The English Championship, the full name of the English Football Championship, was established in the 04-05 season, replacing the then English First Division and becoming the second tier of the English Football Professional League, second only to the English Premier League (Premier League). Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 Although the Championship is only a second-tier league, it is the fourth most popular league in Europe, with 10 million viewers per season, more than the likes of Ligue 1 and Serie A.

Each season, the top two teams in the Championship will be promoted directly to the Premier League, while the third to sixth places will play a play-off, with the winner of the play-offs becoming the third team to be promoted to the Premier League that season, while the bottom three will also be relegated to League One, the third tier of the English league.

There are a total of 24 teams in the Championship, with each team having 46 games to play not counting the play-offs. This, combined with the need to make way for international competitions and domestic cup competitions, has further reduced the fixture schedule, resulting in the Championship often seeing two or even three games a week.

The 2020-21 Championship season kicks off on 17 August, with Aston Villa hosting their first opponents, Huddersfield Town.

Huddes joined the English professional league in 1910, won the FA Cup in 1922, and then won three consecutive top-flight titles from 23 to 26, and was hailed as the strongest team in England and all of Europe at the time. However, this strength did not last long, and they were relegated to the second division, and since then they have not been seen by everyone.

In the 2011-12 season, Hudders returned to the Championship from League One and have been hovering in the bottom half of the Championship ever since, with no relegation worries but no hope of surpassing them, and they finished 19th in the Championship last season.

It's just that in the offseason of the new season, Huddes has completed a lot of reinforcements, although there are no particularly outstanding players, but the overall strength has also risen a big step, which is a non-negligible opponent for Aston Villa.

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Villa Park Stadium.

"That's a lot of money."

Wang Shuai looked at the opponent's player information and sighed.

Although Wang Shuai has been able to check the opponent information of the entire league from the coaching system at any time, this habit of looking at the opponent's information before the game is still retained.

The last time Wang Shuai saw Huddes' information was when he first joined Aston Villa in early July, and at that time, Huddes' recruitment work had obviously not officially begun. Although Wang Shuai can't remember the name of each player in the opponent, he clearly remembers that at that time, there were definitely no more than one mid-level professional players in the Hudders team, not just two junior professional players as it is now.

However, despite the fact that the opponent has one more mid-level professional player than Villa, Wang Shuai is not worried about the fate of the team in this game. Not to mention his own skills, suddenly introducing so many new players, the opponent's tactical proficiency is a big problem. You must know that Vera has only introduced four newcomers this season, even if the team's tactics have been adjusted, it is Wang Shuai's changes according to the original tactics, and Vera's tactical proficiency is much higher than that of the opponent.

An hour before the start of the game, the rosters of the players from both teams were handed in, and the two managers were given the starting line-ups of each other. Hudders manager Clarke couldn't help but sneer as he looked at Villa's roster of players.

"Three Chinese, and one youth team player? Hey, Vera is getting worse and worse. ”

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In terms of overall strength, Huddersfield and Aston Villa are equal, and against this kind of opponent with similar strength, Wang Shuai is extremely easy. Don't look at Wang Shuai's success when he was at Youzhou Institute of Technology, but if you really want to talk about it, the overall strength of Polytechnic can at most be ranked at the first-line level of the Chinese Super League, and there is still a certain gap compared with top teams like Youzhou Trust and Yangcheng Hengyuan. But with Wang Shuai's skills, Polytechnic was stunned to get a lot of bargains from them.

Facing Huddersfield of the same level today, even if the opponent has 9 mid-level professional players, but Villa's side is not left behind, Wang Shuai will not have any pressure at all, just like when he played against Yangcheng Guicai at Polytechnic.

It is precisely for this reason that the tactics arranged by Wang Shuai are not so conservative, that is, the 4-4-2 formation that Villa has been using. Wu Shi and Herman in the centre, Laurie and David in the wings, Wang Shuai and captain Greenhouse in the centre, Vincent and Fox in the wing-backs and centre-backs respectively, as well as Connor and Colin. As for Zhou Aniu, he can only sit on the bench, whether it is Wang Shuai or Greenhouse's starting position, it is not what he can replace now, and the team's formation has no extra midfield position for him.

"Toot ~!"

The referee's whistle blew and the game officially began.

And as the whistle blew, Villa's players also ran instantly.

After Wu Shi and Herman kicked off in the middle circle, they passed the ball directly to Wang Shuai, but Wang Shuai, who should continue to pass back according to the convention, ran directly to the front court with the ball, and the other players of Villa did not feel uncomfortable at all, and followed Wang Shuai like running in the front court.

Hudders' players were slightly stunned, they are not the team that has never seen the kick-off and organize an attack, but their opponent is Aston Villa. They saw Villa's style last season and they weren't as aggressive as they are now, is this really Aston Villa?!

Clarke sat in the dugout and frowned, he also noticed the difference in this Villa team, and he suddenly felt that he was missing something. And when Clark turned his head to look at the coach's bench on the other side and saw Leif looking at ease, his brow furrowed even deeper.

"What the hell is this guy doing?" Clark thought.

Villa's players couldn't see Clark's small movements, nor did they know what Clark was thinking, and they were still methodically executing offensive tactics. Two minutes later, the unfast arc was placed in front of the penalty area.

Wang Shuai looked at the formation that his teammates had already set up, three fingers were erected, and he made a "three" gesture, and the two full-backs immediately began to move forward after seeing it.

The umbrella formation, the same offensive formation as the "W" formation, but with the addition of a center.

Boom!

Wang Shuai passed the ball before David ran into place, which was a through ball, and the timing was just right.

David's running speed didn't change at all, but he still managed to catch the ball without any problems. David, who has a "full" understanding of Wang Shuai, knows that Wang Shuai will definitely pass this ball in place, and he believes this unreservedly.

Taking advantage of the inertia of running, David took a step forward after receiving the ball, and after touching the ball again, he sent a horizontal pass. At this time, David's accuracy attribute came into play, and the ball landed exactly where Wu Shi was standing.

Boom!

Wu Shi jumped high and pushed the ball towards the goal, but the expected sound of the football touching the net did not appear, and the ball was high.

Wu Shi shook his head in annoyance, and after stretching out his thumb at David to indicate the ball, he began to retreat.

If it was in the Chinese Super League, this goal might have been scored, but in the Championship, the intensity of physical confrontation has increased significantly, and Wu Shizhen is a little unaccustomed. (To be continued.) )