Taking advantage of the dead ball, Chen Ran called Ribery, who was relatively close to him, over.

"Frank, you and Messi will switch positions for a while, and then focus on increasing the number of inward shots to suppress Chelsea's offense."

"Don't worry, boss, I'll take care of it."

Ribery slapped his chest, still looking like he was not stingy. In his eyes, except Crystal Palace, all other teams are rubbish.

Soon, Chen Ran's adjustments bore fruit.

Messi, who switched to the right, followed Chen Ran's instructions and began to cut inside frequently.

Because Crystal Palace's right back Maicon also often provides assists, Chelsea's left back Ashley Cole can't take care of it alone.

In addition, Chelsea's formation does not have a wide midfielder, which means that Ballack, who has now switched to the left midfielder position, has to reduce the number of forward penetrations and spend more energy on helping Ashley Cole defend.

Correspondingly, after Ribery began to cut inside and hit the goal, Lampard no longer dared to participate in the attack so actively.

Under the defensive weapon, the pressure on Crystal Palace's defense was immediately relieved a lot.

Unlike traditional centers such as Toni and Jan Kohler, although Ronaldo is now at the forefront, he does not stay in the Chelsea penalty area waiting for his teammates to pass the ball.

Instead, he kept running out of the penalty area to cooperate with Messi or Ribery, and then turned back to rush forward to grab a shot.

This was a disaster for Terry, who was responsible for guarding Ronaldo. Ronaldo ran out of the penalty area and he had to follow him.

But when Ronaldo turned forward to grab a shot, Terry's reaction and speed were a bit difficult.

In the first half of the game, when Terry was full of energy, this was not obvious.

But as the game time increased, Terry's movements became slower and slower, and he gradually couldn't keep up with Ronaldo's rhythm.

When the game reached the 67th minute, Messi, who received Modric's pass, cut inside again.

At the same time, right back Maicon also rushed up from behind.

Should he continue to follow Messi, or should he stay and watch Maicon who is driving forward at high speed?

What if I go to confront Messi and Messi takes the opportunity to pass the ball to Maicon who is unmarked?

After hesitating for a while, Ashley Cole finally decided to stay and guard against Maicon, leaving the task of marking Messi, who had already cut inside, to Ballack, who rushed back from the midfielder position in time.

However, Ashley Cole forgot to consider Ballack's technical characteristics.

Ballack, who is 189cm tall, has all the advantages of a traditional German player. He is good at offense and defense and can be called an all-round player.

But it would be really difficult for Ballack to defend Messi, who is small, fast, skilled and extremely flexible.

Facing Messi, Ballack seemed like a wooden pile.

Messi swayed left and right, and with a few fake moves, he deceived Ballack's center of gravity. Then with a light poke of his right foot, he passed the ball from between Ballack's legs to C, who ran out of the penalty area to meet him.

Luo.

Ronaldo received the pass without any pause and directly used his heel to knock the ball back to Messi who was bypassing Ballack.

Ronaldo himself immediately turned around and rushed towards Chelsea's penalty area with all his strength, bypassing Terry who was following him.

When the ball returned to Messi's feet again, Messi did not hesitate at all. He opened his ankle and used the inside of his right foot to send a through ball to Ronaldo, who was sprinting desperately.

Messi's through ball was delivered with just the right amount of weight, and it appeared on Ronaldo's path with enough advance.

Realizing that the situation was not good, Carvalho, another Chelsea center back, immediately rushed over and made a flying tackle, trying to destroy the ball out of the penalty area.

Ronaldo, who saw Carvalho's action, first gently picked up the ball with his toes, and then jumped up himself.

He just missed Carvalho's flying tackle and jumped over Carvalho with the ball.

At this time, Cudicini found that there were no Chelsea teammates between himself and Ronaldo, so he decided to abandon the goal and attack. He spread his limbs as much as possible, expanded the defensive area and pounced towards Ronaldo.

Faced with Cudicini's attack, Ronaldo did not choose to go over, but flicked his ankle and directly sent a shot.

Cudicini hurriedly reached for the ball, but unfortunately Ronaldo's shot had a high enough arc. The ball flew past Cudicini's fingertips and into Chelsea's net.

"GOAL!"

