Football Feast, Starting From the Acquisition of European Clubs

   Chapter 75

"boom!"

  Chen Ran slapped the boss's table in front of him with a slap in the face. These journalists who eat people's food and do nothing else get him so angry.

   Losing a game means he is going to die?

   is really not a son of man!

As a result, in the next 27th and 28th rounds of the British Championship, Chen Ranhua's anger was the driving force to lead Crystal Palace to 4:0 and 5:1 victory over Burnley and Watford respectively. , let out a bad breath, and received a bonus of 2 million euros by the way.

   Then, Crystal Palace ushered in the first leg of the League Cup semi-final.

  In the current League Cup semi-finals, only Crystal Palace is a British Championship team, and the other Arsenal, Middlesbrough and Bolton are all Premier League teams.

  The League Cup became a two-round format in the semi-finals. Crystal Palace was lucky this time and did not encounter the strongest Arsenal.

   Chen Ran's opponent this time was Bolton led by Allardyce.

   Speaking of Allardyce, it is also the old rivers and lakes of the Premier League.

   Although he coaches all mid-to-lower and lower-level teams, he has never won any championships.

   But being able to coach on the front line in the highly competitive Premier League is not easy.

   Besides, now that we have reached the semi-finals, every game is a tough battle, and Chen Ran does not dare to be sloppy.

   In the pre-match preparation meeting, Chen Ran deliberately called Southgate and Simeone together.

   "Gareth, I'll let Vidic mark Bolton's striker Kevin Davis, you provide him with protection."

   "No problem, boss."

"Diego, I will let Yaya Toure go to mark Bolton's core midfielder Okocha. But he is still young and inexperienced. If Yaya Toure is passed by Okocha, you have to make up the defense in time, Understand?"

"clear!"

  Crystal Palace played away first, and Chen Ran logically dispatched a defensive counter-attack lineup.

   Center Tony

  Left midfielder Cristiano Ronaldo, right midfielder Ribery

   Midfielder Yaya Toure, Midfielder Modric, Midfielder Simeone

  Left-back Chiellini, centre-back Gareth Southgate, centre-back Vidic, right-back Maicon

   Goalkeeper Cech

   And Bolton's Allardyce, also sent all the main force, and did not underestimate the opponent because Crystal Palace is a British Championship team.

  Forward Kevin Davis

   Left midfielder Flandersson, attacking midfielder Okocha, right midfielder Yannakopolos

   Nolan in the back, Campo in the back

  Left-back Hunter, center-back Charlton, center-back Ngotti, right-back Ricardo Gardner

   Goalkeeper Jasklainen

   With the referee's whistle, the first round of the League Cup semi-finals, Crystal Palace played away

  Bolton's game officially started.

  Crystal Palace players now face Bolton's

When    attacked, he was obviously much more comfortable.

  Bolton attacked hard for 20 minutes, but did not even complete a threatening shot.

  Chen Ran saw this situation, and he immediately became confident, and stood on the sidelines watching the game with confidence.

   This Bolton is about the same level as Aston Villa.

  Chen Ran has already made plans in his heart. He will defend the first half of the game and consume the physical strength of Bolton players. Then wait until the second half to change the formation and attack, and come back to attack.

On the other side of the Bolton bench, Allardyce couldn't sit still.

   He has watched Crystal Palace's previous games against Aston Villa and Chelsea, and knows that this team's defense is very tenacious and the counterattack is also very strong, which is difficult to deal with.

   But when he now faces Crystal Palace in person, Allardyce realizes the situation is worse than he thought.

  Bolton couldn't penetrate Crystal Palace's defense at all.

   Okocha, the core midfielder, was a little bit angry with Yaya Toure, the black brother who also came from Africa.

  No way, Okocha is 30 years old this year, and his physical function has declined drastically. I know the situation of African players.

   and the just 20-year-old Yaya Toure fought against each other, and Okocha was at a loss.

   Even though he used his skillful little technique to pass Yaya Toure, another midfielder, Simeone, rushed up immediately, which gave Okocha no chance to organize the attack well.

  The two wingers, Flandersson and Yannakopolos, were also kept out of temper by Chiellini and Maicon of Crystal Palace.

Under the interference of Chiellini and Maicon, none of the crosses were reliable, either too strong or too weak.

   And the striker Kevin Davies, who was in the penalty area of ​​Crystal Palace, was also stared by the defender Vidic of Crystal Palace.

   Regardless of height or strength, Vidic has Kevin Davis on his head.

   That is, in terms of flexibility, Kevin Davis can take advantage.

   However, Southgate, another Crystal Palace centre-back, was always nearby.

  Kevin Davies just took advantage of his flexible movement to throw off Vidic and pull out to get the ball, when he was immediately blocked by Gareth Southgate who came up to defend.

  So, Bolton finally passed the ball from the wing, all of which were destroyed by Crystal Palace's defender coefficient.

   So much so that Kevin Davis has not even caught a shot.

   Bolton's only two shots on goal now, all of which are long-range shots from outside the penalty area.

   There is no threat at all for the Crystal Palace goal that Cech handles.

   This time, Bolton's usual attacking methods, the housekeeping skills they used to settle down in the Premier League, all failed.

   Can Allardyce be in a hurry?

   But what can we do?

  Allardyce looked back at the bench. Except for the 35-year-old French veteran Djorkaf, he really has no confidence in the ability of others.

   Looking down at his watch, Allardyce shook his head.

   This is only the first half. If Djorkaf is replaced now, he may not be able to end the game with his physical strength.

   Forget it, just wait.

   So, both Chen Ran and Allardyce put the time for the evolution into the second half.

   The first half of the game ended so peacefully.

   At the beginning of the second half, Allardyce replaced Yannakopoulos with Djorkaf.

  Chen Ran, who was standing on the sidelines, saw this substitution and immediately understood that Allardyce was going to initiate a general election.

   attacked.

   However, Allardyce replaced Yannakopoos with Djokaf, that is to let Djoka

  The husband went to play the right midfielder, which happened to be Ronaldo's side.

   Chen Ran has been a little addicted since the last time he successfully defended Joe Cole with Ronaldo.

   As the old saying goes: Use your son's spear to attack your son's shield.

  Chen Ran likes to attack spears with spears.

  Cristiano Ronaldo has an absolute advantage over Djorkaf in terms of body and speed.

  Since Djokaf was arranged by Allardyce to play as a winger, he must have a certain defensive task.

   Attacking attacking, using Ronaldo to drag down Djorkaf, making Allardyce's substitution invalid.

  Yes, just do it.

After making up his mind, Chen Ran immediately turned around and greeted the players on the bench to warm up.

   The decisive battle is imminent.

   (end of this chapter)