In the first half, Crystal Palace played very hard.

Although the substitutes tried their best, Anelka received Drogba's header in the 35th minute of the game and volleyed through the goal guarded by Cech.

Crystal Palace trails Chelsea 0:1 away.

Moreover, after leading the score, Ancelotti, according to the plan formulated before the game, ordered the Chelsea players on the court to shrink across the board without hesitation, and returned to his own side to start the bus at halftime.

Seeing this scene in front of him, Chen Ran couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Teo, you, Ancelotti, have you, been famous for many years and won the Champions League head coach. Can you have some success?

"Boss, are we going to replace Ronaldo and Messi and others now, and turn defense into offense?"

At this time, Southgate couldn't help but come to Chen Ran and suggested.

Chen Ran looked at the time and the first half was about to end in less than ten minutes.

"Don't worry, tell the players on the field, keep calm, or follow the previous tactics. Chelsea wants to set up a bus, so let them set it up. This is their home court, I think they are embarrassed."

"I understand, boss."

With Chelsea's active retreat, the game situation suddenly calmed down.

The Crystal Palace did not attack according to Ancelotti's idea, but continued to shrink in his own half, as if they were not behind.

This time, the whole game fell into a strange balance.

Whether it is Chelsea or Crystal Palace, neither of the two teams takes the initiative to attack.

The one who holds the ball is constantly passing through the midfield and backcourt, while the other side has no intention of stepping forward and pressing.

Soon, fans at the Stamford Bridge were a little unable to sit still.

I don’t pay for tickets to see you for passing training!

Gradually, boos began to appear in Stamford Bridge Stadium.

On the Chelsea bench, Ancelotti glanced at the Crystal Palace bench not far away with an ugly face.

This little fox is really calm.

However, Ancelotti has not been a vegetarian for many years. After all, he is a man who has experienced the night of Yinstanbul.

He is not afraid of anyone than his skin.

So, Ancelotti pretended not to hear anything, sat on the bench and watched quietly as the players on the court passed around.

Seeing the head coaches of the two teams showing off their bad attitude, Stamford Bridge fans became increasingly dissatisfied. The booings before were only sporadic, but now they are getting more and more intense.

Fortunately, the referee blew the whistle to the end of the first half in time, which temporarily stopped the embarrassing situation.

Intermission, Crystal Palace locker room.

Chen Ran first praised the team members as usual, and then he looked at Suarez and Valdi.

"Louis, Jamie, you two played well in the first half. How about getting off the second half?

"Okay, boss."

"I understand, boss."

Suarez and Valdi, two young young men, knew that their task was to consume the physical fitness of Chelsea players, and they nodded in agreement.

Chen Ran turned to look at Pepe again.

"Kepler, the team will start counterattacking in the second half of the game, so you can also come down and rest first."

"Okay, boss."

Immediately afterwards, Chen Ran called out Tony, Ronaldo and Messi again.

"Luca, Chris, Leo, after you three play in the second half, Luca will be the center, Chris and Leo will be the shadow striker behind Luca. The team's formation has also changed from 532 to 4321,

Do you understand?"

"clear!"

Just as Chen Ran was busy dispatching troops, Ancelotti was not idle either.

He first replaced the goal-winning hero Anelka with Alais, and then replaced Pirlo with Essin.

While replacing a forward and front midfielder, Ancelotti also added a powerful central defender and a full-time midfielder.

This is no longer an ordinary bus, but this special one is going to have a double-decker bus.

Chelsea's formation has also been changed from 4312 to 541 by Ancelotti.

Before the second half of the game began, fans at Stamford Bridge saw that the stadium was full of players waiting to be replaced. Everyone knew that the two teams were fighting for bayonets.

When Ancelotti saw Chen Ran replace Ronaldo with three core offensive players, Messi and Tony, he couldn't help but feel secretly glad, fortunately he made preparations in advance.

