Legendary Godfather

On December 16, 2017, Crystal Palace faced Copa Libertadores champion Gremio at Zayed Sports City.

There were many fans at the scene, but almost all seemed to support Crystal Palace.

After all, Crystal Palace is very famous. It is the team with the strongest performance and momentum in recent years, and it is an emerging top powerhouse.

According to incomplete statistics, Crystal Palace now has nearly 500 million fans around the world.

Of course, China accounts for more than half.

This is already the club with the most fans in the world.

Naturally, everyone at the scene today came to support Crystal Palace. Crystal Palace also has a lot of fans in Africa and the Middle East. Nearly 60% of the fans at the scene were wearing Crystal Palace home jerseys to watch the game. This is already an exaggeration.

After all, this is not the home court of Crystal Palace, let alone China.

This has become the home stadium of Crystal Palace.

There are very few fans supporting Gremio.

From here you can see which one is better.

The Gremio people naturally felt a lot of pressure. It was indeed difficult for them to win this game. But they did not give up and were still full of desire for victory.

From this point of view, Gremio is actually not bad.

But as soon as the game started, Gremio caused public outrage and made everyone dislike it.

That is, the Gremio people play very rough and frequently use killing tactics.

Not long after the game started, Ronaldo suddenly dropped back to catch the ball at high speed. But before De Bruyne's pass rolled over, Ronaldo was kicked to the ground by Michel, who was quickly catching up from behind.

Tongyi on the sidelines became furious at that time, rushed to the sidelines, roared loudly, and put pressure on the referee.

Before the game, he reminded the Crystal Palace players that Gremio is likely to play rough and foul frequently, so the players should pay attention to protecting themselves. But he didn't expect guys like Gremio to be so bold and unscrupulous.

This killing tactic doesn't even betray anyone.

Ronaldo, who fell to the ground, rolled a few times on the ground and held the heel of his right foot with both hands.

The Crystal Palace fans at the scene also booed their opponents and even cursed them.

Gremio people are just like normal people!

This made Tong Yi even more angry, and he frequently roared into the stadium.

But the referee only awarded a simple foul and had no intention of playing a card at all. This makes the people of Crystal Palace very angry!

c. When Ronaldo got up, there were three cuts in his socks, and some blood oozed faintly.

Too cruel!

This foul is simply a useless move!

No wonder Tong Yi and the others are so angry, these damn Gremio people are simply not here to play football.

Tong Yi is really worried about these things in the Crystal Palace.

Players are going to get seriously injured in this one game.

In this case, it would be a bit more gain than loss.

Tong Yi was very dissatisfied with the referee's penalty and frequently put pressure on the referee and the fourth official. The fourth official simply told Tong Yi to calm down and trust the referee.

Tong Yi almost didn't curse!

After all this, you still want me to trust the referee?

The referee didn't take the money, I believe it.

Because, even though he clearly saw that Ronaldo's socks had been torn three times and were bleeding, the referee still turned a blind eye. After Gremio made some rough fouls, he still had no intention of playing his cards.

This naturally made Tong Yi and the Crystal Palace players furious.

Tong Yi almost rushed into the stadium to argue with the referee.

Just now, Gremio was near the midfield and made a sliding shovel directly from behind, knocking Ronaldo to the ground as hard as cutting down a big tree. The referee only gave a foul. , no cards were played, not even a verbal warning.

It would be strange if Tong Yi could not be furious!

However, perhaps because of a guilty conscience, the referee chose to turn a blind eye when he saw Tong Yi rushing into the court. He only persuaded Tong Yi to calm down and did not show a yellow card.

Seeing such a penalty from the referee, Tong Yi's lungs were about to burst with anger.

Of course, he also knew that this was very dangerous. If you don't control it well at this time, the Gremio people will become more and more aggressive later, and this game may turn into an all-out martial arts show.

Tong Yi immediately signaled the Crystal Palace players to toughen up. Isn't it just a foul? Who wouldn't?

Of course, Tong Yi's more important thing is to remind the Crystal Palace players to protect themselves.

This game is about to become an all-out martial arts competition, so protecting yourself is naturally the most important thing.

Shortly after the game restarted, midfielder Casemiro saw the opponent's Fernandinho holding the ball. In an instant, he slid over like a bulldozer, and with a bang, Fernandinho was hit hard from the side. Neo was shoveled to the ground.

Fernandinho held his ankles with his hands, wailing in pain.

Gremio's players were also stunned for a moment, not expecting the Crystal Palace players to act so fiercely.

There was dead silence, except for Fernandinho's wailing voice.

This Fernandinho is not the Fernandinho of Manchester City, but the Fernandinho who later joined the mountain city of Jialing.

Casemiro didn't bother Fernandinho at all. He just stood up and raised his hand to indicate that he had committed a foul.

Then he turned around and left.

The referee was stunned for a moment, his face suddenly fell, and he looked very ugly.

He knew this was from the Crystal Palace.

Show him power.

Don’t you even play cards when you commit a foul? Then our Crystal Palace will come too. It’s more ruthless than action. Our Crystal Palace is really not afraid of anyone.

