December 28, 2013, Etihad Stadium, Manchester, England.
What is being held here today is the highlight of the 19th round of the Premier League this season. Manchester City plays Crystal Palace at home.
Today, the starting lineups of both sides are as follows
Home team Manchester City, head coach Pellegrini, formation 4231
goalkeeper joe hart
The back four from left to right: Clichy, Nastasic, Kompany and Boyata
Double midfielder Fernandinho and Xavi Garcia
Front three from left to right David Silva, Milner and Navas
Lone forward Dzeko
Visiting team Crystal Palace, head coach Tong Yi, formation 4213
edouard
The back four from left to right is Alonso, Laporte, Van Dijk and Zhang Linpeng
Double defensive midfielder Paulinho and Kante
Single attacking midfielder Pogba
Three forwards from left to right Zaha, Lukaku and Mane
It can be seen that both sides attach great importance to this game. Although the Manchester City team's lineup has been adjusted somewhat, it can be seen that it is still a relatively complete main lineup. They are obviously aiming for victory in this game.
Come.
The same goes for Crystal Palace, which almost maintains the absolute main lineup, with only a few occasional adjustments.
In this game, both sides are actively involved, and it can be seen that they are all aiming for victory.
This game is worth watching.
Tong Yi, a thug in a suit, sat on the coach's bench and looked at the sky quietly.
It was raining in the sky in Manchester, and it was gradually getting heavier. This was not good news for the players on both sides, and it also added a lot of variables to the game.
Of course, it's very cold in Manchester this month, and with the rain getting heavier, it's even colder.
To be honest, Tong Yi was a little worried.
I'm worried that the team's players will be accidentally injured in this game. It's really easy to get injured when playing football in such weather. I'm very worried.
Pellegrini was wearing a raincoat and stood directly on the sidelines.
It can be seen that he still attaches great importance to this game. At least this attitude has been very obvious, and the Manchester City players on the court should be able to see it. So in this game, the Manchester City players
They should be gritting their teeth and fighting for their lives, right?
Manchester City players will not be so ignorant.
As soon as the game started, Manchester City launched a ferocious attack and pressed forward across the board.
It can be seen that they naturally understood what Pellegrini meant.
However, the Manchester City players soon discovered that it was difficult for them to easily pass the half-court and lay siege to the Crystal Palace goal. This was because Crystal Palace’s high-position pressure was really powerful, which caused a lot of trouble for the Manchester City players.
Big trouble.
Especially in this rainy weather,
The Manchester City people appear to be even more disadvantaged.
Due to the influence of weather, there was a lot of instability in passing.
Water accumulation and mud on the turf will affect the speed of the football rolling on the turf. In normal passing, sometimes the ball speed will become faster and sometimes the ball speed will slow down. This is for the Manchester City players.
Passing and receiving the ball caused great difficulties.
Under the pressure of Crystal Palace's fierce high-position press, it became even more difficult for the Manchester City players to pass the ball, and it was difficult to guarantee accuracy in an instant.
No, Crystal Palace, which was pressing high, suddenly stole the ball in the midfield.
Garcia, who was in the midfield, made a mistake in passing the ball under the high pressure of the Crystal Palace people. The football actually accelerated and rolled forward on the waterlogged turf, causing his teammates not to catch the football.
The football was intercepted by Pogba who rushed up. After intercepting the ball, Pogba did not walk on the ground, but quickly pulled the football back and passed it directly to Kante who followed.
After Kanter stopped the ball, he delayed for a moment, waiting for Zhang Linpeng on the wing to pass over.
Then, he directly made a high-altitude diagonal pass and passed the football in front of Zhang Linpeng.
Zhang Linpeng stopped the football with his left foot, then directly crossed with his right foot, violently passing the football into the Manchester City penalty area.
The football drew a wonderful arc, passed over the head of Nastasic who jumped up, and then fell towards Lukaku in the penalty area.
Lukaku directly shook his head and attacked the goal.
With a bang, the football roared out and flew straight to the upper right corner of the goal.
The Manchester City fans at the scene were dumbfounded. Is this dangerous?
Seeing that the football was about to fly into the goal, Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart flew out sideways and saved the football from the bottom line with one palm.
call!
The Manchester City fans breathed a sigh of relief. It was really suspenseful and dangerous just now!
The fans of the home team Manchester City were stunned.
Is the high-position oppression of the Crystal Palace people really that powerful?
This game has just begun, and our Manchester City team seems to be suppressed!
Pellegrini on the sidelines saw this, and his heart was full of worries. This game is indeed very suspenseful.
Crystal Palace's tactics, coupled with the bad weather, really defeated their Manchester City team.
Pellegrini is an offensive football coach who pays attention to control. His tactics are more about passing and controlling, advocating.
Attack. Unlike Mancini before, more of a defensive counterattack.
For Pellegrini's offensive football tactics that emphasize passing and control, the weather is indeed very bad, and it has a huge impact on them.
Especially when it comes into contact with water
A team with tactics like Crystal Palace.
very dangerous.