On the side of Crystal Palace, Chen Ran also saw Alais and Essin standing on the sidelines waiting to play.

I couldn't help but curse in my heart, Ancelotti, the old fox, is indeed not a vegetarian, and he is really very vigilant.

Now, both Chen Ran and Ancelotti have played their trump cards. The rest depends on the performance of the players on the field.

The situation in the second half was completely opposite to the first half.

Chelsea, who was attacking wildly in the first half, now all players are shrinking in the 30-meter area of ​​its own side. Even the only striker Drogba retreated to the center line and participated in the defense.

However, Crystal Palace, which was struggling to defend in the first half, is now under attack.

Except goalkeeper Cech, two centre-backs Thiago Silva and Kompani, all other players were in the Chelsea's half.

It has to be admitted that Ancelotti's double-decker bus is indeed effective.

Within a depth of less than 30 meters, there were ten defensive players from Chelsea and eight offensive players from Crystal Palace.

People are everywhere, and space is compressed to its limit.

Even Messi and Ronaldo, who have outstanding skills, are difficult to play their characteristics.

As soon as they got the ball, two and three Chelsea defenders immediately surrounded them.

With mutual defense and replacement, Messi and Ronaldo may be able to pass one or two, but it is difficult to pass the third and fourth defensive player in a small space.

Therefore, even though Crystal Palace has an absolute advantage on the field, it is still difficult to break through the Chelsea goal guarded by Cudicini.

This situation lasted until the 80th minute.

At this time, Ronaldo forced a ball to break through in the frontcourt and was knocked down from behind by Chelsea's right-back Yin Wanovic.

While the referee gave Yin Wanovich a yellow card, he also awarded Crystal Palace a free kick in the frontcourt.

The position of this free kick is a little outside the upper right corner of the Chelsea penalty area, not far from the sideline, the position is a bit off, and the angle is too small if you hit the goal directly.

By common sense, this is not a good free kick opportunity.

Chen Ran looked up at the time on the big screen of Stamford Bridge Stadium, and only a dozen minutes left in injury time.

He silently opened the system, and he didn't dare to use the "First-level Chicken Blood Card" with too much negative effect, but now there is not much time left, so he plans to seize this free kick opportunity.

So, Chen Ran immediately used a "free kick master card" for Ronaldo.

Although Beckham was on the court at this time, Chen Ran was still more willing to believe in the power of the system.

Immediately afterwards, Chen Ran quickly walked to the sidelines and called Alves, who was closest to him.

"Dani, go and tell Chris that this free kick will be directly shot."

"Uh...Boss, are you sure?"

Alves glanced at Chen Ran in surprise, unable to believe his ears. The position of this free kick was far and far, and it was not a good opportunity to shoot directly.

"Yes, just hit the ball directly. Tell others to prepare to grab some shots."

"I understand, boss."

Modric did not play today. Ronaldo, who created this free kick opportunity, picked up the ball and walked to the serving position without hesitation.

Just now, he suddenly felt that he could score this free kick directly.

To be honest, Ronaldo himself has a little bit of this feeling.

Because this position is really not suitable for shooting directly, when he practices free kicks, he usually passes the ball in this position.

Just as Ronaldo was hesitating whether to follow his feelings, Alves broke through and ran over, telling him that the boss asked him to shoot directly.

At this moment, Ronaldo immediately made up his mind.

Anyway, the boss asked him to shoot directly, and even if he didn't play well, the boss wouldn't say anything.

After carefully putting the ball, Ronaldo took a few steps back with his steps carefully.

After standing in place, Ronaldo looked up at Chelsea's goal and took a deep breath.

Running up, legs swinging.

"Bang!"

The ball rose up in response to the sound, like a full moon scimitar, drawing a wonderful arc and flew towards Chelsea's goal.

On the other hand, after judging the defense line for the ball to fly, Kudicini quickly moved his footsteps and then jumped over.

However, Ronaldo's free kick was extremely sharp, and the ball entered the goal from the crossbar, post, and the only space left between the middle of the Chelsea goal.

