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

Chapter 291 The Father of the Champions League Returns
PSV Eindhoven were certainly unwilling to accept this kind of defeat, so they injured an extra striker and made a last-ditch effort.

In the 69th minute, Kante completed a steal.

Motta took the ball and launched a counterattack.

Don’t think that he is a big defensive midfielder who can’t counterattack.

But in fact, he is not only good at counterattacks with long passes, but also very good at dribbling counterattacks.

His ball control and dribbling are better than some forwards.

Giroud: …

After passing the center circle, Motta passed the ball forward to De Bruyne on the left.

De Bruyne made a lob pass with the outside of his foot without stopping the ball.

The football passed the defender, went around the right side, and accurately found Bale in the front.

The opponent's defensive focus immediately moved towards Bell.

However, after taking a step, Bale chose to slow down, and the opponent's defender prioritized returning to his defensive position instead of getting close to Bale.

This made Bale's subsequent cross pass easy.

Dong Fangzhuo accelerated forward and got the ball, dribbled to the left to create an angle and made a low shot.

The football went into the goal.

Four to zero!
Aston Villa scored three goals in just ten minutes, stunning PSV Eindhoven.

Four goals were scored by four different players, including the front, midfield and backcourt, highlighting diversity!
When Black Myth comes, we have to call him "Brother (L) (G) pervert (B) (T)"!
In the 73rd minute, the outcome was decided and He Tianqi used the remaining two substitutions.

Vardy replaces Dong Fangzhuo.

Eriksen replaced Motta and Kante moved to the defensive midfielder position.

In the 81st minute, Ashley Young broke into the penalty area as if there was no one on the left side, but was brought down by the opponent.

Yellow dot!

De Bruyne suddenly fired from outside the penalty area and scored a goal without a doubt.

He scored twice, changing the score to 5-0.

In the 88th minute, Vardy passed the ball back to Bale, who broke into the penalty area but was brought down and also received a yellow card.

PSV Eindhoven has already given up the game.

But the camera suddenly turned to Vera.

Because Bale walked towards De Bruyne with the football in his arms.

He first handed the football to Tintin, but then said something to Tintin.

Finally, De Bruyne returned the ball to Bale and patted him on the shoulder.

He Tianqi could tell from his lip movements that De Bruyne said "I wish you happiness".

"This... De Bruyne gave the penalty to Bale?"

"Unbelievable! You know, De Bruyne had already scored twice in this game. This was a hat trick opportunity, but he actually gave it up?"

"This may be the reason why De Bruyne is the captain of Villa at such a young age. He is a player who knows how to give to others!"

"However, He Tianqi has always attached great importance to penalty kicks. I wonder if he would agree to give up the penalty this time?"

As a result, He Tianqi on the sidelines had no objection.

Zidane was a little confused: "Shouldn't penalties be allowed? Will De Bruyne and Bale...if they become spoiled in the future, I'm afraid they will be hard to control."

He Tianqi smiled and said, "For those who lack self-awareness and self-awakening, we have to view everything that might happen as the worst possible scenario."

"We need to use a paternalistic and coercive approach to help them."

"But for others who are smart, self-aware or low-key, we should use kindness to help them become better."

"The reason why Villa didn't allow this to happen last season was because they didn't have the qualifications. They didn't even understand the tactics, but they wanted to play with human relationships and privilege?"

"Villa is now mature and the players are already tense enough, so the management style can be slowed down appropriately."

"And Bell's reason was indeed hard for Kevin to refuse."

Zidane: “What’s the reason?”

He Tianqi: "Today is the third anniversary of Bale and his girlfriend's relationship, which is not easy for a young star like him."

Zidane nodded.

Bale has been famous for three years. If he were an ordinary English star, let alone changing his girlfriend, he would probably have ordered a lot of young models in nightclubs and they would all be old acquaintances.

Bell did a pretty good job in this regard.

The key is that De Bruyne is also such a person. Especially after experiencing the backstabbing of his girlfriend, De Bruyne cherishes true love even more, so he is very willing to help Bale.

But unfortunately, perhaps true love is too heavy, and the usually calm Bale kicked the football away under the tremendous pressure of love.

Missed a penalty.

