230: Won the first Premier League Coach of the Month
After five rounds of the 2013-2014 Premier League season, Crystal Palace is the only team that has maintained a complete victory, with 15 points, ranking first in the league. The second-ranked team is Arsenal, with 4 wins, 1 loss and 12 points;
At the same time, third place is Tottenham Hotspur, who also have 4 wins and 1 loss and 12 points.
This is simply prosperous London!
Three teams from London occupy the top three spots in the Premier League, which was rare in the past.
Chelsea, from London, has 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, with 10 points, and is currently ranked fifth in the league.
The team from London is really eye-catching.
Is this year's Premier League going to be dominated by London teams?
Of course, at this time, the English media still felt that it was unlikely that Crystal Palace would persist until the end.
After all, this is Tong Yi's debut season in the Premier League.
Moreover, Crystal Palace's lineup is very young. As the league progresses, Crystal Palace's lack of experience will definitely cause the team to explode. However, it should be easy for Crystal Palace to avoid relegation.
Of course, the Crystal Palace really dazzled people all over England.
The Crystal Palace fans were really excited.
Crystal Palace fans led by Stevonne are almost ready to support Tong Yi. They once again proposed that the Crystal Palace club erect a statue of Tong Yi outside Selhurst Park.
Tong Yi is worth it!
Tong Yi is the best legendary manager in the history of Crystal Palace Club.
Stevoni's youngest son Albramo was so excited that he went crazy on his father's social media account, announcing in a high profile that his idol was no longer Zaha, but Crystal Palace head coach Tong Yi.
Albramo is a die-hard fan of Tong Yi's support group.
Gustavo and others, on the other hand, had long been hiding and did not dare to show their faces at all.
However, Tong Yi is very dull now.
He didn't care about this at all, because the Premier League schedule is indeed very intensive. The match against Swansea has just ended, and Crystal Palace is about to usher in the third round of the English League Cup, which means that Crystal Palace will play in the third round of the English League Cup next week.
It’s still a double match a week.
And the opponent in this week's double match is Southampton.
In midweek, they played away against Southampton in the third round of the English League Cup, and on the weekend they also played away against Southampton in the sixth round of the Premier League.
So, now Tong Yi has led the Crystal Palace players to Southampton.
This week, Tong Yi and the Crystal Palace players will be staying in Southampton, waiting for the game to end before they return to London.
To be honest, Southampton is not easy to play.
This Southampton team is still very unique, and the players in the team are also a group of very talented young people.
What's more important is that the head coach of this team will be a very famous coach in world football in the future - Mauricio Pochettino!
Yes, the one who shocked the world at Tottenham Hotspur and then The Argentine coach who later went to Paris Saint-Germain.
To be honest, the coaching styles of Pochettino and Tong Yi are also similar.
Both of them are head coaches who attach great importance to the physical training of their players, and both are well-known for their intense training.
However, Tong Yi's fighting speed is more about high-position pressing, while Pochettino's tactics are more famous for offense.
Of course, Pochettino's tactical style is not static. On the contrary, he is still a head coach who often looks at the food and changes with people.
Another thing he and Tong Yi have in common is that they are always willing to explore the talents of young players and always give young people opportunities.
Therefore, this game is also a game that media reporters focus on.
This is the key young coach battle in the Premier League this season.
Before this ground game, when Tong Yi was interviewed by media reporters, he said, "Pochettino is a very good and very distinctive head coach. To be honest, this Southampton team was beaten by Pochettino."
They are very well built. Their strength cannot be underestimated. If we take it lightly, we will definitely not be able to win this game."
Tong Yi was not saying compliments, this was what he really meant.
Pochettino is a difficult guy to deal with.
Pochettino said this in an interview before the game: "Obviously, Crystal Palace is a very difficult team to deal with. Their head coach Tong Yi is very good, and I admire him very much. Even his magic
His performance fascinates me, and if I hadn’t retired yet, I’d be willing to play under him!”
Yes, Pochettino is also a player-turned-coach.
His career is still very successful. He has played in Argentina, La Liga and Ligue 1. He once played for Paris Saint-Germain and twice played for Espanyol. He is a member of the Argentine national team.
When he just retired, he also served as the assistant coach of the Espanyol women's football team, and later became the head coach of the Espanyol men's football team. He took over Southampton in January this year. Last season, he led Southampton to turn a corner.
Relegation was successful.
This season, he has carried out drastic reforms to Southampton, and now the team has put his stamp on it.
Currently, Southampton's performance is pretty good, ranking eighth in the Premier League, with a record of 2 wins, 2 draws, 1 loss and 8 points. In the round of Premier League games that just ended, they defeated Liverpool 1-0 away from home.
, scored three points, showing very good strength.
Therefore, Tong Yi really doesn't dare to underestimate this team.
Pochettino also said, "These two games against Crystal Palace are very important, and we will definitely go all out. However, the opponents are very strong, and we will definitely have to work harder to come back."
Before the game, Pochettino kept his attitude very low. This
There is a suspicion of confusing Tong Yi.
