As a goalkeeper, carry the team forward

Chapter 204 Surviving a Catastrophe (asking for a ticket and a reward)

Bella Rabbi made a detour from the left and broke through to the frontcourt to score the ball. The ball reached Brandt's feet.

15 yards from the goal on the right side of the penalty area, Brandt pushed a shot from a close corner.

2:0.

After the goal, Brandt looked extremely excited, because today is his 19th birthday.

It can be said that his future is still worth looking forward to.

With Brandt's goal, the fans know that this focus battle is over.

In the end, Leverkusen defeated Bayern 2-0 at home.

After this campaign, Leverkusen continued to lead by 5 points. With 3 rounds left, they were one step closer to the league championship.

However, Jose is very calm, and he knows in his heart that each of the next few games is the key.

Needless to say, the Champions League game, even in the league, Leverkusen still has a difficult opponent, and that is Borussia Mönchengladbach.

This season, Borussia is another unbeaten team against Bayern besides Leverkusen.

If it weren't for their unstable performance in the face of underdogs, Borussia would also have a chance to compete for the championship.

On May 5, the first leg of the UEFA Champions League semi-final will be played first.

Jose traveled with the team and once again came to the Allianz Arena in Italy.

Compared with a year ago, the teammates around Jose have all changed.

And Juventus is still that Juventus.

It's just that Buffon and Pirlo are both one year older.

In addition, the head coach has also changed from Conte to Allegri.

In the player tunnel, when the Juventus players saw Jose, their eyes burst out with a strong fighting spirit.

They will never forget that it was Jose's outstanding performance last year that made them miss the eventual championship.

Now that they meet in the Champions League, they naturally want to avenge that death.

The starting lists of both sides have been announced before the start of the game.

For the Leverkusen team, Spahic was absent due to injury, and Toprake and Papatopoulos partnered as central defenders. The specific list is as follows:
Goalkeeper: Jose.

Defenders: Wendell, Papadopoulos, Toprake, Hilbert.

Double defensive midfielders: Castro, Russ Bender.

Attacking forwards: Son Heung-min, Charhanoglu, Bellarabi.

Center: Keasling.

In addition, Yedwai, Rolfes, Brandt and others sat on the bench and obeyed Schmidt's dispatch at any time.

For Juventus, Allegri formed a 4312 formation. Among them, Morata and Carlos Tevez, who came from the Real Madrid youth training camp, partnered as forwards. Sturaro overwhelmed Pereira and got the starting opportunity. The specific list is as follows:

Goalkeeper: Buffon.

Defenders: Evra, Chiellini, Bonucci, Lichtsteiner.

Back midfielder: Sturaro, Pirlo, Marchisio.

Front waist: Vidal.

Forwards: Morata, Tevez.

In addition, Barzagli, Llorente, Roberto Pereira and others are also sitting on the bench.

At 20:45 local time, players from both sides officially debuted.

After the simple pre-match ceremony, enter the field draw.

Leverkusen has the first option for the venue.

With the referee's whistle, Carlos Tevez kicked off in the center circle.

He passed directly back to Pirlo, and then, together with Morata, rushed towards Leverkusen's penalty area.

Pirlo took the ball, took a few steps forward, and then made a long pass directly into Leverkusen's penalty area.

Faced with Pirlo's long pass, Jose made a decisive attack and blocked the ball out of the penalty area before Morata arrived.

After the ball flew out of the penalty area, it returned to the feet of the Juventus players again.

Vidal takes the ball and then forces his way into the box.

Just when Toprak was about to step forward to intercept, Vidal fell to the ground.

Very obvious diving action, the referee did not pay attention to it.

At this time the game is less than 1 minute.

Juventus played very proactively and had the potential to swallow Leverkusen in one bite.

In the 3rd minute, Juventus completed the first shot to hit the goal.

Pirlo made a straight pass from the left and the ball went to Sturaro's feet.

On the front left side of the penalty area, Sturaro kicked a low shot.

Although the low and flat ball is not easy to save, it is not difficult for Jose at all.

Seeing Jose leap forward, he steadily confiscated the opponent's shot.

Juventus players and fans can feel that Jose has become more stable.

Of course, their determination to win will not change.

Three minutes later, Bonucci brought Bella Rabi down and was booked.

Leverkusen got a free kick on the right side of the front court, and the penalty spot was about 30 yards from the goal.

Calhanoglu takes the free kick.

Unfortunately, it was blocked by a human wall.

The Juventus player took possession of the ball and then launched a quick counterattack with a long pass.

"Omer, pay attention to Alvaro." Jose saw Morata at the front of the penalty area and immediately shouted at Toprak.

Sure enough, Pirlo's long pass reached Morata.

Toprak immediately stepped forward to fight for the ball, but was inferior and was blocked by Morata.

At the edge of the penalty area, Morata didn't stop the ball, and directly volleyed the far corner. He wanted to catch Jose by surprise.

However, Jose has already noticed Morata's existence, so how could he let the opponent succeed?

