We agreed to play football together, and you will be the head coach?

Chapter 245: Villa's Four Fast Players vs. Manchester United's Four Young Players
[Ding! You won your first FA Cup victory and received the rewards "Basic Steal", "Backcourt Organizer", and "Basic Long Shot"]

[Ding! Albrighton has completed learning the "Crossing Expert Trait", and three learning slots are available]

[Basic Steal] He Tianqi assigned it to Walker.

[Backcourt organizer] Give it to Bonucci, and Bonucci himself is also trying to develop long pass ability.

【Basic long shot】To De Bruyne.

The three newly opened [Crossing Expert Characteristics] are given to De Bruyne, Trippier and Walker respectively.

They use this ability more frequently.

In January, many teams in other leagues entered the winter break.

But Aston Villa is facing a difficult schedule.

Liverpool first.

Then the opponents in the two rounds of the league are Nottingham Forest, which is currently ranked third in the league, and Newcastle United, which is ranked second in the league.

Then it’s time to play our opponents in the fourth round of the FA Cup.

In these two league games, Villa won one and drew one.

The match against Newcastle United was tied.

So although Villa continues to rank first in the Championship, the gap between them and second-placed Newcastle United has not widened. At the same time, their record against them is one loss and one draw, which puts them at a disadvantage.

This means that Villa cannot relax at all, otherwise there is a high possibility that Newcastle will overtake them.

And due to the exhaustion of these two high-level games, Villa's players failed to recover to their full form before the fourth round of the FA Cup.

But the opponents they met in the fourth round were very strong.

The Times: "Red after red! Aston Villa is 'possessed' in the FA Cup and unfortunately draws Manchester United!"

Sky Sports: "FA Cup fourth round preview, must-see match: Villa vs. Manchester United!"

BBC: "He Tianqi and Ferguson, the old rivals, meet again, but this time the fighting power of both sides is completely not at the same level!"

Kicker: "Van Nistelrooy's transfer to the Bundesliga Hamburg team in the winter window will not reduce Manchester United's strength. Berbatov completely makes up for Van Nistelrooy's role!"

For a time, there was a huge reaction within Manchester United to this game.

The team's two top players, Rooney and Valencia, volunteered to help, determined to bring the thief to justice!

He Tianqi: Xiao Wa, can you say it again?
Valencia: Just say it, I will kill my father on the spot!
Ferguson was a little hesitant about this.

After all, this is only the fourth round of the FA Cup.

According to Manchester United's practice, it is usually after the fifth round that they will arrange nearly half of the main players to fight in the FA Cup.

As for the EFL Cup, except for the final, the main players generally do not participate.

Is it because of why Tianqi broke the precepts?
But you know what, for Manchester United fans, they really have the obsession to defeat He Tianqi.

The two teams have been playing against each other since the Palermo era in Serie B, and He Tianqi eliminated Manchester United at that time.

Although Serie A's Palermo tied with Manchester United in the Champions League group stage, they eventually won the Champions League.

He's Real Madrid even defeated the Red Devils in the Champions League final and reached the top of the altar.

It can be said that the new Red Devils created by Ferguson have defeated everyone except He Tianqi.

As long as they defeat this inner demon, these players will be able to undergo a transformation, thus helping Manchester United leap from a football giant to a football ruler.

Real Madrid has had many problems this season and has fallen from its pedestal.

Huang Tian is dead, Man Tian should be enthroned!
However, some fans expressed opposition to this.

A "20-year Manchester United fan" said: "What's the point of beating a Championship player named He Tianqi? You can fool others, but don't fool yourself."

“Not to mention peak Villa, at least we have to wait until this Villa team enters the Premier League and Manchester United beats them before we can overcome our inner demons.”

"It doesn't matter whether He Tianqi wins or not this year. There's no need to affect Manchester United's momentum in the league title race for the sake of a self-deceiving reputation!"

