Chapter 46: He's So Fast
'To note in particular, the Villa goalkeeper, who moved to Chelsea for £32million last month and is now on loan at Villa, will join Eden Hazard as the target of this summer transfer window if nothing happens. The on-site narrator explained.
When the on-site commentator introduced Jose, Villa once again formed a siege on Tranmere, but the opponent's defense was so dense that the Villa players could not send the ball to the opponent's penalty area.
Aside from the occasional few long-range shots from the perimeter, there aren't many chances to threaten the opposition's goal.
Of course, Villa's siege was not useless, and in the 27th minute of the game, Darren Bent stepped back to get the ball and tried to break through outside the opponent's penalty area, which eventually led to a foul by the opponent's No. 4 defender and was shown the first yellow card of the game by the referee.
In the end, the first half was tied 0-0.
At half-time, Paul Lambert's expression became serious, and in the dressing room, he readjusted his tactics: "The opposition formation is so tight, you can try to control the ball at the back and draw them out......"
In the second half, the two sides exchanged venues and the game continued.
Instead of desperately besieging the opposition, the Villa players began to try to control the ball in their own half, and as a result, Tranmere's formation gradually became less compact and there was more space to pass the ball.
As soon as there was more space to pass the ball, Villa's chance came.
In the 53rd minute, Villa midfielder Delph received an inverted triangle pass from Darren Bent and fired a right-footed volley from 12 yards, which went into the net from the bottom left corner of the net.
Villa took a 1-0 lead.
With a goal down, Tranmere can no longer just defend.
In the 65th minute, Tranmere made the first substitution, replacing the yellow carded defender Ashtaylor with a back 19.
However, Tranmere's substitution could not stop Villa, and in the 66th minute, Villa midfielder Hurd added another goal, receiving a pass from a team-mate and suddenly shooting from the top of the gourd, the ball went into the net pocket from the top left corner of the goalball.
"Vera's change of formation has achieved remarkable results, huh, both sides have to make substitutions?"
Taking advantage of the deadball time, Tranmere replaced the No. 7 midfielder with a No. 22 striker, which was to strengthen the attack. Falling behind by two goals, it won't work if you don't strengthen your attack.
Villa, for their part, replaced Stevens with Holman instead.
Midfielder for defenders, Paul Lambert is to strengthen midfield control?
Everybody, that's what they think.
However, just three minutes later, Paul Lambert made another substitution, bringing on Enzobia for midfielder Weimann.
When Enzobia came on the pitch, he formed a two-center forward combination with Darren Bent.
However, the combination of two strikers did not put too much pressure on Tranmere, who instead relied on a three-man front team to frequently dribble near the Villa penalty area.
In the 69th minute, Cassidy shot from a tight angle on the left side of the six-yard penalty area, and the ball hit the arm of Villa defender Lowton before bouncing off and flying towards the centre of the goal.
Seeing the ball changing direction due to refraction, José did not hesitate and directly used the stunt.
As a result, only an afterimage was seen passing by, which then blocked the ball out of the six-yard area in front of the goal line.
"So fast!"
In the live broadcast room, looking at the slow-motion replay, the figure that was still moving quickly, someone couldn't help but shout.
"It's really fast, I'm afraid it's the fastest goalkeeper I've ever seen."
"He's so fast, why don't you play as a striker?"
No one answered this question.
Seeing Jose save Cassidy's shot, Tranmere's players complained to the referee.
They argued that Lowton's arm touched the ball for a handball in the box and that the referee should have awarded a penalty to Tranmere.
However, the referee ignored the Tranmere player's complaint, arguing that although Lowton's arm touched the ball, he did not open his arms but was close to his body, so it could not be considered a handball.
Villa escaped a penalty.
In the 75th minute, both sides made another simultaneous substitution.
Paul Lambert replaced goal-scorer Hurd with striker Burke.
After Burke came on, Enzobia moved back and took the right midfield position.
Tranmere made a substitution in midfield.
At this point, both sides have used up all the substitutions.
Instead of shrinking his formation, Tranmere, who was lagging behind, began to launch a massive attack.
In the 80th minute, Villa's Delph was shown the second yellow card of the game by the referee for a foul on the Tranmere player.
Tranmere, meanwhile, was awarded a free-kick on the right side of the pitch.
Harrison, who had just come on the pitch, was in charge of the free-kick opportunity, only to see him directly volley, the ball rolled past the soles of the human wall, straight to the bottom right of the goal.
"The idea is good, but it's a pity that I met me." The corners of Jose's mouth are raised, and relying on the camera view, he has already captured the path of the ball.
It didn't take much effort, Jose just reached out and easily blocked Harrison's free-kick.
"Villa's goalkeeper is too lucky, right? How did Tranmere's 12 shot just hit his feet? Someone said sourly.
As the saying goes, Tranmere launched an attack on Vera once, how could Vera fall behind?
Jose blocked the ball at the feet of Lehi, who first crossed it to team-mate N'Zogbia.
The two sides collided fiercely in midfield.
In the 84th minute, the game-killing goal came, Darren Bent relied on his individual ability to force a breakthrough into the opponent's penalty area to shoot, and finally the ball grazed the post and went into the net.
The 3-0 score was enough to give Villa the last laugh as they eliminated their opponents and advanced to the next round.
As for who the opponent will be in the third round, it can only be decided by draw.
Despite the big win over their opponents, the Villa players were not too happy as they were against a League Two side who were too young and lacked enough experience.
Jose scored 6.6 in the post-match player ratings, commenting that he made two good saves, didn't have many chances overall, and had great potential.
José didn't pay attention to the post-match ratings, he was concerned about when he would be able to play in the Premier League.
In the dressing room, Paul Lambert made a simple post-game summary: "Today, everyone performed well, go back and rest and disband." ”
As soon as the manager's voice fell, the Villa players got up and left the dressing room.
Since Jose still lives in the dormitory at the training base, he does not have to drive home after the game like other players.
……
After saying goodbye to his teammates, José returned to his dorm room with excitement, and he was about to receive the system rewards again.
Open the system interface.
[Congratulations to the host for defeating the opponent with your teammates and enjoying the double point reward bonus, you have obtained a point reward of 4000 points, Silver Treasure Chest*2.] 】
[Congratulations to the host for completing the clean sheet task and enjoying the bilateral points bonus, you have obtained a point reward of 4000 points, silver treasure chest*2.] 】
One game, 8,000 points, José is very satisfied.
[Detected that you have a Silver Chest*4, do you want to open it?] 】