As a goalkeeper, carry the team forward

Chapter 137 Dragon Stadium
A week later, it was the semi-final of the FA Cup.

Villa once again stood on the sidelines.

In this round of the FA Cup, the biggest upset is undoubtedly Manchester City's loss to Wigan Athletic.

In this way, among the semi-finals, there is only one strong team left, Arsenal.

On March 3, the round of 13 knockout rounds of the Europa League kicked off.

Dragon Stadium, the weather is fine and the temperature ranges from 8 to 18 degrees.

This is a very suitable weather for playing football.

In terms of the double-serving starting lineup, Villa has not changed much from the previous game.

As for Porto, they have a 4141 single midfielder lineup, the specific list is as follows:
Goalkeeper: Elton.

Defenders: Alex Sandro, Mangala, Maicon, Danilo.

Back midfielder: Fernando.

Midfielders: Carlos Eduardo, Defour, Varela, Quaresma.

Center: Jackson Martinez.

At this time, Martinez is still not well-known, but one day in the future, all Huaxia fans will know about him, just because he made Boss Xu a big loss.

...

"Our aim is to keep a clean sheet."

Before the game, Paul Lambert said so in the locker room.

"Okay, I promise to complete the task." Nathan Baker replied solemnly.

Seeing Baker's stupid look, Jose smiled and shook his head slightly.

In fact, Beck's ability in all aspects is not as good as Clark's, but the head coach likes him very much, so he often arranges him to start. After all, he is a player introduced by Lambert.

It is naturally impossible for Jose to have any opinion on the head coach's decision.

On the court, the power of the head coach can be said to be second only to the referee.

The referee will also act according to the rules, and the head coach can choose who to play according to his own preferences.

At worst, leave after class.

...

Villa get the kick-off first.

Instead of rushing to attack, advance slowly and look for opportunities to get into the penalty area.

It's a pity that no matter how hard Ren Benteke and the others worked, they still failed to enter the opponent's hinterland.

Similarly, although Porto's offense was huge, the final blow was always a little bit short.

In this way, the slightly dull half-time game is about to end.

In half-time stoppage time, Porto got a quick counterattack opportunity.

Fernando's long ball finds Quaresma on the wing.

On the right side of Villa's penalty area, Quaresma adjusted and passed the ball.

The ball flew over the crowd and headed for the back post.

At this time, Jose is in the center of the goal and facing the direction of Quaresma.

Seeing the ball flying towards the penalty area, Jose immediately took a few steps back, ready to block the opponent's shot at any time.

In the eyes of everyone, the ball fell to the direction of the back post, and Carlos Eduardo had already burst out of the crowd.

The ball was hit by Eduardo.

Go straight to the goal.

The ball flew towards the upper left corner of the goal.

Just as Jose was about to fly forward to make a save, another player from Porto appeared in front of him.

Quaresma blocks Jose's progress with his body.

This is an obvious foul that interferes with the goalkeeper, but Jose is powerless to stop it at this time.

In this way, Jose can only watch the ball fly into the goal.

This ball definitely doesn't count!
"Beep, beep~"

Just as Jose was about to complain to Quaresma for a foul, the referee blew his whistle.

"Eduardo was offside first, and the goal was invalid." The referee made such a penalty after asking the linesman for his opinion.

This penalty made Jose a little dumbfounded.

The referee did blow off the opponent's goal, but the reason was not because of Quaresma's foul.

Jose couldn't help thinking, what if Eduardo hadn't been offside?
No one knows the answer.

In any case, Vera escaped unharmed.

...

In the second half, in the 52nd minute, Villa got an excellent chance to score.

Abanglahuo successfully countered offside.

Single-handedly entered near the bottom line on the right side of the penalty area.

Without a shot angle, Abanglaho chose to knock back to Benteke.

Benteke shot low and the ball almost went through the goalkeeper's crotch and into the net.

Unfortunately, a little bit of bad luck, the ball hit the inside of Elton's heel, and then bounced out.

"Oh." Villa fans sighed.

...

But something even more silent came.

In the 55th minute, Villa got another chance to score.

Weiman kicked a shot near the bottom line on the left side of the penalty area.

As a result, he was blocked by teammate Delph.

At this time, Weiman really wanted to ask Delph, which side do you belong to?

2 minutes later, Porto got a corner kick.

The long corner kick was taken, and the Villa players reached the first point, but they did not clear the penalty area.

The ball fell to Martinez's feet.

From 8 yards in front of the left goal, Martinez volleyed with his left foot, and the ball flew towards the center of the goal.

Suddenly, an accident happened. Martinez's shot hit Baker's calf and was refracted on the spot.

Originally, Jose only needed a sideways save to block the opponent's shot.

Sudden deflection occurred, Jose could only hold back his figure in time, and at the same time used the first stunt of the game.

Surprised and dangerous, Jose blocked the deflected ball on the goal line.

Villa escaped again.

Since then, Porto continued to attack.

However, the defense led by Jose never made any mistakes again.

In the end, Villa drew 0-0 with Porto in the away game.

For this result, the Villa team is very satisfied.

Although Porto was unwilling, there was nothing he could do.

The final promotion quota will be determined after a week.

……

After returning from the Dragon Stadium, Jose got a week of recovery time.

Jose was still unable to play in the match between Villa and Chelsea.

School was closed for the weekend, so Jose sat in the audience.

No one thought that it was this game that made Mourinho lose the final championship.

...

August 3, 15:17 local time.

Villa Park Stadium, the weather is basically sunny, with occasional clouds, and the temperature is between 6 and 14 degrees.

The focus battle between Villa and the top Chelsea has officially started.

In terms of Villa's starting lineup, Bennett returned to the starting lineup. Bertrand, like Jose, failed to enter the 18-man squad due to evasion of clauses.

As for Chelsea, Torres successfully passed the medical examination before the game, and Oscar and William entered the starting lineup in rotation.

The specific list is as follows:

Goalkeeper: Cech.

Defenders: Azpilicueta, Terry, Cahill, Ivanovic.

Back midfielder: Matic, Ramirez.

Avant-garde: Hazard, Oscar, Willian.

Forward: Torres.

Referee on duty: Foy.

Villa kicked off first, but failed to form a shot.

The smell of gunpowder on both sides is very strong.

Only 1 minute into the game, Baker and William collided.

As a result, William fell to the ground and needed team doctors to enter the field for treatment, while Baker was fine.

However, after treatment for William, the problem was not serious, and the game continued.

In the 5th minute, the overexcited Baker defended Torres for a foul and was awarded a yellow card.

In the 10th minute, the Villa team almost scored.

Delph made a pass from the left, and Benteke headed the goal from the edge of the small penalty area, but it was confiscated by Petr Cech.

Then Azpilicueta passed the ball, and William cut in from the left and hit the side net with a strong shot from 25 yards.

In the 14th minute, Azpilicueta made a direct pass, and Torres got a single chance.

(End of this chapter)