Football Feast, Starting From the Acquisition of European Clubs

   Chapter 26 Digging a Pit

   As the first game of the new season, Stan Tenant has done his best.

   Coupled with the fact that Crystal Palace is gaining momentum now, it has been studied repeatedly by Stan Tenat for a long time.

  Although Crystal Palace's warm-up games were not broadcast on TV, he still heard a lot of news from familiar media reporters.

   For Crystal Palace's defensive counterattack tactics, he made careful preparations. What to pay attention to and which people to mark, he explained clearly to the Burnley players.

   Stan Tenant is confident in his first win of the season at home to Crystal Palace.

   Soon, players from both teams came out and lined up to take pictures.

   "Hey, coach, Crystal Palace's starting lineup today doesn't seem to be the same as before."

   Burnley's assistant coach first spotted Chen Ran's adjustment.

   "What? Where's the change?"

  Stan Tenant is reviewing his tactical arrangements in his mind to see if there are any omissions. Hearing this, I was shocked and asked quickly.

   "It's been changed. It was the Croatian teenager Modric who started the game before, and today it's our England striker Crouch."

   "You mean that tall guy who is over two meters tall?"

   "Yes, coach, look at the one standing next to the Italian striker Tony."

   Following the assistant coach's fingers, Stan Tenant immediately found Crouch.

  There is no way, one is more than two meters, the other is more than 1.9 meters, and the two poles are placed together, so they must be more conspicuous.

  Stan Tenant's heart suddenly sank, not good, he may have been fooled.

   "Coach, Crystal Palace dispatched two high center forwards. This is estimated to be a high-altitude bombing tactic. But we were all preparing to deal with their defensive counterattack. What should we do now?"

   "Don't panic, maybe this is just a smoke bomb from the Chinese, maybe he still has to fight back."

  Stan Tenert calmed himself down and reassured his assistant.

   However, he didn’t believe it when he said it.

   But Stan Tenant has no time to adjust now, the players are in and the game is about to start.

   Now if the deployment is temporarily changed, the players will definitely be at a loss for a short time and become a mess.

   At that time, Crystal Palace seized the opportunity to attack, and then the whole game was lost.

   is too crafty! So treacherous! Shameless!

  Stan Tenant cursed Chen Ran in his heart.

   This Chinese man has been playing defensive counterattacks in the warm-up match, which must be to confuse himself and make me think this is Crystal Palace's tactics.

   Now it’s time for the official game, and he immediately changes his tactics.

   Isn't this digging a hole and waiting for Lao Tzu to jump into it?

   This tactic only works the first time, and everyone will be prepared in the future.

  Why are you so unlucky?

  Why am I the first opponent of Crystal Palace?

  Is this Lao Tzu doing thunder for others?

  I saw Tony and Crouch, who were standing in the middle circle kicking off, and had been following the media reporters who reported on Crystal Palace, and found an abnormality at this time.

   "What's the matter? Why is there another high-ranking guy?"

   "Yeah, in the Crystal Palace's main lineup, there was only Tony as a high center forward. Why are there two now?"

   "Tsk tsk, this is the transformation of the Chinese people. It's amazing, really amazing."

"What's the meaning?"

   "My intuition tells me that this Chinese man used smoke bombs in the warm-up matches before."

   "You mean, Crystal Palace's play today will be completely different from before?"

   "That's right. I guess this is the plan of the Chinese, just to trick today's opponents. Burnley is really unlucky."

   "If that's the case, then this Chinese man can be insidious enough."

   "So I said he was a little fox."

   "Isn't that exaggerated? This Chinese is really as powerful as you say?"

   "Humph, if you don't believe it, just wait and see, and there will be results in a while."

   As the referee blew the whistle, the first round of the British Championship of the new season officially began.

   The audience was surprised to find that Crystal Palace, which was praised by the media for counterattacking against the British Championship, did not shrink its defense, but played the British 442 formation that everyone is familiar with.

  The Burnley players were also a little dumbfounded, which was completely different from what the coach had arranged before the game.

  Everyone involuntarily looked to the sidelines, but, apart from seeing Stan Tenant's blue face, they didn't get any instructions.

  No way, the Burnley players had to throw away all the tactics they had practiced for a week and began to deal with the fierce attack from Crystal Palace.

  Yes, Crystal Palace stormed Burnley's defence as soon as they opened.

  Chen Ran explained it clearly to the team members before, and the opponent must be lined up according to Crystal Palace's previous defensive counterattack tactics.

   Now seeing Crystal Palace evolve, they will definitely have a period of discomfort.

   Therefore, Chen Ran asked the players to seize this opportunity to attack and try to seal the victory at the beginning.

   As soon as the referee's whistle blew, Tony knocked the ball to Crouch, and he ran to Burnley's penalty area.

   At the same time, Ronaldo on the left and Ribery on the right moved forward at the same time.

  Crouch immediately returned the ball to Guardiola after receiving the ball, and turned around and rushed towards the Burnley penalty area.

   Guardiola didn't stop after receiving the ball, and made a direct pass to the left with a big foot.

   At this time, Cristiano Ronaldo had already sprinted into place, and his left foot was just right, and he stabbed the ball out a meter, just past a defender who rushed forward.

   "Defend him inside, don't let him enter the penalty area!"

   Burnley's captain shouted to another defender who had jumped in.

   They have been repeatedly reminded by the coach of the characteristics of several frontcourt players of Crystal Palace, especially this guy named Ronaldo, who is the most threatening.

  Stan Teinart specially explained to his players that this Ronaldo is fast, skilled and strong, especially likes to cut inside the penalty area and then hit the goal.

   When guarding Ronaldo, guard the inside and let the outside go.

   I have to say that Burnley's players are still very strong in tactical execution.

  What the coach explained, they have done it.

   However, Stan Teinart never expected that under the temptation of Chen Ran's sports car, Ronaldo succumbed to the tires of the Porsche 911.

   Special meow, he didn't enter the penalty area at all, and made a direct pass from the bottom.

   At this time, Tony and Crouch in the middle have already killed near the penalty area one after the other.

  It's a pity that Ronaldo's speed is too fast, how can Tony and Crouch catch up?

  The current Cristiano Ronaldo is not very mature in grasping the timing of passing. He didn't expect to have to wait for the two high-level guys, and he just passed the ball directly at his own rhythm.

  Tony and Crouch entered the penalty area when the ball flew over.

   Burnley's defender is not a decoration. Seeing two high-ranking men rushing into the penalty area, they immediately stepped forward to intercept.

Under the    pulling each other, no one could jump up and fight for the top, and could only watch the ball pass overhead.

"boom!"

  The sound of a ball being violently hit came.

   At this moment, a small man sprang out from the right, and before the ball hit the ground, he volleyed an angry kick.

  I saw the ball, like a shell out of the chamber, directly into the upper right corner of the Burnley goal.

  Crystal Palace 1:0 Burnley.

   (end of this chapter)