Stand by the last line of defense

Chapter 18 Reports
Zheng Long is only 17 years old, and he only serves as the third goalkeeper in the second league.

At the press conference, except for the two domestic sports media that were paid for by the majority, and a local media in the Aragon Autonomous Region, no other media paid attention.

Zheng Long seemed to have been poured cold water on this empty and deserted scene.

The excitement and excitement instantly turned cold.

I am just an unknown junior now.

No one cares about themselves at all.

The only way to enjoy the sought-after and attention-grabbing treatment is to perform well, earn a living, and join a La Liga club as soon as possible.

Recognizing the reality, Zheng Long pressed the excitement and excitement.

Zheng Long calmed down, but Shi Ping, the principal who rushed over from Huaxia, was all smiles.

Zheng Long is the first player to be cultivated by the majority of football schools.

For him, it is a great honor to be able to train a student who can become a professional player just after the school is established, and it is also the best publicity for Hengda Football Academy.

As long as Zheng Long performs well in the future and can gain a foothold in La Liga.

At that time, those children who aspire to take the road of professional football players will still break through the threshold of the vast football academies.

Shi Ping specially flew from China to Spain to attend the signing conference.

Facing only seven or eight reporters, Shi Ping pretended to sign the "contract document", then exchanged the contract with Solans, the chairman of Zaragoza, and shook hands...

After a lot of tossing, the signing was finally completed.

Put the contract away, Shi Ping looked at Zheng Long and said.

"Ah Long, you can get the attention of these clubs in Zaragoza, which shows that you have great potential. But we must also remind you!
You are not the only Chinese player who came to the European youth team. For example, Dong Fang and the others are not players with great potential.

But they all failed in the end, and they could only return to Huaxia in despair.Some of them can't even play in the Chinese Super League now, and can only play in the secondary leagues such as China A and B.You should learn from the lessons of these people.

Shi Ping thought that Zheng Long was only 17 years old, and he was afraid that he would have a burden in his heart, which would be detrimental to his growth.

he said reassuringly. "Of course, you are still young. Even if you can't stay in Spain, your experience in Spain will help you. After you return to China, I believe there will be many Chinese Super League clubs interested in you. What you have to do now is Practice your skills and make yourself stronger!"

Zheng Long nodded and said. "I understand. I'll remember!"

After attending the signing press conference, Zheng Long returned to school.

The news of Zheng Long's signing with Zaragoza has spread throughout the school.

Although everyone agrees with Zheng Long's strength, they are still surprised and envious of being able to become a professional player so quickly.

Seeing that Zheng Long became a professional player in less than a month after coming to the branch school, it inspired many students.

Although Zheng Long has only signed a contract with a West Second Division club, they all know that this is a springboard.

If you perform well, you can soon become a member of La Liga.

A realistic example is in front of them, which is more exciting than the coach's words of encouragement.

During the daily training, the students of the football school worked harder and more seriously than before.

The day after tomorrow at the latest, Zheng Long will leave school and report to Zaragoza.

If I leave this time, I am afraid that I will leave the school forever.

Although there are many branch schools, Zheng Long has been here for less than a month.

But for Zheng Long who spent his childhood in school, it is still a little sad.

From today onwards, even if I have officially stepped into the society, I will become a professional player and participate in the professional league.

For Zheng Long's departure, Zhang Jie, who is in the same dormitory, was a little happy for Zheng Long, but also very disappointed.

Zheng Long can sign a club and is called a professional player.

However, I still need to train in the football school, and I don't know if I can sign a contract in the future, and I am called a professional player.

Seeing Zheng Long packing his luggage, he will be leaving tomorrow.

"Aaron, come on. I wish you can join La Liga as soon as possible, and then you can join the giants!"

"The same goes for you. Come on. With your strength, I believe that as long as you work harder, you can also be selected by the Spanish club!"

"I accept your precious words!"

With a little anxiety, Zheng Long came to Zaragoza accompanied by the club director Garcia.

Zheng Long does not have a house in the Autonomous Region of Aragon.

Zaragoza helped Zheng Long find an apartment not far from the club base.

Not big, but close to the training base.

Many members of Zaragoza's youth training team live nearby.

Putting his simple luggage in the apartment, the next day, Zheng Long rode a bicycle to Zaragoza Club.

After putting the car away, Zheng Long looked at the situation around the Zaragoza club, feeling a little complicated.

Here, I am about to officially embark on the road of professional players.

