As a goalkeeper, carry the team forward

Chapter 118 Almost Betrayed

After saving the opponent's penalty kick, the morale of the Villa team was greatly boosted.

Finally in the second half, relying on Ahmadi's free kick to score.

Villa won 1-0 at home.

At the end of the two rounds of the Europa League group stage, Villa scored 6 points and ranked first in the group. Their qualifying situation is very good.

10 month 6 day.

Day three after the game against St. Gallen.

Premier League Round 7,
Villa will travel to Hull City's Kingston Communications Stadium.

Their opponent in this round is newly promoted Hull City.

In this game, the Villa team can be said to have the upper hand.

There were 0 shots in the audience, but in the end they could only get a 0-[-] draw.

In addition to failing to score, Villa also failed to get a free kick.

The only free kick in the game was taken by Hull City, and the result is self-evident.

After the game with Hull City, Jose was given a two-week recovery period.

During the international competition day during this period, Jose, who did not need to participate in the training camp, chose to go back to school to attend lectures.

In school, Jose met many new classmates.

As for Emma, ​​Jose did not see her again.

Guess where it's filming.

Jose didn't care about that.

In addition to listening to lectures and studying, Jose also received olive branches from many national teams.

As for the young goalkeeper who has quit the China National Football Team and has unlimited talent and potential, as long as he is not stupid, he will try his best to recruit him.

However, these invitations were all rejected by Jose.

Due to the relevant regulations of the football technical immigration policy, Jose will not be able to catch up with the World Cup in 14 anyway. In this case, Jose simply waited.

Two weeks passed, and the time came to October 10.

The penultimate game of the eighth round of the Premier League started.

Villa host Tottenham.

At present, the points difference between the two teams is only 1 point, and the rankings are also very similar.

Although Tottenham lost Bell, they signed many players before the transfer window closed. In addition, in the League Cup last month, Tottenham eliminated Villa 4-0.

So for this game, people have always believed that it is not difficult for Tottenham to win. The only problem is how many goals Tottenham can score.

Both starting lineups.

Compared with the last game against St. Gallen, the Villa team is almost exactly the same. The only change is that Westwood got the chance to start and Sylla sat on the bench.

In addition, Benteke returned from injury and sat on the bench to stand by.

For Tottenham, Boas put up a 4231 formation.

Goalkeeper: Lloris.

Defenders: Will Hengtong, Kirikesh, Michael Dawson, Kyle Walker.

Double midfielders: Sandro, Paulinho.

Forwards: Sigurdsson, Holtby, Townsend.

Center forward: Soldado.

Villa got the chance to kick off first.

But it was Tottenham who completed the first shot.

Kyle Walker made a cross from the wing, and England's new international player Townsend got a chance to shoot.

However, his shot angle was too straight and was easily thrown by Jose.

Jose kicks the goal kick.

The ball was kicked near the middle circle and finally landed at Weiman's feet.

Unfortunately, Kozak's shot in the end also failed to threaten Lori.

"Tell me, who is better, Lori or Jose?"

"Does this still need to be asked? Of course it is Lloris, he is a French international."

"Is the French international really good? I think Jose is stronger. He was able to win the Golden Glove in Villa last season, which is not easy."

"Villa's defense is very strong, okay, and their Vlaar is stable."

……

When the fans were discussing enthusiastically, the smell of gunpowder on the field began to grow unknowingly.

Just 10 minutes into the game, Westwood got his first yellow card of the game while defending Verhengtong.

This ignited the emotions of the Villa fans in the stands, and the boos were deafening.

Then, in the next game, the two sides intensified, and the physical collision never stopped.

In the 15th minute, Verhengtong brought down Weiman from the side, but the referee did not say anything.

Villa got a free kick in the frontcourt.

Unfortunately, Westwood's free kick hit the wall and bounced to the other side.

Aston Villa squandered this free-kick opportunity.

The number of fouls on both sides is increasing.

Jose estimated that in about 3 minutes, one party must foul and cause the game to be suspended.

In the 31st minute, Soldado made a pass.

The ball went to Townsend's feet.

Townsend advances on the wing.

Near the bottom line.

Townsend crosses after getting rid of Luna.

On the passing line, there are many players such as Soldado waiting for the opportunity to attack the goal.

Jose concentrated all his attention, not daring to be sloppy at all.

The ball flew over Soldado's head.

At this time, he was less than 3 yards away from the goal position.

Extremely dangerous attack position.

Just when Jose was thinking about whether to attack, Solda moved too much.

I saw Soldado jumping high on the spot, ready to grab a header before everyone else.

"Time and space...um."

Just when Jose was about to use the stunt, a bad premonition came to his mind.

"No, Soldado's header was a bluff, he had no intention of heading the ball at all." Jose understood instantly.

Since Soldado does not intend to head the ball, the ball will fly to the upper left corner of the goal in the original direction of flight.

"Almost fooled."

Jose confirmed his suspicions when he saw the ball go over Soldado's head.

"Time and space pause."

While using his stunt, Jose threw himself towards the left side of the goal with all his strength.

"Soldado's cover is really very thoughtful, and ordinary goalkeepers will definitely be deceived by him." The on-site commentator said.

"However, I still have to praise Jose. He reacted too quickly. When he realized something was wrong, he immediately turned his head and ran towards the back of the goal. It can be said that without Jose's reaction, Villa was already one goal behind at this time. .” The live commentary praised Jose.

Relying on Jose's timely response, the Villa team escaped unharmed.

After the game, Jose's reaction in front of the goal was named the best save of the month in the Premier League.

The game continues.

In the 38th minute, Paulinho received his second yellow card of the game while defending Kozak.

It's a pity that Ahmadi also failed to grasp this free kick.

The Villa team lacks a reliable free kick master.

Normally, free kicks are taken by a fixed player.

But the Villa team is not. Whether it is Abanglaho, Ahmadi, Westwood, or even Bacuna, when they encounter a free kick, they will come to kick it.

In the Villa team, only Jose rarely kicked a free kick.

However, what everyone doesn't know is that Jose's free kick technique is actually the strongest in the team.

In the first half, the two sides played 0-0.

Not only was the score tied, but the number of yellow cards, the number of fouls, and even the number of shots on goal were almost the same between the two sides.

The only difference is that Tottenham's possession rate reached 69%, which is much higher than Villa's 31%.

(End of this chapter)