With Cristiano Ronaldo scoring twice, Crystal Palace leads Chelsea 2-0 at home.

As soon as the second goal was scored, the entire Crystal Palace home court immediately erupted into excitement.

The fans of the home team cheered and sang the Crystal Palace anthem loudly, their voices resounding through the sky.

Because since Chen Ran took charge of Crystal Palace, the team has never had a record of being overturned by its opponent when leading by two goals.

On the Chelsea side, Ancelotti frowned and could no longer see the slightest trace of relaxation before the game started.

Completely different from Mourinho who focuses on wing attacks, Ancelotti concentrates all his forces in the center.

For most opponents, Chelsea can break through the opponent's defense with the help of strong players in the team.

But once he encountered an opponent as powerful as Crystal Palace, Ancelotti was a little scratched his head.

Especially after Chen Ran replaced Yaya Toure, Crystal Palace now has three defensive midfielders on the court.

If Chelsea continues to attack from the center, it will probably be in vain.

In fact, Ancelotti is not without wing players. Although he let go of Robben in the summer, Chelsea also introduced French international Malouda from Lyon, plus the original Joe Cole in the team.

and Wright Phillips, there is no shortage of manpower.

Seeing that his current tactics could not break Crystal Palace's defense, after hesitating for a while, Ancelotti finally decided to make substitutions.

Soon, Chen Ran saw that Chelsea replaced Ballack with Malouda and Pirlo with Belletti.

Chelsea's formation on the field also changed from 4312 to 442, with Malouda as the left midfielder and Joe Cole playing as the right midfielder from the attacking midfielder position.

Essien returned to the center from the right back and formed Chelsea's double central midfielder with Lampard, while Belletti replaced Essien as the right back.

"Ancelotti is going to switch to wing attack."

Chen Ran immediately saw through Ancelotti's intention of making substitutions and adjustments, and immediately turned around and called Guardiola to his side.

"Josep, you tell Evra and Alves to warm up now and replace Ribery and Modric with them later."

"The team's formation has changed from 451 to 442. Evra and Alves will serve as left and right midfielders respectively. Cristiano Ronaldo will still play center and Messi will play shadow forward."

"Tell Evra and Alves that their main task after coming on the field is to show me Chelsea's Joe Cole and Malouda."

"Okay, boss."

Soon, after Chelsea used up three substitution places early, Crystal Palace also used up three substitution places.

Seeing Chen Ran's substitution, Ancelotti's face immediately darkened.

It's amazing, this Chinese guy's reaction is really fast.

I just arranged for the team to switch to wing attack, and Crystal Palace immediately made corresponding substitution adjustments, leaving no chance for myself.

However, the matter has come to this, and Ancelotti, who has used up his substitution quota, can only bite the bullet and continue to move forward.

With the successive changes in formations of Ancelotti and Chen Ran, the offensive and defensive focus of Crystal Palace and Chelsea has also shifted from the previous center to the current wing.

Suddenly, whether it was Malouda and Joe Cole on Chelsea's side, or Evra and Alves on Crystal Palace's side, these players who had been replaced with sufficient physical strength were struggling on both wings.

Indistinguishable.

The game was once again deadlocked, which was certainly acceptable to Chen Ran. After all, Crystal Palace now had a two-goal lead, and he could sit on the bench and watch the game in a relaxed mood.

On the Chelsea side, Ancelotti could not sit still for a moment. He stood on the sidelines and continued to direct the players to attack, attack, and attack again.

It was not until the end of the game that Chelsea finally sent a cross from Belletti on the right. Drogba in the penalty area beat Vidic to grab the ball and header.

After Cech struggled to save the ball, Shevchenko was one step ahead of Thiago Silva and blocked the ball into the Crystal Palace net, getting a goal back for Chelsea.

In the end, with Cristiano Ronaldo scoring twice, Crystal Palace defeated Chelsea 2:1 at home.

While scoring the key three points, Chen Ran also received a "Level 1 Rehabilitation Card" from the system.

In other matches of this round of Premier League, Manchester United defeated Bolton Wanderers 1:0 away from home, Arsenal also defeated Wigan Athletic 2:0 away from home, and Liverpool defeated Newcastle United 3:0 at Anfield.

