As a goalkeeper, carry the team forward

Chapter 59 Manchester United in hot form
Although Jose is a little worried, he is not enough to change the result by himself at present. His free kick skills that have just started are no longer enough when facing adult teams.

Was reversed and eliminated by the League One team?

Paul Lambert would not agree. Although the value of the English League Cup is not high, it is a matter of honor, and such a thing is absolutely not allowed to happen.

Lambert waved his hand, and Delph and Darren Bent came off the bench successively.

After the two came on the field, Villa instantly formed an overwhelming advantage, but the goal did not appear for a long time.

In stoppage time, the winning goal finally came. Benteke received a pass from his teammate and volleyed from the edge of the penalty area. The ball rolled into the goal from the lower left corner.

So far, the Villa team has advanced to the quarter-finals and semi-finals without any risk.

The prize money of the English League Cup is indeed very small, not even enough for some stars to earn a week's salary, but its honor is truly at the championship level.

Another very important thing is that both the winners of the League Cup and the FA Cup can directly advance to the Europa League group stage.

Although the prize money of the Europa League is not as good as that of the Champions League, its ticket and broadcast revenue are the same as those of the Champions League.

Jose knew very well that Villa was a club without ambitions, and it seemed unrealistic to expect them to qualify for the Champions League in the league. Therefore, the two major cup championships became Jose's primary goal.

An away win over Swindon allowed Villa to avoid the embarrassment of a winless game in October.

As for November, before the start of the devil's schedule, Villa will have an away game against Sunderland, which has the same points as themselves, and the two teams are ranked 11th at the same time.

Jose returned to the starting lineup, Clark returned from injury, and Bennett, who was suspended for one game, appeared in the starting lineup this game.

Darren Bent, who has received much attention, is absent due to injury, and the transfer fee Villa spent on him is estimated to be in vain.

However, another new aid joined this season, Benteke, performed well, so Paul Lambert needn't worry too much.

On November 11, the tenth round of the Premier League kicked off.

Before the start of Villa's game, Manchester United's home game against Arsenal took the lead.

This is the focus of this round of battle, in addition to the grievances between the two teams, Van Persie will face his former owner Arsenal for the first time.

Only 3 minutes into the game, Manchester United took the lead.

Arsenal captain Vermaelen made a clearance error, and Van Persie got the ball from the edge of the penalty area and shot into the bottom left corner of the net.

Facing his old club, Van Persie refused to celebrate the goal, but the Arsenal fans still sent warm greetings.

In half-time stoppage time, Ashley Young crossed the ball and the ball touched Cazorla's arm.

Arsenal are awarded a penalty.

Rooney took the penalty kick and hit it easily.

At halftime, Manchester United led their opponents 2-to-[-].

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

Leading by two goals, Manchester United's offensive continued unabated.

In the 67th minute, Rooney made a tactical corner pass from the left. Mertesacker missed the ball from the top and was scored by Evra with a header in the small penalty area.

So far, Manchester United lead Arsenal 3-0, Ferguson looked at the gloomy Professor Wenger with a bright smile.

In the last minute of stoppage time, Arshavin made a header in the penalty area and passed the ball to Cazorla. The latter shot from the left side of the penalty area and was blocked. Fortunately, the blocked ball fell to Cazorla's feet again. He shot into the net from the far corner.

Cazorla's goal saved some face for Arsenal.

After the game, Manchester United ranked second with 8 wins and 2 losses with 24 points.

Perhaps affected by Ferguson's imminent retirement, Manchester United players played extremely hard on the court.

So the next round of Villa will face such a Manchester United, in the eyes of outsiders, it is basically a matter of bad luck.

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The match between Villa and Sunderland was very intense, but the effective data of the two sides is actually not much different.The number of shots was 12 for Sunderland and 9 for Villa, and the number of corner kicks was 6 for Sunderland and 7 for Villa.

Only the number of fouls, the Villa team is far ahead, they gave the opponent a total of 17 free kick opportunities.

But Villa had the last laugh.

In the 57th minute, Lowton made a cross from the right, and Benteke headed the ball far away, and the ball was passed to Abanglahor on the edge of the small penalty area, who stabbed the goal from close range.

Abanglaho has scored in two consecutive away games.

As for Jose, this game was the easiest one for him to play. After all, Sunderland had only one shot on target in the whole game, and Jose only showed his skills slightly, and then easily pounced.

After the victory over Sunderland, Villa's ranking rose sharply to eighth, with 15 points behind Arsenal due to a goal difference disadvantage.

And Jose also received a reward of 5000 points and a silver treasure chest*5 from the system.

He currently has more than 56000 points and as many as 19 silver treasure chests.

Villa's performance did not attract much attention, but fourth-ranked Tottenham lost at home to No.15 Wigan Athletic, which became the biggest upset of this round.

In another upset game, the top-ranked Chelsea were tied away by 11th-ranked Swansea. They dropped to second after losing two points, while Manchester United succeeded in reaching the top.

Di Matteo's crisis of confidence began to emerge.

……

After returning from Sunderland, Jose began to fast and bathe, and he was about to open the treasure chest.

There are nineteen treasure chests, which can be drawn twice in a row for ten consecutive draws. I don't know if he can get 8 talent essences. He urgently needs to improve the level of god-level prediction.

With a light tap of Jose's finger, the first "ten draws in a row" was drawn out.

[Talent Essence*3, Technical Points*2, Fantastic Equipment Coupon*3, Boutique Underpants*2]

[PS: High-quality underwear, made of high-tech materials, has good air permeability, and increases flexibility by 30.00% after wearing. 】

"The essence of talent is only 3 points?" Jose was a little disappointed.

Taking a deep breath, Jose pointed at the system light curtain again, and the second "ten consecutive draws" also had results.

[Talent Essence*6, Technical Points*2, Fantastic Equipment Coupon*4]

"12?" Jose thought he was dazzled, checked it again, and finally confirmed that 12 rewards were drawn out.

It seems that a treasure chest does not only draw out one reward.

Compared with 12 rewards, what made Jose even more happy was that the talent essence was drawn to 6 points, so that he could upgrade the goalkeeper talent again.

Without hesitation, he directly chose the god-level prediction.

As a huge amount of energy information came into his mind, Jose had a feeling that he seemed to have the ability to predict, and what might happen in the next ten seconds appeared in his mind in advance.

Of course, the predicted things do not necessarily happen, because your current behavior will change the direction of future development, even if it is only ten seconds, there are many possibilities for possible changes.

After upgrading the god-level prediction, Jose spent another 4 equipment coupons to create a new set of sneakers, leggings, gloves and wrist guards for himself.

Jose knows the importance of equipment better than anyone else.

After his strength increased greatly, Jose has more confidence in facing Manchester United.

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On November 11th, Singles' Day, the 11th round of the Premier League continued.

Aston Villa sits at home and faces the top team Manchester United from afar.

Leaving aside the current fiery state of Manchester United, in the last 31 games between the two teams, Villa only won one game. In the rest of the games, Manchester United has an absolute advantage of 25 wins and 5 draws.

The last time Villa beat Manchester United was in the third round of the League Cup in 1999. As for defeating Manchester United in the league, it dates back to 1995, when Jose was just born.

Faced with such a suffering master, the psychological pressure on the Villa team can be imagined.

(End of this chapter)