West Ham United ranked 9th last season, which is a pretty good ranking in the past two seasons.

Last season, West Ham United won 14, 9 draws and 15 losses, scored 4 goals and conceded 45 goals, and performed quite well. You should know that last season was Zora's first season in coaching West Ham United. This Italian, who won the respect of fans and the media in his time, made a good debut in his coaching career.

Compared with other teams with similar rankings, West Ham United's home and away performance is relatively balanced, which is rare among the mid-range teams in the Premier League.

Zora's team did not perform well on both offense and defense, but did not make too many mistakes.

However, West Ham United conceded too many goals and the goal difference was a negative, which also shows that the team's defense is unstable.

In the transfer market, West Ham United has basically completed recruiting troops. They have introduced Italian fringe international Diamanti from Serie A Livorno, loaned Gimenes from Inter Milan, and with Carlton Cole, West Ham United is still quite powerful on the offensive end.

Especially Carlton Cole, the player played 6 times in the league last season for the team and scored 10 goals, making him West Ham United's number one scorer.

The 5-year-old England striker is now at its peak. There were rumors that England coach Capello visited Carlton Cole.

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The list of the home teams of today's game was played on the TV screen.

West Ham United:

Goalkeeper 1-Green;

Defence line: 0-Fobel, 30-Tomkins, 15-Upson, 3-Ilenga;

Midfielder: 1-Berhrami, 16-Mark Noble, 8-Scott Parker;

Forwards: 3-Diamanti, 41-Gimenez, 1-Carlton Cole;

"This lineup is really in line with Zora's football philosophy," said John Motson.

"It's really unimaginable that an Italian, but he advocates attack in his heart." John Mortson also said with a smile.

When Zora just took charge of West Ham last year, he said that his football philosophy is to keep attacking, attacking, attacking, and attacking.

English media commented that Zora entered Upton Park with plaques of “sexy football,” “perfectionism” and “romanticism”.

Fang Jue was also chatting with his assistants in the visiting team coach's seat.

"Zola highly praised Wenger," said assistant coach Steve Warner. "He said his goal is to lead West Ham to play football like Arsenal."

"Very good, I like such an opponent." Fang Jue said with a smile.

He was really happy. Seeing the three forwards in West Ham United's lineup, his smile kept on his face.

Aston Villa just took over, and the team is still working together. At present, Aston Villa's biggest shortcoming is on the offensive end. If the opponent shrinks and defends, Aston Villa's attacking ability is really not strong and there are not many ways.

However, if the opponent tries to attack, Aston Villa's defensive counterattack will teach the opponent well.

"Our defense..." Fang Jue was in a good mood and said that he was very at ease with defense, it depends on his performance on the offensive end.

But Sebalos interrupted.

"There is no problem with defense, don't worry." Sebalos said confidently.

"You can't be too conceited." Fang Jue said.

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In this game, Aston Villa compared with the first round of the league against Wigan Athletics, the biggest change was in the midfield and frontcourt.

Fang Jue arranged for Desler.

Clement was the single midfielder alone, and Petrov sat on the bench.

Ashley Young on the left, Milner on the right.

On the front line, Husky and Abonraho are partners.

Compared with the first round of the league, such a lineup has enhanced its offensive counterattack ability.

Facing the "big colander" of West Ham United, Fang Jue naturally didn't mind showing Aston Villan's not too strong offensive ability.

However, Fang Jue did not expect West Ham to be so lucky and scored a goal soon.

This was the fifteenth minute of the first half. West Ham United got a chance to set the ball in the frontcourt, Noble kicked the ball into the penalty area, and Carlton Cole headed the ball.

Aston Villa goalkeeper Friedel saved the ball, and Diamanti pushed Lukeyan away toughly and scored a goal.

One to zero.

West Ham leads Aston Villa 1-0 at home.

Upton Park Stadium suddenly became a sea of ​​joy.

"Diamanti! This is the Italian player's debut at West Ham United," said Leinker. "Lukeyan's reaction was obviously slower, and he watched the Italian shoot."

Fang Jue waved his arm angrily on the sidelines, and the concealment of the ball made him very upset.

He glanced at Sebalus, and the diligent assistant also turned red. He just boasted that there was no problem with defense, and then he was slapped in the face so quickly.

Then, thinking of Fang Jue's concerns about defense before, Sebaslius admired Fang Jue even more. No wonder the other party is the head coach and can only be an assistant coach.

This is the gap.

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Some teams will shrink their defense after taking the lead and perform relatively conservatively and cautiously.

Some teams will perform more crazy and aggressively after scoring early.

Obviously, Zora's West Ham United belongs to the latter.

Diamanti's goal was very excited by Zora. His Italian compatriots earned him face and also allowed him to see hope of a big victory over his opponent at home.

Since scoring the goal, Zora has been staying on the sidelines. He kept waving his arms forward and inciting the team to attack.

This is a West Ham attack.

Scott Parker passed forward, and Carlton Cole headed the ball and rubbed it.

Jimenes was about to catch up and get the ball, but the football was stabbed by Wilfred Boma.

After the football was kicked away, the one who got the ball was West Ham United defender Forber. He planned to cross it, but was entangled by Milner and could not get out for a while.

Then Clement rushed up and joined forces with Milner, breaking the ball under Forber's feet by attacking forward and backward.

Fang Jue's butt immediately left the seat. He strode to the side of the field and stared nervously inside.

This is an opportunity to fight back.

This is a great opportunity for Aston Villa to wait for a long time!

After Clement intercepted the ball, he looked up at the front. He did not choose to dribble the ball himself, but directly passed the football forward.

What surprised many people was that Ashley Young, who should have appeared in that position, was desperately forwarding, and Milner, who joined forces with Clement to intercept the ball, was also running forward desperately.

The one who received the ball was the retreating Desler.

He pulled the ball and turned around, looking up at the front.

If there is a downward view from the air, you can see that Desler takes the ball, two West Ham players approaching him, and in the front, Ashley Young is running wildly on the left, Milner is sprinting on the right, Abanglaho is running in the middle, and Husky is running, but he slows down a little.

Without Reus, without Mata, without Lewandowski, without Aubameyang and Modric, Fang Jue temporarily created this simplified version of the "Fang's Counterattack" in the pioneering stage of Aston Villa.
Chapter completed!