Chapter 193

The new season is coming.

Aston Villa has successfully won 6 consecutive games after defeating Arsenal away, but Manchester City defeated Crystal Palace 5:0 in this round, so Villa is still second in the Premier League standings.

At present, the goal difference between Aston Villa and Manchester City is 3 goals. Although the gap is not obvious, Manchester City has almost won every game. It is definitely not an easy task for Villa to surpass Manchester City.

Moreover, in the past month, Aston Villa's schedule is quite dense. In addition to the Premier League games every weekend, there is also the Europa League to play. At the same time, the League Cup will also start next week.

Three days later, Aston Villa will face the third round of the League Cup. Their opponent is Brighton, the Seagulls, and they will play away.

Coach Dean Smith chose to make rotation adjustments in this game.

Xia Yuan, the head of the team, did not appear in the roster. After all, since the start of the new season, Xia Yuan has played every game, and Aston Villa just experienced a fierce battle away from home in the last game.

If Xia Yuan plays in the League Cup again, there is a high risk of injury. Now Xia Yuan is the core of Aston Villa's offense and defense. Once Xia Yuan is injured, it will bring huge losses to Aston Villa.

In addition, the League Cup is not particularly important compared to the Europa League and the Premier League, so even losing is acceptable.

September 26, 2019.

At eight o'clock in the evening.

In the Yuntong Community Stadium, the League Cup battle between Brighton and Aston Villa officially started.

Although Xia Yuan did not enter the team's game roster, he still followed the team to the away game. It's just that Villa's teammates were playing on the field, while he was watching in the stands.

Ma Fanshu also watched the game with Xia Yuan.

Since the match between Aston Villa and Arsenal ended, Ma Fanshu has stayed in England. Now she has become a reporter for the sports channel in England, and her main job is to report on Aston Villa.

In other words, from now until the end of the season, Ma Fanshu will stay in England to report on Aston Villa's game news.

When Ma Fanshu learned that Xia Yuan was not selected for the League Cup match between Aston Villa and Brighton, Ma Fanshu invited Xia Yuan to watch the game together.

"Xia Yuan, do you think Villa can beat Brighton away from home without you tonight? Brighton is in good shape recently and has won two consecutive home games."

Xia Yuan responded to Ma Fanshu's question almost without thinking.

"Villa will definitely win. In addition to me, this team has many talented players. Just wait and see."

Xia Yuan knows Villa very well. As he said, Aston Villa, who played away, immediately took the initiative after the game started.

And in the 11th minute, McGinn opened the goal of Brighton with a long shot, and Aston Villa temporarily led Brighton by one to zero.

After taking the lead, Aston Villa did not stop their offensive pace. In less than five minutes, Aston Villa's striker, Wesley, scored again with a header from a corner kick.

In a very short time, Aston Villa established a two-goal lead, which caught Brighton off guard.

In the 2019-2020 season, Brighton's lineup did not have three ball kings and stars such as McAllister and Caicedo, and it was a relegation team in the Premier League.

Therefore, Brighton did not have many ways to face Aston Villa.

Especially when Aston Villa had a two-goal advantage, they decisively chose to set up a defensive iron bucket formation, which made Brighton's offense helpless.

At the end of the first half, Aston Villa, who was still playing away, led the opponent with a score of 2:0.

Halftime break.

When Xia Yuan and Ma Fanshu were chatting, suddenly a little fan wearing a Brighton jersey recognized Xia Yuan and walked up to Xia Yuan and asked for his autograph.

Xia Yuan did not refuse, so he signed his name on the little fan's Brighton jersey.

Soon, more and more fans began to notice Xia Yuan's presence, and the scene directly turned into a fan meeting for Xia Yuan.

Until the start of the second half, many Brighton fans came to Xia Yuan to ask for photos and autographs. Although Xia Yuan

Although he is an Aston Villa player, he was still welcomed by a large number of Brighton fans...

The result of this game was finally fixed at 2:0.

In the second half, neither Brighton nor Aston Villa scored a goal.

Aston Villa successfully won the League Cup.

After the game, just three days later, Aston Villa ushered in the 7th round of the Premier League.

The opponent is Burnley.

Burnley is currently ranked 16th in the Premier League. Since the start of the new season, the team has not won a victory and is a Premier League relegation team.

Aston Villa did not encounter too many obstacles in this game. Less than 8 minutes after the start, Xia Yuan's long pass assisted Wesley to score.

Burnley's defense is like paper. To be modest, almost every time Aston Villa presses forward, it can threaten Burnley's goal.

In the 16th minute, Xia Yuan received a long pass from Grealish in a corner attack and successfully scored with a header.

The score became 2:0.

Burnley coach Dyche was naturally very dissatisfied when he saw the team lose the ball continuously, but coach Dyche did not strengthen the team's defense, nor did he let the Burnley players on the field shrink their defense. Instead, he did the opposite and asked Burnley players to press forward and attack.

This was not a correct decision.

In the next 20 minutes, Aston Villa continued to counterattack quickly and successfully expanded the score to 4:0.

Xia Yuan completed an assist hat trick.

After the start of the second half, coach Dyche finally realized the huge gap between his team and Aston Villa. He began to send multiple defensive players to the field, but it was too late.

In the end, Aston Villa beat Burnley 4:0 at home and won seven consecutive victories.

After the game with Burnley, Aston Villa immediately ushered in the Europa League.

Their opponent is the Turkish Super League giant Besiktas!

And it's an away game!

Besiktas' home field is not easy to play, and is even known as the famous devil's home field in Europe.

This game is definitely a huge test for Aston Villa.

In order to allow the team to adapt to the local weather, Dean Smith simply arrived at the away game two days in advance.