November 21, 2017, Seville, Spain, Pizjuan Stadium, sunny weather.
What is being held here today is a match in the fifth round of Group E of the 2017-2018 UEFA Champions League group stage. The two sides are the home team Sevilla and the visiting team Crystal Palace.
In the first round of the match between the two sides, Sevilla lost 0-4 away to Crystal Palace. The gap between the two teams was huge.
In the previous seasons, Crystal Palace had also played against Sevilla many times.
They have played against each other in the Europa League and Champions League, and even in the European Super Cup.
Last season, the two teams met in the European Super Cup and Champions League knockout rounds, a total of three times. Crystal Palace won two and lost one, scoring 10 goals and conceding 5, giving it an absolute advantage.
So Crystal Palace is Sevilla’s mortal enemy.
That's how it came about.
Obviously, this time the Sevillans are here for revenge.
In this game, Sevilla people have only one goal, which is to defeat Crystal Palace and get three points.
After all, Sevilla needs these three points very much to ensure that it can qualify from this group.
Of course, even if Sevilla loses this game, they will not be eliminated for sure. They still have a chance. But at that time, they were passive if they wanted to qualify.
Sevilla wants to take the initiative in its own hands, so in this game against Crystal Palace, the Sevilla people must go all out to win the game.
Sevilla's head coach Berizzo said before the game, "In this game, we at Sevilla will do our best to win. Victory is our only pursuit!"
This shows the determination of the Sevilla people.
Of course, the people of Sevilla are still quite capable, so much so that the Spanish media and fans are full of expectations for them, and they all feel that this game is very exciting for Sevilla.
At this time, players from both sides walked into the stadium. The fans at the scene immediately became excited. They all knew that the game was about to start, and they were very excited.
"Hello, viewers, I am Mortensen. Now that the players from both sides have appeared, let me introduce to you the starting lineups of both sides today." BBC Sports broadcast the game live.
Today’s starting lineups for both sides are as follows:
Home team Sevilla, head coach Berizzo, formation 433
goalkeeper rico
The back four from left to right is Escudero, Lenglet, Gass and Mercado
Midfield three from left to right Pizarro, Banega and Nzonzi
The front three from left to right Nolito, Ben Yedder and Sarabia
Visiting team Crystal Palace, head coach Tong Yi, formation 4213
Goalkeeper Lu Ning
The back four from left to right is Theo, Upamecano, Dias and Achraf.
Double defensive midfielder Llorente and Joan Armene
Single attacking midfielder Sabitzer
Front three from left to right Gnabry, Giroud and Sancho
This is the starting lineup of both sides today. It can be seen that
Come on, the Sevillans do have a good chance.
At least the fans and media reporters at the scene thought so. After all, the Crystal Palace lineup was indeed a full substitute lineup without a single main player. This was simply a victory for Sevilla!
The fans of Sevilla were very excited. They seemed to have seen the scene of advancing to the top 16 of the UEFA Champions League. They couldn't wait anymore. They sang the club's anthem and gave Sevilla a
The players cheered and inspired them to win.
Bellizzo on the sidelines was also full of expectations when he saw a lineup like Crystal Palace's.
Winning this game and leading Sevilla to the top 16 of the UEFA Champions League should be a good statement for Sevilla.
Guys, come on!
In this game, the Sevilla people were full of confidence, and they launched a ferocious attack from the beginning of the game.
To be honest, Sevilla still underestimates these players from Crystal Palace.
Tong Yi saw it clearly from the sidelines. In this way, Crystal Palace had a great chance in this game. Then he turned to look at Bellizzo on the opposite side, as long as you don't make any mistakes.
The Sevilla people attacked fiercely as soon as they started, trying to eat up Crystal Palace in one bite and score as quickly as possible to win the game.
Of course, Sevilla's players are also very dedicated and very active.
However, they soon discovered something was wrong!
This is completely different from what they imagined!
In their opinion, facing Crystal Palace's full substitute lineup, Sevilla should be able to easily take the initiative if they go all out, and then quickly score goals and get the lead, and finally win the title smoothly.
A match won.
Unexpectedly, after the game started, Sevilla's performance was not smooth at all!
Their offense seemed to be stuck.
Crystal Palace's fierce high-position press made the Sevilla players a little uncomfortable, and it was a bit difficult to control the ball. However, they still used passing and receiving to resolve the opponent's fierce press, but as soon as they entered the Crystal Palace
In the hinterland of the penalty area, they will feel very strong resistance, which is somewhat difficult to penetrate and cannot threaten the Crystal Palace goal.
On the contrary, Crystal Palace's interceptions and steals were very sharp, and Sevilla had been intercepting the ball continuously.
Sevilla's offense seemed a bit out of control.
When Bellizzo saw this, he frowned. He did not expect that Sevilla's offense would be so constipated. If this was not adjusted in time, Sevilla would still have some difficulties in this game.
Berizzo immediately walked to the sidelines to remind the Sevilla players.
At this moment, Joan Armene directly stole the ball from Sarabia, and he immediately passed the football diagonally to the wing.
This guy Sarabia held the ball a little too much, and he directly moved inside.
Cut, it hit the muzzle of Joan Armene's gun.
Sarabia thought that the young Frenchman was easy to bully, but he didn't know that he was bullied in an instant.
