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

Chapter 358: The Seven-Year Itch of You Wen and He Tianqi (Happy New Year)

February 16th, FA Cup fifth round.

Villa's second team was the main force, led by Kaka, and they fought against Leeds United.

Mane and Salah, the two wingers on the left and right, both played brilliantly, each scoring a goal to help the team win, and Kaka provided an assist.

In fact, if the first team is in bad condition, the second team will be in good condition.

Although Villa is a bit sluggish overall, it also gives young people a chance.

There's always someone who can catch it.

February 23rd, the 27th round of the Premier League.

This is a heavyweight showdown.

Villa will face Arsenal.

He Tian started with an absolute lineup with De Bruyne and Bale as the core.

From here on, the Premier League has entered the final stage of the championship race.

In other words, Villa and Manchester United have entered the final stage of the championship race.

The gap between the second tier and them is about eight points, which is difficult to catch up unless there are special circumstances.

For example, Villa is now lagging behind.

Arsenal should have a better chance of winning this battle as their recent form is much better than Villa's.

Arteta has completely revitalized Arsenal's midfield, allowing them to remain in the Champions League zone this season despite the loss of Van Persie.

however……

Arteta seemed to have a power outage in this game, and his poor performance meant he handed Villa a victory.

Villa won 1-0 inexplicably.

At least Zidane and Southgate found it puzzling.

However, He Tianqi did not show a happy face after the game. After all, these three points were somewhat unfair.

Because... Arteta's avoidance clause was activated, his ability, state and skills declined significantly, which led to his worst game of the season.

Arteta: ???
In fact, the avoidance clause is not often implemented, and it is even less often implemented in key battles.

But only Arteta played a big role every time.

It feels like this avoidance clause was made for him.

With this in mind, Barcelona’s determination to “de-Arteta-ize” is actually correct.

With such an undercover as the core, Barcelona will never be able to defeat He Tianqi.

He Tianqi: Don’t you think Guagua is not an undercover agent?
……

February 28th, League Cup final!

Before the game, the English media was furious!
Because He Tianqi has no respect for the League Cup at all.

The lineup sent by Villa is:

Mane, Lewandowski, Bale

De Bruyne, Xhaka, Fellaini
Cuadrado, Rudiger, Van Dijk, Trippier

Courtois
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This is mainly composed of players from the second team, mixed with players from the first and third teams.

After all, they are in the finals.

You have to send a pure team, right?

With this mixed lineup, who are you looking down on?
"We definitely don't mean to look down on Swansea," He Tianqi reiterated in a pre-match interview. "I've read a football novel in which the hero led Swansea to success. I have great respect for this team."

"The roster is based on the form of the players in the team. This is the strongest Aston Villa today."

"I am responsible for this lineup. Similarly, we have only one goal in this game, and that is to win the championship!"

"I have always emphasized that Villa is a team capable of competing for the championship. This does not just mean that some players in the team are capable of competing for the championship, but all the players!"

That being said, there is actually no other way. There is another crucial match in the Premier League in three days, and Villa must save their strength.

fortunately.

He Tianqi’s love for Swansea was not in vain.

The Swan was beaten 3-0 by Villa in the first half.

He Tianqi acted decisively and directly removed De Bruyne and Bale from the midfield.

Substitute Salah and Pogba.

As a result, Villa scored two more goals in the second half.

In the end, they defeated the Premier League relegation team Swansea 5-1 and became the champions of this year's League Cup.

This was Villa's first title in 2013 and the fourth time in a row that Villa has won the award.

This trophy does not mean much in terms of honor, and is even inferior to the Club World Cup won two months ago.

But this trophy helped Villa regain their form.

If Villa after the winter transfer window is like a car driving at high speed that suddenly loses power, a traffic accident may happen at any time.

Then this League Cup is like a restart.

He let the "younger players" in the team taste the wonderful feeling of lifting the championship trophy as a main player, and their condition further improved.

It also reminded the "seniors" in the team of the emotion they felt when they first held the trophy four years ago.

The touching moment is always there!

The emotion four years ago gave the players new strength.

The dopamine in everyone's body can be secreted normally again.

The mental state of the main players improved rapidly.

The physical fatigue accumulated due to excessive commercial activities during the winter transfer window has been compensated by taking a rest for more than a month.

