8. The first battle of the new season

After the pre-season warm-up matches, the Liverpool team began to prepare for the start of the upcoming new season. The new Premier League season can start almost two weeks earlier than the other leagues, and by this time, the Premier League teams are in action.

The new Premier League season is preceded by a Community Shield fixture, which is a warm-up for the new Premier League season, with last season's league champions Manchester United and FA Cup winners Chelsea in a ninety-minute draw.

The two sides then went straight to penalties, which ended with Manchester United winning the Community Shield 3-0 on penalties.

As soon as this game is over, the new Premier League season is about to start, and Liverpool is carefully preparing for the new season.

This season's Premier League opener is between Sunderland and Tottenham Hotspur, with Liverpool's first round of the new season taking place a day later.

The season opener was a shock as Sunderland beat Tottenham Hotspur by a narrow goal at their home stadium. This is a big upset, Tottenham Hotspur has spent a lot on the transfer market this season, they were ready to show their strength, but unfortunately they didn't succeed.

Liverpool's first game of the new season will be against Aston Villa, who are an old powerhouse in England.

Aston Villa is a football club based in Birmingham, the Midlands of England, they were founded in 1874 and they won several league titles and FA Cup in the early days, making them imaginary rivals to other clubs.

In 1888, the English top league was established, and Aston Villa became a founding member of the Football League. Villa are also one of the oldest teams in the Premier League.

However, Aston Villa's results have not been very good in recent years, and they have all been in the middle of the league, belonging to the kind of team that has no hope of relegation in Europe. However, now everyone does not dare to despise this team, they are actually very strong.

Aston Villa's squad is still very strong, they should still be quite competitive in the Premier League, but they have not played in line with their quality.

However, Liverpool did not let up in this game at all, and they were full of hunger for victory in this game. Because as long as Liverpool draw with Aston Villa in this game, they will become the fourth team after Manchester United, Arsenal and Chelsea to reach a total of 1,000 points in the Premier League.

But Liverpool, who have invested heavily this summer, will not settle for just one point, and he has decided that they will challenge for victory in this game, and they are ready to challenge for the league title from this point on.

However, over the past four seasons, Liverpool have been caught in a cycle of failing to win in the first round of the league. Of course, Liverpool have lost just three of their last 31 first-round matches.

This cycle has also cast a shadow over Liverpool's opening round of fixtures this season, but the Liverpool players are very confident that they will win this game and they are ready.

Before the game, Liverpool's manager Rafael Benitez had already made a tactical plan and he was well prepared for this game.

Benitez is certainly a Shijie-level tactician, but he also has advantages and disadvantages. Relatively speaking, Benitez's shortcomings are that he is too one-dimensional in tactics, he is too fond of four-two-three-one, and his idea of building a team is based on this.

And Benitez's advantage is that he is tactically limited to his opponents, which is the basis for Benitez to become a Shijie tactician. In this respect, he is comparable to Carlo Ancelotti, Jose 61 Mourinho, or even better than them all, in this regard.

After listening to Rafael Benitez's tactics, the Liverpool players are more confident about this game and they can't wait to start it.

In this game, the Liverpool team is playing away. Liverpool's fixtures in recent times. It's really tight. After the match against Aston Villa, Liverpool have to travel to the European qualifiers against Toulouse.

It is because of this Champions League qualifying match that Liverpool's second round of the Premier League this season has been postponed to March next year, because the difference between the two games is only one day, and Liverpool will definitely not be able to play.

By this time, Qiu Ze really understood how dense the season of the England team was. Previously, when he was in Portugal, Qiu Ze also participated in the Champions League qualifiers, but at that time, when he participated in the Champions League qualifiers, the Portuguese league had not yet started.

The Premier League has already started, and this schedule is really dense enough, which is very demanding for the players. Qiu Ze now understands that Weishenme trained so hard at the beginning of the season, and few players complained.

For the first game of the new season, Liverpool are very cautious and serious, and Liverpool went to the away stadium a day early to prepare for this game.

The game will be played at Aston Villa's home stadium, Villa Park, which is arguably the heart of Aston Villa, as they won the league and FA Cup double in their first year of moving here.

