Legendary Godfather

April 11, 2015, Stadium of Light, Sunderland, England.

Today, the Black Cats welcomed the England Eagles Crystal Palace at home. This is a very, very difficult game for them.

After all, their opponent is the Crystal Palace team that ranks first in the league.

This opponent is not easy to beat.

More importantly, Crystal Palace is in desperate need of victory, and Chelsea behind them are chasing after them. .??.

At this time, Crystal Palace cannot afford to lose.

Therefore, Crystal Palace will definitely go all out in this game.

However, Sunderland and Zhejiang cannot afford to lose a game. Because although they are currently out of the relegation zone, they are very close to it. They currently have 29 points, but the current score in the relegation zone is 26 points, and they are only 3 points ahead.

Therefore, Sunderland really cannot afford to lose this game.

In this game, Sander's side naturally fielded their strongest lineup. Of course, there is some rotation here at Crystal Palace, because in the middle of next week, Crystal Palace will usher in the 2014-2015 Europa League match.

Crystal Palace naturally made some adjustments in this game.

However, there really isn’t much to adjust.

After all, Crystal Palace also wants to win a game in Zhejiang.

Otherwise, if they lose this game, they will be caught up by Chelsea.

Chelsea's opponent in this round is not strong either, it's the newly promoted Queens Park Rangers.

Therefore, Crystal Palace must win this game.

Today, the starting lineups of both sides are as follows

Home team Sunderland, head coach Advocaat, formation 433

Goalkeeper Pantilimon

Back four from left to right Van Aanholt, O'Shea, Santiago Vergini and Billy Jones

Midfield three from left to right Jordi Gomez, Lil Cattermole and Rodwell

Front three from left to right Connor Wickham, Stephen Fletcher and Defoe

Visiting team Crystal Palace, head coach Tong Yi, formation 4213

edouard

The back four from left to right is Alonso, Rudiger, Ferdinand and Aurier.

Double defensive midfielder Casemiro and Kante

Single attacking midfielder De Bruyne

Single forward from left to right Asensio, Jimenez and Mane

It can be seen that Crystal Palace still made a lot of adjustments in this game, which gave Sunderland's Dutch coach Advocaat hope.

Yes, Sunderland have changed coaches. Their former coach Poyet was directly dismissed by Tong Yidai.

The famous Dutch coach Advocaat, who has stayed in the Dutch national team twice before, took over the Sunderland team.

Currently, Advocaat's task is to lead Sunderland to avoid relegation.

To be honest, as far as Sunderland's lineup is concerned, it is just one

As a relegation team, their results cannot be better.

However, Advocaat is full of ambitions. He feels that Sunderland can defeat Crystal Palace and get three points in this game.

If they get these three points, there should be no big surprise for Sunderland to avoid relegation this season.

By winning the Crystal Palace, Sunderland's morale and other aspects have been greatly improved, and they can be fearless against any opponent. Therefore, by winning Crystal Palace, Sunderland will almost be able to avoid relegation.

Therefore, in this game, Advocaat will definitely have a fight with Crystal Palace.

Before the game, Advocaat once said, "Crystal Palace is very strong, but this is our home court. I think our Sunderland team mainly plays to its own strength. In this game, our Sunderland team must Win!"

Yes, this is to cheer the Sunderland fans on before the game.

But, to be honest, Sunderland's players did not feel more confident, but more pressured.

Because Crystal Palace is really too strong, they really can't defeat Crystal Palace.

Of course, the attention of this game is still very high. Even many Chelsea fans are paying attention to this game in Zhejiang. They hope that Sunderland can take advantage of the home court to win the Crystal Palace, so that their Chelsea team will have What a chance, a chance to surpass Crystal Palace.

Of course, Chelsea fans also know that this is more difficult, but Chelsea people are all looking forward to a miracle.

Under such circumstances, the game began.

beep!

Referee Atkinson blew the whistle to start the game.

The first team to kick off was the home team Sunderland. Sunderland did not rush to start the game. They still attacked according to their usual tactics. However, everyone can see that Sunderland's players are still very active in goal kicking, and they often press on.

To be honest, the competition was a little more difficult than Tong Yi expected.

Sunderland has indeed changed a lot from the previous season, and Advocaat still has great ideas.

Of course, especially in terms of offense, he somewhat wants to rely on the Netherlands' total offense and defense.

Especially when the two full-backs are attacking, he has a lot of demands, especially for the Dutch defender Van Aanholt, who often has Van Aanholt hold the ball on the wing and kick. You have to think of a winger or core. Many offenses are sometimes launched from Van Aanholt.

I have to say that Advocaat is still a very thoughtful head coach.

In the 15th minute of the game, Sunderland created a very good opportunity.

This is what Holt did when he was in trouble on the wing. He received the diagonal pass from Wickham, then directly took the ball into the penalty area, and then passed the ball back with three kicks to Fletcher's feet.

