Football Feast, Starting From the Acquisition of European Clubs

   Chapter 315 Escaped

   For Cristiano Ronaldo, a hexagonal fighter with almost no shortcomings, Benitez, who has played against Crystal Palace many times, just wanted to come up with a stupid way to defend with multiple teams.

   When Ronaldo was on the wing, the threat was not so great because he was far from the goal.

   But I didn't expect Ronaldo to not only have strong technical ability, but also excellent adaptability to different positions.

   Since Chen Ran put him in the center position, Cristiano Ronaldo didn't have any uncomfortable reaction, and his threat to the opponent's goal soared immediately.

   Benitez is very familiar with the two central defenders currently on the field at Liverpool. Hypia is tall, has a good header, and has strong frontal defensive ability. He is similar in type to Vidic.

   And because Hypia is 34 years old this year, the speed can be slower than Vidic. It's okay to defend the traditional high center Tony, and asking him to mark Ronaldo is simply looking for abuse.

   Another central defender, Carragher, was born as a full-back, but he is not good at speed. It is estimated that it is not enough to use him to defend Cristiano Ronaldo.

   However, due to the absence of Liverpool's other central defender Agger due to injury, Benitez has no available central defender.

   After thinking over and over again, he could only be taller among the dwarfs, assigning Carragher to mark Cristiano Ronaldo, and then Hypia would provide protection beside him.

  Unfortunately, this move by Benitez is useless for the new style of Cristiano Ronaldo, because Cristiano Ronaldo is not in Liverpool's penalty area at all.

   As soon as Cristiano Ronaldo came to the center position, he began to run out of Liverpool's penalty area continuously to cooperate with Kaka, Ribery and Messi, and then turned back to seek opportunities to shoot.

   This time, Carragher, who was in charge of marking Ronaldo, was exhausted, which was equivalent to constantly turning back and running with high-intensity sprints.

  Carragher is not as fast as Cristiano Ronaldo, and he is almost 30 years old, and he played most of the game again. In less than ten minutes, Carragher began to gasp for breath with his arms on his hips, showing his exhaustion.

   When the game reached the 71st minute, Ronaldo once again ran out of Liverpool's penalty area.

   blocked Carragher, who followed him out of the penalty area, and played a two-to-one with Ribery, helping Ribery to pass Liverpool's right-back Abeloa at once.

After    swayed Abeloa, Ribery charged directly into Liverpool's penalty area with the ball.

   Seeing that there was a big gap in the defense of his own right, Carragher made a decisive decision and immediately left Ronaldo and rushed towards Ribery's forward line.

   At this time, seeing Carragher coming to intercept him, Ribery did not hesitate, flicked the ball with his left foot, and returned the ball to Ronaldo.

   At this time, Cristiano Ronaldo's position is a little further in the upper right corner of the Liverpool penalty area.

   This location is already within Ronaldo's range.

   After receiving the ball, Ronaldo immediately opened his bow and arrow, ready to take a curved ball and shoot.

   At this critical moment, Liverpool midfielder Xavi Alonso came back in time.

   A shovel fell to the ground and put his body in front of Ronaldo to block his shot.

  Cristiano Ronaldo, who had been prepared for a long time, made a fake shot and made a real dunk, and then saw Xavi Alonso slip past him.

   Just when Cristiano Ronaldo was about to shoot again, another central defender of Liverpool, Hypia, also stepped up at this time and wanted to block Cristiano Ronaldo's shot.

   After continuous obstruction by Xavi Alonso and Hypia, Liverpool's goalkeeper Reina was already prepared for Cristiano Ronaldo's shooting intention.

   Seeing that there was no way to catch Reina by surprise, Ronaldo no longer forced the goal, but pushed the ball to Kaka in the middle.

   Regarding the position of the shot, Kaka is much better than Ronaldo.

   Seeing Ronaldo pass the ball over, Kakara took a stance and prepared to shoot the ball.

   At this time, another central midfielder of Liverpool, Gerrard, came back in time from the frontcourt.

  Although Gerrard failed to break the ball, the plan to let Kaka directly hit the goal was forced to terminate.

   However, at this time, Messi on the right has begun to slant at a high speed towards Liverpool's penalty area. Liverpool's left-back Aurelio reacted half a beat too late and could only chase after Messi's ass.

