Chapter 655 Premier League New BIG4

Aston Villa beat Chelsea 3-1 at home.

After winning this game, Aston Villa's points reached 20 points, surpassing Chelsea by two points, and ascended to the top of the Premier League.

Chelsea are second with 18 points.

The game is over, but the story surrounding the game is not over.

Soon, the reporters received a news that excited them.

At the door of the corridor of the players' dressing room, Aston Villa players and Chelsea players clashed.

A Chelsea player 'attacked' an Aston Villa player sparking further clashes.

To the regret of the reporters, the coaching staff of both sides were relatively calm. Under the constraints of Fang Jue and Ancelotti, the conflict quickly subsided without causing any major disturbances.

"Nothing." Fang Jue shook his head, "absolutely nothing, your news is wrong."

At the press conference, Fang Jue categorically denied that there was any conflict between the players of the two sides in the corridor of the locker room.

Fang Jue refused to admit it, and the reporter turned to ask Ancelotti.

"Everything is fine, nothing unpleasant happened," Ancelotti said.

Fang Jue was gentle and calm, he was not worried.

He and Ancelotti had discussed it just now, and this skirmish should be digested internally, so don't make a fuss.

The trouble got bigger and attracted the intervention of the FA. Unlucky for the two teams.

The matter is not a big one, but Terry questioned Costa. During the verbal conflict between the two sides, Costa scolded Terry, and Lampard pushed Costa when he came up. This action caused the gathering and confusion of players from both sides. .

However, the matter is not small. If the English Football Association pays attention to it, many players on both sides will be punished additionally.

Of course, although this matter will be digested internally, the beams of the two teams can be considered to be tied.

In this round of the league, a moderate upset broke out:

Manchester United was tied 2-2 by West Bromwich Albion at home and only scored one point.

In this case, the Manchester City team, which defeated Blackpool 3-2 away in this round of the game, leads Manchester United by 3 points with 17 points and continues to rank third in the league. best grades.

"Villa has become a new force in the Premier League! "

After the match between Aston Villa and Chelsea, the French "L'Equipe" published an article on an important page.

Jean Fernandz, a senior football critic of "French Football", expounded a point of view in his column:

Aston Villa is already eligible to be named a new force in the Premier League.

The new power of the Premier League he refers to does not mean the so-called traditional strong teams in the Premier League, nor does it mean that they will have the strength to compete for the championship within a certain period of time.

A specific championship contender in a certain period of time is often labeled as a "flash in the pan", or a dark horse.

In Jean Fernandz's article, Aston Villa was clearly tied with Chelsea, Manchester United, and Arsenal.

He proposed the concept of the Premier League's new BIG4.

In Liverpool's very bad situation this season, the Frenchman kicked Liverpool out of the traditional BIG4.

Then pull Aston Villa into this circle and endow it with the concept of the new BIG4.

Liverpool fans definitely don't agree with this new division of the French. What are you, a Frenchman, doing to compare things in our Premier League?

Of course, the fans of Aston Villa are happy. "French Football" is not a toilet paper newspaper. It is quite authoritative in the sports media. It can be recognized by "French Football" and even beat Liverpool. Makes people happy.

Although inside the Premier League, many people do not agree with this new BIG4 statement.

However, the rise of Aston Villa is enough to attract the attention of all Premier League teams.

Before the start of the season, some public opinion believed, or they expected Aston Villa's success last season to be short-lived.

"Guardian" also specifically mentioned Blackburn, that Aston Villa may be the second Blackburn.

In the "Guardian" view, Blackburn and Aston Villa are really similar.

Compared with big cities such as London, Manchester and Liverpool, Blackburn, with a population of just over 100,000 in Lancashire, is inconspicuous.

Although the size of the city is limited, it has not hindered people's enthusiasm for football.

Founded in 1875, the Blackburn club won 2 league titles and 6 FA Cup titles before the establishment of the Premier League.

This is also the same as Aston Villa, which belongs to the ancestors.

Despite its impressive record, the club was as unpretentious as Blackburn, a cotton-heavy industrial town, as evidenced by the club's motto of "skill and industriousness".

However, Blackburn's unpretentiousness was changed by the arrival of one person.

Jack Walker, a billionaire who made his fortune through the steel trade, his initial capital injection of £30 million into Blackburn was the envy of many wealthy clubs at the time.

Soon a group of famous generals came to Blackburn, and Liverpool coach Dalglish also came to coach.

With the support of Jack Walker's huge funds, this century-old club has ushered in a fantastic period.

In this regard, Aston Villa and Blackburn are also similar. Fang Jue and his wife bought Aston Villa with huge sums of money.

The only difference is that although Aston Villa spent a lot of money in the transfer market, they sold people more ruthlessly.

Among the new batch of excellent players introduced by Blackburn that year, two people have to be mentioned. One is Alan Shearer who joined at a sky-high price of 3.6 million pounds.

The other is another striker Sutton who joined with a transfer fee of 5 million pounds.

The front line formed by these two players scared all teams.

Under Dalglish's command, the team's total salary is already the first in the Premier League.

This Premier League champion, which made Black himself so proud, also made Jack Walker quite satisfied. After winning the championship, he said the famous words: "This championship made people find Blackburn on the map."

However, after winning the championship, coach Dalglish left, and Alan Shearer, the mainstay of the striker after the European Cup in 1996, also left to join his hometown team Newcastle.

After losing the absolute main players in a row, Blackburn was finally unable to recover after several struggles and was relegated from the Premier League in the 1998/1999 season.

Therefore, the "Guardian" takes Blackburn as a reference and believes that Aston Villa will decline in this new season, which may have an impact on the league championship situation. However, they want to continue the glory of last season and continue to compete for the league. It is impossible to win the championship, or even successfully defend the title in the end.

Now, after eight rounds of league games in the new season, Aston Villa once again ascended to the first place in the standings, and they reached the top after defeating Chelsea in a direct dialogue with Chelsea. persuasive.

"Aston Villa is not Blackburn!" Birmingham's local media said proudly.

The new BIG4 of the Premier League, although this statement may make many people unhappy, especially Liverpool must be very angry, but they also have to admit that Aston Villa has risen.