September 15, 2016, the Jan Bredel Stadium in Bruges, Belgium, with sunny weather.
What is going to be played here today is a match in Group G of the 2016-2017 UEFA Champions League. The two sides are the home team Brugge and the visiting team Crystal Palace.
In this game, Bruges naturally hopes to get three points at home, at least one point.
If they cannot score points against Crystal Palace, it will be difficult for them to advance to the top 16 of the Champions League this season.
Of course, Brugge's group competitors are mainly two other opponents.
Therefore, Bruges head coach Predhom believes that as long as they can grab points from Crystal Palace, they can stand out from this group.
Naturally, we must make good use of home games and strive for opportunities.
Of course, in this game, Bruges still has to focus on defense. This is completely different from the way they usually play in the Belgian First Division, because they are usually a wealthy team in Belgium and they are a super strong team.
, facing other opponents, they are all aggressive.
But not today. They faced last season's Premier League, FA Cup, European Super Cup and UEFA Champions League champions Crystal Palace. Facing such a strong team, even at home, Bruges would not dare to compete with Crystal Palace.
Offensive.
What's more important is that Predholm's idea is that one point is also an overfulfillment of the task.
Therefore, for now, relegation is the main priority.
In this game, he deployed five defenders and came up with a 541 formation.
If Bruges played this formation in the Belgian League, they would be scolded to death. But in this game, the Bruges fans not only didn't say anything, but also expressed their support.
Looking at Bruges' formation, Tong Yi also smiled bitterly.
I really didn't expect Brugge, the giants of Belgium's League One, who have won the Belgium League title for two consecutive seasons, to lower their stance so low when facing Crystal Palace.
Tong Yi couldn't help but take a closer look at the opponent's head coach, Proudholm.
This guy is no unknown person.
In his player days, he was a superstar of Belgian football. The then famous Belgian coach Thies claimed that he was a "super goalkeeper" and the head of the Belgian Football Association.
Schiehoghe even called him "Belgium's sports ambassador."
This is a very famous and influential star in Belgium.
De Bruyne, Witsel and others all respect this old man very much, and many Belgian geniuses even regard him as their idol and target.
Because he won the World Cup Best Goalkeeper Award as a player and was also the winner of the Golden Glove Award!
However, this is also a player with mixed reputations.
Because he was the best goalkeeper in Belgium at the time, winning many Belgian League Cups, even the European Super Cup and the European Cup Winners' Cup, and became the Belgian Footballer of the Year twice.
However, he once fell into
He was suspended due to the match-fixing scandal, which caused him to miss the 1984 European Cup and the 1986 World Cup. More importantly, many people in later generations believed that Predholm's Golden Glove Award was a bit unrealistic. After all, during the 1994 World Cup
, there are Brazilian goalkeeper Taffarel and Italian goalkeeper Pagliuca who also performed very well. Predholm only led the team to the top 16 and was eliminated by the German team 3-2.
Although he performed very well in the group stage and knockout stage, making many wonderful and incredible saves.
You have to know that Brazilian goalkeeper Taffarel only saved two penalty kicks in the final. Such performance was not matched by Predhomme, which is a bit strange to some people in the future.
.
When we think about this man's record of being suspected of fixing a game in 1984, it makes some people in later generations even more skeptical.
Maybe there might be some unspeakable dark transaction behind this?
Of course, these are all speculations of future generations, and it is impossible to know what will happen in the world.
But none of this affects Predhomme's image in the hearts of Belgian footballers and even Belgian sports people. As Hoghe said, Predhomme is Belgium's sports ambassador!
He also performed well in coaching at Bruges. Didn't he lead Bruges to win the Belgian championship for two consecutive years?
Therefore, Tong Yi doesn't care too much about these rumors. He cares more about the person in front of him.
To be honest, Tong Yi thinks this guy is not simple.
After all, Bruges is still a giant in Belgium and has won the Belgian championship for two consecutive years. However, they would lower their profile so low at home. This shows that Predhomme is in front of them.
He is the kind of handsome man who is flexible and flexible, doesn't care what outsiders think, and understands current affairs.
Therefore, it should be more difficult for Crystal Palace to break Bruges' turtle shell in this game.
Tong Yi is already prepared for a tough battle.
He thinks Predholm is very powerful.
As the game progressed, Tong Yi also saw a lot of things. Proudholm's training of Bruges was very successful. At least the prestige among his team was very high. The Bruges players
We executed Proudholm's tactical arrangement perfectly in this game.
To be honest, the opponent's defensive tactics are quite well designed.
Tong Yi felt that their game would be stopped by a Bruges bus.
However, what he didn't expect was that De Bruyne and Witsel were in very good shape in this game. They could even be described as being in great shape. They were simply unstoppable!
In the 17th minute of the first half, Witsel was the first to attack.
After holding the ball in the midfield, he even broke through Bruges with the ball.
Diaby, Pina and Womel, this made the Bruges fans at the scene dumbfounded. When did Witsel play so elegantly and fiercely? Aren't we watching Messi now?
