231: Two games against Southampton in one week

After five rounds of the 2013-2014 Premier League season, Crystal Palace is the only team that still maintains a complete victory, with 15 points, ranking first in the league. The second-ranked team is Arsenal, with 4 wins and 1 loss and 12 points; the third-ranked team is Tottenham Hotspur, with 4 wins and 1 loss and 12 points.

This is simply prosperous London!

Three teams from London occupy the top three spots in the Premier League, which was rare in the past.

Chelsea, from London, has 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, with 10 points, and is now ranked fifth in the league.

The team from London is really eye-catching.

Is this year's Premier League going to be dominated by London teams?

Of course, at this time, the English media still felt that Crystal Palace was unlikely to persist until the end.

After all, this is Tong Yi's debut season in the Premier League.

Moreover, Crystal Palace's lineup is very young. As the league progresses, Crystal Palace's lack of experience will definitely cause the team to explode. However, it should be very easy for Crystal Palace to avoid relegation.

Of course, Crystal Palace really dazzled people all over England.

Crystal Palace fans were really excited.

Crystal Palace fans led by Stevony are almost ready to support Tong Yi. They once again proposed that the Crystal Palace club erect a statue of Tong Yi outside Selhurst Park.

Tong Yi is worth it!

Tong Yi is the best legendary manager in the history of Crystal Palace Club.

Stevoni's youngest son Albramo was so excited that he went crazy on his father's social media account, announcing in a high profile that his idol was no longer Zaha, but Crystal Palace head coach Tong Yi.

Albramo is a die-hard fan of Tong Yi's support team.

Gustavo and others, on the other hand, had long been hiding and did not dare to show their faces at all.

However, Tong Yi is very dull now.

He didn't care about this at all, because the Premier League schedule is indeed very intensive. The match against Swansea has just ended, and Crystal Palace is about to usher in the third round of the English League Cup. This means that Crystal Palace will still have a double match next week.

And the opponents in this week's double matches are Southampton.

In midweek, they played away against Southampton in the third round of the English League Cup, and on the weekend they also played away against Southampton in the sixth round of the Premier League.

So, now Tong Yi has led the Crystal Palace players to Southampton.

This week, Tong Yi and the Crystal Palace players will be living in Southampton. They will not return to London until the game is over.

To be honest, Southampton is not easy to play.

This Southampton team is still very unique, and the players in the team are also a very talented group of young people.

What's more important is that the head coach of this team will be a very famous coach in world football in the future - Mauricio Pochettino!

Yes, the one who shocked the world at Tottenham Hotspur and then

The Argentine coach who later went to Paris Saint-Germain.

To be honest, the coaching styles of Pochettino and Tong Yi are also similar.

Both of them are head coaches who attach great importance to the physical training of their players, and both are known for their extremely intense training.

However, Tong Yi's speed is more about high-position pressing, while Pochettino's tactics are more famous for offense.

Of course, Pochettino's tactical style is not static. On the contrary, he is still a head coach who often looks at the food and changes with people.

Another thing he and Tong Yi have in common is that they are always willing to explore the talents of young players and always give young people opportunities.

Therefore, this game is also a game that media reporters focus on.

This is the key young coach battle in the Premier League this season.

Before this ground game, when Tong Yi was interviewed by media reporters, he said, "Pochettino is a very good and very distinctive head coach. To be honest, this Southampton team was beaten by Pochettino." They are very well built. Their strength cannot be underestimated. If we take it lightly, we will definitely not be able to win this game."

Tong Yi was not saying compliments, this was what he really wanted.

Pochettino is a tough guy to deal with.

Pochettino said this in an interview before the game: "Obviously, Crystal Palace is a very difficult team to deal with. Their head coach Tong Yi is very good, and I admire him very much. Even his god His performance fascinates me, and if I hadn’t retired yet, I’d be willing to play under him!”

Yes, Pochettino is also a player-turned-coach.

His career is still very successful. He has played in Argentina, La Liga and Ligue 1. He once played for Paris Saint-Germain and twice played for Espanyol. He is a member of the Argentine national team.

When he just retired, he served as the assistant coach of the Espanyol women's football team, and later became the head coach of the Espanyol men's football team. He took over Southampton in January this year. Last season, he led Southampton to turn a corner. Relegation was successful.

This season, he has carried out drastic reforms to Southampton, and now the team has put his stamp on it.

At present, Southampton's performance is not bad, ranking eighth in the Premier League, with a record of 2 wins, 2 draws, 1 loss and 8 points. In the just-concluded round of the Premier League, they defeated Liverpool 1-0 away from home and scored three points, showing very good strength.

Therefore, Tong Yi really doesn't dare to underestimate this team.

Pochettino also said, "These two games against Crystal Palace are very important, and we will definitely go all out. However, the opponents are very strong, and we will definitely have to work harder to come back."

