Without any hesitation, Cristiano Ronaldo pursued his deepest desire and shot straight away.

"The championship is ours!"

With a roar, the ball, like a cannonball, went straight to Lyman's head.

As fast as lightning!

The ball was so fast that Lehmann had no time to react.

He just subconsciously reached out to block it, but found that he didn't touch anything.

"Goal..."

The goal is valid and Crystal Palace leads Arsenal 1:0.

The ecstatic Ronaldo took off his jersey and ran towards the Crystal Palace bench.

"Boss, I did it, I scored the goal, the championship is ours!"

"I know, I know. Chris, you're awesome! You're the best!"

Chen Ran also excitedly hugged Ronaldo who rushed over and responded incoherently.

Because the impact brought by Ronaldo was too great, Chen Ran lost his footing and was thrown directly to the turf by Ronaldo.

Then, the other team members who followed Ronaldo rushed up one after another. Chen Ran, who was pressed at the bottom, let out a shrill scream.

"Fuck!"

Under the referee's order, the Crystal Palace players returned to the field one by one.

Chen Ran was finally rescued and returned to the sidelines with a look of ruin.

"Damn it, these guys must have done it on purpose."

Chen Ran cursed secretly, and then immediately shouted to the players on the court.

"Dude, please focus on me, the game is not over yet!"

"I know, boss."

"receive."

"Don't worry, boss."

...

After hearing the responses one by one, Chen Ran felt relieved, straightened his clothes a little, and turned to look at the Arsenal bench in the distance.

At this time, Wenger's face had become very serious, his brows were furrowed, and he was pacing back and forth on the sidelines.

No one among the Arsenal players on the bench was chatting or joking anymore, and all of them were watching the game on the field with solemn expressions.

But the reporters in the stands were in an uproar at this time.

"What's going on? Crystal Palace scored a goal? Do we really want that Chinese to win the League Cup?"

"What are these guys at Arsenal doing? They are at the top of the Premier League, but they can't beat a Championship team?"

"I don't think Arsenal pays much attention to the League Cup at all. Look at how they played in the second half. They didn't even make the most basic moves."

"Wenger is still careless. He probably treats Crystal Palace as an ordinary English Championship team."

"Haha, who doesn't know the virtues of these wealthy teams? They have never taken the League Cup seriously."

"Don't be anxious yet. Isn't there still time? With Arsenal's strength, not to mention the reversal, it is not a problem to score a goal to equalize the score and then take a penalty kick."

"You think so well. Haven't you seen the performance of those Arsenal players before? Except for the three new players, everyone else can hardly run."

"If this is the case, Crystal Palace has a great chance of winning the League Cup."

"Who says it isn't?"

"Then we can only continue to praise that Chinese guy?"

"if not?"

"Sigh... When will this kind of life end?"

...

After the goal, Chen Ran did not order the entire team to retreat. Instead, he maintained his previous style of play and concentrated on attacking Arsenal's right flank.

He just bullied most of Arsenal's players who now have no physical strength. The players in the midfield and backfield are seriously disconnected from the attacking foursome of Henry, Wiltord, Reyes and Pennant in the frontcourt.

Among them, Pennant now spends more energy on defense because Ronaldo is on his side.

In this game, Henry, apart from his outstanding performance in the first twenty minutes, was successfully frozen by the Crystal Palace defensive players in the remaining time.

A strong contender for the Premier League Golden Boot this season, there was no winner today.

What's more, after playing for more than a hundred minutes, Henry was tired.

After all the calculations, only Wiltord and Reyes are still considered threats.

Chen Ran also arranged for special personnel to serve them.

Substituting offense for defense, allowing Arsenal to use their remaining energy on defense to prevent them from causing trouble in the Crystal Palace half. This is Chen Ran's strategy.

At this time, Wenger had returned to the bench and sat down with a sullen face. The Arsenal players around him were so frightened that they all fell into silence. They even breathed carefully for fear of hurting him.

Wenger has done everything he can, and the rest can only depend on the performance of the players on the field.

Unfortunately, as time goes by, the decline in physical fitness of Arsenal players becomes more and more obvious, and they have begun to suffer from cramps.

At the end of the first half of overtime, the score was still Crystal Palace leading Arsenal 1:0;

Fifteen minutes later, when the referee blew the final whistle, the score remained unchanged.

In the end, Crystal Palace defeated Arsenal 1:0 with Ronaldo's goal in the first half of overtime, won the 2003-2004 English League Cup, and qualified for the UEFA Cup next season.

As soon as the game ended, Chen Ran was immediately lifted up and thrown into the air by the swarming team members.

Again and again.

"Damn it, are you done yet?"

Every time Chen Ran was thrown up, he was worried that these guys would not pick him up, and he was worried for a long time.

The moment captain Southgate lifted the League Cup trophy, Chen Ran heard a familiar system prompt.

"Ding, congratulations to the host for winning the English League Cup. In addition to the 500,000 euros bonus for winning this game, the championship bonus will be 5 million euros."

Cool!

"I didn't expect that the system actually gave the winner a reward of 5 million euros, which is quite interesting."

That night, Chen Ran and his team members had a great celebration. Then he was made so drunk by those guys with evil intentions that he couldn't even remember how he got home.

The next day, Chen Ran's photo once again appeared in all media covering football in England.

"Shocking, Crystal Palace defeated Arsenal and won the League Cup this season!"

"In a big upset, Crystal Palace defeated Arsenal, the strongest team in England, and won the League Cup."

"Crystal Palace has qualified for next season's UEFA Cup as a Championship team."

"The unbeaten team in the Championship beat the unbeaten team in the Premier League. You read that right, it's true."

"The Chinese led Crystal Palace to win the first League Cup trophy in the club's history."

"When Crystal Palace is about to celebrate its 100th anniversary, the Chinese man brought the most important championship to the club."

"The victory of the genius coach over the professor is the beginning of a new era."

Suddenly, Chen Ran once again became the focus of discussion among English fans.
Chapter completed!