roccoschili 609: The quarter-finals of the English League Cup are the first to win
609: The quarter-finals of the English League Cup are the first to win
Before this game, the FA announced the best coach of the Premier League in November for the 2017-2018 season.
Tong Yi of Crystal Palace won the award.
Although Manchester City and Crystal Palace both won four consecutive victories in November, Crystal Palace's performance was significantly better, ranking first in the league table, and the number of goals scored was also higher. Tong Yi deserved this award.
Seriously, at this point, Crystal Palace fans are still brooding over the Coach of the Month award in October.
It stands to reason that the best coach of the month in October should also belong to Tong Yi. The FA gave it to Guardiola eccentrically, which made it impossible for Tong Yi to win all the best coach of the month awards. The FA is really not human. .
The Crystal Palace fans are actually very angry.
However, Tong Yi didn't particularly care about this.
Anyway, it is impossible for him to monopolize the best award of the month alone, and this does not affect Crystal Palace's defending Premier League title.
Indeed, there is really no way for Tong Yi to monopolize the Best Coach of the Month award in the Premier League this season.
Because in any case, Tong Yi, the best coach of the month in December, will not be able to get it.
After all, in December, Crystal Palace will play two fewer Premier League games. How can it compare to those teams that are full attendance in December?Besides, the Manchester City team is in such a good state now that the best coach of the month award in December was almost locked in advance by Guardiola of the Manchester City team.
Therefore, Tong Yizhen didn't particularly care.
Compared with this, Tong Yi is more concerned about whether he can win the quarter-finals of the English League Cup with Manchester United?
Therefore, now Tong Yi's mind is on this game.
The starting rosters for this game are as follows:
Home team: Crystal Palace, head coach: Tong Yi, formation: 4-2-1-3
Goalkeeper: Maignan
Back four [from left to right]: Cancelo, Upamecano, Van Dijk and Carvajal
Double midfielders: Llorente and Kante
Single midfielder: De Bruyne
Three strikers [from left to right]: Salah, Giroud and Mbappe
Away team: Manchester United, manager: Mourinho, formation: 4-3-3
Goalkeeper: Romero
Back four [from left to right]: Luke Shaw, Gentle, Lindelof and Damian
Three midfielders [from left to right]: Pogba, Blind and McTominay
Three strikers [from left to right]: Martial, Morata and Rashford
Seeing the starting lineups of the two teams, the media reporters felt that Manchester United had a great chance in this game.Because the Crystal Palace did not play with all the main players, Ronaldo and Casemiro were really slightly injured, and they did not appear in the starting lineup of this game, and they did not even enter the squad.
And Rudiger did not start, which has a very big impact on Crystal Palace.
On the Manchester United side, all the main players played, except that De Gea did not start.
Because at this time, De Gea began to be a demon again. At this time, he was in contact with Juventus, Paris Saint-Germain and Atletico Madrid. De Gea hopes that this winter or after the end of the season Leave Manchester United.
Yes, De Gea still doesn't want to stay in Manchester United.
Now he is still worried about Manchester United's forced retention of him, which made him miss the excellent opportunity to return to Real Madrid.
And he still can't see the hope of Manchester United returning to the top when he stays at Manchester United, so he really doesn't want to waste his youth in Manchester United. He wants to seek a transfer and get more salary. It can also hit the Champions League championship.
However, Real Madrid had previously introduced Alisson from the Crystal Palace, and Barcelona has the Lion Cubs. These two traditional La Liga powerhouses don't need goalkeepers at all, so De Gea has no chance to go to these two teams.De Gea actually hated Manchester United in his heart, because if Manchester United hadn't stopped him, he would have been a Real Madrid player.
Without those two teams, De Gea is now being linked with Atletico Madrid, Juventus and Paris Saint-Germain.
These teams still need goalkeepers, especially Juventus and Paris Saint-Germain.
It is said that the offers from these two teams are now on Mourinho's desk.
Therefore, Mourinho will directly exclude De Gea from the squad for this game.
Mourinho is beating De Gea.
However, De Gea did not play in this game, which is a good thing for Crystal Palace.
However, apart from the goalkeeper position, the Manchester United team is the main player in other positions. The Manchester United team is full of confidence in this game, especially after seeing the starting lineup of Crystal Palace.
Beep, the referee Taylor blew the whistle to start the game.
The first kick-off is the visiting team Manchester United.
Manchester United's defense was the keynote at the beginning, but his current tactics are very different from those that dominated the Premier League at Chelsea and won the Triple Crown at Inter Milan. He has also been absorbing nutrition and enriching his tactical system.
The overall tactical style has not changed, and it still has the foundation of the bus.
However, he complied with the trend of history. He strengthened the number of people in the technical frontcourt, emphasized the ground play, and also strengthened the ability of the midfield and backcourt to quickly tear apart the opponent's defense at the moment of the transition from offense to defense. .
In the current game, their tactics are more like Mourinho's tactics before.
Or to place the main bus.
After all, the strength of the Crystal Palace is very strong, and more importantly, the Crystal Palace is good at high pressure and pressing. In this case, the backcourt of the Crystal Palace has the space for the quick counterattack that Manchester United needs.So he made tactical adjustments for the Crystal Palace, a bit to lure the Crystal Palace into a big pressure.
Therefore, after the start of the game, the Crystal Palace, which occupied the field and took the initiative, fought at home.
This did not exceed everyone's expectations.
In the words of Mourinho - everything is under control!
