Chapter 398: The Man Favored by Lady Luck
At the end of the first half, Aston Villa were 2-0 down at home to Ibiza.
When the referee's whistle blew, Aston Villa manager Martin Brown. O'Neill frowned and headed straight back to the locker room.
For the first half, he just wanted to say that Ibiza had been so lucky.
After the half-time break, before the start of the second half, Martin. O'Neill made changes to the team, and he brought Bermuda forward Malone to the team. Hailewood came on to replace midfielder Gardner.
It was a very courageous substitution, a midfielder, a centre-forward, and now Aston Villa are playing with a three-striker approach.
"It's actually a two-centre-forward tactic." Fang Jue said to Ceballos, "Hellwood and Karui are two high points, Abang Lajo's position has retreated slightly, and he and Ashley Young have formed a bilateral front to deliver cannonballs for these two men. ”
The substitution was a bit effective at first, especially when Ashley Young suddenly came out of nowhere and sent a cross on the wing. O'Neal deployed at halftime to stimulate Ashleyon's wide assist ability to find Karui and Hellwood, you know, Ashley Young is one of Aston Villa's biggest players right now, and it is said that he has attracted the attention of giants such as Manchester United.
Fang Jue was taken aback, and then he saw Ashley Young use his speed to repeatedly attack Bolaruz's defensive zone, and the football was hoisted into the penalty area by him - flying from the left to the right no man's land, or flying directly out of the bottom line and out of the sideline.
Anyway, where there are no Aston Villa players, the football flies over.
Fang Jue was stunned, and in the space of just ten minutes, Ashley Young delivered four crosses, all of which perfectly avoided his teammates.
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"What is Ashley Young doing? Is he practicing the ball game? The narrator couldn't help but ask.
"My grandmother's passing is also more reliable than Ashley Young." Mortenson, the Sky TV gold medal commentator who commented on the game, said unceremoniously sarcastically.
Fang Jue immediately made a substitution, with Clement coming off the bench and he coming on for Modric.
The substitution then paid off immediately, as Ashley Young tried to break through Bora Luz again, with Clement's clever bag and the England international's feet on the ball before Ibiza unleashed a quick counter-attack.
Corosas sent a long ball, Lewandowski nodded the ball forward, Sartnet tackled the ball, but accidentally shoveled the attacking goalkeeper Guzan to the ground, and then, everyone saw Ibiza Mata even stunned for a second, and then happily dribbled the ball to the goal and hit the ball into the empty goal.
Ibiza took a three-goal lead.
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Martin. O'Neill felt like he was going crazy.
With players making mistakes and accidents on the pitch, he wondered if Aston Villa had been cursed.
The camera caught Mata scoring the lucky package goal, Ibiza's manager Fang Jue did not immediately celebrate on the sidelines, but spread his hands and showed a look of surprise.
Obviously, Fang Jue was also stunned, he didn't expect Aston Villa to give gifts frequently.
In the chairman's box of the Villa Park team, Aston Villa's American boss is not very good-looking, Aston Villa's recent results are very good, and his financial pressure has been eased, Mr. Lerner is in a good mood and invited some friends to watch the game, and the emotional chairman boasts to his friends, please watch the third in the Premier League and the first in La Liga, and then ......
A friend was comforting Landy Renner, saying that the 0-3 score was not Aston Villa's lack of strength, but that it was too bad luck.
Landy Lerner nodded, reluctantly accepting the statement (fig leaf).
Aston Villa, who trailed by three goals, went on a rampage like crazy.
Although the owner of the team did not force the game to win, however, the home defeat must be very unhappy. O'Neill is thinking about scoring goals now, narrowing the gap as much as possible, not seeking to win and reverse, and thank God if he can tie the score.
Seeing Aston Villa pressing on the ground, Fang Jue stared at Aston Villa's empty backline and thought.
He then asked Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who had been warming up on the sidelines for about ten minutes, to come over and give him a good lecture.
"When you come on, replace Deisler."
"Let Robert [Lewandowski] make the ball for you."
"We play defensive counter-attacks."
"Use your speed to pound their defenses!"
When Aston Villa are desperate to press, the best person to play on the counter-attack is the extremely fast Aubameyang.
Ibiza then made a substitution, with captain Deisler coming off and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang coming on as a substitute.
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'It was a timely substitution and when Aston Villa were attacking aggressively, there was a lot of space behind their backline, which was perfect for Aubameyang. Dolores said.
Martin. O'Neill also noticed this substitution, and he was also able to guess Fang Jue's thoughts.
However, despite guessing what Ibiza is going to do, O'Neill can't do anything about it, unless Aston Villa can accept a 3-0 defeat and defend honestly, otherwise, as long as they press out, they will have to risk the risk of being caught by the opposition at the back.
It's a gambling-style offense.
Martin. O'Neill now hopes that Lady Luck will take care of Aston Villa and not give Ibiza a chance.
However, O'Neill chuckled in his heart, and when it came to luck, Aston Villa's luck today was a bit bad.
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In the 76th minute of the game, Aston Villa's attack in front was intercepted, and Ibiza quickly counterattacked defensively.
Koscielny's pass from Koscielny did not choose to dribble forward, but looked ahead, and then directly kicked up: long pass!
The ball spanned half the pitch and flew straight to Aston Villa's backfield.
"Vacancy!"
"A chance to fight back!"
On the right side of Aston Villa, right-back Luke Shaw had not yet returned to the defence due to an assist, and there was a large open field.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is accelerating the sprint, with Juan Mata on the left behind him and Reus in the middle.
In the Aston Villa penalty area, only central defender Davies is alone, and another central defender, Knight, is desperately chasing back.
"Three to one! Ibiza formed a three-on-one in a local area! ”
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang caught up with the ball first, and then he sprinted straight with the ball.
Aston Villa defender Davies rushed up hard, and he is now panicking, not only to prevent Aubameyang's breakthrough, but also to prevent him from passing the ball and preventing him from shooting from distance...... He felt that it was too difficult.
At this time, the smartest option for Aubameyang is to pass to Juan Mata on the left, and Davies is also mainly defending this.
Then, he saw Aubameyang rushing towards him.
Well done!
Davis welcomed this, he had long heard that this Gabonese kid was rough and could not excel: this time, he was going to capture this kid alive.
Then Davis lost Aubameyang before his eyes.
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"Beautiful!"
Before the two men could make contact, the opponent moved the ball forward, then started again, rushing past Davis like a gust of wind.
"Oh my God! Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang! It's like he's riding a motorcycle! And it was when I met Davis and suddenly stepped on the accelerator! Lineker exclaimed.
Then, everyone saw that Aubameyang, who had completed a beautiful breakthrough, entered the penalty area, faced goalkeeper Guzan, and volleyed!
Guzan snapped the ball out and Mata followed up with ease again to find the empty net.
Four to zero!
Juan Mata was so happy that he hugged Aubameyang, who said to him loudly: "I have already figured it out, the goalkeeper can save the football for you." ”
"I know, I know, I know." Mata laughed as she spoke.
Aubameyang flattened his mouth, and his instincts told him that Mata didn't believe him......
"God, Juan. Juan Mata, who scored twice in a row with ease, was blessed by Lady Luck today. The narrator shouted loudly.
On the sidelines, Ibiza coach Fang Jue was first surprised, and then applauded happily, shaking his head while applauding.