Of the two Spanish giants, Barcelona are slightly easier to deal with, after all, Villa beat them in the UEFA Super Cup at the beginning of the season, and they have the advantage in terms of game experience and mentality. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

But Real Madrid is different, although they and Barcelona are both pass-and-control teams, but Real Madrid pays more attention to attacking on the wings, and this kind of "wings flying" team, Villa, or Wang Shuai, has never encountered it.

In fact, Wang Shuai has encountered many teams in a 4-3-3 formation, such as Liverpool and Arsenal, including Barcelona, which is also in a 4-3-3 formation. But these teams, despite the presence of wingers, are still attacking in the middle. Real Madrid, on the other hand, is the main wing thoroughly, which is really the first time for Wang Shuai and Aston Villa.

The first encounter means that there is no mature means of coping. And this is secondary, the key is that Villa's main defensive force is concentrated in the middle, and the wing is an absolute defensive weakness. Moreover, unlike the middle, there are two wings on the side, even if Wang Shuai goes to the side to assist in defense, he can only go to one, not to mention that without Wang Shuai, whether the middle can withstand Real Madrid is also a problem.

As a result, there is only one thing Wang Shuai can do now, and that is to pray that Barcelona can beat Real Madrid in the semi-finals, so that Villa can feel better.

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After no longer thinking about Real Madrid, Wang Shuai took Villa to start the final games of the season.

The first leg of the Champions League semi-finals was the away game against Juventus.

In this game, Wang Shuai did not use set-piece tactics, because he wanted to see how strong Juventus' attack and defense were, and if he could beat the opponent with a "normal" style of play, of course, it would be the safest.

It's just that Wang Shuai is destined to be disappointed, and the offensive end is okay, but Juventus's defensive intensity is even higher than Chelsea's.

Italian football is recognised as the best defensive intensity in the world, and their classic "chain defence" has been unbeatable in all competitions, which has also contributed to the glory of AC Milan that year.

Joseph, who made Chelsea and is now the head coach of Manchester United, also brought the defensive counterattack he relied on to Inter Milan and Serie A after leaving Chelsea that year and coming to Inter Milan, and the defensive ability of the Serie A team has also risen to a new level.

When Joseph came to Chelsea for the second time, he also injected fresh blood into Chelsea, that is, Italy's "chain defense", which gradually developed into Chelsea's current defensive system. And if you look at the defensive quality alone, Chelsea are definitely the most successful team in the Premier League, there is no one. In fact, despite winning the title three rounds ahead of schedule, Villa are second in the league for goals conceded per game this season, with the Blues topping the list.

In the same way, Juventus, which combines the two major defensive tactics of defensive counterattack and chain defense, ranks among the best in the world in terms of player strength, and the defensive ability of the Bianconeri can be imagined.

As a result, after 90 minutes of "hard work", Villa only scored a point in the 73rd minute with Wang Shuai's free kick, and the first leg of the battle between the two sides ended in a 1:1 draw.

Although it was only a draw, Wang Shuai did not show any anxiety. On the one hand, the draw was Juventus' home stadium, with Villa, who had an away goal in hand, taking the initiative. On the other hand, it was Wang Shuai who decided to continue to use set-piece tactics in the second leg, which was a sharp weapon to restrain defensive teams.

Therefore, after leading the team back to England, Wang Shuai did not make any targeted changes to the team's training and games.

Then, in the 36th round of the league, the light Villa swept Crystal Palace 4-0 away, extending their unbeaten record for another game.

After this league match, the second leg of the Champions League semi-finals also followed, and Juventus came to Villa Park.

There weren't as many things to watch in this match, and the process was nowhere near as intense as the first leg.

Although at the beginning of the game, Villa launched a fierce attack, but in the 12th minute, Villa successfully won a well-placed free kick, and Wang Shuai hit it, after leading 1:0, Villa's tactics turned to shrink the defense.

Juventus famously played two tactics, one was a chain defense and the other was a defensive counter-attack. Just look at the name of the tactic and you can see that Juventus's offensive means are very lacking, and there is only one "counter-attack".

Although Juventus is often able to play efficient counter-attacking tactics with their strong defensive ability, there is a premise for this, that is, to first achieve the first two words of "counterattack" - defense.

However, after Villa took the lead, the formation retreated collectively, and even if it was attacking, only a few people participated, and Juventus's "defense" was naturally impossible to talk about, let alone counterattack.

Seeing that the situation was not right, the manager of Juventus immediately asked the team to strengthen the attack, but their offensive means were too simple, and they could not create any threat in the face of Villa, who had shrunk the formation.

At the same time, Juventus' slackening backline has also left Villa with holes.

In the second half of the game, in the 66th minute, Zhou Aniu broke the ball in the backfield and made a long pass to David, who went straight to the middle, and Ibrahimovic received the ball to form a single knife and scored a shot.

2:0！

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The manager of Juventus saw his team fall behind by two goals, but he was helpless, because he knew very well that his team's attack was really embarrassing in front of Villa's backline.

As a result, the last 20 minutes passed in a flash, and Aston Villa beat Juventus 3-1 over two legs to advance to the final.

At the same time, there was good news in Spain, as Barcelona and Real Madrid drew 3-3, and finally Barcelona eliminated their old rivals by virtue of away goals and got their second ticket to the Champions League final.

Advancing to the final, the opponent is a team he is familiar with, Wang Shuai, who has two good news, led the team to Manchester to challenge the opponent in the penultimate round of the league, Manchester United.

Manchester United are still in second place, but they are just one point clear of third-placed Tottenham, and fourth-placed Liverpool and Manchester United are just one win separating them. Therefore, in order to qualify for the Champions League next season, Manchester United is imperative for the last two rounds of the league.

It's just that Vera let them down.

Having already won the league title, Villa have only one goal left, and that is to remain unbeaten.

So in this game, it was not surprising that Villa once again put on a defensive position, and Joseph has also achieved good results this season, despite constantly instilling an attacking philosophy in Manchester United. But now Manchester United, or Joseph, their strength is still defense, and in the face of Villa's deliberate defensive tactics, Manchester United's attack is still not enough.

As a result, 1:1, Manchester United could only reluctantly get a draw at home.