Chapter 974 It's Two Knives when You Get a Quick Knife (Seeking a Monthly Subscription)
In the previous Carabao Cup semi-final second leg, Swansea shook hands with Chelsea 0-0 at home.
In the end, they defeated the Blues Chelsea with a total score of 2-0 to advance to the final.
In the 80th minute of the game, in a rush to get the ball, Hazard kicked Swansea ball boy Charlie Morgan in the ribs and was sent off by referee Chris Foy. Down.
After the game, there were two completely different views on Hazard's red card.
Some people think that Hazard's playing as a ball boy is a heinous crime and should be severely punished.
Some voices also said that if the caddy hadn't deliberately delayed the time, such a thing would not have happened.
In fact, this caddy is not an ordinary person. He is the son of Swansea director Martin Morgan. He deserves the title of 'King of Caddy'.
Closer to home, Swansea eliminated Chelsea and reached the League Cup final.
For Swansea, they have made history.
In the past, Swansea has never entered the quarter-finals of the League Cup, but this time they reached the final in one go!
Moreover, Swansea's promotion journey is not easy. Swansea's ghosts include Liverpool and Chelsea.
If you count the defeat of Arsenal in the league and the draw with Manchester United, Swansea can be called a miracle team among the Premier League teams this season.
The "Daily Telegraph" praised: Hats off to Swansea!
Compared with giants such as Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal and Aston Villa, Swansea is hardly worth mentioning.
This Welsh club is a model of small capital management. Last summer, they introduced Spanish international midfielder Pablo Hernandez for 500,000 and 500,000, which was the most expensive signing in the history of the club.
Also last summer, they sold Joe Allen to Liverpool for £15 million, the most expensive player in Swansea history.
Swansea does not have a rich boss like Abramovich, and they have been playing in low-level leagues all year round, so that they can develop a good habit of saving money.
With the money from selling Joe Allen, a very effective team can be built.
2 million pounds to introduce central defender Chico, 2 million euros to acquire La Liga Vallecano's "midfielder shooter" Michu, and Villarreal's De Guzman at a low price. Swansea's extremely affordable introduction The successful operation has become a unique landscape of "burning money in the Premier League".
Interestingly, Aston Villa is also considered a very well-run club with very healthy finances.
Aston Villa is also defined by some media as 'buy low and sell high'.
Naturally, this is more of a joke. Aston Villa spent a total of 90.8 million pounds on signings last summer. They were the club that spent the most money in the Premier League last summer. Even local tyrants such as Manchester City did not spend as much as they did.
Aston Villa, which spent more than 90 million pounds in the transfer market, is considered to be the most profitable club in the Premier League.
If you look at Aston Villa's income from selling people, you can understand why the media said so.
Signings have cost £90.8m, while Aston Villa have booked a total of £283.1m on sales.
Last summer, Aston Villa netted £192.3 million just through the transfer market.
At the pre-match press conference of the League Cup final, Fang Jue praised Swansea's healthy finances, management, and competitive status.
"Swansea are a respectable opponent, their results are very good, their finances are very healthy, they are a beautiful landscape in the Premier League."
"This game, we will have trouble, of course, I also believe that we are closer to victory."
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February 24, London, the new Wembley Stadium.
Fang Jue is giving his final speech to the players in the South locker room.
"The key to freezing Swansea's offense is to freeze Michu." Fang Jue said with a serious expression.
Michu is definitely the core of Swansea's attack.
The outstanding performance of the Spanish civilian star has attracted the attention of the entire English media.
The "Daily Telegraph" previously had a report reviewing Michu's debut at Swansea.
On that afternoon in August, Swansea full-back Rangel was teaching a new "Premier League rookie" at Loftus Road: "This is the first game of the season, and it is also your Premier League. The first game. You don’t know, every away game here is very difficult, let alone a win, a draw is good enough. You must be mentally prepared for a hard fight.”
