Chapter 74: Red Rabbit Among People

Just as the Chelsea fans were eagerly awaiting, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game.

Villa's players let out a long sigh of relief.

Post-Race Technical Summary:

For Villa, who had just seven shots on goal and just one shot on target, Cech almost fell asleep.

Chelsea, on the other hand, had a total of 26 shots, hit the target 15 times, and scored eight goals.

Villa's goalkeeper, in this game, is nothing.

A fiasco brought the top and bottom of the Villa club to their senses.

Villa is still the strength of the relegation team, and the previous win has a lot to do with Jose's performance.

The Villa club's hierarchy is beginning to regret selling Jose to Chelsea.

But when I think about it, a 17-year-old goalkeeper sold the price of the bid king, and I feel that I have made a good business.

The morale impact of the heavy defeat to Chelsea was huge, and even now in the Christmas period, Jose could still feel the dark clouds hanging over the team.

In fact, Jose doesn't have any special feelings about Christmas, except because he is Chinese, or because his relatives are not around. If it weren't for Asuka Saito coming to him for the holidays, I'm afraid he would have trained and studied as usual.

Of course, even if Asuka Saito came, the two simply had dinner and then kissed goodbye reluctantly.

……

Just three days after the match against Chelsea, the 19th round of the Premier League was played again.

With such a dense schedule of games, the FA is called a beautiful name: to help fans celebrate the holiday.

In this round, Villa's opponents are still very strong, they are currently fourth-ranked Tottenham Hotspur.

Tottenham Hotspur star Bale has already shown the qualities of a superstar, and he may be able to compete for a third man under Melo in the future.

It can be seen that even if Villa play at home, it will not be an easy game.

What's more, the last round of fiasco, morale is when it is low.

...

At 19:45 local time on December 26, the game between the two teams officially began.

Compared to the starting line-up of the previous round, there are only 3 changes in positions.

Jose was the starting goalkeeper and Guzan was on the bench.

Bennett and Ahmadi were also given starts, with Bannan and Lehi on the bench, which Paul Lambert had to do because of the physical drain.

As for Tottenham, there were only two changes from the first leg, with Norton and Bam Adebayo getting starts, Dempsey missing the 18-man squad and Caulke on the bench.

After the opening kick-off, Tottenham dominated the game and launched an attack on Villa's goal, but Jose blocked it.

Tottenham's form has more than doubled since the first leg, and the obvious change is that the passing links between the players are unusually fluid.

As for Villa, the desire of some people to have more possession has finally been realized, but possession is possession and has no absolute relationship with the offensive result.

In fact, Villa's possession of the ball can only be reversed on the perimeter.

In the first half, both sides played patiently and had evenly matched possession, but in terms of shots on goal, Tottenham had a total of nine shots on goal, with three on target, while Villa only had one shot off target, and Lloris almost fell asleep again.

During the intermission, the live chat room was live.

"Rexiang kicked it so dirty, it's not worthy of Bell at all, Bell let's go."

"You're dirty, your whole family is dirty."

"The Great Sage doesn't sell, thank you."

"It's just that the Premier League team is not sold, and the Magic Flute says it will not be sold, but what is the result?"

...

The half-time break passed quickly, and the two teams walked out of the pitch.

At the start of the second half, Villa made the first substitution, with Ireland coming off the bench and Nathan Baker coming off.

A minute later, Westwood was also brought on as a substitute for Albrighton.

The Villa team ran out of two substitutions early.

In the 57th minute, Tottenham's most threatening shot came on goal.

Norton crossed from the left and the ball reached Defoe.

Defoe was only around 10 yards from goal and could volley into the near corner, but it was likely to be confiscated by Jose.

After weighing it, Defoe made a decision in an instant, only to see him shoot hard, and the ball formed a beautiful arc in the air and flew towards the far post on the right side of the goal.

If it were any other goalkeeper, Defoe's shot was a must-score.

No goalkeeper had the pace to keep up with Defoe's shot.

"Good shot." The on-site commentator had already shouted.

Tottenham fans also stood up at the same time, ready to cheer for the team.

As fans watching the game live, they are not afraid of losing, they are afraid of a dull scene, and if both sides cannot break the deadlock, it can only be a dull draw in the end.

However, an incredible scene occurred.

A figure suddenly leaped high in front of the goal and sent Defoe's shot flying off the way.

It's Jose.

With the blessing of the Leaping Dragon, his bounce power has far exceeded that of ordinary players.

In the face of Defoe's high-altitude shots, he calculated that he could jump up and intercept halfway.

Jose was brave enough to keep Defoe's must-score goal out of the net.

In particular, José didn't use stunts, because he realized that relying too much on stunts would make it difficult for him to grow quickly.

The ball that was blocked ended up at the feet of Delph, a returning Villa player.

Villa had a chance to counter-attack.

Delph made a long pass with a big foot and found Holman in the front.

Holman headed the ball over to Benteke.

Benteke won the ball and relied on his individual ability to burst into the Tottenham penalty area, and fired a powerful shot from 12 yards, but unfortunately the angle was too right, and Lloris easily confiscated.

No one would have imagined that Benteke's shot would become the only shot on target in the whole game.

Throughout the game, Lloris didn't have much chance to perform.

Despite this, looking at Lloris from afar, Jose always has a feeling that his competition with Lloris will definitely not be limited to the Premier League.

In the 60th minute, Tottenham made a successful steal at the back and got a chance to counterattack, Bale broke through with the ball on the side, Lowton stepped forward to intercept it, and was divided by Bale, and instantly shook him off.

Lowton pursued desperately behind Bale, but couldn't catch up at all.

The red rabbit in the horse, the bell in the man.

Bale, who is as fast as a red rabbit BMW, has already arrived on the periphery of the Villa penalty area in the blink of an eye.

Clarke, who stayed at the back, stepped forward to intercept.

However, it didn't work at all, and Bale singled out Jose after passing Clarke.

Under normal circumstances, in the face of the opposition's one-shot ball, Jose will retreat slightly and rarely take the initiative.

However, this time, Jose's instincts told him that if he didn't take the initiative to attack, Bale, who could kill him, would definitely choose to pass himself and then hit the empty goal.

But if he takes the initiative, with Bale's speed, it will be difficult for defenders who focus on defense to intercept him, can Jose do it himself?