MTL - Football Feast, Starting From the Acquisition of European Clubs-Chapter 446 favorite to win

  Portugal is not Crystal Palace after all, and they have never been good at defensive ability. The Dutch team frantically pressed on the offense and soon received results.

  After De Jong steals the ball from Meireles, he immediately passes the ball to Sneijder.

  Sneijder didn't pause after receiving the ball, and it was a through ball that penetrated Portugal's defense.

   Robben on the left understood and rushed forward quickly, grabbing the ball before Portugal's right back Miguel.

  After swaying Carvalho who was rushing to defend, Robben flicked his ankle and sent the ball into the Portuguese penalty area.

   In the penalty area, Van Persie failed to jump up under Pepe's close pressing, and the ball passed through the Portuguese goal from the air.

  But Couint, who was on the right, suddenly rushed out from behind Coentrao at this time, dived to the top, and pushed the ball into the Portuguese goal guarded by Eduardo.

  Before the end of the first half, the Dutch team tied the score at 1:1.

  During the intermission, Chen Ran didn't blame the players for the score being equalized.

  In addition to beating the players as usual, Chen Ran also deliberately walked in front of Nani.

  "Louis, you can increase the inside cut in the second half of the game."

   "Really, boss?"

  Hearing Chen Ran's order, Nani was both surprised and happy. He couldn't believe his ears.

  Nani has always been criticized for preferring to go it alone and unwilling to pass the ball.

   Unexpectedly, now Chen Ran would encourage him to hit the door directly, which happened to suit his wishes.

   "It's true. Play well and try to score goals."

   "Haha, don't worry, boss. I will definitely not let you down!"

   Seeing Nani full of fighting spirit, Chen Ran nodded with satisfaction, and then turned to look at Ronaldo.

  "Chris, if there are any free kicks in the second half, you will take all the free kicks. As long as the position is right, you will directly hit the goal, understand?"

   "Okay, boss, I see."

  After arranging the tactics, Chen Ran quietly turned on the system, first used a "Level 1 Aim Card" for Nani, and then used a "Free Kick Master Card" for Ronaldo.

   As for the Dutch team, Van Marwijk was quite satisfied with the score in the first half. In addition to reminding the players to keep working hard and not to relax, he did not make any substitution adjustments.

  After the start of the second half of the game, the two teams continued to play against each other.

   When the game progressed to the 61st minute, Nani directly kicked a long shot after cutting in from the left.

  The quality of this shot was very high, and the ball flew directly towards the goal of the Dutch team.

   Fortunately, the goalkeeper Stekelenberger's reaction was extremely fast, and he threw himself sideways, barely saving Nani's shot with his fingertips.

  However, the bounced ball did not fly far.

  C Ronaldo, who has a very keen sense of smell in front of the goal, grabbed the two central defenders of the Dutch team, Oyer and Heitinga, before they could react.

   "Goal!

  ”

  With Ronaldo's supplementary shot, Portugal once again leads the Netherlands 2:1.

  Seeing that the team took the lead again, Chen Ran immediately called Boas to his side.

"Andre, you arrange for Bruno Alves to warm up now. Later replace Quaresma with Bruno Alves, let him play with Carvalho as a central defender. Then hide Pepe's position. Move, let him play the midfielder."

  …

   "The formation of the team has also changed from 433 to 442. Except for Ronaldo and Nani who stayed in the front to counterattack, the other players retreated to strengthen the defense."

   "Okay, boss."

   Soon, Van Marwijk saw the substitution adjustment on the Portuguese side.

  He immediately understood Chen Ran's intention in his heart. This was to keep a one-ball lead.

  Van Marwijk glanced at the game time. If counting injury time, there is still about half an hour. The difference of one ball is not much, and the time is enough.

   Immediately afterwards, he called Huntelaar and Van der Vaart from the bench.

  After the warm-up ended, Van Marwijk replaced Couint and De Jong with Huntelaar and Van der Vaart.

   Huntelaar and Van Persie acted as double forwards together, Van der Vaart played left midfielder, Robben moved to the right to play right midfielder, Sneijder and Van Bommel were in the middle to support.

  The formation of the team has also changed from 433 to 442 on the surface.

