September 12th.

The University of Reading Business School has released the latest market capitalization rankings of the top 20 teams in the Premier League.

This list is counted from the beginning of the 20032004 season until the 20102011 season, and the revenue, profitability, loss data, net assets, stadium coverage, brand awareness and other items of the 20 Premier League clubs are included in the calculation.

The final results show that the club with the highest market value in the top 20 in the Premier League is Manchester United.

The total value of the Red Devils reached £1,060.4 million.

In second place is Arsenal, who have a combined market capitalisation of £942.9 million.

Aston Villa came in third place with a total market capitalisation of £560.3 million.

Chelsea are fourth with a total market capitalisation of £510.5 million.

Aston Villa squeezed out Chelsea, Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur and local giants Manchester City to finish in the top three.

The independent newspaper that disclosed the ranking of the list believes that Aston Villa's total market capitalisation is actually higher than the value recognized by the list.

Aston Villa's total market capitalisation is undervalued because it has been dragged down by Fang Jue's previous results before taking over the team, and in fact, Aston Villa's total market capitalisation may have exceeded £600 million.

With a group of talented stars, the team's salary control is relatively successful.

Won the Premier League title for two consecutive seasons.

Winning the UEFA Champions League, in particular, has made Aston Villa one of the most valuable clubs in the Premier League.

In addition, the Independent believes that at the time the list was written, the close to £40 million in transfer transactions of the Senegalese player from Aston Villa had not been counted.

The report on the British side has also attracted huge attention at home.

Mainstream sports websites even used the headline of six billionaires to report on the incident.

CCTV is also very interested in this, and wants to invite Fang Jue to do an interview show, which is not a sports channel, but an international channel with a lot of weight.

……

Germany.

Dortmund Airport.

The arrival of the entire Aston Villa squad in Dortmund, the arrival of the defending champions, has received a lot of attention from the German media.

The matchup between a German club and a Premier League team was originally a high-profile confrontation in the Champions League.

Britain and Germany, who fought each other in both world wars, were traditional rivals in Europe, and this confrontation even continued at the political level all the way to football.

The Anglo-German war will always be a classic on the green field.

In the group stage of this season's Champions League, all three teams in the Bundesliga were blocked by the Premier League powerhouses in the group, and the British and German K once again became a topic throughout.

Although England are inferior to Germany at national team level, they were slaughtered by Germany 4-1 at last year's World Cup in South Africa.

But in the history of the Champions League, England have beaten German teams.

Far from it, England have won the trophy 12 times, exactly twice as many as the Germans six times.

More recently, the last seven Champions League finals have been played by Premier League teams in six editions.

In 2008, there was also a civil war between Manchester United and Chelsea, while Bayern Munich was the only Bundesliga side to go to the end in 2010 and finally lost to Inter Milan.

In the Champions League group stage in recent years, Premier League teams and Bundesliga teams have not met very often, but when they do, it is always difficult for Bundesliga teams to please.

Manchester United overpower Wolfsburg.

Chelsea have bullied Bremen and Schalke.

Arsenal stepped on the hamburger.

Such a large-scale direct dialogue between the English and German teams in the group stage this season is quite rare in the Champions League in the new century, and the results of the grouping, at least on paper, are once again more than lucky for the Bundesliga teams.

Bayern Munich, the most comprehensive team in Europe, are the only seeded team in the Bundesliga, but they have met Manchester City, the third-tier team they least want to touch.

Although Manchester City is a new Champions League newcomer in the Premier League, it has the strength to be inferior to any giant.

Surrounded by Manchester City, Villarreal and Napoli, Bayern not only struggled to secure the top spot in the group, but could also lose their tickets if they were not careful.

Last season's Bundesliga champions, Borussia Dortmund, played attacking football.

Interestingly, both the German and English media believe that the tactics of the two teams are very similar.

From a tactical point of view, Jurgen Klopp's Borussia Dortmund place a high value on transitional moments of transition between attack and defence.

The Germans paid particular attention to perfecting the team's defensive transitions.

This is done by pressing the opponent quickly after conceding a goal in order to regain possession.

