Just then, Pep Guardiola began to make substitutions, with Piggy Schweinsteiger coming off the bench and Muller being substituted in the final moments.

Alonso takes a short corner.

The ball is at the piglet's feet.

After the player who attracted Bayer Leverkusen approached to the right, Piggy chose to play the ball directly to the back post.

The ball flew over the crowd's heads and landed towards the left side of the box.

There, Ribery was unmarked.

After receiving a pass from the piglet, Ribery headed straight at the goal.

At this point, the follow-up shot had passed 30 seconds.

In the face of Bayern's last-minute attack, Jose knew in his heart that only by completely controlling the ball could Bayern's wave of attacks end.

That's when the referee blows the whistle to end the game.

Regardless of the risk of getting out of his hands, Jose grabbed the ball directly with both hands.

He's going to take the ball straight away.

This time, Lady Luck was on José's side.

Without getting rid of it, Jose took the ball straight without danger.

Seeing Jose holding the ball, the visiting fans stood in the stands, and suddenly burst into enthusiastic cheers.

Being able to draw at the home of the powerful Bayern is a joy for the fans of the pharmaceutical factory.

Post-match wrap-up.

Bayern had 73 per cent possession in the game but only managed 10 shots on goal, so it's no wonder that some fans complained after the game that Pep Guardiola was hypnotizing everyone.

Despite just 10 shots, Jose made nine saves.

If it weren't for Jose's heroic play, Bayern would definitely have beaten Bayer Leverkusen into a sieve.

For Gua's Bayern's performance, it is really word-of-mouth polarization.

As for Bayer Leverkusen, they had only 27% possession and only three shots on goal, all in the first half, and in the entire second half, they didn't even have a single shot on goal.

Neuer only made one save plus one strike, so it could be said that it was extremely easy.

Since then, Jose and Neuer have both kept 11 clean sheets in the league, the joint-top of the top five leagues.

Although Bayer Leverkusen kept one more clean sheet than Bayern, Jose missed the first round against Borussia Dortmund and therefore failed to surpass Neuer.

Neuer proved to the world that he is the world's number one goalkeeper, and Jose has also proved to the world that he has the capital to compete with Neuer.

After the game, the media reported that the most mentioned was not Bayern's attackers, but Neuer and Jose.

Neuer's attack absolutely amazed everyone.

And Jose's extreme triple save is also constantly mentioned.

The play of the two goalkeepers overshadowed all the attacking players on the field.

The away draw with Bayern was very satisfying for everyone.

In midweek, Bayer Leverkusen will travel to Benfica for their final Champions League group stage match.

The day before departure, after training, José did not go straight home as usual, but went headlong into the base cafeteria.

Just yesterday, Jose lost a bet with his teammates.

Sun Xingchou and the others actually proposed to compete with Jose to see who had the most consecutive juggling balls.

The person who juggles the ball the least has one thing to do for everyone else.

Playing possession against a goalkeeper is a clear bullying.

Although it was an unfair game, Jose did not refuse. He thinks that it doesn't matter if he loses, and that it is more important than anything else to be able to build a good relationship with his teammates.

So, José lost unsurprisingly.

After losing the bet, Jose agreed on the spot and cooked an authentic Chinese dish for everyone to eat.

Generally speaking, with the strictness of the Germans, non-kitchen staff are never allowed to enter the kitchen.

But José is an exception.

The kitchen management of the base not only agreed to let Jose in, but even helped Jose buy relevant ingredients.

The first dish Jose wants to take is: Cantonese roast duck.

Although there is no hanging oven here, there is still an oven, but the color of the roast duck is a little different.

Still, when a whole roast duck comes out, it's eaten up in an instant.

As for the second course, it is steamed grouper.

The Germans do not eat fish, as is the case in China, but they eat fish by separating the flesh and frying or frying it.

And the whole fish is steamed and eaten, which is a novelty for them.

Of course, steamed fish is indispensable for fish sauce, but fortunately, Jose's parents sent a few bottles.

There are no chopsticks here, but there are spoons.

When the tender fish slid into their mouths, everyone was stunned, they never thought that the fish could be so delicious.

The third course is the beef that everyone usually eats, but the difference is that Jose dices the beef and then stir-fries.

That's right, the third dish José made was fried beef with green onions.

There is no wok, but with a pan, you can achieve the same effect.

They ate a lot of butter-fried steaks, but stir-fried beef cubes in sesame oil, they tried it for the first time.

The first three dishes were all satisfied.

The last course is much simpler, vinegared with shredded potatoes.

Potatoes are eaten all over the world, and they are definitely the only ones that are shredded and fried like Chinese people.

Everyone gave a thumbs up after tasting the dishes made by Jose.

"He, this dish is so delicious, if you open a restaurant like this, I will visit it every day." Bender said.

As the saying goes, the speaker has no intention, but the listener has a heart.

