McCarthy returned to the locker room with a gloomy face, ignored anyone, walked straight into the bathroom, and locked the door.

"boom!"

A clenched fist hit the wall hard.

Humiliation, this is naked humiliation!

"Chen Ran, you will pay for what you have done!"

At this time, McCarthy, who already understood that he had been tricked, gritted his teeth and said.

On the other side, in the dressing room of Crystal Palace.

Chen Ran, as usual, did not lose his temper because the team fell behind.

"Everyone performed very well in the first half. Don't worry about the penalty kick. It was just because the opponent was too cunning. We just changed our formation in the second half and took the lead back. Do you have confidence?"

"have!"

The sonorous and powerful reply echoed in the small dressing room.

Well, the momentum is good, Chen Ran nodded with satisfaction.

Arriving next to Thiago Silva, Chen Ran patted him on the shoulder.

"Thiago, don't pay too much attention to that penalty kick. Forwards are always very cunning. Just learn from experience and be more careful in the future."

"Boss, I'm sorry, I didn't do it well."

"Haha, it doesn't matter. You are still young and have little competition experience. This is a normal thing. Look, no one blames you."

"Yes, Thiago, when I was your age, my performance was not as good as yours."

Southgate also intervened in time to help Chen Ran enlighten Thiago Silva.

Seeing that his boss not only did not blame him, but also came to comfort him, Thiago Silva finally felt relieved and no longer had to worry about being hidden.

You must work harder and make fewer mistakes in future training, otherwise you will really be sorry for such a good boss, Thiago Silva secretly made up his mind.

"Guys, in the second half we returned to Simeone's defensive counterattack tactics. Modric, you replace Yaya Toure as the attacking midfielder; Cesc Fabregas, you replace Thiago Silva as the defensive midfielder;

Gareth, you go back and play as central defender. Do you understand?"

"clear!"

As soon as the second half started, people were attracted by the substitutions on the sidelines.

Crystal Palace changed two players at once, and both of them replaced defensive players with offensive players.

Anyone who knows the Crystal Palace will immediately understand Chen Ran's intention for this substitution.

This is the clarion call for attack.

McCarthy was on the bench, watching all this coldly.

At this time, he has become a head coach with no emotions.

Anyway, Sunderland now has the ball in hand and the initiative is on his side.

Don't Crystal Palace want to get the game back?

Then let's compare and see whether Crystal Palace's attack power is stronger or Sunderland's attack power is stronger.

Therefore, after shrinking by a dozen points before the end of the first half, Sunderland resumed its offensive posture in the second half.

The changes in Sunderland made Chen Ran feel happy. It seemed that McCarthy had indeed fallen into the trap.

Chen Ran's previous series of actions had three purposes.

The first was not to let Fabregas come on the field too early; the second was to reduce the defensive pressure on Crystal Palace at the time; the third was to anger Sunderland head coach McCarthy so that he would not take the lead before retreating to defense.

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Now it seems that the effect is good, and Chen Ran's three goals have been achieved.

As soon as Crystal Palace adjusted their tactics, the two wingers who had been silent throughout the first half immediately came to life.

In the first half, Cristiano Ronaldo and Franck Ribery were busy helping the team defend. The few opportunities they had, they ended up conceding the ball because there was no support, which made them very depressed.

Now, with the passing support from Cesc Fabregas and Modric's cooperation, the two of them immediately began to continuously attack Sunderland's defense. It seemed that they were going to pay back the bad temper they received in the first half.

opponent.

Because Sunderland did not shrink their defense, this gave Crystal Palace plenty of offensive space and greatly reduced the difficulty of Fabregas' passing.

Soon, Fabregas' left and right maneuvers caused Sunderland to suffer.

First, Franck Ribery on the right got the ball and broke through with the ball, passing a cross that allowed Toni to take full advantage of his header.

If not for the bravery of Sunderland's goalkeeper to save the ball, Crystal Palace would have equalized the score.

Immediately afterwards, Cristiano Ronaldo on the left received a pass from Fabregas, passed the two of them and rushed directly to Sunderland's penalty area.

Sunderland's defense has indeed experienced the baptism of the Premier League and did not panic when seeing this situation.

Some stepped forward to block Ronaldo's breakthrough route, and some left to double-team Tony to prevent him from grabbing points. This suddenly stumped Ronaldo.

He was blocked in front of him, pursued by soldiers behind him, and Tony in the penalty area was also being watched closely. For a moment, Ronaldo didn't know what to do.

After all, Cristiano Ronaldo is still very young now, and he is far from the state of later generations where he can simplify the complex and make it easy.

If Ronaldo's past habits were followed, he would definitely be doing a few fancy fake moves now, the best way to get past people, and if he couldn't get past, he would force the goal. As for whether he can score a goal, it depends on luck.

However, since Chen Ran used the Porsche 911 as a carrot to dangle him, passing the ball, which used to be the last choice, has now become Ronaldo's first choice.

If Tony is being targeted, he will definitely not be able to pass the ball.

Ribery was too far on the right, and he was too short. People in the penalty area blocked his position, making it impossible to see him clearly.

When he was feeling worried, suddenly, from the corner of his eye, Ronaldo saw a small man running towards the arc of the penalty area, it was Modric.

It's you. Ronaldo, who has already brought the ball into a dead end, flicks his ankle and passes an inverted triangle.

Modric had just scored a beautiful volley in the air in the previous game. At this time, Ronaldo passed the ball over again, and then the defensive players around him had not had time to catch up.

It was a good opportunity. Modric had a successful case of scoring goals before, and this time he did not hesitate to meet the ball and volleyed in the air.

"boom!"

Just like last time, Modric stretched his instep to 90 degrees again, and the ball was still as flat and fast.

However, this time the ball did not go into the goal, but hit the crossbar hard and then bounced high into the air.

As soon as Tony saw it, he immediately rushed towards the spot where the ball landed, preparing to fight for the header.

It's a pity that the defender responsible for marking Tony did his duty and never left Tony's side.

Tony judged the ball's landing spot very accurately, but as a big man, he was firmly tied to the ground and could not jump up at all. The ball was headed out of the penalty area by the Sunderland defender.

However, physics tells us that forces interact.

While Tony was being pulled away from jumping up, Sunderland's defender was also interfered with by Tony.

Therefore, the ball that was pushed out of the penalty area did not fly far.

Coincidentally, it happened to fall in front of Modric who had just completed a shot.

Modric was also stunned. Does this mean he wants me to hit him again?

Then I won't be polite.

"boom!"

Before the ball hit the ground, Modric stepped up and volleyed in the air again.

I have to say that the basic skills of Eastern European players are really solid.

Hitting the goal with two consecutive kicks, Modric's footwork was exactly the same, with almost no changes.

This time, the ball went straight into Sunderland's goal like a shell.
Chapter completed!