As a goalkeeper, carry the team forward

Chapter 45 first release?

"Jose, go to bed early tonight, and you will start tomorrow night's game." On this day, after Jose finished training, Paul Lambert suddenly ordered Jose to do so.

Hearing what the head coach said, Jose was taken aback for a moment. Tomorrow is Wednesday, and there is no game time for the weekend yet.

But Jose quickly realized that although there was no Premier League the next day, there was the second knockout round of the English League Cup.

According to the arrangement of the draw, Villa will face Tranmere, a team from the second division, at home.

At first glance, this is a game without any suspense. There are still English Championship and League One between League Two and Premier League, so Paul Lambert decided to let Jose start without thinking too much.

However, there are rumors that the League Cup is unpopular, and every year, Premier League teams are eliminated by low-level teams.

This is because the reward for the League Cup champion is small, only a mere 200 pounds, which is far less than the [-] million reward for the FA Cup champion, so all clubs treat it as a training ground.

In view of this, Paul - Lambert and the players believe that winning is a very easy thing.

Compared with the optimism of the head coach and teammates, Jose maintained a cautious attitude. He didn't think that he could win the opponent by just dealing with it casually.

It happens from time to time that the weak defeat the strong, of course not including Chinese football.

In addition, there is another reason why Jose dare not reveal it, that is, through the last two Premier League games, Jose feels that the strength of these Villa first team players is only a little bit stronger than Glarish.

It's not that Glarish is weak, but because Glarish is as young as Jose. It is almost certain that in a few years, Glarish can definitely surpass all Villa players and become a thigh-level player.

What Jose thought in his heart did not reveal half a point. He nodded excitedly to Paul Lambert: "Don't worry, coach, I will guard the goal."

Local time, on the evening of August 8th, the second round of the English League Cup officially kicked off. 29 teams from England's four major leagues made their appearances. Except for the teams participating in the European competition, all the Premier League teams were absent.

In terms of Villa's starting lineup, in addition to the youngest Jose, 21-year-old Weiman and 22-year-old Stevens also got the chance to start.

Since there is no need to take care of Asian fans, the League Cup games are all arranged at night, which is a very considerate thing for the players.

When Jose walked out of the locker room and stood in the player tunnel, the system finally had a prompt.

[Congratulations to the host for getting the chance to start the first team and get double rewards for all reward points in this field. 】

[English League Cup Champion: In the knockout round of the League Cup, if you defeat your opponent together with your teammates, you will get 2000 reward points and a silver treasure chest*2; if you draw within 90 minutes of an official match, you will get 1000 reward points and a silver treasure chest*1; if you lose, you will not be rewarded. 】

[Zero seal task: save all opponents' shots within 90 minutes of the official game, reward points 2000, silver treasure chest*2; no reward for conceding goals. 】

The system rewards are as generous as ever, Jose just needs to work hard.

At the beginning of the game, Tranraar returned to the defense across the board, making it clear that he would play a defensive counterattack tactic.

Seeing this, Paul Lambert immediately waved his hand and ordered Villa's offensive players to attack.

In this way, Jose was the only one left in Villa's backcourt, standing alone at the top of the gourd.

Tranraar's defense is very tenacious. As long as Villa players take the ball close to the penalty area, they will inevitably press with two or three players.

Facing Tranraar's intensive defense, Villa's players felt helpless for a while.

In the 8th minute, Darren Bent tried a long shot from outside the penalty area, but he couldn't pass the opponent's defender.

Is the League Two team also so good?
Seeing his teammates' efforts making no progress, Jose couldn't help sighing secretly.

In fact, although League Two belongs to the lowest level of professional leagues, most of their players were once one of the players of the major Premier League teams, but for various reasons, they went to the League Two team to play.

从球员年龄来看，特兰米尔大多数都是23岁以下的青少年球员，再就是少量30岁以上的老球员，25-29岁的当打球员只有14号后卫巴卡约戈和26号前锋阿克帕-阿克普罗。

Of course, Jose was the youngest in the audience.

At the age of 17, starting in the first team of the Premier League, apart from Wenger, few coaches have such courage. Jose really wants to thank Chelsea for the loan contract.

Villa couldn't attack Tranmere for a long time, but was seized by the opponent to counterattack.

In the 13th minute, No. 14 Tranraer defender succeeded in stealing the ball in the backcourt, and his big foot passed to No. 8 teammate.

Tranrall No. 8 midfielder James Wallace stopped the ball very securely, but he still controlled the ball before the Villa players approached.

At this time, Villa's players, except for Stevens and Lehigh, all crossed the midfield and pressed into the opponent's half.

Wallace did not break through with the ball, but passed a behind the ball immediately.

At the moment when Wallace passed the ball, Tranmere No. 9 young striker Cassidy started at the same time. At the age of 19, he was extremely fast, easily throwing away Stevens and Lehigh, forming a one-handed confrontation. The momentum of the plug.

Facing the opponent's No. 9 striker's single-handed attack, Jose did not advance but retreated, because he knew that with his own foot skills, it was absolutely impossible to break the ball controlled by the opponent. Only when he used both hands and feet in the penalty area, he Only then can he be sure to stop the opponent.

"Strong goal, the youth player Cassidy who was loaned to Tranmere by the Wolves got a valuable one-handed opportunity, Villa is in trouble." The on-site commentary shouted.

In just a few breaths, Cassidy dribbled the ball into Villa's penalty area. He faced Jose single-handedly. He didn't choose to pass Jose. Instead, he flicked his left foot and then shot with his right foot. Go to the goal on the right side.

Jose already had a feeling for Cassidy's choice.

Jose took half a step across, his body like a hungry tiger rushing towards the ball, rushing towards the ball.

"Alas." A sigh came from the Tranraer goal stand.

On the contrary, there was a burst of warm cheers from the Villa fans stands.

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"This No. 9 is too useless, right? Even the goalkeeper dare not pass?"

"It should be the Villa goalkeeper's luck, right? At such a short distance, any striker can shoot in."

"Hehe, to say that Villa's goalkeeper relies on luck, it seems like fans who don't pay attention to the Premier League. Last season, Jose led the Villa youth team to defeat Chelsea and win the Youth Cup by himself."

"It's just an FA Youth Cup, what's the big deal."

"If you knew he moved to Chelsea last month for £3200m, would you still feel that way?"

"Abu people are stupid and have a lot of money."

"You say Abramovich has a lot of money, but there are Real Madrid and Manchester City competing with Chelsea. Could it be that they also have a lot of money?"

……

During the heated discussion among netizens, Jose had already kicked the goal kick.

The game continues.

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