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February 2018, 2, Leicester City, England, King Power Stadium!

What is going on here today is the 2017th round of the 2018-18 season of the Premier League.

This is also the second make-up match for Crystal Palace this season due to postponement.

In the previous game they beat Watford [-]-[-].

Today they are here against the stronger Leicester City team. Manchester City fans think that Crystal Palace is likely to capsize, and Crystal Palace is likely to lose!

Manchester City fans have high hopes for Leicester City.

In the words of some people, whether Manchester City can win the championship this season depends on Leicester City.

Come on, Leicester City!

However, it is actually quite difficult for Leicester City to beat Crystal Palace.

There is no doubt about the strength of the Crystal Palace, and more importantly, the state of the Crystal Palace is still very good at this stage. They are still on a winning streak, and almost no team can beat them.

Moreover, Tong Yi, the head coach of Crystal Palace, just won the Best Coach of the Month Award in January for the 2017-2018 Premier League season a few days ago.This shows that Crystal Palace has been in very good condition for more than a month. It is really difficult for Leicester City to beat Crystal Palace.

However, Leicester City coach Pierre was also full of confidence before the game, which gave Manchester City fans hope.

When Pierre was interviewed by media reporters, he said: "Leicester City is playing at home in this game, which is our advantage. And we are waiting for work, so we have a great chance. Our Leicester City Leicester City's schedule is not as dense as that of Crystal Palace. Now we have an absolute advantage in this regard, in terms of physical strength. Therefore, in this game, our chances of winning the game are quite high. .”

Indeed, as Pierre said, Crystal Palace's recent schedule is very cheating. There are leagues, the Champions League, the FA Cup and even the Carabao Cup. There are too many games, and there is almost no time to rest.Unlike Leicester City, they only have the league and the FA Cup, so they should have an advantage in terms of physical fitness.

This is why Manchester City fans are so optimistic about Leicester City.

Come on, Leicester City, beat Crystal Palace, don't let Crystal Palace score any more points!

Yes, the Manchester City team is in a hurry!

Let Crystal Palace continue to score points like this, their Manchester City team will have to work in vain.

Now players from both sides have appeared in this game, and the Leicester City players also look very confident. It seems that the Leicester City players really have a chance in this game.

From the point of view of the Manchester City team who are paying attention to this game, this is a good thing and there is a chance.

Leicester City, come on!

At this time, Manchester City fans seem to be Leicester City fans and support Leicester City.

Because this game is a make-up match, there is naturally no game for Manchester City, so almost all of them are paying attention to this game, looking forward to Leicester City winning.

Even Guardiola and the others are paying attention to this game.

Before this game, Guardiola even accepted interviews with media reporters.

He said: "Needless to say, I definitely support Leicester City. And I believe that the entire Premier League should support Leicester City now. Because we can't let Crystal Palace continue to win like this, let Crystal Palace If we continue to win, it will be a disgrace to all other teams in the entire Premier League! I don’t think everyone wants to be the background board for Crystal Palace’s name to go down in history. Therefore, Crystal Palace must lose! And must lose consecutively! This One game, I think Leicester City have a chance!"

See, Guardiola is now waiting for Crystal Palace to lose.

Even Guardiola pulled all the teams in the Premier League to his chariot, and fought Crystal Palace to the end!

Now Guardiola and his coaching staff are sitting in front of the TV watching this game, they are all looking forward to Crystal Palace losing!

At this time, players from both sides had already entered the stadium, and everyone saw the starting lineups of both sides today.

The starting rosters for both sides are as follows:

Home team: Leicester City, coach: Pierre, formation: 4-2-3-1

Goalkeeper: Schmeichel

Back four [from left to right]: Chilwell, Maguire, Morgan and Simpson

Double midfielders: Ivora and Ndidi

Three forwards [from left to right]: Albrighton, Dimare Gray and Riyad Mahrez

Single striker: Vardy

Visiting team: Crystal Palace, head coach: Tong Yi, formation: 4-2-1-3

Goalkeeper: Maignan

Back four [from left to right]: Cancelo, Rudiger, Van Dijk and Carvajal

Double midfielders: Casemiro and Kanter

Single midfielder: De Bruyne

Three strikers [from left to right]: Salah, Ronaldo and Mbappe

As far as the lineup is concerned, Leicester City's strength is still good, otherwise they would not be able to reach the ninth position in the Premier League.But to be honest, this lineup also has big problems, especially on the back line.

Tong Yi has already reminded the players of Crystal Palace that the two central defenders of Leicester City have big problems.

The two of them's frontal and prevention capabilities are not bad, and they can be regarded as the forefront of the Premier League.But both of them are the kind of guards who are tall and strong with a particularly large frontal defensive area, but the flexibility of turning is very poor, it can be called an aircraft carrier U-turn, and the speed of chasing back is very slow, as slow as a snail!

Therefore, the offense in this game is almost always looking for space behind these two central defenders.

In this case, this game should be easily won.

Moreover, the defense of the opponent's two full-backs is actually not very strong, and there are a lot of articles that can be done.

Therefore, now Tong Yi is quite confident about this game.

