Time passed slowly as Chen Ran kept looking at his watch.

Twenty minutes into the game, Arsenal's offense finally slowed down, and their players also had to take a breath.

At this moment, Chen Ran temporarily put down the stone that had been hanging in his heart, picked up a bottle of mineral water on the sidelines and moistened his throat.

He had just been loudly reminding the players on the field, and now his throat was so dry that it was almost smoking.

After drinking the water, Chen Ran turned his head and glanced at Wenger in the distance. The professor still had the same elegant demeanor. From the beginning to now, he didn't say a word, just watched quietly from the sidelines.

If Wenger were to put a goose feather fan in his hand, he could play the French version of Zhuge Liang.

After surviving the most difficult opening, the Crystal Palace players gradually adapted to Arsenal's offensive rhythm.

With the free agent Southgate specially arranged by Chen Ran to make up for the leaks everywhere, the players on the defensive line were no longer as embarrassed as they were at the beginning. After cooperating with each other to make up for the defense, they slowly gained a firm foothold.

It is becoming increasingly difficult for Henry and Bergkamp to do whatever they want in the Crystal Palace penalty area.

Although Arsenal still had the absolute advantage on the field, they never broke through the Crystal Palace goal, and the game entered a stalemate stage.

And this is exactly what Chen Ran hopes to see.

In the stands, there were a lot of media reporters here today.

Because it was the League Cup final, some senior reporters who would not normally appear here also came to the Millennium Stadium to watch the game today.

"Arsenal's strength is indeed so strong that Crystal Palace can't even breathe."

"Yes, so far, Crystal Palace has not even had a decent counterattack. This is extremely rare in Crystal Palace's previous games."

"There is an interesting thing that I don't know if you have noticed. Arsenal and Crystal Palace are the only two teams that have remained unbeaten in the league so far this season."

"Oh...it's true. One remains unbeaten in the Premier League, and the other remains unbeaten in the Championship."

"Is this comparable? What level is the Championship? Can it be compared to the Premier League?"

"You can't say that. It's not easy to remain undefeated in the British Championship. Not many teams can do it."

"That's just because Crystal Palace hasn't met a truly strong team. It's just a Championship team. How much stronger can it be, no matter how strong it is?"

"Haha, is Crystal Palace really strong or can it only show off its power in the Championship? Isn't today's game the best test?"

"That's right. Arsenal can now be said to be one of the strongest teams in England, and this litmus test has enough weight."

"Then let's see if the Crystal Palace, run by a Chinese, can pass the test today."

...

After the hard work of the players, the two sides ended the first half of the game with a score of 0:0, as Chen Ran wished.

Chen Ran moved his body and felt a little stiff after standing on the sidelines for too long.

Glancing towards the Arsenal bench, Chen Ran found that the Arsenal bench players were chatting in twos and threes while getting up and going back to the locker room. Their expressions were very relaxed and they seemed not to be dissatisfied with the score on the field.

Back in the locker room, Chen Ran looked at the sweaty team members and was very pleased.

"Guys, you performed very well. In the first half, you made the strongest team in England unable to do anything to you."

"I know you are very tired now. But you have to know that the guys at Arsenal are more tired than you because they have participated in many more games than us."

"Although Arsenal is very strong, their players are much older than you. When you feel like you can't run anymore, they must be even more unable to run than you."

"So, in the second half of the game, you have to grit your teeth and persevere. Run more aggressively and use more energy to bring down Arsenal."

"As long as you do this, the League Cup championship will be ours."

"Here I announce that as long as we win the League Cup, I will personally reward everyone with another 1 million euros."

"oh!"

"Long live the boss!"

"Boss, I love you!"

"Kill Arsenal!"

"The championship is ours!"

...

The chicken blood and bonuses immediately made the Crystal Palace dressing room excited.

The soundproofing of the dressing room at the Millennium Stadium is not very good, and the cheers of the Crystal Palace players could easily be heard outside.

This made a reporter who happened to be passing nearby couldn't help but smile sarcastically. Did they start celebrating before they even won the championship?

It is indeed a Chinese team, a group of country bumpkins who have never seen the market.

The reporter who returned to the stands immediately shared the incident with his friends.

One spreads to ten, and ten spreads to a hundred.

Soon, the news that Crystal Palace celebrated the championship early at halftime spread throughout the reporter circle.

Someone even described vividly that the Crystal Palace team opened a bottle of champagne in the dressing room, as if he was there.

"That's outrageous. It's not like Crystal Palace is leading the score, it's just 0:0. Do you think you're going to win the championship?"

"That's right. This clearly shows that Arsenal is not taken seriously."

"Hmph, if Arsenal wins the championship in the end, it will be a great show."

"That's right. We can give full play to this content after the game. I believe readers will love it."

...

At this time, Chen Ran had no idea that he was being targeted by reporters again.

All his thoughts are now focused on the game.

At the beginning of the second half, the trend of the first half continued, with Arsenal still beating Crystal Palace.

However, the current Crystal Palace players feel a little more comfortable after adapting in the first half.

50 minutes, 55 minutes, 60 minutes, 65 minutes, the score did not change, it was still 0:0.

However, the intensity of Arsenal's offense has clearly shown its decline.

"What's going on? Something seems wrong?"

At this time, even the reporters in the stands discovered the problem.

"It feels like there is something wrong with the physical fitness of the Arsenal players. They have lost a lot of running distance."

"Yes, that should be the problem. After all, Arsenal is fighting on the fourth front, and the players are very tired now."

"What should we do? Are we really going to let Crystal Palace take away the League Cup?"

"Why are you panicking? Wenger is here. We can all see the problem, why can't he see it?"

"That's it. Don't worry, Arsenal's bench is deep enough. It will be no problem to replace players who lack physical fitness."

...

As reporters expected, Wenger did discover the decline in physical fitness of Arsenal players on the field.

He immediately turned around and called the players on the bench to get up and warm up in preparation for substitutions.

However, just as he turned around, he suddenly noticed from the corner of his eye that there was movement on the bench of the Crystal Palace not far away.
Chapter completed!