March 30, 2014, Selhurst Park Stadium, South London, England, sunny weather.
What is being played here today is the 32nd round of the 2013-2014 Premier League season. The two sides are Crystal Palace and Chelsea. The starting lineups of both sides are as follows
Home team Crystal Palace, head coach Tong Yi, formation 4213
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The back four from left to right Robertson, Carvalho, Van Dijk and Zhang Linpeng
Double defensive midfielder Paulinho and Kante
Single attacking midfielder Pogba
The front three from left to right Salah, Lukaku and Mane
Visiting team Chelsea, head coach Mourinho, formation 4231.??.
Cech
Back four from left to right Ivanovic, Terry, Gary Cahill and Azpilicueta
Double defensive midfielder David Luiz and Matic
Three midfielders from left to right: Hazard, Oscar and Schürrle
Lone striker Eto'o
As for Chelsea's formation, it looks like a defensive counterattack tactic, and it is indeed Mourinho.
beep!
The referee blew the whistle and the game began.
Chelsea's tactics are defensive counterattacks. Almost all players are stacked near their own penalty area. Even Eto'o has not crossed the half court and is at the top of the arc in his own half.
Crystal Palace's high-pressing tactics naturally flooded into Chelsea's half from the beginning.
The two sides started fighting within Chelsea's half.
The pressing movements of both sides are actually very large, so there are often scenes of people falling on their backs in the stadium.
Anthony Taylor, the referee of this game, was very nervous and stared at these players closely.
He knew that there must be a lot of fouls in this game.
Therefore, he must control the scale of this game and not make this game very fragmented, but must maintain a certain level of fluency. Therefore, his penalty scale for this game should be slightly looser, otherwise
, this game is really impossible to watch.
Mourinho's defensive moves at Chelsea are very big. After all, many people use the word "dirty" to describe Mourinho's defense and "bus" to describe Mourinho's defensive tactics.
At this moment, Crystal Palace suddenly joined forces to grab the ball and instantly cut off the football from Matic's feet.
Matic fell on his back and immediately raised his hand to indicate that Pogba had committed a foul.
This guy Pogba has only managed to establish himself on the list and has never touched football at all.
This is a 100% foul!
However, what surprised Matic was that Taylor did not mean to call a foul. Instead, he quickly ran past him and towards the front of Chelsea's penalty area.
Matic was stunned for a moment!
He stood up in a hurry, rushed to Taylor quickly, and yelled at Taylor frantically, "Foul! Crystal Palace foul!"
Taylor ignored him at all, but looked at
frontcourt.
Chelsea's David Luiz immediately rushed up from the side to grab the ball. His movement was so big that he almost rushed towards the player.
Obviously, Luis came to vent his anger on Matic.
Unexpectedly, when Luis rushed in front of Pogba, Pogba had already passed the football to the full-back Robertson who had caught him. The assist range of the two full-backs of Crystal Palace was very large, and in Crystal Palace's tactics
occupies a very important low position.
No, Robertson is here again!
Robertson is preparing to accelerate down the field with the ball.
Toot toot!
The referee blew the whistle directly, rushed to Lewis quickly, and showed Lewis a yellow card, warning!
foul!
Louis committed a foul!
Louis was very wronged. He immediately turned around and stared at Taylor with his hands faceless, and said in surprise, "Why did I commit a foul? Mr. referee, you..."
Taylor immediately reached out to interrupt Lewis and signaled Lewis to exit quickly, otherwise he would show a second yellow card.
Louis was very angry and furious!
If he hadn't been dragged away by his teammates, Luis might have received a second yellow card immediately.
The other Chelsea players surrounded the referee Taylor, asking for an explanation.
The most excited person was Matic, who almost roared at Taylor, "Why is it not a foul when Pogba kicks me down? But it is a foul when David kicks down Pogba? With the same action, why is one a foul and the other one?
No foul? Is it because we are Chelsea? Is it because we are away from home?"
The other Chelsea players were also very excited and angry when they heard this.
Taylor glanced at Matic lightly and said, "So, do you admit that Luis committed a retaliatory foul? A retaliatory foul will result in a red card!"
Forehead!
Matic and others were instantly choked by someone, their faces turned red!
Terry immediately came up, pulled Taylor away, and signaled his teammates to get back quickly, otherwise Chelsea would have a problem!
Of course, Lewis's foul action was actually very obvious.
Pogba had already passed the football, and Luis kicked Pogba down from behind. This was a foul without any problem.
Even if this is a retaliatory foul, Lewis is helping his teammates.
There is no problem with him receiving a yellow card.
Chelsea people are unhappy that Taylor doesn't treat everyone equally.
Mourinho on the sidelines was also very angry and spat at the fourth official. The fourth official's face was covered with Mourinho's spittle.
Obviously, Mourinho received a verbal warning from the referee.
