Chapter 426: The first crown of the new season is in hand

Regardless of whether it is because of the admiration of Mourinho or from the team itself, in short, for the new season, deep down, Friedman is more inclined to the 4-2-3-1 formation of this second plan!

If it goes 4-2-3-1, there will be a certain change in the starting lineup here in Friedman!

First of all, the goalkeeper is definitely Diego López.

The four defenders have not changed much either: Zabaleta, Lescott, Kompany, Alves.

Next, it's time to focus on the midfield aspect of transformation!

There are five people in midfield, Bale on the left is the same, Wright-Phillips or Nasri on the right. 2 back Yaya Toure + Modric, forward Sneijder!

Single striker Li Yi!

Compared with the previous plan, Friedman's most satisfying thing about this plan is the handling of Modric!

No matter how to say that the Magic Flute is also the absolute hero of Crystal Palace's championship last season, plus his second favorite general, although Sneijder is more famous than Modric, and it seems that the level is slightly higher, but Friedman is not very willing to favor one over the other from the bottom of his heart. So, this kind of good use of the ability of Modric and Sneijder to separate them a little bit on the pitch is certainly a much better option than just 4-4-2! ――

Gently closing the dense notepad that he had brought with him, Friedman, who had basically understood the team's formation and personnel use in the new season, closed his eyes and enjoyed the high-altitude trip he was experiencing.

Well, at this time, Friedman and the rest of the Crystal Palace team, after finishing the match with Arsenar on the 26th yesterday, are taking the charter plane prepared by Mansour to rush back to the UK today.

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After more than 10 hours of flying, by the time the whole Crystal Palace team returned to London from Dubai, it was already late at night on the 27th!

It's just that although it was close to the early hours of the morning when he got off the plane, Friedman did not disband on the spot, but first introduced the team's next arrangements for Li Yi and others!

Now, there are four friendlies to play before Crystal Palace compete for the first title of the new season in two weeks' time!

The four friendlies are scheduled for July 29, August 2, August 5 and August 7!

Wait until the above four friendly matches are played, which can be regarded as non-stop, and on August 10, Crystal Palace will go to fight for the first title of the new season. As for the opponent who will compete for the championship at that time? I can't say, and I don't know how Mansour operated, in short, the opponent who competed for this crown with Crystal Palace actually agreed to have a friendly match with Crystal Palace before the official match.

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Time flew by, and it soon came August 9th. In the past two weeks, Li Yi and the whole Crystal Palace team have played 4 more friendly matches.

In these 4 friendly matches, although they did not win all of them, Crystal Palace still continued the unbeaten momentum before the start of the new season, defeating Portsmouth 2-1, 2-0 Peterbourg, 1-0 Atletico Madrid, 0-0 AC Milan, 3 wins and 1 draw, counting the 4 consecutive wins in the Asian tour, a total of 7 wins and 1 draw.

After a day off, the game itself was not important, and even the championship trophy was like chicken ribs, but the Community Shield final, which attracted much attention from the world, kicked off.

The competition is not important, the trophy is not important, but it has attracted the attention of the world, this sentence seems to be a bit contradictory, but in fact, it is not. Because, what the world is paying attention to is not actually the game, but the Crystal Palace!

In other words, as the transfer destination of the new summer transfer target and the club that spends the most, what is it, other Premier League powers, for Crystal Palace's new season, what kind of play can be played, or very concerned!

Although before this, Crystal Palace had played several friendly matches, but the friendly match was only a friendly match after all, Friedman was almost 11 people in rotation in the first and second half, and the players were not serious.

But this game looks different to the outside world!

The Community Shield is a chicken rib, but in fact, it also scores the team, look at the people!

In other words, since he has never won the Premier League, he has never won the cup either! No, this is the first time Crystal Palace has participated in the final of the Community Shield!

Then, for such a crystal palace, it is almost a sure thing to play all out and win the opponent!

As for Palace's fear of the so-called Community Shield curse of losing the league title if you win the Community Shield? COME, ON, don't be stupid, not to mention that Chelsea in 05 has taken the lead in breaking this once-rumored curse, let's just say that none of the young men in the Crystal Palace formation are people who will believe in this kind of ethereal thing and care.

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"Toot, toot, toot!" With the whistle of the referee on duty, the Community Shield final, which was watched by other powers of the Premier League, officially began.

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After 90 minutes of play, with Li Yi's three goals scored by kicking and chopping melons and vegetables in the first and second halfs, at Wembley Stadium, Crystal Palace was almost bloodless and won their first title of the new season!

And Li Yi, who scored a hat trick in this game and brought the game ball home again, used his actual actions to announce his state to the Premier League team that paid special attention to their game today.

Back to the game, today, the reporters who have been trying to catch Friedman's reaction are completely disappointed!

Because, from beginning to end of this game, regardless of whether Crystal Palace was in an advantageous or inferior position on the field, Friedman has always been very breezy and calm, even after Crystal Palace won the championship 3-0 in the end, when the award ceremony was carried out, there was only a smile on his face, nothing more.

Speaking of which, if Friedman had learned what the reporters around him were thinking, he would have laughed at the idiots!

How strong is this Crystal Palace now? It's obvious to all! In other words, as the coach of such a strong team, it would be strange if Friedman was really excited to win Portsmouth, which didn't know what shit luck did last season and won the FA Cup by luck, and was not strong or even very weak!

After winning this championship trophy that seemed insignificant to outsiders, and returning to the club, Friedman made an exception to have a small celebration with the players and gave the team 2 days off!

What the? A bit of a fuss?

Neither nor not! In fact, the combination of work and rest has always been the way Friedman advocates, in other words, since the assembly on July 12, the past month, Crystal Palace has been in high-intensity training, before the start of the league, Friedman felt very necessary, let the players relax a little!

So, it's not so much about celebrating the Community Shield as it is about Friedman playing on the topic and awarding the benefits that should be given to the players.

Crystal Palace and Portsmouth compete for the Community Shield on August 10, the first game of the new Premier League season will be one week later, on August 17, Crystal Palace completed the last set of training on the 16th, officially announced that they are ready, just wait for Newcastle to arrive tomorrow, for their new season flag!