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In the short video on Douyin, a large number of bloggers posted highlights of Xia Yuan's match against West Bromwich Albion. Once posted, it instantly attracted likes and comments from users. The highest number of likes reached 10 million times! ! There were also millions of comments. "Xia Yuan is so outstanding! He made all four assists for Aston Villa! Even Zidane, Xavi and Pirlo could not reach this level at the age of 17!" Likes: 1223762 times

"Although Xia Yuan is of Chinese descent, he has the blood of Xia Country flowing in his body! To some extent, he is also the pride of Xia Country!" Likes: 6789342 times

"At Xia Yuan's current level, he can play for the relegation team in the top five leagues!" Likes: 3312983 times!

"If Xia Yuan can be selected for the Norwegian national team and enter the 2022 Qatar World Cup, then Norway will be my home team!" Likes: 4898328 times!

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The next day.

Seven o'clock in the morning.

In a luxury hotel in Birmingham.

After getting up, Reba immediately took the subway to London with her father Murati. They were going to take a flight back to Xia Country.

On the plane.

Reba's father Murati asked Reba: "Did you have dinner with Xia Yuan last night?"

"Yes! He is very nice. It was already two o'clock in the morning when we finished dinner. He even sent me to the hotel before going back."

Reba talked endlessly to her father.

"And! Xia Yuan has promised me! If we go to watch the game in the future, he will give us free tickets!"

Seeing his daughter so happy, Murati smiled meaningfully.

Birmingham, Aston Villa training ground.

A new day of training has begun.

After winning five consecutive games, Aston Villa is in hot form, although it is still ranked sixth in the Championship!

But the gap with the fifth-placed team is only one point!

In the next game, Aston Villa's opponent is Stoke City.

Currently, Stoke City ranks 9th in the Championship.

To be honest.

Stoke City's ranking does not match the strength of this team.

As a veteran strong team in England, Stoke City has participated in the Premier League many times.

Because the team's tactics focus on high-altitude ball bombing, it is also called the Sky City.

Xia Yuan has a certain relationship with Stoke City.

It was because of his outstanding performance in the match against Stoke City U17 that he was finally recommended to Dean Smith by Terry and eventually became a player of Aston Villa's first team.

After the training, Dean Smith specially gathered the players of Aston Villa's first team for a talk.

"Boys! We are getting closer and closer to the goal of winning the Championship! In two days, we will face Stoke City! This will be a tough battle!"

"This team has many talented stars in its lineup! And I won't be able to command on the sidelines in the next game! But despite this, I believe you can win away!"

The day before the game.

Aston Villa's first team took a bus to Stoke City, a small town on the Trent River in England.

At the pre-match press conference.

Dean Smith did not choose to attend, but let assistant coach John Terry take his place. Dean Smith refused to attend the press conference for only one purpose, that is, to protest the FA's ruling.

After the last game with West Bromwich Albion, Aston Villa Club immediately appealed to the FA for the unreasonable penalty of the referee on the spot.

However, the FA rejected Aston Villa's appeal.

The red cards of Dean Smith and House were not revoked, and naturally the referee was not punished.

This made Dean Smith very angry!

So in this game, Dean Smith directly refused to attend the press conference.

John Terry was very calm in the interview with reporters.

"Although our team suffered an unfair penalty in the last game, everything is over. What we need to do now is to play this game well."

"Stoke City is a strong team. When I was a player, I was able to play against Stoke City in the Premier League almost every season!"

"Although Stoke City is like Aston Villa,

, were relegated to the Championship, but the team's foundation is still very strong. Tomorrow's game will be a difficult game for Aston Villa, but we are ready,"

Terry was relatively low-key.

Stoke City coach, Nathan Jones, who is only 46 years old, is very sharp.

He was extremely confident in the pre-match interview.

"Stoke City has lost too many games that should not be lost this season. I have reformed the team. From now on, Stoke City will get back on track."

"Although Aston Villa has won five consecutive games and is currently ranked sixth in the league, it looks very promising, but in my opinion, this team is not enough."

"Whether it is Grealish, the 17-year-old Norwegian Chinese, or Abraham... they can't break our defense."

"Wait and see, tomorrow night Stoke City will end Aston Villa's winning streak at home. ”

Match day.

Britannia Stadium.

7:15 pm.

Stoke City fans have come to the stands, looking forward to the start of the battle!

And in the studio of Dongqiu.com.

Two commentators, Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu, also began to introduce the team before the game.

"The focus of the 34th round of the English Championship! Stoke City will face Aston Villa at home!"

"Currently, Stoke City is only ranked ninth in the English Championship! Stoke City's performance this season is not particularly ideal, but the team's personnel configuration is quite luxurious."

"Nathan Jones sent out a 433 formation."

"The goalkeeper position is Butland,"

"The four defensive backs are: Tom Edwards, Bass, Indy, and Clucas!"

"Three midfielders: veteran Charlie Adam sits in the middle, former Liverpool midfielder Joe Allen is on the right, and the left midfielder is Nigerian star Etebo! ”

“Three forwards: Thomas Ince, Vokes, Bojan!”

“Compared to the last game, Aston Villa, who played away, only had one position adjustment, that is, defender House was suspended due to a red card, and was replaced by Neil Taylor.”

“Goalkeeper Lovre Kalinic.”

“The four defenders are: Hutton, Elphick, Mings, Neil Taylor;”

“The single defensive midfielder is Jedinak.”

“The four frontcourt players: Xia Yuan, Hourihane, McGinn, Grealish;”

“The single forward: Abraham!”