After the pre-season warm-up match, the Liverpool team began to prepare for the upcoming new season. The new Premier League season can start nearly two weeks earlier than other leagues. By this time, each Premier League team
The teams are all in combat mode.
There is also a Community Shield match before the new Premier League season. This game is a warm-up for the new Premier League season. The two sides are Manchester United, the league champion of last season, and Chelsea, the FA Cup champion. The two sides are in the 90s.
The civil war ended in a one-to-one draw within minutes.
Then the two sides directly entered a penalty shootout. In the end, Manchester United defeated their opponent 3-0 in a penalty shootout and won the Community Shield Cup.
As soon as this game ends, the new Premier League season will begin, and Liverpool are carefully preparing for the new season.
The opening game of this season's Premier League is between Sunderland and Tottenham Hotspur, but Liverpool's first round of the new season will be played one day later than them.
The opening game of the new season was an upset. Sunderland defeated Tottenham Hotspur by a goal at their home court. This was a big upset. Tottenham Hotspur had a lot of trouble in the transfer market this season.
The cost was very high. They originally planned to show off their talents, but unfortunately they failed to succeed.
Liverpool's opponent in the first game of the new season is Aston Villa, which is considered a long-established and strong team in England.
Aston Villa is a football club located in Birmingham, central England. They were founded in 1874. In their early days, they won the league championship and FA Cup many times, making them an imaginary enemy of other clubs.
Moreover, the English top league was established in 1888, and Aston Villa also became a founding member of the Football League. Villa is also one of the oldest teams in the Premier League.
However, Aston Villa's performance in recent years has not been very good. They are all in the middle of the league. They are the kind of team that has no hope of being relegated in the European war. However, no one dares to look down upon it now.
This team is actually quite capable.
Aston Villa's lineup is indeed very strong, and they should be quite competitive in the Premier League, but their team has not played to match their strength.
However, for this game, Liverpool did not relax at all. They were full of desire for victory in this game. Because as long as Liverpool draws with Aston Villa in this campaign, they will become the first team after Manchester United, Arsenal and Chelsea.
The fourth team to reach a total of 1,000 Premier League points.
But Liverpool, who have invested heavily this summer, will never be satisfied with just one point. In this game, they are determined to win. From this moment on, they have been ready to compete for the league championship.
However, in the past four seasons, Liverpool has fallen into a cycle of being unable to win in the first round of the league. Of course, in the past 31 first-round games, Liverpool has only lost three times.
This strange circle has also cast a shadow over Liverpool's first round of the season. However, Liverpool's players are very confident. They firmly believe that Liverpool will win this game and they are ready.
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Before the game, Liverpool's manager Benitez had already made tactical arrangements, and he was well prepared for this game.
Benitez is of course a world-class tactician, but he also has advantages and disadvantages. Relatively speaking, Benitez's disadvantage is that he is too single-minded in tactics. He is too fond of four, two, three and one.
The team's thinking is based on this foundation.
The advantage of Benitez is his tactical restriction on opponents. This is the basis for Benitez to become the world's master tactician. In this aspect, he is comparable to Ancelotti and Jose Mourinho.
, even better than them, in this aspect.
After listening to Benitez's tactics, Liverpool's players became more confident about this game and they couldn't wait to start this game.
In this game, Liverpool is playing away from home. Recently, Liverpool's schedule has been really tight. After the game against Aston Villa, Liverpool has to fly away again to participate in the European qualifying rounds.
, their opponent is Toulouse.
It is because of this Champions League qualifying match that Liverpool's second round of the Premier League match this season has been postponed to March next year. Because the two matches are only one day apart, Liverpool will definitely not be able to play.
By this time, Qiu Ze really understood how intensive the English team's season was. When he was in Portugal, Qiu Ze also participated in the Champions League qualifying rounds, but at that time, when participating in the Champions League qualifying rounds,
The Portuguese league has not started yet.
The Premier League has already started, and the schedule is really intensive, which requires very high physical fitness for the players. Qiu Ze now understands why he can practice so hard at the beginning of the season, but not
Several players complained.
For the first game of the new season, Liverpool were very cautious and serious. Liverpool went to the away game one day in advance to prepare for this game.
