Football Feast, Starting From the Acquisition of European Clubs: Chapter 440 uncharacteristically
Chapter 440 Unusual
May 23, Madrid, Spain.
Outside the Bernabeu Stadium, a strange scene appeared.
The Barcelona fans of the expedition to Madrid gathered together, as opposed to the larger number of Crystal Palace fans and Real Madrid fans.
Crystal Palace fans and Real Madrid fans hooked up and sang and danced. If it weren't for the different jerseys on them, no one would think that these guys were fans of the same team.
The Madrid police, who were in charge of security, were facing a big enemy and quickly lined up with a wall to separate the fans from both sides.
After a two-week break, the Crystal Palace players' physical fitness has been completely recovered, and Chen Ran has also been able to send all the main players who can play.
Also due to injuries, Chen Ran continued his previous tactical play. Even in the Champions League final, he still arranged for Crystal Palace to press on the whole line to attack instead of defend.
striker Ronaldo, striker Messi
Left midfielder Evra, center midfielder Cesc Fabregas, center midfielder Pepe, center midfielder Modric, right midfielder Alves
Left center back Chiellini, center back Thiago Silva, right center back Kompany
Goalkeeper Cech
Of course, as Crystal Palace's last game of the season, and Chen Ran's last game in charge of Crystal Palace, he naturally won't allow a rollover.
Therefore, Chen Ran did not hesitate to use a "Level 1 Chicken Blood Card" for Ronaldo and Messi, and a "Free Kick Master Card" for Modric.
In the pre-match preparation meeting, Chen Ran also called out Ronaldo and Messi in public.
"Chris, Leo, the two of you have the 'free fire right' in this game. Take advantage of the opportunity. Whether we Crystal Palace can continue to defend the Champions League this time depends on the performance of the two of you."
"No problem, boss, wrap it on me, the champion must be our Crystal Palace."
C Luo did his part, patted his chest unceremoniously and assured Chen Ran.
Messi was much more modest, and nodded honestly at Chen Ran.
"Boss, don't worry, I will do my best."
On the Barcelona side, although there is only one week of rest, Guardiola believes that the rhythm of one game a week is just right.
It may not be a good thing to take such a long break for two weeks like Crystal Palace.
Coupled with the fact that Guardiola has played for Crystal Palace for many years, it can be said that he knows the situation of Crystal Palace well.
Seeing the familiar names on the Crystal Palace injured list, Guardiola immediately knew where the opponent's current loopholes were.
Guardiola has always regarded Chen Ran as his goal of learning and catching up, and he has always been eager to prove himself in front of Chen Ran.
Guardiola was full of fighting spirit when he thought that this might be his last chance to play against his boss.
Since Crystal Palace's midfield defense is now weak, Guardiola will naturally not let go of this fatal weakness.
Therefore, he also adopted the tactics of pressing on the whole line for Barcelona, ready to stare at the soft underbelly of Crystal Palace.
Left winger Henry, center Higuain, right winger Eto'o
MF Xavi, MF Busquets, MF Iniesta
Left-back Maxwell, center-back Pique, center-back Marcos, right-back Puyol
Goalkeeper Valdes
As soon as the game started, the performances of Crystal Palace and Barcelona shocked everyone who was watching the game around the world.
pressed the offense so recklessly, and both teams did it.
Is it still the Champions League final?
They don't think this game is a friendly match like the International Champions Cup, right?
However, the spectators who came to the Bernabeu Stadium to watch the game were overjoyed, and the ticket money was not in vain.
After using the "Level 1 Chicken Blood Card", Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi, who were at their peak, combined their swords, making Barcelona's back line uneasy.
To be able to win the La Liga championship for two consecutive seasons, Marcos and Pique, the old and new center-back combination is said to be quite strong.
But in the face of Ronaldo and Messi, who can monopolize individual awards in football for a long time, Marcos and Pique didn't even hold out for half an hour, and their opponents broke through the defense line.
When the game reached the 28th minute, Messi and Ronaldo started from outside the penalty area of Barcelona and played two-to-one in a row. After penetrating the defense of Marcos and Pique, Ronaldo volleyed. Breaking the goal guarded by Valdes.
“GOAL!!!”
