Although Jose is a little worried, he is currently not enough to change the result alone. His nascent free kick skills are no longer enough when facing an adult team.

Was eliminated by a English League One team?

Paul Lambert would not agree. Although the EFL Cup is not of high value, it is a matter of honor and such a thing will never be allowed to happen.

Lambert waved his hand, and Delph and Darren Bent came on as substitutes.

After the two came on the scene, Villa instantly formed an overwhelming advantage, but the goal did not appear for a long time.

In stoppage time, the winning goal finally came. Benteke received a pass from his teammate and volleyed from the edge of the small penalty area. The ball rolled into the goal from the lower left corner.

So far, the Villa team has advanced to the quarter-finals and semi-finals without any danger.

The prize money in the EFL Cup is indeed very small, not even enough for a week's salary of some stars, but its honor is truly championship-level.

Another very important thing is that both the English League Cup champion and the FA Cup champion can directly advance to the Europa League group stage.

Although the prize money of the Europa League is not as good as that of the Champions League, its ticket and broadcast revenue are the same as those of the Champions League.

Jose knows very well that Villa is a club without ambitions. It seems unrealistic to expect them to qualify for the Champions League in the league. Therefore, winning the two major cup competitions has become Jose's primary goal.

The away victory over Swindon allowed Villa to avoid the embarrassment of not winning a game in October.

As for November, before the start of the Devils schedule, Villa will face Sunderland away from home with the same points as themselves. Both teams are ranked 14th at the same time.

Jose returned to the starting lineup, Clark returned from injury, and Bennett, who was suspended for one game, was released from the suspension and appeared in the starting lineup.

Darren Bent, who has attracted much attention, is out due to injury, and the transfer fee Villa spent on him is probably going to be wasted.

However, Benteke, another new player who joined this season, has performed well, so Paul Lambert doesn't have to worry too much.

On November 3, the tenth round of the Premier League begins.

Before the Villa game started, Manchester United's home game against Arsenal started first.

This is the focus of this round. In addition to the grievances between the two teams, Van Persie will face his old club Arsenal for the first time.

Only 3 minutes into the game, Manchester United took the lead.

Arsenal captain Vermaelen made a mistake in clearing the ball. Van Persie got the ball from the edge of the penalty area and shot it into the lower left corner of the net.

Facing his old club, Robin van Persie refused to celebrate his goal, but Arsenal fans still gave him warm greetings.

In half-time stoppage time, Ashley Young made a pass and the ball hit Cazorla's arm.

Arsenal were awarded a penalty kick.

Rooney took the penalty kick and hit it easily.

At halftime, Manchester United led their opponents by 2 points.

In the second half, the team changed sides and fought again.

With a two-goal lead, Manchester United's offensive continues unabated.

In the 67th minute, Rooney passed a tactical corner kick from the left. Mertesacker missed the ball and Evra scored with a header in the small penalty area.

At this point, Manchester United leads Arsenal 3-0, and Ferguson looks at the gloomy Professor Wenger with a bright smile.

In the last minute of stoppage time, Asavin headed a header in the penalty area and the ball passed to Cazorla. The latter shot from the left side of the penalty area and was blocked. Fortunately, the blocked ball fell to Cazorla again.

He shot into the far corner of the goal and into the net.

Cazorla's goal saved Arsenal some face.

After this game, Manchester United ranked second with 8 wins and 2 losses with 24 points.

Perhaps due to the impact of Ferguson's imminent retirement, Manchester United players played extremely hard on the field.

Therefore, Villa will face Manchester United like this in the next round. From the perspective of outsiders, it is basically a disaster.

…

The match between Villa and Sunderland was very intense, but the actual difference in the effective data between the two sides was not much. The number of shots was Sunderland 12 times and Villa 9 times, and the number of corner kicks was Sunderland 6 times and Villa 7 respectively.

Second-rate.

Only in the number of fouls, Villa was far ahead. They gave their opponents a total of 17 free kick opportunities.

But Villa had the last laugh.

In the 57th minute, Lowton made a pass from the right, and Benteke headed the ball from far away. The ball was passed to Agbonlahor on the edge of the small penalty area, who scored from close range.

Agbonlahor has scored in two consecutive away games.

As for Jose, this game was the easiest for him. After all, Sunderland only had one shot on target in the whole game. Jose only showed a little skill and saved it easily.

After defeating Sunderland, Villa's ranking rose significantly to eighth place, with 15 points behind Arsenal due to a goal difference disadvantage.

Jose also received a reward of 5,000 points and a silver treasure chest*5 from the system.

He currently has more than 56,000 points and 19 silver treasure chests.

Villa's performance did not attract much attention, but fourth-ranked Tottenham lost to 15th-ranked Wigan Athletic at home, becoming the biggest upset of this round.

Another upset game was that top-ranked Chelsea was tied with 11th-ranked Swansea in an away game. After losing two points, they fell to second place, while Manchester United successfully climbed to the top.

Di Matteo's crisis of confidence began to emerge.

…

After returning from Sunderland, Jose began fasting and bathing, and he was preparing to open the treasure chest.

Nineteen treasure chests can be drawn twice in a row. I wonder if he can draw 8 talent essences. He urgently needs to improve his level of divine prediction.

With the slightest click of Jose's fingers, the first "ten strokes" were drawn out.

[Talent Essence*3, Technical Key Points*2, Ordinary Equipment Vouchers*3, Premium Underwear*2]

[ps: High-quality underwear, made of high-tech materials, has good breathability and increases flexibility by 30% after wearing it.]

"Only 3 points of talent essence?" Jose was a little disappointed.

Taking a deep breath, Jose pointed at the system light curtain again, and the second "ten consecutive draws" also produced results.

[Talent essence*6, technical points*2, ordinary equipment coupons*4]

"12 copies?" Jose thought he was dazzled, so he checked again and finally confirmed that 12 prizes had indeed been drawn.

It seems that not only one reward can be drawn from a treasure chest.

Compared with the appearance of 12 rewards, what makes Jose even more happy is that the talent essence is drawn to 6 points, so that he can upgrade the goalkeeper talent again.

Without hesitation, just choose god-level prediction.

As a huge amount of energy information was transmitted into his mind, Jose had a feeling that he seemed to have the ability to predict things that might happen in the next ten seconds or so, appearing in his mind in advance.

Of course, things that are predicted may not necessarily happen, because your current behavior will change the direction of future development. Even if it is only ten seconds, there are many possibilities for the changes that may occur.

After upgrading to god-level prediction, Jose spent 4 more equipment coupons to build himself a brand new set of sneakers, leg guards, gloves and wrist guards.

Jose knows the importance of equipment better than anyone.

After his strength has greatly increased, Jose has more confidence in facing Manchester United.

…

On November 11, Singles’ Day, the 11th round of the Premier League will continue.

Villa sits at home and faces the top team Manchester United from afar.

Putting aside the current hot state of Manchester United, in the last 31 games between the two teams, Villa only won one game. In the remaining games, Manchester United had an absolute advantage of 25 wins and 5 draws.

The last time Villa defeated Manchester United was in the third round of the League Cup in 1999. As for the victory over Manchester United in the league, it dates back to 1995, not long after Jose was born.
Chapter completed!