Football Feast, Starting From the Acquisition of European Clubs - Chapter 447

Chapter 447 Building a bronze statue?

Although most of the Uruguayan players are not well-known, they play fiercely and aggressively. After the game started, Portugal failed to take advantage of them for a while.

Not only that, but Quaresma was shoveled by Uruguayan defender Caceres in less than 20 minutes of the opening.

Chen Ran had to replace Quaresma with Nani, and was forced to use up a valuable substitution quota in advance.

In addition, Cristiano Ronaldo broke out and staged a hat-trick in the last game. He seemed a little too excited, and his state in this game was a bit sluggish.

As the absolute core and offensive arrow of the Portuguese national team, once Ronaldo has a problem, the offensive of the entire team will be affected immediately.

On the sidelines, Chen Ran frowned when he saw that Portugal had been unable to break through Uruguay’s defense.

“Boss, why don’t we try with a high center forward?”

Boas, who also found the problem, approached Chen Ran and suggested in a low voice.

In fact, the Portuguese team has a high center forward. Almeida, who plays for the Bundesliga team Bremen, is 191cm tall. Although the scoring ability is not very strong, it is not a problem to serve as the team’s bridgehead to contain the defensive attention of Uruguay’s defense.

“Andrea, don’t worry, wait a little longer.”

Chen Ran shook his head slightly, rejecting Boas’ proposal.

If the two substitutions are used up before the end of the first half, then Chen Ran will have little room for adjustment in the future.

With the Uruguayan players running and fighting hard, although the first half of the game was extremely intense, neither of the two teams could break the opponent’s goal.

When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half, the score of 0:0 on the big screen in the stadium was particularly conspicuous.

“I didn’t expect Uruguay to be quite strong, but Portugal has nothing to do with them.”

“Yes. I originally thought that after Portugal defeated the Dutch team, they could easily solve Uruguay. Then I sat on the mountain and watched the tigers fight, watching Germany and Spain stalemate there. Now it seems that it is hard to say who will enter the final.”

“I’ve said long ago that you all overestimate Portugal’s strength. Without Chen Ran, they wouldn’t even be able to make it to the semi-finals. Moreover, Chen Ran is only a coach after all, and if the players don’t perform well, he can’t do anything about it.”

“Hehe, an afterthought came upstairs, and the appraisal is complete.”

“Exactly. Portugal and Uruguay are only 0-0 now, and they are not behind. Besides, Chen Ran has always been good at striking from behind. Maybe Portugal will score in the second half of the game.”

“Goal? Didn’t you see that Ronaldo is in a bad state today? Except for Ronaldo, the scoring ability of other Portuguese players is very average.”

“This is indeed a big problem. Except for Ronaldo, Portugal’s other forwards don’t score very well.”

“Forget it, let’s not worry about it. Anyway, there is a chicken thief, and he must have a way to solve this problem.”

“But so be it.”

During the intermission, due to the poor first half of the game, the Portuguese locker room lost the laughter of the past.

Everyone bowed their heads and were busy wiping their bodies and changing jerseys, but no one spoke.

“Ahem, what’s the matter? Isn’t it just that we didn’t score a goal. The score is now 0:0. Are we behind? As for being so listless?”

Chen Ran walked up to the team members, his tone as relaxed as usual.

“Boss, I didn’t perform well today, it’s my responsibility.”

As the captain of the Portuguese national team appointed by Chen Ran himself, Ronaldo, who wasted several scoring opportunities in the first half of the game, took the initiative to stand up at this time.

“Chris, take it easy. Every player will have ups and downs. You just scored a hat-trick in the last game. It’s normal for your performance to drop in this game.”

Chen Ran stretched out his hand and pressed down slightly, signaling Ronaldo to sit down.

“However, because you played so well in the last game, Uruguay’s marking of you is even tighter today.”

“So, Chris, I’m going to move your position back a bit and go back to play your left winger, so that you can avoid Uruguay’s heavily defended penalty area. What do you think?”

“Boss, just tell me, I will obey you.”

Ronaldo has absolute confidence in Chen Ran’s ability to direct the game.

“Very good. Simao, how about you come down for a rest in the second half of the game?”

After comforting Ronaldo, Chen Ran looked at Simao again.

