song of the saints

Chapter 9
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The away dressing room at Aston Villa's Villa Park stadium.Chen Zhun is still using the last time to make the final targeted deployment to the team members.

"David, and John, you must use a wide range of running and fierce fighting to limit Aston Villa's midfielders, especially Hitzlsperger's long-range shots. Ann Des, when the ball is passed to you, you can pass it long. You must play the speed of the counterattack. Peter, you have to do a good job in transitioning the header in front and give Kevin a good ball. Kevin, when Peter When the attack is fruitless, you have to do the first defense in front to disrupt their passing speed. Also, the defenders should be wary of Vassell's speed and Cole's header, and don't let them hit the ball behind. Try to squeeze them into the side pass." Chen Zhun felt a little incoherent as he spoke, but the players could still understand what he said and nodded.

"Okay, guys, it's time for the world to recognize us again. Show your strength and make Villa Stadium speechless. Have confidence!" Chen Zhun encouraged her subordinates with a high voice.

"Yes!!" Southampton players shouted loudly.These team members got along with Chen Zhun in just two weeks, from being unfamiliar at the beginning to being familiar now.The team members also gradually adapted to Chen Zhun's personality and Chen Zhun's tactics.Chen Zhun, who has no airs with them in life, laughs and laughs like a brother, is meticulous in training, and treats every player seriously. They like this new head coach more and more.

This is the first game of the new season for the Aston Villa club. The attendance rate of Villa Park Stadium, which can accommodate 47288 people, is about [-]% today.Amongst these hordes of Aston Villa fans could be seen the scattered visiting Southampton fans gathered in the East Stand of the visiting fans.

In the player channel, the referee Rennie led the players from both sides into the field lawn.After the captains of both sides chose sides, the tense match immediately began.At this time, Chen Zhun's figure appeared on the big screen in the stadium, to be precise, it was Winston's figure.In the picture, Chen Zhun did not show a tense expression, but relaxed and talking with the assistant coach Reid next to him.

three o'clock in the afternoon.Rainey blew the whistle to start the first half.Chen Zhun also lost the relaxed expression before the game, and stood on the sidelines watching the game.

After the start of the game, neither Southampton nor Aston Villa had any intention of attacking. The two teams were trying each other, and the game scene was a bit dull.Southampton's impenetrable defensive positioning made Aston Villa's passes time and time again fruitless.The first shot on the field took place in the 10th minute of the game. Aston Villa midfielder German "The Hammer" Hitzlsperger took a shot near the penalty area line against John Delap's defense. A long-range shot, but Hitzlsperger's left-footed shot missed the ball and went over the bar.

Chen Zhun felt very dissatisfied when he saw Hitzlsperger's shot. Chen Zhun pointed to his temple on the sidelines and shouted loudly to signal the midfielders to concentrate, and don't let Hitzlsperger have any trouble. The opportunity to kick.Chen Zhun had seen Hitzlsperger's violent left-footed long-range goal in the Premier League and Bundesliga matches.But what Chen Zhun didn't expect was that this tenacious and energetic German warrior announced that he came out in 14.When Chen Zhun saw the news, he was also shocked for a while.

Chen Zhun's thinking returned to the game scene again, and now the first half of the game has gone on for 20 minutes.Chen Zhun's mood also eased a lot from the nervousness at the beginning as time went by.

In the 25th minute of the game, Aston Villa organized an attack in the frontcourt. Hitzlsperger distributed the ball to Barry who was plugging in from the right. Barry got rid of the defense of Southampton left back Le Saux. A foot pass passed the ball to the penalty area. Vassell's running attracted two Southampton defenders in the penalty area, causing Carlton Cole to be without a player to defend. Carlton Cole easily grabbed the first With a little shake of his head to attack the goal, the ball flew towards the right post.Just when Carlton Cole wanted to celebrate, the ball hit the right goal post and bounced back into the field, and was destroyed by Kevin Phillips who returned to the defense.The Aston Villa fans in the field made a sound of regret.

Chen Zhun was lucky to have escaped, and thought that in the future training, he should focus on strengthening defensive training.

Another 5 minutes passed by.Now the situation on the court is controlled by Southampton. Southampton's midfielder Svensson takes the ball near the center circle to organize the attack, and Delap keeps a moderate distance from him on his right.There are three Aston Villa players around him, but none of these three players stepped forward to press Svensson.Delap's position also restrained Svensson's marking to a certain extent.This also gave Svensson plenty of time to look up and observe the situation on the field and make the next move.Swensen saw Kevin Phillips in the frontcourt running without the ball while looking in Anderson's direction as usual in training.Swensen seized the opportunity and immediately made a long pass to find Crouch behind Kevin Phillips who had withdrawn to a position of four or five meters from the Aston Villa penalty area line.

This is a tactical routine that Chen Zhun specially practiced during training before the game.When Svensson has the opportunity to take the ball to organize an attack in the middle, Delap needs to protect and respond around Svensson to prevent the opponent's players from pressing.The two full-backs in front of Svensson will run forward at this time, distracting the opponent's wide players who are defending them, which will give Svensson more room to pass the ball.And Crouch, the fulcrum of the forward line, will walk near the penalty area line, just to use the deterrent power of his height to force one of the opponent's central defenders to follow Crouch to leave the penalty area.At this time, Kevin Phillips, who has been ambushing behind Crouch, can use his excellent running position and the gap left by the opponent's central defender to seek shooting opportunities and finally complete the fatal blow.

Svensson's long pass came out, and Crouch and Aston Villa's central defender Mellberg also wanted the midfielder McCann to fight for the high-altitude ball together.The Aston Villa players were all caught up in the high ball, completely forgetting about Kevin Phillips in the shadows.In the end, Crouch still used his unique height advantage to head the ball to the direction of Kevin Phillips who was plugged in on the right side of the penalty area.When Kevin Phillips got the ball, he had already reached Aston Villa's penalty area. Behind him was Aston Villa left-back Samuel who was struggling to catch up.When Kevin Phillips got the ball, the remaining Aston Villa defenders raised their hands to the linesman to signal that Kevin Phillips was offside.But what the lineman saw just now was very clear. When Crouch pushed the ball out and Kevin Phillips started the moment, it was Samuel, the left back behind Kevin Phillips, who dragged behind the defense line, causing the This made the failure of offside.

Chen Zhun on the sidelines also saw Kevin Phillips successfully enter Aston Villa's penalty area against offside, and watched the minute-by-second changes in Aston Villa's penalty area intently.

(End of this chapter)