As a goalkeeper, carry the team forward

Chapter 144 Still Touching the Ball (3000 words)
In a blink of an eye, the first half of the game has come to an end.

Manchester United's attacking chance.

Shinji Kagawa passed the ball directly into the Villa penalty area.

On the left side of the penalty area, Mata took the ball.

Just as Mata was about to make further moves, Bacuna made a flying tackle.

As a result, the ball missed, but brought Mata down.

Yellow dot set.

Bakuna got the topaz card.

Manchester United won a penalty.

Rooney took the penalty.

Jose was a little speechless.

Although his penalty success rate is very high, it all comes at a price.

There are still 5 days before the first round match with Sevilla, and Jose needs to allocate relevant resources.

But now, Jose can only cope.

Rooney chose to volley directly to the lower left corner.

The ball is moving at high speed, even if the goalkeeper judges the right direction, there is a high probability that it will not be able to reach it.

Jose eventually consumed a cheat count.

At the end of the first half, it turned out that the away team Villa took the lead.

Words such as "Moyes get out" are permeating the entire Dream Theater all the time.

In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again.

Moyes took the lead in making a substitution.

Carrick came off the bench, replaced by Rafael who had a card.

In the 50th minute, Villa's counterattack.

Westwood passed the ball directly into the small penalty area.

Benteke stopped the ball, but unfortunately it was too big.

When Benteke wanted to control the ball again and prepare to shoot, Carrick arrived in time, and the big foot kicked the ball out of the baseline.

Villa's corner chance.

It's a pity that the threat was not great and was directly confiscated by De Gea.

In the 57th minute, Manchester United had another chance to equalize.

Fellaini dribbles the ball outside the box.

At this time, many red-clothed players rushed into Villa's penalty area one after another, causing chaos in the penalty area.

Even if Jose has the perspective of God, he still can't see everyone's position clearly.

Fellaini passes the ball directly into the penalty area.

He wanted to pass to Rooney, but Rooney was surrounded by at least two Villa players who defended him.

The ball was refracted many times in the penalty area and was finally blocked.

It was too late, but Mata burst out in the chaos, grabbing control of the ball before everyone else.

11 yards inside the restricted area, Mata shot low to the lower right corner.

Like a delicate scalpel, the ball tore through the chaotic crowd, then passed through the narrow gap, and flew towards the lower right corner of the goal at low altitude.

"Strike." The on-site commentator shouted excitedly.

Under normal circumstances, a shot from 11 yards is not enough to make people feel amazing.

The reason why Mata's shot is amazing is that the ball pierced through the chaotic crowd in the penalty area.

At this time, Jose's line of sight was severely blocked. From his position, it was impossible for him to see Mata's shot line clearly.

Fortunately, Jose has God's perspective.

From the two angles of God's perspective, Jose judged Mata's shot route.

"A hungry tiger pounces on food."

Jose kicked his feet and rushed towards the right side of the goal with all his strength.

Under normal circumstances, people's downward speed is mostly affected by gravity, so it is basically difficult to increase the speed of fighting.

But José is different. His hungry tiger pounces on food, which allows him to accelerate with his own strength when he is moving downward.

Mata's shot arrived just as Jose slammed into the bottom right-hand corner of the goal.

Jose quickly stretched out his hands and grabbed the ball in motion.

Mata's shot is indeed very fine, but it is not powerful, so Jose does not have much difficulty in intercepting it.

"It's amazing, Jose's save is really amazing."

"Alas, since Villa have Jose, they are no longer the point boy of the Red Devils."

"Fortunately, next season, Jose will leave Villa."

"He just left Villa, he didn't leave the Premier League. You devil's life is still sad."

"Miss Ferguson, Moyes go away."

...

The chat room is very lively.

The game continues.

In the 64th minute, Bertrand fouled Ashley Young and got his fourth yellow card of the game.

Manchester United could not attack for a long time, and Moyes began to make substitutions.

Januzaj came off the bench and was replaced by Shinji Kagawa.

In the 69th minute, Manchester United counterattacked.

Butner passes the ball from the wing and the ball reaches Januzaj.

After taking the ball, Januzaj forced a breakthrough and passed 3 Villa players in a row.

From 12 yards in the penalty area, Januzaj kicked and shot.

The speed of the ball is so fast that the ball is about to cross the goal line.

However, Jose had been prepared.

When Januzaj passed the second Villa player, Jose already expected that he might break into the box and hit the goal.

So when Januzaj shot the goal, Jose caught the opponent's shot line and started to move.

Jose flicked, then sat down quickly, stretched his left foot towards the post, and blocked Januzaj's shot in front of the goal line.

Rooney wants a shot in front of goal.

But how could Jose give him a chance?

There was no need to get up at all, Jose's figure jumped forward, and the ball directly bounced off the ground with both hands.

Jose again defuses the opponent's shot.

A goal kick is taken.

Villa's quick counterattack.

