancelotti, the old river and lake, the night in Istanbul has been experienced, do you still care about this?

   Besides, is it important to have a job with your face?

   So, this time to play against Crystal Palace on the road, Ancelotti sent Chelsea's strongest defensive lineup now.

   Center Drogba,

  Left MF Malouda, MF Lampard, MF Ballack, MF Deco, MF Essien

   Left-back Ashley Cole, center-back Terry, center-back Carvalho, right-back Bosingwa

   Goalkeeper Cudicini

   On the Crystal Palace side, Chen Ran also attached great importance to this game and sent all the main players who could play.

   Center Tony

   Left midfielder Cristiano Ronaldo, midfielder Modric, right midfielder Messi

   Yaya Toure, midfielder, Cesc Fabregas

  Left-back Chiellini, center-back Thiago Silva, center-back Pepe, right-back Maicon

   Goalkeeper Cech

   On October 29th, the highlight of the tenth round of the Premier League, Crystal Palace will face Chelsea, the direct rival of the league title, at the Emirates Stadium this time.

   This highly anticipated game has attracted the attention of countless fans and the media.

   In addition, Crystal Palace and Chelsea are both London teams, so even fans of the two teams who did not buy tickets flocked to the Emirates Stadium.

   And Crystal Palace's Emirates Stadium, with its dazzling appearance, immediately became a new landmark in London from the day it was put into use.

  Now, all tourists who travel to London will have to visit the Emirates Stadium.

   As a result, the tens of thousands of fans who keep coming here, plus countless tourists, make the London Police Department, which is responsible for security, face a formidable enemy.

   "Reinforcement, Emirates Stadium needs reinforcements!"

   (end of this chapter)