Brazil's corner kick is taken directly into the six-yard box.

Neymar must have forgotten Willian's confession.

The high ball in the small penalty area belongs to Jose's absolute control area.

Five minutes of stoppage time ends.

In the end, England defeated Brazil 1-0 to reach the last four for the first time in 28 years, and will face Croatia in the semi-finals.

In this World Cup, in addition to the French team, the favorite to win the championship is also the Croatian team.

With Luka Modric and Rakitic combined, Croatia showed strong control in midfield, and two consecutive penalty shoot-out victories also showed the stability of the Plaid Army.

It will be a tough task for England to beat Croatia.

Jose is also well aware that if the match against Croatia drags on to a penalty shootout, his side will not necessarily have the advantage.

In the eagerly awaited by fans, the two semi-finals of the 2018 World Cup have been played one after another.

France relied on Umtiti's goal to beat Belgium 1-0 and reach the final first.

In this game, France had only 36% possession but completed 19 shots on goal, while Belgium had only 9 shots on goal with 64% possession.

If it weren't for Courtois's outstanding performance, Belgium would have been beaten by France.

Once again, it has been proven that defending the championship is an eternal truth.

At 2 o'clock in the morning on July 12, China time, the other semi-final was played at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, with Croatia facing England.

In terms of the starting line-ups for both sides, England are unchanged from the previous game, and Southgate is preparing a line-up to the rhythm of the.

As for the Croatian side, there was only one personnel change, with Brozovic rotating Kramaric to start, and the specific list is as follows.

Goalkeeper: Subazic.

Defenders: Strinic, Vida, Lovren, Vrsalik.

Midfielders: Brozovic, Perisic, Rakitic, Modric, Rebic.

Forward: Mandzukic.

When Croatia's squad comes out, there will inevitably be fans who ask: "Why is Croatia so strange?" ”

For these fans' questions, apparently no one will seriously answer.

Before the start of the game, the live broadcast camera deliberately broadcast several little caddies, one of which was a blonde little Lori who was impressive.

When Russian women are young, they are indeed very beautiful and sexy, but they are too easy to become aunts, which makes people feel sorry.

The time approached, and under the guidance of the referee, the players of both sides walked into the Luzhniki Stadium.

The players lined up and the national anthem sounded.

The Croatian national anthem was played first, followed by the England national anthem.

When the England national anthem sounded, Jose was singing something in his mouth, and the player closest to him was sure that it was definitely not the England national anthem.

After the handshake, Harry Kane drew the first kick-off for England.

In the center circle, Harry Kane tees off and passes straight back to Kyle Walker.

The Great War of the Gram and Britain officially began.

Walker took the ball and didn't rush to attack, but passed it back to Jose.

Jose holds the ball a little and then passes it with a big foot.

The ball was at the feet of Trippier.

The battle for midfield was fierce.

In the 3rd minute, Ali dribbled the ball in front.

Suddenly, a figure approached quickly, it was Modric.

Modric defended very fiercely and brought down Ali directly.

England had a great free-kick opportunity at the top of the arc.

"Jose, you go." Southgate was unusually bold and allowed Jose to take a free-kick from the opening kick.

For the head coach's arrangement, Jose will naturally not refuse.

However, when he walked to the penalty spot, Jose still arranged for his teammates to be behind just in case.

After setting up the ball, Jose hit the goal with his right foot.

"Bang~" The ball went in.

Without any suspense, the ball flew straight through the crowd and into the net.

With the speed at which Jose blasted the ball, a free kick within 35 yards was like a penalty, and unless he kicked it wide or the opposing goalkeeper predicted the right direction in advance, it was a definite chance.

"I'll wipe it, Jose is kicking a free kick as a penalty."

"It's over, Croatia is finished, it's only three minutes into the game, and it's already behind."

Fans observed a moment of silence for Croatia.

Scored a goal but Jose didn't join in the celebration, because he knew that the real difficulties had just begun.

Jose had watched Croatia's footage of the game repeatedly before the game and he came to the conclusion that England's midfield was at least three levels behind Croatia.

The game continues.

Croatia kicked off in the centre circle and passed directly to Modric.

There is no doubt that Modric is Croatia's engine and mastermind.

The only thing England have to do is to disrupt Modric's handling and passing as much as possible.

In the 7th minute, Croatia organized an attack.

Perisic's cross from the left.

At this time, several players in the penalty area, including Mandzukic and Rakitic, have been outflanked in place.

Jose was decisive and didn't want to wait for the opponent to shoot before making a save.

In front of Mandzukic, Jose took the ball first.

England then counter-attacked.

And Croatia are clearly not quite in the rhythm of the game yet.

Unfortunately, neither Kieran Trippier, nor Jesse Lingard, nor Harry Maguire could take their chances.

The score is still 1-0.

In the 18th minute, Croatia couldn't attack for a long time, and Perisic tried to shoot from the outside.

With just a glance, Jose could already tell that the opponent's shot was deflected in the direction of the goal.

Kyle Walker, however, was trying to block the ball.

Seeing this, Jose immediately shouted, "Don't move." ”

Danger after danger, Kyle Walker almost blocked the ball towards his own goal.

"My bad." Kyle Walker said apologetically.

José waved his hand and said no more.

The game continues.

Croatia slowly got into the rhythm of the game and they were completely in control of the midfield.

In the 20th minute, Rakitic won the ball in the midfield and gave the ball to Rebic on the wing.

Rebic cut inside after winning the ball, and when he couldn't find a breakthrough, he suddenly got up and shot from distance.

Maguire tried to block but couldn't get his hands on the ball.

The ball flies straight into the top left corner of the goal.

Just as the Croatian fans were about to cheer, Jose leaped to his feet and blocked the ball with one hand.

On the playing field, José's concentration is unquestionable.

In the 21st minute, England had a chance to extend the score.

Raheem Sterling crosses diagonally after breaking the ball up front.

Kane fired a low shot from inside the box and the ball flew into the net from the bottom left corner of the net.

Unfortunately, Kane was offside, so the goal was invalidated.

Under the new offside rules, not only defenders need to adapt, but also strikers need to adapt, and it is probably impossible to see the changes brought about by the new rules in the short term.

In the 22nd minute, Croatia hit the penalty area again.

Unfortunately, I still couldn't find a chance to break into the box.

In today's England backline, Jose already has a certain command.

Seeing that it was difficult to break into the penalty area, Perisic won the ball and suddenly fired a cold arrow.

I don't know if Perisic shot too right, or Jose was prepared, and the ball flew into Jose's arms.

Two minutes later, Rebic broke through with the ball on the right.

Ashley Young defended him one-on-one.

As a result, Rebic easily got rid of Ashley Young and then calmly crossed with his feet.

Just as Mandzukic was about to scramble for the first spot, Jose struck again, grabbed everyone ahead of everyone and picked the ball straight into the air.

With José's bouncing power, there was no pressure on him with the high ball.

Xia Guoyong said that if Jose goes to play basketball, then he will be the next Yao Ming.

In the 26th minute, England won another free kick opportunity.

Will Jose still be allowed to play this time?

(End of chapter)