Chapter 21: Dreams
On 7 October, Oxford United travelled to Aston Villa in the Premier League in the second leg of the second round of the League Cup. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
In this game, II was the starter, and II really didn't expect that he would be able to appear on the professional stage in England so quickly. If you know, the current England team signed up for the team players to play the squad, that is, only 16 players can be reported to the squad, which is the 11+5 model. At this time, every substitute player in the team is a very important place, and you will not be injured by favors or other reasons.
Before Daniel announced the team's squad, no matter how dense the team's league schedule was and how tired the main players were, Brian. Coach Houghton didn't put him on the team's appearances, even as a substitute.
In this Carabao Cup match, Ni was able to play as a full-back. For the Oxford United team, this game is not unimportant, nor is it that the Oxford United team does not take it seriously, mainly because the main players of Oxford United can no longer hold on.
There are 24 teams in the first division of England, and the league schedule is too dense, just three days before the start of this League Cup match, Oxford United team just played a League One football match, 0-0 at home to a 0-0 draw at home. Just after this Carabao Cup game, also three days later, there is another League One game, which will be Oxford United's away game against Derby County.
Oxford United only has one set of squad to play the world, and the main players of the team are too hard, and the fitness of the players has been alarmed. The coaching staff felt it was now necessary to rotate some of the players and give them a few more days of rest. II appeared in the coach's eyeliner like this, Brian. Coach Houghton also wants to see how II performs on the field.
The English League Cup, although the average big team may not pay attention to this competition, but Oxford United team has not yet qualified for this. Oxford United fans are desperate for every title they have competed in, and it would be a lie to say that Oxford United don't take the League Cup seriously.
In fact, the only top-level honour in Oxford United's 99-year history has been the League Cup, which was won in 1985/86 when it was then known as the Milk Cup.
Oxford United's team history is sorely lacking in honour. The current Oxford United team is like a beautiful and chic person, due to a birth defect, he did not weave a crown to wear on his head, and had to look for a broken straw hat, which also became a crowned person. And that League Cup winner, like a bright pearl, was embedded in Oxford's broken straw hat. The people at Oxford United feel great.
Oxford United fans love the honor, and everyone at Oxford United fantasizes that one day, the straw hat can be inlaid with all kinds of pearls, and then the crown on Oxford United's head will not be a broken straw hat, but a real crown.
It's a dream, it's a dream, a dream that everyone at Oxford United loves to do, and it's the original motivation to support the Oxford United team moving forward.
This dream is loved by Oxford fans, by Oxford United players, and by Oxford United's coaches!
Only when there are more people dreaming can dreams come true.
The current Oxford United team is in the League Cup, and it is really hard work. At the beginning of the season, the first leg of the first round of the League Cup, which was also a match between two league games, Oxford United won the League Cup with all the main lineup, and then, due to poor physical condition, the latter league game was lost 3:1. At that time, the Oxford United team and Oxford United fans were still quietly rejoicing in the euphoria of the Carabao Cup victory, and did not feel that the league defeat was due to the League Cup.
In the same way, Oxford United and Swansea City played two legs in one round, and Oxford United successfully entered the next round of the League Cup with an aggregate score of 3:1. However, the draw result made Oxford United fans feel very strange, that is, joy and worry.
League One's Oxford United met Premier League side Aston Villa in the second round of the League Cup. When you meet a Premier League team, you will be pleasantly surprised to see your team play against a Premier League team and to see the high-level performances of the team's stars up close. But more than that, it also makes Oxford United fans nervous. Aston Villa, that is the Premier League team, and now Oxford United have met, indicating that Oxford United in League One may be completing this season's League Cup schedule.
Sure enough, in the first leg of the match, on September 23, Oxford United lost 1-2 to Aston Villa at home at the Manor Stadium, and Oxford United lost at home. It also made everyone understand that it is not that the fans of the Oxford United team do not have the confidence to beat Aston Villa, but that the results have proved that Oxford United is no match for the Aston Villa team in the Premier League.
