On August 18, 12, at two p.m. local time, the first game of the new Premier League season officially started.

Villa travel to London's Olympic Stadium to take on West Ham United.

A total of 12 teams including Arsenal, Liverpool and Villa will be playing at the same time, while the Premier League's traditional powerhouses Chelsea, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur will all be scheduled for the evening and the next day.

The first game of the new season is naturally an eye-catcher.

Unfortunately, there were no traditional strong teams in the first round, and the only game of close strength was Newcastle's home game against Tottenham, which was scheduled to start at 4:30 pm on the 18th.

If there is no strong team competition, it does not mean that Villa's opponent is very poor, in fact, for Villa, who was thrilling to be relegated last season, against any team, it is a strong opponent.

Although Jose showed enough talent to be trusted in training, Paul Lambert still chose to trust the veteran goalkeeper Given.

Jose was on the bench.

Except for No. 1 Given, who served as the starting goalkeeper, the rest of the starting line-up were:

Defenders: No. 32 Nathan Baker, No. 4 Vlaar, No. 6 Charlan Clark, No. 34 Lowton.

Midfielders: No. 10 N'Zogbia, No. 16 Delph, No. 8 Ahmadi, No. 7 Ireland.

Forwards: No. 9 Darren Bent, No. 14 Holman

This is a traditional 442 formation.

West Ham United manager Sam Allardyce sent a 433 formation to respond.

Goalkeeper: No. 22 Jaskelainen.

Defenders: No. 3 McCartney, No. 19 Collins, No. 2 Winston Reed, No. 20 Demeer.

Midfielders: No. 4 Nolan, No. 21 Dias, No. 16 Noble.

Forwards: No. 9 Carlton Cole, No. 14 Matthew Taylor, No. 12 Waz Ter.

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Since Jose didn't make it to the starting list, the system didn't bother to post the task.

There may be substitute opportunities in other positions, but in the goalkeeper position, unless an injury is withdrawn or a red card is issued, the substitute goalkeeper will have to sit on the bench.

Watching the two sides on the field, Jose's heart was full of excitement and anticipation.

Thrillingly, he has finally become an official Premier League player, albeit only as a substitute, but for Jose he has taken an important first step.

Looking forward to, of course, being able to participate in it.

Of course, Jose is also well aware that he is too young to be recognized by the head coach and it is not an easy task.

So instead of thinking about when he will be able to play, José will focus on watching the game and learning more useful things from the performances of the two goalkeepers.

It didn't take long for Jose to discover that both Given's and West Ham goalkeepers had an excellent ability to anticipate the game, and often as soon as the opponent got the ball, they had already guessed the opponent's possible shooting route.

However, Jose also found their problem, which is that the speed of the saves, especially the speed of movement, is half a beat slower, probably because of age.

In the 39th minute, Villa player Clarke fouled on the right side of the penalty area and got the first yellow card of the game, and also gave the opponent a free kick opportunity on the right side.

West Ham United player Watts Ter was in charge of the free-kick opportunity.

Surprisingly, Vaz-T didn't shoot straight at goal, opting to lob to the middle of the box.

West Ham's Nolan grabbed the first spot when he headed in the six-yard box.

The ball flew towards the left side of the goal, and Given, who was standing on the right, had no time to react.

The ball went in.

In this way, West Ham United scored the first goal of the game in the 40th minute with a set-piece, and the only goal of the game.

For this goal, Jose made a hypothesis.

If he were on the pitch, he would have chosen the same position as Given, close to the right side of the goal, in order to prevent Vaz-Teh from shooting directly.

In addition, relying on God's perspective, Jose can catch Vaz-Te's passing path in the first place, but he can only use special skills to make a save from the right side of the goal to the left.

Of course, there is one thing that Jose overlooks, and that is that the reason why Nolan can easily head the ball is because Vlar, who is in charge of marking him, has lost his mind.

Football is a team sport, and one or two people may win a half-time, but it won't last long.

Paul Lambert didn't care about the team's defeat, he thought it was just bad luck.

Jose quietly followed the team bus back to Villa's training base.

Of course, the main stars like Darren Bent, they all have their own cars and drive home on their own.

Unable to get a chance to play, Jose worked harder in training.

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A week later, at 2pm on Saturday 25 August, the second round of the Premier League kicked off again.

Villa will host Premier League giants Everton at their home stadium.

Everton, who finished seventh last season, showed their quality, and their Marouane Fellaini was a star player.

Unfortunately, Jose still didn't get the chance to start, and he once again sat on the bench as a substitute goalkeeper.

However, No. 22 goalkeeper Guzan got a chance to start, while Givens failed to make the 18-man squad.

In addition to the goalkeeper, Paul Lambert made three changes, with striker Del Foresto, midfielders Hurd and Bannan in the starting line-up, while Holman and Ireland and Delph were added to the bench.

José can only obey Paulo Lambert's decision, and cannot even show any dissatisfaction.

People originally wanted to see the performance of Jose, a young goalkeeper who is worth the same amount as Eden Hazard, but seeing that he did not get a chance to start, they stopped paying attention.

More eyes will be on tomorrow's big game as Liverpool host defending champions Manchester City.

The match between Villa and Everton was one-sided from the start.

Just three minutes into the game, Everton set up Pienaar through Naismith.

Guzan was powerless to resist Pinal's shot.

Without waiting for Villa to react, in the 31st minute, Everton scored again, and Jagielka assisted Fellaini's header.

Away Everton are 2-0 ahead of Aston Villa at home.

The mood of the Villa fans suddenly reached the freezing point.

However, even more disappointing was that towards the end of the first half, Everton's Baines set up team-mate Jelavic to open the scoring.

At the end of the first half, Everton had a big 3-0 lead over Villa.

At half-time, a large number of Villa fans began to leave the stadium.

For such a result, José could only stand quietly on the sidelines, he did not want to be accused of being a thorn.

Trailing 3-0, the most anxious is undoubtedly head coach Paul Lambert. Although the club gave him the task of relegation, most of the losses at home to the opponent were a bit unexplainable for the fans.

At the start of the second half, Paul Lambert decided to make a change first, he glanced at the players on the bench, directly skipped Jose, and finally decided to replace Holman first, removing the average Del Foresto.

However, Lambert's adjustment not only did not bring any advantage, but in the 58th minute, Everton had a chance to counterattack, and Clark, who could not catch up, fouled behind his back and received the first red card of the game.

Villa have one man less and are a vital centre-back position.

There was no choice but Paul Lambert to make another substitution, with centre-back Lehi coming off the bench and midfielder Hurd being substituted.

In the end, relying on Lehi's assist, Ahmadi recovered a goal in the 74th minute and did not lose face.

Jose had a lot of thoughts on his mind about the game, starting with the fact that Fellaini was too little restricted, so much so that he could use his header to make a difference.

In addition, Clark's foul, Jose believes that there is no need, if he is present, even if the opponent faces him alone, he is 50% sure of the response.

The consecutive defeats in the opening game cast a thick haze over the atmosphere in the Villa team.

Jose was training harder and he didn't know when he was going to get his chance to play.