Today’s starting lineups for both sides are as follows:
Home team: Tottenham Hotspur, head coach: Pochettino, formation: 4-2-3-1
Goalkeeper: Lloris
Back four [from left to right]: Danny Rose, Vertonghen, Oderweireld and Kyle Walker
Double defensive midfielder: Wanyama and Eric Dier
Three midfielders [from left to right]: Lamela, Harry Kane and Eriksen
Lone forward: Vincent Jensen
Away team: Crystal Palace, head coach: Tong Yi, formation: 4-2-1-3
Goalkeeper: Alisson
Back four [from left to right]: Cancelo, Rudiger, Van Dijk and Carvajal
Double defensive midfielder: Casemiro and Kante
Single attacking midfielder: De Bruyne
Three forwards [from left to right]: Salah, Ibrahimovic and Mbappe
beep!
A whistle blows and the game officially begins.
The first team to kick off was the home team Tottenham Hotspur. They did not test too much and gave up the attack directly.
Obviously, Pochettino came here for victory in this game.
The frontcourt uses frequent running and high pressure.
It's a pity that Tottenham Hotspur's frontcourt mobility is still slightly worse. When Jensen and Kane press in the high position, they are facing each other. The pressing is still very good, and the defensive area is large. However, their turning, lateral movement, etc. are still a bit poor, and their crazy attack is not as interesting as it is.
Therefore, despite Tottenham Hotspur's aggressive pressing in the frontcourt, there is actually no substantial threat.
Jensen, who won the Eredivisie Golden Boot last season, did not show impressive strength.
This guy did perform well in the Eredivisie AZ Alkmaar last season. He scored 27 goals and 4 assists in 34 league appearances and won the Eredivisie Golden Boot last season. This summer Tottenham Hotspur spent 20 million pounds to bring this 22-year-old guy to the Premier League, but his current performance does not look good.
Of course, this also has something to do with Tottenham Hotspur's overall poor condition.
In particular, Kane's poor condition has a greater impact on him.
In this starting lineup, Kane plays as an attacking midfielder. Kane is obviously there to attract the opponent's key defender or cause double teams, and then he or his teammates create opportunities for Jensen.
Unfortunately, Kane's condition was not good in these two games.
The opponent doesn't pay special attention to Kane's defense, so Jensen is also under strict defense here.
Although Jensen played well in the Eredivisie, in fact, after coming to Tottenham Hotspur, he exposed his lack of ability to create opportunities on his own.
Although he has only played one game, this shortcoming can be seen.
At least Tong Yi could see it.
Therefore, it will be easier for the Crystal Palace players to defend Jensen. They only need to prevent Jensen from catching the ball in a dangerous position. In other positions, this guy does not pose much of a threat when he catches the ball.
To be honest, this guy Jensen worked hard, but the results were not good.
Just after this guy caught the ball, he tried to break through with the ball. Then with a bang, the football at his feet was directly knocked away by Casemiro who rushed from the side, and the football rolled to Kanter's feet.
Counterattack, Crystal Palace’s counterattack is coming.
Tottenham Hotspur fans are very nervous.
However, Pochettino is not nervous. He and Tottenham Hotspur also press and press from a high position. After losing the ball, his players will quickly press the player holding the ball from several directions as soon as possible. Many times they hold the ball. Before the players could react, the football at their feet was destroyed by them.
However, the people of Crystal Palace are not afraid!
Because these are their usual training programs, to be honest, they are really not afraid of Tottenham Hotspur's high press.
Because the intensity of this pressing is far different from that of Crystal Palace.
Their Crystal Palace pressing speed and intensity are second to none!
Sure enough, Kanter immediately returned the ball and gave the Tottenham people no chance at all.
Of course, these Tottenham Hotspur players did not react. They continued to rush towards Van Dijk who received the ball.
If the football is cut off from Van Dijk's feet, this opportunity will come, and they can directly face the Crystal Palace goal.
Unfortunately, it's obvious that they are delusional.
Boom!
Van Dijk did not stop the ball, and easily passed the ball directly to the side.
Carvajal, who rushed up from the wing, did not stop the ball and quickly poked the football towards Mbappe in front. Mbappe, who had his back turned, did not stop the ball, but quickly turned around and missed the football in front of him. Facing Rose, the accelerating Mbappe stretched his legs to push the football forward before Rose stretched his legs to steal the ball. The football quickly shot out and flew into the huge space behind Rose.
Danger!
Very dangerous!
Rose also instantly realized the danger. It would be dangerous if Mbappe rushed over. Mbappe is a guy who is very likely to get a big one-on-one chance. .
Therefore, we must not let this guy Mbappe rush over!
Seeing that Mbappe was about to rush over from him, Rose immediately grabbed Mbappe. Seeing that he could no longer hold it with one hand, he directly grabbed Mbappe's waist with both hands and threw Mbappe to the ground. .
Shhhhhhh!
The Crystal Palace fans were very dissatisfied. What are you doing? Playing football or wrestling?
The Crystal Palace fans were very angry because they knew very well that if Mbappe passed the ball, their Crystal Palace would definitely score.
Unfortunately, this opportunity was ruined by Rose's foul, and they were very unhappy.