This made his excellent performance in this game fall short of success.

After the game, many media focused on Bale's request for a penalty and his missed penalty.

"Gazzetta dello Sport": "Villa slaughtered PSV Eindhoven 5-0 and reached the Europa League semi-finals!"

"France Football": "Welsh star Gareth Bale wasted a penalty and may be hidden by He Tianqi!"

Sky Sports: "One penalty missed, two assists, three yellow cards! Bale, who has emerged as a dark horse this season, should not violate the penalty rules set by He Tianqi!"

The Times: "Villa fans are generally worried about De Bruyne and Bale being punished by He Tianqi, but they are also angry about Bale asking for a penalty!"

In the end, it was The Sun that found the truth. They published a beautiful photo of Gareth Bale's girlfriend Emma Jones: "Bale is blinded by love! He broke the team rules and asked for a penalty kick because he wanted to celebrate his third anniversary with his girlfriend!"

It would have been fine if this hadn't been said, but once it was said everyone knew that Bell's celebration of their anniversary had failed.

Would you say it's embarrassing?
Some media even said that this means Bale and Emma Jones cannot be together until the end, and their love will fail like that penalty kick!
A shadow casts over the future of a couple.

If not handled properly, conflicts may arise, and eventually a breakup is very likely to occur.

Just when Bale didn't know how to explain all this to his girlfriend, after all, she didn't do anything, but now she is pushed to the forefront and ridiculed by many media and netizens.

He Tianqi mentioned this point-giving incident in his post-match interview.

He Tianqi smiled and said: "It's not a big deal. Bale had communicated with me before the game, so De Bruyne gave the penalty to him."

"As for the missed penalty, it's just one of the millions of accidents on the football field, there's nothing special about it."

"But that only represents football and nothing else."

"In my opinion, the love between Bale and Emma is definitely not this penalty kick. If I really want to find a comparison in the football world, I think their love is a league that never ends."

“And this league has just begun.”

“I hope and believe that both Bell and Emma can be the best players in their love league!”

The reporters at the scene were all stunned.

Which contemporary poet are you?

Isn’t this picture too beautiful?
Bell, who was listening to the interview, had tears in his eyes.

His girlfriend was obviously also paying attention to this matter. She later posted a photo of Bale missing a penalty on her social media, with the caption: "But you are the best player in our love!"

There is no doubt that their relationship has taken a step further.

As a result, Bale has been smiling during training these days, and he even likes to pass the ball to his teammates more.

……

[Ding! Ashley Young has made a great step forward, from a "star-level" player to a "first-class star-level" player! The skill "Basic Long Shot" has been upgraded to "Heavy Gunner-Star-level"] As the atmosphere within the Villa team became better and better, they also achieved good results in the league.

On April 16, the 33rd round of the Premier League, even with rotation, Villa still defeated West Ham United 2-1 away.

We are just a little bit away from completing relegation ahead of schedule.

The reason for the rotation is that the FA Cup semi-final will be held in three days.

Villa’s opponent this time... is Manchester United again!
The situations of both parties are very similar.

Villa is fighting on four fronts this season.

Apart from the mid-table ranking in the Premier League, the other three cup competitions are continuing to make progress.

The League Cup is already in hand.

They also reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup and the Europa League.

Manchester United did not invest much in the League Cup, so they mainly fight on three fronts.

Currently top of the Premier League table.

They reached the semi-finals of the Champions League, but lost narrowly to Bayern in the first leg, so their hopes of reaching the final are slim.

The FA Cup has also reached the semi-finals.

So the status of both parties is actually very similar.

Especially for Manchester United, if they are eliminated from the Champions League, they must win the FA Cup.

This will be a war without reservation.

On the Villa side, He Tianqi put forward his requirements for this game within the team.

"I am very happy to have such a game, because it is the best test for us Aston Villa!"

“In the first half of the season, we could lose to any team because we were still integrating.”

"But now, I don't think we will lose to any team. If we lose, what can we do to compete with those big clubs for the Premier League next season?"

"Yes, that's right, I think we are already a team capable of competing for the league title."

"I spent four years at Palermo and brought the team to this level."

"Real Madrid is a little bit special, the players are already superstars, so let's not talk about it for now."

