roccoschili 505: Only one step away from the FA Cup championship
505: Only one step away from the FA Cup championship
April 2016, 4, South London, England, Selhurst Park Stadium.
What is going to be held here today is the 2015-2016 FA Cup semi-final match between Crystal Palace and Watford.
This game is very important!
Crystal Palace fans and players know it!
Because Tong Yi had already made it very clear before the game, neither Tong Yi nor Crystal Palace had won the FA Cup yet.And this season they have reached the semi-finals, and the FA Cup champion is close at hand. The chances of winning this championship are very high, and it is also the closest to the FA Cup champion.
This time, it must be won!
Therefore, the players and fans of Crystal Palace have broken free from the joy of winning the Premier League championship, and are taking this game seriously. This game must be won.
And they also think it should be relatively easy to win this game, as long as they go all out and treat the team seriously.
After all, Watford's strength is not very strong, they should be able to win.
Although Tong Yi also said that Watford is still very capable and has performed relatively well among the newly promoted.
However, after all, their Crystal Palace is the Premier League champion team, and it should be easy to beat Watford.
Even in this game, Crystal Palace made a rotation.
Seriously, it won't work without rotation!
After all, a few days ago, their full main force fought against Manchester United and won the league championship four rounds ahead of schedule. Two days later, Crystal Palace will usher in the first leg of the 2015-2016 UEFA Champions League semi-final.
On April 2016, 4, Crystal Palace will go to Manchester away to Manchester City.
That game must be played with all the main players, so this round of the game must be rotated.
This time, Crystal Palace is going to shift its focus from the league to the UEFA Champions League. Therefore, the Champions League game is the main battlefield of Crystal Palace.
In this game, the Crystal Palace did have a rotation.
Today's starting rosters for both sides are as follows:
Home team: Crystal Palace, head coach: Tong Yi, formation: 4-2-1-3
Goalkeeper: Alisson
Back four [from left to right]: Alonso, Laporte, Ferdinand and Cancelo
Double midfielders: Witsel and Kimmich
Single midfielder: Milinkovic
Three strikers [from left to right]: Perisic, Jimenez and Asensio
Away Team: Watford, Manager: Flores, Formation: 4-4-2
Goalkeeper: Pantilimon
Back four [from left to right]: Ake, Britos, Cathcart and Arun Nyom
Four midfielders [from left to right]: Jurado, Watson, Capoue and Abdi
Double striker: Deeney and Ighalo
It can be seen that the Crystal Palace has really carried out a large-scale rotation, and only goalkeeper Alisson is the main force.Originally, Alisson should be rotated in this game, but Tong Yi still thought about it. This game is still very important, and it cannot be played without all the main players, so he played Alisson.
Alisson shouldn't have a big problem when he comes on the field.
Alisson is the captain for this match.
When Flores saw this, his eyes were shining, and they felt that their chance for Walford had come.
Sure enough, Crystal Palace still has to be distracted by the UEFA Champions League. The people of Crystal Palace want too much, and maybe they will get nothing in the end.Therefore, in this game, they have many opportunities for Watford, and they will definitely be able to win this game.
Seeing this, the fans of Crystal Palace are actually a little worried.
Can such a starting lineup really win this game?Did Tong Yi underestimate the Walford people?
Even the media reporters in the stands felt that Tong Yi was a little bit exaggerated. It was different from what he said in the interview before the game. Aren't you going to do your best?Why sent a full bench lineup?
Many people are full of doubts about this game, doubting the strength of Crystal Palace.
Can all substitutes really beat Watford?
I underestimated my opponent a bit.
The Watford players are gearing up, they all feel that they have a great chance for Watford in this game, and they can win.
After all, Watford has had a longer rest than the Crystal Palace people.
Because there is no make-up match for Watford, they did not play in the middle of last week, and Watford did not play the Premier League round a day ago.Their 35th round of the Premier League, like Crystal Palace's 35th round, was rescheduled to May 5, so Watford currently has a very long rest time and is very well prepared.
Now watching Crystal Palace send such a starting lineup, the Watford people really feel that they have this game.
We can win this game with Watford.
After the start of the game, the Watford man played very cautiously, not as excited as he imagined in his heart, and did not attack wildly.
To be honest, seeing this, Tong Yi was a little disappointed.
He thought that with such a full bench lineup in Crystal Palace, Watford would attack with high morale.
In this case, Crystal Palace will play much better.
Hey, I didn't know that the Watford people still controlled themselves and didn't come up.
Tong Yi turned his head and glanced at Flores. This coach who once led his team to win the Europa League and the European Super Cup really has something to offer.At least, his control over the team is very strong, and the team is following his ideas, which is still very powerful.
Since the Watford people were not fooled and did not storm out, then they did not pretend to be on the Crystal Palace side.
Even if our Crystal Palace is full of substitutes, our strength is still very strong.Then follow our tactics. The Crystal Palace immediately pressed high and frantically squeezed the living space of the Watford people.
