However, when the Crystal Palace fans enthusiastically rushed to the home court the next day, preparing to enjoy a wonderful slaughter feast at the scene, what they finally received was only a 1-0 victory, even just a little bit worse.
A winless ending!
If, if Li Yi hadn't scored his own penalty kick in stoppage time in the second half, then the first game of the new season at Crystal Palace would have been tied by the Magpies!
Although there is a saying widely circulated in the outside world, that is - the underdogs of the Premier League. At the post-match press conference, Friedman also used this reason to ward off outside speculation, but why did this game play out like this? In fact, everyone at Crystal Palace
, everyone’s heart is as clear as a mirror.
To put it simply, the reason why Crystal Palace took the initiative in this game and was unable to score and was unable to open the opponent's door is not because Li Yi's musket was rusty.
, the beating no longer hurts, the fundamental reason lies in the lack of advantage in the midfield!
And upon closer inspection, the inability of the midfielder is reflected in the Crystal Palace midfielder triangle, which Friedman originally had high hopes for!
Yaya Toure - Modric - Sneijder!
It can be said responsibly that these three people are separated. No matter which team they are placed in, they are all top-notch talents. It is no easier to let them be responsible for sorting out a team's offense! Logically speaking,
A midfielder composed of three players like this should be very good.
However, what troubles Friedman is that judging from this game, when these three people are on the court at the same time, their effectiveness is definitely 11 less than 2. In fact, it is not an exaggeration at all.
Say, when these three people are on the court at the same time, maybe it is better to just put one player on it![
What makes Friedman even more impressed is that among the above three people, in terms of compatibility alone, the two worst ones are not Modric and Sneijder as he expected earlier, but Yaya Tu
Ray and Modric 2
.
By the way, I don’t know if Friedman had a flash of inspiration and came up with a formation that was quite suitable for Modric and Sneijder. In short, after seeing that the situation on the court could not open up in the second half, Friedman used
Muntari replaced Yaya Toure, and Crystal Palace's offensive improvement was immediate and immediately improved to a higher level.
But it is precisely because of this that Friedman, who has always been calm and determined to use the first three league games of the new season for training, becomes even more confused!
Friedman scratched his hair, which had been messed up like a henhouse, and sat in his office, looking at the direction of the court from a distance, confused.
Judging from the situation of the last game, how the team should play could not be simpler. Replace Yaya Toure or Modric, and arrange for Muntari or Sissoko to act as a midfielder.
Play the role of a troublemaker, and then let Yaya Toure give full play to his help in the team's offense!
But is it really that simple?
Are you kidding? Who is Modric? That is the third person in the Crystal Palace formation, besides Li Yi and Bell. Even, in the eyes of many fans, Modric is the second person in the Crystal Palace!
In other words, although Friedman does not have to be the head coach of Crystal Palace, after winning the league championship trophy last season, even if Friedman leaves Crystal Palace, I believe it will be nothing for him to find a job with another Premier League team.
Something too difficult.
However, who wants to be bald if they have hair? If you can find a job, you can find a job. Can other teams give you the sense of belonging of Crystal Palace and the sense of accomplishment of chasing honors? It is difficult to think about it!
Therefore, even though he has not told anyone about this matter, in the new season, Friedman is thinking more about not the performance of the team, but how he should stay after the end of this season!
If you want to stay, Friedman doesn’t know what others are like. He believes that in this Crystal Palace, which only has the potential of a wealthy family, if you want to stay, you must first build your own team. This is for sure! Then, Modly
Strangeness seems extremely precious to Friedman!
The newly joined players were more or less paid by Mansour. For such players, Friedman boasts that his personality charm is not so great as to make the other party like him more than the euro.
So just give up!
But Modric is different! As a general who he single-handedly promoted, Friedman believes that with Modric's usual character, he will definitely be like Li Yi and will definitely stand up when he needs it.
Come out and support yourself![
Therefore, under this major premise, Friedman would not and would not dare to do anything, which would chill Modric's heart! Besides, if Friedman really dares to bench Modric
Yes, fans who want to come to Crystal Palace will never agree.
Modric can't move, so why move Yaya Toure?
Okay, who is Yaya Toure? Mansour was just poached from Barcelona at a cost of 36 million euros in the summer!
After paying such a high price, he did not use Yaya Toure, but switched to Sissoko or Muntari, who were several times cheaper? No matter how he thought about it, Friedman felt that if he really had to do this, he might not be able to leave the Crystal Palace.
Not far away?
"Ah! It's so annoying!" Friedman, who had been feeling dizzy because of this incident for the past two days, exaggeratedly patted his forehead!
After glancing in the direction of the team's training ground, Friedman couldn't think of any good ideas and muttered, "Forget it, just take it one step at a time! When a player reaches their level, I believe they don't need me."
He said that he also knows how to adjust on the court! Now, I will take it one step at a time and give them a little more time."
Well, I have to say that although Friedman is really not very qualified in terms of tactical setting and on-the-spot command, which especially tests the coach's ability, he still has a certain ability in judging people.
So what, Yaya Toure, Modric, and Sneijder, as world-class players, do have great self-regulation ability on the court!
No, after playing the first round of the Premier League, on August 26, Crystal Palace ushered in their second round of the league.
In this round of the league, facing the opponent Portsmouth, who had already played against each other twice before the start of the new season, and who could be regarded as a experienced opponent, Crystal Palace once again used its own weapons, bump, bump, bump
, bump, bump! After a lot of bombardment, with Li Yi scoring twice, Sneijder, Yaya Toure, and Bale all giving their first goals of the new season, they bloodbathed Portsmouth 5-0 in the away game without any blood.
mouth.
After playing this game, what pleased Friedman the most was not the score, but the team's iron triangle in the midfield, which worked hard and cooperated tacitly, providing the fans with wonderful cooperation time and time again!
After watching the performance of the players on the field, Friedman, who had not slept well for more than 10 days, finally had a comfortable sleep that night.
However, while Friedman was relaxing, he seemed to have overlooked an issue, and that was - it was really possible for the lack of tacit understanding between the players on the court to be fundamentally improved in such a short period of time.
Is it a solution?
Perhaps there is such a possibility, but unfortunately, Friedman himself definitely did not catch up!
Otherwise, this cannot explain the defeat of Crystal Palace in the next game when faced with a truly powerful enemy in the Premier League!
Well, of course, at this time, it’s still too early to say what the next game will be!
Because, after playing the second round of the Premier League, there is something much more important than a league game waiting for Crystal Palace!