Chapter 869: Battle of Real Madrid (Asking for Votes)
Villa Park Stadium.
Fang Jue shook hands with Mourinho, this was the first time the two led the team to play each other, the media and fans were very interested in the first meeting between the two people, and the camera gave a close-up.
The two of them chatted for a while, and it seemed that they were talking happily.
Fang Jue smiled, and what he said roughly was: National derby, in fact, I support Real Madrid to win.
Well, to be exact, I support you, Jose.
Mourinho snorted, but with a faint smile on his face, and the general meaning of his speech can be summarized: Come on, don't think I don't know your purpose.
Fang Jue: Bird, what you say is boring, you provoked the psychological warfare first. By the way, how are you preparing for the match against Barcelona?
Jose Mourinho: The win against Villa made me feel like Barcelona.
Fang Jue: Go dream.
The two then returned to their respective dugouts, but instead of returning to their seats, they stood on the sidelines and waited for the game to begin.
Don't look at the two people 'smiling' and communicating, in fact, they are quite nervous about this game.
Aston Villa, the reigning champions of the Champions League, shocked the world with a 7-1 slaughter of Barcelona in their last game, leaving Jose Mourinho quite wary.
Fang Jue has a bit of a headache, he doesn't know if the team's broken defense can prevent the Real Madrid attack group led by Ronaldo.
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"The game is about to start, the players on both sides are ready to kick off in the middle circle, and we will broadcast the starting line-ups of both sides."
"On Real Madrid's side, the goalkeeper is captain Casillas."
'From right to left at the back are Arbeloa, Pepe, Ramos and Coentrão.
"The midfielder is Xavi. Alonso, Khedira, Di Maria, Big Eyes and Cristiano Ronaldo, with Benzema at the top. ”
'The situation where the fans would have liked to see Kaka start didn't show up, Kaka was on the bench.
"Compared to Real Madrid's relatively stable squad, the most concerned thing on Aston Villa's side is the choice of defence."
'Aston Villa's starting goalkeeper is David De Gea, the young Spanish goalkeeper has secured the position of number one goalkeeper, and Aston Villa's veteran American goalkeeper Friedel is likely to leave Aston Villa at the end of the season.
"Aston Villa's centre-back combination is a partnership between Papastathopoulos and Stroman, and today Fang Jue arranged Stroman to play as a cameo at centre-back, and the Dutch midfielder's performance at centre-back is worth watching."
'Kyle Walker at right-back and James Milner at left-back.
'In midfield it's Clement, Luka Modric, Sadio Mane and Bale.
"Up front is a combination of Suarez and Abang Lajo."
In the coin guessing session, Aston Villa's captain Clement won Real Madrid's captain Casillas, Aston Villa won the right to pick the edge, and Real Madrid kicked off first.
In the camera, Ronaldo and Benzema are standing in the center circle, waiting for the kick-off.
The referee from Belgium, Bruch, is communicating with the two linesmen through a headset to check the time.
Bruch looked down at his watch, then made an OK gesture to the fourth official.
It's time to tee off!
"Toot-"
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"The race is on, the game is on! It was Real Madrid who kicked off first, wearing their traditional white shirt and attacking from the right side of the screen to the left, with the home team Aston Villa in their traditional burgundy shirt. ”
Benzema kicked the ball to Cristiano Ronaldo and the Portuguese passed it back to Erda.
After a few simple kicks, the ball was at Alonso's feet.
Alonso didn't continue with the return pass, instead kicking the ball to Di Maria, who was diagonally in front of him.
Di Maria tried to break through with the ball, but he was distracted by Luka Modric and opted to knock the ball to Khedira, who came to pick it up.
Khedira crossed Alonso, who immediately stepped out of the ball.
Di Maria took the ball and a relatively simple pass cut broke through Modric's defensive zone.
Di Maria's dribbling on the right flank drew the attention of Aston Villa's defence and suddenly knocked the ball back to Erdayan, who immediately shifted the ball to Cristiano Ronaldo on the left.
"Beautiful transfer of the ball, Real Madrid played very active at the beginning, very skillful in running and receiving, very tacit."
