Winning the underdog Coventry away from home was just a continuation of Crystal Palace's "honeymoon" period. Seven days later, on January 20, they returned to Crystal Palace at home, and they ushered in their second opponent after Li Yi joined -
Hull City.
Hull City, after 28 rounds, is only ranked 20th in the standings. Compared with Crystal Palace's previous opponent Coventry, it is three points worse in terms of strength. In front of such an opponent, Friedman can be considered
He felt proud, fulfilled his promise when recruiting people, and put Li Yi, who had been working with the team for more than half a month and had some results, into the starting lineup.
Li Yi, who appeared in the starting lineup, went to the field and directly used his actual actions to prove that the coach's trust in him was worth it!
Although he did not score a goal, he did a good job in containing the opponent in the midfield and frontcourt, and also sent out key assists in the second half, helping the team to beat the opponent 2-1 without any danger. Li Yi's performance was criticized after the game.
It was generally well received by the whole team.
What makes Li Yi and his supporters even more happy is that with his assists and several other highlights in this game, in the post-game selection, Li Yi was once again honored to be honored on the spot since his big four game.
Player of the match. At the same time, Li Yi was selected into the best team of the Championship for the second time, outperforming the strikers of other teams in the Championship.
And with the end of the game against Hull City, Crystal Palace's "honeymoon" period of facing teams at the bottom of the table in five games has come to an end. Their opponents in the next round will no longer be underdogs.
, but the top six in the standings at this time, with only 4 points fewer points than them - Black Cats, Sunderland!
The arrival of Sunderland, a powerful enemy, finally allowed those media who were paying attention to Crystal Palace to find an outlet. Before the game, various media compared the former to an excellent test to see whether Li Yitong's team was really shaping up.
Dao Shi, various media have expressed many different opinions on Li Yi's performance in this game.
Some expressed optimism, believing that Li Yi would definitely be able to defeat powerful enemies with the team. Others were just waiting for Li Yi to be beaten back to his original form with the attitude of watching a show! With ill intentions, they made remarks, saying that Friedman was seeking stability for the sake of stability.
, there are also many who will exclude Li Yi from the main lineup and strive to disrupt the Crystal Palace military morale before the game.
Fortunately, no matter what the outside world said or questioned, on the second day of training after playing Hull City, Friedman still declared in front of the whole team against all opinions that Li Yi would definitely occupy the next game.
A starting position finally made some people's conspiracy aborted.
After those Sunderland media spent a lot of space to create public opinion, what they were thinking was that even if their remarks could not affect Friedman, they could at least affect the young Li Yi? Young people?
, it’s normal to have fluctuations in my heart!
However, Li Yi could only say sorry for their thoughts. Because, to be honest, Li Yi never paid attention to these small actions by Sunderland from beginning to end!
Hold on to yourself very well, and laugh it off after seeing those exaggerated news. Li Yi's little life is still how it should be, and nothing has changed.
Oh, it’s wrong to say there haven’t been any changes, but there are still changes. So what, when the media war was in full swing, Li Yi, who was in a good mood, completed the low-level copy twice more.
There is nothing much to say about getting a level 1 stunt. What is worth mentioning is that after completing the latest low-level dungeon, Li Yi's character exploded. Finally, for the first time in a low-level dungeon, he saw what a level 2 stunt looked like.
What's more, what makes Li Yi grin from ear to ear is that he won this level 2 stunt. By coincidence, it was exactly what he urgently needed at the moment - the final word.
He had accumulated enough stunt experience through daily training. After getting this decisive lv2, Li Yi didn't waste a second. He immediately went to his personal panel and clicked the upgrade button.
Seeing the birth of his second level 2 stunt, this time, Li Yi, who did not forget the very important attached attributes, seriously studied the changes after the upgrade of this stunt.
First of all, the activation probability doubled from 2% to 4%, which was enough to make Li Yi very happy. When he accidentally returned to the personal attributes interface, he saw his own attributes. As the stunts improved,
After rising from 38 to 40, Li Yi jumped out of bed with excitement.
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During the training the next day, seeing Li Yi's obviously overly excited expression, many teammates who didn't know what was going on thought that something good was about to happen for Li Yi.
After Li Yi learned about this, he tried his best to explain to his teammates that he had no good intentions. Time had quietly come to the last day of January.
And today, Li Yi, who went to Sunderland with the team and visited the Stadium of Light, had his first real tough battle since his transfer!
"Beep, beep, beep!" As the referee on duty blew his whistle, the match between Sunderland and Crystal Palace officially began!
In this game, the opponent is not weak, and it is an away game, so a draw is barely acceptable.
When Crystal Palace came up, under the deliberate arrangement of coach Friedman, he was very aware of current affairs and chose the shameless 9-0-1, commonly known as the bus formation in front of the goal!
If you don't see a rabbit, don't spread the eagle. If you don't have a good opportunity, you will never advance rashly. 9 people retreated to their own 30-meter area to participate in the defense, leaving only Li Yi in front. It is really not the most shameless, only more shameless!
Faced with the shameless tactics of the Crystal Palace, the black cat, whose attack power was pretty good, immediately felt like a dog biting a hedgehog, completely unable to bite him.
The Sunderland players, who had been persevering around the Crystal Palace for half an hour, giving up 12 shots, but never found any real chance to score, unconsciously felt a little anxious in their hearts!
This emotion manifested itself on the field when Sunderland's players made some stupid choices that they would not normally make.
Although he is not a famous coach, it is still difficult for Friedman to escape Friedman's detection of such obvious psychological changes on the opponent's field. More importantly, in this game, the reason why he chose the bus tactic regardless of his image is that he has been waiting for it.
Yes, this is the time.
When he came to the sidelines, Friedman quietly made a gesture towards the Crystal Palace players, which seemed to be to continue to strengthen the defense, but was actually a counterattack!
And Li Yi, who had been feeling aggrieved for most of today, almost cried after seeing Friedman's gesture!
By the way, Li Yi's performance on the court today was depressing! The whole team retreated to defend. This tactic can certainly greatly reduce the probability of conceding goals, but for Li Yi, it is definitely not a good thing!
There was a lack of support, and the opponent left enough manpower for Li Yi during the attack. Under such circumstances, for the entire half hour of the game, Li Yi kept repeatedly catching the ball, being double-teamed, and then making mistakes without interruption 3
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Under such circumstances, if Li Yi can still play happily, then he is either a fool or a pervert and likes to be abused!
At this moment, Friedman launched a counterattack, which meant that Li Yi was about to have a chance to "revenge". How could Li Yi not be excited?
He took back his gaze towards the coach, looked towards the backcourt, and found that his teammates had just interrupted the opponent's attack. Li Yi's eyes flashed, but his facial expression was contrary to his mood. He put on a constipated face, pretending to be very helpless.
, and started a running game with the other two defensive players!
Running forward, running behind, one person is challenging two people, and the speed is not enough for the starting hand. Li Yi seems to not care how he runs, because there are defenders of the opponent in front and behind, and his movement is just a pure waste of energy.
