Chapter 23: See the Elevator Ball Again
"Time and space pause."
Jose had no choice, and if he didn't use stunts now, Chelsea would be killing the game.
It's not that Jose doesn't trust his team-mates, it's that several of Chelsea's youth defenders are just too stable. Jose can see that in another year or two, Christensen, Ake and others will definitely have the ability to gain a foothold in the Premier League adult team.
As for their goalkeeper Blackman, even if he can't establish himself among the big clubs, he can compete for the main goalkeeper position in the middle of the team.
Legendary coach Jose Mourinho said that in football, if you want to win trophies, you first have to learn not to concede goals, and only when you are invincible can you have a chance to fight for that highest honor.
Jose couldn't agree more with Mourinho's words.
Grealish was a good breakaway but was forced to drop back due to a lack of manpower at the back.
Jose knows that Villa will not find a chance to find the back of the net without a great set-piece.
All Jose can do is try to keep the goal as safe as possible without conceding a goal.
Baker's free-kicks are very threatening, and without relying on the plug-in, I am afraid that only the top goalkeepers of the big clubs are likely to save it.
José is not ashamed of using a plug-in, he knows that he is still young, and he is not yet 17 years and three months old.
He is confident enough to grow into a world-class goalkeeper before he is 20 years old.
The game continues.
In the closing stages, Chelsea unleashed a stormy assault on Villa, with Jose making as many as seven saves in just over ten minutes.
Villa's fans were both excited and nervous, fearing that one of Jose's misses would kill Chelsea in the game.
There was another five minutes of stoppage time.
"Let's get one." Fans on both sides prayed silently.
At this moment, the entire Stamford Bridge stadium, where no one could still sit calmly, all stood up one after another, staring intently at the changes on the field.
At 94 minutes and 40 seconds, Chelsea were awarded another free-kick on the right, and the penalty spot was not far from the ball, which was a good place to shoot straight at goal.
Line up the human wall, and the referee's whistle sounds.
The hearts of the fans beat as Piazon moved.
The ball flew over the wall and then towards the centre of the goal.
The ball is high?
No, it's an elevator ball!
The ball suddenly drops rapidly as it reaches the goal line and falls towards the goal.
Jose was fortunate to find it in time, he quickly took a half-step back, then jumped high and plucked the ball out of the air.
Glancing at the front of the field, Jose found that there were only two centre-backs from Jack Grealish and Chelsea near the centre circle.
Opportunity.
Jose quickly kicked the ball over the half-pitch and into the back of the Chelsea defence.
Fighting for speed, neither Ake nor Christensen is a match for Grealish.
The little prince of the nightclub easily grabbed the ball.
By this time, there had been more than five minutes of stoppage time, and the referee did not blow the final whistle, apparently giving Grealish the opportunity to complete the attack.
Soon after, Grealish was on the edge of the Chelsea penalty area and was set to face Blackman single-handedly.
Seeing Grealish's one-handed kill, Blackman did not choose to attack, but took two steps back.
The hearts of the fans on both sides are so nervous that they are about to suffocate at the moment.
Half a minute earlier, Chelsea fans had prayed for a goal and Villa fans had prayed not to concede a goal.
Half a minute later, the two sides just switched over.
Grealish didn't have the courage to get past Blackman in the end, opting for a lob into the far corner.
It wasn't because he was in a hurry to shoot, or because he was too nervous, Grealish's lob shot turned out to be overexerted and the ball went off the line.
The little prince of the nightclub knelt on the spot and sighed.
What a great chance to kill, it slipped away.
It is conceivable that Grealish would have regretted the trophy for the rest of his life if Villa's youth team had lost the trophy in the end.
Just like in the 08 Champions League final, John Terry's accidental slip and fall cost Chelsea the first Champions League trophy, which will be a memory that Terry will never forget.
"Beep, beep, beep...", the referee finally blew the whistle for the end of the game as Blackman drove the ball out.
According to the rules, the two sides will play extra time after 10 minutes.
Live chat room.
"I'm so nervous. Although there was no goal, it still made people feel excited. ”
'I've watched a lot of FA Youth Cup games and in terms of this game, there's a little bit of a Premier League game.
"Why?"
"As we all know, the youth team games are almost always undefended, so the big scores often appear, not to mention, just four months ago in the fourth round, Forest U18 and Wigan U18 played 9-1."
"In the Premier League, unless it's a style match, it's hard to have a big result, and when the middle and lower teams face strong teams, unless they can't hold it, they will give priority to defense. You know, in the league, a point gap is likely to be the distance between heaven and hell. ”
"I see."
…
The ten-minute break passed quickly.
The two sides again made adjustments to the personnel.
The gains and losses are all young men under the age of 18, and the situation of physical exhaustion has not appeared.
The adjustments between the two sides are more to prepare for possible penalty shootouts later.
The game continues.
Although there was no physical exhaustion, the speed of the players on both sides dropped significantly, and their movements were not as standard as when they were full of energy.
In addition, Chelsea are no longer desperate to attack and they seem to have accepted the outcome of a penalty shoot-out.
Even so, Chelsea were able to occasionally threaten Jose's goal.
In the ninth minute of extra time, Chelsea were awarded a corner kick from the left.
It was also the first corner of extra time.
Piazon took the penalty and played a long pass directly into the center of the small penalty area.
The threat was not great, and Jose caught it at the first time.
Just as Jose moved forward to take off the ball, a figure slammed into him.
José fell to the ground on the spot.
The referee didn't blow the whistle.
When Jose went down, Chelsea's Ferres got on the ball and headed it inside the back of the net.
In extra time, Chelsea led by 1 goal!
Slow-motion replays showed that it was Villa's No. 4 who knocked down Jose, who was so focused on the top of the ball that he forgot to avoid Jose.
'Oh, Chelsea won.' Someone in the live chat room gloated.
"It's a pity."
"Don't be discouraged, there's still time." Instead of blaming his teammates, Jose cheered them on.
Fifteen minutes of extra time passed quickly as Villa went into the second half with a goal down.
There was no time to rest, and after a simple saliva, the two sides exchanged venues and fought again.
"Does Vera still have a chance?"