The Crystal Palace players in the stadium were also very angry and rushed over one after another. The referee immediately appeared and persuaded the Crystal Palace players to leave. Before that, he had already blown the foul whistle.
Rose did commit a foul this time and there is no way to defend it.
The Crystal Palace players put pressure on the referee in the hope that the referee could directly show Ross a red card. In this way, they would have one more person to fight shortly after the game started, and they almost won the game.
Therefore, at this time, they must argue with reason.
However, the referee was merciful in the end and only issued a yellow card, which was regarded as giving Tottenham a home advantage. But Tottenham Hotspur players and fans were dissatisfied. They all felt that the ball should not have been played. Of course, the Crystal Palace fans were not satisfied either, this should have been a red card.
Tong Yi was also very dissatisfied and frantically spread his hands on the sidelines to express his dissatisfaction.
However, the penalty has been made and I can't change it.
A free kick just past the center line is not a big threat.
Crystal Palace did not directly pass the long ball into the penalty area, but made short passes to continue to organize the attack. After continuous transmission, midfielder De Bruyne saw the space behind Rose, and he immediately passed the football with a diagonal kick. Mbappe rushed forward quickly, rushed past Rose, and chased the football!
Because Rose has already received a yellow card, which is considered a weakness in Tottenham Hotspur's formation. Therefore, the Crystal Palace people focused on this point and tried to beat Rose as soon as possible. In that case, Crystal Palace, with one more person fighting, has a greater chance of winning.
Even if Rose doesn't take a second yellow card, this guy now has a yellow card on his body, and he doesn't dare to make too many defensive moves. He will throw a trap when defending. This is Crystal Palace's opportunity.
Pochettino on the sidelines frowned when he saw this, these damn Crystal Palace people are really dirty. At this time, Pochettino could only remind center back Vertonghen and midfielder Wanyamado to help Rose defend. Otherwise, Rose would really be blown away.
Just like now, Rose was blown away by Mbappe again.
He rushed past Rose and quickly caught up with the football.
Mbappe didn't make any adjustments at this time. He caught up with the football and immediately started to cross, quickly passing the football to the front of the penalty area.
Ibrahimovic rushed up quickly, jumped high, and slammed the football with his head!
"Header, Ibrahimovic!" Mortensen was really shocked. After Ibrahimovic came to the Crystal Palace, he turned into a header fighter. This is He didn't expect it.
Mbappe played very smart in this game.
When he saw Vertonghen rush out and rush towards him, he immediately passed the ball and passed the football to the forward point behind Vertonghen, where no one was defending. The rushing Ibrahimovic easily grabbed the header and smashed the football into the Tottenham Hotspur goal.
The ball speed is very fast and very dangerous.
The Tottenham Hotspur fans in the stands exclaimed, terrible.
There was a snap, and just when the football was about to fly into the goal, Lloris quickly pounced sideways and slapped the football out of the baseline with one palm. .
The ball was really hanging. If Lloris had been a second later, the ball would have flown into Tottenham Hotspur's goal.
After landing and getting up, Lloris immediately turned around and shouted to his players: "Defense, pay attention to your defense!"
To be honest, Lloris was very dissatisfied with the defense of his teammates.
The ball just now really almost scared him to death. He knew very well that it was pure luck that he was able to knock down the ball. He himself had no confidence at all and had chosen to resign himself to fate. Fortunately, he was lucky enough to intercept the ball. But luck was good this time, but what about next time?
You can’t always leave defense to luck, right?
Therefore, he must remind his teammates to strengthen their defense and never give their opponents such opportunities again. Once again, there was nothing he could do about it.
Ross immediately raised his hands, saying that it was his fault and that this would not happen again next time.
Then, Rose turned around and glared at Mbappe, his eyes full of ferocity.
Mbappe didn't care at all and immediately turned around and rushed into Tottenham Hotspur's penalty area.
Corner kick, Crystal Palace won a corner kick.
This was the 16th minute of the first half when Crystal Palace got the first corner kick opportunity of the game.
The tall men from Crystal Palace all rushed into Tottenham Hotspur's penalty area. The Tottenham Hotspur fans in the penalty area were very nervous. This is quite dangerous, so we can't give the Crystal Palace people a chance.
At this moment, Carvajal in the corner corner quickly rushed to the football, and then passed the football directly into Tottenham Hotspur's penalty area with an arc.
"Stand back!" Loris roared loudly, reminding his teammates.
Tottenham Hotspur players immediately moved back and defended carefully.
At this moment, Rudiger, who was in the back position, and Wanyama, the opponent's opponent, jumped up high. With a bang, Rudiger hit the football above Wanyama's head. The ball didn't fly toward Tottenham's goal, but very centrally.
Rudiger headed the ball and passed the ball to Casemiro in the middle. Casemiro kept the ball and volleyed sideways and swept the football towards Tottenham Hotspur's goal.
The speed of the ball was like lightning, and Lloris' sight in front of the goal was completely blocked and he could not see clearly at all!
Then, the ball hurtled into Tottenham Hotspur's goal.
In the 17th minute of the first half, Crystal Palace broke the deadlock and took the lead.
