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Juventus Arena, Turin, Italy, May 2014, 5.

Today, there are huge crowds of people here, and the sound of gongs and drums.

Fans from all over the world flocked to this stadium to watch the final of the 2013-2014 Europa League, against Crystal Palace from the Premier League and Benfica from the Portuguese Super League.

Crystal Palace is the biggest dark horse in the Premier League this season!

They unexpectedly won the English League Cup in the 2013-2014 season and the Premier League in the 2013-2014 season.

This newly promoted horse is the dark horse among dark horses!

They may even win the Triple Crown!

As long as they win this game and win the 2013-2014 Europa League championship, they will be worthy of the name of the Triple Crown, and they are also the best newly promoted horses in the history of football in the world, not even one of them.

hiss!

Fans all over the world were shocked by the results of Crystal Palace.

This naturally attracted countless fans who were not fans of the two teams to come to watch the game.

They are all here to witness the birth of a miracle!

Of course, Crystal Palace's opponent Benfica is not easy.

Benfica is the top giant in the Portuguese Super League. They are the football club with the most fans and the most fan members in Portugal.Even on November 2006, 11, they became the football club with the most paid members in the world, number one in the world, and entered the Guinness Book of World Records.

This is not to mention their superhuman results in the Portuguese Super League.

Since its establishment, they have won 33 Portuguese top league titles, 25 Portuguese Cup titles, 5 Portuguese League Cup titles, 5 Portuguese Super Cup titles and 2 Champions League titles.

This glorious history and countless honors are incomparable to the Crystal Palace.

Benfica was established in 1904, while Crystal Palace was established in 1905. The two teams are only one year apart in history, but the circumstances of the two teams are very different.

In front of Benfica, Crystal Palace is really a country bumpkin from the countryside.

In the more than 100-year history of Crystal Palace, last year, Tong Yi led the team to win the first national top cup championship in the history of the club.And this year, Crystal Palace won the first national top league championship in the club's 108-year history.

And Benfica has already won the national top league championship, and they vomited.

There is really no way to compare!

Moreover, Benfica also won the Portuguese Super League championship in the 2013-2014 season and the Portuguese Cup championship in 2013-2014. They are also double champions now!

Waiting for Benfica to win this game and win the Europa League championship in the 2013-2014 season, they are also worthy of the name Triple Crown!

This match was really, as the "Times" media claimed, a triple crown fight!

No matter who wins this game, a triple crown team will be born in world football this season.

Now I just don't know whether the Triple Crown team is Benfica or Crystal Palace.

At this time, outside fans and media reporters are more optimistic about Benfica.

Benfica has the background, strength and experience, but what do you have in Crystal Palace?

Crystal Palace first born calf with nothing!

So, isn't it clear who will win this game and who can win the championship?

Which gaming companies in Europe are more optimistic about Benfica.

Therefore, Crystal Palace is now an unfavorable team!

By then, Ferguson had a different opinion!

Yes, Sir Alex Ferguson, the former head coach of Manchester United, also came to the scene today to watch this game.Sitting next to him are Beckham and Wenger!

To be honest, this combination is really rare.

No wonder the cameras at the scene frequently scanned the trio.

Wenger asked Ferguson which team he was optimistic about?

Sir Ferguson said without hesitation: "Is there any need to ask? Of course I am optimistic about David! The David in China is not the David around you!"

Beckham touched his nose when he heard this, feeling a little embarrassed!

Wenger said: "Are you really so optimistic about Crystal Palace?"

Ferguson did not answer directly, but asked: "You mean you are optimistic about Benfica?"

Wenger immediately shook his head and said: "No no no! I am also optimistic about Crystal Palace!"

Ferguson said lightly: "You see that you are optimistic about Crystal Palace. Why are you still thinking about me? Why else? Isn't it because the head coach of Crystal Palace is David Tong? He will definitely lead the team to victory today!"

Wenger also nodded slightly, agreeing with Ferguson's words very much.

Beckham was shocked. He didn't expect that these two old opponents who had been fighting for more than 20 or [-] years would agree on this issue. It's really a miracle!

What kind of magical power does this Tong Yi have?

Is he really that good?

Beckham's eyes were fixed on Tong Yi in the stadium, looking forward to the start of the game. He wanted to see what is so good about Tong Yi?

Today there are still a lot of famous football stars appearing in the stadium, such as Kahn, Beckenbauer, Zidane and others, they all came to watch the game.

Of course, Martina also came to the scene, cheering Tong Yi in the VIP box.

Cheering and cheering with her, there are also tens of thousands of Crystal Palace fans. They all came to the scene to support Tong Yi and the Crystal Palace players. Today's game must not be lost!

"Hello, viewers and fans! This is Huaxia National Sports Channel, and I am Duan Jianhong, who you are familiar with. Today I will introduce the Europa League final!" Duan Jianhong said excitedly.

"Hi everyone, I'm football commentator Zhang Hao!" Duan Jianhong's partner today is cross talk football commentator Zhang Heihe.

The Huaxia fans in front of the TV were really excited and excited.

They really didn't expect to see Tong Yi in the Europa League final so soon, the last time was only two or three years ago.

Tong Yi is really amazing, he deserves to be the best football coach in China!

Tong Yi, Tong Guidance, long live!

"Okay, players from both sides have come out of the player tunnel. The game is about to start, now let's introduce the starting rosters of both sides!" Duan Jianhong said in an exciting voice.