Now, the situation of Oxford United is even more optimistic, as Oxford United drew 0-0 at home to Aston Villa's local rivals Birmingham City on 3 October. Only three days have passed, and now Oxford United is going to challenge Aston Villa in the Premier League as a League One team.
Skipping the challenge, willing to cut his body, dare to pull the emperor off the horse. That is determination and courage, and the result of things may not be able to achieve the goal of pulling the emperor down. Oxford United are going to take Aston Villa down, and it really doesn't take courage. Now, from the analysis of data, Oxford United's record in the last 6 games is 1 win, 3 draws and 2 losses, scoring 6 goals and conceding 5 goals; Aston Villa's last 6 games have a record of 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats, scoring 11 goals and conceding 7 goals. Therefore, there is nothing wrong with the media looking down on the Oxford United team.
In the first leg of the second round of the League Cup, after Oxford United's home match with Aston Villa, Oxford United was in mourning. It is often said that football is round, but that is just a self-expression of determination and self-motivation. The reason why the dragon slayer is called a dragon slayer hero shows that dragon slaying is not a heroic task that ordinary people can complete.
And in this game, Oxford United challenged Aston Villa away, where do you say the confidence comes from, how to slay the dragon, and rely on the second to turn the tide? In fact, even the players, coaches and fans of the Oxford United team gave up on the game. Second, it was just a chance for the young players to exercise, a mule or a horse, to be pulled out for a walk.
It was against this backdrop that II stepped onto the English League Cup, his first time on the professional stage.
Will the appearance of the second be the one who will turn the tide in the Oxford United team? Maybe it's it, maybe it's not, the game isn't over yet, and the result is unknown. But what is clear is that Brian. Coach Houghton didn't have that expectation, Oxford United fans, that's, hehe!
At this moment, Ni Na also has no mind to think about defeat or victory. It's not that II has no heart and lungs, and there is no sense of collective honor, that's because, as long as you can go on the professional field and compete with professional players and stars, for II, it is a victory, and that is a dream come true.
Ordinary people walked on the field, and then walked down the green field plainly, the second really didn't think about it. The second is in a state of euphoria, excited, euphoric and longing! II is still a person with pursuits, and also a person with dreams.
Becoming famous in a fight and turning the tide is a dream that every bloody person loves to have!
The die-hard Oxford United fans who travelled to Birmingham with the Oxford United team, they didn't seem to have given up on the game. Maybe this part of the people, these die-hard Oxford United fans, really love you when they win and love you when they lose. There are also like Uncle Hanks, until the last moment, if the eyes are not closed, the beating heart will not die.
On this day, the Oxford United team quietly came to the Villa Park stadium in Birmingham City.
Villa Park, home of the Premier League team Aston Villa, is also the largest stadium in the Midlands of England. At that time, Villa Park Stadium was also one of the main venues of the Football World Cup, and now, Villa Park Stadium has been renovated to have a seating capacity of more than 40,000 people.
The most special thing about Villa Park is that the grandstand at the back of the goal is large, perhaps because of the geographical and architectural environment of the renovation of Villa Park, or it is specially designed by the Aston Villa team.
At the back of the goal, that's where the home Aston Villa supporters stand and where a large number of die-hard fans gather. During the game, whether it is encouragement, cheering, or booing and croaking, it is all about affecting the emotions of the players of the two teams at close range. Villa Park averaged more than 30,000 attendances in a season. These fans are billed as the twelfth in the Aston Villa team.
Now, the Aston Villa fans in the stands at Villa Park are full of them, and they are numerous and fanatical. Of course, there are also many football hooligans at Aston Villa, and the more famous football hooligan organizations such as Villa's Youth, Steamship, etc., are waving their flags in the grandstand behind the goal, singing and shouting!
As he walked out of the dressing room, he heard the cheering cries of Aston Villa fans and the singing of "thebellsareringing". The four hundred or so Oxford United fans who came with the team, at this time, both their figures and voices were already drowned in this sea of purple.