885: Do you rely on a group of old men to conquer the world?
May 5, 2018, Britannia Stadium, Stoke-on-Trent, England.
What is going to be played here today is the 37th round of the 2017-2018 Premier League season. The two sides are the home team Stoke City and the visiting team Crystal Palace.
This is a highly watched game.
Anyway, at this time, fans such as Everton, Manchester City, Swansea and Southampton are paying attention to this game.
They are all looking forward to the result of this game.
The stadium, which can accommodate more than 28,000 people, is also full, and there is no room for extra people.
Stoke City fans at the scene held up many banners such as "For 100 million, kill Crystal Palace", "Crystal Palace must die", "Kill Crystal Palace, relegation is successful" and other banners, and some guys even came up with some to humiliate Tong. One poster to support Stoke City players and to attack Tong Yi and Crystal Palace.
Even the Crystal Palace fans who came to the away game received a lot of criticism and abuse. Before the game even started, the smell of gunpowder in the stadium was very strong.
This made the security personnel and police at the scene a little nervous.
After all, this is a life and death game!
If they lose this game, Stoke City is likely to be relegated, and Manchester City will also lose this season's Premier League championship early. These security personnel have to guard against some people jumping over the wall, so they are very cautious.
Just when Tong Yi walked into the stadium, all the Stoke City fans at the scene cursed Tong Yi crazily. Those words were really dirty and hard to hear. The Stoke City people seemed to want to attack and anger Tong Yi in this way to defeat the Crystal Palace team.
Obviously, these guys have simplified this game, and they have also simplified Tong Yi.
Tong Yi turned a deaf ear to these and just issued orders to the players to kill them.
This game is only about offense and goals, nothing else!
To be honest, the Crystal Palace players were also disgusted by the behavior of Stoke City, Manchester City and Everton people before the game. In this game, they must be prepared to teach these people a lesson and let them know We know how powerful Crystal Palace is!
If you choose to go against Crystal Palace, you are doomed to fail!
We will teach you a lesson and humiliate you severely in this game.
Stoke City people, you should be beaten if you don't know your place!
The Crystal Palace fans who had come from afar were not afraid of the stage at all. They counterattacked wildly in the stands and faced off against the Stoke City people. It seemed that they no longer felt like they were away from home. They all used their loudest voices to support his team, letting the players know that they never fight alone!
Crystal Palace must win this game!
Because in their opinion, Stoke City is really too weak, and their recent form is also very bad.
They have learned that Stoke City has tied three times in a row, and in the past six home games, they have lost three and drawn three, without winning any of them. What do you, Stoke City, do to beat us, Crystal Palace? Our Crystal Palace is the only team in the Premier League that still maintains a complete victory this season!
Where do you, Stoke City, get the confidence to say that you can defeat our Crystal Palace?
Stoke City's defense is also very poor. They have conceded goals at five consecutive home games, and in three of the games they have conceded more than two goals.
With such a defense, do you think you can withstand the impact of Ronaldo, Salah and Mbappe?
You guys are really funny!
How dare you claim to be able to defeat our crystal?
palace?
You can just listen to the instigation of Manchester City people!
To be honest, Crystal Palace fans still don't think they will lose this game. They came here to celebrate their team's championship in advance.
Now many visiting team fans are holding up the inflatable Premier League championship trophy. They can't wait to lift the trophy over their heads.
Crystal Palace is the champion, long live Crystal Palace, long live Tong Yi!
Hearing these sounds, the Stoke City man's face instantly dropped, looking very ugly.
The Manchester City fans in front of the TV were gnashing their teeth in hatred, and some guys even smashed a lot of things.
They just can't see the Crystal Palace people like this!
Damn Crystal Palace guys, you are going to die!
"Okay audience friends, the players from both sides have entered the scene. The game is about to start. I will now introduce to you the starting lineups of both sides today!" BBC Sports commentator Mortensen looked at his hands. The information is introduced to everyone.
