As a goalkeeper, carry the team forward

Chapter 342

At the beginning of overtime, both sides stepped up their offensive efforts at the same time.

For the England team, they have never won a penalty shootout in the World Cup.

In fact, the only penalty shootout England ever won was at Euro 1996, when they beat Spain on penalties.

So even with Jose in charge, the England team also has no confidence in the penalty shootout.

As for the Croatian team, they are not afraid of penalty shootouts, but they all understand the truth that things go against each other.

What's more, Jose's strength in saving penalties is enough to make everyone feel desperate.

In the 93rd minute, Strinic left the field due to injury and Pivalic came off the bench.

This is also the first substitution for Croatia.

In this World Cup, in addition to the offside rule and VAR, there is also a regulation for one more substitution in overtime.

Before that, the England team had already used up two substitutions. Rashford and Danny Rose came off the bench, replacing Sterling and Ashley Young respectively.

In the 96th minute, England got another free kick.

Trippier took the free kick and passed it directly into the penalty area.

Unfortunately, Henderson fouled while fighting.

England wasted an attacking opportunity.

England used their third substitution, with Dale coming off the bench for Henderson, who had a thigh cramp.

As the single midfielder of the England team, Henderson completed his task well, but he also exhausted all his physical fitness.

In the 98th minute, England's corner kick.

Stones grabbed the first spot and directly shook his head to attack the goal.

Subasic has completely given up on saving.

Seeing that the ball was about to cross the goal line, Fusalico arrived in time, and he blocked the ball in front of the goal line.

Once again the England team came back without success.

In the final stage of the first half of extra time, Croatia almost reversed the score.

Perisic knocked back in an inverted triangle on the left side of the penalty area.

Kramaric, who came off the bench, kicked and shot from the edge of the small penalty area.

The ball went straight to the bottom right corner of the goal.

Maguire tried to block, but failed.

Just when the Croatian fans thought it was going to be reversed, Jose came down like a god.

Jose stretched out his left foot, just blocking the flight path of the ball.

At the end of the first half of overtime, the score was still 0-0.

With just a slight adjustment, overtime continued.

The Croatian team continued to press.

In the 106th minute, Perisic made a cross from the left.

Five yards in front of the goal, Mandzukic stabbed and shot.

The shooting distance is very close, the ball is fast, and the threat is great.

But Jose responded in time.

When the ball was about to cross the goal line, Jose flew forward and he fished the ball out of the goal line with one hand.

There was thunderous applause.

Until this moment, even the arrogant British citizens began to be conquered by Jose.

After 1 minute, Croatia got a corner kick.

Rakitic takes the corner kick.

Drive low and flat to near point.

Brozovic got the ball, he did not stop the ball but chose to push directly.

The ball hit the goal post and flew out of the baseline.

Jose takes the goal kick.

The England team's physical fitness has declined severely, and they cannot organize effective offenses at all.

The Croatian team quickly attacked the goal again.

In the 108th minute, Modric made a long pass near the center circle.

In front of the left side of the penalty area, Perisic flew the header.

The ball was in the penalty area in an instant.

Mandzukic flew out and got the chance to score a single goal.

Facing Jose, Mandzukic calmly volleyed from the far corner.

According to Mandzukic's judgment, his shot can definitely avoid Jose.

It's a pity that Jose is not very human, he is a cheating player!

Consuming another "temporal pause", Jose confiscated Mandzukic's shot from halfway.

England escaped unharmed.

In the 112th minute, Southgate used up the last substitution, Vardy came off the bench and replaced Kyle Walker.

England to give it a go?

It's a pity that after Vardy came on the field, he didn't have many chances to get the ball.

The Croatian midfield completely suppressed the England team.

In the 115th minute, Brozovic tried a long shot from the outside.

It's a pity that at such a distance, the speed of the ball did not increase, and Jose easily confiscated Brozovic's shot.

Jose wanted to take a quick goal kick, but most of his teammates couldn't sprint anymore.

Jose knew that the two sides were getting closer to a penalty shootout.

In the 116th minute, there was a scene on the field that made England fans worry.

Trippier was injured and left the field, but at this time England had run out of substitutions, and the England team could only fight with ten players.

In the last few minutes of overtime, players on both sides no longer took the risk of attacking. This is the rhythm that accurately lasted until the penalty shootout.

In the end, after 120 minutes, the two sides drew 1-1 and could only enter a brutal penalty shootout.

"The Croatian team is awesome. They played 120 minutes in each knockout match."

"If the Croatian team wins again with a penalty kick, then defends against the French team in the final, and finally wins the championship with a penalty kick, that would be awesome."

"Impossible, England have Jose, the penalty shootout must be won."

"This is not necessarily the case. Jose hasn't been penalized for two years, but things will go against the grain. Maybe he will be penalized this time? Coupled with the psychological quality of the British players, it is normal to miss a penalty. result."

"What about him? Anyway, the England team I bought won the game, but it ended in a tie, my happy bean."

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As a result of the penalty shootout draw, the Croatian team got the chance to take the first penalty.

Brozovic was the first to stand up.

In the last penalty shootout against Russia, it was Brozovic who opened the scoring for the Croatian team.

Standing in the penalty area, Brozovic did not stop, and directly ran up and kicked the goal.

With a bang, the ball flew straight to the bottom right corner of the goal.

Brozovic is very clear that the longer he faces Jose, the more pressure he will bear.

Unfortunately, even though Brozovic tried his best, the speed of the ball he kicked was still not enough.

After Jose consumed a "time and space timeout", he blocked the opponent's shot very steadily.

It was England's turn to take a penalty kick.

Vardy made his first appearance for England.

Unfortunately, Vardy's shot was guessed by Subasic in the right direction.

Both sides' first penalty kicks were all missed.

Perisic made his second appearance for Croatia.

Unlike Brozovic, Perisic chose to play on the top left of the goal.

It's a pity that he didn't kick the ball fast in order to kick a good angle.

Jose once again consumed a plug-in to save Perisic's penalty.

It was Lingard's turn to play for England.

Lingard was once called Little Lampard, just because his style of shooting from behind was somewhat similar to Lampard when he played.

It is a pity that Lingard's penalty level is far from that of Lampard.

Lingard did not resist the pressure and kicked the penalty away.

After the two rounds of penalty kicks were over, none of the four players who played in the game could make a penalty!
This is totally unreasonable!
Jose once again stood on the goal line, this time he faced Modric, who is known as the best midfielder in the world.

(End of this chapter)