Football Feast, Starting From the Acquisition of European Clubs - Chapter 427

Cristiano Ronaldo was alert, he immediately noticed Ballack’s tackle. Without any hesitation, he jumped up to avoid Barack’s shovelling legs.

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

Seeing Ronaldo jumping into the air, Barack immediately flipped his legs up slightly, tripping Ronaldo directly to the ground.

“All!”

The referee’s whistle sounded immediately, and he 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 near Chi Chi, and curled his lips helplessly, which is a pity.

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

Modric was not on the court, Cristiano Ronaldo picked up the ball. Ribery glanced at the position of the free-kick and walked away. This time, he did not make a farce of guessing the ball to decide the right to take the free-kick.

On the Crystal Palace bench, Chen Ran silently turned on the system and used a “free-kick master card” for Ronaldo.

Although Ronaldo usually takes extra free kicks in training, and now his ability to take free kicks has improved a lot, but Chen Ran still gave him insurance.

After setting the ball, Ronaldo stepped back.

stood still, glanced at Chelsea’s goal, and took a deep breath.

Approach, leg swing.

“boom!”

The ball drew a huge low arc, first bypassing the outermost players of the Chelsea wall, and then turning against the turf to the lower right corner of the Chelsea goal.

On the side of goalkeeper Cudicini, the expected strong shot did not wait, but suddenly found the ball against the turf and spared from the side.

Cudicini hurriedly moved to the ground to make a save, but unfortunately he was still a step behind. By the time he pounced, the ball had slipped into the net from his hand.

“GOAL!

”

With Ronaldo’s wonderful free kick, Crystal Palace led Chelsea 1-0 at home.

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

As the Crystal Palace players surrounded Ronaldo to celebrate the goal, Ancelotti called out Joe Cole from the bench.

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

Joe Cole is the attacking midfielder, Ballack is stepping back as the defending midfielder, Malouda is on the left and Lampard is on the right.

“Boss, Ancelotti is going to work hard. Shall we strengthen our defense?”

Seeing Chelsea’s substitution adjustment, Southgate immediately got close to Chen Ran.

“Don’t worry, wait a second. Continue to play against Chelsea first, so that they don’t dare to press the 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, because Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi and others constantly threatened Chelsea’s goal, Chelsea’s midfielders had to spend most of their energy on defense.

Without the assists from the midfielders, Drogba, Anelka and Joe Cole alone would not be able to break the Crystal Palace’s solid backline.

At this time, Ancelotti has used up all the substitutions, but the situation on the field is still limited by the Crystal Palace, which makes him unable to do anything, and can only hope that the players on the field can perform exceptionally.

Eighty minutes later, Crystal Palace still leads Chelsea 1-0.

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

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

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

This time, Cech, who was already ready to attack to intercept the cross, was caught off guard.

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

Unfortunately, he still came back a step slower, and he couldn’t get the ball even if he tried his best.

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

With Drogba’s errant goal, Crystal Palace was drawn 1:1 by Chelsea at home.

Watching the three points he got turned into one point, Chen Ran on the sidelines could only sigh helplessly.

This kind of luck ball cannot be prevented, and there is no other way but to admit that it is unlucky.

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

Manchester United defeated Arsenal 3:1 at Highbury Stadium, Ferguson won again in a direct contest with Wenger.

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

After the end of this round, 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 points gap.

After a week off, Crystal Palace will usher in a new devil’s schedule.

On February 7th, in the twenty-fifth round of the Premier League, Crystal Palace will take on West Ham United at the Emirates Stadium this time;

On February 10th, in the twenty-sixth round of the Premier League, Crystal Palace will go away to challenge Fulham;

On February 13th, in the fifth round of the FA Cup, Crystal Palace will face West Bromwich Albion at home this time;

On February 17th, the first round of the Champions League quarter-finals will be against Serie A team Fiorentina at the Emirates Stadium;

On February 20th, in the twenty-seventh round of the Premier League, Crystal Palace will go away to Aston Villa this time;

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

On February 7th, Crystal Palace ushered in the twenty-fifth round of the Premier League against West Ham United.

