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

Chapter 345 Community Shield Recruitment

Sky Sports: "Villa has really grown! After the Barcelona king came to join, they also brought in the Real Madrid superstar this summer. So far, the Premier League has surpassed La Liga and become the world's number one league!"

Kicker: "Leaving Real Madrid means Kaka's career is coming to an end! Real Madrid officially announced the signing of the dead midfielder to enter a new era in midfield!"

"France Football": "Good deal or loss? Kaka is the most risky player in the current European transfer market!"

Gazzetta dello Sport: "Kaka had a chance to return to Milan, but He Tianqi's personal call changed the final destination of his flight!"

The Lancet: "Mysterious medicine from the East! Players coached by He Tianqi tend to be healthier. Today we will use Thiago Motta, Ribery, Kaka and other players as examples to explore the reasons behind this!"

An article in the famous medical journal The Lancet has made Villa fans full of expectations for Kaka.

However, due to schedule reasons and training issues, Kaka will miss Villa's first two or three games.

At this point, Villa's transfer window is closed.

The main players of the team include:

Forwards: Bale, Lukaku, Lewandowski, Vardy, Albrighton, Mane, Salah, Cuadrado, Harry Kane, Grealish.

The ranking is basically in order.

The number of people is large and seriously exceeds the standard.

However, most of the wingers can play as wing midfielders, and wing midfielders are midfielders in a sense. In addition, Bale and Cuadrado can also play as full-backs.

Midfield: De Bruyne, Kaka, Fellaini, Kante, Pogba, Eriksen, Xhaka, Dele Alli.

Defenders: Boateng, Van Dijk, Azpilicueta, Walker, Trippier, Rudiger, Maguire, Luke Shaw.

Goalkeepers: Courtois, Oblak, third goalkeeper, youth goalkeeper.

There are basically around 25 important players in the first team, which is a relatively healthy size.

Generally, a team has this number of players, that is, one main lineup and one substitute lineup.

But Villa can basically put together two main lineups.

Even three sets.

Especially after the arrival of Kaka, even if De Bruyne is injured, he is still the absolute core.

If an ordinary team wants to have two main lineups, it basically needs to have a first-team size of close to 2024 people. For details, please refer to Chelsea in the season.

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On August 12, the new season begins.

The England Community Shield kicks off.

The two teams facing each other are last year's Premier League champions Manchester City and last year's FA Cup champions Aston Villa.

The battle took place at the classic Wembley Stadium.

There were many fans watching the game.

Logically speaking, people are generally more optimistic about last season's Premier League champions in the Community Shield.

After all, can the FA Cup champion be called a champion in front of the Premier League champion?

But this time, sorry, people are more optimistic about Aston Villa.

After all, can the Premier League champion be called the champion in front of the Champions League champion?

That being said, in reality, it is impossible for both sides to field the strongest lineup.

This game is more of a training match.

Moreover, both sides must allow their core players to have adequate rest, because the European Cup has just ended not long ago, and the core players of both sides are also the main players in the national team. They are tired of the game and need a good rest.

Otherwise, he would have been seriously injured since the start of the season and would have basically been ruined for this season.

Manchester City's starting lineup is:

Tevez

Nasri, Aguero, Milner
Yaya Toure, De Jong

Kolarov, Kompany, Kolo Toure, Savic
Pantilimon
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Mostly familiar faces.

In comparison, Villa's lineup is relatively unfamiliar:

Vardy, Lukaku, Albrighton
Eriksen, Kante, Fellaini
Azpilicueta, Rudiger, Van Dijk, Trippier

Courtois
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De Bruyne and Bale, two absolute core players, were sitting on the bench.

Boateng was injured in the European Cup and has not yet returned.

In terms of pure lineup, Manchester City has an advantage over Villa.

However, many of Villa's key players have left the team in the summer transfer window, and many positions in the team are currently undecided.

This can greatly stimulate the performance of young players.

Therefore...this Villa team is more likely to burst out with strong combat power than Manchester City, whose lineup is relatively stable.

Especially when the game itself doesn't matter.

Therefore, the morale of both sides was not equal at the beginning.

What is chicken rib to you is delicacy to me!
With a whistle, the game officially begins.

In the first minute, Kante intercepted De Jong's through pass in the midfield.

Any pass that attempts to penetrate this unprepossessing little midfielder will basically be intercepted by him.

People call him the "black hole of ball possession".

