Neymar's feint did not fool Lu Wenbin.
Lu Wenbin's full goalkeeping skills allowed him to predict the direction of Neymar's shot by observing the shaking of his ankle and the location where the ball touched, and he blocked the shot in advance.
Although Neymar's kick hit a blind corner, Lu Wenbin, who had predicted it accurately and started in advance, flew to save the ball and pushed it out of the baseline.
In his first guest role as a goalkeeper in his career, Lu Wenbin saved a penalty kick from Neymar, the successor to the king of football.
In an instant, the Chinese fans at the scene and in front of the TV went crazy.
The CCTV commentator was so excited that he jumped onto the commentary stand and screamed wildly:
"It's saved! Lu Wenbin saved the penalty!"
"Oh my god, Lu Wenbin is a god!"
"Goalkeeper, football god, Lu Wenbin absolutely deserves it!"
Not only the commentators, not only the Chinese fans and audiences, but audiences all over the world were in an uproar.
"Oh, my-god!"
“Incredible, so incredible!”
"Lu actually saved the penalty kick!"
"It was such a tricky penalty, but Lu saved it!"
"Lu's goalkeeping skills are so good?"
"Never heard of it before?"
"I admire Lou so much, he is the God of football, the God of football!"
After Zeng Cheng was sent off with a red card and the Chinese team was awarded a penalty, everyone thought that the Chinese team was finished and their World Cup journey had ended.
Unexpectedly, Lu Wenbin, who had never played as a goalkeeper, took over Zeng Cheng's gloves and became the goalkeeper. He saved the penalty kick that Brazil's top star Neymar sent straight to the dead corner.
It’s amazing!
This is a goalkeeper-level performance!
At the penalty spot, Neymar was stunned as he watched Lu Wenbin save his penalty.
Neymar and his Brazilian teammates could only stare in amazement as they watched Lu Wenbin, who was surrounded by Chinese players and celebrating wildly after saving a penalty.
The next corner kick was not grabbed by either player, and Lu Wenbin jumped up and grabbed it with both hands.
After the game resumed, with one man less and without Lu Wenbin's frontal defense and counterattack threat, Brazil's attack became more ferocious. Even the defenders crossed the center line, and the attack in the middle was much more ferocious than before.
In the 10 minutes before the end of extra time, the Brazilian team completed three shots within the goal frame, one of which was a long shot outside the penalty area and two shots inside the penalty area.
However, all three shots within the goal frame were saved by Lu Wenbin.
In the more than ten minutes that he played as a goalkeeper, including penalties, Lu Wenbin's save success rate was 100%.
Every save made by Lu Wenbin would cause thunderous applause from Chinese fans and fans from other countries.
Only the Brazilian fans at home looked like bitter melons, wishing they could swallow Lu Wenbin.
Looking at Lu Wenbin's goalkeeper-like performance, the Brazilians felt more and more uneasy.
After 2 minutes of stoppage time, the referee blew the whistle to end the overtime.
Thanks to Lu Wenbin's 100% save success rate, the Chinese team withstood Brazil's fierce attack in the last ten minutes and maintained the score of 2-2 until the end of overtime.
Both sides had to go into a penalty shootout.
However, the expressions of the players and fans on both sides were completely different.
The Chinese fans were jubilant and ready to celebrate their victory, while the Brazilian fans looked miserable, as if they knew they were going to be eliminated.
After a few minutes' rest, the head coaches of both teams arranged the penalty kick order and the penalty shootout began.
The first team to shoot free throws was the Chinese team, and the first free throw shooter was undoubtedly Lu Wenbin.
Lu Wenbin walked to the penalty spot and kicked the ball into the dead corner. Cesar even jumped in the wrong direction.
Then, it was Brazil's turn to take free throws, and Lu Wenbin walked to the goal line, waiting for the first free throw taker of the Brazilian team.
Perhaps because they were worried that Neymar would be affected by his missed penalty kick, the Brazilian team arranged for the first penalty taker to be not Neymar, but attacking midfielder Oscar.
However, Oscar didn't work either.
Although the penalty kick he took was of good quality and went straight to the upper left corner, it was still saved by Lu Wenbin who moved in advance.
The Chinese fans in the stands cheered and screamed loudly, while the Brazilian fans looked in pain. Oscar could only walk back to the center line dejectedly.
The first round of the penalty shootout ended with the Chinese team leading 1-0.
In the second round, it was Wu Lei who took the free throw for the Chinese team.
The previous goal scored gave Wu Lei a lot of confidence.
Although Cesar judged the direction correctly, Wu Lei's ball was of very high quality and Cesar still failed to save it.
Then it was the turn of Brazil's second penalty taker, forward Fred.
As a result, perhaps because Lu Wenbin brought too much psychological pressure on him, Fred's soft penalty kick was directly pressed under Lu Wenbin.
The second round of the penalty shootout ended with the Chinese team leading 2-0.
Victory is at hand.
However, Hao Junmin did not perform well in the third round of free throws, as the angle was not sharp and was saved by Cesar.
On the Brazilian team's side, the one who took the penalty kick was Lu Wenbin's teammate in Real Madrid, Marcelo, who had experienced too many big scenes.
Even though Lu Wenbin's performance as a guest goalkeeper scared Marcelo, his penalty kicks did not lose their standard.
Marcelo didn't make any fake moves and kicked the ball directly to the upper right corner.
Although Lu Wenbin judged the direction correctly, the penalty kick was too close. Marcelo's shot was powerful, fast, and at a sharp angle, almost hitting a theoretical blind spot.
Lu Wenbin missed the ball by a hair's breadth.
At the end of the third round of penalty kicks, Brazil finally scored a goal thanks to Marcelo's outstanding performance, and the score was 2-1.
The media and fans finally breathed a sigh of relief, as it turned out that Lu Wenbin’s penalty saves were not 100% certain and someone else could still score.
Otherwise, it would be too horrible.
In the fourth round, Zheng Zhi took the free throw for the Chinese team.
Zheng Zhi's penalty was very stable. Cesar judged the direction correctly, but still failed to touch the ball. He watched the ball pass through his fingers and fly into the net.
China 3-1 Brazil.
This puts a lot of pressure on Brazil's fourth free throw taker.
If this penalty kick was missed, with one round left and the Chinese team leading by two goals, they would not have to take the last penalty kick and could directly declare victory.
Coincidentally, the fourth penalty taker of the Brazilian team was Lu Wenbin’s captain at Paris Saint-Germain, Thiago Silva.
Silva looked at his Paris teammates standing in front of the goal line and felt a little desperate.
Based on the three penalties saved by Lu Wenbin in overtime and the penalty shootout, Silva had already determined that the Brazilian team was doomed to lose.
Whether he made the free throw or not, it would not change the result. Lu Wenbin's goalkeeping skills are just too great.
I feel he is better than the world's top goalkeepers today: Casillas, Buffon and Cech.
But the ball still has to be free throw.