Football feast, starting from the acquisition of European clubs

Chapter 427 Luck Comes Unstoppable

Ronaldo is very alert, he immediately noticed Ballack's tackle action.Without any hesitation, he immediately jumped up to avoid Barack's shoveling legs.

Ballack is not a good stubble, how could he allow Ronaldo to avoid his tackle and continue to attack?If Ronaldo is allowed to pass, this guy will enter the penalty area.

Seeing Ronaldo jumping into the air, Ballack immediately lifted his leg up and tripped Ronaldo to the ground.

"beep!"

The referee's whistle blew immediately, and rushed over to show Ballack a yellow card, and then awarded Crystal Palace a direct free kick.

Cristiano Ronaldo, who fell to the ground, glanced at the penalty area line that was close at hand, and curled his lips helplessly, what a pity.

The position of this free kick is just outside the penalty area line, too close to the goal, it is actually not easy to kick.

When Modric was not on the field, Ronaldo picked up the ball without hesitation.Franck Ribery glanced at the position of the free kick and walked away. This time, he didn't make a farce of guessing the right to take the free kick.

On the bench of Crystal Palace, Chen Ran silently turned on the system and used a "Free Kick Master Card" for Ronaldo.

Although Ronaldo usually practiced free kicks in training, and now his ability to take free kicks has improved a lot, Chen Ran still worried about adding insurance to him.

After setting up the ball, Ronaldo measured his steps and stepped back.

Stand still, glance at Chelsea's goal, and take a deep breath.

Run up, swing your legs.

"boom!"

The ball draws a huge low-level arc, first bypassing the outermost players of Chelsea's wall, and then sticking to the turf and turning to the lower right corner of Chelsea's goal.

On the goalkeeper Cudicini's side, the expected powerful shot did not wait, but suddenly found that the ball was past the turf and passed from the side.

Cudicini quickly moved to the ground to save, but unfortunately he was still a step too late.By the time he rushed over, the ball had already gone from his hand into the net.

"GOAL!!!!!!"

With Cristiano Ronaldo's wonderful free kick, Crystal Palace lead Chelsea 1-0 at home.

On the sidelines, Ancelotti, who saw Ronaldo's goal, was livid. He knew very well how difficult it is to break through the Crystal Palace goal.Now that Crystal Palace has advanced a goal, he has no way out.

Just as the Crystal Palace players gathered around Ronaldo to celebrate the goal, Ancelotti called Joe Cole from the bench.

After the warm-up, he replaced Deco with Joe Cole, and then changed Chelsea's formation from a parallel 442 to a diamond 442.

Joe Cole plays the attacking midfielder, Ballack retreats as the defensive midfielder, Malouda is on the left and Lampard is on the right.

"Boss, Ancelotti is desperate. Shall we strengthen our defense?"

Seeing Chelsea's substitution adjustment, Southgate immediately moved to Chen Ran's side.

"Don't worry, just wait a little longer. Let's continue to play against Chelsea first, so that they don't dare to attack with all their strength. When their physical fitness declines and they can't attack, we will make adjustments."

"Understood, boss."

As Chen Ran judged, due to the constant threat of Chelsea's goal by Ronaldo, Messi and others, Chelsea's midfield players had to spend most of their energy on defense.

Without the assists from the central and backcourt players, Drogba, Anelka and Joe Cole, the frontcourt players alone, could not break through the solid defense of Crystal Palace.

At this time, Ancelotti has used up all the substitutions, but the situation on the field is still restricted by the Crystal Palace, which makes him helpless. He can only hope that the players on the field can perform exceptionally.

When the game went on for 10 minutes, the score on the court still led Chelsea 1-0 with Crystal Palace.

Seeing that the Chelsea players were also showing signs of fatigue, Chen Ran began to dispatch troops and replace them with substitute players to strengthen the defense.

What Chen Ran didn't expect was that after the game entered stoppage time, Drogba tried his best to dribble the ball from the left to make a cross.

It is estimated that the movement was deformed due to the decline in physical fitness. Drogba's cross did not pass to Anelka who was waiting in the penalty area to grab a spot, but flew directly to the goal of Crystal Palace.

