Since the tactics in the last game worked very well, and the opponent Everton this time is not a strong team.

In addition, this is the first home game of Crystal Palace this season. For Crystal Palace fans who have returned to the Premier League, Chen Ran feels it is necessary to dedicate a wonderful game.

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Left midfielder Ronaldo, attacking midfielder Modric, right midfielder Franck Ribery

Defensive midfielder Cesc Fabregas, defensive midfielder Simeone

Left back Chiellini, center back Southgate, center back Vidic, right back Maicon

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On Everton's side, there is another player that domestic fans are very familiar with, and that is Li Tie, who later served as the head coach of the national football team.

In fact, in his first season after joining Everton, Li Tie performed very well and even secured his position as Everton's main defensive midfielder.

Unfortunately, when the national football team was preparing for the German World Cup qualifying match against Kuwait, he suffered a serious fracture while participating in a training camp, so he had to recuperate for a full year.

When he returned from injury, he never regained his position as Everton's main team, and even had very few chances to play.

When Chen Ran got the Everton playing list, as expected, Li Tie's name was not in it.

Compared with these Everton players, what Chen Ran pays more attention to is their head coach Moyes.

This is an excellent head coach who can bring such a stingy club to prosperity. One has to admire Moyes' ability to tap potential internally.

And he also relied on this ability to later win the coaching opportunity of Manchester United.

Today, Chen Ran happened to meet this clever woman who was good at running a house and was thrifty.

Maybe it was because I watched Crystal Palace's first game against Norwich. From the beginning of the game, Moyes started a defensive counterattack very wisely.

In the entire frontcourt, only one lone forward, Marcus Bent, was left.

Compared to Norwich, which has a large number of signings, Everton, who is stingy, also has its own strengths.

That means there are few new people and it doesn’t take much time to get used to it.

In the main lineup, apart from Marcus Bent, who is thrown in front to prepare for counterattack, there is only one newly joined player, Cahill, and he is arranged to play as a full midfielder.

Therefore, the entire Everton defensive formation is maintained quite well, and the players switch to each other's defense in a very timely manner.

Even if a single point is broken through by Crystal Palace players, others will immediately come to cover the defense.

One link after another, a bit like the Italian chain defense.

After being tempered in some key battles last season, the current Crystal Palace players have become much calmer.

Facing the difficult Everton defense in front of them, under the leadership of Modric and Cesc Fabregas, the players passed the ball back and forth not far from the Everton penalty area.

Pass from the left to the center, then pass from the center to the right.

If there is a chance, suddenly make a through ball and pass it to Cristiano Ronaldo or Ribery who suddenly penetrates forward.

If there is no chance, pass it back to the center and then back to the left.

Repeatedly pulling on Everton's defense, waiting for the opponent to reveal a flaw.

This style of play is already a bit like the prototype of Barcelona at its peak.

As the old saying goes: It takes a thousand days to be a thief, but there is no such thing as a thousand days to guard against a thief.

Crystal Palace takes the initiative on the field, so Chen Ran is certainly not in a hurry. He does not believe that Everton can make sure there are no flaws in the entire game.

Chen Ran knows very well that every game now is a practical training for Guardiola's tactics.

The real difficulties are yet to come, and now is a good opportunity to practice hard on your inner strength.

In this way, the two teams attacked and defended, and the first half ended without anyone taking advantage.

Although the score was still 0:0, the content of the game had the reporters in the stands talking a lot.

"Have you noticed that Crystal Palace has begun to act like a strong team now?"

"I feel the same way. In fact, it was more obvious in the first game against Norwich. It was really overwhelming and Norwich had no chance."

"Don't rush to conclusions yet. Whether it's Norwich or Everton, their strength is average. Whether Crystal Palace is really strong depends on the results of its games against those strong teams."

"That's true. However, that Chinese guy is really moving forward according to the goal he said."

"Yes, Crystal Palace is now playing a standard way of playing for a strong team. If it can defeat those strong teams, a new giant team might actually be built."

