518: The Godfather of Champions League Champions who refuses to admit defeat

One to zero, Crystal Palace took the lead in the away game, and it was Mbappe who scored.

Mbappe's close-range shot was really too cruel and overbearing. He directly ignored the goalkeeper and just fired a violent shot. In fact, the shot route was relatively straight, but because of the speed and power of the ball, the goalkeeper Elliott in front of the goal simply did not react.

This is where the corner kick gets violent.

The Newcastle United fans at the scene were stunned and dumbfounded. ??

The Crystal Palace fans were naturally very happy and screamed with excitement.

To be honest, at this time, Crystal Palace fans felt that there should be no suspense in this game, and Crystal Palace would definitely win.

Benitez on the sidelines jumped up and kept giving instructions. It was obvious that he didn't think so.

Newcastle United will never give up and attack.

Then, another long pass came from their side, directly finding Joselu in the frontcourt. But this time Joselu did not push the ball. The ball was pushed out by Rudiger who rushed out.

However, Newcastle United was lucky, and the football fell at the feet of Ayoze Perez.

Perez had just received the ball and spotted the fast horse Atsu on the wing. He quickly moved forward. This was a good opportunity and he wanted to pass the football. But just as he reacted, Kanter rushed in front of him, stretched out his legs and poked the football out.

Perez was shocked and immediately stretched out his hand to pull Kanter, who was trying to rush over to catch up with the football.

Kanter fell to the ground.

The referee stopped the game and showed Perez a yellow card as a warning.

Seeing this, Benitez was very dissatisfied. He felt that Perez's ball was really irrational. Even if Kanter passed the ball, there would not be much danger. This foul was too reckless. , completely unnecessary.

This yellow card is also very worthless.

Benitez criticized Perez on the sidelines, and Perez immediately raised his hands to say he was wrong.

The Crystal Palace side took the free kick immediately. Newcastle United fans and players were very dissatisfied. He felt that there was something wrong with this quick kick. But the referee did not stop it, so Newcastle United's backcourt still had some problems and was dangerous.

The football quickly rolled to De Bruyne's feet. De Bruyne pulled the ball, turned around and blocked it in one go. There was no redundant action. It was really enjoyable for the Crystal Palace fans to watch.

This ball moves so smoothly and beautifully.

The football quickly rolled to Salah's feet.

Facing the opponent's defender Yedlin, Salah's movements with his feet are also very simple and direct, without any complicated movements. And at this moment, Salah suddenly cut inside laterally, catching Yedlin off guard. Yedlin immediately moved sideways to catch up, and also interfered with Salah.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, Salah suddenly twisted his body and pushed the football towards the bottom line of the wing.

\u003e Yedlin was shocked, the wing was completely empty.

He turned around and looked over, and sure enough, Cancelo rushed forward quickly and chased the football.

Yedlin also immediately turned around, put his hands behind his back, and faced him, blocking the opponent's incoming line.

Cancelo, who was catching up with the football, saw Yedlin's movements. He immediately took action and crossed the ball with his legs. Yedlin immediately turned sideways and prepared to use his body to block the football.

Unexpectedly, Cancelo didn't pass the ball at all at this time, but directly passed the football back to Salah's feet on the line of the penalty area.

This was beyond the expectations of many people present and did not expect it.

Newcastle United players panicked, and several pounced on Salah immediately.

But Salah didn't give Newcastle United a chance at all.

Salah immediately stretched out his right leg and stopped the football just in front of the right side of his body. At the same time, his body turned slightly sideways when stopping the ball. Then he connected the action immediately, swung his right leg and rubbed the inside of his right foot hard towards the outside bottom of the football, and directly fired a kick.

The football shot out diagonally upwards with a strong spin. Then the football drew a wonderful arc in the air, directly bypassing the head of the jumping Newcastle United center back, and then quickly spun towards the goal. The far top corner of the goal.

The ball looked like it was going to be fired from an anti-aircraft gun, but after passing over the head of the central defender, it fell in a rapid arc, like a rainbow, spinning directly to the upper right corner of the goal.

Seeing this, all the Newcastle United fans were breathless, dangerous.

Elliott in front of the goal took a deep breath, then jumped into the air and pounced towards the upper right corner.

He tried his best, but still couldn't reach it.

Elliott, who was in the air, could only watch as the football fell directly into the upper right corner of Newcastle United's goal.

Two to zero, Crystal Palace expanded the score.

It was Salah who scored the goal!

Salah, who scored the goal, was also very excited. He turned around and quickly rushed to the corner kick area. He made a passionate sliding kneel, leaving two bars on the turf.

The excited Crystal Palace players jumped on Salah and celebrated together.

Tong Yi smiled slightly on the sidelines. He played well in this game. If he continues to play like this, victory is a sure thing. Sure enough, Newcastle United's strength is still lagging behind Crystal Palace.

Benitez on the sidelines could only sigh when he saw this.

