485: The second round of the Champions League group away to Moscow
Tong Yi has now led Crystal Palace to Russia.
To be honest, the current weather in Russia is pretty good, not the worst.
Therefore, the current away game is not considered the most devilish time.
If we come to Moscow, Russia, to play away games in December or December, it will be a truly devilish away game. No one can guarantee that they can leave Moscow safely, and there is a high probability of losing.
The weather in Moscow is quite good now, around 14 to 15 degrees Celsius during the day, and around 6 to 7 degrees Celsius at night, and there is no snow at the moment. If by the end of October, it will already snow heavily here in Moscow, then it will be better to come to the away game at that time
What a nightmare.
The current situation is not bad.
Therefore, there should be no problem for Crystal Palace to win this game.
But Tong Yi still takes it seriously.
Because Spartak Moscow is not weak. They were the champions of the Russian Super League last season. This was also their tenth Russian championship. They are considered the most successful Russian team after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Of course, Spartak Moscow's results in the past few seasons were not ideal, and they were even suppressed by their city rival CSKA Moscow. As a result, their former head coach Alenichev lost his position.
, and then his assistant Massimo Carrera, 52, officially took over the team.
To be honest, this is the first time Carrera has coached a team independently. Before that, he served as a technical trainer for Juventus and the Italian national team and as an assistant coach at Spartak Moscow.
Originally, he was just an over-coach of Spartak Moscow. Who knew that this guy led the team to very good results after taking office, and even led the team to win the Russian Super League championship, so he signed a two-year contract with Spartak Moscow.
The contract will not expire until June next year.
Tong Yi learned about this rookie head coach from the information collected by Schwartz.
To be honest, after Tong Yi saw it, he felt that this guy was also very good and had his own ideas.
Their current team's tactics are high pressure and smooth offense to threaten the opponent's goals and resolve the opponent's offense. To be honest, this technique and tactics are generally similar to Tongyi Klopp's tactics, but there are many more
The details are different, but he also studied the most popular tactics in football today.
This shows that although this head coach is a bit old, his ability to accept new things is still very good, and he is always learning and improving. Therefore, after he took over the team, the team's performance was very good, and he directly won the Russian championship.
Super League champion.
Therefore, Tong Yi really will not underestimate this opponent.
Tong Yi has carefully studied Spartak Moscow's lineup and techniques and tactics. He has watched many game videos and highlights, and has also discussed it with the coaching staff Stekluth and Kruger many times.
It passed. So, for now, Tong Yi is still It's full of confidence.
Spartak Moscow may have a great advantage in Russia, but they still lacked something when facing Crystal Palace.
Tong Yi also learned that the core of this team is winger Quincy Promes from the Netherlands.
This guy was the best player in the Russian Super League last season. He scored a total of 12 goals and provided 10 assists. His performance was very amazing. And he also scored 13 goals last season. He is a very powerful player.
This guy is the absolute core of Spartak Moscow.
It is said that the names of clubs such as AC Milan, Paris Saint-Germain, Chelsea and Sevilla are now linked to him, and they hope to introduce this Dutchman.
In addition, Adriano, Samedov, Pasalic and Petkovic in their team are also well-known players in European football. Among them, Adriano and Pasalic
These are all players that AC Milan once regarded as their future core players.
No wonder they were able to win the championship in Russia.
So this team still has some strength.
However, they were still a bit of a failure in the first round of this season's UEFA Champions League.
Facing the Slovenian team Maribor, the weakest team in this group, they did not win away and only got a draw. This was more or less disappointing to everyone.
In this game, their ranking and formation showed that they wanted to win.
Unfortunately, bad luck!
Therefore, at present, both the Crystal Palace and the English media reporters feel that there are still problems with Spartak Moscow. They have not reached their best form yet, so it is unlikely that they will win in this game.
Crystal Palace. After all, their home advantage didn't come into play. After all, it's not Moscow in November.
In this game, Spartak Moscow should lose.
Tong Yi is naturally confident about this.
Before the game, he was interviewed like this: "I know that Spartak Moscow does have some strength, and there are some familiar names in the lineup. But what I want to say is that in their current state, there is no way they can compete with our Crystal Palace.
After all, we just defeated Manchester City in the middle of the week. There is no doubt about our strength, but Spartak Moscow is still a little behind."
Even Russian fans and media think what Tong Yi said is very reasonable.
They also believed that it was almost impossible for Spartak Moscow to win this game because the Crystal Palace team was too strong.
even
Even when Spartak Moscow coach Carrera was interviewed by media reporters, he said: "For now, there is still a big gap in strength between our side and Crystal Palace. Crystal Palace is too strong.
