After this round of games, Crystal Palace is currently at the top of the league.
Moreover, Crystal Palace's points have reached 27 points, 7 points ahead of Manchester City and Arsenal, which are second and third, and the point difference is gradually widening. The pressure on Guardiola and Wenger is increasing. Is this Crystal Palace really going to win at half time?
If Crystal Palace really wins half of the season, they may not have a chance to win the Premier League championship this season.
Does Crystal Palace really want to defend the Premier League title?
In this round of games, both Manchester City and Arsenal drew with their opponents, giving Crystal Palace the opportunity to widen the gap.
This also shows that Crystal Palace is in very good shape now, while Manchester City and Arsenal are in very bad shape.
If Crystal Palace continues to be so strong, the suspense of the Premier League championship this season may be announced in advance.
Fans of other Premier League teams are really nervous.
At this time, Raiola asked Mourinho: "Do you regret it now?"
Mourinho knows what Raiola is talking about?
For now, Ibrahimovic's performance is indeed explosive, many times better than Balotelli's performance. If you think about it carefully, it is indeed a bit regretful.
After all, Ibrahimovic has scored 16 goals in all competitions this season and also sent 3 assists, which is simply abnormal. So far, the Premier League is not even halfway through. If this efficiency is followed, Ibrahimovic is very likely to score around 40 goals in various competitions this season. This is too scary.
If this data were used for Manchester United, Manchester United would definitely be like Crystal Palace and top the Premier League.
And what about Balotelli?
His performance is actually not bad now. He has scored 5 goals and provided 4 assists.
But this is really far different from Ibrahimovic's explosive performance.
It's not even comparable.
Raiola originally recommended Zlatan Ibrahimovic to Manchester United, but Mourinho fell in love with Balotelli, who was also under Raiola.
So, in the end, Mourinho got rid of Balotelli and gave up on Ibrahimovic.
Balotelli's performance last season was indeed quite impressive. It is even said that Real Madrid was attracted by Balotelli and almost introduced Balotelli.
Fortunately, their Manchester United team was quick to strike, and Balotelli didn't want to go to Real Madrid and sit on the bench, so he came to Manchester United.
Mourinho originally thought that Manchester United would take off after Balotelli arrived.
Who knew that Manchester United is only ranked 7th in the Premier League, and its results are still not ideal.
Of course, Balotelli is a relatively good player in Manchester United.
But compared to Ibrahimovic, he is just a firefly.
Why!
If only I had insisted on choosing Ibrahimovic.
When he thought of this, Mourinho couldn't help but sigh: "Who knew that a soft-boiled man could have such vicious eyes? Who knew that the 35-year-old Ibrahimovic could still show such amazing strength?"
You have to know that when he chose Balotelli between Ibrahimovic and Balotelli, he not only valued Balotelli's performance last season, but also valued Balotelli's youth!
Balotelli is only 26 years old now, and his future is bright!
And Ibrahimovic is already the sunset, and he won't be shining for long.
Rising sun or setting sun, who will you choose?
If it were Raiola, he might choose Balotelli.
Why!
Both of them sighed. Who told them not to have the vision of this guy Tong Yi?
However, Mourinho also continued: "I may be at a loss just looking at this season, but from a long-term perspective, there is no problem with my choice. Ibrahimovic has indeed performed very well this season. It's good, but what about next season and next season? Can he still perform like this? He certainly can't, but Balotelli certainly can, and even Balotelli's performance will be better season by season in the future. Well, he’s still on the rise, he hasn’t reached his peak yet!”
Raiola nodded slightly, saying this does make sense.
But he said: "But are you sure you can persist in this coaching position until that moment? Your results are not very good now."
Mourinho's eyes tightened and his gaze was sharp.
Indeed, this is a problem.
Don't look at it. Manchester United's top management seems to respect him very much now and gives him very great rights. However, the results he currently leads are not good, and there are already some discordant voices. If the results continue to be so bad, he is not sure how long he can stay in the coaching position of Manchester United?
After Ferguson left, Manchester United welcomed many famous coaches, but none of them lasted long.
Therefore, Mourinho is still under a lot of pressure.
Mourinho shook his head slightly and said, "You don't have to worry about this. I'm still very confident in myself."
Raiola nodded slightly, he believed this.
He looked at Mourinho and suddenly asked: "The winter transfer is coming soon, do you need me to help you 'find' some players?"
The transfer period is a busy time for agents like them. The transfer market has been very prosperous in recent years, and Raiola is not willing to miss such a good opportunity.
Mourinho shook his head slightly and said: "It's too early to say this now."
To be honest, Mourinho is not particularly interested in cooperating with Raiola. He doesn't like this guy's reputation and style of doing things. And he and Mendes are partners, and Mendes can help him get the player he wants. Why should he get involved with Raiola?