This game will be played at Aston Villa’s home stadium, Villa Park. Villa Park can be said to be the hinterland of Aston Villa, because in the first year when they moved here,
They won the league and FA Cup double.
Villa Park is a football stadium located in Aston, Birmingham, England. It has been the home stadium of Aston Villa since 1897. It is also a designated match stadium of UEFA and has been the home stadium of the England national team for many games.
Sixteen International Matches is the first football stadium to hold international matches in three different centuries. Villa Park is also the stadium that has hosted the most English FA Cup semi-finals in history, with 55 games played here.
This stadium has four grand stands, namely the Harald Stand, the Trinity Road Stand, the North Stand and the Dow Ellis Stand, with a total capacity of more than 42,000 people.
When Qiu Ze entered this stadium for the first time, he came here with the team to adapt to the field training. This stadium is indeed beautiful. Of course, it is not as good as Anfield, let alone Old Trafford. But this
The team is considered a very beautiful stadium in front of most teams.
For this game, Aston Villa also very much hopes to win this game and get a good start to the new season. They have been in the middle of the league for several consecutive years, which makes Aston Villa very uncomfortable.
They feel that they should be at the forefront of the Premier League, and their goal this season is to qualify for the European competition.
Before the game, Aston Villa head coach Martin O'Neill said: "This game is very important for Aston Villa. They will do everything possible to win."
In Martin O'Neill's view, at this time, Liverpool should be hampered by the Champions League qualifying rounds. After all, for Liverpool, entering the Champions League main draw is much more important than the first round of the league. At this time, Liverpool should consider
It's the next Champions League qualifying round.
So Martin O'Neill thinks this is a good opportunity for Aston Villa, a good chance to win and a good start to the new season.
In the history of the total battle between the two sides, Liverpool has the upper hand with 77 wins, 36 draws and 51 losses. However, Liverpool only achieved 25 wins, 20 draws and 37 losses at Villa Park. This does not seem to be the case for Liverpool.
A great place.
However, Liverpool have remained unbeaten in their previous nine visits to Villa Park. This is very good for Liverpool, and they seem to be on an uphill climb at Villa Park.
On this day, there were still a lot of Liverpool fans wearing their red jerseys and coming to the away game to watch the game.
This is the first game of the new season, which makes the English fans who have been holding back for a whole summer very excited. They finally have a game to watch again. Their passion is full, which has been suppressed for too long.
Of course, the same is true for Aston Villa fans. Their passion is no less than that of Liverpool fans, and this is their home court. Before the game even started, Villa Park Stadium was packed to capacity.
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Aston Villa fans sang their team anthem at the stadium during the year, shouting that they wanted a victory, and they were very excited. Liverpool fans did not dare to be lonely, and they also sang their team anthem loudly.
"you'll never Walk Alone".
In this game, Martin O'Neill deployed a 433 formation, with their main goalkeeper Taylor in the goalkeeper position.
The four back positions are Bouma, Mellberg, Laursen and Barry. The three midfield positions are Enri Kirk, Craig Gardner and Pedlov.
.The three players on the forward line are Agbonlahor, Carew and Ashley Young.
The most enviable thing about Aston Villa is their striker. Among them, Agbonlahor and Carew are not very powerful strikers, and Ashley Young is also very good. This guy is called
For Beckham Jr., he is very good at long passes and kicking the ball from the wing.
Judging from this lineup, Aston Villa's strength cannot be underestimated. Their strength is still very good.
On Liverpool's side, Benitez of course arranged a 4-2-3-1 formation, with Spaniard Reina in the goalkeeper position.
In the four-back position, there are Finnan, Carragher, Agger and Arbeloa. In the double defensive midfield position, there are Gerrard and Xabi Alonso. In the three-forward position, there are
Kuyt, Chiu Ze and Riise, with Fernando Torres at the front.
Liverpool's lineup is very strong, and it does look much better than Aston Villa. After all, they spent so much money this summer, their lineup certainly looks much better.
At this time, players from both sides had already appeared in the stadium, and the scene suddenly became heated. Fans from both sides chanted the names of their teams and cheered for their teams. They hoped that their teams could win
victory.
At this time, the commentators from various broadcasting stations also started busy introductions, introducing the starting lineups of both sides, explaining the lineups of both sides, expressing their views on the lineups, and their speculations on the tactical arrangements of the head coaches of both sides.