With the exquisite cooperation of Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi, Crystal Palace led Barcelona 1:0.
Cristiano Ronaldo scored a goal, and the deafening cheers suddenly came to mind in the Bernabeu stadium.
Among them, the Real Madrid fans wearing white jerseys were particularly excited. Those who don't know, thought it was Real Madrid leading Barcelona.
However, Barcelona did not make these Real Madrid fans happy for long.
Before the end of the first half of the game, Eto'o used his speed to break through the defense of Fabregas and Chiellini on the right, and a strong long-range shot broke the Crystal Palace goal guarded by Cech, and the score on the field was set. It was 1:1.
Soon after, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half of the game.
"Barcelona is doing well. It looks like a lot of progress from last season to be able to equalize so quickly."
In the stands, during the halftime break, football reporters from all over the world gathered to discuss the first half of the game.
"The main reason is that Crystal Palace has been greatly affected by injuries this season. Now the only defensive midfielder Pepe on the field is a temporary cameo at the center back. The defensive intensity is incomparable to before."
"That's right, to win the championship, you must first look at defense. The reason why Crystal Palace was able to win so many championship trophies in the past was because their defense was extremely solid. In this situation, it may be a bit difficult for Crystal Palace to defend the title."
"That's not necessarily true. Didn't you see that Crystal Palace's two strikers, Ronaldo and Messi, are in good shape today?"
"No matter how many goals you score in the front, it's useless if you can't defend in the back."
"Why is it useless? As long as you score one more goal than you lose."
Crystal Palace and Barcelona have not yet decided the winner, but the reporters in the stands quarreled first.
During the intermission, Chen Ran did not make any substitution adjustments except to encourage some players as usual. He is very confident in Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi at their peak.
On the Barcelona side, Guardiola is also very satisfied with the current score.
He is very clear in his heart, that is, Crystal Palace is not full of staff now, and Barcelona can only draw a tie with the opponent.
Therefore, Barcelona must continue to attack the weak link of Crystal Palace and cannot give the opponent a chance to breathe.
So, Barcelona, which also did not make any substitution adjustments, continued to play against Crystal Palace at the beginning of the second half of the game.
This time, it was Barcelona who scored the first goal.
Iniesta's through ball penetrated the Crystal Palace's defense. After receiving the ball, Henry threw off Alves and went straight into the penalty area of Crystal Palace.
Before Kompany came over to make up the defense, Henry used his right foot to swipe a curve ball, and the ball flew to the upper left corner of the Crystal Palace goal with a violent spin.
Cech jumped up and tried his best but failed to touch the ball.
With Henry's goal, Barcelona overtook Crystal Palace 2:1.
"Wang Defa! Barcelona overtook the score, are they going to upset this time?"
"What upset? Barcelona is a top team at the same level as Crystal Palace."
"Hahahaha, you are not afraid of being laughed at when you say this?"
"Hehe, better than some teams that can't even play Barcelona."
"Fart! Barcelona is just a **** luck. Who knows that Mourinho can't compare to Chen Ran, and even Chen Ran's assistant coach Guardiola can't beat him?"
"Although Guardiola has been Chen Ran's assistant coach before, his progress in coaching in Barcelona in the past two years is obvious to all. Today is the best time for him to defeat Chen Ran."
ˉ▽￣～)Cut~~, idiot!"
"Fxxxk!"
In the stands, I don't know who arranged the pro-Barcelona "World Sport" reporter and the pro-Real Madrid "Marca" reporter to sit together.
The match between Crystal Palace and Barcelona is not over yet, but the two of them quarreled first.
On the sidelines, seeing Barcelona overtake the score, Chen Ran was still as steady as a mountain on the bench.
He was calm, it didn't mean that the others were calm, Southgate immediately got close to Chen Ran.
"Boss, should we make substitutions now to strengthen our offense?"
Chen Ran didn't answer Southgate's question directly, but glanced at the game time first, then reached out and patted Southgate's shoulder.
"Gareth, the game is only over 50 minutes away, there is still time, don't worry, wait. Ronaldo and Messi are in very good form today, you must have confidence in them."
Before Chen Ran could finish his words, there was a deafening cheer in the Bernabeu Stadium.
