229: Conquer the Mestalla Stadium

September 20, 2013, Mestalla Stadium, Valencia, Spain.

What is happening here today is the first leg of the Europa League group stage match between the La Liga Bats and the Premier League Blue Eagles.

Before the game, media reporters were almost all optimistic about Valencia.

After all, Valencia is one of the top teams in La Liga and is very strong.

Although Valencia has entered a trough in recent years, they still cannot be underestimated.

Now that Valencia's former star Djukic has taken over the team, Valencia fans are full of expectations for the team. They will definitely achieve good results in the Europa League this season.

Crystal Palace is just a newly promoted team in the Premier League.

How can Crystal Palace be as good as Valencia?

Valencia must win this game!

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

Home team Valencia, head coach Dukic, formation 433

goalkeeper Guaita

The back four from left to right: Javi Martinez, Mathieu, Rami and Barragan

The three midfielders from left to right Guardado, Barnetta and Fegulli

The front three from left to right Canales, Postiga and Federico Cartabia

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

edouard

The back four from left to right Robertson, Laporte, Van Dijk and Aurier

Double defensive midfielder Paulinho and Kante

Single attacking midfielder Pogba

The front three from left to right Salah, Lukaku and Mane

This is the starting lineup of both sides today. It is obvious that Valencia has continued their previous tactics of flying together on both sides. Moreover, his two wingers will sometimes cut inwards to the center, and the other two wingers will frequently change positions. This is a team that is good at attacking.

From the beginning of the game, Valencia took advantage of their home court and attacked like crazy.

Obviously, they want to win Crystal Palace at their home court and get three points.

The Valencia fans at the scene were also confident that they would win this game.

Tong Yi, on the other hand, stood quietly on the sidelines, as if he was not affected at all, and looked like he was sure of victory.

Valencia fans all feel that this guy Tong Yi is showing off.

Your Crystal Palace is about to be sieved by us, why are you pretending to be calm?

Especially when thinking of what Tong Yi said before the game, Valencia fans became even more angry.

In an interview before the game, Tong Yi said, "Valencia used to be one of the top teams in La Liga. They also competed with the Spanish Super League duo for the La Liga championship, and even competed with the best football teams in Europe. The team will hunt for the Champions League. However, Valencia is now in decline. In fact, their current strength is not as strong as everyone imagined. In this game, we Crystal Palace should

We should be able to win, and it should be relatively easy. "

Valencia fans all think that this guy Tong Yi is crazy and belittles us, Valencia. Damn it!

The Valencia fans are on fire, waiting to teach Tong Yi, a local leopard who has never seen the world, a lesson in this game!

Valencia made Tong Yi understand how much stronger Tong Yi, the frog in the well, was compared to Valencia.

Then, in the 15th minute of the game, Crystal Palace midfielder Kante directly cut off the football from Barnetta's feet and immediately launched a quick counterattack.

Kanter directly sent the football to Lukaku's head in the frontcourt. Lukaku jumped up high and shook his head to meet the ball.

Salah, who came up diagonally, cut inside, rushed past Barragan, caught up with the football, and fired a shot. The football roared out and flew straight into the upper right corner of the goal.

Guaita reacted quickly in front of the goal, but it was of no use.

The football flew into the goal without any suspense.

One to zero!

Just a quarter of an hour into the game, Crystal Palace took the lead, and the faces of the Valencia fans were ashen.

Tong Yi, who was on the sidelines, turned around and waved to the Valencia fans in the stands.

The Valencia fans were even more angry and their faces became even more ugly.

As a result, the Valencia fans were madly hurting Tong Yi, and even just cursed without venting their anger. Some people threw debris directly at Tong Yi's position. Fortunately, the security personnel on site responded quickly, otherwise what would have happened?

But Tong Yi stood there quietly, not affected at all.

The commentators at the scene secretly gave Tong Yi a thumbs up and secretly said, "Awesome!"

To be honest, Crystal Palace also performed very well in this game.

Valencia's offense is actually very powerful, especially the offense from the two wings. But when they faced Crystal Palace today, their offense was totally impossible. Because when Valencia faced the brutal high-position press from the Crystal Palace people, they were a little at a loss.

Although the Valencians have very good skills at their feet, they are very precise in controlling the ball and passing the ball at their feet. But facing Crystal Palace's fierce and even brutal high-position press, they were really in a hurry.

In particular, Crystal Palace's high-position press has a very high success rate, which makes Valencia even more passive.

Of course, Valencia's players also fell to the ground many times.

Because the Crystal Palace people will frequently use tactical fouls in defense, just to prevent your offense from going well and smoothly. Under such circumstances, Valencia's players will become increasingly angry and impatient.

Yes, this would not be a good thing for Valencia.