Play football?
After Witsel continued to break through with the ball, he caught the attraction and restraint of Ibrahimovic in the penalty area. He faked a shot and directly stuffed the football into Bruges' penalty area. Savoy advanced.
Lage directly surpassed Dansville, fired a powerful shot, and blasted the football into the gate guarded by Butler.
Crystal Palace took the lead.
Seeing this, Predholm's eyes widened in disbelief!
Is this a game Witsel can play?
He felt that the guy in front of him was definitely Messi who had taken advantage of Witsel's skin. Otherwise, how could he be so agile and break through so sharply? In a dense crowd, how could he achieve continuous success in a small area?
Change direction, break through, and fight out of the crowd?
incredible!
Really, in Proudholm's view, if Witsel can perform like this in every game, then it is really time for the Belgian national team to win the World Cup.
Incredible!
If you want to say that it was De Bruyne who completed this series of operations, a shocked Proudholm would have a hard time believing it. But it was Witsel... This is too unscientific.
The Bruges fans at the scene were also stunned. Can Witsel have grown to this point after going to Crystal Palace? What is even more surprising is that Witsel is not even able to play as the main player in Crystal Palace.
, is this too ridiculous? Is this the true level of the UEFA Champions League champion?
If that's the case, they won't be able to score any points against Crystal Palace this season.
And Bruges fans believe that no team in this group can score any points from Crystal Palace.
Crystal Palace is invincible!
The following game made Bruges fans unswervingly agree with this point.
The Crystal Palace is invincible and invincible.
Because it’s not just Witsel who is great at Crystal Palace, but also De Bruyne, Salah and others. Even these people look even better than Witsel!
hiss!
Bruges fans can't stand it anymore, the gap is too big!
In the 29th minute of the first half, Crystal Palace's offense struck again. After the midfielder passed the ball continuously, De Bruyne passed the football to the wing. Carvajal, who came up from the wing, caught up with the ball.
Glancing at Brugge's penalty area, he immediately swung his legs and pretended to cross, then dunked, accelerated towards the bottom line again, completely shook off the defensive player, and before the football rolled out of the bottom line, he passed the football to the forward point.
Ibrahimovic.
Although Ibrahimovic was stuck in his position and rushed towards the football. He must have won the ball, but the angle of the shot was too small and it was basically useless.
. At this moment, facing the incoming ball, Ibrahimovic did not header the ball, but directly headed the ball back and rubbed the football towards the penalty spot in the middle of the penalty area.
The place is already empty!
At this moment, De Bruyne rushed in quickly, jumped up high, did a scissor kick in the air, and kicked the football hard with his right foot. The football flew as fast as a cannonball.
The shot hit the Bruges goal.
The Bruges fans at the scene were dumbfounded!
Is this okay?
Two to zero, Crystal Palace directly expanded the score.
Proudholm's face turned dark when he saw this. He didn't expect that he had lowered his posture so low. He concentrated on defending but still couldn't stop the Crystal Palace's attack. He was shocked. The strength of the Crystal Palace has reached this point.
Is it true? If this is the case, then what else is there to enjoy in this game?
Facing Crystal Palace like this, Bruges had no chance at all.
Not only was there no chance to attack, but there was no chance to even score a point.
Crystal Palace is so powerful!
Proudholm immediately turned to look at the young Chinese man in the Crystal Palace coaching bench. He was really shocked. Is this young Chinese man really that good? Isn't this too unbelievable? This
The guy must be only 30 years old, right?
Proudholm shook his head in disbelief.
After the start of the second half of the game between the two sides, Crystal Palace was still attacking fiercely. Brugge had almost no chance. All their energy was used in defense, and it was still beyond their capabilities. Their defense was full of loopholes, and they frequently
I was taken advantage of and almost lost the ball several times!
De Bruyne's passing is really accurate and ruthless, often sending the football to Bruges' pain points. If it weren't for their luck, they would have conceded the third goal. De Bruyne's
The through balls tore apart his defense again and again, sending the football to the most dangerous position. The opponent's forwards frequently threatened Bruges' goal, and the Bruges fans were dumbfounded.
Is De Bruyne that strong?
So is our Belgian national team going to win the World Cup?
And in the 27th minute of the second half, De Bruyne's precise through ball directly penetrated Bruges' defense. Bruges' two central defenders Simmons and Dansville made consecutive sliding tackles.
Without touching the football, the football missed. Then Salah, who advanced into the penalty area, directly faced the attacking goalkeeper and easily lobbed the football into Bruges' goal.
Three to zero!
And this wasn't the last goal Brugge conceded in this game.
Two minutes later, Witsel received a sweeping pass from De Bruyne at the front of the penalty area and directly kicked the ball into Bruges' goal with a heavy kick.
Four to zero!
Crystal Palace defeated the Belgian giant Club Brugge in an away game and got a good start in the UEFA Champions League this season!
This chapter has been completed!