Legendary Godfather

At the beginning of the second half, Benitez directly replaced the Scot Ritchie with the Spaniard Merino.

Obviously, Benitez still believes in the Spaniards more.

At this critical moment, we have to rely on the Spaniards.

Of course, Merino's performance after playing was indeed a little better than Ritchie. Although Merino's speed is not as fast as Ritchie, he is much better at controlling the ball and passing the ball. This way Newcastle United's frontcourt has one more point to hold and deliver the ball. , gave Joselu more support.

When Ricci is on the court, he is more often used as a second point, Joselu's receiving point, relying on speed to attack and grab the header that Joselu wins. In fact, this is very similar to Atsu on the other side, so the offensive routines of the two wings overlap a bit, which makes the Crystal Palace side easier to defend.

At this time, after replacing Merino, he changed his offensive method, which gave Newcastle United's offense more performance and three-dimensionality. .??.

Therefore, after Merino came on the field, Newcastle United's offense really changed a lot, and the threat also increased.

The Newcastle United fans at the scene were very excited to have a chance.

Just now, Merino received a pass from fellow midfielder Perez on the sidelines, then touched the defensive player with a fried ball and directly sent a precise through ball, sending the football to Joselu. underfoot.

Joselu shot directly with his legs.

If it weren't for Van Dijk's ability to hold up Joselu's body and interfere, this goal would undoubtedly have been scored.

Under the interference of Van Dijk, Joselu did not hit the right spot, the football did not use force, and flew directly into the arms of Maignan.

Seeing this, Newcastle United fans really felt very sorry.

What a great opportunity!

If this goal is scored, Newcastle United will have a chance in this game.

You see, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. Benitez still has two brushes. This adjustment is still very effective.

However, this still cannot prevent Crystal Palace's attack.

Newcastle United's goal is still in danger.

Just now, Crystal Palace's offense also threatened Newcastle United's goal.

After Mbappe and Carvajal on the wing played one-two in a row, Mbappe directly took the ball into the penalty area. After attracting the attention of the opponent's defense, he suddenly made a cross. The football rolled directly in front of Ronaldo. Ronaldo and the opponent's center back Lascelles slid out to tackle the football at the same time. Finally, Ronaldo scooped the football, and the football rolled straight towards Newcastle United's goal. .

The ball was still very fast, but this time goalkeeper Elliott reacted quickly and fell to the ground with a side dive to save the ball from the bottom line.

God pounce!

The Newcastle United fans were very excited and jumping up and down.

But Benitez is an eyebrow

With his head locked, what he saw was not Elliott's divine attack, but the ferocious tide of Crystal Palace's attack. If such an attack cannot be contained, Newcastle United will lose sooner or later. After all, it's great that Elliott can make one or two amazing saves in a game, but based on the current situation of the game, do you think Crystal Palace only has one or two offenses in this game?

Obviously not.

Therefore, Benitez still has a sense of crisis.

A goal must be scored as soon as possible to completely change the situation of the game.

As a result, Benitez immediately got up and quickly came to the sidelines to urge Newcastle United's offense.

The Newcastle United players were not frightened by Crystal Palace's offense and continued to attack crazily.

The football rolled quickly towards the frontcourt, and Atsu on the wing caught up with him at lightning speed.

To be honest, Carvajal is not slow, but he can't catch up.

Sure enough, he is worthy of being called Black Lightning. This African can run and has speed.

Before Atsu caught up with the football, he turned around and glanced into the penalty area. He saw Joselu who was quickly following up. He caught up with the football and didn't even adjust. He started to cross the ball immediately. The football flew quickly into the Crystal Palace penalty area. .

This shocked Crystal Palace fans and was dangerous.

In the penalty area, Joselu, who rushed up quickly, looked at the football flying in the air. He was very speechless and was instantly discouraged. Is there anyone who has made a pass like this?

Sure enough, the football flew directly towards the Crystal Palace goal, and then flew directly over the baseline.

The placement of this pass is really a bit outrageous!

Not to mention Joselu, even all the Newcastle United fans at the scene were speechless. What was this? It was so outrageous.

Atsu also knew that he had done something wrong and was a little anxious. He immediately raised his hand to signal to Joselu.

Tong Yi smiled slightly when he saw this, he knew it would be like this.

Most of these African players are in good physical condition, very fast and very distinctive. But the finesse of the technique at the feet is really not enough, it is very bad, and I cannot do fine work. Players like Eto'o and Mane are still rare, and even players like Drogba Adebayor have relatively rough foot skills. However, players like Drogba have unique impact and are very smart and use their brains to play football, but there are really not many African players like this.

To be honest, Attsu has his own characteristics, but his shortcomings are equally obvious.

This ball shows it vividly.

It's hard for Bethnis to say anything about this? Can't blame him! Newcastle United only have such players, and they can only attract such players. If you give him Mane,

Their Newcastle United will definitely not be in this situation now.

