As the first game of the new season, Stan Tennant put in a lot of effort.

In addition, Crystal Palace is now gaining momentum, and it has been studied repeatedly by Stan Tennant for a long time.

Although the warm-up matches at Crystal Palace were not broadcast on television, he still got a lot of information from media reporters he was familiar with.

He made careful preparations for Crystal Palace's defensive counterattack tactics. He clearly explained to the Burnley players what to pay attention to and who to mark.

Stan Tennant is very confident about winning his first home win of the season at Crystal Palace.

Soon, players from both teams appeared and lined up for photos.

"Hey, coach, Crystal Palace's starting lineup today seems to be different from before."

Burnley's assistant coach first discovered Chen Ran's adjustments.

"What? What's changed?"

Stan Tennant was reviewing his tactical arrangements in his mind to see if there were any omissions. Hearing this, he was shocked and asked quickly.

"There is a new person. Before, it was the Croatian youngster Modric who started the game. Today he is replaced by our England striker Crouch."

"You mean that tall guy who's over two meters tall?"

"That's right, coach, look, it's the one standing next to Italian striker Toni."

Following the assistant coach's fingers, Stan Tennant immediately found Crouch.

There is no way, one is more than two meters, the other is more than 19 meters, the two telephone poles are stuck together, they must be as conspicuous as possible.

Stan Tennant's heart suddenly sank. Oh no, he might have been deceived.

"Coach, Crystal Palace has sent two high forwards. This is probably a high-altitude bombing tactic. But we have been preparing to deal with their defensive counterattack. What should we do now?"

"Don't panic, maybe this is just a smoke bomb by the Chinese guy, maybe he still has to fight back."

Stan Tennant forced himself to calm down and comforted his assistant.

However, he didn't even believe it when he said it.

But Stan Tennant has no time to adjust now. The players have already entered the field and the game is about to begin.

Now if the deployment is temporarily changed, the players will definitely be at a loss in a short period of time and become a mess.

When Crystal Palace seizes the opportunity to attack, the whole game will be lost.

So cunning! So treacherous! So shameless!

Stan Tennant cursed Chen Ran in his heart.

This Chinese guy kept playing defensive counterattacks in the warm-up match, definitely just to confuse himself and make me think that this was Crystal Palace's tactics.

Now when it comes to the official game, he immediately changes his tactics.

Isn’t this a hole dug for me to jump into?

This strategy only works the first time, and everyone will be prepared for it in the future.

Why are you so unlucky?

Why am I Crystal Palace’s first opponent?

Am I trying to get out of trouble for other people?

Seeing Tony and Crouch standing in the center circle for the kick-off, the media reporters who had been tracking the Crystal Palace also discovered something unusual at this time.

"What's going on? Why is there another tall guy?"

"Yes, there was only Toni as a high center forward in Crystal Palace's main lineup before. Why are there two now?"

"Tsk, tsk, this is a change of formation by the Chinese. It's awesome, it's really awesome."

"What's the meaning?"

"My intuition tells me that this Chinese guy used smoke bombs in the warm-up matches before."

"You're saying that Crystal Palace's style of play today will be completely different from before?"

"That's right. I guess this is the strategy of the Chinese envoy, just to deceive today's opponents. Burnley is really unlucky."

"If this is really the case, then this Chinese is quite insidious."

"So I said he is a little fox."

"Is it that exaggerated? Is this Chinese really as powerful as you say?"

"Humph, if you don't believe it, just wait and see. The results will be there in a while."

As the referee blew his whistle, the first round of the new season of the British Championship officially began.

The audience present was surprised to find that Crystal Palace, which had been praised by the media for its unbeatable counterattack in the English Championship, did not shrink its defense, but instead played the British 4-4-2 formation that everyone is familiar with.

The Burnley players were also a little dumbfounded. This was completely different from what the coach had planned before the game.

Everyone involuntarily looked to the sidelines, but apart from seeing Stan Tennant's livid face, they didn't receive any instructions.

There was no other way, so Burnley's players had to throw away all the tactics they had practiced for a week and began to deal with the fierce attack from Crystal Palace.

Yes, Crystal Palace began to attack Burnley's defense from the beginning.

Chen Ran had made it clear to his players before that the opponent must be arranging their troops according to Crystal Palace's previous defensive counterattack tactics.

Now that they see Crystal Palace changing their formation, they will definitely be uncomfortable for a while.

Therefore, Chen Ran asked the players to seize this opportunity to attack fiercely and strive to seal the victory from the beginning.

As soon as the referee's whistle blew, Tony knocked the ball to Crouch, and then he ran towards Burnley's penalty area.

At the same time, Ronaldo on the left and Ribery on the right pushed forward at the same time.

After receiving the ball, Crouch immediately passed it back to Guardiola, then turned and rushed towards the Burnley penalty area.

Guardiola didn't pause after receiving the ball, and passed directly to the left with a big kick.

At this time, Cristiano Ronaldo had already sprinted into position, and with a perfect catch of the ball with his left foot, he pushed the ball one meter out, just past an oncoming defensive player.

"Guard him inside and don't let him enter the penalty area!"

Burnley's captain shouted to another defender who rushed to cover.

They have all been repeatedly reminded by their coach about the characteristics of several Crystal Palace frontcourt players, especially this guy named Ronaldo, who poses the greatest threat.

Stan Tennant specifically told his players that this Ronaldo is fast, has good skills, and has strong passing ability. He especially likes to cut inside into the penalty area and then hit the goal.

When guarding against Ronaldo, guard inside and outside.

I have to say that Burnley's players are still very capable of executing tactics.

They did everything the coach told them.

However, Stan Tennant never expected that under the temptation of Chen Ran's sports car, Ronaldo would succumb to the tires of the Porsche 911.

It's amazing that he didn't enter the penalty area at all and made a direct pass.

At this time, Tony and Crouch in the middle had already reached the penalty area one after another.

It's a pity that Ronaldo's speed is too fast. How can Tony and Crouch catch up?

The current Cristiano Ronaldo is not very mature in grasping the timing of passing the ball. He did not expect to wait for the two tall guys, and simply passed the ball directly at his own pace.

As soon as Tony and Crouch entered the penalty area, the ball had already flown over.

Burnley's defender was not a showman. When he saw two tall guys rushing into the penalty area, he immediately stepped forward to intercept.

Under each other's tug, no one could jump up to fight for the top, and could only watch the ball pass over their heads.

"boom!"

There was the sound of a ball being hit hard.

At this time, a little man came out from the right, and before the ball hit the ground, he fired an angry shot in the air.

The ball was like an out-of-arms shell, flying directly into the upper right corner of Burnley's goal.
Chapter completed!