592: The last battle before the 2017 Club World Cup

This weekend, Crystal Palace faces Bournemouth at their home stadium, Tongyi Stadium.

Bournemouth's current results are not very satisfactory, only ranking 15th in the Premier League, with only 15 points.

Their current task is obviously to avoid relegation.

Facing such a team, Crystal Palace should be able to deal with it easily, right?

Prior to this, Bournemouth head coach Eddie Howe said in an interview with media reporters, "We are currently in a very good state at Bournemouth. It is time for us to score points. But we The opponent Crystal Palace should not be in good condition. They have played too many games recently. They just went to Spartak Moscow in the middle of the week. After this game, they will fly to Asia again. Their energy is really high. It’s too scattered, and I think we have a good chance in this game.”

At present, Hao's situation is also very bad.

Howe is considered an old man at Bournemouth. He played for Bournemouth during his playing days and spent most of his playing career here. Then he became player-coach and then actually became manager of Bournemouth. Now it is his second time to coach Bournemouth. In the first two or three seasons, his results were good, but this season his results have declined sharply, and the fans are complaining. You can even occasionally hear the voice of letting Hao get out of class!

So, Howe is currently in a bad situation.

If he cannot lead the team to the top half as soon as possible, he is really not far from leaving his job.

Howe also said, "Please rest assured, I am still very confident in this game. I think Bournemouth can get points from Crystal Palace, and we can even win."

People in Crystal Palace really don’t know where Hao got his confidence?

Anyway, Crystal Palace fans are really confident. They think Crystal Palace will win this game!

After all, the legendary godfather Tong Yi is their confidence!

Crystal Palace must win this game!

Tong Yi also accepted the interview. He said, "Yes, other games have indeed tied up too much of our energy, but the league is still our main battlefield, and we will definitely go all out. Our current league results are very good. Okay, but this is no excuse for slacking off. After all, the Manchester City team behind us is chasing and fighting fiercely, and we really can't take a moment to relax!"

The media reporters nodded one after another, this is indeed the case.

Tong Yi also said, "For this game, we will definitely go all out. We have only one goal, and that is to win. Bournemouth... shouldn't have too many chances!"

Tong Yi and the Crystal Palace players are full of confidence!

On the day of the game, Tongyi Stadium was full! Even in the square outside the stadium, there were a lot of fans gathered on three levels inside and outside. They all seemed to come to support the Crystal Palace team.

Because they know very well that this is the only home game of Crystal Palace in the near future, and they are really a little reluctant to wait for the next Crystal Palace home game in 20 days.

No. Naturally, they had to come to watch this game.

This naturally put a lot of pressure on Bourne.

They did not expect that so many fans from the Crystal Palace would come to watch the game, and Hao felt a sudden shock in his heart.

It seemed to be more difficult for Bournemouth to win this game, but he was not intimidated.

In this game, Bournemouth's goal is still to win.

At this time, the referee of this game, Kevin Friend, blew the whistle to officially start the game.

The first kick-off was from the visiting team Bournemouth. They turned against the visitors and attacked fiercely as soon as they started.

Obviously they wanted to grab an opening and catch Crystal Palace off guard.

Unexpectedly, the Crystal Palace side was well prepared, but they did not succeed. Instead, they were easily intercepted and intercepted by the Crystal Palace side.

Sure enough, Crystal Palace's high-position pressing and stealing ability is really strong.

This made Bournemouth people feel suffocated.

Hao on the sidelines was also very nervous. They were under pressure from the beginning of the game.

In this game, most of Crystal Palace's players were substitutes and rotation players. This allowed Bournemouth people to instantly see the gap between the two teams.

At this moment, Crystal Palace made continuous passes and the football rolled to the bottom line of the wing.

Carvajal, who came up from the wing, spotted the football and immediately crossed the ball. Giroud in the middle jumped up high, flicked his head and hit the goal hard, hitting the Bournemouth goal. The football was slightly higher. It went over the crossbar and flew out of the baseline.

This is a wake-up call for the people of Bournemouth.

But Bournemouth people were very high-spirited and did not take Crystal Palace's offense seriously.

Bournemouth people's high spirits are well-founded, because they have won three consecutive away games in the past three away games, so this time they come to the away game and they still feel that they can continue their good form in the previous away games. They have a good chance in this game. I won it, so I played more proactively.

Now here is also a bit of a rivalry with the Crystal Palace.

However, their forwards relying on Defoe and Joshua King are a bit limited, causing their offense to be a bit unable to play. Especially Defoe's position was targeted, which made them very uncomfortable.

Howe on the sidelines kept shouting, reminding the Bournemouth players to help Defoe attract firepower and give Defoe more space and ball rights. But it is obvious that Crystal Palace has focused on defending Defoe, so that Bournemouth's offense has been restricted, which has caused Bournemouth to be completely passive now.

This is really passive!

Bournemouth wants to

They wanted to launch an attack, but they were so restricted that the forwards couldn't even get the ball.

