As a goalkeeper, carry the team forward

Chapter 76 Insufficient Physical Reserves
The process of evolution does not happen overnight, but is changing slowly. The whole process is a bit long. Jose estimates that it will take about a month.

Jose looked at the data on the system's light curtain, full of anticipation in his heart, looking forward to the transformation of himself in a month's time.

...

On December 12, just three days later, the Premier League continued.

Aston Villa continue to sit at home, avoiding the hard work of traveling and traveling, and they will face Wigan Athletic, who are fighting for relegation.

19轮战罢，维冈竞技以4胜3平12负积15分排在第18名，他们的保级形势一点都不乐观。

Jose continues to start.

Paul Lambert does not want the morale, which was finally stabilized, to show a downward trend again.

Not many people paid attention to this game, and there was no live broadcast in Huaxia. After all, the appeal of the two teams was far from that of the Big 6 teams.

After the opening, Wigan Athletic played very patiently, and they would never shoot easily until they found an absolute chance.

As for Villa, Benteke, who was in hot form before, played very quietly in this game.

Final result,
Villa, who played at home, had only 45.9% of their ball possession, which was lower than the visiting team Wigan Athletic's 54.1%.

In terms of shooting, Villa completed 12 shots, but only 2 shots hit the target.

The Wigan Athletic goalkeeper almost fell asleep again.

As for Wigan Athletic, because they played very patiently, the number of shots in this game was only 9, but the number of hits was as many as 5 times, and 3 of them were must-goal shots.

If it weren't for Jose's goalkeeper, Villa would have lost more than 3 goals in this game.

Faced with this situation, Jose has nothing to do, and now he can only keep the goal clean.

...

After the match against Wigan Athletic, only two days later, on New Year's Day in 13, the 21st round of the Premier League continued.

Even Jose, who is the goalkeeper, is beginning to feel the pressure on his physical fitness, let alone other players.

At three o'clock in the afternoon on January 1st, when the whole world is celebrating the New Year, Jose and his teammates will be at the Liberty Stadium in Swansea to challenge the current tenth-ranked Swansea football team away.

In the first leg of the season, Villa beat their opponents 2-0 at home, which was Jose's first appearance in the Premier League.

That is, from that day, Jose slowly gained the starting position, and finally made great progress.

For Swansea, Jose will not forget easily.

After the start of the game, Swansea, who played at home, was imposing, and the ball possession rate once reached [-]%.

As for the Villa team, the formation returns to the familiarity of 442.

The 352 formation used in the games against Chelsea and Tottenham has proved that it is not suitable for the current Villa team. The reason is that the two wing backs often go deep into the hinterland and cannot return, causing the opponent to easily attack in front of Villa's penalty area. .

In addition to the problem of the wing backs, there are also many problems with the cooperation of the three central defenders. To be precise, whether it is Clark, Nathan Baker, or Hurd, they are all too young and seriously inexperienced.

Although Jose also lacks experience, he has cheats, and his physical fitness can make up for the lack of experience.Of course, another reason is that the current season has not yet reached the final stage, and the teams have not yet reached the time to do their best.

In the first half, Villa didn't have many offensive opportunities. Most of the time, Swansea was in possession of the ball, and neither side could do anything to the other.

It wasn't until the 44th minute that Benteke assisted Weimann to score, which broke the deadlock.

Although Villa had less time to hold the ball, they were the first to score.

Of course, in order to block Swansea's attack, Villa's Clark, Weiman, Stevens and Delph all received yellow cards, and were scolded by Swansea fans for playing dirty.

In this regard, Villa players do not care.

In the second half, they changed sides and fought again, and Swansea's offense became more violent.

The tighter Swansea pressed, the easier it was for Villa to find quick counter-attacks.

In the 84th minute, Villa once again found a chance to counterattack. Benteke broke into the penalty area with the ball.

penalty.

Benteke did it overnight.

Villa lead 2-0 away.

There is not much time left in the game, and Villa's victory is in sight.

Swansea's offense, which fell behind, became more violent, but the quality of the last shot was really not high, and most of them failed to hit the goal, which made Jose a little bit slack.

After all, it is 2 goals ahead of the opponent.

Coupled with the continuous high-intensity games, both Jose and his teammates had a little mental fatigue.

It was these slacks that allowed Swansea to find an opportunity.

In the 94th minute, Swansea player Pablo Hernandez took the ball from the left and advanced to the left side of Villa's penalty area. After getting rid of it, he kicked a pass.

At this time, Jose was standing slightly to the left, and most of his attention was focused on Hernandez, and he did not notice a figure quietly approaching from behind.

That was Swansea midfielder Routledge.

The ball quickly crossed the crowd and fell 5 yards to the right of the penalty area. The unmarked Routledge headed the goal, and the ball immediately flew to the upper right corner of the goal.

The speed of the ball is too fast and the shooting distance is too short. Even if Jose uses special skills, it is impossible to block the ball in time.

1:2.

Swansea recovered a goal.

For conceding the goal, Jose was a little annoyed, blaming himself for not noticing the opponent's player in the back.

Of course, the more important responsibility for missing people is Villa's defense.

They were all drawn to Hernandez.

Although Swansea recovered a goal at the end, the situation was gone and they eventually lost the game.Villa completed a season double against Swansea.

Summary after the game.

Swansea's possession rate reached 69.5%, and the total number of shots was as many as 25, while Villa had only 9 times; Swansea had 6 shots on target, while Villa had 5 times.

From the data point of view, Villa's offense is undoubtedly more efficient, which is why they have been able to stand in the Premier League.

Jose's state at the last moment made him and the coach realize that Jose is still too young after all, and his physical reserve is very different from that of adult players.

Although he won the game, Jose only got 2000 points and a silver treasure chest*2 reward.

The zero seal reward is the most lucrative.

……

Both games 1 and 2 in January are cup games.

Jose can only participate in one of them.

Paul Lambert decided after careful consideration that Jose started the game in the third round of the FA Cup on the 5th, and Guzan would guard the goal in the first round of the League Cup semi-final on the 9th.

As a result, in the FA Cup, relying on the goals of Darren Bent and Weiman, Ipswich Town from League One was eliminated at home.

In the League Cup, Villa lost 1 to 3 away to Bratford City in the second division, Weiman scored Villa's only goal.

If the Villa team wants to advance in the League Cup, the second leg of the home game, Villa absolutely must not lose.

However, even if Villa are lucky enough to enter the final, the opponent they will face will be the winner between Chelsea and Swansea.

Thinking of the disastrous defeat to Chelsea not long ago, a shadow rose in Paul Lambert's heart.

"Let's talk about it later." Lambert said to himself.

After two cup games, the Premier League continues.

On the 12th, Villa will face Southampton at home.

At the beginning of this season, Southampton was unbeaten in 11 rounds and ranked at the bottom, but now they have escaped the relegation zone, showing that their state has begun to pick up.

Can Villa successfully win the opponent at home?
(End of this chapter)