Chapter 25
The day before the game.
At the pre-match press conference.
Brentford head coach Thomas Frank seemed to be full of confidence in the upcoming crucial battle.
"I have said more than once that Brentford's goal this season is to win the Championship. Although the team is currently only ranked fifth in the league, the league is still a long way to go. I am full of confidence in this."
"Aston Villa is not our opponent. Although this team has Grealish in the lineup, we have developed a tactic to limit Grealish. The winner of tomorrow night's game will only belong to Brentford!"
Afterwards, Thomas Frank commented on Xia Yuan.
"I heard that there is a 17-year-old player in Aston Villa's lineup who is in the limelight recently. Many fans are talking about him, but to be honest, I don't think this young player can pose a threat to our defense. He is too young, only 17 years old! He is just a child and can't make much waves."
Afterwards, Aston Villa coach Dean Smith refuted the remarks of Brentford coach.
"I am very disgusted with other teams' coaches talking about my players. Although Xia Yuan is only 17 years old, he has a very high football IQ and rich vision, and most importantly, his footwork is quite sharp."
"I believe that in tomorrow night's game, Xia Yuan will use his strength to shut up Thomas Frank."
The game has not started yet, and the two coaches have a verbal battle before the game.
This also makes this game full of expectations.
Especially Xia Yuan.
He can't wait to slap the other coach in the face.
For this reason, Xia Yuan specially practiced for an hour after the training.
Try to make your physical condition as good as possible.
Seven o'clock in the evening.
When Xia Yuan just returned to the hotel to rest after training, he suddenly received a call from his agent Jonathan Barrett.
"Xia! I have a message for you. Tiezi, the assistant coach of the Xia national men's football team, wants to ask you about your thoughts on naturalization."
"He wants to talk to you directly."
Xia Yuan laughed disdainfully after hearing this news.
As a person who traveled from 2024, Xia Yuan knew Tiezi's character too well!
He didn't want to go along with Tiezi!
And now the Xia national men's football team is unsightly from top to bottom.
He didn't want to wade into this muddy water.
"Mr. Jonathan, please tell him that I have no idea about naturalization, please get out."
Jonathan Barrett was slightly shocked when he heard Xia Yuan's words.
"Does the wording of the refusal need to be more subtle? Will it be..."
Before Jonathan finished speaking, Xia Yuan interrupted and said, "Just say what I said!"
"Okay!"
The next day.
7:30 pm.
Brentford Community Stadium.
The stands were full.
This stadium can only accommodate 12,000 spectators. Although there are not many seats in the stands, the atmosphere on the scene is no less than the home stadium of the top teams!
Half an hour before the game started, Brentford fans sang the team song in a loud voice!
And in the away fans' stands, more than a hundred Aston Villa fans were also singing the team's traditional team song "Hi-ho Aston Villa"! !
In addition to these more than a hundred Aston Villa diehards, there were two Xia people who were silently cheering for Xia Yuan.
These two Xia people were Reba and his father.
When Reba told her father that Xia Yuan was a professional football player, Reba's father was instantly excited!
Murati is also a fan!
He immediately asked Reba to buy two tickets and came to the scene to cheer for his savior!
At this moment, in the player tunnel.
The starting players of the two teams are ready.
"Welcome all fans to watch the focus of the 32nd round of the 2018-2019 English Championship, Brentford vs. Aston Villa!"
In the studio of Dongqiu.com, commentator Zhan Jun said in his independent voice: "There is a bee on the Brentford team logo, so many fans call Brentford the little bee!"
"Currently Brentford is temporarily ranked 5th in the English Championship, while Aston Villa is ranked 7th in the league!"
"Home game
Brentford lined up in a 4231 formation!"
"The goalkeeper is Daniel Bentley."
"The defenders are: Odubajo, Konsa, Jean Vieille, Babette!"
"Midfielders: Mokotjo, Sawyers!"
"Frontfielders: Canos, Watkins, Benrahma!"
"Forward: Maupay!"
"And for Aston Villa, who played away, Dean Smith deployed a 4141 formation! ”
“The goalkeeper is Lovre Kalinic,”
“Four defenders: Neil Taylor, Mings, Elphick, Hutton!”
“Single defensive midfielder: Jedinak;”
“Four forwards: Adomah, McGinn, Xia Yuan, Grealish!”
“Single striker: Andre Green!”
“It is worth mentioning that Aston Villa’s striker Abraham suffered a muscle strain in pre-match training, so he did not appear in the team’s starting lineup!”
After Zhan Jun introduced the starting lineups of the two teams, the players stepped onto the field.
After shaking hands with each other, the game officially began! !
Brentford, playing at home, played very actively!
Just 2 minutes into the game, Brentford launched an attack!
Midfielder Mokotjo’s long pass directly found Mopai on the front line!
Maupai is not a center forward. He is only 173cm tall. Although he is much shorter than other forwards of English teams, his goal-scoring ability is not weak at all!
So far, Maupai has scored 18 goals in the Championship and is currently ranked fourth in the Championship scorer list!
This time, after Maupai received the ball in the frontcourt, he immediately launched an attack towards Aston Villa's goal without any hesitation!
In an instant.
Several defensive players appeared in front of Maupai.
Among them were Grealish and McGinn!
However, Maupai obviously did not take these two Aston Villa midfielders seriously. After flicking the ball with his left foot, he quickly poked it! !
In an instant.
The football passed quickly between Hourihane's legs.
After Maupai got rid of him, he did not choose to continue to dribble forward, but quickly passed the ball to Benrahma on the wing!
This is a 1v1 opportunity!
In front of Benrahma was only Aston Villa's full-back Neil Taylor!
After Benrahma pedaled twice in a row, he suddenly chose to cut inside! !
Direct shot!
