The results of the draw came out the next day, and the heavens did not fulfill people's wishes, and the Crystal Palace came first and then the guests.

For the strategic arrangement of the two games, Wen Sheng has long had it, the away guard, the home team grinds the opponent, grinding is the characteristic of Crystal Palace, I don't know how many opponents have been killed this season, Wen Sheng himself not only has experience, even the players have experience.

But it's a bit troublesome to go home and then away, and the home team still lets the opponent retreat?!

It's uncomfortable to get to someone else's away stadium.

Wen Sheng didn't want to be the host before the guest, and Nottingham thought the same way.

"There's nothing wrong with the host before the guest, and they think the same way, and in this situation, no one will not be careful! They will definitely defend carefully and sneak attack when they see the opportunity! Derry comforted the crowd in the meeting.

Wen Sheng thought silently, and everyone continued to say that it was actually okay to give priority to the host and then the guest.

Of course, no one will say that it is a good thing to go home and away first, the gap between the two teams is quite large, and there may not be much difference between who is home and away first, but if the two teams are close in strength, then the home advantage is worth taking advantage of.

"That's right! There's nothing wrong with the host before the guest! If we can get them out of the way as soon as possible, we'll have the strength to deal with the FA Cup in the second leg! Wen Sheng patted the table, as if he had made up his mind.

"At home we have to attack, anyway they will defend the main thing, they don't think we will defend and counterattack, I believe we are ready!"

FA Cup matches are usually held on weekends, and the final will be no exception, and will also be held on weekends, according to the FA's plan, the final between Crystal Palace and Portsmouth will be held on the 15th.

Now Crystal Palace has reached the Championship play-offs, playing the first leg of the play-offs on the 8th, the second leg on the 12th, and letting the exhausted Crystal Palace go to the FA Cup final on the 15th.

From any point of view, this arrangement is unreasonable, so the club has been communicating with the FA and the professional league long ago, hoping that the date of the game can be adjusted.

The FA's style is too bureaucratic, in order to maximize profits, the FA Cup final and promotion play-off final are scheduled to be held on the weekend, and this year the situation is special because this is a World Cup year, all the competitions are compressed by them to be completed by June, and the play-off final is scheduled for the 23rd.

With the weekend to be completed by June, it would be a headache for the FA and the professional leagues to have a weird team like Crystal Palace reach the final.

Wensheng and they have to go according to the worst-case scenario, that is, to complete four games in about fifteen days, so Wensheng will say that he has spare time for the FA Cup.

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After Parrish took office, he was busy to death, Wensheng was in charge of the first team, and Parrish had to manage the entire club, Carlton fired more than 50 employees after he took office, you must know that as a small club, Crystal Palace originally had not many staff members, a total of about 100 people, Carlton basically cut half of the staff, the operation of the club is almost only for the first team, barely coping, now Parrish is on the stage, has to re-recruit.

The main focus now is not on recruitment, but for the rest of the first team's games.

Running around and adjusting the schedule was the top priority for Parish after taking over the team, and he mobilized public opinion to invite Crystal Palace-born English football legend Ian Brown. Wright, Gareth. Southgate, Roy. Hodgson and others helped, making sure to make adjustments to the schedule.

"We did three heavyweight fights in eight days, which is unreasonable! We're just asking for fairness! "Parrish has been firing guns in front of the media for the past two days to win sympathy from the outside world.

Yes, this is very unreasonable and quite unfair to Crystal Palace, and countless Crystal Palace fans have also passed on requests to the FA and the professional leagues to adjust the schedule.

As opponents, Nottingham and Portsmouth certainly don't want to adjust the schedule, but they can't openly blame Crystal Palace's demands, after all, they are reasonable.

So under this pressure, the FA and the professional league quickly re-arranged, simply playing the first leg of the play-offs on the 8th, the second leg of the play-offs on the 15th, the FA Cup final on the 23rd, and the play-off final on the 30th.

