Today’s starting lineups for both sides are as follows
Home team Crystal Palace, head coach Tong Yi, formation 4213
Goalkeeper Speroni
The back four from left to right Ward, Van Dijk, Delaney and Zhang Linpeng
Double defensive midfielder Jedinak and Kanter
Single attacking midfielder Pogba
The front three from left to right Zaha, Murray and Mane
Visiting team Watford, head coach Zola, formation 451
Almunia
Back four from left to right: Carl Dickinson, Lloyd Doyle, Martin Taylor and Nylon Noseworthy
Midfield five from left to right Mark Yates, Eustace, Abdi, Jonathan Hogg and Sean Murray
Lone forward Joseph Garner
"Wow, we saw Crystal Palace's starting lineup. To be honest, this lineup is really too young. Except for Speroni, Delaney, Jedinak and Murray, the other players are all young.
Players, and they are not very old, Ward and Zhang Linpeng are both veterans, 23 years old."
There are actually two reasons why Zhang Linpeng can lead Crystal Palace in this season's English Championship. The first is that Zhang Linpeng is the main player of the Chinese national team. In the past two years, his appearances in the national team have been almost
Perfect attendance, although the Chinese men's national football team ranks a bit low in the world.
The second is that Zhang Linpeng was a rotation player for the Bundesliga champions last season and has already proven himself in the Bundesliga. Combining these two factors, the Football Association directly gave Zhang Linpeng a labor certificate.
In today's game, Zhang Linpeng appeared in the starting lineup.
Many people think that this guy Tong Yi is really too arrogant and doesn't know much about football. At this time, he actually used nepotism and let a Chinese player start the game. This is really funny.
Do you think any Chinese player is the Sun Sun of China and the King of the Valley, China Zheng?
Anyway, the current fans are not optimistic about Zhang Linpeng!
After all, Zhang Linpeng was just a rotation player in the Bundesliga before, but he became a starter when he came to Crystal Palace. This must be Tong Yi's selfishness.
Even the Watford fans at the scene considered Zhang Linpeng a breakthrough for the Crystal Palace team.
Today, Watford will tear apart the Crystal Palace defense from Zhang Linpeng and open the door to victory.
Even Zola turned to look at his assistant Corradini and asked, "How strong is this chapter? Will it be our breakthrough today?"
Corradini immediately said, "This young man is still very good. His physical fitness is very good, and his speed is not slow. His defensive and assisting abilities are good, especially his good passing ability! Don't underestimate him, he is still very good."
Not bad.”
Yes, Zhang Linpeng now is much stronger than Tong Yi remembered in his previous life.
After all, Zhang Linpeng had experienced himself in the Bundesliga, and he had also been taught by many famous teachers.
Klose taught Zhang Linpeng how to pass the ball and grasp the timing of the cross. Campbell and the others taught Zhang Linpeng how to defend.
Moreover, with the training of Nagelsmann, Kruger and others, Zhang Linpeng has grown very quickly. That's why Tong Yi dared to start Zhang Linpeng now.
At this time, the referee of this game blew the whistle to start the game.
The first to kick off was the visiting team Watford.
At the beginning of the game, Walford did not rush to attack immediately, but kept testing. Moreover, Watford's starting lineup is obviously defensive, they are a defensive and counterattack lineup.
Obviously, Zola still learned a lot from the Italian U21 national team.
Moreover, Corradini also had a great influence on him. Many of the team's defensive tactics were formulated by Corradini. Zola is a very new Corradini. After all, Corradini has also worked with many
There are many famous coaches.
The tactics used by Crystal Palace are very similar to those used by Tong Yi in Munich 1860.
High pressure defense!
The players of Crystal Palace immediately pressed forward and pushed past half-time. They immediately pushed the players of Watford back to the edge of their penalty area, which made the players of Watford a little embarrassed.
It can even be said to be embarrassing!
Watford's players were somewhat unprepared for the intensity of Crystal Palace's pressing.
The intensity of Crystal Palace's pressure clearly exceeded their expectations.
Watford's players were very panicked and often made mistakes with their feet. They had to be forced to pass back because they could not pass the ball forward comfortably under high-intensity pressure, and it was even difficult to pass and receive the ball comfortably.
The people of Walford were in a panic.
hiss!
The fans at the scene and in front of the TV never expected that the game would turn out like this.
Mortensen also exclaimed, "Hey! The progress of the game was a bit unexpected! The Watford people seemed to be a little unprepared for Crystal Palace's high-pressure defense. They were too passive! They almost couldn't find a good player."
He had no chance to pass the ball forward, so he was forced to pass it back, or just take a big kick..."
Shearer was also shocked, took a deep breath and said, "This! This is indeed unexpected. The Crystal Palace people's oppression is really too strong. They run very fast and press very fiercely.
What's more important is that their pressing is very complete and integrated, which gives the ball carrier a strong sense of pressure. No wonder the Watford players are playing so uncomfortable! Hiss!"
