Football feast, starting from the acquisition of European clubs

Chapter 446

After all, Portugal is not Crystal Palace, and they have never been good at defensive ability.The Dutch team frantically pressed on the offense and soon received results.

De Jong passed the ball to Sneijder immediately after stealing the ball from Meireles.

After Sneijder received the ball, there was no pause, and a through ball directly penetrated the Portuguese defense.

Arjen Robben on the left understood and quickly advanced to grab the ball before Portugal's right-back Miguel.

After shaking Carvalho, who was rushing to defend, Robben flicked his ankle and sent the ball into the Portuguese penalty area.

In the penalty area, Van Persie failed to jump up under Pepe's close pressing, and the ball flew across the Portuguese goal from the air.

But at this time, Dirk Dirk on the right suddenly rushed out from behind Coentrao, dived to the top, and pushed the ball into the Portuguese goal guarded by Eduardo.

Before the end of the first half, the Dutch team tied the score at 1:1.

During the intermission, Chen Ran did not blame the players for the score being equalized.

In addition to giving the players blood as usual, Chen Ran also deliberately walked in front of Nani.

"Louis, in the second half of the game, you can properly increase the inside cut."

"Really, boss?"

Hearing Chen Ran's order, Nani was both surprised and happy. He couldn't believe his ears.

Nani has always been criticized for preferring to go it alone and unwilling to pass the ball.

Unexpectedly, now Chen Ran would encourage him to hit the door directly, which was just as he wanted.

"It's true. Play well and try to score goals."

"Haha, don't worry, boss. I will definitely not let you down!"

Seeing Nani full of fighting spirit, Chen Ran nodded in satisfaction, then turned to look at Ronaldo.

"Chris, if there are free kicks in the second half of the game, you will take all the free kicks. As long as the position is right, you will directly hit the goal, understand?"

"Okay, boss, I see."

After setting up the tactics, Chen Ran quietly turned on the system, first used a "Level [-] Aim Card" for Nani, and then used a "Free Kick Master Card" for Ronaldo.

As for the Dutch team, Van Marwijk was quite satisfied with the score in the first half.In addition to reminding the players to keep working hard and not to relax, he did not make any substitution adjustments.

After the start of the second half, the two teams continued to play against each other.

When the game progressed to No.601 minutes, Nani kicked a long shot directly after cutting in from the left.

The quality of this shot was very high, and the ball flew directly towards the goal of the Dutch team.

Fortunately, the goalkeeper Stekelenberg reacted very quickly, and he threw himself sideways, barely saving Nani's shot with his fingertips.

However, the bounced ball did not fly far.

Cristiano Ronaldo, who has a very keen sense of smell in front of the goal, grabbed the two central defenders of the Dutch team, Aoyer and Heitinga, before they could react, and slammed into the net of the Dutch team with a flying shovel.

"GOAL!!!!!!"

With Ronaldo's supplementary shot, Portugal once again led the Netherlands 2:1.

Seeing that the team took the lead again, Chen Ran immediately called Boas to his side.

"Andre, you arrange for Bruno Alves to warm up now. Later replace Quaresma with Bruno Alves, let him play with Carvalho as a central defender. Then hide Pepe's position. Move, let him play the midfielder."

"The team's formation has also changed from 433 to 442. Except for Ronaldo and Nani who stayed in the front to counterattack, the other players retreated to strengthen the defense."

"Okay, boss."

Soon, Van Marwijk saw the substitution adjustment on the Portuguese side.

He immediately understood Chen Ran's intentions in his heart. He wanted to keep a one-ball lead.

Van Marwijk glanced at the game time. If counting the injury time, there is still about half an hour.The difference of one ball is not much, and the time is enough.

Immediately afterwards, he called Huntelaar and Van der Vaart from the bench.

After the warm-up, Van Marwijk replaced Dirk Dirk and De Jong with Huntelaar and Van der Vaart.

Huntelaar and Van Persie acted together as double forwards, van der Vaart played left midfielder, Robben moved to the right to play right midfielder, Sneijder and Van Bommel centered support.

The team's formation has also changed from 433 to 442 on the surface.

