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beep!

The referee blows his whistle, and the 2013-2014 Europa League final officially begins.

It was Benfica who kicked off first.

However, Benfica was not particularly active in playing, and they still put on a defensive posture at the beginning.

Crystal Palace, on the other hand, followed its previous rhythm, oppressing from a high position.

In an instant, Crystal Palace pressed close to Benfica's penalty area, launched a crazy press, and the defensive action was also very large.

"It can be seen that the players of the Crystal Palace are very excited today. They couldn't hold back their movements at first! It's actually very dangerous to go on like this!" Duan Jianhong said directly, a little worried.

But Zhang Hao said: "I think it's good, because the intensity will definitely put a lot of pressure on the Benfica people, and even make them at a loss. If Crystal Palace can seize the opportunity at this time, this game Crystal Palace has a great chance of winning the match!"

Duan Jianhong raised his eyebrows slightly, feeling a little interesting.

"Hey, it's dangerous!" Suddenly, Duan Jianhong growled.

Benfica's Soleimani took the ball sideways and didn't notice De Bruyne behind him pounced on him and was almost intercepted.

Soleimani is a Sevilla international with good strength.He has played for Ajax for nearly five years, representing the team in more than 100 appearances and scoring 30 goals.He just joined Benfica this season. After the initial lineup, he gradually became the main force of the team.

This game is Soleimani's 26th game on behalf of Benfica. He had scored 3 goals before.

He is characterized by fast speed and flexibility on his feet.

But this time, his flexible characteristics were displayed.

Seeing that De Bruyne was about to steal the ball, he pulled the ball quickly and dodged, directly surpassing De Bruyne's press.This reaction was very good, which attracted cheers from the Benfica fans at the scene.

However, the next moment, Soleimani fell hard on the court, crying bitterly and clutching his abdomen.

Because he didn't notice Paulinho who was spread out on the side after he turned around. Paulinho raised his leg a little high and kicked Soleimani's abdomen directly.Soleimani fell to the ground.

Paulinho immediately raised his hand to indicate that he didn't mean it.

He rushed forward, but who would have thought that this guy suddenly turned and turned sideways, it was too late for him to retract his legs.

The Benfica fans at the scene were not used to this, cursing Paulinho frantically.

I can't wait to scold Paulinho.

The referee directly showed Paulinho a yellow card as a warning.

"Hiss! Getting a yellow card too early is not a good thing for Crystal Palace!" Duan Jianhong was a little worried.

At this time, only 5 minutes into the game, Paulinho received a red card, which had a great impact on his subsequent games.

The fans of Crystal Palace were very worried!

Paulinho must restrain himself in the next game, otherwise, he is likely to get a second yellow card and be sent off!

The Benfica people also discovered this, and they will definitely rush to Paulinho's point to induce Paulinho to foul and get a second yellow card.

Crystal Palace fans are worried.

Benfica quickly took a free kick, but Lima in the frontcourt didn't hit the football at all.

Lima is not tall, he is not a high center forward.

Therefore, for such a high point, his success rate is not high.

Benfica's high center forward Cardoso is now sitting on the bench, waiting for his chance.

The football was pushed out by Laporte, and the football quickly rolled to De Bruyne's feet.The opponent's young midfielder Gomez immediately rushed forward, trying to steal the ball from behind De Bruyne.Gomez is really very young. He is just over 20 years old. He is a supernova in Portugal, but now he has just played in the first team of Benfica. He has only played 23 times for Benfica this season. 7 appearances, but he played more in the Europa League, playing 9 games.

His starting today was beyond the expectations of many people.

But Tong Yi is very clear that this guy is still very capable, and he will even join Barcelona in the future.

If it weren't for the subsequent serious injuries of broken legs, he would very likely become the top midfielder of the Portuguese national team.

It's a pity, God is jealous of talents!

Tong Yi reminded the Crystal Palace players not to underestimate this guy and to take it seriously.

De Bruyne naturally listened to Tong Yi's words very much. He had already observed the surrounding situation before receiving the ball, and he had already seen Gomez who rushed forward.So De Bruyne didn't give Gomez a chance at all. When Gomez was about to pounce, he easily picked the football back and directly passed Gomez who pounced.

De Bruyne turned around and passed Gomez, and then slanted the football to the left without stopping the ball.

De Bruyne's pass was too fast, and the Benfica people were a little unresponsive.

With a bang, De Bruyne was hooked to the ground by Gomez stretching his legs, but the referee did not say anything, indicating that the attack was favorable.

Salah catches up with the football, makes a direct sideways pass, and then shoots with his legs.

With a bang, it roared out and flew straight to the upper right corner of the goal.

"Beautiful, here's the ball!" Duan Jianhong roared excitedly, the quality of the shot was extremely high, it must be a goal.

The Crystal Palace fans at the scene stood up excitedly.

Seeing that the football was about to fly into the goal, Oblak in front of the goal took off, and even shot the football out of the baseline with one palm.

hiss!

The fans of Crystal Palace rubbed their eyes, unbelievable!

Can this ball be thrown?

