Football Feast, Starting From the Acquisition of European Clubs

   Chapter 382 Am I really a genius?

   "Pirlo hit the midfielder? Is Ancelotti out of his mind?"

   Seeing the position of the Chelsea players, Southgate murmured in a low voice.

"Cough, in fact, Pirlo was originally from the attacking midfield. It's just that there were too many people who could play the attacking midfielder at AC Milan at that time, such as Kaka, Rivaldo, Rui Costa, Seedorf, they were all top players. The number 10 player."

   "In desperation, Ancelotti had to arrange for Pirlo, who still has a certain defensive ability, to play the back midfielder, and thus created a new tactic of front midfielder behind."

  Simeone, who has played in Serie A for a long time, has a better understanding of the past of Ancelotti and Pirlo, and explained it.

"So this is ah."

   Southgate nodded.

  No way, he has played in England his entire career and doesn't know much about other leagues.

   "Chelsea's current situation is just the opposite of AC Milan. They have too many people who can play the midfielder."

   "Whether it's Lampard, Essien or Deco and Ballack, no matter which one, the defensive ability is stronger than Pirlo."

   "So, Ancelotti simply arranged for Pirlo to do his old job, so that he could focus all his energy on organizing the attack."

   Hearing Southgate and Simone talking, Chen Ran also interjected.

   "Boss, in fact, Ancelotti might as well replace Pirlo with Essien and put four defensive midfielders directly. In the offense, he just made a long pass to find Drogba and Shevchenko in front, and all the others stayed behind to defend."

   Seeing that Chen Ran also joined the discussion, Simeone took the opportunity to express his thoughts.

   Chen Ran's mouth twitched slightly, as expected, he was a defensive madman who had done the feat of dispatching four defensive midfielders at the same time.

   If Ancelotti really did what Simeone did, it would be difficult for Crystal Palace to play.

   In all fairness, Chelsea has a strong lineup and can be said to be the closest team to Crystal Palace in the Premier League.

   Every match between Crystal Palace and Chelsea is not easy to win.

   Today is the same as before. After the start of the game, the players from both sides competed fiercely in the midfield. Every ball must be fought, and the fight was full of sparks.

   When the game went to the 18th minute, Cech hugged Drogba's header and attacked the goal with a strong hand toss.

   Kaka, who received the ball, immediately dribbled the ball and made a high-speed breakthrough from the middle. After passing Pirlo and Ballack in a row, Deco, who was rushed over to make up the defense, shoveled the ball to the ground with a flying shovel.

   "Beep!"

   The referee quickly ran to Deco and gave him a yellow card, but at this time, Kaka was already rolling on the ground in pain.

   "Team doctor!"

   found that the situation was not good, and the referee hurriedly signaled to the Crystal Palace bench.

   Seeing this situation, Chen Ran's heart suddenly "squeaked".

   Special meow, Kaka, don't have any trouble.

   Without Chen Ran saying hello, the team doctor of Crystal Palace immediately rushed into the stadium with a medicine box.

   Watching the team doctor busy treating Kaka, Chen Ran felt uneasy.

  No way, Kaka's style of play is too easy to get injured.

   Long-distance rushing with the ball is beautiful, but the opponent's defender is not a decoration.

   Being knocked down while running at high speed is very likely to be injured.

   Just when Chen Ran was praying in his heart that Kaka would be okay, the team doctor turned around and made a substitution gesture to him.

   "Gee!"

   cursed, Chen Ran immediately turned around and called Southgate to his side.

   "Gareth, you quickly let Mascherano warm up, use him to replace Kaka, and then let Modric move forward to play the attacking midfielder."

   "Okay, boss."

  While Southgate was busy arranging Mascherano's warm-up, Kaka was carried to the sidelines on a stretcher with a large pack of ice packs tied to his right ankle.

   "How is Ricardo?"

  Chen Ran immediately walked over and asked with concern.

   "Boss, there may be a problem with Ricardo's ankle ligaments, and we will have to go to the hospital for further examination to find out."

   "I see, you take good care of Ricardo."

   comforted Kaka again, and Chen Ran hurriedly returned to the Crystal Palace bench.

   No way, the game has resumed at this time, and the referee will not wait for Chen Ran.

   Special meow, Kaka was injured after only 20 minutes of the game. It seems that this game needs to be mentally prepared for a hard fight. Chen Ran suddenly had this realization in his heart.