“Okay, boss.”

“Ugo, in the second half of the game, you will replace Simao and play center forward. You must make full use of your body and height advantages, understand?”

“Understood, boss.”

Chen Ran finally sent high center forward Almeida.

When the conventional means failed to break the opponent’s goal, he had no choice but to resort to his trump card when he was in the Crystal Palace-high-altitude bombing.

On the Uruguay side, Tavares was very satisfied with the draw with Portugal in the first half.

So, apart from encouraging the players to make persistent efforts, he did not make any substitution adjustments.

At the beginning of the second half of the game, Ronaldo, who returned to the left, was like a fish in water, and suddenly became active again.

Because his performance in the last game was too dazzling, Tavares specifically told Uruguay’s defensive players that no matter where Ronaldo is, he must ensure that there is always one person pressing close to him and the other assisting in the defense.

After Ronaldo returned to the left, Tavares could never ask Uruguay’s central defenders and midfielders to follow Ronaldo to the wing.

If he does, it will leave a huge gap for the rest of the Portuguese players.

In desperation, Tavares could only hand over the task of defending Ronaldo to his right forward Perez and right back Gonzalez.

Seeing that Tavares made this expected arrangement, Chen Ran smiled slightly.

If Tavares can only do this, then Portugal has a chance.

“Andrea!”

“Boss, what are your orders?”

“Now go and inform Deco and the others to pass more passes to Ronaldo on the left. Then tell Coentrao to strengthen his assists and assist Ronaldo to blow up Uruguay’s right defense.”

“Okay, boss.”

Soon, Chen Ran’s instructions were passed on to the Portuguese players on the field.

And Tavares immediately saw the changes in Portugal’s offense.

When the game progressed to the 68th minute, after Ronaldo received a pass from Meireles, he immediately attracted Uruguayan right forward Perez and right back Gonzalez.

At this moment, Coentrao took advantage of the fact that everyone’s attention was on Ronaldo, and suddenly advanced from behind at high speed.

C Ronaldo understood, while dribbling the ball inside, taking Perez and Gonzalez further away from the sideline.

Then he slapped his heel, and the ball passed between Gonzalez’s legs, just in time for Coentrao’s forward line.

Coentrao didn’t need to adjust his pace, he directly took the ball and rushed towards Uruguay’s penalty area.

Seeing that there was a huge gap in his right defense, Uruguay’s central defender Victorino hurried over to defend.

Coentrao flicked his ankle and passed the ball into Uruguay’s penalty area before Victorino blocked it.

In the penalty area, high center forward Almeida, who had just come on in the second half, leaped high and overwhelmed another central defender Godin. A lion shook his head and smashed the ball heavily towards Uruguay’s goal.

Goalkeeper Muslera reacted very quickly, and blocked the ball with a sideways throw.

“boom!”

At this time, Ronaldo, who had passed the ball to Coentrao before, also rushed towards Uruguay’s penalty area.

The ball saved by the goalkeeper just fell in front of Ronaldo.

How could Ronaldo miss such a good opportunity?

He didn’t make any adjustments, just volleyed the ball directly.

At this time, before Muslera had time to get up from the ground, the ball had already flown back.

In desperation, he could only watch the ball fly into the net from in front of his eyes.

“GOAL!!!”

Relying on Ronaldo’s complementary shot, Portugal finally broke the deadlock and led Uruguay 1:0.

“Damn it! Ronaldo scored the goal again, this guy is really the savior of Portugal!”

“Hehe, didn’t you upstairs watch the first half of the game? If Chen Ran hadn’t transferred Ronaldo to the left in the second half, he would still be busy fighting with those defenders in Uruguay’s penalty area.”

“Exactly. Uruguay’s coach obviously made special arrangements for Ronaldo, so Chen Ran retreated him to the wing. This tactic of inserting behind has played a miraculous effect.”

“It’s no wonder that even the Brazilian team wants to hire Chen Ran as the head coach. His ability to command on the spot is really awesome. If you don’t accept it, you can’t accept it.”

Seeing that I worked hard for most of the game, Portugal still broke the goal.

Tavares was completely impatient.

This is the semi-final of the World Cup, and one step ahead is the World Cup final.

