Toot!

The referee blew his whistle and the 2013-2014 Europa League finals officially began.

The first team to kick off was Benfica.

However, Benfica did not play particularly proactively and adopted a defensive posture at the beginning.

Crystal Palace, on the other hand, followed its usual rhythm and pressed from a high position.

Crystal Palace immediately pressed close to Benfica's penalty area and launched a crazy press, and the defensive actions were also very large.

"It can be seen that the players of the Crystal Palace were very excited today. They couldn't control their movements at first! It is actually very dangerous if this continues!" Duan Jianhong said directly with some worry.

However, Zhang Hao said, "I think this is good, because the intensity from the beginning will definitely create a lot of pressure on the Benfica people, and even make them at a loss. If Crystal Palace can seize the opportunity at this time, this game will

Crystal Palace has a great chance of winning!"

Duan Jianhong raised his eyebrows slightly, feeling a little interesting.

"Hey, it's dangerous!" Suddenly, Duan Jianhong roared.

Benfica's Soleimani took the ball sideways and did not notice De Bruyne rushing behind him, almost stealing the ball.

Soleimani is a Sevilla international with good abilities. He has played for Ajax for nearly five years, played more than 100 times on behalf of the team and scored 30 goals. This season he has just

After joining Benfica, after the initial lineup, he gradually became the main force of the team.

This game is Soleimani's 26th game on behalf of Benfica. He had previously scored 3 goals.

His characteristics are fast speed and nimble feet.

But this time he showed off his flexibility.

Seeing that De Bruyne was about to steal the ball, he quickly pulled the ball out of the way and directly beat De Bruyne's pressing. This reaction was very good and attracted cheers from the Benfica fans at the scene.

However, the next moment, Soleimani fell hard on the court, crying and covering his abdomen.

Because when he turned around, he didn't even notice Paulinho lying on the side. Paulinho raised his leg a little high and kicked Soleimani directly in the abdomen. Soleimani fell to the ground.

Paulinho immediately raised his hands to show that he didn't mean it.

He rushed up, but he didn't know that this guy suddenly turned around and came sideways. He couldn't even retract his legs in time.

The Benfica fans at the scene were not used to this and cursed Paulinho crazily.

I really want to scold Paulinho off the field.

The referee directly showed Paulinho a yellow card as a warning.

"Hiss! Getting a yellow card too early is not a good thing for Crystal Palace!" Duan Jianhong was a little worried.

At this time, only 5 minutes into the game, Paulinho got a red card, which had a huge impact on his subsequent games.

The Crystal Palace fans at the scene were very worried!

Paulinho in the next game

He must restrain himself, otherwise, he is likely to get a second yellow card and be sent off!

The Benfica people have also discovered this, and they will definitely rush Paulinho to induce him to foul and receive a second yellow card.

Crystal Palace fans are worried.

Benfica quickly took the free kick, but unfortunately Lima in the frontcourt did not hit the ball at all.

Lima is not tall and is not a high forward.

Therefore, his success rate is not high for such a high point.

Benfica's high center forward Cardoso is now sitting on the bench, waiting for an opportunity.

The football was pushed out by Laporte, and it quickly rolled to De Bruyne's feet. The opponent's young midfielder Gomez immediately pounced on him, trying to stretch his legs from behind De Bruyne to steal the ball.

Gomez is really very young. He is just over 20 years old and is a supernova in Portugal. But now he has just started playing in the first team of Benfica. He has only played 23 times for Benfica this season, including only 23 games in the league.

7 appearances, but he played more in the Europa League, playing 9 games.

His start today was beyond many people's expectations.

But Tong Yi knows very well that this guy is still very capable and will even join Barcelona in the future.

If it weren't for his subsequent severe leg injuries, he would very likely have become the top midfielder of the Portuguese national team.

What a pity, God is jealous of talents!

Tong Yi reminded the Crystal Palace players not to underestimate this guy but to take him seriously.

