"O'Neal's team defends well, but lacks creativity in the attacking line, the Spaniards are different, they have a very rich attacking style, not limited to Stone, Callejon on the right is also very dexterous, when Stone is targeted, he is another killer feature, in addition, Shunsuke Nakamura in the midfield has a strong free kick mastery."

"Of course, the most important thing is to keep an eye on Stone. But it's really not easy to keep an eye on Stone, and the top defenders of La Liga's Barcelona and Real Madrid are helpless against him. But I don't think he's as scary as the legend says, and I've always thought that the big defenders didn't bother to deal with him at all. O'Neal's team is different, they are not giants, they want results, and the defenders have to give 200 percent if they want to get the main position, so Stone will definitely not be comfortable today. ”

At this time, the theme song of the UEFA Cup was played, and the starters of both teams appeared at the same time, and as soon as they walked out of the players' tunnel, the fans cheered, but not Aston Villa fans, but Espanyol fans.

“stone，”

“stone，”

“stone!”

"Wu Sanshi!"

"Wu Sanshi!"

"Wu Sanshi!"

The cheers of the 3,000 away fans were deafening.

At that moment, the home fans were dumbfounded, and they couldn't believe their ears, in their own home stadium, they were actually denied by the away fans?

Here's what's going on.

There are players who deserve to raise their arms and shout on the spot?

God, it's so unreasonable.

Isn't this guy a stone?

Aston Villa is really not used to the scene at this time.

Lineker immediately sighed: "Stone, stone, stone, listen, this teenager is the legend of the Spaniards, even when he comes to the away side, he can enjoy such a high level of cheers." It's incredible. Aston Villa fans don't have that to their players, why? Seriously, it's just because they haven't had a hero like Stone in their team yet, a lone hero, a hero who can lead their team forward, and if there is, they will welcome it with cheers, but ......"

Even the players of Aston Villa were all looking at Wu Sanshi, and the cheers on the scene seemed to give them a deeper understanding of Wu Sanshi.

Especially Aston Villa's rising star Milner, who was sitting on the bench. Milner, whose face was still immature, squinted his eyes and was very disdainful of Wu Sanshi, originally he thought that he would become the starter to keep an eye on Wu Sanshi, but O'Neal was conservative and used Luke Young instead of him.

Milner also wants to perform, because he also knows that there are a lot of scouts in the stands, and if he can perform well enough in front of the scouts, he may be able to fly up the branches and enter the giants, there is no greater sense of accomplishment than staring Wu Sanshi to death, but now he is pressed to the bench......

"Stone, is he really that strong?" Milner grinned and straightened his strong chest, eager to go on the court immediately to fight Wu Sanshi.

Beep –

The whistle blew, and the first leg of the League Cup quarter-finals began.

"Last night was undoubtedly a joy for English football, Liverpool and Manchester United both had good Champions League results, and tonight we will have to see if the UEFA Cup can also be tried, Aston Villa and Manchester City are carrying England's hopes in the UEFA Cup......

"Now Aston Villa have the ball and Ashley Young is lobbing directly down the left! It's a pity that the passing footwork really needs to be improved, this kid has good impact and speed, but the cross is too bad, and it is rumored that Manchester United want to buy him. Oops, look at the ball, the Spaniards counterattack! ”

"It's so fast!"

"Stone received the ball in the middle and immediately squeezed the ball diagonally to the right, Callejon rushed through the defense and shot!"

Knock –

Callejon hit the ball straight into the top right corner of the box from just outside the penalty area, but Friedel lifted it with one palm.

Corner kick!

The Spaniard won the first corner in the second minute.

Shunsuke Nakamura goes to take the penalty, tactical corner!

Shunsuke Nakamura sent the ball directly to the middle, Halke and Tamudo grabbed a point, but it was still Friedel who hit the ball with his fist first, the ball fell to the left side of the penalty area, Riera retreated two steps and forced a sideways volley!

