Non-mainstream goalkeeper

In contrast, the press conference on the Croatian side was more like a rally.

Head coach Čačić looked solemn during the interview.

"In the history of international A-level competitions, we have played against Portugal 3 times, and they won all of them, scoring 6 goals and not conceding a single goal."

"This is the first time we meet in the European Cup, and I think my players and I are ready to fight!"

"No matter Ronaldo and Nani in the frontcourt or goalkeeper Zhang San in the backcourt, they can't stop us Croatians from moving forward."

"Some people say we are a dark horse? I don't know how they define the meaning of a dark horse, but half of our players play in the top leagues, which says it all...."

"Modric also said:"We have achieved our goal of qualifying from the group stage, and now we have a better chance. I want to know how far we can go."...

The duel between the two sides also attracted the attention of Maradona.

He wrote on the social platform:"The Portuguese national team relies too much on their star captain Cristiano Ronaldo in attack. In the quarter-final against Croatia, this fact may make the Iberian team pay a heavy price."

"For goalkeeper Zhang, Croatia's attack and defense transition speed is extremely fast, and he can make a fatal blow to the goal he is guarding with just a few passes."

"I am optimistic about the Croatian team. They are a team with a steely will, a belief in winning and superb overall strength."

As Maradona left the field, more football legends began to comment on the winning rate of the two teams, which basically remained at a 50-50 situation....

On June 26, players from both teams walked into the Stade Bollaert-Delely in Lens.

The 35,000 seats were already full of fans. Zhang San looked up and saw a poster of trash talk in the Croatian fans area.

【Hey CR7, please don't cry today.

The poster is very big, and almost all the players on the field can see it.

This is a mockery of Ronaldo's crying every time he loses a game in a world championship, and also implies that Portugal will be eliminated today.

Zhang San shook his head ~

I want to see who will cry today?...

"Now we can see from the broadcast footage that the crying player is Croatian captain Srna!"

"After the first round, his father unfortunately passed away. After the game, Srna rushed back to China to attend his father's funeral...."

"When everyone thought he would be crushed by sadness and unable to continue fighting alongside his teammates, Srna made a surprising decision! He chose to return to the European Cup to continue fighting...."

"He is still in the starting lineup today. In this game, the Croatian team changed the adjustments from the previous game and released all the main players of the team!"

"Their formation today is 4-2-3-1, but 6 players have yellow cards, which is something they need to pay attention to!"

"Goalkeeper: No. 23 Subasic~"

"Defenders: No. 11 Srna, No. 21 Vida, No. 5 Joel Luka, No. 3 Strinic~"

"Defensive midfielder: No. 10 Modric, No. 19 Badelli~"

"Midfielder: No. 14 Brozovic, No. 7 Rakitic, No. 4 Perisic~"

"Forward: No. 17 Mandzukic~"

"Today's referee team is from Spain, and the referee is Velasco..."

"On the Portuguese side, head coach Santos made a bold adjustment and used three players who did not play in the group stage...."

"In such a crucial knockout match, Portugal did take some risks! Today their formation is still 4-4-2:"

"Goalkeeper: No. 77 Zhang San~"

"Defenders: No. 21 Cedric, No. 3 Pepe, No. 4 Fonte, No. 5 Guerrero~"

"Midfielders: No. 10 Joao Mario, No. 23 Adrián Silva, No. 14 William Carvalho, No. 15 Andre Gomes~"

"Forward: No. 7 Cristiano Ronaldo, No. 17 Nani~"

"But fans don’t have to worry. After all, Zhang San is currently the best goalkeeper in the European Cup and the luckiest goalkeeper, no doubt about it!"...

Beep!

With the referee's whistle, the game officially begins!

Zhang San stands in front of the goal, looking forward to this match!

Fate is a very strange thing. You plant flowers with care but they don't bloom, but you plant willows without care and they grow into rows....

This is definitely the most boring first half that Zhang San has ever experienced....

The two teams played very cautiously. In the first half, each team contributed two shots, but none of them were on target!

In the 25th minute of the game, Guerrero's free kick went into the penalty area!

Pepe's header went over the bar...

In the 30th minute of the game, Perisic cut in from the right side of the penalty area and shot into the side net...

When the game was 40 minutes in, Zhang San already felt that he was about to fall asleep....

"Oh? We see Zhang San in the camera actually resting his eyes in front of the goal! Both sides were indeed a little too cautious in this game."

"Just now we saw Cristiano Ronaldo’s son, Mini Ronaldo, in the stands. He probably felt the game was too boring and fell asleep on the railing!"

"However, everyone can understand that both sides attach great importance to the knockout stage...."

「Don't blame Zhang San, there's no need to save the ball! Who wouldn't feel sleepy standing like this?」

「Please save the kids! What did I watch when I stayed up late to watch the game? I might as well go watch a movie!」

「Brother, can you lend me a video?」

「What are we looking at? It’s definitely a tie and the game will go into overtime!」

「Please give more shots to the audience seats. It’s more interesting to look at the beauties in Croatia.」

「I want to vomit. Portugal is not good enough. It’s so difficult to beat Croatia!」...

"Cristiano Ronaldo didn't have a good day today. Croatia had a partial defense against him! Every time he got the ball, Croatia had at least 3 players defending him...."

When the referee blew the whistle to end the first half, the fans in the stadium booed loudly!

Most of the players on both sides returned to the locker room with solemn faces. Only Zhang San walked back slowly. He wanted to ask the coach for a nap during the halftime....

The other goalkeeper, Subasic, had the same feeling as him, but he certainly didn't dare to express it too much.

The two met in the passage, their eyes met, and they understood everything in their eyes. This is the tacit understanding between the goalkeepers....

As soon as Zhang San entered the room, he heard Ronaldo expressing his dissatisfaction with the first half!

"We need to adjust our strategy! I tried my best to exert pressure, but we didn’t do well enough on the other side, and the tactical system was very unclear...."

Santos quickly calmed the team's thighs, took out the tactical map and began to rearrange the tactics....