As a goalkeeper, carry the team forward

Chapter 205 God is on my side (various requests)

Vidal's attack was only 5 yards away.

Although the speed of the ball is not too fast, no one thinks that Jose can block Vidal's attack.

At this time, Jose, who was in the middle, had just landed on both feet.

In a few tenths of a second, rushing to the right side of the goal to make a save, no matter how you look at it, it feels a bit farfetched.

But such an unforeseen thing really happened.

As soon as Jose's toes touched the ground, he retreated towards the right side of the goal at lightning speed, without any pause in the whole process.

"Fuck, is this a movie?" Someone exclaimed.

"Jose is not a human, he is definitely a robot." Some fans began to rave.

"You are not human. Jose made his debut at Aston Villa, joined Chelsea, and was loaned to the pharmaceutical factory. He has gone through many medical examinations. Do you think those who do physical examinations are fools?"

"Regardless of what he does, some people can't do it themselves, so they feel that no one in this world can do it."

In fact, humans have always been in the process of evolution.

Take the 12-meter sprint as an example. A hundred years ago, a champion athlete could run under 10 seconds. Now the world record is within 12 seconds. As for the [-]-meter sprint within [-] seconds, most players can achieve it.

Jose just walked a little faster than normal.

When he saw Jose push his header out of the baseline with one hand, Vidal twitched uncontrollably. He could feel that Jose was more than a little better than last year.

In addition to being surprised by Jose's progress, Vidal also couldn't figure out why Mourinho didn't use such an outstanding and talented goalkeeper?Could Courtois be stronger?

Vidal hasn't had a chance to meet Courtois yet, and he has only heard of him.

This season, with Courtois as the main goalkeeper, Chelsea only ranked second in the second round due to goal difference in the Premier League, and ranked first in the rest of the time, making the Premier League champions lose suspense early .

So it is difficult for people to denounce whether Mourinho's choice is right or wrong.

Corner kick taken by Juventus.

It couldn't threaten Jose at all, and was directly confiscated by Jose from midair.

In the end, the two sides played to a 1-1 tie in the first half.

Leverkusen's dressing room during the half-time break.

The players are surrounding Schmidt, listening to Schmidt's analysis of the first half.

"Head, how should we play in the second half?" Charhanoglu asked.

In the first half of the game, Charhanoglu's performance was not bad. Facing a team like Juventus that does not pay attention to physical confrontation, he can manage calmly.

"Of course it's a counterattack." Bella Rabbi said from the side.

As a player characterized by speed, Bella Rabi's favorite thing is to crush opponents through speed, and in order to give full play to his speed advantage, there must be enough space in the frontcourt.

Schmidt did not speak, he waited to see the opinions of the players themselves.

"Jose, what do you think?" Captain Las Bender suddenly faced Jose and asked.

"Do a good job of defense and strengthen the frontcourt pressure, especially Evra's side." Jose expressed his views without hesitation.

With Leverkusen's player ability, if Juventus are allowed to attack recklessly, it will definitely be difficult to defend to the end.

The bus is not so easy to put.

"Okay, let's implement according to Jose's advice." Schmidt finally concluded.

In the second half, the two sides exchanged venues.

Since Leverkusen got the away goal, Juventus can only go to the Bayer Arena with an advantage if they win.

Therefore, Juventus' offense is more active.

In the 48th minute, Tevez took the lead in completing the first shot of the second half.

It's just that Tevez's shot angle was too small to threaten Jose at all, and was easily confiscated by Jose.

Looking at the front field, Jose found that Sturaro's position was quite a bit back.

It seems that Allegri has a new deployment for him at halftime, the most obvious is to assist Evra to guard the left.

There is no gap on the right, and the same is true on the left. Sun Xingmin also does not have much room to play under Lichtsteiner's marking.

There is only a midfield position. Although Charhanoglu is slow and has poor confrontation, Pirlo is even slower. Charhanoglu only needs to deal with Marchisio.

That being the case, Jose passed the ball directly to the midfield with his big foot.

The battle for midfield started again.

In the 56th minute, Wendell cooperated with Sun Xingmin on the left.

On the left side of the Juventus penalty area, Sun Xingmin received a pass from Wendell and directly hit the goal with his left foot.

It's a pity that the shot angle was blocked by Bonucci and the ball was bounced out of the penalty area.

After a scramble, Juventus took possession of the ball.

Juventus launched a quick counterattack, passing a long pass directly across the midfield, and the ball reached Morata's feet.

Morata dribbled the ball forward, and he was outside the penalty area in a blink of an eye. Wendell, who returned to defense in time, was about to be broken into the penalty area by the opponent, so he had to trip him.

However, Morata poked the ball to Tevez on the other side before falling to the ground.

Tevez continued to advance after receiving the ball, and then broke into the left side of the penalty area.

Hilbert stepped up to press and brought down Tevez in the penalty area.

