Legendary Godfather

February 17, 2018, Tongyi Stadium, South London, England.

What is happening here today is a match in the fifth round of the FA Cup this season. Crystal Palace plays Coventry at home.

To be honest, Coventry is a relatively unfamiliar team to Premier League fans now.

Therefore, there are really not many people who underestimate Coventry now.

Even when Crystal Palace played some rotation players in this game. ??

Even Crystal Palace's main rotation player Giroud sat on the bench. Crystal Palace's third forward substitute Haaland was on the bench.

Therefore, the Crystal Palace fans at the scene were really relaxed.

Crystal Palace must win this game.

Even fans of Manchester City and other teams did not pay attention to this game. They all thought that Crystal Palace could easily win the game in this game.

Tong Yi took a closer look at Robbins. Robbins was much fatter now than when he was a player. His beer belly was fully exposed, and he looked much stockier. However, his eyes are quite sharp sometimes, and he doesn't seem to be easy to mess with.

No wonder he will lead the League Two team Coventry to successive promotions in the future, and even almost return to the Premier League.

Something!

However, in this game, Tong Yi felt that Coventry had no chance.

Robbins looked at Tong Yi with a friendly smile on his face, and he also said, "I often hear your name. Jazz always mentions you to me and asks me to learn more from you. Today I finally have the opportunity to ask for advice and learn in person, I hope you will give me some advice!"

Tong Yi was stunned for a moment, and then he realized that the Jazz that Robbins was talking about was the retired Ferguson.

He is worthy of being a member of Manchester United’s Class of 92, and he still has such frequent contact with Sir Alex Ferguson?

Tong Yi smiled bitterly and said, "Sir, that's ridiculous. I'm not as good as he thought! Don't give me any advice, let's learn from each other today!"

Robbins smiled and said, "You are as humble as Sir said!"

Tong Yi was a little speechless. I am really not being humble!

Robins continued, "We at Coventry will go all out in this game. It will not be easy for your team to win!"

Tong Yi was stunned and said, "Really? Then I have to take a closer look at your team's performance."

Obviously, Tong Yi is still very confident.

Robbins nodded slightly and said, "We'll let you see it!"

After speaking, he nodded to Tong Yi, then immediately turned around and left, returning to his seat.

Tong Yi could also see that this Robbins looked very confident.

He may think that they still have a chance in this game.

Tong Yi smiled slightly and turned back to his seat.

Although they mainly use substitutes and rotation players in this game, they should still be able to defeat Coventry.

Tong Yi is also full of confidence in the players who started today and has higher expectations for them.

Defeat the British

Teams in the second league should still have it easy, right?

Tong Yi's eyes fell directly on the young man Harland in the stadium.

Haaland should be under more pressure today, after all, he started the game.

However, even though Haaland is young, his experience is not. He spent the previous two seasons on loan, and last season he scored more than double digits in goals. His current performance this season is also very good, and he has scored many goals in a limited time.

So don't treat him like an ordinary young player.

If Coventry's players despise Haaland for this reason, they will definitely suffer.

At this time, the referee of this game blew the whistle to start the game.

The first to kick off was the visiting team Coventry.

After the game started, Coventry didn't play in a hurry, even a little procrastinated. It can be seen that they did not intend to fight with Crystal Palace from the very beginning. Even they were not particularly proactive in their offense. Under the pressure of Crystal Palace, they directly made a long pass from the backcourt to find the 23-year-old Jamaican forward Jones Harris on the forward line.

It's a pity that even though he was only 183 and had excellent jumping ability, he still couldn't compete with Dias who rushed out. Dias stared at the football fiercely. The football flew quickly towards the frontcourt. Sabitzer did not stop the ball and pushed the football back immediately.

The football rolled to Llorente's feet. Llorente stopped the ball and looked up. Suddenly, he hit a ground ball and sent the football directly to the wing. Sancho on the wing held the ball with ease, then quickly cut inside and headed towards Coventry's penalty area.

Harland in the middle of the penalty area immediately raised his hand to ask for the ball, but unfortunately Sancho didn't see it, or perhaps Sancho saw it and ignored it. He feinted with a fake move, then quickly moved the ball laterally, leaving a little space before swinging his leg and shooting.

With a bang, Sancho hit the football hard, and the football shot quickly towards the lower right corner of the goal.

The ball speed is very fast and the angle is very tricky.

But Coventry's goalkeeper Bulger reacted very quickly. He fell to the ground and hit the football with his side, and the football rolled out of the baseline.

Crystal Palace threatened Coventry's goal and almost scored!

You can't blame Sancho for not passing the ball with this goal. His operation is also very threatening. If it weren't for the opponent's goalkeeper, this goal would undoubtedly be scored. Unfortunately, his luck was not very good. Bulger happened to play the role of Servant of God!

Harland has nothing to say about this!

And their relationship is actually very good, after all, they came out of the Crystal Palace youth team together. They were teammates for a long time in the youth team, and even went to Hoffenheim on loan together as teammates.

Therefore, they have a good relationship and a good understanding.

Sancho immediately reached out to Haaland to apologize!

He did see that Haaland was in a better position for this ball.

, but he is still confident.

Haaland said it was nothing, just keep playing like this!

Corner kick, Crystal Palace got a corner kick opportunity!

