567: The Sevilla people’s dream was shattered at the beginning

November 21, 2017, Seville, Spain, Pizjuan Stadium, sunny weather.

What is being held here today is a match in the fifth round of Group E of the 2017-2018 UEFA Champions League group stage. The two sides are the home team Sevilla and the visiting team Crystal Palace.

In the first round of the match between the two sides, Sevilla lost 0-4 away to Crystal Palace. The gap between the two teams was huge.

In the previous seasons, Crystal Palace had also played against Sevilla many times.

They have faced each other both in the Europa League and the Champions League, and even in the European Super Cup.

Last season, the two teams met in the European Super Cup and Champions League knockout rounds. They met three times in total. Crystal Palace won two and lost one, scoring 10 goals and conceding 5, giving it an absolute advantage.

So Crystal Palace is Sevilla’s mortal enemy.

That's how it came about.

Obviously, this time the Sevilla people are here for revenge.

In this game, the Sevilla people have only one goal, which is to defeat Crystal Palace and get three points.

After all, Sevilla needs these three points very much to ensure that it can qualify from this group.

Of course, even if Sevilla loses this game, they will not be eliminated for sure, they still have a chance. But at that time, they were passive if they wanted to qualify.

Sevilla wants to take the initiative in their own hands, so in this game against Crystal Palace, the Sevilla people will go all out to win the game.

Sevilla's head coach Berizzo said before the game, "In this game, we at Sevilla will do our best to win. Victory is our only pursuit!"

This reflects the determination of the Sevilla people.

Of course, the Sevilla people are still quite capable, so much so that the Spanish media and fans are full of expectations for them and feel that this game is very exciting for Sevilla.

At this moment, players from both sides entered the stadium. The fans at the scene immediately became excited. They all knew that this game was about to start and were very excited.

"Hello, viewers, I am Mortensen. Now that the players from both sides have appeared, let me introduce to you the starting lineups of both sides today." BBC Sports broadcast the game live.

Today’s starting lineups for both sides are as follows:

Home team Sevilla, head coach Berizzo, formation 433

goalkeeper rico

The back four from left to right is Escudero, Lenglet, Gass and Mercado.

Midfield three from left to right Pizarro, Banega and Nzonzi

The front three from left to right Nolito, Ben Yedder and Sarabia

Visiting team Crystal Palace, head coach Tong Yi, formation 4213

Goalkeeper Lu Ning

The back four from left to right Theo, Upamecano, Dias and Achraf

Double midfielder Llorente and Joan Armene

Single attacking midfielder Sabitzer

Front three from left to right Gnabry, Giroud and Sancho

This is the starting lineup of both sides today. It can be seen that

Come on, the Sevillans do have a good chance.

At least the fans and media reporters at the scene thought so. After all, the Crystal Palace lineup was indeed a full substitute lineup without a single main player. This is simply a victory for Sevilla!

The fans of Sevilla are very excited. They seem to have seen the scene of advancing to the top 16 of the UEFA Champions League. They can't wait anymore. They sang the club's anthem, cheered for Sevilla's players and inspired them to win.

Bellizzo on the sidelines was also full of expectations when he saw a lineup like Crystal Palace.

Winning this game and leading Sevilla to the top 16 of the UEFA Champions League should be a good explanation for Sevilla.

Guys, come on!

In this game, the Sevilla people were full of confidence. From the beginning of the game, they launched a ferocious attack.

To be honest, Sevilla still underestimates these players from Crystal Palace.

Tong Yi could see it clearly from the sidelines. In this way, Crystal Palace had a great chance in this game. Then he turned his head and glanced at Bellizzo opposite, as long as you don't cause any trouble.

The Sevilla people attacked fiercely as soon as they came up, trying to eat up Crystal Palace in one bite and score as quickly as possible to win the game.

Of course, Sevilla's players are also very dedicated and very positive.

However, they soon discovered something was wrong!

This is completely different from what they imagined!

In their opinion, facing Crystal Palace's full substitute lineup, Sevilla should be able to easily take the initiative if they go all out, and then quickly score and take the lead, and finally win the title smoothly. A match won.

Unexpectedly, after the game started, Sevilla's performance was not smooth at all!

Their offense seemed to be stuck.

Crystal Palace's fierce high-post press made their Sevilla players feel uncomfortable, and it was difficult to control the ball. However, they still used passing and receiving to resolve the opponent's fierce press, but as soon as they entered the hinterland of Crystal Palace's penalty area, they would feel very strong resistance, unable to penetrate and unable to threaten the Crystal Palace goal.

On the contrary, Crystal Palace's interceptions and steals were very sharp, and Sevilla had been intercepting the ball continuously.

Sevilla's offense seemed a bit out of control.

Bellizzo frowned when he saw this. He also did not expect that Sevilla's offense would be so constipated. If this is not adjusted in time, Sevilla will still have some difficulties in this game.

Berizzo immediately walked to the sidelines to remind the Sevilla players.

At this moment, Joan Armene directly stole the ball from Sarabia, and he immediately passed the football diagonally to the wing.

This guy Sarabia held the ball a little too much, and he directly moved inside.

Cut, hitting the muzzle of Joan Armene's gun.

Sarabia thought that the young Frenchman was easy to bully, but he didn't know that he was bullied in an instant.

