Legendary godfather of green grass

On November 2017, 11, Seville, Spain, Pizjuan Stadium, the weather was fine.

What is being held here today is the fifth round of Group E of the 2017-2018 UEFA Champions League group stage. The two sides are the home team Sevilla and the visiting team Crystal Palace.

In the first round of the match between the two sides, Sevilla lost to Crystal Palace [-]-[-] away, and the gap between the two teams is very large.

In the previous few seasons, Crystal Palace also played against Sevilla many times.

Whether it is in the Europa League or in the Champions League, they have played against each other, and even played against each other in the UEFA Super Cup.

Last season, the two teams played against each other in the UEFA Super Cup and the UEFA Champions League knockout round. They played against each other three times in total. Crystal Palace won two and lost one, scoring 10 goals and conceding 5 goals, occupying an absolute advantage.

So Crystal Palace is Sevilla's sworn enemy.

That's it.

Obviously, this time the Seville people are here for revenge.

In this game, the Sevilla has only one goal, and that is to beat Crystal Palace to get three points.

After all, Sevilla needs this three-pointer very much to ensure that they can qualify from this group.

Of course, even if Sevilla loses this game, they will not be eliminated, they still have a chance.But at that time, they were passive if they wanted to qualify.

Sevilla wants to take the initiative in their own hands, so in the match against Crystal Palace, the Sevilla will go all out to win the game.

Sevilla's coach Berizzo said before the game: "In this game, we Sevilla will do our best to win. Victory is our only pursuit!"

This reflects the determination of the Seville people.

Of course, the Sevilla people still have some strength, so that the Spanish media and fans are full of expectations for them, and they all feel that Sevilla is very interesting in this game.

At this moment, players from both sides walked into the stadium.The fans at the scene immediately became excited. They all knew that the game was about to start, and they were very excited.

"Hello, audience friends. This is Mortensen. Now that the players from both sides have played, let me introduce to you the starting lineups of both sides today." BBC Sports broadcast the game live.

Today's starters are as follows:

Home team: Sevilla, coach: Berizzo, formation: 4-3-3

Goalkeeper: Rico

Back four [from left to right]: Escudero, Lenglet, Gass and Mercado

Three midfielders [from left to right]: Pizarro, Banega and Nzonzi

Three forwards [from left to right]: Nolito, Ben Yedder and Sarabia

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

Goalkeeper: Lu Ning

Back four [from left to right]: Theo, Upamecano, Dias and Ashraf

Double midfielders: Llorente and Joan Armeni

Single midfielder: Sabitzer

Three forwards [from left to right]: Gnabry, Giroud and Sancho

This is the starting list of both sides today. It can be seen that the Seville people do have a good chance.

At least the fans and media reporters at the scene thought so. After all, the Crystal Palace lineup is indeed a full bench lineup, without a single main player.This is simply a victory for Sevilla!

The fans of Sevilla are very excited. They seem to have seen the scene of advancing to the top 16 of the UEFA Champions League. They can't wait now.They sang the club's team anthem, cheered for the Sevilla players and inspired them to win.

Berizzo on the sidelines was also full of expectations when he saw a lineup like Crystal Palace.

Winning this game and leading Sevilla to the top 16 of the UEFA Champions League should be a good explanation for Sevilla.

Come on guys!

In this game, the Sevilla people were full of confidence. They launched a fierce attack at the beginning of the game.

To be honest, Sevilla still underestimates these Crystal Palace players.

Tong Yi could see clearly from the sidelines. In this way, Crystal Palace had a great chance in this game.Then he turned his head and glanced at Berizzo on the opposite side, as long as you don't make any fools.

The Sevillas attacked as soon as they came up, trying to eat Crystal Palace in one bite and score as soon as possible to win the game.

Of course, the Sevilla players are also very committed and positive.

However, they soon discovered that something was wrong!

This is completely different from what they imagined!

In their view, facing the full bench lineup of Crystal Palace, Sevilla should be able to easily take the initiative after going all out, and then they will be able to score goals soon, get the lead, and finally get the goal smoothly. The victory of the game.

Unexpectedly, after the start of the game, Sevilla did not play smoothly at all!

Their offense seemed to be stuck.

The fierce high-position press on the Crystal Palace side made their Sevilla players a little uncomfortable, and it was difficult to control the ball.However, they still used passing and catching the ball to defuse the opponent's fierce press, but as soon as they entered the hinterland of the Crystal Palace penalty area, they would feel very strong resistance, a bit impenetrable, and could not threaten the Crystal Palace's goal.

On the contrary, Crystal Palace's interception and steals are very sharp, and Sevilla has already been intercepted consecutively.

Sevilla's offense is a bit unplayable.

Berizzo frowned when he saw this.He also didn't expect that their Sevilla offense would be so constipated. If this is not adjusted in time, it will still be difficult for Sevilla in this game.

Berizzo immediately went to the sidelines to remind the Sevilla players.

At this moment, Joan Ameni directly steals Sarabia who is holding the ball, and he immediately passes the football diagonally to the side.

This guy from Sarabia held the ball a little too much, he cut in directly, and hit Joan Armeni's muzzle.

Sarabia thought the Frenchman was young and easy to bully, but he was bullied instantly.

Although Joan Armeni is young, his body is really strong.