  However, the Dutch team is now aggressively attacking, and Van der Vaart and Robben are extremely forward. Most of the time, the formation of the Dutch team has actually become a very extreme 424.

   "The Dutch team is desperate!"

   Not only Chen Ran, but even many fans saw the situation on the field.

  "The Dutch team has always been known for its strong attack power, and I don't know if Portugal can withstand it."

   "It should be possible, after all, Chen Ran started out with defensive counterattack tactics."

   "But that was in the Crystal Palace. Portugal's defense players still have a big gap with the Crystal Palace players. Pepe, who plays the main player in the Portuguese national team, can only play as a substitute in the Crystal Palace."

   "It doesn't matter. Anyway, Portugal is leading by one goal now. Even if the score is equalized by the Netherlands, they can still play overtime or even take a penalty kick."

  As the fans were worried, Portugal's defense was indeed struggling in the face of the Dutch team's indiscriminate bombing.

  Even though Chen Ran deliberately added a central defender, the limited ability of the players still failed to prevent the Dutch team from equalizing.

   When the game progressed to the 79th minute, Bruno Alves, who came off the bench, made a serious mistake and fell off the top when intercepting Van der Vaart's pass.

   After receiving the ball, Van Persie volleyed without stopping the ball. In a hurry, goalkeeper Eduardo had no time to react, so he could only watch the ball fly past him into the Portuguese net.

  At the end of the game, the Dutch team tied the score to 2:2.

   Seeing this situation, Chen Ran could only shake his head helplessly.

  The strength of the Portuguese players is, after all, not as good as the Crystal Palace players he has carefully selected from all over the world.

   Moreover, he is just a coach, it is impossible to replace the players on the field, and it is even more impossible to know when the players will make mistakes.

  Seeing that there is not much time left in the game, Chen Ran can only prepare for overtime and even penalty kicks.

  However, Ronaldo soon surprised Chen Ran.

   Just when the game was about to enter stoppage time, Nani once again wanted to cut inside and shoot.

  But he has played this trick several times today, and the Dutch defender is already prepared.

  …

  Nani was about to hit the goal when he was knocked to the ground by Van der Veer who dribbled the ball.

"All!"

  The referee on duty immediately blew his whistle, and while awarding Portugal a direct free kick, he also gave Van der Veer a yellow card.

  The position of this free kick is not very good. It is just outside the upper right corner of the Dutch team's penalty area, and it is far and far away from the Dutch team's goal.

  Because Chen Ran had made arrangements in advance, Ronaldo did his part to pick up the ball and put it in the position set by the referee.

  Looking up at the goal of the Dutch team, Ronaldo frowned slightly. He was not sure about taking a free kick in this position.

  However, Ronaldo quickly remembered Chen Ran's special explanation, and decided to hit the door directly.

   After taking a deep breath, Ronaldo carefully measured his steps and took a few steps back.

   Then, run up and swing your legs.

"boom!"

  The ball barely rotated, and just flew to the upper left corner of the Dutch goal.

  The reason why the elevator ball is difficult to defend is because it is difficult for the goalkeeper to judge the direction of the ball's flight. When the goalkeeper determined the direction of the ball, it was too late to save it.

  Stkelenburg is also facing this problem now, the ball is erratic around the first half of the flight. When he was sure that the ball flew towards the upper left corner of his goal, the ball had already entered the net one step ahead.

   "Goal!

  ”

   Lore!

  C Ronaldo broke the goal of the Dutch team with a shocking elevator ball. At the end of the game, Portugal led the Netherlands again 3:2.

   "Fuck! Ronaldo is so awesome!"

   "C Ronaldo scored a hat-trick in this game, this is saving Portugal by himself!"

   "Today, Ronaldo is the hero of Portugal!"

  On the sidelines, looking at Ronaldo who was surrounded by his teammates to celebrate the goal wildly, Chen Ran smiled slightly. The preparations he made before finally saw the results.

   On the Dutch side, whether it was the players on the field or Van Marwijk on the sidelines, everyone's faces were full of despair.

  Because, they have run out of time.

   Not a few minutes after the game re-kick-off, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game.

  In the end, with Ronaldo's hat-trick, Portugal narrowly beat the Netherlands 3:2 and successfully advanced to the semi-finals of this World Cup.

