Christmas is over, many people are still on vacation, and the English league has resumed war.

At 6 pm on the 26th, Bournemouth will face Fulham at home.

This team performed poorly in the 2013-14 season and was relegated to the Championship, ending the club's thirteen-year Premier League career.

Before the game, the media agreed that this would be a battle between strong teams.

It is very gratifying for fans to enjoy a powerful dialogue at the festival.

The Bournemouth team held a training camp at the training base in the morning to activate the players' condition and eliminate "holiday syndrome" so that they can return to the intense state of the game as soon as possible.

"Luo, where were you on Christmas Eve? No one answered the phone to your apartment?"

Before the training session, the players chatted in the locker room and told interesting stories about the holidays.

Wilson wanted to invite Rosie to spend the holiday with him, but he couldn't find anyone else.

Rossi said: "I'm going out for a walk. It's too boring to be alone."

At this time, O'Kane came over and said, "Luo, have you gone to London? That night, I seemed to see you shopping with a girl."

Rossi's heart skipped a beat. He didn't want to involve Pixie in front of his teammates, "You've got it wrong."

O'Kane thought for a while, nodded and said, "That's right. There were too many people at the time and I couldn't see clearly."

Wilson smiled and said: "You kid is chasing stars again. Pixie is just performing on stage, not holding a concert. You actually went to London on Christmas Eve."

"Do you know music?" O'Kane rolled his eyes at him and suddenly said proudly: "Did you know that Pixie was waving our team's scarf when she sang on Christmas Eve?"

"What does this mean? Our team is famous for having such a big star fan."

Other players also became interested and contributed all the gossip they knew.

"I heard that Pixie dated her rumored boyfriend at the lantern festival. Some fans saw it with their own eyes and even took photos with her."

"It is said that the man next to Pixie wears a hat all the time. He can't see his face clearly and doesn't know what he looks like."

"I think it must be some big star, otherwise he wouldn't be so secretive."

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After a while, the assistant coach interrupted their gossip and said: "It's training time, don't wait, hurry, hurry, hurry!"

During the physical training in the morning, the players were in very good condition. Only necessary rest can keep the players full of energy.

Fulham played in the Premier League for 13 years before being relegated last season.

In the UEFA Cup in the 2009-10 season, they defeated the defending champion Shakhtar Donetsk one after another, reversed Juventus, defeated the two Bundesliga powers Wolfsburg and Hamburg, and reached the final.

Unfortunately, in the final against Atletico Madrid, they were defeated in overtime and lost the first European championship in the club's history.

Although they were downgraded, their strength cannot be underestimated.

In the afternoon, Eddie Howe led the players to practice tactics and analyze the opponent's characteristics and playing style. He hopes that tonight at home, the team can win its first victory after Christmas.

Fulham, as the last team in the English Championship with the hope of beating Bournemouth's unbeaten record, received widespread support from the media before the game.

Last season, Bundesliga coach Magath took over the team midway and failed to lead the team to avoid relegation. The losing streak in the new season also caused him to dismiss early.

Now the coach is Welshman Simons. As the head coach of the team's U21 team, the club decided to temporarily let him take over.

After he took over the team, he performed well and is now ranked 8th in the standings, hoping to qualify for promotion.

Bournemouth is the biggest dark horse this season. If they can beat them, it will definitely give the team a boost.

As soon as the two teams walked out of the tunnel, amazing cheers erupted in the stadium.

First of all, it is still a holiday, and it is extremely lucky for the fans to see a strong dialogue on the holiday.

Secondly, Fulham is the last team Bournemouth faces this season. The previous 23 teams have all remained unbeaten.

If they can win tonight, the team will remain undefeated in the middle of the league. This record will probably be difficult for newcomers to break.

It is also because of the great significance of this game. As a game during the holiday season, the stadium was full and the bars in the two cities were also full.

Drop~~~

With a loud whistle, the 23rd round of the British Championship officially started.

Fulham kicks off.

Fulham, which has competed in the Premier League for many years, invited Magath in the second half of last season, hoping to successfully avoid relegation under the leadership of this Bundesliga coach.

Unfortunately, Magath, who once led Wolfsburg to win the Bundesliga championship, failed to save the team and was eventually relegated to the English Championship.

Fulham club executives also gave Magath a chance, hoping that he would lead the team back to the Premier League.

However, in the first eight rounds of the league, they only achieved a poor record of one win, one draw and six losses, and Magath was fired immediately.

It's not that Magath is incompetent, but his training methods have caused dissatisfaction among players.

