Legendary Godfather

February 18, 2017, John Smith Stadium, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England.

Today, Tong Yi led Crystal Palace here to face Huddersfield.

In this game, Tong Yi made a large-scale rotation.

Obviously, Tong Yi is preparing for the first leg of the Champions League round of 16 knockout match with Sevilla next week. Therefore, almost all Crystal Palace players were the main players in the rotation in this game, and even the immovable main players like Van Dijk were rotated and rested in this game.

This gave Huddersfield people hope that they had a chance to win this game.

But, to be honest, Huddersfield people are a bit confused here.

Firstly, they want to seize the opportunity to defeat Crystal Palace and advance to the next round of the FA Cup. Secondly, they are afraid that spending too much energy in the FA Cup will affect their promotion battle.

Yes, Huddersfield's most important goal now is to lead the team to promotion. .??.

Therefore, the FA Cup is really not that important to them.

At present, they want everything to be upgraded.

Therefore, they are very confused in this game.

All the main players at Crystal Palace are taking a break, which gives them a visible opportunity. If they don’t fight hard, they feel they have missed a good opportunity. If they really win and advance to the next round, they will get deeper and deeper in the FA Cup. What should I do if it consumes more energy and affects league promotion?

You have to know that the prize money of the FA Cup cannot be compared with the seats in the Premier League.

Even if they win against Crystal Palace and advance to the next round, they will only be in the top eight. After the top 8, they are almost all Premier League teams. It is very difficult to take another step forward. Even if you reach the end, the bonus you receive is limited.

But if you upgrade to the Premier League, even if you only go there for one season and then get relegated, you can still get more than 100 million pounds in broadcasting shares and other expenses. Compared with the FA Cup championship, Premier League seats are of course the most important.

If the team cannot be promoted because of the FA Cup championship, it will be like picking up watermelon and losing sesame seeds!

In fact, Huddersfield may even lose the game at both ends.

So, should Huddersfield charge in this game?

They are very confused.

Even when the game started, they had not yet made a decision.

However, there is nothing to hesitate on the Crystal Palace side.

Although Crystal Palace's goal is also to win the yogurt championship, Crystal Palace has a strong foundation and a deep bench. They can handle multi-front battles, but you Huddersfield can't.

Therefore, Crystal Palace does not need to think about this issue.

More importantly, Crystal Palace is sending out a rotation of main players. The experience of their main players has been used in the league and the Champions League, so it will not have much impact at all.

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Palace is so confident. Even with the main rotation, they believe that their team can easily defeat Huddersfield, win this game, and successfully advance to the quarter-finals of this season's English FA Cup.

At this time, there is no entanglement on the Crystal Palace side.

Especially Jimenez, he has nothing to struggle with and is fully committed!

Yes, Jimenez started this game.

This made Jimenez himself very surprised and unexpected.

He originally thought that Tong Yi would give his beloved disciple Ignacio a chance in this game and let Ignacio start. After all, Ignacio's performance in training was also very good. Even as a competitor, Jimenez did not deny Ignacio's strength.

Coupled with the relationship between Tong Yi and Ignacio, and Tong Yi's recent concern for Ignacio, Jimenez had already given up. He felt that Ignacio must have started this game, but Tong Yi still asked him to start Jimenez.

Jimenez was surprised and touched.

Thank you Tong Yi for giving him the opportunity!

Thank you Tong Yi for treating him and Ignacio equally and not showing any nepotism!

At the same time, Jimenez also cherishes this opportunity very much.

He will not let Tong Yi down, and he will not give Ignacio a chance on the bench who is eager to try. He must seize this rare opportunity to prove himself and prove that he is the best. He must also perform well to conquer everyone so that he can secure this position.

Otherwise, he won't have such a good opportunity next time.

If his performance is not satisfactory this time, Ignacio may be the starter in the next game.

Therefore, he must prove himself with an excellent performance in this game.

From the beginning of the game, Jimenez was very involved and very active.

This posed a very big threat to Huddersfield's players, especially the players on the back line, who were tortured by Jimenez.

Not just Jimenez, these rotation players in Crystal Palace also really want to prove themselves in order to get more game opportunities and playing time. Therefore, these guys may not be much worse than the main players of Crystal Palace when they play. At least it's not worse in terms of fighting spirit and enthusiasm, but actually stronger.

Therefore, as soon as the game started, the high-pressing Crystal Palace instantly suppressed the Huddersfield people.

The Huddersfield people tried to struggle and resist, but they soon found that it was useless.

I can’t struggle at all!

The strength gap between the two teams is still a bit big, and one side is fighting

High aspirations and clear goals. On the one hand, he is aimless and tangled in his heart. Even at this time, Huddersfield's players were not completely unified in their thinking. Some wanted to attack and some wanted to defend. They were like a piece of scattered sand.

