Legendary godfather of green grass

After five rounds of the Premier League in the 2013-2014 season, Crystal Palace is the only team that still has a complete victory, with 15 points, ranking first in the league.Arsenal ranked second with 4 points from 1 wins and 12 loss; Tottenham Hotspur ranked third with 4 points from 1 wins and 12 loss.

This is simply flourishing London!

Three teams from London occupy the top three in the Premier League, which is still rare in the past.

Chelsea from London has 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss with 10 points and is now ranked fifth in the league.

The team from London really shines.

Is this year's Premier League going to be rounded up by London teams?

Of course, at this time, the English media still felt that Crystal Palace was unlikely to persist until the end.

After all, this is Tong Yi's debut season in the Premier League.

Moreover, Crystal Palace's lineup is very young. As the league progresses, Crystal Palace's lack of experience will definitely make the team explode.However, it should be easy for Crystal Palace to relegation.

Of course, the Crystal Palace really made people all over England shine.

The fans of Crystal Palace are really too excited.

The Crystal Palace fans headed by Stewarni are almost confessing to Tong Yi. They once again proposed that the Crystal Palace Club erect a statue of Tong Yi outside the Selhurst Park Stadium.

Tong Yi is worth it!

Tong Yi is the best legendary head coach in the history of Crystal Palace Club.

Stewarni's youngest son, Albramo, was so excited that he showed off his cuteness on his father's social media account, announcing in a high-profile manner that his idol is no longer Zaha, but Tong Yi, the head coach of Crystal Palace.

Albramo is a diehard fan of Tong Yi's support group.

However, Gustavo and the others had already hidden themselves, and did not dare to show their heads at all.

However, Tong Yi is very dull now.

He didn't care about these at all, because the Premier League schedule is indeed very intensive.The nuclear Swansea game has just ended here, and Crystal Palace is about to usher in the third round of the English League Cup, which means that next week Crystal Palace will still have a double match a week.

And the opponents of this week's double match are Southampton.

In the middle of the week, they played away against Southampton in the third round of the English League Cup, and on the weekend they played away against Southampton in the sixth round of the Premier League.

So, now Tong Yi has sent the Crystal Palace players to Southampton.

This week, Tong Yi and the Crystal Palace players will live in Southampton, and they will return to London after the game is over.

To be honest, Southampton is not easy to play.

This Southampton team is still very characteristic, and the players in the team are also a group of very talented young people.

More importantly, the head coach of this team is a very famous coach in the future world football-Mauricio Pochettino!

Yes, the same Argentine coach who shocked the world at Tottenham Hotspur and then went to Paris Saint-Germain.

To be honest, the coaching styles of Pochettino and Tong Yi are also similar.

Both of them are the kind of head coaches who attach great importance to the physical training of the players, and both are head coaches who are famous for their intense training.

However, Tong Yi's combat speed is more of a high-position press, while Pochettino's tactics are more famous for offense.

Of course, Pochettino's tactical style is not static. On the contrary, he is still a head coach who often watches food and changes from person to person.

One thing he and Tong Yi have in common is that they are always willing to explore the talents of young players and always give young people opportunities.

So this game is also a game that is focused on by media reporters.

This is the battle for young coaches that is the focus of the Premier League this season.

Before the game, when Tong Yi was interviewed by media reporters, he said: "Pochettino is a very good and very characteristic head coach. To be honest, this Southampton team was defeated by Pochetti Nuo has built very well. Their strength should not be underestimated. If we take it lightly, we will definitely not be able to win this game."

Tong Yi is not saying compliments, this is what he really thinks.

Pochettino is a tough guy to deal with.

And Pochettino said in an interview before the game: "Obviously, Crystal Palace is a very difficult team. Their head coach Tong Yi is very good, and I admire him very much. Even his The miraculous performance makes me obsessed, and if I haven't retired, I would also like to play under him!"

Yes, Pochettino is also a player-turned-coach.

His career is still very successful, he has played in Argentina, La Liga and Ligue [-]. He once played for Paris Saint-Germain, also played for the Espanyol twice, and is a member of the Argentine national team.

When he just retired, he also served as the assistant coach of the Espanyol women's football team, and later became the head coach of the Espanyol men's football team. He took over Southampton in January this year. Last season, he led Southampton to turn the corner. The relegation was successful.

In this season, he has carried out drastic reforms to Southampton, and now this team has been branded with his brand.

At present, Southampton's performance is not bad, ranking eighth in the Premier League, with a record of 2 wins, 2 draws, 1 loss and 8 points.In the just-concluded round of the Premier League game, they defeated Liverpool [-]-[-] away and scored three points, showing a very impressive strength.

Therefore, Tong Yi really dare not underestimate this team.

Pochettino also said: "These two games against Crystal Palace are very important, and we will definitely go all out. However, the opponent's strength is very strong, and we must come back and work harder."

Before the game, Pochettino kept his posture very low, which was suspected of confusing Tong Yi.

