Rebirth 1994: Football Situation

Chapter 694 Solano's Revenge?
After a victory at home, Newcastle's situation became a little better. Although this victory was not so convincing, the fans had nothing to complain about when they got three points.

After winning this game, the Newcastle players got a day off. This is a system established by Mourinho long ago, and they have a day off after winning.So even though they will challenge Aston Villa away in three days, he still insists on giving the team a day off.

Do what you say - this has always been what Mourinho insists on, especially when facing players. Only in this way can players trust the coach, and only teams that trust each other can achieve good results.

When the team was concentrated, Newcastle set off to Birmingham to challenge another Premier League team there, Aston Villa.

Although Aston Villa is now a standard mid-range team in the Premier League, their history is much more glorious than Newcastle. The seven top league titles are three more than Newcastle, and the FA Cup is one more than Newcastle. , if it hadn't been for winning the Champions League last year, Newcastle would not be able to compete with Aston Villa in this respect, but all this is meaningless to Mourinho. He only knows that the current Aston Villa is a mid-range team, and it is a game that Newcastle must win on the way to the championship.

But now in the standings, Villa has one win, one draw and one loss, only one point less than Newcastle, and now any fool can see that Newcastle is not in a good state, and there is not much to do against Norwich at home. And Villa is at home now, they wish they could take advantage of Newcastle's bad situation to take down their opponents and add three points to themselves.

The media is hyping Solano's "revenge". The Peruvian midfielder has performed well after moving to Aston Villa this season. He has already had two assists in three games. Lara lost [-]-[-] to Charlton. Solano was on the list of players for this game. The media didn’t care if your player had this idea or not. They put the hat of revenge on Solano’s head wishfully. .

Solano did not show this when he was interviewed before the game. He just said that he left Newcastle just to be able to play more games. When he got to the media, it became "It was wrong for Newcastle to give him so few opportunities to play last season." His torture", naturally deepened the tense atmosphere before the game.

In this game, Mourinho made a big change to the lineup. The veteran striker partner who performed well in the previous game both sat on the bench. They were replaced by Ibrahimovic and Drogba, Essien and Jena Adams partnered in the middle of the midfield, Makelele sat directly in the stands, and the defense remained unchanged.

Mourinho's lineup made the commentators incomprehensible: "If it is said that another striker combination is replaced because the two veterans are exhausted after playing two games in three days, then the midfielder will be removed. The most stable barrier Makelele replaced a rookie as a midfielder, which is strange. The midfielder is a position that requires experience. Newcastle's defense has improved significantly last season, and Makelele has contributed a lot No...does Mourinho plan to recharge for the Super Cup three days later?"

No matter how the commentators guessed, the game still started. Mourinho sat firmly on the coach's bench without any expression on his face.

Perhaps only Pei Wei, who is sitting next to Mourinho, knows that this lineup is not for the Super Bowl to accumulate energy, but for the Super Bowl to test new tactics!
But now Pei Wei is looking at the players of Aston Villa. He made a fatal mistake and was ridiculed by other fans who rushed into the field, but he is a powerful goalkeeper. In the defense, there are Danish defender Laursen transferred from AC Milan and Ecuadorian de la Cruz. , the midfielder included Gareth Barry, who was later a frequent visitor to the England national team, and Solano, who was transferred from Newcastle. It is worth mentioning that this young striker was another protagonist of last year's "Premier League Roast Chicken Case". Later, "Gao Guy" Crouch, who was impressive in Liverpool and the England national team, has moved to Nan'an Puton, Croatian international Balaban and Colombian international Angel are still sitting on the bench. In fact, England's mid-range teams now have a group of good players, which is why the Premier League will become more and more popular. .

Just like Serie A in the small World Cup era, the top places in the UEFA Cup are always taken by Serie A teams, which proves the overall strength of Serie A, not just because of the excellence of a few teams-the advertisement is How do you say it?Hello everyone, it's really good.

