272: Reached the EFL Cup final with no risk(2/2)
The back four from left to right Schultz, Aymeric Laporte, McCarthy and Aurier
Double defensive midfielder Milinkovic and Weigl
Single attacking midfielder Goretzka
The three forwards from left to right Zaha, Ignacio and
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In this game, the rotation players of Crystal Palace performed very well and showed a very good state. This was a blow to the people of Stoke City. They were stunned at the beginning of the game.
Originally, after they saw Crystal Palace's starting lineup, they thought they would have their chance in this game.
Who knew these rotation players were hungrier than the main players?
In the fifth minute of the first half, Crystal Palace scored, and it was Zaha who scored!
Zaha received Ignacio's header and scored with a header.
After scoring the goal, Zaha was so excited that he did a backflip and almost lost his footing. The fans at the scene were also very nervous and worried, fearing that Zaha would be injured while celebrating the goal. This would not be worth the gain.
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In the 17th minute of this match, Crystal Palace scored again. Goretzka at the front of the penalty area received the ball from Zaha and directly blasted the goalkeeper and drove the ball into Stoke City's goal.
To be honest, there is still a big difference in strength between the players on both sides, and the Stoke City people were a little overwhelmed.
However, they also created some opportunities. The double defensive midfielder composed of Milinkovic and Weigel still had some problems, and the opponent seized the opportunity many times. Fortunately, the Crystal Palace defense players performed well, and there were no
Let the Stoke City men score the goal.
In the 33rd minute of the second half, Zaha succeeded in grabbing a point in the penalty area and sent the football into Stoke City's goal.
3-0, Crystal Palace defeated Stoke City and got three points.
Next, Crystal Palace ushered in another intensive period of schedule.
They will face Manchester United in the second leg of the Europa League semi-finals, Wigan Athletic in the fourth round of the FA Cup, and then face Hull City in the league.
There are really a lot of games recently, no wonder Tong Yi chooses to rotate in a large area.
The day after the game against Stoke City, Tong Yi led the Crystal Palace team to Manchester.
He is going to face the second leg of the EFL Cup semi-final against Manchester United.
In fact, this game is not very important. After all, Crystal Palace already won 5-0 in the first round, and this second round is basically garbage time. Naturally, Tong Yi came to Manchester early to discuss the exchange of Zaha and De Bruyne with Moyes.
things.
Before the game, the two met privately, but the discussion did not go well and it can be said that they broke up on bad terms.
In this game, Tong Yi almost continued the starting lineup from the previous round against Stoke City. It can be seen that Tong Yi really didn't care too much about this game.
Manchester United still wanted to give it a try and fielded its full lineup.
In this game, Manchester United did win the game by occupying the home court. The final score was 5 to 2. Manchester United did score five goals, but Crystal Palace also relied on Zaha’s brace.
Helped the team maintain the victory and successfully reached the finals of the 2013-2014 EFL Cup.
Chapter completed!