roccoschili 382: The Deterrence of Watford's Shuangsha
382: The Deterrence of Watford's Shuangsha
Today's starting rosters for both teams are as follows:
Home Team: Watford, Manager: Flores, Formation: 4-4-2
Goalkeeper: Hurrelio Gomez
Back four [from left to right]: Ekchi Ania, Craig Cathcart, Prodl and Aron Nyom
The midfield four [from left to right]: Jesse Jurado, Ben Watson, Capoue and Ayman Abdi
Forwards: Odion Ighalo and Troy Deeney
Visiting team: Crystal Palace, head coach: Tong Yi, formation: 4-2-1-3
Goalkeeper: Alisson
Back four [from left to right]: Robertson, Laporte, Van Dijk and Carvajal
Double midfielders: Casemiro and Kanter
Single midfielder: De Bruyne
Three strikers [from left to right]: Salah, Ignacio and Mane
beep!
The referee blew his whistle to start the game.
Sure enough, after the start of the game, exactly as Tong Yi expected, Watford directly set up a bus, first solidified their defense, and then waited for an opportunity to counterattack.
Seriously, Watford used three tall men at the back in order to mark Palace's center forward Ignacio.
The right back Nyom is 190cm, the center back Cathcart is 188cm and the center back Pleedel is 194cm!
Obviously, these three are in rotation to defend Ignacio.
Flores has long expected that Crystal Palace will definitely use Ignacio's high point to attack.
Therefore, the three will rotate to defend Ignaciole today.
Not long after the start of the game, Crystal Palace created a good opportunity.
Carvajal and Mane on the side played a beautiful interspersed cooperation, and then De Bruyne in the midfielder directly transferred the football to the other side with a diagonal pass, which was unexpected.
Robertson, who went forward on the left, did not stop the ball and directly won the ball and passed the football directly to Watford's penalty area.
Watford fans were stunned.
Dangerous!
The landing point of this ball is very good, it is going to fly directly above Ignacio's head!
"Dangerous! Watford is in danger, Crystal Palace's offensive ability is really too strong!" Mortensen roared excitedly.
But Ignacio didn't hit the football, and Cathcart and Pledl pinned Ignacio, preventing Ignacio from jumping up.The football flew over the heads of the three, and then drew the bottom line on the other side.
call!
It is really very dangerous!
The Watford fans at the scene finally breathed a sigh of relief, it was really too dangerous just now.
clap clap clap!
The Watford fans immediately applauded Watford's two central defenders. This defense is really good!
Let's go and give it a try. 】
These two actually defended Ignacio, amazing!
Seeing this, Tong Yi nodded slightly, these two guys are indeed somewhat level.
Tong Yi is also very familiar with these two people. Cathcart is from Northern Ireland. He came from Manchester United's youth training. He was once the captain of Manchester United's U18 youth team. He was also rated as the most promising player in Europe by UEFA's technical department. One of the young centre-backs, who was once favored by Ferguson, qualified for Manchester United's first team at a young age.
It's a pity that frequent injuries did not allow him to reach the height that Ferguson and the others expected. To be honest, it is a bit of luck.
He joined Watford last year and became the main force here, and helped the team upgrade to the Premier League. He performed very well and won the love of Watford fans.
And just before the start of this season, Watford and Cathcart completed their contract extensions, and the two sides renewed their contracts for four years.It can be seen that the top management of Watford also attaches great importance to Cathcart.
The Northern Ireland fringe international looked in excellent form today.
And his partner is the captain of the Austrian national team, who performed very well in the 2008 European Cup, and even won the German Cup champion and the Europa League runner-up in Werder Bremen.
He transferred to Watford this summer and became the main force when he came here. He performed very well in the first few games.His condition is also very good today. It seems that the combination of him and Cathcart will cause some troubles for Ignacio!
And there is a backup Cameroon international Nyom next to him. Ignacio is really going to be in trouble today.
"I don't think Ignacio will play very well today. Obviously, Flores is prepared. In this game, it seems that Crystal Palace wants to crack Watford's tortoise shell. It’s relatively difficult.” Mortensen also feels that Watford has a great chance today.
Ignacio shouldn't perform very well today.
"To be honest, I'm still a little worried about Crystal Palace's defense. Watford's counterattack is not weak!" Shearer was also a little worried.
At this time, Watford immediately launched a quick counterattack.
The football came directly to the feet of Ighalo in front, and Ighalo's speed was very fast.
Seeing that he was about to break through with the ball, full-back Carvajal rushed up quickly, a sliding tackle slowed Ighalo's speed, and then Kante rushed up quickly and destroyed the football.
clap clap clap!
Tong Yi on the sidelines applauded immediately, and gave the applause to the defensive players of Crystal Palace.
Before the game, Tong Yi reminded the defensive players of Crystal Palace to pay attention to the counterattack of the Watford people.
The counterattack of the Watford people is very sharp and very characteristic.
The opponent's two strikers are not weak.
