Chapter Eighty-Six: Killing the "Swan"

Swansea City Football Club, nicknamed The Swans, is a professional football club based in Swansea, Wales, so why would a Welsh team play in the English league? The answer wasn't complicated: when Swansea were founded in 1912, Wales did not yet have a unified league system, leading them to play in the English league, which was the common choice of many Welsh teams at the time. This continued www.biquge.info the Welsh league in 1992, but the Welsh powerhouses, including Swansea, opted to remain in the English league system, including Cardiff City, the Welsh capital and largest city.

Interestingly, the two English league teams will not play in the FA Cup, but will return to the Welsh FA Cup, which Swansea and Cardiff City have both won on multiple occasions. Despite being crowned champions in Wales on several occasions, Swansea have had limited highlights in the higher levels of the English league. Prior to that, they had spent just two seasons in the English top flight, with a sixth-place finish in League One in 1981/82, the best record in the club's history.

The team was most famous in the past few years for the black wind duo Andre Ayew and Gomi, black and hard forward, once achieved three consecutive slashes against the Red Devils Manchester United, but unfortunately Gomis's physical condition declined, and he suddenly fainted without contact, and the medical team rushed to the hospital, which was the third time in his career that he fainted for no reason, but the cause was never found, and then he was loaned to the Marseille team.

Located in the southwest of the island of Great Britain, Swansea is bordered by England to the east, St George's Strait to the west, Bristol Strait to the south, and the Irish Sea to the north. Swansea's number one celebrity was Katherine Zeta-Jones, who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, but she is best remembered for her role as a Spanish woman in "The Mask of Zorro" in Hollywood, where audiences were instantly overwhelmed by her classic and wild charm. Another interesting thing is that Wales is the territory of Prince Charles, the father of Prince William, a die-hard Villa fan, in 1958, Charles was named Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester, but this is only the nominal monarch of Wales, and does not have actual political rights, and Charles himself is a Burnley fan, and he happens to be the opponent of the Villa team in the fourth round. Do you remember the peerless Princess Diana? She was Charles's wife, William's mother.

The distance from Birmingham to Swansea is very close, and the team has chosen to travel by bus, in fact, almost all the games throughout the year are by bus, except for other parts of Europe to play games before considering charter flights, so it is important to consider both safety and comfort. Li Haolong has eliminated the team's old buses this year and purchased two of the latest luxury buses, which cost up to £400,000 for the VANHOOLTDX27ASTROMEGA brand, which is one of the most luxurious buses in Europe, with a length of about 14 meters, a height of 4 meters, and a width of 2.5 meters, with a total of 45 seats, divided into two levels, with 29 seats on the upper deck and 16 seats on the lower deck.

Compared with the general bus, this kind of luxury bus in addition to the super smooth driving ability also has a complete set of configuration, full leather seats with a small table plus TV is naturally essential, the whole car coverage of the excellent WIFI signal can provide players with convenient Internet service, in addition to a small toilet to meet the team's needs during long-distance travel, the bus is even equipped with a kitchen for players and coaching staff, in addition to the regular cabinets and mineral water, There is also an air oven, refrigerator and self-service coffee machine to meet the needs of the players. As long as it can provide a comfortable environment for the players and ensure the mood and physical condition of the players, Li Haolong will never be stingy with this kind of investment, he has played games before and knows the hard work, the tall and long leg players sit in the general bus, the legs and feet are difficult to stretch, extremely uncomfortable, and now the bus fully expands the space, and the players' feet will never be wronged again.

Swansea chose the battle of the trial formation, it is a little soft persimmon willfulness, Swansea thrilling relegation last season, and lack of investment this season, and there is no longer the sharpness of the three kills of Manchester United and Chelsea dismounting, even if Li Haolong's 352 formation is still a little jerky and completely dominates, Dembele on the forward line is adapting to a new position, leaving him space no longer so broad, he will occasionally run back to the right side of the habit, but found that there is a person there, but Dembele is a player who is willing to use his brain and is willing to learn, Although the depth is gone, the width has infinite room to play, and he tried to switch positions with Griezmann frequently, which can be regarded as opening up another way of thinking.

The final result was another 3-0, Griezmann scored 2 shots and a pass, Amavi in front of him also scored one, Dembele received an assist, through this game, the purpose of the Duan Lian formation was only half achieved, almost half of the offensive and defensive game, the back line did not receive any decent attack.

The Villa team, which has won two consecutive wins in all competitions in the Premier League, has received a lot of applause, and the beautiful football with dazzling passing and control and not lacking speed has also won unanimous praise from industry insiders, and the media's attention has gradually shifted to football itself.

On August 23, the fourth stage of the Europa League, Villa played away against Rapid Vienna, and the club's logistics department had already gone to Vienna a few days before to arrange food and accommodation, after all, this was the first European game in 8 years, no matter who the opponent was, they had to do a good job of logistics.

Vienna Rapid Team, as his name, advocates fast football, whether it is against the attack or defense, is his deep bone marrow characteristics, in recent years he has been suppressed by the Salzburg Red Bull team, the world's famous energy drink brand Red Bull is an Austrian brand, Salzburg Red Bull, New York Red Bull and Leipzig RB are its sports teams, sufficient funds make the Salzburg Red Bull team break the Vienna Rapid team's hegemony in Austria.

It's hard to imagine what it's like to play football in an atmosphere where Vienna is the music and art capital of Europe and the world, and it's full of tourists and students from all over the world. Because there was a rare five-day break after the game, Li Haolong made an exception to allow the players to bring their families and stay in Vienna for two days after the game to reward the team's recent performance and accept the influence of the artistic atmosphere by the way.