Chapter 91: Yasu is so strong
On the last day of March, it was 13:30 local time in the UK.
In the 12/13 season, a key match in the 21st round of the English Premier League was played at Villa Park.
A number of matches have been played before the start of this game.
In the fight for the top four, Tottenham and Arsenal have won one after another.
Chelsea, on the other hand, lost 2-1 away to Southampton and Rafael Benitez was unable to lead Chelsea to higher levels.
As a result, there are rumours that Jose Mourinho will step down from Real Madrid at the end of the season and return to Stamford Bridge. For this rumor, the reliability is very high, and there is no irreconcilable contradiction between Abou and Mourinho.
Grealish is curious about how Jose feels about the possibility of playing under Jose in the future.
'I don't know what I'm going to do with Mourinho, but I'm sure he doesn't like you like that, but apart from Mourinho and Pep Guardiola, you can expect that.'
José replied to Grealish's curiosity.
Aside from the fact that Jose's answer didn't make sense, Grealish was really starting to look forward to what it was like to play under Pep Guardiola.
Aside, let's focus on the match between Villa and Liverpool.
In terms of the starting line-up.
There have been few changes to the Villa squad as a whole, with the only change being that Jacoba Silla, who joined in January, gets a start.
Liverpool made a number of changes, with goalkeeper Reyna returning from injury and Carragher, Jordan Henderson and Lucas alternating.
The specific list is as follows:
Goalkeeper: Reina.
Defenders: Jose Enrique, Ag, Carragher, Glenn Johnson.
Defenders: Lucas, Jordan Henderson.
Attacking defenders: Coutinho, Gerrard, Downing.
Center: Suarez.
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After the opening, both sides were relatively conservative, and they simply tested each other, but the effect was not great.
First, Abang Lajo scrambled in front of goal to shoot wide, and then Suarez fired past Bannan and hit the side-netting.
Jose and Reina were both falsely alarmed.
After finding out the situation of the other party, the two sides officially showed their swords to fight.
In the 10th minute, Glenn Johnson broke through on the wing, dribbled to the right side of the penalty area, glanced at the middle of the penalty area, and passed the ground ball to the middle after deducting Bennett's defense.
Faced with Glen Johnson's cross, Nathan Baker immediately stepped forward to intercept it.
"Be careful, don't." José shouted, but it was too late.
Nathan Baker's aggressive interception not only failed to clear the ball, but instead blocked the ball in the direction of his own goal.
It's the rhythm of an own goal.
Jose reminded him because he had anticipated the possibility.
Looking at the ball rolling in the direction of the goal, Jose jumped with all his might, like a predatory tiger, and stopped Baker's own goal on the goal line.
"Whew." Villa fans let out a long sigh.
"I'm sorry." Baker was a little embarrassed.
"Be careful, I don't always be able to block it." José hugged the ball tightly and felt a little unhappy, but finally held back.
The goal kick is taken and the game continues.
The battle for midfield began to heat up, and the passing errors of both sides began to increase.
In the 16th minute, Villa had a great chance to open the scoring.
Lowton cut inside on the flank, attracting several Liverpool players.
Before the opposition player approached, Lowton crossed diagonally into the box.
The ball is passed to the feet of Abang Lajo.
On the edge of the small penalty area, the unmarked Abang Lajo stabbed directly.
Unfortunately, Abang Laho's stab shot was too straight and was blocked by Reyna with his body.
Villa missed a great chance to score.
Three minutes later, Glen Johnson crossed from the wing again.
From 16 yards in the box, Suarez fired hard past three Villa players.
The ball is fast and the angle is good.
If Jose is not careful, Suarez's shot will most likely score a goal.
But there are no ifs, Jose is always watching the changes on the field, and the moment Suarez gets up to shoot, he has already calculated the possible shooting route.
Very securely, Jose confiscated Suarez's shot directly in front of goal.
"Yasu is really strong, and the three of Vera can't stop him."
"Yasu is strong, but Vera is a Jose."
"What's the use of a strong goalkeeper? Can he alone block the attack of a group of people? ”
The stats show that Liverpool have scored 57 goals this season, second only to Manchester United and Chelsea, but they also conceded the most goals in the Big6.
For conceding goals, Rodgers blamed Reina's injury.
Now that Reyna has returned from injury, Rodgers has more than a little bit of confidence.
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In the time of heated discussions among netizens, the competition also became more and more intense.
The number of shots on goal began to increase and Suarez did put a lot of pressure on Villa's backline.
In the 25th minute, Liverpool had a chance to counter-attack.
Coutinho counter-attacks and passes through to Suarez.
In the box, from 12 yards, Baker interfered with Suarez closely, but it didn't have much effect, and Suarez still completed the shot with his feet.
At this moment, Villa's backline, under the impact of Suarez, was ineffective.
However, the Villa team still has Jose.
The moment Suarez got the ball, Jose began to calculate the direction of the opponent's treatment, so Suarez's forced shot was not a surprise to Jose at all.
Jose once again used his own judgment to accurately block Suarez's shot.
Before I knew it, half an hour had passed, and the score on the field was still 0-0.
'The quality of the game was very high, and I don't know who will be the first to score. In the live broadcast room, Mr. Zhan said.
"I don't know who will break the door first, but I know that Teacher Zhan wants Lily to break the door first." Some netizens replied.
"It's so sour, Mr. Zhan is also a fan, and he wants his favorite team to score first, is it wrong?"
"Of course it's true, it's just ......"
At this moment, there was an unexpected appearance on the field.
Villa get a chance to hit back.
Bannan's long pass with a big foot, the ball went directly to the edge of the opponent's penalty area.
Seeing that the ball was about to roll off the baseline, Abanglajo flashed and stopped the ball from the edge first.
At the same time, Benteke was also in the box.
In the face of Reina's block, Abonlaho knew that the angle of the shot was not good, so he decisively chose to pass back to Benteke behind him.
Faced with a pass from a teammate, Benteke fired a direct half-volley.
Abonlaho cooperated with Benteke's transfer, Reyna couldn't react at all, and the ball went in.
Villa led 1-0.
Benteke's goal gave Villa fans hope of victory.
But at the same time, it also provoked Liverpool to attack more violently.
In just ten minutes, Gerrard, Suarez, Henderson and others got many chances to shoot, but they were all intercepted by Jose bravely.
Jose's heroic performance made Villa fans feel extremely reassured.
However, in stoppage time of the half, there was a scene on the pitch that made fans on both sides nervous.
Villa's new signing Sila made a mistake in the return pass and the ball was passed to Suarez.
Suarez started quickly after getting the ball, easily shook off Vlar, and in the blink of an eye, he went directly into the Villa penalty area with a single knife.
This is a great opportunity.