260: Two tigers competed and scored twice in the half!

On April 30, 2017, Crystal Palace ushered in the 35th round of the Premier League this season at their temporary home stadium, Valley Stadium. Their opponent was newly promoted Burnley.

Burnley's performance this season is still very good. As a newly promoted team, they are currently ranked 16th in the Premier League, 5 points ahead of the relegation zone, although they are still under pressure to avoid relegation. But they are still above the relegation zone, and there is still room for error. As long as they don't make mistakes, they can still avoid relegation.

Now Crystal Palace is actually not very good at facing such a team.

After all, your opponent is a relegation team and they are going to fight you tooth and nail. This is really difficult to play.

If you can't play for Crystal Palace, the most you can do is lose the top spot in the league. If they lose to Burnley, they will lose their lives. Losing their spot in the Premier League would mean they would lose more than 100 million pounds in revenue.

One hundred million pounds is a drop in the bucket for giants like Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool, and even a drop in the bucket for emerging giants like Crystal Palace. But for many small clubs, this is the club's team operating expenses for one, two or even three or four years.

So, this is very important for Burnley.

In this game, Burnley will definitely go all out to win.

Burnley must get three points to ensure relegation as soon as possible. ??

After all, the sooner relegation is achieved, the better, and the earlier the relegation is achieved, the less pressure there will be. If we really have to wait until the last moment to fight to win in order to avoid relegation, then the pressure will be too great and the variables will be too great.

This is something Burnley doesn't want to see.

Burnley wants to avoid relegation early.

Sean Dai Qi, the team's head coach, took this game against Crystal Palace very seriously. When he faced the media reporters, he said, "This game is a life and death battle for us Burnley. We Burnley." There is no choice left, we have to win. Otherwise we will be pushed into a corner and unable to fight."

Media reporters all know that Dai Qi is telling the truth.

Because if they lose this round, the worst-case scenario is that Swansea, which is third from the bottom in the league, will have 34 points. In that case, they will only be 2 points ahead of Swansea. With the last three rounds of the league remaining, Burnley's fate will indeed be very bumpy, and their pressure will be very high.

Relegation must start now.

Burnley really can't make mistakes in any game. Even if they face Crystal Palace, who is at the top of the Premier League, they will try their best to win this game.

And Dai Qi feels that Burnley's chances are very good.

The main reason is naturally because Crystal Palace's Zlatan Ibrahimovic was seriously injured and ended the season. How much strength do Crystal Palace still have without their main forward? Doesn't their chance of Burnley defeating Crystal Palace increase to the extreme?

This is simply a God-given opportunity. How could Burnley not seize it?

Burnley must win this game.

Dai Qi also said in an interview before the game, "Ibrahimovic's injury is a fatal blow to Crystal Palace, because now no one in the Crystal Palace lineup can fill the vacancy after Ibrahimovic's departure. Crystal Palace's offensive power will drop significantly, and their threat will also drop to freezing point. In this game, Burnley has a very, very high chance of winning, and we are also confident."

Media reporters mentioned the names of Jimenez and Ignacio at this time.

Dai Qi immediately shook his head and said, "These two are not worthy of carrying Ibrahimovic's shoes. They are really far away from Ibrahimovic. How can they be compared with Ibrahimovic?" It is simply impossible for these two people to keep Crystal Palace's offensive strength from declining, so we, Burnley, must win this game!"

Dai Qi seems to look down on Jimenez and Ignacio.

You can understand that you look down on Ignacio. After all, this guy is coming back from injury and has not returned to his previous best level. His level is even very low. It is normal to look down on him.

But Jimenez and Ignacio are different!

This guy is in very good form recently, scoring a lot of goals, and his strength is also outstanding.

Although his strength is indeed not on the same level as Ibrahimovic, and he may not be good against strong teams, but he should still perform very well against Burnley.

Previously, he performed very well against weak teams.

Didn't you see that? Now he puts Ignacio on the bench!

He should be able to threaten your Burnley defence.

Dai Qi, you are a little distracted.

But in Dai Qi's view, as long as Crystal Palace's striker is not Ibrahimovic, there is nothing to worry about.

He feels that Burnley will definitely win this game!

Burnley fans also have great trust in Dai Qi. They all believe what Dai Qi said. They feel that Burnley will definitely win this game.

Now is the worst time for Crystal Palace. If Burnley can't win at this time, then Burnley should stop hanging around in the Premier League and go directly to relegation.

Burnley people are full of confidence!

At this time, the outside media were also slightly optimistic about the Burnley team. After all, the current situation of Crystal Palace is indeed very bad. Ibrahimovic's serious injury will end the season. The impact on the Crystal Palace is immeasurable. This move will directly reduce the offensive strength of the Crystal Palace by 60 to 70%. Do you think such a Crystal Palace is still powerful?

Moreover, Webster and others claimed that Crystal Palace was about to collapse. Can Crystal Palace still win this game? This is simply impossible!

Therefore, everyone is still more optimistic about Burnley.

Burnley fans are very happy. They are full of confidence in this game. Although it is an away game, they still feel that the team will win.

Therefore, at this time, many visiting team fans came to Valley Stadium and wanted to watch the game live.

Burnley fans want to witness their team defeat the top team in the Premier League on the road, so that they can not only avoid relegation, but also feel good.

I'm so happy.

At this time, Crystal Palace fans flocked to Selhurst Park. Because the new stadium here is almost completed, it now looks very spectacular. Crystal Palace fans

Can't wait to rush into this new stadium and visit it.

