The Glory of the Godfather

On May 3, the front page of the "Birmingham Evening News" was a number 36/38!

"Aston Villa is only four rounds away from setting a great record of a complete season win!"-

In the 34th round of the Premier League, Aston Villa defeated Manchester City in a three-to-two away game.'Blue Moon' was scored by Lukaku shortly after the opening game and scored two consecutive goals. The ball, however, Aston Villa in the second half of the game was scored by Mane and Kanter to lock the score at three to two.

In the thirty-fifth round of the Premier League match yesterday, Aston Villa beat Everton 3-0 at home, and Lewandowski staged a hat-trick.

So, counting the remaining thirty-six, thirty-seven and thirty-eight rounds of the league, plus the thirty-third round of the league’s home match against the Queen’s Park Rangers, Aston Villa still has Four Premier League games to be played.

A day later, the Aston Villa team set off from Birmingham for a chartered flight to Madrid to prepare for the first leg of the semi-final of the Champions League with Real Madrid.

At Madrid Airport, Fang Jue was chased by the Madrid media.

"I don't want to hide anything, this season we are going to regain lost ground in the Champions League."

"Real Madrid is a great and respectable team, but I believe it will be Villa that will advance to the final."

Facing the microphone, Fang Jue ‘frankly’ expressed Aston Villa’s determination to eliminate Real Madrid to advance to the finals and even stand on the top of Europe.

Although Madrid people don't like to hear this, there is no media criticizing him and Aston Villa for being arrogant or disrespecting opponents.

Without him, Fang Jue and Aston Villa are qualified to say such things.

He and his team are now the most terrifying team in Europe, none of them.

In the evening two days later and the night before the first round match with Real Madrid, Aston Villa watched another semi-final first round match in the conference room of the hotel where they were staying.

This is Barcelona playing Juventus away.

Enrique's Barcelona made a fantastic start in just four minutes of the game. Iniesta assisted Rakitic to open the scoring and helped Barcelona take a one-to-zero lead in the away game.

Not long after the start of the second half, Tevez assisted Morata to score, helping Juventus to tie the score one to one.

However, Barcelona quickly scored with Messi assisted by Suarez, rewriting the score to two to one.

Then in stoppage time, Pedro assisted Neymar to score and locked the score to three to one.

"Okay, go to bed and rest." After the game was over, assistant coach Ceballos hurriedly urged the players to go to bed and rest.

After the players left, Fang Jue and the coaching staff held a small meeting for the game that just ended.

The general consensus is that if Aston Villa can eliminate Real Madrid and reach the Champions League final, the opponent in the final is basically determined to be Barcelona.

In the first leg, they defeated Juventus 3-1 away. Barcelona is basically stable, and there is no possibility that Juventus will come back at the Nou Camp.

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"Different from the passive situation in the league, our fate in the Champions League is now in our own hands." Before the start of the game, Real Madrid coach Ancelotti was cheering for the players in the home team's locker room at the Bernabéu Stadium. .

In La Liga, after the current 35 league matches, Real Madrid ranked second with 85 points, and Barcelona ranked first with 87 points.

There are still three rounds in La Liga. The two-point difference seems not insurmountable, but for Real Madrid, their fate is no longer in their own hands. In addition to winning three games, they also count on Barcelona. Overturned in at least one race.

The fate of Real Madrid's La Liga championship is not completely in their own hands.

"This is our home court, our turf!"

"This is the Bernabeu."

"To defend the dignity of Real Madrid is everyone's only mission tonight."

Seeing the eager expressions on the faces of the players, Ancelotti knew that his words had worked.

He admits that Aston Villa is very strong, but Ancelotti does not think Real Madrid has no chance to advance.

In fact, in terms of lineup strength alone, this Real Madrid team is considered to be above Aston Villa.

The starting lineup of both sides of today's game was played on the big screen of the Bernabéu Stadium.

royal house Madrid:

Goalkeeper: Casillas;

Defensive line: Carvajal, Pepe, Varane, Marcelo;

Midfielder: Ronaldo, Ramos, Cross, Isco;

Frontline: Cristiano Ronaldo, Bell;

Aston Villa:

Goalkeeper: Ter Stegen;

Defensive line: Kyle Walker, Thiago Silva, Senderos, Milner;

Midfielder: Modric, Clement, Kaka;

Forwards: Mane, Lewandowski, Sanchez;

Ancelotti did not adopt conservative tactics. He knew that facing the Aston Villa with strong offensive firepower, it would be too difficult for Real Madrid to not lose the ball.

However, Real Madrid also did not adopt a radical crazy offensive posture. UU Reading www.uukanshu.cOM

The style of a team is closely related to the style of their head coach.

What is Ancelotti's style?

The Madrid media once used the word ‘being humiliated’ to praise Ancelotti.

Compared with his predecessor Mourinho, Ancelotti's mentality is more peaceful.

His ‘steady’ mentality has largely affected this team of Real Madrid.

In the words of "Marca", even if Real Madrid is behind, Ancelotti is rarely impatient. He will appear calm on the sidelines and tell his players in this way:

Don't panic, take your time, there is still time, the victory is definitely ours.

The game has just started six minutes.

Aston Villa got the opportunity to set the ball in the front court.

De Bruyne took a free kick into the penalty area, Lewandowski squeezed away the defending Varane, successfully grabbed the ball, and he topped the ball.

The football bounced in front of the goal, forming a V shape, and flew into the net from the right hand side of Real Madrid goalkeeper Casillas.

"Gooooooooooooooooaaaaal!"

"Lewandowski! Lewandowski! Robert Lewandowski, beautiful header, he scored for Aston Villa, Fang Jue's team made a fantastic start at the Bernabeu ."

The shot was immediately given to the coaching bench on the sidelines.

Fang Jue got up from the seat and didn't look too excited. He just clapped his hands, waved his fists, and returned to the seat to take a seat.

On the side of Real Madrid, Ancelotti got up and frowned. He shouted Ramos's name from the sidelines, called the Spanish Titans to the sidelines, confessed a few words, and then returned to the coach with a relatively calm expression. The seats are seated.