Moreover, some of Bournemouth's players were forced to only pass crosses and back passes, and even made mistakes when crossing many times. In this way, Bournemouth's defeat was obvious.

The Bournemouth fans who came from afar to see this shook their heads.

How can we still play this game? They definitely can’t beat Crystal Palace!

Of course, the Bournemouth people have not given up. They are still fighting for and attacking, hoping to create a miracle. But for now, they don't have many chances.

At this moment, Crystal Palace completed another steal.

The one who stole the ball was Kanter, who started in the midfield. Kanter was playing like a fish in water at this time.

Moreover, Bournemouth's strength is indeed relatively weak, and Kante's success rate in stealing the ball is very high.

After stealing the ball, he immediately passed the football to the wing.

Theo on the wing rushed up quickly with the ball and headed towards Bournemouth's half. Facing the oncoming defensive player, he pretended to pass the ball and dunked directly past the opponent's defensive player on the floor. Guys, continue to hold the ball and accelerate down the field.

Facing the defensive player, he quickly pulled the football back and passed it directly to the corner of the penalty area.

Gnabry glanced at the ball at this time. He didn't stop the ball at all, but directly kicked it and passed it to the center of the penalty area.

The football drew a wonderful arc and went directly over the head of center back Ake in the middle of the penalty area.

Giroud in the middle met the ball directly with a lion's head shake, and quickly smashed the football towards Bournemouth's goal.

The speed of the ball was very fast, and Begovic in front of the goal was a little late to react. He was half a beat slower and watched the football fly into the goal.

In the 17th minute of the first half, Crystal Palace finally broke through Bournemouth's goal, and it was Giroud who scored.

The ball was passed really well, the arc just passed Ake's head and then flew towards Giroud.

Ake's height was targeted, although he bounced very well and could jump very high. But this time there was still no risk, which resulted in the goal conceded.

The Crystal Palace fans at the scene immediately gave Gnabry applause and cheers.

What a wonderful pass!

Seeing this, Hao couldn't help but shake his head. He knew that Bournemouth would have no chance in this game. However, he did not give up. He still reminded the Bournemouth players to continue attacking. They still have to fight hard in this game. What if they create a miracle and win in the end?

If you don’t fight, you will never have a chance. If you fight, you will have a chance!

Therefore, after losing the ball, Bournemouth was still attacking crazily, trying to score a goal.

Bournemouth can also be seen here

The Sri Lankan people are eager to win, but to be honest, the strength gap between the two sides is indeed a bit big, and Bournemouth was a bit reckless in this game, a bit careless about the beginning and the end, so they are very passive now. It gives people the feeling that they can neither attack nor defend.

The strength gap between the two teams is still too big!

At this moment, the Crystal Palace midfielder stole the ball again.

This time it's still Kanter. Kanter really can't stop it. After stealing the ball, he immediately pushed the football to the frontcourt. Sabitze in the frontcourt caught the ball with his back and quickly passed the football to Mbappe on the wing. After receiving the ball, Mbappe immediately After quickly rushing forward with the ball and attracting the defense, he suddenly passed the football across the field.

This is a bit unexpected. Everyone thought he was going to shoot the ball himself?

The football rolled towards Sabitzer. Sabitzer did not stop the ball at all, but missed the football.

The one who followed was Llorente. Llorente changed his bow and arrow and pretended to shoot from a long distance, but in fact he pushed the football near the baseline.

Special Olympics rushed forward and passed directly, and the football roared into Bournemouth's penalty area.

Bournemouth's two center backs almost seemed to attack Giroud at the same time, but the football flew over their heads and flew to the back point. Mbappe, who rushed up quickly from the back point, leaped towards the top and headed over. Smashing the football into the Bournemouth goal.

At the end of the first half, Crystal Palace led 2-0.

This point difference may not seem big, but Crystal Palace is completely in control of the situation, giving the Crystal Palace players a feeling of complete stability. Therefore, the atmosphere in the stadium is not that festive now, they have begun to celebrate crazily, celebrating the victory.

Seeing this, the people of Bournemouth could only shake their heads in regret.

There is indeed an insurmountable gap between the two teams. It is really difficult for Bournemouth to defeat Crystal Palace, almost impossible!

However, Bournemouth was also stubborn and still did not give up and was still attacking.

Obviously, Hao still wants to fight hard again. Is it possible that they can win this game?

Well, the Bournemouth players didn't quite believe what Howe said.

Bournemouth have no chance in this game!

Soon, the second half of the game between the two sides officially began. Bournemouth attacked like crazy and even pressed forward across the board. Not to mention that during this period, Bournemouth still showed their offensive level. But to be honest, there is no absolute threat to Crystal Palace's goal.

On the contrary, in the 71st minute of this game, Crystal Palace played a wonderful counterattack. Llorente, who was waiting on the court, directly made a long pass and quickly passed the football to the frontcourt. Giroud stopped the ball on his chest and turned around. Then, thirty-three meters away from the goal, he directly swung his leg and volleyed the ball to score. The rewrite became three to zero.