   On the other hand, Ancelotti was very happy to see Kaka, one of the absolute cores of Crystal Palace, get injured and end the game.

  Although it is unkind to think so, as the head coach who has coached Kaka, Ancelotti knows that Kaka is powerful.

   Now that Crystal Palace is missing Kaka, it is equivalent to missing a sharp knife, which makes Ancelotti seem to see the hope of winning this game.

   Soon, Ancelotti saw Crystal Palace replace the injured Kaka with Mascherano.

   replaced the front midfielder with a midfielder, and then pushed Modric to the front midfielder position.

   Ancelotti suddenly felt happy in his heart, although Modric's organizational offensive ability is good, but he does not have Kaka's breakthrough and scoring ability.

What makes Ancelotti even happier is that, less than ten minutes after Crystal Palace completed the substitution, Pirlo made a straight pass in the middle, and Shevchenko plugged in at high speed, a little outside the upper left corner of the Crystal Palace penalty area. , hit a long-range ball with a fallen leaf.

  The ball fell sharply in front of Crystal Palace and caught Cech by surprise. By the time he made the save, the ball had already flown into Crystal Palace's net, and Crystal Palace trailed Chelsea 0-1 away.

   At this moment, the entire Stamford Bridge stadium suddenly boiled, and countless Chelsea fans cheered, as if they were celebrating a holiday.

  You know, with Crystal Palace dominating the Premier League in recent years. Not to mention winning, it is not easy to lead Crystal Palace in the game.

   Watching the frenzied celebration of the Chelsea players, Southgate couldn't help but leaned over to Chen Ran.

   "Boss, should we add a striker to strengthen our offense?"

   "What's the hurry? We only played for half an hour in the first half, and there is still time for the game. Hold your breath, Gareth, and trust the players on the field."

  Chen Ran glanced at Southgate lightly, and said calmly.

   "But now Kaka is injured, which has a great impact on our attacking power, boss." Southgate, who is used to Crystal Palace's lead, still can't accept the situation behind the score.

   "Gareth, when did we at Crystal Palace rely on a certain player to win the game?"

   This time, Southgate stopped talking.

   He suddenly realized that although Crystal Palace has won many championships over the years, there is an important reason why no player has ever won the Premier League Golden Boot.

  Because Crystal Palace has so many attacking points, there are more than five players who can score double-digit goals almost every season.

  Although the number of goals was too scattered, the players could not get the league golden boot, but this also caused a headache for Crystal Palace's opponents.

  Because they have no way to carry out targeted defense at all, if you send someone to double-team Ronaldo, maybe Messi will take the opportunity to score; if you send someone to double-team Messi, maybe Kaka will show his power.

   In addition, Tony, Ribery, Modric and others are also watching, this is the key to Crystal Palace's attack is difficult to resist.

   "Boss, I understand."

   Southgate, who had thought through all of this, took his seat back down.

   He is now as confident as Chen Ran.

As expected by Chen Ran, just before the end of the first half, Ronaldo from the left dribbled the ball to break through the defense of Chelsea's right back Ivanovic, and sent the ball into Chelsea's ball with a cross from the bottom. restricted area.

   In the penalty area, Chelsea's two central defenders work together.

  Terry was in charge of man-marking Tony, while Carvalho was in charge of filling in the gaps.

  Tony was like the patty in the hamburger. He was trapped in the front and back and couldn't move. The ball was finally pushed out of the penalty area by Terry.

   At the top of the arc in the penalty area, according to Chen Ran's tactical requirements, Modric had been waiting nearby.

   Seeing that the ball was pushed out by Terry, he immediately rushed to the vicinity of the landing point, and drew a bow and arrow to prepare for a volley in the air.

   At this time, Chelsea's midfielder Ballack also discovered Modric's intention and rushed over to destroy Modric's shot.

  Because Ballack rushed too hard, he did not brake and hit Modric.

   With Modric's small body, how can he support Barack's tall and strong body?

  Modric was halfway through his shot when he was knocked out by Ballack and fell into Chelsea's penalty area.

   "Beep!"

  Barack was immediately terrified by the whistle. He thought the referee was going to award a penalty, and he quickly pointed to the spot where he fouled and explained to the referee.

   The referee did not make a misjudgment, but only awarded Crystal Palace a free kick in the frontcourt in a good position.

   The position of this free kick is just outside the arc of the penalty area, facing Chelsea's goal, and can be played with both left and right feet. It's close to perfect, except that it's a little closer.

