406: Fighting at home, a heavy attack against the old team
October 28, 2015, Manchester, England, Etihad Stadium, light rain, temperature 9c11c!
What is going to be played here today is a game in the fourth round of the English League Cup this season.
The two teams facing each other are Manchester City and Crystal Palace.
The starting lineups for both sides are as follows
Home team Manchester City, head coach Pellegrini, formation 442
Caballero
Back four from left to right Kolarov, Demichelis, Mangala and Zabaleta
Midfield four from left to right: Goretzka, Fernando, Yaya Toure and Jesus Navas
Double forwards Bernie and Iheanacho.??.
Visiting team Crystal Palace, head coach Tong Yi, formation: 4231
goalkeeper Maignan
The back four from left to right is Cancelo, Ferdinand, Van Dijk and Carvajal.
Double defensive midfielder Casemiro and Kimmich
Single attacking midfielder De Bruyne
The front three from left to right Asensio, Balotelli and Perisic
Obviously, both sides have formed a half-main and half-substitute lineup, and even Manchester City has more substitute players. It seems that Manchester City does not take this game very seriously!
It seems completely inconsistent with Pellegrini's remarks before the game!
Before the game, Pellegrini patted his chest in front of the media reporters and promised that Manchester City would definitely fight Crystal Palace to the end in this game, and they would even field all the main players in this round of games. The team's lineup came to face Crystal Palace to give Tong Yi a two-game losing streak.
Because in the 11th round of the Premier League this weekend, Manchester City is playing against the relegation team Norwich at home. The opponent is not very strong and they can easily defeat their opponent. Therefore, Pellegrini can rest the main players in this round of games, so in the midweek game against Crystal Palace, Pellegrini threatened that he would definitely send out all the main players.
He even said that their Manchester City team will go all out in this game and will definitely win this game.
"It seems that this guy Pellegrini has also learned bad things. He has also started to play tricks and set off smoke bombs! In this game, Manchester City did not have all the main players at all. They were led by substitutes! I don't know if it was Pellegrini. Legrini released smoke eggs before the game, because Pellegrini looks down on Crystal Palace!" Mortensen frantically started to stir up trouble, hoping that Crystal Palace and Manchester City would fight to the death.
Shearer said, "In this game, Manchester City's starting lineup really exceeded our expectations. Although last weekend, Manchester City went to fight Manchester United with all its main players. The main players used up a lot of physical energy and needed to rest. , everyone can understand it. However, you said before the game that you would play with all the main players, and now you send out this lineup. Are you not deceiving the home fans? Originally, they did not come to the stadium to watch the game, but now they all come after such a call Yes, isn’t this just naked deception?”
Yes, the attendance rate of the English League Cup is actually not high.
Even for a strong team like Manchester City, the EFL Cup match in midweek
There are not particularly many game fans.
However, Pellegrini was born to start the EFL Cup in midweek with all the main players. The Manchester City fans couldn't help it and came to the scene. Now you show them this?
It’s no wonder Manchester City fans are satisfied!
This is complete deception!
"We can guess the lineup of Crystal Palace. This guy Tong Yi likes to play rotation very much. Even since his debut, he has almost always used one lineup for the cup and one lineup for the league. So, Crystal Palace's lineup here. We can understand and guess the starting lineup of the game!" Mortensen said while looking at who was attacking the starting lineup.
Shearer said, "But I am still a little surprised. De Bruyne started today. It seems that David is very concerned about the result of this game. I think Crystal Palace still has a good chance of winning this game." of!"
At this moment, the referee of this game blew the whistle to start the game - beep!
As soon as the game started, Manchester City launched a ferocious attack.
The eyes of Crystal Palace fans are all focused on Goretzka. This guy Goretzka is facing off against his old club today. I wonder what kind of performance he can perform? Everyone is waiting to see.
The Manchester City fans at the scene shouted excitedly, and the sound shook the entire stadium.
In the cheers of Manchester City fans, Manchester City ushered in the first opportunity of the game.
With a bang, Goretzka directly sent a long diagonal ball, and the football quickly rolled to the feet of Iheanacho in the frontcourt. Crystal Palace midfielder Kimmich immediately rushed forward, made a sliding tackle, spotted the football at Iheanacho's feet, and shoveled it hard.
Kimmich is confident!
With a bang, Iheanacho was shoveled to the ground!
The Manchester City fans at the scene were instantly upset and immediately sprayed Kimmich crazily!
This is not playing football, this is simply murder!
The referee also ran over immediately, and then directly showed a yellow card to Kimmich to warn Kimmich!
Kimmich was also helpless and had no choice!
Originally, he saw the opportunity and he was very confident in tackling. Unexpectedly, this guy Iheanacho seems to have been sure that he will slide and tackle, so when he was about to tackle Iheanacho, Iheanacho turned slightly sideways, and then he tackled Iheanacho. On his feet, Iheanacho fell to the ground!
To be honest, Kimmich didn't mean it, and he didn't want to tackle anyone!
He completely fell into Iheanacho's trap!