Salah also couldn't believe his eyes, he stared at Oblak in front of the field, wondering in his heart, is this guy so powerful?

Campbell and others on the coaching bench turned their heads to look at Tong Yi, and their hearts were shocked.

Is this your goalkeeper?He is really so powerful, why didn't you introduce him in the first place?

Tong Yi has been chasing after Oblak for many times, but he knows it clearly.It turned out that they didn't know what Tong Yi was looking for in Oblak, but now they understood.

They even regretted that they didn't persuade Tong Yi to bring Oblak to the Crystal Palace.

Yes, Tong Yi fell in love with Oblak very early on.

When Tong Yi was still in Munich 1860, he fell in love with Oblak and wanted to use this guy to replace De Gea who left.Later, he chose Ter Stegen and Leno. After coming to Crystal Palace, Tong Yi also wanted to introduce Oblak. Unfortunately, Benfica was unwilling to sell him, so Tong Yi chose Edward and Alisson.

However, these two are not bad.

However, seeing Oblak's performance like this, Campbell and the others still felt a bit at a loss.

corner kick!

Crystal Palace get a corner!

Robertson went straight to the corner, and Crystal Palace's central defenders Van Dijk and Laporte both appeared in the opponent's penalty area.

"Opportunity, this is an opportunity for the Crystal Palace people. I hope they can seize it and try to score as soon as possible! In the final, the sooner the goal is scored, the better and the less pressure!" Duan Jianhong said immediately.

Tong Yi also stood on the sidelines with some expectation, his eyes fixed on the inside of the court.

With a bang, Robertson drove the football into Benfica's penalty area with an arc, and the football flew straight to the back point.

Van Dijk, who was at the back point, jumped up high and overwhelmed Benfica's Argentine international defender Garay, slamming the football hard with his head and hitting the goal.

The football roared out, directly over the crossbar, without threatening Oblak.

"Wow! Garay did a great job of interfering! He really deserves to be a player who once played for Real Madrid, and he still has some strength!" Duan Jianhong said immediately.

To be honest, Jesus is really not afraid of Crystal Palace's attack at all.

I think he is very confident in his line of defense. This line of defense has been together for several seasons, and it is very tacit.Even Garay, he has only come to Benfica for 3 seasons, but he has played 134 games for Benfica. This is the 135th game of his Benfica career.

He is very confident in this central defender combination!

You Crystal Palace guys can't beat our centre-back duo!

However, Tong Yi really didn't make any waves!

Benfica's defense line seems to be solid and very tacit, but in fact there are still many problems.

Even the central defender combination of Garay and Luisson has problems, and Tong Yi is very confident in his forwards.

Tong Yi firmly believes that their Crystal Palace will definitely win this game.

Boom!

Benfica striker Lima received a cross pass from striker partner Rodrigue at the front of the penalty area and directly kicked a long shot.

The football flew towards the Crystal Palace goal.

The ball is fast and of great quality!

Seeing the football, it shot directly towards the lower corner of the Crystal Palace goal!

Dangerous!

Snapped!

Not to be outdone, Edward in front of the goal leaped out like lightning, and slapped the football out with a single palm.

"Beautiful save! I thought the goal was sure to be scored! Who would have thought that Edward Mendy would save the football, and he really deserves to be the best goalkeeper in the Premier League! His strength is impressive! Beautiful!" Duan Jianhong excitedly Said.

Here, the football rolled to Zhang Linpeng's feet.

Zhang Linpeng quickly pulled the ball and turned around, and quickly passed the football to the frontcourt with one kick.

The football landed precisely at the feet of Mane who advanced forward.

The Benfica players raised their hands to signal offside, but the referee didn't say at all that this was a good goal.

Mane unloaded the ball perfectly. He didn't need to slow down, and he was able to hold the ball directly into Benfica's penalty area.

And Benfica's left back Uruguay international Pereira has been completely blown by him.

Because Pereira's speed was not fast, he was directly blasted by Mane's lightning speed, and it was impossible for him to catch up.He can only pin his hopes on the team's central defenders.

The Benfica fans are very nervous, very worried.

Benfica's central defender Louison immediately stepped up to intercept Mane.

Mane, a guy with great skills and audacity, even changed his center of gravity back and forth near the penalty area line of Benfica, trying to shake Luisson down or away.

After all, Louison is tall and big, and his grades are old, his body flexibility and turning are very poor.

Mane is very likely to explode Louisson directly.

Unexpectedly, Louison remained motionless, like a stone Buddha.

He will respond to all changes with the same, let's see what you will do with Mane?

Seeing that Louison was not fooled, Mane was also taken aback.Sure enough, this Luisong is strong and experienced, so he was not fooled!

The fans of Crystal Palace frowned, secretly thinking that it was dangerous.

But Mane didn't care. He was planning to break through, and he suddenly got a little bit of space and volleyed.

He gave up the idea of ​​passing Louisson and volleyed directly.

Luisson couldn't react in time, the football quickly passed him close to the turf, and rushed into the lower right corner of the Benfica goal.

One to zero!