Jedinak and Robertson looked at each other. Their coach was right. This Eagles' footwork is indeed very good. The arc of the kick just now bypassed all the defensive players. It was accurate.
The ground fell on top of Knight's head.
With this guy and Nate here, the threat is huge!
Speroni shouted loudly, "Virgil, you go and guard that big black man, don't let him easily hit the football, you know?"
Van Dijk's height has reached 193, although it is still a bit shorter than Knight. But Van Dijk is the tallest in Crystal Palace, and his jumping ability is also good, which is better than Knight, a 32-year-old guy.
It should be able to make up for the height difference.
Van Dijk immediately nodded, indicating that he understood.
He immediately turned around and walked to Nate's side, holding Nate tightly to prevent Nate from getting the chance easily.
However, Knight is also very powerful, and Van Dijk does not have any advantage.
At this moment, Eagles, who was going for a corner kick, suddenly arced the ball directly towards the front of the penalty area. Andrews, the defensive midfielder who was ambushing there, got ahead of Kanter and hit the ball with a kick.
shoot.
With a bang, the football roared out and shot quickly towards the Crystal Palace goal.
Speroni's line of sight in front of the goal was directly blocked by Van Dijk and Knight in front of him. He could not see the trajectory of the football at all. By the time he saw the football, it was already too late.
The football flew straight into the upper right corner of the goal!
One to zero!
Bolton Wanderers, playing at home, took the lead.
"Beautiful! Beautiful goal! Andrews' long-range shot was a world wave, and Eagles' pass was even more wonderful. Almost everyone in the stadium did not expect it. This gave Andrews such a
Easy long-range shooting opportunities, this guy Eagles is really a genius!" Mortensen immediately said excitedly.
On the sidelines, Tong Yi's eyes tightened. This Eagles is indeed a bit of a monster this season.
But after this season, this guy has declined too fast. He has declined at a rocket-like speed.
Tong Yi immediately came to the sidelines and shouted to Jedinak and Robertson, "Remember what I said!"
Both Jedinak immediately waved their hands to show that they knew.
"You see, Bolton's current strength is indeed at the level of the Premier League. Although Crystal Palace's strength is pretty good, they still have no chance in front of Bolton. I think Bolton should be able to win this game. Bolton
Will be a favorite for promotion to the Championship this season!" Shearer continued.
Mortensen nodded slightly and said, "Indeed, judging from the current state of performance, Bolton's strength is indeed higher than that of Crystal Palace. In this game, Bolton, playing at home, should be able to win, and win this game."
If we win the game, Bolton should be able to break into the top six, right?"
Shearer nodded and said, "It should be okay! It depends on how much Bolton can get from this game." Goal difference?”
Mortensen thinks what Hiller said makes sense.
However, he immediately said, "If Bolton wants to score more goals, I think he should actually replace Martin Petrov on the bench, because the Bulgaria international's offensive ability is very strong.
, he can assist and score goals."
Petrov is indeed very strong. He once played for Atletico Madrid and Manchester City.
Replacing Petrov at this time is a good choice.
At this moment, Bolton's attack came again.
The shot came from Mark Davis in the center. After continuously controlling the ball, he passed the ball to Eagles on the wing again.
Obviously, Eagles is now the absolute core of Bolton.
Most of the ball has to be put at his feet.
But as soon as Eagles received the football, his body was collided by the fierce Jedinak and staggered. The football at his feet was instantly out of control and was cut off by Jedinak.
The first thing Jedinak did was to push the football to Kante next to him.
Originally, Jedinak wanted to pass forward immediately and launch a quick counterattack.
But the moment Eagles lost the ball, the Sanming Bolton players beside him reacted instantly, shrank to his position and pressed high. Without giving Jedinak a chance to quickly react to the ball, their reaction
It's very fast, as if it's engraved in my bones.
This is Bolton's tactic.
It seems to be a high-position interception and high-intensity pressure.
This tactic seems to be the same as Crystal Palace's tactic, but in fact there is still a big gap.
After Bolton loses the ball in the frontcourt, they will surround the high position and press, but this is only limited to the players on the opponent's side who stole the ball. Players in other positions will not follow these pressing players like Crystal Palace, but
Will quickly retreat, return to his own defense zone, and set up a defensive formation.
The purpose of Bolton's on-the-spot counterattack after losing the ball in the frontcourt was not to steal the football back.
The main purpose is to delay the opponent's quick counterattack, prevent the opponent from passing the ball forward at the first time, launch a quick counterattack, and buy time for your defensive teammates, and then they will slowly retreat to defend.
Of course, it would be better to counterattack on the spot and intercept the attack.
But they don’t force it!
The main purpose is to delay the opponent's quick counterattack.
Crystal Palace, on the other hand, presses and defends from a high position with almost no retreat. They want to steal the football from you in the frontcourt and launch a quick counterattack on the spot.
Therefore, the tactics between the two teams are essentially very different.
In addition to Eagles who lost the ball, the defense of these four people still put a lot of pressure on Kanter.