There is no way, a clever woman cannot make a meal without rice!

Newcastle United missed a good opportunity and they are very worried.

Because if you miss an opportunity, you will lose another opportunity.

Now Newcastle United urgently need to score goals. If they concede a goal at this time, all their hopes for this game will be extinguished.

Therefore, Benitez is very anxious.

At this time, he also focused on encouragement, applauding non-stop, and giving praise to Atsu, indicating that he should continue to work hard and don't be in such a hurry next time. He should adjust before passing the ball in time.

This is indeed the case. This time, his speed was very fast. He was several positions away from Carvajal. He really had time to adjust before passing the ball. Unfortunately, he was too anxious and reckless, so he made a mistake in the rush. .

Atsu said he understood.

At this moment, Crystal Palace's offense once again rushed into Newcastle United's penalty area.

This time it was De Bruyne in the midfield who made a precise diagonal pass, sending the football directly to Salah's feet. Salah originally wanted to cut inside directly, but he glanced at the opponent's defense, then pretended to cut inside, but actually made a breakthrough towards the sideline, shook off the defense, and quickly went down.

With a bang, Salah directly kicked the ball in.

The ball speed of football is very fast, the route is also very tricky, and the landing point is very precise, directly looking for Ronaldo in the penalty area. The Newcastle United fans were stunned speechless for a moment. It was so dangerous.

c. Who doesn’t know how powerful this guy is?

At this time, Ronaldo occupied a very good position and stuck Lascelles behind him. Looking at the football flying over, he immediately jumped up and shook his head to meet the ball.

The Newcastle United man's hair was instantly down, and he was trembling with nervousness. It was so dangerous.

With a bang, Ronaldo hit the football hard with his head, and the football shot quickly towards the Newcastle United goal. The hearts of Newcastle United fans trembled.

However, at this moment Elliott in front of the goal jumped up immediately and picked the football out of the air with both hands.

Crystal Palace fans are a little confused, Ronaldo didn't hit the ball hard?

They were really surprised. How could Ronaldo be in such a situation?

To be honest, Tong Yi on the sidelines was also a little puzzled. Logically speaking, Ronaldo's ball shouldn't be like this. This is not him Ronaldo at all. What's wrong?

Yes, if it were the former C. Ronaldo, this goal would undoubtedly be scored.

But why is this ball in such a state?

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Tong Yi turned around and looked at McCarthy and Stecrus beside him. Both of them shook their heads slightly, indicating that they didn't understand.

Is it because Ronaldo is not in good condition during this game?

However, Ronaldo also scored two goals before. Although both goals were blown away, it also proved that he can score goals. But what's going on with this ball? Did Lascelles behind him interfere with him?

impossible!

Tong Yi looked at Ronaldo carefully, then immediately came to the sidelines, applauded non-stop, and cheered Ronaldo. He didn't dwell on this attack. If it doesn't work this time, it will work next time. Please encourage him more.

C. Ronaldo also immediately turned around and stretched out his hand to Salah to indicate that the ball was his problem.

To be honest, Salah passed the ball really well and should have scored.

This is entirely his own problem, Ronaldo, so he has to admit his mistake.

The game continued. Newcastle United wanted to attack, but Kante intercepted it halfway.

Sure enough, Crystal Palace's pressing was really strong, and Newcastle United often had the ball stolen.

With a bang, the football that rolled to Casemiro's feet was passed directly to Mbappe in the frontcourt with a long diagonal pass. Newcastle United was shocked. This ball was very dangerous. Newcastle United had just been pressing to organize an attack. At this time, the defense had not organized its defense after the ball was intercepted, and they did not pay much attention to Mbappe. Mbappe missed it in an instant.

Isn’t this opportunity coming for Crystal Palace?

Mbappe caught up with the football, stopped it directly, and then quickly took the ball towards Newcastle United's penalty area. This frightened the Newcastle United fans so much that they did not dare to make a move.

Newcastle United's center back and goalkeeper both rushed over and blocked the ball.

Mbappe pretended to throw his legs and shoot. This was an inverted triangle passing posture. Center back Lizuni immediately rushed to intercept Ronaldo and prevent Ronaldo from passing the ball. Little did he know that this was also a fake move by Mbappe. He directly swept the football to the back point with a sweeping kick.

Salah, who rushed forward quickly from behind, stretched his legs directly to meet the ball and easily pushed the football into the empty goal.

Three to zero, Crystal Palace expanded its lead and almost sealed the victory.

All Newcastle United fans at the scene were desperate, completely desperate.

Benitez on the sidelines could only sigh and keep shaking his head. He has tried his best in this game, and Ronaldo's state seems to be a bit problematic in this game. This should be their opportunity. It's a pity that Newcastle United did not seize the opportunity. Benitez really felt that it was a very, very pity. If they could seize one or two opportunities before, they really have a good chance of winning this game.

What a pity, Benitez kept shaking his head.