As soon as the schedule came out, Wen Sheng breathed a big sigh of relief, and blew the FA and the professional league into the sky in his mouth.

"The FA and the professional leagues have adjusted the fixtures and I want to give them a thumbs up! It shows their respect for the sport of football, because we just ask for fairness, and they help us get it! I am very grateful to them for that! In the press conference before the first leg against Nottingham Forest, Wen Sheng blew the FA and the professional league.

There was not much new in the press conference, and the reporters' questions were easy to deal with, and the more curious they were about what Crystal Palace, who was first at home, would do, the more reticent Wen Sheng became, which made many reporters complain that Wen Sheng was too cautious.

On Saturday 8 May, at 12 noon, Crystal Palace's home match against Nottingham Forest was played at Selhurst Stadium in the first leg of the Championship promotion play-off semi-finals.

Fans waved red and blue flags, and in the left stand there was a TIFO with a portrait of the entire Crystal Palace team, which read "Our heroes! ”

When the Crystal Palace players walked slowly onto the pitch under the guidance of Derry, they were greeted by the cries of the mountains and tsunamis, the players were expressionless, but their hearts were strongly shocked, and after four years, they finally had the opportunity to lead the century-old club back to the top flight.

Everyone remembers the goals they had made in the dressing room.

Now it's time to fight.

The club's senior management and Crystal Palace's veterans all appeared in the stands to cheer on the team.

Wen Sheng and Billy. Davis just shook his hand politely, and there were no extra words, compared to the league game in Nottingham in March, both of them couldn't help but feel a little heavy and stressed.

When he returned to his coach's box, the fans in the nearby stands shouted Wensheng's name and cheered him on.

Wen Sheng smiled reluctantly and waved at the fans, who shouted even louder.

Sitting back in his place, Wen Sheng let out a long breath, as if he wanted to release his nervousness.

Joey next to him kept shaking his legs, and Wen Sheng smiled: "You can relieve tension like this?!" ”

"Yes!" Joey affirmed, "Damn! I thought I was much better now, but I didn't expect to be nervous at such a moment! ”

"That's normal! I'm nervous too! Hawking swallowed, rubbing his hands together and interjecting.

They were nervous not only because of the invisible pressure brought by the importance of this game, but also because Wen Sheng was determined to change his tactical style of play in this game, and today's Crystal Palace defensive counterattack was definitely not the main tone.

"Relax! Actually, it's not a big deal! There's a second round to go! Wen Sheng was a little self-comforting.

He's very adamant about his tactical choices, he's going to take Nottingham Forest off guard, he's taking a huge gamble, but he thinks he's profitable, he just wants to gamble.

Crystal Palace starters:

Goalkeeper: Speroni

Guards: Klein, Lawrence, McCarthy, Sears

Midfielders: Derry, N'Golo Kante, Ndiaye

Forwards: Danes, Vardy, Scanner

During this time, Crystal Palace's injury situation was not bad, and the whole team was neat, but in the forward selection, Wen Sheng did not choose Zaha, who is now quite popular, nor did he choose Ryan. Smith instead chose to substitute Daenes.

One is that after Wen Sheng formulated a strategy to meet the enemy, Daens adapted better, and the other is that Daens has more average ability, he has no outstanding characteristics, and the role of Daens in tactics requires better teamwork and passing ability.

Shorter and more middle-of-the-beaten, Danes can use it anyway, and he is older and more experienced than Zaha and Smith.

Ambrose, who could have played as a winger, was gradually transformed into a midfielder by Wen Sheng, who was an important rotation in the midfield, and Wen Sheng no longer used him as a winger or striker.

This side of Nottingham Forest.

Goalkeeper: Paul. smith

Defenders: Wilson, Lynch, Morgan, Bennett

Midfielders: McGugan, McKenna, Gay. Moxie, Chris. Cohen

Forward: Joey. Ghana, Davide. McDrick