Although Joan Armini is young, her body is really strong.
Joan Ameni made a reasonable collision and knocked Sarabia staggering, and then the football at his feet was quickly stabbed away by Joan Ameni. Joan Ameni once again used his body to carry Sarabia who was trying to rush towards the football.
Rabia and Sarabia were bounced away instantly. Joan Armene immediately chased the football and sent it to the wing.
Sarabia underestimated Joan Armeni and did not expect that Joan Armeni's physical resistance was so strong.
Sarabia suffered a big loss!
The Sevilla fans at the scene were instantly frightened because Crystal Palace's counterattack was really fast.
Sevilla didn't even have time to organize a defense. Ashraf rushed up from the wing without stopping the ball and directly passed the ball. The football quickly flew towards Giroud in front.
"Beautiful! Beautiful steal! Joan Armene completely beat Sarabia. Sarabia was a bit too much. It's dangerous now, Sevilla is dangerous! Beautiful ball, Ashe
Raff's long pass..." Mortensen was very excited because he saw the opportunity for Crystal Palace to score Sevilla's goal.
Because, Crystal Palace's offensive and defensive transition was really too fast.
Sevilla's players hadn't fully recovered from Sarabia's interception. Crystal Palace directly passed the football out. In other words, Sevilla's backcourt is still a
The offensive posture has not been adjusted to the defensive posture.
Therefore, Sevilla's backcourt is still relatively empty!
Why is Crystal Palace so obsessed with pursuing extremely fast offense and defense transitions? Isn't it just to catch the opponent off guard? Now Sevilla is a little off guard.
Danger, very dangerous!
Bellizzo on the sidelines naturally discovered this, and he immediately rushed out and tried his best to signal the defense.
But it's really too late.
Because he was in an offensive stance before, Sevilla's center back Lenglet did not approach Giroud. Instead, their other center back Gass approached Giroud. Gass is very fast and flexible and has good bounce.
But he has a fatal flaw, that is his height.
Gass is only 181. Even if he bounces well, there is no way he can compete with Giroud for high-altitude balls.
Originally, Sevilla asked French center back Lenglet to mark Giroud and compete with Giroud for the high-altitude ball. But this time it was Sevilla who was attacking, so Lenglet was a little far away from Giroud.
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Instead, Gass approached Dajiru.
Seeing the football flying towards Giroud rapidly, it was already too late for Lenglet to rush over to defend. So all the Sevilla people at the scene pinned their hopes on Gass!
But when he saw the height difference between the two, the Sevillan himself despaired!
However, Gass did not give up at all. He rushed over quickly.
, and then jumped up hard!
You have to say that Gase's jumping ability is indeed excellent, which makes up for some of his height disadvantages.
However, there are still some things that are not enough to see in front of Da Jilu.
As soon as Dajiru jumped up, it was like a helicopter taking off and occupying the airspace instantly!
Both of them jumped up, but it was obvious that Big Giroud was in a higher position, squeezing Guis behind him. Moreover, Big Giroud who jumped up was half a head taller than Guice who also jumped up.
Seriously, Gase's bounce seems really good.
But it was still in vain in front of Dajirou.
Gass knew he couldn't compete, but he wouldn't let Giroud get the header so easily, so he immediately made small moves behind him, pinching his waist and twisting his flesh.
There was a bang, and at this moment Giroud swung his header back in pain and quickly sailed the football to the wing.
Sancho on the wing flashed past like a stream of light.
All Sevilla fans at the scene were instantly desperate.
This ball is finished!
Sevilla's two full-backs can't come back at all, so how can they chase Sancho?
And Sancho is also very fast and advances with the ball very fast. The Sevillan has no chance at all!
Alone, Sancho alone!
The people of Seville fell silent for a moment and became desperate.
Bellizzo was furious on the sidelines. Why wasn't there a foul on the ball? Since he knew he couldn't fight for Giroud in the middle, why didn't he foul to stop him from crossing? Why?
Bellizzo was really angry. If the ball was fouled, there wouldn't be all the trouble later.
This guy Gass is still too young!
Sancho caught up with the football and quickly advanced with the ball. Rico in front of the goal really couldn't help it. He immediately rushed out and quickly pounced on Sancho who was holding the ball. Unexpectedly, Sancho who was running suddenly suddenly
He took a shot with his kick and made a beautiful arc, directly bypassing Rico who dived from the side, and beautifully spun into the far lower corner of the goal.
One to zero, Crystal Palace, playing away from home, took the lead.
Seeing this ball, Berizzo was really angry. Even if Gase committed a foul when he just took the ball, the referee may not show a yellow card. A foul will inevitably occur in the high-altitude ball competition.
Why? Why no foul?
Bellizzo almost rushed onto the court and yelled at Gase. He really didn't understand.
Lenglet kept shaking his head. It was indeed Gass who didn't handle the ball well. Wouldn't it be a foul? It would only be a yellow card at most. It's better than conceding the ball, right?
The people of Sevilla instantly felt their hearts drop to rock bottom.
Why did this game go beyond their expectations from the beginning? It was said that they were all substitute players from Crystal Palace, but they were not strong enough? How come they still had an advantage and took the lead at the beginning of the game?
Tong Yi on the sidelines nodded slightly and applauded. The players played well and he was very satisfied.
This chapter has been completed!