“And at Vera, I think we can cut that time in half!”

"I have confidence in you, so what about you? Do you have confidence in yourselves?"

The next moment, the entire training ground was filled with the excited roars of Villa players: "Have faith!"

The performance of many players has skyrocketed.

Can they surpass Palermo?
This means that some of them will become the next Ribery, Luca Toni, Modric, Vidic, and Handanovic!

Even if they were not such core players in Palermo at that time, such as Arteta, Ibrahimovic, Sherou, Mido, Viana, etc., they were all popular figures in their peak period.

Isn't it for this moment that we all play football?

[Ding! Lewandowski is excited, and he is promoted from "Top Five Leagues Level" to "Star Level"! The skill "Ball Trampling Skill" is upgraded to "Soft but Strong - Star Level"]

[Soft but strong: Star level. Players' confrontation ability is improved. Players can better maintain body balance and shooting feel in confrontation]

Looking at the Villa players who were like Tarzan, Zidane frowned and asked in a low voice: "Is our goal really to win the Premier League next season?"

"The competition within the Premier League is very fierce, and no one is sure of winning the championship. I am worried that if we fail to achieve our goal, it will seriously undermine the players' confidence. By then, the team will collapse, and the foundations laid in the past two or three years will be wasted."

What Zidane said makes some sense. He has a good grasp of people's hearts and situations.

He Tianqi smiled slightly: "It depends on our performance this season."

Zidane is full of question marks.

He Tianqi: "If we can play more important games next season, who would care about this thankless Premier League?"

The Premier League is a meat grinder and is almost driving itself out of the EU.

A wise man does not fight for the Premier League.

Zidane suddenly realized: "So we must beat Manchester United and win the FA Cup, so that we can still play in the Europa League next season!"

He Tianqi shook his head. This bald guy still had hair on his head and was not smart enough.

"No? Ah, do you mean...oh..." Zidane was stunned.

It’s the Europa League?
Everyone is discussing the Premier League’s withdrawal from the EU and is pessimistic about the Premier League teams’ performance in European competitions. But He Tianqi actually wants to win the Europa League?
Then win the qualification for the Champions League by winning the Europa League!
No wonder he is so disdainful of the Premier League!

This has only happened once in the past decade or so, and that was...

Zidane turned and looked at He Tianqi.

Before the start of the 2004-2005 season, there were many discussions across Europe about the Europa League champion Palermo being unable to participate in the Champions League.

Finally, UEFA launched a plan to amend the Champions League system, stipulating that the Europa League champion can directly enter the Champions League.

It greatly improved the European war system.

At the same time, it opened the way for the reform of the Champions League. In the next few years, the Champions League will gradually change, removing the cumbersome second round of group matches, etc.

He Tianqi, who promoted this event, led the two teams to dominate the Champions League for five consecutive years, and is therefore known as the "Father of the Champions League"!
That title should have belonged to former UEFA president Leonard Johansson.

There is no way, the fans don’t recognize it. Fans only recognize He Tianqi in the Champions League.

Because of He Tianqi's dominance in the Champions League, people even forgot that he once won the Europa League.

So this year's Aston Villa is not the dark horse of the Europa League at all.

This is clearly He Tianqi's comeback in the Europa League!
All this happened much faster than anyone expected!

……

On April 19th, the FA Cup semi-final kicked off.

Villa continues to send out the strongest lineup:
Dong Fangzhuo, Lewandowski, Bale

De Bruyne, Motta, Fellaini
Ashley Young, Boateng, Bonucci, Walker

Schmeichel

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Lewandowski is in better shape than Giroud these days.

Fellaini is more suitable to face Manchester United than Kante.

Manchester United also does not have much room for lineup adjustments:
Berbatov

Nani, Park Ji-sung, Valencia

Carrick, Scholes

Evra, Ferdinand, Vidic, O'Shea

Van der Sar

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Rooney has been affected by injuries this season, and his appearances and personal condition are relatively poor.

There were also transfer rumors during the winter window because he expressed dissatisfaction with the team's recruitment efforts.

However, it was also in this season that he scored what would become Manchester United's best goal of the decade and the best goal of the Premier League in the past 20 years.

(End of this chapter)