As a goalkeeper, carry the team forward

Chapter 95

On April 4, at 22:[-] p.m. local time, a heavyweight focus match officially started at the Old Trafford Stadium in Manchester.

The stadium with a capacity of more than 7 is full of seats at the moment.

Compared with whether Villa can enter the top four, people are more concerned about whether Manchester United can win this game and whether they can win the championship early at their home court as they wish.

Such an important event naturally caused the world's major media websites and TV broadcasts to broadcast live.

On a sports live broadcast platform in Huaxia, Mr. Zhan sat in the live broadcast room full of energy, and next to him was the sleepy-eyed Director Zhang.

"Good evening, fans, thank you for still waiting at Jiulang Sports at this time. I will send you a focus match in the 34th round of the Premier League. The Red Devils Manchester United vs. Aston Villa will be broadcast live for you. The reviewers are guided by Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu."

"There are many points of concern in this game. First of all, the most worthy of our attention is whether Manchester United can win today. Since Manchester City lost to Tottenham before, if Manchester United wins 3 points in this game, they will win four rounds in advance. to the league title this season."

"According to the statistics, Manchester United this season is the strongest attacking team among the 20 teams in the Premier League. They have scored 33 goals in 75 rounds of the league, averaging 2.27 goals per game. The attacking power is very strong. The combination of van Persie and Wayne Rooney contributed a lot to the hotness."

"As for Villa, they are the team with the best defense this season. In 33 rounds, they only conceded 24 goals, and the number of zero seals reached 18 games. Their defense and young goalkeeper Jose are very good. Excellent performance."

"It can be said that the match between Manchester United and Aston Villa will be a direct collision of spear and shield."

"As we all know, this season will be Sir Alex Ferguson's last season at Manchester United. He once said that his greatest wish is to lead Manchester United and challenge Liverpool's dominance."

"Under the leadership of Ferguson, Manchester United tied Liverpool's 08 top league titles in the 09/18 season. If they win again this season, their top league titles will reach 20 times. It is estimated that for a long time , It is very difficult for any team to break this record."

"Director Zhang, what do you think about this game?" Teacher Zhan said a lot, and finally asked his partner.

"Manchester United's performance this season is really good. Perhaps everyone has seen that Ferguson is about to retire, and his performance is much more positive. Regarding this game, I am personally more optimistic about Manchester United..." Director Zhang began to analyze the game based on his own point of view. Contest.

Just as Mr. Zhan and Director Zhang were talking, the starting lineups of both sides were announced.

For Villa:

Goalkeeper: Jose.

Defenders: Bennett, Nathan Baker, Vlaar, Lowton.

Double midfielders: Delph, Westwood.

Three attacking midfielders: Captain Abanglaho, Nzobia, Weiman.

Breaking forward center: Bennett.

...

Manchester United:

Goalkeeper: De Gea.

Defenders: Evra, Evans, Phil Jones, Rafael.

Double midfielder: Carrick, Giggs.

Three forwards: Shinji Kagawa, Rooney, Valencia.

Breaking forward center: Van Persie.

...

There is no doubt that both sides have fielded the strongest lineup.

Manchester United got the chance to kick off first.

Van Persie kicked off the ball, passed it back to his teammates, and then quickly rushed towards Villa half-time.

Rooney took the ball in midfield, glanced at the position of his teammates, and chose a long pass to the right.

The ball went to Valencia.

At this point Villa's players had just reached their respective positions.

Valencia tried to break through on the right, but was blocked by Bennett and Delph.

There is no hope of breaking through, and Valencia chooses to pass back to Rafael.

Rafael took the ball and passed directly to the penalty area.

The ball went to the left side of Villa's small penalty area.

Giggs gets the ball first.

Vlaar and Baker stepped forward to block at the same time.

As for Jose, while blocking Giggs' shooting route, he glanced at the surrounding situation.

"Pay attention to Fan..."

At this moment, Van Persie had quietly entered the middle of the penalty area, Jose wanted to speak to remind his teammates, but it was too late.

Giggs did not choose to shoot, but chose to pass back to Van Persie in front of the goal.

Van Persie did not stop the ball, and directly pushed from close range.

At this time, the game time is only up to the 80th second.

If there is no accident, Van Persie will score easily with this ball.

"Time and space pause."

There is no way, Jose can only use cheating stunts.

Conceding the ball in the first 80 seconds was a huge blow to morale, and Jose had to block this wave of attacks.

"Ah..." There was a sigh in the audience.

There are many Villa fans who came to Old Trafford with the team today, but compared with Manchester United's home fans, they are really nothing.

So the sound of cheering for Manchester United on the spot was deafening.

Players with a little unsteady willpower will inevitably be affected by the noise of the home fans.

This is the horror of the devil's home field.

If it was a year ago, Jose would definitely feel uneasy in the face of such an atmosphere.

Today, although he still feels that the voices of Manchester United fans are very noisy, it will no longer affect his state.

Jose dismantled United's fast break.

In the midfield battle, the Villa team was completely at a disadvantage.

It seems that some Villa players are more or less influenced by Manchester United fans.

In the 4th minute, Valencia once again came to the right edge of the penalty area.

Bennett marked him one-on-one.

However, it didn't work at all.

Valencia dunked lightly with his left foot, then pumped hard with his right foot, and the ball passed Bennett and flew towards the center of Villa's penalty area.

At this point Van Persie has ambushed in the restricted area.

10 yards in front of the goal, in the outflanking of Vlaar and Baker, Van Persie still completed the volley with his left foot.

Van Persie's shot hit the crossbar and was about to bounce back into the net.

At this critical moment, Jose jumped high and struck out with both palms at the same time, blocking the ball from the goal line.

Jose didn't dare to catch the ball, he was afraid that he would roll into the goal with the ball.

The ball that was blocked by Jose was cleared out of the penalty area by Feral immediately.

Villa escaped again.

"Strong, Van Persie is too strong." In the live chat room, a fan left a message.

"The Villa goalkeeper is also amazing, just a little bit, the ball will go over the goal line."

"Wonderful, so wonderful, Van Persie shot very well, and Jose's rescue in front of the goal is even more amazing."

The fans who were drowsy due to staying up late suddenly became refreshed.

The game continued, and the competition in the midfield was completely fierce.

The Villa players are desperate, but the gap in personal strength still cannot stop Manchester United's attack.

Manchester United's two attacks on the right failed to score, so they began to shift the attacking route.

In the 9th minute, Giggs dribbled the ball forward from the left and soon came to the left side of Villa's penalty area.

Lowton stepped forward to intercept.

However, it still allowed Giggs to get a chance to cross.

The ball is passed to the far point.

Or Van Persie, before Baker, topped Giggs' cross.

Van Persie did not choose to attack the goal, but flew the header into the small penalty area.

At this moment, Kagawa Shinji was already in ambush there.

Under Flarer's interference, Shinji Kagawa stepped forward with his left foot and touched the ball first.

"Strike." Director Zhang shouted on the spot.

　Blast one more.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)