However, for Crystal Palace, this group of people who are just substitute players will not be able to be more relaxed if they want to torture Middlesbrough, which has been deep in the relegation zone since the first round of the league and has never been able to catch its breath.
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What, don’t believe it?
Take a look at Crystal Palace's starting lineup for this match against Middlesbrough.
Goalkeeper, because goalkeepers usually do not need to do too much strenuous exercise, so Diego Lopez is the only main player arranged by Friedman in this game who played against Chelsea before.
Next, take a look at the back line, Dani Alves! Who is this? This was Li Yi’s unbeatable main right goalkeeper in Barcelona in his previous life. The reason why he did not appear in the previous games of Crystal Palace is definitely not because of his lack of ability.
Deman's approval is simply because Alves was very unhappy and suffered a moderate injury before his transfer to Crystal Palace, and he has been recovering from his injuries until now.
In addition to Alves, the defenders who appeared in the vs. Middlesbrough lineup today include central defender Hudson Balzaretti and left back Richardson. These three were all the main players when Crystal Palace won the Premier League championship last season.
It goes without saying much about the members and their abilities.
After looking at the defense, look at the midfielder: Sissoko Muntari. If you just look at their offense, you might think that they are not even as good as many players in the Chinese Super League. However, if you compare them purely in the midfielder
In terms of positional interception ability, even if they are compared with Vieira at his peak, they are not far behind.
Apart from the two evil players in the midfield, the remaining three players are: Ramsey on the left, Nasri on the right, and Naismith in the middle.[
The one at the front is Spanish international Llorente.
After reading this, I believe you all know why Crystal Palace was able to easily defeat Middlesbrough 4-0 in this Carabao Cup!
After playing the League Cup against Middlesbrough, Crystal Palace only had three days of rest. On the weekend of local time, they once again ushered in a new round of challenges in the Premier League.
After finding a suitable tactic, and with the absolute strength of Alves as an assist, he returned from injury. In this game, Li Yi, as a forward, played an easy game that he had never seen this season.
In the end, with Li Yi's hat-trick and Bale's icing on the cake, the Crystal Palace at home beat the visiting Bolton Wanderers 4-0 and announced a recovery in their form with a two-way 3-game winning streak. Well, with
To put it bluntly, Crystal Palace is a standard strong team that has bottomed out!
After playing the sixth round of the Premier League, they also only rested for only 3 days. Crystal Palace once again ushered in their final game of 3 games in 8 days. At the same time, it was more important than the previous games.
A very important game.
In the second round of the Champions League group stage, they challenged Juventus away from home.
Speaking of which, Crystal Palace is really tragic. It was the first time they participated in the Champions League, and they were tricked by UEFA and thrown into the group of death. The schedule was also so cheating.
Play Real Madrid first and then Juventus. Such a schedule, let alone a new Champions League team like Crystal Palace, even if it is thrown to Manchester United, the defending champion of the Champions League last season, it is definitely enough for the Red Devils to drink. You say
Is it a lie?
What, you are going to say that after going through the phone scandal, Juventus has fallen from the top level of Europe's top clubs and has become a second-tier garbage team?
Regarding this statement, all Li Yi can say is - haha.
If anyone has doubts about whether Juventus is still a strong team, let's take a look at Juventus' starting lineup first!
According to the first-hand information obtained before the game, in the next game between Crystal Palace and Juventus, Juventus’ starting 11 will look like this:
Goalkeeper: No. 1 Buffon. As the winner of the best goalkeeper in Europe for several consecutive years and recognized as the best goalkeeper in the world, Buffon’s ability no longer needs elaboration! [
Defense line: No. 3 left back Chiellini, No. 2 center back Salihamidzic, Gianluca Zambrotta, right back Zebina.
Among these four defenders, except for right back Zebina, the other three are regulars in the national team. Among them, Chiellini and Gianluca Zambrotta are the main candidates for the Italian national team. Two of them, plus
The Buffon mentioned above is enough to shoulder the defensive tasks of any giant team in Europe. There is no doubt about his ability.
After talking about the defense, let’s look at the midfield: No. 11 Nedved, No. 6 Zanetti, No. 19 Marchisio, and No. 16 Camoranesi.
Among these four people, except for Zanetti, whose abilities are average, the other three are all super practical players whose ability outweighs their reputation.
Among them, even if we put aside the two regular main players of the Italian national team, Marco Polo and Camoranesi, Nedvěd alone is enough to explain everything. This central axis will definitely make
The Crystal Palace is ecstatic.
Finally, it’s time for the Juventus forward!
No. 10 Zebra Prince Del Piero, No. 9 Iaquinta.
To be honest, although the zebra prince Del Piero, who was born in 1974, has long passed his prime, yes today, he has also passed his thirties and reached the age of a football player at 34 years old, but his
His ability is still something that makes all the defenses of teams that compete with Juventus fearful.
To sum up, who would dare to say that Juventus is weak?
"Toot, toot, toot!" As the referee on duty blew his whistle, this Champions League group match, which Friedman defined before the game as a life-or-death battle for their Champions League, began.
In fact, as the coach of Crystal Palace, there is really no exaggeration in defining this game for the Crystal Palace players before the game.
After losing the first match against Real Madrid, Crystal Palace's promotion prospects were really not very optimistic.
Just imagine, if Crystal Palace loses again this round, their points after two rounds will be an extremely embarrassing 0 points.
Although it is said that in the 6-round Champions League group stage, with 0 points after 2 rounds, there is still the possibility of a final comeback. However, when there are better options, you will plunge yourself into the abyss and then find a chance to escape.
, obviously not what Crystal Palace wants.
Therefore, no matter how outside experts advise Crystal Palace, if they can grab a point at Juventus' home court, it will be a victory. As Crystal Palace themselves, they are determined to win this game.
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Unconsciously, the game reached the 20th minute of the first half in the midst of a fierce struggle between the two sides.
In the past 20 minutes, both sides of the battle have created many good scoring opportunities. Unfortunately, I don’t know if it was discussed in advance. The goalkeepers of the two teams used their outstanding performances to protect their behinds.
The goal was not missed.
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20 minutes passed. Today's game was aimed at winning. Crystal Palace, which attacked from the start, slowly slowed down its pace on the court.
After all, players are human beings too. You can't expect them to be like immortal robots, maintaining the same state of full clockwork for the entire game. If that were the case, the Crystal Palace would probably be pissed after the game.
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While talking, Juventus, who had been suppressed by Crystal Palace for about 20 minutes, took advantage of the opportunity for Crystal Palace to slow down the tempo on the field. They took the opportunity to give Crystal Palace a head-on blow!
Nedvěd, who was holding the ball near the center circle, seemed to be devoid of any threat and deflected Modric's press with the ball. Suddenly, he sent a scalpel-worthy kick to Del Piero in front.
Precise straight plug.
In the end, fortunately, Del Piero is already 34 years old this year. Not to mention 10 years ago, if Del Piero were five years younger, the outcome of this goal would definitely have changed dramatically.
Feeling the fatigue in the last few steps when chasing the ball, and watching Diego Lopez making a side dive to collect the ball in his arms, Del Piero seriously considered whether he needed to leave Juventus after this season.
