"It was an ugly victory! They defended the whole game, which is an insult to English football! If every team were like Villa today, the outcome of the game would no longer be determined by the strength of the team, but by luck! ”

In his press conference after the game, Liverpool manager Patrice fired straight at Aston Villain. In the eyes of this British coach, www.biquge.info football game should be you attacking and I attacking, which is a "normal" football game. And to win with defense like Villa is simply shameless!

Although Wang Shuai has always been a person who likes to keep a low profile, he will also be ruthless when facing the aggressiveness of his opponents. Therefore, in the face of Patrice's scolding, Wang Shuai also began to fight back strongly.

'I don't know when the counter-attack became a shameless tactic, I just know that today we won against Aston Villa in the Championship and we were against Liverpool, who are in the top three of the Premier League.

Wang Shuai's response was simple, but it hit Patrice's pain point. As a Premier League giant, losing to a Championship team, after such a big upset, Patrice actually accused the opponent of being shameless, and the joke was not like this.

In fact, there are also many teams in England who have used defensive counter-attacking tactics, and Patrice has bombarded these teams more than once, so his popularity in England is really not good. If it weren't for Liverpool's good results in the past two seasons, Patrice, who caused trouble everywhere, would have been out of class long ago.

When the war of words between Wang Shuai and Patrice reached the ears of others, the Liverpool manager became the target of ridicule without any suspense. Although many people still don't know who Wang Shuai is, the point is that Patrice made a fool of himself, which gave them the opportunity to fall into the ground.

Chelsea boss Rodriguez: 'Patrice lost? This is really good news. ”

Manchester United boss Jogori: "Maybe the next time I play against Liverpool, I should try shameless tactics, as long as I can make Patrice lose, it doesn't matter otherwise. ”

Liverpool side Everton boss Stephen Hendry: "It's great to see Liverpool lose, it's like it's early in the new year. ”

At the same time, Wang Shuai, who has been active in the Championship, has also entered the English public's field of vision with this League Cup match. The most intuitive embodiment is that at the Villa Park stadium and the entrance of the Aston Building, many reporters suddenly appeared.

In the first few days, Wang Shuai was still polite to these reporters and answered all questions. But after the number of reporters did not decrease for several days, Wang Shuai also began to get tired of it, so he had to avoid them by saying that he would not accept interviews after work. Fortunately, this trick was quite effective, and after the reporters found that they could not interview Wang Shuai, they gradually withdrew from Aston Villa's territory.

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After this turmoil, Wang Shuai's life returned to normal. Races, training, competitions, training, December passed in an orderly manner.

Over the course of the month, Aston Villa played six Championship games. With the exception of Brighton, Villa's opponents are not considered strong teams, and they have easily won five games, but it was against Brighton that there was an accident.

The day before the game, Wang Shuai unfortunately caught a cold, and as a result, he played abnormally in the next day's game. Coupled with the fact that Herman has not yet returned from injury, Villa's performance has dropped a notch, and in the end only a 1-1 draw on the road.

After these six games, the first half of the 2020-21 season has also come to an end, and the situation in the league standings has basically stabilized.

First of all, Aston Villa won 21, drew 1 and lost 1, 13 points ahead of the second place, and rode the dust in the standings. Rotherham, on the other hand, have lost 16 of their 23 league games and are bottom of the table with just 13 points.

The other teams are also divided into different echelons in the standings.

In the 23rd round of the league, Brighton beat Queens Park Rangers 3-0, while Newcastle faced Sheffield Wednesday and lost 0-1. With one win and one defeat in this round of the league, Brighton managed to move up to second place in the table, while Newcastle were three points behind and in third place. These two teams are hard to match Aston Villa at the top of the table, but their points are not easy for other teams to catch up. As a result, these two teams form the first tier outside of Villa and strive for a second direct qualification to the Premier League.

The second tier is made up of Reading, Hudders, Sheffield Wednesday, Leeds United and Derby County, who are within three points separating each other from fourth to eighth in the table and are serious contenders for qualification to the play-offs.

The third tier is the mid-table teams of the league, with a total of eleven teams. These teams have no prospect of promotion for the time being, and there is no risk of relegation.

The last echelon, the fourth tier, also has five teams, namely Queen's Park, Burton, Blackburn, Wigan Athletic and Rotherham. With the exception of Rotherham, who are 13 points from the bottom, the remaining four teams could fall into the relegation zone at any time and could be out of the misery at any time.

In addition to the points, there are other stats that can also show the quality of these teams in the Championship.

Needless to say, Aston Villa currently have the most goals scored and conceded the fewest and deserve to be at the top of the table. Rotherham, on the other hand, concede an average of 2.2 goals per game, the only team in the Championship to concede more than 2 goals per game among all 24 Championship teams, and it is no surprise that they are at the bottom of the table.

Brighton and Newcastle, with a goal difference of 24 and 27 respectively, are the only two teams with a goal difference of more than 20 other than Aston Villa, and it is also a reason that they can form the first echelon far ahead of other teams.

The fourth and final team to reach double figures on goal difference is Fulham, who are currently in ninth place and the only team in the third tier to be expected to make it to the second tier with just one game.

Two other teams that have to be mentioned are Derby County and Barnsley, who have performed in diametrically opposed ways. Derby County are seventh in the bottom with 24 goals scored and fourth positive with 20 goals conceded. Barnsley are 10th with 42 goals scored and 40 conceded, the opposite of Derby County, positive and fourth from bottom respectively. It can be seen that these two teams have only strengthened one of them in attack and defence, and the other is miserable, and the barrel principle is vividly reflected in the two teams of Derby County and Barnsley.

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January 1st.

After coming to the UK for nearly half a year, Wang Shuai's living habits have gradually become Westernized, and some festivals that have not been paid attention to in China have also become important, such as the Gregorian New Year.

So on the evening of the first day of the new year, Wang Shuai returned to the villa after a day's work, and the first thing he did was to make a phone call home.

"Hey, Mom, Happy New Year!"