Chen Ran had thought of using Chiellini and Thiago Silva to partner with the central defender, but considering that it is only the early stage of the season, there is a more cruel schedule waiting for Crystal Palace.

As the only full-time central defender substitute in the team, if Pepe keeps it and doesn't use it, it will not only be a waste, but also if someone is injured in the central defender position at that time, he will be forced to use Pepe who is unprepared, it may be more likely to make mistakes.

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In fact, Pepe has no problem with his personal ability, but sometimes he is prone to short-circuiting his brain and makes some incredible actions.

So, Chen Ran drew on the way Real Madrid dealt with Pepe in his previous life and also hired him a psychological counselor.

Judging from his performance after playing last season, the effect is pretty good, at least the number of brain short circuits has been greatly reduced.

Therefore, Chen Ran used Pepe and Thiago Silva to work together as a central defender in the last Premier League match against Fulham in advance.

Pepe is responsible for taking the initiative to rob and destroy, while Thiago Silva is responsible for dragging back and protecting the defense. The pair performed very well, which also gave Chen Ran the confidence to continue using this pair.

Ronaldo still honestly executed the instructions given by Chen Ran.

Although Ronaldo does not like defensive tasks, once he does it, with his super personal ability, Schalke 04's right-back Rafinia immediately felt tremendous pressure.

Whether it is technology or body, Ronaldo crushes Rafina in all aspects. Even in the competition of speed, Ronaldo is not at all inferior.

As soon as Rafinia crossed the center line, she immediately felt like a piece of tape was stuck on her body, and she couldn't get rid of it no matter how hard she was.

Not to mention breaking through the ball, it is difficult for Rafina to connect the ball now under the interference of Ronaldo.

After Ronaldo snatched the ball from Rafina's feet, he immediately turned around and launched a counterattack.

As Rafinia pressed the assist, there was a large gap behind her, and the defense of the entire Schalke 04 on the right side was useless, which gave Ronaldo a great opportunity to play to his speed advantage.

Seeing Ronaldo running wildly, Rafinia behind her tried her best but still couldn't get closer.

Schalke 04's central defender Bolden had to throw the task of defending Jan Kohler to his partner Korstakic, and ran to the right to make up for the defense.

Bolden is 189CM tall, has excellent header and strong front-facing defense ability, but it is really difficult for him to intercept Ronaldo.

Facing Bolden rushing towards him, Ronaldo directly played a specialty heel and knocked the ball over. While switching the ball to the inside, Bolden also made him fall.

After successfully cutting in, Ronaldo directly dribbled into Schalke 04's penalty area.

At this time, Schalke 04's central defender Kobe Yashvili rushed back from the midfield and stood between Ronaldo and his own goalkeeper No Yiner.

Seeing that someone from Schalke 04 returned to defense in time, Ronaldo did not choose to continue to break forward, but instead pushed the ball to the right, flashed Kobesshvili and then began to dribble the ball horizontally in Schalke 04's penalty area.

Prepare to find a chance to hit the door.

Schalke 04's defender is not a fool, and he soon discovered Ronaldo's intention.

Another central defender, Korstakic, who was guarding Jan Kohler, wanted to come up and intercept Ronaldo's moving route, but Jan Kohler blocked him behind him.

With his huge body, Jan Kohler played a common pick-and-roll tactic for Ronaldo in Schalke 04's penalty area.

Seeing that his teammates created such a good opportunity for him, Cristiano Ronaldo could not just let him go.

After turning the ball to the right and bypassing Jan Kohler and Kolstakic, Ronaldo's eyes suddenly became clear and he saw Schalke 04's goalkeeper No Yiner.

Just as Ronaldo was about to take a kick, Schalke 04's left-back Westman rushed over to make up for defense in time and blocked between Ronaldo and Novoir.

In desperation, Ronaldo had to cancel his shot and dribble the ball to the right again.

Although Westman is a left-back, his height is 190cm.

After Ronaldo dribbled the ball and bypassed Westerman's huge body again, the angle left for him to shoot was already very small.

At this time, Schalke 04's goalkeeper No Yiner was already on the verge of a high position. Ronaldo knew that even if he forced his shot, it would be difficult to break through the opponent's goal.

So he simply pushed the ball to the right and passed it to the right forward Ribery.

Just now, in order to prevent Ronaldo from shooting, Schalke 04's left back Westman had already put it into his own penalty area. Now Schalke 04's left side is empty.

After Ribery received the ball, he directly inserted it into Schalke 04's penalty area from the ribs.

Westman wanted to intercept Ribery's breakthrough, but was blocked by Ronaldo, who had just passed the ball, and learned Jan Kohler's pick-and-roll tactics.

After seeing no one blocked him, Ribery drove the ball straight towards goalkeeper No Yiner.

When he found that the situation was not good, he was responsible for keeping guard against Jan Kohler. Korstakic had to drop Jan Kohler. Korstakic rushed over and intercepted Ribery.

Ribery raised his right foot and made a move to prepare for a shot.

Korstakic was so scared that he quickly slipped the ball and blocked Ribery's face to block the hole of the gun.