How many coaches can lead the team to the World Cup final?

If you don’t work hard at this time, when will you work hard?

Desperate Tavares, immediately called Suarez from Uruguay’s bench.

After the warm-up ended, he replaced midfielder Alvaro with Suarez.

The formation of the team has also changed from 442 to 433.

Diego Forlan and Cavani are in front, while Suarez hides behind them as a shadow forward.

Seeing Tavares’ substitution and adjustment, Boas immediately went to Chen Ran’s side again.

“Boss, Uruguay is going desperate, shall we increase our defensive strength?”

“Andre, who do you think is more appropriate to replace?”

Chen Ran asked helplessly.

It’s not that he doesn’t want to increase his defensive strength, but that he really doesn’t have much confidence in these Portuguese substitute players.

In the last game against the Netherlands, he replaced the backup central defender Bruno Alves after leading the way to increase his defensive strength.

The result was that Bruno Alves’ header led to a loss of the ball, and the Dutch team equalized the score.

Now he encountered the same situation again, but Chen Ran was really scared.

In the last game, the savior Ronaldo scored the lore goal. Who can guarantee that there will be another one this time?

Bruno Alves is already the most powerful central defender in the Portuguese national team except for Carvalho and Pepe.

Seeing Chen Ran asking for his opinion, Boas almost said the name of Bruno Alves.

But he immediately thought of this guy’s fatal mistake in the last game. This time, Boas also hesitated.

“Andrea, we in Portugal have never been good at defense, let’s use offense instead of defense.”

He reached out and patted Boas on the shoulder, and Chen Ran finally decided to adopt the tactics he had used against Crystal Palace before.

“Understood, boss.”

So, after Uruguay added a striker to strengthen the offensive, everyone saw that Portugal not only did not intend to shrink the formation and put on the bus, but instead fought against Uruguay without giving an inch.

“Already leading and playing against Uruguay, Portugal played really hard today.”

“Chen Ran is such a thug, he didn’t play a defensive counterattack after taking the lead, which is a bit abnormal.”

“Hehe, I don’t think Chen Ran doesn’t want to defend, but he is afraid that he won’t be able to defend.”

“That’s right. In the last game, he put on a defender to strengthen his defense, but the defender made a mistake and lost the ball. Now it seems that Chen Ran has no hope for Portugal’s substitute defender. ”

“Haha, this is ‘Once bitten by a snake, ten years afraid of well ropes’.”

The biggest advantage of playing against the offensive is that Uruguay’s defensive players have to stay in the backcourt and defend honestly.

Especially with Ronaldo as the big killer, he alone restrained at least two Uruguayan defensive players.

And the three forwards in front of Uruguay are all in Portugal’s penalty area, which caused Uruguay’s formation to be out of line, and the entire midfield was very empty.

With such a big loophole, Chen Ran will naturally not let it go.

Under his command, the Portuguese players seized the space and played hard.

And in the 81st minute, Deco from the midfielder dribbled the ball all the way, and then broke through the Uruguayan goal guarded by Muslera again with a long shot, helping Portugal extend its lead to two goals.

As soon as the second goal was scored, Uruguay’s morale was immediately hit hard.

The decline in physical fitness and the lack of game time left the whole team in a bit of a mess. Players no longer follow the coach’s tactics, and one by one began to fight alone.

In the end, with the goals of Ronaldo and Deco, Portugal defeated Uruguay 2-0 and broke into the World Cup final for the first time in a record. Chen Ran also got a “level one recovery card” from the system.

“Chen Ran is amazing! He actually brought Portugal to the final of the World Cup!”

“Chen Ran is making history, right? When Eusebio was here, he only led Portugal to the third place in the World Cup.”

“Hahahaha, if Chen Ran really led Portugal to win the World Cup, wouldn’t the Portuguese want to build a bronze statue for Chen Ran?”

“I don’t think there is a need for a championship. The runner-up is also qualified to build a bronze statue. After all, Eusebio only led Portugal to the third place and has a bronze statue.”

“But Eusebio is Portuguese after all, and Chen Ran is an out-and-out Chinese.”

“Doesn’t this better reflect Chen Ran’s awesomeness?”

(end of this chapter)