Football Feast, Starting From the Acquisition of European Clubs - Chapter 421

If Messi is replaced now, then his fear of De Jong will be exposed.

In this way, those teams that encounter Crystal Palace in the future are likely to use fierce defensive players to deal with the Crystal Palace’s offensive core, greatly increasing the risk of injury to Ronaldo and Messi.

Thinking of this consequence, Chen Ran resolutely resisted the idea of ​​replacing Messi immediately.

And Chen Ran knows more about Manchester City’s Petrov, who is a traditional left-footed player and can’t play on the right like Robben.

Mancini now swaps the positions of Petrov and De Jong, which is equivalent to abolishing Manchester City’s wing attack.

Unless Mancini doesn’t want to get the score back, this certainly won’t last long.

After    repeated weighing, Chen Ran decided to take a gamble.

He got up and walked from the bench to the sidelines, and taking advantage of the dead ball, called Modric over.

“Little Luka, Manchester City have now transferred Petrov to the right. This is a traditional left-footed player who is not good at playing on the right.”

“Next, you keep passing the ball to Ribery before Petrov goes back to the left.”

“If Petrov goes back to the left, you pass the ball to Messi. In short, keep in mind that where Petrov is, you pass the ball. Understand?”

“Understood, boss.”

Chen Ran’s method is very simple, regardless of whether Mancini deliberately tunes De Jong to mark Messi. Crystal Palace does not attack from Messi, can you De Jong deliberately kick someone without the ball?

Soon, Mancini saw the changes on the Crystal Palace field.

Pass after pass, constantly flying from under Modric to Petrov’s right.

Petrov, who was not used to the right flank, gave up the attack completely this time, and patronized to help the right back Sabaletta to defend Ribery who was drilling like a small steel cannon.

De Jong, who was switched to the left, as a right-footed player, is also difficult to adapt to the left.

For a while, the offense of Manchester City’s two flanks was paralyzed at the same time, and Vieira and Gareth Barry in the middle were not players who were good at organizing offense.

The two forwards, Adebayor and Twiston, became kites with broken lines, unable to even catch the ball, and even think about scoring goals.

Seeing this situation, Mancini was also a little impatient on the sidelines.

Now it’s not only the Manchester City players who are having a hard time playing, but he is also having a hard time watching from the sidelines.

He glanced at the Crystal Palace bench quietly, and found that Chen Ran was sitting back now.

Mancini knew in his heart that in all likelihood, Chen Ran had seen through his temptation, and the other party immediately came up with an effective response plan.

If we continue to play like this, Manchester City will lose this game.

In desperation, Mancini had to call Petrov to the sidelines again and let him and De Jong return to their accustomed positions.

However, Mancini soon found that as he moved Petrov back to the left, Crystal Palace immediately shifted the main attack direction to Messi.

Wang Defa, did Chen Ran identify with Petrov?

Where is    Petrov, where do you put your main attack direction?

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Seeing this scene, Mancini almost crooked his nose.

Compared to De Jong, who is known for his defensive skills and temporary cameo as a right midfielder, Petrov’s left flank can be said to be one of Manchester City’s main attacking points on the field.

But Crystal Palace is always aiming the main attack direction on Petrov’s side, which leads to Petrov having to devote a lot of energy to assisting and complementing defense.

When    was half exhausted, how could Petrov still have the energy to go into the attack to deliver artillery shells to Adebayor and Tevez?

In desperation, Mancini had to make adjustments again. He replaced Petrov with Robinho, who had just returned from injury, and then changed Manchester City’s formation from 442 to 4321.

Adebayor is at the forefront as a center, with Tevez and Robinho hiding behind him as shadow strikers. The midfield consists of Gareth Barry, Vieira and De Jong forming the barrier in front of the back line.

Seeing the substitution adjustment from Manchester City, Chen Ran immediately called Southgate to his side.

“Gareth, you go now to inform Mascherano and Vardy to warm up and replace Tony and Messi with them later.”

“Then Mascherano, Yaya Toure and Modric formed the back three, and Vardy took over from Messi. The team switched to defensive counterattacks, and the formation changed from 4231 to no striker. 433.”

