Chapter 799 The Great Saint Bell (Seeking Subscription Monthly Pass)

The Olympiacos bus headed for Villa Park.

Outside the window, the fog brought by the drizzle diffused the streets of Birmingham.

Olympiacos head coach Ernesto Valverde is a little distracted.

My thoughts seemed to go back to three years ago.

It was one night in May 2008.

Valverde was still the head coach of the Spaniard at that time, and he was with his agent Ibañez.

Sitting with Olympiacos general manager Ioannis Kriskoporos in a restaurant in Barcelona, ​​discussing a coaching trip to Greece.

As soon as he turned his head, Valverde saw an acquaintance, that is Barcelona's Dutch coach Rijkaard was drinking with the Barcelona coaching staff.

It was Rijkaard's last day as Barcelona manager.

It was at that restaurant that Rijkaard bid farewell to Barca while Ernesto Valverde said hello to Olympiacos.

Rijkaard and Valverde chatted privately for a while.

Knowing that Valverde will go to Greece to coach, Rijkaard sent his blessings.

Rijkaard, who was clearly drunk, patted Valverde on the shoulder: Come on, Barcelona may invite you to coach in the future, after all, you are their own.

Valverde could feel that when Rijkaard said this, there was some resentment.

Yes, Rijkaard is not Barcelona's own.

Valverde is, as a Barcelona meritorious player in the Cruyff era, he is his own man.

Coaching Barcelona!

The high beams of the vehicle in front shone, and the driver of the Olympiacos bus honked the horn and turned on the lights, which woke Valverde from his memories.

Yes, the ultimate dream in his heart is to coach Barcelona one day.

Every good result achieved by leading Olympiacos now is a plus.

When Fang Jue led Ibiza to set off a miracle storm in Spanish football, while Barcelona under Guardiola set off a tiki-taka storm in European football, Valverde was also transforming Olympiacos:

The performance of this team in the game no longer depends on the individual performance of superstars, but will insist on possession first, keep running, keep putting pressure on the opponent, and attack from the backcourt.

Ernesto Valverde's Olympiacos once beat the Portuguese super giants Benfica 5-2.

Also once slaughtered the Bundesliga powerhouse Hertha Berlin 4-0.

Valverde left Greece with the double to return to Spain in search of a new challenge, only to return to Olympiacos a year later.

At that time, the club fell to the lowest point in history, ranking fifth in the Greek Super League in the 2009/2010 season. At the beginning of the 2010/2011 season, it was upset by Maccabi Tel Aviv in European competitions and suffered a shameful elimination.

It is against this background that Valverde once again took over the coach of Olympiacos this summer.

Olympiacos fans beat drums to welcome his return.

Yes, Valverde is seen by the Greeks as a savior.

Facing Aston Villa this time, Valverde has no intention of avenging Barcelona's disastrous defeat in the Champions League final.

However, one thing is certain, if he can lead Olympiacos to have a good performance against Aston Villa, even if it is only an away draw with Aston Villa, this will definitely be a big plus.

...

While players from both sides were warming up on the field, Fang Jue and Valverde exchanged greetings on the sidelines.

The two have played against each other in the Copa del Rey.

At that time, Fang Jue led Ibiza, who was still in La Liga, to eliminate the Spaniard who was once ranked in the top three in La Liga.

That is, after that game, Valverde's Spaniard went all the way down, and finally left after the end of the season.

"I still think about that game," Valverde said. "It was weird, we hit so many woodwork."

"Yeah, my luck has always been good." Fang Jue laughed.

Valverde is so angry, but he has to admit that this guy is really lucky, not only in that game, but in the rising stage of Fang Jue's coaching career, this guy's luck seems to be really good, even in the face of An extremely strong opponent, some games that shouldn't be won, but they just won.

You say you are angry or not.

Back in the locker room, Fang Jue made the final deployment and arrangements before the battle.

Fang Jue has a certain understanding of Valverde's own coaching style.

Valverde's characteristic is that he is good at kneading players of average ability into a whole and playing football as a whole. At the same time, he also emphasizes the attack of the midfielder and the use of the width of the field.