   After discovering Messi's action, Kaka directly sent a fake pass and shoved the ball straight to Messi from between Gerrard's legs.

   At this time, because he went to block Cristiano Ronaldo's shot just now, both Liverpool's central defenders were positioned to the right, and now Messi has a large space in front of him.

   Such a good opportunity, of course, Messi would not be polite, and rushed directly to Liverpool's goalkeeper Reina with the ball.

   found that his defender had no way to return in time, Reina had to abandon the goal and pounce on Messi.

   In the face of Reina's hungry attack, Messi didn't panic. With a flick of his right ankle, the ball flew from above Reina's shiny head to Liverpool's goal.

   Seeing that the ball was about to fly into Liverpool's net, at this critical moment, Carragher rushed over, flew up, and wanted to use his foot to hook the ball off the goal line.

   At the same time, Ronaldo also arrived in time. In order to ensure that the ball was not cleared by Carragher, he jumped high and wanted to smash the ball into Liverpool's net.

"boom!"

"what!"

  I saw Cristiano Ronaldo, Carragher and the ball, falling into Liverpool's net together.

   However, Cristiano Ronaldo did not move after he fell to the ground, but Carragher hurriedly got up to see Cristiano Ronaldo's situation, and then shouted to the referee.

   found that the situation was not good, the referee on duty immediately rushed over, and then immediately called the team doctor to the sidelines to enter the field.

   It turned out that Ronaldo took the lead to hit the ball, but Carragher's foot kicked Ronaldo's head, knocking Ronaldo out.

   At this moment, the entire home court of Crystal Palace exploded.

   On the bench of Crystal Palace, everyone rushed out of their seats, and the crowd was angry.

   Seeing the scene just now, Chen Ran's mind suddenly "buzzed" and froze.

   Special meow, Ronaldo must not have an accident.

   No need for Chen Ran to explain, the team doctor of Crystal Palace has rushed into the field quickly.

  Fortunately, it is Carragher's instep that is in contact with Ronaldo's head. It would be bad if it were toes or shoe spikes.

   Fortunately, after being rescued by the team doctor, Ronaldo quickly regained consciousness. But for the safety of the players, Cristiano Ronaldo obviously cannot continue to participate in the game. Accompanied by the team doctor, Ronaldo was carried into an ambulance and sent to the hospital for further examination.

   Then, the referee on duty awarded Crystal Palace a valid goal and showed Carragher a yellow card.

   This time, the Crystal Palace fans in the audience immediately quit.

  Cristiano Ronaldo almost got a headshot, but the referee didn't even give a red card?

  Suddenly, boos resounded throughout the Highbury Stadium.

   At this point, Chen Ran on the sidelines had no mind to worry about what cards Carragher should get, and now he only hoped that Ronaldo would be fine.

   After all, in a previous life, Cech had suffered a skull fracture due to a headshot. After the surgery, he had been recovering for more than half a year, and since then he could only participate in the competition with a headgear.

   I didn't expect that the catastrophe that Cech avoided in this life fell on Ronaldo.

   If possible, Chen Ran is even willing to exchange the victory of this game for Ronaldo.

   However, the game is not over yet.

  Although his heart was in a mess, Chen Ran could only cheer up and continue to direct the game.

   However, to make things even more troubling, Crystal Palace have now run out of substitutions.

  Cristiano Ronaldo's injury ended, so that Crystal Palace could only play ten to eleven.

Benitez would not give up this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and immediately replaced the right midfielder Benayoun with Ukrainian striker Voronin, and then changed Liverpool's formation from 442 to 433, while walking to the sidelines and shouting to Liverpool players. All-out attack.

  Seeing Benitez's move to take advantage of the danger, the fans of Crystal Palace were even more angry, and the whole Highbury Stadium boos resounded through the sky.

   In the stoppage time of the game, Torres received a header from Crouch and forced Mascherano to head the ball into the goal guarded by Cech.

  In the end, with one less player, Crystal Palace was drawn 2:2 by Liverpool at home.

   As soon as the game was over, Chen Ran immediately left the stadium and rushed to the hospital, leaving the press conference after the game to Guardiola, which made the reporters who wanted to contain Chen Ran go to nothing.

   Fortunately, when Chen Ran arrived at the hospital, Ronaldo's preliminary test results also came out.