"Our score is now very close to Chelsea and Arsenal. Don't think that the outcome will be clear in March or April. Based on the current score and the dominance of the three parties in the game, I think the battle for the league title between us and Chelsea and Arsenal has already started in January!"

"If you fall behind now, you won't be able to catch up later!"

What this fan said woke Ferguson up.

Because this is exactly the key point of Ferguson's hesitation.

With his overall view, it is not difficult to see that among Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal, which have been making great progress so far this season, whoever falls behind first will miss the championship in the end.

Therefore, Ferguson chose to trust the young people of the team when deploying his troops.

After all, this "20-year Manchester United fan" wrote a post in the first half of the season that deeply touched Ferguson's heart.

Old fans said at the time that the team should give enough time to new players. Welbeck, Joshua King, Obertan, Anderson, these players' talents are visible to the naked eye. Which one of them will not be world-class in the future?

He Tianqi: That...neither of them.

He Tianqi can help Bale break the curse, help Abangladesh, who failed to make the ranks of the British princes, to return to the throne, and help amateur league player Vardy become England's hottest star. Why can't Ferguson do the same?

He Tianqi's main way of training young people is to let them participate in a large number of competitions.

Whether it was at Palermo or at Aston Villa.

Even at Real Madrid, He Tianqi makes great use of young stars.

Although Villa only plays in the Championship, with their rising performance this season and excellent performance in the League Cup, many players in the team have become well-known.

The attention and commercial value are no longer comparable to Villa six months ago.

Half a year ago, the only traffic of this team was He Tianqi.

And now, everyone in this team has traffic.

Needless to say, Motta is known as the "Iron Man of Villa"!
This is used to hurt the hearts of Barcelona fans because he is called the glass man in Barcelona.

But after coming to Villa, Motta is the player with the highest appearance rate and playing time in Villa this season, no doubt about it.

"Villa's Four Fastest": Bale, Agbonlahor, Vardy, Kyle Walker.

Three forwards and one defender, they are incredibly fast.

Do you think other teams have players as fast as this?

Not necessarily.

But they are definitely not as famous as them.

Apart from Arsenal's young tiger Walcott, no one can compete with the "Four Fasts".

"Villa's Four": Dong Fangzhuo, De Bruyne, Trippier, and Albrighton.

The former has accurate shooting skills and is currently the top scorer in both the League Cup and the Championship.

The back three passed the ball accurately.

Similarly, there are many players who are at their level of passing and shooting, but their fame is incomparable.

"Villa's Four Tall Players": Bonucci, Fellaini, Giroud, and Schmeichel.

The "Four Old Men of Villa": Maartini, Heskey, Petrov and Friedl.

"Villa's Four": Milner, Clarke, Bannan and Kante.

Among these titles, the "Four Young Masters of Villa" actually has the lowest value.

Milner is okay, Clara is already falling behind, and Bannan is still not fully developed.

But Kante, the least favored player, will actually achieve the greatest success among these four in the future.

By the way, Courtois is also a little famous. He forms a team by himself and is known as the "Vera Death Suit".

Because he had no expression and showed all kinds of talents before the game, but his disastrous performance left a deep impression on the fans. He was the only Villa player to be criticized for pretending.

Even so, his transfer value increased from 200,000 euros to 1 million euros.

A huge leap forward has been achieved.

……

On January 23rd, the fourth round of the FA Cup kicks off.

The Red Devils Manchester United visited Villa Park.

The lineup that Ferguson finally came up with was actually quite satisfactory:

Welbeck, Berbatov
Obertan, Gibson, Anderson, Joshua King

Fabio, Evans, Brown, Neville
foster

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Berbatov, Neville and Foster are all key players.

Welbeck, Brown, Evans, Gibson and others are all important rotation players and are players who can play more than 20 games for the team in a single season.

The rest are all evil stars.

For example, Obertan, who is known as the "new Henry".

Anderson, winner of the 2008 Golden Boy Award.

Manchester United striker Joshua King.

In terms of fame and age, Manchester United's lineup is almost on par with Villa's.