“GOAL!

!

!”

With Ronaldo's super free kick score, Crystal Palace finally tied the score to 1:1 when the game was about to end.

“Fxxxk!”

Looking at the Crystal Palace players celebrating crazy on the court, Ancelotti on the sidelines couldn't help but exude fragrance.

Just a little bit, just a little bit!

Should I continue to set up a bus to defend a draw, or should I press forward and attack and win this game?

For a moment, Ancelotti was a little hesitant.

However, the pragmatic Italian quickly made a jaw-dropping choice, using the last substitution in his hand and replaced Mikel with Chelsea's only striker Drogba.

You know, Mikel is also a midfielder.

This time, Chelsea's formation on the court changed from the previous 541 to 550.

Five defenders, five midfielders, no forwards.

“…”

Seeing Ancelotti's substitution adjustment, not only Chen Ran, but everyone who was watching this game was speechless.

"Uh... this Ancelotti really did the defense to the extreme!"

In the stands, reporters attracted by this powerful dialogue looked at each other.

"This guy is worthy of being an Italian, and there is nothing else in his mind except defense."

"I wonder what expression would Abramovich look on his face when he saw this scene?"

"That must be quite exciting!"

......

What the reporters don't know is that the Chelsea boss Abramovich, whom they just mentioned, was watching the game in the VIP box at Stamford Bridge Stadium.

Seeing the situation on Chelsea, Abramovich's mouth couldn't help but twitch slightly.

"Peter, this is how Ancelotti directs the game?"

Abramovich glanced calmly at Chelsea CEO Peter Kenyon sitting beside him.

He spent so much money on Chelsea club and introduced so many stars. Is it just used to be a turtle?

"Uh...Boss, Crystal Palace is the most recognized team in the world. Carlo probably wants to save this draw. After all, there are not many teams who can score points from Crystal Palace now."

Although Abramovich's tone was calm, the invisible pressure still made Peter Kenyang's heart tight.

However, Peter Kenyon was quite kind, so he still bit the bullet and explained to Ancelotti.

"Peter, I invested so much money at Chelsea club, not to get the situation today. If you really can't do it, I can only replace people."

“…”

Hearing this, Peter Kenyon's heart suddenly became cold.

Judging from the meaning of Abramovich's words, it is not only the head coach Ancelotti who is unstable this time, but even the CEO may be kicked out.

For a moment, Peter Kenyon's mind was in a mess.

......

Meanwhile, the game on the field is still going on fiercely.

The morale of the Crystal Palace players who equalized the score was greatly boosted and continued to attack Chelsea's defense line to pursue the victory.

Unfortunately, the double-layer turtle shell that Ancelotti has made is too hard. In the end, when the referee blew the whistle of the game, the score on the big screen of Stamford Bridge Stadium was still at 1:1.

In other matches in this round of Premier League, there is also a strong dialogue, with Manchester United facing Arsenal, who started three consecutive victories at Old Trafford, ranking first in the standings.

Sir Ferguson naturally won't let his old rival Wenger climb onto his head, Manchester United beat Arsenal 2:1 at home.

In this way, Crystal Palace, Chelsea and Arsenal, all of the three teams that started the three consecutive games, stopped their winning streaks in the fourth round.

Crystal Palace and Chelsea ranked first with three wins and one draw, respectively, while Arsenal fell one point behind and ranked third.

After this round of Premier League, a two-week national team match day was ushered in.

Portugal will play two World Cup qualifiers in the past two weeks, namely, going away to Denmark on September 6 and going away to Hungary on September 10.

So, the day after the Crystal Palace and Chelsea match, Chen Ran flew to Lisbon with Ronaldo and Pepe.

Coincidentally, four Portuguese internationals who played at Chelsea, Carvalho, Deco, Paul Ferreira, and Bosingwa also took the same flight as Chen Ran.
Chapter completed!