However, Bolton people still underestimate Kante and Pogba.
Especially when I looked at Kanter with a smile.
Although Kanter is a defensive engineer who specializes in interception and sweeps, he is also good at work at his feet. He even has certain abilities in offensive organization, and more importantly, he also has the ability to escape in a small area.
The people of Bolton have suffered from inertial thinking.
They thought that a black defensive midfielder like Kanter who intercepted and swept away was a typical rough guy, with horrifyingly poor foot skills and zero ability to escape from a small-scale encirclement. Therefore, they looked down upon Kanter a bit.
Kanter seized the opportunity in an instant, made two consecutive turns, pierced his crotch one after another, and easily escaped from the encirclement of these people.
"Danger! Bolton is in danger!" Shearer exclaimed when he saw this.
All the Bolton fans at the scene were shocked!
None of them expected that Kanter could get out of the encirclement so quickly.
At this time, Bolton's backcourt was in chaos.
Because these surrounding players did not buy enough replay time for the retreating defensive players, they are now in the middle of the replay and have not returned to their positions. The position of this formation is
It seems very loose and messy.
Chance!
This is an excellent opportunity for the Crystal Palace people to counterattack.
Kante directly saw Zaha in the open space on the wing. He passed Pogba directly and made a long diagonal pass of his own, accurately passing the football to Zaha's feet.
When Zaha received the ball, there was a clear path in front of him, with no defensive players to intercept him.
Zaha immediately took the ball and quickly headed diagonally towards Bolton's penalty area.
hiss!
All the Bolton fans at the scene burst out into wild exclamations, "This is dangerous."
At this time, Bolton's two full-backs, Tyrone Mills and Ricketts, returned to the penalty area exhausted, but they had not yet settled into their positions. As for the two center backs, they had not yet stepped into their own positions.
In the penalty area, he was also thrown behind by Murray and Mane who were advancing forward.
Even Pogba is about to catch up with them.
Three on two in the frontcourt!
Bolton is very dangerous.
Tyrone Mills had no choice but to go up and block Zaha who was cutting in. He tried his best to block and give his defensive players as much time as possible to return to defense.
However, Zaha would never give it to Mills.
Zaha saw Murray advancing forward, and he immediately took off his foot and passed the ball in an arc to the center of Bolton's penalty area.
The football quickly bypassed Tyrone Mills who rushed out!
Murray, who was in the middle, rushed forward immediately and rushed towards the front of the small penalty area. Ricketts, who was guarding Murray, saw Zaha passing the ball. He was so frightened that he rushed out immediately, followed closely by Murray, and went to intercept Murray desperately.
But he ran out several steps and realized that Zaha had not passed the football to the front of the small penalty area at all.
This guy Murray is just a guise, deliberately luring himself into being fooled.
The football was passed behind him and Murray by Zaha and flew directly to the penalty spot.
Without looking back, Ricketts knew that Mane would definitely appear in that position.
He turned around and looked over, and sure enough!
Sure enough, Mane appeared in that position, and Mane was unguarded.
Knight and Matt Mills had just returned to the penalty area line, and it was too late.
Mane saw the ball coming, didn't stop the ball at all, and just took advantage of the situation and fired.
With a bang, the football immediately flew towards the lower corner of the goal.
The ball is very fast!
In front of the goal, Hungary national goalkeeper Bogdan immediately fell to the ground and threw himself on his side, reaching out to intercept.
Unfortunately, the speed of the ball was really too fast. Bogdan did not touch the football at all, and the football rolled quickly into Bolton's goal.
In the 35th minute of the first half, the away team Crystal Palace equalized the score.
It was Mane who scored the goal!
"Beautiful! Beautiful counterattack! This set is really smooth. These young people in Crystal Palace are really outstanding. Especially Kante, who knew that this guy who has always done rough work can have such delicate moments.
Although his small-scale escape was unexpected and looked down upon by the opponent, it is enough to illustrate his ability and talent. Kanter is really a treasure boy, and Tong Yi has a great vision for discovering young players.
It’s amazing!” When he said this, Hiller’s eyes were actually filled with envy.
It would be great if these talented players were discovered by their Newcastle United team.
"Hiss! Crystal Palace's counterattack speed is really too fast! Bolton's defensive players didn't even react, and the opponent scored. This... Tong Yi is really amazing! I believe, Mourinho
Austria should be very interested in him, right?" Mortensen said.
Friedman on the sidelines saw this and his pupils trembled.
Crystal Palace's performance really exceeded his expectations.
He couldn't help but turn his head and look at Tong Yi on the other side, thinking to himself, "This little guy really has two brushes!"
However, Friedman has not lost confidence in this game. He still firmly believes that Bolton will win. Because this conceding of the goal is somewhat unexpected. If the players they are guarding and pressing do not despise Kante, Crystal Palace will win this time.
It is impossible to fight back.
This goal conceded was not so much that they lost to the Crystal Palace people, but rather that they lost to themselves.
As long as they pay attention in the following games, the Crystal Palace people will never get another chance.