"Jose, go to bed early tonight, and you start tomorrow night's game." On this day, at the end of Jose's training, Paul Lambert suddenly said this to José.

Hearing the head coach's words, Jose was stunned at first, tomorrow is Wednesday, and it is not yet the weekend's game time.

However, Jose reacted quickly, and although there was no Premier League on the second day, there was a second knockout round of the English League Cup.

According to the draw, Villa will host League Two side Tranmere.

At first glance, it was a no-brainer game, with the Championship and League One between League Two and the Premier League, so Paul Lambert didn't think much about it and decided to start Jose.

However, rumours have it that there are many upsets in the League Cup, and every year there are cases of Premier League teams being eliminated by lower-division teams.

This is because the Carabao Cup winner has a small reward of £100,000, which is far less than the 2 million award for the FA Cup winner, so clubs treat it as a training ground.

In light of this, Paul Lambert and the rest of the squad agreed that winning would be an easy thing to do.

In contrast to the optimism of the manager and his team-mates, Jose maintained a cautious attitude, and he did not think that he could take down the opponent with a casual response.

Defeating the strong with the weak happens from time to time, excluding Chinese football, of course.

In addition, there is another reason why Jose does not dare to show it, that is, through the last two Premier League games, Jose feels that the strength of these Villa players is just a little better than Grealish.

It's not that Grealish is weak, it's because Grealish is as young as Jose and it's almost certain that in a few years, Grealish will definitely be able to surpass all of Villa's players and become a thigh-level player.

Jose didn't show half a point in his heart, but he nodded excitedly at Paul Lambert: "Don't worry, coach, I will guard the goal." ”

Local time, on the evening of August 29, the second round of the English League Cup officially started, and 50 teams from the four major leagues in England appeared one after another, and the Premier League teams, except for the teams participating in the European competition, were all absent.

In terms of Villa's starting lineup, in addition to the youngest Jose, 21-year-old Weiman and 22-year-old Stevens also got the chance to start.

Since there is no need to take care of Asian fans, the EFL Cup matches are scheduled to be played in the evening, which is a very considerate thing for the players.

When Jose walked out of the locker room and stood in the players' tunnel, the system finally got a hint.

[Congratulations to the host for getting the first team start, and getting all the bonus points in this game are doubled.] 】

[EFL Cup Champion: League Cup Knockout Round, Win with Teammates and Reward 2000 Points, Silver Chest*2; 90 Minutes of Draw in Official Match, Reward Points, Silver Chest*1; No Reward for Loss.] 】

[Clean sheet mission: In the 90-minute official match, save all opponents' shots, reward points 2000, silver treasure chest*2; no reward for conceding a goal.] 】

The system rewards are as generous as ever, and Jose just needs to work hard.

At the beginning of the game, Tranraer defended all the way and made it clear that he wanted to play defensive counter-attacking tactics.

Seeing this, Paul Lambert immediately waved his hand and ordered Villa's attacking players to attack.

In this way, in the backfield of Villa, only Jose was left, standing alone on the top of the gourd.

Tranraer's defence is very tenacious, and whenever a Villa player gets close to the penalty area, they are bound to have two or three players pressing.

In the face of Tranraer's dense defense, Villa's players felt like they couldn't start for a while.

In the 8th minute, Darren Bent tried a long-range shot from outside the box, but it couldn't pass the opposing defenders.

League Two teams are also so good?

Jose watched his teammates' efforts never make progress, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

In fact, although League Two is the lowest level of professional leagues, most of their players have also been one of the players of the major Premier League teams, but for various reasons, they have gone to play in League Two teams.

In terms of player age, most of the players in Tranmere are under the age of 23, and there are a few veteran players over the age of 30, and the only players between the ages of 25 and 29 are defender Tiered Bakayogo and striker Akpa Akpro at the age of 26.

Of course, the youngest in the audience is Jose.

At the age of 17, starting in the Premier League first team, there are few coaches other than Arsene Wenger who have the courage to do so, and Jose really has to thank Chelsea for his loan deal.

Villa couldn't hold on to Tranmere for a long time, but were seized by the opposition to fight back.

In the 13th minute, the No. 14 defender of Translaer successfully broke the ball in the backfield and passed to the No. 8 teammate with a big foot.

Tranraer's No.8 midfielder, James Wallace, stopped the ball and was unsteady but managed to control the ball before the Villa players approached.

At this time, the Villa players, except for Stevens and Lehi, all crossed the midfield and pressed into the opponent's half.

Wallace didn't break through with the ball, but passed a behind-the-path ball at the first time.

At the moment of Wallace's pass, Tranmere's No. 9 young striker Cassidy started at the same time, and at the age of 19, he was extremely fast, easily shaking off Stevens and Lehi, forming a one-on-one posture against Jose.

In the face of the opponent's No. 9 striker's single knife, Jose did not advance and retreat, because he knew that with his own foot skills, it was absolutely impossible to cut off the ball controlled by the opponent, and only in the penalty area, when he used his hands and feet together, he was sure to stop the opponent.

'Good goal, Wolves' Academy player Cassidy on loan at Tranmere has a valuable one-man chance, Villa are in trouble. The on-site commentator shouted.

In just a few breaths, Cassidy had already dribbled into the Villa penalty area, facing Jose alone, he did not choose to pass Jose, but shook his left foot and then shot with his right foot, the ball rushed towards the goal from the right side of Jose.

For Cassidy's choice, Jose has long felt it.

I saw José take half a step across, his body like a hungry tiger pounced, and pounced in the direction of the ball.

"Ugh." There was a sigh from the Tranraer goal stands.

In contrast, there was a roar of cheers from the Villa fans' stands.

Live chat room.

"This No. 9 is too wasteful, isn't it? Don't even dare the goalkeeper? ”

"It's supposed to be the Villa goalkeeper's luck, right? At such a close distance, any striker can shoot into it. ”

"Hehe, saying that the Villa goalkeeper relies on luck, at first glance, it is a fan who does not pay attention to the Premier League. Last season, Jose single-handedly led Villa's youth team to victory over Chelsea to the Youth Cup. ”

"It's just a youth FA Cup, what's so great."

'If you knew that he moved to Chelsea for £32million last month, what would you think of it?'

"The Abu people are stupid and have a lot of money."

"You say that the Abou people are stupid and have a lot of money, but there are also Real Madrid and Manchester City competing with Chelsea, are they also stupid and have a lot of money?"

……

At the time of heated discussion among netizens, Jose had already kicked the goal kick with a big foot.

The game continues.