041: The unexpected Crystal Palace team

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

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

Goalkeeper Speroni

The back four from left to right: Ward, Van Dijk, Delaney and Zhang Linpeng

Double defensive midfielder Jedinak and Kanter

Single attacking midfielder Pogba

The front three from left to right Zaha, Murray and Mane

Visiting team Watford, head coach Zola, formation 451

Almunia

Back four from left to right: Carl Dickinson, Lloyd Doyle, Martin Taylor and Nylon Noseworthy

Midfield five from left to right Mark Yates, Eustace, Abdi, Jonathan Hogg and Sean Murray

Lone forward Joseph Garner

"Wow, we saw the starting lineup of Crystal Palace. To be honest, this lineup is really too young. Except for Speroni, Delaney, Jedinak and Murray, the other players are all young. Players, and they are not very old, Ward and Zhang Linpeng are considered veterans among them, 23 years old."

There are actually two reasons why Zhang Linpeng can lead Crystal Palace in this season's English Championship. The first is that Zhang Linpeng is the main player of the Chinese national team. In the past two years, his appearances in the national team have been almost Perfect attendance, although the Chinese men's national football team ranks a bit low in the world.

The second one is that Zhang Linpeng was a rotation player for the Bundesliga champions last season and has already proven himself in the Bundesliga. Combining these two factors, the Football Association directly granted Zhang Linpeng a labor certificate.

In today's game, Zhang Linpeng appeared on the starting list.

Many people think that this guy Tong Yi is really too arrogant and doesn't understand football too much. At this time, he actually used nepotism and let a Chinese player start the game. This is really funny.

Do you think any Chinese player is the Sun Sun of China and the King of the Valley, China Zheng?

Anyway, the current fans are not optimistic about Zhang Linpeng!

After all, Zhang Linpeng was just a rotation player in the Bundesliga before. He became a starter when he came to Crystal Palace. This must be Tong Yi's selfishness.

Even the Watford fans at the scene considered Zhang Linpeng a breakthrough for the Crystal Palace team.

Today, Watford will tear apart the Crystal Palace defense from Zhang Linpeng and open the door to victory.

Even Zola turned to look at his assistant Corradini and asked, "How is the strength of this chapter? Will it be our breakthrough today?"

Corradini immediately said, "This young man is still very good. His physical fitness is very good, and his speed is not slow. His defensive and assisting abilities are good, especially his good passing ability! Don't underestimate him, he is still very good." Not bad.”

Yes, Zhang Linpeng now is much stronger than Tong Yi remembered in his previous life.

After all, Zhang Linpeng had trained himself in the Bundesliga, and he had also been taught by many famous teachers.

of cultivation. Klose taught Zhang Linpeng how to pass the ball and grasp the timing of the cross. Campbell and the others taught Zhang Linpeng how to defend.

And with the training of Nagelsmann, Kruger and others, Zhang Linpeng has grown very quickly. Therefore, Tong Yi now dares to let Zhang Linpeng start.

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

The first to kick off was the visiting team Watford.

At the beginning of the game, Walford did not rush to attack immediately, but kept testing. Moreover, Watford's starting lineup is obviously defensive, they are a defensive and counterattack lineup.

Obviously, Zola still learned a lot in the Italian U21 national team.

Moreover, Corradini also had a great influence on him. Many of the team's defensive tactics were formulated by Corradini. Zola is a very new Corradini. After all, Corradini has worked with many famous coaches.

The tactics used by Crystal Palace are very similar to those used by Tong Yi at 1860 Munich.

High pressure defense!

The Crystal Palace players pressed forward instantly and dominated the half. In one fell swoop, the Watford players were pushed back to the edge of their penalty area, which made the Watford players a little embarrassed.

It can even be said to be embarrassing!

Watford's players were somewhat unprepared for the intensity of Crystal Palace's pressure.

The intensity of Crystal Palace's pressure clearly exceeded their expectations.

Watford's players were very flustered and often made mistakes at their feet. They were forced to pass back because they couldn't pass the ball forward comfortably under high-intensity pressure, and even passing and receiving the ball comfortably was difficult.

The people of Walford were panicked.

hiss!

The fans at the scene and in front of the TV did not expect that the game would turn out like this.

Mortensen also exclaimed, "Hey! The progress of the game was a bit unexpected! The Watford people seemed to be a little unprepared for Crystal Palace's high-pressure defense. They were too passive! They almost couldn't find a good player." He had no chance to pass the ball forward, but was forced to pass it back, or just take a big kick..."

Shearer was also shocked, took a breath of cold air, and said, "This! This is indeed unexpected. The pressure from the Crystal Palace people is really too strong. They run very fast and press very fiercely. What's more important is that their pressing is very complete and integrated, which gives the ball carrier a strong sense of pressure. No wonder the Watford players are playing so uncomfortable! Hiss!"

