As a goalkeeper, carry the team forward

Chapter 296 Against Portugal

At 7 o'clock in the morning on July 11th, China time, the much-anticipated European Cup final kicked off.

For England, Hodgson still has a lineup of 433, the specific list is as follows.

Goalkeeper: Jose.

Defenders: Danny Rose, Smalling, Cahill, Kyle Walker.

Midfielders: Rooney, Dell, Ali.

Forwards: Sterling, Harry Kane, Sturridge.

Although Stones was selected for the 25-man squad, he failed to get 1 minute of playing time. He was also sitting on the bench with Milner, Lallana, Wilshere, Vardy, Rashford and others.

For Portugal, Fernando Santos has a 4132 single midfielder formation, the specific list is as follows.

Goalkeeper: Patricio.

Defenders: Guerrero, Jose Fonte, Pepe, Cedric Suarez.

Single midfielder: William Carvalho.

Attacking midfield: Joao Mario, Adrian Silva, Renato Santos.

Forwards: Nani, Ronaldo.

Before the start of the European Cup, no one would have thought that England and Portugal would reach the final.

As we all know, most British players are inflated in value, but their strength is very limited, and the British media is one of the root causes of England's disaster.

For the most part, Jose will join the English football team, which is very incomprehensible.

The British are one of the most lonely groups in the world. They have always regarded themselves as the birthplace of football, how could they be willing to let a Chinese represent them in the game?

The only explanation is that Jose has become so powerful that even the British cannot but accept it.

So some people began to regret not sending an invitation to Jose in time.

Now that it is done, the only hope is that one day in the future, FIFA can relax players to represent other national teams.

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After the referee's whistle sounded, the game began.

Portugal took the lead.

But the ball soon fell to England's feet.

The Portuguese team retreated to the half at the first time. Their ability to reach the final is naturally inseparable from a solid defense.

Ronaldo worked very hard, and he alone inspired Portugal to move forward.

The England team took the initiative, but most of the time they fought alone, and there was very little cooperation between them.

In the 11th minute, Kyle Walker made a big transfer.

Danny Rose makes a cross from the wing.

It's a pity that Kane hit the ball a little higher.

In the 16th minute, Ronaldo received a pass from Sanchez and pushed from a small angle.

There was really no threat, and Jose was too embarrassed to block it. He directly confiscated Ronaldo's shot.

Unconsciously, the game has come to the 25th minute.

Ronaldo was unfortunately injured in a fight for the ball because he was too active in fighting.

The Portuguese team doctor hurried forward to check.

As a result, the team doctor suggested a substitution.

But Ronaldo is not willing to leave the field. For him, he finally reached the final, so he must seize this opportunity.

After simple treatment by the team doctor, Ronaldo returned to the field to continue the game.

In the 38th minute of the game, Ronaldo found a loophole in England's defense and sent a through pass to the penalty area.

After Nani got the ball, he volleyed the far corner with the outside instep.

Nani's shot is much more threatening than Ronaldo's shot just now.

Jose finally made his first save of the game.

The first half ended, and while England had the upper hand, Portugal were the better of the real threat.

In the 50th minute of the second half, Rooney took a free kick.

Kane headed the goal, but it hit the crossbar and was bounced back.

Ali made a second supplementary shot from outside the penalty area.

This time, the ball flew out of the baseline after being touched by Patricio.

The corner kick was taken, and the first point was pushed out by the Portuguese player.

Sterling gets the ball from the edge of the box.

"Happy Boy" even forgot to shoot, and the ball was finally broken from his feet by the Portuguese player.

In the 58th minute of the game, the England team made substitution adjustments.

The purpose of replacing Rashford is naturally to strengthen the counterattack speed of the frontcourt.

Dell then fouled Sissoko and got a yellow card.

At the same time, the Portuguese team won a free kick in the frontcourt.

Ronaldo's free kick draws a beautiful arc in the air.

Such a beautiful free kick, Jose couldn't bear to throw it down.

In the end, Jose pretended to save with all his might.

It's just that the ball blocked by Jose fell very accurately to Cahill's feet.

Cahill didn't realize anything, he decisively made a rescue immediately.

Portugal's offense was once again undermined.

In 79 minutes, Portugal made a substitution adjustment and Ed played.

However, they still focus on defending and counterattacking.

In the 87th minute, there was not much time left in the regular game.

England ushered in the best chance of the game.

England's offense caused brief chaos in the Portuguese penalty area.

In the chaos, Rashford shot from less than half a meter from the goal.

As a result, in order to pursue the angle of the shot, Rashford actually hit the ball to the far post.

The two sides played a tie for 90 minutes, and overtime was about to begin.

Entering overtime, Jose appeared very calm. He knew very well that the longer the delay, the better it would be for Jose.

Penalty shootout?Jose has never been afraid of any team.

Guerrero received a yellow card for a foul in the 95th minute, and Ali also received a yellow card 2 minutes later.

One minute later, Carvalho received his sixth yellow card of the game.

First half of overtime.

The physical contact between the two sides was very intense, but there was still no chance to score.

In the second half of extra time, although the England team worked hard and took more than twice as many shots as their opponents, most of the shots were outside the goal.

The two sides could only enter a brutal penalty shootout.

In the penalty shootout, Jose once again completed 3 consecutive attacks.

Ronaldo took the first penalty kick.

As a result, it was directly blocked by Jose without using the plug-in.

At that time, the first penalty shooter couldn't break the goal guarded by Jose, let alone the others.

When Jose saved Portugal's penalty kicks three times in a row, people finally realized that once the match against Jose's team was dragged to a penalty shootout, it would be tantamount to directly declaring Jose's team the winner.

This is a sad thing. The penalty shootout, which was originally absolutely fair, turned into a walk-off project because of the appearance of Jose.

Some people called for changes to the rules of the penalty shootout, but they were silenced by other goalkeepers before shouting out.

You can't make rules to restrict Melo just because he scored more goals.

In fact, some people think this is a good thing.

Because when other teams face Jose's team in the future, defensive delays will become meaningless.

In this way, under the leadership of Jose, England won the European Cup for the first time in history.

Harry Kane also won his first championship trophy in his life.

He never imagined that if he stayed at Tottenham, he would not be able to win a club championship.

The news spread back to Huaxia, and immediately exploded in the football circle.

(End of this chapter)