Today’s starting lineups for both sides are as follows:
Home team: Ipswich, coach: McCarthy, formation: 4-4-2
Goalkeeper: Scott Lodge
Back four [from left to right]: Aaron Cresswell, Tommy Smith, Richard Stellman and Luke Chambers
Midfield four [from left to right]: Jay Thomas, Guillen N'Dor, Luke Shyam and Carlos Edwards
Two forwards: Daryl Murphy and Frank Nubel
Away team: Crystal Palace, head coach: Tong Yi, formation: 4-2-1-3
Goalkeeper: Edouard
Back four [from left to right]: Ward, Laporte, Van Dijk and Zhang Linpeng
Double defensive midfielder: Dirkgakoi and Kante
Single attacking midfielder: Pogba
Three forwards [from left to right]: Zaha, Murray and Mane
At the beginning of the game, Ipswich, playing at home, played more proactively, but they did not attack as crazy as Millwall did before. They were indeed trying to attack, but their offense and defense were very unified and they didn't make any rash advances.
Tong Yi saw very clearly that Ipswich's offensive tactics were actually very simple and a typical British style of play.
Or the backcourt directly makes a long pass to the two high forwards on the forward line.
Either crosses from the two wingers or diagonal crosses at fourteen or five degrees to find the two high forwards in the penalty area.
Ipswich rarely use the ground in the penalty area.
Because their two centers are both tall and powerful high center forwards with rough foot skills and not particularly good at physical chores. Therefore, more people still hold high and fight high.
Ipswich's two wingers are more likely to make crosses from the bottom.
The only person in the middle who holds the ball to organize attacks and breakthroughs is their midfielder Shyam.
Shyam is very young. He is only 21 years old now. He is a player trained by Ipswich Youth Training. He has good skills with his feet, is quick and can make sudden passes and shoots. He is a very good player for Ipswich. Players to rely on.
He didn't have many chances to play last season, but since the beginning of this season, he has become the team's main force. Although he has only scored one goal now, he has already sent out 9 assists and is a good offensive player in Ipswich.
In this game, he was sorting out the offense in the midfield.
But it's obvious that he was taken care of by Kanter and Dickagakoy, and there was no chance to organize an offense at all. Because he can't organize at all, Kanter and Dickagakoy are natural restraints on him. Although Kanter is not as tall as Shyam, his physical fitness is much better than Shyam, and this is especially true for Dickagakoy.
So, initially Ipswich tried to go centrally, but failed.
Shyam was stared at and had no chance.
Instead, Crystal Palace seized the opportunity and counterattacked frantically.
One after another, Tong Xiam broke off the football at his feet and launched a quick counterattack. Unfortunately, Murray's two shots missed slightly. Otherwise, Crystal Palace would have led by two goals at this time.
The Ipswich fans at home saw how powerful Crystal Palace was.
Ipswich fans are very nervous and worried.
McCarthy did not dwell on the ground attack. After all, he had predicted it before the game. He just tried it at the beginning of the game. Since it didn't work, he changed his style of play and returned to their most conventional style of play. British style of play!
Ipswich directly started to make long passes, or the two wingers held the ball at high speed and passed directly to the two tall centers in the penalty area.
At this time, center back Smith directly passed the ball into the Crystal Palace penalty area.
Ipswich's high center Murphy immediately rushed into the penalty area, ignoring Laporte who took off with him. He was full of confidence in his fight for the high ball. This young man Laporte is nothing, this ball belongs to me!
Murphy, who is 191cm tall, already has a height advantage over Laporte, and he rushed in from the outside with huge impact, so he is naturally confident.
After a moment, Murphy jumped up high, staring closely at the flying football.
"This ball is mine!" The domineering Murphy roared and smashed the football with his hand.
With a bang, the football was pushed hard by Laporte, and the football flew out of the penalty area.
Then, Murphy hit LaPorte with his head, and LaPorte fell to the ground in great pain.
beep!
The referee immediately blew the foul whistle, indicating that Murphy had committed a foul, and gave Murphy a yellow card!
This made Murphy very dissatisfied and aggrieved!
I didn't mean it, I was just fighting for the ball normally, and this guy bumped into it himself.
Then, Murphy immediately turned to look at Laporte, who was lying on the ground, and his brows furrowed. He didn't expect that this young man would actually beat him in the high ball competition, and he became a little worried.
It seems that this game will not be too easy!
Murphy should have had the advantage this time, but Laporte's jumping height and speed clearly exceeded him, so Laporte was able to come first.
hiss!
The next game will be difficult.
Murphy also dared not underestimate Laporte.
Sure enough, I am still afraid of young people with boxing!
If he were younger than seven or eight years old, he would definitely not lose to Laporte on this ball. When he was young, his bounce speed and jumping ability were also very strong, but as he got older, his physical functions were declining. Now his bounce speed and jumping height are not as good as before.
The Irish international looked at Laporte and shook his head secretly. He will definitely be entangled with Laporte in the rest of today's game. I wonder if he can defeat this young guy with his own experience?
