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Chapter 191: Peak C Ronaldo debuts ahead of schedule

After the first round of the game, the players on both sides are now very familiar with each other.

Without any temptation, Juventus directly pushed forward and launched a crazy attack.

Fortunately, the defensive counterattack tactics are the key skills of Crystal Palace, and the players have long been very skilled. Facing Juventus' offensive, they have not lost their position.

Of course, Simeone's performance in this game is definitely not comparable to the first round.

But Chen Ran added one Yaya. Toure helped, but the strength of the Crystal Palace midfielder was not weakened.

On Juventus, Del Piero, who was arranged by Capello to beat the front midfielder, felt a little uncomfortable.

He was surrounded by Vieira, Yaya Toure and Simeone.

With the two black and hard and the one tough guy taking turns to take care of, Del Piero could not play his technical advantages at all, let alone organizational offense.

This situation lasted for nearly thirty minutes, and Capello on the sidelines could not bear it anymore.

Taking advantage of the chance to die, he called Del Piero to his side.

Then, when Del Piero returned to the court again, Chen Ran discovered that Juventus had changed his team.

As Chen Ran expected, Capello turned the formation on the court into 433. Del Piero served as the left winger, Ibrahimovic served as the right winger, and Trezeguet was in the center.

The other three players in the diamond midfield also became three central advanceers in parallel positions.

"Boss, you guessed it again, Capello can't wait to start playing three forwards instead."

Not only Chen Ran discovered Juventus's change of formation, but Guardiola also saw it all.

Although Capello's adjustments were as expected, Chen Ran did not feel any happy.

Because in the first leg, Juventus proved the power of their three forwards and scored a away goal.

Now that they are at home, Chen Ran is also a little confused about whether Crystal Palace's defense can withstand the offensive of the three Juventus strikers.

Once Juventus changes its formation, the offensive will immediately be different.

When he arrived on the left road, he avoided the three back waists of Crystal Palace, Del Piero immediately burst out with extraordinary power.

Just before the end of the first half, Juventus won a free kick in the backcourt.

Buffon took the penalty and kicked the ball to the right rib of Crystal Palace in the half.

This time, Trezeguet did not continue to wait in the penalty area, but took the initiative to compete for the landing point, and successfully topped the ball from Simeone's head to Del Piero who was waiting on the left.

After receiving the ball, Del Piero looked up and found that Ibrahimovic on the right was thrust into the penalty area of ​​Crystal Palace.

So while Del Piero leaned against Maicon, he gently pushed the ball with his right foot and sent it into the penalty area of ​​Crystal Palace from the empty space.

At this time, Southgate, who was responsible for marking Trezegoyle, had already followed Trezegoyle out of the penalty area, and Vidic, who was responsible for marking Ibrahimovic, was also left behind by Ibrahimovic and was chasing her desperately.

This time, Ibrahimovic got a one-on-one opportunity to face Cech.

Although Ibrahimovic was diagonally inserted from the right, the shooting angle was already very small when he received the ball.

But such things are not a problem for Ibrahimovic.

He adjusted his steps and did not look up at Cech or the goal position.

Relying on his own feelings, he raised his left foot and shot a blast.

In fact, when Cech was slantingly in Ibrahimovic, he found that the situation was not good, and moved here in advance.

However, Ibrahimovic's shot was extremely powerful. Cech had only had time to raise his hand and the ball flew into the Crystal Palace goal from the upper corner of the near post.

The situation that Chen Ran was most reluctant to see happened, and Juventus scored the first goal.

Now, it is no longer meaningful to continue defending Crystal Palace.

"Josep, inform Jan Kohler to warm up, he needs to play in the second half."

Just as Juventus players were still celebrating the goal, Chen Ran on the sidelines turned to look at Guardiola with a pale face.

"I got it, boss."

Intermission, Crystal Palace locker room.

Looking at the team members who were a little depressed, Chen Ran clapped his face and attracted everyone's eyes.

"Okay, why do you guys bow their heads? Isn't it just that Juventus scored a goal? It's not the end of the world."