Manchester United fans followed Villa's example and named Welbeck, Obertan, Anderson and Joshua King the "Manchester United Four"!
In this game, Ferguson chose to stick to his own rhythm.

There was no deliberate effort to strengthen the team.

Manchester United’s title ambitions must not be ruined because of He Tianqi.

Aston Villa's starting lineup can be regarded as going all out:
Dong Fangzhuo, Husky
De Bruyne
Fellaini, Motta, Milner
Bale, Maldini, Bonucci, Walker

Schmeichel
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The formation is also relatively conservative 4312.

In the second minute, Gibson made a long pass to Obertan on the left.

As a result, Walker cleared the ball out of the sideline.

In the sixth minute, Obertan dribbled the ball and broke through on the wing.

Walker refused to give in and the two men had some intense physical contact.

In the end, Manchester United got a corner kick.

Walker's defensive abilities are still highly recognized.

Unfortunately, after Anderson took a corner kick, Berbatov, who had little presence at the back of the penalty area, headed the ball into the goal.

Zero to one!

Manchester United scored the first goal.

For this goal, Berbatov was completely pushed to the edge by Villa players.

As a result, when he really tried to head the ball, the smaller Milner, who was also on the edge, had no way to defend him.

After all, Berbatov is 1.9 meters tall and is someone Milner needs to look up to.

He is also called "Brother Cool" by fans because of his leisurely and slow playing style, and he doesn't run very actively. He hardly sweats after a game.

Manchester United's goal stimulated Villa's young players.

In the ninth minute, Bale took the lead.

A player who dribbled the ball at explosive speed and devoured Gary Neville alive.

boom!
Bale made a diagonal pass.

Dong Fangzhuo got the ball forward and tried to shoot from the left side of the penalty area.

However, Foster was very focused and reacted quickly to save the ball, giving Dong Fangzhuo no chance to steal the ball.

In the 14th minute, Bale once again had an easy time on the left.

Then he made an inverted triangle pass to find Heskey who was retreating and advancing to the penalty spot.

Heskey pushed the ball and it flew into the stands.

The Villa fans in the stands behind the goal were numb.

Such a good opportunity, why did you kick it here?
Isn’t the fan interaction session over?

Heskey gave Bale a thumbs up helplessly.

Bell's smile was very ugly.

I'd better pass the ball to Dong Fangzhuo from now on.

When Heskey took the penalty kick, did he actually clear the ball?

In the 21st minute, Manchester United did not let Bale have all the glory.

After Anderson received the ball in the middle, he did a Marseille turn to avoid Milner's interception, and then dribbled to the top of the penalty area.

He kicked the ball continuously, forcing Motta and Bonucci to raise their legs to block.

The result was a fake shot and a real breakthrough.

boom!
Anderson shot from the edge of the penalty area.

Unfortunately, the angle was too straight and Schmeichel hugged him.

"Oh! What a pity! Anderson's attack was so beautiful this time!"

"He almost destroyed Villa's entire midfield and backcourt by himself!"

"He's like the Portuguese Ronaldinho!"

In the stands, many Manchester United fans applauded Anderson. In terms of technique and position, Anderson is very similar to Ronaldinho.

But in terms of characteristics, he is actually like a midfielder version of Cristiano Ronaldo.

Or in other words, since Cristiano Ronaldo, Portuguese offensive players have had a notable characteristic, and that is... independence!

No matter who it is, it's poisonous.

When a great opportunity arises, you must take action yourself.

They firmly believe that they can change the game and that they are the lucky ones.

This spirit is not unique to Ronaldo, but it was magnified by him after he became the number one in football.

This will allow Portugal to have many excellent attackers in the future.

However, this characteristic also makes it impossible for them to achieve anything in terms of offensive coordination, and everyone is a king of one-on-one duels.

Anderson was the first practitioner.

Even two years ago, everyone believed he was better than Ronaldo.

Ronaldo himself said that Anderson is much better than him in terms of dribbling and ball control.