If this guy hadn't been talking about Balotelli this time, he wouldn't have talked with this guy for so long.
Naturally, Tong Yi was not clear about the conversation between Raiola and Mourinho.
Of course, Tong Yi doesn't need to know.
He knows that Crystal Palace has now become the target of all Premier League teams, and these teams all want to attack their Crystal Palace. Now all they can do is naturally be themselves and not give other teams a chance.
Of course, at this time, Tong Yi could feel that his players were under great pressure.
This winning streak and record of not conceding a goal put a lot of pressure on them.
In every game, these players seem to be playing with a big mountain on their backs, deeply afraid of losing the ball, afraid of losing, and afraid that their records will be broken.
Therefore, at this time, Tong Yi found these players and told them not to care about these so-called records. These records are not important at all. It doesn't matter whether they conceded goals or not. The main thing is to get more points and continue their good form.
Tong Yi hopes that the Crystal Palace players will not be affected by other things.
The Crystal Palace players nodded and expressed their understanding.
In the following week, Crystal Palace will still have a double match every week.
Midweek is the English League Cup match, and their opponent is Sunderland. Yes, that's Campbell's Sunderland team.
However, Campbell is having a hard time right now.
Currently, his coaching position is in jeopardy, because their performance is very poor. So far, they are ranked at the bottom of the Premier League and are the deputy squad leader of the league. They have become the biggest favorite for relegation.
It's really hard for them to win at the moment.
Therefore, at this time, Campbell's coaching position is naturally not guaranteed.
According to the "Sun", if Sunderland continues to lose in this EFL Cup match against Crystal Palace, then Campbell will be fired.
So at this time, many media claimed that under such circumstances, would Crystal Palace be merciful and help Campbell? Many media said that since the EFL Cup game is not important, Crystal Palace is very likely to let Campbell go and let Campbell continue to be the head coach of Sunderland.
Even Delvestri said that this game is likely to be a favor game.
Campbell's position should be retained by Tong Yi.
Because he knows very well that Chinese society is a human society, and Tong Yi, as a Chinese, will definitely pursue this approach. Therefore, facing Xiri's disciples, it is reasonable for Tong Yi to give him some respect.
Therefore, he believes that Crystal Palace is likely to lose in this game, and Campbell is likely to break the golden head coach of Crystal Palace.
The outside fans actually recognized Delvestri's nonsense, which surprised Tong Yi.
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Campbell also said before the game: "I need this victory very much, but I also believe that Crystal Palace also needs this victory very much. I know very well how I am as a person. This game???????? He will definitely go all out in the game! Because this is my respect for Sunderland and the game. My mentor can't tolerate a little sand in his eyes! In this game, our Sunderland Lan will definitely go all out to win this game!"
Obviously, the media reporters and fans did not believe it.
If Crystal Palace doesn't let you, can you Campbell lead the team to victory? joke!
Tong Yi also said before the game: "No matter who the opponent is, our Crystal Palace's first goal is to win. So, you can rest assured in this game, we will definitely go all out. As for Sol, if he If he wants to stay as Sunderland’s manager, he must show the corresponding skills!”
Tong Yi never had the idea of letting go.
No matter what kind of competition it is, winning is the first priority!
Although many media reporters did not believe what Tong Yi said, they all felt that Tong Yi was faking it. But this is exactly what Tong Yi asked the Crystal Palace players.
In this game, Crystal Palace made a rotation, and most of the substitutes played.
However, even so, Sunderland was still a little overwhelmed.
The strength gap between the two teams is still huge.
In the 45th minute of the first half, Carvajal took a corner kick, and Van Dijk in the penalty area succeeded with a header. One to zero, Crystal Palace took the lead.
In the 17th minute of the second half, after Crystal Palace intercepted the ball in the midfield, Sabitzer sent a precise through ball. Asensio, who came from the wing, received the ball and changed direction in one go, and then sent the football in with a low shot. The opponent's goal.
Two to zero!
Crystal Palace progressed to the next round of the EFL Cup with a comfortable victory over Campbell's Sunderland.
This result really exceeded the expectations of all media reporters.
Reporters from these media outlets ridiculed Tong Yi for being too cold-blooded and not humane at all. When his disciple was in the most difficult time, he didn't even reach out to help Campbell, but actually pushed his disciple into the abyss with his own hands. This guy Tong Yi is really not a human being.
Delvistri and the others criticized Tong Yi crazily, hoping that everyone would recognize Tong Yi's unsympathetic character and make the Crystal Palace players and coaching staff be careful and stay away from villains like Tong Yi.
This damn guy is really deliberately trying to cause trouble and conflict for Crystal Palace.
It’s strange that this guy didn’t take the money and wasn’t instructed by anyone!
That night, Sunderland announced the dismissal of Campbell and announced Sunderland's new coach candidate - David Moyes!