The one who followed the advice of his teammate Rangel was Michu, who just transferred from Rayo Vallecano to Swansea for 2 million pounds last summer. The 26-year-old forward officially set foot on the Premier League.
However, what Rangel did not expect was that just two hours later, Michu, who was still studying English in his spare time, announced his arrival with an amazing personal performance: 2 goals and 1 time Assists, Swansea beat Queens Park Rangers 5-0 away.
Twenty-seven rounds of the Premier League have been played this season, and Michu has shown a personal phenomenal performance: 13 goals in 27 league games, successively breaking the goals of Manchester United, Arsenal, and Chelsea, helping Swansea for the first time in history Reaching the League Cup final, almost by himself, he set off the British media's attention to Spanish civilian players.
In this regard, the "Daily Mail" even published a series of special topics to explore which player can become the "next Michu"-a transfer fee of only 2 million pounds, but can be played in two-thirds of the season. , A civilian star who scored nearly twenty goals.
Seeing this little-known Spaniard criss-crossing the Premier League, even Sir Alex Ferguson publicly joked: "We have missed such a player. It seems that I have to question Manchester United's scouting department."
Fang Jue had also been interviewed by the media before. When talking about Mi Chu, Fang Jue said with admiration, "Sir Ferguson said he would hold Manchester United scouting department accountable, but I would hold myself accountable. Such a player."
Once upon a time, Michu, who could only play for clubs with financial difficulties such as Oviedo, Celta Vigo and Vallecano, has now become a phenomenon-level star in the Premier League. It is said that he has received support from the Spanish national team coach Bosque focus on.
"White, Michu is in your hands." Fang Jue said to Clement.
"Don't worry, boss." Clement assured.
Fang Jue looked at his watch, it was almost time.
"Okay, let me say one last thing, defense is never the solution to the problem, attack, score goals, try to score goals early, and establish the victory as soon as possible." Fang Jue said, "If everyone can score as many goals as possible early , Lock the victory and the championship in the safe, our Mr. Iron Man can also relax, and he will treat you to dinner."
Clemente is almost full-time this season except for accumulating yellow card suspensions.
"After winning the championship, I will treat the whole team." Clement said in a timely manner.
This remark drew cheers from everyone, no one is short of this meal, the attitude of the head coach and the captain, the confident attitude, made the whole team feel comfortable, this is the strong strength of this championship team A manifestation of self-confidence.
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The game has started for more than ten minutes.
Fang Jue sat on the coach's bench with his legs crossed and his expression relaxed.
He even glanced leisurely at Swansea coach Michael Laudrup, whose expression was a little irritable, and he kept waving from the sidelines.
Laudrup is signaling Swansea to press forward and press harder.
Facing Aston Villa, the three consecutive champions of the Premier League, Swansea coach Michael Laudrup knew that he could not sit still. Swansea played very proactively in today's final.
This kind of initiative is in the form of active scrambling.
Swansea learned how Arsenal played in the twenty-seventh round of the league between Arsenal and Aston Villa.
The audience desperately pressed Aston Villa.
In fact, in the tactical meeting before the game, some members of Laudrup's coaching staff raised objections. His objection was that Arsenal's tactics seemed to be effective, but in the end Arsenal lost to Aspen 2-4. Tonville:
It seems that Wenger's Arsenal lost to Zlatan Ibrahimovic's outburst, but in fact, it was the sequelae of Arsenal's physical exhaustion due to too fierce fighting in the first half of the game.
Laudrup dismissed the assistant's objection. He said that he had considered what the assistant said, but let's not talk about the second half of the game. In the first half, Arsenal led Aston Villa 1-0. It can be seen that Arsenal's The tactics were successful.
That's exactly what Swansea have to learn.
As for physical exertion, including Aston Villa's previous FA Cup match, Swansea had three days more rest than Aston Villa, and Swansea had a rotation in the last round of the league. Dominance is fully enough to support this full-court pressing tactic.