"As long as we score another goal, it will be our Crystal Palace that advances to the quarterfinals of the Champions League."

"Don't forget, in the first leg, we scored two goals from Juventus. Why? Did you not even score goals at Juventus' home court?"

With Chen Ran's words, the members of the Crystal Palace were ignited one by one.

The boss is right, isn’t it just a goal? What’s the big deal?

"Boss, we all understand. Just tell me how we play in the second half. Anyway, I must go to the Stade de France in Paris to participate in the Champions League final."

At this time, Captain Southgate stood up and successfully took on the role of supporting actor.

"Yes, boss, we can definitely eliminate Juventus to advance."

"Yes, what is Juventus? We can beat him once, and we can beat him the second time."

"Kill Juventus!"

"Crystal Palace will win!"

......

Seeing that the morale of the players was rekindled, Chen Ran nodded with satisfaction, and the captain Southgate performed well.

"Okay. Since you are going to score, I believe everyone still remembers our way of playing in the first round, right?"

"Boss, are you talking about the Twin Towers tactic?"

"That's right, now, we will change the two-tower tactics in the second half and smash Juventus with a header!"

"Diego, how about you come down and take a break in the second half?"

In order to show respect, Chen Ran walked up to Simeone and sought his opinions.

"Okay, boss, I'm fine."

Chen Ran patted Simeone on the shoulder, then turned to look at Ronaldo and Ribery.

"Chris, Frank, you two move forward in the second half, break through more, cross more, and send more shells to Luka and Young in the middle."

"I got it, boss."

Immediately afterwards, Chen Ran looked at Macon and Chiellini again.

"Micong, your task in the second half is to focus on Del Piero. Don't let him cut in and shoot. If Del Piero retreats to the position and doesn't play the left winger, then you can strengthen the assist."

"George, Ibrahimovic and Trezege are very capable. It's a bit difficult to rely on Gareth and Nemania alone. You have to pay attention to helping them share the pressure."

"I understand, boss."

After some arrangement adjustments, the second half of the game began.

As soon as Capello saw Crystal Palace replace Simone with Jan Kohler, he immediately knew that Chen Ran wanted to repeat the double tower tactics of the first round of the game.

Now, as long as Juventus keeps the score on the field unchanged, he can eliminate Crystal Palace and advance to the Champions League quarter-finals.

At this time, the defensive genes in the Italian coach's bones began to gain the upper hand again.

Capello immediately withdrew Del Piero to the midfielder and became the midfielder. Nedved returned to the left and Camoranesi returned to the right.

After all, the sharp breakthroughs in the two sides of Crystal Palace are now well-known.

Seeing the Crystal Palace change formation, Ronaldo and Ribery moved forward.

Capello was worried that the two full-backs could not withstand the opponent's offense, so he let Nedved and Camoranesi return to the wing to help defend.

As soon as Juventus' formation retreated, Crystal Palace's defensive pressure suddenly decreased much less.

Chen Ran on the sidelines immediately had another bold idea.

"Josep, what do you think I'm going to replace Modric now?"

"Modric? Boss, who do you want to exchange him for?"

"Yaya Toure."

"Yaya Toure? Boss, if that happens, we will only be Vieira, a full-time midfielder. Isn't it a little too risky?"

Guardiola was shocked when he heard Chen Ran’s thoughts.

Crystal Palace is now facing Juventus, a veteran European team, and not the weak players in England.

"I want to use a 442 diamond midfielder to play. You also know that if you can't score the goal, we will be eliminated."

"Boss, have you figured it out?"

"I've thought about it, just do it. You can arrange for Modric to warm up."

"clear."

Soon, Modric, who had finished the warm-up, was called by Chen Ran to his side.

"Little Luka, after you come on the court, you can play the front midfielder. In addition to organizing offense, you can also play more long shots. Your footwork is still very good."

"I got it, boss."

Soon, Capello discovered that Crystal Palace had substituted again, and it was Modric who replaced the back midfielder Yaya Toure.

"That Chinese man is going to fight to the death."