Nigerian international Ighalo scored 35 goals in 18 appearances in the Championship last season, and his efficiency is still very good.And in Tong Yi's memory, this guy is the absolute main force of Watford this season, he will score 16 goals, and his effectiveness is very good.
Tong Yi is still very impressed with this guy. In the future, he will play for Huachao when he returns, and he will also be loaned to Manchester United. He will also perform well.
This guy has strength!
Deeney is also not weak. He played 41 times in the Championship last season and scored 19 goals. He is Watford's super hero.And this guy has scored double-digit goals in Watford since the 2011-2012 season. He also scored 24 goals in the last season, which is very strong.
In Tong Yi's memory, he will score 15 goals and send 10 assists in Watford this season, and even scored 38 goals and sent 13 assists in 8 Premier League appearances.This is simply the top core of Watford's striker and the captain of Walford.
It is really inspirational that this former mason with a weekly salary of 140 pounds can achieve what he is now.
Therefore, these two are really powerful forwards, and with these two opportunities to catch counterattacks in front, Watford is really not weak.
Tong Yi repeatedly reminded the Crystal Palace players to pay attention to the defense of the two before the game and not to shake the opportunities given to them.
Fortunately, both Carvajal and Kanter clearly felt that Tong Yi's words did not slacken their defense at all, and they were very active. This disintegrated the counterattack of the Watford people. .
To be honest, this counterattack was very sharp.
If Carvajal lets Ighalo pass, the consequences will be disastrous.
Tong Yi also reminded the defensive players of Crystal Palace to pay attention to the defense of the opponent's midfielder Jurado. This guy is also a very important part of Walford's counterattack.
The Spanish midfielder has a good ability to hold the ball. He must have great skills at his feet. He can hold and pass the ball. He can deliver shells to the two forwards in front. He must be defended, otherwise Crystal Palace will be very dangerous.
This former teammate of Hao Junming, who played for Schalke 04, will also play for the Chinese Super League in the future.
So Tong Yi is very aware of this guy's playing style.
To be honest, the players of Crystal Palace played very easily on the pitch!
It's not that Watford are too weak to put too much pressure on them.Rather, the information Tong Yi gave him was very accurate, allowing them to handle the opponent's players relatively easily, thus limiting the opponent's attack.
During this period, the Walford people wanted to counterattack, but it was difficult to counterattack.
Because the defense of the Crystal Palace people makes them very uncomfortable. The Crystal Palace people can always block their forward delivery of football at critical moments. It is difficult for them to comfortably send the football to the feet of the two forwards in front.
This is very uncomfortable for the Watford people.
Flores on the sidelines naturally noticed it too, but he wasn't in a hurry at all!
He signaled Watford's players to put more energy into defense, and forget it if there is no chance in the counterattack.A draw is acceptable to Watford, and he does not believe that the players of Crystal Palace can maintain such defensive strength and concentration for 90 minutes. Crystal Palace people always make mistakes.
As long as Watford seizes the chance of Crystal Palace's mistakes, they will be able to win this game!
The only thing to do now is to try to keep their Watford goal clean.
Therefore, at this time, Flores is reminding the Watford people to defend with all their strength and not to give the Crystal Palace people a chance to threaten the goal.
But at this moment, Crystal Palace played a beautiful cooperation!
The midfielder De Bruyne's breakthrough with the ball disrupted Watford's defensive deployment a bit. At the moment when the two central midfielders rushed forward, De Bruyne knocked the football with his heel. Follow up Casemiro.
Casemiro did not stop the ball, but called a pick pass, and quickly passed the football diagonally to Carvajal who was going forward from the wing!
With the help of Mane, Carvajal rushed forward and caught up with the football!
The defensive players were blocked by Mane's body.
Opportunity, this is an excellent opportunity for Crystal Palace. The fans of Crystal Palace are all in high spirits, staring at the stadium with anticipation.
And at this moment, Carvajal caught up with the football and immediately turned his head to glance at Ignacio in the penalty area!
"Dangerous, Crystal Palace is about to cross again! Ignacio in the middle is already in place, Watford's defense..." To be honest, Mortensen is a little worried about Watford's defense.The opportunity to attack this time is still very good. No one interferes with Carvajal's cross, which is full of threats!
Flores on the sidelines was startled, his pupils dilated, dangerous!
In the penalty area, Watford's central defenders Pledle and Cathcart quickly retracted immediately, and the two immediately went to defend Ignacio in the penalty area, supplying Ignacio with an easy jump and header Opportunity.
Flores on the sidelines shouted loudly to remind his players to pay attention to the defense of Ignacio.
At this moment, Carvajal on the wing immediately swung his leg and pretended to make a pass, but kicked back in an inverted triangle, sweeping the football directly to the predetermined position in the penalty area.
De Bruyne, who rushed up, shook off Watson, rushed towards the football, swung his leg and shot!
"Long shot, De Bruyne long shot!" Mortensen roared excitedly.
With a bang, the football flew out like lightning and flew straight to the lower right corner of the goal.
The ball was fast, and Gomez reacted quickly, but still did not touch the football, and the football flew straight into Watford's goal.
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