Chapter 48: Substitutes Again

The answer will soon be revealed.

In stoppage time, Newcastle United striker Demba Ba received a clever pass from a teammate and fired a right-footed shot from inside the six-yard box, and the ball flew into the net again.

Aston Villa was reversed by Newcastle United with a one-goal lead, and tasted three consecutive defeats at the beginning of the new Premier League season, ranking bottom with 0 points.

For a while, there were dark clouds in the Villa team.

……

Villa's three consecutive defeats did not affect Jose, on the contrary, he began to become more and more mature. In the new week, he got rid of the habit of directing his defenders to match him in the youth team, and instead started trying to match his teammates according to their position.

Jose's change gave him a faint understanding with his teammates.

In this way, two weeks passed, during which an international break was ushered in, and Jose still did not receive a call-up for the Chinese national football team.

In mid-September, the fourth round of Premier League matches arrived as scheduled, with 20 Premier League teams battling each other in pairs.

Villa will be at home to Welsh side Swansea from afar.

Swansea finished 14th in the league last season, the best of the three promoted teams last season.

Swansea's biggest characteristic is that they are good at creating chances through balls, and their ability to score from distance is also first-class, but what is really hard to take lightly is that they have a tenacious will to reverse and are good at creating miracles when they are behind.

This time, Jose made the 18-man squad as he wished, but still failed to get a chance to start.

The starting points in the Villa squad were:

The goalkeeper position is guarded by Guzan.

The four defenders are Lehi, Clark, Vlaar and Lowton.

The diamond midfield features Ahmadi, Bannan, Holman and Ireland.

The double-arrow forward line is still Darren Bent and Weimann.

Swansea City set up a 4231 formation.

Goalkeeper: Worm.

Defenders: Ben Davies, Ashley Willis, Tate, Angel Langhel.

Two midfield combinations: Britten, De Guzman.

Midfielders: Routledge, Michel, Nathan Dyer.

Striker: Danny Graham.

Although Swansea's squad does not have big stars, as players who have worked together since the Championship days, they are very skilled in working together, and their style of play is passing.

Influenced by Barcelona, more and more teams have begun to try to play with passing and control, the advantage is to take the initiative in their own hands, and the disadvantage is that the player's ball control skills have been improved.

On Saturday, September 15, at two p.m. local time, at Villa Park, the match began with a whistle from the referee.

Swansea, who were playing away, did not shrink into their own half, they were mainly anti-visitors, and kept the ball firmly in the Villa half through short passes.

For a moment, the Villa players had a feeling that they didn't know what to do.

In the 16th minute, Villa's Lowton broke down the flank and soon found his way to the right side of the penalty area, where he failed to attempt a cross and Swansea Ben Davies blocked the line.

Villa were awarded the first corner of the game.

That's when Jose discovered that Swansea's Ben Davies was a 19-year-old young player and had shown great potential.

Villa's corner was won by a Swansea player and the ball was headed out of the box, with the second landing on the edge of the box.

At this time, Lowton just came to the second landing point, he did not make any adjustments to stop the ball, and directly volleyed, and the ball flew directly into the goal.

Lowton's volley was brilliant and definitely a real world wave.

Jose, who had been sitting quietly on the bench, couldn't help but get up and applaud, he vaguely felt that he might not be able to save this shot if he changed himself with stunts.

Relying on Lowton's goal, Villa took a one-goal lead.

However, the good times were short-lived.

In the 25th minute, Villa goalkeeper Guzan rushed out, but not only failed to save the shot of the Swansea player, but also put the Swansea player Michu to the ground in the penalty area without touching the ball.

"Beep, beep..."

Hearing the whistle, a sigh rang out from the Villa fan stands.

A foul in the penalty area can't be escaped from a penalty.

However, the referee reached into his pocket and pulled something into his pocket as he ran towards the penalty area.

Red!

The referee showed Guzan the ruby card.

"Shhhhh

In addition to the boos, the fans on the Villa side couldn't help but be a little worried, will it be reversed again?

At this moment, the system automatically pops up the light curtain.

[New mission released: Saving the opponent's penalty, rewarding 2000 points, rewarding a random attribute increase of 5%, rewarding silver chest*2, no reward for failure.] 】

[New Mission: Defeat the opponent with teammates, reward 2000 points, reward Silver Chest*2, no reward for a draw or loss.] 】

[Clean Sheet Mission: Save all shots (including own goals), reward points 3000 points, reward Silver Treasure Chest*2, no reward for failure.] 】

Guzan was sent off, Lambert could only make a passive substitution, and there was only one goalkeeper on the bench, so Jose could only rush into the game.

Villa striker Weymann was substituted and Jose came to goal.

"The goalkeeper came off the bench in the summer and unfortunately he had to face a penalty as soon as he came on. Said the on-site commentator.

Live chat room.

"Poor Villa's substitute goalkeeper, who rarely got a chance to play, had to concede a goal first.

"This Villa goalkeeper is so young, with black hair and yellow skin, why does he look so much like a Chinese?"

"What do you mean by being like a Chinese? He is our Huaxia. ”

"He is not only a Chinese, but also one of the kings of the summer transfer window."

"Who are you fooling? He doesn't look like he's 18 years old, and will Villa buy a young goalkeeper for a high price? ”

"Another person who doesn't follow the news, Jose is really not 18 years old, but it wasn't Villa who bought him, it was Chelsea, he is now on loan to Villa."

"Abu is really stupid and has a lot of money."

"If people are stupid and have a lot of money, just look at it."

……

Due to the suddenness of the incident, Jose did not have time to warm up, and he could only stretch his hands and feet in front of the goal.

It was Michu who took the penalty for Swansea.

"Huh? Left-footed player. When he saw Michu start to run, Jose found clues in his running and judged that the opponent was a left-footed player.

"Time and space pause."

At the moment when Michu shot the ball, Jose used a decisive stunt, although he was 80% sure of the direction of the opponent's shot, but in order to ensure 100% success, he did not hesitate.

When the space resumed, one could only see an afterimage rushing towards the ball shot by Michu.

With the eyes of the whole world, Jose saved Michu's penalty shot with incredible speed.

"Pounced." The on-site narrator shouted excitedly.

Instead of celebrating, Jose looked up at the spot where the ball had landed, and he had to be on the lookout for shots from other Swansea players.

Sure enough, the more you worry about something, the more something will appear.

Jose's block ball was rolling towards Swansea's Danny Graham.

Graham is going to make a stop-up shot!