   Seeing the position of the free kick, Chelsea are also facing a big enemy.

   Goalkeeper Cudicini loudly greeted his teammates and formed a large wall of people.

   On the Crystal Palace side, Cristiano Ronaldo walked over and stood next to the ball with Modric, obviously he also wanted to take the free kick.

   "Little Luca, how about giving me the kick?"

  Because Modric was the first free-kick taker in the Crystal Palace team, Ronaldo had to discuss with him in a low voice.

   In fact, Modric also wanted to take this free kick in his heart, but he has always been low-key and did not want to offend the absolute core of the team for this trivial matter. Nodding slightly, he finally agreed to Ronaldo's request.

   On the sidelines, seeing Ronaldo whispering beside Modric for a long time, Chen Ran knew that this guy couldn't help but want to take the free kick again.

  Fortunately, Ribery was not on the court at this time, otherwise, the three might stage a farce of guessing and taking free kicks.

   However, Chen Ran did not intend to interfere in this matter.

   Modric agreed, why did he jump out to be this villain?

   For matters between players, it is better to stay at the player level.

   called up the system, and Chen Ran silently used a "free kick master card" for Ronaldo.

  Although Chen Ran appeared confident in front of Southgate and the others, tying the score as soon as possible was still the situation he most hoped to see now.

   After all, Chelsea is not a weak team, and it cannot be taken lightly.

  Beside the ball, Ronaldo took a few steps back, stood still, glanced at Chelsea's goal, took a deep breath, took a run, and swung his legs.

"boom!"

   With a loud bang, the ball drew a wonderful arc and flew to the upper right corner of the Chelsea goal.

  Chelsea's massive wall jumped up, trying to block the ball's flight path.

  Unfortunately, the ball successfully bypassed the human wall with a violent rotation, and then fell rapidly.

  Chelsea's goalkeeper Cudicini moved quickly, jumped, and pounced in the direction of the ball's flight.

   But Cristiano Ronaldo's shot was too sloppy. Cudicini tried his best and failed to touch the ball. In the end, he could only watch the ball fly into the goal from his eyes.

  “GOAL!!!!!”

   With Ronaldo's free kick, Crystal Palace scored 1:1 Chelsea.

  The two teams have returned to the same starting line.

   "OMG! Isn't this a full moon scimitar?"

   All fans with a bit of qualifications are very familiar with the footwork used by Ronaldo to take this free kick.

   This is a standard Beckham-style free kick, also known as a Bay-style arc by fans.

  Suddenly, countless eyes focused on Beckham, who was sitting on the Crystal Palace bench.

   Beckham was also surprised. Seeing everyone's eyes, he shrugged helplessly.

   He was equally puzzled. During his usual training, he never saw Ronaldo practice this kind of free kick.

   Doesn't this kid usually practice elevator balls?

   Don't say that Beckham doesn't understand, even Cristiano Ronaldo, who scored a goal, was a little confused.

  This free kick is a bit close to the Chelsea goal, which is actually not suitable for elevator balls.

  Because it is very likely that the ball has already flew over the baseline before it has time to fall.

   But C Luo usually practices elevator balls, so he originally planned to try elevator balls.

   As a result, how did he kick a Beckham-style free kick?

  Cristiano Ronaldo, who was surrounded by his teammates to celebrate his goal, thought in wonder.

   Is he really a free-kick genius?

   On the sidelines, the mastermind behind all this smiled slightly, turned around, walked back to the bench and sat down.

   This is called "Fuck your clothes and hide your merits and fame".

   Just after Ronaldo equalized, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half.

   In the stands, reporters attracted by the highlight of the Premier League gathered together in twos and threes to talk about the performance of the two teams in the first half.

   "Chelsea was even equalized by Crystal Palace in a good situation. It's a pity!"

   "Yeah. Kaka was injured not long after the drive, and then Shevchenko scored the first goal. It would be nice if Ancelotti would just shrink the defense and put the bus on the bus."

   "Actually, it's not too late for Chelsea to set up the bus. After all, it is also a good result to get a point from the Chinese."

   "Your requirements are too low, aren't you?"

   "What else can we do? Any team that dares to play against Crystal Palace will have a good end?"

   "That's true, I just don't know how Ancelotti thought about it."

   "Hey, wouldn't the second half of the game be more interesting?"

   (end of this chapter)