At half-time, Crystal Palace led 1-0 away.

All in all, Benfica had the advantage in possession, with around 56 per cent possession, while Crystal Palace dominated the shooting statistics, completing six shots in the first half but not getting three shots on target.

Benfica had one less shot on goal than Crystal Palace and just one less shot on target.

Wen Sheng was happy with the result of the first half.

First of all, Palace are ahead of the scoreline, and secondly, they really do a good job of limiting their opponents' attacks, and they have very few chances on goal.

Of course, Jesús was also speechless, and his team defended well, and if it wasn't for Mertens' goal, they would have had a successful first half.

In the locker room, Wensheng praised the players, and the morale of the players was very good, which Wensheng liked to see.

Wen Sheng believes that Benfica will definitely not be like in the first half, Benfica has been trying to attack in the first half, but the full-backs who really play a role have also relented, what about the second half?!

They are lagging behind now, will it still be like this?!

Jesús certainly won't, Crystal Palace have already scored an away goal and they will have to make up for their disadvantage, and they will certainly not be willing to gamble on the second leg.

If you can't beat the home team, Crystal Palace can count on the away team!

"In the second half, I will send you on the field according to the situation of the battle! What I want you to do is avoid their centre-backs and pull as far as you can! Wen Sheng called Vardy aside and explained his arrangements for him.

Not to mention, the opposing full-backs will be assigned to press harder, Vardy pulls the edge, coupled with the fast winger and the dispatch of De Bruyne, can completely give the opponent a lethal counterattack.

The gesture made Vardy understand his responsibility to play in the second half.

"Kevin, what a long pass in the second half! If you have the chance, send the ball to the side and go straight to the wings to find Mino! ”

"Tintin, you may need to defend more in the second half and be a little more decisive with the ball!"

Wensheng made demands on both Stroman and De Bruyne, especially De Bruyne, who was worried that De Bruyne would make the same mistake, and he deliberately reminded him.

The fifteen-minute break was over, and both sides were soon back on the pitch.

Wen Sheng's guess was not wrong, Benfica did not have time to continue grinding with Crystal Palace, waiting, and they were very strong from the beginning of the game, both in formation pressure and physical confrontation.

Defender Xavi. Garcia has also come up in a lot of positions, he can be counted as the front bumper of Benfica's defence, and his frequent appearance in the Palace half speaks for itself.

Wen Sheng sneered in his heart, he likes Benfica like this!

Many teams are dying in the tactics of attacking themselves, and Benfica is likely to be next, Wen Sheng is quite confident in this, defending and counterattacking, counterattacking on the spot, these routines Crystal Palace players are too familiar with.

In the 48th minute, Benfica almost scored.

Coentrão's old cross from the wing to the Palace penalty area was finally stolen by Cardoso for Benatia, who moved a step slower and Cardoso headed over the crossbar.

Speroni was shocked into a cold sweat.

Oscar. Cardoso is not that good, he is similar in height to Benatia, he is very efficient at Benfica, he is tall and has excellent header skills.

Benatia, of course, is right, but it would be a lie to say that there is no room for Cardoso.

Benatia felt a little remorseful, he felt responsible.

"Relax buddy!" Speroni patted Benatia on the shoulder and comforted her.

Defenders are actually quite sad, you can waste ten chances in a whole game, but you can't score a goal low.

You can play against a shooter ten times and win 9 of them, but once you let an opponent score, your rating is basically gone.

So don't look at Benatia has always been a grinning and tough guy, but there is a lot of pressure on his heart, especially since he has had another fight with De Bruyne recently.

Putting Benatia on the line, Cardoso's header gave Benfica's players hope.

More hard-working crosses made Saviola look like an airman on the pitch, and Cardoso and Benatia battled more, but he couldn't find the advantage anymore.

After eating deflated on him once, how could the strong Benatia be convinced, and his attention was naturally more concentrated.

Leading Wen Sheng is not like returning to the coach's bench in the first half, just standing on the sidelines and pointing the players to defend, to be honest, he is a little speechless, Benfica always makes 45-degree crosses, obviously there is a problem with the way their two defenders pass, always blindly high ball crosses, and De Bruyne will definitely not be so high.

It was also quite easy for Palace to deal with, in fact, many of the balls simply didn't go to Benatia and Cardoso's turn, and a lot of McCarthy was disposed of.

Jesús also kept roaring, and he assured Wen Sheng that he definitely didn't let the players attack like this, which was too unruly!

Jesús was anxious and yelled a few times, before the Benfica players realized that this was not the right way, but allowed Crystal Palace to easily get the ball, form a counter-attacking attack, and find a chance to shoot.

Harvey. Garcia also had to steal and foul in the front court because of this tactic, and he was saddled with a yellow card.

Wen Sheng responded to the opponent's attack in the way of playing Tai Chi, as long as the backfield could control the ball, he was not in a hurry, and De Bruyne retreated very deeply, constantly helping his teammates to control. Then from time to time to get rid of it, a long pass launched a counterattack.

In the 63rd minute, Crystal Palace got a chance to counterattack, Klose was shoveled by Jadel when receiving the ball in front, but he was injured, Wen Sheng had to replace Klose in advance, he originally hoped to be able to go up to Vardy to impact later!

Vardy and Klose are two completely different styles when he comes into play, and according to Wen Sheng's instructions, he always likes to be at the front and like to cruise on the side.

Although he is a single striker, but the left and right runs for a while, which makes Jardel and Luisson very painful, and Luisson and Jardel have a common characteristic, tall and slow, in the first half, Jardel did not even keep up with the veteran Klose's running position, let alone with Vardy, who likes to run everywhere.

In the 68th minute, Crystal Palace played a quick counterattack again, De Bruyne gave the ball to Zaha in the backfield, Zaha was full of energy, and even connected the opponent's three, sending a diagonal through ball, Vardy started quickly, Jardel and Luisson were not very defensive, on the right side of the penalty area, Vardy fired low in the opposite direction, and the ball went into the far corner.

Away Crystal Palace led Benfica 2-0.

Vardy happily ran to Zaha to celebrate.

Jesús wiped his face on the sidelines, frustrated, Mertens and Vardy were too accurate to shoot.

Impeccable accuracy.

Mertens certainly couldn't score half a second late, Vardy ran this time it was a slash, although he succeeded in anti-offside, but when he shot, Luisson and Roberto actually formed a block, but Vardy just grabbed the glimmer of life between them, so that they were helpless.

Roberto patted the ground in annoyance, no way, he went down fast enough, anyway, he could get the fastest, but the opponent still scored, how can it not be annoyed that he is behind by two goals.

Crystal Palace were all happy, Klose got up from the bench, he was really injured, but the problem was not serious, but it was not possible to continue the game.

Having conceded a second goal, Benfica's attack was more urgent, but also more messy, and whoever wanted to burst up front was up to see if they could create an opportunity.

Where is the Crystal Palace defence, which even Carlo Ancelotti Wenger has a headache for, so easily messed up, and where is Wensheng, a conservative coach who is famous in English football, is a false name.

All Benfica did was give Palace more chances to counter-attack.

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