Football Feast, Starting From the Acquisition of European Clubs

   Chapter 238 Epiphany

  Crystal Palace, according to the pre-made battle plan, Chelsea must win this game with all their strength.

   However, because he was afraid of Chelsea's strong strength, Chen Ran did not continue to use the three-back formation this time, but returned to the 442 double-tower tactic commonly used last season.

   striker Tony, striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic

  Left midfielder Cristiano Ronaldo, right midfielder Ribery

   Vieira, midfielder, Yaya Toure

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

   Goalkeeper Cech

   Whether it is Crystal Palace or Chelsea, they are all too familiar with each other.

   So there was no temptation in the game, and the two sides launched a fierce confrontation from the first minute.

   Frankly speaking, it’s not that Shevchenko is not strong, but that he is really not suitable for playing right winger.

  For a striker, his threat is at least half less when he is away from the goal.

However, although it is not the player Mourinho wants, it has to be said that the arrival of powerful stars such as Shevchenko, Ballack and Ashley Cole really brings Chelsea to the front, middle and back of the three lines. Great reinforcements have come, making Mourinho more players available.

   However, whether Mourinho can use it well is another matter.

  For wingers, more scenes are to dribble the ball from the side and make a pass, which is obviously not something Shevchenko is good at.

After several attempts, Shevchenko found that his opponent, Crystal Palace left-back Chiellini, was not easy to deal with.

   Shevchenko is 30 years old this year. He has suffered a serious knee injury before, and his speed and explosiveness are not as good as when he was young. Now he has no way to rely on speed to eat Chiellini.

After tangling with Chiellini for a while, Shevchenko simply abandoned the right wing position set by Mourinho and began to move closer to the middle.

   Shevchenko's move was immediately noticed by Mourinho, who was always watching the progress of the game.

   Mourinho, who is very strict in tactical discipline, immediately frowned. This Shevchenko did not perform well, but he dared to violate his own tactical arrangements and make his own decisions?

   Did this guy ignore himself because of his good relationship with the boss, Ibrahimovic?

   For a moment, a nameless fire surged in Mourinho's heart, and an impulse to replace Shevchenko immediately lingered in his mind.

   For a long time, remembering Peter Kenyon's warning, Mourinho took a deep breath and suppressed the idea of ​​replacing Shevchenko with the only remaining rationality.

  Perhaps, Shevchenko will have a windfall in the middle, and Mourinho has to comfort himself.

   In the 18th minute, Ballack, who also joined Chelsea this summer, got the ball and passed it to Shevchenko.

   At this time, Shevchenko has completely left his position on the right, and at most it is on the right side of the middle.

  Shevchenko just received the ball, and Vieira on the Crystal Palace side has blocked it.

   Seeing Vieira coming to grab the ball, Shevchenko dunked the ball to the right, passed Vieira and started to dribble the ball into the penalty area of ​​Crystal Palace.

   Seeing that Vieira was passed, left-back Chiellini quickly retracted to help defend, aiming at the ball and a flying shovel.

  Shevchenko flicked the ball to the right again, avoiding Chiellini's tackle.

   However, to avoid Vieira and Chiellini's steals, Shevchenko has now brought the ball outside the upper left corner of the Crystal Palace penalty area, seriously deviating from the middle.

But Shevchenko didn't care so much, and after taking the ball a step forward, he didn't even lift his head. He directly used his right foot to take a powerful long-range shot. The ball drew an arc and flew to the Crystal Palace. goal.

  Cech jumped with all his strength, but still couldn't reach the ball.

  The ball just passed Cech's fingertips and flew directly into the upper right corner of the Crystal Palace goal, absolutely dead!

  World Wave, this is an incredible world wave.

  When Shevchenko celebrated wildly, not only was Crystal Palace dumbfounded, but even Jose Mourinho at Chelsea didn’t react.

   Seeing the world wave scored by Shevchenko, Mourinho had mixed feelings for a while.

   It stands to reason that Chelsea should be happy that it is rare for Chelsea to lead Crystal Palace, but why can't I be happy?

   Is the tactic he has been insisting on wrong?

