Chapter 113: You Are Our Patron Saint
"Didn't you say that La Liga teams are very good? That's it? ”
After the game, José pretended to be very contemptuous and spoke to the Spanish sky, again in Spanish.
The result of the match between Villa and Valencia caused a huge repercussion in Spain.
There was a lot of focus on whether Lamy should have been red carded.
As for the discussion of fans, Jose naturally will not pay attention.
In fact, José believes that this kind of post-match discussion of the referee is meaningless.
Because the results are immutable.
In fact, Lamy's direct red card is not wronged, because Benteke, who got a single chance, is equivalent to a goal.
Of course, Lamy's foul, if it is in the Premier League, is at most a yellow card.
The Villa team got off to a good start in European competition and the whole team was extremely happy.
There are no breaks.
Because this weekend, the Villa side will travel to the Carlo Road Stadium to take on Norwich City.
According to the schedule, the match between Norwich and Villa is scheduled for 12.45pm.
It's a drowsy time.
The Premier League company, in order to take care of Asian fans and get higher broadcast ratings, arranges a game to be played separately at noon every week.
There hasn't been much change in the starting line-ups of both sides, and there are certainly no bright spots.
So, even though the game time is perfect for Asian fans to watch, there aren't actually many people watching the game.
Huaxia's live broadcast platform didn't even arrange a special commentary.
"Brothers, just finished eating, which side is favored in this game?"
"Judging from the handicap, I personally think that Norwich wins and loses."
'I think it's likely to be a draw, Villa beat Valencia in midweek and they shouldn't have recovered their strength yet.
"Makes sense."
……
Villa were given the first kick-off, while Norwich favoured their favoured attacking direction.
With the referee's whistle blowing.
The race is on.
Benteke passed the ball straight to Vlaar before making a quick run towards the opposition half.
Vlaar, on the other hand, passed the ball to Jose.
Jose had a slight possession of the ball and played a long ball into the midfield before the opposition player got closer.
Villa's midfield advance.
In the third minute, Wiman found a shot on the left side of the penalty area, but unfortunately hit the far post.
Villa missed the lead.
Meanwhile, Norwich got a chance to counter-attack.
Three minutes later, Norwich's attack was pushed into the Villa penalty area.
"Attention number 10." Jose reminded.
As soon as the words fell, Norwich player Javier Gary crossed from the road.
Then it hit Clark in the arm.
"Beep, beep" two whistles sounded.
Villa were awarded a penalty.
"My hand is not open, it is the ball that hits my hand." Unconvinced, Clark shouted at the referee.
However, the referee simply ignored it.
When Clark was about to defend himself, Jose called out to him: "Siren, don't say it, leave it to me." ”
Hearing José's words, Clark finally stopped trying to defend himself, but said to José, "Okay, I'll invite you to dinner when you pounce." ”
“ok。” José smiled slightly.
Norwich No.7 Snodgrass takes the penalty.
The success rate of Jose's penalty has long been spread throughout the Premier League, and the pressure on Snodgrass can be imagined.
"Beep." The referee signaled that it was time to take a penalty.
"Space-time. Well? ”
When Snodgrass touched the ball, Jose was about to use a stunt, and then he found that the opponent's penalty was not difficult.
Snodgrass's penalty goes straight to the bottom left.
José had already seen through it from his run-up, and José thought that the other party was confusing him, but in fact José was thinking too much about himself.
No stunts were used.
Jose blocked the penalty with one hand.
Then Vlar, who was quickly rushed into the box, cleared the box first.
Norwich's closest shot of the game was easily denied by Jose.
"José, you are our patron saint." In the stands of the Villa fans, such a song rang out.
The game continues.
In the 28th minute, Benteke was injured in a scramble.
New signing Kozak came off the bench.
A minute later, Weimann crossed behind Norwich.
Kozak got a one-on-one chance.
Unfortunately, Kozak's shot was blocked by the Norwich goalkeeper.
The ball did not go far of the box and was picked up by Abang Laho.
Near the bottom line on the left side of the penalty area, Abang Laho inverted a triangle pass.
The ball was passed to Kozak again.
"Good shot."
Kozak didn't disappoint the Villa fans this time around, as he swept home from the edge of the six-yard box.
With this goal, Villa won away to Norwich.
"Who said Norwich won the tie just now? Lose me happy beans. In the live chat room, some netizens were wailing.
"Hehe, I'm glad I didn't listen to him." There are also people who gloat.
With the win over Norwich, Jose and his teammates just felt happy and didn't get carried away, because the next three games will be three hard bones.
First of all, on the 25th of this week, the third round of the EFL Cup kicked off, and the Villa team had poor signings, and they met Tottenham.
This weekend after playing Tottenham, the sixth round of the Premier League kicks off, and Villa will face Manchester City at home.
And after Manchester City, it will be the Europa League match, which hosts St. Gallen.
Such a dense and high-intensity game, although it is all at home, is obviously impossible to win them all, so Paul Lambert decided to rotate.
First of all, against Tottenham, Lambert sent a large number of substitutes, as many as seven players rotated.
Jose, Benteke, Weimann, Abonlaho and other key players have sat on the bench.
The result was disastrous.
Villa lost 4-0 at home to Tottenham.
The road to defending the EFL Cup title is over.
For the defeat in the EFL Cup, the Villa hierarchy did not care at all, just because the prize money was too small.
It was the weekend game against Manchester City that was more important.
On September 28, at four o'clock in the afternoon, there were occasional clouds and the temperature was 10~18 degrees.
It's a great weather to kick a ball.
Villa Park, where a key match in the 6th round of the English Premier League begins.
Villa host Manchester City.
Both starters:
For Villa, Paul Lambert lined up a 352 formation, which was a new attempt.
Goalkeeper: Jose.
Defenders: Clark, Nathan Baker, Vlaar.
Midfielders: Luna, Ahmadi, Silla, Delph, Bacuna.
Forwards: Kozak, Weimann.
Benteke was not included in the squad due to injury and can only hope that the new signing Kozak can perform well.
Manchester City.
Roberto Mancini was sacked at the end of last season.
Mansour brought in Chilean gold medal coach Manuel Pellegrini in the summer.
In this match, Pellegrini lined up 442 formations.
Goalkeeper: Joe Hart.
Defenders: Kolarov, Nastaschi, Kompany, Zabaleta.
Midfielders: Nasri, Yaya Toure, Fernandinho, Milner.
Forwards: Negredo, Dzeko.
Manchester City's leading goalscorer Sergio Aguero is also not in the 18-man squad, which is great news for Villa.
(End of chapter)