December 26, 2017, Tongyi Stadium, South London, England.
What is happening here today is the 20th round of the 2017-2018 Premier League season. The highlight of Crystal Palace's home game against Arsenal is the London Derby.
For this game, the fans in London are paying attention and staring.
Fans of teams such as Arsenal, Tottenham, Fulham and West Ham United are all watching this game. After all, these two teams now represent the highest level of London football. Everyone wants to
Want to see what they can do?
Moreover, there are fans of the Manchester duo who are also paying attention to this game, especially Manchester City fans.
In this round of games, Manchester City plays Newcastle United away from home, and Manchester City should be able to win easily. Now the Manchester City people are waiting for Crystal Palace to lose, so that they can widen the point difference.
At present, as long as Crystal Palace loses a game, Manchester City can take the initiative in its own hands.
Because if we can find three points here, there will be a direct match between Manchester City and Crystal Palace next season, and we can get three points back. In this case, Manchester City will not care whether Crystal Palace has two games less. At that time, even if Crystal Palace has two games
If they win all the playoffs, Manchester City will still be one point ahead of them, and Manchester City will be able to secure the top spot in the Premier League.
Therefore, Manchester City fans hope that Arsenal can defeat Crystal Palace.
This is not helping their Manchester City team, but helping Arsenal themselves.
Therefore, Arsenal must win this game.
Yes, Manchester City fans seem to be more anxious than Arsenal people and value this game more.
"Hello, audience friends, fans friends! This is BBC Sports, I am the Mortensen you are familiar with, today we are here to bring you a highlight of the 20th round of the 2017-2018 Premier League season, against
The two sides are Crystal Palace and Arsenal, London Derby!" Mortensen sat in the commentary box at Tongyi Stadium and broadcast the game live.
"Hello everyone! I am Shearer, as you are familiar with, and I am one of the football commentators for this game today!" Shearer introduced himself very crisply.
"What number are you calling! I am also familiar to you - Henry! Today I am also the football commentator for this game!" Yes, today Henry also came to the commentary box to comment on this game.
Mortensen immediately asked, "Thierry, what do you think of this game? Who do you favor?"
Hiller also looked directly at Henry, seemingly waiting for Henry's answer.
Henry smiled slightly and said, "For this game, I am actually quite optimistic about Crystal Palace! Crystal Palace's current strength is indeed very strong, in good condition, and the clothes are unstoppable. The Manchester United team in front did not stop Crystal Palace. I think
Arsenal are pretty good right now!"
This was beyond everyone's expectations, especially the Arsenal fans in front of the TV.
Henry, you are from Arsenal, why do you make others' ambitions destroy your own prestige?
Isn't this right?
Shearer and Mortensen looked at each other, and both saw the horror and disbelief in each other's eyes. This was completely different from what they expected. Why is this happening? This guy Henry really doesn't play according to common sense.
!
Henry did not let the situation cool down, and directly said, "The main reason why I am optimistic about Crystal Palace is because we do have internal problems at Arsenal recently. And the problems are quite serious, and Crystal Palace is currently in good condition. I think
There shouldn't be much problem for them to win. Moreover, in my opinion, if Arsenal does not solve its internal problems as soon as possible, it will be difficult for Arsenal to achieve ideal results this season. Mr. Wenger, you need to be quick.
Cut off the mess!"
Hearing this, the Arsenal fans were silent, and they did not blame Henry.
In fact, he also felt that what Henry said actually made sense.
There are indeed many internal problems at Arsenal. If they are not solved as soon as possible, Arsenal will fall apart. How will they face the second half of the game? There is currently a problem with Wilshere's contract renewal, and Sanchez and others are clamoring to leave.
, even Aubameyang and Lacazette, who have just returned, are unwilling to give up...
If these problems are not resolved as soon as possible, Arsenal will explode this season!
Mortensen and Shearer looked at each other and nodded, expressing their agreement with Henry's words.
When Henry said such words today, it really sounded a bit like annihilating relatives out of righteousness.
Shearer immediately said, "Thierry still has a bright eye. He can see Arsenal's biggest problem at a glance. This problem is also very fatal in the game, so in this game, Arsenal is actually very hanging. Those expectations
Anyone who wants Arsenal to win must be disappointed today."
Obviously, Shearer is also optimistic about Crystal Palace, there is no suspense about it.
After all, Shearer is a loyal listener, and Crystal Palace's recent performance has been so good. He really can't think of the reason why Crystal Palace lost.
Crystal Palace must win this game!
Mortensen looked at the two men and asked directly, "Is it true that Arsenal has no chance at all in this game?"
This is what the sensible fans in front of the TV want to ask.
Hiller and Henry looked at each other, and then Hiller motioned to Henry to speak.
After all, Henry was a guest, so Henry should be allowed to talk more. Henry did not give in, and directly said, "Of course there is a chance. If before this game, our Arsenal has solved the internal problems. Even temporarily
If we overcome the internal problems and deal with this game together, we at Arsenal still have a chance!"
Hearing this, the Arsenal fans in front of the TV seemed to be grabbing a life-saving straw, nodding desperately, thinking that Henry was right. Our Arsenal game still has a chance.