Pellegrini looked up at the sky and shook his head. Even God was not on their side.
Manchester City is very dangerous in this game.
Navas' speed on the wing cannot be used, and Manchester City's explosive point has no chance to be used, so now Manchester City is very passive.
Pellegrini felt that Manchester City was in danger in this game.
When Tong Yi saw the weather, he knew that their Crystal Palace team had a great chance in this game.
Manchester City's offense in this game will be very constipated, and with their high-pressure, Manchester City's offense will most likely not be able to hit the ground running.
As expected, Manchester City's offense is really unable to perform now.
Near the midfield, Manchester City's possession of the ball was cut off by the high-pressing Crystal Palace players, and they quickly launched a counterattack.
And the people of Crystal Palace are also very smart.
They know that the condition of the turf is not particularly good. If they walk on the ground for a long time to break through with the ball, the error rate is very high. Therefore, the Crystal Palace people's counterattacks more often use high-altitude balls. Then they use short
The pass quickly sent the football into Manchester City's penalty area, threatening Manchester City's goal. This threat is really full.
During this period, Manchester City fans were very nervous.
They all could see that this game was too dangerous.
After stealing the ball, Pogba made a direct arc and quickly shot the football near the far sideline. Mane, who was forward, stopped the ball and passed the ball directly into the Manchester City penalty area.
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In the penalty area, Lukaku headed the ball from the forward point and then quickly moved the football to the back point.
Salah, who was thicker, followed up and volleyed directly into the air, and the ball flew towards the Manchester City goal with a roar.
The speed of the ball was so fast that the defensive players in front of the goal did not react.
Fortunately, Joe Hart was highly concentrated and reached out his hand like lightning to block the football from the bottom line. Otherwise, Manchester City would have conceded the ball.
Pellegrini on the sidelines looked very aggrieved.
He knew that this guy Tong Yi had conducted detailed research and arrangements for this game. Otherwise, their Manchester City team would not have been targeted so obviously. Their Manchester City team's offensive hot spot Navas was given special care.
, Navas' speed advantage cannot be used at all, and it is even impossible to deliver a good ball for Dzeko's cross.
Navas' cross was also targeted.
Pellegrini sighed and shook his head and said, "This young man Tong Yi is really good. He was too prepared for this game. We are very worried!"
Pellegrini immediately turned to look at Tong Yi, his eyes full of shock.
Corner kick!
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Crystal Palace won a corner kick, Alonso went directly to the corner kick area, and he took charge of the ball.
The fans of the Manchester City team at the scene did not dare to show their anger at this time. They watched the stadium quietly and silently cheered for their players. They could see that their Manchester City team was really dangerous in this game.
At this moment, Alonso directly drove the football to the back of the penalty area with a arc.
Van Dijk, who rushed up from behind, jumped high and headed directly over.
Yes, Van Dijk directly headed the ball and did not directly header the goal. This was beyond all Manchester City's expectations, because Van Dijk was so close, how could he not directly header the goal?
So no one noticed at all in the middle, Laporte jumped high in the middle, pressed the ball over his head, and smashed the football into the Manchester City goal.
One to zero!
Because, Joe Hart also went to block Van Dijk's header "attack".
He also didn't expect that Van Dijk didn't directly header the ball, but instead headed the ball across the goal. It was too late for him to react, and the football had already flown into Manchester City's goal.
There was total silence at the Etihad Stadium!
All the Manchester City fans never thought that the first goal scorer in this game would be Crystal Palace. They couldn't accept it. Of course, what they couldn't accept even more than them were the media reporters in the stands. They were not crazy before the game.
Are you clamoring that Crystal Palace has collapsed?
Why does this game look like Crystal Palace is going to defeat Manchester City and they are going to counterattack?
Of course, the bad weather was the biggest factor that gave the Crystal Palace people the advantage.
Humph, your Crystal Palace is just lucky, what's so big about it?
After conceding the ball, Manchester City's players obviously stepped up their offense. Naturally, they could not accept this situation. If they wanted to win, Crystal Palace was not their opponent at all, and Crystal Palace definitely could not win this game.
Here, Kompany directly passed the long ball from the backcourt of Manchester City to Dzeko in front.
But Dzeko jumped high and was directly suppressed by Van Dijk, and the football was pushed out.
Fortunately, the football fell to Milner's feet, but as soon as Milner caught the ball, Kante had already jumped in front of him. Milner had to panic and cross, trying to pass the football to his teammates on the wing.
You know, the football was cut off directly by Zhang Linpeng who rushed up.
Zhang Linpeng directly took a long pass and passed the football in the direction of Salah.
After Salah caught up with the football, he did not attack with the ball at all. Instead, he just passed the football into the Manchester City penalty area with an arc. Lukaku, who was in front of him, took a false shot and the football fell directly behind.
Click on Mane who rushes in.
Mane volleyed and hit the football hard against the Manchester City goal post.
Then, the football bounced directly into Manchester City's goal.
This chapter has been completed!