Chapter 338: It must be open
Seeing Neymar take the penalty, Jose was ready and did not dare to be sloppy.
There is no doubt about the footwork of the Brazilian players, who are perfectly capable of delivering difficult shots.
With the referee's whistle, Neymar moved.
Before touching the ball, Neymar's movements were deceptive.
However, José was unmoved, he did not pounce in a certain direction in advance.
Neymar is worthy of the courage of his master, and he actually chose to kick the top right corner of the goal.
In penalty kicks, the two dead corners above the goal are almost equal to a must-score, but because they are easy to kick off, few players choose to do so.
Before Neymar kicked the ball, Jose didn't make any saves.
So almost everyone thinks that Brazil are going to equalize.
However, unexpectedly, fans all over the world only saw a flower in front of them, and Jose came first.
He single-handedly blocked Neymar's penalty.
"Boom~" Even the harsh British fans sincerely gave Ho Sai a warm applause at this time.
"God, Jose is really God."
"Brazil couldn't score a penalty, what did they do to equalise."
England fans and players were excited, but Jose remained calm and could foresee the stormy storm coming for Brazil.
At the end of the first half, thanks to Fernandinho's own goal, England unexpectedly took the lead over Brazil.
In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again.
Brazil were the first to make personnel changes, with Roberto Firmino coming on in place of Willian.
After the opening, England took the initiative to attack, praying to extend the score and stabilize the victory.
Unfortunately, the backline led by Thiago Silva was too solid for Harry Kane and Raheem Sterling to shoot at all.
In the 51st minute, the Brazilian team organized an attack on the wing.
Marcelo crosses the ball low.
Kyle Walker failed to intercept and allowed Firmino to get the ball in the box.
Without stopping the ball, Firmino fired a direct half-volley.
However, after glancing at the opponent's shot, Jose only moved slightly and did not make any save.
Jose has already seen that Firmino's shot is off target.
Sure enough, the ball hit the outside of the post and flew off the baseline.
As the game progressed, Jose's form got better and better.
A minute later, Neymar burst into the left side of the box with the ball.
Kyle Walker intercepts him.
In full view, Neymar fell again in the box.
Brazil is going to take a penalty again?
Just as Neymar looked at him expectantly, the referee shook his head and signaled that Kyle Walker's defense had not been fouled.
"Alas, after Neymar went to Barcelona, his ball skills did not improve, but he learned the acting skills of Laying."
"If Neymar wants to surpass Melo, it is estimated that it is impossible, and as for surpassing Jose, he can only wait for the next life."
"Grand Paris is also rich, and if you buy Jose for 220 million euros, you will already win the Champions League."
"Is it possible that 220 million can't buy Jose at all?"
Amid the heated buzz from the fans, the game continued.
In the 54th minute, Paulinho forced a breakthrough and stabbed a shot.
There is no threat.
Jose easily confiscated the shot.
This save was arguably the easiest save of the game.
Two minutes later, VAR was on the line.
Gabriel Jesus picked up the ball on the right side of the box and was brought down by the on-site Maguire after he got past Ashley Young in the crotch.
The Brazilian player signals for a foul on Harry Maguire.
However, the video referee determined after the replay that Maguire's defence was not fouled.
Football is a competitive sport, and physical collisions are inevitable, and not all physical contact is a foul.
Subsequently, England organized an attack.
Unfortunately, Raheem Sterling was once again contemplating life in the box, missing Harry Kane's pass.
In the 63rd minute, substitute Douglas Costa hit the right side of the penalty area.
Some fans joked that the Brazilian team missed Diego Costa, so they found Douglas Costa to replace them.
In fact, the two Costas are not comparable at all.
At least in Jose's opinion, Douglas Costa's shot save was a little easier.
Jose just stretched out his right foot and blocked the opposition's shot.
The blocked ball rolls towards Paulinho.
Paulinho made a second shot and the ball flew straight into the far corner.
If Jose's first save was a down-and-down save, then Paulinho's follow-up shot had a real chance to score.
It's a pity that José was always on his feet the whole time.
So Paulinho's follow-up shot was confiscated by Jose.
England then stepped up their pressing in midfield and Kieran Trippier was given the first yellow card of the game.
In the 71st minute, in the face of England's dense defense, Douglas Costa could only try a long-range shot from outside the box.
Douglas Costa's shot, although fast, was not enough, and Jose leaped to his feet and confiscated the ball directly from mid-air.
Brazil should miss Carlos' presence at this time, right?
In the 75th minute, England's attack failed to make progress, instead giving Brazil a chance to counter-attack.
Douglas Costa counter-attacked and got a chance to face Jose alone.
He was tempted to get past Jose before shooting, but a shadowless pressure allowed Douglas Costa to volley in a hurry.
Jose leaped sideways and single-handedly blocked Douglas Costa's shot.
The ball didn't fly far and was picked up by Neymar.
Neymar scored the ball as soon as he could.
The ball went around Jose's direction and flew straight into the far corner.
There was no way, in the face of Neymar's supplementary shot, Jose had to use the second plug-in of the game.
A minute later, Brazil had a good chance to equalise.
Philippe Coutinho picks up a cross from inside the box.
The unmarked Augustos cut in from behind and headed straight at goal.
The ball flew straight into the top left corner of the goal.
At this point, Jose was still on the right side of the centre of the goal.
"Good shot." The Brazilian fans cheered on the spot.
However, Brazil's cheers seem to have come a little early.
Jose rushed to the left side of the goal with incredible speed and then jumped to his feet.
He single-handedly blocked the ball off the line.
"Impossible, absolutely impossible."
"It's open, it must be open." Fans looked at Jose's figure in disbelief, and their hearts were full of sadness.
Although the great scoring opportunity was ruined by Jose, the Brazilian team did not give up.
In the 78th minute, Neymar counter-attacked and crossed, and Firmino stopped the ball and turned and volleyed slightly over the crossbar.
In the 81st minute, Augusto's shot from outside the box went wide of the post.
In the 84th minute, Neymar drew a defense in the box and split the ball, and Coutinho followed up and pushed the shot wide of the post.
The time left in the game is getting dwindling and the Brazilian players are getting more and more anxious, but the quality of their shots is getting worse and worse.
With five minutes of stoppage time, there really isn't much time left for Brazil.
In the first minute of stoppage time, Fagner crossed.
Neymar took off and fell under the interference of Kyle Walker.
But the referee signaled no foul.
In the fourth minute of stoppage time, Neymar pushed a shot from outside the box.
Jose leaped to his feet and lifted the ball over the crossbar.
Brazil got their 13th corner of the game.
Do they still have a chance of equalising?
(End of chapter)