I am a giant in football

Chapter 132 The Sixth Round of the FA Cup
For the sixth round of the FA Cup, Sheffield United is still very lucky. They perfectly avoided the two giants Arsenal and Liverpool, although Liverpool's performance this season is not very good.

The league is only ranked seventh in the standings so far, but they are also one of the top four in the traditional Premier League anyway. As the saying goes: "A skinny camel is bigger than a horse", no matter how poor the performance is, Sheffield United can't handle it casually.

Besides, Arsenal is stronger than any Premier League team that Sheffield United has encountered. This is one of the championship teams this season.

Therefore, it is their luck that Sheffield United can meet Aston Villa, a Premier League underdog.

There is still one day left in the game, and Ye Fei will not underestimate the opponent just because they are underdogs in the Premier League. It should be noted that they are underdogs in the Premier League, not League One.
The difference between them is two levels. Even the weakest Premier League team is a strong team in the English Championship, let alone League One.

So in the days of preparing for this game, Ye Fei asked Wilder and several tactical consultants to study this team carefully.

It turned out that Ye Fei didn't have much money, and the team didn't have a formal tactical analysis room, let alone a tactical consultant. However, since the cooperation with Li-Ning Sports, three jersey releases were released one after another, allowing Ye Fei to have money to set up a tactical analysis room.

And the jerseys are launched in larger quantities each time, but despite this, the supply is still in short supply!Especially the domestic market is completely occupied by Ye Fei's [Xielian] brand.

The situation where Adidas and Nike monopolize the Chinese market everywhere with their brands was completely broken by Li Ning Sports this time.

The era of earning Chinese people's hard-earned money by relying on a brand authorization has finally received a powerful counterattack this time.

to this end!These big brands kept negotiating with Li Ning Sports, wanting to cooperate further, but they were all rejected.

The conflagration in the jersey market made Ye Fei earn a lot of money, and he got more than 500 million pounds in net profit and dividends.

This is equivalent to the money used to buy Sheffield United back then, but at that time, the team cut prices so much because of internal and external troubles.

Now if anyone wants to buy Sheffield United, it is impossible without 5000 million pounds. Ali alone can sell for a high price of 2000 million euros with his account as a British native.

In addition, Basham is also British, although not so valuable, but 1000 million euros will definitely be taken by the team!

After all these calculations, even if Ye Fei sells players, it will cost more than 5000 million pounds.
And the current Sheffield United is no longer the unknown little League One team it was six months ago.

Since defeating the giants Manchester United, they have become popular all over the world. This is all thanks to the British media and Chinese media. The British media is notoriously harsh and loves to show off, but their harshness is only based on foreign newcomers. When they find out that Ye Fei has studied in the UK for three years, and all football coaching certificates are studied in the UK, they will attribute all the credit to their developed football system in their own country.

In this kind of self-selling and boasting, of course they will not continue to treat Ye Fei with the original attitude, so in the reports of the English media, Ye Fei has become a role model for young people's counterattack, a big dark horse.

And the Chinese media!Not to mention, there are two people who are looking forward to the stars and looking forward to the moon. They directly took up 18 seconds of CCTV's news time to report. It is conceivable how hungry Chinese football has become.

After the victory over Manchester United, many domestic sports platforms have entered Sheffield City, such as Sina Sports, Netease Sports, etc.
Ye Fei would receive interview applications from more than a dozen newspapers every day, which made him very tired. Ye Fei, who was not good at bragging, was really helpless in the face of such things.

Even though he doesn't want to do it, he still has to accept it. This is the current situation in the football world. If there is no attention, how can he make money, and how can he realize his dream of building a new arena without money.

However, the money he made was all made by himself and the players, and he was not like the so-called "traffic stars" who cheated money everywhere.

One day before the sixth round, Ye Fei entered the system interface as soon as he returned to the office at night, and laughed when he saw the five-digit popularity inside.

