Nan Xiao did not talk to many people at the ball, except for Henry and Halilovic, he also had a brief chat with several Liverpool players, including the team's captain Jordan Henderson, the main goalkeeper Kalius, and several other players who were present. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

However, Shen Chao did not let go of this great opportunity, he asked for autographs in a Real Madrid team uniform, because this ball was organized by the FA, so those who could enter and exit here were important people from various clubs, so although some players did not know where Shen Chao was sacred, but they didn't want to pry his face, so after a circle, the jersey in Shen Chao's hand was densely signed with the names of various stars, Ozil, Aguero, Hazard, Ibrahimovic, Pogba The names are everything, except for the stars, Famous coaches like Mourinho, Wenger, Klopp, Conte, and Ancelotti have not been left behind, except for Guardiola's name, but it is understandable who made Shen Chao a fan of the hardcore Galaxy Battleship!

Lu Ying and Kalius also had a good chat, but it was just very good, Kalius didn't know why Lu Ying suddenly asked him to dance from beginning to end, but the gentlemanly demeanor of the Germans made it difficult for him to refuse a girl's request, so he had been helpless to dance with Lu Ying for a long time; But what comforted him was that Lu Ying's German was very good, so the two of them could communicate almost without barriers, and at the same time, Lu Ying was very good at classical music, which was very much to Kalius's appetite, so they talked from Bach in the Baroque period to Patton in the Vienna period, from Mozart's flute concerto to Beethoven's Symphony of Destiny, but also talked heartily.

Chen Mingshuo was not very interested in this ball, and he didn't have a very favorite star, so he accompanied You Lu and Shi Yao to visit Cahill's villa, and by the way, they talked about their college life, the three people who also graduated from Peking University miss their alma mater very much, and they have been away from school for less than a year, so they can clearly remember a lot of things that happened in school.

After the ball, Nan Xiao and the others stopped at the nearby Wellesley Hotel, and returned to Sunderland early the next morning; With the weekend to play West Bromwich Albion away at the weekend, Nan Xiao returned to the club and immediately went to work.

Before the club went to the West Midlands to participate in the match with West Bromwich Albion, through the continuous negotiations between Shen Chao and Amy, the transfer operation between the club and Crystal Palace and other three teams on Cattermole, Khazri and O'Shea was finally settled; Nan Xiao recovered £20 million from these three deals, which also greatly eased the pressure on his transfer budget, and the club's adjustments have begun to bear fruit.

Due to returning to London halfway to participate in the FA ball, the progress of the negotiations on Xu Xin was also slightly delayed, but after the ball ended, Chen Mingshuo and Houston immediately returned to China to continue to discuss Xu Xin with Guangzhou Evergrande, so the transfer was finally settled with the efforts of the two, Nan Xiao spent up to 2 million pounds from Guangzhou Evergrande to bring in Xu Xin, a young man from Shenyang who had played for Atletico Madrid.

West Bromwich Albion are a quintessential English team who are very willing to play physically, and the size of the players in the squad gives them a natural advantage in the air, so it will be a great test for Sunderland who are good at walking but not physically.

West Bromwich Albion's home stadium, known as the Hawthorn Stadium, has a capacity of 26,500 spectators, and although the number of spectators is small, the stadium has a very welcoming crowd of fans, each of whom will be singing and cheering for the team from the first moment of the game to the end of the game.

The players from both sides shook hands in turn and dispersed in their own halves, with Nan Shaw fielding a line-up that was largely the same as the previous game against Crystal Palace, except that Kolo Toure returned to the starting line-up for Koné.

"Colo!" Dokar reached out on the left to ask Kolo Toure for the ball.

Colo Toure heard Dokar's cry and gave the ball a gentle push of his foot to get the ball firmly at Dokal's feet.

After receiving the ball, Dokal dribbled horizontally, not in any hurry to attack, and made short passes with Halilovic and Elviti.

The ball kept moving laterally in Sunderland's midfield, and West Bromwich Albion's forwards Midwinter and Phillips were also actively pressing in the front, but because they couldn't form a joint force, they couldn't threaten Sunderland's players at all, although they could also increase the number of presses, but they were afraid of Carlos's counter-attacking speed and Defoe's personal ability, so they had to keep following Sunderland's lateral passes to move their own defense.

"Sunderland are still in the same style they have been doing since the new season, with the finesse of their midfielders keeping the ball firmly at their feet......

There is an old Chinese saying called quiet as a virgin, moving like a rabbit, Sunderland's style has a similar effect to this sentence, before the opponent's defense does not leak obvious gaps, their passing seems to be aimless, but once the opponent's defense has the slightest hole, Halilovic or Dokal, or even Elvetti in the midfield position can seize the opportunity to pass a penetrating scalpel pass, which is also the "double core" or even "triple core" that Nan Xiao has been emphasizing with the players before the start of the season"Tactics.

People say that the style of the team and the head coach are inextricably linked, this sentence is also very reasonable, just like Chen Mingshuo once said, if Nan Xiao can become a professional player, then there may be one more Xavi in the football world, so after Nan Xiao became the head coach, the most concerned is also the configuration of the midfield, except for Colo Toure and Carlos, all his transfers in the summer transfer are midfielders.

Sunderland dominated the first half but perhaps lacking some luck as South Shaw's side never converted the advantage into a goal, so after the first half, the two sides returned to the dressing room with a 0-0 scoreline.

"In the second half, Elvetti went off the field, changed to Murphy, changed to a 433 formation, Jedinak was a single midfielder, Dokar returned to the middle and partnered with Harry, improving the speed of the attack, playing more West Bromwich Albion's ribs, Carlos and Murphy, the two of you interspersed the gaps between the opposing central defenders and full-backs......"

After a redeployment by Nanshaw at half-time, Sunderland picked up the tempo of the attack at the start of the second half; With West Bromwich Albion attacking hardly to pose a threat to Sunderland, Sunderland could also put more energy into attack.

Both teams looked a little tired in the penultimate game of the first half of the league and there is no winter break in the Premier League, so the Christmas schedule will be a huge test for all Premier League teams.

In the 60th minute of the game, Nan Xiao made another personnel adjustment, replacing Croatian teenager Halilovic with Rodwell, his intention is also obvious, in the case of not being able to open up the situation well through passing, it is also a good choice to enhance the long-range shooting ability.

Nan Shaw's adjustment proved to be very correct, and although Rodwell did not directly help the team score, his long-range shot in the 76th minute of the game caused a save from the opponent's goalkeeper Foster, and Defoe cleverly scored in front of the goal!