This concept is known as "gegenressing" or high-pressure pressing.

In short, the rhythm is disrupted as soon as the opponent gets the ball.

This will help Dortmund quickly switch from defensive to attacking mode: if the pressing is done well, then the chaos can be exploited to regain possession.

To execute their typical high-pressure pressing, the Hornets attacked in a rather narrow formation.

They will often attack from one wing of the pitch with the aim of breaking through that flank or regaining possession after conceding the ball in a compact formation.

This touchline even adds to the effect of pressing, as it reduces the opposition's passing options.

It's very similar to Aston Villa.

When Aston Villa played defending champions Inter Milan away last season, Bale's goal was Aston Villa's counter-attack after a frantic press on the left flank.

Aston Villa's style of play is to stop any penetrating pass and then press immediately when appropriate.

A low-quality pass, a mistake in possession or a receiver who was too slow meant they were on the verge of a frantic press from Aston Villa.

Dortmund has also done a pretty good job of this.

The English media even directly said that Klopp was imitating and learning Fang Jue's tactical style.

Of course, this kind of rhetoric made Klopp very unhappy.

In addition, the clash between Aston Villa and Borussia Dortmund, Dortmund has a number of Fang Jue's old parts in the Ibiza period.

Hummels, Reus and Robert Lewandowski, these three players are the absolute main force of Dortmund, and can even be said to be an important core player.

In a sense, all three players joined Ibiza in the unknown.

Fang Jue single-handedly excavated and cultivated them, and it was their Bole.

That's one of the highlights of this game.

……

On the day of the match.

The entire Aston Villa squad arrives at Signal Iduna Park.

In the dressing room corridor, Fang Jue ran into the Dortmund players who were about to go out to warm up.

Royce and Hummels both came over and hugged Fang Jue warmly.

Lewandowski hesitated, and finally came over to hug Fang Jue.

"Robert, aren't you angry?" Fang Jue said with a smile.

Reus and Hummers were happy to return to Dortmund from Ibiza.

German players are generally willing to play in the Bundesliga, and both players do not have much desire to continue to follow Fang Jue.

Lewandowski is different, compared with his two German teammates, he is from a more grassroots background, and he is more grateful to Fang Jue for his appreciation and training.

The Polish centre-forward is eager to continue following Fang Jue.

After Grenore joined Aston Villa, when chatting with Fang Jue, he mentioned that Lewandowski had complained when he was in Ibiza before, and he had opinions about Fang Jue not taking him to Aston Villa.

Hearing Fang Jue say this, Lewandowski scratched his head a little embarrassed.

After a brief pleasantries, the Dortmund people went to warm up.

Aston Villa, for their part, also came to the pitch to warm up quickly.

Fang Jue stood on the sidelines and watched.

He was watching Dortmund.

"Robert is serious." Ceballos said to Fang Jue.

Fang Jue smiled, of course he could see it, and he could guess Lewandowski's psychology, this kid must be holding his breath and trying to make trouble for Aston Villa as much as possible in this game.

This guy wanted to tell Fang Jue in this way: It was wrong not to take him to Vera and not choose him in the first place.

……

CCTV broadcast the game live.

When the live signal cuts in, the players from both sides have already entered the venue.

'This is the Champions League debut of reigning Champions League champions Aston Villa this season, the Premier League title and the Bundesliga champion, a clash of two teams with very similar styles of play.

"Let's take a look at the starting line-ups for both sides." He Wei said. ，

"On Aston Villa's side, the goalkeeper is the old American goalkeeper Friedel."

'The centre-backs are a new combination of Senderos and Papastathopoulos, and Aston Villa's release of the Senegalese near the close of the transfer window has also made the Greek defender a regular centre-back.

'The left-back is Milner.'

'The right-back is Kyle Walker.'

'In midfield are Clement, Luka Modric, Gareth Bale, Mane.

'Up front is Suarez and the veteran Klose.

"Aston Villa can be said to be the main force."

"On the Dortmund side, the goalkeeper is Weidenfeller."

'The centre-back is a combination of Hummels and Subotic.

'At right-back, Piszczek.