This kind of cooperation is excellent, and the team playing as a whole is actually not easy to deal with once the opponent enters the state.

"So, for today's game, my request is to grab the start!"

"Strive to score as soon as possible!"

"And after breaking the deadlock, don't relax and continue to attack the opponent."

Fang Jue especially emphasized that, in a word, he asked the team to beat their opponents as soon as they came up.

As usual, CCTV Sports Channel broadcast the UEFA Champions League group match between Aston Villa and Olympiacos live.

Now, as long as it is Aston Villa's game, it is definitely the time when CCTV Sports Channel's ratings are king.

"Modric was injured in the Premier League game against Queens Park Rangers last weekend, so he will miss today's game."

"Let's take a look at the starting rosters of both sides."

"For Olympiacos, the goalkeeper is Costanzo."

"The central defenders are the well-known Swedish veterans Mellberg and Marcano."

"The left-back is the Greek international Jolebas."

"The right back is Greek international Torossidis."

"The midfielders are Faisa, Obais, Foster, Belgian international Miralas, and Argentine veteran Ibagaza."

"At the front is Algeria international Dijbor."

"Maybe everyone has never heard of Mellberg, Miralas, and Ibagaza. However, in fact, the other players are international players from various countries. The strength of this team should not be underestimated." Howe added.

"Hey, of course, compared with Aston Villa, Olympiacos is really not good enough." Zhang Lu said with a smile.

"For Aston Villa, the goalkeeper is the young Spanish goalkeeper De Gea."

"Danny Rose at left back, Kyle Walker at right back."

"The central defender is Senderos and the Greek international Papastathopoulos partner."

"It's Clement and Milner in midfield, and James Rodriguez."

"Aston Villa seems to have formed a three-forward lineup today. The front line is Mane, Suarez and Bale. This striker combination, hehehe..." Zhang Lu suddenly raised his voice and shouted, "Hey, a goal has been scored Goal! Goal for Aston Villa! Goal for Bale?"

Zhang Lu, who was still introducing the starting lineups of the two sides, looked at the screen and saw Aston Villa players flocking to Bale.

The stands at Villa Park are filled with cheering crowds.

Both He Wei and Zhang Lu subconsciously looked at the time, it was only 45 seconds!

"Forty-five seconds into the game, Aston Villa scored. It wasn't Bale's goal, it was Bale who assisted Suarez to score."

The goal replay came and Olympiacos kicked off first.

Their Belgian midfielder Miralas tried to break through with the ball, but was intercepted by Clement and Milner.

Aston Villa quickly launched a counterattack.

Hamei made a diagonal pass to the right.

Gareth Bale poked the football suddenly, and the football rolled past the Greek defender Holebas who was defending him.

Bell twisted his waist and passed from the other side.

After a beautiful ball was passed, Bell caught up with the football and made a horizontal incision to attract the opponent's central defender to fill the position, and then sent a curved ball into the penalty area.

Another central defender of Olympiacos, Mellberg, turned around in a hurry, but slipped and fell down. Suarez, who was unguarded, easily scored with a header.

One to zero, Aston Villa made a fantastic start.

...

In the camera, Fang Jue showed a surprised expression on the sidelines, then smiled and applauded.

"Obviously, Director Fang Jue didn't expect the team's goals to come so quickly." Howe said.

On the other side, Olympiacos coach Ernesto Valverde also had a very surprised expression, and then the Spanish coach smiled wryly and shook his head.

Is this a lost ball?

Valverde turned his head and glanced at Fang Jue. He didn't know what to say: Why is this guy so lucky every time he meets him?

Yes, for this conceded goal, Valverde felt that his own luck was too bad.

Just at the beginning of the game, the Olympiacos players were attacked by the opponent before they entered the game state.

Although this also shows that Aston Villa's counterattack is very sharp, it is still too bad luck. If Mellberg hadn't slipped and fell, Suarez would not have scored this goal so easily.

Fang Jue doesn't see it that way.