And the Walford people are also happy to defend, waiting for the opportunity to counterattack.
The two forwards Dini and Ighalo on their front line are really good counter-attackers. They are not afraid of speed, and their ability to fight individually is very strong.If you make some very complicated offensive routines and tactics with them, they may not be able to play well, but if you let them attack individually or play some simple counterattacks between the two, the effect is still very good.
Therefore, Watford's side is really a defensive counterattack.
To be honest, Tong Yi still attaches great importance to these two forwards of Watford.
This guy Deeney has performed very well this season. He has scored 13 goals in various competitions and sent 10 assists, most of which were given to his striker partner Ighalo .
And Ighalo has scored 14 goals in the Premier League so far this season, and scored 17 goals in all competitions.These two are really the twin stars of Watford. It can be said that the Watford people can perform so well this season because of these two.
Therefore, although Tong Yi made the Crystal Palace players frantically press the offense with a high position, he also reminded the Crystal Palace defensive players to pay attention to the defense against Ighalo and Deeney.
These two are really sharp in the counterattack.
Moreover, the counterattack of these two people is almost the cooperation between the two of them, or they are fighting alone.
Difficult to deal with.
So far, though, the two have yet to stir up trouble in whoever's attacking half.
The midfielders Witsel and Kimmich have done a very successful interception of the two, especially Kimmich.Today, he completely replaced Kanter's role, and even performed better and more comprehensively than Kanter.Because in terms of offense, they performed much better than Kanter.
Of course, Kanter's offense is not particularly needed in Tong Yi's tactics.
Kanter's offense is naturally a good thing, and it doesn't have much impact on Crystal Palace if he doesn't.
Today, Kimmich has intercepted many times and launched an attack immediately, and is very threatening to Watford's goal.This made Flores feel great pressure, because he did not expect that the substitute players of Crystal Palace could also show such a strong strength, which made them a little unbearable
I can't take it anymore!
Flores has been looking for ways on the sidelines, hoping that their team can play some counterattacks that can threaten the Crystal Palace goal.In this way, the people of Crystal Palace dare not attack so rashly. The people of Crystal Palace are really too comfortable during this time, and they are too comfortable to attack.
If you keep playing like this, Watford will lose the ball sooner or later.
They must contain the Crystal Palace's offense, and they must also create a threat to the Crystal Palace's defense.
It is a pity that the strength of their team is indeed limited, especially the strength of the midfield and backcourt, which is too different.
Watford's defensive strength is indeed a bit poor, which is why their results are not particularly good despite their good offensive power this season.
In the 33rd minute of the first half, Crystal Palace's midfielder Kimmich cut off Capoue's through ball, and then he made a diagonal pass directly to Watford's entire goal. line of defense.
Cathcart in the penalty area even made a mistake. His rash attack directly lost the defensive position, allowing Perisic in the penalty area to easily face their goalkeeper Pantilimon.
Perisic shot directly through Watford's goal, one to zero!
Crystal Palace took the lead, and all the Crystal Palace fans at the scene were relieved immediately. We, Crystal Palace, will win this game.Adriana and other media reporters in the stands learned by correspondence. Sure enough, as they predicted, Watford's strength is still a bit weaker, and it is unlikely to threaten Crystal Palace!
In the 17th minute of the second half, Crystal Palace won a direct free kick at the front of Watford's penalty area.Jimenez was felled to the ground by the center back Cathcart who rushed out from behind, and Cathcart also received a yellow card.
Asensio stood in front of the football, and suddenly his left foot shot an arc, directly through the Watford goal.
Walford people were dumbfounded, everyone thought he would shoot with his right foot.
Unexpectedly, this guy Asensio came to make a show, and suddenly changed his left foot and shot a cold arrow. The Watford players didn't react, and Pantilimon in front of the goal could only turn his head and send the football into the net.
Two to zero!
See, Crystal Palace easily leads Watford [-]-[-], the gap between the two teams is still a bit big.
Watford's defense is really not good!
Of course, Watford did not accept their fate. They were still defending and counterattacking, waiting for the opportunity.
Not to mention, it really made them wait for the opportunity.
In the 88th minute of the game, Watford launched a quick counterattack.Deeney and Ighalo disrupted the defense of Crystal Palace.Then Dini slanted the ball in one direction and hit the football behind Ferdinand, and Ighalo, who understood it, directly slanted in the opposite direction and inserted it behind Ferdinand.
When the ball arrives, Ighalo twists and shoots without stopping the ball, sweeping the football into the bottom corner of the goal.
One to two!
Watford pulled a goal back, but it didn't change the result of the defeat, and they still lost in the end.
Crystal Palace defeated Watford [-]-[-] at home and successfully reached the FA Cup final this season.Now Crystal Palace is really just one step away from the FA Cup champion!
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