Legendary Godfather

The 26th round of the 2012-2013 English Championship has ended, and Crystal Palace is still at the top of the list.

Crystal Palace's current record is 21 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses, with 64 points.

The second-ranked team is still Cardiff City. Their record is 18 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses, with 56 points.

So far, Crystal Palace is still 8 points ahead of Cardiff City.

This point difference is not very big, and it can be recovered in three wins.

And now there are still 20 rounds of games before the end of this season's English Championship, and Cardiff City still has many, many opportunities.

And in the eyes of many people, Crystal Palace is in a stage of ups and downs at this time, and its results are also good and bad. This is the critical moment for Cardiff City to chase points.

More importantly, Crystal Palace will soon be affected by the League Cup and FA Cup competitions. Crystal Palace's energy will definitely be distracted and will not take into account the league. Moreover, the players' physical fitness will also have problems. This is a good time for Cardiff City.

Harris said that this period is the best time for Cardiff City to surpass Crystal Palace.

Webster also thinks so. He also believes that this period is the best time for Cardiff City. If Cardiff City cannot seize the opportunity during this period, then Cardiff City will not win the championship this season. opportunity.

Therefore, Cardiff City people should exert their strength during this period.

Harris even said that Cardiff City should give up the FA Cup at this time and put all their attention on the league.

In this way, Cardiff City can reach the top of the English Championship.

Cardiff City fans think so too.

They believe that the FA Cup is meaningless and it is best to give up as soon as possible and just keep the league.

The senior management of Cardiff City Club seems to think so too.

They are giving up on the FA Cup.

But whether this is the case will have to wait until this round of the FA Cup is over to find out.

Currently ranked third in the English Championship is Hull City. Their results are 15 wins, 4 draws and 7 losses, with 49 points.

This is already 15 points behind Crystal Palace, the gap is very big.

Therefore, as long as Crystal Palace does not plummet in the following leagues, there should be no problem for Crystal Palace to upgrade to the Premier League, right? But Harris believes that the 20th round of games can happen at any time, and 15 points is not necessarily an insurmountable barrier. He believes that Hull City still has a chance, and the chance is very big.

Currently ranked seventh is Millwall. Their record is 11 wins, 7 draws and 8 losses, with 40 points.

They are now 24 points behind Crystal Palace.

This gap can be said to be a huge chasm.

Unless Crystal Palace loses 10 games in the analyzed games, there is really no way for Millwall to surpass Crystal Palace. Therefore, Crystal Palace has basically locked in a place to participate in the promotion play-offs at this time.

If the 24-point lead is exceeded, Crystal Palace will definitely become the worst team in the Championship.

Crystal Palace will also make Championship history.

What a shame!

Obviously, this is something that neither Tong Yi nor the Crystal Palace people want to see.

Currently ranked 22nd is Peterborough United. Their record is 8 wins, 1 draw and 17 losses, with 25 points.

They are now 39 points behind Crystal Palace.

This has confirmed that Crystal Palace has completed the task of relegation this season.

Of course, Crystal Palace's current goal is not to avoid relegation. Their goal is to win the English Championship and upgrade to the Premier League.

Tong Yi and Crystal Palace's eyes never stayed on Petersburg United and the others.

Now Tong Yizhen is leading Crystal Palace to prepare for the third round of the English FA Cup.

There is no Chinese agricultural team in the English FA Cup, and the matchups and home and away games are entirely determined by drawing lots. The competition is divided into eight rounds in total. In the first two rounds, teams from the Amateur League, English League Two and English League One will participate, while teams from the English Championship and Premier League will join in the third round.

And now the third round of the English FA Cup is here.

Crystal Palace drew the Premier League team Stoke City. Stoke City is a mid-to-lower team in the Premier League. They have performed well this season. They are currently ranked 10th in the Premier League with 29 points, 7 points behind Everton, which is ranked 6th, and 10 points behind Tottenham Hotspur, which is ranked 4th, and behind the top of the league. Manchester United scored 23 points.

Yes, Manchester United is really, really good this season, very strong.

At present, the Premier League has played 21 rounds, and Manchester United's results are 17 wins, 1 draw, 3 losses and 52 points, which is superior to the rest.

The second-ranked Manchester City team only has 45 points, 7 points behind them.

No wonder media reporters claim that Manchester United has won the championship ahead of schedule this season.

The media in England also claimed that Ferguson's signings in the summer were really great, especially because of his acquisition of De Bruyne, which was a stroke of genius.

Not to mention anything else, this guy Tong Yi is very powerful when he discovers De Bruyne.

Now that Tong Yi has to face a Premier League team, media reporters are actually still a little curious. Can Crystal Palace defeat Stoke City?

Of course, this is not the first time Crystal Palace has faced a Premier League team this season.

Before this, Crystal Palace met Swansea of ​​the Premier League in the League Cup, and their Crystal Palace also won.

Swansea is currently ranked one place higher than Stoke City, but the two teams have the same points, and Swansea has a better goal difference.

However, it seems that the strength of the two teams should not be much different.

Therefore, Crystal Palace still has a good chance in this game.