Of course, they still can't get in now, because Selhurst Park is being built overtime. According to the current progress, it is very likely that it will be completely completed in mid-to-late May. Next season, their Crystal Palace will be 100% Being able to return to his new home court for the new season.

The fans of Crystal Palace are all thinking about this now, and they can't wait to enter this new stadium.

Even when Tong Yi was interviewed by media reporters, he was also asked about the new stadium.

Tong Yi said, "The construction period is indeed a bit beyond our expectations. The construction team from China is amazing and never lets us down. So far, we are very satisfied with this new stadium. I I’m also looking forward to leading the team in this stadium and I’m looking forward to that day.”

This has raised the expectations of Crystal Palace fans.

Now they are eager to travel back in time to that day to witness who attacks the first game of the new stadium.

It will be very unforgettable.

Of course, Tong Yi didn't mention this matter more. His attention was still on the upcoming game. Naturally, Du Yu attaches great importance to Burnley. This is not an easy team to deal with.

Tong Yi faced the questions from media reporters and said, "Zlatan's injury does have a great impact on our team, but for now, our team should not panic. After all, we still have excellent players in this position. Jimenez and Jose, both of them are very good, I believe they will perform to our satisfaction!"

In fact, Jimenez said something before that was very unpleasant, but it was very right.

That is, Zlatan's injury is bad news for Zlatan, but good news for Jimenez and Ignacio!

This is their opportunity, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!

They are a little ambitious, and they are already gearing up at this time. They are secretly cheering themselves up, determined to work hard, and perform well to prove that they can secure the position of Crystal Palace's main center.

Therefore, Tong Yi is really not worried now.

He could see from the recent training that Jimenez and Ignacio were holding back a lot of energy in their hearts, wanting to seize this opportunity and completely secure their position as Crystal Palace's main center forward.

These two little guys were as if they had been given a shot of blood at this time, and there was no need for Tong Yi to encourage them at all.

In this game, these two little guys are obviously already competing with each other.

Therefore, Tong Yi is not worried at all!

And after the game started, it was proved that Tong Yi was right not to worry.

As soon as the game started, Jimenez, who started today, was very active and showed very strong strength. This shocked Burnley and the media reporters. Is Jimenez doping?

In the 5th minute of the first half, Jimenez received a pass from Carvajal on the wing in the penalty area and directly headed the ball into Burnley's goal to help the team win. Zero takes the lead.

Jimenez was very excited after scoring the goal. He rushed to the stands of Crystal Palace fans and screamed excitedly, "I am the main center forward of Crystal Palace!"

\u003e In the 37th minute of the first half, Jimenez and Sabitzer continued to play wonderful cooperation at the front of the penalty area, and then Sabitzer accurately penetrated Burnley's defense. Jimenez succeeded in countering offside, and faced the attacking goalkeeper Heaton with an easy shot, helping the team expand its lead. Crystal Palace led 2-0.

Everyone on the scene was numb!

They really didn't expect Jimenez to hand in such a shocking answer at this time, which is no worse than when Ibrahimovic was there!

Who dares to say that Jimenez cannot succeed Ibrahimovic?

Before the game, there were still people speculating about who between Jimenez and Ignacio was qualified to take over Ibrahimovic's position. Now, the answer has been revealed before half a game.

This Jimenez will indeed perform well, unexpectedly!

Jimenez himself is also very excited. He feels that he is stable. He is determined to be the main center of Crystal Palace. He is very excited.

But after he was replaced in the second half of the game, Crystal Palace's substitute center Ignacio also performed very well.

In the 17th minute of the second half, Ignacio received a pass from Witsel at the front of the penalty area and suddenly shot angrily, blasting a world-wide kick and announcing his return!

The fans and media reporters at the scene were dumbfounded. They did not expect that Ignacio, who was caught in the storm of public opinion, would suddenly wake up at this time and send such a sharp shock to the world. They were all shocked.

What shocked everyone even more was that in the 40th minute of the second half, Ignacio appeared in the most dangerous position in the penalty area, missed a missed shot, and easily pushed the football into Burnley's goal.

Ignacio also scored twice in the half, not inferior to Jimenez at all!

Suddenly all Crystal Palace fans were shocked and confused, so who is the most suitable to succeed Ibrahimovic? Who attacks fans are in happy troubles.

The outside media were also extremely shocked and discussed this topic crazily, and the popularity was very high.

What Tong Yi is concerned about is the current passion of the team.

The 35th round of the Premier League has ended. The current points situation is as follows

Ranked first is Crystal Palace, with 24 wins, 10 draws and 0 losses, and 82 points (one game less);

Ranked second is Chelsea, with 26 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses, with 82 points;

Ranked third is Tottenham Hotspur, with 22 wins, 8 draws and 5 losses, with 74 points;

Ranked fourth is Manchester City, with 19 wins, 9 draws and 7 losses, with 66 points;

Ranked fifth is Liverpool, with 19 wins, 9 draws and 6 losses, with 66 points (one game less);

Ranked sixth is Arsenal, with 19 wins, 8 draws and 8 losses, with 65 points;

Ranked seventh is Manchester United, with 16 wins, 15 draws and 4 losses, with 63 points;

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In other words, Crystal Palace currently has the same points as Chelsea with one game less. Chelsea are really chasing very closely. There is no gap at all for Crystal Palace, Alexander. Moreover, Crystal Palace's opponent in this round of the junior league is Liverpool. If Crystal Palace cannot beat Liverpool, then the pressure on Crystal Palace will be even greater. It is possible that Crystal Palace will lose the league championship this season.