In the 27th minute, Joshua King received the ball on the right and made a cross.

Berbatov held off Maldini and slipped the ball past him.

His playing style is indeed cool.

Welbeck came in afterwards and kicked the ball away with almost no one guarding him.

Congratulations Husky!
Ferguson was stunned watching from the side.

Is happiness really contagious?
Each side lets the opponent go once.

In the 33rd minute, De Bruyne passed the ball in the middle.

Milnera made a run in, received the ball and made a cross.

Heskey headed the ball with good accuracy, but Foster made another heroic save to keep the goal safe.

His fluctuating performance always gives Manchester United hope.

In the 39th minute, Ferguson gestured to the Manchester United players, asking them to attack and seize the last time of the first half to launch several waves of attacks in an effort to score another goal.

Villa's midfield pressure therefore increased.

Dong Fangzhuo retreated in time to provide support.

De Bruyne, despite Anderson's pressure, moved sideways, faced with Gibson's encirclement, passed the ball through his crotch, and then took Gibson by surprise with big strides, completing a breakthrough against the double-team.

The situation suddenly became serious.

Manchester United's defense quickly moved towards the center and Brown attacked.

boom!
De Bruyne passed the ball diagonally to Dong Fangzhuo and then made a forward run.

Dong Fangzhuo waited for a moment and then passed the ball diagonally to Heskey.

The ball was passed smoothly from Gibson who was following De Bruyne.

Gibson is still too young.

Dong Fangzhuo then moved forward.

boom!
Husky passes the ball against the wall.

Dong Fangzhuo, who had just entered the penalty area, shot at the goal.

Swish!
The football finally passed Foster's fingers.

"GOAL! One to one!"

"Dong Fangzhuo equalized the score for the team!"

"Dong Fangzhuo killed his former master! He scored against his former club Manchester United!"

"In fact, United fans regretted letting him go in his second season at Palermo!"

"If Dong Fangzhuo had stayed at Manchester United, he would not be as good as Rooney, but he would definitely be as good as Berbatov."

"Van Nistelrooy said that Dong Fangzhuo was the player most likely to take over his mantle in that Manchester United team!"

After Dong Fangzhuo scored, the crowd at Villa Park cheered his name.

This was their powerful response to Manchester United.

In the 42nd minute, Neville launched a counterattack with a long pass from the backcourt.

Welbeck made a high-speed run forward, managed to stop the ball and completed a long shot while being double-teamed.

boom!
Schmeichel made a thrilling save.

But the football doesn't fly far.

Welbeck then rushed towards the ball, controlled the ball on the right side of the small penalty area, turned and swept it across the goal.

However, Motta came to the front of the goal and cleared the ball in a thrilling manner.

Manchester United's other striker Berbatov arrived late at this time.

Considering his position with Motta, you can see how lazy he was.

Welbeck immediately spread his hands to express his dissatisfaction.

That way no one could blame him for wasting two great scoring opportunities.

Then the first half of the game ended.

Both sides returned to the locker room.

Inzaghi submitted his analysis of Manchester United's first half: "We still have an advantage in the midfield. Their midfield is too young and their passing and control ability is not good enough."

"The way they play, they can easily lose the midfield."

"I think we should have been more patient in the second half."

He Tianqi nodded, but made a completely opposite decision: "In the first 20 minutes of the second half, shoot more long shots."

“It doesn’t need to be of very high quality, but it has to be within the door frame.”

Young Inzaghi was puzzled.

What does this mean?

This tactic doesn't seem very scientific.

The kind of long shots that He Tianqi mentioned are usually not allowed in Villa.

Why do we have so many low-quality attacks today?
If Inzaghi knew Foster's characteristics, he wouldn't be so surprised.

Foster's level is not low, and he often makes wonderful saves and penalties.

But he must be an isfp, with a very high ceiling and very poor fundamentals.

Always making mistakes in some of the simplest saves, attacks, and passes.

Less than three minutes into the second half, Heskey took the initiative to retreat.

