As a goalkeeper, carry the team forward

Chapter 136 Conceding the ball at the beginning?

In the 86th minute, Villa got a free kick, and the kick point was near the corner flag on the right.

Bacuna was responsible for handling this free kick opportunity, and he chose to pass directly into the penalty area with a big foot.

Inside the restricted area in Naples, there were crowds of people and chaos.

In this melee, Nathan Baker jumped high and carried the Naples defender to complete the header.

Unfortunately, Baker's header was too high.

The ball flew out of the baseline directly above the goal.

Baker missed a good opportunity to expand the score for the team.

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After 3 minutes, Naples got a quick counterattack opportunity.

Insigne sprints with the ball, accompanied by Higuain.

At this time, there were only two Vlaar and Baker on Villa's defense.

Two-on-two situation.

Vlaar and Baker could only choose to retreat while pressing.

In a blink of an eye, the four of them had already entered the restricted area of ​​Villa.

Facing Naples' two major attackers, Jose naturally gave priority to blocking Insigne who was holding the ball.

Vlaar hesitated between defending Insigne and Higuain.

Baker approached Insigne directly.

Insigne saw that the shot angle was blocked and Baker was approaching, so he dunked Baker and passed the ball to Higuain.

Baker fell to the ground on the spot.

Higuain was immediately completely unmarked.

"Block the right door." Jose shouted to Feral.

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

At 12 yards, the undisturbed Higuain volleyed with his right foot.

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

It's a pity that Higuain's shot didn't go as he wished. The ball hit Vlaar and was finally cleared by Bertrand who returned to defend.

Naples missed another chance.

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Injury time period.

Napoli attack with all their might.

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

I have to say that Naples' offensive cooperation is like flowing water, which makes people feel dizzying.

Villa's defensive players obviously couldn't keep up with the opponent's passing rhythm.

"Stay defensively and don't mark people." Jose shouted.

Jose knew in his heart that whether it was Vlaar, Baker, or Clark, they all belonged to the squatting guard.

Especially Clark, his speed can be said to be the slowest in the team.

In the face of the opponent's fast-paced pass and match, it is obviously impossible to close the man.

Despite the efforts of Villa's players, Inle dribbled the ball into the left side of the penalty area.

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

Inle shoots directly from the near corner.

At this time, Jose is in the center of the goal.

"Want to score goals? And ask me if I agree."

Jose directly used the stunt.

At this time, there was less than 1 minute left in the game, and Jose had absolutely no reason to save the number of stunts.

"how is this possible?"

Inle looked at Jose, and at an unbelievable speed, he threw down the shot he thought he had to score, and wailed on the spot.

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

In the end, the Villa team eliminated the powerful Naples team 1-0 away.

Created the biggest upset of this round of knockout rounds.

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

The Villa team drew the Portuguese dragon-Porto.

In the middle of the two rounds with Porto, there was also a game against Chelsea.

Villa are far from celebrating.

Forget about two weeks from now as the Premier League continues at the weekend.

Villa, who have been unbeaten in four rounds of the league, will face Norwich, ranked 15th, at home.

Norwich currently has 28 points, only 3 points higher than the relegation zone, and is 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, March 3, at 2:17 local time.

At Villa Park Stadium, the sky began to lightly rain again, and the temperature ranged from 1 to 9 degrees.

Villa get the kick-off first.

But it was the Norwich team who completed the first shot.

After Benteke kicked off in midfield, he passed it directly to Vlaar with a big kick.

Feral passes back to Jose.

Jose splits the pass to Bacuna.

When Bacuna advanced to the midfield, it triggered a fierce competition between the two sides, and finally failed to break into the opponent's penalty area.

Only 3 minutes into the game, Norwich counterattacked.

Hooper dribbled the ball into the right side of Villa's penalty area, and returned to the penalty area in an inverted triangle when he couldn't shoot.

The unguarded Hulahan shoveled from 10 yards in front of the goal.

The ball rolled straight under the goal.

The distance is very close, the ball is fast, and Villa's players have no time to block it.

Could it be that he conceded the ball at the beginning?

Obviously it is impossible.

Jose Although Jose needs to prepare for the Europa League knockout two weeks later, it is completely within the acceptable range to consume a stunt now.

Time and space paused for a second when no one could notice.

By the time things were back to normal, Jose was hunkered down in the ball's path.

No accident, Jose easily received Hulahan's shovel shot into his arms.

Villa started to fight back.

Both players played very patiently today.

Therefore, the number of shots is not many.

In the 25th minute, Villa got a good chance to score.

All the members of the Villa team pressed on.

Jose and his teammates fell in the backcourt.

Jose passed the ball to Vlaar before Hooper pressed.

Vlaar took the ball and passed it directly to the Norwich penalty area.

14 yards inside the penalty area, with his back to the goal, Benteke first stopped the ball with his chest, and then hung the golden hook upside down.

The ball is in.

Two minutes later, Villa got a corner kick.

Westwood took a corner kick and passed it directly into the small penalty area.

It was Benteke again, from the edge of the penalty area, heading directly to the goal.

The ball went in again.

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

Leading by two goals, Villa's players were not satisfied and were still attacking Norwich.

In the 37th minute, Weiman counterattacked and passed the ball.

At 12 yards, Bakuna hit the goal after receiving a pass from Weiman.

The ball hit the left post and then bounced into the goal.

For Bacuna's goal, Jose thought he might not be able to save it.

With a 3-goal lead, Villa is basically sure to win the game.

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

Delph drove the ball into the left side of the penalty area.

After throwing away Russell Martin, he made a low pass.

In a panic, Bassong slammed the ball into his own goal.

Villa took a 4-goal lead before halftime.

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

The offense of both sides became slow and orderly.

Before the end of the game, Norwich relied on a corner kick, and Hula Khan scored a face-saving goal.

In the end, before the start of the game against Porto, Villa won a big victory.

After the game, it was concluded that the Villa team had only 10 shots and only 4 hits in this game. All of this can be attributed to the premature big score.

(End of this chapter)