The day before the League Cup, Wang Shuai gave the team a half-day off, and then went into the head coach's office and played with the computer. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info After a while, Leif also knocked on the door and came in, and was stunned when he saw the beautiful Wang Shuai, and asked, "Do you have a way for tomorrow's game?" ”

"Nope."

"Hey, so you really can, the game is abandoned?"

"Not really."

"And what do you think?"

"Have you ever heard of an old Chinese saying that 'life and death are destined for wealth in heaven'?"

"No...... What do you mean? ”

"I mean, for tomorrow's game, we've prepared a lot, and the result depends entirely on the attitude of the Liverpool team, and if they play seriously, we'll be fine. If you don't fight seriously...... Hey. ”

"It's the same when you say that, the teams in the Premier League are still playing in the Champions League, and the League Cup shouldn't be able to go all out."

“Bingo！ So it's useless to think about this and that now, just rest for half a day and go straight to the game tomorrow. ”

"Okay, you really can!"

……

The next day, the last day of November, the fifth round of the English League Cup kicked off on time at Villa Park. Aston Villa, wearing a red jersey, hosted the "Red Army" Liverpool, and the "Double Red Meeting" officially began.

Liverpool, as one of the traditional four giants of the Premier League, seems to be cursed and has never won the Premier League title even once. Therefore, for the "Red Army", the Premier League title is even more important than the Champions League title. As for the Carabao Cup, especially against a second-tier team, Liverpool simply didn't take it to heart, as Wang and Reiff thought.

Home team dressing room.

"Guys," Wang Shuai pushed the door in from the outside, "I just got the Liverpool squad list, there is good news and bad news.

The good news is that our opponents have only fielded half of their main line-up, and none of their trident attacking cores are on the line-up. And the bad news is that their current lineup is still a lot better than us.

I would say, think Newcastle, think Barnsley, it's not like we haven't won against a strong team. So, it will still be Aston Villa who will win today.

Liverpool nicknamed 'Reds'? Well, then we're going to let them know today why the flowers are so red!

Go-Go-Go~~~！！！ ”

When Wang Shuai said this, he didn't have much passion, as if he was recounting a fact very plainly. It is Wang Shuai's calmness that gives the players great confidence.

A group of players followed Wang Shuai out of the locker room, David Beckham walked to Wu Shi's side and quietly asked: "Wu, what did the coach's last sentence mean?" ”

"Huh? Which sentence? ”

"It's the phrase 'the flowers are very red'."

"Uh, ahem, this ...... The coach meant to give the opponent a little color to see, and that's it. ”

"Oh oh oh, yes, yes!"

……

Liverpool, who are semi-substitutes, still have seven senior professional players on the field, including a center forward, three midfielders, two central defenders, and the starting goalkeeper. Wang Shuai studied Liverpool's game this season in detail half a month before this game, and the pass-and-control cooperation is their consistent tactical play. Today, Liverpool's three main midfielders all appeared in the starting list, and it is obvious that the opponent wants to use the control of the midfield to win the game.

It's just that after studying Liverpool's performance this season, Wang Shuai also found a fatal weakness in them. That is, after the physical strength of the Liverpool players reaches a bottleneck around 70 minutes into the game, their form will decline very seriously. Liverpool have conceded 80 per cent of their goals this season in the final half-hour of the game, and they have yet to find a solution.

Seeing that the opponent has such an obvious weakness, Wang Shuai has no reason not to take advantage of it. Aston Villa's targeted tactical deployment is simple, just two words: defensive. As long as they can hold on until the end of the game, Villa have hopes of winning the game.

It's just that before he starts to stick to it, Wang Shuai has another thing to do. That is to take advantage of the home tee-off, take the lead in attacking Liverpool's defense, and after creating a threat to the opponent, Liverpool will not dare to fully attack. Otherwise, even if it is only a semi-substitute lineup, if Liverpool really goes all out, Villa's defense will be unbearable.

……

"Toot ~!"

After the start of the game, Villa handed over the ball to Wang Shuai to control according to the established tactical arrangement, and Wu Shi, David and Brant also began to advance to the front court to cover Wang Shuai.

From the point of view of the success rate of the attack, Wang Shuai's breakthrough with the ball by himself is definitely lower than the tactical cooperation of many people. But in terms of threat, Wang Shuai himself is a little bigger. And Villa's attack in the first leg was not to score, but to create an illusion for Liverpool, that is, once they don't focus on defense, then Wang Shuai can easily break through Liverpool's defense and complete the goal.

It has to be said that Liverpool underestimated Aston Villa, they did not carefully study their opponents before the game, and did not understand the absolute attacking core of Villa.