Can such a team withstand the onslaught of Crystal Palace?

Obviously it's impossible!

Seeing this, the Huddersfield fans gave up instantly.

You don't have to worry about it now, because the Crystal Palace people won't give you a chance to worry about it at all. It no longer makes sense for Huddersfield to give up on their own initiative, because Crystal Palace has already made the choice for them.

Huddersfield is about to give up completely passively.

The Huddersfield coaching staff on the sidelines also smiled bitterly.

Before the game, they really thought too highly of Huddersfield and underestimated the Crystal Palace team in front of them.

To be honest, when it came to the game, Huddersfield had almost no choice.

Strength doesn’t allow it!

Less than 10 minutes into the game, Huddersfield's goal has already been attacked four times, and all four times were very threatening. If the game continues like this, Huddersfield will simply not be able to withstand it. They have almost no chance in this game.

Sure enough, in the 17th minute of the first half, Jimenez, who worked hard, got a very good opportunity.

After midfielder Sabitzer received Llorente's pass, he suddenly spotted the space in the Huddersfield penalty area. He directly kicked the ball directly and quickly stuffed the football to the feet of Jimenez in the gap. Huddersfield's defensive player made a mistake at this time. He was a little far away from Jimenez's position, but Sabitzer discovered it and seized the opportunity.

Sabitzer delivered the football into the gap with precision.

Jimenez also moved the ball to the player, stopping the ball with his left foot and shooting with his right foot. He did it in one go, without any delay, and without giving the opponent's defensive players time to react.

With a bang, the football shot towards Huddersfield's goal rapidly.

The ball is very fast, as powerful as thunder, as fast as lightning.

Joel in front of the goal had no time to react and watched the football fly past him and into the goal behind him.

One to zero, Crystal Palace took the lead, and it was Jimenez who scored!

This guy Jimenez is indeed very active and hardworking. This goal was played very well, and the Crystal Palace fans watching the game were very happy. Ignacio on the bench also kept applauding and gave the applause to Jimenez. This goal was indeed a good one.

However, he also felt that if it were him, he would be able to score.

Sabitzer passed the ball so well, both the line and the timing were perfect. Working with players like this

, it’s really great, Ignacio really wants to try it.

Ignacio is eager to try.

Jimenez on the court is not satisfied yet, he is still actively looking for every opportunity to score goals.

Jimenez feels that this performance is not enough to impress Tong Yi. He needs more goals and more performances to impress Tong Yi. Therefore, he worked hard and fought hard.

The Huddersfield players are going crazy. Is this guy working too hard?

To be honest, Huddersfield's players are getting angry, and their defense against Jimenez is getting tighter and tighter, even making small moves. The intensity and pressure of the defense has also increased, and the movements are also very large.

But these are still not the determination to stop Jimenez from scoring.

Even just now, Huddersfield's center back J. Stankovic even smashed Jimenez's eyebrow bone with his elbow, causing Jimenez to bleed instantly.

This scared the fans at the scene and in front of the TV.

The Crystal Palace coaching staff was also a little worried and asked about Jimenez's situation. Tong Yi even asked if he wanted to make a substitution, but was instantly interrupted by Jimenez. He said he was fine and he could continue playing.

Tong Yi ignored Jimenez and turned to look at Wagner.

Jimenez immediately stared at Wagner with pleading eyes. Wagner struggled for a while and said it was okay. Jimenez could continue playing after a simple explosion.

Jimenez then grinned.

Seeing this scene, Tong Yi shook his head helplessly and glared at Wagner.

After returning to the court, Jimenez did not feel timid because of the injury caused by the foul hand. Instead, he became more and more fierce, more and more reckless, and moved forward in order to score goals. The Huddersfield players were frightened by this momentum. They all thought Jimenez was crazy.

Is it worth risking your life for a game?

In the 37th minute of the first half, Jimenez ignored the injury on his brow, jumped up high, and slammed his head towards the flying football. Heading Achraf's cross from the wing into the Huddersfield goal, 2-0, Jimenez scored twice!

However, the ball hit Jimenez's injured brow bone, and blood began to flow again in an instant.

Jimenez ignored himself and rushed to the sidelines excitedly and performed a passionate kneel down, not caring that the corners of his eyes were still bleeding!

Tough guy, so manly!

The Crystal Palace fans at the scene were all conquered by this tough guy. They howled excitedly and even showed signs of atavism.

Seeing this, Tong Yi turned around and glared at Wagner.

Would he have bled again if you hadn't forced him to stay? Aren't you afraid that his injury will worsen and affect his future career?