readytorunbook Chapter 236
Chapter 236
Four days later, Birmingham's Villa Park stadium.
Bury travel to Aston Villa.
As one of the only four Champions League champions in the Premier League, Aston Villa's performance this season is not very good.
Although their configuration is not bad, they did not show the corresponding strength on the field.
They are now only ranked No.16, not far from the relegation zone.
It seems that they have the possibility to join Nottingham Forest as the Champions League giants in the English Championship.
Although they have Bury's old general Watkins in their formation, Zhang Chong is not merciful.
With the British God of Gamblers scoring twice and Traore's icing on the cake, Bury won the opponent [-]-[-] away.
In this game, Bury controlled the rhythm of the game throughout, and Aston Villa didn't get a chance.
Watkins hardly got the ball in this game. He was bored and could only chat with Bury's old teammates in the backcourt.
After the game, his old teammates came to comfort him, and Maguire said regretfully: "Ollie, if you leave this summer, at least you can win a league championship."
Klaus couldn't help but interjected: "Yeah, look at you now, you still have to fight for relegation in Aston Villa."
Watkins only felt that there were several arrows in his chest: "Are you here to comfort me or to stimulate me?"
Everyone glanced at him, and scattered happily.
In this round, Manchester City was unexpectedly tied by Newcastle in an away game, and the points gap between the two sides once again widened to four points.
In this way, Bury won the Christmas championship of the Premier League this season!
Gary Neville wrote in his column: "Burry has won the Christmas title again. In previous seasons, whenever his team won the Christmas title, the league title has not been left behind. This time will be the same ?"
But Zhang Chong is not in the mood to enjoy the title of Christmas champion, because Bury is about to face Newcastle United at home.
Affected by the two-line battle this season, Newcastle United is not as strong as last season in the league.
However, their strength should not be underestimated, especially their defense is very good, once they start to shrink defensively, this is also a difficult bone.
In the last game, they drew with Manchester City with their excellent defense.
Ferrara has transformed the team's defense quite successfully, allowing them to guarantee a sufficient lower limit.If it weren't for their lackluster striker this season, they could still move up the rankings.
Zhang Chong lined up the main force and rotation lineup in this game, Mendy, Matt Cook, Shik, Dick William, Robertson, Rice, Madison, Chen Ming, Keane Jr., Bowen and Harlan Germany.
As soon as the game started, Newcastle United expressed their attitude, that is to defend and counterattack.
And Bury was not polite, using the momentum at home to suppress his opponent.
Throughout the first half, Bury's ball possession rate reached 70.00%[-], and his shots were as many as [-] shots, but Newcastle's defense was very solid and did not change the score.
Zhang Chong knew that if he couldn't take the lead as soon as possible, his opponents would become more and more confident, and it was really possible for them to keep the game tied!
After the start of the second half, Zhang Chong replaced Matt Cook with Mazraoui, trying to use his forward offense to break the balance on the field.
And in No. 60 minutes, the situation on the court was finally broken!
Bowen cut inside and took away Newcastle's left-back, and Mazraoui took the opportunity to go forward and got a very good cross.
But he did not choose to pass the ball into the penalty area, but chose a low ball and passed the ball outside the penalty area!
At this time, Chen Ming had already appeared there, and he volleyed the ball directly!
The football flew towards the dead corner of the goal like a cannonball, and the opposing goalkeeper tried his best but failed to reach the football!
The net was hit hard, one to zero!
Zhang Chong waved his fist in relief, the goal came too timely!
Now Newcastle has no position to stick to!
It can be said that this ball knocked on the door of Bury's victory!
Ferrara's face was ashen, he knew that this ball basically sentenced them to death.
However, he still encouraged players to start attacking, to fight for the possibility of an emergency.
But sometimes, offense means opening up more space for defense.
In the No.707 minute, Rice stole the ball in the backcourt, and then he threw a big foot directly to the frontcourt!
Haaland broke free from the entanglement of the central defender, and then caught up with the football with long legs!
Facing the attacking goalkeeper, he directly kicked and shot!
The football passed the goalkeeper's fingertips and slowly fell into the goal net!
Two to zero!
Bury basically sealed the victory!
However, in the final moments of the game, a pulling foul by Dick William in the penalty area gave Newcastle United a penalty kick, and Newcastle United took the opportunity to tie the score at [-]-[-].
Of course, this ball did not affect the overall situation. After Bury kicked off in the middle circle, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game.
The score was fixed at two to one, and Bury, who played at home, struggled to win.
However, after this difficult game, Keane showed a slight muscle strain and is expected to be sidelined for one or two games.
It seems that Mbappe will have to independently support the next away game against Harbin and home game against Tottenham.
Seeing the vast schedule with no end in sight, Zhang Chong couldn't help but feel a little worried about his lineup.
However, there is another major event worthy of Zhang Chong's attention these days.
On December 12, the Champions League knockout round of the eighth-final draw.
Since he was going to lead the team to the game, Weller was represented this time.
Excluding the principle of domestic avoidance, the opponents that Bury may encounter are Dortmund, Rome, Naples, Paris, Porto and Lyon.
Among them, Zhang Chong undoubtedly does not want to encounter Greater Paris.
The upper limit of Paris, which has just joined with Nei Shao, is still very high. In case he explodes, it may not be certain that Bury will be cold.
Fortunately, this time God finally favored Bury once, and the result of the draw was announced. Bury's opponent in the quarter-finals was Lyon.
Lyon's strength is a bit worse than Bury's. If he plays normally, he should be able to advance.
When Zhang Chong saw Weller's big face in the live broadcast, he laughed so hard that he almost lost his shape.
However, in this lottery, another big injustice was born.
Arsenal.
They finally won the second place in the group with their victory in the last round, but their opponent is the familiar Barcelona.
Five years for Bayern and three years for Barcelona, it really deserves its reputation.
It was so easy to finish second in Bayern's group this year, but in the end they were drawn to Barcelona, which is number one in the group.
With the current strength of Arsenal, it is as difficult as ever to think about Barcelona.
Zhang Chong sighed, the professor's life was really hard.