Chapter 397 Luck Comes Unstoppable
Martin O'Neal was a little overwhelmed. He received an order from club owner Randy Lerner to win the UEFA Cup match against Ibiza at home.
This is different from his previous communication and consensus between him and the stadium boss. Before that, the club's senior management had a very direct intention and made every effort to ensure the top four in the league. For this reason, Aston Villa gave up the League Cup early on, and then strategically gave up in the FA Cup last weekend and was eliminated "as he wished".
Originally, the club's senior management was also very relaxed in their attitude towards the UEFA Cup. Without the requirements for results, the prerequisite is that it cannot affect the league.
However, today Randylna suddenly said that she would win the game at home, which forced Martin O'Neal to think carefully.
Although the boss did not issue strict orders to win, he had to pay attention to the boss's words.
"What are you looking at?" Sebalus asked, then he glanced at him and saw Fang Jue browsing Aston Villa's fan forum website, he was a little surprised.
"Look at it casually." Fang Jue said, "I always feel that to understand the situation of the opponent, not just study game videos and information, but fan forums can often collect first-hand objective information."
Sebalus felt that this view was very novel. If you think about it carefully, it seemed to make some sense.
"Then what did you find?"
"It's different from the opponent we predicted before that may not be too focused on the League Cup game. With changes, Aston Villa may pay more attention to this game." Fang Jue pointed to the computer screen, "Their fans had a fierce quarrel. Of course, this is just my prediction."
Sebalos will be skeptical. If fans quarrel on the forum, can they tell that Aston Villa will pay attention to the result of the game?
Anyway, after reading the posts, he found it difficult to draw such a conclusion.
Even if these posts may have a certain impact on Aston Villa Club, how could this post and related quarrels be seen by Aston Villa senior executives or head coach Martin O'Neal, and then it can produce direct effects?
Sebalus doesn't believe it.
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The next day, Villa Park Stadium.
The competition has begun.
Sebalus cast a marvelous look at Fang Jue, what Fang Jue said yesterday was true.
Aston Villa head coach Martin O'Neal has lined up the strongest lineup he can.
Key stars including Gareth Barry, Ashley Young, Karu and Abanglaho all started.
Especially Ashley Young, it is said that he has minor injuries on his body, and this game can even be said to have been played with injuries.
Fans express their opinions on the forum, will quarrel have such a direct impact on the club?
Sebalus was surprised, and at the same time, he admired Fang Jue, who made a judgment from it.
Fang Jue had a toothache, no, the exact liver pain was. He only had five [Yellow Lucky Balls] in total, and he used up three in one breath in this game.
Thinking of how he had done so many things for Aston Villa, and to save Aston Villa fans from the bad rule of the Americans, he could be said to have worked hard and worked hard. Fang Jue felt that the Aston Villa people could have a boss like themselves in the future, which was a good fortune that had accumulated over eight lifetimes of virtue.
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Martin O'Neal frowned slightly. Ibiza's formation today surprised him. His opponent lineup today was lined up with a double midfielder lineup. However, it was not the traditional combination of Mark Lele and Modric that he predicted, but the double midfielder of Mark Corosas and Modric. The biggest difference between the latter and the former is that there is no interceptor in the pure sense.
This is obviously not taking Aston Villa's offensive ability seriously.
Martin O'Neal was a little unhappy. He was thinking about how to use Fang Jue's support to open a breakthrough from this double-middle back who obviously lacked interception ability.
However, Martin O'Neal did not expect that before he could find a way to break Ibiza's goal, Ibiza scored the first goal.
This is Gareth Barry's return pass to central defender Davidson in the backcourt, who faced Lewandowski's press and chose to head the football back to goalkeeper Brad Guzan.
However, unexpectedly, the header's power was slightly smaller, so he watched a blue figure rushing up. Reus inserted at high speed. He grabbed the football before goalkeeper Guzan, then passed the goalkeeper and shot the football into the empty goal.
Martin O'Neal was stunned. He didn't expect the team to concede the ball so early, and he concedes the ball in such an absolutely low-level mistake.
He was caught off guard.
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After leading 1-0 away, Ibiza began to play the control ball slowly.
Fang Jue's new double midfielder combination, Mark Corosas and Modric, was reflected at this time. Both players have organizational and ability to get the ball, and Desler in front of him retreats from time to time to respond, which greatly improved Ibiza's ball control ability. Most of the time, football is under their feet, and Aston Villa can't even grab the ball rights for a while.
Modric, Korosas and Desler frequently transported shells for Lewandowski. In addition, Mata and Reus were also constantly tearing the Aston Villa's defense line on both wings, which put a lot of pressure on Aston Villa's defense line for a while.
Moreover, I don’t know if it was because of the premature concealment of the ball that affected the players. Aston Villa’s players’ form in today’s game is indeed a bit bad. The players made obvious mistakes than usual, and even began to make unforced passes and catch mistakes.
In the 25th minute of the game, Aston Villa's gate was pierced again.
“gooooooooooooooooooooooooooool!”
"Lewandowski! Lewandowski! Lewandowski! He scored, a very interesting goal!" Dolores shouted, "This goal allowed us to come to a conclusion. When the player's goal feels and state and luck are also good, it is difficult for you to not score a goal."
The live broadcast screen is replaying this goal. This is Modric's pass. Desler's back was on his back and used his heel to pull the ball away. Lewandowski broke into the penalty area and shot against the goalkeeper Guzan.
Lewandowski, who had just finished the shot, was knocked down by the defender Davis, who was chasing back. The football was pounced by goalkeeper Guzan and hit the post and rebounded. At this time, Lewandowski, who was lying on the ground, was about to get up. He just raised his head and the football hit Lewandowski's forehead, rebounded again, and bounced into the net...
Chapter completed!