To be honest, Kimmich was very scared, afraid that the referee would directly show him a red card and send him off. Fortunately, Lord
The referee was merciless today and only showed a yellow card. Kimmich gave it a false alarm!
However, the Manchester City fans at the scene were very dissatisfied and immediately booed the referee of the game.
Black whistle! Black whistle! Black whistle!
"This ball is indeed very dangerous. Kimmich did not retract his legs at all during the tackle. Of course, he did not expect that this guy Iheanacho would suddenly turn sideways. This was an accident! But this action is indeed very dangerous. Fierce, this is very dangerous. I wonder how Iheanacho's injury is?" Mortensen was shocked. This foul was really unnecessary!
And this action looks very cruel!
The Manchester City fans exploded at this moment!
The Manchester City players were also very dissatisfied. They gathered around and put pressure on the referee, but obviously without success.
Fortunately, Iheanacho was not seriously injured and he stood up directly.
Shhhhhhhhh! ??
The Manchester City fans at the scene still booed and gave it to the damn Crystal Palace people and Kimmich!
"Kimmich's foul was indeed very cruel, but he really didn't mean it! However, this action did meet the red card mark. Today's referee was soft! Crystal Palace is lucky. If it comes up, If one person is sent off, then Crystal Palace will really be doomed today!" Shearer also felt that Crystal Palace was very lucky. Fortunately, the referee did not show a red card!
Tong Yi on the sidelines was actually quite lucky. Fortunately, the referee did not show a red card!
He immediately came to the sidelines, called Kimmich to his side, and told him, "Concentrate, relax, and don't be so tight, you know?"
Kimmich nodded immediately, indicating that he understood!
Tong Yi continued, "You must be strong enough when defending, but don't be afraid of fouls! You have now been named to the referee, you have to be careful, don't you know? Don't foul easily!"
Kimmich immediately nodded to show that he understood.
Tong Yi still believed in Kimmich very much. He immediately patted Kimmich and signaled Kimmich to quickly go back to defend.
Free kick!
Manchester City got a direct free kick opportunity from a good position in the frontcourt!
At this time, Yaya Toure, Goretzka and Fernando all came to the football. It seemed that they all intended to take this free kick opportunity!
To be honest, the position of this free kick is not particularly good!
The ball is a bit far away from the goal, about 312 meters, and the position seems to be slightly off. Many people thought that this ball was not a good angle for a direct shot. It was better to pass the ball, so the full-back Kolarov also went up and seemed to want to get in!
"The free kick in this position is actually not very good. The distance is a bit far. This ball can directly hit the football.
Passing into the penalty area, Manchester City should still have a chance with Bernie and Mangala. "Mortensen feels that this ball is not suitable for direct shooting, and it is better to pass it.
The Manchester City players have been discussing, while Crystal Palace goalkeeper Maignan is directing the wall. In his opinion, Manchester City's goal should not be shot directly, but he was still prepared and blocked the opponent's shooting angle.
It can be seen that Maignan is still very stable.
At this moment, the referee blew the whistle for serve.
Yaya Toure suddenly took a quick run and rushed towards the football. It seemed that he was going to serve the ball. But Maignan doesn't think so. He thinks that this ball cannot be played by Yaya Toure. This guy is just pretending to confuse him.
Sure enough, as Maignan thought, Yaya Toure did not start the game at all, but quickly passed around the football.
It's just a fake move!
Kolarov behind him immediately fired at the football and glanced at the Crystal Palace penalty area!
It was very likely that this guy passed the ball into the penalty area. As a result, the Crystal Palace defensive players in the penalty area immediately pressed closely on the player they were guarding, and even squeezed hard into the middle, not giving the Manchester City people any chance.
Maignan was also preparing very seriously. He also thought the ball was going to be passed!
Then this guy Kolarov made the same move as Yaya Toure, stepping directly over the football!
Everyone was shocked, wasn't it Kolarov?
Who is that? Is it Gretzka?
Before anyone could react, Kolarov had just stepped out of the way, and Goretzka, who was ambushing behind him and running with him, had already arrived in front of the football, rounded his right leg and hit the football hard!
With a bang, the football flew out like lightning!
"Shoot! Heavy long shot!" Mortensen roared excitedly. He was also deceived by the Manchester City people!
At this time, almost no Crystal Palace players reacted!
Because Kolarov had just stepped over the football and stepped out of the way, Goretzka also got in front of the football, rounded his right leg and hit the football. In other words, Kolarov had just dodged and the football had already shot out!
This doesn’t give people any time to react!
There was chaos in the penalty area of Crystal Palace, and then the football shot out quickly from the gap in the crowd and flew straight to the upper right corner of the goal!
The ball speed is very fast!
Maignan in front of the goal immediately jumped into the air and dived out!
His reaction was already very fast, but he still didn't touch the football!
Bang, the football hit the inside of the right post of the goal hard, and then bounced into the Crystal Palace goal.
One to zero, Goretzka blasted open the door of his old club with a heavy kick.
Manchester City, playing at home, took the lead.
