Breaking a dense defense is a world-class problem. Sunderland is just a relegated Premier League team. No matter how confident McCarthy is, he can't guarantee that he can break Crystal Palace's iron barrel formation.

"Is this Chinese man going to hold on to the end?"

McCarthy turned his head and glanced at Chen Ran in the distance. It was difficult to deal with this.

Just as McCarthy expected, although Sunderland had an absolute advantage on the field, despite the violent storm, the Crystal Palace, a small sampan in the vast ocean, could not sink.

The experienced Southgate is like a skilled tinker, helping his teammates fill holes everywhere.

Wherever there are mistakes, you can see his presence.

Coupled with the fact that Southgate, as the captain, spared no effort to cover up the defense, it also greatly inspired the fighting spirit of the young teammates on the field.

If there were statistics at this time, we could find that the running distance of the Crystal Palace players was a full 10% more than the same period in the past.

However, there is always a gap in every hundred secrets.

Thiago Silva, who had not had many opportunities to play before, was fooled by the Sunderland forward during a defense. He did not grasp the timing of extending his foot well, and was successfully deceived by his opponent into a penalty kick.

Under the interference of Chiellini, Sunderland's right midfielder reluctantly passed a low-quality cross.

The ball was not passed. The arc of the ball was very low and it would hit the ground before it reached the front goal post.

Thiago Silva saw that the ball was very difficult and he could easily break it out of the penalty area.

In order not to give the opponent a corner kick, he adjusted and tried to drive the ball out of the sideline with his left foot.

However, Sunderland's forward was very clever. Before Thiago Silva touched the ball with his left foot, he put his foot between the ball and Thiago Silva.

At this time, Thiago Silva kicked the Sunderland forward's foot.

"ah!"

The Sunderland striker fell to the ground.

The voice was shrill and the expression was painful.

The referee did not hesitate and immediately awarded a penalty kick.

Why is it a penalty kick?

When did that foot come over?

Thiago Silva was stupid at the time. He finally got a chance to start. If the team's winning streak was broken due to his own fault, would the coach still use him in the future?

At this moment, Thiago Silva felt that the entire sky at the Stadium of Light was gray.

There is no way, at this time Thiago Silva is still very young and inexperienced, and is far from being the world's top central defender in future generations.

Maybe, this is the price you have to pay for growth.

Chen Ran, who witnessed the whole incident on the sidelines, shook his head helplessly.

What can he say? If he wants to take advantage of these future stars before they mature, he must be mentally prepared to pay their tuition fees.

Offensive players can still rely on sudden flashes of talent, while defensive players can only rely on accumulating experience game by game.

There are no shortcuts on this road.

Southgate stepped forward to comfort the crying Thiago Silva, and then began to direct the team to prepare for penalty kicks.

"boom!"

The ball hit the net.

Although Cech judged the right direction, because the angle was too tricky, he could only watch the ball go into the net.

Sunderland 1:0 Crystal Palace.

"oh......"

The Stadium of Light can accommodate more than 40,000 people. Because Sunderland played against the league leaders, more than 30,000 spectators came today. Seeing the home team score, the entire stadium suddenly turned into a sea of ​​joy.

"Alas, I tried my best but still couldn't hold on to the first half."

Chen Ran sighed lightly, things can't always go as he imagined.

I looked down at my watch and saw that only half an hour had passed since the game.

what to do?

Change the formation now?

Is it too early?

Chen Ran looked back at Fabregas and then at Sunderland's bench. McCarthy happened to be looking over at him too, and the two looked at each other.

After nodding to each other, Chen Ran's heart moved. It seemed that McCarthy was also paying attention to whether he was changing his formation.

Then let him be nervous first?

Yes, just do it.

Chen Ran immediately turned back to greet Fabregas and rushed him to warm up.

McCarthy, who had been paying attention to Chen Ran's every move, immediately noticed the movement on the Crystal Palace bench.

No, Crystal Palace is going to launch a counterattack.

Crystal Palace's winning streak since the beginning of the season has allowed all teams to see their scoring ability. Realizing that Chen Ran was going to change his attack, McCarthy immediately sounded the alarm in his heart.

Thinking of this, McCarthy quickly walked to the sidelines and took advantage of the dead ball to call the captain over. He told him that Crystal Palace might have to change their formation to attack, and asked the players to strengthen their defense and prepare for the challenge.

Sunderland is indeed a team that just came out of the Premier League, and the players' tactical quality is quite high.

As soon as McCarthy's order was given, the team began to shrink its formation. The offensive momentum immediately dropped, and the pressure on the Crystal Palace defense was greatly relieved.

After five minutes of warm-up, Fabregas returned to the bench and began to change into his playing equipment.

It took three minutes for Fabregas to change his equipment and was called to the sidelines by Chen Ran again and began to give him face-to-face instructions.

Chen Ran put one hand around Fabregas's shoulders and blocked his mouth with the other.

"Ceske, no matter what I say next, you must keep nodding your head and act like you understand, and you can't show any surprise. Do you understand?"

Fabregas was stunned for a moment, then tried to control his expression and nodded stiffly.

"Boss, what are you doing?"

Fabregas also followed Chen Ran's example, covering his mouth with his hands and asked.

"Ease our defensive pressure."

"What? Will this relieve defensive pressure?"

Fabregas was stunned. Did he stand on the sidelines chatting to relieve the team's defensive pressure?

La Masia has never taught this.

However, standing on the sidelines at this time, he could clearly see that Sunderland had indeed begun to shrink its formation and reduce its offensive momentum.

what happened?

Does this trick really work?

Are you too young and have too little knowledge about football?

At this moment, Fabregas felt that his understanding of football had reached a new level.

It turns out that football can still be played like this.

The boss is indeed a boss, he is awesome.

So, under the admiring gaze of Fabregas, Chen Ran chatted with him about his life at La Masia until the referee blew the halftime whistle.

As soon as the whistle blew, Chen Ran hugged Cesc Fabregas and walked straight back to the bench, ignoring the glare from the distance that was like a sharp sword.

McCarthy was going crazy.

After he gave the order to shrink the formation, he saw Chen Ran standing on the sidelines giving instructions to Fabregas.

Moreover, this Chinese man paid great attention to details and deliberately covered his lips with his hands. He must be making important arrangements.

Humph, luckily I reacted quickly.

By the time Cesc Fabregas came on the field, Sunderland were already ready to deal with it.

Moreover, there is not much time left before the end of the first half, and this substitution from Crystal Palace will no longer have much effect.

Thinking of this, McCarthy secretly gave himself a thumbs up.

His reaction to on-the-spot command is quick, and he will become a famous commander in no time.

However, there were no substitutions from Crystal Palace until the end of the first half.

This liar!

It's really too despicable, too shameless, and too insidious!
Chapter completed!