After Christmas, many people are still on vacation, and the English league has rekindled the flames.

At 6 p.m. on the 26th, Bournemouth will host Fulham.

The team underperformed in 2013-14 and were relegated to the Championship, ending a thirteen-year Premier League career.

Before the game, the media agreed that it would be a battle between strong teams.

To be able to enjoy a strong dialogue at the festival is very happy for the fans.

The Bournemouth team trained at the training base in the morning to activate the players' condition, eliminate the "holiday syndrome", and allow them to return to the tension of the game as soon as possible.

"Luo, where have you been on Christmas Eve, and no one has answered the phone to your apartment?"

Before the training session, the players chatted in the dressing room about the holidays.

Wilson wanted to invite Rosie to join him for the holiday, but he couldn't find anyone else.

Rossi said: "I go out for a walk, it's too boring to be alone." ”

At this time, O'Kane walked over and said, "Luo, are you going to London?" That night, I seemed to see you shopping with a girl. ”

Rosie chuckled inwardly, he didn't want to involve Pixie in front of his teammates, "You're wrong." ”

O'Kane thought for a moment and nodded: "Yes, there were too many people at that time, and I couldn't see clearly." ”

Wilson smiled: "You kid is chasing stars again." Pixie was just performing on stage, not a concert, and she actually went to London on Christmas Eve. ”

"Do you know music?" O'Kane gave him a blank look, and suddenly said with a smug face, "Did you know that Pixie was singing on Christmas Eve, waving our team's scarf?" ”

"What does this mean, our team has such a big star fan, it can be regarded as famous."

Other players also became interested and contributed all the gossip news they knew.

"I heard that at the Lantern Festival, Pixie and his rumored boyfriend were dating, and some fans saw it with their own eyes and took photos with her."

"It is said that the man next to Pixie has been wearing a hat, and he can't see his face clearly, and he doesn't know what he looks like."

"I think it must be some big star, otherwise I wouldn't be so secretive."

……

After a while, the assistant coach interrupted their gossip and said, "It's training time, don't rub it off, hurry, hurry, hurry!" ”

In the morning physical training, the players were in very good condition, and the necessary rest was necessary to keep the players full of spirit.

Fulham played in the Premier League for 13 years before being relegated last season.

In the 09-10 UEFA Cup, they beat the defending champion Shakhtar Donetsk, reversed Juventus, and beat the two top teams in the Bundesliga, Wolfsburg and Hamburg, and reached the final.

Unfortunately, in the final against Atletico Madrid, he was beaten in extra time and lost the first European title in the club's history.

Although they are relegated, their strength is still not to be underestimated.

In the afternoon, Eddie Howe took the players through tactics and analysed the characteristics and style of play of the opponent, hoping that tonight at home, the team can get their first win after Christmas.

And Fulham, the last team in the Championship to have a chance of sniping Bournemouth's unbeaten record, have received widespread media support before the game.

Last season, Bundesliga coach Magath took over the team halfway through and failed to lead the team to relegation, and the consecutive defeats in the new season also made him leave early.

The current coach is Welshman Simons, who has decided to take over as the club's Under-21 manager for the time being.

After he took over, he performed well and is now in 8th place in the table, and is expected to challenge for promotion.

Bournemouth, the biggest dark horse of the season, is bound to inject a boost into the team if they can beat them.

As soon as the two teams walked out of the players' tunnel, the stadium instantly erupted in amazing cheers.

First, it's still a holiday, and it's lucky for fans to see a strong conversation during the festival.

Second, Fulham are the last team Bournemouth have played this season, and the previous 23 teams are unbeaten.

If they can win tonight, then the team will be unbeaten in the half-league, a record that will be difficult for latecomers to break.

It is also because of the great significance of this competition, as a festive competition, the stadium is full, and the bars in the two cities are also full.

Drip~~~

With a loud whistle, the 23rd round of the English Championship officially began.

Fulham kick off.

Fulham, who have played in the Premier League for many years, brought in Magath in the second half of last season, hoping to succeed in relegation under the leadership of the Bundesliga coach.

Unfortunately, Magath, who led Wolfsburg to the Bundesliga title, failed to save the team and was eventually relegated to the Championship.

The Fulham club hierarchy also gave Magath a chance to lead the team back to the Premier League.

However, in the first 8 rounds of the league, he only achieved a poor record of one win, one draw and six losses, and Magath was fired.

It's not that Magath is not capable, but his training methods have caused dissatisfaction among the players.

