January 4, 2017, The Valley Stadium, London, England.
Yes, time has advanced to 2017, and New Year's Day has just passed.
It's a pity that neither Tong Yi nor the Crystal Palace people had a good New Year. During this period, there were really too many things going on in the Crystal Palace. It was too complicated to stop. Tong Yi even originally planned to go to Italy to accompany Mattie.
Na and Xiao Tongtong spent the New Year's Eve together, but unfortunately, they didn't have the time or opportunity.
Now the time has arrived on January 4th, and the 20th round of the Premier League at Crystal Palace in the 2016-2017 season is here.
However, Tong Yi is not sitting on the sidelines now, but in the stands.
Tong Yi was suspended for this game.
And sitting in the Crystal Palace acting head coach's seat is - Yuan Zhen!
Another Chinese!
This is something that no one at the scene expected, it’s unbelievable!
Even Crystal Palace fans didn't expect that it would be him.
This naturally surprised the media reporters and celebrities. What is this guy Tong Yi going to do?
Nepotism?
Everyone thinks that the position of interim acting head coach should belong to Vieri, or else it should belong to Kruger, or Ferdinand, or at the worst, it should belong to Beckham. How could this young man be acquired?
Chinese?
Why should he?
Is it because he is Chinese like you, Tong Yi?
The media reporters were very unhappy!
Why, why do we let a Chinese who is a piece of shit stand above us? Does he understand football? What did he do before coming to Crystal Palace? What is his resume? Has he played for giants such as Manchester United and Real Madrid?
Why should he?
The media reporters felt they were insulted!
They felt that it was inappropriate for Tong Yi to do this, and he looked down upon Vieri, Kruger, Ferdinand and Beckham. Why is this damn Chinese?
The media reporters in England couldn't accept it.
Even many fans in the stands couldn't accept it.
Hard to understand.
Why?
There are obviously better candidates, so why choose this young man who looks very young and knows nothing?
Even before this, many people didn't know that there was a Chinese in the Crystal Palace lineup.
Why should he?
This is the most common question in everyone's mind.
It's hard to understand.
Webster and others even sneered. They all thought Tong Yi was crazy. It is impossible for the Crystal Palace not to collapse this season. Tong Yi, you are too pretentious.
You see, the collapse of Crystal Palace started from this game.
Anyway, these people don't think highly of Yuan Zhen.
Of course, Swansea manager Paul Clement looked the other way
Yuan Zhen also had a contemptuous smile on his face, and his eyes were full of sarcasm.
He felt that Swansea would definitely win this game!
Clement took over Swansea in November last year. Before him, Guidolin's performance in leading the team was not very satisfactory and he was fired by the club. After Clement came to Swansea, his performance in leading the team was not very satisfactory.
It's not very good, it can even be described as terrible.
Currently, he has only won one of the six league games he led after taking over the team, and lost all other games.
Therefore, Clement’s coaching position is actually very stable.
Swansea is currently ranked last in the Premier League and is the deputy squad leader of the league. If Clement does not seize the opportunity at this time, he is likely to lose his position as Swansea coach very soon.
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He originally thought that facing Crystal Palace would be very difficult and it might very well be his last game in charge of Swansea City.
Who knew God had eyes?
When he was about to lead the team to face Crystal Palace, Tong Yi had a problem and was suspended.
This is great news for Swansea.
Now that he sees another young Chinese man appearing as the coach of Crystal Palace, Clement feels that God is really helping him. He feels that Swansea will definitely win this game!
Yes, Clement currently feels that Swansea will definitely win this game.
The Swansea fans screamed, claiming that Swansea had already won this game. This game would be the beginning of their Swansea's complete rise. In the second half of the season, their Swansea
Will make a strong comeback.
Clement glanced at Yuan Zhen with disdain and thought to himself, you will be my stepping stone.
But Yuan Zhen didn't care about this at all.
He himself had already expected these criticisms. He was also prepared for it, and it did not affect him at all. What he has to do now is to lead the team seriously in the game and practice what he has learned these days.
To be honest, this game is very important to him.
This is also his first practice. He needs to draw a lot of things from it and make a lot of summaries to verify his ideas and improve himself.
This opportunity comes once in a lifetime, and he doesn't want to miss such a good opportunity.
And he doesn't want to be sorry for Tong Yi's attention and training for him, nor the trust that Beckham, Vieri and others have in him. He doesn't want to be looked down upon by these guys. He must win this game.
He had already said what should be said to the Crystal Palace players before the game. He believed that the Crystal Palace players knew what to do in this game. This game is very important to Crystal Palace and cannot be missed!
Soon, under such complicated circumstances, the game began.
From the beginning of the game, Crystal Palace played very proactively.
The whole line pressed high and pressed Swansea directly into their own half. Swansea was instantly taken advantage of.
This made the fans and media reporters at the scene stunned. Crystal Palace seemed not to be affected by Tong Yi's suspension. It was still so strong and played very well!