It was Messi who, after breaking through the defense of his former teammate Xavi on the right, dribbled the ball laterally along Barcelona's penalty area line.
After passing the Barcelona defenders who came up to defend one by one, he flashed out of neutral and took a curve ball with his left foot.
"boom!"
Like Henry's previous shot, the ball flew towards the top right corner of Barcelona's goal with a strong spin.
Goalkeeper Valdez reacted extremely quickly, immediately moved his footsteps, and then flew out sideways.
Unfortunately, Messi's shot hit a tenth corner.
The ball slid into Barcelona's net from the crossbar, the goalpost and the only gap between Valdes' hands.
“GOAL!!!”
Less than five minutes after Henry's goal, Messi returned the line to make it 2-2 for Crystal Palace.
On the sidelines, Southgate, who just wanted to persuade Chen Ran again, was dumbfounded.
"Boss, I've taken it."
However, what made Southgate even more dumbfounded was yet to come.
When Cristiano Ronaldo once again dribbled the ball and was brought down by the Barcelona defender and won a free kick in a good position, Chen Ran suddenly stood up from the bench and walked to the sidelines.
"Chris!"
Chen Ran called out Ronaldo's name.
At this time, Ronaldo, who did his part to pick up the ball and was walking towards the foul spot, was stunned when he heard Chen Ran's voice.
After becoming famous, Chen Ran hasn't commanded the game loudly from the sidelines for a long time in the past two years.
"Let little Luca take this free kick!"
Chen Ran pointed at Modric while shouting.
Although Cristiano Ronaldo's free-kick skills are good now, Chen Ran is more willing to believe the latter than Modric who used the "free-kick master card".
"Boss, Cristiano Ronaldo's free-kick skills are also good. He has scored several free-kicks this season."
Seeing that Chen Ran didn't intend to let Ronaldo take the free kick, Southgate couldn't help but came over and reminded him.
"Gareth, today is different. It's more appropriate for little Luca to take the free kick."
On the field, Cristiano Ronaldo, who heard Chen Ran's order, obviously hesitated.
Although Modric has always been the No. 1 set-kick taker by Crystal Palace designated by Chen Ran, in many normal games, both Cristiano Ronaldo and Ribery have taken away the penalty from Modric. The chance of a free kick, and Chen Ran has never stopped the behavior of Ronaldo and Ribery.
But today, Chen Ran uncharacteristically intervened in the selection of the free-kick, which made people familiar with Chen Ran feel a little unusual.
Cristiano Ronaldo also obviously noticed the abnormality and didn't make any trouble, and honestly handed the ball to Modric.
"Little Luca, if you can't score this ball, I will suggest to the boss: you will be disqualified from taking the first free kick from Crystal Palace in the future."
Although he returned the right to take the free kick to Modric according to Chen Ran's instructions, Ronaldo did not forget to threaten Modric in a small way.
"Uh, I see."
Modric took the ball with a wry smile, who am I provoking?
However, jokes aside, Modric still set the ball seriously.
The position of this free kick is very good, not far outside the Barcelona penalty area line, the angle is also quite right, especially suitable for direct attack.
Barcelona was facing a big enemy, everyone returned to their restricted area, and under the command of goalkeeper Valdes, a long wall of people was discharged.
Modric was standing next to the ball, looking up to carefully observe Valdez's position and the arrangement of the human wall.
When the referee blew the whistle, he barely started running, and just rubbed a curve ball with his right foot.
"boom!"
The ball will go over the head of the wall and bounce a bit on the ground before flying to the Barcelona goal.
It was this rebound, which just happened to let the ball dodge Valdez's hand and go straight into Barcelona's net.
“GOAL!!!”
With a free kick from Modric, Crystal Palace led Barcelona again 3:2.
"Oh!"
The entire Bernabeu stadium has suddenly become a vegetable market.
Amid the deafening cheers, the boos from more than 20,000 Barcelona fans could still be clearly heard.
On the sidelines, the Crystal Palace bench also turned into a sea of joy.
"Boss, you are so awesome!"
Southgate was thrilled.
Chen Ran's actions on the sidelines just now were seen by everyone.
Although Cristiano Ronaldo may also score a goal, from the results, Chen Ran's decision is obviously very correct.
(end of this chapter)