The newborn lion's nap is over!

……

March 3rd, the 28th round of the Premier League.

Villa's half-main lineup beat Tottenham 3-0!

Defeated big6 members in two consecutive rounds!

Continue to keep pace with Manchester United, and the gap between the two has always remained within two points.

On March 5th, Villa flew to Turin a day in advance.

A day later, 41,000 fans gathered at the Juventus Stadium.

The familiar black and white jerseys evoked memories of Italy for many old fans of He Tianqi.

Juventus' current head coach is Conte, who is very confident about the game: "Aston Villa has not been in good form in the past period of time. Such teams that collapse in the second half of the season rarely find themselves again."

"We have secured a certain lead in the league so we can be more aggressive in the Champions League."

"In addition, Chiellini's return also adds an extra layer of security to the team."

There are not many changes in Juventus' lineup between this game and the previous game, mainly because Chiellini returned to the starting lineup and formed the "Apocalypse Three Central Guards" with Bonucci and Barzagli!
The two generations of Tianqi central defenders are definitely worthy of the words "solid as a rock"!
On the Villa side, He Tianqi said in an interview: "I like Italy because I always win here, and I hope it will be the same this time."

Juventus fans scoffed at He Tianqi's remarks.

"It's been so many years since you left Serie A, but you're still immersed in your past glory?"

"The current Serie A is no longer the Serie A that He Tianqi knew at the beginning!"

A 20-year-old Villa fan: "Why not? Back then, Juventus dominated Serie A, AC Milan caught up, and Inter Milan began to fall... Isn't it exactly the same now?"

Juventus fans were instantly silenced.

You know what, the current situation is exactly the same as the Serie A situation two years before the phone-gate incident!
Now He Tianqi is back again. Is this the legendary seven-year itch?
bah bah bah!
Impossible, absolutely impossible!
This time it's 2-0, so how could you lose?
beep!

With a whistle, the second leg of the Champions League quarter-final between Juventus and Aston Villa officially started!

"Hello everyone, I am your new friend Guan Zeyuan. Today, Mr. He Wei and I will give you the commentary of this game."

"Aston Villa's lineup today is:" "Vardy, Lukaku, Bale"

"De Bruyne, Kante, Pogba"

"Cuadrado, Boateng, Van Dijk, Walker"

"Courtois"

"It can be seen that He Tianqi has made special arrangements for the left back and right midfield positions. But I think his arrangements are useless. Juventus should win this game!"

The young Guan Zeyuan boldly stated his prediction, which set a good start for Villa.

He Wei shook his head imperceptibly.

young!

Xiaoguan is still too young.

If this game was between Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​a Premier League team, or even a French Ligue 1, Eredivisie or Portuguese Super League team playing against Villa, He Wei felt that the chances of winning would be higher.

But it happened to be Serie A.

According to He Wei's analysis, He Tianqi's winning rate against Serie A teams is higher than that against other teams.

Whether he is with Palermo, Real Madrid or Villa.

You know what, He Wei did figure out something.

Because He Tianqi has a legendary coaching skill called [King of Italy]. When facing an Italian team, the strength of the team led by He Tianqi can be increased by 3%!
In addition to the system, He Tianqi also made special targeting of Juventus tactically.

Cuadrado came on the field today to form a devilish wing with Bale and make continuous attacks from both sides.

Because Juventus' three-center-back lineup has problems defending the flanks.

Three central defenders, plus two wingbacks, means five defenders.

It stands to reason that coverage of the wing would be better.

But in this case, there is only one defensive player on the wing, that is the wing-back.

It tests the offensive and defensive abilities of the winger more than the normal tactics of "full-back + wing midfielder" or "full-back + midfielder" or "full-back + winger".

If you can suppress the opponent in offense and defense, then this side road is your corridor, and you can do whatever you want in offense and defense!
If you can’t hold the other person down, this is someone else’s corridor!

Juventus' left wing-back is average, after all, he didn't even have a name in this game.

This player was brought in by Juventus in the winter window when they were in urgent need of a left-sided defensive player. The loan fee was 1 million euros and he can be bought out for 4 million euros after the end of the season.

Aston Villa can easily bring in any young player and his value will surpass that of the former after just half a season in the team.