Although Joan Armene is young, her body is really strong.

Joan Armene made a reasonable collision and knocked Sarabia staggering, and then the football at his feet was quickly stabbed away by Joan Armene. Joan Armene once again used his body to carry Sarabia, who was trying to rush towards the football, and Sarabia was instantly bounced away. Joan Armene immediately chased the football and sent it wide.

Sarabia underestimated Joan Armeni and did not expect that Joan Armeni's physical resistance was so strong.

Sarabia suffered a big loss!

The Sevilla fans at the scene were instantly frightened, because Crystal Palace's counterattack was really fast.

Sevilla didn't even have time to organize a defense. Ashraf rushed up from the wing without stopping the ball and directly passed the ball. The football flew quickly towards Giroud in front.

"Beautiful! Beautiful steal! Joan Armene completely beat Sarabia. Sarabia is a bit too big. It's dangerous now, Sevilla is dangerous! Beautiful ball, Ashe Raff's long pass..." Mortensen was very excited because he saw the opportunity for Crystal Palace to score Sevilla's goal.

Because Crystal Palace's offensive and defensive transition was really too fast.

Sevilla's players had not fully recovered from Sarabia's interception, and Crystal Palace passed the football directly. In other words, Sevilla's current backcourt is still in an offensive posture and has not adjusted to a defensive posture.

Therefore, Sevilla's backcourt is still relatively empty!

Why is Crystal Palace so obsessed with pursuing extremely fast offense and defense transitions? Isn't it just to catch the opponent off guard? Now Sevilla is caught off guard.

Danger, very dangerous!

Bellizzo on the sidelines naturally discovered this. He immediately rushed out and tried his best to signal the defense.

But it's really too late.

Because he was in an offensive stance before, Sevilla's center back Lenglet did not approach Giroud. Instead, their other center back Gass approached Giroud. Gase is very fast and flexible, and has good bounce, but he has a fatal flaw, and that is his height.

Gass is only 181. Even if he bounces well, there is no way to compete with Giroud for high-altitude balls.

Originally, Sevilla asked French center back Lenglet to mark Giroud and compete with Giroud for the high-altitude ball. But this time it was Sevilla who was attacking, so Lenglet was a little far away from Giroud.

Instead, Gass approached Dajiru.

Seeing the football flying towards Giroud rapidly, it was too late for Lenglet to rush over to defend. Therefore, all Sevilla people at the scene placed their hopes on Gass!

But when he saw the height difference between the two, the Sevillan himself despaired!

However, Gass did not give up at all. He rushed over quickly.

, and then jumped up hard!

You have to say that Gase's jumping ability is indeed excellent, which makes up for some of his height disadvantages.

However, there is still something not enough to see in front of Dajirou.

As soon as Dajiru jumped up, it was like a helicopter taking off and occupying the airspace instantly!

Both of them jumped up, but it was obvious that Giroud was in a higher position, which meant that Gass was slightly squeezed behind him. Moreover, the big Giroud who jumped up was half a head taller than Gas, who also jumped up.

Seriously, Gase's jump seems really good.

But it was still in vain in front of Dajiru.

Gass knew he couldn't compete, but he wouldn't let Giroud grab the header so easily, so he immediately used small moves behind him to pinch his waist and twist his flesh.

There was a bang, and at this moment Giroud swung his header back in pain, quickly ferrying the football to the wing.

Sancho on the wing flashed past like a stream of light.

All Sevilla fans at the scene were instantly desperate.

This ball is over!

Sevilla's two full-backs can't come back at all, so how can they chase Sancho?

And Sancho is also very fast and advances with the ball very fast. The Sevillan has no chance at all!

Single-handedly, Sancho single-handedly!

The people of Seville fell silent for a moment and became desperate.

Bellizzo on the sidelines was furious. Why wasn't this ball a foul? Since we know we can't compete with Giroud in the middle, why don't we foul him to prevent him from crossing? Why?

Bellizzo was really angry. If the ball was fouled, there wouldn't be all the trouble later.

This guy Gass is still too young!

Sancho caught up with the football and quickly advanced with the ball. Rico in front of the goal really couldn't help it. He immediately rushed out and quickly pounced on Sancho who was holding the ball. Unexpectedly, Sancho, who was running, suddenly took a shot, making a beautiful arc, directly bypassing Rico who jumped out from the side, and beautifully spun into the far lower corner of the goal.

One to zero, Crystal Palace, playing away from home, took the lead.

Seeing this ball, Bellizzo was really angry. Even if Gase committed a foul when he just got the ball, the referee may not show a yellow card. A foul will inevitably occur in the high-altitude ball competition.

Why? Why no foul?

Bellizzo almost rushed onto the court and yelled at Gase. He really didn't understand.

Lenglet kept shaking his head. It was indeed Gass who didn't handle the ball well. Wouldn't it be a foul? At most, it's just a yellow card. It's better than conceding a goal, right?

The people of Sevilla instantly felt their hearts drop to the bottom.

Why did this game go beyond their expectations from the beginning? They are all Crystal Palace's substitute players, but what about the weak ones? How come they had an advantage and took the lead at the beginning of the game?

Tong Yi on the sidelines nodded slightly and applauded. The players played well and he was very satisfied.