Mortensen and Hiller both looked at each other, and both saw the shock in the other's eyes.
This Crystal Palace really has some strength.
This Tong Yi is also quite good.
They all know that Tong Yi's specialty is high-pressure defense. But obviously, Crystal Palace's high-pressure intensity exceeded their expectations. This intensity was higher than the pressure Crystal Palace faced against Exeter City a few days ago.
It’s even stronger by more than one level!
It seems that they still have some reservations from the last game!
hiss!
Shearer and Mortensen were shocked again. The pressure shown by Crystal Palace in the last game was actually very strong, but that was with some reservations.
If we don't keep it, how strong can Crystal Palace's pressure be?
Seeing the high-intensity pressure of the Crystal Palace players on the court, Shearer and Mortensen suddenly felt that they could understand it if Munich 1860 won the Bundesliga championship and the Europa League championship.
This is also high-intensity pressure, which is really not something ordinary teams can adapt to.
In this game, Watford is in danger.
On the sidelines, Watford head coach Zola was also shocked when he saw this.
He also did not expect that the pressure displayed by Crystal Palace in this game was even stronger than that in the previous game, and it was much stronger. This was beyond his expectation and design. For Watford,
, very dangerous.
Zola immediately turned to look at Corradini, who was also shocked.
Obviously, Corradini did not expect Crystal Palace's high pressure to be so intense.
It's dangerous!
Waterford people are in danger!
The fans in front of the TV and at the scene were also stunned. They did not expect that Crystal Palace would take the initiative from the beginning and directly suppress Watford.
Now the Watford people can only rely on long passes from the waiting area!
Fortunately, their English Championship team is good at playing such tactics.
But soon, they discovered something was wrong!
The current Watford is different from the English Championship team they are familiar with. Their tactics are completely incompatible with long passes! This guy Zola took over the team and transformed Watford.
, now Watford's tactics are obviously more Italian, playing defensive counterattacks.
In this game, Watford did not have a high center forward at all.
The team's high center forward Iwelumo, who is 191cm tall, sat on the bench today. Their starting forward today is fast horse Joseph Garner, who is only 178cm tall, and behind him there are also some fast horses who are not tall.
It seems that Zola relies more on forwards of his size.
Even the young player he brought over from Udinese, Vydra, is only 180cm tall and is more of a fast horse.
Behind Ghana today
Sean Murray, Hogg and Yetters are all about 1.7 meters tall. They are all fast and capable of running behind.
But obviously, the current blind big-foot tactics are of no use to these guys.
Ganajeste and the others had no chance. Instead, Delaney, Jedinak and Van Dijk worked hard in the backcourt. All kinds of high-altitude balls were completely controlled by them. Wolford had no chance to attack.
nothing.
"Danger! Walford is in danger! If we continue to play like this without changing, Walford's game will be over!" After saying this, Mortensen couldn't help but glance at Shearer.
Hiller was also very surprised.
Shearer said, "I really didn't expect that young people like Crystal Palace could occasionally burst out with such strength. It was really beyond my expectations. However, there are hidden dangers if Crystal Palace continues to play like this. They maintained this throughout the game.
If the intensity is high, they will lose their physical fitness in the second half of the second half, and then Watford will have a chance to take the lead!"
Mortensen also thinks so. He doesn't think Crystal Palace can maintain such intensity until the end of the game because the physical fitness of the Crystal Palace people cannot support it.
"Opportunity! Crystal Palace opportunity!" Mortensen suddenly roared excitedly.
Under high pressure, Watford had to play a long pass, but unfortunately the football was pushed out by Van Dijk. The football flew to the feet of Pogba in the frontcourt. Pogba just got the ball, and there was a large space around him. Because Watford
The Ford people were severely oppressed, and they were all compressed near the front of the penalty area.
Seeing Pogba get the ball, Watford players immediately rushed out and rushed towards Pogba.
They also have to give Pogba enough pressure!
Pogba accurately calculated the moves of these guys, and when they were close to his body, he immediately pushed the football to the wing.
Zhang Linpeng, who came up from the wing, easily received the football. He even had time and space to deal with the ball calmly. After receiving the ball, he immediately looked up at Watford's penalty area.
Somewhat empty.
Watford's players have just expanded outwards, putting defensive pressure on Crystal Palace's players. Therefore, the penalty area is a bit empty.
Without saying a word, Zhang Linpeng directly took off his foot at an angle of 45 degrees and passed the football directly into Watford's penalty area.
Watford fans were shocked, it was dangerous!
Martin Taylor, who is 193cm tall in the penalty area, immediately rushed out to clear the high ball.
Who knows that his body was directly blocked by Mane, slowing down Taylor's speed of pounce. Murray rushed up in the middle and directly headed the ball backwards, and the football quickly flew to the back point.
Zaha, who advanced quickly from behind, extended his legs to shoot without being defended, and directly pushed the football into Watford's goal.
One to zero!
This chapter has been completed!