"!" Seeing that Pique had already positioned himself in advance, Torres had no more ideas when it came to fighting for the ball. () After all, after the defender positioned himself, he passed by later and couldn't get rid of it no matter what.
Well, if you rush a little faster, you will most likely get a yellow card, which is not worth it.
Torres never dreamed that just after he had given up, the Crystal Palace defender would give him such a generous gift.
However, I didn't expect that as the world's top center, Torres would never be polite when the opponent gave him a big gift. Almost as soon as Pique "bumped" the ball out with his shoulder, Torres also
He started quickly, brushed Pique's body, and chased the ball knocked out by Pique.
On the other side, as a young man, Pique, who is relatively new to the industry, is now fully aware of how stupid his choice was, and he regrets it in his heart. However, things have already happened, and the reaction is still there.
Pique, who is quite good, knows very well that no matter what he does at this time, it will never be a moment of regret.
Therefore, after seeing Torres rushing in front of him and trying to avoid him to chase the ball he knocked out, Pique didn't even think about it. He kicked his right foot on the ground and planned to turn around and defend.
former.
It's a pity that I don't know if Pique really forgot to read the almanac when he went out today. After he made a cool rescue and the team's defense was in danger, as the top central defender in future generations, he urgently made a second reaction to make up for the previous situation.
Pique made a mistake, but ushered in an even more deceptive ending.
In fact, Pique never imagined that in the next second, he would pay a heavy price for his absolutely correct choice.
When he returned to the field, he saw that Torres had just come up from behind and walked to Pique. Pique also completed his turn in an instant. Under normal circumstances, the next step would be the moment for Pique and Torres to wrestle. And his body is slightly dominant.
Pique, even if he couldn't destroy the ball before Torres in the end, no matter how bad it was, he could make Torres feel uncomfortable all over when he shot the ball.
Unfortunately, what was described above is just a normal situation, and coincidentally, this time, Pique happened to catch up with an abnormal accident.
However, Pique, who had just completed his turn, was about to step forward to fight with Torres. Unexpectedly, at this time, his right foot, which was used as a supporting foot, began to slip.
As we all know, when a person suddenly loses his center of gravity by accident, his first instinct must be to use both feet in an attempt to find a fulcrum on the way to regain balance. Even the person who fell knew in advance that
Even if he fell sideways, his body would not be seriously injured.
And Pique, who had just accidentally skidded, did the same thing in the air. However, in the end, it was this instinct that killed Pique.
In Pique's position, he and Torres are just two objects on the field. It is impossible for Pique to catch himself to regain his balance. Then, Pique's only option left is
All that was left was to hold on to Torres.
…
Li Yi was shocked when he saw Pique make a low-level mistake and give the ball to Torres! However, before Li Yi was surprised, he saw that Pique was so awesome when Torres passed by him.
The smart guy knocked the former to the ground. Li Yi was no longer surprised, but was speechless!
Why, Li Yi really wants to ask Pique, doesn't he know that he is the last player on Crystal Palace's defense this time. Although the place where he committed the foul was outside the penalty area, a red card definitely did not escape him?
…
In the end, the development of the matter confirmed Li Yi's conjecture. It was impossible for the referee to turn a blind eye to such an obvious foul.
Completely ignoring Pique's so-called "unintentional" sophistry, he sent a ruby diamond card mercilessly. At the end of the first half of the game, Crystal Palace was somewhat tragic and one man was sent off. Within the remaining 45 minutes of waiting,
, Crystal Palace had to face the unfavorable situation of having one less player on the field.
After all, they were united and spent the remaining time in the first half. With an embarrassed expression that didn't know what to say, Li Yi returned to the locker room with his teammates.
As soon as the door to the locker room was opened, everyone saw the same worried-looking Friedman.
Friedman has nothing to worry about. In this game, yes, his tactical arrangements and the on-the-spot performance of the players on the field are extremely brilliant. If this game continues like this, Friedman can
I can tell you with certainty that in this game they "upset" defeated Liverpool, which was definitely not difficult at all.
But now that Pique is cheating like this, things are getting serious. On the court, if one player is missing, it is not as simple as 2-1=1. Especially when the missing player is the team's defense, it is quite important
Important central defender role.
There were too many issues that Friedman needed to consider at this moment. There were so many questions that many team members pushed in the door together, thinking so hard that Friedman didn't even react.
