Non-mainstream goalkeeper

Croatia's strength stood out.

Head coach Čačić said to everyone in the locker room:"We did a great job! We restricted their attack. We must continue in the second half! We have the opportunity to attack again. Remember our tactics, defense is everything!"

"Got it!"

Walking out of the tunnel, Zhang San was a little worried about the second half.

Head coach Santos said he wanted to give it a try, but the key was that Portugal did not have a good center forward!

"Welcome to the second half of the game. The two teams played conservatively in the first half. Let's see if there will be some changes after the halftime break!"

Beep!

The second half officially begins.

Croatia still passes the ball to the backcourt. Unlike the first half, Portugal's frontcourt players chose to press forward~!

But the Croatian players seized the opportunity!

Captain Srna made a long-distance pass~

Brozovic on the wing received the ball and passed it back to the middle!

Mandzukic barely passed the ball back under Pepe's close defense~

Rakitic rushed over from outside the penalty area and shot!

Bang!

The ball ran to the right!

Zhang San flew sideways and touched the ball with his fingertips!

"Rakitic~~shoots!! Wow~! Just a little bit! Zhang San must have touched the ball!"

Zhang San stood up, stretched out his left middle finger, put it to his mouth and kissed it!

"Let’s look at the replay. Zhang San did touch the ball, and it only took one finger to wipe the ball out of the baseline!"

「The powerful Vajra Finger is confirmed! How come this guy practices martial arts every day now?」

「Hahaha, it's good enough that he could save it. Rakitic's long-range shot is really steady.~」

「I report that Zhang San is skirting the line on the court!」

「Brother, our editorial department needs you!」...

Zhang San's save reminded Rakitic of his abnormal performance in front of the goal when the two sides met this season....

It's back, the fear of being dominated is back!

Croatia is preparing to take a corner kick, Perisic is preparing to serve.

Zhang San points at Modric outside the penalty area and shouts,"No. 10! Keep an eye on No. 10!"

Bang!

Perisic takes a tactical corner kick, Strinic passes the ball near the penalty area line!

Modric volleys the ball without stopping!

The ball goes straight to the upper left corner!

Zhang San doesn't have time to get there, the ball goes in~

Return!

"Croatia's tactical corner kick is given to the middle!"

"Modric! Zhang San saved it! Zhang San saved Modric's shot from the blind spot!!"

"Wow! Incredible! With this goal, Modric was clearly paying tribute to his club's head coach Zidane's flying fairy!"

"Even this made Zhang San rush out! Incredible! This rescue was unprecedented and will never be surpassed!"

「Oh my god, this is a dimensionality reduction attack! How can a goalkeeper just stand aside to guard the goal!」

「Zhang San: Magic Flute, I have seen through you!」

「I predicted you predicted my prediction!」

「Awesome! Zhang San's pounce was worth it!」...

After Zhang San held down the ball in the small penalty area, his teammates came forward to hug him.

Zhang San's thigh-level performance saved them from disaster!

Modric also thought of Zhang San, the god-like player in the Champions League final. This feeling is something that ordinary people cannot understand just by watching!

The coaching seats on the sidelines and the audience seats on the field are polar opposites, especially in Portugal, where everyone feels like they have survived a disaster!

In the center of the fans' stands, Zhang San's future father-in-law, Leno, put up a flag signed by the player.

Under his leadership, all the Portuguese fans in the stadium began to shout"Zhang~！！"...

Back in the game, the morale of the Croatians seemed to be affected. They moved back more, trying to catch Portugal's mistakes and complete the fatal blow. In the

52nd minute, Gomez made a cross from the right side of the penalty area.

Nani shot the ball high from the front point!

3 minutes later, Joao Mario and Gomez completed a wall pass!

But the shot in front of the penalty area also missed the goal....

"The entire Portuguese team had no shots on target today, and Ronaldo was perfectly restricted by the Croatian team."

"There was no shot in the entire first half, which was the first time Ronaldo had touched the ball in the penalty area in the past eight European Cup games...."

Santos began to make substitutions on the sidelines.

Renato Sanchez replaced Andre Gomes, and the team's formation changed from 4-4-2 to 4-5-1.

The new Sanchez was very active and played a pivotal role in the middle.

In the next 20 minutes, Portugal repeatedly created crises in front of Croatia's goal, but none of them hit the target....

On the contrary, Croatia seized two chances and had two shots!

In the 80th minute, Portugal made another substitution, Quaresma came on as a substitute for Mario.

Three minutes later, Portugal pressed forward, but the gap in the midfield became apparent.

Modric intercepted the ball, and Croatia quickly formed a four-on-four situation in Portugal's half! Mandzukic had a single shot, but Zhang San quickly attacked and knocked the ball away, but the ball did not fly far.

At this time, Zhang San was still two meters inside the penalty area line, with Mandzukic in front of him, and his Portuguese teammates Pepe and Font on both sides.

Outside the penalty area were Brozovic and Rakitic who had grabbed the ball.

In a flash, Zhang San thought of a plan! He immediately directed Font to go back and block the door!

He moved his position forward one meter again, flush with Pepe on the right.

This forced Rakitic to pass the ball to Brozovic who was running forward....

Zhang San immediately raised his hand to signal the opponent's offside!

Brozovic rushed into the penalty area and shot into the net!

Excited, he ran directly to the other side of the corner kick area and slid on his knees to celebrate!

But his teammates did not follow him. Looking back, the linesman on the other side had already raised the offside flag high.

"Oh? This ball has a chance! Shoot! The ball goes in! 84th minute..."

The commentator suddenly stopped and changed his words:"This ball is offside! The linesman has raised the flag to indicate that the Croatian player is offside, so the goal is invalid!"

"Let's take a look at the replay. Zhang San directed Fonte to the front of the goal, and he took a step forward and stood in line with Pepe...."

"I see, it is indeed offside. Let me explain the rules to the audience."

"When a player passes the second-to-last defensive player of the opposing team to receive the ball, regardless of whether the defensive player is a goalkeeper or not, he is offside."

"Fonte dragged the ball in front of the goal, and Brozovic had already passed Zhang San and Pepe when he received the ball, so he was offside!"

"Zhang San's offside tactics were very successful this time!"

「Fortunately, Pepe did not step back, otherwise Brozovic would have really scored!」

「To be honest, I still don’t understand it!」

「The offside line is determined by the second to last player! It has nothing to do with the goalkeeper, just treat him as a player.」

「Brother San's basketball IQ, think about the previous throw...It's simply the most powerful brain!」...