However, the Dutch team is now aggressively attacking, and Van der Vaart and Robben are extremely forward.Most of the time, the formation of the Dutch team has actually become a very extreme 424.

"The Dutch team is desperate!"

Not only Chen Ran, but even many fans saw the situation on the field.

"The Dutch team has always been known for its strong attack power, and I don't know if Portugal can withstand it."

"It should be possible. After all, Chen Ran started out with defensive and counterattack tactics."

"But that was in the Crystal Palace. Portugal's defense players still have a big gap with the players of the Crystal Palace. Pepe, who plays the main force in the Portuguese national team, can only play as a substitute in the Crystal Palace."

"It doesn't matter. Anyway, Portugal is leading by one goal now. Even if the score is equalized by the Netherlands, they can still play extra time or even take a penalty kick."

Just as the fans were worried, Portugal's defense was indeed struggling in the face of the Dutch team's indiscriminate bombing.

Even though Chen Ran deliberately added a central defender, the limited ability of the players still failed to prevent the Dutch team from equalizing.

When the game progressed to No.709 minutes, Bruno Alves, who came off the bench, made a serious mistake and fell off the top when intercepting Van der Vaart's pass.

After receiving the ball, Van Persie volleyed without stopping the ball. In a hurry, goalkeeper Eduardo had no time to react, so he could only watch the ball fly from his side into the Portuguese net.

At the end of the game, the Dutch team tied the score at 2:2.

Seeing this situation, Chen Ran could only shake his head helplessly.

The strength of the Portuguese players is, after all, not as good as the Crystal Palace players he has carefully selected from all over the world.

Moreover, he is just a coach, and it is impossible to replace players on the field, let alone know when players will make mistakes.

Seeing that there is not much time left in the game, Chen Ran can only prepare for overtime and even penalty kicks.

However, Ronaldo soon surprised Chen Ran.

Just when the game was about to enter stoppage time, Nani once again wanted to cut inside and shoot.

But he has played this trick several times today, and the Dutch defender is already prepared.

Just as Nani was about to hit the goal, Van der Veer knocked him down with the ball.

"beep!"

The referee on duty immediately blew his whistle, and while awarding Portugal a direct free kick, he also gave Van der Veer a yellow card.

The location of this free kick is not very good. It is just outside the upper right corner of the Dutch team's penalty area, and it is far and far away from the Dutch team's goal.

Because Chen Ran had made arrangements in advance, Ronaldo picked up the ball and put it in the position set by the referee.

Looking up at the goal of the Dutch team, Ronaldo frowned slightly. He was not sure about taking a free kick in this position.

However, Ronaldo quickly remembered Chen Ran's special explanation, and decided to hit the door directly.

After taking a deep breath, Ronaldo carefully measured his steps and took a few steps back.

Then, run up and swing your legs.

"boom!"

The ball barely rotated, and just flew to the upper left corner of the Dutch goal.

The reason why the elevator ball is difficult to defend is because it is difficult for the goalkeeper to judge the direction of the ball's flight.When the goalkeeper determined the direction of the ball, it was too late to save it.

Stekelenburg is having the same problem now, with the ball erratic around the first half of its flight.When he was sure that the ball flew towards the upper left corner of his goal, the ball had already entered the net one step ahead.

"GOAL!!!!!!"

Lore!

Ronaldo broke the goal of the Dutch team with a shocking elevator ball. At the end of the game, Portugal led the Netherlands again 3:2.

"Fuck! Ronaldo is so awesome!"

"C Ronaldo scored a hat-trick in this game, this is saving Portugal by himself!"

"Today, Ronaldo is the hero of Portugal!"

On the sidelines, Chen Ran smiled slightly as he watched Ronaldo, who was surrounded by his teammates frantically celebrating his goal. The preparations he had made before finally paid off.

On the Dutch side, whether it was the players on the field or Van Marwijk on the sidelines, everyone's faces were full of despair.

Because they have run out of time.

A few minutes after the game restarted, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game.

In the end, with Ronaldo's hat-trick, Portugal narrowly beat the Netherlands 3:2 and successfully advanced to the semi-finals of this World Cup. Chen Ran also got a "first-level chicken blood card" from the system.

