083: A minor upset broke out
Media reporters are not optimistic about Crystal Palace's title defense, but Tong Yi doesn't care at all!
What Tong Yi cares about now is leading the team to more wins!
At this time, Tong Yi has already arrived at Selhurst Park Stadium, because today they will usher in the second round of this season's UEFA Champions League group stage here, Crystal Palace faces Galatasaray.
To be honest, Galatasaray's strength should be very good, after all, they have many famous players in the team.
For example, people like Yilmaz, Sneijder, Felipe Melo, Pandev and Muslera.
Although some of these players are already veterans, they should still be very capable.
However, in the first round of this group, they lost to Anderlecht, which no one expected.
It seems that Galatasaray is not as strong as everyone thought.
Anderlecht is not as weak as everyone thinks!
Therefore, Tong Yi is still very confident in this game.
It shouldn't be difficult to win.
In this game, Tong Yi made rotation adjustments against Crystal Palace. After all, there will be too many games in Crystal Palace later, and necessary rotations are necessary.
Crystal Palace’s starting lineup for this game is as follows
Alisson
The back four from left to right Robertson, Laporte, Carvalho and Aurier
Double defensive midfielder Milinkovic and Kimmich
Single attacking midfielder Goretzka
The front three from left to right Bruno Fernandez, Jimenez and Sane
To be honest, after the media reporters saw this lineup, they were very disappointed. They really wanted to see that Ignacio could continue his performance in the previous round.
Tong Yi really doesn’t give them any face!
Looking at this lineup, media reporters, Crystal Palace may lose this game!
You just put together this lineup, how much do you look down on Galatasaray? How much do you look down on Sneijder, Pandev and Melo?
But after the game started, the media reporters at the scene were dumbfounded!
Isn't Galatasaray's level too low?
Even if you play in the English Championship at your level, you may not be able to get promoted! What are you doing? It's just a piece of sand! Have you given up on this game?
Anyway, the media reporters really couldn't understand and couldn't understand Galatasaray's performance.
In the 15th minute of the game, Crystal Palace, which had the advantage throughout the game, finally broke through Galatasaray's goal.
Goretzka received the return ball from Jimenez on the forward line at the front of the penalty area. He directly drove the ball into the far lower corner of the goal with a low kick.
One to zero!
Seeing this goal, Tong Yi felt relieved and kept applauding!
He knew that Crystal Palace would definitely win this game.
In the 31st minute of the game, Crystal Palace played a very exquisite cooperation in the frontcourt. After passing the ball continuously, Kimmich came up and sent a penetrating pass, which directly penetrated the goal. Ratasaray's wing defense. The full-back Robertson who came up from the side immediately started to cross, passing the football directly into Galatasaray's penalty area.
Jimenez, who was in the back post, immediately jumped up and headed the ball into Galatasaray's goal.
Muslera tried his best, but still didn't touch the football.
At the end of the first half, Crystal Palace already led Galatasaray by two goals. There was almost no suspense in this game.
The media reporters were very speechless and shook their heads.
The lineup of Crystal Palace suppressed Galatasaray and gave them every chance. Galatasaray was really bad. It seems that Crystal Palace should not have much problem qualifying from this group.
It seems that the Premier League is still much more difficult than the UEFA Champions League!
After the start of the second half, Galatasaray wanted to strengthen their offensive counterattack, but unfortunately the effect was not very satisfactory.
Alisson has not been properly tested.
The Crystal Palace fans in the stands were a little afraid that Alisson would catch a cold due to the wind in South London!
Alisson can't help it. Who said the Galatasaray people are incompetent?
In the 15th minute of the second half, the Crystal Palace team scored again!
This time it was Goretzka who scored the goal again. Milinkovic passed a penetrating long-distance through ball in the midfield, which shocked the whole world. Goretzka received the ball in an open position on the line of the penalty area. Seeing Muslera diving out, he easily shot a curve ball, and the football flew in around Muslera who was diving sideways. The far top corner of the goal.
Three to zero!
Goretzka scored twice!
The fans at the scene all knew that the Galatasaray team in front of them had no way of threatening Crystal Palace.
Crystal Palace must win this game!
In the 79th minute of the game, Jimenez, who was on the line of the penalty area, saw Goretzka's pass rolling towards him. He felt the defender rushing up behind him, so he did not stop the ball. Instead, before the opponent's central defender rushed towards him, he smoothly moved the football into the penalty area. The football quickly rolled past the oncoming central defender. Rolled into the restricted area.
Sane, who was investigated by the winger, caught up with him and went directly to the meeting alone!