   "Chen Ran is really good. He even led Portugal to eliminate the favorites Holland. If Brazil is counted as the indirect victim, then he has now caused two favorite teams to go home early."

   Thousands of miles away in China, the fans who had just watched the goal battle were not sleepy, and they went to the post bar of the Crystal Palace to discuss the performance of Chen Ran and Portugal.

   "Ahem, this game should actually be said that Ronaldo is amazing. If it weren't for his hat-trick, Portugal would be much worse."

   "Upstairs, don't you even think about who brought Ronaldo out? If it weren't for the years of experience in the Crystal Palace, would Ronaldo have achieved what he is now?"

   "Exactly. If Chen Ran hadn't brought Ronaldo to Crystal Palace, who knows where he would be playing now."

   "Now that Portugal has entered the semi-finals, can we look forward to the scene where Portugal wins the championship?"

  …

   "Upstairs, I think it's better for us to keep a low profile."

   "That's right. Maybe if you keep it, you can get the championship trophy."

  After eliminating the Dutch team, Chen Ran soon got another piece of good news.

  Portugal's semi-final opponents have been announced. After Uruguay eliminated Ghana, they will compete with Portugal for a spot in the final.

  The other two teams in the semi-finals were also born. After the German team beat Argentina 4:0, they will compete with Spain, which beat Paraguay 1:0, for the remaining place in the final.

   Compared with Germany and Spain, Portugal's opponent Uruguay is obviously much weaker.

   Coupled with Chen Ran sitting in charge, Portugal suddenly became the favorite to win the championship.

  "According to the latest data from the gaming company, more and more people are optimistic about Portugal winning the World Cup."

  "After monopolizing the Premier League and the Champions League, that Chinese man extended his clutches to the World Cup."

  "If he can lead Portugal to the World Cup championship trophy, then Chen Ran will become one of the few head coaches in the world who have won the highest honors of the national team and the club at the same time."

   "If Chen Ran can really help Portugal win the World Cup, then the Brazilian team must not be the only one who wants to invite him to coach."

  Chen Ran didn't pay any attention to the disturbance from the outside world. He is now putting all his energy into preparing for the game and the semi-finals in Uruguay.

   For this Uruguayan team, Chen Ran is most familiar with the two Uruguayan strikers Suarez and Cavani who have just shown their prominence while playing for Crystal Palace.

   As for the other players, except for forward Diego Forlan and central defender Godin, there is no one who impresses Chen Ran.

  Compared to Suarez and Cavani, who are still a little immature, Diego Forlan, who is already 31 years old this year, is the backbone of this Uruguayan team.

  In his previous life, in addition to leading Uruguay to fourth place, Diego Forlan himself won the Golden Boot of this World Cup.

  The head coach Tavares is also a man of God. He has served as the head coach of the Uruguay national team since 2006, and has been doing it until 2021.

  Under his leadership, Uruguay has achieved many brilliant achievements, such as the fourth place in the World Cup, such as the America's Cup champion.

   Tavares also knew that Uruguay's strength was not as good as Portugal's, but he still insisted on his consistent tactics and was going to have a good fight with Chen Ran, a coach who was much more famous than him.

  Forward Diego Forlan, Forward Cavani

  Left Midfielder Pereira, Central Midfielder Alvaro, Central Midfielder Gargano, Right Midfielder Perez

  Left back Cáceres, center back Victorino, center back Godin, right back Gonzalez

  Goalkeeper Muslela

   On the Portuguese side, except for minor adjustments, Chen Ran is basically still the same main lineup.

  No way, this is the characteristic of second-rate teams.

  There is only one main lineup that can be used. Most of the remaining substitute players are too different in strength from the main team. Chen Ran dare not use them easily.

  Left forward Simao, center Ronaldo, right forward Quaresma

   Central midfielder Meireles, Central midfielder Deco, Central midfielder Thiago

  Left back Coentrao, center back Carvalho, center back Pepe, right back Miguel

  Goalkeeper Eduardo

  In order to contain Diego Forlan, Chen Ran specially arranged for the most experienced Carvalho to be in charge of marking.

   And Suarez did not enter the starting list, which made Chen Ran secretly happy.

   If this kid goes crazy, he will be really difficult to deal with.

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