429: Playing with the people of Eindhoven

In the previous five rounds, Crystal Palace has achieved 3 wins and 1 draw, with 10 points. It is certain to advance to the top 16 of this season's UEFA Champions League. What is not certain now is whether Crystal Palace can win the first place in the group. First place in the group is quite useful, as there is a greater chance of encountering a weaker team.

Therefore, Tong Yi still hopes to win the first place in the group.

However, he will not invest too much in the UEFA Champions League group stage. After all, qualifying has been confirmed, so he needs to put more advantageous forces in the league.

The Premier League is the priority! ??

Therefore, in this round of the game against Eindhoven, Tong Yi rotated the team's starting lineup.

Tong Yi allows more Crystal Palace main players to have time to rest, and then can devote more energy to the league.

Eindhoven has been pushed to the edge of the cliff. They currently have only 3 points and are ranked last in the group. If they want a chance to qualify, they have to catch up in the next two rounds, and they also have to look at the face of second-ranked CSKA Moscow.

However, overall, they still have a chance.

This game for Crystal Palace is very crucial. If they win at PSV, they still have a chance. If PSV loses or draws, there will be no chance at all.

Therefore, in this game, Eindhoven will definitely go all out.

Before the game, Eindhoven's head coach Cocu said directly, "Now we have been pushed to the edge of the cliff, and we have no way out. We are not used to who is in front of us. Our PSV are all We will go all out to win this game. Only by winning can we, PSV, have a chance! And Crystal Palace has already qualified, and they will definitely use a large number of substitutes in this game. So this game I think we at PSV can definitely win the game. Crystal Palace, there’s nothing to worry about!”

This guy Keku is really a little bit crazy!

Has he forgotten that in the first round of the match between the two sides, Crystal Palace beat them 6-3. Moreover, it was Campbell who was standing opposite Cocu at that time!

Campbell can beat you six to three, but Tong Yi can't beat you into Muggles?

You have to know that just before this game, Tong Yi led Crystal Palace to a 4-1 victory over Campbell's Sunderland. If this is reduced, then Tong Yi beats you and PSV cannot beat you by more than 6 goals?

So, Cocu, you were a little too crazy before the game, right?

Is it difficult for PSV to win this game?

At least in the eyes of Crystal Palace fans, there is a big gap in strength between Eindhoven and Crystal Palace. You, PSV, have no chance in this game!

However, Cocu was right, that is, Crystal Palace did exclude most of the substitute players.

Tong Yi really did a large-scale rotation!

Crystal Palace’s formation today is still 4213, and the starting lineup is as follows

goalkeeper Maignan

Back four from left to right: Alonso, Dias, Ferdinand and Cancelo

Double defensive midfielder Witsel and Kimmich

Single attacking midfielder Milinkovic-Savic

The front three from left to right Asensio, Ignacio and Perisic

This is really not much different from what Cocu expected. When he saw this lineup, Cocu became excited instantly. He felt that victory in this game was waving to them, and they would definitely win this game!

On the Eindhoven side, all the main players started. Except for Lesteenni's injury, which did not start, there was no change from the last time the two sides played against each other.

And today's replacement for Lesteenni is the super star Locadia from their Eindhoven youth team!

When he saw this young man, Tong Yi's eyes tightened.

For now, this Locadia is still very powerful, so you must be careful.

This guy has become famous at a young age in the Netherlands. In 2012, when he was under 19 years old, he couldn't jump out of the field in the 68th minute of his Eredivisie debut. Then he scored a hat trick and sent an assist. It was not enough for him to become famous with just one goal. There is no way to describe him, he is the next superstar of Eindhoven and even the Netherlands!

This guy has been steadily rising over the years. Tong Yi knows very well that he can score 8 goals and provide 13 assists in the Eredivisie this season.

This guy is in great shape!

Therefore, before the game, Tong Yi asked the Crystal Palace players to pay attention to guarding this little guy.

From the beginning of the game, Locadia was very active and directly threatened the Crystal Palace goal.

After receiving the ball from the wing, Locadia quickly cut inside and succeeded. Then he directly volleyed from a small angle, and the football roared out. Fortunately, Maignan concentrated on catching the football firmly. Otherwise, we will lose the ball at the beginning!

To be honest, this offense gave Cocu hope.

He felt that the people of PSV were in very good condition in this game, and the Crystal Palace players were all substitutes. This was simply a great situation for PSV to score points!

Therefore, Cocu waved his hand to the PSV people to attack wildly, not only to win this game, but also to score more goals. In this case, we will have an advantage when comparing the goal difference with Wolfsburg!

The PSV players in the stadium received instructions instantly and then attacked wildly.

Soon, Eindhoven's offense came near the Crystal Palace penalty area.

