Chapter 120: One Year

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"Who's that?" He Tao sat in front of the TV, hugged his son, pointed to a person on the TV and asked with a smile.

"Dad...... Father~! He was already past one year old, and he obviously recognized the person on the TV, and shouted "hand and dance".

At the same time, in another country, a live award ceremony is underway.

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"This year's FIFA Best Coach Award winners are...... Aston Villa head coach from China, Wang Shuai~! ”

In a burst of applause, Wang Shuai, who was in a suit and leather shoes, walked onto the rostrum and received the trophy that represented the highest honor of football coaches.

In 2023, when there are no national team competitions, there is only one criterion left for selecting the best coach, and that is the championship points of the club. Aston Villa, who won the FA Cup, League Cup, Premier League and Champions League in 2023, and won the Community Shield, UEFA Super Cup and Club World Cup in the new season, is undoubtedly the biggest winner, and as the head coach of Aston Villa, Wang Shuai was undisputed as this year's Coach of the Year.

The only regret is that although Wang Shuai won the largest number of championships, but in this year's game, Wang Shuai is more of an organizational core, gradually handing over the task of attacking to the striker, and he is no longer frequently plugged in, the purpose of this is naturally to strengthen the midfield defense, so Wang Shuai's personal data has also begun to shrink significantly, and this year's FIFA Golden Ball Award has also been spent, and the winner is Barcelona's left winger Joniels.

It's just that as a Chinese player, Wang Shuai finally ranked second in the competition for the Golden Ball, which has also created the history of Chinese football, and with Wang Shuai's performance, Wang Shuai's name will be filled in on the list of Golden Ball winners in a few years, there is no doubt about it.

Wang Shuai, who won the FIFA Best Coach Award, naturally won the Best Coach Award of UEFA and the FA. In addition to honors, these two awards also brought Wang Shuai points in the "Hall of Honor".

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FIFA Best Coach Award (50 points): 1

UEFA Best Coach Award (20 points): 1

FA Best Coach Award (10 points): 1

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Compared with the 10 points of the Champions League champion, the points of the best coach award are undoubtedly much richer, and with the points of these two awards, Wang Shuai's store redemption point also exceeded 100 points, and Wang Shuai did not hesitate to exchange for the "speed halo".

In addition to various championships and best coach awards, Wang Shuai also found another way to earn points, and that is to break records.

On September 16, in the second round of the Champions League group stage of the 2023-2024 season, Aston Villa defeated Ajax 3-1 away, reaching 44 games unbeaten in all competitions, breaking the record of 43 games held by AC Milan.

On October 13, in the tenth round of the English Premier League, Villa swept Newcastle 4-0 away, reaching 50 games unbeaten in the Premier League, breaking Arsenal's record of 49 league games.

On December 23, in the 18th round of the English Premier League, Villa defeated Liverpool 3:2 at home, reaching the 18th consecutive win in the Premier League, breaking the record of 17 consecutive wins set by Villa themselves last season.

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Breaking the unbeaten streak in the English Premier League (20 points): 1

Breaking the English Premier League winning streak (20 points): 1

Break the unbeaten record in all competitions (35 points): 1

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These three records provided Wang Shuai with a full 75 points, that is, 75 exchange points, plus 15 points for the World Cup championship won in January, Wang Shuai's exchange points exceeded 100 again, and this time Wang Shuai exchanged for a "durability halo".

Compared to the championship in all competitions, the best coach award and breaking records are undoubtedly the best way to get redemption points. The only regret is that you can only earn points if you break a record, and you can't extend a record. In other words, Villa, who are still unbeaten, will not be able to earn points if they continue to extend their record, but can only break their own record again if they lose a game. This made Wang Shuai have to start thinking about whether he wanted to deliberately lose a game.

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I don't know whether to be happy or unlucky, Wang Shuai's hesitation didn't last long.

In mid-February, in the league against Chelsea, Wang Shuai was viciously fouled by his opponent and strained his left calf muscle, and was sidelined for a month. In the month that Wang is absent, Villa will face back-to-back League Cup finals and FA Cup quarter-finals, against Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur.

Although the other players of Villa are also very capable now, the core of the team's organization is only Wang Shuai, so in these two games, Villa's attack was chaotic compared with before, and finally unexpectedly lost the game. After losing the League Cup and FA Cup, Villa's goal of winning the "seven crowns" this season has also been shattered.

Fortunately, Villa's other opponents this month, including those in the quarterfinals of the Champions League, are not too strong, and even without Wang Shuai, Villa can easily deal with it. And when Villa met Bayern Munich in the Champions League semi-finals, Wang Shuai had already returned to the team.

With the "durability halo" and "speed halo", Bayern Munich, a formidable opponent, has also become a paper tiger in front of Villa, and 5:1 in two legs, Wang Shuai sprinkled all the grievances of missing a month on Bayern Munich, leading the team to easily advance to the Champions League final.

Compared to Bayern, Villa's remaining opponents this season are even less worth mentioning, not only in the league, but also in the Champions League final, Atletico Madrid, who knocked out Barcelona.

The reason why an upset is said to be an upset is because the probability is too small. After an upset knockout of La Liga rivals Barcelona, the Sheets were helpless against an equally strong, even better than Barcelona's Aston Villa.

4:1, the Champions League final of the 2023-2024 season ended easily in a one-sided situation.

In addition to the Champions League, Villa's final season games are only in the Premier League. In the face of the increasingly powerful Aston Villa, the Premier League teams were no match for them at all, and in the end, Villa won the Premier League three consecutive championships in five rounds with an unbeaten record of 33 wins and five draws, and also broke the record of 95 points held by Chelsea in 2004.

Winning three consecutive championships, Wang Shuai's coaching level has also been raised to the highest master-level coach, and to Wang Shuai's surprise, this increase in coaching level did not provide new features, but it added a perfect level of coaching skills to Wang Shuai, which can be regarded as a considerable gain.