Yes, Laporte is very young, only 19 years old now!
Murphy is really envious!
Team doctor Wagner came forward to check and found that Laporte was fine and the game continued.
Soon Ipswich's attack came again. Center back Smith, who also came from Ipswich's youth training, directly called a diagonal pass in the middle and backfield and quickly passed the football to the right.
Surprisingly, this young New Zealand international is still very important in Ipswich's formation. Many times their team's offense is initiated from this point, and his long passes are relatively accurate.
This long pass accurately landed at the feet of Edwards who was advancing from the wing.
The winger rival of Trinidad and Tobago is relatively fast. Although his speed has slowed down a bit now that he is older, he is still very good at passing crosses from the wing.
His task on the court today is to deliver ammunition to the forwards.
Facing the rushing Ward, Edwards made an emergency stop and feinted Ward. Just when Ward was about to pounce, he gently moved the football towards the baseline and accelerated past Ward.
While he was chasing the football quickly, he looked into the Crystal Palace penalty area.
A cross is coming!
The Crystal Palace defensive players immediately became nervous. While paying attention to Edwards on the wing, they also looked for the offensive players around them and conducted close defense.
Laporte and Van Dijk were very cautious at this time and immediately caught up with the opponent's two high forwards Murphy and Nubel.
The two high center forwards are both 191cm tall, and Nubel, a black man, is younger. He is only 21 years old this year. He comes from the Chelsea youth training. His physical fitness is very strong, his bounce speed is very fast, and his bounce height is not high. It is vulgar, so it is also a very dangerous point.
Therefore, it is up to the slightly taller Van Dijk to keep an eye on Nubel!
Van Dijk clung to the former England U19 forward, clinging to him without giving him any chance.
At this moment, Nubel and Murphy both rushed towards the front point.
Danger!
Laporte and Van Dijk immediately accelerated and rushed to the front point, denying these two a chance to header the goal.
At the same time, Edwards on the wing caught up with the football and passed directly - the football quickly passed several tall men at the front point and flew quickly to the back point!
Danger!
Crystal Palace is in danger!
At a later point, another tall black man from Ipswich rushed up quickly and rushed towards the flying football.
Ruined!
It's Ipswich's left midfielder Thomas!
This guy is only 22 years old this year. He came from the Arsenal youth training and became the captain of Arsenal U18 when he was 16 years old. His physical fitness is also very good. He is 191cm tall and very fast, so he can play as a winger and a center.
At Ipswich he played more as a winger.
However, when playing as a winger, he often inserted himself into the penalty area after the meeting and served as the team's third center to help Ipswich.
Now that's what this guy does.
Previously, Murphy and Nubel moved forward to cover Thomas, taking away the Crystal Palace center back and creating space for Thomas.
Now the opening appears!
Chance!
Great chance for Ipswich to score!
All the Ipswich fans at the scene jumped up with excitement, opened their mouths and prepared to chant Thomas's name.
This goal will definitely be scored!
Thomas rushed in quickly, like a rushing truck, with full impact!
Who can stop Thomas?
nobody!
This goal will definitely be scored!
Edward also took a deep breath and secretly thought it was dangerous!
He himself lacks confidence!
However, he quickly moved to the back point to block the angle of Thomas' shot.
Thomas, who rushed up quickly, spotted the incoming ball and suddenly jumped up high. His body slid forward in the air for a while, then he straightened his waist in the air and exerted force, and smashed the flying football with his head.
Edwards passed the ball well.
This goal will definitely be scored!
"Let me in!" Thomas roared in the air, and then slammed his head against the flying football, like a sledgehammer swinging at the football.
Boom!
There was a loud noise, and the whole place was dead silent!
"Beautiful! Beautiful defense! Zhang! Zhang Linpeng! At this time, the right back from China dared to withstand the impact of Thomas who rushed up and pushed the football out of the baseline! Beautiful defense! It's really sharp. Wow, this defense reminds me of Manchester City's Chinese Sun Sun back in the day! This defense is really tenacious!" Mortensen roared excitedly.
The entire Portman Road stadium was completely silent!
All Ipswich fans did not expect that this ball could be cleared.
Is this fake?
Everyone at the scene was staring at the Chinese right back who was knocked out a few meters away and fell to the ground in a state of disbelief. Their faces were filled with disbelief!
How did this guy guard Thomas?
The Crystal Palace fans are very worried about Zhang Linpeng.
They could see clearly at the time that Zhang Linpeng jumped up and hit the football first. Then his whole body was knocked out by Thomas who rushed up quickly and jumped into the air with a huge impact, and fell hard on the turf.
It was like being hit by a speeding truck!
Zhang Linpeng is very dangerous!
Many Crystal Palace fans were too horrified to watch!
Bang bang bang!
Crystal Palace fans gave Zhang Linpeng applause while worrying and praying for Zhang Linpeng, hoping that nothing would happen to Zhang Linpeng!
Tong Yi immediately roared: "Leo, go see how he is doing? Don't get hurt!"
