VfL Wolfsburg finished just one point behind Bayer Leverkusen last season and missed out on a Champions League spot.

After the introduction of De Bruyne, their strength has improved significantly, and the creativity of the midfield even faintly surpasses Bayern Munich.

Faced with such an opponent, Schmidt's response was to actively scramble for the midfielders to prevent De Bruyne from taking the ball as much as possible.

The defensive tasks were all given to José in command.

After the start of the game, the Leverkusen team pressed Wolfsburg in strict accordance with Schmidt's requirements.

However, the tenacious Wolfsburg not only withstood the Leverkusen team's scramble, but even counter-attacked to threaten.

In the 4th minute, Rodriguez took the lead with the first shot on goal.

On the edge of the box, Rodriguez picked up the ball.

Faced with a dense Bayer Leverkusen defence, Rodriguez couldn't find any route to pass the ball.

Glancing inside the penalty area, he noticed that Jose was facing the sky at this time, not looking at him at all.

Bayer Leverkusen goalkeeper, is this a mental trip?

Maybe it's a good opportunity.

Rodriguez suddenly fired a cold arrow and shot directly with his feet.

The ball first passed through the Bayer Leverkusen backline and then flew towards the top right corner of the goal.

However, the moment Rodriguez got up to shoot, Jose actually started to move towards the right side of the goal.

Wasn't he looking at the sky just now?

Rodriguez certainly didn't know that Jose wasn't looking at the sky, but at the stadium from God's point of view.

From God's point of view, Rodriguez's sudden shot, Jose can see it clearly.

At first, Jose only thought that "time and space pause" was his own plug-in, but as he grew up, Jose found that every talent and every free-kick technique given to him by the system was his super plug-in.

Under Rodriguez's somewhat surprised gaze, Jose securely confiscated the ball from his opponent's shot.

The first wave of the Wolfsburg offensive was declared futile.

Jose unhurriedly kicked the goal.

Once again, the two sides competed.

In the 7th minute, Bayer Leverkusen suffered a heavy blow.

【Maranda】Dribbling the ball into the left side of the penalty area.

Just as he was about to get up and shoot, Donati flew to the goal, and he tackled [Maranda] directly from behind.

"Beep, beep~" The referee's whistle sounded.

Red Dot Package.

Donati and Bayer Leverkusen were sentenced to death.

Seeing the referee's decision, the fans of the Leverkusen team who accompanied the team were half chilled on the spot.

At this time, the game is just over 7 and a half minutes, and you have to fall behind by one goal and play one less?

It was as if people had seen a fiasco for the leaders.

"And me." Jose said to his slightly frustrated teammates.

Rodriguez was in charge of taking the penalty.

Without too much fancy, Ricardo Rodriguez strode and then fired a powerful left-footed shot into the bottom left corner.

"Time and space pause."

Although Jose was 60 per cent sure that he could save a shot straight away, he still used a plug-in.

At this moment, Jose will not allow the slightest accident to happen.

Playing one less player has already affected morale, and if you fall behind by one more goal, then this game will definitely be lost.

Ricardo Rodriguez's shot speed is very fast, already exceeding the speed of the average defender's big kick.

However, under the control of the power that surpassed the whole world, Jose still easily blocked the ball directly.

Although Jose's first save was a little out of his hands, the ball didn't roll out of his control.

"Huh? Ronaldo's penalty was confiscated. The live broadcast said incredulously.

"Whoa." The Leverkusen fans in the stands immediately burst into enthusiastic applause.

"Haha, I knew Jose would be able to pounce." Schmidt excitedly said to the people around him.

"Alas, poor Ronaldo, he probably doesn't know yet, Jose's best thing is to save penalties."

"Steady, we didn't lose." Jose held the ball in one hand as he shouted at his teammates.

The game continues.

With one man in hand, Wolfsburg gradually dominated the field and they began to constantly look for loopholes in Leverkusen's lack of players.

Leverkusen, because of one less player, began to reduce the intensity of attack, which also allowed Wolfsburg to have more possession, and the possession ratio between the two sides once reached 3:1.

In the 24th minute, Wolfsburg had another good chance to score.

In front of the penalty area, De Bruyne takes the ball.

Bender stepped forward to intercept.

However, before Bender could get closer, De Bruyne made a pass.

The ball went straight through the Bayer Leverkusen defence before falling into the right side of the box.

Vierinha came out from the right and grabbed the ball first.

Facing Jose, Vierinha shot straight at goal.

The ball flew towards the near post.

"This ball must be off, right?"

Jose thought so, but made a flying save.

As a result, José pounced.

Vierinha's shot grazed the post and rolled off the line.

José's judgment was correct.

Although he judged in advance that the opponent's shot was missed, Jose did not have any idea about it, and if he did it again, he would still make an honest save.

