As a goalkeeper, carry the team forward

Chapter 167 Fighting Benfica Again

Before this game started, another game in the same group had ended.

Monaco drew 0-0 with Zenit St Petersburg.

Zenit has 4 points in two rounds, and the qualifying situation is very good.

If Leverkusen and Benfica want to take the initiative to qualify, they must go all out in this game.

At 20:45 local time, the game officially started.

The home team gets the kick-off first.

Kisling passed back directly to Bender.

After Bender stopped the ball, he directly split the ball and passed it to Sun Xingmin.

After Sun Xingmin took the ball, he ran wildly on the wing.

In a blink of an eye, he has come to the left side of the opponent's penalty area.

Unfortunately, Benfica is not a rookie team.

The opening fast break of the Leverkusen team failed to break through the opponent's defense in the end.

In the end, Charhanoglu could only try a long shot in the penalty area after taking the ball.

Failed to threaten Sussel.

Calhanoglu's shot went high.

In the 25th minute, Leverkusen counterattacked.

Charhanoglu scored the ball and the ball reached Sun Xingmin's feet.

On the left edge of the penalty area, Sun Xingmin volleyed.

Low flat ball, quite a threat.

However, the angle failed to open and was directly thrown by Sussel.

The ball didn't roll away.

Skilling went out first and shot an empty goal.

The ball is in.

Leverkusen scored first.

Statistics show that this is Kisling's 10th goal of the season.

Benfica's counterattack.

Eliseu cuts inside with the ball from the wing.

Lenarts failed to complete the interception.

On the left side of HLD, Eliseu went straight to the penalty area.

The ball slipped past Spasic's feet and rolled towards the right side of the small penalty area.

Salvio threw off the Leverkusen player's interception and got the ball first.

From 10 yards in front of the goal, Salvio can take a shot.

Jose quickly blocked it.

However, Jose had a vague feeling that the opponent would not choose to shoot directly.

Because, under Jose's blocking, there are not many shooting angles left for Salvio.

Sure enough, as expected, Salvio chose to cross the left side of the penalty area.

At some point, Eliseu had already run to the left side of the penalty area.

"Since when is the use of the east and the west so skillful?" Jose secretly complained in his heart, but his figure was moving towards the left side of the goal at an extremely fast speed.

Jose moved quickly, but it was Eliseu who finished the shot first.

At a distance of 10 yards, Eliseu hit the near corner with his left foot.

The ball immediately turned and moved towards the lower left corner of the goal.

If nothing else, this will be a must-goal.

No way, Jose had to use the first space-time timeout of the game.

With the extra second gained by the plug-in, Jose finally rushed to the left side of the goal.

Leaping sideways, Jose confiscated the opponent's shot in front of the goal line with incredible speed.

Jose single-handedly defuses Benfica's attack.

"You are as difficult to deal with as the rumors say." Eliseu said to Jose with regret.

Eliseu only transferred from Malaga to Benfica in July this year. Prior to that, Jose had never met him. Now that he said so, someone must have told him the information about Jose.

Hearing what the other party said, Jose didn't answer, but just smiled.

After getting up from the ground, Jose took a look at the front field.

There is no chance of a quick counterattack.

Jose throws the ball to Hilbert.

It is always easier to attack from the side than from the center.

In the 34th minute, the Leverkusen team once again attacked the opponent's penalty area.

On the right side of the penalty area, Bella Rabbi and Bender are here.

Faced with the pressing of the opposing player Enzo Perez, Bella Rabi looked very calm.

Bella Rabbi passed the ball to Bender before the opponent got close.

Seeing the ball passed to Bender, Enzo Perez immediately turned around to intercept Bender.

However, Bender didn't stop the ball at all and passed it back to Bella Rabbi.

The two played a trick on Enzo Perez.

After receiving Bender's return pass, Bella Rabbi directly passed the ball low and flat to the center.

12 yards in front of the goal, Sun Xingmin received a pass from Bella Rabbi and directly pulled to the upper right corner.

Sassel jumped up.

It's a pity that he is not Jose. Although he touched the ball, he still couldn't stop the ball from flying into the goal.

Leverkusen lead by two goals.

With a two-goal lead and Jose guarding the goal, is the overall situation settled?

No.

Benfica, which was behind, began to counterattack frantically.

In the 35th minute, Benfica player Talisca retreated to get the ball.

On the periphery of HLD, Bender stepped forward to steal.

As a result, the kick was a little slow, and Talisca was brought down outside the HLD without touching the ball.

Benfica gets a free kick.

The penalty spot is excellent, and Benfica has many tactics to choose from.

The God's perspective opened, and Jose immediately directed his teammates to line up the wall.

"Lars, go a little to the left." Jose called to Bender.

Hearing Jose's call, Bender immediately moved half a step to the left, and at the same time turned around and asked, "Is this enough?"

"A little bit more, well, enough."

"Do you want to arrange another person to lie on the ground to block the next three roads?" Spahic asked.

