In the 86th minute, Villa won a free-kick opportunity and the service point was near the corner flag on the right.

Bacuna was in charge of handling the free-kick opportunity, opting for a long ball straight into the box.

In the Napoli penalty area, there was a lot of people and chaos.

In the middle of the scuffle, Nathan Baker leaped high and headed the Napoli defender to the top.

Unfortunately, Baker's header went high.

The ball flew straight above the goal and out of the baseline.

Baker missed a great opportunity to extend the lead for his team.

…

Three minutes later, Napoli had a quick counter-attack.

Insigne ran wildly with the ball, and Higuain was with him.

At this time, there were only two people in the Villa backline, Vlaar and Baker.

A two-on-two situation.

Vlaar and Baker had no choice but to press and retreat.

In the blink of an eye, the four of them had entered the Villa penalty area.

In the face of Napoli's two major attackers, Jose naturally prioritized blocking Insigne, who was holding the ball.

Vlaar, on the other hand, was torn between defending Insigne or Higuain.

Baker approached Insigne directly.

Insigne saw that the angle of the shot was blocked and Baker was getting closer, so he cut past Baker and passed the ball to Higuain.

Baker fell to the ground on the spot.

Higuain was suddenly completely unmarked.

"Block the right door." José shouted at Vlaar.

Vlaar understood and immediately ran towards the right side of the goal.

From 12 yards, Higuain, undisturbed, volleyed with his right foot.

He still chose to play the right side of the goal.

Unfortunately, Higuain's shot didn't go as he wanted, the ball hit Vlaar and was eventually cleared by Bertrand, who was back in action.

Napoli once again missed a great opportunity.

…

Stoppage time.

Napoli went all out.

Outside the Villa penalty area, Higuain, Insigne, and Inle passed the ball together in an attempt to pull away Villa's defense.

I have to say that Napoli's offensive coordination is like a cloud of peers, which makes people feel dizzying.

Villa's defenders obviously couldn't keep up with the rhythm of the opposition's passing.

"Stuck defense, no marking." José let out a loud shout.

Jose knew in his heart that whether it was Vlaar, Baker, or Clark, they were all squatting guards.

Clark, in particular, is arguably the slowest on the team.

In the face of the opponent's fast-paced passing and receiving cooperation, it is obviously impossible to mark people closely.

Despite the efforts of Villa's players, it was Inle who burst into the left side of the box with the ball.

Lorton wanted to come forward to block, but it was too late.

Inler shoots straight into the near corner.

At this point, Jose was in the center of the goal.

"Want to score? I would also like to ask if I agree. ”

Jose directly used the stunt.

With less than a minute left in the game, José had no reason to save his stunts.

"How is that possible?"

Inle looked at Jose and saved the shot he thought he would score at an incredible speed, crying and screaming on the spot.

After winning the ball, Jose was not in a hurry to take the goal kick, and reasonable delay time was the most correct choice.

In the end, Villa eliminated the mighty Napoli 1-0 away.

created the biggest upset in this round of elimination.

Soon after, the results of the draw for the 1/8 elimination were announced.

The Villa team drew Portugal's dragon - Porto.

And in the middle of the two legs against Porto, there is also a game against Chelsea.

The Villa team is far from the time to celebrate.

Don't think about what will happen in two weeks' time because the Premier League continues to play at the weekend.

Villa, who have been winless in four league games, will host 15th-placed Norwich City.

Norwich currently have 28 points, just three above the relegation zone, and are in danger of falling into the relegation zone at any time.

So in this game, Norwich will definitely not easily raise their hands and surrender.

Sunday 2 March, 17:30 local time.

At Villa Park Stadium, it rained lightly again in the sky, and the temperature ranged from 1~9 degrees.

Villa were given the first kick-off.

But it was Norwich who had the first shot on goal.

After Benteke kicked off in midfield, he made a big foot pass to Vlaar.

Vlaar passes back to Jose.

Jose passed to Bacuna on the side.

Bacuna sparked a fierce scramble between the two sides as he advanced into midfield, and ultimately failed to break into the opposition box.

Just three minutes into the game, Norwich's counter-attack.

Hooper burst into the right side of the Villa penalty area with the ball and crossed back into the box with an inverted triangle without being able to shoot.

An unguarded Khurakhan shoots from 10 yards in front of goal.

The ball rolled straight underneath the goal.

The distance was close, the ball was fast, and Villa's players didn't have time to block.

Could it be that you conceded a goal at the beginning?

Apparently impossible.

Jose, although Jose needs to prepare for the Europa League knockout in two weeks' time, is now consuming a stunt, which is completely within the tolerance range.

Time and space paused for a second beyond anyone's notice.

By the time things were back to normal, Jose was already succumbing to the ball's rolling path.

There were no surprises, and José easily took Khura Khan's tackle into his arms.

The Villa team began to fight back.

Both players played very patiently today.

So there weren't many shots on goal.

In the 25th minute, Villa had a good chance to open the scoring.

The Villa team pressed all the way up.

Jose and his teammates fell in the back.

Before Hooper could press him, Jose passed the ball to Vlar.

Vlaar takes the ball and passes directly into the Norwich penalty area.

From 14 yards in the box, Benteke turned his back to goal, first stopped the ball with his chest and then hung the golden hook upside down.

The ball went in.

Two minutes later, Villa were awarded a corner.

Westwood takes a corner and crosses it straight into the six-yard box.

It was Benteke again, on the edge of the six-yard box, with a direct header.

The ball went in again.

It was Benteke's 10th goal of the season.

With a two-goal lead, Villa's players were not satisfied and were still attacking Norwich.

In the 37th minute, Weimann passed the ball on the counter-attack.

From 12 yards, Bakuna received a pass from Weimann and struck home.

The ball hit the left post before bouncing back into the net.

For Bacuna's goal, Jose believes that he may not be able to save it.

With a three-goal lead, Villa are almost certain to win the game.

However, in the 41st minute, Norwich defender Basson actually gave a big gift.

Delph bursts into the left side of the box with the ball.

Shake off Russell Martin and cross low flat.

In a panic, Bassoon actually crashed the ball into his own goal.

Villa led by four goals before half-time.

The second half of the game undoubtedly turned into garbage time.

The offense on both sides became slow and methodical.

Just before the break, Norwich relied on a corner kick opportunity and Khurakhan scored a face-saving goal.

In the end, before the start of the match against Porto, Villa got a big win.

In the post-match summary, the Villa team had only 10 shots on goal and only 4 hits on target in this game, and it all came down to a big score too early.

(End of chapter)