Before the start of this match, another match in the same group has ended.

Monaco drew 0-0 away at Zenit St. Petersburg.

Zenit has accumulated 4 points in two rounds, and the qualification situation is very good.

Bayer Leverkusen and Benfica, if they want to take the initiative to qualify, they must go all out in this game.

At 20:45 local time, the game officially began.

The home team gets the first kick-off.

Kiessling passes directly back to Bender.

After Bender stopped the ball, he passed directly to Son Xingchou.

Son Xingchou took the ball and ran wildly on the side.

In the blink of an eye, he has come to the left side of the opponent's penalty area.

Unfortunately, Benfica is not a rookie team.

Bayer Leverkusen's opening fast break failed to break through the opposition defence.

In the end, Calhanoglu could only attempt a long-range shot in the penalty area after receiving the ball.

Failed to threaten Sasser.

Calhanoglu shot high.

In the 25th minute, Bayer Leverkusen counterattacked.

Calhanoglu split the ball, and the ball reached the feet of Son Xingchou.

On the left edge of the penalty area, Son Xing volleyed with his feet.

Low flat ball, quite a threat.

However, the angle failed to open and was pounced on by Sasser.

The ball didn't roll far.

Skilling scrambled to shoot into the empty net.

The ball went in.

Bayer Leverkusen opened the scoring.

The stats show that it was Kiessling's 10th goal of the season.

Benfica's counter-attack.

Eliseu cut inside with the ball on the wing.

Leinertz failed to complete an interception.

On the left side of the HLD, Eliseu goes straight into the penalty area.

The ball slipped past Spašić's feet and rolled towards the right side of the six-yard box.

Salvio shook off the interception of the Bayer Leverkusen player and scrambled to get the ball first.

From 10 yards in front of goal, Salvio was more than capable of shooting with his feet.

José hastened to block it.

However, Jose had a vague feeling that the opponent would not choose to shoot straight on goal.

Because, under Jose's blocking, there are really not many shooting angles left for Salvio.

As expected, Salvio chose to cross the left side of the box.

At some point, Eliseu had already run to the left side of the penalty area.

"When did you become so skillful in using the sound of the east and the west?" Jose complained in his heart, but his body was moving towards the left side of the goal at a very fast speed.

Jose moved quickly, but it was Eliseu who had the shot on goal first.

From 10 yards, Eliseu fired a left-footed shot into the near corner.

The ball immediately turned towards the bottom left corner of the goal.

Barring any surprises, this will be a must-score.

There was no way, Jose had to use the first timeout of the game.

After a second of extra cheating gains, Jose finally rushed to the left side of the goal.

Jumping to the side, Jose saved the opponent's shot with incredible speed in front of the goal line.

José single-handedly defused this attack from Benfica.

"You're as tough as the rumors say." Eliseu said to José with a look of regret.

Eliseu only moved to Benfica from Malaga in July of this year, and Jose had never met him before that, and now that he said so, someone else must have told him about José.

Hearing the other party's words, José didn't answer, just smiled slightly.

After getting up from the ground, José took a look at the field.

There is no chance of a quick counterattack.

Jose tosses the ball to Hilbert.

It's always much easier to attack on the flanks than in the middle.

In the 34th minute, Bayer Leverkusen attacked the opponent's penalty area again.

On the right side of the penalty area, Bellaby and Bender are here.

In the face of the opposition player Enzo Perez's pressing, Bellarabi appeared very calm.

Before the opposition got closer, Bellaraby passed the ball to Bender.

Seeing the ball pass to Bender, Enzo Perez immediately turned around to intercept Bender.

However, Bender didn't stop the ball at all and passed it straight back to Bellarabi.

The two played a trick on Enzo Perez.

After receiving Bender's return pass, Velaraby passed the ball directly into the middle with a low flat ball.

12 yards in front of goal, Son Heungchou received a pass from Bellarabi and pulled directly into the top right corner.

Sassel leapt to his feet.

Unfortunately, he was not Jose, and although he touched the ball, he still couldn't stop it from flying into the goal.

Bayer Leverkusen have a two-goal lead.

With a two-goal lead and Jose in goal, is the big picture decided?

Definitely.

Benfica, who were behind, began to fight back wildly.

In the 35th minute, Benfica player Talisca retreated to get the ball.

On the edge of the HLD, Bender stepped forward for a steal.

As a result, he was a little slower to get his foot out of the HLD and failed to touch the ball, bringing Talisca down outside the HLD.

Benfica won a free-kick.

The penalty position is excellent, and Benfica has a lot of tactics to choose from.

God's perspective opened, and Jose immediately commanded his teammates to line up the human wall.

"Russ, a little to the left." Jose shouted at Bend.

Hearing José's shout, Bender immediately moved half a step to the left, and at the same time turned back and asked, "Is this enough?" ”

"A little more, okay, that's enough."