Jose was not afraid of the opponent's shot from below, but he still nodded and said, "Yes."

Hearing Jose's words, Wendell walked directly behind the wall, and then lay sideways on the ground facing the goal.

After the wall is lined up, the referee indicates that free throws are allowed.

Gaitan takes the free kick.

It is impossible for a three-person wall to completely block all the ball routes.

There are many options for Gaitan to choose from, among which a direct volley to the upper left corner is the most ideal option.

However, unexpectedly, Gaitan chose to volley directly to the bottom of the wall.

The ball turned into a ray of white light, passed over the foot of the wall in an instant, and hit Wendell's back.

Immediately afterwards, the ball turned and continued to fly towards the upper right of the goal.

This is a very imaginative shot.

Whether it was the direction of Gaitan's shot or the change of direction after the ball rebounded, everything was unexpected.

Originally, the human wall discharged by Jose had completely blocked the right side of the goal.

But now, under the unpredictability of the gods and ghosts, the trajectory of the ball is completely beyond everyone's expectations.

"pretty."

"Strike." Benfica fans are ready to celebrate.

However, Jose seemed to have been prepared for a long time, his figure moved quickly, and then jumped towards the upper right corner of the goal.

Jose actually took Gaitan's imaginative shot and directly won it.

The trajectory of the ball is indeed unpredictable, but after the ball hit Wendell's back, the speed has been greatly slowed down.

With Jose's concentration, when a problem is discovered, there is a countermeasure immediately.

In this way, a highly imaginative free kick was resolved by Jose.

The celebration of the Benfica fans was only done halfway, and then stopped abruptly, replaced by a sighing expression.

While the Leverkusen fans stand, bursts of warm applause broke out.

In just one month, Jose conquered Leverkusen fans with his own performance.

The game continues.

Stoppage time in the first half.

Kisling made a direct pass.

Sun Xingmin broke into the penalty area single-handedly from the left, and shot from a small angle with a curve ball.

Unfortunately, it missed the far corner post.

At the end of the first half, Leverkusen entered the intermission with a two-goal advantage.

Even though this was just a UEFA Champions League group match, and it was still midnight in China, the number of fans watching the game was not small at all.

live chat room.

"The pharmaceutical company has made a lot of money this time."

"Mu Niaoshi is really unwilling to give young players a chance."

"You can't say that, didn't he promote four youth players from the youth team?"

"Who?"

"Zouma, Christensen, Ake, Zeke, among them Zuma is said to be preparing to be trained as Terry's successor."

"Well, I know Zeke, Hazard's substitute, his dribbling skills are not bad, but he likes to go it alone."

"He thought he was the ball king."

Surprisingly, this should have been the game between Leverkusen and Benfica. The most discussed by fans turned out to be Mourinho and Chelsea.

In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again.

Benfica took the lead in substitutions.

Maxi Pereira and Lima came off the bench, replaced by Cristante and Talisca.

This is a matchup substitution.

Lima and Del Rei formed a double striker combination, while Maxi Pereira served as a midfielder.

Lima kicks off and passes back directly to Gaitan.

Gaitan held the ball for a while, and then passed it to Eliseu.

Eliseu ran wildly from the side and came directly to the left side of the Leverkusen penalty area.

Is this also Benfica's plan to blitz Leverkusen?

Facts have proved that Benfica's move will not work.

Under the joint interception of Hilbert and Lenartz, Eliseu had no chance of crossing at all.

Eventually, the ball went to Enzo Perez.

From outside the penalty area, Enzo Perez kicked a long shot.

The ball drew a beautiful arc in the air and flew towards the upper right corner of the goal.

Jose glanced at the trajectory of the ball flight.

Even a rookie can see that this shot is completely high.

Benfica's first wave of offense failed to threaten the goal guarded by Jose.

In the 51st minute, Benfica attacked into the penalty area again.

Maxi Pereira, who came off the bench, drove the ball into HLD.

Toprak and Spahic were about to step forward to intercept.

Maxi Pereira passes the ball before the two get closer.

A direct oblique pass to the right side of the penalty area, where Salvio will respond.

After Salvio took the ball, he shot a low shot with his left foot directly from a close angle.

The speed of the ball is very fast, and it has reached the goal in a blink of an eye.

At the same time, Jose has also rushed over.

He stretched out his left foot, and at the same time sat down quickly, completely blocking the entire lower right corner of the goal.

Alvio's shot ended up hitting Jose's left leg before bouncing back.

There is also a chance to shoot.

Alvio rushed forward quickly, towards the rebounding ball.

However, how can Jose let the opponent easily make up shots?

Although Jose was half-sitting at this time, he didn't need to get up at all. He just leaned forward, kicked his right foot hard at the same time, and then suddenly rushed towards the ball.

Unbelievably, Jose held down the bounced ball.

It's a long story, but in fact, the whole process was lightning fast.

From Jose blocking the opponent's shot to the second save, the whole process seemed to happen in one go.

This is incredible.

(End of this chapter)