Chapter 47
The first time was a big day for the team to play.
March 2.
Villa Park.
The big battle is about to start!
7:30 pm.
The stands of Villa Park have already been crowded with people.
More than 40,000 Aston Villa fans came to watch the game!
Before the game started, the hysterical cheers had already resounded throughout the stands.
Even a large number of Aston Villa fans were shouting Xia Yuan's name loudly! !
In the player tunnel.
The starting players of both teams are already in place!
Derby County head coach Lampard and Aston Villa assistant coach John Terry greeted each other.
The starting players of both teams were also chatting in the player tunnel.
They were having a good time.
However, everyone knew that when the referee blew the whistle to start the game, the two teams would fight!
And it was a desperate fight!
Although Derby County is currently only ranked 11th in the league, the main goal of Derby County this season is also to enter the Premier League!
So!
The players and coaches of Derby County are eager to beat Aston Villa at home!
In order to shorten the gap with Aston Villa.
"Welcome to watch the focus of the 35th round of the 2018-2019 English Championship! Aston Villa will face Derby County at home!"
"Currently Aston Villa is still ranked sixth in the league, while their opponent Derby County is ranked 11th in the league, and the points gap between the two teams is 12 points!"
"Next, the starting lineups of the two teams will be announced!"
"Aston Villa's formation at home is 433!"
"The goalkeeper is the team's second goalkeeper, Jed Steele!"
"The four defenders are: El Muhammadi, Elphick, Mings, Neil Taylor!"
"Three midfielders: Grealish, Xia Yuan, and Hourihane."
"Three forwards: Adomah, Abraham, and El Ghazi!"
"Due to the recent period of time Aston Villa's schedule is too dense, and they have been playing against strong teams continuously, which has caused the main players' physical fitness to decline significantly. So today, facing the weaker Derby County, Aston Villa made a certain degree of rotation. "
"And on the away side of Derby County, head coach Lampard sent out his absolute lineup!"
"Goalkeeper Carson!"
"Full-backs Wisdom, Curtis Davis, Tomori, Ashley Cole!"
"Three midfielders: Marcos Bird, George Evans, Holmes;"
"Three forwards: Joseph Zon, Marriott, Bennett!"
"Now the game has begun! ! "
"Aston Villa, playing at home, took the lead in launching an attack on the opponent's goal!"
As soon as Zhan Jun finished speaking, the football came to Xia Yuan's feet!
And when the fans in the stands of Villa Park saw Xia Yuan receive the football, cheers resounded throughout the stadium again! !
"Xia!! Use your sharp footwork to defeat your opponent!"
"Use your long pass!"
"No one can stop your pass!"
"Xia!! The future core of Aston Villa's midfield!"
Facing the shouts and cheers of the fans, Xia Yuan's performance did not disappoint the fans on the scene.
After receiving the pass from Hourihane, he immediately sent a through ball!
Yes.
Xia Yuan did not choose a long pass this time, but a through ball!
The football moved quickly towards the opponent's penalty area along the grass.
Although Xia Yuan's through ball attributes are not comparable to the passing attributes.
But!
This time Xia Yuan's through ball still tore through Derby County's defense.
The football was like a flash of lightning, passing quickly through the gap between Curtis Davis and Tomori!
Since the game had just started, the two Derby County central defenders were in very average condition!
There was no reaction at all!
In a moment.
The ball appeared at Abraham's feet!
The only pity was that the Aston Villa striker was not ready!
Abraham's shot hit the opponent's goalkeeper directly.
Carson held the ball tightly!
Successfully resolved Aston Villa's attack.
Although Abraham did not score a goal, Xia Yuan's through pass still showed his excellent competitive state!
Aston Villa at the scene
The fans immediately gave Xia Yuan a warm applause.
Then the broadcaster turned the camera to the Norwegian head coach Lars Lagerback who was sitting in the stands.
In the studio of Dongqiu.com, commentator Zhan Jun immediately showed his outstanding professional ability after seeing Lars Lagerback.
He said to the microphone: "Lars Lagerback is also here to watch the game! He is the current head coach of the Norwegian national team. He once led the Swedish team to participate in the 2002 and 2006 World Cups, and also led the small European football country Iceland to the quarter-finals of the 2016 European Cup! He has a very rich coaching resume!"
"It seems that Lars Lagerback wants to personally observe Xia Yuan's performance tonight! In mid-March, Norway will usher in the European Cup qualifiers!"
The game continued.
Five minutes later.
Aston Villa launched an attack again.
This time it was Grealish who broke through the midfield with the ball.
Since Aston Villa's formation in tonight's game was not the previous 4141, but changed to 433! So Grealish's position returned to the midfield.
This time.
After Grealish received the football, he still remained very calm in the face of the interference of the Derby County midfielder.
A sudden trip after a quick flick of the ball with his left foot!
Easily passed the interception of the opponent's players.
Then, the other two Derby County midfielders, George Evans and Holmes, rushed towards Grealish!
On the bench, Derby County coach Lampard's eyes were also full of tension.
He knew very well how terrifying Grealish's strength was!
Once Grealish easily completed the breakthrough in the middle, it would bring a fatal threat to Derby County's defense!
But Lampard was still overthinking.
After Grealish saw two Derby County midfielders rushing towards him, he decisively chose to pass the ball!
Bang!
The ball was given to Xia Yuan, who also played as a midfielder!
After Xia Yuan received the ball, although there were no Derby County defenders around him to interfere, he still did not choose to dribble forward, but chose to pass the ball at the first opportunity!
At this moment, in the Derby County penalty area.
Aston Villa's three forwards, Adomah, Abraham and El Ghazi are already in place!
Adomah and El Ghazi appeared on the left and right sides of the penalty area.
And Abraham was in the middle of the penalty area.
Xia Yuan had three routes to pass the ball.
He finally chose to give the ball to Abraham!
