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Volume 11, 2004 Chapter 680 Solano¡¯s Revenge?

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    After a victory at home, Newcastle's situation improved. The victory was not so convincing, but with a solid three points, the fans had nothing to complain about.

    After winning this game, Newcastle players got a day of rest. This is a system that Mourinho has long established. After winning the game, Newcastle players have a day of rest.  So even though they would challenge Aston Villa away from home in three days, he still insisted on giving the team a day off.

    Do what you say - this has always been something 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.

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

    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 championships are three more than Newcastle, and the FA Cup championship is one more than Newcastle.  , if they had not won the Champions League last year, Newcastle would not be able to compete with Aston Villa in this regard, but all this does not mean anything to Mourinho. He is not an old antique and will not cherish the past.  He only knows that Aston Villa is now a mid-table team, and it is a game that Newcastle must win on their way to the championship.

    But now in the standings, Villa's one win, one draw and one loss is only one point less than Newcastle, and even a fool can see that Newcastle's current state is not very good.  There is not much they can do to defeat Norwich at home, and Villa are now at home. They are eager to take advantage of Newcastle's bad situation to win against their opponent and add three points to themselves.

    The media is hyping Solano's "revenge". The Peruvian midfielder has performed well since moving to Aston Villa this season. He has already had two assists in three games and did not play in the last game for Aston Villa.  They lost to Charlton 0-3. Solano was on the list of players for this game. The media doesn't care whether your players have this idea.  Wishful thinking put the hat of revenge on Solano's head.

    Solano did not show this in the interview before the game. He only said that he left Newcastle just to play more games. When the media said it, it became "Newcastle was right to only give him so few playing opportunities last season."  His torture,¡± naturally heightened the tension before the game.

    Mourinho made another major change to the lineup in this game.  The veteran forward partners who performed well in the last game both sat on the bench. They were replaced by Ibrahimovic and Drogba. Essien partnered with Jenas in the midfield, and Makelele sat directly in the stands.  There are no changes in the defense.

    Mourinho's formation made the commentators confused: "If the reason for replacing another striker combination is because the two veterans are exhausted after playing two games in three days, then the midfielder and backfielder will be removed.  The most stable barrier is that Makelele is replaced by a rookie as a defensive midfielder. This is a position that requires a lot of experience. Newcastle's defense improved significantly last season, and Makelele contributed a lot.  No is Mourinho planning to prepare for the Super Cup three days later?"

    No matter what the commentators guessed, the game still started.  Mourinho sat firmly on the coaching bench.  There was no expression on his face.

    Perhaps only Pei Wei, who is sitting next to Mourinho, knows it.  This lineup is not designed to build strength for the Super Bowl.  It¡¯s about testing new tactics for the Super Bowl!

    But now Pei Wei is looking at the players playing in Aston Villa. This veteran team has a very deep heritage. It can be seen from the players they played that the goalkeeper is Finnish goalkeeper Enkelman. Although this guy once  He made a fatal mistake and was ridiculed by other fans who rushed into the field, but he is a very capable goalkeeper. The defense line includes Danish central defender Laursen who transferred from AC Milan and Ecuadorian De La Cruz.  The midfielder included Gareth Barry, a regular player in the England national team, and Solano, who transferred from Newcastle. The forward partner was England international Vassell and the teenager Carlton Cole, who was on loan from Chelsea.  It should be mentioned that this young forward was another protagonist of last year's "Premier League Roast Chicken Case". Crouch, who was later impressive in Liverpool and the England national team, has moved to Southampton.  Suddenly, 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. This is why the Premier League is becoming more and more popular.

    Just like Serie A in the Mini World Cup era, the top spots in the UEFA Cup are always taken by Serie A teams, which proves the overall strength of Serie A

    Just because of the excellence of a few teams¨DThen what does the advertisement say that it is really good?

    When Pei Wei was still wandering, a huge cheer suddenly sounded from the sky above Villa Park. Pei Wei looked up in shock and saw Villa's Swedish central defender Mellberg rushing out of the Newcastle penalty area.  Come to the stands and cheer with open arms!

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

    "Damn it, what are the defenders doing!" Pei Wei cursed in his mind and turned to look at Mourinho, only to find that Mourinho still had no expression. He just stood up and calmly made a gesture on the sidelines.  He gestured forward, then turned around and walked back.

    Mourinho¡¯s calm attitude infected the players on the Newcastle field. They quickly began to organize the attack after the restart, and then quickly occupied the field through the overall advantage and continued to advance towards the opponent¡¯s hinterland.

    Soon, football critics saw that Newcastle's offense was different from the past. In the past, Newcastle did not have many offensive methods in the middle. They basically relied on Nie Fei to move to the middle and Ibra to help organize after leaving the penalty area. Jenas's  The late insertion is often just to complete the attack, but in this game, Robert and Nie Fei constantly took turns moving to the center to organize the attack. When either one of them came to the center, the defender behind him immediately intervened.  Come up to fill their positions, so that Newcastle can maximize the attack in the center while ensuring the wing attack!

    Faced with such an attack, Villa's defense quickly became overwhelmed. In the 28th minute, Essien made a steal in midfield and suddenly passed the ball through. Drogba took the ball in the penalty area and held up the equally strong Mel.  Berry, then suddenly turned around and swept the ball with his right foot while turning around!

    The ball flew into the goal like an arrow and hit the top corner!  Although Enkelmann made a save, it was just in vain!

    After scoring the goal, Drogba let out a roar - this was his first goal for Newcastle!  In this goal, Drogba's strength, courage and shooting skills are fully demonstrated. This also proves that maybe he cannot become a great shooter like Shearer, but he can become another type of shooter different from Shearer.  !

    Ten minutes after this goal, Newcastle took the lead. Nie Fei's dribbling on the right attracted the attention of two defenders and then passed the ball across the middle. Robert in the middle made a clever pass, and Luci came in behind.  Ao dribbled the ball into the penalty area and shot a powerful and heavy shot to exceed the score again!

    Mourinho praised the team's performance at halftime. It is difficult to make changes to the tactics that have been formed last season, but this change is necessary - no matter how good the tactics are, they will  There is a day when someone can crack it, and the first two draws are very telling. If no changes are made, last year's miracle will 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 wings. Aston Villa struggled to defend. If this continues, it seems to be only a matter of time before Newcastle expands its lead.

    But eight minutes into the second half, Solano made a series of wonderful breakthroughs on the wing to get rid of Robert and Bernard's defense, and then cleverly passed the ball to the front of the penalty area. Barry played a beautiful kick under Essien's close defense.  The world wavered, the ball hit the blind spot and hit the net!

    "Solano's second assist in this game! He played very well against his old club Peru! Although Solano said before the game that he did not want the so-called revenge, but just wanted to play well, but from now on  , the game against Newcastle really stimulated him!¡±

    "Why do players always perform well when facing their old 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. How can one or two sentences be enough?  Make it clear.

    At this time, it was seen that Mourinho's transformation of the team's spirit was successful. Although the score was tied, Newcastle still did not interrupt its rhythm. Ibrahimovic and Jenas each scored one in the remaining games of the second half.  Newcastle won two consecutive games and moved up to fourth with eight points from four games, four points behind Chelsea and Liverpool, which had won four games, and one point behind the "Premier League Nursing Home", which had three wins and one loss.

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