Villa Park Stadium is a football stadium in Aston Birmingham, England, which has been the home stadium of Aston Villa since 1897 and is also the official match stadium of UEFA, and has played as the home stadium of the England national team for as many as 16 international matches, the first football stadium to host international matches in three different centuries, and Villa Park is also the stadium that has hosted the most FA Cup semi-finals in all history, with 55 matches played here.

The stadium has four large stands, namely the Harald Stand, the Trinity Road Stand, the North Stand and the Road 61 Ellis Stand, with a total capacity of more than 42,000 people.

The first time Qiu Ze entered the pitch was when he came here with the team to get used to the pitch, and the pitch is really beautiful, of course, it can't compare to Anfield, let alone Old Trafford. But this team is a very beautiful stadium in front of most teams.

For this game, Aston Villa is also very hopeful to win this game, a good start for the new season, and have been in the middle of the league for several years, which makes Aston Villa very uncomfortable, they feel that they should belong to the top of the Premier League, and their goal this season is to impact European qualification.

Before the game, Aston Villa manager Martin 61 O'Neill said: "This game is very important for Aston Villa and they will do everything they can to win. ”

In Martin 61 O'Neill's view, at this time, Liverpool should be tied up by the Champions League qualification, after all, for Liverpool, entering the Champions League is much more important than the first round of the league, at this time, Liverpool should consider the next Champions League qualification.

So Martin 61 O'Neill thinks it's a good chance for them to Aston Villa, a good chance to win, a good chance to start the new season.

In the history of the total battle between the two sides, Liverpool has the upper hand with 77 wins, 36 draws and 51 losses. However, Liverpool have only won 25, drawn 20 and lost 37 at Villa Park. It doesn't seem like a good place for Liverpool.

However, Liverpool are unbeaten in their previous nine visits to Villa Park. That's great for Liverpool, who seem to be starting to go uphill at Villa Park.

On this day, there were still Liverpool fans wearing their red jerseys and coming to watch the game away.

This is the first game of the new season, which has excited England fans who have been holding back for a summer, they finally have another game to watch, their passion is so long.

Of course, the same is true for the Aston Villa fans, who are no less passionate than the Liverpool fans, and this is their home stadium, and the Villa Park stadium is full before the game even starts.

Aston Villa fans chanted their anthem at the stadium and chanted they wanted a win, and they were thrilled. And Liverpool fans didn't dare to be lonely, and they also sang their team song "You Will Never Walk Alone".

In this game, Martin 61 O'Neill lined up in a four-three-three formation, and in the goalkeeper position was their main goalkeeper Taylor.

In the back four, the four are Bouma, Melberry, Laursen and Barry. In the midfield three positions are Enri 61 Kirk, Clegg 61 Gardner and Pedlov. The trio up front are Abonlaho, Karui and Ashley 61 Young.

The most enviable thing about Aston Villa is their forward line, among which Abonlaho and Karui are not very powerful forwards, and Ashley 61 Young is also very good, this guy is called Little Beckham, long passes and side balls are very good.

Judging from this lineup, Aston Villa's strength cannot be underestimated, and their strength is still very good.

On Liverpool's side, Benitez of course discharged a four-two-three-one formation, and the goalkeeper position was Spaniard Reina.

In the back four are Finnan, Carragher, Ague and Arbeloa. In the double midfield position, it is Gerrard, Xavi 61 Alonso. In the front three are Kuyt, Qiu Ze and Reese, and at the top of the field is Fernando 61 Torres.

Liverpool's squad is very strong, which does look a lot better than Aston Villa, after all, they have spent so much money this summer, and their squad certainly looks much better.

At this time, the players of both sides have appeared in the stadium, and the scene is suddenly hot, and the fans of both sides are chanting the names of their teams, cheering for their teams, and they hope that their teams can win.

At this time, the commentators of various broadcast stations also began to introduce the starting lineups of the two sides, and at the same time explain the lineups of both sides, express their opinions on this lineup, and speculate on the tactical arrangements of the managers of both sides.