In addition to the two fewer opponents for the championship, Wang Shuai has another happy event in March. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info that is, his wedding with He Tao was also successfully held.

It's just that after all, it's in the UK, and it's not very convenient for the relatives of the two families to come over, and the acquaintances of Wang Shuai and He Tao here are only limited to the staff of the club and Jiulang Sports here, so this wedding is not grand.

In addition to the wedding, the most important thing is that Wang Shuai and He Tao took advantage of the one-week window period in mid-March to return to China to get a marriage certificate, which means that the identities of the two people have officially upgraded from boyfriend and girlfriend to husband and wife. Wang Shuai also really has his own wife, and a son or daughter who is about to be born.

Since the two are married, they naturally have to prepare a wedding room, and Wang Shuai is embarrassed to use the house given to him by the Flying Fox Group. Fortunately, there are still a lot of vacant houses in the villa area where Wang Shuai lives now, and Wang Shuai also bought another villa in this community. As for the original set of residences, because the property rights have been assigned to Wang Shuai's name, he also transferred it to his former roommate's agent Xu Bin, after all, in England for more than a year, Xu Bin also found him a lot of local advertisements and endorsements, so that Wang Shuai also made a small fortune again. Now it is very appropriate to give this house to Xu Bin as a thank you gift.

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Getting married is definitely a major event in life, but for Wang Shuai's status as a player or coach, this matter can only be regarded as an episode.

March is fleeting, and Wang Shuai understood the meaning of an idiom after the end of March.

Blessings and misfortunes depend on each other.

Villa's Europa League tie with Everton falls on the last day of March, while the 30th round of the Premier League falls on the first day of April. Even more tragic is that Villa's opponent is Manchester City.

This season, Villa and Manchester City have played each other twice, in the first half of the league and in the second half of the FA Cup. Both games were on the cusp of the opposition coming out of the Champions League, with Villa taking advantage of them and claiming two wins.

And now, it has become Manchester City who take advantage.

Although Villa's strength has grown now, for the Premier League's top teams, Villa will only be on par with each other. On the second day of the Europa League, even if Villa's opponent was a homegrown team in England, the Villa players were not in good shape.

Therefore, the result of this game can be imagined.

1:3, Villa lost at home.

The first and third matches in the table naturally attracted a lot of attention, but the other game at the same time also received a lot of attention as they faced Liverpool in second place and Chelsea in fourth place.

Both teams are Champions League winners this season, but the difference is that Liverpool were knocked out in March, while Chelsea are still in contention. And although this game did not follow the Champions League, Chelsea, which is fighting in the third line, is naturally not as good as Liverpool, who is in a relaxed state.

4:1, Liverpool won the opponent at home.

With the results of these two games, the top of the table this season has changed hands again, from Aston Villa to Liverpool. Even worse than Villa are Chelsea, the favourites at the start of the season, who were levelled by Manchester United on points after this defeat and now fall to fifth place due to a poor goal difference, followed by Tottenham Hotspur. For the current Blues, with eight games remaining, they are 11 points behind the top of the table, and the title race can be said to be completely hopeless. What they have to do now is try to keep their Champions League qualification for next season.

Of course, there is good news for Chelsea that Liverpool have already won the Carabao Cup in February, and the Reds are unlikely to fall to fifth place in the league this season, which means that Chelsea can at least qualify for the Europa League. It's just that for Chelsea, who were aiming to defend the league title at the start of the season, the good news is really a bit laughable.

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After losing 3-1 to Manchester City, Villa also ushered in the second leg of the Europa League quarter-finals, hosting Everton.

The day after this game, Villa will continue their league campaign, and their next league opponent is Tottenham.

After the previous lesson, Wang Shuai is obviously much more cautious about the arrangement of this Europa League match. On the starting list, only half of the main lineup. After Wang Shuai scored a goal in the first half, the three-goal lead also made Wang Shuai feel that there was no suspense in promotion. So in the second half, Wang Shuai also replaced the three main players again one after another.

As a result, in the 71st and 73rd minutes, Everton scored two goals in succession to make the aggregate score 3:2. If they score one more goal, Everton will also have an away goal advantage to knock out Villa to advance. At this time, Wang Shuai no longer had a place to replace.

Fortunately, Zhou Aniu, who was still on the field, made meritorious service at a critical moment. In the final less than 20 minutes, he made five tackles, blocked two long-range shots, and in the final moments, when the goalkeeper was already out of control, he headed Everton's must-score header out on the goal line.

When the referee finally blew the whistle for the end of the game, the whole team of Villa breathed a sigh of relief, and Zhou Aniu was unsurprisingly the best player of the game.

Regardless, Villa managed to qualify for the semi-finals of the Europa League. At the same time, Tottenham Hotspur lost 0:2 to Bundesliga hegemons Bayern Munich in the first leg of the Champions League quarter.

Losing away from home, or losing away with the whole main lineup, the Tottenham players who came to Villa Park the next day were in a considerable state, both physically and mentally.

On the contrary, although the game had just ended the day before, Villa advanced with one and a half main lineups. In contrast, the form of the two teams is superior.

3:1, the opposite score of the previous round of the league, Villa won this key battle.

Manchester City were also affected by the Champions League, drawing 1-1 at Real Madrid and drawing again the next day in the league with Newcastle 1-1.

The win and Manchester City's draw are of course gratifying, but the only regret is that Liverpool beat West Ham United 3-0 at home, and Villa still have a three-point gap to the top of the table.