Mourinho also believes that as the game progresses, Crystal Palace's backcourt will become more and more empty. This is their chance for Manchester United.Of course, the premise is that they want to defend the goal and prevent the Crystal Palace from breaking their Manchester United goal during this time.
And Mourinho is very confident in his bus tactics.
Therefore, he firmly believes that Manchester United will win this game.
With a bang, Pogba suddenly took a long shot 35 meters away from the goal, and the football roared out, directly over the crossbar.This is Manchester United's first shot of the game, not a big threat.But this also relieved Manchester United's defensive pressure, and Mourinho still gave applause.
However, he also reminded Pogba to play the ball as soon as possible at the moment of the offensive and defensive transition, without delay.
Pogba waved his hand slightly, indicating that he knew.
This goal actually had a better chance from the wing, but Pogba chose to believe in himself, so he took a long shot, but unfortunately he did not score.
Pogba immediately turned his head and glanced at Llorente. This guy came up in time. If he hadn't interfered just now, Pogba is very confident that the ball will be sent to the goal of Crystal Palace.
Boom, Maignan in front of the goal kicked the football out with a big kick, and the football flew into the Manchester United half.
Gentle rushed out quickly, jumped high and competed with Giroud for the top.
With a bang, Gentle pushed the football out.
Mourinho on the sidelines was very satisfied. This Gentle is really worth the money, and it really deserves to be introduced by Tong Yi.Ginter should be the part of Manchester United's defense that Mourinho is most satisfied with besides De Gea, and this time his performance is also very good.
It's a pity that Blind in the midfield didn't control the football, and the football was stabbed out by Kanter who rushed up behind him in an instant.
Kanter really came up too fast, and the area covered is too big, right?
Blind was defenseless, so he was intercepted in an instant.
Mourinho's face was a bit ugly. He let Blind appear in this central defensive midfielder today, but he trusted him.But what are you doing, Blinder?
Danger, Manchester United is in danger!
Manchester United fans who came from afar became nervous.
Because the football that was stabbed rolled directly to De Bruyne's feet.The moment De Bruyne stopped the ball, Yigao boldly pulled the ball directly and turned around, facing Manchester United's goal directly.
Blind didn't have an aftertaste, and McTominay didn't make up his defense at this time.
To be honest, this guy McTominay is still too young.
After all, Blind rushed forward, and Pogba was the main attack.You McTominay should have retreated to make up for the first time. Obviously this time he was slow, too slow.
That's why De Bruyne can pull the ball and turn around so recklessly.
Once De Bruyne faces Manchester United's goal head-on, Manchester United will be in danger.
Giroud immediately turned around and moved forward quickly.
And Salah on the wing immediately pulled back and came up to meet De Bruyne.And Mbappe, like Giroud, moved forward quickly, and even Cancelo who came up from the edge was responding to De Bruyne.
This Crystal Palace's offense is very strong, and at the same time it puts a lot of pressure on Manchester United's defensive players.
Because there is no restraint from the defensive midfielder, De Bruyne has a lot of shooting points, and every shooting point is very dangerous.This made Alexander, Manchester United's defensive players, a little bit overwhelmed.
Mourinho on the sidelines was also very speechless, and he had already scolded Blind and McTominay bloody in his heart.
Manchester United's passiveness this time is entirely the fatal mistake of these two guys.
Especially Blind!
At this moment, De Bruyne suddenly slanted his foot and directly threw the football to Salah who was pulled out to respond!
Immediately, Manchester United fans breathed a sigh of relief.
Because in their view, De Bruyne made the worst choice.After all, you pass to Salah who is pulled out to respond. Salah is the only offensive player with his back to the goal among the Crystal Palace offensive players. Manchester United's defensive players will definitely not let Salah turn around easily.So even if Salah catches the ball at this time, the threat is minimal.
If De Bruyne passes the ball to Giroud or Mbappe who is facing Manchester United's goal, then the threat will be very sufficient, and Manchester United's defense will also be more difficult.
Moreover, these two also entered the penalty area. At that time, Manchester United's defensive players did not dare to make excessive defensive moves.
In this way, Crystal Palace's offensive players can get more space.
Therefore, in their opinion, passing the ball to Salah is the worst choice!
However, Manchester United's full-back Damian didn't consider this. He rushed out immediately, followed Salah, and even wanted to stick to Salah from behind immediately. Give Salah a chance to turn around.
Damian is still very confident in his defensive ability.
However, when he rushed out, he didn't expect that Salah didn't stop the ball at all, but directly missed the football.Damian couldn't react in time. When he subconsciously swung his legs to block the football, the football had already rolled past his feet.At the same time, a red and blue shadow flashed across his outer wing instantly!
Damian thumped in his heart, it's over!
Damian immediately turned his head to look over, and he saw Cancelo rush up diagonally, catch up with the football, and quickly entered the rib position of Manchester United's penalty area.
Danger, the Manchester United fans screamed in horror.
Giroud, who advanced in the middle, suddenly stopped and turned around, and rushed forward to meet Cancelo.
Lindelof immediately turned around and quickly rushed to Giroud, putting pressure on Giroud, while preventing Giroud from getting a shot from the front point.
With a bang, Cancelo, who entered the penalty area, swept directly in an inverted triangle, and the football rolled towards Giroud.But Giroud missed the football as soon as he opened his legs. Lindelof didn't react and missed the football in an instant.
Mbappe, who rushed to the center in a roundabout way, swung his legs without stopping the ball and slashed his foot to the ground. The football quickly rushed into the lower left corner of the goal. Romero reacted quickly, but he didn't touch the football!