Chapter 142: Over the Pitch (3000 words)

Although it is a little unwilling, I can only accept the reality.

The goal conceded this time was mainly due to the leakage of the Villa backline, which allowed Camlon to easily get a close-range shot.

In the end, Villa drew at home to Stoke City.

At the end of 30 rounds, Villa are fifth with 54 points, nine points away from the top four.

Mourinho's return has made other Big6 giants fight one after another.

It's been a crazy season, with eight rounds left in the league and the top four teams all have the potential to win the title.

Of course, Manchester City, who have played a game less, will have the biggest advantage as long as they win the replay against Villa.

In addition, Arsenal, the half-time champions, have plummeted to fourth place after the game against Villa, and now they have slipped to fourth place, with a full seven points of difference to Manchester City.

In addition to the fact that the title race is not yet clear, the same is true for the relegation battle.

Don't think about league standings.

Jose has a full five days to adjust before the start of the game against Manchester United.

It is true that Manchester United has not achieved as good results this season as before under the leadership of David Moyes, but the skinny camel is bigger than the horse.

Anyone who underestimates Manchester United will inevitably be punished.

Meanwhile, José's second semester at the University of Oxford was nearing completion.

Oddly enough, José never saw Emma again in the days that followed, except for meeting her on the first day.

It's just that I don't know, when it comes to the final exam, won't I see her yet?

As for the other students, they were curious for a while when they first knew that Jose was a Premier League star, but as time went on, they slowly became accustomed to it.

As for the beautiful classmates that Jose once fantasized about, there is no such thing at all.

In this way, José drove to class while participating in daily training, and his life was extremely fulfilling.

Five days passed in a blink of an eye.

On Saturday, March 29, the 32nd round of the Premier League continued.

Old Trafford, although the old man who likes to chew gum on the sidelines, has not changed much.

The starting lists of both sides were announced early.

For Villa, Paul Lambert put in a 44-man formation, and the specific list is as follows:

Goalkeeper: Jose.

Defenders: Bertrand, Clark, Vlaar, Bacuna.

Midfielders: Abonlahus, Delph, Westwood, Albrighton.

Forwards: Benteke, Weimann.

On the bench, Alexandre Tonev, Lowton, Bennett and others were on call.

And Baker, who did not perform well in the last game, failed to make the squad.

As for Manchester United, David Moyes has set up a 4411 formation, and the specific list is as follows:

Goalkeeper: David De Gea.

Defenders: Buettner, Nemanja Vidic, Phil Jones, Rafael.

Midfielders: Shinji Kagawa, Marouane Fellaini, Fletcher, Ashley Young.

Forward: Juan Mata.

Centre: Wayne Rooney.

On their bench, Carrick, Januzaj, Hernandez and others were on the pitch at any time.

In the live broadcast room of Huaxia Old Waves, Mr. Zhan and Director Zhang sat in front of the camera.

"After the retirement of Lord Ferguson, Moyes was appointed as his successor, so Manchester United's results have dropped slightly this season, Coach Zhang, do you think Moyes can be qualified as Manchester United manager?" Teacher Zhan asked his partner beside him.

'It's hard to say that although Manchester United's results have slipped this season, David Moyes has only been here for so long and there is a lot to learn from him, after all, coaching a big club is completely different from coaching a normal club. After thinking for a while, Director Zhang expressed his opinion.

Chat room.

"Moyes can't."

"Let's hope Manchester United lose, Moyes get out."

With the referee's whistle, the game officially began.

Villa kick off first.

When the ball reached Jose's feet, he was not in a hurry to pass it.

When Rooney was only a meter away from him, Jose unhurriedly made a long pass to the midfield.

The battle for midfield.

Suddenly, the sound of a helicopter flying over the sky sounded.

Everyone looked up.

I saw a civilian helicopter flying over the stadium with a sign that read "The wrong one, Moyes get out".

This is a fan expressing their dissatisfaction with Moyes.

Moyes, as the person concerned, glanced at the slogan in the sky, and then continued to record something with a blank face, not caring at all about other people's opinions.

This is not something that ordinary people can do.

In the battle for midfield, in the end, Manchester United was superior.

However, Ashley Young's shot went straight into Jose's arms, drawing a burst of ridicule from Villa fans.

It is clear that Villa fans will never forgive Ashley Young.

In the blink of an eye, the game had reached the 10th minute.

Ashley Young broke through with the ball again.

Bertrand intercepted it.

On the right side of the Villa penalty area, Bertrand brought down Ashley Young in defence.

Manchester United are awarded a free-kick on the right.

Uncle Mata was in charge of handling the free-kick opportunity.

Juan Mata took a long free-kick straight into the box and found Wayne Rooney in ambush.

In the crowd, Wayne Rooney headed home.

It's a pity that the angle is average, and it was easily confiscated by Jose.