When he was in Germany, Magath was fond of high-intensity physical training, using extremely rigorous training to train his players to run aggressively, fight fiercely and tenaciously will.

But this kind of training will also attract the disgust of the players.

Especially with such a tight schedule in England, how can the players' bodies endure.

Today, head coach Simmons is the team's Under-21 coach and he is very familiar with the training methods of the players and the way they get along with the players.

Under his leadership, the team has been soaring all the way, and it has gradually become a Premier League team.

Both sides are playing in a 4-4-2 parallel position.

The difference is that Bournemouth's midfield belongs to the flow of passing and control technology.

Use the pass to move forward steadily, mobilize the opponent's defense back and forth, and then use a transfer ball to hit the weak-side defensive area to form a threat.

Fulham's midfield is a deft midfielder who pushes forward with a quick break and a counterattack.

Using the player's running and active scrambling, once the ball is grabbed, the midfielder trio can use two or three passes to quickly hit the opponent's hinterland.

So at the beginning of the game, the offense of both teams made the fans addicted.

Although Magath was in charge of Fulham after only seven months before stepping down, the fighting awareness he injected into the team still played a role.

In the fifth minute, Fulham used active running and decisive and quick tackles at the back to cut off the ball from the feet of Pugh and launched a counter-attack from the wing.

Fulham's agile and fast midfield easily pushed the ball into front of the opponent's penalty area, using a wall-knocking combination to pass the ball into the box by Seko Fofana and give it to the feet of McMark.

The Soulland man used his agile footwork to shake off Cook's defence and try to give the goalkeeper a crotch-piercing shot.

Goalkeeper Boruc quickly bent his right foot and kneeled, blocked the gap in his crotch and blocked the ball.

From this attack, you can see Fulham in the counterattack, the flexibility and mobility of the players.

Eddie Howe loudly reminded the players on the pitch to maintain a high level of vigilant attention in the face of such a nimble striker.

Although he didn't score, Simmons was relatively happy with the attack.

The team's attacking players, although short, have flexible turns, and can often be one step faster than the opposing defenders, which is also a technical characteristic of the team.

Ask the Championship team, who can match Fulham's counterattack?

Eddie Howe is also well aware of the characteristics of his opponent's style of play.

However, this is not exclusive to you.

When it comes to starting position, Eddie Howe has plenty of confidence.

Bournemouth have the ball, Simmons tells players to pay attention to defense.

Their frontcourt players are not tall, but the midfielders have good ability to fight for the top, and they average as many as 10 headers per game, which shows that their air defense ability is good.

There's speed up front, there's defense at the back, what's the fight with me?

Just as Simmons was getting his hands dirty, Richie burst on the right flank, got past Ruiz's defence, and passed the ball between the opposition's left wing-back and left centre-back.

At this point, Rossi was running sideways towards the centre-back when he saw Richie's pass and suddenly stepped forward.

Fulham's right centre-back Bodulov saw Rossi approaching his team-mate and was about to warn him, when Richie suddenly came with such a pass.

He subconsciously took a step outside to put Rossi in an offside position.

But he ignored his own left-back and he didn't notice Rossi's movement.

His offside position became a hidden danger in the defence.

In an instant, Rossi was already three meters away from the last defender when he stepped forward to receive the ball.

The Fulham backline was also helpless, it all happened too quickly, and they could only stay where they were for a while.

Facing the attacking goalkeeper, Rossi took the ball to the right with his left foot.

The goalkeeper, who had already lowered his center of gravity, immediately moved sideways to block.

But he didn't move as fast as Rossi's shots.

When Rossi touched the ball for the third time, he had already finished with the inside of his foot.

The goalkeeper fell to the ground to block, but Rossi connected very quickly from dribbling to shooting.

Before the goalkeeper could hit the ground, the ball had slipped under his armpit and rolled slowly into the far corner.

Yes!!!!

Rossi's goal instantly ignited the passion of the home fans.

Just nine minutes into the game, Rossi took advantage of a ghostly anti-offside to find the back of the net.

This sense of movement, this calm shooting, how calm and calm, simple and clear.

One stop, one belt, one shot.

Scoring goals is so simple that it even makes the fans at the scene feel that they can score goals if they play by themselves.

Simmons, who was still complacent about how smart his forward position was, touched his head with his hand with an expression of disbelief.

This slap in the face came too quickly.

Eddie Howe on the side was triumphant, and his expression seemed to say,

"Run, that's how it should be!"