This time, Cech, who was already preparing to attack and intercept the pass, was caught off guard.

Cech, who had already rushed out, hurried back, flying up and trying to drag the ball off the crossbar.

It's a pity that he came back a step too late, and even with all his strength, he couldn't reach the ball.

The ball finally passed Cech's fingertips and flew into the Crystal Palace net.

Crystal Palace were tied 1-1 by Chelsea at home, thanks to Drogba's mistaken goal.

Seeing helplessly that the three points in his hand turned into one point, Chen Ran on the sidelines could only sigh helplessly.

This kind of dribbling is impossible to guard against, and there is no other way except to admit that you are unlucky.

In other matches of this round of the Premier League, there is also a strong dialogue between the old giants clubs that attracts attention.

Manchester United beat Arsenal 3-1 at Highbury Stadium, Ferguson won again in a direct contest with Arsene Wenger.

Manchester City easily beat Portsmouth 2-0 at home, while Liverpool also beat Bolton 2-0 at Anfield. Rijkaard has achieved an astonishing six-game winning streak after taking over the Liverpool club.

After the end of this round of games, as Crystal Palace was tied by Chelsea, the gap between the two teams remained unchanged at three points, but it allowed teams such as Manchester United and Manchester City behind them to take the opportunity to narrow the point gap.

After a week of rest, Crystal Palace will usher in a new devil's schedule.

On February 2th, in the No.7 fifth round of the Premier League, Crystal Palace will sit at the Emirates Stadium to face West Ham United this time;

On February 2th, in the No.10 six rounds of the Premier League, Crystal Palace will go away to challenge Fulham;

On February 2, in the fifth round of the FA Cup, Crystal Palace will face West Bromwich Albion at home this time;
On February 2, the first round of the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals will be against the Serie A team Fiorentina at the Emirates Stadium;

On February 2th, in the seventh round of Premier League No.20, Crystal Palace will go away to challenge Aston Villa this time;

Five games in thirteen days, an average of less than one game in three days.For this schedule, Chen Ran is now used to it.

On February 2, Crystal Palace ushered in the Premier League No.7 five-round match against West Ham United.

In order to better cope with the following games, Chen Ran sent Crystal Palace a half-main and half-substitute lineup.

Without any suspense, with goals from Toni, Kompany and Alves, Crystal Palace easily defeated West Ham United 3:1 at home.

While getting three points, Chen Ran also got a "Level One Blood Card" from the system.

In other games of this round of the Premier League, there is another strong dialogue that is very interesting.

Chelsea, who had just slammed against Crystal Palace in the last round, met Arsenal again this round.

But now Arsenal is obviously difficult to pose a threat to Chelsea.At Stamford Bridge, Chelsea won Arsenal 2-0 without bloodshed and continued to follow closely behind Crystal Palace.

After Manchester United defeated their old rival Arsenal in the last round, they returned to Old Trafford in this round and beat Portsmouth with a score of 5:0.

Manchester City lost 1:2 to Hull City in an upset away game.In the Merseyside derby, Liverpool beat Everton 1-0 at Anfield and won seven consecutive victories.

After two days of rest, on February 2th, Crystal Palace ushered in the Premier League No.10 six rounds.This time, they will go away to challenge Fulham.

It is also a lineup of half main force and half substitute, and there is no suspense.With goals from Ronaldo, Franck Ribery and Beckham, Crystal Palace easily won Fulham 3-1 away.

While getting three points, Chen Ran also got a "Free Kick Master Card" from the system.

In other games of this round of the Premier League, there is another strong dialogue that has aroused the interest of many people.

I don't know if someone at Arsenal has offended the FA. After they played against Manchester United and Chelsea in a row, they will play against Liverpool, which has won seven consecutive victories, in this round.

To everyone's surprise, after losing consecutive losses to Manchester United and Chelsea, Arsenal actually defeated Liverpool, which had won seven consecutive victories 1-0 in this game, abruptly interrupting Rijkaard's arrival in the Premier League. winning streak.