But their right wingback is very good, Swiss international Lichtsteiner, who is versatile in offense and defense and has plenty of physical strength.

In the last game, Azpilicueta was restricted by him.

In other words, he can just restrict it.

Azpilicueta is the kind of player who is excellent in attack and defense, passing and shooting, and physical awareness, but he doesn't have any particularly outstanding items.

At least compared to Cuadrado, the Serie A dribbling king, Azpilicueta is not good enough in terms of breakthroughs.

The purpose of putting Cuadrado on the field is to take advantage of his breakthrough and break through Juventus' right side.

Only by having the ability to attack Juventus' two flanks can Villa have a chance to win this game, because Juventus has the most reasonable first-class midfield combination in the world - Pirlo + Marchisio + Vidal!
The latter two are players from the "post-Palermo era".

All in all, there are only four players in Juventus' starting lineup who are not "He-type players".

Toni Quagliarella
Peruso, Pirlo, Marchisio, Vidal, Lichtsteiner
Chiellini, Bonucci, Barzagli

Buffon
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With He Tianqi's understanding of them, it is not difficult to target them.

In the fourth minute, Pogba made a long pass to the right and threw out a frisbee.

Bale caught up with the ball in front of the baseline, stopped and passed the ball directly inside.

Peruso was no match for the opponent and was defeated completely.

But Chiellini quickly made up for it.

Bale made a cross pass.

Bonucci at the back stretched out his foot and kicked the ball near the top of the arc.

Lukaku received the ball and shot from long range, but due to lack of shooting angle, the ball went wide.

In the ninth minute, De Bruyne passed the ball to the left.

Cuadrado made a run in from the flank and after receiving the ball he resolutely went down the flank.

Lichtsteiner failed to catch up with Cuadrado, allowing him to complete the cross.

The football is looking for the back post.

Bale cut inside without the ball, rushed to the ball and volleyed it.

Unfortunately, Chiellini interfered and the ball went wide and flew into the stands.

There was a huge booing in the stands.

"That's it? The world's best right winger?"

"Your shooting skills are terrible!"

"You scared me, I thought he was going to come in!"

"Rubbish! Victory will definitely belong to us Juventus!"

As a wealthy club, the home team fans know how to put pressure on the visiting team players.

In the 15th minute, Juventus, who had controlled the ball for a while, was ready to launch an attack.

Pirlo, who has returned to the ranks of the world's top midfielders, has at least ten threatening passing routes in his eyes.

Who would have thought that Pirlo, who lost his best partner Gattuso at AC Milan due to his age, would have a new spring at Juventus?
And he made up for his previous shortcomings. He could truly control the situation by himself. He could...

Huh?
Where's the ball?

Pirlo looked down and saw a little black bean accurately snatching the football from under his feet.

Damn it!
"Kante! Kante made a sneak attack and stole the ball from Pirlo in the backcourt!"

"Wow, this is very dangerous!"

"Kante made a through pass, the quality was a little bit poor, but it doesn't matter, Bale ran fast enough!"

Bale overpowered Chiellini and broke into the right side of the penalty area.

Chiellini fell to the ground and made a flying tackle, anticipating Bale's shot.

However, Bale kicked the ball even faster and shot it out.

boom!
At the critical moment, Buffon, who has been at his peak for more than ten years, made a wonderful save and lifted the ball out of the baseline with one hand.

Bell covered his cheek and sighed.

"Buffon is as strong as ever!" Zidane gave Buffon a high evaluation.

Southgate looked heartbroken: "Such a good opportunity, what a pity!"

He Tianqi shook his head: "There's nothing I can do. It's always hard the first time. Just shoot a few more times and it will be fine."

Monica: Yes, I testify!

De Bruyne then took a corner kick.

Luca Toni returned to his own penalty area to participate in the header and cleared the ball with a header.

Juventus got a chance to counterattack.

However, just as Pirlo received the ball, another little black foot stretched out the next moment.

Kanter steals the ball from Pirlo again!
This position and this situation are more dangerous than the last steal!
Pirlo acted decisively and knocked Kante to the ground.

beep!

The referee blew the whistle and showed Pirlo a yellow card!
Pirlo turned and looked at He Tianqi on the sidelines.

This is probably He Tianqi's biggest target against Juventus.

Freeze Pirlo!
(End of this chapter)