The last game against Manchester United rewarded him with 5000 popularity points and five points of the rarest "Golden Almighty Attribute", which made Ye Fei pinch his thigh in joy, grinning in pain and kept laughing out loud.

"11300...? Should I use it?" Looking at the attributes he possessed, Ye Fei fell into the dilemma of whether to use it now. After all, he has never been so "proud" before. This is something that he is more reluctant than spending millions.

In the end, Ye Fei silently put away the idea of ​​using it. Even the five-point "all-around attribute" Ye Fei was not willing to add directly to the players. His idea was to wait until the most effective time to use it.

The next day, September 3st!
England, the sixth round of the FA Cup is here!
If Sheffield United wins this game, they will create a miracle.

The first League One team in history to reach the semi-finals of both the League Cup and the FA Cup is unprecedented.

18:45 p.m.......

In Birmingham City, more than 40000 seats in Villa Park Stadium are already full. As a team with no places to fight and a team with poor league results, the FA Cup has become the most important event.

Although Aston Villa is under pressure to relegation, they are unwilling to give up the FA Cup championship, especially the fans of Birmingham. The stadium that can accommodate more than 40000 fans is their biggest support.

"Here we come! Here we come! Audience friends, this is the sixth round of the FA Cup, the first game scene. I am everyone's old friend Smith, and Dawson is also explaining with me."

"The scene of the game is Aston Villa's home stadium, Villa Park. Dawson, I found that the fans in today's game are extraordinarily enthusiastic!"

"Yes, Smith, we all know that Sheffield United killed Manchester United in the last game, which broke the biggest upset in the FA Cup this year, and so far Sheffield United has pulled many Premier League teams into the water,"

"There are so many fans in this game. If my guess is right, many people will come to see the dark horse of Sheffield United."

"Dawson, what you said is very reasonable. Now Sheffield United has become a thorn in the side and a thorn in the flesh of the Premier League team,"

Smith watched the players on both sides have entered and prepared, and said:

"Dawson, do you think that side has a better chance of winning this game?"

"Sheffield United..." Without any hesitation, Dawson quickly said his answer.

"Uh...why is that?" Smith looked at his partner in disbelief.

"Because of Coach Ye Fei, he is a person who can create miracles, and I believe the same will be true in this game!" Dawson was very sure. This was the first time Smith saw his old partner so unsparingly supporting a low-level league team.

In the discussion between the two, the game began,

"Ye, look at the frontcourt. The man wearing the No. 9 jersey is Scott Hogan. He is the core of Aston Villa's offense. He has scored 13 goals this season, including 9 goals in the Premier League, 3 goals in the FA Cup and 1 goal in the League Cup. His offensive power is still very strong."

"Look at the left back who wears the No. 23 jersey. His name is Jordan Amavi. He has a strong defensive ability on the left, especially his anticipation is very good. The disadvantage is that his single defense ability is poor, and he is easy to [snap away],"

"What...? [Are you deserting?]" Ye Fei looked at Wilder who was sitting next to him holding a folder, with a look of disbelief on what he just said.

"Yes, Ye, it's just that he is prone to desertion, especially when the team is behind, and his mood is particularly unstable. We found this shortcoming of him after watching more than ten game videos of him, and once he deserts the game, he will definitely lose."

"Is it so evil?" Ye Fei really just knew what the world is at this time, there are all kinds of people, and it's really terrible to be able to desert on the football field.

While Ye Fei and Wilder were discussing, the situation on the field had changed. Aston Villa suddenly became aggressive.

The players on the Sheffield United field can only keep retreating to defend, in order not to be found by their opponents.

Kanter immediately stabilized the players in the midfield.And with Basham sitting on the defense line, the three defenders built an impregnable wall in the first place, so that Aston Villa's two forwards didn't even have a chance to rush into the penalty area.

"Head, the three guards on the opposite side are positioned too well, and our striker can't get in at all!"

