Football Feast, Starting From the Acquisition of European Clubs

   Chapter 66 Let You Down

   "From the point of view of strength, West Ham United is no worse than Norwich. Coupled with the continuous away games of Crystal Palace, the probability of losing this game is very high."

   "It makes sense. After ten rounds of matches, that Chinese man's tactics have been studied by other teams. It will only get harder and harder to play in future matches."

   "Yeah. Crystal Palace's strategy is to switch back and forth between defensive counterattacks and twin towers, and it's nothing special."

   "We held up that Chinese man so high before, and it's finally time for him to fall."

   "Haha, that's right, we've been waiting for this day for a long time."

   "Cough, gentlemen, pay attention to your demeanor. After all, that Chinese man hasn't lost yet, we need a little more patience."

   "Then wait another 90 minutes for him."

  The thing called morale cannot be seen or touched, but it does exist.

   It is also a shrinking defense, and the effect of West Ham United’s execution is far less than Norwich.

   The Crystal Palace wings, which were trapped in the game against Norwich, were completely unfolded.

   West Ham's defenders are far less active in running than Norwich's players, and they spare no effort.

  No way, for a temporary head coach who is going to leave at any time, who will work for him?

The most direct consequence of    is that when they defend Cristiano Ronaldo and Ribery and others to break through, they often take a step behind the defense.

   Don't underestimate the gap of one or two seconds, this is enough for Ronaldo and others to successfully break through.

   Soon, one after another, the **** were sent from the two wings to the penalty area.

   Tony, who was depressed for 90 minutes in the last game, can be considered to be fully deployed this time.

   Just 13 minutes into the game, he received a cross from Ronaldo, and a beautiful lion shook his head and scored West Ham United's goal.

   As long as the first goal is scored, the rest will be easy.

  Chen Ran finally breathed a sigh of relief now, he was really worried that West Ham United would defend as hard as Norwich did.

   Now that Crystal Palace leads 1:0, the next initiative is in the hands of Chen Ran. Whether or not West Ham change their style of play, he has a ready-made solution that he can use.

   Seeing Crystal Palace score, Trevor Brooking had a headache.

How to do? Continue to defend or press on offense?

   Trevor Brooking, who doesn't have much coaching experience, is a little unsure.

   Seeing that the West Ham United bench did not move for a long time, Chen Ran knew that Trevor Brooking was hesitant just like some of the coaches he had met before.

  Hesitate Okay, it’s better to hesitate a little longer.

  Chen Ran was secretly happy, he liked such an indecisive opponent.

  Since West Ham United are not in formation, Crystal Palace will continue to play like this.

   Soon, Crystal Palace's second goal came again.

   It's still Tony, it's still a header, but this time it's Crouch who assisted.

  Crystal Palace's corner kick, Crouch rubbed the front and back, and Tony headed directly into the goal of West Ham United.

  Crystal Palace leads West Ham United 2-0.

   Now, Trevor Brooking is really in a hurry.

  Why do they also adopt the strategy of defending, Norwich can draw with Crystal Palace, but their own West Ham United can not?

   If it goes on like this, it is estimated that Crystal Palace will score a goal.

  Since this is the case, it is better to give it a go and fight.

After    made up his mind, Trevor Brooking greeted the forwards on the bench to get up and warm up.

   Equally anxious are the reporters in the stands.

   "Fxxxk, is this Trevor Brooking a piece of junk? How come West Ham United and Norwich are so much less effective with the same defensive tactics?"

   "No wonder West Ham United are looking for Alan Pardue, this Trevor Brooking is really not good enough."

   "Oh, it seems that after this game, we will continue to tout the Chinese."

   "Don't rush to a conclusion, isn't Trevor Brooking ready to switch to a striker to attack? Maybe West Ham United can stage a big reversal."

   "How can it be so easy? Has the Crystal Palace been reversed since that Chinese man coached the Crystal Palace?"

   "Well, it doesn't seem to be there."

   "Let's be pragmatic, I just hope that West Ham United can tie."

   "Yes, God bless Trevor Brooking."

  Chen Ran saw movement on the bench of West Ham United, and knew that Trevor Brooking was stimulated by Tony's second goal.

   This is to give it a go.

   Chen Ran thought for a while, then turned around and called Yaya Toure on the bench to warm up.

   Just five minutes after Tony scored his second goal, Trevor Brooking replaced a striker with a centre-back and West Ham began to shove the attack.

   Seeing that West Ham United had changed as expected, Chen Ran immediately replaced Crouch with Yaya Toure, formed a lineup of three midfielders, and played a defensive counterattack.

   West Ham United's offensive ability is still good. After pressing the attack, they scored a goal soon.

   The unfortunate Yaya Toure stretched his foot to block the opponent's shot, but the ball hit his leg and the line changed.

  Cech was caught off guard, he had already made a save to the ball's previous flight path, and now he can only watch the ball into the net.

   However, before the West Ham United fans cheered for two minutes, Cristiano Ronaldo scored another goal for Crystal Palace, maintaining a two-goal lead.

   As soon as Crystal Palace kicked the ball, Tony passed the ball back to Modric.

   At the same time, Cristiano Ronaldo and Ribery on the two flanks moved forward at the same time.

   Modric received the ball without any pause, and immediately a long pass accurately found Cristiano Ronaldo who was running.

   At this time, the West Ham United defense line has not recovered from the joy of celebrating the goal, and its position is a little loose.

After   Cristiano Ronaldo received the ball, this time he did not bottom, but directly slanted into the penalty area.

   After a set of fancy tricks, before the opponent's supplementary defense player is in place, he directly raises his foot near the penalty area line and shoots. The ball hit the West Ham United goalkeeper by surprise and went straight to the upper right corner of the goal.

   This goal immediately suppressed the morale of the West Ham United team that had just been boosted. And until the end of the game, he never got up again.

  In the end, Crystal Palace relied on Tony's brace and Cristiano Ronaldo's beautiful long-range shot to defeat West Ham United 3:1 away.

  Chen Ran also heard the sound of 1 million euros after a game apart.

   Let the media reporters come to take advantage of the excitement, but the West Ham United coach Trevor Brooking, who returned in disappointment, became the object of their venting.

   In the post-match reports, many media scolded him for nothing.

   I don’t know if it’s a coincidence or something else, just a few days later, West Ham United officially announced Alan Pardue as the team’s new head coach.

  Trevor Brooking, get out of class is over.

   (end of this chapter)