Because Alves has not been able to switch to the field, Chen Ran temporarily pulled Mascherano to the right and temporarily filled the vacancy left by Ribery after the game.

Ronaldo also took Chiellini in front of him and helped him guard against Real Madrid's right. Chiellini himself entered the penalty area and strengthened the defense in the middle of Crystal Palace.

Ronaldo and Beckham, two No. 7 players in Manchester United's previous life, have now staged a head-on battle dramatically.

If Beckham has some skills that are particularly outstanding, then Ronaldo is an all-round warrior.

Although Ronaldo is far from reaching his later peak level, with his speed and flexibility, Beckham still cannot calmly pass high-quality passes.

The cross ball sent in a few hastes was either strong or the arc was low, and it was easily cleared by the defender of Crystal Palace.

When other Real Madrid players saw that Beckham could not get rid of Ronaldo's defense, they gradually stopped sending balls to him. Crystal Palace's left defense has been temporarily stabilized.

However, just leaving Ronaldo behind to help defend, it is obviously a waste of talent.

Moreover, the situation on the field of Crystal Palace is very passive now. Tony, the high center forward, cannot exert his power without the support of his teammates.

After Alves warmed up, Chen Ran immediately pulled him to his side.

"Dani, after you get on the court, you play right forward. Now we have one less person on the court. You focus on defense and don't easily participate in the offense."

"Then inform Mascherano to let him take over Chris' position, and then let Chris play single forward in front. After you get the ball, you will directly pass it to Chris. Do you understand?"

"I understand, boss."

Seeing that Crystal Palace was going to substitution again, the Real Madrid stars on the field were experienced and started to pour the ball back and forth, just not giving the ball a chance to die.

Fortunately, Ronaldo got a shot shortly afterwards, and a shot was saved by Cech from the baseline, which allowed Crystal Palace to replace Tony with Alves.

"Huh? Is Crystal Palace going to be completely defended?"

Seeing Chen Ran replace the only center Tony, Carlo was delighted.

Now he can let Real Madrid push the attack in full swing. You should know that his two full-backs Robert Carlos and Ciscinho are both known for their strong assisting skills.

However, before Carlo was happy for two minutes, he found that although Crystal Palace replaced the only center Tony, he put the original left forward C Ronaldo in the forward position.

As the sharp knife of Crystal Palace on the wing, Carlo has carefully studied the characteristics of Ronaldo. He has a fast speed, strong ability to break through, and has good heading skills.

It seems that the Chinese man wanted to use Ronaldo to fight guerrilla warfare.

After understanding Chen Ran's intention, Carlo had to temporarily put the plan to put Robert Carlos and Siscino on the offense.

Because Chen Ran's adjustment immediately took effect on the field.

When Raul's shot was held by Cech, he quickly threw the ball with his hand and threw the ball to Vieira in the midfielder.

Vieira, who received the ball, immediately dribbled the ball to the front left without any gaps in the Real Madrid players for the time being.

However, Real Madrid stars who were running aggressively immediately surrounded Vieira from all directions.

Beckham on the right was coming, Graveson in the back midfielder was approaching, and Raul in the front midfielder was also desperately chasing back.

I found myself about to give Vieira who was surrounding me. While continuing to drive the ball to the front left, I quickly looked up and observed it, and then I used my left foot to pass a long forward in the opposite direction.

Because just as he looked up, he found that Ronaldo in front was moving forward from the left position to the right from the middle lane.

Vieira's long pass just over Ronaldo and Woodgate, who was chasing him closely behind him, fell in front of Ronaldo.

Ronaldo chased after the ball in the direction of flying. After getting the ball, he had already arrived near the upper left corner of the Real Madrid penalty area.

At this time, Woodgate had also arrived in time and blocked Ronaldo's inside position, making it impossible for Ronaldo to directly dribble the ball to hit Real Madrid's goal.