"Chen Ran is really good. He even led Portugal to eliminate the favorites Holland. If Brazil is counted as the indirect victim, then he has now caused two favorite teams to go home early."

Thousands of miles away in China, the fans who had just watched the goal battle were not sleepy, and went to the post bar of the Crystal Palace to discuss the performance of Chen Ran and Portugal.

"Ahem, this game should actually be said to be Ronaldo's best. If it weren't for his hat-trick, Portugal would be much worse."

"Upstairs, don't you think about who brought Ronaldo out? If it weren't for the years of experience in the Crystal Palace, how could Ronaldo have achieved what he is now?"

"Exactly. If Chen Ran hadn't brought Ronaldo to Crystal Palace, who knows where he would be playing now."

"Now that Portugal has entered the semi-finals, can we look forward to the scene where Portugal wins the championship?"

"Upstairs, I think it's better for us to keep a low profile."

"That's right. Maybe if you stick to it, you can get the championship trophy."

After eliminating the Dutch team, Chen Ran soon got another piece of good news.

Portugal's opponents in the semi-finals have been announced. After Uruguay eliminated Ghana, they will compete with Portugal for a place in the final.

The other two teams in the semi-finals were also born. After the German team beat Argentina 4:0, they will compete with Spain, which beat Paraguay 1:0, for the remaining places in the final.

Compared with Germany and Spain, Portugal's opponent Uruguay is obviously much weaker.

Coupled with Chen Ran sitting in charge, Portugal suddenly became the favorite to win the championship.

"According to the latest data from bookmakers, more and more people are optimistic about Portugal winning this World Cup."

"After monopolizing the Premier League and the Champions League, that Chinese man has extended his clutches to the World Cup."

"If he can lead Portugal to win the World Cup, then Chen Ran will become one of the few head coaches in the world who have won both the national team and the club's highest honor."

"If Chen Ran can really help Portugal win the World Cup, then the Brazil team must not be the only one who wants to invite him to coach."

Chen Ran simply ignored the disturbance from the outside world.He is now putting all his energy into preparing for the game and the semi-finals in Uruguay.

For this Uruguayan team, Chen Ran is most familiar with the two Uruguayan strikers Suarez and Cavani who have just shown their prominence while playing for Crystal Palace.

As for the other players, except for the forward Diego Forlan and the central defender Godin, there was no one who impressed Chen Ran.

Compared with Suarez and Cavani, who are still a little immature, Diego Forlan, who is 31 years old this year, is the backbone of this Uruguayan team.

In his previous life, in addition to leading Uruguay to No.4, Diego Forlan himself won the Golden Boot of this World Cup.

The head coach Tavares is also a man of God. He has served as the head coach of the Uruguayan national team since 2006, and then he has been doing it until 2021.

Under his leadership, Uruguay has achieved many brilliant achievements, such as World Cup No.4, such as America's Cup champion.

Tavares also knew that Uruguay's strength was not as good as Portugal's, but he still insisted on his consistent tactics and was ready to have a good fight with Chen Ran, a coach who was much more famous than him.

Forward Diego Forlan, Forward Cavani
Left Midfielder Pereira, Central Midfielder Alvaro, Central Midfielder Gargano, Right Midfielder Perez

Left back Cáceres, center back Victorino, center back Godin, right back Gonzalez
Muslera
On the Portuguese side, except for minor adjustments, Chen Ran is basically still the same main lineup.

No way, this is the characteristic of second-rate teams.

There was only one set of main lineup available, and most of the remaining substitute players were too different in strength from the main lineup, so Chen Ran dared not use them easily.

Left winger Simão, center Ronaldo, right winger Quaresma

Central midfielder Meireles, Central midfielder Deco, Central midfielder Thiago
Left back Coentrao, center back Carvalho, center back Pepe, right back Miguel

goalkeeper eduardo
In order to contain Diego Forlan, Chen Ran specially arranged for the most experienced Carvalho to be in charge of marking.

And Suarez did not enter the starting list, which made Chen Ran secretly happy.

If this kid goes crazy, it's really hard to deal with.

(End of this chapter)