Here at the Crystal Palace

Immediately launched a tight defense, and Cancelo also closely defended Locadia's breakthrough, no longer easily allowing this guy to cut inside and complete the shot.

Unexpectedly, Locadia did not cut inside at all. Second, he suddenly made a pass and accurately passed the football to the head of Dias in Jianzhong Road.

PSV center forward De Jong jumped up in a dream, directly overpowered Dias who jumped up, and smashed the football with his head, hitting the Crystal Palace goal.

The speed of the ball is really very fast, and I can see that the football is about to fly into the goal.

Cocu on the sidelines was very excited and pumped his fists excitedly.

Then, he watched the football being pushed out by Maignan. PSV did not score a goal. Cocu felt very regretful!

However, he was very happy to see the progress of the game. He felt that PSV had a chance in this game.

He even thought they had a great chance!

After all, Crystal Palace has a substitute lineup, and their strength is still a bit poor. This is their opportunity for PSV. So Eindhoven continued to attack fiercely, preparing to lay siege to the Crystal Palace goal.

The fans of PSV are also very excited and happy. They can also see that PSV has a huge advantage. If they continue to play like this, PSV will win!

At the corner kick, Eindhoven's Locadia kicked the football out of the corner kick with an arc, and then the football flew quickly into the back of the Crystal Palace penalty area. De Jong jumped up high at the back, and then hit hard with his head. Slamming the football hard, trying to hit the goal with a headbutt.

Unexpectedly, the ball was directly pushed out by Van Dijk, and the result was successful.

Cocu and others felt very regretful. It was a pity that De Jong did not hit the ball and missed the opportunity.

In their view, this ball will undoubtedly be scored as long as De Jong hits it.

They all felt very sorry!

But none of them realized the danger was coming!

The pushed football came directly to the feet of Kimmich at the edge of the penalty area. Kimmich immediately pulled the ball and turned around, sending the football to the wing.

Asensio on the wing has already sprinted forward. They are very familiar with this process, so it is very fast.

This made Eindhoven's players unable to react.

By the time they reacted, Asensio on the wing had already cut inside with the ball at high speed and headed straight into PSV's penalty area.

Danger, counterattack, Crystal Palace's quick counterattack is coming!

Seeing this, Keku reacted and his face turned livid.

It's dangerous. He knows that PSV is in danger. Asensio has already gone solo. This is very dangerous. Even Cocu has a bad premonition.

Sure enough, it's cut inside

Asensio directly faced the young prostitute Zoit and swung his leg, and then gently passed the ball back in a small inverted triangle, directly passing the football to Perisic who followed!

There was a huge empty goal in front of Perisic, and all Eindhoven people were desperate!

Zoit has no chance at all with this ball!

Although Zoit never gave up, he quickly moved towards the center to try his best. But he still didn't touch the football shot by Perisic. The football shot quickly towards the lower left corner of the goal.

The ball was so fast that Zoit really had no chance at all.

Zoett could only watch as the football rolled into the goal behind him.

One to zero!

Just 15 minutes into the game, Crystal Palace broke through PSV's goal and took the lead.

In other words, Eindhoven only had the advantage for 15 minutes in this game, and then their dream was ruthlessly awakened by the Crystal Palace people.

But obviously, it is impossible for the people of Eindhoven to accept this situation.

Now, as Cocu said, they were really pushed to the edge of the cliff, and they had no choice. They must win this game to keep any hope of advancement.

Therefore, without any hesitation, Eindhoven attacked and attacked fiercely!

No matter how this game ends, their PSV team has only one tactic, which is to attack fiercely and attack like crazy.

Tong Yi had already expected this situation!

Therefore, after scoring the goal, he signaled the Crystal Palace players to retreat and defend, waiting for the PSV soldiers to press on, and then wait for an opportunity to counterattack!

Because the PSVs had no choice but to attack.

Therefore, the Eindhoven people started to attack fiercely again, somewhat suppressing Crystal Palace again, and threatening the Crystal Palace goal.

But in the 34th minute of the game, Crystal Palace seized another counterattack opportunity. Milinkovic-Savic in the midfield directly hit a long-distance ground ball, which directly penetrated PSV's weak defense. The forward Asensio easily pushed the ball into the near corner and succeeded.

Two to zero!

After expanding their lead, Crystal Palace took it back and the driver counterattacked!

PSV had no choice but to attack frantically. Then, just before the end of the first half, Crystal Palace had another chance to fight back. Kimmich made a long pass from the backcourt, Ignacio headed the ball back, and Perisic went forward and sent the ball into the PSV goal.

Three to zero, Crystal Palace took the lead at halftime.

Seeing this, all the neutral fans couldn't stand it anymore. You Crystal Palace people are really a bit of a bully. When you score a goal, you retreat to defend, draw the opponent out, and counterattack again to score. Do you really treat the PSV people like monkeys?