Facing Woodgate, Ronaldo stepped on several bicycles, and moved the ball into the middle with his left foot. After dodging the angle, he immediately used his left foot to shoot a curved ball with the instep. The ball went straight to the goal.

upper right corner.

Unfortunately, Casillas reacted very quickly, and flew to the side and dragged the ball out of the crossbar with his fingertips.

Just this time, although the shot failed, Carlo was scared into a cold sweat.

Chen Ran's move made Carlo feel uncomfortable. Compared with traditional high center Tony, Ronaldo, who has a fast speed and strong maneuverability, obviously needs more people to stay and defend.

So, Carlo finally left Robert Carlos and Ciscinho behind to strengthen the defense. Chen Ran also achieved the goal of attack instead of defense, alleviating the pressure on the defense line.

The game was very anxious, and Crystal Palace, which was one less, fell into a full passive position and was crushed by Real Madrid in the half.

Only when the big foot is passed to Ronaldo in the front can the Crystal Palace defenders get a short breathing time.

Chen Ran on the sidelines also lived like a year.

He had tried to use the only remaining "first-level chicken blood card" for Ronaldo more than once, but he endured it in the end.

Because the situation is not at its worst, if you can do it, you won’t use this trump card.

Fortunately, until the referee blew the whistle at the end of the first half, the score on the field still remained 0:0 and did not change.

This also made Chen Ran feel that he had been hanging his heart, so he could let it go and rest for a while.

Intermission, Crystal Palace locker room.

Looking at the team members who were soaked all over, Chen Ran was also moved.

Crystal Palace was sent off shortly after the opening game. Facing the top stars of Real Madrid, each of these players has tried their best.

"You guys, you played very well in the first half. Real Madrid has so many stars, but with one more person, they have not been able to break through our Crystal Palace goal. I am proud of you."

"The situation is very clear now. As long as we persist and don't let Real Madrid score, we will eliminate our opponents and advance to the Champions League semi-finals."

"Guys, do you remember our goal in the first round?"

"Remember! Let them go home crying and call them mom!"

"Ha ha ha ha......"

"That's right! Victory belongs to the Crystal Palace!"

Because Chen Ran had used two substitutions in the first half, and now the team has one less person on the court, the physical energy consumption of other players will inevitably increase a lot.

In order to prevent the players from cramping in the second half of the game, Chen Ran had to leave the only substitution quota just in case.

And with Real Madrid, the situation where he still did not score at the end of the first half made head coach Carlo a little anxious.

You should know that since Crystal Palace has two away goals in its hand, Real Madrid must score at least two goals in this game to ensure the game continues.

However, after Chen Ran put Cristiano at the forward position, he developed a huge deterrent force, making Carlo afraid to let the two full-backs Robert Carlos and Ciscinho let the attack go.

So he had to turn his attention to Real Madrid's midfield and frontcourt.

Carlo deliberately called Ronaldo, Zidane and Raul, three bigwigs in charge of the attack in the middle, and pointed to the position of Thiago Silva on the tactical board to set up tactics.

"Qizu, Ronnie, Raul, you see, in the central defender combination of Crystal Palace, they have not sent their long-standing main center back and captain Southgate, and there is not even a bench.

I guess he is most likely injured."

"Thiago Silva, who replaced Southgate, is only 21 years old this year and has not played many games for Crystal Palace before. Obviously, in terms of game experience, she cannot compete with another player.

Defender Vidic is comparable."

"So, I hope you will focus on this offense in the second half of the game. I believe that as long as you continue to put pressure on him, this young man will definitely make mistakes."

Carlo's analysis is reasonable and well-founded. Even Ronaldo and others who were not convinced by him could not find any problems.

The three of them discussed briefly and nodded to agree with Carlo's tactical arrangements.

Just as Ronaldo and the other two were discussing countermeasures, Carlo stood beside him and waited with a smile on his face, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.

As for what his true thoughts look like, it is unknown.

So, just five minutes into the second half, Chen Ran found that something was wrong.

