There are two major cup competitions in England, the FA Challenge Cup, or FA Cup, and the English League Cup, or League Cup. The www.biquge.info most well-known of these two cups is the FA Cup, and many people in China believe that the FA Cup and the FA Cup are of the same nature.

In fact, although the FA Cup and FA Cup are both hosted by the respective national football associations (FA), the qualifications for the two competitions are very different. The FA Cup is only available to teams from the three professional leagues of the Chinese Super League, Chinese League A and China B League, while the FA Cup is open to teams from the six professional leagues in England (Premier League, English Championship, League One - English Championship) and the third tier of the Amateur League (Amateur A-C). In terms of eligibility, the League Cup, established by the English Football League, is somewhat similar to the FA Cup in China, because only teams from the top four professional leagues can participate.

On 21 September, four days after the sixth round of the Championship, the 2020/21 League Cup season officially kicked off, and Aston Villa were lucky enough to draw a League Two (English fourth-tier) team, Luton Town.

From the perspective of the league classification system, the League Two belongs to the fourth division, and the East Ying J League and the Australian Premier League belong to the same level. Luton Town, on the other hand, are a team in League Two and a team in the middle of the table. In the face of opponents of this level, not to mention Aston Villa, even the previous Youzhou Institute of Technology can easily achieve a victory.

Therefore, Wang Shuai, who led the team to fight away, did not send the full main team at all, and even some veterans did not go to Luton's home stadium with the team. And even so, Wang Shuai and Wu Shi also scored five goals in the first half.

With a five-goal lead, Wang Shuai replaced three main players including himself again in the second half, leaving only two central defenders and goalkeepers. As a result, Luton Town still couldn't withstand Villa's attack, and after two more concedes, they ended their Carabao Cup journey with a score of 0:7, while Aston Villa advanced to the next round without surprise.

Three days later, Aston Villa, who had returned home with a big win, welcomed Brentford, their opponents in the seventh round of the Championship at their home turf.

The south-west London team only played in the First Division (then English First Division) for ten years in the 30s and 40s of the last century, and have not played in the top flight since. Even since 1993, it has hovered in the third division and below for two decades, only to be re-promoted to the Championship in 2013-14. Although Brent finished fifth in his second season in the Championship and reached the promotion play-offs, he lost to Middlesbrough in the first round. Since then, Brent has been on a downward spiral again, with results up and down the league.

When Wang Shuai was at Youzhou Institute of Technology, his tactical diversity was the biggest headache for his opponents. It's just that when it comes to Aston Villa, everything has to be started all over again, and until now, only the umbrella formation, the most offensive tactic, has been completely eaten by the team, and the other formations are still in a run-in state. And this game against Brent was regarded by Wang Shuai as a good training opportunity, after all, the opponent's strength is really not strong.

As a result, the whole game was filled with Wang Shuai's roar.

In the 7th minute, Greenhouse's pass to David was intercepted by the opponent, and at this time he was practicing the arc formation.

"David! Get a little closer to the middle! ”

In the 16th minute, Wang Shuai went straight to the left side of the ball out of the sideline, which was doing the formation conversion of arc formation and umbrella formation.

"Laurie! Look at the gestures! Run a little faster! ”

In the 24th minute, it was still an arc formation, and Greenhouse's long-range shot hit the plane.

"Greenhouse! Pass! Pass! This formation is characterized by possession, not shooting! ”

In the 37th minute, Herman leaned on the defender and hurriedly got up and was easily caught by the goalkeeper.

"Herman! Return! This formation has plenty of firepower, you don't have to go it alone! ”

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At halftime, Villa's players returned to the locker room tired and practiced with the game, which was more tired than the usual whole game, and Wang Shuai was even more tired to the throat.

"Why bother, can't you practice slowly?" Former head coach Reif handed Wang Shuai a bottle of water, saying that he couldn't understand it.

Wang Shuai poured a big sip of water, wiped his mouth and said: "Leif, I said at the signing ceremony two months ago that I have only one goal in every game, and that is to win. Needless to say, the Championship is not too difficult. But what about the League Cup? What about the FA Cup in January? It's possible to draw a Premier League team. If you don't train now, you won't have a chance. ”

"But...... Isn't it normal for us to lose in the League Cup or FA Cup as a Championship team? ”

"Leif, when I was playing in the third division of China, I reached the round of 16 of the FA Cup, and then lost 4:5 to the then Chinese Super League champion Yangcheng Hengyuan, you may have heard of this team. Then in the second division, we reached the final of the FA Cup, and the opponent was still Yangcheng Hengyuan, and this time we won and won the championship. In the first year of promotion to the first division, we won the treble, the Chinese Super League, the FA Cup and the AFC Champions League. So, the League Cup and the FA Cup, I want to win as well. Even if you lose in the end, you will never make your opponent feel better. ”

"Well, you won...... I suddenly felt that Jian Xia had a sentence that was too right, you are a pervert! ”

"Haha! Thanks for the compliment! ”

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In the second half, due to the excessive physical consumption of Villa's players, Wang Shuai stopped tactical training and arranged a defensive tactic, intending to consume the opponent's physical energy as well, and then end the battle with a wave in the last 20 minutes.

Brent's side didn't know Wang Shuai's arrangement, thinking that their opponent was really running out of energy, so they attacked Villa's defense again and again. But in the second half, Wang Shuai had replaced Herman with Zhou Aniu, and the formation was 4-5-1. With Zhou Aniu's wall-like midfielder, coupled with the two central midfielders Wang Shuai and Greenhouse, who are also excellent in defense, Brent's attack is doomed to be fruitless.

In the 73rd minute, Zhou Aniu intercepted Brent's pass again, and then handed over the ball to Wang Shuai to control. Wang Shuai looked at Brent's gradually retreating formation and knew that the opponent was making a tactical switch, and now was the best time to counterattack. So after making a sharp gesture, he rushed out first.

Defending counter-attacks, the most important thing is speed. With the blessing of the strikers, Brent could not keep up with the rhythm of Villa at all, and could only watch as the opponent rushed past him before breaking through the last line of defense to complete the goal.

1:0！

When the offensive has just slowed down, the opponent counterattacks and scores, this feeling is like a mouthful of water stuck in the lungs, not to mention how uncomfortable it is.

Then after Brent restarted the game, he was still trying to cough up the saliva, but Villa suddenly launched a press and won the ball again in front of the court, and then did not wait for Brent's side to react and broke the goal again.

2:0！

In less than two minutes, Aston Villa struck like a viper, hitting both shots before lurking in the hole again. Brentford, on the other hand, was beaten back to their own half by Villa, and it took more than five minutes to fall in the backfield before finding that Villa had shrunk their formation and no longer attacked. By the time Brent regrouped his attack, the game had less than ten minutes left.

Without Villa's attacking prowess, Brent struggled in vain in the final minute and watched the clock slip away, but they could do nothing to rewrite the scoreline and left Villa Park with a defeat, while Aston Villa won four in a row in the league.