Legendary Godfather

Today’s starting lineups for both teams are as follows:

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

goalkeeper Maignan

Back four from left to right Cancelo, Rudiger, Van Dijk and Carvajal

Double defensive midfielder Casemiro and Kante

Single attacking midfielder De Bruyne

The three forwards from left to right Salah, Ronaldo and Mbappe

Visiting team Roma, head coach Di Francesco, formation 3421

goalkeeper hennessey

The back three from left to right Juan Jesus, Manolas and Fazio

Midfield four from left to right Kolarov, Stroman, De Rossi and Florenzi

Double attacking midfielder Nainggolan and Yundale

Lone forward Dzeko

This is the starting lineup of the two teams today. Crystal Palace is playing with all the main players. It is obvious that they want to resolve the battle in the first round and successfully advance to the final of this season's UEFA Champions League. The starting lineup of Roma is obviously here for victory. They are an offensive lineup.

It seems that Di Francesco really feels that this game is an opportunity for Roma.

He still believes in the confidence he had before the game.

Seeing this, Mortensen and Shearer Henry looked at each other, and they both felt that the Roma team was going to suffer in this game.

At this moment, Slovenian Damir Skomina, the referee of this game, was checking his watch, holding the whistle in his mouth, and was about to blow the whistle to start the game.

Skomina is 42 years old and is a very good referee. He became a football referee at the age of 18 and an international referee at the age of 27. He has refereed many international competitions, such as the Olympic Games and European Cup. Moreover, he was also the referee of last year's Europa League final, officiating the match between Manchester United and Ajax. In the end, Mourinho's Manchester United won the championship.

His law enforcement style is relatively rigorous and is well received.

At this moment, he blew the whistle to start the game.

The first to kick off was the visiting team Roma.

The Roma team did not immediately launch a fierce attack when they came up. They tested Crystal Palace.

After all, the Roma team has almost no chance to play directly against Crystal Palace. This is the first time the two teams have played against each other since Tong Yi took over. Di Francesco is still more cautious and will test it out first.

The Crystal Palace deliberately showed weakness, making the Romans feel that the Crystal Palace was not actually that strong.

Five minutes into the game, Di Francesco couldn't help it anymore and immediately signaled the Roma team to attack directly, threatening the Crystal Palace goal and trying to score as soon as possible.

After receiving the instructions, the Roma players immediately pressed forward and attacked.

Even Juan Jesus, the left back of their three central defenders, moved forward, directly to a 45-degree diagonal position, and directly kicked off the pass. The football drew a wonderful arc and flew into the Crystal Palace penalty area. In the penalty area, Dzeko used his body to resist Van Dijk behind him and stretched his legs to do what the football could do.

The midfielder Stroman who followed up directly swung his legs and volleyed the ball low. The football was close to the turf and shot towards the lower right corner of the goal.

Strowman was once known as a fast horse and had a bright future.

, but unfortunately after a serious injury, his strength and speed were not as good as before, so it was time for him to switch to a side style. Now he is more inclined to play in the midfield and is more of an organizational and forward midfielder.

This time, his follow-up was timely, and he directly met the ball with a volley.

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

Di Francesco on the sidelines jumped excitedly when he saw the ball. This ball is there!

With a snap, just when the football was about to roll into the goal, Maignan was saved from the bottom line by being saved from the side.

The Crystal Palace fans immediately applauded and gave their applause to Maignan, while the Roma fans felt very sorry.

"Beautiful save! This goal shows Maignan's strength and ability. This goal is actually very threatening. Maignan is really good!" Shearer sincerely praised at this time.

Henry also immediately said, "Indeed, from a forward's perspective, this shot is of high quality and full of threats. But Maignan's reaction was very quick, which can be called a divine save. Although the goal was not scored, But the Roma team really showed us something different. They were in good shape in this game, but Crystal Palace may be a bit dangerous!"

Yes, Henry is a little worried about Crystal Palace and Tong Yi.

The Crystal Palace fans at the scene also frowned slightly. This was a bit of a bad start.

It can also be seen from this goal that Roma's elimination of Barcelona was not entirely due to luck. They are still very capable.

The camera at the scene immediately focused on Tong Yi on the sidelines!

Now that the Romans have begun attacking, how do you respond?

However, what surprised the cameramen and fans was that Tong Yi was indifferent and still sat calmly on the coaching bench, watching quietly as if he did not see the danger this time.

Many people think that Tong Yi is like a pig with a green onion stuck in his nose - pretending to be an elephant!

Especially the extra Roma fans, they mocked Tong Yi crazily and cheered for the Roma team, signaling the Roma team to continue attacking and strive to score next time.

Di Francesco waved his hand, signaling the Romans to continue their attack.

But at this time, Crystal Palace midfielder De Bruyne suddenly made a long diagonal pass, directly finding Salah on the wing. Salah stopped the ball with his chest, stopped and passed it, and directly passed the opponent's Florenzi with a single pass.

Yes, at this time, Florenzi retreated and became a full-back.

When defending, Roma became a five-man back.

Salah passed Florenzi to catch up with the ball, and the opponent's right center back Fazio immediately rushed forward to intercept. Knowing that Salah had accurately calculated Fazio's pace, when Fazio was about to rush in front of Salah, Salah flicked the football forward with lightning speed, and the football quickly flew away from Salah. Zio's crotch rolled over. At the same time, Salah accelerated quickly and rushed past Fazio to catch up with the football.

Salah was already close to the baseline when he caught up with the ball.

