As a goalkeeper, carry the team forward

Chapter 74
Just when the Chelsea fans were eagerly looking forward to it, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game.

The Villa players let out a long breath of relief.

Technical summary after the game:

For Villa, the total number of shots was only 7, and there was only one shot on target. Cech almost fell asleep.

As for Chelsea, the total number of shots was as high as 26, and the number of hits was 15 times.

Villa's goalkeeper, in this game, is useless.

A disastrous defeat woke everyone up and down at Villa Club.

Villa is still the strength of the relegation team, and the previous wins have a lot to do with Jose's performance.

Villa club executives began to faintly regret selling Jose to Chelsea.

But when I think about it, a 17-year-old goalkeeper sold for the price of the king, and I feel that I have done a good deal.

The team's disastrous defeat to Chelsea had a huge impact on morale. Even in the Christmas season, Jose can still feel the cloud hanging over the team.

In fact, Jose doesn't have any special feelings about Christmas, except because he is from China, or because his relatives are not around.If Saito Asuka hadn't come to him for the festival, I'm afraid he would have trained and studied normally as usual.

Of course, even if Saito Asuka came, the two just had a simple dinner, and then reluctantly kissed goodbye.

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After the game with Chelsea, only three days later, the 19th round of the Premier League started again.

Such an intensive game arrangement, the FA euphemistically called it: Helping fans celebrate the festival.

In this round, Villa's opponents are still very strong, and they are currently ranked fourth Tottenham Hotspur.

Tottenham's star Bell has already shown the characteristics of a superstar. In the future, he may be able to compete as the third man under Melo.

It can be seen that even if Villa is playing at home, it will not be an easy game.

Not to mention the disastrous defeat in the last round, when morale was low.

At 12:26 pm local time on December 19, the match between the two teams officially started.

Compared with the starting list of the previous round, there are only 3 position changes.

Jose served as the starting goalkeeper, Guzan sat on the bench.

In addition, Bennett and Ahmadi got the chance to start, and Bannan and Lehigh sat on the bench. Because of the exhaustion of physical energy, Paul Lambert could only arrange it in this way.

As for Tottenham, compared with the first round, there were only two changes in positions. Norton and Adebayor got the chance to start, Dempsey was absent from the 18-man roster, and Caulker was on the bench.

After the opening, Tottenham took the lead in attacking Villa's goal, but was blocked by Jose.

Compared with the first round, Tottenham's state is more than twice as good. The obvious change is that the passing and receiving cooperation between the players is extremely smooth.

As for Villa, some people's desire for more ball possession has finally been realized, but ball possession is ball possession and has nothing to do with the offensive result.

In fact, Villa's possession of the ball can only be reversed on the periphery.

In the first half, the two sides played very patiently, and the ball possession rate was also equal, but in terms of the number of shots, Tottenham had a total of 9 shots, 3 of which were on target, while Villa only had one shot off target. Lori almost fell asleep again.

During the intermission, the live chat room.

"Rexiang played really dirty, and he is completely unworthy of Bell. Bell, let's go."

"You are the one who is dirty, your whole family is dirty."

"The Great Sage does not sell, thank you."

"It's just not selling the Premier League team, and the Magic Flute also said not to sell it. What's the result?"

The intermission passed quickly, and the two teams walked out of the field slowly.

At the beginning of the second half, Villa took the lead in substitutions, Ireland came off the bench, and Nathan Baker was replaced.

After 1 minute, Westwood was also replaced, and it was Albrighton who came off the bench.

The Villa team used up two substitutions early.

In the 57th minute, Tottenham's most threatening shot appeared.

Norton made a straight pass from the left, and the ball went to Defoe's feet.

At this time, Defoe is only about 10 yards away from the goal. He can volley from a close angle, but there is a high probability that it will be confiscated by Jose.

After weighing it, Defoe made a decision in an instant. He shot hard, and the ball formed a beautiful arc in the air and flew towards the far post on the right side of the goal.

If it was another goalkeeper, Defoe's shot was a must-go goal.

No goalkeeper has the speed to keep up with Defoe's shot.

"Strike." The on-site commentator has already shouted.

Tottenham fans also stood up at the same time, ready to cheer for the team.

As fans who watch the game live, they are not afraid of losing, but they are afraid of the boring scene. If both sides cannot break the deadlock, it will only be a boring game in the end.

However, an incredible scene appeared.

A figure suddenly jumped high in front of the goal, knocking Defoe's shot halfway.

It's Jose.

With the blessing of Yuyue Longmen, his jumping ability has far surpassed that of ordinary players.

Facing Defoe's high shot, he calculated that he could jump up halfway and intercept it.

Jose bravely blocked Defoe's must-go goal from outside the goal.

In particular, Jose did not use stunts, because he has realized that it is difficult for him to grow quickly if he relies too much on stunts.

The blocked ball finally fell at the feet of Villa player Delph who returned to the defense.

Villa got the chance to counterattack.

Delph made a long pass and found Holman in the frontcourt.

Holman headed the ball and passed the ball to Benteke.

After taking the ball, Benteke relied on his personal ability to break into the Tottenham penalty area and kicked up a shot from 12 yards. Unfortunately, the angle was too straight and was easily confiscated by Lloris.

No one would have thought that Benteke's shot became Villa's only shot on target.

Throughout the game, Lori didn't have many chances to perform.

Nevertheless, looking at Lowry from a distance, Jose always has a feeling that his competition with Lowry will definitely not be limited to the Premier League.

In the 60th minute, Tottenham succeeded in stealing from the backcourt and got a chance to counterattack. Bell took the ball and broke through from the side. Lowton stepped forward to intercept and was passed by Bell, who instantly threw him away.

Lowton chased after Bell desperately, but couldn't catch up at all.

Chitu among horses, Bell among people.

Bell, who was as fast as a red rabbit and a BMW, had already arrived at the outside of Villa's penalty area in the blink of an eye.

Clark, who stayed behind, stepped forward to intercept.

However, there was no effect at all. After Bell passed Clark, he faced Jose single-handedly.

Under normal circumstances, facing the opponent's one-handed ball, Jose will retreat a little bit, and rarely take the initiative to attack.

However, this time, Jose's intuition told him that if he didn't take the initiative to attack, Bell, who was able to kill, would definitely choose to pass him, and then hit an empty goal.

But if he takes the initiative to attack, with Bell's speed, it will be difficult for defenders who focus on defense to intercept him. Can Jose do it himself?
(End of this chapter)