Today’s starting lineups for both sides are as follows:
Home team Stoke City, head coach Lambert, formation 442
Goalkeeper Jack Bertrand
Back four from left to right Eric Petres, Zouma, Shawcross and Glen Johnson
Midfield four from left to right Moritz Bauer, Ndiaye, Joe Allen and Shaqiri
Double forward Crouch and Diouf
Visiting team Crystal Palace, head coach Tong Yi, formation 4213
goalkeeper Maignan
The back four from left to right Theo, Upamecano, Van Dijk and Carvajal
Double midfielder Llorente and Kante
Single attacking midfielder De Bruyne
The three forwards from left to right Salah, Ronaldo and Mbappe
In this game, Crystal Palace conducted a small rotation and rotated several players, but the strikers were all the main players. Moreover, Ronaldo, who was threatened by Stoke City and Manchester City before the game, also appeared in the starting list of this game. It can be seen that the Portuguese really doesn't care and is not afraid at all!
Seeing this, the Stoke City people frowned. This game was not easy for them.
They originally thought that Crystal Palace would choose a large-scale rotation. After all, they had just fought against Roma in midweek. They did not expect that they still sent out most of their main players.
This made the people of Stoke very angry.
Are you Crystal Palace targeting Stoke City? Why don't you give us Stoke City a chance?
You are conducting a large-scale rotation, why not rotate?
There are also a lot of Manchester City fans on the Internet who are madly cursing and criticizing the Crystal Palace people, especially Tong Yi. He feels that Tong Yi is a garbage guy. At this time, he doesn't care about the life and death of the players and lets them come up to fight. This is simply insane.
If they were the main players of Crystal Palace, they would have rebelled long ago.
Come on Stoke City people, beat Crystal Palace!
Atkinson, one of the four blind referees of this game, came to the players on both sides, reminding them and warning them to play well and not cause trouble, otherwise he would not be merciful.
Both sides
The players nodded and said they would not mess around.
Atkinson snorted, "That's the best!"
Atkinson also surfed the Internet before the game. He knew the background of this game thoroughly. He knew that this game would definitely not be calm. Therefore, before the game, he warned these guys not to cause trouble, otherwise he would really punch hard.
Atkinson looked left and right, then blew the whistle to start the game.
For this game, Tong Yi was full of confidence. Stoke City's offensive threat was insufficient. He really didn't know where the Stoke City people got their confidence. Do you think they would win?
Just rely on the two old men on your front line? ??
Yes, Stoke City's striker is really too old. Crouch is 37 years old now. What else do you expect him to do? Can you attack the city, win and score goals for your Stoke City?
Diouf is not young anymore, almost 31 years old!
This striker is almost 70 years old, do you still expect them to break through the Crystal Palace goal and take away the victory?
Lambert, what are you thinking?
It’s not that Tong Yi looks down on Stoke City, it’s not that Tong Yi looks down on Crouch and Diouf. These two guys are indeed older, and their scoring efficiency this season is not high. He really doesn’t know what happened to Lambert. Will these two guys be reused?
After seeing these two people, Tong Yi naturally became more confident.
Crystal Palace must win this game!
The first kick-off of this game was the home team Stoke City. Although Stoke City said before the game that they came for victory, they wanted to defeat Crystal Palace by a big score and teach Crystal Palace a lesson. In fact, the game was not particularly passionate or aggressive, but rather cautious.
Moreover, the pace of offense and passing is relatively slow, perhaps to adapt to these two seniors!
Stoke City was still testing the situation at first and did not attack rashly.
In their view, if you want to win, you must first solidify your defense. Not conceding the ball is the beginning of victory.
However, they have been conceding goals in the past few games. I don’t know where Lambert got the confidence to think that they will not concede goals when facing Crystal Palace?
And at this moment, Stoke City lost the ball in midfield!
The Stoke City people were testing the ball and did not rush forward. They mainly focused on stability and the passing rhythm was relatively slow.
Tong Yi waved his hand slightly, signaling the Crystal Palace side to step up the high pressure, and instantly stole the ball in the midfield!
