052: Winning the first round, Crystal Palace got off to a good start

There are actually a lot of people paying attention to Special Olympics today, especially media reporters.

Like Webster!

After all, what he is most concerned about is whether these young substitutes introduced by Crystal Palace can take on big responsibilities? Will they show extraordinary fighting ability like Milinkovic, Laporte, Kimmich and Sane?

Theo is Crystal Palace's top bidder in the transfer market this summer, and he is also the only player that Crystal Palace has spent more than 10 million euros on this summer. ??

In Webster's view, this should be the best young man Tong Yi introduced this summer.

Just looking at the strength of this young man, you can see the quality of this group of young people introduced by Tong Yi.

Webster seems to have seen from Theo that his previous judgment was not wrong.

Sure enough, after watching nearly half of the game, Webster believed his opinion even more.

In the past half of the game, the performance of the young man Te'ao was not outstanding, and of course there was no major problem. His performance was quite satisfactory.

If the young people Tong Yi introduced this summer are all of this quality, or lower than this quality, then Crystal Palace’s bench depth will be gone this season. Even if Crystal Palace’s results are good at the beginning of the season, Crystal Palace will definitely be poor by the end of the season. It will collapse.

This season, Crystal Palace is destined not to win the league championship!

Of course, this is only half the game, which is not enough to explain the problem.

Webster and the others want to see more of the Special Olympics' ability and performance, and see what kind of performance the Special Olympics will have in the second half of the game.

These people seem to look down on Special Olympics, but Tong Yi is still very satisfied with Special Olympics' performance.

After all, this is Special Olympics' first official game on behalf of Crystal Palace. It is already good to have such a performance, after all, he is still a young man. If Special Olympics can perform like this in every game this season, he will be a qualified substitute, and can even be said to be an excellent substitute.

Yes, Special Olympics' position this season is Cancelo's substitute or rotation.

At present, Special Olympics is performing well and there are no problems.

Although there is no performance on the offensive end, Tong Yi is satisfied with his performance on the defensive end.

In this game, the reason why Theo did not perform well on the offensive end is actually related to the defense of West Bromwich Albion.

The opponent's penalty area is densely packed with people. Six people are piled up on the defensive line. There is no room for Special Olympics to go forward and cooperate with his teammates. How can he show his assist ability?

During this period, Crystal Palace's two wings took very few shots, and most of their offense was based on long shots.

Naturally, there is no chance for Special Olympics performance.

At this moment, Witsel, who rushed up from the front of the penalty area, also took a long shot.

The football roared out, then hit McCauley's body hard, then changed direction and decelerated, and the football was firmly held in the arms of the opponent's goalkeeper Ben Foster.

And at this moment, the Lord

The referee blew the whistle to end the first half of the game for both sides.

The score was zero to zero.

This score made the Crystal Palace fans at the scene slightly disappointed, but it was also acceptable.

Looking at the lineup put up by West Bromwich Albion, they knew that this must be a game with very few goals, and even a dull game.

Sure enough, this game did not disappoint them!

The West Bromwich Albion people's goal is very clear, they are here for one point.

Those neutral fans in front of the TV all think that Pulis is very smart and his self-positioning is also very accurate. This tactical arrangement is beyond words. If you can take away a point from Crystal Palace, it is a success. If you can steal a goal in the second half of the game and beat Crystal Palace, that would be even better!

Even many media reporters are praising Pulis.

However, Pulis himself knows very well that their team is now in danger.

Regardless of the fact that they defended Crystal Palace in the first half of the game, it seemed that they did not give Crystal Palace any substantial opportunities. But he saw it himself. West Bromwich Albion almost failed to hold on in the second half of the first half.

In the second half of the first half, Crystal Palace had more and more chances, and this is the best proof.

However, fortunately, West Bromwich Albion persisted through the first half of the game.

They have a chance to rest and adjust in the midfield, so that they can stabilize the game in the second half.

During the halftime break, Pulis reminded the West Bromwich Albion players to concentrate more in the second half and grit their teeth and persevere.

He also saw that the physical fitness of his players had dropped drastically!

Don't think that stacking up defensive players doesn't consume physical energy.

In the first half of the game, Crystal Palace frequently used lateral passes or moved the ball to wildly mobilize the West Bromwich Albion players. They ran back and forth, moved, blocked, etc., which was very energy-consuming. of.

Therefore, at this time, West Bromwich Albion players must seize the time to rest and adjust.

Otherwise, things could easily go wrong in the second half of the game.

However, there is only fifteen minutes left for them to rest. Is that enough?

Soon, fifteen minutes passed.

West Bromwich Albion's players didn't think there was any big problem at this time. After a fifteen-minute break, they came back to life with full blood.

Seeing this, Pulis still did not relax. He reminded the West Bromwich players to persist and persist.