Whew, the ball is over the crossbar.

"As soon as the game started, the Spaniards showed their determination!"

'They don't seem to be afraid that this is Villa's home turf, and in just three minutes, they had two chances on goal, especially the first one, which was quite a threat, and Villa's left side needed to be more rigorous against Callejon's defense.

It was Villa's turn to organise the attack, and they were more likely to move to the left, with Ashley Young attacking the Spaniard's right flank, the style of play was simple and rough, but the Spaniards seemed to be ready for it, Ashley Young was not easy to get the ball, Moises often ran over to assist the defense, and in the 6th minute, he also tackled Ashley Young's ball.

"Ashley Young's way of breaking is a bit monotonous, he always wants to use his speed advantage to get straight to the opponent when he gets the ball, but it's hard for him to rely on that once the opponent knows about him, he can try to cut inside."

Of course, the conspiracy of the Spaniards to play Wu Sanshi's side is not so easy to succeed, Wu Sanshi is often followed by two people behind and in front, it is not easy to pass the ball to Wu Sanshi, Wu Sanshi needs to retreat frequently to get the ball, but the competition in the midfield is quite fierce. Villa put more of their focus on midfield and didn't let the Spaniard's midfield work.

"Stone doesn't have much chance to get the ball now, but he's never been a player who needs to keep the ball at his feet, and often when he can't get the ball, he's more dangerous because you don't know where he's going to burst out and score, so the Villa players can't let up their defense against Stone, not for a second!"

The first ten minutes were in a stalemate, with Villa pressing hard high to press down the Spaniards, and gradually, they began to take the initiative, and in the 14th minute, they played a beautiful combination, Barry in the middle of the middle after getting rid of Shunsuke Nakamura's entanglement, diagonally on the right, Piderov, who was inserted at high speed, crossed the middle, Leo Koke volleyed into the bottom left corner of the goal in the middle of the penalty area, and the ball grazed the post. It was Villa's best chance since the break, but it was a pity that Koke's shot was just a little bit off target.

But then the Spaniard also missed a great opportunity. In the 18th minute, Shunsuke Nakamura picked up a pass on the left side, Wu Sanshi got rid of Barry's entanglement and inserted it, and also swept the ball directly to the middle of the Villa team's penalty area, and Tamudo's left-footed push in the middle actually pushed the ball into Friedel's arms, which was too positive!

One minute later, Kalou's header was deflected wide and Barry's shot from outside the area bounced off Halke's body before deflecting wide of the left-hand post. The Villa team took a tactical corner and the ball fell to Barry again, who shot from distance again!

This time the luck was even worse, the ball went straight over the crossbar......

"I feel that Villa is going crazy, continue to press the Spaniards like this, the Spaniards will definitely not be able to bear it, continue to put high pressure on the Spaniards, and never slow down, slowing down is to give the Spaniards a chance to breathe."

'Barry had a back-to-back chance on goal and the England midfielder's performance today could make or break the game for Villa.'

O'Neal's side were clearly well prepared, they really didn't slow down the tempo, pressing high is their forte, their fitness reserves are perfect, and the Spaniard looks to be hitting the nail on the head.

In the 21st minute, Torrejo hastily cleared, the ball was cut off by Barry without kicking the force, Barry and Petrov hit the wall in a row and cooperated to kill the right side of the Espanyol penalty area, and Barry shot from a distance again.

Knock –

This time, the ball hangs in the top right corner of the goal!

“goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooal!”

“goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooal!”

“gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooal!”

“1:0！”

"Sure enough, it's Gareth Barry! Great England international! He scored the first goal for Villa. How wise it was for O'Neill to persuade him to stay in the summer! ”

"Barry!"

"Barry!"

"Barry!"

The Villa fans shouted Barry's name like Espanyol fans cheering for Wu Sanshi before the kick-off.

"Villa also have their heroes, Gareth Barry ~~~~~~~~~~~~"