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

There is no suspense. With goals from Toni, Kompany and Alves, Crystal Palace easily defeated West Ham United 3:1 at home.

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

In other Premier League matches this round, there is also a strong dialogue that is very interesting.

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

But now Arsenal is obviously no longer a threat to Chelsea. At Stamford Bridge, Chelsea won Arsenal 2-0 without a fight, and continued to follow closely behind Crystal Palace.

Manchester United also returned to Old Trafford this round after defeating their old rival Arsenal in the previous round, with a 5-0 victory over Portsmouth.

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

After a two-day break, on February 10, Crystal Palace ushered in the twenty-sixth round of the Premier League. This time, they will go away to challenge Fulham.

is also a half-main and half-substance lineup, and there is also no suspense. With the goals of Ronaldo, 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.

And in other Premier League matches this round, there is also a strong conversation that has aroused the interest of many people.

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

To everyone’s surprise, after losing consecutively to Manchester United and Chelsea, Arsenal beat Liverpool, who had won seven in a row, 1-0, abruptly interrupting Rijkaard’s arrival in the Premier League. winning streak.

Chelsea beat Everton 2:1 away, Manchester United also beat Aston Villa 2:1 away, and Manchester City easily defeated Bolton 2:0 at home.

After all the games in this round, the top positions in the standings have not changed. Chelsea are still closely behind Crystal Palace by three points, putting a lot of pressure on Crystal Palace.

It is only two days apart. On February 13, the fifth round of the FA Cup in England will start again. This time, Crystal Palace will host West Bromwich Albion.

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

In the face of a super-strong 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 match will naturally be no suspense.

With goals from Suarez and Cavani and a brace from Dzeko, Crystal Palace defeated West Bromwich Albion 4-0 at the Emirates Stadium.

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 17, Crystal Palace ushered in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals. This time, they will be at home against Serie A team Fiorentina.

The “Purple Lily” Fiorentina during this period, although they have always missed the Serie A championship trophy, but their team has always been short of well-known stars.

Fiorentina, who was almost downgraded in the “Italian phone door” incident, has recovered under the careful adjustment of the head coach Prandelli.

This time, in the Champions League, they met Crystal Palace, the defending champions for several consecutive years, and Fiorentina all knew that they were bad luck.

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 football today.

striker Mutu, striker Gilardino

Front midfielder Jovidic

MF Kuzmanovic, MF Monterey, MF Marchionne

Left-back Vargas, center-back Dayinelli, center-back Gamberini, right-back Komoto

Goalkeeper Frey

On the Crystal Palace side, after the rotation of the FA Cup game, the main players got a sufficient rest, and Chen Ran was also able to send the strongest lineup.

striker Cristiano Ronaldo, striker Tony

Left midfielder Ribery, center midfielder Yaya Toure, center midfielder Modric, right midfielder Messi

Left-back Chiellini, center-back Thiago Silva, center-back Vidic, right-back Maicon

Goalkeeper Cech

Maybe it is because he knows that his team has little hope of promotion, so Prandelli’s formation today is not conservative.

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

This is just right for Chen Ran’s appetite. He is now afraid of the opponent’s bus. After all, the tough battle will consume too much physical energy for the players.

When the game went to the 28th minute, Toni received Ribery’s cross from the left, and Tarzan smashed the ball into Fiorentina’s goal. Crystal Palace led Fiorentina 1-0 at home.

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

At half-time, Crystal Palace, who had already led by two goals, was in a good situation. Chen Ran did not make any substitution adjustments except to encourage the players as usual.

On the Fiorentina side, Prandelli did not lose his temper because the team was behind, after all, this situation had long been expected.

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

At the beginning of the second half, Chen Ran, who saw Prandelli’s substitutions, was even more relieved.

Prandelli used two substitutions to adjust the defensive line, so his room for adjustment on 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 Fiorentina also launched some offensives, in the face of Crystal Palace’s solid defense, little effect was achieved.

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

At the same time that he got the initiative to advance to the top eight, Chen Ran also got a “Level 1 Chicken Blood Card” from the system.

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