"Starters, Wu Shi, Herman, David, Laurie......" Reiff, who returned to the locker room, read the starting list by name, and they had to enter the court through the players' tunnel, while the others went directly to the bench. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Wang Shuai sat in front of his closet to arrange his clothes, and was about to get up, but suddenly realized that his name didn't seem to be pronounced.

"Coach, I'm not a starter?" Wang Shuai asked this sentence, and everyone realized that Wang Shuai's name was not in the starting list just now.

Reiff pretended to reconfirm the starting line-up, and then muttered: "Central midfielder, Greenhouse, Brandt, yes, Wang Shuai, you came off the bench today...... Alright lads, it's time to go! With that, Reif was the first to step out of the dressing room, leaving the players looking at each other.

After more than half a month of training, a warm-up game, and two league games, everyone in Villa has long understood Wang Shuai's strength. Now that it was suddenly announced that Wang Shuai was not in the starting list, everyone was a little confused, so the only possibility could only be that Wang Shuai and Leif had a conflict.

Those who were not familiar with Wang Shuai glanced at Wang Shuai and went out one after another. Wu Shi and the others wanted to say something to Wang Shuai, but they saw Wang Shuai wave his hand, and they went out. Wang Shuai himself fell behind, thought about the last press conference, and thought about what Jian Xia said to him after the press conference, Wang Shuai understood something.

"Afraid I'll rob you of your head coach? Hehe. ”

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Sheffield Wednesday Football Club, or Sheffield Wednesday for short, is located in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, with Sheffield United, another famous English team. Sheffield Wednesday was founded in 1867 but did not become one of the founding teams of the English Professional Football League. Although they won the top-flight and FA Cup three times earlier in the last century, they have not been too successful since. It wasn't until 1990 that they beat Manchester United 1-0 in the Carabao Cup final to claim their only top-flight trophy in recent decades, before falling again. Sheffield Wednesday were promoted to the Championship as runners-up in League One in 2011/12 and have steadily improved since then, finishing sixth and fourth in 15/16 and 16-17 respectively, but unfortunately they were unable to go further in the promotion play-offs. After two seasons, Sheffield Wednesday fell mid-table for a few years before returning to the back of the season, finishing third last season before losing 1-0 to Hull City in the promotion play-off final.

This season, everyone thought that Sheffield Wednesday would continue to push forward, but the results of the first two rounds of the league were shocking, and Sheffield Wednesday only finished seventh from bottom with one draw and one loss. However, Wang Shuai, who has read the information of the opponent's players, knows that Sheffield Wednesday's player strength is definitely ranked in the upper reaches of the league, or even the top, at least the lineup of the team's mid-level professional players is not comparable to Aston Villa. Coupled with the fact that the game was played at Sheffield Wednesday's home stadium, Hillsborough, Wang Shuai naturally arranged relatively conservative tactics.

As a result, Wang Shuai himself could not play.

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"Toot ~!"

The game begins.

Wang Shuai sat on the bench, slightly unaccustomed. After all, this is the first time he has attended the game as a substitute player, and although he also missed the game due to injury when he was in Youzhou Trust before, Wang Shuai did not play with the team at that time. Now that I'm sitting on the side at the start of the game, it's really painful.

Nearly ten minutes into the game, the score of the two teams was still 0:0. Wang Shuai gradually frowned, not because the team had not scored yet, but because he found that Leif had changed his tactics. In Wang Shuai's original arrangement, the two central midfielders were supposed to roam in the midfield to stabilize the defensive line, but now these two people are frequently involved in the attack.

Wang Shuai didn't believe that this was Greenhouse and Brandt's own arrangement, in fact, after Wang Shuai revealed his tactical level, the team's players still implemented his tactics very thoroughly. So now there is only one explanation left for this situation, and that is that Leif has changed tactics.

In fact, Leif's idea is very simple, that is, to completely deny everything about Wang Shuai. Wang Shuai is highly skilled, so don't let him play. Wang Shuai's tactics are exquisite, so don't use his tactics. I have to say that if this game is won, then Wang Shuai really has nothing to do.

However, Wang Shuai can see Sheffield Wednesday's player information, but Leif can't. Reif still believes that Sheffield Wednesday, who had a bad start to the first two rounds, is not as strong as Aston Villa. As everyone knows, Sheffield Wednesday has taken advantage of the location, and Villa has no advantage at all.

"The midfield and backfield are too empty, and it will be dangerous in more than ten minutes," Wang Shuai thought to himself...... Then he glanced at Leif next to him, and found that the other party was watching the game indifferently, not realizing that danger was coming, Wang Shuai pursed his lips and continued to watch the game.

Another fifteen minutes passed, and Villa's attack was ineffective, and the players naturally slowed down their attack as their fitness declined, but they still maintained their attacking formation, which gave Sheffield Wednesday a chance.

In the 26th minute, Sheffield Wednesday broke the ball in midfield, and then rushed directly to Villa's penalty area as if no one was there, and before Villa's defenders could react, they completed the goal with the help of a pass between the two strikers.

1:0, the home team took the lead, and Wang Shuai's idea was verified!

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"Defend! Defend! Reif ran to the sideline and yelled at his players.

Wang Shuai looked at the angry head coach and shook his head. If there is a flock of sheep in the sheepfold, it is indeed too late. But if there's only one sheep, it's really too late.

It seemed that Reif's roar played a role, and after Villa kicked off again, the two central midfielders stayed in central midfield and were no longer involved in attacking. This defensive posture also managed to prevent the score from expanding again. However, now Villa are the side behind and even if they can defend until the end of the game, Villa will still lose the game in the end.

Time passed minute by minute, and in the blink of an eye, in the 75th minute, the score was still 1:0.

Leif kept pacing around on the sidelines, and from time to time he would glance at Wang Shuai sitting on the sidelines, but he never changed Wang Shuai to play. Reif firmly believes that even if there is no Wang Shuai, even if the team is still behind, he can lead the team to turn defeat into victory, and only in this way can he prove that he is the most beneficial person for this team.

However, the final result of the race was destined to disappoint Reif. Not to mention the overcome, Villa failed to even equalise and handed away Sheffield Wednesday's first league win to their opponents.

In the post-match press conference, Reif didn't show up, Wang Shuai didn't show up, and Villa didn't show up any of them, but that didn't stop the media from thinking about it.

The rumors of a feud between Reif and Wang Shuai were just exposed in the last league game, and then Wang Shuai was pressed on the bench by Reif, and then the team lost.