"boom!"

Chen Ran slapped the boss in front of him on the table hard. These reporters who were just eating people's food and not doing anything for others made him very angry.

Just saying he is going to die after losing one game?

Really unworthy of a man!

Therefore, in the next 27th and 28th rounds of the English Championship, Chen Ran turned his anger into motivation and led Crystal Palace to defeat Burnley and Watford 4:0 and 5:1 respectively.

, let out a fierce sigh, and received a bonus of 2 million euros.

Then, Crystal Palace ushered in the first leg of the League Cup semi-finals.

Among the current League Cup semi-finals, only Crystal Palace is a British Championship team, and the others, Arsenal, Middlesbrough and Bolton, are all Premier League teams.

The League Cup changed to a two-leg format in the semi-finals. Crystal Palace was quite lucky this time and did not encounter the strongest Arsenal.

Chen Ran's opponent this time is Bolton Wanderers led by Allardyce.

Speaking of Allardyce, he is also a veteran of the Premier League.

Although he coached all middle and lower-tier teams, he never won any championships.

But it is not easy to be able to coach on the front line in the highly competitive Premier League.

Moreover, it has now reached the semi-finals, and every game is a tough battle. Chen Ran does not dare to be careless in the slightest.

At the pre-match preparation meeting, Chen Ran specially called Southgate and Simeone together.

"Gareth, I will let Vidic mark Bolton's forward Kevin Davis, and you will provide him with protection."

"No problem, boss."

"Diego, I will let Yaya Toure mark Bolton's core midfielder Okocha. But he is still young and inexperienced. If Yaya Toure is passed by Okocha, you have to make up for it in time.

Understand?"

"clear!"

Crystal Palace played away first, and Chen Ran naturally deployed a defensive and counterattack lineup.

center toney

Left midfielder Ronaldo, right midfielder Franck Ribery

Defensive midfielder Yaya Toure, defensive midfielder Modric, defensive midfielder Simeone

Left back Chiellini, center back Southgate, center back Vidic, right back Maicon

Cech

And Bolton's Allardyce also sent out all the main players, and did not underestimate the opponent because Crystal Palace is a British Championship team.

Forward Kevin Davis

Left midfielder Frandsen, attacking midfielder Okocha, right midfielder Yanakopoulos

Defensive midfielder Nolan, defensive midfielder Campo

Left back Hunter, center back Charlton, center back Ngoti, right back Ricardo Gardner

Goalkeeper Jaskolainen

...

With the referee's whistle, the first leg of the League Cup semi-finals, Crystal Palace challenged away

Bolton's game officially begins.

After experiencing the big battle with Chelsea, the Crystal Palace players now face Bolton

When attacking, he was obviously much more at ease.

Bolton fought hard for twenty minutes, but failed to even complete a threatening shot.

When Chen Ran saw this situation, he immediately felt confident and stood on the sidelines watching the game with confidence.

This Bolton is on the same level as Aston Villa.

Chen Ran had already made a plan in his mind. He would defend the first half and use up the energy of the Bolton players. Then he would wait until the second half and then change his formation to attack in order to strike back.

On the other side of the Bolton bench, Allardyce couldn't sit still.

He had watched Crystal Palace's previous games against Aston Villa and Chelsea and knew that this team's defense was very tenacious and its counterattacks were powerful, making it difficult to deal with.

But when he personally played against Crystal Palace, Allardyce discovered that the situation was more serious than he thought.

Bolton simply couldn't penetrate Crystal Palace's defense.

Okocha, the core midfielder, was annoyed by Yaya Toure, the black brother who is also from Africa.

There is no way, Okocha is 30 years old this year, and his physical function has declined drastically. Everyone knows the situation of African players.

When competing with Yaya Toure, who just turned 20 years old, Okocha suffered a huge loss.

Even though he used his skillful skills to get past Yaya Toure, another defensive midfielder Simeone immediately pounced on him, which gave Okocha no chance to organize the attack.

The two wingers Frandsen and Yanakopoulos were also guarded by Crystal Palace's Chiellini and Maicon.

Under the interference of Chiellini and Maicon, none of the passes were reliable, either with too much power or too little power.

And forward Kevin Davis, who was standing in the Crystal Palace penalty area, was also being stared at by Crystal Palace defender Vidic.

Regardless of height or strength, Vidic is head-over-heels over Kevin Davis.

That is to say, in terms of flexibility, Kevin Davis can take advantage.

However, Crystal Palace's other central defender Southgate was always nearby.

As soon as Kevin Davis used his flexible running position to get away from Vidic and get into the gap to receive the ball, he was immediately blocked by Southgate who came up to defend.

As a result, all the balls that Bolton finally passed from the wing were destroyed by Crystal Palace's defender coefficient.

So much so that Kevin Davis hasn't even had a chance to shoot.

Bolton's only two shots now are long-range shots from outside the penalty area.

There was absolutely no threat to the Crystal Palace goal held by Cech.

At this time, Bolton's usual offensive methods and the special skills they used to establish themselves in the Premier League were all ineffective.

Can Allardyce take his time?

But what can be done?

Allardyce looked back at the bench. Except for the 35-year-old French veteran Djorkaeff, he really had no confidence in the abilities of anyone else.

Looking down at his watch, Allardyce shook his head.

This is only the first half. If Djorkaeff is replaced now, his physical fitness will not last until the end of the game.

Forget it, just wait.

Therefore, both Chen Ran and Allardyce unanimously moved the time for formation changes to the second half.

The first half of the game ended calmly.

At the beginning of the second half, Allardyce replaced Yanakopoulos with Djorkaeff.

Chen Ran, who was standing on the sidelines, saw this substitution and immediately understood that Allardyce was going to initiate a general attack.

Attacked.

However, Allardyce replaced Yanakopoulos with Djokaf, which means that Djoka

My husband went to play right midfielder, which happened to be Ronaldo's side.

Ever since the last time he used Cristiano Ronaldo to defend Joe Cole with great success, Chen Ran has become a bit addicted.

As the old saying goes: use your son's spear to attack your son's shield.

Chen Ran, however, likes to attack spears with spears.

No matter in terms of body or speed, Ronaldo has an absolute advantage compared to Djorkaeff.

Since Djorkaeff was assigned by Allardyce to play as a wing midfielder, he must have certain defensive tasks.

Attack against attack, using Ronaldo to overwhelm Djorkaeff, making Allardyce's substitution ineffective.

Yes, just do it.

After making up his mind, Chen Ran immediately turned around and called the players on the bench to warm up.
Chapter completed!