Bender's words alerted Jose on the spot, and a plan began to emerge in his mind.

The next day, José boarded a plane to Portugal with his teammates.

Jose is no stranger to the Stadium of Light.

It was here a few months ago that he led the Villa side to the final.

It's just that today's game is far less important than the one a few months ago.

Benfica are out of the tournament and all they have to fight for is the face of their home stadium.

Leverkusen, on the other hand, has to fight for the top spot in the group, after all, the group is the first and the probability of encountering weaker opponents will be greater.

Compared to the first round, Schmidt hid Son Heung-chou and Kiessling.

Benfica kicked off first and the two sides played with great openness.

You come and go, so it's not lively.

Only the last kick failed to threaten the goalkeepers of Jose and Benfica.

In the end, at the end of the game, Benfica had 14 shots on goal, only three shots on target, and no goals.

Bayer Leverkusen, on the other hand, also had 11 shots on goal, hitting four shots inside the goal, but also failed to score.

The two sides drew 0-0.

As a result of the other game in the group, Monaco won 2-0 at home to Zenit, picking up three points.

As a result, Monaco and Bayer Leverkusen are tied on 11 and both qualified together.

Due to the win-loss relationship between Monaco and the pharmaceutical company, Monaco won the group, and Bayer Leverkusen finished second in the group.

The results of the draw came out shortly after.

Bayer Leverkusen's 1/8 final opponent is Atletico Madrid, the first place in Group A.

It's definitely a tough opponent to mess with.

After returning from Portugal, the Bundesliga began to drive fast.

There will be 3 league rounds to play over the next 10 days.

First, on 14 December, Bayer Leverkusen will host fifth-placed Borussia Mönchengladbach.

In this game, Calhanoglu relied on a long-range shot from outside the penalty area and finally won 1-0.

Thanks to Bayern's 4-0 win away, Jose and Neuer have kept the same number of clean sheets.

After only three days of rest, the 16th round of the Bundesliga continues.

Bayer Leverkusen take on Hoffenheim away.

Bayer Leverkusen dominated the game, hitting the target nine times from 18 shots, and ultimately relied on a goal from Kiessling to win by a narrow goal.

If it weren't for Jose's high and low block, Hoffenheim would have had every chance of winning the game.

Three days later, on December 20, the final round of the Bundesliga halfway season began.

Bayer Leverkusen host Eintracht Frankfurt.

After this match, the Bundesliga will enter a one-month winter break.

So, for this game before the holiday, some of the players were very excited.

In the 36th minute, Eintracht Frankfurt's attack.

Eintracht Frankfurt's Qianguishi burst into the left side of the box with the ball.

Yedwai intercepted the Qianguishi, but as a result, he moved too much and took down the opponent.

Bayer Leverkusen were awarded a penalty.

Although Jedvaj gave the opponent a penalty, his daring style of fighting was recognized by Schmidt.

On 20 January, Yedwai ended his loan deal and moved to Bayer Leverkusen, becoming the only player to complete a move to Bayer Leverkusen in the '15 winter window.

This is a matter for later, so I won't talk about it again.

Eintracht Frankfurt's leading goalscorer, Meyer, took the penalty.

When Meyer stood for the free throw, Jose's god-level prediction responded.

Meyer is about to volley into the bottom left corner.

Without using a stunt, Jose still saved Meyer's penalty.

Eintracht Frankfurt missed the lead.

Meyer missed the penalty but still leads the scorers with 13 goals.

In the first half, Bayer Leverkusen were scoreless and the two sides played 0-0.

In the second half, the situation was the same, with Bayer Leverkusen having more shots on goal, but most of them were off target.

It was Eintracht Frankfurt who were playing away and they were a dangerous shot.

In the 76th minute, Meier picked up a leak in front of him and pushed a left-footed shot into the bottom left corner.

For Meyer's goalmouth shot, Jose was too late to save.

Thankfully, Jedvaj was back in place and kept his shot out.

Yedwai used his actions to show everyone that reliability and cheating can exist at the same time.

Just as he was about to end the game, something unexpected happened.

Eintracht Frankfurt substitute Medojevic conceded a goal at the back, allowing Bellaraby to have a chance to counter-attack.

Bellaraby pushed home and Bayer Leverkusen narrowly won by a single goal.

With Bayern and Mainz tied 2-1, Jose's clean sheets finally surpassed Neuer.

At the halfway point of the Bundesliga, Bayern is in first place with 13 wins, 4 draws and 43 points.

Bayer Leverkusen, on the other hand, is second with 12 wins, 5 draws, and 41 points.

Jose wants to win the Bundesliga, but it will not be easy.

As for why Jose wants to win the league title so much, it is probably because Mourinho's team is now at the top of the Premier League.

During the one-month winter break, although the team's training did not stop, Jose decided to go home and have a look.

Because of the plan in my heart, I need to go home and discuss it with my parents before I can decide.

(End of chapter)