Several major attackers from Real Madrid stared at Thiago Silva's position and continued to attack, which made Thiago Silva, who was still a little immature, panicked.

"Boss, Real Madrid seems to be staring at Thiago's position in the second half."

Guardiola also noticed this situation very keenly and hurried over to remind Chen Ran.

"I found out, too."

Chen Ran responded casually, but he immediately walked to the sidelines and loudly asked Chiellini to withdraw the penalty area to help Thiago Silva assist in defense.

At this time, Chen Ran's cards were almost finished.

Although there was a central defender Pepe sitting on the bench, he really didn't have the courage to replace this time bomb in such a critical game.

Fifty minutes, sixty minutes, seventy minutes...

The Real Madrid players seemed to have recognized Thiago Silva and always implemented the tactics Carlo arranged during the halftime break.

When Cech once again held Ronaldo's shot firmly in his arms, he quickly got up and threw the ball to Thiago Silva, who was not around, hoping to launch a counterattack through him.

However, Ronaldo, who has always been lazy and never participated in defense, suddenly got up from the grass not far away from Cech, and rushed towards Thiago Silva, who was observing his teammates' standing and preparing to pass the ball after receiving the ball.

past.

"Tiago, be careful behind you!"

Seeing this scene, Cech quickly shouted Thiago Silva's name.

Thiago Silva, who heard the sound, had no time to look back and Ronaldo rushed to him.

In a panic, Thiago Silva wanted to clear the ball with big feet, but Ronaldo, who was moving faster, stabbed the ball first.

The ball that was poked out just rolled to Raul's feet.

At this time, Cech had not yet fully returned to the position and was a little far from the goal.

Raul didn't stop the ball at all, and just shot with one shot. The ball drew a parabola and flew directly to the goal of Crystal Palace.

At this time, Cech, who found that the situation was not good, was already running towards the goal with all his might.

Seeing Raul's shot fly to the goal accurately, Cech jumped with all his strength, and his fingertips touched the ball.

"Bang!"

It was Cech's pounce that made the ball change slightly, hitting the crossbar of the Crystal Palace goal heavily, bounced out from a distance, and flew to the position of the arc of the penalty area.

Zidane, who happened to arrive in this place, leaned against Vieira, who was also rushing over with his strong body. Without waiting for the ball to land, he turned around and shot in the air, and pulled the ball hard towards the goal of Crystal Palace again.

Zidane's shot was extremely accurate in taking the ball. The ball was pressed flat and fast, and it flew directly into the upper left corner of the Crystal Palace goal.

This time, Cech, who had just rescued Raul, got up from the ground and wanted to save the fire, but it was already too late.

Crystal Palace trails Real Madrid 0:1 at home.

The entire Hebry Stadium suddenly became silent.

Chen Ran's heart suddenly tightened, and it was dangerous now.

Although according to the current score, Crystal Palace can still eliminate Real Madrid to advance with the advantage of scoring many away goals.

But once Real Madrid scores another goal, then the one who is eliminated will be Crystal Palace.

Now, the two teams are standing on the edge of a cliff at the same time, and if anyone fails, they will be crushed to pieces.

Thinking of this, Chen Ran immediately walked to the sidelines and cheered the players loudly.

"Everyone cheered me up, and the initiative is still on our side. As long as we persist, we will still advance to the Crystal Palace!"

Hearing Chen Ran's voice, Vieira, who took over as captain on the field after Simeone left the court, quickly stood up to encourage the players.

"Boss, what should I do now? Should I make adjustments?"

Guardiola asked worriedly.

“Wait a little longer.”

Chen Ran could only answer Guardiola in this way.

There is only one last place to substitution, and he still has to replace players whose physical exhausted energy is gone.

If the substitution quota is used now, if someone cannot hold on to the game in the future, wouldn’t Crystal Palace have to fight less than two people?

Fortunately, Chen Ran still has a backup plan.
Chapter completed!