Michael Laudrup felt sure.
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The game progressed to the fifteenth minute of the first half.
Taking advantage of Swansea's desperate rush to make the defense empty, Aston Villa launched a fast break.
Mi Chu is pressed by Clement, who crosses the ball to Ki Sung-yong.
The Korean international stopped the ball. It seemed that the turf was uneven. The football bounced. Milner stuck his foot out from his side and stabbed the football.
Modric came over to steal the ball, and Aston Villa immediately launched a quick counterattack.
The Croatian midfielder sent a beautiful through pass, which directly tore through Swansea's defense.
The next thing is very simple for a team with offensive configurations such as Mane, Hamei, Ibrahimovic and Vardy.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic played quick passes between Ha Mei and Mane. In the end, the Swedish veteran faced Swansea captain Williams who was defending him.
Vardy's beautiful running position, the murderer stopped the ball, and successfully entered the penalty area against offside.
Facing the attacking Swansea goalkeeper Tremel, Vardy shot a low shot, and the football bypassed Tremel's feet and flew into the far goal.
"Goooooooooooooooooooooooooaaal!"
"Beautiful, the goal is scored! Jamie Vardy! Ibrahimovic's beautiful assist, Vardy's low shot scored, Aston Villa took the lead!!!"
"A quick counter-attack that made people jump and cheer, Aston Villa showed the world their powerful attacking energy." The commentator shouted.
There was a huge cheer from the Aston Villa fans in the stands of the new Wembley Stadium.
Many neutral fans in front of the TV also cheered and praised. Aston Villa has successfully risen in the past few seasons. The team has won a considerable number of new players around the world for Villa with victories and championship trophies. Fans, even those other sizable numbers of neutral fans who haven't converted to fans, have a soft spot for this team.
This also has something to do with the excellent quality of Aston Villa's victories and honors, not too much controversy.
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Michael Laudrup was a little angry.
He frowned.
Swansea's conceded goal is fundamentally related to their desperate pressing.
Yes, it stands to reason that this kind of full-court pressing is the protection of the defense, but, in some cases, it becomes a hidden danger of losing the ball.
It can be seen from this conceded goal that when Aston Villa intercepted the ball in the backcourt, Swansea was pressing across the board.
A penetrating long pass from Modric directly penetrated Swansea's midfield defensive barrier.
Subsequently, Aston Villa's frontcourt quartet showed their strength. After a continuous pass and movement, they easily reached the penalty area. Ibrahimovic's beautiful pass replaced Lai who had a cold in today's game. Vardy, who started Wandowski's game, succeeded in countering offside, forming a single-handed trend and successfully scoring a goal.
Laudrup hesitated, he needed to make an immediate decision:
Will Swansea continue the full-court pressing tactics after the start of the game?
Laudrup is very stubborn. He is very proud of this tactic. He has practiced it for a while and prepared it for this game.
Laudrup couldn't accept the tactics of giving up the specially drilled tactics just for conceding a goal.
He got up and shouted to the field:
Instead of "abolishing" the full-court pressing tactics, the Swansea players on the field are required to press harder and run harder.
Laudrup thought about it carefully just now, and this conceded goal cannot be entirely due to the mistakes of this tactic. On the contrary, if the defensive players press more aggressively, run more actively, and make up the defense more quickly, this conceded goal can be avoided... …Bar.
When the game restarted, everyone quickly noticed that Swansea, who had been very active in the press before, seemed to have played more chicken blood, and started the 2.0 mode of the full-court press.
Then, about ten minutes later, Aston Villa did it again, with yet another successful counter-attack against Swansea:
This time, Mane and Ibrahimovic hit the wall and then shot. The football was thrown by Tremel, and Hamei succeeded in making a supplementary shot near the penalty spot.
Vera, the quick knife hand, came up with two knives.
The second goal came so quickly.
Aston Villa 2-0 Swansea!
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