Olympiacos' bus headed towards the Villa Park Stadium.

Outside the window, the fog brought by the drizzle fills the streets of Birmingham.

Olympiacos coach Ernesto Valverde was a little distracted.

My mind felt like I had gone back three years.

It was one night in May 2008.

Valverde was still the manager of Espanyol at the time, along with his agent Ibáñez.

In a restaurant in Barcelona and Olympiacos Club General Manager Giannis. Chris Poloros was sitting together and talking about a trip to Greece to coach.

As soon as he turned his head, Valverde saw an acquaintance, it was Barcelona's Dutch manager Rijkaard who was staggering with the Barcelona coaching staff.

It was Rijkaard's last day as Barcelona manager.

It was at that restaurant that Rijkaard said goodbye to Barça, while Valverde greeted Olympiacos.

Rijkaard and Valverde had a private chat.

Knowing that Valverde was going to coach in Greece, Rijkaard sent his blessings.

Rijkaard, who was already obviously a little drunk, patted Valverde on the shoulder: Come on, Barcelona may invite you to coach in the future, after all, you are their own man.

Valverde could sense that Rijkaard was saying this with some resentment.

Yes, Rijkaard is not Barcelona's own people.

Valverde is, as a Barcelona player of the Cruyff era, he is his own man.

Coaching Barcelona!

The high beams of the vehicle in front of him shone through, and the driver of the Olympiacos bus honked his horn and turned on the lights, which woke Valverde from his memories.

Yes, his ultimate dream is to coach Barcelona one day.

Every bit of good results that he has achieved with Olympiacos now is a plus.

When Fang Jue led Ibiza to set off a miracle storm in Spanish football, and Barcelona under Pep Guardiola set off a tiki-taka storm in European football, Valverde was also transforming Olympiacos:

The team's performance in the game will no longer rely on the individual performance of the superstars, but will stick to possession first, keep running, keep putting pressure on the opposition, and attack from the back.

Valverde's Olympiacos once thrashed Portuguese giants Benfica 5-2.

It also once slaughtered the Bundesliga powerhouse Hertha Berlin 4-0.

Valverde left Greece with a double title and returned to Spain in search of a new challenge, only to return to Olympiacos a year later.

The club was at an all-time low, finishing fifth in the Greek Premier League in 2009/2010 before being humiliated by Maccabi Tel Aviv in European competitions at the start of the 2010/2011 season.

It was against this backdrop that Valverde took over the reins of Olympiacos again this summer.

Olympiacos fans beat gongs and drums to welcome him back.

Yes, Valverde was seen as a savior by the Greeks.

Facing Aston Villa this time, Valverde has no intention of avenging Barcelona's heavy defeat in the Champions League final.

However, one thing is for sure, if he can lead Olympiacos to a great performance against Aston Villa, even if it is just an away draw at Aston Villa, it will definitely be a big plus.

……

While the players from both sides were warming up on the field, Fang Jue and Valverde were greeting on the sidelines.

The two have played each other in the Spanish Copa del Rey.

At that time, Fang Jue led Ibiza, who was still in La Liga, to eliminate Espanyol, who were once in the top three in La Liga at that time.

It was after that game that Valverde's Spaniard went all the way down before leaving in disgrace at the end of the season.

"I still remember that game." "It's weird that we've hit so many jambs," Valverde said. ”

"yes, I've always had good luck." Fang Jue snorted haha.

Valverde is so angry, but he has to admit that this guy is indeed lucky, not only in that game, in the rising stage of Fang Jue's coaching career, this guy's luck seems to be really good, even in the face of an extremely strong opponent, some games that should not be won, but they won it in a special way.

You say it's not annoying.

Back in the locker room, Fang Jue made the final deployment and arrangements before the war.

Fang Jue has a certain understanding of Valverde's coaching style.

Valverde is characterised by his ability to form a single player and play a holistic football, while also emphasizing the attacking midfield and the use of pitch width.