切尔西在客场2：1艰难战胜埃弗顿，曼联也在客场2：1险胜阿斯顿维拉，曼城则在主场2：0轻松战胜了博尔顿。

After all the games in this round, the rankings of the top spots in the standings have not changed in any way.Chelsea is still closely behind Crystal Palace with a three-point gap, putting a lot of pressure on Crystal Palace.

Just two days later, on February 2th, the fifth round of the FA Cup will start again.This time, Crystal Palace will face West Bromwich Albion at home.

According to the usual practice, Chen Ran sent all the substitutes to play, and handed over the command of the game to Southgate.

Facing a super team like Crystal Palace, West Bromwich Albion is also very interesting, and they also sent a substitute lineup to play.

In this way, the result of the game will naturally have no suspense.

Crystal Palace beat West Bromwich Albion 4-0 at the Emirates Stadium thanks to goals from Suarez and Cavani and a brace from Dzeko.

While advancing to the quarter-finals of the FA Cup, Chen Ran also got a "Hawkeye Guardian Card" from the system.

Three days later, on February 2, Crystal Palace ushered in the first round of the Champions League quarterfinals.This time, they will face Serie A team Fiorentina at home.

Although the "Violet" Fiorentina during this period has always missed the Serie A championship trophy, their team has never lacked familiar stars.

Fiorentina, which was almost relegated in the "Italian phone gate" incident, has slowed down under the careful training of head coach Prandelli.

This time in the UEFA Champions League, they met Crystal Palace, the defending champion for several consecutive years, and everyone in Florence knew that they were in danger.

But Prandelli still dispatched the entire main lineup of Fiorentina, ready to compete with Crystal Palace to see how far he is from the strongest team in today's football.

Forward Mutu, forward Gilardino

Jovedic
CMF Kuzmanovic, CMF Montereyvo, CMF Marchionne
Left back Vargas, center back Dainelli, center back Gamberini, right back Comotto
goalkeeper frey
On the Crystal Palace side, after the FA Cup rotation, the main players got a relatively sufficient rest, and Chen Ran was able to field the strongest lineup.

Forward Ronaldo, Forward Tony
Left Midfielder Ribéry, Central Midfielder Yaya Toure, Central Midfielder Modric, Right Midfielder Messi
Left back Chiellini, center back Thiago Silva, center back Vidic, right back Maicon
goalkeeper cech
Perhaps it is because he knows that his team has little hope of advancing, so Prandelli's formation today is not conservative.

How Fiorentina usually plays in Serie A, they still play today.

This is exactly what Chen Ran wants. He is now afraid that his opponent will take the bus. After all, the tough battle consumes too much physical energy for the players.

When the game progressed to No. 208 minutes, Tony received Ribery's left pass from the bottom, and a Tarzan topped the ball into the goal of Fiorentina. Crystal Palace led Fiorentina 1:0 at home.

At the end of the first half, Chiellini also received a corner kick from Modric and once again broke through the Fiorentina goal guarded by Frey with a header. Crystal Palace led Fiorentina 2:0.

During the intermission, the situation of Crystal Palace, which had already led by two goals, was very good. Apart from encouraging the players as usual, Chen Ran did not make any substitutions and adjustments.

On the Fiorentina side, Prandelli did not lose his temper because the team fell behind, after all, this situation had already been expected by him.

He just replaced Gamberini with Claudrup and Kuzmanovic with Donadyle, making adjustments to Fiorentina's defensive lineup.

At the start of the second half, Chen Ran felt more relieved after seeing Prandelli's substitutions.

Prandelli uses two substitutions on the adjusted defense, so his room for adjustment in offense is quite limited.

As Chen Ran expected, the initiative in the second half of the game was still firmly in the hands of Crystal Palace.Although Florence also launched some offensives, facing the solid defense line of Crystal Palace, it did not achieve any effect.

In the end, with two Italian headers from Toni and Chiellini, Crystal Palace easily defeated the Italian team Fiorentina 2-0 at home.

While getting the initiative to advance to the quarter-finals, Chen Ran also got a "first-level chicken blood card" from the system.

In the other Champions League games that were going on at the same time, there was a big upset that attracted everyone's attention.

(End of this chapter)