At 3 o'clock in the morning on July 11, China time, the high-profile European Cup final began.

For England, Hodgson still has a 433 lineup, and the specific list is as follows.

Goalkeeper: Jose.

Defenders: Danny Rose, Chris Smalling, Cahill, Kyle Walker.

Midfielders: Wayne Rooney, Dier, Alli.

Forwards: Raheem Sterling, Harry Kane, Sturridge.

Stones was named in the 25-man squad but failed to get a minute of playing time, joining him on the bench with Milner, Lallana, Wilshere, Jamie Vardy, Marcus Rashford and others.

For Portugal, Fernando Santos lined up a single midfield formation of 4132, and the specific list is as follows.

Goalkeeper: Patricio.

Defenders: Guerrero, Jose Fonte, Pepe, Cedric Suarez.

Single midfielder: William Carvalho.

Attacking defenders: Joao Mario, Adrian Silva, Renato Santos.

Forwards: Nani, Cristiano Ronaldo.

Before the start of the European Championships, no one could have imagined that England would reach the final against Portugal.

As we all know, most of the British players are inflated in value, but their strength is very limited, and the British media is one of the sources of the England team's troubles.

Much of Jose's decision to join the English football team is very difficult to understand.

The British are one of the most arrogant in the world, and how could they, who have always regarded themselves as the birthplace of football, be willing to let a Chinese play on their behalf?

The only explanation is that Jose has become so strong that even the Great British cannot accept it.

As a result, some began to regret not sending an invitation to José in time.

Now that the boat is in place, the only hope is that one day FIFA will be able to relax the players to represent other national teams.

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As the referee's whistle blew, the game began.

Portugal kicked off first.

However, the ball soon fell to the feet of England.

The Portuguese team retreated to the half for the first time, and they were able to reach the final, which was naturally inseparable from a solid defense.

Cristiano Ronaldo works very hard and motivates Portugal on his own.

England took the initiative, but most of the time they went it alone, and there was very little cooperation with each other.

In the 11th minute, Kyle Walker shifted with a big foot.

Danny Rose crosses from the wing.

It's a pity that Kane hit the ball a little higher.

In the 16th minute, Ronaldo received a pass from Sanchez and pushed it from a small angle.

There was really no threat, Jose was embarrassed to block it, and he directly confiscated Ronaldo's shot.

Before you know it, the game has come to the 25th minute.

Cristiano Ronaldo was too aggressive in the scramble for the ball, and unfortunately got injured.

The team doctor of the Portuguese team hurriedly stepped forward to check.

As a result, the team doctor proposed a substitution.

But Ronaldo is not willing to play, for him, it is not easy to reach the final, and he must seize this opportunity.

After a brief treatment by the team doctor, Ronaldo returned to the field to continue playing.

In the 38th minute, Cristiano Ronaldo found a hole in England's defense and sent a through ball into the box.

Nani won the ball and volleyed into the far corner with the outside of his instep.

Nani's shot was much more threatening than Ronaldo's shot just now.

Jose finally made the first save of the game.

At the end of the first half, while England had the upper hand, Portugal were the better side of the real threat.

In the 50th minute of the second half, Wayne Rooney took a free kick.

Kane hit the crossbar with a header and bounced back.

Ali has a second shot from outside the box.

This time, the ball flew off the line after being touched by Patricio.

The corner kick is taken and the first drop is headed over by the Portuguese player.

Raheem Sterling wins the ball from the edge of the box.

The "Happy Boy" forgot to shoot and the ball was eventually cut off from his feet by the Portuguese player.

In the 58th minute of the game, England made substitutions.

Rashford was replaced, and the purpose was naturally to strengthen the counter-attacking speed in the front.

Dier then fouled Sissoko and received a yellow card.

Meanwhile, Portugal won a free-kick in front.

Cristiano Ronaldo's free-kick made a beautiful arc in the air.

With such a beautiful free kick, Jose felt like he couldn't bear to pounce.

In the end, José pretended to try his best to make a save.

It was just that the ball that Jose blocked fell to Cahill very accurately.

Cahill didn't realise anything, and he was decisive to clear the ball as soon as possible.

Once again, Portugal's attack was disrupted.

On 79 minutes, Portugal made a substitution and Ed came on.

However, they still focus on defending and counterattacking.

In the 87th minute, there was not much time left in regular time.

England had the best chance of the game.

England's attack caused a brief period of confusion in the Portuguese penalty area.

In the confusion, Rashford fired from less than half a metre from goal.

As a result, Rashford, in order to pursue the angle of the shot, actually hit the ball to the far post.

The two sides played to a 90-minute draw, and extra time was about to begin.

Going into extra time, Jose appeared very calm, and he knew very well that the longer it dragged on, the better it would be for Jose.

Penalty shootout? Jose has never been afraid of any team.

Guerrero was booked for a 95-minute foul and Alli was also booked two minutes later.

A minute later, Carvalho picked up his sixth yellow card of the game.

First half of extra time.

The physical contact between the two sides was very intense, but there was still no chance to score.

In the second half of extra-time, England had more than twice as many shots on goal as their opponents, but most of their shots were on target.

The two sides could only go into a brutal penalty shoot-out.

In the penalty shootout, Jose once again made three consecutive saves.

Cristiano Ronaldo takes the first penalty.

As a result, it was directly blocked by Jose without using the plug-in.

At that time, the first penalty taker could not break the goal guarded by Jose, let alone the others.

When Jose saved Portugal's penalty three times in a row, people finally realized that playing against Jose's team, once dragged to the penalty shootout, was equivalent to directly declaring Jose's team the winner.

It's a sad thing that what was supposed to be an absolutely fair penalty shoot-out turned into a guaranteed project because of Jose's appearance.

There was an appeal to change the rules of the penalty shoot-out, but it was silenced by the other goalkeepers before it could be shouted.

You can't make rules to limit Mero just because they score more goals.

In fact, some people think this is a good thing.

Because when other teams face Jose's team in the future, it will be pointless to delay the defense.

In this way, under the leadership of Jose, England won the European Championship for the first time in history.

Harry Kane also won his first title.

He could never have imagined that staying at Tottenham would not be able to win a club title.

The news spread back to Huaxia and immediately exploded in the football circle.

(End of chapter)