The next day, when the players of Villa's youth team came to the training ground, they suddenly felt as if something was missing, and then they reacted that Liu Zhongtao did not come. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

This is really big news!

Since these nine Chinese players came to Villa, Liu Zhongtao has always been the first to come and the last to leave every day. But today, when everyone began to gather for roll call, Liu Zhongtao still didn't see him.

What made them even more puzzled was that when the youth team coach Hooks called names, he didn't mention Liu Zhongtao......

"Coach," another Chinese young player couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong with Liu Zhongtao?" ”

'He's moved to the first team and Villa gave him a genius clause.

"How is that possible?!"

At this time, the other eight Chinese players were all stunned.

For Liu Zhongtao, they are not unfamiliar, don't look at his hard practice every day, but in terms of strength, Liu Zhongtao is the worst among them. And Wang Shuai told them when he brought them to Villa that if they perform well, they can be given priority in a talent clause every year, which is also the goal of these young players. But now, they didn't expect that Liu Zhongtao, the bottom-like existence, would actually walk in front of them first.

Looking at these eight demented-looking young players, Hooks spoke again: "Liu Zhongtao was taken away by Wang Shuai personally, not only you, but even I have doubts about his decision." It's just that Wang Shuai said something to me before leaving yesterday.

Success is 99 percent sweat and 1 percent talent, although talent is more important than sweat, but sweat is also indispensable, and Liu Zhongtao, he sweats twice as much as you.

Okay, let's train. ”

Hearing Hooks' words, or Wang Shuai's words, the eight young players were thoughtful.

As seventeen or eighteen-year-old children, they are always sought after "geniuses", even if they have entered the society, they are not deeply involved in the world. They didn't understand how players with average talent grew up step by step. In their opinion, as long as they complete the daily training targets, the best times will naturally come.

So after coming to Vera, when they saw Liu Zhongtao practicing every day, they might have been touched at first, but as the days passed, they gradually looked at Liu Zhongtao like a "fool", because in their opinion, Liu Zhongtao's behavior was completely unnecessary.

But it is only today that they understand that they were wrong.

They are talented, and they can achieve the same results with very little effort, but that doesn't mean they don't have to work hard. Is Liu Zhongtao's talent poor? Of course it's not bad, the other eight young players all understand this, otherwise Wang Shuai wouldn't have brought him to Villa, even if he was just a "head". Maybe Liu Zhongtao's talent is indeed a little worse than others, but the sweat he has paid is far more than the gap in talent, which is why he was recruited by Wang Shuai in advance.

Hard work can make you successful. Doubling the effort will make you succeed faster.

Thinking of this, the minds of these eight players sounded with a similar sentence from their parents, teachers, or coaches:

Practice hard and don't waste your talent.

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Two days after bringing Liu Zhongtao into the first team, the summer transfer window for the 2022-2023 season also closed, and Villa did not make any changes to the squad except for some substitutes.

Despite this, Wang Shuai has great hopes for the team's results this season.

3:2 win over Barcelona, 2:1 win over Manchester United. The two games at the beginning of the season have already proved the quality of Villa.

Barcelona, one of the strongest teams in Europe and even the world, can beat them, even if it is only a narrow one-goal victory, which is enough to show that Villa can be ranked among the best teams in the world. And with such strength, Villa's Champions League journey this season will naturally be favored by everyone.

Although Manchester United is not as good as Barcelona, anyone with a discerning eye can see that the Red Devils have begun to rise. Although they missed out on this year's Champions League by two points last season, no one can deny that Manchester United have been on an upward trajectory for the past two years. Then this season, Manchester United definitely have the strength to qualify for the Champions League and even the league title. And Villa got off to a good start with Manchester United, on the one hand, it naturally shows Villa's strength to compete for the title, and on the other hand, it also gives Villa's whole team a shot in the arm.

Last season, although Villa finally won the Premier League title, the difficulty of the game is still fresh in the memory of many of Villa's players. In the first half of the season, Villa faced a few strong teams, and it was only by virtue of their consistent performance against other teams that they were able to retain their second place at the end of the halfway. In the second half, although Villa's results improved, the games against strong teams were still mostly drawn. Although at the beginning of the second half, the then league leaders Manchester City were in shaky form, allowing Villa to rise to the top of the table for a short period of time, but in the final sprint, the top of the league changed hands four times, and it is not an exaggeration to say that every step of the way was frightening. Fortunately, the final ending is quite satisfying, and the triple crown of the season is a great honor for any team.

If Villa's journey to the title last season had been difficult, a win over Manchester United at the start of the season would have marked a perfect start, and the rest of the season will certainly not be bad. Of course, Villa, whose morale has soared, will naturally make other teams wary.

Throughout the history of the Premier League, there have only been two teams to win the Premier League in their first year of qualification: Leicester City in 2015-16 and Aston Villa last season.

It's just that the strong teams in the Premier League don't take Leicester City seriously, because they are just a flash in the pan. In the second season after they won the championship, because they were tired of fighting on the third line, the league results plummeted and they were almost relegated, and they only reached the quarterfinals in the Champions League that year, which is the average level of Premier League teams in previous years. But it is important to know that those Premier League teams who have played in the Champions League in previous years have also done well in the league, and there will never be an embarrassing situation like Leicester City hovering in the relegation circle. The reason is that Leicester City has no background and no experience, and this kind of "nouveau riche" team is naturally not to be feared.

Leicester City were promoted to the Premier League in a year when there were no European competitions, but Aston Villa were different, and they had to compete in the Europa League. In the same third-line battle, Villa won the triple crown of the season. Then the same championship of the first year of the Premier League, Villa, is obviously much higher than Leicester City. And this season, although the intensity of the Champions League is higher than that of the Europa League, no one will think that Villa cannot cope with it, and in this case, Villa is naturally regarded by these strong teams as the biggest obstacle on the way to winning the championship.