De Bruyne naturally listened to Tong Yi's words. He had already observed the surrounding situation before catching the ball and had already seen Gomez rushing towards him. So De Bruyne did not give Gomez a chance at all.

When Gomez was about to pounce, he easily swung the football backwards and directly passed the oncoming Gomez.

De Bruyne turned and ducked past Gomez, and then without stopping the ball, he passed the ball diagonally to the left wing.

De Bruyne's pass was too fast, and the Benfica people were a little unable to react.

With a bang, De Bruyne was directly hooked by Gomez's leg and fell to the ground, but the referee did not give any indication, indicating that the attack was favorable.

Salah caught up with the football, made a direct sideways move, and then shot with a kick.

It roared out with a bang and flew straight to the upper right corner of the goal.

"Beautiful, we got the ball!" Duan Jianhong roared excitedly. The shot was of extremely high quality and must be a goal.

The Crystal Palace fans at the scene stood up excitedly.

Seeing that the football was about to fly into the goal, Oblak took off in front of the goal and actually knocked the football out of the baseline with one palm.

hiss!

Crystal Palace fans at the scene rubbed their eyes in pink

Eyes, unbelievable!

Can you catch this ball?

Salah also didn't believe his eyes. He stared at Oblak in front of the court and wondered to himself, is this guy so powerful?

Campbell and others on the coaching bench turned to look at Tong Yi, feeling greatly shocked.

Is this the goalkeeper you like? He is so good. Why didn't you introduce him in the first place?

He knew very well about Tong Yi's pursuit of Oblak many times. Originally, they didn't know what Tong Yi was interested in in Oblak, but now they understand.

They even regretted not persuading Tong Yi to bring Oblak to the Crystal Palace.

Yes, Tong Yi has been interested in Oblak for a long time.

When Tong Yi was still in Munich 1860, he took a fancy to Oblak and wanted to use this guy to replace De Gea who left. Later, he chose Ter Stegen and Leno to come to the Crystal Palace.

After that, Tong Yi also wanted to bring in Oblak, but unfortunately Benfica was unwilling to sell him, so Tong Yi chose Edouard and Alisson.

However, these two are not bad either.

However, seeing Oblak's performance, Campbell and the others still felt a little bit at a loss.

Corner kick!

Crystal Palace won a corner kick!

Robertson went directly to the corner kick, and Crystal Palace center backs Van Dijk and Laporte both appeared in the opponent's penalty area.

"Opportunity, this is an opportunity for the Crystal Palace people. I hope they can seize it and strive to score as soon as possible! In the final, the sooner a goal is scored, the better, and the less pressure!" Duan Jianhong said immediately.

Tong Yi also stood on the sidelines with some anticipation, his eyes fixed on the court.

With a bang, Robertson drove the football into Benfica's penalty area with a arcing kick, and the football flew straight to the back post.

Van Dijk, who was in the back position, jumped up high, overpowered Benfica's Argentinian international center back Garay, smashed the football with his head, and headed the ball towards the goal.

The football roared out and went directly over the crossbar, without even threatening Oblak.

"Wow! Garay did a great job of interfering! He is indeed a player who once played for Real Madrid, and he still has some strength!" Duan Jianhong said immediately.

To be honest, Jesus is really not afraid of Crystal Palace's attack at all.

I think he is very confident in his defense line. This defense line has been together for several seasons and has a very good understanding. Even Garay has only been with Benfica for 3 seasons, but he has already played for Benfica.

He has played 134 games, and this is the 135th game of his Benfica career.

He is very confident in this central defender combination!

You Crystal Palace men can't beat our centre-back combination!

However, Tong Yi really didn’t have any trouble at all!

Benfica's defense seems to be impregnable and has a very tacit understanding, but in fact there are still many problems.

Lots of questions.

Even the center back combination of Garay and Louison also has problems, and Tong Yi is very confident in his forwards.

Tong Yi firmly believes that Crystal Palace will definitely win this game.

Boom!
To be continued...