Yes, it is not an existence that is at the mercy of others.
Shearer looked at Henry and asked directly, "Do you think Arsenal has temporarily solved the team's internal problems at this time?"
Mortensen also looked up directly at Henry.
Henry frowned slightly, then shook his head and said, "We don't know. We have to find out from the game. Let's see how Arsenal played at the beginning of this game? If they played well, that's it.
Solved. Anyway, I still hope that Arsenal can win."
Bang bang bang, the Arsenal fans in front of the TV gave Henry applause.
Shearer nodded and said, "Yes, we have to wait until we see everything in the game to know. We know that Arsenal have strength, and now it depends on whether they can show it in this game."
At this time, the players from both sides followed Michael Oliver, the referee of this game, into the stadium and came to the stadium.
"Okay, at this time, the players from both sides have already entered the stadium, and the game is about to start. At this time, we will take advantage of the pre-match ceremony to introduce the starting lineups of the two teams today.
"Mortensen immediately sorted out the information in his hands and began to speak.
Today’s starting lineups for both sides are as follows:
Home team Crystal Palace, head coach Tong Yi, formation 4213
goalkeeper Maignan
Back four from left to right Cancelo, Rudiger, Van Dijk and Carvajal
Double defensive midfielder Casemiro and Kante
Single attacking midfielder De Bruyne
Three forwards from left to right Salah, Ronaldo and Kylian Mbappe
Visiting team Arsenal, head coach Arsene Wenger, formation 3412
Cech
The back three from left to right Koscielny, Mustafi and Chambers
Four midfielders from left to right Kolasinac, Wilshere, Xhaka, Bellerin
Single front waist goldfish eye
Double forward Aubameyang and Lacazette
After seeing the starting lineups of the two teams, Mortensen suddenly asked, "What do you think after seeing the starting lineups of these two teams? Is it different from what you imagined?"
Shearer shook his head directly and said, "No, this is the absolute main lineup of Crystal Palace. The fact that Crystal Palace has arranged such a lineup shows that they attach great importance to this game. Obviously, David and the players of Crystal Palace will be in this game."
He gave his best in every game.”
Indeed, seeing the all-main home court of Crystal Palace, everyone can realize that Crystal Palace and Tong Yi attach great importance to this game. It seems that Arsenal will face a fierce battle in this game, and Arsenal may not be
Can win.
Henry immediately nodded and said, "That's true. Crystal Palace's lineup shows everything. They will definitely try their best in this game. It will indeed be difficult for Arsenal to win. As for
Arsenal's starting lineup is a bit beyond my expectations."
It was indeed a bit beyond Henry's expectations.
Of course, what is unexpected is not that Wenger has adopted a three-centre-back formation. This is not the first time that Wenger has used a three-centre-back formation. In the past two years, there seems to be a three-centre-back craze around the world, and now the Premier League is also doing so.
Many teams are using a three-centre-back system, and Wenger's side is naturally not lagging behind.
This season they have frequently used a three-centre-back system, and this game is no exception.
However, his performance at Arsenal was not very good, which may be related to the three-centre-back system.
To Henry's expectation, Arsenal did not start Sanchez in this game and directly put Sanchez on the bench. Although Sanchez had conflicts with Arsenal and Wenger, in such a crucial game,
Why didn't Sanchez play?
And even if there is a conflict between Sanchez and Wenger, Sanchez's playing time has not been affected in previous games. What happened today? Sanchez was not allowed to play in such a crucial game?
Of course, Henry also feels that Arsenal's current forward line is still very good. Even without Sanchez, Arsenal should be able to compete in this game. The premise is that these guys are united and try their best to fight against Crystal Palace.
Henry said, "Sanchez may leave Arsenal when the winter transfer door opens. Otherwise, Wenger would not let Sanchez start in such an important game."
Sanchez's desire to leave Arsenal is well known.
During the past summer transfer, Sanchez wanted to leave. At that time, Barcelona, Real Madrid and Manchester City all wanted to sign Sanchez. In the end, Manchester City even agreed to Arsenal's 70 million pounds.
of transfer fee.
Unexpectedly, Wenger did not finalize the Frenchman Lemar, so he finally regretted it and rejected Manchester City's offer.
This completely angered Sanchez, so this season Sanchez was like a monk and clocking the clock.
The reason why Sanchez dares to do this is because after the end of this season, his contract with Arsenal will expire and he will be able to transfer freely.
At this time, Arsenal are frantically promoting Sanchez and preparing to send Sanchez away this winter.
In this game, Sanchez did not start. In Henry's view, Sanchez's transfer has basically been completed.
After hearing Henry say this, both Shearer and Mortensen understood. No wonder Sanchez will not start.
At this moment, the main draft of this game immediately blew the whistle to start the game.
The first to kick off was the visiting team Arsenal, who were wearing red and white jerseys and attacked from the right side of the screen to the left, while Crystal Palace, wearing the traditional red and blue striped jerseys, attacked from the left side of the screen to the right side.
Immediately, all the fans at the scene cheered excitedly, cheering for the players from both sides.
This chapter has been completed!