Football: Starting with managing Manchester United

On August 23, 2014, the first match of the second round of the Premier League was Aston Villa vs. Newcastle United.

The BBC had already arranged for reporters to start filming from the subway station.

Wow!!!

Amid the commotion, the reporter saw that the streets were filled with wine-red hues, as if paint buckets had been overturned.

There was a queue outside the Villa Village fan shop.

The group of fans on the side of the street, who were clearly older, were talking about winning the Champions League in 1982.

no way.

Although it is said that a true hero does not dwell on past glories, there are hardly any heroes in the world.

Loyal fans, seeing the team getting worse and worse, can only console themselves with their past glories, otherwise they will lose their faith in supporting the team.

I wonder if they have a 82 Lafite collection at home.

The reporter followed the group of fans to the stadium and spoke to the camera.

"Aston Villa's financial report for the 2013-14 season showed that the club lost a total of £28 million before tax. In fact, this was Villa's eighth consecutive year of losses, with the deficit reaching as high as £54 million in the 2010-11 season."

"Besides the high salary system being a ticking time bomb, the team's ability to generate revenue is also quite poor."

"Aston Villa's kit sponsor used to be well-known brands like Umbro and Nike, but now it's the second-tier Macron."

"Previously, Vera's chest logo represented companies like AST and LVD, but in recent years it has been replaced by various gambling companies. You should know that Vera's boss used to refuse to have a gambling company logo printed on his chest."

"With inefficient commercial development, Villa's revenue can only rely on ticket sales and broadcasting revenue, and the fans' enthusiasm has cooled down as the team's performance has declined. Compared to the 2007-08 season, Villa's average attendance this season has decreased by nearly 7,000 people."

"Today we can see a significant increase in attendance at Villa Park."

"This is related to Villa's change of coach. After Zhang Yang took over, he cleared out many high-salary players and brought in young players such as Kanté and Maguire. They also proved themselves with a victory."

"But whether it's good luck or real strength, one victory is far from enough; Villa needs more wins."

After the reporter finished speaking, he pointed the camera at the stadium.

Both teams' players were already warming up, and Zhang Yang stood on the sidelines, observing the players' condition.

To his surprise, Newcastle fans in the away stands were holding up banners.

Pardew Out!

This banner looks familiar; it's similar to the one Wenger will wear in the future.

Alan Pardew is Newcastle's manager.

Because in the second half of last season, Newcastle lost 15 out of 21 games.

So Alan Pardew was protested by fans with banners.

Zhang Yang turned his head to look at the old guy who had been shouting during warm-up.

This way of addressing it should be correct.

In the Premier League, and even in the top five leagues, there is no coach younger than himself.

Therefore, he can call all team coaches "old guys".

"Why did you insult me? Now you're getting booed by the fans."

Zhang Yang recalled the report he had read yesterday.

Alan Duppa said in a media interview: "Big talker? I really don't know what he has to be proud of. Just because he beat Stoke City, he thinks he's a genius coach? Don't be ridiculous. Stoke City just played terribly. Any decent team could easily beat them."

Alain Dupa's eyes in the shot are contemptuous, as if he's deliberately speaking to himself.

"And his so-called tactics, in my opinion, have no value whatsoever. They rely entirely on the players' luck and recklessness. He doesn't understand real football at all because he's not a professional player. He only knows how to use clever tricks and relies on media hype to attract attention."

Zhang Yang used to think it was weird when people targeted the protagonist in novels.

In fact, he felt that reality was even more bizarre.

Alan Dupa, that old man, seems to enjoy stirring up hatred through sarcasm.

Previously, he danced in front of the Arsenal coaching bench after the team scored a goal, which angered Wenger so much that he couldn't help but hit him.

He even said before last season's match against Chelsea: "If Mourinho dares to jump and celebrate in front of me, I will slap him because I am stronger than him!"

And indeed, Old Man Denver beat Chelsea, and then he ran over to Mourinho to celebrate.

It was last season.

Hull City player Mehler was eager to retrieve the ball that had gone out of bounds from the sidelines, but Pardew, who was standing in the path of the ball, did not make way for Mehler, so Mehler pushed Pardew aside.

Enraged, Pardu rushed forward and headbutted Meller in the face.

He was sent to the stands by the referee.

Pardew also always said that constantly provoking conflict was a manifestation of his strong fighting spirit, and that he wanted to convey a fighting spirit and a fighting attitude to the players through his own actions.

Zhang Yang didn't want to cosplay Mourinho and get his face slapped both on and off the field by that old man.

So after the players finished warming up, he told them about today's game, emphasizing that they could only win and not lose.

The Aston Villa players, who just defeated Stoke City, are also very confident.

Once the players from both sides entered the tunnel, Alan Pardew looked at Zhang Yang, his eyes still full of provocation.

Zhang Yang ignored him completely.

After the team members started walking out, he also arrived at his position.

I glanced at it briefly.

There are still quite a few empty seats, so it seems that Villa Park's journey to full capacity still has a long way to go.

Zhang Yang didn't expect a single victory to draw Aston Villa fans back.

There's still plenty of time.

Take it slow.

Barry, who was flipping a coin, had bad luck today; the Newcastle captain did not choose to kick off.

Because if the Holt Stand isn't positioned behind them, the sheer volume of noise from the 17,000+ fans in that stand during each attack can be distracting.

Beep!

The match started quickly after Villa kicked off.

Zhang Yang still opted for the 4-2-3-1 formation today, because only a system with two defensive midfielders can make Kante and Casemiro play comfortably.

Don't be fooled by the fact that Barry is organizing the attack now.

In reality, Zhang Yang plans to wait until Kante and the other two have improved before making them the core of Villa's tactics.

That's right.

Villa's future direction is to focus on defense.

Zhang Yang had no choice; to play Guardiola's possession-based style, you need to have strong enough players.

Otherwise, it would just be a case of copying without understanding.

Moreover, he always believed that defense was the right way to win a championship.

Villa's attack was mediocre; after several attempts, they failed to threaten the goal, and possession was also taken away by Newcastle's full-backs.

Sky Sports commentator Nolan Bach began his analysis.

"Newcastle's performance was abysmal in the latter part of last season, but they seem to have regained their form in the new season, although they lost to Manchester City in the first round of the league."

"But everyone knows that's because Manchester City is too strong; Aston Villa doesn't have that kind of absolute dominance yet."

"Aston Villa's two defensive midfielders are more active. Only ten minutes into the game, Newcastle's key player, attacking midfielder Sissoko, has already lost possession twice, just like Stoke City, and their attack is unable to progress smoothly."

"Then they'd better watch out for Vera's counterattack."

Nolan Bach believes the match should continue.

Villa will likely replicate their previous match rhythm, taking the lead with quick counter-attacks after winning possession.