Kante passed the ball to Eriksen. Eriksen, who rarely played in an absolute core position, excitedly dribbled the ball across half court, then passed the ball diagonally to Albrighton on the right, showing off his coordination and vision.

Albrighton received the ball, adjusted two steps, and made a scimitar pass, creating a killing opportunity!
Lukaku made a forward run and shot with a flying tackle.

However, the opponent's goalkeeper was focused and saved the ball.

Vardy tried to make up the shot, but the ball was blocked by Kompany's leg and he missed the opportunity.

In the 13th minute, Manchester City, gradually taking control of the situation, launched an attack.

Nasri dribbled continuously on the left and then made a sharp pass.

Tevez received the ball and adjusted.

However, Van Dijk defended closely and constantly challenged Tevez, who was unable to adjust to his best condition and finally had to make a sloppy shot, which sent the ball flying.

In the 28th minute, Fellaini also made a pass to Vardy on the left.

Vardy started to cut inside. He had great explosive power. Manchester City's double defense did not dare to get close to him, allowing Vardy to gradually approach the penalty area.

Seeing that he was in almost the right position, Vardy lay sideways, used his explosive power to create distance between himself and his opponent, and then shot with his right foot.

Unfortunately, the ball was not caught completely and hit the far post and went out of the goal.

As the second oldest veteran on the team, Vardy's attack this time was quite superstar-like.

In the 34th minute, Aguero received a pass from his teammate in the penalty area. He faked a shot with his left foot and shook off Rudiger. He then immediately adjusted to his right foot and shot.

The movements are silky smooth.

Unfortunately, Courtois made a great save.

The camera was focused on Courtois for a long time, as if comparing him with the world's number one goalkeeper, Schmeichel Jr.

In the 36th minute, Tevez took the initiative to retreat to receive the ball, then cut inside to pass Eriksen and made a long shot.

Courtois flew to save the ball again and kept it out of the goal.

Courtois then stood up and shouted, the era of his big tights has finally arrived!

In the 41st minute, Van Dijk launched an attack with a long pass from the backcourt.

Among Villa's defenders, Van Dijk's long pass level is quite high. Previously, he was second only to Bonucci. Currently, he and Boateng are the best defenders in the team.

Lukaku jumped high on the left and headed the ball.

Vardy received the ball in the middle and immediately passed it to the right.

Albrighton met the ball with a precise cross that was perfect for the header.

Vardy made a run forward, but the ball did not find him, but instead found Lukaku who was making a run forward from the back.

Two ghosts knock on the door! Bang!
Lukaku made a diving header and headed the ball into Manchester City's goal.

"GOAL! Nice header!"

"One to zero! Lukaku helps Villa take the lead!"

"Albrighton's cross was so accurate, he is worthy of being Villa Beckham!"

"It was an atypical Villa attack, which brought out Lukaku's header ability to the fullest."

"Villa's striker Giroud also had this heading ability before, but his mobility was not enough to support him to rush forward and score immediately after heading the ball."

"Lukaku's mobility is much better than Giroud's, so Villa can play this kind of high and fast attack."

"The long pass and header tactic is a classic tactic, but if the attack speed is too slow, the efficiency will become extremely low. He Tianqi used Lukaku to demonstrate to everyone how to play a correct long pass and header!"

The camera turned to Lukaku, and Villa fans' eyes were full of this big black guy, and they had long forgotten what Giroud looked like.

No one regrets Giroud's transfer anymore.

In the 43rd minute, Manchester City suffered double misfortunes.

Tevez was knocked over by Rudiger while competing for a header on a free kick, and Rudiger received a yellow card.

But Tevez was injured and retired.

Manchester City center forward Dzeko came on as a substitute.

In the 44th minute, Nasri cut inside to the left side of the penalty area.

Kante double-teamed Nasri and poked the ball away from behind.

Unfortunately, Kolarov came up in time, took the ball away, and made a straight pass.

Dzeko received the ball and faced Rudiger with his back to the goal.

Rudiger had a yellow card and didn't dare to make any big moves.

Watch Dzeko make a smooth turn and shoot.

The football hit the far post and bounced into the goal, winning by surprise.

Courtois didn't even have time to make a save.

"GOAL! One to one!"

"You can forget Giroud, but you can't forget Dzeko!"

"Dzeko has proven himself to be one of the best central strikers in the Premier League! This goal is simply beautiful!"

First half stoppage time.