.It should be difficult for us at Spartak Moscow to win this game, but we will definitely go all out to defend our home glory. Fans, please rest assured."
After hearing this, the Russian fans were very satisfied. They felt that Carrera was very pragmatic.
We can lose this game, but we cannot lose spinelessly.
Carrera did it right.
In fact, Spartak Moscow actually still wants to win. Because they must win the first round match in the plan, because they know that if they want to qualify from this group, they will face Maribor.
They must win everything, grab as many points as possible against Sevilla, and then face as few games against Crystal Palace as possible. Only in this way can they possibly get second place in a group and advance to the Champions League ten.
Top six.
It's a pity that they didn't win the planned victory in the first round, which affected their subsequent plans. Therefore, they actually wanted to get more points in the game against Crystal Palace.
But to be honest, Carrera himself thinks it is impossible.
Crystal Palace is too strong.
In the first round of the Champions League group stage, Crystal Palace defeated Sevilla, showing its super strength. Spartak Moscow may not be able to defeat Crystal Palace.
Therefore, Carrera's goal in this game is actually to maintain a tie.
They hope to get points from Crystal Palace.
There are teams in this group that can score points from Crystal Palace, which increases their chances of qualifying. Therefore, in this game, Carrera is prepared to hold on to the end and strive for a draw.
Getting one point is a victory.
Tong Yi didn't think so much about this. They had only one goal, which was to come to the away game and win.
If it were Moscow in November, Tong Yi would not have such thoughts, but Moscow in September really couldn't stop Crystal Palace from winning.
In this game, Crystal Palace has only one goal, and that is to win.
In Tong Yi's view, it is impossible for Spartak Moscow to stop their victory.
The Crystal Palace players are also very confident and believe that Crystal Palace will win this game.
When the day came for the game, the Crystal Palace players were still confident.
Because we just had a fierce battle with Manchester City in the middle of the week, and we will also have a fierce battle with Manchester United on the weekend, so this game There was a rotation on Tong Yi's side, and almost all substitute players played in this game. However, Ronaldo requested to play in the game under the real-name system, so Tong Yi put this iron man in the starting lineup of the game.
After the game started, Tong Yi discovered that Spartak Moscow really came for a draw. They formed a pure defensive formation of 541, and even the core player Promes was not included in the squad. This game
They came here just for a draw, and even if they lose, they can accept it.
Seeing the opponent's lineup, Tong Yi and the Crystal Palace players became even more confident.
In the 7th minute of the first half, Yan Yufeng on the wing received a pass from Sabitzer in the center, and then passed directly from the wing. Ronaldo in the center jumped high and beat the ball.
He hit the opponent's center back Tashcher and slammed the football into Spartak Moscow's goal, helping Crystal Palace open the door to victory.
Seeing this conceded goal, Carrera himself became desperate and resigned that they would definitely lose this game.
Sure enough, ten minutes later, Ronaldo received a pass from Sabitzer and violently volleyed the football directly from the penalty area line into the lower right corner, helping the team expand the score and almost sealing the victory.
Seeing this, the people of Spartak Moscow naturally understood the outcome of the game, and they didn't struggle much.
The Crystal Palace attack continued, attacking like crazy.
In the 33rd minute of the first half, Ronaldo's header passed directly to the full-back Ashraf who entered the penalty area. Ashraf almost broke through Spartak Moscow's goal with a blast.
The goal was almost a three-goal lead.
Fortunately, the players of Spartak Moscow were quite engaged, so their defense was quite good. They did not concede any more goals before the end of the first half. The Crystal Palace midfielder also made substitutions.
c. Ronaldo took a rest and was replaced by Giroud.
The substitute rotation players of Crystal Palace played very actively, especially Giroud who just came on. He had to express himself and he worked very hard in the game.
In the 17th minute of the second half, Yan Yufeng, who continuously broke through with the ball on the wing, sent the football to the feet of Special Olympics on the wing. Special Olympics directly kicked the ball and passed the football into the penalty area. Giroud Gao
He jumped up high, crushed Tasheche, and slammed the football into the opponent's goal, three to zero.
Ten minutes later, Crystal Palace made a comeback. Llorente, who rushed up from the front of the penalty area, received Giroud's reaction ball and directly hit the ball with a violent long-range shot into the Spartak Moscow goal. Four to zero.
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In this way, Crystal Palace easily defeated Spartak Moscow 4-0 in the away game, won two consecutive victories in the UEFA Champions League group stage, and became more and more stable on the road to promotion.