Olympiacos' bus heads towards Vera Park Stadium.

Outside the window, the mist brought by the drizzle spread across the streets of Birmingham.

Olympiacos head coach Valverde was a little distracted.

My thoughts seemed to have returned to three years ago.

It was one night in May 2008.

Valverde was the head coach of Espanyol at that time, and he was with his agent Ibanes.

Sitting with Giannis Chris Coporos, general manager of the Olympiacos club, in a restaurant in Barcelona, ​​is discussing coaching in Greece.

As soon as he turned his head, Valverde saw an acquaintance, Barcelona's Dutch head coach Rijkald was drinking with the Barcelona coaching staff.

That was Rijkald's last day as the coach of Barcelona.

Just at that restaurant, Rijkald said goodbye to Barcelona, ​​while Valverde greeted Olympiacos.

Rijkaard and Valverde had a private chat.

When Rijkald learned that Valverde was going to coach in Greece, he sent his blessings.

Rijcard, who was obviously drunk, patted Valverde on the shoulder: Come on, Barcelona may invite you to coach in the future, after all, you are their own people.

Valverde could feel that Rijkald was feeling that he was resentful when he said this.

Yes, Rijcard is not his own person from Barcelona.

Valverde is a meritorious player in Barcelona during the Cruyff era, he is a well-known person.

Coach Barcelona!

The high beam of the vehicle ahead shone over, and the bus driver of Olympiacos honked the horn and saw the light, which woke Valverde from his memories.

Yes, his ultimate dream is to coach Barcelona one day.

Every good result you have achieved in leading Olympiacos now is a plus.

When Fang Jue led Ibiza to set off a miracle storm in Spanish football, while Barcelona under Guardiola launched a tiki-taka storm in European football, Valverde was also transforming Olympiacos:

This team's performance in the game no longer depends on the personal performance of superstars, but will insist on possessing the ball first, keep running, continue to put pressure on their opponents, and launch an attack from the backcourt.

Valverde's Olympiacos once beat the Portuguese super giant Benfica five to two.

He also slaughtered the Bundesliga powerhouse Hertha Berlin four to zero.

Valverde left Greece with double title honors and returned to Spain to find new challenges, but returned to Olympiacos a year later.

At that time, the club fell to its lowest point in history, ranked fifth in the Greek Super League in 2009/2010, and was defeated by Tel Aviv Maccabi in the European competition at the beginning of the 2010/2011 season, and suffered a shameful elimination.

It was against this background that Valverde took over Olympiacos's coaching stick this summer.

Olympiacos fans welcomed his return with drums and drums.

Yes, Valverde was regarded as a savior by the Greeks.

Facing Aston Villa this time, Valverde has no intention of avenging Barcelona, ​​who lost in the Champions League final.

However, one thing is certain, if he can lead Olympiacos to perform well against Aston Villa, even if it is just a draw from Aston Villa away, it will definitely be a big plus.

...

While the players from both sides were warming up on the court, Fang Jue and Valverde exchanged greetings on the sidelines.

The two have fought in the Copa del Rey in Spain.

At that time, Fang Jue led Ibiza, who was still in the Spanish Second Division, to eliminate Espanyol, who was once ranked in the top three in the league in La Liga.

It was after that game that Valverde's Spaniard went all the way and finally left sadly after the end of the season.

"I'll still remember that game now," Valverde said. "It's so weird. We've actually played so many door frames."

"Yes, my luck has always been very good." Fang Jue said haha.

Valverde was so angry, but he had to admit that this guy was really lucky. Not only that game, but during the rise of Fang Jue's coaching career, this guy seemed to be really lucky. Even when facing extremely powerful opponents, some games that should not be won, they won.

Do you say it's annoying?

Back in the locker room, Fang Jue made the final deployment and arrangements before the war.

Fang Jue has a certain understanding of Valverde's coaching style.

Valverde's characteristic is that he is good at combining players with average abilities into a whole and playing a whole football. He also emphasizes the attack in the midfield and the utilization of the field width.