While Pei Wei was still wandering, there was a burst of cheers over the Villa Park stadium. Pei Wei looked up in astonishment, just in time to see Villa's Swedish central defender Mellberg rushing out of the Newcastle penalty area. Go under the stands and cheer with open arms!

"The ball went in?" Pei Wei looked at the big screen above the stands in astonishment, where a slow-motion replay of just now was playing. Villa scored a corner kick in an attack, and Solano sent the ball accurately into the penalty area, making an assist. The former Mellberg scored with a powerful header from the center!

"Damn it, what are the defenders doing!" Pei Wei cursed in his heart, turned to look at Mourinho, but found that Mourinho still had no expression, just stood up and made a calm gesture on the sidelines Press forward gesture, then turned and walked back.

Mourinho's calm attitude infected the players on the Newcastle field. They started to organize the offense soon after the re-kick-off, and then quickly occupied the field through the overall advantage, and continued to advance to the opponent's hinterland.

Soon, the critics saw that Newcastle’s offense was different from the past. In the past, Newcastle’s offensive methods in the middle were not many, basically relying on Nie Fei to move to the middle and Ibra out of the penalty area to help organize. Janus’s Going in from the back is often just to complete the attack, but in this game, Robert and Nie Fei constantly moved to the center to organize the attack. When any one of them came to the center, the defender behind him immediately stepped in. Come up to fill their positions, so that Newcastle can maximize the attack in the center while ensuring the attack on the wing!

Faced with such an attack, Villa's defense quickly became overwhelmed. In the No.208 minute, Essien suddenly made a direct pass after stealing the midfielder. Drogba took the ball in the penalty area to hold the equally strong Melbe , and then suddenly turned around, and at the same time turned around, he swept the ball with his right foot!

The ball flew into the top corner of the goal like an arrow!Although Enkelman made a save, it was just useless!

After the goal, Drogba let out a roar - this is his first goal for Newcastle!In this goal, Drogba's strength, courage and desire to shoot were fully displayed. This also proves that maybe he cannot become a great shooter like Shearer, but he can become another type of shooter different from Shearer!

10 minutes after this goal, Newcastle overtook the score. Nie Fei dribbled the ball on the right to attract the attention of the opposing defenders and then passed the ball across the center. Ao dribbled the ball into the penalty area, and with a powerful shot, the score was exceeded again!
At half-time Mourinho praised the team's performance. It is difficult to make another change in the tactical play that has been formed last season, but this kind of change is necessary-no matter how good the tactics are. There will be a day when it will be cracked, and the first two draws can explain the problem. If no changes are made, the miracle of last year can basically not be replicated.

After the start of the second half, Newcastle still controlled the midfield, taking turns to attack from the center and the two wings. Aston Villa struggled to defend. If this continues, it seems that it is only a matter of time before Newcastle expands its lead.

But after 8 minutes of the second half, Solano made a series of wonderful breakthroughs on the wing to get rid of the defense of Robert and Bernard, and then made a clever cross to the front of the penalty area. Barry played a beautiful kick under the close defense of Essien The world wave, the ball went straight into the net!

"Sorano's second assist in this game! Facing his old club, the Peruvians, he played very well! Although Solano said before the game that he didn't want the so-called revenge, he just wanted to play well, but from now on , the game against Newcastle really stimulated him!"

"Why do players always perform well against their former clubs?" Pei Wei asked the other assistant coaches around him with a wry smile. No one could answer his question. There are many reasons for this kind of question. Make it clear.

At this time, it can be seen that Mourinho's transformation of the team's spirit has succeeded. Although the score was tied, Newcastle still did not interrupt their rhythm. Ibrahimovic and Janus each scored in the rest of the second half With the goal, Newcastle won two consecutive victories and rose to fourth with eight points in four games, four points behind Chelsea and Liverpool, which had won all four games, and one point behind the "Premier League Nursing Home" with three wins and one loss.

The so-called "Sorano's Revenge" did not succeed. Despite Solano's outstanding personal performance, Newcastle still won the victory, which seems to prove the success of Mourinho's transformation of the team.

(End of this chapter)