With the victory over Chelsea, Crystal Palace maintained its position at the top of the standings, with Manchester United one point behind, while Chelsea is now four points behind Crystal Palace in third place.

The day after the game against Chelsea, Chen Ran took the Crystal Palace team to fly to Norway. Three days later, Crystal Palace's away game against Rosenberg in the UEFA Champions League group stage was about to start again.

Although it is an away game in the Champions League, given Rosenberg's limited strength and Crystal Palace's previous four consecutive group stage wins, the qualifying situation is excellent.

More importantly, this Champions League group match will be played on November 29, and on December 1, Crystal Palace will have a match in the 15th round of the Premier League, where they will challenge Sunderland away from home.

Therefore, Chen Ran still made a large rotation of Crystal Palace's starting lineup. All the players who played the entire game against Chelsea sat on the bench.

In the end, with the goals of Dzeko and Cavani, Crystal Palace drew with Rosenberg 2:2 in the away game. While achieving four wins and one draw, it was guaranteed to advance to the Champions League tenth place as the first in the group one round in advance.

Top six.

As soon as the game ended, Chen Ran flew back to London with the team overnight.

Chen Ran is now used to the abnormal schedule arranged by the damn Football Association.

Fortunately, Sunderland is not a strong team. Although it is not easy to fly back and forth, Chen Ran's rotation in advance still ensures that the main players of Crystal Palace have enough physical fitness to defeat the opponent.

In the end, with the goals of Cristiano Ronaldo, Thiago Silva and Vieira, Crystal Palace easily defeated their opponent 3:1 in the away game.

While getting three points, Chen Ran also received a winning bonus of two million euros from the system for a long time.

In other matches of this round of Premier League, Manchester United defeated Fulham 2:0 at Old Trafford, and Chelsea defeated West Ham United 1:0 at Stamford Bridge.

Arsenal defeated Aston Villa 2:1 away from home, while Liverpool defeated Bolton Wanderers 4:0 at Anfield.

In the league standings, Crystal Palace is still one point ahead of Manchester United and four points ahead of Chelsea.

A week later, in the sixteenth round of the Premier League, Crystal Palace went to Old Trafford to challenge Manchester United.

Just when Chen Ran was leading the team to actively prepare for the game, Stephen found his office again.

"Chen, the latest news is that the negotiations between the G14, UEFA and FIFA have made progress, and the opinions of various member clubs are now being solicited."

"Oh? Is there any progress? Could it be that UEFA and FIFA have made concessions?"

After hearing the news brought by Stephen, Chen Ran, as a reborn person, actually already knew the outcome, but he still cooperated and acted.

"Well...it's considered a concession. However, this concession is conditional."

"UEFA and FIFA agreed that they can provide corresponding compensation to the player's club for injuries sustained while representing the national team. But the condition is: G14 must be disbanded."

"Disbanding G14? This is expected."

Hearing the same conditions as in his previous life, Chen Ran knew that the wheel of history was still running on its original trajectory.

"Uh...Chen, you don't seem surprised by this condition?"

Stephen was very surprised by Chen Ran's expression of not being surprised at all.

"What's so surprising about this? If I were president of UEFA or FIFA, I would do the same thing."

Seeing Stephen's reaction, Chen Ran secretly reminded himself that when acting, you have to do the whole thing.

"Well...it seems like this is really the case. Chen, when the G14 meets, how will we express our position? Should we agree or disagree?"

"There is no need to rush to express your position. We will just wait and see the results when the time comes."

"Uh...Chen, what do you mean..."

As Chen Ran's friend for many years, Stephen immediately noticed that there was something in Chen Ran's words.

"When G14 was first established, it was a big success. But after so many years, it has achieved nothing. If we hadn't joined G14 a while ago, this organization would have been almost forgotten."

"Now that UEFA and FIFA are finally willing to give in, why don't those guys just give up as soon as possible?"

"Anyway, I finally got real money in exchange. It can be said that all the hard work was not in vain. Now I stop and have an explanation for all aspects, which can be regarded as a HAPPY ENDING."

"Ah? Then our Crystal Palace just joined G14 and it ended. Wouldn't it be a waste of time?" After listening to Chen Ran's analysis, Stephen suddenly felt a little disinterested.

"Who said all the hard work was in vain?"
Chapter completed!