'At left-back, it's Schmelzer.'

"The midfielders are Kyle, Gotze, Shinji Kagawa, Svinde."

"Up front are Reus and Lewandowski."

Two teams, one is the Premier League two-time champion, the other is the new Bundesliga champion, and the general opinion of the commentators from various countries who commented on this game is that this represents the collision of the strongest in the Bundesliga and the strongest in the Premier League.

Some commentators even joked that this was a collision with the level of a Champions League final.

Fang Jue shook hands with Klopp.

The two men just exchanged greetings, then let go of their hands and turned to walk towards their respective coaches.

"Interesting." Fang Jue said with a smile.

"What's wrong?" Ceballos asked.

Fang Jue shook his head and didn't say anything.

He saw a strong fighting intent in Klopp's eyes.

Fang Jue had encountered this kind of challenging look a lot, and he had seen it a lot, but it was the first time he had seen Klopp so strong, and he could almost say that he was eager to defeat Fang Jue.

"I'm going to beat this guy." Klopp said to his assistant.

"You've said that many times." Peter. Kravitz said.

Kravitz and Klopp's relationship dates back to when the latter was a player in Mainz, when Kravitz was the team's video analyst, and part of his job was to point out to Klopp what he needed to improve on the pitch, and the two exchanged technical and tactical skills.

Once in coaching, Klopp quickly recruited Kravitz into his coaching staff. From Mainz to Borussia Dortmund, Kravitz has worked alongside Klopp and has proven himself capable of assisting a champion coach.

Analyze techniques and tactics through video recordings and other analytical means, find out the weaknesses of players and teams, and design reasonable targeted exercises...... That's what Kravitz has been doing for a long time, and he's doing a pretty good job.

To prepare for the game, Kravitz compiled a huge amount of video analysis from Aston Villa and studied it in depth with Jurgen Klopp.

Klopp didn't say anything more, he had a feeling that the Chinese coach would be his worst enemy for a long time.

Moreover, when Klopp faced Fang Jue, he always had a feeling that his luck was robbed by his opponent.

Then he turned his head to see Aston Villa's Senegalese Mane, and Klopp made no secret of his admiration for the black player.

"Pete, you say, if we ask Aston Villa to buy Mane, will Fang Jue release him?" Klopp asked.

"I don't know." Kravitz shook his head, "But, one thing I'm sure of. ”

"What?" Klopp asked.

"We can't afford it." Kravitz said.

Klopp: ......

……

The race has begun.

The visiting Aston Villa kicked off first.

Aston Villa were not conservative, but rather anti-traveller, attacking Borussia Dortmund's goal from the start of the game.

Luka Modric played the ball through to Suarez in front of him from midfield.

Suarez leans on Borussia Dortmund's centre-back Subotic.

He stomped the football under his feet.

Subotic was behind Suarez, who stretched out his long leg to break the ball.

Suarez grabbed Subotic and he made a gesture to turn around, but he knocked the ball down.

Klose takes the ball.

Hummels immediately approached Klose.

Just as Hummels was about to break the ball with his feet, Klose pulled the ball back at his feet.

He obediently gave the ball from his side to tell Gareth to plug in. Bel.

"Bale has received a wonderful pass from Klose! Breakthrough! ”

Bale made a direct change of direction in acceleration and blocked Svende, who came up to intercept.

Thankfully, Borussia Dortmund's right-back Piszczek stepped up at this crucial moment.

When Bell got past Bender and was ready to move on.

Piszczek strikes from the flank.

A clean tackle.

The football is shoveled out of the sideline!

A round of applause and cheers erupted from the stands at the Signal Park Stadium in Idona to applaud Piszczek's precise tackle.

Fang Jue waved his hand regretfully on the sidelines, if Bale broke through, he would enter the penalty area, if he could score at the beginning, it would be a dream start.

He stared at Piszczek, when he was in Ibiza, Fang Jue wanted to bring in Piszczek, Dortmund would not let him go, and Ibiza couldn't afford it at that time.

This Polish full-back is indeed very good, not very famous, but the strength is good and very useful.

：。 ：m.x