Although many teams play a 4-back or even a 3-back formation, it seems that one defender is missing. Crystal Palace also has 4 defenders, so it doesn't matter.
But 4-back is not enough for Crystal Palace. When the team usually practices, they have never practiced 4-back. The defensive system of 3 central defenders has basically penetrated into the minds of the defenders on the field. If not
He made adjustments and continued to play like this. In the second half, the Red Army took advantage of the loopholes in the defense and beat him to a pulp. Friedman could almost predict it.
It won't work without adjustments, and substitution is imminent.
But this is where Friedman struggled.
After all, who should be replaced?
First of all, the defenders have to be replaced. There are not many defenders, and they must not be moved. So after this exclusion, the only thing left is to replace the midfielders and frontcourt players.
Midfielder Muntari, as a defensive champion, cannot be replaced at this moment. The other two midfielders, Naismith and Modric, are both good at offense and defense. Unless there is no one to choose, they can't be replaced for the time being.
Not consider.
Therefore, after excluding the East and the West, there seemed to be many people on the Crystal Palace field who could be replaced. In fact, in Friedman's mind, there were only two candidates left.
Li Yi or Ariadiere
Well, if it were normal, there would be no need to choose a proposition. How could Friedman be so entangled?
The fundamental reason lies in the matchup of this game, Pique's deceptive red card and the 1-0 lead on the field.
If Crystal Palace falls behind at this time, then Friedman will definitely not consider replacing Li Yi. Even if the team plays a lot of players, Li Yi will definitely not be the first choice to be replaced.
But what? Now that there was one less person in the group, Friedman's desire for stability emerged in an untimely manner.
As soon as his mentality came out, one of Li Yi's shortcomings was infinitely magnified, that is-Li Yi didn't know how to defend.
Moreover, Li Yi doesn't know how to defend. It's not because Li Yi is not active, but because he really doesn't know how to defend. Just take the usual training games. During the usual games, Friedman has been fortunate enough to see a lot of them.
Times, every time Li Yi actively returned to defense, not only was he unable to help, but he became a defensive backstop, causing the team to panic.
Complete the defense and then attack. Compared with the attack, if it is a normal counterattack style, Li Yi will be better than Aria. But today's situation, coupled with a strong opponent, is doomed. This game is impossible for the Crystal Palace.
There are too many regular offensive opportunities. The only option for forwards on the field is to counterattack quickly.
And if we just look at defensive counterattacks, it’s hard to tell who is better between Li Yi and Aliadiere.
In terms of physical fitness, Li Yi is naturally much better than Ariadiere, but the trick is that in terms of speed, the most important aspect of quick counterattack, Li Yi is slightly weaker than Ariadiere.
Okay, to sum up, the current idea in Friedman's mind is that according to the current situation analysis, replacing Li Yi is the best choice for the team. But as soon as Li Yi was established as the core of the team, he was immediately replaced by Li Yi.
After winning, Friedman was afraid that Li Yi would be dissatisfied.
"Ah! It's annoying, it's annoying!" Thinking of this, Friedman raised his hands and scratched the white hair on his temples slightly crazily! Followed by this, there were also random thoughts in his mouth.
"Yeah." After Friedman finished pulling his hair and finally found the full locker room, he remembered that this player was still waiting for him to lecture him.
"Lee, come here." He stared at his subordinates for a while. Finally, Friedman, who was about to go crazy with the substitution problem, chose to go straight to the point and directly asked the person involved about his situation to see how Li Yi would choose.
Coming to an uninhabited corner with Li Yi, Friedman bluntly vomited out a lot of things he had just been thinking about and the reasons for his next choice. Then, he asked, "Lee, I don't know."
What do you think"
Friedman struggled with this problem for a long time, and Li Yi had long seen it. Therefore, when faced with this problem, Li Yi rarely showed a cautious expression on his face.
In other words, when I am not happy about playing, I will not be happy to know that I am going to be substituted early. However, Li Yi's first consideration at the moment is not this.
Personally, but secondly, Li Yi, who has received enough attention from Friedman in the club and already regards himself as a member of Crystal Palace, was almost like Friedman when Friedman asked, and he was the first to think.
The question is whether doing what Friedman said next is the best choice for the team.
Li Yi thought seriously, and Friedman was not in a hurry. He saw Li Yi meditating alone for about 2 or 3 minutes before finally raising his lowered head.
