Chapter 432: The Scheming Benitez

"This, judging from my starting list, the captain of the Red Army, Gerrard, did not appear in the team's starting lineup today, which is really unscientific!

You know, the opponent the Reds face today is Crystal Palace, if the Reds were able to send most of the substitutes to defy the opponent in the first meeting last season, can the Reds still defy the defending champions of the league now? What does Benitez want to make trouble with?

Well, it seems that the topic is far away, so I'll move on to Liverpool's starters.

In midfield, the four players sent by the Reds today are No. 15 Benayoun on the left, No. 11 Riera on the right, No. 14 Xavi Alonso and No. 20 Mascherano in the middle.

At the top of the list are No. 18 Kuyt and No. 7 Robbie Keane.

After talking about Liverpool, let's take a look at the defending league champion Crystal Palace.

Today, Crystal Palace's starting line-up has changed a lot from last season, when they won the title.

First of all, in terms of formation, Friedman can be regarded as pushing the old and new, completely abandoning the 5-3-2 that he used to settle down last season and play 4-2-3-1 instead!

In terms of lineup:

The goalkeeper has not changed much, it is still No. 1 Diego López.

Defensively, none of the four faces we were familiar with last season are gone!

Today, the four players who stood at the back of Crystal Palace were:

Left-back Zabaleta, right-back Glen Johnson, 2 centre-backs Vincent Kompany and Lescott.

In midfield, there are two midfielders, Yaya Toure and Luka Modric.

Gareth Bale at left wing-back, Wright at Wright, Wright Phillips. Forward, No. 10 Sneijder.

As for the person at the top, I don't need to say it, everyone knows it, and it is naturally - LEE, the new European Footballer!

Okay, the game has begun, let's get into the game together. ”――

"Toot, toot, toot!" With the referee on duty blowing the whistle, Liverpool's home vs Crystal Palace match was officially announced.

And at the beginning of the game, Liverpool, who was playing at home, soon showed a much stronger desire to win than Crystal Palace!

As the saying goes, the brave wins!

Crystal Palace, Liverpool, strictly speaking, there is not much difference in strength between the two, in such a situation, when one of the warring sides has a stronger desire to win, on the field, the situation has some deflections, it is not surprising!

10 minutes! Only relied on defense to top Liverpool for 10 minutes, and Crystal Palace, which lacked some fighting spirit in this game, was very unfortunate to concede the first goal in the 11th minute of the game!

Moreover, conceding this goal is really not the kind of goal that Liverpool relies on the skillful cooperation of the team to create, but the kind of goal that should not be conceded no matter how you look at it.

At that time, it was Riela who won the ball on the right flank and went down at high speed to deliver a cross.

It's just that this simple high-altitude ball defense, whether for Lescott or Kompany, is no simpler, and after some courtesy, in the end, Crystal Palace pushed the ball out of the penalty area by Lescott.

The first point of the cross was cleared by Crystal Palace early? It doesn't matter, in the last two minutes, almost the whole team has pressed the half, and Liverpool, who practiced half-time offensive and defensive acting at Crystal Palace half-time, said, come again!

No, after Alonso won the second control of the ball not far from outside the box, he quickly sent the ball into the Crystal Palace box again.

And perhaps it was seeing the first few high-altitude balls that didn't play much of a role for Crystal Palace, and in this cross, Alonso, who has never lacked creativity, chose a half-high ball.

“！” Seeing that the ball was drawn into the penalty area by Alonso flat and fast, in line with the instinct of a defender, when the ball flew right in front of him, Lescott did not hesitate to stretch his head forward, ready to end twice!

It's just that before making this instinctive move, Lescott really forgot a very important problem, that is, Alonso's cross, not only the speed of the ball is not only fast, but also Alonso's hit is not a high ball, but a half high ball!

What is the difference between a high ball and a half high ball?

It's all balls flying off the lawn, at first glance, there is no difference, and even for the striker, it's nothing more than a straight body to the top, or a fish jumping to the top, and the difference is not big!

It's a pity that for defenders, the difference between defending this kind of semi-high ball and defending high ball is big!

First of all, the first difficulty in defending this kind of semi-high ball is the question of what body to choose to fill in to clear the siege!

And it is obvious that on the pitch, Lescott, who started to play for Crystal Palace, made a very wrong demonstration in front of the fans who watched the live broadcast of this game all over the world - use the head!

Well, in theory, it is not impossible to clear the half-high ball with his head, but it is a pity that after choosing to clear the siege with his head, Lescott, who has a stiff body, failed to complete his bending action before the ball arrived!

Then, Lescott on the pitch was tragic, and then, Diego López was also tragic, and Crystal Palace was equally tragic!

Seeing Lescott rush to the top with a very standard leap on the pitch and go straight to Alonso's cross into his own door, all the Crystal Palace personnel present today were stunned! ――

"Huh! GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Wrong! It was Liverpool who scored! Uh, that's not right!

Ah, anyway, it was Lescott's header own, and Liverpool led the score 1-0!

And this goal, although it was an own goal on the side of Crystal Palace, to a large extent, still reflected the success of Liverpool's opening tactics.

Looking at the first 10 minutes of this game, it can be said that Benitez has taken his cunning to the extreme!

Knowing that your Crystal Palace is not in place yet, I won't be polite to you at all when I come up, just go awesome, and after a few heavy punches, the Crystal Palace will be beaten directly!

Friedman, Friedman, hurry up and adjust, if the game is like the first 10 minutes of the game, then today Crystal Palace may really usher in their first slaughter after being promoted to the Premier League!

That's right, you heard it right, it was the first time it was slaughtered! As we all know, because of the peerless gun LEE, last season, Crystal Palace did not kill the bloodbath.

Could it be that today's Crystal Palace really has to respond to that warning saying, come out to mix, and sooner or later will have to pay it back? ”――

The score was just 1-0 on the field, and Sky TV's commentator JACK began to say what kind of massacre, what bloodbath! It sounds ridiculous, but if Friedman hears it, as a Crystal Palace manager, he doesn't think he's joking.

Yes, it is true that the score is only 1-0 now, but in the past 10 minutes of the game, anyone with eyes can see it! The reason for Liverpool's success today is not actually their super fighting awareness, but more importantly, they have grasped the lifeblood of Crystal Palace, that is, the outstanding incompatibility between Modric and Yaya Toure.

In this game, Crystal Palace had 9 of the 10 defensive and offensive attacks, all of which were destroyed by Liverpool when Modric and Yaya Toure cooperated, resulting in Liverpool being able to continue to press Crystal Palace!

Otherwise, you can't explain why Crystal Palace, which has one more person than the opponent and is Yaya Toure, Modric, Sneijder, Bale, Wright Phillips, these five luxury midfielders, will be beaten by Liverpool and can't even pass half time!