I saw Jose moved a few steps quickly, then jumped high, and directly confiscated Morata's lob shot.

"Alvaro, this kind of ball can't threaten him." Pirlo shouted at Morata.

Hearing Pirlo's call, Morata was taken aback for a moment, and then realized that Jose is not an ordinary goalkeeper.

The game continues.

Although Juventus did not have a high ball possession rate, their offense was extremely efficient. In the first 10 minutes, they had 4 shots inside the goal.

You know, in the last round of Leverkusen's match with Real Madrid, there were only 120 shots that hit the goal within 4 minutes.

In the 12th minute, Leverkusen almost took the lead.

Son Heung-min suddenly took a shot from 28 yards outside the penalty area.

Buffon tried his best to hold the ball out of the left post with his fingertips.

The corner kick was taken and failed to threaten Juventus' goal, but almost caused the opponent to make a quick counterattack.

Morata received a pass from his teammate in the middle circle. Just when he was about to start sprinting, Hilbert decisively used tactical interference on Morata, successfully destroying the opponent's quick counterattack opportunity.

Schmidt stood nervously on the sidelines, constantly waving and shouting at the players.

In the 23rd minute, Juventus completed two consecutive shots.

Sturaro made a long-distance pass from the left side of the backcourt.

Morata successfully reversed offside and got the ball. He broke into the left side of the penalty area single-handedly.

As Jose was about to block, Morata kicked in.

Straight to the upper right corner of the goal.

Under normal circumstances, Morata's shot is indeed very threatening.

But unfortunately, he met Jose.

I saw He first moved two steps quickly, and then jumped up to the right of the goal. On the goal line, he blocked Morata's shot with one hand.

The ball didn't roll far.

Tevez rushed ahead of the Leverkusen players and took the lead in making up shots.

The ball flew straight above the center of the goal.

There is no way, Jose can only use the first "time and space timeout" of the game.

I saw Jose bounced up on the spot, and took advantage of the trend to rush towards the center of the goal.

Incredibly, after being down, Jose quickly got up and made another save.

"Two consecutive pounces, Leverkusen's goalkeeper completed two consecutive pounces." The live commentator shouted.

Amidst the shouts of the on-site commentator, Jose got up quickly, and he breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Papadopoulos clear the ball out of the penalty area.

Leverkusen escaped.

Although offside is easy to use, it is also easy to trap your own goalkeeper.

As the saying goes, if you survive a catastrophe, you will have a future blessing.

In the 23rd minute, Leverkusen unexpectedly took the lead.

Jose played the ball from the backcourt and passed it directly to the right side of the opponent's half with a big foot. The ball reached Hilbert's feet.

Hilbert passed the ball from the right, and the ball reached the feet of Bella Rabbi.

On the right side of the penalty area, facing Buffon's attack to block, Bellarabi chose to hang the pass far.

In the small penalty area, Kisling faced the empty goal and just headed lightly.

The goal is scored, 0 to 1.

The Leverkusen team in the away game took the lead in breaking the deadlock.

The goal was planned by Jose.

From the perspective of God, Jose found that Sturaro often attacked Leverkusen's half, resulting in Juventus's entire left side being only defended by Evra.

So, when the opportunity arose again, Jose quietly gestured to his teammate, and then a long ball pierced the Juventus midfield barrier.

In the end, Keasling got the chance to face an empty goal.

To complete such an attack, Jose's precise long-distance passing is essential.

With an away goal lead, the most excited person besides the Leverkusen fans is Schmidt on the sidelines.

At this time, he didn't look like a highly educated engineer at all, but more like a lunatic.

Unfortunately, Schmidt's happiness did not last long.

In the 28th minute, Juventus also got an empty goal.

There was a gap between Wendell and Papadopoulos, Marchisio slanted from the right, and the ball went to Tevez's feet.

On the right side of the penalty area, Carlos Tevez shot into the far corner.

Jose jumped forward and blocked Tevez's shot.

However, the blocked ball was not taken by Leverkusen players, but Morata took the lead to complete the supplementary shot.

On the left side of the penalty area, Morata pushed the empty goal with his left foot.

The ball rolled towards the lower left corner of the goal.

At this time, Jose had just climbed up from the right side of the penalty area. Even with the plug-in, it was impossible for him to rush to the left side of the goal to make a save.

In the end, the ball went in.

The score on the field became 1-1.

Leverkusen fans take some comfort in the fact that they are playing away, and the away goals are greater than the home goals.

After tying the score, Juventus saw the hope of overtaking and began to launch a more violent attack.

Sturaro made a pass from the left side of the penalty area, and he deliberately raised the height of the pass.

When Jose jumped up with all his strength, he still didn't touch the ball.

After the ball passed Jose, it continued to fly towards the right side of the penalty area.

There, Vidal was already waiting.

On the right side of the penalty area, Vidal grabbed the ball before Papadopoulos.

I saw him jumping high, and then headed directly to the goal.

　This stage of the story is almost over.

　　Although some opponents are average in strength, but the results have a great impact, you can look forward to it.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)