MTL - Football Feast, Starting From the Acquisition of European Clubs-Chapter 420 undecided

  After a three-day break, on November 4, Crystal Palace ushered in the fourth round of the Champions League group stage. This time, they will sit at the Emirates Stadium to meet the challenge of Juventus.

  This game is already the sixth game of Crystal Palace's devil's schedule at this stage, and the continuous battle has left the players with not enough time to recover.

   Judging from the physical examination report of Crystal Palace players obtained by Chen Ran, the players' bodies have entered a state of extreme fatigue again.

   In desperation, Chen Ran could only refer to the player's physical test report again to arrange the starting lineup.

   In addition, only two days after the Champions League game, Crystal Palace will usher in a strong dialogue with Manchester City in the Premier League.

   Considering that Chelsea has now overtaken Crystal Palace with the advantage of goal difference, and in the Champions League, Crystal Palace now ranks first in the group with three consecutive victories.

   As long as Crystal Palace does not lose to Juventus in this game, then they can continue to suppress Juventus, the strongest opponent in this group.

   Therefore, Chen Ran decided to rotate in this game to save his strength for the next game against Manchester City.

  So, Chen Ran sent all the main players in the midfield and backcourt, but in the frontcourt, Chen Ran sent Cavani, Suarez and Vardy as substitutes.

   In terms of tactics, Chen Ran still used a defensive counterattack despite the fact that he was at Crystal Palace's home court.

  The scene is ugly, the result is the most important.

   On Juventus, Ferrara learned the lesson from the previous game. This time, when he came to Crystal Palace's home court, Juventus set up the bus directly from the first minute of the game.

  But Ferrara soon found out that the situation was not right. He set up the bus here, but Crystal Palace did not press the attack with all his strength as in the previous game. Instead, he passed around in the midfield and backcourt unhurriedly, as if he was not in a hurry to attack.

   In view of Chen Ran's current reputation, Ferrara was a little suspicious at first, worried that Chen Ran was digging a hole again, and wanted to lure Juventus to attack, and then took the opportunity to fight Juventus' counterattack.

   But when the game played for 20 minutes, Ferrara saw that Crystal Palace was still like this, and he couldn't help it.

   Walking to the sidelines, Ferrara began to greet the Juventus players to move the formation forward and conduct a tentative attack.

   But Ferrara designed a 541 formation for Juventus in order to place the bus. The players on the field are mostly defensive players. Even the only striker was the well-known defensive striker Amauri.

   Such a lineup, the offensive ability can be imagined. Even if Ferrara asked them to press the attack, it would not pose too much threat to Crystal Palace's backline.

  Two teams, one huddled in the backcourt to play defensive counterattacks, the other wanted to attack but the players were wrong, and the game was dull and boring.

   Until the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half, the score remained at 0:0 without any change.

   During the halftime break, Chen Ran did not make any substitution adjustments except for the usual bloodbath to the players.

   On the Juventus side, although Ferrara couldn't understand why Crystal Palace attacked wildly on the road, when he returned to his home court, he played a defensive counterattack instead.

   But Ferrara decided to seize this rare opportunity and must take three points away from Crystal Palace's home ground.

  So, he replaced two wing attacking players, Kamoranesi and Salihamidzic, and also changed the formation from 541 to 4231.

   At the beginning of the second half of the game, Southgate, who saw the changes in Juventus, couldn't wait to get close to Chen Ran immediately.

   "Boss, Juventus has already attacked, can we close the net now?"

   "Gareth, hold your breath, wait a second, maybe we can solve the problem with our players on the field."

  Chen Ran patted Southgate on the shoulder and said confidently.

   While appeasing Southgate, Chen Ran silently called out the system, and quietly used a "Level 1 Chicken Blood Card" for Suarez.

   In order to ensure sufficient physical fitness for the game against Manchester City in two days, Chen Ran felt that it would be better for Ronaldo and Messi not to play today.

Suarez, who used the "first-level chicken blood card", did not disappoint Chen Ran. After receiving a header from Cavani, he volleyed the goal guarded by Buffon and helped Crystal Palace win 1-0 at home. Juventus.

