Chapter 24: I'll Come First
No one could have predicted the answer, only that there were only fifteen minutes left for Vera.
With a goal in hand, Chelsea youth head coach Nell Bass waved his hand and Chelsea began to shrink their defence.
The already impenetrable defense line has become like an impregnable wall.
As the clock ticked by, Villa's players finally had the chance to experience the pain of not being able to play for a long time.
José suddenly became idle.
Looking at the situation on the field, Jose couldn't wait to go up and kick two feet, but when he thought of his foot skills, he suddenly frowned.
Chelsea fans were already singing and celebrating as if the title had been held in their hands.
The Villa fans were in the stands, and at the moment it was very quiet, and they began to pray, praying that God would bless Villa to score another goal.
"The Villa team is out of play, they can't even get into the big penalty area, they can only shoot from the perimeter, and they can't threaten the door of Chelsea at all."
"yes."
'Unless Villa can get a set-piece or two, there will be no suspense.
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As the saying goes, some people can't chatter, and some things can't be said more.
I don't know if it's a spirit from heaven, in the 14th minute and 35 seconds of the second half of extra time, the Villa team really fought once, a free kick opportunity on the left side of the front court.
The penalty spot is located on the edge of the penalty area and is a good position to shoot straight at goal.
Who will take the free-kick?
In the past, all set-pieces were taken by Jack Grealish, but when McDonald knew Jose also had a free-kick, he had another option.
Training statistics show that Jose's free-kick scoring probability is much higher than Grealish's, but Jose, as a goalkeeper, will eventually have a certain risk in taking free kicks.
Once you don't hit the target and the opponent gets the ball, the opponent can directly counterattack and form a situation where you hit an empty goal.
Therefore, all the set-pieces in this game were handled by Grealish.
Now it's just over 20 seconds before the end of the game, and if you can't equalize, it doesn't matter if you let the opponent score another goal.
Thinking of this, McDonald waved to Jose.
"Villa are going to fight hard, the goalkeepers are going to go up and fight for the top."
"Ignorance, the Villa goalkeeper is going to go up and take the penalty."
"The goalkeeper takes a free-kick? Unheard. ”
"Hehe, don't measure the world by your own shallow insight, just because you haven't seen it doesn't mean that you don't have it, and it doesn't mean that you won't have it in the future."
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Seeing that McDonald let himself take the free kick, Jose did not refuse, as summarized above, at the moment it was a matter of life and death.
José thought as he walked.
Before coming to the penalty spot, Jose waved at Grealish and told him to come to Jose: "You go and take a spot on the left side of the wall. ”
"Okay." Grealish didn't say much and walked straight to Chelsea's wall.
"Well, is Jose going to hit the near post direction?" After seeing Grealish walking towards the human wall, someone immediately speculated.
Indeed, both Jose's position and Grealish's position showed that Jose was about to take a heavy free-kick to the left side of the goal.
"Beep...", the referee's whistle blew.
Jose took a deep breath and trotted over to the penalty spot.
At the same time, Grealish ran out of the wall, leaving only a narrow gap.
Jose's body was at a 45-degree angle to the ground, and then he slammed the ball with his right foot, causing it to spin at a great speed.
Surprisingly, however, the ball was not seen to pass through the gap left by Grealish, but instead went around the right side of the wall.
Scammed.
Jose came and struck the west!
The ball flew over the wall and towards the top right of the goal.
Well? The ball kicked high?
Either way, the ball is going to fly over the post.
Wrong!
Blackman soon realized that the goal taken by Jose was not a Kashi heavy gun, but the equally famous Full Moon Scimitar ball.
It's just that the arc is not very obvious, so everyone doesn't see it.
Although Blackman realized that Jose was kicking the Moon Cutle, he was too late to make a save.
"World Wave!"
'Absolute world wave, Villa equalised in the last twenty seconds of extra time.'
'It's certain that if Villa win the FA Youth Cup, then Jose's free-kick could definitely compete for the most valuable goal of the season.'
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In a split second, Chelsea fans fell from heaven and looked to be on the verge of another trophy (four days earlier, Chelsea's senior team had already won the FA Cup), only to be delayed or even lost by Jose's free-kick.
In the end, after 120 minutes, the two sides were tied again.
A brutal penalty shoot-out came.
No one noticed that Abou, who was sitting in the VIP box, was already standing up and staring intently at the pitch, his eyes not on the Chelsea players but on Villa youth goalkeeper Jose, who was deep in thought after a long time.
Unlike owners of other Premier League teams, Abou has an unrivalled love for the game and is even more committed to Chelsea FC in return.
As long as it is an operation that can improve the team's performance, Abu will not hesitate to do it.
……
McDonald brought together the last eleven players on the pitch and they needed to negotiate the order in which to take the penalty kicks.
"I'll do it first." José was the first to step up.
"Okay." MacDonald didn't ask much and agreed directly.
"Then I'll kick the second one." Robinson stepped forward.
"You choose second, and I have to be third." Grealish said with a relaxed expression.
In this way, José and the others quickly agreed on the order.
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Perhaps it was God's favor that the Villa team drew the first side to kick.
Blackman walked out at the same time as Jose, the difference was that Jose walked to 12 yards while Blackman walked towards goal.
"Jack, I'm not going to take a penalty, you say I'm going to kick in that direction?" José suddenly turned his head and shouted at Grealish.
"It doesn't matter what direction you want, you just have to volley hard and kick it into the goal with the ball like Carlos did." Grealish is serious nonsense.
Hearing Grealish's words, Blackman's face twitched a few times on the spot, and he couldn't help but think of the free kick Jose took when he challenged Villa away, although he blocked Jose's shot with his body, but the pain caused by the ball hitting his body has not been forgotten to this day.
At that time, the free throw was more than 40 yards away, which was unbearable, and now it is only 12 yards, and if he is hit, then he will not be ......
Thinking of this, Blackman involuntarily blocked his crotch.
Heavy artillery shooters have always been the most troublesome opponents for goalkeepers, and if they are not careful, they can easily get injured.
Legend has it that Carlos has never had a goalkeeper dare to save a penalty, it is the power that can directly send people to the hospital, and daring to save his penalty is purely uncomfortable.
"Oh, then I shot hard, I won't shoot through the net, right?" Jose looked in the direction of the goal with a grim face.
Blackman's face twitched a few more times.
Seeing Blackman's expression, Jose knew that his plan had succeeded.
Of course, the heavy artillery shooter is terrifying, but Jose is not a real heavy artillery shooter at the moment, and after 120 minutes of fierce fighting, his physical strength has already decreased.
Of course, it is absolutely impossible to say that Jose's shot will cause the goalkeeper to be injured, at most it will make the goalkeeper feel more pain.
"Beep..."
The referee's whistle blew and Jose began to move.