“Understood, boss.”

Crystal Palace’s counter-attack by shrinking the formation immediately made Manchester City’s attack more difficult.

After the space is compressed, the distance between defenders is shortened, and it becomes easier to assist and defend.

Until the referee blew the whistle at the end of the game, Manchester City failed to break the goal guarded by Cech.

In the end, with Messi’s supplementary score, Crystal Palace defeated Manchester City 1:0 away.

At the same time as he got the key three points, Chen Ran also got a “Level 1 Chicken Blood Card” from the system.

And among other matches in this round of the Premier League, there is also a game that is related to the competition for the league title, which is very fascinating.

With Drogba’s header, Chelsea beat Manchester United 1-0 at Stamford Bridge and continued to beat Crystal Palace to the top of the standings with a goal difference advantage.

Arsenal beat Wolves 4:1 away, while last season’s league runners-up Liverpool were upset again, they were drawn 2:2 by Birmingham at Anfield.

After the match against Manchester City, Chen Ran immediately flew to Lisbon, the capital of Portugal, with Ronaldo and Pepe to prepare for the next European play-offs of the World Qualifiers.

The opponent Portugal will face this time is Bosnia and Herzegovina from the former southern region, and the schedule is not favorable.

In this Bosnia and Herzegovina national team, there are many good players.

For example, Dzeko of Crystal Palace, and the veteran Salihamidzic of Juventus who just played against each other not long ago.

There are also Yinbisevic and Salihovic who played for Hoffenheim, and Misimovic who helped Wolfsburg win the team’s first Bundesliga title.

and the talented midfielder Pjanic who is only 19 years old and plays in Lyon in Ligue 1.

And their head coach is also the famous Croatian coach Blazevic who is no stranger to many domestic fans.

Just by seeing the familiar names, Chen Ran knew that the two play-off games in Portugal were not easy to play.

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However, at this time, no one could retreat.

If you want to get tickets to the World Cup in South Africa, you must kill your opponents.

Portugal’s home-and-go schedule forces the team to score as many goals as possible at home, otherwise who knows what will happen when they go away?

Therefore, Chen Ran sent all the main players to attack with all his strength, and he must win the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team at home.

Left winger Nani, center Ronaldo, right winger Quaresma

MF Meireles, MF Deco, MF Thiago

Left-back Coentrao, center-back Carvalho, center-back Pepe, right-back Paulo Ferreira

Goalkeeper Eduardo

On the side of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team, the head coach Blazevic is also the main force, and he did not set up the bus because it was an away game.

striker Yinbisevic, striker Dzeko

Left midfielder Salihovic, center midfielder Misimovic, center midfielder Pjanic, right midfielder Salihamidzic

Left-back Lulic, center-back Vasayevich, center-back Spasic, right-back Bichakcic

Goalkeeper Begovic

When Chen Ran saw the starting list of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team, he couldn’t help but be surprised.

Blazevic is really tough enough. In his starting lineup, there is not even a full-time defensive midfielder.

Both Misimovic and Pjanic are obviously better offense than defense. Does Blazevic want to play against Portugal on the road?

Chen Ran’s conjecture was completely correct, Blazevic really wanted to take Portugal by surprise.

Compared to the star-studded frontcourt configuration, the defensive players of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team are basically unknown.

The Portuguese national team has top stars like Cristiano Ronaldo in the frontcourt, as well as attacking players like Deco, Nani, Quaresma and Simao.

After careful analysis by Blazevic, he believed that with the back line of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team, the Portuguese attack group headed by Ronaldo could not be stopped at all.

So, he thought of a strange trick and decided to take advantage of his strengths and circumvent weaknesses, give full play to the offensive ability of these stars in the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team’s frontcourt, and fight against Portugal.

No matter who concedes fewer goals, it depends on who scores more goals.

Blazevic is, after all, a famous coach who once led Croatia to the third place in the 1998 World Cup in France. Although his plan was very risky, he finally managed to persuade everyone in the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team.

So, when the referee blew the whistle for the start of the game, Chen Ran immediately saw the players of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team pressing up like a hungry tiger.

and started a fierce fight with the Portuguese players in the midfield, not giving an inch.