Can I stay in Spain after one year?Or is it like everyone else, or can only go back to China?
Walking into the club office, a middle-aged man in sportswear saw Zheng Long coming.

He said with a smile all over his face. "Hey kids, welcome to Madrid. I'm your coach and you'll be guided here. I hope you like it here."

Head coach Ranko Popovich took Zheng Long to the training ground of Zaragoza's first-team team.

he clapped his hands and shouted. "Today we will welcome a new team member. It is the dragon from Huaxia. Welcome!"

For this newcomer from China, the Zaragoza players have heard about it for a long time.

It's just the third goalkeeper. I don't know if I will stay in Zaragoza after a year.

But even if he didn't care, but for the head coach's sake, Zaragoza's players still applauded.

After the coach introduced Zheng Long, a burly man with a beard about 1 meters in height smiled at Zheng Long: "Welcome to the first team.

If we want to rush to La Liga, we need your strength very much.I'm Zaragoza's captain Pedro!In the team, if you encounter anything, you can come to me! "

His attitude made Zheng Long feel relieved. Fortunately, the captain of this team has a good attitude, otherwise he will have a hard time in the future.

"Thank you!"

Pedro patted Zheng Long on the shoulder: "Come on, let me introduce you to everyone. This is Borja Baston, the current main striker of the team."

He pointed to a skinny guy and said.

Borja Baston glanced at Zheng Long, and just nodded lightly, as a greeting.

Pedro said with a smile: "He is such a person. Just get used to it. In fact, he is not a bad person."

Then he turned to a curly-haired man next to Borja Baston.

"This is Jesus Vallejo, the team's central defender. He should be the same year as you. I hope you can get along happily in the future and guard the team's gate together!"

He pointed to the curly-haired young man.

The curly-haired Jesús Vallejo grinned and said to Zheng Long, "Hello."

He is more enthusiastic.

Next Pedro pointed to a big man with a bit of a tooth. "Leandro Cabrera, the central defender of the team, from Uruguay."

"Okay." Leandro Cabrera nodded.

In this way, Cheney introduced all the first-team players currently in the locker room one by one.

"Here, I hope you can continue to train hard. Maybe in a few years you will be the main goalkeeper of the team."

Pedro doesn't think Zheng Long can help the team anytime soon.

He even felt that the team's signing of Zheng Long was actually to open up the Chinese market.

Zheng Long feels that everyone in the team has a very different attitude towards him, but this is also normal.

He is just a youth player and the third goalkeeper of the team.

Iron barracks, flowing soldiers.

A player like myself might not be on the team next season.They might not even be on the team anymore.

For some, they're here for a job.

Just do your own thing well, as for other things, there is no need to have a deep friendship.Unless you can play together.

After introducing Zheng Long to the team, head coach Popovich clapped his hands and shouted. "Okay. Start training!"

The biggest difference between a professional team and a youth training team is that the coaches here will not tell you what you are doing like the coaches of the youth team, remind you of this, and tell you that you are not doing well.

Here, players need to be more conscious and complete the tasks assigned by the coach.

Can't finish...

Then you can pack your things and get out!
Zheng Long stood at the training ground in Zaragoza, looking around curiously.

Zaragoza's training ground is much more lively than the Hengxi youth team training ground.

In addition to the 25 first-line players, there are also youth training teams and hundreds of staff.

And outside the training ground, you can still see a few fans from time to time.

Followed the team for basic training, and then each player will be assigned to a different group according to their position, and with the help of the assistant coach, they will conduct different training.

The last is the collective tactical exercise.

Popovich took the roster and divided the players into two teams one by one, when he read the substitute yellow team.

Popovich looked at the roster and exclaimed. "Zheng...boy, I know your name means Dragon, how about calling you Dragon from now on?"

He is a Serbian, and he is really not used to pronouncing Chinese people's names.So he made the decision and helped Zheng Long get the nickname Dragon.

Although there are some differences between Dragon and China's dragon, it doesn't matter.

Zheng Long turned his head slightly and said. "No problem. Anyway, I will become a Dragon in the future, and make my opponent afraid!"

"GOD! You go to be the goalkeeper of the yellow team and let everyone see your abilities!"

Although I have watched Zheng Long's video, Popovich has not officially watched Zheng Long's game.

In this training session, he wanted to see Zheng Long's ability with his own eyes.Is it really as good as the video shows?

In this way, I have a bottom in my heart.

Of course Zheng Long knew the coach's plan, just as he also wanted everyone in Zaragoza to know his abilities and not despise himself.

he shouted. "good!"

(End of this chapter)