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On December 2017, 12, Crystal Palace faced Gremio, the champion of the Libertadores Cup in Zayed Sports City.

There were quite a few fans at the scene, but almost all of them seemed to support Crystal Palace.

After all, Crystal Palace is very famous. It is the team with the strongest performance and momentum in recent years, and it is an emerging top giant.

According to incomplete statistics, Crystal Palace now has nearly 5 million fans around the world.

Of course, Huaxia accounted for more than half.

This is already the club with the most fans in the world.

Naturally, everyone at the scene today came to support Crystal Palace. Crystal Palace also has a lot of fans in Africa and the Middle East. Nearly [-]% of the fans at the scene wore Crystal Palace's home jersey to watch the game. This is already an exaggeration.

After all, this is not the home court of Crystal Palace, let alone Huaxia.

It seems to be the home of the Crystal Palace.

There are very few fans who support Gremio.

From here you can see which is better.

The Gremio people naturally feel a lot of pressure. It is indeed difficult for them to win this game.But they didn't give up, they were still full of desire for victory.

From this point of view, Gremio is actually not bad.

But just after the start of the game, Gremio made public outrage, which made everyone not like it.

That is that the Gremio people play very rough and frequently use lethal tactics.

Not long after the game started, Ronaldo suddenly retreated to catch the ball at high speed.But before De Bruyne's pass rolled over, C. Ronaldo was kicked to the ground by Michel who quickly caught up behind him.

The uniform on the sidelines was furious at that time, rushed to the sidelines, roared loudly, and put pressure on the referee.

Before the game, he reminded the players of Crystal Palace that Gremio's side is likely to play rough and foul frequently, so that the players should pay attention to protecting themselves.But he didn't expect Gremio to be so bold and unscrupulous.

This killing tactic is no longer behind people.

C. Ronaldo who fell to the ground rolled directly on the ground a few times, hugging the heel of his right foot with both hands.

The Crystal Palace fans booed and even cursed their opponents.

Gremio people are just like normal people!

This made Tong Yi even more angry, frequently roaring towards the court.

But the referee only called a simple foul, and had no intention of playing a card at all.This made the people of Crystal Palace very angry!

c. When Ronaldo got up, his socks were cut three times, and some blood was faintly oozing out.

Too bad!

This foul is simply a useless action!

No wonder Tong Yi and the others are so angry, the damned Gremio people are simply not here to play football.

Tong Yi is really very worried, worried that these Crystal Palace players will be seriously injured in this game.

In this case, the gain outweighs the loss.

Tong Yi was very dissatisfied with the referee's penalty and frequently put pressure on the referee and the fourth official.The fourth official simply told Tong Yi to calm down and trust the referee.

Tong Yi almost didn't yell!

It's all like this, you still let me trust the referee?

The referee confiscated the money, I believe you.

Because, obviously seeing that C Ronaldo's socks were torn into three holes and oozing blood, the referee still turned a blind eye.In some rough fouls by Gremio later, he still didn't mean to play a card.

This naturally made Tong Yi and the Crystal Palace players furious.

Tong Yi almost rushed into the stadium to talk to the referee.

Just now, Gremio was near the midfield again, and he shoveled Ronaldo to the ground with a sliding shovel from diagonally behind, like cutting down a big tree. The referee only gave a foul , and did not play a card, not even a verbal warning.

It's no wonder Tong Yi is not furious!

However, perhaps because of a guilty conscience, the referee also chose to turn a blind eye when seeing Tong Yi rushing into the field. He just persuaded Tong Yi to calm down and did not show a yellow card.

Seeing the referee's penalty, Tong Yi's lungs were about to explode.

Of course, he also knew that this was very dangerous.At this time, I don't control it well. Later, the Gremio people will move more and more. I am afraid that this competition will turn into a full-scale martial arts.

Tong Yi immediately signaled to the Crystal Palace players to get tough as well. Isn't that just a foul? Who wouldn't?

Of course, Tong Yi's more important thing is to remind the Crystal Palace players to protect themselves.

This match is about to turn into a full-scale martial arts, so protecting yourself is naturally the most important thing.

Not long after the game restarted, Casemiro in the midfield saw Fernandinho holding the ball, and instantly shoveled over like a bulldozer. Neo was shoveled to the ground.

Fernandinho put his hands on his ankles, howling in pain.

Gremio's players were also stunned for a moment, they didn't expect the Crystal Palace's actions to be so fierce.

There was a dead silence in the audience, only the sound of Fernandinho's wailing.

This Fernandinho is not the Fernandinho of Manchester City, but the Fernandinho who joined the mountain city of Jialing in later generations.

Casemiro didn't have Fernandinho at all, so he just stood up and raised his hand to signal that he had fouled.

Then turn around and leave.

The referee was stunned for a moment, and his face instantly collapsed, very ugly.

He knew that it was someone from Crystal Palace who would give him another blow.

Don't you play cards for fouls?Then our Crystal Palace will also come, we are more ruthless than our moves, our Crystal Palace is really not afraid of anyone.