The current Jose does not have the confidence of Buffon.

The game continues.

VfL Wolfsburg kept the attacking intensity against Bayer Leverkusen throughout.

In the 26th minute, Vierinha received a pass from De Bruyne.

From 12 yards out, Vierinha fired a powerful shot.

The ball was confiscated directly by Jose.

In the 27th minute, Ricardo Rodriguez broke through on the wing.

Without Donati, Bellaraby couldn't stop him at all.

Ricardo - straight into the left side of the box.

In the face of Jedwai's attack, he shot directly into the far corner.

The ball went straight past Jedwai, but not Jose.

I saw José suddenly take two steps forward, then leap high, reach into the air with both hands, and take Ricardo Rodriguez's shot directly from the halfway point.

After winning the ball, Jose took a look at the situation in front of the field.

At this time, Wolfsburg had already pressed the midfield with all its members, and there was a great tendency to press the Leverkusen team to the ground and rub it.

"Good opportunity." José smiled.

Kick straight and quickly into the goal.

Only a "bang" was heard, and the ball turned into a streamer, and instantly crossed the midfield and fell behind the opponent's defense.

Dermic rushed forward quickly, and at only 22 years old, he was naturally extremely fast.

Dermic scrambled to get the one-on-one ball from Jose's pass.

Naldo and Robin Knoch chased after Dermic, but they couldn't catch up at all.

In the blink of an eye, Dermic was already in the opponent's penalty area.

In the face of the attacking opposing goalkeeper, Dermic calmly volleyed.

The ball went in.

Bayer Leverkusen, who had one man less, opened the scoring first.

This goal, Jose definitely deserves the first credit.

Because of this goal, the morale of the Bayer Leverkusen team instantly returned,

No longer cowering, Bayer Leverkusen began to organise their attack.

In ancient times, attacks would be initiated by the front midfielder or forward, and in the 21st century, the ball from the back has become the mainstream.

Nowadays, a goalkeeper who can play the ball will be more popular with the manager.

It's a pity that the Leverkusen team is still missing one person after all, and the intensity of the attack is really very limited.

In addition, Wolfsburg itself is extraordinary.

The outside world believes that Wolfsburg is at least one of the top three teams this season.

On the contrary, the youth team of Bayer Leverkusen, who are temporarily in first place, are not very favored.

In the 45th minute, Wolfsburg regained control.

Rodriguez won the ball on the left and he had plenty of space and time to make crosses.

The ball is played straight into the box.

Eight yards in front of goal in the penalty area, Vierinha won the spot.

Vierinha headed in with a direct header.

The ball hangs in the top right corner.

Under normal circumstances, it would be a must-score.

Because when Rodriguez gets the ball, Jose has to rush to the left side of the goal to block.

After Rodriguez passed, Jose moved to the center of the goal as soon as possible.

Jose is certainly fast, but not as fast as the ball flies.

When Vierinha scored with a header, Jose was still on the left side of the net.

It's just that, in extraordinary circumstances, Jose has a cheat.

With the second that the plug-in had earned, Jose finally reached the right side of the goal.

Fish leaping dragon gate.

Jose single-handedly blocked the opposition's shot off the line.

VfL Wolfsburg gets a corner on the right.

The corner kick was taken without much threat and was confiscated by Jose.

At half-time, Bayer Leverkusen, who played one less, actually led by one goal away.

Intermission.

"Jose, any thoughts for the second half?" Schmidt made a rare attempt to ask José for his opinion.

"Defend and counterattack." José said a few words lightly.

José said this, naturally, with his own reasons.

Now it's an away game, and with one less player, in the lead, it is the most cost-effective thing to defend well.

Of course, while defending well, you also need to be ready to give the opponent a blow at any time.

"Makes sense." Schmidt gave Jose a thumbs up.

Jose doesn't know a lot about the specific tactical arrangements, but he understands a truth very well, football is nothing more than sending the ball into the opponent's goal, and then preventing the opponent from sending the ball into his own goal.

In order to achieve these two goals, any means of compliance can be used.

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

Schmidt made the first substitution.

Lenac replaces Bender and Bonisch replaces Oztunali.

Bonisch came on and partnered with Spašić at centre-back, while Yedwai moved to right-back.

Reducing an offensive staff and adding a defender is a change Schmidt made based on Jose's suggestion.

In fact, it's also one of the most regular changes in the vast majority of games.

VfL Wolfsburg still maintained their attacking advantage.

However, neither De Bruyne, [Maranda] nor Bendtner could threaten Jose with their shots on goal.

In the 63rd minute, Wolfsburg won another corner kick opportunity.

Kevin De Bruyne was responsible for the corner, and his corners were very imaginative, i.e. he did not have a long ball into the box, nor did he opt for a short tactical corner, but instead played a long ball directly in front of the box.

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