   Just a moderate concussion, no broken bones.

   Of course, the hospital has to conduct further examinations on Ronaldo, and he will definitely not be able to play in a short time.

   After hearing the news that Ronaldo was fine, Chen Ran finally let go of the stone in his heart.

   However, when he saw the results of other Premier League matches this round, he couldn't help but frown again.

   Chelsea beat Aston Villa 4:3 at Stamford Bridge, Manchester United beat Sunderland 4:0 away, and Arsenal were drawn 0:0 away by Portsmouth.

   Since Crystal Palace did not win Liverpool this round, their lead was suddenly reduced from four points to two points, and the pressure increased sharply.

   For those media in England, this can be regarded as finding a topic that can be hyped up.

   Articles of articles despising the Crystal Palace popped up everywhere, but they didn't seem to see Carragher's foul penalty.

   "After failing to beat Liverpool, Crystal Palace's lead was reduced to two points, and it could be overtaken by Chelsea and Manchester United at any time."

   "After Tony and Jan Kohler, Thiago Silva and Cristiano Ronaldo were injured one after another. This season, Crystal Palace has suffered from injuries and the prospects are worrying."

   "Cristiano Ronaldo and Thiago Silva are the absolute core players at both ends of Crystal Palace's offense and defense. Their absence due to injury will greatly affect Crystal Palace's results in the second half of the season."

   "According to the latest data from the gaming company, after failing to win Liverpool, and after Thiago Silva and Ronaldo were injured, the funds for Chelsea and Manchester United to win the Premier League title this season have skyrocketed."

   "From the current situation, the Chinese man's monopoly on the Premier League championship is very likely to be ended this season."

   It’s not just the English media. After the match between Crystal Palace and Liverpool, the fans of Crystal Palace are also a little worried, even thousands of miles away.

   "There's big trouble now. The roles of Thiago Silva and Ronaldo in Crystal Palace can't be replaced now. If they are injured now, Crystal Palace's next game will be difficult to play."

   "Who says it's not. Especially Thiago Silva, the back-up central defender Pepe of Crystal Palace is really scary."

   "Tiago Silva is okay to say, after all, he is a common injury. I am worried about Ronaldo's situation now. If there is a problem with his head, it will be fatal."

   "Don't worry about the upstairs, there is the latest news. The official website of Crystal Palace just released an announcement, saying that Ronaldo's preliminary test results came out, only a moderate concussion, and no fractures were found."

   "That's good, that's good. When I saw Ronaldo lost consciousness, I felt a little bit in my heart. Fortunately, there was nothing serious."

   "Yeah. How many talented stars have been destroyed by injuries, I hope our Ronaldo will not be like that Brazilian Ronaldo."

   "Although Ronaldo is fine, he will definitely have to observe it for a while. At least he is unlikely to play in the latest game. In this way, Crystal Palace still loses a general on both ends of the offensive and defensive."

   "Forget it, it's useless for us to ponder here. I still believe that Chen Ran must have a way to get through this difficulty."

   "Oh, that's the only way it can be."

   "Hope that guy Chen Ran can surprise us again."

   Match after match, not cancelled or postponed because a player is injured.

Just two days after the match with Liverpool, on December 29th, the twentieth round of the Premier League will begin again, and Crystal Palace will play Blackburn at home;

  The injuries of Thiago Silva and Cristiano Ronaldo, coupled with the intensive schedule, made Chen Ran's choices in the formation of troops greatly limited.

  Crystal Palace, who were all substitutes, beat Blackburn 3:2 at home with goals from Cesc Fabregas, Alves and Dzeko.

  At the same time as he got the key three points, Chen Ran also got the "Level 1 Rehabilitation Card" he needed most now from the system.

   In other matches in the Premier League this round, Chelsea beat Newcastle United 2:1 at Stamford Bridge, and Manchester United beat West Ham United 1:0 away.

  Arsenal beat Everton 4-1 away, and Liverpool was tied 0-0 away by Manchester City.

  Chelsea and Manchester United are not left behind, and they are still closely behind Crystal Palace by two points.

   Just as Chen Ran was preparing for the twenty-first round of the Premier League two days later, Little Fatty also brought the latest news that the FA did not impose any additional penalties on Carragher.

   (end of this chapter)