Chapter 948 The Young People of Vera③

Aston Villa moved up to second in the league after beating West Bromwich Albion, just two points behind leaders Chelsea.

The original second place Manchester United lost this round. They lost 2-3 at home to Tottenham Hotspur.

It is said that Ferguson was furious after the game, and the Scottish old man scolded the players for half an hour in the locker room.

Three days later, the second round of Group B of the UEFA Champions League.

Aston Villa thrashed Olympiacos 6-0 at home.

Lewandowski scored twice.

Ibrahimovic, Modric and Hamei also scored a goal each.

Vardy, who came off the bench, also scored his first goal in the Champions League this season.

In the first round of the UEFA Champions League group stage, they beat Montpellier 5-0 away.

In the second round, they beat Olympiacos 6-0 at home.

Aston Villa scored 11 goals in two Champions League group matches, without conceding a single goal. The almost terrifying performance also shocked the European football world.

Bale moved to Real Madrid, Suarez to Barcelona, ​​and Aston Villa lost two top players in the summer.

Some media even described that Real Madrid and Barcelona jointly shot and "dismembered" Aston Villa.

They predict that Aston Villa's attacking firepower will be greatly reduced.

However, Aston Villa's crazy firepower in the group stage has temporarily silenced these skeptical voices.

"Modric-Ibrahimovic-Lewandowski's frontcourt offensive line, although the offensive speed is not as good as last season, but this Aston Villa's offense is more comprehensive and more comprehensive. Creativity.”——“Bild” commented.

And "French Football" paid attention to Aston Villa's defense.

"After the introduction of Thiago Silva and Nesta, the strength of Aston Villa's defense has greatly increased. Last season, Aston Villa's offensive firepower was strong, but there were many hidden dangers in the defense. Now, this team Aston Villa is steadily defending step by step, the offensive firepower is still strong, and the defense is getting better and Aston Villa is even stronger."

"Gazzetta dello Sport" agrees with "French Football". They believe that a team with good defense is more terrifying. Even if such an Aston Villa only scores one goal, they can still win without conceding a goal. Winning, and in an even more terrifying state.

The subsequent seventh round of the Premier League seemed to verify this statement.

Aston Villa face Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane.

Ibrahimovic is suspended for accumulating yellow cards.

Lewandowski was absent due to a cold.

Aston Villa's offensive strength has been greatly affected.

However, with Vardy's sneak attack succeeding, Aston Villa took an early 1-0 lead, and then relied on a solid defense to maintain the 1-0 lead until the end of the game.

"A one-to-zero win is a proof of Aston Villa's improved strength. This kind of Aston Villa is even more terrifying. Their solid defense maximizes their offensive results." Mr. The Times columnist praised Fang Jue succeeded in making up for the gap in the defense in the summer.

...

After playing the seventh round of the league, it is the FIFA international match day.

The first-team training ground at Aston Villa's training ground was empty again.

The first-team game was suspended.

The matches between the youth team and the reserve team will continue.

Fang Jue also took advantage of this time to inspect the performance of the young people.

He first watched a reserve league match between the Aston Villa U23 reserve team and the Newcastle U23 reserve team.

Aston Villa won this game 2-1.

"Boss, where did you find that kid? It's simply too good." Andy Kafir, head coach of the U23 reserve team, was full of praise for N'Golo Kante's performance.

The Aston Villa U23 reserve team is currently ranked fifth in the reserve team league. This ranking has improved a lot compared to last season.

Last season, Aston Villa only ranked 11th in the Reserve League in the end, and their results were mediocre.

This season's performance has improved so much, the biggest reason is that the defense of the Aston Villa U23 reserve team has improved a lot.

This is directly related to Kanter's outstanding performance.

At present, in the reserve league, Kanter's steal data and interception success data are among the best.

"With Kanter, it's like an extra barrier in front of the team's defense." Kafir said happily.

Fang Jue nodded reservedly, this is his koi gift bag, it's normal to perform well, okay?

"How is Wen Lei's performance?" Fang Jue asked.

In today's game, Wen Lei played as a substitute for more than 20 minutes. His performance could not be said to be impressive, but at least it was quite satisfactory.

Of course, after 20 minutes of observation, I can't see much. The person who knows Wen Lei's situation best is naturally U23 reserve team head coach Andy Kaffir.

"Wen Lei's speed is very fast, and his characteristics are helpful when playing counterattacks." Kafir thought for a while and said, "However, he is still too thin and weak in confrontation. He needs to improve his confrontation ability."

"Well, take your time." Fang Jue nodded. Aston Villa's nutritionist specially formulated a recipe for Wen Lei, and the physical trainer also trained the players in a targeted manner. There is no rush.

"How does he fit into the team?"

"It's not bad. The young man is very humble and hardworking. Everyone likes him very much," Kafir said.

At the beginning, he was worried that Wen Lei was a "relationship household" and would have problems with his training and game attitude. However, the young man worked very hard and tried his best to integrate into the team, which made him quite satisfied.

Fang Jue found Wen Lei and didn't say much, but encouraged the young man to work hard.

This is an encouraging attitude, the big boss is watching you, come on, young man.

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Two days later, Fang Jue watched a match between Aston Villa U19 youth team and Fulham U19 youth team.

Aston Villa U19 youth team beat Fulham U19 youth team 5-0 at home.

Grealish, a talented star player of the Aston Villa U19 youth team, staged a hat-trick.

What's more, to Fang Jue's delight, Zhang Yang of the Aston Villa football school's selection team started the game and scored a goal.

The young man has solid basic skills at his feet, and he cooperates with Glarish quite tacitly. It seems that the relationship is good.

In addition, Yang Fan and Liu Changan, who came off the bench, also performed well.

What's more, the big man Kevin Lee played as a substitute for half an hour. He appeared in the midfielder position, with a fierce style and active running, which surprised Fang Jue.

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