All the fans in front of the TV were attentive and listening.

Today's starting rosters for the two teams are as follows:

Home team: Crystal Palace, head coach: Tong Yi, formation: 4-2-1-3

Goalkeeper: Edward

Back four [from left to right]: Robertson, Laporte, Van Dijk and Zhang Linpeng

Double midfielders: Paulinho and Kanter

Single midfielder: De Bruyne

Three strikers [from left to right]: Salah, Lukaku and Mane

Away team: Benfica, coach: Gabriel Jesus, formation: 4-4-2

Goalkeeper: Jan Oblak

Back four [from left to right]: Guilherme Siqueira, Ezequiel Garay, Luisson and Maxi Pereira

The midfield four [from left to right]: Miralem Soleimani, Ruben Amorim, Andre Gomez and Nicolas Gaitan

Double striker: Rodriguez and Rodrigo Lima

Looking at this lineup of Benfica, Tong Yi's expression is very serious!

This Benfica is not weak!

The goalkeeper is the one Tong Yi is most familiar with, and this is the Oblak he once fell in love with.

If it weren't for the team's introduction of Edward and Alisson, Tong Yi would have taken Oblak to Crystal Palace long ago.

Oblak only ended his loan career this season, returned to Benfica, and stayed in the first pair.

But he is not Jesus' No. [-] goalkeeper, he is Arthur's substitute.But Arthur was seriously injured in the middle and late part of the season, and Oblak ushered in his opportunity.As soon as he started, Oblak completely secured his position as Benfica's main goalkeeper.

In the Portuguese Super League this season, he played 16 times, conceded only 3 goals, and kept 14 clean sheets; 2 appearances in the Portuguese Cup, all 3 shots; 3 appearances in the Portuguese Super League Cup, all 1 shots; Europa League appearances Conceded 2 times, only conceded [-] goal, and [-] clean sheets.

This performance is nothing short of miraculous!

Artur, who has worked so hard to recover from injury, can only watch from the bench, and at the same time silently mourn for himself in his heart!

His injury directly ruined his starting position!

Jesus was also surprised by Oblak's performance, and he really deserves to be the player who was once favored by Tong Yi!

Genius, super genius!

Those teams that almost won Oblak behind Tong Yi really regretted it. Why didn't they grit their teeth and win this player?

Now they have no chance!

It is said that just a few days ago, Benfica had reached an agreement with Atletico Madrid in La Liga. They introduced Oblak for 2400 million euros to replace Courtois who returned to Chelsea on loan.

This Oblak will definitely be a stumbling block for Crystal Palace in this game!

Then Siqueira on the back line came from Inter Milan's youth training and played for Granada in the second half of the year. From 2010 to 2014, he played 100 times for Granada, and he was only caught by the ball in the second half of this season. The team went to Benfica on loan.He performed very well as soon as he went to Benfica, including a buyout clause of 700 million euros.

Now Benfica is preparing to activate this buyout clause after the season is completely over and directly win Siqueira.

Unexpectedly, it was too late, just a few days ago Atletico Madrid and Granada officially announced at the same time that after the end of this season, Siqueira will leave Granada and transfer to Atletico Madrid for a transfer fee of 1000 million euros.

The Benfica people really regretted it, they could have won it for 700 million euros.

Pity!

This is enough to show that Sikela's strength is not easy to deal with.

Not to mention Garay, once the 2005 Holland World Youth Champion central defender and Messi's teammate, in the 2006-2007 season, he played for Racing Santander and he pierced Real Madrid's goal three times in the home and away games. It also included a free kick that shocked everyone, which impressed Real Madrid. In 2008, he transferred to Real Madrid for 1000 million euros.It is a pity that his performance in Real Madrid was ups and downs and did not meet expectations. In 2011, he moved to the Portuguese Super League giant Benfica.

After coming to Benfica, he became the absolute main force of the team, and the center back combined with the Brazilian international veteran Luizon has become the top center back combination in the Portuguese Super League, and it is also the key player for Benfica to perform so well in recent years.

Louison doesn’t need to go into details. The Brazilian international central defender who joined Benfica in 2003 has played for the team for 11 seasons. He is the team’s absolute main force, captain and absolute defense core.

In addition to injuries, he has been the absolute main central defender of Benfica for 11 years.

Before today, he had made 418 appearances for Benfica. Today is his 419th appearance for the Benfica first team. He is simply a living fossil of the Benfica club.

And his current strength is still the same as before, and he is still an indispensable and absolute main defense core for Benfica.

Great!

The right back Pereira is a Uruguayan international. Since joining in the 2007-2008 season, he has been the main right back of Benfica. He has played 290 times for Benfica so far. Today is his 291 appearances with the Benfica first team.

This line of defense seems to be very tacit, and its strength is also very strong.

Tong Yi can feel the oppression of Benfica.

No wonder the outside media are so optimistic about Benfica.

Benfica's midfield is also very strong. Among them, the Argentine international Gaitan has been the main force of the team since joining, and he has played 178 times for the micro-team.The midfielder Amorim also joined the team in 2008 and played 141 times for Benfica. Needless to say, the tacit understanding between them.

Coupled with the two talented forwards on the front line, this Benfica is really difficult to deal with.

No wonder outside media reporters and gambling companies are optimistic about Benfica.

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