The referee Atkinson decisively blew the whistle.

Penalty, Leverkusen was awarded a penalty!
Although Juventus got a penalty kick, their players still protested to the referee.

Wendell's tactical foul should have been awarded, but Atkinson said nothing.

"The Juventus players have gone too far. Atkinson is the referee of the Premier League. This action is in the Premier League. Whether to judge or not depends on the mood of the referee."

"The referee didn't call the pharmaceutical factory a foul just now, isn't it just to give you an offensive benefit? Isn't it enough to get a penalty now?"

"What is there to be satisfied with? How many chances do you think you have when you face Jose with a penalty kick?"

"Uh"

Anyone who says it's better to take a free kick than a penalty is crazy.

Are the Juventus players crazy?not at all.

They have faced Jose before, and they know that facing Jose with a penalty kick, the chance of scoring a goal is really no higher than the chance of a free kick.

And more importantly, letting Wendell get a yellow card can better limit the opponent's performance.

Of course, there are also a few people who believe that Wendell's foul should have been sent off with a red card. (Refer to this year's Champions League Real Madrid against Chelsea, Chilwell's red card.)
After being chased and intercepted by Juventus players, Atkinson finally showed Wendell a yellow card warning. At the same time, in order to maintain the authority of the referee, he also showed Pirlo a yellow card.

At this point, the Juventus players finally dispersed.

Next, it was Juventus who took the penalty kick.

Tevez stood in the penalty area.

Jose never imagined that since he entered the first team, he would meet Carlos Tevez every season, even if the two had switched to different leagues.

From the earliest Villa vs. Manchester City to the current Leverkusen vs. Juventus, both of them have met.

I just don't know if Tevez's homesickness has recovered?

When Carlos Tevez took a penalty kick, the most nervous people were not the Leverkusen fans, but the Juventus fans who were watching the game at home.

They got up and prayed one after another, hoping that God could help Carlos Tevez score a penalty kick.

In this regard, Jose really wanted to shout: "Even if there is a God, he is on my side."

Tevez set the ball in place, then took a few steps back while taking a deep breath.

"Huh? Push straight to the middle?"

The moment Tevez activated it, Jose's god-level prediction responded, and God was indeed on Jose's side.

Tevez chose to play in the middle, naturally after consideration.

Facing Jose, hitting two top corners was an open secret around the world, but as Jose made several penalty kicks in the top corner, no one took this open secret seriously.

It is absolutely impossible to play on the two sides, because so far, Jose has a 100% success rate in jumping on the two sides.

Therefore, Carlos Tevez thinks he should try playing in the middle.

Under normal circumstances, the goalkeeper will not be too easy to deal with the ball at the foot. In addition to the lack of flexibility of the goalkeeper's feet, it is also because the area intercepted by the feet is too small.

Tevez's thoughts are full, but the reality is very skinny, because he met Jose.

When Tevez touched the ball, Jose also moved. He didn't rush to any side, but suddenly sank and sat down on the spot.

Seeing that Jose didn't rush to any side, Tevez already knew that his penalty kick was likely to be saved by the opponent, but he couldn't change the direction of the shot.

It's a pity that Jose didn't even give the opponent a chance to make a supplementary shot. After blocking the ball, he quickly stretched out his hands and grabbed the blocked ball immediately.

"Beautiful, Jose's penalty kick is so beautiful." The on-site commentator shouted.

The penalty kick was saved, and Juventus missed the chance to overtake.

That is to say, from this moment on, the Juventus players completely lost the indomitable momentum of the first half.

Schmidt started to make substitutions, Brandt came off the bench and replaced Sun Xingmin.

Sun Xingmin can't play much role in this game.

Schmidt replaced Brandt in the hope of using his physical fitness, coupled with his long-range shots, to pose some threats to Juventus' goal.

It is disappointing that the effect of Brandt's playing is not obvious.

After all, he is still too young. Facing a group of veterans at Juventus, he has already guessed what he wants to do before he kicks his feet.

In addition, when Allegri saw Schmidt's substitution, he also made corresponding adjustments.

Sturaro could not help Evra limit Leverkusen's right, Allegri simply replaced Sturaro, and the substitute was center back Barzagli.

After Barzagli came on the field, Evra and Lichtsteiner moved forward, and Juventus changed to a 352 formation.

In this way, it is no longer difficult for the Leverkusen team to pass through the midfield and attack the opponent's penalty area.

On the contrary, Juventus, through the advantage of the number of midfielders, easily hit the front of Leverkusen's penalty area.

If it weren't for Jose's outstanding performance, Juventus would have already reversed the score at this time.

Being pressed and beaten by the opponent all the time is not a long-term solution. Schmidt must find a way to solve it.

Continue to make substitutions and adjust?

Schmidt glanced at the bench and made a bold decision in his mind.

(End of this chapter)