December 27, 2012, Cardiff City Stadium, Wales.
What will be played here today is the highlight of the 24th round of the 20122013 English Championship. The two sides are Cardiff City, ranked second in the league, and Crystal Palace, ranked first in the league.
This is the battle of Tianwangshan in this season’s English Championship.
There were a lot of Cardiff City fans here today. ??
However, the entire home ground does not look like Cardiff City's home ground.
Because the jerseys worn by the fans in the stands were very messy, I couldn't feel the atmosphere of the Devils' home court at all.
There are some fans in the stands wearing red home jerseys, becoming part of the Red Dragons, cheering for their team. But more people are wearing the former blue jerseys, nominally
He is still a die-hard supporter of the Blue Jays, and they also pulled out countless banners to accuse the team's owner.
Xi Zeng Changyi asked Zeng Changyi to get out.
They also shouted in unison, "Please respect the club's history, let the red dragon roll away, and welcome back the blue bird!"
Of course, there are some Cardiff City fans who are wavering in neutrality, wearing white jerseys, not joining these two groups, and seem a bit silent.
There were even some who weren't wearing the team's jersey.
It looks a little confusing.
Did you see that even though Cardiff City's results this season are so good, Cardiff City fans still find it difficult to accept it. Almost every home match day has become a battle day for the traditionalists to attack Zeng Changyi. They are at this home court
Fight to the end with Zeng Changyi.
Seeing this situation, Tong Yi raised his eyebrows slightly. He didn't expect that Cardiff City people could achieve such good results, which was amazing.
Tong Yi looked at Cardiff City head coach McKay.
McKay is still very young. Wearing a white shirt and a black suit, he really doesn't look like a 40-year-old man. Although the hair on his forehead is a little sparse, he still looks very energetic.
This guy still has some abilities.
Last season, he led Cardiff City to sixth place in the league and participated in the play-offs to upgrade to the Premier League. Unfortunately, they lost to third-placed West Ham United in the first round. This season, his results under his leadership
Even better, now ranked second in the league, it is really possible to directly lead the team to promote to the Premier League.
Now Cardiff City's senior management and fans are full of expectations for him.
At this time, McKay looked high-spirited and confident.
He came to Tong Yi's side, stretched out his right hand towards Tong Yi, and said, "David, I'm sorry, we Cardiff City are determined to win this game!"
Tong Yi was stunned, this guy McKay is a bit unique and different.
Of course, Tong Yi saw the confidence in McKay's eyes.
Tong Yi nodded slightly and said, "Really?"
McKay raised the corners of his mouth slightly and said, "Of course!"
Tong Yi also smiled and said, "Then let's... we'll see!"
McKay said, "We'll see!"
Then, this guy McKay turned around and walked towards his coaching bench. When he just turned around, he muttered, "Damn, you are so young!"
Tong Yi was stunned for a moment. He vaguely heard something, but didn't hear it clearly.
He ignored it, turned around, walked back to his coaching bench, and sat down.
This game is naturally very important for Crystal Palace, and Tong Yi's goal is naturally to win. With this victory, the gap between Crystal Palace and Cardiff City will be reduced by 14 points. In that case
, they will be much more relaxed in the second half of the season.
During the halftime break, Tong Yi emphasized many times that Cardiff City is very strong and must be careful, especially the two central defenders on the defense line, and pay attention to the opponent's two forwards. Because
Both forwards are short, agile and fast horses.
Therefore, these two are really very lethal among the tall central defenders in the English Championship.
Be sure to keep an eye on these two strikers.
The Crystal Palace players nodded and said they understood.
Tong Yi also believes in his players and should be able to win this game.
"Hello, viewers and fans! I'm Mortensen, and I'm here again!" BBC Sports naturally broadcast this game live. After all, this is the Battle of Tianwang Mountain in the British Championship.
Perhaps both teams can appear on the Premier League stage next season.
"Hello everyone, I'm Shearer! Today it's me and Mortensen who are still partnering together!" Shearer said.
"What we bring to you today is a focus match in the 24th round of the 2012-2013 English Championship. The two sides are Crystal Palace, who are at the top of the league, and Cardiff City, who are second in the league. This will be a battle like Mars hitting the earth.
game, I believe the excitement of this game will not let us down," Mortensen said.
"That's true. Both teams have very good offensive power and are very sharp. Moreover, these two teams are currently the two teams with the highest wins in the English Championship. If these two teams collide, I believe
It will be very exciting!" Shearer said.
The game is about to start, and the players from both sides enter the stadium.
