"Hello everyone, Birmingham City vs Aston Villa in the English League Cup is about to begin, and now we will give you a brief overview of the starting line-ups for both sides today." Sky Sports commentator Andy Gray said immediately.

"First of all, let me give you a brief overview of the starting XI for the away Aston Villa team today." Sky Sports commentator Martin Taylor immediately said, "Martin O'Neill is in a four-four-two formation today, and the goalkeeper is still Friedel. ”

'Next up is the back four of Shorerie, Curtis Davies, Bauma and Luke Young, and in the midfield four Downing, James Milner, Leo Cork and Petrov. Sky Sports commentator Martin Taylor looked at the presentation.

"In the two-striker position, it's still Abang Lajo and Ashley Young." Sky Sports commentator Martin Taylor said, "It's the same as the start of the first round between the two sides, nothing changes. ”

"Okay, now I'm going to give you a brief overview of the starting line-up for today's home team Birmingham." Sky Sports commentator Andy Gray immediately said, "Today McLeish was in a four-four-two formation, with Joe Hart in goalkeeper. ”

'In the back four were David Murphy, Ridgewell, James Collins and Stephen Kyle, with Stephen Kyle finally back and back in the starting line-up, and Zim Bonda was on the bench today. Sky Sports commentator Andy Gray said.

"In the midfield four positions are Sebastian Larsson, Kevin Boateng, Ji Chengyong and Li Qinglong, yes, it was Ji Chengyong who started today, Emerson, Lee Bowyer and others did not start." Sky Sports commentator Andy Gray said.

'Recently, Birmingham City has come out of the box and gradually gained a starting position in midfield, and he has performed well in the first few games, although he is still a little less experienced, but he still looks like he has potential. Sky Sports commentator Andy Gray said.

"Next up is the duo on the forward line, they are Dongfang Chen and Sturridge." Sky Sports commentator Andy Gray said immediately.

"Okay, that's the starting line-up for today, now the players from both sides are officially on the pitch and the game is about to start." Sky Sports commentator Andy Gray said.

Dongfang Chen and others walked into the stadium under the leadership of the referee team, and the stadium immediately erupted in an extremely hot cheer, the fans of the Birmingham team shouted the names of the Birmingham players hoarsely, cheering for Birmingham, and the fans of Aston Villa were not far behind, shouting loudly.

Walking into the stadium, the players from both sides lined up on the left and right sides of the referee, fighting in a straight line, and carried out the pre-match ceremony.

Then the players of both sides shook hands and separated, and the captains of the two teams were called aside by referee Howard for a side-picking ceremony, and Petrov's luck was better today, and the Aston Villa team got the right to pick the edge.

This is the home of the Birmingham team, and it is good to choose any half for your team, so Dongfang Chen did not have much to do, and directly chose the half where the Birmingham team is gathering now.

After shaking hands with Howard and Petrov again, Dongfang Chen returned to his own half, took his position, and waited for the game to begin.

"Okay, the two sides are in their positions and the game is about to start." Sky Sports commentator Andy Gray said.

Honk!

It was at this time that the referee of the game blew the whistle for the start of the game.

The stadium immediately erupted in a scorching cheer, and fans on both sides were thrilled and cheered on their respective teams.

In the centre circle, Abang Lajo took the ball a little and charged into the Birmingham half, where Ashley Young immediately rolled the ball back and the ball rolled to the feet of midfielder Leo Koke.

Dongfang Chen and Sturridge also rushed into Aston Villa's half and went up to force Leo Coke who had the ball.

"The game officially started with the visitors Aston Villa, who were wearing a red and sky blue short-sleeved shirt today, attacking from the left side of the TV screen to the right. The Birmingham City team, on the other hand, wore blue shirts today and attacked from the right side of the curtain to the left. Sky Sports commentator Martin Taylor said.

Leo Coke, who took the ball in the middle, saw Dongfang Chen rushing up quickly, and he immediately smashed the ball, wanting to dunk Dongfang Chen. However, he didn't expect that Dongfang Chen's movements were much faster than he imagined, and before Leo Cork smashed the ball, Dongfang Chen quickly stretched his leg and toe the football forward.

The football was stabbed squarely, and the football immediately rolled out behind Leo Cork, and Dongfang Chen floated past Leo Cork like a gust of wind at the same time.

"It's broken! Dongfang Chen broke the ball! Sky Sports commentator Andy Gray was a little surprised. Ground shouted.

The Birmingham fans cheered in surprise and shouted: "King East, come on!" King East Forward! ”

Aston Villa's Milner saw Dongfang Chen break the ball, and he immediately rushed over to intercept Dongfang Chen.

Dongfang Chen saw Milner pounce, and his right foot suddenly flicked the football to the right side of his body with the outside instep, and his upper body flashed, flashing past Milner who pounced.

After flashing past Milner, Dongfang Chen slammed the ball forward, speeding past Milner and towards the Aston Villa penalty area.