Facing Muslera's zipper, Sane took a stab. The football quickly rolled between Muslera's legs and quickly rolled into Galatasaray's goal.
goal.
Four to zero!
Crystal Palace defeated Galatasaray at their home court, won their first victory in the UEFA Champions League group stage of the 2014-2015 season, and got their first three points!
After the game, Tong Yi said in an interview with media reporters, "We played very easily in Pisa, and even Galatasaray didn't cause us much trouble. It was a very easy game. Of course, this is not to say that Galatasaray is not strong, but that they were not at all in shape today. I don’t know what happened to them? But I know that as long as they adjust, on both sides In the second round of the game, we cannot underestimate our opponents, they are still very capable!"
The media reporters were very speechless. They felt that Tong Yi was really too hypocritical.
If Galatasaray is not good, it is not good. Why should we praise them?
Does this make your Crystal Palace very powerful?
Tong Yi also said, "The UEFA Champions League is more difficult than we imagined. We must go all out in the next games. We must take every game seriously, otherwise, we may really be eliminated." Out!"
The media reporters all gave Tong Yi a blank look. They all felt that Tong Yi was taking advantage of him and was still acting like a good boy!
Galatasaray didn't stay much at all. They left after losing the game. They didn't say much at the post-match press conference.
Galatasaray people really come and go in a hurry.
However, this is a good thing for Tong Yi and Crystal Palace, so that they can focus more on the next game. To be honest, this season, Crystal Palace's focus is still on the Premier League.
Therefore, every next Premier League game is very important.
This weekend, Crystal Palace will go away to challenge Hull City.
The strength of the Hull City team is actually not strong, and there is still a big gap between them and Crystal Palace. Even media reporters who are not optimistic about Crystal Palace think that Crystal Palace should be able to win this game!
Hull City is currently ranked 16th in the Premier League and is very close to the relegation zone. This strength is indeed a bit inferior to Crystal Palace.
However, Hull City is only two points behind Crystal Palace.
In this game, Hull City has no chance at all!
If the Hull City people are upset in this game, they can really surpass Crystal Palace directly in the standings.
Therefore, although media reporters think the chance is low, they still expect Hull City to be upset.
On the third day after the game against Galatasaray, Tong Yi led Crystal Palace to an away game against Hull City.
In this game, Tong Yi made another rotation.
Crystal Palace’s starting lineup for this game is as follows
edouard
Four defenders from left to right: Alonso, Laporte, Van Dijk and Zhang Linpeng
Double defensive midfielder Paulinho and Kante
Single attacking midfielder De Bruyne
The front three from left to right Salah, Ignacio and Mane
Yes, Ignacio started this game again, and all the media reporters' eyes fell on him. They all wanted to see how this young man performed today? Can he still score goals? Was his previous performance due to his strength, or was it just a flash in the pan?
Everyone was very concerned and stared at Ignacio!
Ignacio was very involved in this game, but his performance was really not ideal. Not only in terms of personal offense, but also in terms of cooperation with teammates, he was a little bad. Therefore, he was replaced after only playing 58 minutes, and he was replaced by Jimenez!
And just three minutes after Jimenez was replaced, he scored!
De Bruyne in the midfield sent a very exciting through ball, which directly penetrated Hull City's defense and the football rolled into the penalty area. Jimenez in the penalty area easily pushed the shot into the far corner and broke the goal guarded by Harper.
One to zero!
But their lead did not last long, and Hull City equalized the score.
Hull City's tactics are still quite rough. They basically wait for long passes, find the center in front, and then look for opportunities. This time, the Hull City people made a sudden attack 36 meters away from the goal, forcing Edouard to make a wonderful save and save the football from the bottom line.
Hull City got a chance for a corner kick. The Hull City native took the corner kick. Paulinho's header went over the head, and the ball was thrown in by Jelavic behind him. Crystal Palace goal.
Ignacio's tip hit Edward, so Edward did not touch the ball.
One to one, Hull City equalized the score!
Tong Yi frowned slightly on the sidelines. This game was a bit beyond his expectation. It seemed to be more dangerous!
Yes, Tong Yi smelled danger!
Tong Yi immediately stepped forward to remind the Crystal Palace fans to pay attention to defense and not give the opponent a chance.
But three minutes later, the Hull City people got another chance at the front of the penalty area. This guy Jelavic suddenly shot out angrily and sent a wave of waves around the world. Even though Edward reacted very quickly, he could not touch the football.
The football flew quickly into the upper right corner of the goal!
Two to one!
Hull City overtook the score and defeated Crystal Palace with this goal, causing a minor upset.
Tong Yi was stunned and didn't expect it.