De Bruyne passed the ball to Heskey, who returned the same way.

This kind of invalid pass will appear a lot in a team, nothing special.

But... De Bruyne actually took a long shot.

It's like asking Husky to set up a cannon for him.

As a midfield core, this move is a bit ridiculous.

boom!
really!

Foster also saved the ball.

The commentator shook his head: "If you want to break through the goal of a giant like Manchester United, such a simple attack will definitely not work."

"De Bruyne is still young and a little impatient. He should take it slow at this time."

However, Foster, who had completed the save, was startled and looked at He Tianqi who was applauding De Bruyne on the sidelines.

Is this... a three-point tactic?
A long shot?

Foster panicked.

Of course he knew where his shortcomings were.

Due to Manchester United's strength, Foster's poor basic save skills have not been exposed.

When playing against Manchester United, it is often difficult for them to get a chance. They will not shoot rashly but will operate carefully. How can they shoot from long range frequently?

But He Tianqi is willing to do this.

In the 53rd minute, Bale passed the ball back to Fellaini after going down the left side.

Fellaini continued to pass the ball horizontally.

Motta came from the back and shot from long range.

This time, Foster failed to save the long shot that did not look amazing.

"GOAL! World...wave?"

"2-1, Motta helped the team reverse Manchester United!"

"This long shot was pretty good, but the quality wasn't particularly high. It was pretty straight."

"Foster had a chance to save the ball, but it was just a little bit off."

Ferguson frowned.

This ball shouldn't be difficult to save, right?

Foster made another low-level mistake.

He Tianqi: You know nothing about mistakes!
In the 57th minute, Manchester United completed a steal in the backcourt.

The "new Henry" Obertan launched a counterattack, dribbling the ball all the way.

Walker chased back at high speed, and the two men kept pace.

But Obertan stopped suddenly and threw Walker out.

boom!
The cross ball is found in the penalty area.

Welbeck made a flying tackle.

Unfortunately, the football came too fast and he couldn't touch it.

boom!
Joshua King stopped the ball at the back post and shot with his left foot.

When returning to defense, Maldini raised his leg and the ball flew right under his legs.

Schmeichel didn't expect the opponent to rush the pace so quickly, and he was a beat slower and failed to save the ball.

"GOAL! Joshua King scores!"

"2-2! Manchester United equalized the score!"

"This substitute for Welbeck scored before the real player!"

"This is a real talent! This is his first FA Cup game for Manchester United first team!"

"It seems like we are seeing another young player who has become famous with one goal."

"But his popularity is probably about the same as Vardy's, not as high as Agbonlahor's, because he is Norwegian, not English."

On the court, Joshua King slid to his knees excitedly.

It seemed as if his time had arrived.

The camera turns to He Tianqi.

But He Tianqi had already prepared for this situation.

A large number of long shots are inevitably accompanied by rapid changes of ball possession.

Manchester United also has no shortage of speed players in the frontcourt.

This is a comparison of the offensive efficiency of both sides.

In other words, this is a big competition between Manchester United's ability to score goals and their ability to concede goals.

In the 61st minute, De Bruyne received the ball with his back to the goal and turned around to pass the ball, once again taking on Gibson.

His fast and direct kicking style, which was not afraid of confrontation, caused Gibson to suffer several losses.

De Bruyne dribbled the ball to the top of the arc and put it down with his right foot.

Fake shot and hit the target sideways.

Bale came from the back row and shot with his left foot!
boom!
Brown stretched out his foot to block the football.

The football flew out of the baseline.

Brown fell to the ground and rubbed his right leg. The powerful shot hurt him a lot.

However, Foster also sat on the ground in front of the goal.

Bell's kick did not come over, but Foster had already felt the power of the kick and knew that if Brown had not blocked it, the ball would have gone in.

Can't help it!
He really couldn't defend against the continuous long-range shots from Villa's group of Dogecoins!
It was too difficult to save the shot.

Shameless!

Get the three-point shot out of basketball!

(End of this chapter)