Roma's defensive players all thought that Salah would pass back in an inverted triangle and look for Ronaldo in the penalty area.

, after all, Salah has reached a dead end at this time.

Therefore, the Greek central defender Manolas immediately started a crab step, and Ronaldo, who was closer to the center, crossed the passing line between Salah and Ronaldo.

At this time, Salah immediately swung his left leg and kicked the football with the inside of his foot. It seemed that he was going to pass back in an inverted triangle. Manolas immediately took a step towards the penalty spot to intercept Salah's inverted triangle pass.

Unexpectedly, the moment he stepped out, he saw the football being picked up by the inside of Salah's left foot and rolling towards the inside of Salah's outstretched right foot, and then quickly bounced back. Salah instantly shook Manolas away and opened up some space for shooting.

Manolas was shocked and terrified!

Fried meatballs!

Salah deceived Manolas with a fried ball near the baseline, faced the opponent's goalkeeper Hennessy directly, and then swung his leg and shot from a small angle!

With a bang, the football shot rapidly towards the lower corner of Roma's goal.

The speed of the ball is very fast, like a fleeting meteor.

The Roma fans at the scene screamed in horror, and many guys even held their heads in their hands.

"Beautiful, what a great opportunity!" Mortensen was excited.

Salah's operation was full of hatred and very powerful. The only drawback was that the angle of the shot was slightly smaller, which was a pity.

Goalkeeper Hennessy stood very tight in front of the goal, blocking the near corner of the goal.

With a bang, Hennessey pounced directly from the side, and the football saved the baseline.

Bang bang bang!

Roma fans gave Hennessy applause. This goal is worthy of encouragement. If it hadn't been for him, the ball would have been lost and the Roma team would have fallen behind!

Manolas immediately stretched out his right hand towards Hennessey, indicating that the ball was his responsibility. He was deceived by Salah too easily, which led to the crisis this time.

Hennessey did not blame Manolas, after all, Salah did play well in this goal. Haven't you seen it before? Weren't Florenzi and Fazio easily deceived by Salah? Don't dwell on these things, just continue to defend and defend seriously.

Manolas, Fazio and others nodded, indicating that they understood.

Corner kick, Crystal Palace got a corner kick opportunity.

Crystal Palace fans can be very excited, applauding and cheering for the Liverpool people.

Van Dijk and Ronaldo immediately entered the Roma penalty area. Fazio, the tallest player in the Roma team, immediately came to Ronaldo's side and stuck to Ronaldo, not giving the Portuguese a chance. But Ronaldo doesn't care at all, because Fazio is like a bamboo pole, and he will come out if he is given a chance to fight.

The Portuguese immediately raised his right hand to signal Cancelo in the corner to pass the football directly to him.

Suddenly, the focus of all Roma's defensive players fell on the Portuguese.

beep!

At this moment, Skomina immediately blew the whistle to serve.

sound.

Cancelo in the corner took a deep breath, then ran up to the football and hit the football hard with his kick.

With a bang, the football shot out quickly and quickly flew towards the back point of the Roma team's penalty area!

Yes, the ball was passed directly to the back point.

Ronaldo and Van Dijk rushed to the front point quickly, directly leading Roma's defensive players to the front point. Suddenly all the Roma fans became nervous, it was dangerous!

"Later point, good opportunity, Casemiro!" Mortensen roared excitedly, his voice drawn out very long!

Because Casemiro is already empty at this position!

Another central defender of Roma, Juan Jesus, was also blocked by Rudiger. And behind Casemiro is the short Florenzi, and more importantly, this guy, the kid behind Casemiro, can hardly interfere with Casemiro!

No wonder Mortensen screamed with excitement.

The Crystal Palace fans at the scene were also ejected in an instant, jumping up and waving, staring excitedly at the flying football, this ball is there!

The eyes of the Roma fans are full of panic and worry!

This ball is really too dangerous!

From behind the penalty area, Casemiro looked up at the flying football. After calculating the landing point, he suddenly kicked the ground hard with his legs, and his body immediately took off like a rocket and stood in the air. .

The ball came to the player, and with a bang, Casemiro hit the flying football hard.

The football shot quickly toward the Roma goal.

This ball was like lightning, and the Roma fans at the scene were desperate. They all felt that this ball was useless.

But Hennessy in front of the goal didn't give up, he never gave up.

Hennessey rushed out quickly, then rose into the air and covered the sky with his hands.

With a snap, the football was caught by Hennessy, and it bounced out quickly. The Roma fans at the scene were so excited that they screamed excitedly, jumping and jumping, what a beautiful save!

"Hennessy, you are simply our god, the goalkeeper!" Roma fans roared excitedly, praising Hennessy!

But what they didn't expect was that the football saved by Hennessy flew directly to Mbappe in the penalty area.

Mbappe didn't delay and immediately stretched his legs to push the football!

But at this moment, a big hand stretched out from behind him and pulled his body hard towards Youyi. Mbappe's body instantly lost his balance and fell backwards! Mbappe was shocked, but at the moment he fell, he reacted with lightning speed, changed the push into a poke, and tried his best to stretch his right leg to poke the football.

With a bang, Mbappe hit the football, and the football immediately flew towards the Roma goal.

Hennessy, who fell to the ground in front of the goal, had no time to get up. He could only watch the football fly into the goal he was guarding.

One to zero, Crystal Palace, playing at home, leads the Roma team that came from afar!

The goal was scored by young French striker Mbappe!