Lukaku received the ball at the edge of the penalty area and performed three bicycle kicks in a row.

How could Kolo Toure have imagined that this big black guy would be so non-mainstream?
He used the same method he used to defend Dzeko to defend Lukaku, and the result was that he kicked Lukaku down.

The referee immediately blew the whistle and showed Kolo Toure a yellow card.

"Black enlarged version of Ronaldo" Lukaku won a free kick in a very good position for the team.

Eriksen and Albrighton stood behind the ball, the latter taking the lead and making a feint.

Eriksen kicked the ball and it flew over the heads of the wall of players and went straight into the net!

"GOAL! Two to one!"

"Eriksen scored directly from a free kick! Helping the team regain the lead!"

"This is a very high-quality free kick. There are too many free-kick masters in Villa. Even the second team has more than one player who is qualified to take free kicks."

"Defending against Villa's free kick is definitely the most painful thing in the world. If you don't believe me, just ask Bayern Munich!"

Bayern: MMP!

Eriksen rushed to the corner flag area and celebrated wildly.

After two years of playing a supporting role in Villa, is it finally his turn as the "God of Love" to shine this year?

His time has come again!

The camera turned to Villa players, each of whom was ambitious and eager to prove themselves.

The camera then moved to the Manchester City players, who shook their heads and sighed one by one. They had not lost their confidence but it was obvious that they were holding back.

Their biggest goal is to avoid getting injured in such an unimportant game like Tevez.

……

In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again.

Even without looking at the jersey colors, the two teams can be distinguished by morale and running.

In the 55th minute, Fellaini made a through pass.

Lukaku trapped Colo behind him and stopped the ball with his chest.

After a year at Villa, his football concepts have changed a bit.

He Tianqi does not reject Lukaku's use of the highly impactful winger style. Who doesn't like the "big Ronaldo"?
But He Tianqi also emphasized to Lukaku the importance of using physical advantages to play football.

Lukaku is required to use his body to suppress his opponent.

After Lukaku stopped the ball, he pushed Kolo Toure away with a backwards kick, then turned around and kicked the ball out, eating Kolo alive with his explosive speed.

The connection between impact and explosive speed is not smooth, but it is enough.

Not to mention that Kolo Toure is already 31 years old, even when he was young, he could not match Lukaku in terms of speed.

Lukaku has a one-on-one opportunity.

The Manchester City goalkeeper quickly attacked.

Lukaku actually accelerated and dribbled the ball past the goalkeeper, and all the fans were so excited that they held their breath.

However, because he dribbled the ball too far, Lukaku had lost the shooting angle when he caught up with the ball and was relatively close to the baseline.

And it was facing sideways towards the goal.

If the head coach is not tough, Lukaku will definitely shoot randomly.

Otherwise, I would feel so sorry for my wonderful performance of dribbling past the goalkeeper.
But He Tianqi's authority in the team cannot be challenged, and Lukaku also has to face the challenge of Lewandowski and even Vardy's main position. He dare not act recklessly and can only send a horizontal pass.

Vardy shot into the empty net.

The score was changed to three to one.

"Well done! Lukaku's performance was brilliant, he beat the old guy Kolo Toure!"

“The pass after he got past the goalkeeper was also very unselfish.”

"Speaking of which, Villa's forwards are really good, very selfless and not greedy for goals. This is in stark contrast to the forwards of some other teams who fight for goals and shooting opportunities."

Lukaku: Who said we were selfless?

Lewandowski: We were forced to pass the ball.

Giroud: I dream of being alone!
Vardy: No, the boss was very tolerant of my shots.

Dong Fangzhuo: That’s right, my boss always lets me express myself freely.

Bale: The boss didn't even allow me to pass the ball at crucial moments and only allowed me to shoot!
The team has different roles and positioning, so the specific requirements when playing football are also different.

After Villa took a 3-1 lead, Manchester City made three substitutions.

This included replacing Nasri with David Silva.

Manchester City's absolute core midfielder appeared on the field.

In the 62nd minute, Villa also replaced three players in a row.

But De Bruyne and Bale still sat on the bench.

The players who were substituted were Mane, Lewandowski and Salah.

Just in time to replace the three forwards.

The commentator was too lazy to introduce them one by one and simply called them "The Three Heroes of Vera".

Unexpectedly, this name became the exclusive name of this group in the future.

The Villa trio dominates the English... League Cup!

(End of this chapter)