After all, the Crystal Palace

If they can beat Swansea, they should also be able to beat Stoke City.

Of course, Tong Yi also hopes that Crystal Palace can defeat Stoke City, because he does not want to rematch and waste too much time and energy in the FA Cup. After all, their main tasks are still in the English Championship and League Cup. .

After all, Crystal Palace has already reached the semi-finals of the league and is only one step away from the final. Naturally, they will not give up. And the league is fundamental, let alone that.

Therefore, only the FA Cup seems less important.

The FA Cup game is also a bit strange. If the two sides tie, there will not be overtime and penalty kicks directly. Instead, they have to switch home and away games on a different day for a replay. If the replay ends in a tie, overtime and penalty kicks will be played.

Therefore, if they cannot defeat Stoke City in the first game, then they will have to find another time to play another game with Stoke City. This will obviously affect the team's English Championship and League Cup matches, so Tong Yi does not want to choose a rematch date.

Therefore, Tong Yi has only one goal in this game, which is to lead the team to victory.

Of course, Stoke City is not easy to defeat. The people of Stoke City are still very capable.

Many outside media reporters feel that it is almost impossible for Crystal Palace to defeat Stoke City in this game. After all, Stoke City is a Premier League team. Moreover, they had just lost to Manchester City 0-3 in the last round of the league, and now they needed to vent.

This Crystal Palace meets Stoke City. Isn't this looking for death?

Harris slapped his chest before the game and promised that Crystal Palace would definitely lose this game.

With Tong Yi's rubbish level, how could he possibly defeat Stoke City?

At this time, Webster unexpectedly agreed with Harris's view. He also believes that it is almost impossible for Crystal Palace to defeat Stoke City in this game, but he is not saying that Crystal Palace is not as good as Stoke City, but that Crystal Palace will not focus on this game.

Because four days after this game, Crystal Palace will challenge Chelsea away.

Yes, this season's semi-deciding first leg of the English League Cup will be played on the fourth day after this game.

Tong Yi's goal is obviously to win the League Cup. He will definitely put all his attention on the EFL Cup semi-finals with Chelsea. They will definitely not waste too much energy and physical energy in this game with Stoke City, so in this game, Crystal Palace almost gave up.

Therefore, it is almost impossible for Crystal Palace to win this game.

Many media reporters also think that what Webster said makes sense.

In this game, Crystal Palace definitely lost.

Moreover, everyone can see from the starting list announced by Crystal Palace before the game that Crystal Palace has indeed given up on this game. Because Tong Yi sent out all substitute players. Doesn’t this mean they gave up on this game?

Have you competed?

The main players such as Pogba, Mane, Kanter, Murray and Delaney are all taking turns.

How could Crystal Palace win this game?

But the result of this field game surprised everyone.

Crystal Palace actually defeated Stoke City 1-0 at home.

Webster and the others were all dumbfounded. They did not expect that the people of Crystal Palace were so lucky!

In this game, Stoke City was disallowed two goals. Of course, slow-motion replays showed that there was nothing wrong with the referee's decision. Stoke City's two goals did have problems. The first was Stoke City forward Michael Owen being offside, and the second goal was indeed a handball when Crouch stopped the ball in the penalty area. Although it was very hidden, it was still discovered by the referee.

There is nothing wrong with these two goals being blown!

But what everyone didn't expect was that in the 93rd minute of the game, Crystal Palace's young midfielder Goretzka received the ball in his own half, and then directly lobbed an empty goal and successfully defeated Stoke City. .

In this game, Stoke City had an absolute advantage.

In addition to the two goals that were disallowed, Stoke City completed 23 shots in this game, hitting the main goal frame 12 times, possessing the ball for 78 times, and taking 11 corner kicks. Almost all statistics They all have absolute advantages. But they just didn't score. Towards the end of the game, Stoke City people couldn't accept it, and they went crazy to attack. Even at the last moment of the game, they got a corner kick, which was a chance to kill their opponent.

At this time, Stoke City goalkeeper Sorensen also rushed into the Crystal Palace penalty area, trying to kill Crystal Palace.

Unexpectedly, Crouch did not grab the corner kick taken in the penalty area, but was punched out of the penalty area by Crystal Palace goalkeeper Edouard Mendy. By coincidence, the football landed at Goretzka's feet. Seeing that there was no goalkeeper in front of the opponent's goal, Goretzka directly took off a long-distance lob from about 60 meters away from the goal in his own half, and then the football came out. It fell into the Stoke City goal without any suspense.

Because when Goretzka kicked off, there was no one in Stoke City's half!

Naturally, no one blocked the ball.

Goretzka's footwork is also pretty good. The football hit the goal and rolled into the empty goal.

One to zero!

Crystal Palace were lucky enough to beat Stoke City.

The people of Stoke City were very angry and furious. They rushed towards the referee crazily, surrounded him, and asked for an explanation. They felt that the game time had come. After the football was hit by Edward, the game should be stopped. This goal could not be counted!

However, the referee insisted on his decision and finally ruled that the goal was valid.

Crystal Palace miraculously defeated Stoke City and successfully reached the fourth round of the English FA Cup.