After all, their Crystal Palace forwards are all fast, and their breakthrough ability is not bad, and they are good at hitting behind the opponent's central defender.Coupled with De Bruyne's delivery of the ball in the midfield, this game should be quite stable.

Guardiola in front of the TV frowned slightly when he saw Leicester City's starting lineup.

Why did Morgan and Maguire start this game together?

Don't you have a centre-back with speed and agility in your Leicester City squad?Do you have to let these two central defenders with overlapping position attributes start?Isn't the Austrian centre-back Dragovic better on your bench?

Of course, Guardiola's meaning is not to say that Dragovic is stronger than the two starters. Obviously, the two starters are more powerful.But in terms of turning speed and chasing speed, Dragovic should be a little stronger. In terms of complementarity, Dragovic will be better with either of these two, right?

Could it be that Dragovic has not adapted to the rhythm of the Premier League?Or is it that he is not capable?

Dragovic's performance in the Bundesliga is also good, right?

Anyway, Guardiola's expression was very solemn at this time. He felt that Leicester City was a bit ominous in this game.Now that he sees the problem, Tong Yihui can't see it?In this game, the two central defenders of Leicester City will definitely receive the key care of Crystal Palace.

In this game, Leicester City is a bit hanging.

Could it be that Ndidi or Ivora on the midfielder will withdraw, in fact, to play a five-back?

If so, not bad.

But in this case, Leicester City may only have to defend and counterattack.The offense depends on the attacking four-man team in front. It is no wonder that this game will have four faster players in the frontcourt. Among them, Gray and Mahrez have a certain ability to hold the ball and break through.

If this is the case, Leicester City may not have no chance in this game.

But to be honest, Guardiola is still a little worried.

At this time, the referee Atkinson blew the whistle to start the game, and the visiting team Crystal Palace kicked off first.

The Crystal Palace launched an attack as soon as they came up, obviously without any intention of probing.

And Leicester City did put up a defensive formation, and even at this time Ndidi retreated behind the two central defenders. This is really a five-back.Endidi is simply a free man in the back line. He has to frequently wipe the buttocks of Maguire and Morgan to protect their backs.

And it also made the two of them more unscrupulous to intercept and defend head-on.

To be honest, at the beginning of the game, Leicester City's defense is really good.

Crystal Palace frequently hit the backs of the two central defenders without much success, because Ndidi was wiping their butts behind them.On the contrary, during this period of time, Leicester City got a lot of opportunities to counterattack, because of Ndidi's successful defense, complete steals or clearances.

Leicester City is frequently using the speed of the frontcourt to frantically hit the goal of Crystal Palace.

Don't even mention it, it's really threatening.

And at this time, it was originally a good offensive opportunity for Crystal Palace.Cancelo, who held the ball from the side, saw the huge space behind Maguire. He immediately passed through and quickly sent the football behind Maguire. Salah rushed forward quickly.

good chance!

But Ndidi on the opposite side took the lead and directly stole the football.

The football quickly rolled to the side, and Chilwell on the side didn't stop the ball and immediately kicked the ball and made a long pass to find the forward player Vardy in front!

The fans of Leicester City were instantly excited, what a great opportunity!

Even the Manchester City fans and Guardiola in front of the TV were stunned. This time is indeed a good opportunity.

Leicester City's counterattack is coming, Crystal Palace is in danger!

And at this moment, Rudiger on the Crystal Palace defense line rushed out quickly, jumped high, pushed the football out on Vardy's head, and made a successful clearance.The fans of Leicester City were instantly disappointed and sighed.But in the next second, they were happy again.

Because the kicked football flew directly to Gray, Gray stopped the ball with his chest and hurriedly pushed the football to the side before Kanter stretched his legs.Albrighton on the wing immediately caught up with the football and took the ball to the Crystal Palace penalty area at a very fast speed.

The Leicester City fans were excited again, screaming with excitement.

This is a good opportunity, an excellent opportunity!

It's a pity that this guy Albrighton's shot was a little hasty. He directly kicked his foot and shot into the far corner. The football drew an arc and slightly missed the far goal.

This ball is really a pity, even Guardiola in front of the TV howled in pain.

What a great opportunity, why was it wasted?

Such opportunities will not be too many for Leicester City, one less time is wasted, what a pity, what a pity.

However, 3 minutes later, Leicester City got another chance to counterattack.

This time is almost exactly the same as the last time. It was Endidi who successfully wiped Maguire's ass again, completed the steal, and then made a long pass from the backcourt to find Albrighton on the wing.Yes, this time he went directly to the side. Albrighton on the side immediately broke through with the ball. After instantly attracting the defenders of Crystal Palace, he quickly passed the football across.

The football rolled quickly to Vardy's feet in the middle.

But Van Dijk has already rushed over, and Vardy's forced shot will not work, and there is no success rate.

Therefore, Vardy directly missed the football, which Van Dijk did not expect, so he could only watch the football roll past, dangerous!

Van Dijk immediately turned around and rushed forward, but it was too late.

Gray, who rushed up, directly faced the ball with a low shot, and slammed the football to the lower corner in the opposite direction.

Maignan, who was moving sideways in front of the goal, couldn't react in time. He fell sideways and fell to the ground without touching the football. The football rolled precisely into the dead corner of Crystal Palace's goal.