song of the saints

Chapter 8 The First Battle of the Premier League

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As the saying goes, everything is difficult at the beginning.Tomorrow's Premier League game is Chen Zhun's first game as coach, and the focus of the entire pre-match press conference is on Chen Zhun.

Chen Zhun was still a little nervous under the spotlight.Most of the reporters asked how Chen Zhun viewed each other and how he viewed the first match.

Chen Zhun said so. "Aston Villa are a very strong team and their manager O'Reilly is also a great manager. Tomorrow's game will be very exciting, very tough. We strive to win. For my own first Premier League game I have nothing to talk about about the game. Our goal now is to win tomorrow’s game.” Chen Zhun’s words were thought up a few days ago, and he spoke back skillfully and eloquently at the press conference. out.

A reporter also asked Southampton's chairman that he was looking for a real coach, what did Chen Zhun think of this matter.

Chen Zhun didn't think of this question beforehand, but he had seen a coach answer these questions before.

Chen Zhun thought for a moment and said: "I only care about the game itself now. As long as the club allows me to be the head coach for a day, I will fulfill my responsibilities and obligations as a head coach for this day. I don't think about other things. .”

Another highlight of the press conference was the announcement of the starting lineups by the head coaches of both sides.

The home team Aston Villa's starting lineup is the Danish goalkeeper Thomas Sorensen, followed by Samuel, Martin Laursen, Eric Mellberg and Mark Delaney in the defense.The midfield four are Gareth Barry, McCann, Thomas Hitzlsperger and Hendry.The strikers are Darius Vassell, England's popular international, and Carlton Cole, a teenager on loan from Chelsea.

Chen Zhun's Southampton team is in a 442 formation, the goalkeeper is the Finnish goalkeeper Niemi, the back line from left to right is the veteran Le Saux, Klaus Lundekwan, Michael Svensson and captain Jason - Dodd.The midfield four are David Prutton, Anders Svensson, John Delap, Fabrice Fernandez.Peter Crouch at center with Kevin Phillips behind him.Young high center forward Peter Crouch was transferred from Aston Villa.And Aston Villa have always wanted to recruit Southampton's leading striker James Beattie.

Chen Zhun's lineup is based on Ranieri's Leicester City.Svensson and Delap in the midfield are replicas of Drinkwater and Kante.Svensson is responsible for the midfield connection and long pass attack, and Delap is responsible for the full coverage of the midfield defense and certain forward penetration.The center position is Chen Zhun's biggest headache.According to Leicester City's tactical philosophy.The first line of defense starts from the striker.The two forwards who started the game were not good at pressing in the frontcourt, so they had to slowly reform.The young striker Vardy has improved significantly under the guidance of Kevin Phillips.

In the two weeks of training, Chen Zhun has been instilling in the players the core of quick transfers, non-stop running, compact defensive positions, stacking players in the penalty area to prevent the opponent's wings from forming shots, and constantly pressing the opponent's players with the ball. tactical thinking.These tactical terms are all seen in Ranieri's tactical bag of FM Football Manager, and Chen Zhun didn't expect to use them.Chen Zhun allowed the players to fully adapt to this tactical system. Although the training games were ugly, they were able to win the games every time.Since Southampton did not arrange a warm-up match in August, Chen Zhun had to play a warm-up match with the Southampton youth team in the end.In this warm-up match, the players practiced Chen Zhun's tactical routine for the first time in the game, and finally won the game.Reid also praised this diverse tactical system after the game, and praised Chen Zhun as a tactical genius.Chen Zhun felt very embarrassed about Reed's appreciation, he just used the famous coach's tactics for his own use.

In the era of possession first, Leicester City's anti-possession philosophy broke this extreme.Ranieri showed the world that his team can win games with effective counter-attacks even if they have poor possession of the ball every game.

Chen Zhun, who has future memories, has many new tactical systems in his mind that are not available now, but he also knows that he is just playing tricks.As a head coach, he lacks too many aspects. On-the-spot command, communication with players, authority in the locker room, etc. are all aspects that he will learn in the future.Chen Zhun also expected these things to happen, but he didn't know how to do it.Chen Zhun had no choice but to take one step at a time.

Aston Villa Football Club (Aston Villa Football Club) is a football club located in Birmingham, central England. Founded in 1874, Aston Villa is one of the oldest teams in the Premier League.It was the first team in the 1888 First Division and the 1992 English Premier League.

The glorious period of Aston Villa club history was in the 80s. In 1982, Aston Villa passed all the way in the European Champions Cup, and finally defeated Bayern Munich 1-0 with Werther's goal in the final and won their own. The only European Champions Cup.What is even more amazing is that in 1982, the former Aston Villa meritorious coach Sanders resigned angrily due to contract issues. Aston Villa appointed Tony Barton, who had assisted Sandas for two years and had no independent coaching experience, as Interim manager, when Aston Villa had no hope of winning the League One title, but seven weeks after Tony Button took office, on May 1982, 5, 26 people witnessed Aston Villa at the Feyenoord Stadium in Tedam. The miracle of Dunville also witnessed the miracle of Tony Button. Button also ushered in his dreamy first season.

Chen Zhun doesn't know about these long histories. He only knows that Aston Villa was finally relegated in the Premier League in the 2015-2016 season.

Perhaps it was destiny, and the rookie coach Chen Zhun, who also did not have any independent coaching experience, faced the Aston Villa club, which had created a miracle in the Champions League, in his first game.Perhaps Tony Button's good luck will be passed on to Chen Zhun over time.

It's two thirty in the afternoon.The game between Southampton and Aston Villa is less than half an hour away.In the opening game of the new Premier League season at noon, the progress of the game was the same as Chen Zhun remembered. Liverpool was tied 1-1 by Tottenham Hotspur.

(End of this chapter)