As a goalkeeper, carry the team forward

Chapter 340 Three Cats Against Grid
Brazil's corner kick was taken and passed directly into the small penalty area.

Neymar must have forgotten William's explanation.

The high-altitude ball in the small penalty area belongs to Jose's absolute control area.

5 minutes stoppage time ends.

In the end, the England team defeated the Brazil team 1-0, broke into the semi-finals again after 28 years, and will face the Croatian team in the semi-finals.

In this World Cup, in addition to the French team, the favorites to win the World Cup are also the Croatian team.

Under the combination of Modric and Rakitic, Croatia showed a strong midfield control, and won two consecutive penalty shootout victories, which also reflected the stable mentality of the Plaid Army.

It will be an extremely difficult task for England to beat Croatia.

Jose also knows that if the match against Croatia is dragged to a penalty shootout, his side may not necessarily have the advantage.

In the eager anticipation of the fans, the two semi-finals of the 2018 World Cup started successively.

Relying on Umtiti's goal, the French team defeated Belgium 1-0 and entered the final first.

In this game, the French team had only 36% possession of the ball, but completed 19 shots, while Belgium had only 64 shots when the ball possession rate was as high as 9%.

If it weren't for Courtois' outstanding performance, Belgium might be beaten by the French team.

Facts once again prove that the defensive champion is the eternal truth.

At 7 o'clock in the morning on July 12th, China time, another semi-final match was held at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow. Croatia played against England.

In terms of the starting rosters of both sides, the England team has not changed from the previous game. Southgate is preparing a lineup to the death rhythm.

As for Croatia, there is only one change in personnel. Brozovic rotates Kramaric in the starting lineup. The specific list is as follows.

Goalkeeper: Subasic.

Defenders: Strinic, Vida, Lovren, Vrsaljko.

Midfield: Brozovic, Perisic, Rakitic, Modric, Rebic.

Forward: Mandzukic.

When Croatia's roster comes out, fans will definitely ask: "Why are Croatia so odd?"

For these fans' questions, obviously no one will seriously answer them.

Before the start of the game, the live camera deliberately relayed several little caddies, and one of them was a little blond girl who was very impressive.

Russian women are indeed very beautiful and sexy when they are young, but it is too easy to become an aunt, which makes people feel regretful.

As the time approached, under the leadership of the referee, players from both sides walked into the Luzhniki Stadium.

The players lined up and the national anthem was played.

The national anthem of Croatia was played first, followed by the national anthem of England.

When the English national anthem sounded, Jose was chanting something, and the players closest to him could be sure that it was definitely not the English national anthem.

After the handshake ceremony, Harry Kane drew the first kick-off on behalf of the England team.

In the middle circle, Harry Kane kicked off and passed back directly to Kyle Walker.

The British War officially began.

Walker took the ball and did not rush to attack, but passed it back to Jose.

Jose holds the ball for a while, and then passes it with a big foot.

The ball went to Trippier's feet.

The battle for midfield was fierce.

In the 3rd minute, Ali dribbled the ball in the frontcourt.

Suddenly a figure approached quickly, it was Modric.

Modric defended very fiercely and brought Ali down directly.

England got an excellent free-kick at the top of the arc.

"Jose, you go." Southgate was extremely bold and let Jose take a free kick at the beginning of the game.

Jose would naturally not refuse the head coach's arrangement.

However, when walking towards the penalty spot, Jose still arranged for his teammates to be behind just in case.

After placing the ball, Jose directly hit the goal with his right foot.

"Boom~" the ball went in.

Without any suspense, the ball passed directly through the crowd, and then flew into the net.

With the speed of the ball shot by Jose, a free kick within 35 yards is like kicking a penalty kick. Unless he misses the ball or the opponent's goalkeeper predicts the direction in advance, it is an absolute chance.

"Damn it, Jose is kicking a free kick as a penalty."

"It's over, Croatia is over, it's only 3 minutes into the game, and they are already behind."

Fans mourned for Croatia.

After scoring a goal, Jose did not participate in the celebration, because he knew that the real difficulties had just begun.

Before the start of the game, Jose had repeatedly watched the Croatian game video, and he came to a conclusion that the England midfielder was at least three levels behind the Croatian team.

The game continues.

Croatia kicked off in the middle circle and passed it directly to Modric.

There is no doubt that Modric is the engine and master brain of Croatia.

The only thing England had to do was to disrupt Modric's possession and passing as much as possible.

In the 7th minute, Croatia organized an attack.

Perisic's cross from the left.

At this time, several players in the penalty area, including Mandzukic and Rakitic, have outflanked.

Jose made a decisive attack, he didn't want to wait for the opponent to take a shot before making a save.

There was no danger, and in front of Mandzukic, Jose took the ball first.

England then fought back.

The Croatian team obviously has not fully entered the rhythm of the game.

It is a pity that neither Trippier, Lingard, or Maguire failed to seize the opportunity.

The score is still 1 to 0.

In the 18th minute, Croatia couldn't attack for a long time, and Perisic tried a long shot from the outside.

Jose just glanced at it, and he already judged that the opponent's shot missed the goal.

However, Kyle Walker is trying to block the ball.

Seeing this, Jose immediately yelled, "Don't move."

Dangerous and dangerous, Kyle Walker almost blocked the ball towards his goal.

"My fault." Kyle Walker said apologetically.

Jose waved his hand and said nothing more.

The game continues.

Croatia slowly entered the game and they completely controlled the midfield.

In the 20th minute, Rakitic took the ball in midfield and gave a through ball to Rebic on the wing.

Rebic cut inside after getting the ball, and when he couldn't find a breakthrough, he suddenly took a long shot.

Maguire tried to block, but failed to touch the ball.

The ball flew straight to the upper left corner of the goal.

Just when the Croatian fans were about to cheer, Jose jumped up and blocked the ball with one hand.

On the field of play, Jose's concentration is unquestionable.

In the 21st minute, England got the chance to expand the score.

Sterling steals the ball in the frontcourt and passes diagonally.

Kane shot low in the penalty area and the ball flew into the net from the lower left corner of the goal.

It's a pity that Kane was offside first, so the goal was invalid.

Under the new offside rule, not only the defensive players need to adapt, but the forward players also need to adapt. It is estimated that it is impossible to see the changes brought about by the new rules in the short term.

In the 22nd minute, Croatia reached the penalty area again.

It's a pity that there is still no chance to break into the restricted area.

Today's England's defense line, Jose already has a certain command.

Seeing that it was difficult to break through the penalty area, Perisic shot a cold arrow after getting the ball.

I don't know if Perisic's shot was too direct, or Jose was prepared, and the ball just flew into Jose's arms.

Two minutes later, Rebic broke through with the ball from the right.

Ashley Young defended him one-on-one.

As a result, Rebic easily got rid of Ashley Young, and then calmly made a cross.

Just as Mandzukic was about to fight for the first spot, Jose struck out again, grabbing the ball directly from midair before everyone else.

With Jose's jumping ability, the high-altitude ball has no pressure on him.

Xia Guoyong said that if Jose plays basketball, then he will be the next Yao Ming.

In the 26th minute, England got another free kick.

Will Jose play this time?
(End of this chapter)