"It's too early to say this now. I think it's difficult for Chelsea alone. They have made big signings for two consecutive years, and now they have hired the Champions League winning coach Mourinho. I don't see how Crystal Palace has any chance of winning.

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"That's right. Although the Chinese led Crystal Palace to achieve some results, but compared with Mourinho's Champions League championship, it is not worth mentioning."

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During the halftime break, Chen Ran did not make any changes.

At the beginning of the second half, he found that Moyes had not made any changes. It seemed that Moyes was also satisfied with Everton's performance in the first half.

50 minutes, 55 minutes, 60 minutes, 65 minutes...

Everton still stubbornly maintained the 0:0 score on the field, but every one of their players was sweating profusely and panting.

They have been highly focused and constantly moving the defense to follow Crystal Palace's passes, which consumes a lot of physical energy from Everton's players.

Chen Ran glanced at Everton's bench, but Moyes still didn't make any move.

The Everton players are almost exhausted and can take action.

Chen Ran immediately turned around and called Crouch to warm up, and he was going to add another high point on the court.

One of the shortcomings of Barcelona at its peak was that almost all of their offensive players were dwarfs.

This resulted in their offense basically going down three routes.

When Chen Ran watched Barcelona games in his previous life, he was sometimes anxious for them.

Although there was a good opportunity to pass the ball, he didn't pass it. He was still tumbling back and forth, thinking of a fatal through ball to break the opponent's defense.

Now that Chen Ran is here, he will not stick to the Barcelona style of play in his previous life.

Why not use a ready-made high center forward?

Soon, Chen Ran replaced Crouch on the field.

Moreover, he replaced Simeone with Crouch.

That's right, there is no defensive midfielder on the pitch at Crystal Palace now.

Then Chen Ran called Southgate to the sidelines.

"Gareth, after Diego comes off the field, you should go ahead and stand behind Modric and Cesc Fabregas to play as free agents to protect them. As long as the opponent has a chance to steal the ball and counterattack, he will not hesitate to foul.

Also destroy. Do you understand?"

"I understand, boss."

This time, Crystal Palace was left with only Vidic as a centre-back.

Chen Ran's instructions to the field were very simple: continue to stretch Everton's defense, and if there is still no chance, just bomb from high altitude.

Our Crystal Palace doesn’t just know one trick now.

Seeing Chen Ran's radical substitution, Moyes' eyes lit up. Maybe this was an opportunity?

Moyes held back for most of the game, and he also saw the physical exertion of Everton's players on the field.

The game has only lasted seventy minutes, and he is worried about whether Everton can hold on for the rest of the time.

Now that Crystal Palace has removed its only defensive midfielder, further weakening its defensive strength, should we just give it a try?

Just when Moyes hesitated, Crystal Palace, which used its twin towers, already had a chance to score.

As soon as Crouch came on the field, he brought Chen Ran's latest instructions, and Crystal Palace's tactics immediately changed.

The previous rhythm of back and forth outside Everton's penalty area suddenly changed.

When the ball came to the right again, this time it was not passed back to the center.

Instead, Ribery directly dribbled the ball down and passed the ball. Inside the penalty area, Crystal Palace once again had the classic three-point outflank of Crouch, Toni and Ronaldo.

Crystal Palace's sudden change of pace caught Everton's defensive players off guard.

Their thoughts, despite being repeatedly pushed by the Crystal Palace for seventy minutes, still stayed at the original rhythm.

It felt like I had been listening to "People like me..." for more than an hour, and suddenly "The river flows eastward..." came out.

Everton's two central defenders, Yobo and Stubbs, were obviously a step too slow to react. That is to say, Crouch was not strong enough and was pulled by Stubbs and did not jump up.

But Tony didn't have this problem, and Yobo didn't even try to hold him back.

With a beautiful lion's head shake, Tony neatly headed the ball into the goal guarded by Martin.

"Goal..."

After 70 minutes of fierce fighting, Crystal Palace finally scored.

This time, Moyes didn't have to hesitate.
To be continued...