108. The moment of victory
4312, this is a formation that Crystal Palace players have never tried before. This is a temporary adjustment forced by Wen Sheng due to the situation on the field. In fact, it is not difficult for the players to adapt. They have already experienced half of the
After many seasons and dozens of games, they have a strong sense of understanding.
Frankly speaking, Wen Sheng's adjustment was for defense, to limit Kanu and Boateng. There was no need to consider offensive issues in the backcourt, just concentrate on defense.
Portsmouth had been suppressed for more than ten minutes, and the game had reached about 70 minutes. Crystal Palace fans were not having an easy time at this time. Everyone was very nervous. Who would have expected that Kanu would cause such trouble?
Woolen cloth.
Wen Sheng looked at Grant and thought to himself that he had led Chelsea after all. After all, he was the head coach who led Israel to the World Cup qualifiers and played quite well. He still had two skills.
You are not a straw bag, and I am not a straw bag either! Wen Sheng snorted coldly.
The Crystal Palace players received Wen Sheng's instructions and immediately changed formations and defensive positions. Thanks to the long-term tacit understanding between the players, the Crystal Palace immediately formed a very stable zone defense.
The effect was immediate, and Portsmouth was immediately on fire.
Grant was frowning and very distressed. His team had no luck in this game. They had a chance to take the lead in the first half. In the second half, his team also had a good chance to equalize the score, but they missed it!
It is undeniable that Crystal Palace also created some opportunities, but Grant does not think that their chances are better than his own, so this can only be attributed to luck.
As time passed by, Portsmouth gradually became tired. It couldn't stop playing, and it couldn't create any good opportunities despite trying other methods. Everyone will get tired.
Grant made another substitution adjustment one after another, but his adjustment was quite interesting. He replaced Boateng with Utaka. He increased the manpower in the penalty area. Boateng was very unhappy. He thought that he was the best in terms of performance.
one, but Grant did not keep him.
He sat back on the bench with a little anger, and his teammates next to him comforted him.
Grant doesn't care about Boateng's reaction. Boateng is not a forward. How can he reach the penalty area?!
He is not Wen Sheng. If Wen Sheng were replaced, he might not be able to make Boateng the center forward. After all, the prince of violent aesthetics has a pretty good physique.
Utaka is not much different from Dindane when he plays. He is less than 1.8 meters tall, and physical confrontation is not his strong point. His strong point is speed, but the Crystal Palace defense is already very tight, leaving little space for him, so he
It's no surprise that I got lost in the restricted area of Crystal Palace.
Wen Sheng firmly suppressed the team's desire to score. The time has reached more than 80 minutes. The team does not need to pursue another goal. The team's task is to defend.
"Sean, watch your back!"
"Slow down the pace! Don't press up!"
"Stay in formation!"
The Crystal Palace fans in the stands were jumping and singing, cheering the players on and waiting for the end of the game.
Parrish and the others stood up from their seats, anxiously waiting for the final whistle.
Clattenberg played the stoppage time card on the sidelines.
"5 minutes!"
"Fuck!" Wen Sheng was furious. Both sides acted fairly cleanly in this game, and the interruption in the second half was far less than five minutes.
"What the hell, five minutes of added time!" Wen Sheng quickly ran towards Clattenburg, pointing at his watch with great anger.
"Please calm down! Wen!" Clattenberg comforted him as usual.
"I'm so calm! How did you calculate these five fucking minutes?!" Wen Sheng was really angry.
"Calm down, calm down!" Clattenberg kept trying to persuade Wen Sheng to calm down. There was no other explanation.
Wen Sheng walked away with a puff of his sleeves. He didn't want to make any noise anymore. It was useless to talk.
So what if ten minutes were given? The iron-barrel Crystal Palace was leaking nothing. Portsmouth made their last efforts, but to no avail. Amid the expectations of the Crystal Palace fans, Chris Foy finally blew the whistle to end the game.
Voice.
1:0! Crystal Palace defeated Portsmouth at Wembley, won the FA Cup in the 2009-10 season, and qualified for the UEFA Europa League group stage next season.
Wen Sheng and everyone on the bench rushed into the stadium. The Crystal Palace fans cheered loudly. Parish and the others hugged each other and congratulated each other.
"here you go!"
"Thanks for your hard work!"
"marvelous!"
Amid laughter, the Crystal Palace players hugged each other tightly. A few months ago, who would have thought that they would create club history today?!
But history needs people to write it, and their names will always be recorded by the Crystal Palace.
Someone couldn't wait to take out the champagne and spray it.
Several young men aged seventeen or eighteen were always afraid of Wen Sheng, and today they were surprisingly bold and actually sprayed champagne on Wen Sheng.
Wen Sheng hurriedly ran around to hide, and accidentally ended up hiding in Portsmouth.
Wen Sheng had no choice but to politely shake hands with the Portsmouth players.
These guys were a little sad. They shook hands with Wen Sheng absent-mindedly and didn't even say a blessing.
Their head coach Grant is still interesting.
"Congratulations!" Grant's smile was a little forced.
Wen Sheng couldn't bear it. Although the shell he was possessing was of Chinese origin, he was indeed an Englishman and a native of Croydon. During this period, some media were already boasting that our country was going to have an emperor star coach.
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Grant was different. He tried every possible means to find a way to join a veteran of the same race. As a result, he was unlucky and met with unkind people. Chelsea treated him like a garbage collector and kicked him out. When he returned to Portsmouth, he returned to Portsmouth again.
He took office when the club was the worst coach. It is not easy for a foreigner to work hard here.
However, the winner is the king and the loser is the bandit. Wen Sheng then forgets his sympathy.
"Thank you! Mr. Grant, we are just the lucky party!"
After leaving Grant, Wen Sheng saw Boateng standing alone on the edge of the field looking at the Crystal Palace players celebrating in the stadium, and he walked over with a thought in mind.
"Hi! Kevin!" Wen Sheng patted Boateng on the shoulder from behind.
Boateng turned around and saw Wen Sheng, and reluctantly stretched out his hand to hold Wen Sheng's hand without any expression.
"How's it going?! Are you interested in joining my team! Next season you can not only play in the Premier League but also go to the European competitions to show off your skills!" Wen Sheng whispered the invitation.
Boateng was confused. He didn't expect Wen Sheng to trick him like this.
Wen Sheng smiled and said, "Think it over carefully, I'm looking forward to your joining!"
Leaving the confused Boateng behind, Wen Sheng walked away happily.
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The staff of the Football Association set up the stadium celebration stage, while Wen Sheng and others were waiting on the sidelines to receive the awards.
When the time came, as the head coach of the team, Wen Sheng was pushed to the front by Delhi and the others. There is no doubt that Wen Sheng was the biggest contributor to the team's championship. Everyone believed that Wen Sheng was from the bottom of their hearts. Without him, there would be nothing today.
This is something that fans strongly agree with.
Wen Sheng walked up the stairs, and fans on both sides of the tunnel gave him high-fives.
Soon he came to a special place, where his grandparents were.
"Good job Danny!"
"Congratulations! Danny!"
Charlie and Susan hugged Wen Sheng tightly and were very excited. Wen Sheng comforted them, and it took a long time for the three of them to separate.
A few steps later, Cheryl was waiting for him with open arms.
Chapter completed!