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Aston Villa F.C. Season 2023/24 - last round drama!
We have eigth games to play and not much else to do, so let's get down to business.
Sadly the team wasn't as eager to continue as we failed to win our next two games drawing Norwich and losing to Tottenham. At this point I pretty much knew that our hopes of top 4 finish had dried down but we still need to get few results to secure the Europa League qualification.
I also realised that our 4-3-3 formation isn't attacking enough, so I switched to 4-2-3-1 with 2 DM's, Caicedo as DM (D), Thuram as Roaming Playmaker (S) and Schjelderup as AMC as either advanced playmaker or attacking midfielder.
The tactical tweak worked as we managed to win our next 4 games with a goal difference of 9-0. Chelsea and Newcastle are both decent teams, so I was happy with these results. With two games left to play we were fifth in the league but only two points behind Arsenal, who we would face in our next game, so by winning our remaining games we would certainly qualify for UCL.
We had a great game against Arsenal and managed to beat them 2-0 with goals coming from João Pedro and Leon Bailey. We limited them to very few chances and were the deserved winners of that match.
We entered the last game in 4th position but our opponents were the league leading Liverpool at Anfield, who themselves needed a win to ensure the league title. The game was one of the craziest I've seen with us and them taking turns on scoring goals. We started the fun at 50th minute but they responded with a goal around 10 minutes later. 1-1 draw was enough for us for few moments, as Arsenal was also drawing against Leicester but we soon received news they had scored.
I went to attacking mentality and soon enough Leon Bailey scored at the 86th minute. I celebrated like a mad man and was certain that we had qualified for the UCL. I switched to defensive mentality but it took just two minutes for Liverpool to equalise. It was an extremely stupid goal to concede as Thuram lost the ball inside of our penalty area by taking a poor touch and allowing the opponent to play an easy tap-in to back post. You can see the picture of this situation and the fixtures of the last round on the spoiler below.
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I mainly write this thing to maintain my English skills, but its nice to know that people are actually reading and some even liking it.
Aston Villa F.C. Season 2023/24 - last round drama!
We have eigth games to play and not much else to do, so let's get down to business.
Sadly the team wasn't as eager to continue as we failed to win our next two games drawing Norwich and losing to Tottenham. At this point I pretty much knew that our hopes of top 4 finish had dried down but we still need to get few results to secure the Europa League qualification.
I also realised that our 4-3-3 formation isn't attacking enough, so I switched to 4-2-3-1 with 2 DM's, Caicedo as DM (D), Thuram as Roaming Playmaker (S) and Schjelderup as AMC as either advanced playmaker or attacking midfielder.
The tactical tweak worked as we managed to win our next 4 games with a goal difference of 9-0. Chelsea and Newcastle are both decent teams, so I was happy with these results. With two games left to play we were fifth in the league but only two points behind Arsenal, who we would face in our next game, so by winning our remaining games we would certainly qualify for UCL.
We had a great game against Arsenal and managed to beat them 2-0 with goals coming from João Pedro and Leon Bailey. We limited them to very few chances and were the deserved winners of that match.
We entered the last game in 4th position but our opponents were the league leading Liverpool at Anfield, who themselves needed a win to ensure the league title. The game was one of the craziest I've seen with us and them taking turns on scoring goals. We started the fun at 50th minute but they responded with a goal around 10 minutes later. 1-1 draw was enough for us for few moments, as Arsenal was also drawing against Leicester but we soon received news they had scored.
I went to attacking mentality and soon enough Leon Bailey scored at the 86th minute. I celebrated like a mad man and was certain that we had qualified for the UCL. I switched to defensive mentality but it took just two minutes for Liverpool to equalise. It was an extremely stupid goal to concede as Thuram lost the ball inside of our penalty area by taking a poor touch and allowing the opponent to play an easy tap-in to back post. You can see the picture of this situation and the fixtures of the last round on the spoiler below.
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