"Breakthrough! Dongfang Chen broke through Milner and he slotted towards Aston Villa's penalty area. Sky Sports commentator Martin Taylor exclaimed excitedly.

The Birmingham fans were excited, shouting and roaring with excitement.

Aston Villa's full-back Shawry immediately rushed out frantically, and a sliding tackle was shoveled towards Dongfang Chen, who was dribbling the ball, Dongfang Chen's attention was very focused, and he immediately changed his ankle again, flicked the football to the side, and dodged Shawry's tackle.

Dongfang Chen didn't stop, and directly sent the football to the front of the side, and the football immediately rolled towards the space left after Xiao Li pounced.

Dongfang Chen rushed towards Aston Villa's penalty area at high speed to pick up the players on the side.

Li Qinglong, who was on the side, rushed forward and chased the football that rolled forward rapidly, Li Qinglong's speed was very fast, and when the football came to the edge of the Aston Villa penalty area, Li Qinglong caught up with the football.

Because in the middle, Dongfang Chen and Sturridge quickly stepped forward, and Aston Villa's central defenders did not dare to pounce and carry it out, so Li Qinglong easily got the football.

Li Qinglong saw that no defenders came up to interfere with him, so he immediately cut inside with the ball.

Aston Villa's centre-back Collins Davies cursed angrily and rushed out without hesitation to intercept Li Qinglong.

Of course, Curtis Davis was not reckless in pounce, he didn't want to cut off the football all at once, it was too risky, he was directly on Li Qinglong's forward route, so that Li Qinglong could not directly threaten the goal, let alone take another step forward.

Curtis Davis put a lot of pressure on Li Qinglong, and suddenly Li Qinglong quickly bypassed the football back and forth with both feet, and then took Curtis Davis not paying attention, directly turned to the bottom, and quickly passed the football to the middle before Curtis Davis pounced.

Curtis Davis was so shocked that he immediately stretched out his leg desperately to block the flying football, but he didn't succeed.

Behind Curtis Davis, Dongfang Chen rushed out, glared at his legs, and directly launched his body like a torpedo, making a fish leap to the top.

"Dongfang Chen, the fish leaps to the top!" Sky Sports commentator Andy Gray growled.

It's a pity that Dongfang Chen, who was a step late, wiped his hair and flew towards the middle, Dongfang Chen regretted in his heart, he should have been faster at the beginning.

"Ahh Didn't hit it, it's a pity! Sky Sports commentator Andy Gray roared regretfully, he was sorry for Dongfangchen.

"There's still a point in the back!" Sky Sports commentator Martin Taylor roared with excitement when he saw Sturridge rushing up frantically at the back post.

Syllable! The football was in the middle, and the saved Friedel hit it with both hands, and the football did not fly to the back post at all, and Sturridge, who rushed up sharply at the back point, missed the opportunity.

"Friedel! Friedel pounced on the ball, wow! What a daring save, he saved Aston Villa! Sky Sports commentator Andy Gray shouted.

The Aston Villa fans erupted in loud cheers, while the Birmingham fans erupted in a sigh of regret.

This time, the Birmingham team's opportunity to create a zào is actually very good, they almost created a dream start, but unfortunately Li Qinglong's pass was a little bit inside, so that Dongfang Chen at the front point did not reach the football, and the football did not fly past Fridel in the middle and flew to the feet of Sturridge at the back point.

It's just a little bit worse, it's a pity, McLeish on the sidelines held his head in his hands, regretful.

Li Qinglong, who passed the ball on the side, was also annoyed, and knew that he would pass a little bit outside the penalty area, so that they would score, but unfortunately there is no regret medicine in the world.

However, this attack gave the Birminghams more confidence to be more involved in the game and into the attack, believing they could beat Aston Villa.

The Aston Villa players didn't take that to heart, they didn't pay attention to it, it didn't affect their confidence, they still played the way they did, they attacked.

The ball bounced off and fell to the feet of the chasing Milner, who immediately turned and passed the ball to Downing on the wing.

Downing received the ball like a Ferrari at a high speed, speeding towards the Birmingham half.

Li Qinglong had already killed near the opponent's bottom line, and at this time, Tang Ning had a smooth road in front of him, and he directly drove at full speed and moved forward rapidly.

The Aston Villa fans were thrilled, while the Birmingham fans were worried.

At this time, Ji Chengyong of the Birmingham team midfielder immediately leaned in, and he caught up quickly, but Ji Chengyong was still not as good as Downing in terms of speed.

However, Tang Ning was dribbling the ball, and Ji Chengyong was running empty, so Ji Chengyong quickly rushed up, and Ji Chengyong immediately leaned on with his body to block Tang Ning.

Who knew that Tang Ning, who was still moving forward at a rapid pace just now, suddenly made an emergency stop, which caught Ji Chengyong off guard, and the two of them staggered past in an instant.

Downing saw Ashley Young scurrying forward in the middle.

Downing didn't think about it, and pushed the football directly to Ashley Young, who looked up at the Birmingham team penalty area with the help of the football, and he shot directly from distance.