Legendary Godfather

On September 15, 2016, the weather was sunny at the Jan Bredel Stadium in Bruges, Belgium.

What is going to be played here today is a match in Group G of the 2016-2017 UEFA Champions League. The two sides are the home team Brugge and the visiting team Crystal Palace.

In this game, Bruges naturally hopes to get three points at home, at least one point.

If they cannot score points against Crystal Palace, it will be difficult for them to advance to the top 16 of the Champions League this season.

Of course, Brugge's group competitors are mainly two other opponents.

Therefore, Bruges head coach Predhom believes that as long as they can grab points from Crystal Palace, they can stand out from this group.

Naturally, we must make good use of home games and strive for opportunities.

Of course, in this game, Brugge still has to focus on defense. This is completely different from their usual playing style in the Belgian First Division, because usually in Belgium they are a wealthy team, they are a super strong team, and they are the aggressive side when facing other opponents.

But not today. They are facing last season's Premier League, FA Cup, European Super Cup and UEFA Champions League champions Crystal Palace. Facing such a strong team, Brugge would not dare to attack Crystal Palace even at home.

More importantly, Predholm's idea is that one point is also an overfulfillment of the task.

Therefore, for now, relegation is the main priority.

In this game, he lined up five defenders and came up with a 541 formation.

If Bruges played this formation in the Belgian League, they would be sprayed to death. But in this game, the Bruges fans not only didn't say anything, but also showed their support.

Looking at Bruges' formation, Tong Yi also smiled bitterly.

I really didn't expect Brugge, the Belgian giants and winners of the Belgian championship for two consecutive seasons, to lower their stance so low when facing Crystal Palace.

Tong Yi couldn't help but look carefully at the opponent's head coach Proudholm.

This guy is no unknown person.

In his player days, he was a superstar of Belgian football. The then famous Belgian coach Thies claimed that he was a "super goalkeeper" and the head of the Belgian Football Association. Schiehoghe even called him "Belgium's sports ambassador."

This is a very famous and influential superstar in Belgium.

De Bruyne, Witsel and others respect this old man very much, and many Belgian geniuses even regard him as their idol and target.

Because he won the World Cup's Best Goalkeeper Award as a player, and he was also the winner of the Golden Glove Award!

However, this is also a player with mixed reputations.

Because he was the best goalkeeper in Belgium at the time, winning many Belgian League Cups, even the European Super Cup and the European Cup Winners' Cup, and twice becoming the Belgian Footballer of the Year.

However, he once fell into

He was suspended due to a match-fixing scandal, causing him to miss the 1984 European Cup and the 1986 World Cup. More importantly, many people in later generations believe that Predhomme's Golden Glove Award is a bit unrealistic. After all, in the 1994 World Cup, Brazilian goalkeeper Tafarel and Italian goalkeeper Pagliuca also performed very well. et al. He Predholm only led the team to the top 16 and was eliminated by the German team 3-2.

Although he performed very well in the group stage and knockout rounds, making many wonderful and incredible saves.

You have to know that Brazilian goalkeeper Taffarel only saved two penalty kicks in the final. Such performance was not matched by Predhomme, which is a bit strange to some people in the future. .

When we think about this man's record of being suspected of fixing the game in 1984, it makes some people in later generations question it even more.

Maybe there might be some unspeakable dark transaction behind this?

Of course, these are all speculations of future generations, and it is impossible to know what will happen in the world.

But none of this affects Predhomme's image in the hearts of Belgian footballers and even Belgian sports people. As Hoghe said, Predhomme is Belgium's sports ambassador!

He also performed well in coaching at Bruges. Didn't this lead Bruges to win the Belgian championship for two consecutive years?

Therefore, Tong Yi doesn't care too much about these rumors. He cares more about the person in front of him.

To be honest, Tong Yi thinks this guy is not simple.

After all, Bruges is still a giant in Belgium and has won the championship for two consecutive years. However, they would put their profile so low at home. This shows that the Predholm in front of him is the kind of hero who is flexible and flexible, who doesn't care about the opinions of the outside world and knows the current affairs.

Therefore, it should be more difficult for Crystal Palace to break Bruges' turtle shell in this game.

Tong Yi is already prepared for a hard battle.

He thought Predholm was very powerful.

As the game progressed, Tong Yi also saw a lot of things. Proudholm's training of Bruges was very successful. At least the prestige among his team is very high. The Bruges players perfectly executed Proudholm's tactical arrangement in this game.

To be honest, the opponent's defensive tactics are quite well designed.

Tong Yi felt that their game would be stopped by a Bruges bus.

However, what he didn't expect was that De Bruyne and Witsel were in very good shape in this game. They could even be described as being in great shape. They were simply unstoppable!

In the 17th minute of the first half, this guy Witsel took the lead in attacking.

After holding the ball in the midfield, he even broke through Bruges with the ball.