Such a good cooperation and playing as a whole team will not be easy to deal with once the opponent enters the state.

"So, my request for this game today is to start the game!"

"Strive to score as soon as possible!"

"And after breaking the deadlock, don't relax and continue to attack the opponent."

Fang Jue emphasized in particular that in one sentence, he asked the team to confuse their opponents as soon as they came up.

CCTV Sports Channel broadcast the UEFA Champions League group stage match as usual.

Now, as long as it is Aston Villa's game, it is definitely the ratings of CCTV Sports Channel.

"Modric was injured in the Premier League last weekend with Queens Park Rangers, so he will miss today's game."

"Let's take a look at the starting list of both sides."

"Olympiacos's goalkeeper is Costanzo."

"The central defender is the familiar Swedish veterans Melbery and Marcano."

"The left-back is Greek international Holebas."

"The right-back is Greek international Torosidis."

"The midfielders are Faisa and Obais, Foster, Belgian international Miraras, and Argentine veteran Ibagasa."

"On the front line is Algerian international Dijbor."

"Maybe no one has heard of it except Melbery, Miraras, and Ibagasa. However, in fact, other players are international players from various countries, and the strength of this team cannot be underestimated." He Wei added.

"Hehe, of course, compared with Aston Villa, Olympiacos is indeed not enough to watch." Zhang Lu said with a chuckle.

"Aston Villa, the goalkeeper is the young Spanish goalkeeper De Gea."

"The left back is Dani Ross and the right back is Kyle Walker."

"The central defender is the partner of Sendros and Greek international Papastasopoulos."

"The midfielder is Clement and Milner, and J Ronaldo."

"Aston Villa seems to have lined up three forwards today. On the front line is Mane, Suarez and Bale, this forward team, hehehe..." Zhang Lu suddenly raised his voice and shouted, "Hey, the goal is scored! The goal is scored! Aston Villa scored! Bale is scored?"

Zhang Lu, who was still introducing the starting lineup of both sides, looked at the screen and saw Aston Villa's players flocking to Bale.

There were cheering crowds in the stands at Villa Park Stadium.

He Wei and Zhang Lu both subconsciously looked at the time, only 45 seconds!

"The game only started forty-five seconds, Aston Villa scored the goal, not Bale's goal, but Bale assisted Suarez to score."

The goal replay is coming, Olympiacos kicks off first.

Their Belgian midfielder Milaras tried to drive the ball and was intercepted by Clement and Milner.

Aston Villa quickly launched a counterattack.

Ha Mei passed the right side in a diagonal way.

Gareth Bale suddenly stabbed the football and the football rolled over from the Greek defender Holebas who was defending him.

Bell twisted his waist and swept across the other side.

After a beautiful man scored the ball, Bale caught up with the football and made a move to cut horizontally, attract the opponent's central defender to fill the ball, and then send a curved ball into the penalty area.

Olympiacos's other central defender, Melbery, was hasty, but turned around and slipped and fell down. Suarez, who was unguarded, easily headed the ball.

One to zero, Aston Villa made a fantastic start.

...

In the camera, Fang Jue showed a surprised expression on the sidelines, then smiled and applauded.

"Obviously, Coach Fang Jue didn't expect the team's goal to come so quickly." He Wei said.

On the other hand, Olympiacos head coach Valverde also looked extremely surprised, and then the Spanish head coach shook his head with a wry smile.

Is this a goal conceding?

Valverde turned his head and looked at Fang Jue. He said something he didn't know how to say: Why is this guy so lucky every time he meets this guy?

Yes, Valverde felt that his luck was too bad for this goal.

Just now, before the Olympiacos player entered the game, he was attacked by the opponent in a sneak attack.

Although this also shows that Aston Villa's counterattack was very sharp, his luck was still too bad. If Melbery hadn't slipped, Suarez wouldn't have scored so easily.

Fang Jue doesn't think so.
To be continued...