Chapter Forty-Eight: The End of the Season
Wang Shuai and Zhou Aniu, the two people who scored goals for the team in regular time, both missed penalties in the final penalty shootout, which has to be said to be a trick of God. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 For these two people, Villa's fans are also resentful, and there is no shortage of comments on social networking sites asking these two people to leave the team.
Zhou Aniu is okay, after all, the round he missed the penalty, and Chelsea's penalty did not score. But Wang was different, the goal he missed was the most crucial goal in the whole penalty shoot-out, and then Chelsea followed suit to score the winning goal. This led to Wang Shuai receiving much more criticism than Zhou Aniu.
At this moment, the fans seem to have forgotten the great contribution that Wang Shuai has brought to the team, forgetting that the team won the Championship and League Cup at the same time under the leadership of Wang Shuai, and forgetting that the opponent in this game is the mighty Chelsea, and what they see now, or the only thing they want to see, is that Wang Shuai personally gave the victory to Chelsea.
Actually, they can't be blamed for this, because that's the psychology of the fans. Just like in the original world, after David missed two penalties in the 04 Euro Cup, he also received a lot of ridicule and ridicule, and many fans gave him the title of "flower boxing and embroidered legs", without mentioning David's contribution to set-pieces and wing organization.
Fortunately, a week later, the 39th round of the Championship kicked off, with Aston Villa hosting Norwich.
Without tactical training, the whole team was free to play and after a 6-0 victory, the points reached 108, breaking the record held by Reading for 15 years. And after a complete victory, coupled with a record-breaking feat, fans no longer pay attention to the FA Cup defeat, so that Wang Shuai finally got out of the sea of suffering.
The Carabao Cup is over and the FA Cup has been knocked out in the quarter-finals, leaving Aston Villa with only seven league games left for this season. And now, having won the championship ahead of schedule and breaking the points record, Villa's season can be said to be over.
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A month and a half later.
In the Championship finale at the start of May, Villa faced second-placed Brighton at home and won 4-0 at home. Meanwhile, Newcastle, one point behind Brighton and now in third place, narrowly beat Barnsley 3-2 at home. With this victory, as well as Brighton's defeat, Newcastle successfully completed a comeback in the final round of the league and secured a second direct ticket to the Premier League.
In the subsequent promotion play-offs, Brighton took their anger out on the other three teams, first beating Leeds United 4-0 over two legs, and then narrowly beating Norwich City 2-1 in the final, becoming the last team to qualify for the Premier League this season.
In the Premier League, Chelsea continued to soar, winning the Premier League title three rounds ahead of schedule, while Tottenham continued to hold on to second place. Liverpool, on the other hand, are on top, unbeaten in the final eight league games with six wins and two draws, and managed to move up to third place, joining Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur in securing a place in next season's Champions League group stage.
Gunners Arsenal won the competition against Manchester City to finish fourth and play in the final round of the Champions League play-offs next season. Manchester City are fifth in the league and qualify for the group stage of next season's Europa League.
After that, the Reds continued to be lacklustre, falling to seventh place after being overtaken by Liverpool's local side Everton after losing to Tottenham in the penultimate round.
Near the relegation zone, Hull City had an impressive second half of the league, winning back-to-back victories over Liverpool and Tottenham, drawing away at Manchester City, and beating Manchester United in the semi-finals of the Carabao Cup, earning the title of "Killer of the Strong Team". After beating Crystal Palace, which is also in the relegation circle at home in the penultimate round of the league, it rose to the sixth from the bottom and successfully relegated. After losing this game, Crystal Palace also became the second team to confirm relegation after Sunderland.
In the final round of the relegation battle, Middlesbrough were the unluckiest side, facing a mighty Liverpool and unsurprisingly losing the game. With the other two relegation teams, Swansea and Leicester City both drawing with their respective opponents, Middlesbrough became the last team to be relegated.
In the FA Cup, Chelsea beat Arsenal 2-1 in the final to win the red-and-blue duel and win the season double.
In England, the top three teams in the Premier League qualify directly for next season's Champions League group stage, the fourth place finisher goes to the final qualifying round of the Champions League, the fifth place and the FA Cup winner go to the Europa League group stage, and the League Cup winner goes to the final qualifying round of the Europa League. If the FA Cup and League Cup winners are in the top five teams in the Premier League, their European qualification will be carried over to the sixth and seventh teams in the Premier League.
In other words, with Chelsea winning both the FA Cup and the Premier League, Everton, who are sixth in the league, will qualify for the FA Cup and participate in the group stage of next year's Europa League. At the same time, the League Cup was lost to Aston Villa, which means that Villa will participate in the Europa League qualification next season, and Manchester United, who are ranked seventh in the Premier League this year, will once again miss out on next season's European competition.
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With the final league game on May 7, Aston Villa have completed all the games of the season. In a total of 57 games, Villa ended up with an impressive record of 51 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats, and won the League Cup and Championship double, while also making history in the Championship table with a record of 127 points.
Although the team was on holiday, Wang Shuai did not return to China.
After the last game, this year's Seasonal Mission rewards were also distributed. With two league and cup titles, the league's top scorer and first assist, and the first assist in the cup, plus the Championship and League Cup are second-tier and first-tier competitions respectively, as well as Wang's own dual status as a player and coach, his host level has been raised to 17.
After getting the skill points, Wang Shuai once again accumulated enough experience to upgrade an intermediate skill. Wang Shuai, who had already made a calculation, did not hesitate to choose the coaching skill "Evaluation Eye", which brought Wang Shuai more help than a star in this year.
"Upgrading Coaching Skills 'Eyes of Evaluation'." Entering the system, Wang Shuai gave instructions, and then saw the upgraded skills.
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Eye of Evaluation (Advanced): Knows all the attributes of the player, the range of the player: the first team and reserve team of all professional clubs in China and the country where the current team belongs. (5/10)
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