This kind of cooperation is excellent, and the team that plays as a whole is actually not easy to deal with once the opponent enters the state.

"So, in today's game, my request is to grab the start!"

"Try to score as soon as possible!"

"And after breaking the deadlock, don't relax and continue to storm the other party."

Fang Jue especially emphasized that in a word, he asked the team to beat the opponent as soon as he came up.

CCTV Sports broadcast the Champions League group stage match between Aston Villa and Olympiacos as usual.

Now, as long as it is an Aston Villa game, it is definitely the king of ratings on CCTV Sports Channel.

'Luka Modric was injured in the Premier League against Queens Park Rangers last weekend, so he's going to miss today's game.

"Let's take a look at the starting line-ups for both sides."

"On Olympiacos's side, the goalkeeper is Costanzo."

'The centre-backs are the familiar Swedish veterans Melberg and Marcano.

'The left-back is the Greek international Holebas.'

'The right-back is Greek international Torosisis.

"In midfield, Faisa and Obais, Foster, Belgium international Mirallas, Argentine veteran Ibargasa."

"Up front is Algeria international Dijbor."

"Except for Melberg, Mirallas, Ibargasa, no one has heard of it, but in fact, the other players are internationals from all over the world, and the quality of this team should not be underestimated." He Wei added.

"Hehe, of course, compared to Aston Villa, Olympiacos is really not enough to see." Zhang Luhe said with a smile.

'On Aston Villa's side, the goalkeeper is young Spanish goalkeeper David De Gea.

"Danny Rose at left-back and Kyle Walker at right-back."

'The centre-back is a partnership between Senderos and Greek international Papastathopoulos.

'In midfield it's Clement and Milner, and there's Cristiano Ronaldo.

"Aston Villa seems to have a three-striker lineup today, with Mane, Suarez and Bale on the front line, this forward combination, hehehe...... "Zhang Lu suddenly raised his voice and shouted, "Hey, it's a goal!" The ball is in! Aston Villa have scored! It was Bale who scored? ”

Zhang Lu, who was still introducing the starting lineups of the two sides, looked at the screen and saw Aston Villa's players flocking to Bale.

The stands at Villa Park were cheering crowds.

He Wei and Zhang Lu both subconsciously looked at the time, it was only 45 seconds!

'Forty-five seconds into the game, Aston Villa scored, not Bale's goal, it was Bale who assisted Suarez's goal.

A replay of the goal came, with Olympiacos kicking off first.

Their Belgian midfielder Mirallas tried to break through with the ball and was denied by Clement and Milner combined.

Aston Villa quickly counter-attacked.

Ha Mei crosses diagonally to the right.

Gareth. Bale stabbed the ball suddenly, and it rolled past the Greek defender Holebas, who was defending him.

Bell twisted his waist and swept over the other side.

After a beautiful ball was scored, Bale caught up with the ball and made a gesture to cut in laterally, attracting the opposition centre-backs to fill in and send the curling ball into the box.

Melberg, another of Olympiacos' other centre-backs, slid and fell in a hurry, and the unguarded Suarez scored with an easy header.

1-0, Aston Villa got off to a dream start.

……

In the camera, Fang Jue showed a surprised expression on the sidelines, then smiled and applauded.

"Obviously, Coach Fang Jue didn't expect the team's goal to come so quickly." He Wei said.

On the other hand, Olympiacos coach Valverde also had an extremely surprised expression, and then, the Spanish coach shook his head with a wry smile.

That's a goal?

Valverde turned his head and glanced at Fang Jue, he didn't know how to say: Why is this guy's luck so good every time he meets him?

Yes, Valverde felt that his own side was too bad luck for the goal conceded.

At the beginning of the game, the Olympiacos players were attacked by the opponent before they could get into the game.

Although this also shows that Aston Villa's counter-attack is sharp, it is still too bad luck, and if it wasn't for Melberg's slip, Suarez would not have scored so easily.

Fang Jue didn't see it that way.

In his opinion, Suarez is a must-score opportunity.