But Ribery played a fake shot and real transmission. She shook her right ankle and directly passed an inverted triangle.

Schalke 04 players are indeed very tactical, because Korstakic's interception of Ribery puts Jan Kohler in an unmarked state, Kobiashvili and Bolden rushed to Jan Kohler's

I want to make up for defense around me.

This time, the overlapping positions of the two made Modric, who had just rushed to the front of Schalke 04's penalty area, no one took care of him.

At this time, Ribery's inverted triangle pass happened to pass again.

Modric, who is confident in his long-range shooting skills, will of course not be polite. Without any pause, he will just volley.

"Bang!"

The ball flew straight to the upper right corner of Schalke 04 goal like a cannonball.

At this time, Noyon, who had just moved to the left post of his goal in order to deal with Ribery's shot, was rushing back desperately.

Seeing Modric's shooting, No Yiner didn't care that his position was not yet in place. He immediately jumped and rushed towards the upper right corner of his goal.

Although No Yiner had tried his best, his jumping position was slightly left, and finally he could only watch the ball flew into Schalke 04's net from front of him.

“GOAL!”

With Modric's volley, Crystal Palace led Schalke 1:0 at home 04.

"Haha, boss, I didn't expect that Ronaldo would have such an effect when he was able to guard Rafinia. Your adjustment is really killing two birds with one stone."

Seeing that Chen Ran had just made adjustments, Crystal Palace quickly scored on the court. Whether it was Guardiola, Southgate and Simeone, they were all amazed.

This ability of on-the-spot command is not acceptable.

This goal was initiated by Ronaldo after intercepting the ball while defending Rafinia's assist. Seeing that his adjustment had a miraculous effect, Chen Ran was also secretly proud.

On Schalke 04, head coach Milk Slomka was obviously unwilling to return to Germany with the result of losing.

Under his loud shout, Schalke 04's players launched a more fierce offensive.

For Chen Ran, the team is in a difficult period now, and it doesn’t matter whether the game process is good or not, as long as you can win the game.

After seeing Schalke 04 strengthen the offensive, he called Guardiola to his side.

"Josep, you go and notify the players on the field, and then shrink the formation and fight the defensive counterattack. Then tell Fabregas and Modric to pass more to Ribery on the right."

"Schalke 04's left forward Pandel is 185cm tall and left back Westman is 190cm, allowing Ribery and Macon to use their speed advantage to attack the opponent's weaknesses. Do you understand?"

"Okay, boss."

After limiting the attacks of Schalke 04 Asamoa and Rafinia and stabilizing the defense on the left side of Crystal Palace, Chen Ran decided to "return the other way to the other person."

Since Schalke 04 chose to attack Chiellini in a fierce way, he would attack the opponent's Westman side.

Chiellini has a tall and fast-moving strange Ronaldo to help. Chen Ran wants to see if Westman can stop the repeated attacks of Ribery and Macon.

As soon as Chen Ran adjusted the center of the offense, Schalke 04 immediately felt the pressure.

Neither Pandel nor Westman were players who were good at speed. Ribery and Maicon two small cannons rushed back and forth, and after a few rounds, Schalke 04

The two players on the left were exhausted and panting.

Seeing that his adjustments were effective again, Chen Ran returned to the bench with great satisfaction and sat down.

Now, it depends on how Schalke 04's head coach Milk Slomka deals with it.

At this time, Milko Slomka of course also saw the dilemma of his left side. But after turning around and looking at his bench, he completely gave up.

Because, Schalke 04's defense line player is only Rafinia, a small man who is known for his speed, and the others are all tall people about 1.9 meters tall.

There was no suitable candidate on the back line, so Milko Slomka had to turn his attention to the midfielder.

After a lot of choices, Mirko Slomka finally chose Croatian midfielder Rakitic who had just been introduced during the summer transfer period.

Although Rakitic is only 19 years old now, his all-around performance in the midfield makes Mirko Slomka believe that this kid will definitely become a star in the future.

After careful consideration, Milko Slomka decided to take a gamble, maybe this little Croatian guy would surprise him.

So, after a simple warm-up, Schalke 04 replaced Ernst with Rakitic and took the central forward on the left. Milko Slomka obviously wanted to use Rakitic to strengthen it.

Your own left defense.

Rakitic is indeed effective after playing. Although his technical ability is only 19 years old, he is far from reaching the peak level, as a newcomer, Rakitic, who cherishes every opportunity to play, immediately ran without hesitation, greatly alleviating his ability.

The defensive pressure on Westman and Pandel.

On the sidelines, Chen Ran shook his head speechlessly when he saw this scene. This Schalke 04 is really full of talents.

In this way, after Crystal Palace restricted Schalke 04's offensive on the right, Schalke 04 also stabilized his defense on the left. The situation on the court returned to balance again.

However, Chen Ran said he was not in a hurry to do so. Only Crystal Palace could continue to maintain its lead. He had no objection to this balanced situation until the end of the game.

Until the referee blew the whistle at the end of the first half, Crystal Palace still led Schalke 1:0 04.

During the intermission, in the Crystal Palace locker room, looking at the soaked team members, Chen Ran gave everyone some ancestral blood as usual.
To be continued...