Therefore, by this time, Crystal Palace clearly occupies the top spot.

Because Valencia rarely encounters teams with this type of tactics in La Liga. Facing such a team, they don't know what to do?

Even their coach Dukic doesn't know what to do?

Therefore, from the beginning of the game to now, Valencia has been passive and has not even threatened the Crystal Palace goal many times. This made the Valencia fans very angry. They originally had great hopes for Valencia, but now it seems that they are really wishful thinking.

This Djukic's ability is still a bit lacking. .??.

At least compared to Tong Yi, it's still a lot worse.

No wonder Tong Yi is so calm and calm on the sidelines. It turns out that he is really sure of victory.

Dukic knew what he should do. He immediately came to the sidelines and shouted loudly into the stadium, reminding the Valencia players not to panic, speed up the rhythm of passing and receiving, and use good passes to break up The opponent's high position presses.

With a bang, Banega was knocked down by Kanter who rushed up again.

Shhhhhhh!

The scene was immediately booed by Valencia fans, and Dukic even complained furiously on the sidelines.

Don't you give any cards to this?

The referee looked directly at Kanter and gave Kanter a simple verbal warning, without any intention of giving a card. Dukic and the Valencia fans at the scene were very dissatisfied and angry. Damn it, whose home field is this?

Valencia's offense was restricted by Crystal Palace, and Valencia had almost no decent offense.

Crystal Palace's offense was like a tide.

What's more important is that Crystal Palace's attack rate is very fast. It only takes three to five passes to complete an attack, and the threat is still very high.

The Valencia fans at the scene were all trembling. It was very dangerous!

Just now, Crystal Palace stole the ball in the midfield again, and then Pogba directly passed the ball through Valencia's defense. Mane entered the penalty area under the cover of Lukaku, met the ball and pushed it into the far corner. The football missed the post in the far corner and rolled out of the baseline. It was really just a hair’s breadth.

The Valencia fans were so frightened that they dared not speak out.

How dangerous!

The Valencia fans had a very hard time in the first half. They only had three shooting opportunities in the entire first half. Is this Valencia still good at attacking? The Valencia fans shook their heads, feeling incredible. Didn't Valencia take more than ten shots in that La Liga game? Today, when facing Crystal Palace, there were only three shots in the first half. This is too abnormal.

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At the beginning of the second half, Valencia wanted to seek changes, but they soon discovered that Crystal Palace had made changes early. Tong Yi predicted Dukic's prediction and directly increased the intensity of the high-post press, instantly wiping out all the changes the Valencians had made.

Valencia simply couldn't make the changes they wanted, so they played very awkwardly in this game.

It’s not that the Valencians don’t work hard, but they are very unaccustomed to it.

The players of Crystal Palace have made them so confused that they still don’t know what to do?

And Dukic on the sidelines seemed to have no better idea, so Valencia now seems even more passive.

In the 15th minute of the second half, Crystal Palace got a corner kick. Robertson drove the football into Valencia's penalty area with an arc. In the penalty area, Lukaku overwhelmed Rami and headed the ball towards the Valencia goal.

The speed of the ball is very fast, like lightning.

Fortunately, Guaita reacted in time and miraculously saved the football.

Unfortunately, the football fell right at the feet of Laporte in the penalty area, and Laporte easily pushed the ball into the empty goal.

Two to zero, the Crystal Palace team playing away from home expanded the score.

The Valencia fans were speechless for a moment. How can we play this game? Do we still have a chance at Valencia in this game? They shook their heads, they themselves didn't believe it.

Because of this game, Valencia really has not changed at all.

The Valencia fans turned to look at Dukic on the sidelines. You should come up with something!

Unfortunately, Dukic stood on the sidelines like a sculpture, without any reaction.

Valencia is becoming more and more passive on the court, as if it may concede the third goal at any time. The Valencia fans see it very badly and are very worried. They are all hating them to death at this time. Damn it, do you have the ability to coach?

At this moment, Crystal Palace's high press was successful again, and Salah directly cut off the foot of the opponent's full-back. Then he didn't advance with the ball, but saw Mane who was diagonally crossing into the penalty area from the wing for the first time. He directly made a diagonal kick and accurately sent the football in front of Mane.

Seeing the ball coming, Mane pushed the ball directly through Guaita's wicket, and the football rolled into Valencia's goal.

Three to zero!

This is also the final score!

Crystal Palace defeated Valencia with three goals at the Mestalla Stadium, breaking a big upset in the Europa League group stage. The newly promoted team from the Premier League actually defeated the giants from La Liga. This was something that many people did not expect before the game.

After this game, no one dared to underestimate Tong Yi and the newly promoted Premier League team Crystal Palace.

We must face them, otherwise everyone will suffer.