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The news was a big success, but the news was not released.

When Guardiola and Sterling left the press conference, Aston Villa head coach Dean Smith and Xia Yuan arrived at the scene.

Dean Smith said humorously: "It's really a game against a strong team. There are much more reporters on the scene than when we played in the English Championship!"

"I know very well that tomorrow's game against Manchester City will be extremely difficult! Manchester City has not lost for a long time, but the same is true for Aston Villa!"

"Maybe we can't compare with Manchester City in terms of player level, but I believe that after the game starts tomorrow night, Aston Villa's players will use continuous running to make up for their technical deficiencies."

"We are ready to fight Manchester City to the death. No matter what the result is, Aston Villa's players will fight until the last minute of the game!"

When Coach Dean Smith finished talking about this plan, many local reporters in Birmingham immediately gave Dean Smith a warm applause.

Afterwards, Xia Yuan, as a player representative, also expressed his confidence.

"I am looking forward to the match with Manchester City. There is no doubt that Manchester City is the best club in England now. They have world-class players in almost every position. Playing against such a super team will definitely improve my personal ability."

"I have always liked this sentence: football is round, anything can happen. Manchester City is indeed very strong, but there is no team in the world that can always win, including Manchester City."

After Xia Yuan said this, the reporters in Birmingham also applauded! They look forward to Xia Yuan leading Aston Villa to create miracles.

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In the forum of Manchester City fans in England.

When the fans posted Xia Yuan's speech at the press conference on the forum, it immediately caused a lot of ridicule from Manchester City fans.

"Is this Asian crazy? He actually thinks Aston Villa can beat Manchester City?? This is outrageous!"

"Hey! He is not Asian, but Norwegian! Although Norway has performed well in the recent European qualifiers, it does not mean that Xia Yuan can beat Manchester City!"

"Guardiola's team will make this black-haired, yellow-skinned player feel desperate after the game!"

"Aston Villa is just a second-tier team in the English League! What are they crazy about?"

"To be honest! This Chinese-Norwegian player has performed well in the English Championship! And he is only 17 years old! If he performs well in this game, Manchester City can definitely sign him!"

The next day.

Five o'clock in the afternoon.

A large number of Aston Villa fans have gathered around Villa Park.

They gathered in groups of three or five, talking about the upcoming game, and even many fans were shouting the team song loudly - "Hi-ho Aston Villa".

In addition to the Aston Villa fans wearing burgundy jerseys, there are also some fans wearing sky blue jerseys, they are Manchester City fans!

As the best club in the English league, Manchester City naturally has a large number of fans.

No matter where Manchester City plays, there will always be a group of fans following the club's pace.

At this moment, inside Villa Park.

Manchester City's players have begun pre-match training.

About forty minutes later, Aston Villa's players also came to the stadium.

Manchester City's players were talking and laughing during the training, very relaxed and comfortable, and every player's face was full of confidence in this game.

On the other hand, Aston Villa's players were almost visibly nervous during the training!

Every Aston Villa player knows how terrifying Manchester City is.

If you want to defend your honor at home, you must try your best and grit your teeth to persist in order to have a glimmer of hope.

"Relax!"

"Jack! I didn't expect you to be nervous!" Xia Yuan took the initiative to talk to Grealish after seeing Grealish silent and serious during training.

"Xia, Manchester City is the top team in the Premier League! Their head coach Guardiola is currently the No. 1 in football!"

"Who wouldn't be nervous playing against such a strong team?"

Xia Yuan reminded: "Jack, maybe you will become a member of Manchester City in the future."

After hearing what Xia Yuan said, Grealish finally smiled.

He patted Xia Yuan on the shoulder and joked to himself: "Hahaha! Although I also want to play for Guardiola, I am not qualified! Guardiola will never want me! Unless he is blind!"

Xia Yuan said calmly: "Be confident, everything is possible."

While Xia Yuan and Grealish were chatting, Aston Villa's head coach Dean Smith and his assistant, John Terry, were thinking about the team's starting lineup.

According to the tactics formulated by Dean Smith before the game, Aston Villa's players will focus on the defense after the game starts!

First do a good job of defense, and then wait for the 70th minute of the second half to look for opportunities to counterattack.

So.

Dean Smith decided to let striker Abraham enter the bench and directly arrange a no-striker formation to deal with Manchester City! ! But this proposal was opposed by assistant coach John Terry!

John Terry was an excellent defensive defender when he was a player! He can even be called the strongest defender in England!

Moreover, Chelsea, the club John Terry plays for, is also a team that excels in defense. To some extent, John Terry has certain insights into defense!

He believes that after Abraham leaves the field, although he can add a defensive player to the midfield, this also means that Aston Villa will completely lose its offensive ability!

The essence of defense is actually offense!

And for Manchester City, the defenders will press forward unscrupulously!

If Abraham stays on the court, on the one hand, he can suppress the opponent's defenders to participate in the offense, and on the other hand, Aston Villa always has a chance to counterattack.

After a discussion between the two, coach Dean Smith finally agreed to John Terry's proposal!

At seven o'clock in the evening.

The starting lineups of Manchester City and Aston Villa were announced at the same time.

At this moment, in Xiaguo.

In the studio of Dongqiu.com, Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu also informed the fans watching the game of the lineups of both sides as soon as possible.

"In the 2018-2019 season, the FA Cup semi-final between Aston Villa and Manchester City is about to begin!"

"Currently Aston Villa is ranked third in the Championship, while their opponent Manchester City is ranked first in the Premier League!"

"The starting lineups of both teams have been released. First, let me introduce the starting lineup of Aston Villa at home!"