Legendary Godfather

March 30, 2014, Selhurst Park Stadium, South London, England, sunny weather.

What is happening here today is the 32nd round of the 2013-2014 Premier League season. The two sides are Crystal Palace and Chelsea. The starting lineups of both sides are as follows

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

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

Double defensive midfielder Paulinho and Kante

Single attacking midfielder Pogba

The front three from left to right Salah, Lukaku and Mane

Visiting team Chelsea, head coach Mourinho, formation 4231.??.

Cech

Back four from left to right Ivanovic, Terry, Gary Cahill and Azpilicueta

Double defensive midfielder David Luiz and Matic

Three midfielders from left to right: Hazard, Oscar and Schürrle

Lone striker Eto'o

As for Chelsea's formation, at first glance, it is a defensive counterattack tactic. It is indeed Mourinho.

beep!

The referee blew his whistle and the game began.

Chelsea's tactics are defensive counterattacks. Almost all players are piled up near their penalty area. Even Eto'o has not crossed the half court and is at the top of the arc in his own half.

Crystal Palace's high-pressing tactics naturally flooded into Chelsea's half from the beginning.

The two sides started a battle just inside Chelsea's half.

The pressing movements of both sides are actually very large, so there are often scenes of people falling on their backs in the stadium.

Anthony Taylor, the referee of this game, was very nervous and stared at these players closely.

He knew that there must be a lot of fouls in this game.

Therefore, he must control the scale of this game and not make this game very fragmented, but must maintain a certain level of fluency. Therefore, his penalty scale for this game is slightly looser, otherwise, this game is really impossible to watch.

Chelsea's defensive moves are very big. After all, many people use the word "dirty" to describe Mourinho's defense and "bus" to describe Mourinho's defensive tactics.

At this moment, Crystal Palace suddenly joined forces to grab the ball and instantly cut off the football at Matic's feet.

Matic fell on his back and immediately raised his hand to indicate that Pogba had committed a foul.

Pogba, this guy, has only managed to get his footing and has not touched football at all.

This is a 100% foul!

However, what surprised Matic was that Taylor did not intend to call a foul. Instead, he quickly ran past him and towards the edge of Chelsea's penalty area.

Matic was stunned for a moment!

He stood up in a hurry, rushed to Taylor quickly, and yelled at Taylor frantically, "Foul! Crystal Palace foul!"

Taylor ignored him at all, but looked at

frontcourt.

Chelsea's David Luiz immediately rushed up from the side to grab the ball. His movement was so big that he almost rushed towards people.

Obviously, Luis came to vent his anger on Matic.

Unexpectedly, when Luis rushed in front of Pogba, Pogba had already crossed the football to the full-back Robertson who was roping him. Crystal Palace's two full-backs have a very large assist range and occupy a very important low position in Crystal Palace's tactics.

No, Robertson is here again!

Robertson is preparing to accelerate with the ball.

Toot toot!

The referee blew the whistle directly, rushed to Lewis quickly, and showed Lewis a yellow card, warning!

foul!

Louis committed a foul!

Lewis was very wronged. He immediately turned around and stared at Taylor with his hands faceless, and said in surprise, "Why did I commit a foul? Mr. referee, you..."

Taylor immediately reached out to interrupt Lewis and signaled Lewis to exit quickly, otherwise he would show a second yellow card.

Louis was very angry and furious!

If he hadn't been pulled away by his teammates, Luis might have received a second yellow card immediately.

The other Chelsea players surrounded the referee Taylor, asking for an explanation.

The most excited person was Matic, who almost roared at Taylor, "Why is it not a foul when Pogba kicks me down? And it is a foul when David kicks down Pogba? For the same action, why is one a foul and the other one?" No foul? Is it because we are Chelsea? Is it because we are away from home?"

The other Chelsea players were very excited and angry when they heard this.

Taylor glanced at Matic lightly and said, "So, do you admit that Luis committed a retaliatory foul? A retaliatory foul will result in a red card!"

Forehead!

Matic and others were instantly choked by someone, their faces turned red!

Terry immediately came up, pulled Taylor away, and signaled his teammates to get back quickly, otherwise Chelsea would have a problem!

Of course, Lewis's foul action was actually very obvious.

Pogba had already passed the football, and Louis kicked Pogba down from behind. This was a foul without any problem.

Even if this is a retaliatory foul, Lewis is helping his teammates.

He had no problem getting a yellow card.

Chelsea people are dissatisfied that Taylor does not treat everyone equally.

Mourinho on the sidelines was also very angry, and he spat at the fourth official. The fourth official's face was covered with Mourinho's spittle.

Obviously, Mourinho was given a verbal warning by the referee.

On the other side, Tong Yifei

Very peaceful.

He had already expected this situation. There would be a lot of fouls in this game, and there would be many disputes. Calm down, calm down!

Don’t let any unexpected attrition happen!

That would be more of a loss than a gain!

Bang bang bang!

Tong Yi applauded and gave the applause to the Crystal Palace players, indicating that they should focus more on the game and not compete with these guys from Chelsea. It is the last word to score goals and win the game. There is no point in being angry with your opponents.

The Crystal Palace people got a direct free kick in the frontcourt!

The ball was nearly thirty meters away from the goal. It was not far or close, but it was within shooting range.

This is a good opportunity for Crystal Palace. ??

For such a close game, set kicks are actually an excellent opportunity to score goals!

The people of Crystal Palace still attach great importance to this set piece.

"The position of the ball is pretty good, but it is a little far away. You must know that Cech is standing in front of the Chelsea goal. There is basically no chance for this free kick!" Mortensen said.

Hiller also nodded slightly in agreement.

Cech is a very powerful goalkeeper. A direct free kick from such a distance is almost impossible to break the goal he is guarding.

And the Chelsea players didn't think that the Crystal Palace people dared to shoot directly. It was Cech in front of our goal!

Of course, when defending, Chelsea people are still very active and serious.

They still blocked the angle from which the Crystal Palace people shot directly.

Don’t be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of the worst!

Never give the Crystal Palace people any chance.

On the Crystal Palace side, Paulinho is standing in front of the football.

Paulinho was the only one standing in front of the football, and the ball didn't look like it was going to be a direct shot.

On the contrary, Crystal Palace center Lukaku was very restless in the penalty area, changing positions back and forth, trying to get rid of Terry's defense. Even Crystal Palace center back Van Dijk rushed into Chelsea's penalty area. At first glance, these two people are already ready to receive the ball and head the ball towards the goal.

This should have been a pass.

Tong Yi sat quietly on the sidelines, staring at Paulinho in front of the football.

beep!

At this moment, the referee blew the whistle for the free throw.

Paulinho rushed out in front of the football, came to the football, stepped hard on the side of the football with his left corner, rounded hard with his right foot, and hit the football with one kick.

Boom!

With a loud noise, Paulinho hit the football hard with his right foot. The football instantly deformed hugely under his feet, as if it was about to be kicked.

With a swish, the football shot out rapidly.

The speed of the ball is very fast, like a shooting star.