The ball was passed to 15 yards on the left side of the penalty area.

Benteke with a right-footed volley.

The ball sped towards the far post.

Lloris was at the near post and it was impossible for him to save Benteke's shot.

However.

"Ugh."

In the stands of the Villa fans, there was a sigh.

Benteke's shot missed.

Villa missed the chance.

In the end, the two sides shook hands 0-0.

Villa drew two in a row in the league, without conceding a goal, and also without scoring a goal.

Such a record, don't you think it's amazing? But there's more to come.

Four days later, on 24 October, the third round of the Europa League group stage began.

With qualification in sight, Lambert made a big rotation in this game, and a number of new signings who joined in the summer appeared.

And José didn't even make it to the tournament squad, he went to school.

In the end, Villa drew 1-1 at home to Cuban.

Kozak opened the scoring for Villa in the 68th minute.

In stoppage time, Cisse, who brought down Cuban in the Baker penalty area, was awarded a penalty.

Cisse personally took the shot.

Guzan pounced in the right direction but couldn't prevent the goal.

After the Europa League is played, there will be two Premier League games to follow.

First of all, it will be on October 27, at home to the old Premier League powerhouse Everton.

Although David Moyes left Everton at the end of last season, Everton's results have not slipped since Martinez took over.

So far, in the first eight rounds of the Premier League, Martinez's Everton have won against Chelsea, only losing to the strong Manchester City.

It can be seen that Everton is definitely not a team to be taken lightly.

In addition, there is another concern in this game, that is, Lukaku returned to Chelsea after returning from West Bromwich Albion's loan spell, and Mourinho did not pay attention to it, and this season he went out on loan again and came to Everton.

Also a member of Chelsea's loan squad, people are curious whether Romelu Lukaku is stronger or Jose is stronger.

Everton kicked off first and launched the first wave of attacks.

Everton's attacking organisation was very patient.

It took a while for them to advance to the vicinity of the Villa penalty area.

Lukakula takes the ball on the side.

Forced to break through, his body was too strong for Villa's Luna to stop at all.

Romelu Lukaku bursts into the box.

From 14 yards on the left, Lukaku fired a powerful right-footed shot.

Unfortunately, Lukaku's shot did not threaten Jose at all.

Goal kick is taken and Villa counter-attack.

The midfield competition was extremely fierce, and physical collisions were inevitable.

In the 8th minute, Benteke broke through with the ball on the left side, shook off Everton's multi-player pressing and entered the penalty area.

Seeing that Benteke is about to form a single knife trend.

In desperation, Coleman took down Benteke with a flying tackle.

"Beep, beep"

The referee blew the whistle and pointed to 12 yards.

Penalty kick!

Just eight minutes into the game, Villa were awarded a penalty.

Benteke was in charge of the penalty.

For this penalty opportunity that he fought so hard to grab, he personally took the penalty, and naturally no one said anything.

Standing in the penalty area, Benteke took a deep breath and began to run.

"Good shot."

"Ugh."

Two very different voices rang out at the same time.

Benteke's penalty was saved by Howard.

The Villa team missed a great opportunity.

"Why don't you let Jose take a penalty?"

Suddenly, such a sentence appeared in the live chat room.

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"I've seen Jose take penalties and free-kicks, and the quality is very high, and I can describe it as powerful."

Letting the goalkeeper take a penalty is really rare.

In the eyes of the vast majority of people, a goalkeeper kicking a penalty kick or a free kick is not doing his job.

But does football have to stick to the rules?

In ancient times, midfielders did not score, but after the 21st century, defenders with knives are everywhere, and who can guarantee that there will not be goalkeepers with knives in the future?

José was not aware of this controversy.

In the first half, neither side achieved anything.

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

The Villa team made a passive substitution, and Luna was injured in the confrontation with Lukaku.

Karak came off the bench.

In the 68th minute, substitute Osman picked up the ball in the HLD position.

In front of him was Romelu Lukaku.

Osman shook off Delph's defence and played the ball to Lukaku.

From the edge of the box, Lukaku fired a powerful left-footed shot straight away.

The ball turned into a streamer and rolled towards the bottom left corner of the goal.

Lukaku's shot was so sudden and so fast that Vlaar and Baker couldn't react at all and could only watch as the ball rolled towards goal.

Just when the ball is about to reach the goal line.

Jose pounced.

He took Lukaku's burst and pushed it one-handed over the baseline.

The Villa escaped the rescue.

"José, you are our patron saint." In the stands of the Villa fans, such a song sounded again.

The game continues.

In the 80th minute, Everton got the sixth corner of the game.

Corner kick taken.

Didn't choose to drive into the penalty area with a big foot.

Instead, it was a short pass to Barry's feet.

Barry won the ball and tried to break through to no avail, and eventually passed back to Osman.

Osman cut inside with the ball.

In the HLD penalty area, Osman spotted the gap between Vlaar and Baker.

The opportunity was not to be missed, and Osman volleyed decisively.

The ball flew between Vlaar and Baker and continued towards the bottom left corner of the goal.

"Good shot." The narrator shouted.

Seeing that the ball was about to cross the goal line, Jose arrived.

On the goal line, Jose held down the ball that was about to fly into the goal.

"It's dangerous."

José muttered to himself.

In order to train himself, before the start of this game, Jose set himself a goal, which is not to use stunts.

Osman's goal, replaced by an ordinary goalkeeper, will most likely let the ball roll into the goal.

In the end, Villa drew 0-0 at home to Everton.

It's three straight draws in the league for Villa.

And it's all about not scoring a goal, not conceding a goal.

And yet the more speechless things continue.

On 2 November, Villa played West Ham United away.

In this game, West Ham United showed home advantage.

Throughout the game, West Ham managed 72 per cent possession and 17 shots on goal.

Jose single-handedly kept all of his opponent's shots out.

In the end, Villa won four straight draws.

0 goals scored, 0 goals conceded.

It once became the biggest hot topic in the Premier League.

In fact, in this game, the Villa team is not without chances.

In the 6th minute, Weimann had a one-on-one chance.

Unfortunately, his shot was saved by Jaskelainen.

In the 15th minute, Weimann had another chance to make a single shot.

On the edge of the HLD penalty area, Weimann went down under Morrison's defense.

It was supposed to be a penalty, but the referee didn't award it.

In the 71st minute, Lowton crossed from the right.

On the left-hand edge of the six-yard box, Benteke headed home.

Unfortunately, the ball hit the crossbar.

In the end, Villa played four 0-0 matches in the league.

"This Villa is really evil, with zero goals and zero goals conceded in four games, don't the fans at the scene scold their mother?"

"It's like, there are so many set-piece opportunities, and not a single set-piece master?"

'Who says Villa don't have set-piece masters? He's guarding the door. ”

There was a lot of buzz among the fans, while the Villa players were actively preparing for the game.

Because, the fourth match of the group stage of the Europa League is about to begin.

(End of chapter)