Tong Yi shook his head slightly on the sidelines. Sancho is indeed a bit lonely sometimes. If the ball is passed, Haaland's chance will be better than Sancho's!

However, it was handled well and Tong Yi didn't say much.

Theo went directly to the corner kick, and he took the corner kick.

Suddenly, Haaland in the penalty area became the key defensive figure. Coventry's young center back Shyam is clinging to Haaland. This center back is quite young, only 22 years old now, and his body still looks a little thin, like a bamboo pole.

There is no way that Coventry's defense is taller than him. His partner Jordan Willis is only 180cm tall. It is obviously impossible for him to defend Haaland. At this time, the team's central midfielder captain Liam Kelly, who is 187cm tall, also returned to the penalty area to participate in defense.

At this moment, Special Olympics in the corner kick area suddenly accelerated his run-up, rushed to the football, and hit the football hard with one kick. The football immediately flew upwards and quickly flew into Coventry's penalty area. ??

The arc of the ball was very large and the speed of the ball was very fast. The Coventry fans watching the ball were frightened.

Danger!

Too dangerous!

The ball flew directly to Willis' defense area in the penalty area. Obviously, Special Olympics hit the weak point of Coventry's air defense in the penalty area. Although Willis's jumping ability is very good, he still seems a bit stretched in front of Dias.

The two jumped in the air, Diaz towering over Willis by half a head.

What an opportunity!

Robins on the sidelines frowned when he saw this, secretly thinking it was dangerous!

With a bang, Dias in the penalty area hit the football hard, and the football shot quickly towards the Coventry goal.

The ball was very fast and flew straight into the upper right corner of the goal.

Goalkeeper Bulger in front of the goal immediately jumped into the air, spread his wings, and wanted to save the football.

It's a pity that he didn't pounce at all.

It's dangerous, Coventry fans are desperate.

When he saw that the football was about to fly into the goal, the young right back Jack Grimmel on the penalty area line jumped high and hit his head on the football that was flying over quickly. The football immediately bounced back into the penalty area.

Grimmore, who is only 23 years old, is 1.8cm tall. He jumped up and blocked the upper right corner of the goal very well.

The defense was very beautiful, and the Coventry fans at the scene gave him applause.

Shyam in the penalty area quickly stretched his legs and poked the football out of the bottom line before Haaland, making a successful clearance.

To be honest, Coventry's defense is really very young, with an average age of only 225 years old!

So far, their performance is still very good.

Tong Yi couldn't help but take another look at Robbins.

Does this guy also want to start a youth storm?

Corner kick, Crystal Palace continues to get corner kicks!

At this time, captain Kelly, who was almost 28 years old, immediately came to Willis's side, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Leave Dias to me, and you go keep an eye on Upamecano!"

Compared with Dias, Upamecano is shorter in height, which is suitable for Willis.

Willis nodded slightly, then immediately turned around and went to Fang Shuo Upamecano.

At this time, Coventry fans are still under a lot of pressure.

First of all, Crystal Palace is very good at set kicks and corner kicks, and its scoring efficiency is very high. Secondly, their defense is at a disadvantage when facing Crystal Palace's corner kick attackers due to their height, and even their jumping is a bit disadvantageous, which is very dangerous.

This gives Crystal Palace the opportunity to get consecutive corner kicks, which is a danger among dangers.

Theo glanced at Coventry's penalty area, and then immediately raised his right hand.

Coventry's defensive players are facing a formidable enemy!

At this moment, Special Olympics suddenly accelerated his run-up and came to the football, and hit the football hard with one kick!

In the penalty area, Haaland immediately rushed forward and pushed Shyam, a bamboo pole in front of him, several positions forward. Shyam was shocked. He thought the ball was going to be shot forward, and Hadran was going to rush forward. He immediately used his somewhat thin body to hold the strong man Harland behind him tightly, preventing Harland from rushing forward. Even if he couldn't carry it, there would be a huge delay, preventing Harland from rushing forward in time. Go to the front point and head the ball.

Who would have thought that when he pushed back hard to hold Harland up, even though there was no support behind him, his body fell backwards quickly!

Shyam was shocked? What's going on here? Haaland has withdrawn his chair?

As he fell, he turned around and looked over. His eyes suddenly widened in horror!

Because he saw that Haaland, who was supposed to rush forward quickly behind him, had quickly turned around and rushed towards the back point. Shyam still doesn’t know that he was deceived by the younger Haaland!

Shyam was stunned!

When Harland rushed to the back point, Dias also provided a screen for Harland himself. And he used his body to hold up the opponent's captain Kelly, creating a perfect header space for Haaland.

Here, he had no distractions at all.

Haaland, who was at the back of the runway, immediately looked up at the football flying in the air. The football was flying over quickly.

Without delay, Haaland kicked off his legs hard, and his body instantly lifted into the air like a rocket. His huge body stayed in the air perfectly. When the football came in front of him, he tilted his head back and hit it in one go.

With a bang, Haaland hit the football firmly. The football shot out quickly, hit the turf in front of the goal, rebounded quickly, and flew directly past the arrogant goalkeeper Bulger. , soared into Coventry's goal.

The ball was scored. In the 11th minute of the first half, Crystal Palace took the lead. The goal was young Norwegian center Haaland!