Down.

Fletcher really used to be Sunderland's support!

Fletcher was acquired from Wolves in 2012 for £12 million.

In his first season with the team, Fletcher performed well, scoring 13 goals. But last season, Fletcher only scored 3 goals, and so far this season he has only 2 goals.

This is actually a bit of a loss.

This time, Fletcher immediately met the ball and volleyed with his legs.

But before he could kick the football, it was stabbed away by Kanter who rushed up from his side.

However, when people were shocked, the football actually rolled to the feet of Defoe on the penalty area line.

Defoe is a very good forward. Although he is older, his ability is still outstanding.

He has only been at Sunderland for three months, but he has already scored three goals for the team.

Moreover, what Tong Yi knows is that Defoe will score 18 goals for Sunderland next season and 15 goals for the team the next season. So this is a player who cannot be ignored. Before the game, Tong Yi reminded the Crystal Palace players to pay attention to the defense of this guy.

But at this time, such a mistake happened, it shouldn't be!

Missed someone!

After the football came to his feet, Defoe immediately gently pushed the football towards the center. He looked like he was about to get into a posture and shoot with his legs.

Unexpectedly, he feinted, moved laterally again, opened the space, and then directly swept the football into the opposite blind corner.

The ball speed of football is average, but the angle is very tricky.

Moreover, the angle of the shot was somewhat unexpected. Even though Edouard reacted very quickly, he still failed to touch the football. The football was close to the inside of the goal, and then rolled directly into the Crystal Palace goal.

One to zero, Sunderland, playing at home, actually took the lead.

This was beyond everyone's expectations. Sunderland fans were very excited and excited. Even Chelsea people were very excited and happy. Their Chelsea opportunity had come.

Advocaat on the sidelines also immediately reminded his players, indicating that they should stabilize the situation and continue to play according to the previous tactics and not panic.

Advocaat felt that in this game, their Sunderland team really had something to play for.

However, after the Crystal Palace discarded, the Crystal Palace players were not in a hurry and were still very stable.

Seeing this, Advocaat couldn't help but turn his head and glance at Tong Yi.

This guy Tong Yi has something up his sleeve.

At this moment, Crystal Palace's sudden forward pressure instantly cut off the football at Van Aanholt's feet.

Advocaat was shocked. How could he lose the ball in this position?

Danger!

In the short term, Mane did not go it alone, but suddenly made a diagonal pass and passed the football to Luther Browne in the middle.

The Sunderland team immediately thought of De Bruyne's long shots in the previous game when Crystal Palace faced Chelsea. They instantly became nervous and frightened.

Sunderland's defensive players immediately rushed out frantically to intercept De Bruyne, denying De Bruyne a chance to take a long shot.

But the moment they rushed out, De Bruyne made a light pass and passed the football directly to Jimenez standing in the penalty area. Jimenez's position instantly surpassed all Sunderland defenders and directly faced Sunderland goalkeeper Pantilimon.

Offside!

All Sunderland people raised their right hands to signal to the referee that Jimenez was offside.

Jimenez doesn't care about this. He sends the football into the opponent's goal first.

Jimenez stopped the ball directly with his chest, and then pushed the ball lightly against the attacking Pantilimon. The football rolled directly under Pantilimon's crotch and into the goal behind him.

One to one!

Crystal Palace equalized soon after.

Because the referee indicated that the goal was valid and Jimenez was not offside at all.

The Sunderlanders rushed out a little late. De Bruyne passed the football, and there were defenders around Jimenez rushing forward.

Therefore, Atkin indicated that the goal was valid.

Chelsea fans and Sunderland fans were very dissatisfied, but they had no choice but to change the penalty.

However, the Sunderlanders have not lost confidence. They believe that if they can lead once, they can lead the second time. If they continue to play like this, it will be their Sunderland team that wins.

Mane then told them they were wrong.

In the 33rd minute of the first half, Mane directly received a through ball from De Bruyne and went to the meeting alone. Facing the attacking goalkeeper Pantilimon, he easily shot into the far corner.

Two to one!

Chelsea fans instantly lost any interest in this game. Why the hell didn't Crystal Palace suffer an upset?

Sunderland fans themselves lost interest.

In the 19th minute of the second half, Crystal Palace got a chance for a corner kick. Alonso curled the football into the penalty area. Rudiger rose high, overpowered the opponent's O'Shea, and smashed the football into the Sunderland goal.

Three to one!

By this time, Crystal Palace had basically secured the victory.

However, Crystal Palace's offense still did not stop. In the 38th minute of the second half, Torres, who came on as a substitute, received a cross pass from Sane, who was also a substitute, in the penalty area, and then swept the football directly into the penalty area with a sweep. Deland's goal.

Four to one!

In the end, Crystal Palace defeated Sunderland 4-1 in the away game and won the 32nd round of the 2014-2015 Premier League.