   However, didn’t he win the UEFA Cup and the UEFA Champions League with this 433 tactics?

   At this moment, Mourinho has a huge doubt about himself, which has never happened before.

   He has always believed that the 433 tactics that brought him success before can keep him successful.

   But since meeting Chen Ran, his 433 tactics seem to have failed.

   Over the past two seasons, Chelsea have been rubbed against the ground by Crystal Palace.

   Is there something wrong with your own tactics?

   Thinking that Chen Ran's Crystal Palace has been constantly changing and using several sets of tactics, at this moment, Mourinho seemed to have an epiphany.

   No matter how good a set of tactics is, it will eventually have its limitations. If you encounter a tactical play that restrains it, it will be powerless to fight back.

   The real correct way is to prepare several sets of tactics like Chen Ran did, and choose the most suitable tactics for different situations and opponents.

   After thinking about this, Mourinho looked at Chen Ran on the far side of the Crystal Palace bench with a complicated look.

   Unexpectedly, I have a day to learn from my competitors.

   Mourinho, who was so proud to his bones, felt an indescribable feeling in his heart at this time.

   However, Mourinho, who is extremely smart, also knows in his heart that the best way to defeat Chen Ran is to learn the advantages of Chen Ran first.

   He had always looked down on Chen Ran before. Even if he lost to Chen Ran for two consecutive seasons, he was unwilling to admit that Chen Ran was better than him.

   Now that he has an epiphany, everything else is empty. As long as he can defeat Chen Ran, he can do anything.

   Thinking of this, Mourinho immediately called Shevchenko, who was still celebrating the goal, to his side.

   "Sheva, your goal just now is so beautiful, it can definitely be named the best goal of the Premier League this season."

   "Thank you."

   Hearing Mourinho's praise, Shevchenko was also taken aback, the sun came out from the west?

  Because of whether he is playing the main force, the boss Abramovich directly put pressure on Mourinho, which also made the relationship between him and Mourinho very tense, and the two usually had almost no communication.

   Now Mourinho will take the initiative to praise himself, which makes Shevchenko a little flattered for a while.

"Sheva, I thought about it just now. Since you are more suitable for the double striker strategy, then you and Drogba will play as a double striker next. Let Robben drop back to play the left midfielder, Lampard play the right midfielder, Markle Lay and Ballack in central midfield. The formation is 442. Got it?"

  “.”

   Shevchenko was completely shocked.

what happened? Did Mourinho take the wrong medicine today?

   You have to know that this guy used to compete with the boss over whether he was the first player. Why is he suddenly so talkative now?

   At this moment, Shevchenko really wanted to reach out and touch Mourinho's forehead to see if he had a fever.

   "What's wrong? Don't you understand?"

   Seeing Shevchenko stunned and unresponsive, Mourinho asked again.

   "Ah? Oh, no problem, I understand. Boss, don't worry, we will be able to win Crystal Palace today."

  Shevchenko is not a difficult person to get along with. Since the head coach Mourinho took the initiative to show his favor, of course he took over.

   After all, it is still necessary to have a good relationship with the head coach since he will still be playing under Mourinho for some time to come.

   Mourinho's adjustment through Shevchenko was immediately discovered by Chen Ran and Guardiola.

   "Boss, that Mourinho seems to be a little wrong today. Robben retreated, Shevchenko moved to the middle, Lampard switched to the right midfielder, did he give up the 433 formation he has always insisted on?"

   Guardiola was very surprised at Chelsea's evolution. Mourinho actually gave up his tactical style of play?

   Chen Ran, who also saw Chelsea's changes, couldn't help but feel tight.

   When things go wrong, there must be demons. Chen Ran, who knows Mourinho well, has a bad feeling.

   This stubborn guy was able to give up what he had always insisted on. Was it stimulated by something?

   After thinking about it, Chen Ran focused his attention on Shevchenko.

   In the less than 20 minutes of the game just now, the most striking thing was Shevchenko's goal.

   Could it be this Shevchenko that caused Mourinho's abnormal changes?

   "Josep, you go to inform Kaka to warm up and prepare to play to replace Maicon, the team is preparing to change to 352."