Fortunately, Tong Yi knows Pochettino's background, so Tong Yi will not underestimate Southampton. On the contrary, Tong Yi will attach great importance to Southampton.
Before this game, Tong Yi reminded the Crystal Palace players many times that they must not take it lightly and must treat the team seriously.
Of course, Tong Yi also rotated the team in this game, after all, the schedule is too intensive.
In the League Cup, Crystal Palace’s starting lineup is as follows
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The back four from left to right is Alonso, Carvalho, McCarthy and Aurier.
Double defensive midfielder Weigl and Kimmich
Single attacking midfielder Goretzka
The front three from left to right are Zaha, Ignacio and Sané.??.
Southampton also carried out rotation and sent out a pure substitute lineup. The list is as follows
goalkeeper davis
The back four from left to right is Fox, Juyveld, Maya Yoshida and Chambers.
Double defensive midfielder Jerome Prado and Koke
The front three from left to right Gaston Ramirez, Ward Prowse and Steven Davis
Lone forward Li Zhongcheng
It can be seen at a glance that this is Southampton's pure substitute lineup. It is obvious that Pochettino is still very pragmatic. It is obvious that Pochettino is focusing on the league and does not pay too much attention to the League Cup.
However, Tong Yi doesn't think so.
Tong Yi is still treating this game very seriously, and he will not give Pochettino any chance.
In this game, Crystal Palace went all out.
This made Pochettino frown. He didn't expect that Tong Yi would value them so much. Didn't he already show weakness before the game? Why would Tong Yi value him so much? Target him so much?
Yes, Southampton played very awkwardly in this game.
It was as if the Crystal Palace people were very familiar with their playing style and characteristics, and their weaknesses were all taken care of, which made the Southampton team very uncomfortable.
Pochettino turned to stare at Tong Yi, dumbfounded.
Is it necessary to study Southampton in such detail? We are just a relegation team, not your direct competitor. You should focus on studying which teams are competing for European qualification!
Pochettino really felt it was outrageous!
He was a little shuddered that someone would study Southampton in such detail.
You see, the reason why Liverpool lost to them was actually because they underestimated them, did not study their characteristics in detail, and did not pay attention to them. Southampton are a little transparent in the Premier League. You guessed it, they should not be noticed by the big guys above.
Yes. Why do you, Tong Yi, study us so carefully?
Why?
Pochettino is puzzled!
And in this scene In the 34th minute of the game, Crystal Palace's Goretzka received the ball from Ignacio and directly blasted the Southampton goal with a heavy kick, taking the lead. In the 37th minute of the second half, Carvalho headed
The ball hit the goal and helped Crystal Palace expand the score.
In the final game, Crystal Palace defeated Southampton 2-0 away from home, won the victory, and successfully advanced to the next round of the EFL Cup.
After the game, Pochettino looked confused. He still didn't understand why Tong Yi paid so much attention to them and studied them in such detail.
Is Tong Yi's coaching team really so meticulous? Has every opponent in the Premier League conducted detailed research and specially formulated response tactics? Isn't this workload too much?
hiss!
Tong Yi is amazing!
Three days later, Pochettino's Southampton once again welcomed Crystal Palace at their home court.
This is the sixth round of the Premier League in the 2013-2014 season. Pochettino has made extensive adjustments to the starting lineup. Today Southampton sent out their main lineup, and the list is as follows
Goalkeeper Boruc
Back four from left to right Luke Shaw, Lovren, Jose Fonte and Clyne
Double defensive midfielder Schneiderlin and Vanyama
The front three from left to right Osvaldo, Lallana and Steven Davis
lone striker Lambert
This is Southampton’s absolute main lineup!
Seeing this lineup, Tong Yicai nodded slightly. This lineup is more than twice as strong as Southampton's starting lineup three days ago. There are many capable players and players with great potential in this lineup. Among them
Many players will go to play for several giant clubs in the Premier League in the future.
Tong Yi didn't dare to underestimate this Southampton team. Before the game, he told the Crystal Palace fans about this Southampton team in detail. He said that this starting lineup is much better than the previous starting lineup, and it must be better.
He had to be more cautious. The Crystal Palace players were a little surprised.
The Crystal Palace players have noticed that Tong Yi attaches far more importance to Southampton than other teams.
Is this team really that good?
However, they still listened to Tong Yi very much. Tong Yi's prestige in this team is still quite high.
For this game, Crystal Palace’s starting lineup is as follows
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The back four from left to right Robertson, Laporte, Van Dijk and Zhang Linpeng
Double defensive midfielder Paulinho and Kante
Single attacking midfielder Pogba
The front three from left to right Salah, Lukaku and Mane
Pochettino looked at the starting lineup of Crystal Palace very seriously. He also knew very well that this Crystal Palace was stronger than the Crystal Palace three days ago. In this game, Southampton was still very dangerous. I just hope that three days ago
The previous game could confuse the Crystal Palace people and make them no longer take Southampton so seriously in this game.