There's no way around it. Salah's shot was really perfect. Even De Gea and Courtois couldn't save it. There's no way around it.

Tong Yi gave Salah a thumbs up, indicating that he played well.

Keep up the good work.

After all, Crystal Palace's goal is to win this game, but they haven't won it yet.

However, for now, Newcastle United really don't have many opportunities.

Of course, Newcastle United will not give up. They are also attacking from all fronts. Yedlin on the wing completed a good pass. Joselu in the penalty area got a chance and jumped up to header. Attacking the goal, unfortunately the ball missed the goal due to Rudiger's interference.

Joselu was very upset. This was an excellent opportunity.

It's a pity that Harbin failed to get rid of Rudiger, otherwise the goal would have been scored. This goal is really a pity. If this goal was scored, Newcastle United would be much more relaxed.

However, Benitez on the sidelines kept applauding and gave the applause to Joselu, indicating that he played well and continued to perform like this to try to score the Crystal Palace goal in this game.

There are many Spaniards in this Newcastle United team, all of whom were acquired by Benitez, and some even came from the Real Madrid youth training. Benitez has connections in this area. Newcastle United's ability to return to the Premier League in one season also relied on Benitez's connections in Spain.

So Joselu performed well, and Benitez's face was also bright.

And in Benitez's view, Joselu was the key to Newcastle United's victory over Crystal Palace today, so he kept praising Joselu in order to motivate him and make him perform better.

However, Joselu did not get many chances in the first half of the game, because Newcastle United as a whole did not get many chances.

This is caused by the gap in strength between the two sides, and Joselu cannot be blamed for this.

Newcastle United played very actively and proactively, but to be honest, the effect was not very satisfactory. This game was completely controlled by Crystal Palace.

Benitez had to sigh again, "Huaxia Tong's tactics are really good!"

To be honest, he has also studied Tong Yi's tactics these days, and he has found some opportunities. But the reality is cruel, because Crystal Palace's lineup is really too strong, and these players are very powerful. These guys can use their personal strength to make up for the shortcomings in the lineup and tactics, but the strength gap between their Newcastle United players and Crystal Palace players is still relatively large, so the opportunities found with these flaws are useless and cannot be played at all.

This made Benitez feel very uncomfortable.

If his players were still the same players from Liverpool back then, they would never have played so passively and poorly in this game. Newcastle United would also have a chance to defeat Crystal Palace.

It's a pity that the current Newcastle United

The players are indeed far behind in terms of strength.

However, they did not give up and were still working hard.

But the effect is not ideal.

Just as the first half was about to end, Crystal Palace launched a very fast counterattack. Casemiro, who overwhelmed the frontcourt, intercepted the ball and immediately passed the football to the feet of Ronaldo in the frontcourt. Ronaldo, with his back, did not stop the ball, but passed the ball back to De Bruyne, who was following. He quickly turned around and rushed towards Newcastle United's penalty area.

De Bruyne also did not stop the ball and immediately passed the ball over the top and passed the ball to Ronaldo who was advancing.

c. Ronaldo's speed directly surpassed the opponent's central defender, and then caught up with the football. Facing the attacking goalkeeper Elliott, he directly turned slightly sideways and pushed the football towards the Newcastle United goal.

The ball passed directly under Elliott's crotch and rolled quickly into Newcastle United's empty goal.

Three to zero, Crystal Palace once again expanded the score.

Then, before the Crystal Palace fans had time to cheer, the referee blew the whistle to invalidate the goal. The linesman and the referee signaled that Ronaldo was offside and the goal was invalid. c. Ronaldo was speechless. Is this the second time in this game? And he knew very well that the ball was not offside at all. He was very angry and went to the referee to argue, and almost got a yellow card.

Later, after watching the playback on the TV, it turned out that the ball was indeed a bit of a misjudgment.

C. Ronaldo's goal was really not offside. The moment De Bruyne passed the ball, C. Ronaldo was on the same line as Newcastle United center back Jamal Lascelles. There was no offside at all. .

But there was no way, the referee ruled it was offside, and the Crystal Palace people had no choice but to admit it.

Then the referee blew the whistle to end the first half.

At halftime, Crystal Palace led Newcastle United 2-0 and had an absolute advantage.

After returning to the locker room, Tong Yi didn't even say much about the tactics of the second half. He just reminded the Crystal Palace players to maintain their current concentration and play the second half conscientiously according to the tactics of the first half. He firmly believes that as long as the players do this, the game will be won.

The situation at Newcastle United is a bit tense. Benitez is very busy in the locker room, writing and drawing all the time, not listening to the beeping. The fifteen minutes of halftime are simply not enough. . They even walked out of the locker room and onto the court after the referee blew the whistle three times.

It can be seen that Benitez was doing crazy things during the halftime break.

Benitez doesn't want to lose, he wants to create a miracle.

However, the effect depends on Newcastle United's performance in the second half of the game.