On the other side, Tong Yifei
Very peaceful.
He had already expected this situation. There would be a lot of fouls in this game, and there would be a lot of controversies. Stay calm, everyone!
Don’t let any unexpected attrition occur!
That would be more of a loss than a gain!
Bang bang bang!
Tong Yi applauded and gave the applause to the Crystal Palace players, indicating that they should focus more on the game and not compete with these guys from Chelsea. Score goals and win the game.
The hard truth is, there is no point in getting angry with your opponent.
Crystal Palace won a direct free kick in the frontcourt!
The ball was nearly thirty meters away from the goal. It was not far or close, but at any rate it was within shooting range.
This is a good opportunity for Crystal Palace. ??
For such a close game, set kicks are actually an excellent opportunity to score goals!
Crystal Palace people still attach great importance to this set piece.
"The position of the ball is pretty good, but it is a little far away. You must know that Cech is standing in front of the Chelsea goal. There is basically no chance for this free kick!" Mortensen said.
Hiller also nodded slightly in agreement.
Cech is a very powerful goalkeeper, and it is almost impossible to break the goal he is guarding with a direct free kick from such a distance.
And the Chelsea players didn't think that the Crystal Palace people dared to shoot directly. It was Petr Cech in front of our goal!
Of course, when defending, Chelsea people are still very active and serious.
They still blocked the angle of the Crystal Palace's direct shot.
Don’t be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of the worst!
Never give the Crystal Palace people any chance.
On the Crystal Palace side, standing in front of the football is Paulinho.
Paulinho was the only one standing in front of the football, and the ball didn't look like it was going to be a direct shot.
On the contrary, Crystal Palace center Lukaku was very restless in the penalty area, changing positions back and forth, trying to get rid of Terry's defense. Even Crystal Palace center back Van Dijk rushed into Chelsea's penalty area. One look at these two people
He was already ready to catch the ball and head the ball towards the goal.
This should be a pass.
Tong Yi sat quietly on the sidelines, staring at Paulinho in front of the football.
beep!
At this moment, the referee blew the whistle for the free throw.
In front of the football, Paulinho rushed out quickly, came to the football, stepped hard on the side of the football with his left corner, rounded hard with his right foot, and hit the football with one kick.
Boom!
With a loud noise, Paulinho's right foot hit the football hard, and the football instantly deformed hugely under his feet, as if it was about to be kicked.
With a whoosh, the football shot out quickly.
The speed of the ball is very fast, like a shooting star.
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Shoot!
This guy Paulinho actually shot directly!
Chelsea fans and defensive players were surprised. But Chelsea's defensive players were not afraid at all. This goal should not be scored. They defended very well and it was impossible for Paulinho to succeed in a sneak attack.
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Chelsea's wall jumped quickly, full of confidence!
With a bang, the football hit Luis who was standing sideways in the wall to block the football. Then he quickly changed direction and shot towards the upper right corner of the goal.
Cech in front of the goal was already ready to save, and he was confident of saving the football.
Unexpectedly, the ball suddenly changed direction.
Seeing the arc of the ball changing direction, Cech had no choice but to watch the football shoot rapidly towards the upper right corner of the goal.
The faces of all the Chelsea fans in the audience changed and became very ugly.
And Cech and others were praying, praying that the ball would go higher than the goal and fly out of the baseline.
clang!
The football hit the lower edge of the intersection between the goal post and the crossbar hard, and then quickly bounced into the Chelsea goal.
The ball went in!
The Crystal Palace fans at the scene jumped up in excitement and waved their arms excitedly.
What a surprise!
Originally, Crystal Palace fans did not have much confidence in this direct free kick. Who knew that the goal actually went in!
What an unexpected surprise!
Crystal Palace fans were almost crazy with excitement!
"Paulinho! Paulinho from Brazil, his heavy cannon shot opened the Chelsea goal! This goal is really powerful, powerful and heavy. It is so powerful, I really didn't expect Paulinho to still score
With such a skill, it is really amazing!" Mortensen was very surprised and roared excitedly.
This ball looks very visually impactful.
The football that flew out was like a cannonball!
Paulinho's violent long-range shot is really a bit like the reappearance of the heavy free kick of his predecessor Roberto Carlos.
How awesome!
On the sidelines, Tong Yi also jumped up, clapped excitedly, and gave the applause to Paulinho.
He knew that Paulinho had such a heavy shot and could take a direct free kick from a long distance, but he actually didn't have too many expectations for this ball.
Who would have known that the goal actually went in!
surprise!
What a surprise!
Just seven minutes into the first half, Crystal Palace, playing at home, broke through Chelsea's goal and took the lead. Now, the problem was thrown to Mourinho and Chelsea. Should you continue to defend, or should you continue to defend?
Is it about to be attacked?
what to do?
Chelsea people, what do you do?
This chapter has been completed!