The second half of the game was definitely a tough battle!

Because he knows very well that Crystal Palace

This side will definitely not accept a draw.

Crystal Palace wants to get off to a good start in their "new home" and get a good start to the new season. They will definitely attack like crazy in the second half of the game.

In Pulis' view, the game has just begun here.

Therefore, in the second half of the game, West Bromwich Albion will face a storm of attacks. It's strange that he can relax at this time!

Pulis is facing a formidable enemy! ??

The players of West Bromwich Albion are not much better. They are all very serious and secretly cheering for themselves. We must score points in this game.

They fought hard in the first half of the game, and they still have to fight hard in the second half!

In this game, we at West Bromwich Albion must score points.

In the end, Pulis grabbed Rondon and Berasino and gave them instructions.

At this juncture when defense was urgently needed, Pulis still did not replace the two forwards, one tall and one fast, with defensive players. He did not give up the offense and the opportunity for an upset.

He warned, "You will still have to devote a long time to defense in the second half of the game, but I will not replace you! I am just waiting for an opportunity, maybe an opportunity that will not appear in the whole game. Wait. When this opportunity arises, I hope you will go all out and strive for a fatal blow!"

Longdong and Belasino nodded seriously and said, "Boss, don't worry, we know!"

Beracino even said, "Boss, we won't let you down!"

Pulis smiled and nodded, he believed in his disciple.

In this game, West Bromwich Albion still have a chance to win.

Soon, the second half of the game between the two sides began.

West Bromwich Albion's tactics still have not changed. Their goal is to get a draw and take away a point.

Therefore, we must defend to the end and not attack at all.

Even the two forwards Rondon and Belasino came back to defend, with a posture of saying I only want one point.

Seeing this, Tong Yi still didn't relax his defense.

He was still on the sidelines reminding his players not to lose Rondon and Berasino. Both of them are very capable, especially their ability to fight alone. Once you give them a chance to counterattack, it will be very dangerous.

During the halftime break, Tong Yi reminded him many times, and the Crystal Palace defensive players naturally took it to heart.

Therefore, at this time, these two people have almost no chance.

Of course, the main reason was that West Bromwich Albion had no chance to counterattack at this time. They seemed to be frantically beaten by Crystal Palace and were tired of defending.

From the beginning of the second half, Crystal Palace attacked like crazy, and now the West Bromwich Albion people are a little overwhelmed.

Pulis on the sidelines also frowned, very dangerous!

After 65 minutes of the game, West Bromwich Albion had some physical problems.

Especially for the two defensive players on the wing, their running back and forth to block the ball really consumes a lot of physical energy.

Gradually, Crystal Palace's offensive threat is getting bigger and bigger, and it is getting closer and closer to the opponent's goal.

The fans in the stands can see that this period is particularly critical for West Bromwich Albion. If they can't survive this period, all their efforts in this game will be in vain. But if they survive this period and even steal another goal from Crystal Palace, they may not be able to win a victory.

Pulis on the sidelines was also very nervous, and his palms were sweaty.

This is the most critical moment of the game, don't let anything go wrong!

Sometimes that's the case, the more you hope there won't be problems, the more problems will arise.

For example, now!

On the pitch, West Bromwich Albion's defense made major mistakes.

After De Bruyne received the ball at the edge of the penalty area, he immediately swung his legs and seemed to be about to take a long shot. West Bromwich Albion's defensive players also thought so, but they didn't know that De Bruyne didn't take a long shot at all. He looked straight at a feint and passed the attacking defensive player Fletcher, and then immediately held on. The ball broke through and headed towards West Bromwich Albion's penalty area.

At this time, West Bromwich Albion center back Macaulay made another mistake.

He thought that De Bruyne was really going to break through and enter the penalty area, so he immediately pounced on him fiercely, losing his position, resulting in a very empty space behind him.

And he didn't communicate with Dawson behind him in time, so Dawson's reaction and defense came a little late.

Because De Bruyne has found the space and stuffed the football directly behind Macaulay.

Macaulay was shocked. He rushed out frantically and stretched his legs in panic, obviously not blocking the football.

The football quickly rolled to the feet of Salah, who had penetrated into the big space behind Macaulay.

At this time, Dawson was rushing to fill the gap, but he had already discovered that he was too late, and he could not interfere with Salah at all!

Danger, very dangerous!

At this time, everyone at West Bromwich Albion placed their hopes on goalkeeper Foster.

With a bang, Salah volleyed directly with his leg and quickly volleyed the football towards the lower corner of West Bromwich Albion's goal.

Forster pounced in the wrong direction and was deceived by Salah.

The ball hit the West Bromwich Albion goal with precision.

One to zero!

Crystal Palace got off to a good start with a one-goal victory over West Bromwich Albion at their "new home" Valley Stadium, scoring three points!