On the Aston Villa bench, the assistant coach sitting next to their coach whispered in the ear of coach Sherwood.

And Aston Villa's coaching staff is a group of old men over 50 years old, which is in stark contrast to the youth of the Sheffield United coaching staff.

"Don't worry, Joe, I believe our players will handle it well. After all, we are also a Premier League team!" Sherwood said very confidently.

In fact, so far this season, Aston Villa has changed a head coach. The new coach Sherwood took office on February 2. Before he took office, Aston Villa suffered a 14-game losing streak in the Premier League and ranked 6th in the league.

This is the position in the relegation zone, and the Aston Villa management only resigned the original head coach Lampat.

Since the new coach Sherwood took office, Aston Villa has rebounded quickly, with two wins and one tie in three Premier League games. The team has risen one place in the standings and got rid of the relegation zone.

And in the last round of the FA Cup, they defeated a Championship team [3-1].

So at this moment, Sherwood will show a confident look.

Although the head coach looked relieved, the assistant coach who spoke just now showed a worried expression on his face.

He understands that since Sheffield United can kill Manchester United, it won't be a problem to kill them in the same way, but the head coach doesn't listen to his suggestion, so he can only watch silently, after all, he is not the one who counts on the field.

"Crack...crack...crack..." On the field, Aston Villa's midfielders kept passing the ball in the midfield position and did not attack for a while, which made the players on the Sheffield United side a little confused.

"Captain, why haven't you come from the opposite side! I can't wait!" Stevens, who was standing on the right side of the defense, was a little anxious when he saw the Aston Villa midfielder's delay in launching an attack.

"Don't think about it, keep an eye on your defenders, if you miss a position, let's see how I can deal with you when I go back."

Although Basham spoke with threatening words, his tone was full of reminders and encouragement!
This is Basham's character, he is good to everyone at home, so everyone obeys him, and his prestige is extremely high!
Stevens on the side heard what the captain said, and immediately put away his impatience. He knew that the captain was reminding himself to concentrate and not to think about other things.

Just after their conversation ended, Aston Villa's No. 7 midfielder (Leandro Bacuna) couldn't help moving forward, and a fierce duel came under his command.

"Number 7 Bacuna passed the ball and it slid to No. 22 Gardner on the left,"

"Hey... We saw that No. 9 Hogan in the penalty area got rid of Umtiti's defense, and he went forward," Dawson said.

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No. 9 is indeed the core of Aston Villa's offense. They have gotten rid of Umtiti's defense twice in a row. If their midfield awareness and overall situation were not too poor, they would have formed a substantial threat long ago.

Seeing that several of Hogan's beautiful running positions were wasted, the Aston Villa coach couldn't sit still.

"Damn...Joe, what happened to Garnard and Bacuna, why didn't they pass the ball to Hogan, you see two such perfect backruns in the penalty area were wasted like this, this is simply a crime on the court."

"I want to replace those two idiots, I must..."

Although the head coach of Aston Villa kept roaring on the sidelines, their midfielder still did not have any outstanding performance.

The ball is charged at the foot, but it just can't get out!

In this way, the ball has been moving under the feet of the two just now. It had already moved forward a lot just now, but Kanter pushed No. 7 back as soon as he exerted his strength.

"Ah! It's too dangerous. The ball was almost blocked by Kanter just now. Fortunately, No. 7 Bacuna responded in a timely manner, otherwise Sheffield United's counterattack wave will be formed immediately."

Smith, who knows Sheffield United's tactics very well, does he know that the forwards Salah and Gnabry are both speedy, and they can threaten the opponent's penalty area from the half court within a few seconds of running.

"Beautiful! Yes! Kanter, I love you so much! The ball is broken beautifully, and the feet are clean and fast." This is Dawson's excited voice.

"What...?" Smith, who was still reminiscing about the previous step, suddenly heard the scream of his old partner, and was a little unresponsive for a while.
Then he looked at the field with bewildered eyes.

(End of this chapter)