Southgate did not allow Jose to go up and take the free-kick.

With the score ahead, England didn't have to risk it at all.

Ashley Young took the free-kick and he also opted to hit straight at goal.

Unfortunately, the ball speed is too far apart and the angle is not advantageous.

Subabasic made a timely save and blocked the ball with a single punch.

In the 29th minute, England had another good chance.

Jesse Lingard crosses into the left side of the box.

Kane wins the ball and shoots from a tight angle.

Unfortunately, he was saved by Subabasic bravely.

The ball didn't fly far and Kane had a chance to shoot himself.

To Kane's sigh, his follow-up shot was again denied by Subaquic.

Legend has it that when Jose participates in the game, the opposing goalkeeper will be inexplicably excited.

Judging from the scene just now, the legend is not unfounded.

In the first half hour, although Croatia firmly controlled the midfield, they did not dominate the goal.

In the 31st minute, Jose also had a second save.

Rebic crosses from the right.

Jose struck again, knocking the ball out of the box with both fists.

Outside the box, Henderson and Rebic battled it out, only to be a step ahead of Rebic to get the ball.

Rebic scored the ball and shot straight away, and he wanted to catch Jose off guard?

To no avail, Jose made a flying sideways pounce and securely confiscated Rebic's shot.

Jose takes a quick goal kick.

Unfortunately, it was not possible to intercept it through Croatia's midfield.

Just a minute later, Croatia struck again.

Perisic dribbled the ball into the left side of the box and was blocked by Kieran Strippier and Kyle Walker, opting for a low ball to the right side of the box.

When the ball was about to reach the middle of the box, Jose came out and made a flying tackle to shovel the ball out of the box.

Jose's range of activity is no longer limited to goalmouth saves.

Subsequently, England organized an attack.

Ali knocked horizontally.

Jesse Lingard's shot from the edge of the box.

Unfortunately, it was slightly off the target.

The England team knew that the midfield would never be able to fight Croatia, so they resolutely implemented the tactics of pushing on the side and crossing from the bottom.

It's a pity that the frontcourt players are slightly lacking in grasping ability.

In the final moments of the first half, Croatia had a great free-kick opportunity.

Jose hurriedly organized a wall of people.

Modric hit the ball straight at home.

As the ball went around the wall, it touched Maguire's scalp slightly, and there was a slight refraction immediately.

José reacted in time to confiscate the Magic Flute's shot without danger.

At the end of the first half, England temporarily led Croatia 1-0.

This result is both unexpected and reasonable.

Croatia have experienced penalty shootouts in a row, and their fitness has been affected to some extent.

In the second half, it was easy to play again.

Croatia took the lead in attacking, while England took the initiative to shrink their defence.

In the 50th minute, Rakitic made a long pass from the midfield.

Jose came out and confiscated the ball.

2 minutes later, Rebic's diagonal pass.

Still not escaping Jose's ten fingers.

Jose struck again and confiscated the ball.

Through God's perspective, Jose spotted a loophole in Croatia and kicked the goal kick as soon as possible.

The ball crossed midfield and fell to Raheem Sterling.

Raheem Sterling burst into the box with a single shot, and instead of shooting first, he took the ball to near the baseline.

In the face of Subaxiac's block, Sterling opted to pass back to Lingard, who was following up behind him.

By the time Jesse Lingard got the ball, the Croatian players were back in place.

Lingard's shot was blocked by Lovren.

England missed a great opportunity because of Raheem Sterling.

It's still England's attacking chance.

Kieran Trippier crosses a low ball from the right to goal.

It was Lovren again, who broke the ball before Kane.

In the 60th minute, Croatia had an equalizer.

Perisic took the ball from the right and was headed out by Kieran Trippier.

In front of the left side of the penalty area, Rakitic won the ball and volleyed it directly.

It's a pity that the angle didn't pull away and was easily confiscated by Jose.

Two minutes later, Henderson had a diagonal kick.

Raheem Sterling rethinks life as he handles the ball.

As a result, Raheem Sterling's shot was blocked by Vida.

The ball fell to Croatia.

In the 64th minute, Perisic picked up the ball at the edge of the penalty area, and he suddenly shot hard.

Kyle Walker flies to block.

However, after the ball touched Walker, it changed direction and continued to fly towards the goal.

Fortunately, Jose's god-level prediction was corresponding, and he was ready to save in advance.

There was no danger, Jose took Perisic's long-range shot.

After winning the ball, Jose habitually aimed at the front of the field.

Didn't see any chance of a quick counterattack.

Jose tosses the ball to Maguire in front of him.

England once again organised the attack.

In the 66th minute, Trippier picked up a pass.

Kane gets the ball and shoots from a tight angle.

It's a pity that it hit the sidenetting.

Subaic takes a quick goal-kick.

Croatia fought back quickly.

Fosarico's cross from the right was pinpointed, straight to Mandzukic.

Mandzukic fired directly into the bottom left corner.

At this time, Jose was on the right side of the goal.

Without any pause, José flew straight and pounced.

Just on the goal line, when Jose was about to touch the ball, something unexpected happened.

Perisic also flew in and got to the ball before Jose could get to the ball.

Unexpectedly, Perisic had a shot on the goal line.

At this time, even if Jose uses the plug-in, it is too late to stop the ball from flying into the net.

For Perisic's stab in front of the goal, the English players naturally had an opinion, and Kane, as the captain, complained to the referee as soon as possible.

At this point, VAR can only step in.

The referee ruled that the goal was valid after watching the VAR replay.

Perisic scored the only goal of this World Cup, Jose conceded.

The score became 1-1 and the two sides returned to the same running line.

"Are Croatia ready to win the final on penalties all the time?"

"No way, if that's the case, France will win 100 per cent."

"Why?"

"I don't have enough energy!"

The game continues.

In the 71st minute, England made a mistake in clearing the backfield.

The ball went straight to Perisic.

On the left side of the penalty area, Perisic hit the goal directly.

Jose made the first save, but only the tip of his finger touched the ball.

Just when everyone thought Croatia would overtake the score, the ball hit the right post and bounced back.

This is naturally due to José's precise calculations.

If he doesn't, José will have to consume the cheat once.

In the 81st minute, Perisic's cross from the left was again confiscated by Jose.

One minute later, Mandzukic turned and swept in the box, but still failed to break through Jose's ten fingers.

In the 83rd minute, Stones cleared the ball and did not kick far.

Perisic volleyed in the face of an empty goal, but it went high.

In the 86th minute, England's attacking chance.

Kane's through pass.

But Lingard didn't stop the ball.

In the 89th minute, Lovren tried to shoot from distance from the outside, but it went high.

In the 91st minute, England won a free kick on the right side of the field.

Unfortunately, the penalty spot was far away and Jose did not have a direct shot on goal.

Kieran Trippier takes a free-kick.

Big foot passes into the box.

Kane grabbed the first spot, and he headed straight at goal.

It's a pity that Kane is on top.

The ball flew straight off the baseline.

At the end of 90 minutes, Croatia drew 1-1 with England for the time being.

Both sides can only play overtime.

(End of chapter)