Seeing Ronaldo take the ball, boos rang out over the stadium at Villa Park, and there was no feud between Ronaldo and Aston Villa, and the fans were not disgusted with him.
It's just that Cristiano Ronaldo is Real Madrid's number one star, and fans naturally know how powerful this person is, and they hope to influence the Portuguese in this way.
"Seal him in the cross!" Aston Villa goalkeeper David De Gea shouted loudly.
Before the words fell, Ronaldo suddenly picked up, changed direction past Kyle Walker, and then suddenly shot from a distance.
The shot was so powerful that De Gea didn't dare to hold it, and lifted the ball off the crossbar with both hands.
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Seeing that the football was pounced, Ronaldo shook his head with some regret.
Benzema came to Ronaldo's side and comforted the Portuguese brother, "It's just a little bit off, it's already very good." ”
Benzema was running just now, and Stroman was not familiar with the position of the central defender because he was a cameo central defender, and he was almost thrown away by Benzema.
At this time, if Ronaldo passes the football, although it cannot be said how good Benzema is to score, but there is a chance to form a shot.
In this case, Benzema did not complain, but comforted Ronaldo for the first time.
Benzema can shoot and pass, can be the main attack or assist, can be tandem, can be on the edge or in the middle.
With such comprehensiveness, there are two of the current top scorers in football, one is Benzema, and the other is also on the pitch today, wearing the Aston Villa jersey Uruguayan Suarez.
Mourinho applauded on the sidelines, and he naturally saw that Benzema was running out of space, but even in the opinion of Mourinho, who emphasized discipline, Ronaldo had no problem choosing to shoot, and he had the right to fire.
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Real Madrid's corner.
Di Maria drives a corner into the box.
Ramos squeezed past Papastathopoulos and fired a powerful header that flew just over the crossbar and sent the Aston Villa fans into a cold sweat.
Fang Jue was also taken aback.
After Senderos' injury, the defensive ability of Aston Villa's backline has plummeted.
This summer transfer window, a top-notch centre-back must be brought in.
'Real Madrid threatened Aston Villa's goal from Cristiano Ronaldo's long-range shot as soon as they started, and Mourinho's tactics today were not conservative. He Wei said.
'Mourinho's idea is probably to start the game for a while and if he can score first, take the lead and have an away goal in his hand, it will be a good thing. Zhang Lu said with a smile.
Soon, though, He Wei realized that he had spoken too soon.
Real Madrid then quickly shrunk their defence and told everyone that they were going to play Aston Villa's counter-attack today.
Mourinho glanced at Fang Jue, who was standing on the edge of the home team's dugout, and he was sure that Aston Villa would press out and attack.
In the FA Cup semi-final match with Liverpool, Fang Jue chose to rotate a lot for today's game, and it is clear that Fang Jue hopes that Aston Villa can win today's game.
Away to the Bernabeu, it will be a tough one and Aston Villa will have to do their best at home if they are to progress.
To win, you have to score goals.
Aston Villa's pressure to attack was inevitable.
For Real Madrid, who still has the second leg to 'press the bottom of the box', a more stable and methodical counterattack against Aston Villa is the most suitable tactic.
Of course, this is also Mourinho's best tactic.
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Bale wins the ball on the left flank.
Arbeloa clung to him.
Suddenly, Modric moved to this side.
Bale made a move to pass to Modric, and despite knowing that it could be a feint, Arbeloa still had to move his body to intercept Bale's possible pass, which is where the defenders are passive, and they can only passively follow the attacking players to respond.
Although Arbeloa still kept an eye on it and did not throw his center of gravity completely, Bale's start was so fast that he directly wiped the football and accelerated, and it passed by Arbeloa's side.
Although Arbeloa quickly adjusted his center of gravity to chase, however, where to catch up with Bell, who started at high speed.
"Watch out for his crosses!" Casillas commanded the defence, reminding his teammates to be vigilant.
Suarez has a keen nose in front of goal, and although Abang Lajo is not a prolific goalscorer, the Englishman is very athletic and quite bluffing in front of goal.
Bale did pass the ball.
