Chapter 51: The Battle of the Thorns
The FA Cup is the oldest football competition in the world, and it is also one of the more league competitions in the English league than any other league. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć The INFO game adopts the form of a one-on-one knockout by draw, and the home and away games are also decided by draw, which is divided into eight rounds, the first two rounds are participated by amateur, League A and League B teams, and the Premier League and Championship teams participate in the third round, except for the semi-finals and finals, if each round is tied within 90 minutes, it will need to be replayed, and if it is a draw, it will take extra time to decide the winner, if the winner is not determined in overtime, it will be decided by mutual penalty kicks.
England's other cup competition, the League Cup, is all played by professional clubs, although Villa were knocked out of the tournament after losing 3-1 to Luton Town in the first round in August.
Totram Tottenham Hotspur Youth Guards have been inconsistent in the Premier League this season, but they are still a strong team, and they have a strange hobby, whoever is in the limelight will kill whom, at the beginning of the season Manchester City was in the limelight when he was 2-0 down, the last 13 consecutive wins of Chelsea were ended by Tottenham 2-0, but often in the face of weak teams and become a point boy, this hobby of robbing the rich and helping the poor, can be called British Robin Hood.
Tottenham's number one striker Harry Kane has had a mediocre season due to injury, England supernova Alli has been very impressive, finishing Chelsea's two goals with him, as well as South Korea's Son Heung-min and midfielder Danish Christian Eriksen. For Villa, who is in the Championship, no matter how you look at it, it is a behemoth, although there are a lot of reinforcements in the winter window, and the quality has not yet been identified, just to test the knife with Tottenham.
Tottenham Hotspur also has a place that has been criticized by fans this season, that is, the rout in the European competition, the key is that the defeat is defeat, and the mouth is hard, the head coach Pochettino also claimed to be a strategic abandonment, in order to strive for the league, but the league did not play well, and the result was criticized by the fans for being useless, saying that they are a team with no ambition, and it is a shame to play in the Champions League.
As soon as the pre-match list was obtained, sure enough, Tottenham chose to give up again, but maybe they didn't take the Championship team in their eyes, let alone such a team that almost changed all the starters. Kane, Ali, and Eriksen did not have Kane in the starting list, and Li Haolong felt both happy and slightly regretful.
Villa's line-up was exactly the same as the previous game, as soon as the game began, two equally young teams launched a fierce counter-attack in the front, the scene was fierce, the passion was very passionate, but there were also many mistakes, which was not exciting for pure football perspective. Enzongqi and Wan Yama two black and hard launched a direct collision of hard bridges and hard horses, and the younger Wan Yama has a slight physical advantage, but Enzongqi is a little more experienced, not to mention Weigel's assistance defense, but it is also quite a fight, you must know that this Wan Yama just suppressed the Chelsea defender Kante, who can be called MVP this season, two days ago. The players on the pitch were locked in a struggle and the scene was chaotic, but Villa had Weigel, as long as the ball could be handed to his feet, he could always divide reasonably and form a threat, which is also the disadvantage of Tottenham's absence of Eriksen.
Although there were occasional dangers at the back, they were all cleared by Vallejo in time, and his good prediction and high concentration were vividly displayed. On the left, Amavi basically exploded against England upstart right-back Rose, but Amavi defended slightly. Tottenham's biggest threat at the moment is South Korean Son Heung-min, who cut inside on the left and threatened several times, specifically targeting Richards, who is out of form. Villa's most threatening point is still Alario, who combines his physical speed to disturb Tottenham's defence, but unfortunately he didn't take advantage of a few chances and felt lacking in shooting.
The first half, which was full of mistakes, passed like this, because the pace was so fast, everyone felt that the time had passed before they had watched much. In the second half, as Li Haolong expected, Di Matteo replaced the in-form Richards with Chester, intending to strengthen the defense on the right side and contain Son Heung-min's in-cut cut, while Tottenham did not move, looking confident, and the two sides entered the second half.
After the adjustment of the midfield and the adaptation of the half-game, the slightly more technical Villa reduced the dribbling and began to gradually move the ball, and Lincoln and Greelis, who suffered more physically in the first half, also began to play smarter, no longer fighting in the body, increased the running without the ball, and used dexterous technology to touch the ball, but also impressive. In fact, Lincoln has good physical fitness, just look at his thick thighs, but the upper body strength is poorer, and he can't use his body, Weigel is much smarter at this point, whenever it seems that he is staggering to protect the ball, he can always send the ball out in time.
With the ball at the feet of the Villa team, Tottenham began to be a little impatient, the action began to get bigger, the foul was very vicious, and the referee had to warn the Tottenham players to pay attention to the action, and just then took out two yellow cards. Lincoln cut inside again and was tackled to the ground by left-back Walker to win a free-kick in front of the line on the right. Usually the free kick on this side is taken by the left-footed player Lincoln, and this black guy with a big heart stands in front of the ball.
Holding your breath, running, touching the ball, the ball makes a wonderful arc that goes around the leftmost player.
It was very beautiful to get up, Xiaoxue nervously pulled Li Haolong's arm, and chanted a mantra: "Enter, enter, enter." ā
The ball crossed the wall with an arc, and went straight to the lower right corner of the goal with a downspin, goalkeeper Lowry obviously didn't expect such a big arc, and the slight side pounce was a little slower, that is, this 0/a few seconds of hesitation was enough, the ball entered the lower right corner, and Lowry's side pounce hand just reached out.
The ball is scored and it works! The referee pointed to the center line, Li Haolong in the stands and the people around him hugged happily, celebrating wildly, the coach's bench on the sidelines was already boiling, and the players on the field pounced at the corner flag, so that the referees had to come over to urge the players to continue playing. Vallejo and Weigl hurriedly beckoned their players to go back, and Di Matteo shouted at the players to calm down.
With a goal in hand, the players played more smoothly and dared to make moves, and under the leadership of Weigel, the ball was firmly controlled on the side of the Villa team, Tottenham Hotspur was obviously stunned by this ball, and the young team's frizzy problem was committed again, without discipline, and even the pressing was like a headless fly. Seeing that the situation was not good, Pochettino changed three people in a row, replacing Eriksen, Ali, and Gaine all on the field, but at this time the time was only 20 minutes, although the three came up with a certain improvement, but it was also unable to form a fatal blow, Di Matteo saw the move, and replaced Grealish with the Australian Jedinak, who had played in the Crystal Palace team and was known as the first interceptor in the Premier League, with the intention of strengthening the defense, Nzonzzi, Yedinak double iron waist, Weigel played a B2B midfield (an all-round midfield with a range of activities from his own penalty area to the opponent's penalty area) on a slight basis, and Lincoln and Bacuna separated on the flanks and played a quick counter-attack.
In the 81st minute, launched by Weigel, Alario's counterattack completely hit Tottenham to the bottom, and then the Tottenham players lost control of their emotions, and Alli was sent off with a retaliatory back shovel on Nzonzi, who stole his ball, and the score remained 2-0 until the end. The loyal Villa fans who traveled with the team were boiling, and although it was only a stand, the intertwined colors of burgundy and sky blue still burst the White Hart Lane stadium......