Football feast, starting from the acquisition of European clubs

Chapter 281 Want to procrastinate to a penalty?that's not okay
Neither team was able to score again in the final minutes remaining in the first half.

Intermission, Crystal Palace dressing room.

Chen Ran didn't lose his temper because of Chelsea's equalizer in the first half, and he was as pleasant as ever.

After giving the players blood as usual, Chen Ran turned to look at Kaka.

"Ricciardo, in the second half of the game, you increase the number of breakthroughs with the ball in the middle. It is the best chance to form a shot. Even if you can't, you can force the opponent to foul and make a free kick in the frontcourt."

"I see, boss."

Kaka nodded immediately in agreement.

"Frank, you come down for a rest in the second half of the game. We need to curb Chelsea's offensive on the left and strengthen our defense on the right."

"Okay, boss."

Hearing that Chen Ran was going to replace him, Ribery was a little frustrated.

He knew very well in his heart that he was responsible for Chelsea's equalizing goal.Especially after Chen Ran asked Guardiola to remind him to pay attention to returning to defense, there was still a problem, which is a bit unreasonable.

Fortunately, Chen Ran did not criticize him in public, which made the face-saving Franck Ribery secretly heave a sigh of relief.

Well, the boss is interesting enough.

"Dani, you played as a right midfielder after you came on in the second half, but one of your main tasks is to assist Maicon to strengthen the defense on the right. Especially Ashley Cole, the Chelsea left back who is facing you, must give I'm watching to death, understand?"

After comforting Ribery, Chen Ran turned to Alves again.

"Don't worry, boss. That kid is as thin as a monkey, and he is not my opponent at all."

Alves patted his chest carelessly to reassure Chen Ran, looking down on Ashley Cole.

"Your mentality is unacceptable. I'll put my ugly words first. If you can't guard against Ashley Cole, don't blame me for substituting you."

Seeing that Alves was underestimating the enemy, Chen Ran frowned, and quickly hit him.

"Understood, boss, don't worry, I will definitely stare at Ashley Cole!"

Seeing Chen Ran frown, Alves, the bastard, became honest immediately.

After getting along with each other in the past few years, through one thing, and one championship trophy after another, Chen Ran's current prestige in the Crystal Palace team is absolutely undeniable.

Many players who are thorns in other places are also well-behaved in front of Chen Ran.

While Chen Ran was busy substituting players and adjusting his tactics, there was no change on Chelsea's side.

Mourinho is obviously very satisfied with the equalizer in the first half. During the intermission, he did not make any changes to the tactics of the first half except for praising and encouraging his players.

As soon as the second half started, Mourinho saw Crystal Palace's substitutions and adjustments.

"Replace Ribery with Alves? It seems that Chen Ran is very afraid of Robben and Ashley Cole's offensive."

Seeing that Chen Ran was forced to make substitutions and adjustments in order to contain his offensive, Mourinho couldn't help but feel a little proud.

He knew very well that Chelsea was not as good as Crystal Palace in terms of lineup strength.So Mourinho is very satisfied with the current situation on the field, and has no intention of changing players to strengthen the offense.

He does not expect to be able to beat Crystal Palace in 10 minutes. As long as the game can be dragged into a penalty kick, then Cudicini's penalty kick can be used again.

This is Mourinho's battle plan for this Champions League final, a bit conservative but pragmatic.

Mourinho wanted to drag the game into a penalty kick, but Chen Ran was absolutely unwilling.

There are too many uncontrollable factors in the penalty kick, which is very disadvantageous for the dominant Crystal Palace.

Therefore, from the beginning of the second half of the game, Crystal Palace continued the tactical play of the first half of the game and continued to launch a full-scale attack on Chelsea.

However, Alves, who had been beaten by Chen Ran, focused his energy on defense, and Crystal Palace's offensive on the right side was naturally weakened.

Fortunately, according to Chen Ran's latest instructions, Kaka began to dribble the ball from the center to attack Chelsea's penalty area, making Makelele and Ballack feel a little flustered for a while.

