592:The last battle before the 2017 Club World Cup
This weekend, Crystal Palace faces Bournemouth at their home stadium, Tongyi Stadium.
Bournemouth's current results are not very satisfactory, ranking only 15th in the Premier League, with only 15 points.
Their current mission is obviously to avoid relegation.
Facing such a team, Crystal Palace should be able to deal with it easily, right?
Prior to this, Bournemouth head coach Eddie Howe said in an interview with media reporters, "Our current state of Bournemouth is very good, and it is time for us to score points. But we
The opponent Crystal Palace should not be in good condition. They have played too many games recently. They just went to Spartak Moscow in the middle of the week. After this game, they will fly to Asia again. Their energy is really high.
It’s too scattered, I think we have a good chance in this game.”
Currently, Hao's situation is also very bad.
Howe is considered an old man at Bournemouth. He played for Bournemouth during his playing days and spent most of his playing career here. Then he became a player-coach, and finally became the head coach of Bournemouth. Now this is his second time coaching Bournemouth. In the first two or three seasons, his results were pretty good, but this season his results have dropped sharply, and the fans are complaining. You can even hear Jean Howe occasionally. The sound of get out of class is over!
Therefore, Hao's current situation is very bad.
If he cannot lead the team to the top half as soon as possible, he is really not far away from leaving his job.
Howe also said, "Please rest assured, I am still very confident in this game. I think Bournemouth can get points from Crystal Palace, and we can even win."
Crystal Palace people really don’t know where Hao got his confidence?
Anyway, Crystal Palace fans are really confident, they think Crystal Palace will win this game!
After all, the legendary godfather Tong Yi is their confidence!
Crystal Palace must win this game!
Tong Yi also accepted the interview. He said, "Yes, other games have indeed tied up too much of our energy, but the league is still our main battlefield, and we will definitely go all out. Our current league results are very good.
Okay, but this is no excuse for slacking off. After all, the Manchester City team behind us is chasing and chasing fiercely, and we really can’t take a moment to relax!”
The media reporters nodded one after another, this is indeed the case.
Tong Yi also said, "For this game, we will definitely go all out. We have only one goal, and that is to win. Bournemouth... shouldn't have too many chances!"
Tong Yi and the Crystal Palace players are full of confidence!
On the day of the game, the Tongyi Stadium was full! Even the square outside the stadium was filled with a large number of fans on three floors inside and outside. They all seemed to come to support the Crystal Palace team.
Because they know very well that this is the only home game of Crystal Palace in the near future, and they are really a little reluctant to wait for the next Crystal Palace home game in 20 days. No way. Of course they have to come to watch this game live.
This naturally put a lot of pressure on Bourne.
They did not expect that so many fans from the Crystal Palace would come to watch the game, and Hao was also shocked.
It seemed to be more difficult for Bournemouth to win this game, but he was not scared.
In this game, Bournemouth's goal is still to win.
At this time, the referee of this game, Kevin Friend, blew the whistle to officially start the game.
The first team to kick off was the away team Bournemouth. They turned the away team and attacked fiercely as soon as they started.
Obviously they wanted to grab an opening and catch Crystal Palace off guard.
Who knew that the Crystal Palace side had been prepared for it, but they did not succeed, but were easily intercepted and intercepted by the Crystal Palace side.
Sure enough, Crystal Palace's high-position pressing and stealing ability is really strong.
This made Bournemouth people feel suffocated.
Hao on the sidelines was also very nervous. They were under pressure from the beginning of the game.
In this game, most of Crystal Palace's players were substitutes and rotation players. This allowed Bournemouth people to instantly see the gap between the two teams.
At this moment, Crystal Palace made continuous passes and the football rolled to the bottom line of the wing.
Carvajal, who came up from the wing, spotted the football and immediately crossed the ball. Giroud in the middle jumped up high, shook his head and hit the goal hard, hitting the ball towards the Bournemouth goal. The football was slightly higher.
It went over the crossbar and flew out of the bottom line.
This can be regarded as a wake-up call to the people of Bournemouth.
But Bournemouth people were very high-spirited and did not take Crystal Palace's offense seriously.
Bournemouth people's high spirits are well-founded, because they have won three consecutive away games in the past three away games, so when they come to the away game this time, they still feel that they can continue their good form in the previous away games. They have a good chance in this game.
I won it, so I played more proactively.
Now here is also a bit of a rivalry with the Crystal Palace.
However, their forwards, Defoe and Joshua King, were somewhat restricted, which made their offense a bit difficult. Especially Defoe's position was being targeted, which made them very uncomfortable.
Howe on the sidelines kept shouting, reminding the Bournemouth players to help Defoe attract firepower and give Defoe more space and ball rights. But it was obvious that Crystal Palace focused on defending Defoe.
Fortunately, Bournemouth's offense has been restricted, which has caused Bournemouth to be completely passive now.
This is really passive!
Bournemouth wants to
They wanted to launch an attack, but they were so restricted that the forwards couldn't even get the ball.