Fortunately, Tong Yi knows Pochettino's background, so Tong Yi will not underestimate Southampton. On the contrary, Tong Yi will attach great importance to Southampton.

Before this game, Tong Yike reminded the Crystal Palace players many times that they must not take it lightly and must be serious.

Of course, Tong Yi also rotated the team in this game, after all, the schedule is too dense.

In the League Cup, Crystal Palace's starting line-up is as follows:

Goalkeeper: Edward

Back four [from left to right]: Alonso, Carvalho, McCarthy and Aurier

Double midfielders: Weigel and Kimmich

Single midfielder: Gretzka

Three strikers [from left to right]: Zaha, Ignacio and Sane

And Southampton also carried out a rotation, sending a pure substitute lineup, the list is as follows:

Goalkeeper: Davies

Back four [from left to right]: Fox, Huiveld, Yoshida Maya and Chambers

Double defensive midfielder: Gujemé Prado and Koke

Three forwards [left to right]: Gaston Ramirez, Ward-Prowse and Steven Davis

Single striker: Li Zhongcheng

It can be seen at a glance that this is Southampton's pure substitute lineup. Obviously, Pochettino is still very pragmatic.Obviously, Pochettino focused on the league, and didn't care too much about the League Cup.

However, Tong Yi doesn't think so.

Tong Yi is still very serious about this game, he will not give Pochettino any chance.

In this game, Crystal Palace went all out.

This made Pochettino frown. He didn't expect Tong Yi to attach so much importance to them?Didn't he already show weakness before the game?Why does Tong Yi value him so much?So against him?

Yes, the Southamptons played very awkwardly in this game.

It seems that the people of Crystal Palace are very familiar with their playing style and characteristics, and the weaknesses are all taken care of, which makes the Southampton people play very uncomfortable.

Pochettino turned his head and stared at Tong Yi, dumbfounded.

Is there any need to study our Southampton in such detail?We are just a relegation team, not your direct competitors.You should focus on researching which teams are competing for European qualification!

Pochettino really thinks it's outrageous!

He felt a little shudder that someone would study their Southampton in such a detailed way.

You see, the reason why Liverpool lost to them is that they underestimated them, did not study their characteristics in detail, and did not pay attention to them.Their Southampton is a little transparent guess in the Premier League, and they should not be noticed by the big guys above.Why did you, Tong Yi, study us so carefully?

why?

Pochettino is puzzled!

In the 34th minute of the game, Crystal Palace's Goretzka received Ignacio's ball and directly blasted Southampton's goal with a heavy shot, taking the lead.In the 37th minute of the second half, Carvalho scored a header to help Crystal Palace expand the score.

In the final game, Crystal Palace defeated Southampton [-]-[-] away, won the victory, and successfully advanced to the next round of the League Cup.

After the game, Pochettino looked perplexed. He still didn't understand why Tong Yi paid so much attention to them and studied them in such detail?

Is Tong Yi's coaching team really so meticulous?Has every opponent in the Premier League conducted detailed research and specially formulated countermeasures?Is this too much work?

hiss!

Tong Yi is amazing!

Three days later, Pochettino's Southampton once again ushered in the Crystal Palace team at their home court.

This is the sixth round of the Premier League in the 2013-2014 season. Pochettino made extensive adjustments to the starting lineup.Today Southampton sent their main lineup, the list is as follows:

Goalkeeper: Boruc

Back four [left to right]: Luke Shaw, Lovren, Jose Fonte and Klein

Double midfielders: Schneiderlin and Vanyama

Three strikers [left to right]: Osvaldo, Lallana and Steven Davies

Solo striker: Lambert

This is Southampton's absolute main lineup!

Seeing this lineup, Tong Yicai nodded slightly. This lineup is more than twice as strong as Southampton's starting lineup three days ago.There are a lot of players with great strength and great potential in this lineup, and many of them will play for the big clubs in the Premier League in the future.

Tong Yi did not dare to underestimate this Southampton team. Before the game, he told the Crystal Palace fans about this Southampton team in detail.It is said that this starting lineup is much stronger than the previous starting lineup, and we must be more careful and cautious. The players in Crystal Palace were a little surprised.

The players of the Crystal Palace all felt that Tong Yi paid more attention to Southampton than other teams.

Is this team really good?

However, they still listen to Tong Yi very much. Tong Yi's prestige in this team is still quite high.

For this game, Crystal Palace's starting lineup is as follows:

Goalkeeper: Edward

Back four [from left to right]: Robertson, Laporte, Van Dijk and Zhang Linpeng

Double midfielders: Paulinho and Kanter

Single midfielder: Pogba

Three strikers [from left to right]: Salah, Lukaku and Mane

Pochettino looked at the starting lineup of Crystal Palace very seriously, and he knew very well that this Crystal Palace is stronger than the Crystal Palace three days ago.In this game, they are still very dangerous for Southampton.I just hope that the game three days ago can confuse the Crystal Palace people and make them stop paying so much attention to Southampton in this game.