When the game went on to 8 minutes, Kaka broke through again with the ball.Ballack beside him couldn't keep up with Kaka's speed. In order to prevent Kaka from rushing up with the ball, he had to use his long legs to trip Kaka.

"beep!"

The referee awarded Crystal Palace a free kick in the frontcourt without hesitation.

Hearing the referee's whistle, Mourinho on the sidelines was first startled.But when he estimated the location of Ballack's foul, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Although this position is facing Chelsea's goal, the distance is very far, at least 35 meters away.

Mourinho also knows that Crystal Palace's Modric is good at free kicks, but there are only a handful of players in world football who can hit a free kick from 35 meters away.

Although Modric also has an exaggerated record of scoring directly from a corner kick, this is too much luck in Mourinho's eyes and it is difficult to replicate.

Because Chen Ran gave a special explanation before the game, no one dared to grab Modric's free kick this time.

Standing next to the ball, Modric glanced up at Chelsea's goal.

There is a distance of about 37 meters, which is a bit far, which is beyond the range of Modric's free kick.

According to his experience, even if he sends this ball, it is estimated that it will be difficult to pose a threat to Chelsea's goal.

Thinking of this, Modric hesitantly turned his head to look at the Crystal Palace bench on the sidelines.

The boss explained before the game that he would shoot directly as long as he took a free kick, but he was really not sure this time.

At this time, Chen Ran, who was standing on the sidelines, also saw Modric's gaze, and he knew what Modric meant.

So, Chen Ran nodded heavily at Modric.

After receiving Chen Ran's affirmative answer, Modric now has a solid foundation in his mind.

They were the first players brought to Crystal Palace by Chen Ran, and now they have gradually developed a habit: as long as it is an order from the boss, they will carry it out even if they don't understand it.Because, countless times, it has been proven that the boss is always right.

Measuring the distance, stepping back, and standing still, Modric took a deep breath, ran up, and swung his legs.

"boom!"

The ball flew to the left at the initial stage of leaving Modric's feet, but suddenly flew to the right when it flew halfway, and then fell rapidly. (For details, refer to the world wave of super long-distance free kicks taken by Paulinho in the 2015 AFC Champions League)

Chelsea's goalkeeper Cudicini reacted quickly and started to move his feet as soon as the ball flew out.But the disadvantage of reacting too quickly is that when he finds that the ball has changed direction, it is too late to turn around.

Under Cudicini's watchful eye, the rapidly falling ball fell directly into Chelsea's net.

"GOAL!"

With Modric's free kick, Crystal Palace once again led Chelsea 2-1.

"World wave, this time it's a super long-distance free kick world wave!"

"Modric scored with this free kick, almost 40 meters away, it is incredible."

"Kaka dribbled the ball in the middle to create a chance for a free kick, and then Modric scored the goal. Crystal Palace had too many explosive points, and it was hard to guard against."

On the sidelines, Mourinho, who witnessed the whole process of the goal, only felt that his eyes were dark.

Why do all kinds of exaggerated things happen as soon as they meet the Crystal Palace?

Such a long-distance free kick, you can score as soon as you say it, just like playing.

Could it be that the Chinese man is really his nemesis?

Could it be that Chelsea just can't beat Crystal Palace?
However, Mourinho, who was so proud to the bone, would not allow himself to admit defeat like this, and he quickly recovered from the brief confusion.

After Crystal Palace took the lead again, Mourinho's plan to drag the game into a penalty kick could not go on.

Now, he had to make a decisive decision.

Thinking of this, Mourinho immediately turned around and called right winger Wright Phillips from the bench.

Since Wright Phillips joined Chelsea from Manchester City for more than 3000 million euros, he has not been able to play the main force.

Originally, Mourinho planned to use Wright Phillips to replace the departed Duff as a right winger, but because Abramovich forced him a Shevchenko, Mourinho had to use his usual The 433 formation was adjusted to 442.

As a right midfielder, Wright Phillips' thin body made Chelsea's right-sided defense a disaster. This is something that Mourinho, who has always emphasized defense, cannot accept anyway.