It's a pity that he failed to advance to the Manchester United penalty area.

Instead, Manchester United once again got a quick counterattack opportunity.

It takes only a dozen seconds for the ball to go back and forth.

However, Rooney's final shot still failed to threaten Jose.

In the 80th minute, Moyes continued to make substitutions.

Pea Hernandez came off the bench and was replaced by Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney.

The game on the field is still in a stalemate. Although Manchester United has many shooting opportunities, it is still difficult to threaten the goal guarded by Jose.

Injury time period.

Manchester United launched a crazy attack.

Januzaj broke through from the wing, threw off Bakuna's interception and made a cross.

At this time in Villa's penalty area, as many as three Red Devils players were ambushing in the penalty area.

At the same time, Xiaopea, who came off the bench, quickly wandered in the penalty area, and neither Vlaar nor Clark could closely mark him.

"It seems that I still have to rely on myself." Jose thought to himself.

Sure enough, Januzaj's pass was caught by Hernandez.

In the small penalty area, Xiaopea shot directly. Although the speed of the ball is not too fast, the distance is too close.

Under normal circumstances, it is difficult for the goalkeeper to successfully save such a super-close shot, because the reaction distance left for the goalkeeper is too short.

Fortunately, Jose noticed Little Pea in advance.

Therefore, the moment Xiaopea stretched out his foot to shoot, Jose roughly judged the possible direction of the shot based on the angle of the opponent's foot.

Incredibly, Jose was right.

On the goal line, Jose caught Xiaopea's shot with both hands.

Villa escaped unharmed.

At this time, half of the stoppage time has passed.

Jose delays serve time.

As a result, the referee showed him a topaz card.

A goal kick is taken.

Drive directly to the midfield with big feet.

This is the safest approach when there is less than 1 minute left in the time.

In the midfield competition, in the end, Manchester United was superior.

Fletcher grabs possession.

Manchester United's attack.

There is less than 1 minute left in the game.

The reason why Manchester United is called the Red Devils is that there is a magic power of never giving up until the last minute.

According to incomplete statistics, Manchester United is the team that achieved the most reversals or equalized the score in stoppage time.

Because of this feature, fans often refer to Manchester United's injury time as Ferguson time.

Fletcher made a beeline for Mata.

In the face of Villa's dense defense, only Mata's pass can find the slightest passing route.

At the top of the gourd, Mata took the ball and glanced at Villa's penalty area.

At this moment, Jose was concentrating on everything inside and outside the penalty area.

For some reason, José always had a bad feeling.

Mata passes the ball.

Passed directly to the right side of the small restricted area.

There weren't any players there at all.

Mata pass error?

Obviously it is impossible.

At this moment, a figure suddenly burst out.

Break into the small restricted area at a very fast speed.

The figure that suddenly appeared was the little pea who came off the bench.

Before everyone else, Little Pea got the ball first.

From 5 yards on the right side of the goal, Xiao Wandou shot with her right foot.

Jose tried his best, although his fingers touched the ball, he still couldn't stop the ball from flying into the goal.

In the last minute, Manchester United equalized the score.

For the two goals in the game, the goalkeepers of both sides touched the ball, but they were only a little bit unable to prevent the ball from flying into the goal.

In the end, the two sides drew 1-1.

The cries of "Moyes get off" got louder and louder.

……

After the game with Manchester United, the Villa team had a day off.

After a week of double matches, Villa's players really need to relax.

Since the next day was Sunday, there were no classes in school.

Jose chose to drive to London.

For some reason, the feeling of Saito Asuka has changed recently.

It is no longer as lively and cheerful as before.

During the video call between the two, Saito Asuka always gave off a slightly sad feeling.

It seemed that there was something in his heart that he wanted to say, but in the end he didn't say anything.

For Saito Asuka, although Jose does not regard her as a lover, he is also one of his best friends.

The other party has something on his mind, so Jose naturally can't pretend that nothing happened.

After arriving in London, Jose called Asuka and told her that he was waiting for her outside the bar.

Jose didn't go directly into the bar to pick him up, so he naturally had his own considerations.

After waiting for a long time, the figure of Saito Asuka finally appeared.

Today, she has obviously gone through a lot of careful dressing.

Wearing a light blue dress, delicate and elegant makeup, and slightly curly black long hair, in addition to giving people a lazy feeling, there is a touch of maturity.

Only then did Jose remember that Saito Asuka was about to turn 16.

Before that, Saito Asuka could still be called a girl, but once she reached the age of 16, she began to take steps toward a woman.

"He, sorry to keep you waiting." Asuka blushed and said apologetically.

"It's okay, it's just for a while." Jose knew that when facing a woman, even if the other party really made him wait for a long time, he still had to pretend it wasn't long.

"Are you going to take me somewhere to play today?" Asuka asked as he got into the car.

"Yes, I'll take you shopping today." Jose replied while starting the car.

(End of this chapter)