It is worth mentioning that this game is not only the fourth winning streak of the old English giants after the start of the game, but also the team only conceded 1 goal in these four games. In the current Premier League standings, they can also rank fourth with two wins and beat Arsenal, Crystal Palace and Leeds United with goal difference. Needless to say, because Manchester City ended the Champions League at the end of last season, they still have a Premier League match with the "Blue Moon Army" yet to be played.
From last season's lucky relegation to the strong start of four-game winning streak this season, under the leadership of coach dean smith, it seems that the "sleeping giant" of English football is finally expected to wake up.
As one of the first 12 teams to participate in the Old League in 1888-89 season, this club from Birmingham, England was born as early as 1874. In the history of English top leagues in 132, Aston Villa not only won the league championship seven times, but also beat Bayern Munich in the Champions League final in 198 1-82, thus winning the first "big ear cup" in the team's history. This also makes them one of only five English clubs to win the Champions League.
However, since the second year of this century 10, due to continuous poor management, in the Premier League of 15- 16 season, the team was finally relegated from the Premier League with a shameful record of 3 wins, 8 draws and 27 losses and only 17 points. In the last five seasons, they only wasted three seasons in the second division. For this old club that has won the league championship seven times, such a result is really shameful. ...
Last summer, Villa, who returned to the top league stage after three years, seemed to want to "change their way". During the whole summer window, the former European champion not only squandered 65.438+0.48 billion euros in the transfer market, but also spent the fourth place in the Premier League where local tyrants abound. And their net investment in the whole summer window is 1.47 billion euros-which is also the largest and only team with hundreds of millions in the league.
Nevertheless, at the end of the Premier League last season, Villa only handed over a report card of "9 wins, 8 draws, 2 1 negative". At the same time, it ranks fourth from the bottom in the standings-even just a hair away from relegation.
Why do you say that?
This is the first showdown after the Premier League rematch. Villa finally drew 0-0 with Sheffield United at home, thus gaining the key 1 point on the relegation road.
Nevertheless, in the 42nd minute, when Villa goalkeeper Nirlander grabbed the ball in a save, the football even crossed the goal line completely. At that time, the referee did not receive the goal reminder from Hawkeye Technology, so he could only invalidate the goal! Later, Hawkeye even publicly apologized to Xie Lian and said: This is the first time in 9000 games where this technology has been applied that such an obvious mistake has appeared!
You know, if Villa lose 0-/kloc-0-,then at the end of the season, they will also share 34 points with Bournemouth and be relegated to the British Championship ("-27" vs "-25") because of the goal difference. Last season, Villa stayed in the Premier League-it was so lucky. ...
But as the saying goes, "Give it to death and you will be born later." After last season's "miracle" relegation experience, Villa soldiers also cherish the opportunity to stay in the Premier League now. In the new season, under the leadership of meritorious coach dean smith, the former European champion with smoother tactical operation also began to attack the honor.
Aston Villa's recovery may be this season.