Chapter 112: Halfway Summary
Putting aside Li Haolong's first father, let's take a look at what happened to the Villa team in the past three months. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
The first season of the new army is indeed not so easy to mix, even if it is such a huge investment of the Villa team, it is still very difficult in the league, in the standings, the Villa team with 10 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses and 35 points in the standings, 5 points behind the first place Chelsea, 2nd place Manchester United 3 points, third place Liverpool 1 point, followed by Tottenham Hotspur 33 points, Arsenal 31 points, Manchester City 30 points, the Premier League Seven unsurprisingly occupy the top seven.
If you look closely, you'll find that the standings are tight, with the top seven within 10 points, and the rebuilt Manchester United seems to be in the throes of a few years and is holding Chelsea in the standings. Liverpool continued the situation of opening high in the past two years, and continued to rob the giants with their alternative fast whirlwind, but I don't know if this wind can persist until the end of the season, and whether the high opening is low is its biggest attraction.
What is more unexpected in this list is the fall of Manchester City, in fact, it is not an accident, as early as last season, there were signs of this collapse trend, their midfield and backfield aging problems are serious, Toure is really getting older, Fernando is becoming more and more mediocre, and his temper is good. The back line is even more collective sluggish, it can be called a disaster movie, the old old, the waste of the waste, Sagna is 34 years old, captain Kompany is 31 years old, and he is still playing a few injuries and a few games, Zabaleta is 33 years old, Krarov is 32 years old, Klich is 32 years old, 29-year-old Otamendi is good, his advantage is that he is good at tackling decisively, and his disadvantage is that he does not have a strong sense of position, and he is easy to be beaten out of position by the opponent's small cooperation, which is also his biggest problem. And behind him England's No. 1 defender Stones can not do it at all, there are statistics, since the 2013-2014 season, Stones has played more than 100 times in the Premier League, 15 fatal mistakes, and these 15 mistakes directly caused his team (Everton and Manchester City) to concede 7 goals, the above two statistics are embarrassing to the Premier League, he has become the most error-prone central defender since the 2013-2014 season, although he deserves to be an elegant defender, Passing and dribbling are two skills that stand out, but the frequent mistakes have made Guardiola a little afraid to use him. This season, Manchester City's introduction of Hector and Kessie, although the team's decline has been slightly alleviated, it is obviously not enough, and a major change is inevitable. Middle Eastern tycoon Mansour is not short of money, but it is really difficult to buy so many suitable backfield players in one go, Manchester City is bound to enter a rebuilding period, and another team that has also entered the rebuild--- Arsenal is also experiencing this pain.
Although the Villa team did not have too strong results and sweeps, the fans were generally more sensible, and the fairy tale of the return of the king was not suitable for the Premier League, but this trend was enough to make them feel gratified. In terms of individual accolades, Villa also won the game, with Antoine Griezmann leading the scorers list with an astonishing efficiency of 19 goals in 18 games (including two hat-tricks), as well as four assists, according to which it is very likely to break the Premier League's single-season individual goal record. The Premier League record for individual goals in a single season is 34, set by Andy Cole in 1993-1994 and Alan Shearer in 1994-1995. Another standout stat comes from Weigel, who leads the Premier League with a 92.8 per cent pass completion rate, averaging 101.3 successful passes per game, compared to 93 per cent of Kroos 's pass success rate and average of 104.2 successful passes per game are not lagging behind, you must know that this is a result achieved in the faster paced and more ferocious Premier League, and what is even more amazing is that he also has 52 key passes, an average of 2.89 per game, and the defense is not leaky, and he also handed over a shocking average of 3.9 tackles and interceptions per game. Weigel's low-key temperament makes people almost forget his existence, and the focus is all on Griezmann, only when you look at the statistics do you know that Weigel is so dazzling, in the debate of various experts in the Premier League, "Griezmann and Weigel who is the half-way MVP of the Villa team" has been inconclusive.
There are joys and sorrows in the games outside the Premier League, the League Cup reached the quarterfinals, a small upset loss to West Ham, unfortunately out, the Europa League all the way to the top of the group, advanced to the 1/16 finals, will be on February 17, 2018 against Fenerbahce from Turkey.
The 2018 World Cup in Russia is about to be held, and the Villa team has also produced a number of internationals, especially France, Griezmann needless to say, Amavi, Nzonzi and Dembele have also been selected for the French team for the first time in their lives with their wonderful performances this year, among which Amavi is directly sitting in the position of the main left-back, Dembele has become the main rotation, and there is hope to attack the main force, whether it is Sissoko or Payet will face his strong challenge. France also have the Orange team Netherlands, who missed the last World Cup and finished second in the group, but finally did not fall behind in the play-offs, squeezing into the last train of Russia, with Villa contributing the main defender Van Dijk. Favourites Germany are in a tight line of competition, with Villa's Weigl and Henrich selected respectively, while Loew, who has both Kroos and Weigl, is happily troubled, although it is reported that Loew is considering playing both at the same time. Isco and Rayo Vallejo were called up to Spain, making their first senior national team appearances but will struggle to challenge Pique and Sergio Ramos for the time being. Benkovic was also selected for the Croatian team for the first time, with Modric, Rakitic, Kovacecic, Mandzukic's Croatian team is luxurious, and it is unbeaten in the qualifiers. Jedinak played the Asian qualifiers for Australia and also reached Russia, and the other selections were Wales' Chester, Belgium's Lettimans, of course, as a Premier League giant, there is no England international in the team, but fortunately, the Villa team contributed a goalkeeper Pickford, which is not too embarrassing, and Pickford is also expected to challenge Hart's position.
Premier League upstart Villa have as many as 14 internationals expected to appear in Russia, just one short of Arsenal's record of 15 set in 2006, but this is not the final answer, some recruits are not secure, and if they want to really enter the final squad, they will need to perform hard in the second half of the season to impress their respective national team managers.