The referee felt that his authority had been challenged.

He turned his head and glanced at Tong Yi on the sidelines, with a very ugly expression on his face.

He knew that if the game continued like this, it would definitely get out of control.

Damn Crystal Palace people!

The referee only called a foul this time and did not show a yellow card.Fernandinho was carried down directly and went to the sidelines for treatment.

Renato quit on the sidelines and frantically yelled at the referee in the stadium, saying that the Crystal Palace had committed a violent foul. This should be a card, and Casemiro should be sent off with a red card.

It's impossible not to jump, because Fernandinho was directly shoveled by Casemiro.

After 1 minute, Gremio made a substitution, and they directly replaced the injured Fernandinho with Everton.

The fans of the Crystal Palace were very excited and happy. This Gremio man really shot himself in the foot.

The game restarted, and the players on both sides got angry, their movements became bigger and bigger, they turned their backs, and the game was intermittent.The referee's face was as dark as the bottom of a pot. How the hell could this game be like this?

This time, the referee played tricks.

Within 5 minutes, he gave out five yellow cards, an average of one yellow card per minute.

Crystal Palace got two yellow cards and Gremio got three yellow cards.

The five yellow cards in just 5 minutes made the players on both sides calm down, at least they didn't dare to foul so recklessly.After all, they all knew that the referee didn't forget to bring his card. If this continues, they might get a red card and be sent off, so they restrained themselves a little.

Up to now, the two sides have put all their attention on the game.

In the first 10 minutes of the first half, the players of the two teams were not competing, but were wrestling.

After the game got back on track, the advantages of Crystal Palace gradually became apparent.

Crystal Palace's offense is very fierce, frequently threatening Gremio's goal, Gremio is dangerous.

Of course, Gremio's side did not defend across the board like the previous Aljazira side. Even if they were at a disadvantage, they did not give up their offense. They still fought against the Crystal Palace.

The way the Brazilians play is like this. They are also better at attacking, so they will not give up their advantages to play against Crystal Palace.Don't look at Gremio's few opportunities, but the only opportunities can still create threats.

Tong Yi's pre-match predictions were correct. Gremio's offense really relied mostly on the players' personal abilities, individual advances.

The abilities of these guys are not bad, especially their speed.

So at this time, it's not that Gremio has no chance at all.But whenever Van Dijk and Rudiger are needed, it is difficult for Gremio's offensive players to take a step closer.Therefore, more often, Gremio's side still shoots long shots directly near the penalty area.

This can still threaten the goal of Crystal Palace, but the threat is not very great.

On the contrary, the threat from Crystal Palace is very great.Gremio's defensive players are about to be overwhelmed, because Crystal Palace's offense is more threatening every time. If they continue to play like this, the Crystal Palace people may really score goals.

Just now, Crystal Palace played a wonderful cooperation on the wing. De Bruyne, Salah and Cancelo tore the opponent's defense line with consecutive passes. De Bruyne made a small kick pass directly. Passed the football to Cancelo who went forward. Cancelo caught up with the football and immediately kicked the football hard. It seemed that he was going to cross, but in fact he made a feint, past the opponent's full-back, and went directly to the bottom. .

After hitting the bottom, he did not pass the ball in an inverted triangle, but suddenly passed the football to Salah who was following up.

Salah made a light cross here, and the football drew an arc and flew directly to Ronaldo in the penalty area.

The Portuguese rushed up and shook his head directly to attack the goal. After a sudden victory, the football was slammed towards Gremio's goal by C. Ronaldo.The goalkeeper in front of the goal, Grohe, threw it sideways for the first time, but still missed the football.

With a clang, the football hit the near post hard, and then quickly bounced off the baseline.

Seeing this, the fans of Crystal Palace feel very sorry. This is really a good opportunity, and it is also the closest time Crystal Palace has scored so far in the first half of the game. It is a pity!

Tong Yi on the sidelines also held his head in his hands and kept circling around.

The Portuguese also put his hands on his hips and sighed to the sky.

The Gremio people were almost scared to death, it was really too close to conceding the ball.Renato rushed out immediately, reminding the Gremio players to pay attention to defense, especially the defense against the Portuguese. They must never give the Portuguese such a chance.

Unexpectedly, 3 minutes later, Crystal Palace's attack came again.

This time it was still an attack from the wing, but it was switched sides.De Bruyne, Mbappe and Carvajal on the edge had a very wonderful cooperation, and then Carvajal suddenly slanted into the middle.De Bruyne, who was going forward, grabbed the opponent's defensive player, and lightly threw the football into the penalty area, and passed it to Ronaldo who was going forward.

C. Ronaldo rushed up to hold Edilson behind him, and swept the football towards Gremio's goal with a strafing shot.

Seeing that the football was about to cross the goal line, the opponent's goalkeeper Grohe arrived in time and slapped the football out of the baseline with a single palm.

The referee immediately blew the whistle for the end of the first half, and the two sides fought to a zero-to-zero tie.