When he saw that there was no Crouch in Crystal Palace's lineup, but Modric appeared, Millwall's head coach McGee knew that Chen Ran had a defensive counterattack.
McGee pouted reluctantly. He also wanted to learn Sheffield United to huddle behind to fight back. But who made Millwall play at home?
If he really did this, he would probably be scolded to death by the fans.
Therefore, Millwall attacked at the beginning. And the offensive is extremely ferocious, and it has the posture of eating the Crystal Palace in one bite.
The Crystal Palace players, who were already very proficient in Simeone's defensive counterattack tactics, did not show any panic, and executed Simeone's tactics in a straight-forward manner.
Once Millwall's ball is broken, it will be sent directly to Cristiano Ronaldo or Ribery by Guardiola or Simeone.
Although several counterattacks did not result in a goal, Millwall's arrogance was immediately suppressed.
When pressed the attack again, he couldn't let go.
At this time, Dennis Wise's strong personality was revealed.
He kept motivating Millwall's teammates and led by example, going around physically and physically for Crystal Palace players.
Maybe Goddess of Luck was moved by his hard work. When the ball was cleared out of the penalty area by the Crystal Palace defender again, Dennis Wise shot the ball from 35 meters away.
"boom!"
He actually hit a falling leaf ball, the ball drew a high parabola, and then plummeted to the upper left corner of the Crystal Palace goal.
The tall and long-armed Cech was also caught off guard. When he jumped up to make a save, he was already half a step behind, and he could only watch the ball go into the net.
Millwall 1:0 Crystal Palace.
Crystal Palace's first conceded goal of the season, appeared.
"Goal"
The entire home of Millwall suddenly turned into a sea of joy.
They were the first team to break the Crystal Palace goal this season, ending their clean sheet record.
Dennis Wise, after scoring a goal, was thrown to the ground by his teammates who rushed over to celebrate, and pressed him to the bottom one by one.
In the audience, the ones who were more excited than Millwall fans were the media reporters who had been following and reporting on Crystal Palace.
"Haha, great, Crystal Palace finally conceded the ball."
"That is, if Crystal Palace continues to win, I don't know how to praise them."
"Yes, every time I have to use different words to praise the same team, my brain cells have died a lot recently."
"You said, will Crystal Palace have their first defeat of the season?"
"I hope, isn't our previous plan to hold up that Chinese man high first, and then slam it down?"
"That's right, I also hope Crystal Palace loses. Always praising that Chinese man, I've long been impatient."
"Don't worry, it's only 20 minutes. It's too early to say anything, it's not too late to say when the game is over."
This is the first time that Chen Ran has fallen behind since he was in charge. Should he change his formation immediately, deploy the twin towers to attack, or continue to implement the established defensive and counterattack tactics?
How to do?
Chen Ran glanced at his watch, it was less than twenty minutes before the opening.
Is it too early to change at this time?
But if you don't change the formation, what if Millwall closes when he sees it, shrinks back to defend this ball, and also plays defensive counterattacks?
Several thoughts flashed in Chen Ran's mind repeatedly.
At this moment, his brain began to run at a high speed, constantly comparing and weighing various pros and cons, hoping to make the best choice.
"Peter, you go to warm up."
Chen Ran turned back and shouted to Crouch on the bench.
"Okay, boss."
Crouch stood up in response and began to move his body under the guidance of a physical trainer.
On the other side, Millwall's coaching staff also discovered the movement here at Crystal Palace.
The assistant coach immediately reminded McGee: "Boss, Crystal Palace seems to be preparing to make a substitution."
McGee turned his head and saw that Crouch's bamboo pole immediately entered his field of vision.
"Twin Towers Tactics?"
This is one of Crystal Palace's current housekeeping skills, and McGee is no stranger to it.
He took another look at Chen Ran in the distance. It was only twenty minutes before he had to change his team. This Chinese man is really decisive.
McGee is not a vegetarian either, and scoring a goal for Crystal Palace is a surprise for him.
He now has the ball in his hands and has more room for adjustment.
Since Chen Ran wants to play the two-tower strategy, McGee feels that the current four-back system may not be enough.
He decided to emulate Sheffield United's style of play, and also to make changes.
Originally, everyone's attention was on Tony, because in terms of Crouch's figure and data, there was really no deterrent.
However, when Crouch scored a very beautiful volley side hook world wave in the last round, everyone's positioning of him immediately increased a level.
After all, with a height of more than two meters, it is definitely not an ordinary person who can make such flexible and stretched movements.
Therefore, McGee thinks that in order to watch Tony and Crouch, at least three central defenders are needed.
So, he called up a tall central defender from the bench and was ready to send on the field to play three central defenders and five backs.
"Dennis!"
After arranged the substitutions, McGee called out his team leader again from the sidelines.
That's right, Dennis Wise is now Millwall's player and manager.
"Boss, what's the matter?"
Taking advantage of the dead ball, Dennis Wise ran over and asked.
"After a while, Crystal Palace switched to the twin towers strategy, and we also changed to 541. You have to pay special attention to the two sides of Crystal Palace, Ronaldo and Ribery. It is better to foul than to let them easily break through the cross and send them to the twin towers. Cannonballs."
"Understood, boss."
Soon, after Crouch's warm-up, Chen Ran replaced Modric with him, and the team became Southgate's tactics.
Chen Ran hugged Modric, who was replaced, and patted him on the back.
"Luka, you played very well. But let's concede a goal first and need to change the attack, you come down and rest first."
"I'm fine, boss, don't worry about me."
Modric responded sympathetically.
Even though the situation is not good now, Chen Ran still did not forget to comfort Modric.
After all, he is still a big boy who just turned 18. He was replaced so early. Chen Ran was afraid that he would leave a psychological shadow.
Not long after Crystal Palace made a substitution, Millwall quickly made adjustments.
As soon as Chen Ran saw that Millwall was going to replace a tall central defender, he knew that the opponent would definitely follow Sheffield United's way of dealing with him.
special meow, what are you bothering about.
"Josep!"
Taking advantage of Millwall's substitution time, Chen Ran immediately called Guardiola to the sidelines.
"You tell Chiellini and Maicon to press the attack with all your strength, let them cover Ronaldo and Ribery, and distract the opponent's defense. This way the opponent has more people to mark, there will always be loopholes, you Pass the ball to the hole with Diego. Got it?"
"clear."