The Uruguayan striker's interspersed movement was very good, he got stuck first, Melberg was blocked by him, and even if Melberg did not fall, Suarez was very sure of scoring.

……

The goal was conceded in less than a minute into the game.

Valverde rubbed his temples in some pain.

The plan was for the whole team to defend and then play Aston Villa's counter-attack.

He was even expecting his side to steal a goal and beat Aston Villa 1-0 away.

Now, the opening goal was conceded so Valverde had to abandon that plan.

In the current situation, the first thing Olympiacos has to do is not continue to concede goals, and then look for opportunities to sneak one and try to get a 1-1 draw.

Just as he was thinking this, the stadium erupted in loud cheers.

Valverde looked up and saw Bale running to celebrate, followed by Aston Villa players running excitedly to celebrate.

On the live scoreboard at Villa Park, it was impressively displayed - Aston Villa 2:0 Olympiacos.

“Gooooooooooooooooooal！” The live broadcast shouted excitedly.

"Goal! It was really Bale's goal this time! A very nice free-kick goes straight to the goal! ”

"Two to zero! Just three minutes into the game, Aston Villa were already 2-0 up over Olympiacos. ”

'Aston Villa's start was too smooth, Ibargasa fouled Ronaldo and Bale scored from a free-kick!

Valverde was stunned and looked at the field in a daze.

He glanced at the scoreboard, then at Fang Jue.

Glancing at Fang Jue, he looked at the scoreboard again.

Fang Jue just turned his head to look over, and saw Valverde's strange behavior, he really wanted to shout at the other party: What are you looking at!

"It's 2-0, the start is too smooth!" Ceballos said.

"This game is stable!" Werner also said excitedly.

Fang Jue nodded.

Truth be told, he didn't expect his team to start the game so smoothly, leading by two goals in three minutes.

Thinking that he attached great importance to Valverde's team before the game, he also studied and studied, for fear that the horse would miss the front foot.

The reality of 2 to 0 at the beginning made Fang Jue suddenly feel bored.

It's like when you're trying to figure out how to coax a girl to get up in the morning, but the other person is ......

ε=(?? ο'*))), Fang Jue suddenly felt that life was so boring.

……

It was 0-2 in the opening three minutes, and Olympiacos was completely stunned.

Despite Valverde's constant shouting from the sidelines, it was clear that Olympiacos was playing in disarray.

10th minute of the game.

Olympiacos' Spanish defender Olbais made a mistake in the face of Aston Villa's pressing up front, and passed the football directly to Kyle Walker.

Kyle Walker immediately passed the ball.

Mane won the ball and slammed the ball down the middle and accelerated forward.

This was passed on to Ha Mei.

Ha Mei did not stop the ball, but directly passed the ball diagonally to Mane's front.

A beautiful two-over-one.

Sadio Mane dribbled straight into the Olympiacos penalty area.

It's such a simple wall-hitting coordination after the ball is broken in the front court, and the quick kick is passed.

Aston Villa cut through Olympiacos' chaotic defence!

Mane suddenly made a sharp stop, dodged the empty space, and crossed directly!

The ball arcs and flies towards the goal.

Suarez, who was in front of the post, jumped up with a header and did not touch the football.

Football is not passed to him.

Rear point!

Bale, who had been sprinting, slapped his horse and jumped high in the sprint.

This Welsh star who was once spurred and encouraged by Fang Jue with the Monkey King in Chinese mythology.

This player is affectionately called the Great Sage by many Aston Villa fans and Chinese fans who love him.

It's like falling from the sky.

Slammed the ball into the goal.

“Gooooooooooooooaaaaaaaal！”

"Gareth-Bell!"

"Pretty topping!"

"Gareth. Bel! It was his second goal of the day, and let's not forget that Suarez's goal was also his assist. ”

"It's only ten minutes into the game, two goals, one assist, 3-0, Gareth Bell dominates the game alone!"

Fang Jue applauded on the sidelines, and he looked at Bell's eyes as if he was looking at a big golden baby.

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