But now, in the Champions League final, Chelsea, which is behind, must press up and attack.

If you can't get the score back, then the hard work of everyone at Chelsea for a season will be over.

In order to compete with Crystal Palace for the Premier League and Champions League titles this season, Mourinho gave up the FA Cup and League Cup.

If they lose this Champions League final, then Chelsea will have nothing to gain this season.And Mourinho himself can only leave here in despair as a loser.

Therefore, Mourinho no longer cares about Wright Phillips' poor defensive ability.

If you can't tie the score, is there any difference between losing the game 1:2 and 1:5?

At this moment, Mourinho was like a gambler eager to lose, stud all the remaining chips in his hand.

Unsuccessful, they become benevolent.

After a brief warm-up, Mourinho replaced Ballack with Wright-Phillips as a right-midfielder, and then moved Lampard to his preferred central midfield position.

"Boss, Chelsea replaced Wright Phillips. Is this going to be a desperate attack?"

Seeing Mourinho's substitution, Guardiola immediately approached Chen Ran and asked.

"That's right. Wright Phillips is a player with outstanding advantages and disadvantages. In the previous season, Mourinho rarely used him. Now that Wright Phillips is replaced, it seems Mourinho was in a hurry."

Crystal Palace is now leading by one goal, and the initiative is in their own hands. Of course, Chen Ran is not in a hurry.

After thinking for a while, Chen Ran turned to look at Guardiola.

"Josep, go tell Evra to warm up and replace Chiellini with him later. Wright Phillips is small, fast, and flexible. Chiellini's big man is too difficult to defend."

"Okay, boss."

In response to Chen Ran, Guardiola turned around and went to arrange the substitution.

Chen Ran himself walked to the sidelines and took advantage of the dead ball to call Ronaldo over.

"Chris, have you seen Chelsea's new Wright Phillips?"

"I see, boss, what instructions do you have?"

"This little guy is flexible and fast, and Chiellini has a hard time defending him. I will replace Chiellini with Evra later to defend Wright Phillips. Before Evra plays, you first Come back and help Chiellini defend, understand?"

"No problem, boss."

"When Evra is on the field, you should inform Kaka and Modric to pass the ball to you more. Wright Phillips' defensive ability is not good. Chelsea's defense on the right depends entirely on the right back Essien. People. This is a good opportunity for you to play, don't miss it."

"Okay, boss."

Soon, Mourinho saw that Crystal Palace replaced Chiellini with Evra.

Glancing bitterly at Chen Ran not far away, Mourinho knew that Chen Ran had seen through his wishful thinking again.

That's right, Mourinho wanted to use Wright Phillips' speed and agility to break through Chiellini's defense.

Now that Chen Ran has replaced Evra, although Wright Phillips' speed and flexibility are still a bit stronger, it doesn't seem like there is such a big gap between him and Chiellini.

You must know that although Evra is a bit worse than Wright Phillips in speed and flexibility, his physical strength is far stronger than Wright Phillips.

Before Wright Phillips got rid of Evra, as long as there was physical contact, it must be Wright Phillips who lost his center of gravity.

And since Wright Phillips came on the field, he was first double-teamed by Ronaldo and Chiellini to help defend, and then he was entangled by Evra, who was not much different.

It can be said that Mourinho's goal of replacing Wright Phillips has not been realized at all.

Not only that, Wright Phillips' strengths were not brought into play, but his weaknesses were firmly grasped by Chen Ran.

When the game progressed to No. 705 minutes, Ronaldo, who received a pass from Modric, dribbled the ball along the left line again.

Wright Phillips' defensive attitude is very active, and when Ronaldo catches the ball, he sticks up to press.

However, his small body is no match for Ronaldo. As soon as their bodies came into contact, Wright Phillips turned to one side, and he could only watch Ronaldo dribble away with the ball.

Seeing Ronaldo rushing over aggressively, the helpless Essien had no choice but to bite the bullet and go forward.

(End of this chapter)