"From a strength point of view, West Ham United is no worse than Norwich. Plus, Crystal Palace plays consecutive away games, so the probability of losing this game is very high."

"It makes sense. After ten rounds of games, the Chinese tactics have been studied by other teams. In the future games, it will only become more and more difficult to win."

"Yeah. Crystal Palace's tactics are just a back-and-forth between defensive counterattacks and twin tower tactics. It's nothing special."

"We held that Chinese man up so high before, but it's finally time for him to fall down."

"Haha, you are right, we have been waiting for this day for a long time."

"Ahem, gentlemen, please pay attention to your manners. After all, the Chinese guy hasn't lost yet, and we still need a little more patience."

"Then just wait for him for another 90 minutes."

...

Morale is something that cannot be seen or touched, but it does exist.

It is also a tight defense, but the effectiveness of West Ham United's execution is far less than that of Norwich.

The Crystal Palace wings, which were trapped in the game against Norwich, completely unfolded in this game.

West Ham United's defensive players are far less active and effortless than Norwich's players when it comes to running.

There is no way, for a temporary head coach who is about to leave at any time, who will work hard for him?

The most direct consequence of this is that when they defend the breakthroughs of Cristiano Ronaldo, Franck Ribery and others, they are often a step slower in their defense.

Don't underestimate the gap of one or two seconds, it is enough for Ronaldo and others to successfully break through.

Soon, the ball was passed one after another from both sides into the penalty area.

Tony, who had been depressed for 90 minutes in the last game, was finally able to show his strength this time.

Just 13 minutes into the game, he received a cross from Cristiano Ronaldo, made a beautiful lion flick and scored the goal of West Ham United.

As long as you score the first goal, the rest will be easy.

Chen Ran finally breathed a sigh of relief now. He was really worried that West Ham United would be as defensive as Norwich.

Now that Crystal Palace is leading 1:0, the next initiative is in Chen Ran's hands. No matter whether West Ham United changes their style of play, he has a ready-made response plan that he can use.

Seeing Crystal Palace score, Trevor Brooking suddenly had a headache.

What to do? Continue to defend or press the offense?

Trevor Brooking, who didn't have much coaching experience, was a little undecided.

Seeing that there was no movement from the West Ham United bench for a long time, Chen Ran knew that Trevor Brooking was hesitant like some of the coaches he had met before.

It's okay to hesitate, it's better to hesitate a little longer.

Chen Ran was secretly happy, he liked such hesitant opponents.

Since West Ham United does not change their formation, Crystal Palace will continue to play like this.

Soon, Crystal Palace's second goal came again.

It's still Tony, it's still a header, but this time it's Crouch who assists.

A corner kick from Crystal Palace, Crouch hit the ball in front and back, and Toney directly headed the ball into the West Ham United goal.

Crystal Palace leads West Ham United 2:0.

This time, Trevor Brooking was really anxious.

Why can Norwich draw with Crystal Palace by adopting the same defensive strategy, but their own West Ham United can't?

If this continues, Crystal Palace will probably score another goal.

Now that this is the case, it’s better to give it a try and fight.

After making up his mind, Trevor Brooking called on the forwards on the bench to get up and warm up.

Equally anxious were the reporters in the stands.

"Fxxxk, is this Trevor Brooking a waste? With the same defensive tactics, why are the results of West Ham United and Norwich so different?"

"No wonder West Ham United is looking for Alan Pardew. Trevor Brooking's ability is really not good."

"Well, it seems that after this game, we will continue to praise that Chinese guy."

"Don't jump to conclusions yet. Isn't Trevor Brooking ready to switch to the forward attack? Maybe West Ham United can stage a big comeback."

"How can it be so easy? Since that Chinese coached Crystal Palace, has Crystal Palace ever been reversed?"

"Um...it seems like there really isn't."

"Everyone should be pragmatic. I just hope West Ham United can equalize now."

"Yes, God bless Trevor Brooking."

...

Chen Ran saw movement on the bench of West Ham United and knew that Trevor Brooking was stimulated by Tony's second goal.

This is about giving it a try.

Chen Ran thought for a while, then turned around and called Yaya Toure on the bench to warm up.

Just five minutes after Toney scored the second goal, Trevor Brooking replaced a central defender with a forward, and West Ham United began to attack aggressively.

Seeing that West Ham United had changed its formation as expected, Chen Ran immediately replaced Crouch with Yaya Toure, formed a lineup with three midfielders, and launched a defensive counterattack.

West Ham United's offensive ability is still good. After pressing the attack, they scored a goal soon.

Unlucky Yaya Toure stretched out his foot to block the opponent's shot, but the ball hit his leg and changed direction.

Cech was caught off guard. He had already made a save in the direction of the ball's previous flight, and now he could only watch the ball go into the net.

However, before the West Ham fans could cheer for two minutes, Cristiano Ronaldo scored another goal for Crystal Palace, still maintaining a two-goal lead.

As soon as the Crystal Palace kicked off, Toni passed the ball back to Modric.

At the same time, Cristiano Ronaldo and Ribery moved forward from the two wingers at the same time.

Modric didn't pause after receiving the ball, and immediately made a long pass and accurately found the running Ronaldo.

At this time, West Ham United's defense had not yet recovered from the joy of celebrating the goal, and its position was a bit loose.

After Ronaldo received the ball, this time he did not go down, but diagonally into the penalty area.

After a set of tricks, before the opponent's defender could get in place, he raised his foot and shot directly near the penalty area line. The ball caught the West Ham United goalkeeper off guard and went straight to the upper right corner of the goal.

This goal immediately suppressed West Ham United's newly improved morale once again. And it never got up again until the end of the game.

In the end, Crystal Palace relied on Toni's brace and Cristiano Ronaldo's beautiful long shot to defeat West Ham United 3:1 in the away game.

Chen Ran also heard the notification sound of 1 million euros after another game.

West Ham United head coach Trevor Brooking, who made the media reporters come here in joy and return disappointed, now became the target of their venting.

In the post-match reports, many media scolded him as useless.

I don’t know if it was a coincidence or other reasons, but just a few days later, West Ham United officially announced Alan Pardew as the team’s new head coach.
Chapter completed!