  At the same time that the team won the Champions League group stage four-game winning streak, Chen Ran also got a "Level 1 Rehabilitation Card" from the system.

  Two days later, on November 7, Chen Ran brought the Crystal Palace team to Manchester for the twelfth round of the Premier League.

   However, this time they will no longer face Manchester United, but the newly-promoted tycoon Manchester City Club.

   After two consecutive years of generous investment by the Abu Dhabi consortium, this Manchester City team has long since changed. From the owner to the management, from the coach to the players, it has changed almost over and over again.

   After the run-in last season, the strength of Manchester City under the coach of Mancini has greatly increased, and this season has directly participated in the competition for the Premier League championship.

   Manchester City are currently fifth in the league, behind only Chelsea, Crystal Palace, Manchester United and Arsenal. The most important thing is that they are not far behind Chelsea and Crystal Palace at the top of the table, and they are not left behind.

   For this direct contest with the defending champion Crystal Palace, Mancini paid special attention.

   He also wanted to take this opportunity to take advantage of Crystal Palace, which is widely recognized as the most powerful team, to gauge the level of Manchester City's current level.

  Forward Tevez, Forward Adebayor

   Left midfielder Petrov, center midfielder De Jong, center midfielder Vieira, right midfielder Wright Phillips

   Left back Sylvinho, center back Colo Toure, center back Scott, right back Sabaletta

  Goalkeeper Shay

   On the Crystal Palace side, Chen Ran, who was rotated against Juventus, also sent out the entire main lineup this time.

   Center Tony

  Left midfielder Cristiano Ronaldo, midfielder Kaka, right midfielder Messi

   Midfielder Yaya Toure, Midfielder Modric

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

   Goalkeeper Cech

  Mancini, who has lofty aspirations, naturally disdains putting on a bus.

  Although he knows that Manchester City's current strength is still far from that of Crystal Palace, he still insists on the team's consistent tactical play and played against Crystal Palace.

The two strikers, Tevez and Adebayor, were the main strikers of the two giants Manchester United and Arsenal last season, respectively. They have extremely strong personal abilities. This season, they were dug into the team at high prices by Manchester City at the same time. .

   One of the two is a typical black and tough center, the other is able to shoot, fast and stocky. The characteristics and types are just complementary, which is obviously the result of Mancini's careful selection.

   In the midfield, De Jong and Vieira's two gates are amazingly destructive, and Peterlov and Wright Phillips on the wing are also speed players with strong breakthrough ability.

   On the back line, Kolo Toure and Lai Scott are also the cores that Manchester City just dug from Arsenal and Everton at a high price.

  Arsenal and Everton have often been able to get European places in the past few seasons. As the main central defenders, Kolo Toure and Lai Scott have contributed greatly.

   Left-back Sylvinho also played for Barcelona last season, and right-back Sabalita was a good player introduced by Manchester City from Espanyol last season.

   With this starting lineup composed of core players dug from various teams, Manchester City played indistinguishably with Crystal Palace for a while without falling behind.

   Chen Ran was no stranger to this kind of situation, so he was not in a hurry at all and sat steadily on the bench to watch the game.

   On the Manchester City side, Mancini is much more nervous, he has been standing on the sidelines constantly reminding and commanding the players on the field.

   When the game reached the 32nd minute, after Cech hugged Adebayor's header, he immediately got up and sent the ball to the front court with a big foot.

  Tony quickly judged that the ball was not far from him. After he rushed over, he slammed Scott, who was closely guarding him, behind him, and shook his head to ferry the ball to Ronaldo on the left.

  Cristiano Ronaldo watched the direction of the flight of the ball while running. After adjusting his pace a little, he played a difficult movement of stopping the ball with his heel.

  After the ball was knocked by Ronaldo's heel, it just went over the head of Sabarata, who rushed up to intercept Ronaldo.

  Cristiano Ronaldo stopped and took, and directly broke through the defense line on the right side of Manchester City.

   found that the situation was not good, and another central defender Kolo Toure hurried over to make up for the defense.

  Cristiano Ronaldo first stepped on the bicycle a few feet, and after getting out of a neutral gear, he kicked the door without hesitation.

"boom!"

  The ball flew towards Manchester City's goal like a shell.

