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After the game started, Aston Villa relied on the advantage of home court to launch a fierce attack on the opponent's goal.

In the 21st minute of the game.

Grealish made an assist on the wing, and Abraham in front of the goal opened the opponent's goal with a header like a mountain.

One to zero.

Aston Villa, who played at home, took the lead.

After the team took the lead, coach Dean Smith immediately adjusted the tactics and took the initiative to let the players on the field retreat to the half-court defense.

Once again, the iron bucket formation was set up!

After seeing this, Middlesbrough immediately attacked Aston Villa's penalty area frantically.

All kinds of bombardment.

However!

Without Mikel and Lewis Winn, Middlesbrough's midfield was unable to organize a decent attack. For most of the time, Middlesbrough's players continued to pass the ball ineffectively on the court.

No player could deliver a fatal pass.

Just like that... time passed little by little, and Aston Villa, playing at home, maintained a one-to-zero lead until the end of the game.

Two days later.

Aston Villa ushered in the FA Cup quarter-finals with Brighton without stopping.

And Xia Yuan's injury is gradually recovering.

He can already train with the ball!

On the eve of the Aston Villa vs. Brighton FA Cup match, Xia Yuan took the initiative to ask head coach Dean Smith to include him in the game roster.

He even wanted to start!

But Dean Smith did not dare to take risks. He only included Xia Yuan in the game roster, but did not let Xia Yuan start.

Dean Smith considered it very carefully.

He knew very well that Aston Villa was much weaker than Brighton. If Aston Villa wanted to beat the Seagulls at home, it had to rely on Xia Yuan's performance.

But now, Xia Yuan's injury has only recovered to about 80%.

If Xia Yuan is allowed to start rashly, it may aggravate Xia Yuan's injury.

The best option is to let Xia Yuan play as a substitute.

Match day.

The stands of Villa Park were bustling with people.

More than 40,000 Aston Villa fans have been looking forward to it!

The fans are waiting for the start of this battle with great excitement! !

After learning that Xia Yuan was included in the roster of this game, Douyin officials immediately purchased the broadcasting rights of the FA Cup and broadcast it live.

"Welcome all fans to the Douyin live broadcast room! I am your old friend, He Wei!"

"In the 2018-2019 season, the FA Cup quarter-finals, the Aston Villa vs. Brighton battle is about to begin!"

"Let me introduce the starting lineups of the two teams first!"

"For Aston Villa, head coach Dean Smith continued to send out a 4141 formation."

"Goalkeeper Lovre Kalinic."

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

"The single defensive midfielder is Jedinak."

"The four frontcourt players: Glenn Whelan, Hourihane, McGinn, Grealish;"

"Single striker: Abraham!"

"And for the Seagulls Brighton, coach Hughton sent out a 433 formation."

"Goalkeeper Matthew Ryan!"

"Defense line: Bernard ", Dunk, Duffy, Montoya!"

"Three midfielders: Prober, Stephens, Kayal;"

"Three forwards: Jahanbakhsh, Glenn Murray, Conokate!"

Commentator He Wei continued: "On the bench of Aston Villa, there is another figure we are very familiar with, his name is Xia Yuan!"

"Since the end of the Aston Villa vs. Birmingham game, Xia Yuan has not appeared in two consecutive games. I hope we can see Xia Yuan on the court tonight!"

"Currently Aston Villa is still ranked fourth in the Championship, and their opponent tonight, Brighton, is ranked 10th in the Premier League!"

After the game started.

Brighton, who played away, took the lead.

Although there was no three-ball king sitting on the wing of Brighton at this time, the breakthrough ability of Jahanbakhsh was also extremely sharp.

He was often able to use the inside cut to shoot in the game.

In addition, Brighton's midfield general Stephens was in good shape.

After the opening, he sent out long passes over the top, directly

Connected with striker Glenn Murray!!

Glenn Murray is a standard English center forward.

Possessing a strong body and excellent ability to compete for high balls.

This season, Glenn Murray has scored 8 goals in the Premier League.

He is currently the top scorer in Brighton's lineup!

In the 10th minute of the game.

Glenn Murray received a long pass from Stephens in the penalty area. This time, the experienced Glenn Murray took the lead in leaning against Aston Villa's central defender Elphick.

Then he jumped up!

After successfully grabbing the first point, he shot directly at the goal!

Elphick was no match for the experienced Glenn Murray.

He could only watch the football fly into his own goal.

Bang!!

One to zero!!

Glenn Murray scored a goal.

"As expected of Brighton's top scorer! The 36-year-old Glenn Murray used his best header to break Aston Villa's goal!!"

"Glenn Murray scored a goal just ten minutes into the game!"

"Brighton 1-0 Aston Villa!!"

Instantly.

The originally enthusiastic Aston Villa fans wilted.

Every fan's eyes were filled with disappointment and unwillingness.

However, Aston Villa coach Dean Smith's face was quite calm.

It seemed that he had already expected the team to lose the ball first.

After the game was restarted, Aston Villa, who played at home, took the initiative to attack again!

Grealish became the most active player on the court.

He continued to break through on the left side, which he was best at.

However, Brighton's defensive players did not give Grealish too many good opportunities.

Grealish's three consecutive breakthroughs were cleared by the opponent's full-back...

Aston Villa's offense encountered a bottleneck!

Not only that.

In the 21st minute of the game, Aston Villa's defense line had another loophole!

Brighton's winger Jahanbakhsh used his personal ability to successfully break through Hutton. After that, Jahanbakhsh used the outside of his foot to cross the ball and turned the ball into the penalty area!

It was still veteran Glenn Murray who took off!

Facing the interference of two Aston Villa central defenders in front of the goal, he still completed a header!

Bang~

The ball went straight to the dead corner of the goal! !

Two to zero! !

Brighton led by two goals! !

"Is this the strength of a mid-level Premier League team? Too strong!!"

"This is the first time I've seen Aston Villa so nervous! They are no match at all!"

"Brighton is too strong! It's almost a dimensionality reduction attack!"

"A mid-level Premier League team is killing the favorite team to win the Championship!"

"Oh! Let Xia Yuan play quickly! If this continues, it feels like Aston Villa will be slaughtered by Brighton!"

On the barrage of the Douyin live broadcast room, Xiaguo fans began to get nervous.