Capello frowned. In this case, it would be a bit insufficient to rely on Emerson as a single midfielder.

After thinking about it, he turned around and called Jennikeda from the bench.

After a simple warm-up, Capello replaced Del Piero with Giannikeda.

"Boss, Juventus has now replaced Giannikeda and Emerson to form a double midfielder. It seems Capello wants to defend to the end."

Guardiola immediately discovered Capello's intention.

"It's okay. In the first round, they also used a double midfielder combination at the beginning. Didn't we still score two goals?"

Although Chen Ran comforted Guardiola with his lips, he was actually a little unsure.

Because he knew very well that in the first round, Crystal Palace also had a Simeone who used the "First-level Chicken Blood Card".

Now, he can only rely on the on-the-spot performance of these players on the field.

unless......

Chen Ran took a look at the only "First-level Chicken Blood Card" left in the system. It would be better not to use it unless it was absolutely necessary. No one knew when he would get the next one.

After thinking a little, Chen Ran set a bottom line for himself for 80 minutes.

If Crystal Palace has not scored a goal in the 80 minutes of the game, then he will use up the last "First-level Chicken Blood Card".

Let’s ensure that the team advances first, and then consider what happens in the future.

The direction of the competition was obviously not developing in the direction Chen Ran expected.

Juventus' current lineup is the same as the first leg of the game.

However, Capello obviously made a redeployment, with two full-backs Nedved and Camoranesi being more backwards, closer to two full-backs Zambrota and Zebina.

With mutual defense, it becomes even more difficult for Ronaldo and Ribery to make a successful breakthrough.

Sixty minutes, seventy minutes, eighty minutes...

Seeing that time had reached the bottom line he set, Chen Ran gritted his teeth and called out the last "first-level chicken blood card" from the system, and then used it on Ronaldo.

That's right, it's Ronaldo.

The role of the "First-level Chicken Blood Card" is to allow designated players to play their peak level.

And now Cristiano Ronaldo, who has just turned 21 years old, is obviously far from his peak level.

The bigger the gap, the better the effect of the "First-level Chicken Blood Card".

After using the "First-level Chicken Blood Card", Chen Ran took advantage of the opportunity to kill the ball and specially called Ronaldo to the sidelines.

"Chris, after you get the ball, whether it is a cross from the bottom or a cut-in shot, it is up to you to decide. I will give you the right to fire freely."

"Really? Boss."

When Ronaldo heard the right to fire freely, his eyes lit up.

It has been a long time since Chen Ran gave him the right to fire freely last time.

"Yes, as long as you can score a goal, you can play whatever you want. You tell Patrick and Luca Jr. to pass the ball to you next. Do you understand?"

"I understand, boss, leave it to me, we will definitely advance."

Just after Ronaldo turned around and ran back to the field, Guardiola, who listened to Chen Ran's words just now, immediately came over.

"Boss, are you trying to suppress Chris by betting? Isn't this a bit of risk?"

"Josep, now we have no way out. If we don't score, we will be eliminated. Chris is the most outstanding player in our team's offensive ability. I believe he will surprise us. You can wait and see."

Looking at Chen Ran's confident look, Guardiola hesitated for a moment, and finally swallowed the words.

On the court, Vieira and Modric, who received the oral message from Ronaldo, also looked at Chen Ran respectively.

The meaning is very clear, and they are obviously very surprised by the message Ronaldo brought.

Chen Ran nodded affirmatively in line with the eyes of the two.

So, an amazing scene appeared on the field next.

All the passes of Crystal Palace flew towards Ronaldo on the left, as if Ribery on the right did not exist.

What's even more amazing is Ronaldo's next performance. After taking the ball, Ronaldo no longer has so many fancy extraordinary moves.

The entire dribbling process is clean, neat, simple and effective.

After passing Camoranesi, Ronaldo dribbled the ball and rushed into Juventus' penalty area.

Facing the blocking of Giannikeda, Ronaldo hit and hit, flashed a gap, and then raised his foot and shot.

At this time, Ronaldo's position was more than 30 meters away from Juventus' goal.
Chapter completed!
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