   Goalkeeper Shay flew up immediately and blocked the ball.

   However, before Ji Wen could breathe a sigh of relief, he saw a small man rushing out from the side.

"boom!"

   is Messi!

   Just when Tony ferried the ball to Cristiano Ronaldo, he had already moved forward from the right to Manchester City's penalty area.

   And before the Manchester City defender reacted, he first appeared near the ball's landing point, and then faced the ball and volleyed.

   "GOAL!

  ”

  Crystal Palace led Manchester City 1-0 away thanks to Messi's supplementary shot.

   Seeing that Crystal Palace scored the first goal, Mancini was unexpectedly calm. He just called the Manchester City players to the sidelines to explain something while the Crystal Palace players were celebrating their goal.

   It may be that Mancini's arrangement played a role. After the restart, there was no panic on Manchester City's side.

   They still followed the previous tactics and executed them methodically.

   Seeing that there is no chance to pursue the victory, Chen Ran is not in a hurry.

   The situation of the game was once again restored to balance, and the score on the field did not change again until the referee blew the whistle for the first half of the game.

   At halftime, as Crystal Palace successfully took the lead, Chen Ran did not make any substitution adjustments except to encourage the players.

   On the Manchester City side, Mancini replaced Wright Phillips with England international Gareth Barry.

   He paired Gareth Barry and Vieira with a double midfielder, and then arranged for De Jong to play at right midfield.

  No way, Wright Phillips' defensive ability is too poor, and only right back Sabaleta can't guard Ronaldo at all.

   At the beginning of the second half, Chen Ran saw Mancini's substitution adjustment.

  De Jong is a well-known villain in football. Mancini put him on the right, which shows that he is going to deal with Ronaldo.

   In case this guy hurts Ronaldo, even sending him a red card can't make up for the loss on his side.

   You must know that Ronaldo is now not only the absolute core of Crystal Palace, but also the pillar of the Portuguese national team. Without Cristiano Ronaldo, the Portuguese national team would have to drop at least a notch.

   A week later, the Portuguese national team and the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team will compete in the European play-offs of the World Qualifiers. At this time, Ronaldo must not be injured.

  Thinking of this, Chen Ran took the time to call Southgate to his side.

   "Gareth, you go and tell Ribery to warm up now and replace Ronaldo with him later."

   "Oh boss, the second half of the game has just started, isn't it too early to make a substitution now?"

   For Chen Ran's sudden substitution decision, Southgate was also a little confused.

  Why don't you change people directly during the halftime break, and have to wait until the second half of the game starts?

   "Stop talking, and execute my order immediately." Chen Ran's face sank, and he gave Southgate a rare rebuke.

   "Okay, boss, I'm going to arrange a substitution."

   Seeing that Chen Ran, who rarely loses his temper, suddenly became serious, Southgate's heart suddenly tightened, and he quickly turned around to greet Ribery to warm up.

   Soon, Mancini saw that Crystal Palace replaced Ronaldo with Ribery.

   As Southgate just said, it is obviously not normal to make substitutions at this point in time.

  Mancini glanced thoughtfully at Chen Ran on the Crystal Palace bench. Could this guy replace Ronaldo because he changed De Jong to the right?

   In order to verify his conjecture, Mancini called the nearest left midfielder Petrov to the sidelines.

   "Martin, you go and switch positions with De Jong now and let him come over to play the left midfielder."

   "Oh boss, I've never played on the right."

   Petrov looked at Mancini a little hesitantly. He is a traditional left-footed player and is not suitable for the current popular way of playing with his left foot on the right and his right on the left.

   "It doesn't matter, it's just a temporary change, confuse the Crystal Palace, and I'll let you change it back in a while."

  Mancini, also aware of Petrov's characteristics, patted him on the shoulder to reassure him.

   Soon, Chen Ran saw that Manchester City had switched the positions of Petrov and De Jong again.

   In this way, the player De Jong faces directly becomes Messi.

   Did this guy discover his fear of De Jong and deliberately test himself; or did he just routinely switch the positions of the left and right midfielders?

   turned his head and glanced at Mancini who was standing on the sidelines, Chen Ran was a little undecided for a while.