Legendary Godfather

Yes, the game between Crystal Palace and Charlton is called the South London Derby!

Because both teams are in south London.

And the feud between the two teams has lasted for nearly a hundred years!

Even in the earliest days, Charlton also rented Selhurst Park, the home of Crystal Palace, as their home ground. At that time, the two teams shared Selhurst Park, just like the Milan duo shared the San Siro Meazza Stadium.

It is also the first time in English football that Crystal Palace and Charlton share the same home ground.

Therefore, the feud between the two teams is quite deep.

Fans on both sides are as hostile to each other as Liverpool is to Everton, and Milan is to Inter Milan.

Therefore, fans from both sides are looking forward to this game.

They haven't played a south London derby in a while.

After all, Crystal Palace is in the Championship and Charlton are in League One.

This season Charlton was finally promoted back to the English Championship, and Charlton were finally able to go head-to-head with Crystal Palace.

The South London derby is finally here again.

Fans from both sides were looking forward to it with excitement and seemed to be unable to wait.

They all want to let their opponents know who is the king of South London!

However, there is still nearly half a month left for this game.

Fans from both sides could only wait anxiously.

However, the English media had already begun to exaggerate the atmosphere of the South London Derby at this time.

These media reporters found out the past records of both sides and judged which one was better. They also listed all the past grievances between the two sides on and off the field, stimulating the nerves of fans from both sides and creating a very tense atmosphere before the game.

Even at this time, fans from both sides are almost fighting together.

Of course, many media reporters have also reported that Charlton's current head coach Powell once came from the youth training of Crystal Palace. They also said that Powell only represented the first team three times in Crystal Palace. They claimed that Powell was garbage that Crystal Palace looked down upon and a defective product that was eliminated.

Moreover, these media reporters also sow discord and said that Powell hated the Crystal Palace to the core and that his experience at the Crystal Palace was the worst experience in his life. Powell also has a very strong hatred for Crystal Palace because Powell has never been respected in Crystal Palace.

Powell wants revenge!

This game is Powell's revenge!

Powell will make the Crystal Palace people regret it!

I regret giving up on him like that!

Charlton, by contrast, was Powell's benefactor.

There is a very deep relationship and endless stories between Powell and Charlton.

Powell not only reached the peak of his career at Charlton, but also entered the England national team here. Moreover, he also

Joined Charlton three times. For Powell, Charlton is home.

Now he is the head coach of Charlton Athletic!

Naturally, he wants to take revenge on Crystal Palace on behalf of Charlton. He wants to let the people of Crystal Palace know how good Powell is, and he also wants to let the people of Crystal Palace know that Charlton is the king of South London!

These media reporters focused on exaggerating the grievances between Powell and Crystal Palace, and even claimed that the people of Crystal Palace had crazily humiliated Powell. In today's game, Powell is here for revenge. He wants to defeat Crystal Palace and end Crystal Palace's winning streak.

Moreover, the media reporters did not let go of Charlton’s assistant coach Dell!

Media reporters said that Dell also played for Crystal Palace for two seasons, but he was not taken seriously. He only played 17 times in Crystal Palace, and a large number of them were on the bench. Media reporters claimed that the Crystal Palace players at that time He looked down upon Dale at all and even humiliated him.

After the trip to Crystal Palace, Dier transferred directly to Charlton Athletic and directly became the team's main force. He played 78 games in three seasons and scored 13 goals. He seemed to have proved to the Crystal Palace people how powerful his Dell was, and also made the Crystal Palace people who gave up on him regret.

According to media reporters, a lot of unpleasant things happened when Dell left Crystal Palace.

If Charlton Athletic hadn't acted righteously, maybe Dell would still be wasting his time in the reserve team of Crystal Palace.

Now, Powell and Dale form the Avengers.

Now that Charlton are about to face Crystal Palace at their home ground at The Valley, the pair are clearly ready for revenge.

In this game, Powell and the others will definitely use 10,000% of their strength and devote themselves wholeheartedly to win this game!

Therefore, media reporters have expressed that they are more optimistic about Charlton Athletic in this game.

They claim that Charlton will definitely win this South London Derby!

Even though Charlton Athletic had only 5 points with 1 win, 2 draws and 1 loss in the previous four rounds, ranking 17th in the league, they still believed that Charlton Athletic could win this game.

Among them, the one who clamored the loudest was naturally Harris!

After seeing Harris' report, Webster didn't know what to say?

Don’t you still have a long memory?

How could the Crystal Palace team led by Tong Yi lose so easily?