After taking the ball, Jose motioned for his teammates to press over first.

After everyone had left the box, Jose kicked the ball in goal.

Pass directly to the ribs of the opponent's half.

The first drop was reached by Delph.

He ferried a direct header to Abang Laho.

Abang Lajo takes the ball and is about to break through to the Manchester United penalty area.

On the edge of the box, in desperation, Rafael reached out to poke the ball away from Abang Lajo's feet.

As a result, the ball did not touch, but instead tripped Abonlaho.

"Beep, beep~" Two whistles sounded.

The referee on duty walked to the foul and pulled out the topaz card from his pocket.

Rafael received the first yellow card of the game.

Villa get a free-kick.

The penalty spot is about 20 yards from the goal.

Westwood was in charge of handling the free-kick opportunity.

De Gea immediately arranged for the man to line up the human wall.

At the same time, Bentekeke, Weimann and others poured into the Manchester United penalty area.

Westwood opted for a direct free-kick on goal.

Affected by Jose's usual training free-kicks, Westwood's free-kick was powerful.

Although it is not a violent heavy artillery in the real sense, it also has a bit of the essence of heavy artillery.

De Gea caught the ball's path.

I saw him leap up and pounce towards the path of the ball.

God watched De Gea's efforts, and his heart couldn't help but soften.

So God decided to let De Gea touch Westwood's shot.

However, bumping and pounce are not the same thing at all.

So, Westwood's shot, although it was touched by De Gea, flew into the United goal.

Villa were the first to score.

Interestingly, this is the ninth time United have conceded the first goal at the Theatre of Dreams this season, having won only one of the previous eight games, with one draw and six defeats in the remaining seven.

Does this mean that Villa will have to keep the draw and win this game?

Obviously, it's too early to tell.

The center circle kicks off again.

In the end, United's attack failed to break through Villa's defence.

In the 16th minute, Albrighton won the ball on the wing.

Buettner intercepted it and tackled it directly at Albrighton.

Albrighton then fell to the ground.

"Beep, beep~" The referee's whistle sounded immediately.

The referee awarded Buettner a foul.

When Butner saw it, he was immediately unhappy.

"You're not blind, I didn't touch him at all, he faked a fall." Buettner pointed at the referee.

"You dare to accuse the referee in public? Does my authority not exist? The referee didn't allow others to blame him, so he immediately took out the topaz card and gave one to Buettner.

Buttner didn't touch Albrighton, but he didn't touch the ball either, and his tackle affected the latter's progress, so it was perfectly fine to be awarded a foul.

In this way, Buettner received the second yellow card of the game.

The game continues.

In the 20th minute, United were given an equaliser.

Shinji Kagawa crosses from the left and Bacuna fails to intercept him.

The ball is passed into the box.

Jose immediately glanced at the positions of everyone in the penalty area.

He found that 10 yards in front of goal, Wayne Rooney was unguarded.

Jose tried to open his mouth to warn his teammates, but it was too late.

Shinji Kagawa's cross landed over Rooney's head.

Rooney flicked his head straight at the goal, and the ball turned and flew towards the right side of the goal.

Looks like it's off the goal?

No, the god-level prediction takes effect.

Rooney's header hit the post and bounced into the net.

This is an extremely dangerous blow.

If you don't anticipate it in advance, the goalkeeper can easily get hit.

"Time and space pause."

Unable to save skills, Jose decisively used the plug-in.

Only for a short second.

Jose moved with all his might towards the right side of the goal.

He has to confiscate or block the ball before it hits the post.

Jose tried his best to finally catch the ball before it flew to the post, flying to block the ball off the line.

Manchester United were awarded a corner from the right.

Corner kick taken.

Drove directly to Fellaini's location.

Marouane Fellaini leaped high and was confident that there was no match for him when it came to headers.

Just as Fellaini was about to reach the ball, a figure jumped up at a faster pace and grabbed Fellaini before he could take the ball out of the air.

This figure is none other than Jose.

With Jose's current bounce and high hands, there are really few people who can compete for high-altitude balls.

Seeing Jose actually pick the ball before he did, Fellaini's cheeks couldn't help but twitch.

David Moyes brought Marouane Fellaini from Everton to Manchester United on his headers.

Now that his header advantage has been denied by Jose, what else can he do?

The game continues.

Jose takes a goal kick.

However, Villa's attack not only failed to threaten United, but instead allowed them to form a quick counter-attack.

Uncle Mata passes the ball on the counter-attack.

The ball is at the feet of Wayne Rooney.

From just outside the box, Wayne Rooney shoots hard.

Before Jose could make a save, Clark flew to make a tackle.

From a defensive point of view, Clark is really a little bit better than Baker.

The rest of the game was a stalemate.

It was too cumbersome to come up with chapter names, so I would have to compress three chapters into two chapters in the future.

(End of chapter)