The referee felt that his authority had been challenged.

He turned his head and glanced at Tong Yi on the sidelines, his face looking very ugly.

He knew that if this game continued like this, it would definitely get out of control.

Damn Crystal Palace people!

This time the referee only awarded a foul and did not show a yellow card. Fernandinho was carried directly off and went to the sidelines for treatment. .??.??

Renato quit on the sidelines and yelled crazily at the referee on the court, saying that the Crystal Palace man had committed a violent foul. This should be a card. Casemiro should be sent off with a red card.

It's impossible not to jump, because Fernandinho was directly injured by Casemiro.

A minute later, Gremio made a substitution, and they directly replaced the injured Fernandinho with Everton.

The Crystal Palace fans at the scene were very excited and happy. This Gremio man really shot himself in the foot.

The game restarted, and the players on both sides became more and more angry. Their movements became louder and louder, and the game was intermittent. The referee's face was as dark as the bottom of a pot. How the hell could this game be like this?

This time, the referee played a dirty trick.

In five minutes, he received five yellow cards, an average of one yellow card per minute.

Crystal Palace got two, and Gremio got three yellow cards.

Five yellow cards in just five minutes made the players on both sides calm down, at least they no longer dared to foul so unscrupulously. After all, they all knew that the referee had not forgotten to bring his card. If this continued, they were afraid that they would receive a red card and be sent off, so they all restrained themselves.

Until now, both sides have focused all their attention on the game.

In the first twenty minutes of the first half of the game, the players from both teams were not competing, but wrestling.

After the game got back on track, Crystal Palace's advantage gradually became apparent.

Crystal Palace's offense is very fierce and frequently threatens Gremio's goal. Gremio is dangerous.

Of course, Gremio did not defend across the board like Al Jazira did before. Even if they were at a disadvantage, they did not give up the attack. They still attacked the Crystal Palace people.

This is how the Brazilians play, and they are better at attacking, so they will not give up their advantages to play against Crystal Palace. Even though Gremio doesn't have many opportunities, it can still create a threat in the few opportunities it has.

Tong Yi's prediction before the game was very correct. Gremio's offense really relied mostly on the players' personal abilities and individual breakthroughs.

The abilities of these guys are pretty good, especially their speed.

So at this time, Gremio is not without any chance. But every time Van Dijk and Rudiger are needed, it is difficult for Gremio's offensive players to get any closer. Therefore, more often than not, Gremio still takes long shots directly near the penalty area.

This can still threaten Crystal Palace's goal, but the threat is not very great.

On the contrary, the threat from Crystal Palace is very great. Gremio's defensive players were almost overwhelmed, because Crystal Palace's offense became more threatening every time. If they continued like this, the Crystal Palace people might really score a goal.

Just now, Crystal Palace played a wonderful cooperation on the wing. De Bruyne, Salah and Cancelo passed the ball continuously to tear apart the opponent's defense. De Bruyne made a small pass directly. The football was passed to Cancelo who was advancing forward. Cancelo caught up with the football and immediately swung his legs and hit the football hard. It seemed that he was going to pass the ball, but in fact he feinted a shot, passed the opponent's full-back, and quickly hit the ball directly. .

After going down, he did not pass the ball in an inverted triangle, but suddenly passed the football to Salah who was following.

Salah made a light cross, and the football drew an arc and flew directly to Ronaldo in the penalty area.

The Portuguese rushed forward and directly shook his head to attack the goal. The winning football was thrown hard by Ronaldo towards Gremio's goal. The goalkeeper Groch in front of the goal immediately jumped out, but still did not hit the football.

With a clang, the football hit the near post hard and then quickly bounced off the baseline.

Seeing this, Crystal Palace fans felt very sorry. This was really a good opportunity. It was also the closest Crystal Palace had come to scoring a goal so far in the first half. What a pity!

Tong Yi on the sidelines also held his head in his hands and kept spinning in circles.

The Portuguese also put their hands on their hips, looked up to the sky and sighed.

The Gremio people were almost scared to death. They were really too close to conceding the ball. Renato rushed out immediately and reminded Gremio's players to pay attention to defense, especially the defense against the Portuguese. They must not give the Portuguese such an opportunity again.

Unexpectedly, Crystal Palace's attack came again three minutes later.

This time the attack was still launched from the side, but on a different side. De Bruyne had a wonderful collaboration with Mbappe and Carvajal on the edge, and then Carvajal suddenly kicked the ball diagonally into the middle. De Bruyne, who was advancing forward, got ahead of the opponent's defender, lightly moved the football into the penalty area, and passed it to Ronaldo, who was advancing forward.

C. Ronaldo, who rushed forward quickly, carried Edilson behind him and swept the football towards Gremio's goal with a sweeping shot.

Seeing that the football was about to cross the goal line, the opponent's goalkeeper Groch arrived in time and slapped the football out of the baseline with one palm.

The referee immediately blew the whistle to end the first half, and the two sides fought to a zero-0 draw.