The game, as the commentator JK said, actually ended early after Li Yi made the icing on the cake for Crystal Palace and rewritten the score to 2-0.
After all, Juventus is strong and Crystal Palace is not weak. Plus, Juventus has one less player to fight...
In the end, the direction of this game did not go as planned. Juventus was able to chase 2 or even 3 goals in a row with one player less, leading to a huge comeback.
After 2-0, a game that could not be considered a big victory but could be considered a complete victory, Crystal Palace finally brought themselves the first, second and third points in their Champions League history.
In the other match of the group, Real Madrid defeated Zenit St. Petersburg, the weakest team in the same group, 3-0. In Group H, where Crystal Palace is located, the qualifying situation became very interesting.
At present, after 2 rounds, there is no doubt that Real Madrid, which has won 2 games, scored 4 goals, and not conceded a goal, and is in good competitive form, occupies the top spot in the group. There is no surprise.
However, except for Real Madrid, the points of the remaining three teams in this group are a bit interesting!
After 2 rounds, both Crystal Palace and Juventus have 1 win and 1 loss. Originally, the Champions League rankings were based on the outcome, but since the second round between Crystal Palace and Juventus has not yet started, I want to compare the outcome now.
There is no competition, so the two teams with 3 points have to directly rely on goal difference to determine the ranking.[
In the first game, Juventus, like Real Madrid, also defeated the scorer Zenit 3-0. In addition to losing 0-2 today, Juventus and Crystal Palace had two scores of 0-1 and 2-0.
, not only the points were the same, but also the goal difference. In the end, they ranked second in the group just by scoring one more goal than Crystal Palace.
However, even if Crystal Palace is only ranked third in the group at the moment, in the eyes of the outside world, Crystal Palace's qualifying situation is still better!
Because, after playing two rounds in the group stage, everyone has almost reached a consensus, that is - in this group, Zenit is dedicated to giving out points, and Real Madrid is dedicated to collecting points.
So, judging according to this standard, excluding the second round match between Juventus and Crystal Palace, before the final round comes, while Real Madrid is locked in first place in this group, Juventus and Crystal Palace will face the situation of having the same points.
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At that time, as long as Crystal Palace does not lose to Juventus in a direct confrontation, or even if Crystal Palace loses, but does not lose by 2 goals, the team that will appear at that time will still be Crystal Palace, even if Juventus is fighting here
The phone call can lead to an exaggerated score of 10-0 or 20-0 in the second game against Zenit.
The situation in the Champions League group is complicated. Perhaps Crystal Palace is very aware of it, but it is obvious that Crystal Palace, which has been very busy with Cowboys recently, has no time to worry about the Champions League at least for now!
Now, they must put all their thoughts into the league. After all, at the beginning of the league, due to the failure of the lineup to run in well and the lack of suitable technical and tactical support, Crystal Palace lost a lot to the weak teams.
Few points. This is very fatal for Crystal Palace, which aims to defend the Premier League championship.
As the saying goes, you need a pillow when you are drowsy. It just so happened that after successively encountering four European giants, Liverpool, Chelsea, Real Madrid, and Juventus, Crystal Palace ushered in a wave of points that was relatively easy for them.
trip!
The home game against Bolton on the 27th, the Champions League away game against Zenit on the 1st of the following month, the Premier League away game against Blackburn Rovers on October 5th, with a 2-week break in between, the home game against West Bromwich Albion on the 19th, and then the Champions League back-to-back games on the 22nd
Fight against Zenit.
Although it still implements the characteristics of the Premier League with frequent matches, with several double matches a week, and even three matches in eight days. However, compared with the previous matches against the rich teams, this schedule is much easier!
In this wave of points-grabbing operations, since the season is just in the early stages, the Crystal Palace staff is neat and does not need to be rotated too much. One main lineup can take it all. Therefore, although it is still looked down upon by the outside world,
But the Crystal Palace side used a clean and crisp 5-game winning streak to grab all the points they could get.
As for the scores in the past five games, they are 3-0, 2-1, 3-2, 2-0, and 1-0 respectively.
The wins are not many, and there is no situation where the opponent is beaten to death and bloodbathed, but as a certain Italian coach who likes the idea of 1-0 said, in the same situation of 3 points, you 10
Is there any difference between a 0-to-0 ratio and my 1-to-0 ratio?
Is there any difference? Before the points are even and the goal difference is needed, the goal difference really makes no difference to Crystal Palace.[
On October 25, after winning two consecutive games in the Champions League and securing second place in the group, Crystal Palace finally had its only interesting game in the league in the past month.
It was an away game against Everton. This was a game that the outside world thought was very likely for Crystal Palace to be sniped. The final result of the game was a huge disappointment to those who were waiting to see the Crystal Palace joke!
I don’t know if they were a little carried away by the praise from the media before the game. In this game with Crystal Palace, Everton actually changed the characteristics of their team’s defensive counterattack and started a confrontation with Crystal Palace at the beginning!
Well, that's not to say that there are no teams that can play against Crystal Palace, but it is obvious that among these teams that have enough capital to play against Crystal Palace, there will be no Hammers to help Everton.
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No, it was devastating. In just the first half, Crystal Palace relied on Li Yi's hat trick to lead the score far ahead!
If, if it were not for the sake of staying in the Champions League with Real Madrid, Li Yi and Sneijder, the two absolute cores of the team, would have been selectively replaced at midfield, and Everton would have been beaten by Crystal Palace.
After that, he came back and restrained himself a lot in the second half. The final score of this game could never be just 4-0.
If only from the perspective of avoiding a bloodbath by Crystal Palace and only losing 4 goals at home, Everton is still worthy of celebration!
However, if we look at the expectations of the outside media before the game that Everton will snipe Crystal Palace, Everton's game today is undoubtedly a disappointment and a failure!
After the "tough battle" with Everton, Crystal Palace played two more Premier League games in the next week, and the opponents they faced were not too strong. Under the premise of sticking to the economic idea to the end, although the score
Not big, but Crystal Palace still easily defeated the opponents they faced. With a series of 9 consecutive victories across competition formats (UEFA Champions League and League Cup), they announced to the world that the Premier League champion team last season was back!
Moreover, just winning streak is not enough. While other strong Premier League teams lost points one after another in the battles, Crystal Palace, which did not start very well, quietly reached the top of the standings when the outside world did not pay much attention to it.
on the position!
Even reaching the top of the Premier League standings is not a big deal! Since Real Madrid unexpectedly lost in the second round against Juventus, in the Champions League, Crystal Palace actually temporarily climbed to the top of the Premier League table by virtue of its goal difference advantage.
Won the first place in the group!
It can be said that these two leagues reached the top of the league at the same time, which blinded the attention of those media. You know, Crystal Palace was determined to have insufficient experience in European competitions. Before the game, various foreign media generally believed that Crystal Palace
It is impossible to break through the group of death in the Champions League. Who would have thought that not only in the league, the level of last season was maintained, but also in the Champions League, Crystal Palace was still strong??
