Chapter 098: The backbone of Liverpool
Chinese fans will not feel too unfamiliar with the Crystal Palace team, especially some veteran fans.
The first impression of this team among Chinese fans is related to former international Fan Zhiyi, who joined Crystal Palace in League One in 1998 and played an important role in the team, he played for Crystal Palace for three seasons and was basically a full-time attendance, becoming the absolute main force of Crystal Palace, conquering the club and the manager with his performances, and became the captain of the Crystal Palace team in the 2000/2001 season. Fan Zhiyi is not the only player who has been the captain of the Chinese foreign players, Sun Jihai has also been the captain of Manchester City, but Sun Jihai is only in a game, the captain was replaced, and Sun Jihai temporarily took over the captain's armband, and the meaning of the two is different.
Don't talk about anything else, just talk about the performance on the field, Fan Zhiyi can be called a model of Chinese foreign players, he joined Crystal Palace in the English League, which is equivalent to the current Championship. At the beginning, because of the language barrier, he was bullied by Lombardo at that time in training, but Fan Zhiyi also gave Lombardo a blow in training and gradually found his position in the team. Subsequently, Fan Zhiyi conquered the head coach with his performance and secured the position of the team's main central defender.
In addition to Fan Zhiyi's own strength, he also has the momentum of a leading brother, and he seems to be a player who is naturally suitable to be the captain. Fan Zhiyi also often invites his teammates from Crystal Palace to eat McDonald's, and Fan Zhiyi pays for going to the pub to drink together. These British players are very grateful for Fan Zhiyi's generosity. Fan Zhiyi naturally earned respect in the Crystal Palace team.
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This time, the Crystal Palace team has once again attracted the attention of Chinese fans, because Jiang Chenxi's Liverpool will play Crystal Palace away from home.
The camera gives a close-up of the stands at Shehrst Park, where Crystal Palace fans are singing and dancing.
On the scoreboard at Shehrst Park, the time and score are eye-catching, and the game is 71 minutes into the game, Crystal Palace 2:1 Liverpool!
"It was a really surprising game." Lineker said, "Crystal Palace, who are 17th in the league, are 2-1 ahead of league leaders Liverpool! ”
"To be honest, I'm not surprised." John. Mortensen 'refuted' his partner's remarks, saying, "This Liverpool team on the pitch is not the team we are familiar with, they play in a haphazard manner, there is a serious disconnect between the front and back, and the impact of the FIFA syndrome on Liverpool is worse than we think. ”
Yes, FIFA syndrome.
On this national team day, as many as 14 players from Liverpool were called up by national teams at all levels in various countries and regions, which was indeed a big impact on Liverpool, which had little depth on the bench.
Jurgen Klopp had to rotate a range of changes in this game to rest as many important players as possible after returning from the national team, but it is clear that Palace in the relegation zone are more difficult than he imagined, as evidenced by the current scoreline.
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Neil. Warnock wore a leather jacket with his hands in his trouser pockets, his mood excited and apprehensive.
Excited to see a home win over strong league leaders Liverpool, the fear is that with nearly twenty minutes to go, there could be any change on the pitch. If possible, he would love to hear the end of the whistle right now.
Neil. Warnock is having a very bad time now, the league has been played for eleven rounds, and the Crystal Palace led by him has only achieved 2 wins, 3 draws, 6 losses and 9 points, ranking fourth from the bottom of the league, and the relegation task is unprecedentedly severe.
Therefore, this game against Liverpool is a lifesaver for Warnock, if he can really beat the league leaders at home, this victory will be enough to keep Crystal Palace fans talking for a few weeks, and his position can be temporarily retained.
'It's a tired Liverpool team.'
"Because of the rotation of key positions, there was a lack of chemistry between the players."
"Liverpool are in terrible form!"
Neil. Warnock stared at the field, judging the performance of the Liverpool team today, he began to have confidence in his team, the game played to this point in time, it is not only a confrontation of strength, but also a collision of mental will, compared to the sleepwalking performance of Liverpool players, Crystal Palace, who are fighting for relegation, played very hard:
Eighteen minutes remaining, hold on for another eighteen minutes, and victory will be in hand.
At this time, Neil. Warnock noticed movement on the Chelsea bench and turned his head to see that the Chinese star from Liverpool had finished his warm-up on the sidelines and was back on the sidelines, where Jurgen Klopp was teaching him a face-to-face opportunity.
Is this going to play?
At the beginning of more than 60 minutes in the second half, Jiang Chenxi had already warmed up twice, but in the end, Klopp did not replace him, and the previous two substitutions were replaced by Sterling and Suso, but the effect was not great, this time it was obviously real.
Neil. Warnock chuckled inwardly.
Why did Klopp not cherish his number one star so much, flew back to distant China from England to play two national team games, and then flew back, isn't Jiang Chenxi tired after a long journey? At this time, how can you risk such an innocuous game against Crystal Palace? Jiang Chenxi should save his physical energy for stronger opponents, besides, you still have Champions League matches in the middle of next week......
In Warnock's complicated and worried eyes, Liverpool completed the third substitution adjustment of the game, Balotelli, who started very average today, was replaced, and Jiang Chenxi came on as a substitute.
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Neil. Warnock hurriedly passed his tactical instructions to the players, don't panic, and fully defend back!
Resist!
Hold on to this ball, and we will be the victors in just ten minutes!
The Crystal Palace players faithfully executed the manager's tactical intentions, and the manager's words gave them confidence that as long as they held on to the one-goal lead, they were the winners, the winners who beat the league leaders, and they did not panic, the three lines retracted very far back and set up a bus in front of the goal.
However, the players of Crystal Palace soon discovered that the Liverpool replaced by Jiang Chenxi seemed to have changed a lot, this was not the Liverpool they had played for more than 70 minutes and thought they knew very well!
The Liverpool offensive line, which was previously sluggish and seemed to be sleepwalking, seemed to wake up from a big dream and was immediately refreshed!
It's as if you have no energy and suddenly found the backbone!
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