   No matter why Mourinho changed his tactical style of play, Chen Ran had to deal with it, because Crystal Palace is now behind.

   "Ah? Boss, the game has only been played for more than 20 minutes, is it too early to make a substitution?"

   Hearing Chen Ran's order, Guardiola was stunned for a while, but he didn't respond for a long time.

   It's just a goal lost, it's still the opponent's world wave, it's not that the Crystal Palace players have made a major mistake, so they shouldn't make such a big reaction, right?

   "No, just do as I say. There was something wrong with Chelsea today, and it gave me a bad feeling. We have to take the first shot and suppress Chelsea's momentum."

"Ok, I see."

   Seeing Chen Ran's firm attitude, Guardiola stopped persuading him. Because Chen Ran's previous record has fully demonstrated his ability to command the game.

   Kaka, who received the warm-up notice, did not expect that he would play so early today.

   On the Chelsea side, when Mourinho saw Kaka get up from the bench and run to warm up, he also secretly admired Chen Ran's decisiveness.

   As expected of an opponent who has been pressing him all the time, he has a really keen sense of the game. It seems that Chen Ran has also discovered that he is abnormal today.

  Thinking of this, Mourinho was not angry but happy, the corner of his mouth was slightly upturned, and he glanced at Chen Ran in the distance.

  Since you found out, let's have a good fight today to see who is stronger between Chelsea and Crystal Palace.

   At this moment, as if there was telepathy, Chen Ran just happened to look towards Mourinho.

  In an instant, the eyes of the two of them met in the air, and there seemed to be sparks flashing between them.

   After Kaka's warm-up was over, Chen Ran called him to his side.

"Ricciardo, after you come on the pitch, go to play the attacking midfielder, and the team's formation becomes 352. Tell the others, you have only one task today, and that is to score goals, keep scoring goals, until the end of the game. Understood. ?"

   "Understood! Boss, don't worry, everything on the field will be left to us."

   also seemed to feel that Chen Ran's mood today was different from usual, and Kaka nodded heavily.

   Soon, everyone saw that Kaka came on and replaced the right back Maicon, and Crystal Palace changed to 352.

   "Good guy, Crystal Palace started to make substitutions after just over 20 minutes of the game. Isn't this too urgent?"

   For Crystal Palace and Chelsea, the two Premier League champions and runners-up for two consecutive seasons, almost all football reporters in England came to watch the match.

   "Hehe, it is estimated that Crystal Palace rarely lags behind, so the Chinese people are anxious."

   "It's possible. It's different now, and it's not easy to score a goal for Crystal Palace now."

   "Oh, I didn't expect it. The big words that the Chinese man said back then have now been realized one by one."

   "Yeah. Crystal Palace has now won the Premier League for two consecutive years. If they win the Premier League again this season. Then no one will question the fact that Crystal Palace has created a new football dynasty."

   "I hope Chelsea can fight this season and steal the league championship trophy from Crystal Palace. Otherwise, it will be very boring to see that Chinese person holding the cup."

   "Hehe, I think you should get rid of this unrealistic idea as soon as possible. How many times has Mourinho played against that Chinese in the past two years, and has he ever won?"

   "I can't say that. Didn't Chelsea score the first goal today? I think they have a good chance of winning Crystal Palace today."

   "Really? Let's wait and see."

As soon as   Kaka came on the field, the momentum of the entire Crystal Palace was completely different.

  Because Vieira used to organize the attack in the midfielder position, now it has become Kaka, the front midfielder, to constantly break through and score the ball.

   If Crystal Palace used bows and arrows to attack from a long distance before, and Chelsea had enough time to prepare for defense, then Crystal Palace now rushed up with a sword and stabbed Chelsea's heart directly.

   In the 35th minute, Kaka dribbled the ball in the middle, and after seeing Makelele and Ballack double-team, he immediately gave the ball to Ribery on the right.

   This time, Ribéli is no longer facing Bridge, nor Del Horno, but the current England international, Ashley Cole, a left-back who can be counted in football today.

   Seeing Ashley Cole, who is also known for her speed, Ribery sneered, and the scarred face added a bit of ferocity.

   (end of this chapter)