Today’s starting lineups for both sides are as follows:
Home team Cardiff City, head coach McKay, formation 442
Goalkeeper David Marshall
Back four from left to right Andrew
Taylor, Ben Turner, Mark Hudson and Kevin McNaughton
Midfield four from left to right Craig Noone, Peter Whittingham, Jordan Mutch and Craig Conway
Forwards Heidar Helgusen and Craig Bellamy
Visiting team Crystal Palace, head coach Tong Yi, formation 4213
edouard
Back four from left to right Robertson, Delaney, Van Dijk and Ward
Double defensive midfielder Dickagakoi and Kante
Single attacking midfielder Pogba
The front three from left to right Zaha, Murray and Mane
This is the starting lineup of both sides today. Crystal Palace midfielder Jedinak has accumulated yellow cards and is suspended. Today's starter is Dick Gakoi. .??.??
Dickagakoy is also very good, and his defense should be even stronger when paired with Kanter. But he is a little weaker on offense. Dickagakoy is somewhat inferior to Jedinak in terms of offense, at least.
This is what happened in Tong Yi's Crystal Palace team.
Seeing a lineup like Crystal Palace, Cardiff City assistant coach David Coleslake said to McKay, "We have a good chance in today's game. Bellamy and Haidar have a chance!"
After hearing this, McKay looked at Delaney and Van Dijk on the Crystal Palace defense. He also nodded slightly and said, "The chance is great!"
The two central defenders of Crystal Palace are both tall and very capable in frontal interception defense and high-altitude ball defense. However, they have big problems in turning around and catching up, at least when facing Bellamy.
This was the case with Helgussen.
In this game, Cardiff City has a great chance.
Of course Tong Yi also saw the two forwards of Cardiff City, and he naturally knew that these two people should be a great threat to Van Dijk and Delaney. However, Tong Yi was not worried. Because he teamed with them
Crystal Palace's high-pressure press was very confident. It was almost difficult for the Cardiff City players to pass the ball comfortably to the feet of these two forwards. How could these two men threaten Van Dijk and the others?
Therefore, Tong Yi is still very confident in this game.
Sure enough, the process after the start of the game was as Tong Yi expected. It was difficult for the Cardiff City players to pass the football to Bellamy's feet comfortably. It was even difficult for them to be comfortable in the midfield and backfield.
Pass the ball forward.
Cardiff City's players were forced by Crystal Palace's crazy high-position press, and they could only keep passing the ball back, and then, under the fierce press, they directly opened their feet to find the striker in front of them.
However, Cardiff City's two starting forwards in today's game are both not very tall, and neither has an advantage in high-altitude balls.
Bellamy is 175cm tall and Helgussen is 178cm tall. How could these two compete for the high-altitude ball over Van Dijk and Van Dijk, who are 193cm tall?
Delaney, who was 190, was completely crushed. In front of these two tall central defenders, Bellamy was like a doormat and couldn't get the ball at all.
Even Bellamy and the others couldn't compete with Dick Gakoy.
Therefore, Cardiff City's long passes almost never fell to the forwards, and were directly controlled by Crystal Palace. Then the Crystal Palace people immediately launched a fierce attack, besieging Cardiff City, and Cardiff City's
The goal was really noisy.
The Cardiff City fans at home looked very ugly when they saw this scene.
Speaking of which, in the previous games, they had never seen Cardiff City in such an embarrassing situation.
Is Crystal Palace really that strong?
Is Crystal Palace really better than the Championship?
At this time, after the Crystal Palace team played a very exquisite pass-and-cut cooperation in a small area on the wing, Robertson on the wing went directly to the wing and received Pogba's diagonal ball. Robertson did not wait for the opponent's full-back to pounce.
Come up and pass directly.
The football drew a wonderful arc in the air, quickly bypassed the two Cardiff City center backs in the penalty area, and flew directly to the back of the penalty area.
Cardiff City fans were very dissatisfied and their faces were ashen.
The two central defenders in the penalty area clearly had a chance to make a clearance, but the movements of these two damn guys were very funny. One raised his leg to intercept as if in slow motion, and the other even had no legs at all and wanted to sideways.
He straightened his body and used his chest to block the football from the baseline, but he obviously misjudged the landing point of the football, which looked very funny.
Cardiff City fans can’t stand it anymore!
What are you doing?
Those fans who were against Zeng Changyi immediately roared crazily and cursed Zeng Changyi. This made Zeng Changyi, who was sitting in the box, look very ugly. What does it have to do with me? It’s not like the players played poorly.
My fault?
Just after the football slipped past the Cardiff City defender, a yellow-blue figure in the penalty area instantly flashed into the ribs of the penalty area, met the ball and quickly sideways and swept the ball with his legs. With a bang, the football quickly flew towards
The lower right corner of the goal.
In front of the goal, Marshall reacted very quickly. He quickly moved from the center to the back point to save the ball, but it was too late. The football quickly penetrated into the Cardiff City goal.
One to zero!
Under the continuous tide of attacks, Crystal Palace finally broke through Cardiff City's goal in the 17th minute of the first half. The goal was Mane. Mane once again proved Tong Yi's amazingness with a goal
With his vision, Mane is worthy of the special genius clause.
McKay on the sidelines was so angry that he stood up and punched the windshield of the coaching bench.
This chapter has been completed!