Chapter 8: The First Battle of the Premier League

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As the saying goes, it's hard to get started. Tomorrow's Premier League match is Chen's first game in charge, and the focus of the entire pre-match press conference is on Chen.

Chen Zhun was still a little nervous in the spotlight. Most of the reporters asked Chen Zhun how he thought of the other party and how he thought of the first game.

That's what Chen Zhun said. 'Aston Villa are a very strong team and their manager O'Reilly is also a good coach. Tomorrow's game will be exciting and tough. We strive to win. I don't have much to say about my own first Premier League game. Our goal now is to win tomorrow's game. Chen Zhun had come up with these remarks a few days ago, and he skillfully recited them at the press conference.

Another reporter asked Southampton's chairman what he thought about the real manager.

Chen Zhun hadn't thought of this question beforehand, but he had seen a coach answer it before.

Chen Zhun thought for a moment and said: "I only care about the game itself now, as long as the club lets me be the head coach for one day, I will fulfill my responsibilities and obligations as a head coach for this day, and other things are not my consideration." ”

Another highlight of the press conference was the announcement of the starting line-ups by the managers of both sides.

The home team's Aston Villa starting line-up is goalkeeper Danish goalkeeper Thomas Sorensen, followed by Samuer, Martin Laursen, Eric Melberg and Mark Delaney. The midfield four are Gareth Barry, McCann, Thomas Hitzelsperger, and Hendry. Up front are England international Darius Vasseur and youngster Carlton Cole, who is on loan from Chelsea.

Chen's Southampton team lined up in a 442 formation, with Finnish goalkeeper Niemi in goal, and veteran Le Sokes, Klaus Lundkvan, Michael Svensson and captain Jason Dodd in the back line from left to right. The midfield four are David Plutton, Anders Svensson, John Delap, Fabrice Fernandez. The center is Peter Crouch with Kevin Phillips behind him. Young striker Peter Crouch has come from Aston Villa. And Aston Villa have always wanted to bring Southampton's leading scorer James Beattie to their command.

Chen Zhun's lineup is based on Ranieri's Leicester City. Svensson and Delap in midfield are copies of Drinkwater and N'Golo Kante. Svensson is responsible for the midfield connection and long ball attack, while Delap is responsible for the full coverage of the midfield defense and some forward penetration. And the center forward position is Chen Zhun's biggest headache. According to Leicester City's tactical philosophy. The first line of defense starts with the forwards. And the two strikers who started were not good at pressing in the front court, so they had to slowly transform. Young striker Jamie Vardy has improved significantly under the tutelage of Kevin Phillips.

During the past two weeks of training, Chen Zhun has instilled in the players the core tactical ideas of quick transfer, non-stop running, tight positioning when defending, piling up players in the penalty area to prevent the opponent's wings from forming shots, and constantly pressing the opponent's ball-handling players. These tactical terms were all seen from FM Football Manager's Ranieri Tactical Package, and Chen Zhun didn't expect to be able to use them. Chen Zhun let the players fully adapt to this tactical system, although the training match was ugly, but every time they won the game. Since Southampton did not arrange a warm-up match in August, Chen Zhun had to play a warm-up match with the Southampton youth team in the end. In this warm-up match, the players practiced Chen Zhun's tactical routine for the first time in the game, and finally won the game. Reid was also full of praise for this diverse tactical system after the game, praising Chen Zhun as a tactical genius. Chen Zhun was embarrassed by Reed's praise, he just used the famous coach's tactics for his own use.

In an era of possession, Leicester's counter-possession philosophy has broken that extreme. Claudio Ranieri showed the world that his team is pitiful every game

Chen Zhun, who has memories of the future, has a lot of new tactical systems in his mind that he doesn't have now, but he also knows that he is just an axe in the class. There are so many aspects that he lacks as a manager now, on-the-spot command, player communication, dressing room authority, etc., these are all aspects that he will learn in the future. Chen Zhun also expected these things to happen, but he didn't know how to do it. Chen Zhun now has to take one step at a time.

Aston Villa Football Club is a football club located in Birmingham in the middle of England, founded in 1874, Aston Villa is one of the oldest teams in the Premier League. It was the inaugural team of the 1888 First Division and the 1992 English Premier League.

Aston Villa's history came in the 80s, when Aston Villa went all the way to the UEFA Champions League in 1982 and won their only European Cup in the final by beating Bayern Munich 1-0 thanks to a goal from Witte. What's even more amazing is that in 1982, the former Aston Villa meritorious coach Sandaz resigned angrily because of contract problems, Aston Villa appointed Tony Barton, who assisted Sandas for two years and did not have any solo coaching experience, as the interim head coach, when Aston Villa had no hope of winning the championship in League One, but seven weeks after Tony Barton took office, on May 26, 1982, at the Feyenoord Stadium in Tedam, 46,000 people witnessed the miracle of Aston Villa and the miracle of Tony Barton, Barton also had a dream debut season.

Chen Zhun is not aware of this long history, he only knows that Aston Villa were relegated from the Premier League in the 2015-2016 season.

Perhaps it was fate that rookie coach Chen Zhun, who also had no independent coaching experience, faced Aston Villa FC, which had created a Champions League miracle, in the first game. Perhaps Tony Barton's good fortune back then will be passed on to Chen Zhun with the time of history.

2:30 p.m. With less than half an hour to go until Southampton's match with Aston Villa to go. In the opening game of the new Premier League season at noon, the game went on as Chen Zhun remembers, and Liverpool were held to a 1-1 draw away by Tottenham Hotspur.