Pirated Ronaldo

Chapter 285 Villa Youth Training Products
After the first round, Manchester United fell to 8th in the league standings with a little embarrassment.

Because in the 10 league games on the first match day, 5 games were won and lost, and there was a 2:2 draw, while Manchester United and Everton drew 1:1, and the two teams fell into a draw. Behind the 5 winning teams and the team that scored 2:2, they are tied for 8th place. The Premier League standings are arranged according to the usual rules: points, goal difference, and number of goals. Basically, these three data are enough to score. out of ranking order.

After the first round, Charlton and West Ham United, which were not strong, defeated their opponents 3:1 and temporarily tied for the top spot in the standings.

In fact, the standings after the first round are not of much value. The opponents of each team are very different, and there is no comparison in strength.

For example, the game between Manchester United and Everton was the strongest group of opponents in all 10 games. One of them was third last season and the other was fourth. They tied each other 1:1. The gold content of this game is much higher than the game between Charlton and West Ham United.

However, Manchester United will need to work harder next time!
Against a team like Everton, it is barely acceptable to score 1 point, but if you continue to lose points, it will make the Red Devils fans feel disappointed and not optimistic about the team's prospects in the new season... The team that wins the league championship must win the games that can be won. Opponents with similar strength must at least not lose. This is common sense!
Manchester United's opponent in the second round of the league is a team located in Birmingham, England's second largest city, Aston Villa.

Aston Villa, nicknamed "Borough Army", is a characteristic of English teams. Every football club has its own unique nickname. Generally, fans call their team's nickname in colloquialism. , not the full name.

As the most important football club in the second largest city in England, Aston Villa has a long history. It has won 7 top league championships and 7 FA Cup championships. Such achievements are definitely a strong team in English football. Yes, what this team is most proud of is that they won the top league championship in 1981, and they won the original European Champions Cup in the following year. This honor is something that Aston Villa fans should cherish for a lifetime. Precious memory.

However, since then, Aston Villa has had its ups and downs, even being relegated in the late 80s. After the establishment of the Premier League in 1992, the results were not satisfactory. Upstream, but sometimes close to the relegation zone. In general, this team has long lost its former glory.

Aston Villa finished 10th last season, which basically satisfied the fans, at least they still overwhelmed their city rival Birmingham.

Birmingham is not a traditional football powerhouse. They cannot be compared with cities like London, Manchester and Liverpool. Although Birmingham had two Premier League teams after being promoted to the Premier League in 2002, their status in the Premier League But it is far from being comparable to several other football cities.

This summer, Aston Villa's actions in the transfer market are still very impressive, because the city rival Birmingham is ambitiously increasing investment year by year. If Aston Villa is allowed to continue, one day it will be rejected. If the Birmingham team surpasses, then, for Aston Villa, losing the title of the number one football club in Birmingham City, all kinds of losses will make the club unbearable.

Generally speaking, Aston Villa is a very typical mid-range team.

David O'Leary, 47 years old, an Irish central defender who has been active in English football for a long time, has been the head coach of Aston Villa for two years.

In Premier League clubs, regardless of the well-known ace coaches such as Ferguson and Wenger, they often coach a team for more than ten years. However, ordinary coaches want to spend more than two years in a Premier League team. To get results, many coaches here are fired within a year or so. If a team has two coaches in one season, don't be surprised, this is by no means a record.

David O'Reilly was once known as one of the "Arsenal's three veterans" during his player period. He played 722 games for the Arsenal first team. This record has not been surpassed so far.

As a coach, David O'Reilly was also very successful. From 1998 to 2002, Leeds United led by him created incredible success.

At that time, Leeds United was just a young team, but in three consecutive seasons, they won the fourth place twice and the third place once, and they performed well in the Champions League in the 4-3 season. For a team like this, it's amazing.

With such results at the bottom, David O'Reilly can also be called a famous coach in English football, second only to several big-name coaches.

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This season, Aston Villa played fairly well in the first game of the league. They drew 6:2 with last season's No.2 Bolton.

However, even so, David O'Reilly still seems very unconfident when facing away against a team like Manchester United... let alone Aston Villa, even Chelsea and Arsenal, when they meet Old Teddy When playing at the Rafford Stadium, you must also maintain a certain amount of respect!