In his opinion, this is a must-goal opportunity for Suarez.

The Uruguayan striker's interspersed movement was very good. He got stuck first, and Mellberg was blocked by him. Even if Mellberg didn't fall, Suarez had great confidence in scoring.

...

The goal was conceded in less than a minute.

Valverde rubbed his temples in pain.

He originally planned to defend the whole team and then fight Aston Villa's counterattack.

He even expected the team to steal a goal and beat Aston Villa 1-0 in an away upset.

Now, this opening goal forced Valverde to abandon that plan.

Under the current circumstances, the first thing Olympiacos has to do is not to continue to concede the ball, and then find an opportunity to sneak attack one, and strive to get a one-to-one draw.

Just when he thought so, the stadium erupted into huge cheers.

Valverde looked up and saw Bale running to celebrate, and behind him were Aston Villa players running excitedly to celebrate.

On the scoreboard at the Villa Park Stadium, it was impressively displayed-Aston Villa 2:0 Olympiacos.

"Goooooooooooooooooooal!" the live radio shouted excitedly.

"Goal! This time it was really Bell who scored! A very beautiful free kick directly scored!"

"Two to zero! Only three minutes into the game, Aston Villa is already leading Olympiacos by two to zero."

"Aston Villa's start was too smooth, Ibagaza fouled Ronaldo, Bell took a free kick and scored directly!"

Valverde was stunned and stared blankly at the field.

He glanced at the scoreboard and then at Fang Jue.

Glancing at Fang Jue, he looked at the scoreboard again.

Fang Jue just turned his head to look over, and saw Valverde's weird behavior, he really wanted to shout at him: What are you looking at!

"Two to zero, the start was so smooth!" Ceballos said.

"This game is stable!" Werner also said excitedly.

Fang Jue nodded.

To be honest, he did not expect the team to start so smoothly, leading by two goals in three minutes.

Thinking that I attached great importance to Valverde's team before the game, I still studied it and studied it, for fear that I would stumble.

The fact that the opening game was two to zero made Fang Jue suddenly feel dull.

It's like, you're trying your best to figure out how to coax a girl to get up in the morning, but the other party...

ε=(ο｀*))), Fang Jue suddenly felt that life was so boring.

...

It was zero to two in the opening three minutes, and Olympiacos was completely stunned.

Although Valverde kept shouting from the sidelines, Olympiacos obviously played very chaotically.

Ten minutes into the game.

Olympiacos' Spanish midfielder Obais faced Aston Villa's pressing upfield and made a mistake in his busy schedule, passing the ball directly to Kyle Walker.

Kyle Walker passed the ball immediately.

After Mane got the ball, he knocked the football in the middle, and accelerated forward by himself.

This was passed on to sister Ha.

Hamei didn't stop the ball, but directly passed the football diagonally to Mane's front.

A beautiful two over one.

Mane dribbled the ball directly into the penalty area of ​​Olympiacos.

It's such a simple frontcourt steal, and a quick one-foot pass to hit the wall.

Aston Villa directly penetrated the chaotic defense of Olympiacos!

Mane suddenly stopped suddenly, and after getting out of the way, he kicked a pass directly!

The football drew an arc and flew towards the goal.

Suarez from the previous point jumped up to head the ball and missed the football.

Football wasn't passed on to him.

Later!

Bell, who had been sprinting, flattered him, and he jumped high in the sprint.

This Welsh star was once spurred and encouraged by Fang Jue with the Monkey King in Chinese mythology.

This player is affectionately called the Great Sage by many Aston Villa fans and Chinese fans who love him.

It was like falling from the sky.

He slammed the football into the goal.

"Goooooooooooooooaaaaaaaal!"

"Gareth-Bell!"

"Beautiful topping!"

"Gareth Bale! This is his second goal in today's game. Don't forget, Suarez's goal is also his assist."

"Ten minutes into the game, two goals, one assist, 3-0, Gareth Bale alone dominated the game!"

Fang Jue applauded and cheered on the sidelines. He looked at Bell as if he was looking at a big golden baby.

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