Chapter 68: Master of Draws

The eyes of the audience looked at the referee.

The referee looked at the assistant referee on the side of the pitch.

At this time, people noticed that at some point, the linesman had raised the small flag in his hand.

Weimann was offside.

Arsenal escaped.

Unfortunately, the goal was invalid, the balance was not broken, and the scene looked a bit dull.

There was no way, the cold and rainy weather on the scene was very unfavorable to the players' performance, although both sides tried their best to control their foot movements, but there were still people who slipped and fell to the ground from time to time.

Half-time stoppage time.

Arsenal's last attack before half-time.

Olivier Giroud crosses from the left.

Villa's defence made a big mistake and they missed Koscielny, who had crept into the box.

An unmarked Koscielny volleyed from 10 yards out in the box.

"Oops." Jose cursed secretly.

Due to the weather, his vision was limited, and he did not notice Koscielny's presence.

What to do?

Under normal circumstances, Koscielny would have opted to push into the bottom right corner, with Jose around five metres away from the right-hand post.

Even if Jose uses the stunt immediately, the starting distance of 1 second will not exceed 4 meters, which is still one meter away!

Unless......

José thought of an unproven possibility.

That is, Jose first started the acceleration and then used the space-time pause, and at that time, he was already moving at high speed, and he could theoretically break through the distance of 3 meters per second.

Thinking of this, José immediately struck.

Practice has shown that José's conjecture is valid.

So, he caught up.

"How is that possible? Is this the speed of the goalkeeper? It should be the speed of a winger, right? ”

Although the live footage is constantly replaying how José caught up, due to the influence of the system and the torrential rain, only the superficial phenomena can be seen.

How can a high-tech force that can affect the entire time and space be analyzed by a mere human being?

Therefore, whether it is video recording or various instruments, what can be seen and detected is only the superficial phenomenon that the system forces want you to see.

At half-time, I changed into a new set of clean and dry jerseys, which made me feel a little better.

By this time, the heavy rain in the sky was already slowly decreasing, and if we were lucky, the rain might stop in the second half.

In the second half, it was easy to play again.

Soon after the opening, it was already dark outside, and the rain really became lighter.

It's just that the grass is still slippery.

Before the 60th minute, Arsenal had three shots on goal, but none of them were inside the goal, and Jose made three air saves.

In the 60th minute, Benteke shot from outside the penalty area, with great power and fast ball speed, but unfortunately was blocked by Mertesacker.

Villa get a corner.

The corner kick was taken, and the first landing point was grabbed by the Arsenal player, but the ball was pushed out of the bottom line by him.

Villa were awarded a second corner.

This time, Benteke grabbed the first spot, only to see him leap high and flick his head to smash the ball towards the near post.

Unexpectedly, Mertesacker went out of his way and once again kept Benteke's header out of the line.

In just one minute, Villa won three corners in a row, which is not common in a Premier League game.

Villa's third corner was nothing threatening.

To everyone's surprise, after Benteke, for a full forty minutes, there was not a single shot on target.

The rain stopped, but the players' performance did not improve.

In the end, the two sides were tied 0-0.

"Beep, beep, beep..." when the referee's whistle blew, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

A draw, while not ideal for both sides, is still an acceptable range.

"Due to the weather, today's game was not exciting, but the players on both sides did their best, and I wish them a better performance in the next games." The on-site narrator finally said.

Post-match wrap-up.

Total shots on goal: Villa 9 compared to Arsenal 12.

Shots on target: Villa 4, Arsenal 3.

Possession: Arsenal were 62.6 per cent compared to Villa 37.4 per cent.

Aside from possession and shots, Villa were the better team in all aspects.

In the post-match rating, Jose scored 7.1 points, second only to Vlaar with 7.3 points.

As for the system rewards, the rewards released by the original system were the same as usual, without double bonuses, but when it came time to settle, Jose was still given a double bonus.

The reason is that the weather is bad and deserves more rewards.

Well, the system is still very user-friendly.

When this round of matches ended, people found that in addition to the 0-0 match between Villa and Arsenal, Swansea's two games with Liverpool, Chelsea and Manchester City were also played 0-0, which shows how much the weather affects the players.

Three days later, in midweek, the Premier League started fast and the fourteenth round of fixtures continued.

Villa remain at home against 19th-placed Reading.

Jose continued to start, with a number of players rotating and eventually relying on a goal from Benteke to give Villa a 1-0 victory.

In this game, Reading only had three shots on target, and Jose completed a clean sheet with zero consumption.

Jose has more than 87,000 points and 26 silver chests, and he plans to wait until the weekend is over before the draw.

Quietly, Jose has completed 11 appearances in the league, 10 of which have not conceded a goal, the only regret is that 11 games, 5 draws, can be called a master of draws.

There is nothing Jose can do about this, he is just a goalkeeper after all.

Although Jose is not very satisfied with the team's results, but the senior management of Villa is indeed very satisfied, Villa, who was originally aiming for relegation, is now in fifth place in the league with 23 points after 14 rounds, and the last time they were in the top five, I don't remember when it was.

There are joys and sorrows, and after 14 rounds of the Premier League, there are so many teams that have ushered in sad results.

First up was the west London derby between Chelsea and Fulham, which ended 0-0 at Stamford Bridge.

Since that game, Chelsea have gone six games without a win, without scoring in three games in a row, and for the first time since September 07, they have failed to score at home for the first time in a row.

Rafa Benitez may struggle to capture the hearts and minds of Chelsea fans.

In addition to Chelsea, Arsenal also drew with Everton.

After the start of the game, the young tiger Theo Walcott scored a lightning goal after 51 seconds to give Arsenal hope of victory, and then Fellaini's goal saved Everton a point.

And the focus of this round, Tottenham Hotspur played Liverpool at home, and the result was that Tottenham had the last laugh.

St. Bale first set up Lennon to score, and then scored from a free-kick to end Liverpool's eight-game unbeaten run.

So far, the Premier League in November has been played.

Villa have won three and drawn two against Manchester United, Manchester City and Arsenal, and can be regarded as the first hurdle of the devil's schedule.

At the end of the week, when the 15th round of the Premier League starts, it is already December, and at that time, the second stage of the devil's schedule will begin.