Swansea fell into a passive position as soon as they came up. They were really passive.
Swansea wanted to struggle, but it seemed a bit difficult. They were completely suppressed.
Seeing this, Clement frowned and secretly said, "It shouldn't be!"
Webster in the stands raised his eyebrows when he saw this. The progress of the game was a bit beyond everyone's expectations. What's going on? Is this Chinese so good?
impossible!
At this moment, Crystal Palace's offense advanced directly to the front of Swansea's penalty area.
De Bruyne, who started the game, simply swung his leg and pretended to take a long shot, quickly dipping the football into the ribs of Swansea's penalty area.
Salah came up diagonally and blasted the football towards the Swansea goal.
The Swansea fans and players were all shocked, it was very dangerous.
Fortunately, the ball missed the goal slightly, otherwise, Swansea would have lost the ball.
However, everyone can see from this goal that Crystal Palace is still very strong in this game and does not seem to be greatly affected. Therefore, it is really difficult for Swansea to create a miracle in this game.
Yes.
But Clement believed in himself, believed in their team, and even more believed that Yuan Zhen was a parallel import.
Swansea must win this game!
However, within a few minutes, the Crystal Palace frontcourt stole the ball again.
Han in the midfield.
Chinese national Ji Chengyong's pass made a mistake and passed directly to Llorente's feet.
Of course, Ki Sung-yong also made a passing error under high-position pressing. The Crystal Palace people's crazy pressing really made it more difficult for them to get the ball out, and the Swansea midfielder couldn't control the ball.
Seeing this, Webster's face was very ugly.
How bad are you Swansea City? You can't even beat Crystal Palace like this? If you can't even beat Crystal Palace like this, you deserve to be relegated.
Webster was very dissatisfied.
But the fans of Crystal Palace are very happy. They feel that if they continue to play like this, their Crystal Palace will win sooner or later.
After stealing the ball, Llorente immediately passed the football to De Bruyne in front.
De Bruyne observed for a moment, then swung his leg and volleyed hard. The football roared out, hit the crossbar of the goal hard, and then bounced directly off the baseline.
Crystal Palace fans kept shaking their heads. Crystal Palace must have had bad luck today.
Crystal Palace is very fast here
They took control of the game and frequently threatened Swansea's goal. Seeing that they were able to score goals very quickly. Who knows, they always seemed to be a little bit behind. This was so lucky.
Worse.
Seeing this, Swansea's confidence gradually increased, and they were occasionally able to create some opportunities to counterattack.
Although these opportunities did not threaten Crystal Palace's goal in an absolute sense, they also gave Swansea people hope.
Clement feels their Swansea opportunity has come.
However, at this time, Swansea did not attack rashly. He signaled the Swansea players to hold back first and wait to paralyze the Crystal Palace players for a while, allowing them to focus all their attention on the offense. Then.
Find the right opportunity and give the opponent a fatal blow.
Yes, Clement is not a fool, he also has something.
Although it's not much, sometimes it can really work wonders.
Crystal Palace is still attacking here, and their attacks are getting closer and closer to Swansea's goal. They feel that if they work harder, they can send the football into Swansea's goal. At this time, they are attacking with all their strength.
Just looking forward to scoring a goal.
Just now, Ibrahimovic and De Bruyne had a wonderful collaboration, and then Ibrahimovic suddenly passed the ball to the wing with a diagonal pass.
Mbappe, who came up from the wing, unexpectedly passed the ball to the back post. Salah, who was at the back post, jumped forward and slammed the football into the Swansea goal.
The ball was very fast and almost missed Swansea's goal.
Swansea goalkeeper Fabianski reacted very quickly, made a sideways save, and saved the football from the bottom line with one palm.
The fans of Crystal Palace were very sorry to see the goal. The goal was really close at hand, but it was just a little bit short. What a pity.
The Swansea fans were stunned.
The Crystal Palace players saw hope and continued to put pressure on Swansea's goal.
Corner kick, Crystal Palace got a corner kick opportunity.
Carvajal went directly to the corner kick area, inspected the Swansea penalty area, and then he quickly rushed to the football and kicked the football into the Swansea penalty area with a very arc.
There was chaos in Swansea's penalty area, and almost all the defensive players pounced on Ibrahimovic and Van Dijk.
But the ball flew directly to the back point. Ruben Dias, who was at the back point, jumped high, but unfortunately he did not hit the football.
The football missed and flew to the side.
Cancelo on the wing did not stop the ball, but directly met the ball and swept it in an inverted triangle, directly sweeping the football towards the front of the penalty area.
Llorente rushed up from the front of the penalty area, drew his bow and arrow, and hit the football with one kick.
The football shot quickly towards the Swansea goal.
The speed of the ball was very fast. All the Crystal Palace fans stood up. This ball will definitely be scored!
This chapter has been completed!