Crystal Palace's high-position pressure was really strong, and it came very quickly. The Stoke people were a little caught off guard, and they were also a little panicked. Their passing has no purpose, they just take the ball in a hurry. Their players just hope that the football will not be broken under their feet!
At this time, there was a problem with Joe Allen, who had excellent ball-holding ability in the midfield.
Perhaps because of his confidence in his ability to control the ball at his feet, he did not take the shot blindly, but controlled the football to get rid of it, then found the right point and time to release the ball, and then calmly released the ball. It is even possible to directly create opportunities.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he received the ball, the ball was intercepted by Kanter who rushed forward.
Allen is really too confident.
Allen was shocked and immediately reached out to pull Kanter. Unexpectedly, Kanter had already sent the football away, and the football quickly rolled to Deb in the frontcourt.
Laune's feet. Stoke City fans immediately became nervous, it was dangerous. The Manchester City fans in front of the TV were also nervous, and they even began to complain about the Stoke City people in their hearts.
How do you play football? Was the Crystal Palace man stealing the ball and counterattacking so easily?
Of course, at this time, Allen became the focus of attack by Manchester City fans, and many people even cursed him.
They felt that it was no wonder that Allen was kicked out by Liverpool.
Allen immediately accelerated and rushed towards De Bruyne who was holding the ball. De Bruyne immediately pulled the ball laterally and then quickly moved his legs. It seemed that he was going to pass the ball, but in fact it was a fake move. , and then continue to move forward with the ball.
Ronaldo at the front of the penalty area immediately rushed forward and reached for the ball!
Danger!
Lambert couldn't sit still on the sidelines, so he immediately stood up and quickly came to the sidelines to remind the defense!
Zuma immediately leaned closely against Ronaldo, not giving the Portuguese any chance. He just stuck to it, and his men made many small moves!
At this time, De Bruyne did not pass the football to Ronaldo who was advancing, but directly passed the football to Mbappe who was advancing in the ribs of the penalty area!
The Stoke City fans were shocked. No way, we couldn't concede the goal and lose the game as soon as the game started, right?
The Manchester City fans in front of the TV are desperate!
At this time, Mbappe's eyes were fixed on the rolling football. As he advanced, he stretched his legs to stop the football. Shawcross immediately moved over quickly, blocking Mbappe's inward path.
The angle of Mbappe's shot was very small. He did not take off hastily, but prepared to break through with a fake move.
Suddenly, a foot stretched out from behind him and stabbed the football at his feet!
Mbappe was shocked and immediately turned slightly to block the ball with his body. At the same time, he moved his right leg to block the football.
With a sound, Mbappe fell down and fell into the penalty area of Stoke City.
Petres immediately raised his hands in horror and looked at the referee Atkinson in panic. He said that he had done nothing and that Mbappe had already fallen down before he even touched him. Okay, this is completely fake, and it has nothing to do with me!
Shawcross was also very angry. Petres didn't touch Mbappe at all, and Mbappe fell down. Are you trying to get a penalty kick?
Shawcross was so angry that he leaned down and slapped Mbappe in the face!
Toot toot!
Atkinson really couldn't stand it anymore, so he rushed over quickly and dispersed the players on both sides. He was deeply afraid that something would go wrong. At this time, Shawcross was still unwilling to give up, yelling at Mbappe, and spitting in Mbappe's face.
Everyone in the audience and those in front of the TV looked at Atkinson. Are you going to be so rebellious about this ball?
Penalty kick, penalty kick, penalty kick!
The Crystal Palace fans roared at the top of their lungs. That damn Petres stretched out his leg from behind and kicked Mbappe down. This was a 100% penalty, no doubt about it!
The Stoke City fans all shouted for diving, signaling Atkinson to give Mbappe a red card!
Tong Yi also stood up and came to the sidelines to put pressure on Atkinson, the referee of this game.
Now everyone is staring at Atkinson to see how he will award this ball?