“Boss, is the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team trying to work hard?”

Boas, who also noticed that the situation was wrong, also got close to Chen Ran at this time.

“It looks like they are going to play against us. Andre, you go and tell the players on the field to stabilize the back line first. The opponent’s way of playing is very physical. It depends on how long they can hold on. a long time.”

“Understood, boss.”

In the face of this situation, Chen Ran, who has experienced hundreds of battles, is not surprised.

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Let the bullet fly for a while, don’t worry.

If the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team can play 90 minutes at this rhythm, then he will admit it.

However, according to Chen Ran’s experience, this possibility is very unlikely.

As long as the physical fitness of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team declines, it is likely to be a complete collapse.

On the other side, Blazevic has been on the sidelines since the first minute, watching the progress of the game.

Because he knew very well in his heart, it was impossible for a player to stick to this rhythm for 90 minutes. The outcome of this game depends on whether Bosnia and Herzegovina scored the first goal of Portugal, or whether there was a physical problem on his own side.

Blazevic had already thought about it for a long time. As long as he could take the lead in breaking Portugal’s goal, he would immediately switch to defend the bus.

And the process of the game is indeed going in the direction that Blazevic wants.

Bosnia and Herzegovina got a well-placed direct free kick after Pepe brought down his club teammate Dzeko outside the box.

The Bosnia and Herzegovina national team has no shortage of free-kick masters. Whether it is the right-footed Misimovic or the left-footed Salihovic, there are many direct free kicks in the Bundesliga.

At this point, these two guys are standing next to the ball at the same time.

After whispering a few words, the two of them started to measure their steps and back up at the same time.

Because the position of this free kick is very positive, both the left foot and the right foot can directly hit the goal, so for a while, Portugal goalkeeper Eduardo can hardly judge who will take the free kick.

After    stood still, Misimovic started to run first.

Swing your leg, then feint your right foot over the ball.

Immediately afterwards, Salihovic took a run and swung his legs.

“boom!”

The ball made an arc to the top right corner of the Portugal goal.

Eduardo was still disturbed by Misimovic, and by the time he made a save, he was already half a beat too late.

The ball got into Portugal’s net from his hand, and Bosnia and Herzegovina scored the first goal, leading Portugal 1:0.

On the sidelines, Chen Ran, who saw Bosnia and Herzegovina scoring the first goal, shook his head helplessly, and the next game is estimated to be difficult to play.

As Chen Ran expected, Blazevic moved quickly.

Just when the players of the Bosnia and Herzegovina team were still celebrating the goal, he called up the full-time defensive midfielder Ramisic from the bench.

Blazevic is very decisive. He doesn’t care whether it is now or the first half of the game. After the warm-up, he replaced the teenager Pjanic with Ramisic.

At the same time, the Bosnia and Herzegovina team shrunk and retreated across the board.

Except for Dzeko and Inbisevic, the two forwards who stayed near the center circle and waited for an opportunity to counterattack, all the other players returned to the half-court and placed the bus.

“Boss, what should we do now? Do we want to make substitutions to strengthen our offense?”

Seeing that if Blazevic simply changed formations to place the bus, Boas also got a little impatient and got close to Chen Ran.

“Don’t worry. The first half is not over yet, and we still have plenty of time.”

After sending Boas away in a few words, Chen Ran silently called up the system and gave Nani and Quaresma a “Level 1 Chicken Blood Card” respectively.

Isn’t    Blazevic going to set up a bus? Then look at the back line of Bosnia and Herzegovina, whether it can withstand the peak level of Nani and Quaresma.

Next, Nani and Quaresma, who were used by Chen Ran with the “Level 1 Chicken Blood Card”, seemed to be different people.

broke through the defense line of Bosnia and Herzegovina in turn on the two flanks, causing the Bosnia and Herzegovina team to be in turmoil, feeling like they were going to lose the ball at any time.

On the sidelines, seeing this situation, Blazevic looked serious and frowned.

How did Nani and Quaresma suddenly become so powerful?

Are these two guys taking medicine?

Football feast, starting from the acquisition of European clubs