Before the game, Pochettino kept his attitude very low.

There is a suspicion of confusing Tong Yi.

Fortunately, Tong Yi knows Pochettino's background, so Tong Yi will not underestimate Southampton. On the contrary, Tong Yi will attach great importance to Southampton.

Before this game, Tong Yi reminded the Crystal Palace players many times that they must not take it lightly and must treat the team seriously.

Of course, Tong Yi also rotated the team in this game, after all, the schedule was too intensive.

Crystal Palace’s starting line-up for the Carabao Cup is as follows

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The back four from left to right is Alonso, Carvalho, McCarthy and Aurier.

Double defensive midfielder Weigl and Kimmich

Single attacking midfielder Goretzka

The front three from left to right Zaha, Ignacio and Sane.??.

Southampton also made a rotation and sent out a pure substitute lineup. The list is as follows

goalkeeper davis

The back four from left to right: Fox, Juyveld, Maya Yoshida and Chambers

Double defensive midfielder Jerome Prado and Koke

The front three from left to right Gaston Ramirez, Ward Prowse and Steven Davis

Lone forward Li Zhongcheng

It can be seen at a glance that this is Southampton's pure substitute lineup. It is obvious that Pochettino is still very pragmatic. Obviously, Pochettino is focusing on the league and does not pay much attention to the League Cup.

However, Tong Yi doesn't think so.

Tong Yi is still taking this game very seriously, and he will not give Pochettino any chance.

In this game, Crystal Palace went all out.

This made Pochettino frown. He didn't expect that Tong Yi would pay so much attention to them? Didn't he already show weakness before the game? Why does this guy Tong Yi still value him so much? Targeting him like this?

Yes, Southampton played very awkwardly in this game.

It was as if the Crystal Palace people were very familiar with their playing style and characteristics, and their weaknesses were all taken care of, which made the Southampton people very uncomfortable.

Pochettino turned to stare at Tong Yi, dumbfounded.

Is there any need to study our Southampton in such detail? We are just a relegation team, not your direct competitor. You should focus on researching which teams are competing for European qualification!

Pochettino really felt it was outrageous!

He shuddered that someone would study Southampton in such detail.

You see, the reason why Liverpool lost to them was because they underestimated them, did not study their characteristics in detail, and did not pay attention to them. Southampton are just a little bit transparent in the Premier League and they guessed it right, so they shouldn't be noticed by the big guys above. Why do you, Tong Yi, study us so carefully?

Why?

Pochettino is puzzled!

And in this scene

In the 34th minute of the game, Crystal Palace's Goretzka received the ball from Ignacio and blasted the Southampton goal with a heavy kick, taking the lead. In the 37th minute of the second half, Carvalho succeeded with a header, helping Crystal Palace expand the score.

In the final game, Crystal Palace defeated Southampton 2-0 away from home, won the victory, and successfully advanced to the next round of the EFL Cup.

After the game, Pochettino looked confused. He still didn't understand why Tong Yi paid so much attention to them and studied them in such detail?

Is Tong Yi's coaching team really so meticulous? Has each Premier League opponent been studied in detail and has tactics developed specifically to deal with them? Isn’t this too much work?

hiss!

Tong Yi is amazing!

Three days later, Pochettino's Southampton once again welcomed Crystal Palace at their home court.

This is the sixth round of the 2013-2014 Premier League season. Pochettino made extensive adjustments to the starting lineup. Today Southampton sent out their main lineup, the list is as follows

Goalkeeper Boruc

Back four from left to right Luke Shaw, Lovren, Jose Fonte and Klein

Double defensive midfielder Schneiderlin and Vanyama

The front three from left to right Osvaldo, Lallana and Steven Davis

lone striker Lambert

This is Southampton’s absolute main lineup!

Seeing this lineup, Tong Yi nodded slightly. This lineup was more than twice as strong as Southampton's starting lineup three days ago. There are a lot of powerful players with great potential in this lineup, and many of them will go to play for several giant clubs in the Premier League in the future.

Tong Yi did not dare to underestimate Southampton. Before the game, he told the Crystal Palace fans about Southampton in detail. It is said that this starting lineup is much better than the previous starting lineup. We must be more careful and cautious. The Crystal Palace players were a little surprised.

The Crystal Palace players all feel it. Tong Yi attaches far more importance to Southampton than other teams.

Is this team really that good?

However, they still listened to Tong Yi very much. Tong Yi's prestige in this team is still quite high.

For this game, Crystal Palace’s starting lineup is as follows

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

Double defensive midfielder Paulinho and Kante

Single attacking midfielder Pogba

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

Pochettino looked at the Crystal Palace starting lineup very seriously. He also knew very well that this Crystal Palace was stronger than the Crystal Palace three days ago. In this game, Southampton is still very dangerous. I just hope that the game three days ago can confuse the Crystal Palace people and make them not take Southampton so seriously in this game.