Mortensen and Hiller both looked at each other, and both saw the shock in the other's eyes.

This Crystal Palace really has some strength.

This Tong Yi is also quite good.

They all know that the tactic Tong Yi is good at is high pressure defense. But it is obvious that Crystal Palace's high pressure intensity exceeded their expectations. This intensity is much stronger than the pressure Crystal Palace faced against Exeter City a few days ago!

It seems that they still have some reservations from the last game!

hiss!

Shearer and Mortensen were shocked again. The pressure shown by Crystal Palace in the last game was actually very strong, but that was with some reservations.

If we don't keep it, how strong can Crystal Palace's pressure be?

Seeing the high-intensity pressure of the Crystal Palace players on the court, Shearer and Mortensen suddenly felt that they could understand it if Munich 1860 won the Bundesliga championship and the Europa League championship.

This is also high-intensity pressure, which is really not something ordinary teams can adapt to.

In this game, Watford is in danger.

On the sidelines, Watford's head coach Zola was also shocked when he saw this.

He also did not expect that the oppression shown by Crystal Palace in this game was even stronger than that in the previous game, and it was much stronger. This was beyond his expectation and design, and it was very dangerous for Watford.

Zola immediately turned to look at Corradini, who was also shocked.

Obviously, Corradini did not expect Crystal Palace's high pressure to be so intense.

It's dangerous!

Waterford people are in danger!

The fans in front of the TV and at the scene were also stunned. They did not expect that Crystal Palace would take the initiative from the beginning and directly suppress Watford.

Now the Watford people can only rely on long passes from the waiting area!

Fortunately, their English Championship team is good at playing such tactics.

But soon, they discovered something was wrong!

The current Watford is different from the English Championship teams they are familiar with. Their tactics are completely incompatible with long passes! Zola transformed Watford when he took over the team. Now Watford's tactics are obviously more Italian, playing defensive counterattacks.

In this game, Watford did not have a high center forward at all.

The team's 191cm tall high center forward Iwelumo sat on the bench today. Today their starting forward is the fast horse Joseph Garner, who is only 178cm tall, and behind him there are also some fast horses who are not tall.

It seems that Zola relies more on forwards of his size.

Even the young player he brought over from Udinese, Vydra, is only 180cm tall and is more of a fast horse.

Behind Ghana today

Sean Murray, Hogg and Yetters are all about 1.7 meters tall. They are all fast and capable of running behind.

But obviously, the current blind big-foot tactics are of no use to these guys.

Ganajeste and the others had no chance. Instead, Delaney, Jedinak and Van Dijk worked hard in the backcourt. All kinds of high-altitude balls were completely controlled by them. Wolford had no chance to attack. nothing.

"Danger! Walford is in danger! If we continue to play like this without changing, Walford's game will be over!" After saying this, Mortensen couldn't help but glance at Shearer.

Hiller was also very surprised.

Shearer said, "I really didn't expect that young people like Crystal Palace could occasionally burst out with such strength. It was really beyond my expectations. However, there are hidden dangers if Crystal Palace continues to play like this. They maintained this throughout the game. If the intensity is high, they will lose their physical fitness in the second half of the second half, and then it will be Watford’s chance to take the lead!”

Mortensen also thinks so. He doesn't think Crystal Palace can maintain such intensity until the end of the game because the physical fitness of the Crystal Palace people cannot support it.

"Opportunity! Crystal Palace opportunity!" Mortensen suddenly roared excitedly.

Under high pressure, Watford had to play a long pass, but unfortunately the ball was pushed out by Van Dijk. The football flew to the feet of Pogba in the frontcourt. Pogba had just picked up the ball and was surrounded by a large amount of space. Because the Watford people were pressed very hard, they were all compressed near the front of the penalty area.

Seeing Pogba get the ball, Watford players immediately rushed out and rushed towards Pogba.

They also have to give Pogba enough pressure!

Pogba accurately calculated the steps of these guys, and when they were close to his body, he immediately pushed the football to the wing.

Zhang Linpeng, who was caught on the wing, easily caught the ball, and he even had the time and space to handle it calmly. After receiving the ball, he immediately looked up and glanced into Watford's penalty area.

Somewhat empty.

Watford's players have just expanded outwards, putting defensive pressure on Crystal Palace's players. So, the penalty area is a bit empty.

Without saying a word, Zhang Linpeng took off his foot at a 45-degree angle and passed the football directly into Watford's penalty area.

Watford fans were shocked, it was dangerous!

Martin Taylor, who is 193cm tall in the penalty area, immediately rushed out to clear the high ball.

Then he knew that his body was directly blocked by Mane, slowing down Taylor's speed of pounce. Murray rushed forward in the middle and directly headed the ball backwards. The football quickly flew to the back point.

Zaha, who rushed forward quickly from behind and was unguarded, stretched his legs to shoot, directly padding the football into Watford's goal.

One to zero!