Diaby, Pina and Womel, this made the Bruges fans at the scene dumbfounded. When did Witsel play football so elegantly and fiercely? Aren’t we watching Messi play now?

After Witsel broke through with the ball continuously, he caught the attraction and restraint of Ibrahimovic in the penalty area. He faked a shot and directly stuffed the football into Bruges' penalty area. The advancing Salah directly surpassed Dansville and fired a powerful shot into the gate guarded by Butler.

Crystal Palace took the lead.

Seeing this, Predholm's eyes widened in disbelief!

Is this a game Witsel can play?

He felt that the guy in front of him was definitely Messi who had taken advantage of Witsel's skin. Otherwise, how could he be so agile and how could his breakthrough be so sharp? In a dense crowd, how did he manage to continuously change directions and break through in a small area, and break out of the crowd?

incredible!

Really, in Proudholm's view, if Witsel can perform like this in every game, then it is really time for the Belgian national team to win the World Cup.

Incredible!

If you were to say that it was De Bruyne who completed this sequence of operations, a shocked Proudholm would have struggled to believe it. But this is Witsel...it's so unscientific.

The Bruges fans at the scene were also shocked. Can Witsel have grown to this point after going to Crystal Palace? What's even more surprising is that Witsel can't even play as the main player in the Crystal Palace in this state. Isn't this too ridiculous? Is this the true level of a UEFA Champions League winner?

If this is the case, they will not be able to score any points against Crystal Palace this season.

And Bruges fans believe that no team in this group can score any points from Crystal Palace.

Crystal Palace is invincible!

The following game made Bruges fans unswervingly agree with this point.

Crystal Palace is invincible and invincible.

Because it’s not just Witsel who is great in the Crystal Palace, but also De Bruyne, Salah and others. Even these people look even better than Witsel!

hiss!

The fans in Bruges can't stand it anymore, the gap is too big!

In the 29th minute of the first half, Crystal Palace's offense struck again. After the midfielder passed the ball continuously, De Bruyne passed the ball to the wing. Carvajal, who came up from the wing, caught up with the football and glanced at Brugge's penalty area. He immediately swung his legs and pretended to cross, then dunked and accelerated towards the bottom line again, completely shaking off the defensive player and grabbing the football. Before rolling out of the baseline, he passed the football to Ibrahimovic at the front point.

Although Ibrahimovic was stuck in the forward position, he rushed towards the football. He must have won the ball, but the angle of the shot was too small, so it was basically useless.

of. At this time, facing the ball, Ibrahimovic did not header the ball towards the goal, but directly headed the ball back and rubbed the football towards the penalty spot in the middle of the penalty area.

The place is already empty!

At this moment, De Bruyne rushed in quickly, jumped up high, did a scissor kick in the air, and kicked the football hard with his right foot. The football was as fast as a cannonball. The shot hit the Bruges goal.

The Bruges fans at the scene were dumbfounded!

Is this okay?

Two to zero, Crystal Palace directly expanded the score.

Proudholm's face turned dark when he saw this. He didn't expect that he had lowered his posture so low? Even after concentrating on defending, he was still unable to stop the Crystal Palace's attack. He was shocked. Has Crystal Palace reached this point in strength? If this is the case, then what else is there to enjoy in this game?

Facing such a Crystal Palace, Brugge had no chance at all.

Not only was there no chance to attack, but there was no chance to score a point.

Crystal Palace is too strong!

Proudholm immediately turned to look at the young Chinese man in the Crystal Palace coaching bench. He was really shocked. Is this young Chinese really that powerful? Isn't this too unbelievable? This guy should be only 30 years old, right?

Proudholm shook his head in disbelief.

After the start of the second half of the game between the two sides, Crystal Palace was still attacking fiercely. Brugge had almost no chance. All their energy was used in defense, and it was still beyond their capabilities. Their defense was full of loopholes and frequently I was taken advantage of and almost lost the ball on several occasions!

De Bruyne's passing is really accurate and ruthless, often sending the football to Bruges' pain points. If it weren't for good luck, they would have conceded the third goal. De Bruyne's through balls tore apart his defense again and again, sending the football to the most dangerous position. The opponent's forwards frequently threatened Bruges' goal, and the Bruges fans were dumbfounded.

Is De Bruyne that strong?

So is our Belgian national team going to win the World Cup?

And in the 27th minute of the second half, De Bruyne's precise through ball directly penetrated Bruges' defense. Bruges' two central defenders Simmons and Dansville made consecutive sliding tackles. The ball missed without touching it, and then Salah, who advanced into the penalty area, directly faced the attacking goalkeeper and easily lobbed the ball into Bruges' goal.

Three to zero!

And this was not the last goal Brugge conceded in the game.

Two minutes later, Witsel received a sweeping pass from De Bruyne at the front of the penalty area and directly kicked the ball into Bruges' goal with a heavy kick.

Four to zero!

Crystal Palace defeated Belgian giants Club Brugge in an away game and got a good start in the UEFA Champions League this season!