So, when Wang Shuai and Liverpool's three midfielders encountered, the opponent did not react at all, but Bruce in the center defended Wang Shuai, and the other two midfielders began to move to the side to block Wang Shuai's passing route. And Wang Shuai didn't expect such a situation, but he quickly reacted, this is an opportunity not to be missed.

Marseille maneuver.

Although both sides are senior professional players, this is only in attributes, and Wang Shuai's comprehensive strength is actually one notch higher than the opponent. So after a fancy move, Wang Shuai easily broke through the past.

After more than three months of training in England, Wu Shi has also been promoted to the same level as the opposing centre-backs, and he is now entangled with two defenders. However, the two central defenders didn't know that Wu Shi's level was about the same as them, so after seeing Wang Shuai break through the midfield defense, one of the central defenders, Arthur, directly chose to step forward to make up for the defense. In his opinion, a striker in the Championship team is enough to leave his team-mates alone to defend.

This is another situation that Wang Shuai did not expect, he thought that Liverpool's defenders would choose to strictly guard the penalty area, and had already begun to look for opportunities to shoot from a distance. However, after seeing the other party stepped forward to make up for the defense, Wang Shuai immediately changed his plan.

Cow tail wagging.

When Arthur just started to slow down, Wang Shuai found the right time to make a fake move again, and successfully shook out space for himself. At the same time, Wu Shi also activated in an instant and ran to the side.

Syllable!

Wang Shuai sent a straight plug in time, but when Wu Shi received the ball, the shooting angle was already very small, Liverpool's goalkeeper Simon had blocked all the shooting routes, and another defender, Fred, was also in place, Wu Shi now only has two options left.

Either force your foot to shoot.

Or pass back to Wang Shuai.

And Wu Shi chose the latter without hesitation.

Syllable!

Wu Shi didn't stop the ball, knocked it to the side with his heel, and the football returned to Wang Shuai's feet again. At this time, Simon was defending the near corner of the goal, Fred had just stopped behind Wu Shi, and Arthur had not yet returned to the defense.

Boom!

In the face of such an excellent empty goal, Wang Shuai did not pause and calmly pushed.

Brush!

1:0！

……

Against a strong Liverpool, Aston Villa took the lead first, and no one expected such a dream start. Wang Shuai couldn't help but think of the scene in the first year of his career, leading Youzhou Institute of Technology against Yangcheng Hengyuan. That time, Hengyuan was also a semi-substitute lineup, and he was also a light enemy, and he was also broken by Wang Shuai at the beginning. It's just that in that game, Hengyuan quickly recovered the score and finally won the game. After a lapse of five years, Wang Shuai will naturally not make the same mistake again.

"Defend! Defend! Dense defense! ”

Wang Shuai did not celebrate the goal, but quickly withdrew his own half and gave the team the next tactical task.

Dense defensiveness, as long as the difference in strength between the two sides is not too great, there is no good way for any team to do this kind of defensive tactics, the only thing they can do is long-range shots and set-pieces, and the same is true for Liverpool.

It's just that Liverpool doesn't have such a strong long-range firepower point as Wang Shuai, nor does it have Wang Shuai's buffs that can increase the power of the team's long-range shots, plus the first line of defense composed of Wang Shuai, Greenhouse and Zhou Aniu is just on the periphery of the penalty area, although Liverpool launched a counterattack immediately after conceding the goal, but they obviously have no way to break through Villa's goal.

……

"Good job, guys!"

The score of 1:0 was maintained until halftime, and after Wang Shuai returned to the locker room, he immediately summarized the first half and began to deploy the tactics of the second half.

"They played 45 minutes, we defended 45 minutes, and they were much more physically drained than we did. What we have to do in the second half is to continue to drain their energy and when they reach their limits, it's time for us to attack.

We're one goal ahead now and we're going to be 45 minutes ahead. And then, here, on our home turf, at Villa Park, no one can take the win away from us, and neither can Liverpool! ”

……

Second.

Liverpool, who had a 15-minute break, continued to attack Aston Villa's defence, but they were unsuccessful for 45 minutes in the first half, and the result of the second half will not change.

To make matters worse, Liverpool's fitness problems have also appeared on the bench. Just 20 minutes into the second half, Liverpool's substitute striker Howles fell to the ground with a calf cramp.

Although Howles returned to the field after a short period of treatment, his injury directly exposed Liverpool's physical condition, and Wang Shuai did not hesitate to play a counterattack signal.

As a result, the situation on the field was completely reversed, and Aston Villa, who had been suppressed for nearly 70 minutes, instantly pushed the battle line back to Liverpool's half, and Liverpool no longer had the spare energy to fight back.

In the 81st minute, Wang Shuai received a cross from David in the penalty area, and the header was ferried to Wu Shi near the penalty spot, who volleyed and volleyed to expand the score again.

2:0！

Aston Villa sealed the win completely.