However, he did not pass to Suarez and Abonlaho, who were ready to outflank the points in front of goal.
He would dangle a shot and make a gesture to pass the ball into the box, but it was a push that Milner ran from behind Bale to receive the ball.
"Don't let him into the box!" Casillas shouted.
Pepe caught up and held Milner tightly, not giving the opposition a route to squeeze into the box.
Khedira, on the other hand, came over to prevent Bale from connecting with Milner.
'Reassuring defence, Aston Villa's athletic play came to a standstill and were forced to switch to positional play, Real Madrid's defence was very solid. The Madrid commentator complimented.
Milner's forward route was blocked by Pepe, and he couldn't connect with his teammates, so in desperation, Milner chose to kick the football towards Pepe's body, the football bounced back, out of the sideline, and Milner asked for a sideline ball.
The caddie throws the soccer ball into the field.
Milner caught the ball but instead of throwing the touchline ball, he waited a while for his team-mates to move closer to this side before throwing the touchline ball.
However, although Aston Villa's attacking focus has shifted to this side and more people have committed to attacking, it has also provided time for Real Madrid to further consolidate their defence.
Then, Aston Villa's attack was ultimately unsuccessful, and the football went round and round and returned to midfield, and Aston Villa fell into a stalemate in the attacking position.
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On the sidelines, caddie Grealish sat on the ground watching the game, anxious about his team's offensive stalemate.
While in a hurry, the little guy is still using his brain.
Then, it was the touchline ball on this side, with Grealish tossing the ball to Abonraho, who put it down and walked away, and it was Milner who ran over and threw the touchline ball.
Grealish frowned, he felt that Abanglajo's direct and quick sideline kick just now might be a good opportunity if he could play Real Madrid on a counter-attack.
Grealish didn't notice the movement of the others and wondered if the quick counter-attack would work.
At this time, Pepe and Abang Lajo collided in a scramble on the court, and both fell to the ground at the same time, covering their heads and screaming in pain.
Team doctors from both sides rushed into the stadium and the game was temporarily suspended.
"Hey, Jack." Behind the billboard, Zhang Yang shouted quietly.
He is also today's caddy and is responsible for picking up the ball behind the billboard on this side.
The club often selects the young guys of the youth team to be caddies, and they are in pairs, for example, on the other side, Yang Fan is on the sidelines, and Kevin. Lee picks up the ball behind a billboard.
"Hey, Zhang." Grealish quietly moved to the billboard, "Did you observe the other people's movements when I threw the sideline ball just now?" ”
The club is not trying to squeeze child labor by sending young players to be caddies, and in fact, the number of caddie places is very tight.
Those who are selected to work as caddies on match days will be assigned homework, observe the game from the sidelines, and report on their experience of watching the game.
"I'm looking at a fart." Zhang Yang said angrily.
The caddies behind the billboard can't stand up, they can't see the game, and many caddies sit pitifully with their backs against the billboard, bored.
Of course, for the sake of fairness, a team of two caddies will be assigned to the two halves, for example, Zhang Yang and Grealish, in the first half Grealish is on the sidelines, Zhang Yang is behind the billboard, and in the second half of the game, Zhang Yang will be changed to the sidelines, and you can see the game.
'I have an idea that the team hasn't been able to break the deadlock and maybe we can help. Grealish said.
If someone hears Grealish say that, they will definitely say, 'What can a caddie do, just be a caddy', and that's normal.
However, flamboyance is different.
He was the most active of the Chinese boys in this selection team.
It's boring to be behind a billboard, and it's best to have something to do.
Moreover, Zhang Yang and Grealish are playing well now, and they know this guy quite well, this is a very talented and thoughtful kid.
Let's put it this way, don't look at Zhang Yang's usual babbling, in fact, he has a psychological spectrum, he silently regards Grealish as his own learning example, and pays great attention to Grealish's actions, why he chooses to do that, if he chooses to do it, what are the chances of success, and how hard he should work to be able to do it.
Therefore, when he heard Grealish say 'to help the first team score', Fang Jue's first reaction was not to scoff and disbelieve, but to be interested: What the hell is this kid's idea? Take me along!
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