When he was in Germany, Magath loved high-intensity physical training and used extremely rigorous training to train players' active running, fierce fighting and tenacious will.

But such training can also arouse players' resentment.

Especially with such a tight schedule in England, how can the players' bodies endure it?

Now the head coach Simmons is the team's U21 coach. He is very familiar with the players' training methods and the way of getting along with the players.

Under his leadership, the team made great progress and gradually became a Premier League team.

Both sides adopt a 4-4-2 parallel positioning lineup.

The difference is that Bournemouth's midfielder plays in a passing and controlling style.

Use passing control to advance steadily, mobilize the opponent's defense back and forth, and then use a transfer ball to hit the weak side defensive area to form a threat.

Fulham's midfielder is a deft midfielder who breaks through quickly and advances counterattacks.

Taking advantage of the players' running and active fighting, once the ball is grabbed, the three players in the midfield and frontcourt can use two or three passes to quickly hit the opponent's hinterland.

So at the beginning of the game, the offense of both teams made the fans excited.

Although Magath only coached Fulham for 7 months before he resigned, the fighting spirit he injected into the team still played some role.

In the 5th minute, Fulham used active running and decisive and quick tackles in the backcourt to intercept the ball from Pugh's feet and launched a counterattack from the wing.

Fulham's flexible and fast midfielder easily pushed the ball in front of the opponent's penalty area. Using the wall-hitting style, Seko Fofana passed the ball into the penalty area and passed it to Mike Marco's feet.

The Surlander used his agile foot skills to get past Cook's defense and wanted to give the goalkeeper a crotch shot.

Goalkeeper Boruc quickly bent his right foot and knelt down, blocking the space under his crotch and blocking the ball.

From this attack, we can see Fulham's players' flexibility and mobility during the counterattack.

Eddie Howe loudly reminded the players on the field to maintain high vigilance in the face of such a sensitive forward.

Although he did not score a goal, Simmons was quite satisfied with this offense.

Although the team's offensive players are short, they can turn around flexibly and can often be one step faster than the opponent's defender. This is also a technical characteristic of the team.

Let me ask you, among the English Championship teams, who can counterattack as well as Fulham?

Eddie Howe also knows the characteristics of his opponent's play style very well.

However, this is not exclusive to you.

When it comes to starting position, Eddie Howe is confident enough.

Bournemouth has the ball, and Simmons tells the players to pay attention to defense.

Their frontcourt players are not very tall, but their midfielders and backfielders have good aerial challenge capabilities and average as many as ten header clearances per game, which shows their good air defense capabilities.

If you have speed in the frontcourt and defense in the back, what can you do to fight me?

When Simmons was feeling proud, Ricci charged forward with the ball on the right, passed Ruiz's defense, and passed the ball between the opponent's left back and left center back.

At this time, when Rossi was running laterally towards the central defender, he saw Ricci's pass and suddenly moved forward.

Fulham's right center back Bodulov saw Rossi approaching his teammates and was about to remind him, but unexpectedly Ricci suddenly made such a pass.

He subconsciously took a step forward, putting Rossi in an offside position.

But he ignored his left back and did not notice Rossi's movement.

His offside call became a hidden danger for the defense.

In an instant, when Rossi moved forward to receive the ball, he was already three meters away from the last defensive player.

Fulham's defense was helpless. It all happened too fast and they could only stay in place for a while.

Facing the attacking goalkeeper, Rossi used his left foot to take the ball one step to the right.

The goalkeeper, who had lowered his center of gravity, immediately moved laterally to block the ball.

But his movement speed is far less fast than Rossi's shooting.

When Rossi touched the ball for the third time, he had already used the inside of his foot to complete the shot.

The goalkeeper fell to the ground to block the ball, but Rossi's transition from dribbling to shooting was very fast.

Before the goalkeeper fell to the ground, the ball had already passed under his arm and rolled slowly into the far corner.

yeah!!!!

Rossi's goal instantly ignited the passion of the home fans.

In just the first 9 minutes, Rossi used a ghostly counter-offside move to score the opponent's goal.

This movement awareness, this calm shooting, how calm, calm, simple and clear.

One stop, one move, one shot.

Scoring a goal is so simple that it even makes the fans at the scene feel that they can score goals if they were to play it themselves.

Simmons, who was still smug about how agile his forwards were just now, touched his head with his hand and looked in disbelief.

This slap in the face must have come too quickly.

Eddie Howe on the side was very proud, his expression seemed to say,

"This is how running positions should be!"
Chapter completed!