Joan Ameni staggered Sarabia with a reasonable collision, and then the football under his feet was quickly stabbed by Joan Ameni.Joan Ameni once again used his body to carry Sarabia, who wanted to rush towards the football, and Sarabia was instantly bounced away.Joan Ameni immediately chased the football and sent it wide.

Sarabia underestimated Joan Armeni, but did not expect that Joan Armeni's physical resistance ability is strong here.

Sarabia suffered a big loss!

The Sevilla fans at the scene panicked instantly, because Crystal Palace's counterattack was really fast.

Before Sevilla had time to organize the defense, Ashraf, who rushed up from the side, didn't stop the ball, and directly kicked a long pass, and the football quickly flew towards Giroud in front.

"Beautiful! Beautiful steal! Joan Armeni completely blasted Sarabia, and Sarabia is a bit too big. This is dangerous, Sevilla is dangerous! Beautiful shot, Ash Love long pass..." Mortensen was very excited because he saw Crystal Palace's chance to break through Sevilla's goal.

Because, Crystal Palace's offensive and defensive transition this time is really too fast.

The Sevilla players hadn't fully recovered from the incident of Sarabia's steal, and the Crystal Palace directly sent the football to a long pass.In other words, the current Sevilla backcourt is still an offensive posture, and has not adjusted to a defensive posture.

Therefore, Sevilla's backcourt is still relatively empty!

Why is Crystal Palace so obsessed with the pursuit of extreme speed in offensive and defensive transitions?Isn't it just to catch the opponent by surprise?Now Sevilla is a little caught off guard.

Dangerous, very dangerous!

Berizzo on the sidelines naturally also noticed this, and he rushed out immediately, motioning for defense desperately.

But it's really too late.

Because he was in an offensive posture before, Sevilla's central defender Langley did not approach Da Giroud, but their other central defender Gass approached Da Giroud.Gase is very fast and very flexible, and his jumping is also good, but he has a fatal shortcoming, that is his height.

Gass is only 181cm. Even if he bounces well, he can't compete with Giroud for high-altitude balls.

Originally, what Sevilla asked was for the French central defender Langley to mark Giroud and compete with Giroud for the high-altitude ball.But this time it was Sevilla who was attacking just now, so Langley is a little far away from Da Giroud.

On the contrary, Gase approached Dajiro.

Seeing the football flying towards Giroud rapidly, it was too late for Langley to rush to defend again at this time.So all the Seville people on the scene pinned their hopes on Gass!

But when he saw the height difference between the two, the Sevilla himself was desperate!

However, Gass didn't give up at all, he rushed over with a quick run-up, and then jumped up fiercely!

You have to say that Gase's jumping ability is really good, which makes up for some of his disadvantages in height.

However, there is still something not enough to look at in front of Dajirou.

As soon as Da Jirou jumped up, it was like a helicopter lifted off and occupied the airspace in an instant!

Both of them jumped up, but it was obvious that Giroud's position was higher, which meant that Gase was a little bit behind him.And the big Jirou who jumped up was half a head taller than Gase who also jumped up.

Seriously, Gase seems to be doing a pretty good job of bouncing.

But it is still futile in front of Da Jirou.

Gass knew he couldn't compete, but he wouldn't let Giroud grab the header so easily, so he immediately made small moves behind him, pinching his waist and twisting his flesh.

There was a bang, and at this moment, Giroud made a painful header and swung back, quickly ferrying the football to the side.

Sancho on the sidewalk flashed past like a ray of light in an instant.

All the Sevilla fans at the scene were instantly desperate.

This ball is over!

Sevilla's two full-backs can't come back at all, how to chase Sancho?

And Sancho's speed is also very fast, and the speed of advancing with the ball is also very fast, the Sevilla has no chance at all!

Single-handedly, Sancho single-handedly!

The Sevillians fell silent for a moment, feeling desperate.

Berizzo on the sidelines was furious, why didn't the ball foul?In the middle, since you know you can't fight for Dajirou, why don't you foul him to stop him from ferrying?Why?

Berizzo is really angry. If the ball is fouled, there will be no troubles in the future.

Gus this guy is still too young!

Sancho caught up with the football and quickly pushed forward with the ball. Rico in front of the goal couldn't help it. He rushed out immediately and quickly rushed to Sancho who was holding the ball.Unexpectedly, Sancho, who was running, suddenly kicked up and shot with a beautiful arc, bypassing Rico, who came out from the side, and spun beautifully into the far corner of the goal.

One to zero, Crystal Palace took the lead in the away game.

Seeing this ball, Berizzo was really very angry.Even if Gass made a foul with the ball just now, the referee may not show a yellow card. Fouls will inevitably occur in the high-altitude ball competition.

Why?Why not foul?

Berizzo almost rushed into the court and yelled at Gase, who really didn't understand.

Langley couldn't help shaking his head. It's true that Gass didn't handle the ball well. Wouldn't the foul be over?At most, it's just a yellow card, which is better than conceding the ball, right?

The Seville people fell to the bottom of their hearts in an instant.

How did this game deviate from their expectations from the very beginning?It was agreed that they are all substitute players from Crystal Palace, what about the weak ones?How did they have the advantage at the beginning of the game and took the lead?

Tong Yi on the sidelines nodded slightly and applauded. The players played well and he was very satisfied.