Moreover, Charlton's team is actually not very strong. Look at their newly promoted team, which is only ranked 17th. How could this be the opponent of Crystal Palace, the league leader?

Webster believes that Crystal Palace must win this game.

With the current state and strength shown by the Crystal Palace team, Charlton Athletic is really not something that can beat them.

At this time, Harris was interviewing Charlton Athletic head coach Powell.

Powell said, "The current strength of Crystal Palace is indeed very strong. They are also the most powerful team in the English Championship that we have seen so far. This game is still very threatening to us at Charlton. However, this This game is our Charlton home ground, and we are always able to burst out with energy several times higher than usual at the Valley Stadium, so I believe our Charlton team can win this game!”

Harris could tell that Powell was very confident.

Powell continued, "Of course, Tong Yi from China is indeed very good. He just took over the team and was able to build Crystal Palace into this. He is very capable. But we have studied his tactics and players in detail. Characteristics, I think our Charlton winning rate is greater in this game, and I am confident that I can lead the team to victory in this game!"

Harris and the media reporters were very happy.

They also feel that Powell can win this game.

After all, Powell was also the League One champion last season, and he is also very capable.

Coupled with the humiliation he once suffered in Crystal Palace, Powell will definitely use all his energy to win this game.

In this game, Powell must win!

At this time, Charlton fans are also full of confidence in this game.

Although Crystal Palace's current results are very good, Charlton people still support their team in five conditions. Their team has been working hard for ten years, so why do we have to lose to Crystal Palace?

Don’t you see the confidence of our head coach?

We, Charlton, will win this game!

We Charlton are the kings of South London!

By this time, the atmosphere of the South London Derby was already very strong.

Fans from both sides can't wait!

At this stage, there were a lot more patrol police and traffic police on the streets, and there were often a lot of police patrolling the streets to prevent fans of the two teams from causing trouble before the game and making any big noise. .

Especially on the streets near the two clubs, there are more patrol police and traffic police.

Even visitors from out of town can feel the tense atmosphere in South London.

At this time, Tong Yi also accepted an interview with media reporters. He said, "To be honest, we didn't pay special attention to him in this game. This is a flop league for us. We are This game will be arranged according to the usual arrangement. Of course, we will definitely go all out because we are also going for victory!"

Of course, after these words came out, Tong Yi naturally received bitter criticism from Charlton fans.

They think Tong Yi is too pretentious.

How dare you ignore Charlton? This damn Chinese soft-boiled man is simply looking for death.

Charlton fans are calling on their team to defeat Crystal Palace and teach the arrogant Chinese people how to behave.

Half a month actually passed quickly, and the time soon came to September 14, 2012.

Today, the Valley Stadium ushered in the first game of the 2012-2013 English Championship. The two sides were the home team Charlton and the visiting team Crystal Palace. This is also the first South London derby in the Championship this season, and fans on both sides are looking forward to it.

Fans from both sides have now filled the stadium, and the atmosphere is so hot that it explodes.

Before the game even started, fans from both sides started to choke each other.

It seemed as if the scene was filled with a strong smell of gunpowder smoke.

This game was also broadcast live nationwide, and more fans were watching this game in front of the TV.

"Hello, audience friends and fans! I am the commentator Mortensen!" Mortensen immediately introduced himself.

"I'm Shearer!" Commentator Shearer also said immediately.

"What we bring to you today is a focus game in the fifth round of the 2012-2013 English Championship. It is the first South London derby of the season. The two sides are Charlton and Crystal Palace." Mortensen looked at his hands. The information in the introduction said.

"Now that the players from both sides have entered the stadium, we take this time to introduce to you the starting lineups of both sides today!" Shearer also followed up.

For this game, the starting lineups of both sides are as follows:

Home team Charlton, head coach Powell, formation 4231

Goalkeeper Benjamin Hamer

Back four from left to right: Royce Wiggins, Leon Cote, Michael Morrison and Chris Thorley

Double defensive midfielder John Jackson and Danny Hollands

Front three from left to right Bradley Pritchard, Dale Stephens and Wright Phillips

Lone forward Jan Kemogan

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

Goalkeeper Speroni

The back four from left to right Robertson, Van Dijk, Delaney and Zhang Linpeng

Double defensive midfielder Jedinak and Kanter

Single attacking midfielder Pogba

The front three from left to right Zaha, Murray and Mane

beep!

At this moment, the referee of this game immediately blew the whistle for the start of the game between both sides.

The first to kick off was the visiting team Crystal Palace. They were wearing yellow away jerseys and attacked from the right side of the screen to the left. Charlton, wearing a red home jersey, attacked from the left to the right of the screen.