"Do you want to arrange for someone to lie on the ground and block the next three roads?" Spasic asked.

Jose wasn't afraid to shoot from the bottom, but nodded in response, "Yes." ”

Hearing José's words, Wendell walked directly behind the wall and lay on the ground on his side facing the goal.

Line up the wall, and the referee signals that it is time to take a penalty.

Gaitan was in charge of the free-kick opportunity.

It is impossible for the three-man wall to completely block all the ball routes.

Gaitan has a number of options to choose from, with a direct volley into the top left corner being the most ideal.

However, unexpectedly, Gaitan opted to volley directly at the foot of the wall.

The ball turned into a white light, which instantly passed under the foot of the wall and hit Wendell's back.

Immediately afterwards, the ball that had been turned turned and continued to fly towards the upper right side of the goal.

It was an imaginative shot.

Whether it was the direction of Gaitan's shot, or the change of direction after the ball bounced, it was all very unexpected.

Originally, the human wall expelled by Jose had completely blocked the right side of the goal.

But now, under the unpredictability, the trajectory of the ball is completely beyond everyone's expectations.

"Pretty."

"Good shot." Benfica fans are ready to celebrate.

However, Jose seemed to have been prepared, moving quickly and then leaping towards the top right corner of the goal.

Jose actually took Gaitan's imaginative shot directly at goal.

The trajectory of the ball is indeed unpredictable, but the speed of the ball has slowed down considerably after hitting Wendell's back.

With Jose's concentration, when a problem is discovered, there is a response to it as soon as possible.

In this way, a very imaginative free kick was defused by Jose.

Benfica's fans' celebrations came to an abrupt halt after only half of the process, replaced by a sighing expression.

The Leverkusen fans' stand erupted in warm applause.

In just one month, Jose used his performance to conquer the fans of Bayer Leverkusen.

The game continues.

First half stoppage time.

Kiessling passes.

Son Xingchou burst into the penalty area on the left side and curled the ball from a small angle.

Unfortunately, it missed the far corner post.

At the end of the first half, Bayer Leverkusen went into the break with a two-goal advantage.

Although this is only a group stage of the Champions League, and it is still the middle of the night in China, the number of fans watching the game is not a lot at all.

Live chat room.

"The pharmaceutical company has made a lot of money this time."

"Mu Bird is really reluctant to give young players a chance."

"Can't you say the same, didn't he promote four young players from the youth team?"

"Who?"

"Zouma, Andreas Christensen, Ake, Zike, and Zouma is said to be preparing to be Terry's successor."

"Well, I know Zike, Hazard's understudy, dribbling skills are okay, but I like to go it alone too much."

"He thinks he's the king of the ball."

Surprisingly, this was supposed to be the game between Bayer Leverkusen and Benfica, and the most discussed by fans was Mourinho and Chelsea.

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

Benfica made the first substitution.

Maxi Pereira and Lima came off the bench and were replaced by Cristante and Talisca.

It was a counterpoint substitution.

Lima and Delrey form a two-striker pairing, with Maxi Pereira in the midfield position.

Lima tee off and pass straight back to Gaitan.

Gaitan held the ball slightly and then split the side and passed to Eliseu.

Eliseu ran wide and went straight to the left side of the Bayer Leverkusen penalty area.

Benfica is also planning to blitz Bayer Leverkusen?

As it turned out, Benfica's move didn't work.

Eliseu had no chance of a cross at all thanks to the combined interception of Hilbert and Leinerts.

Eventually, the ball reached the feet of Enzo Pérez.

From outside the box, Enzo Perez shoots from distance.

The ball made a beautiful arc in the air and flew towards the top right corner of the goal.

José glanced at the trajectory of the ball's flight.

Even a rookie can see that this shot is completely high.

Benfica's first wave of attacks failed to threaten Jose's goal.

In the 51st minute, Benfica attacked again in the box.

Maxi Pereira, who came off the bench, burst into the HLD with the ball.

Toprak and Spasic were ready to intercept.

Before the two could get closer, Maxi Pereira made a pass.

Directly diagonally to the right side of the penalty area, where Salvio is in charge.

Salvio picked up the ball and fired a low left-footed shot into the near corner.

The ball was fast and in the blink of an eye it was in front of goal.

At the same time, José had already flown to arrive.

I saw him stretch out his left foot, and at the same time sit down quickly, completely blocking the entire lower right corner of the goal.

Alvio's shot ended up on José's left leg and bounced back.

There are also shots on goal.

Alvio sprinted forward quickly towards the bouncing ball.

However, how could Jose let the opponent shoot easily?

Although José was half-seated at this time, he didn't need to get up at all, but he leaned forward directly, kicked hard with his right foot, and then pounced on the ball.

Incredibly, Jose held down the bouncing ball.

It's a long story, but in reality, the whole process is lightning fast.

From Jose blocking the opponent's shot to making the second save, the whole process was like a single save.

It's incredible.

(End of chapter)