Moreover, some of Bournemouth's players were forced to only pass crosses and back passes, and even made mistakes when crossing many times. In this way, Bournemouth's defeat was obvious.
The Bournemouth fans who came from afar to see this shook their heads.
How can we play this game? We will definitely not be able to beat Crystal Palace!
Of course, the Bournemouth people have not given up. They are still fighting and attacking, hoping to create miracles. But as of now, they don't have many chances.
At this moment, Crystal Palace stole the ball again.
The one who stole the ball was Kanter, who started in the midfield. Kanter was having a good time playing like a fish in water.
Moreover, Bournemouth's side is indeed relatively weak, and Kante's success rate in stealing the ball is very high.
After stealing the ball, he immediately passed the football to the wing.
Theo on the wing rushed up quickly with the ball and headed towards Bournemouth's half. Facing the oncoming defensive player, he pretended to pass the ball and dunked directly past the opponent's defensive player on the floor.
Guys, continue to hold the ball and accelerate down the bottom.
Facing the defensive player, he quickly pulled the football back and passed it directly to the corner of the penalty area.
Gnabry glanced at the ball at this time. He didn't stop the ball at all, but directly kicked it and passed it to the center of the penalty area.
The football drew a wonderful arc and went directly over the head of center back Ake in the middle of the penalty area.
Giroud in the middle met the ball directly, shook his head like a lion, and quickly smashed the football towards Bournemouth's goal.
The speed of the ball was very fast, and Begovic in front of the goal was a little late to react. He was half a beat too late and watched the football fly into the goal.
In the 17th minute of the first half, Crystal Palace finally broke through Bournemouth's goal, and the goal was Giroud.
The ball was passed really well, the arc just passed Ake's head and then flew towards Giroud.
Ake's height was targeted. Although he bounced very well and jumped very high, he still didn't fall off the top this time, which led to the loss of the ball.
The Crystal Palace fans at the scene immediately gave Gnabry applause and cheers.
What a wonderful pass!
Seeing this, Hao couldn't help but shook his head. He knew that Bournemouth would have no chance in this game. However, he did not give up just yet. He still reminded the Bournemouth players to continue attacking. In this game, they still
I have to fight hard, what if I finally achieve a miracle and win?
If you don't fight, you will never have a chance. If you fight, you will have a chance!
Therefore, after conceding the goal, Bournemouth was still attacking crazily, trying to score a goal.
Bournemouth can also be seen here The Sri Lankan people are eager to win, but to be honest, the strength gap between the two sides is indeed a bit big, and Bournemouth was a bit reckless in this game, a bit careless about the beginning and the end, so they are very passive now.
It gives people the feeling that they can neither attack nor defend.
The strength gap between these two teams is still too big!
At this moment, the Crystal Palace midfielder stole the ball again.
This time it was still Kanter. How could Kanter really intercept the ball? After stealing the ball, he immediately pushed the football to the frontcourt. Sabitzer in the frontcourt received the ball with his back and quickly passed the football.
It was passed to Mbappe on the wing. After receiving the ball, Mbappe immediately rushed forward with the ball. After attracting the defense, he suddenly passed the football across the ball.
This is a bit unexpected, everyone thought he was going to shoot the ball himself?
The football rolled towards Sabitzer, but Sabitzer did not stop the ball at all, but missed the ball.
The one who followed was Llorente. Llorente changed his bow and arrow and pretended to shoot from a long distance, but in fact he pushed the football closer to the baseline.
Special Olympics rushed forward and passed the ball directly, and the football roared into Bournemouth's penalty area.
Bournemouth's two center backs almost seemed to attack Giroud at the same time, but the football flew over their heads and flew to the back point. Mbappe, who rushed up quickly from the back point, leaped towards the top and headed over.
Smashed the football into the Bournemouth goal.
At the end of the first half, Crystal Palace led 2-0.
This point difference may not seem big, but Crystal Palace is completely in control of the situation, giving the Crystal Palace players a feeling of complete stability. Therefore, the atmosphere in the stadium is now very festive, and they have begun to celebrate crazily.
Okay, celebrate the victory.
Seeing this, the people of Bournemouth could only shake their heads in regret.
There is indeed an insurmountable gap between the two teams. It is really difficult for Bournemouth to defeat Crystal Palace, almost impossible!
However, Bournemouth was also determined and still did not give up and continued to attack.
Obviously, Hao still wants to fight hard. Is it possible that they can win this game?
Well, the Bournemouth players didn't quite believe what Howe said.
We at Bournemouth have no chance at all in this game!
Soon, the second half of the game between the two sides officially started. Bournemouth attacked like crazy and even pressed forward from all fronts. Not to mention that during this period, Bournemouth still showed their offensive level. But
To be honest, there is no absolute threat to Crystal Palace's goal.
On the contrary, in the 71st minute of this game, Crystal Palace played a wonderful counterattack. Llorente, who was waiting on the court, directly took a long pass and quickly passed the football to the frontcourt. Giroud stopped the ball in his chest and turned around.
Then, thirty-three meters away from the goal, he succeeded in a volley shot with his legs, changing the score to 3-0.