Manchester United only lost one game in 19 games at home last season. This is a remarkable record. This home record is tied for second in the league. Arsenal have the same record as Manchester United, and only Chelsea are better than them. , Unbeaten at home.

From the above information, it can be seen that Manchester United may be far from the peak in terms of strength, but at Old Trafford at home, they are almost invincible!

Aston Villa, a mid-range team, challenged Manchester United away, what percentage of winning?
The original Aston Villa really had some chances of winning. That's because after this Saturday's league match, Manchester United needs to participate in the second round of the UEFA Champions League qualifying round next Wednesday, and go to Hungary as an away game... It is conceivable that in order to ensure the Champions League qualification, Manchester United If you want to advance to the competition, you can only make some reservations in the league.

However, unfortunately, Manchester United scored a high score of 3:0 in the first round of the Champions League, which allowed them to free up their hands to deal with Aston Villa!
As for the UEFA Champions League qualifiers, Manchester United only needs to not lose 3 goals. For this goal, the Manchester United team has no pressure. Ferguson even joked that the young guys on the team can't help it... This indicates that Manchester United is very likely to send a full bench or a young lineup to play against Debreson.

Faced with the helpless facts, Villa coach David O'Reilly pretended to be calm and talked about the integration of the team in the new season, showing his confidence. On the other hand, he also talked about Villa's progress in the season. The signings, as well as the growth of the young players in the team, are full of complaints that the young people in their team have not attracted enough attention in English football.

"The Burroughs have done a great job in their youth training in recent years. Among the young people we have trained, many have begun to play the leading roles. Some people praised Manchester United's Portuguese striker Cristiano Ronaldo, but said Really, we have players like that in England!"

"To give a very simple example, the boys from Villa's youth academy scored 40 goals in the youth team competition last year!"

"Can't such a player be called a treasure? The club's original plan was to send little Gabe to the lower leagues to train, but now I have changed my mind! Since the 18-year-old Portuguese can be reused in a giant like Manchester United , Then, I personally think Gabe, who will be 19 years old in two months, is no worse than that Portuguese striker! I can't let England's excellent young striker be buried!"

"We can't always be superstitious about young stars from other leagues. We should pay more attention to cultivating our own young people! For example, Gareth and Gabriel!"

I don't know which nerve was triggered when David O'Reilly was interviewed by the media. He suddenly talked about the two outstanding young players produced by the Aston Villa youth training camp, and his words revealed a strong Strong dissatisfaction.

Talking about this issue, David? O'Reilly is definitely expressing his feelings!

In other words, in English football, the most famous youth training system is Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal and West Ham United. The youth training camps of these four clubs are very famous, as for other clubs, they are much weaker.

As a player trained by Villa's youth academy, he was born with colored glasses by others.

Now the best star in the Aston Villa team trained by their own youth training system is the 24-year-old all-around midfielder Gareth Barry.

Last season, Gareth Barry achieved a big explosion. Not only did he help Villa organize the midfield in an orderly manner, he also scored 7 goals. He became famous in the arena and was called by many fans as "the number one England midfielder except Gerrard and Lampard".

In fact, the 24-year-old Gareth? Barry has long been considered "famous".

Before the 2000 European Cup, Gareth Barry, who was only 19 years old at the time, was called up by the England team for the first time, and then participated in the European Cup with the big-name players of the national team. The future is bright.

However, no one thought that the time in 2000 was the only competition that Gareth Barry participated in in five years!
It started with the change of Gareth Barry's position on the court. In 2000, Gareth Barry played as a defender, but then he followed the advice of head coach David O'Reilly and changed to Playing in midfield, with such a change, Gareth Barry has since been insulated from the England national team.

The reason is simple. Gerrard and Lampard, the two "dual virtues", have already fought hard for the position of the national team. What are you Gareth Barry doing here?

The England team has a lot of talents in the midfield, and those who can adapt to the core of the middle road are enough to have "double virtues", and no one else is needed! ——This is the mainstream opinion in English football in the past, and Gareth Barry was unfortunately abandoned.

Gareth Barry, who has no roots and is not upright, finally blossomed after the big explosion last season and became famous. He is now at least one of the biggest stars of the Villa team.

(End of this chapter)