Stand by the last line of defense

Chapter 19 Stunning
Zheng Long was assigned to the substitute team, and the goalkeeper of the home team was Oscar Huali, the second goalkeeper.

Obviously, the head coach Popovich wants to examine the strength and status of these two substitute players.

Center back Leandro Cabrera, standing on the sidelines, turned to Oscar Wally.

"Dude, it seems that it is not easy for you to get a chance to play this season!"

Oscar Wally is only 20 years old this year.It turned out that R. Popovich saw that there were no suitable players on the market and was a young player on loan from the Atletico Madrid Youth B team.

Oscar Wally, with a sunny face, didn't care.

"A Chinese player? Do you expect a country that has not entered the World Cup for ten consecutive years to produce outstanding players? I will definitely be able to play, and the team's main goalkeeper must also be mine!"

"Then you can perform better, otherwise, your position as the second backup goalkeeper will be taken away by the opponent!"

Oscar Wally said grumpily. "You still take care of yourself!"

Cabrera saw that the assistant coach who acted as the referee had come up, he stopped chatting with Oscar Wally, and walked to the penalty area to prepare for the game.

Standing in the midfield and waiting for the kick-off, Borja Baston, the main center of the No. 9 team, looked at the Chinese goalkeeper Zheng Long opposite.

He turned his head and shouted at captain number 15 Pedro.

"Antonio, pass the ball to me later, I want to see what this new goalkeeper can do!"

Pedro glanced at Baston speechlessly, but did not speak.

Baston, who is familiar with the captain's character, turned his head cheerfully, and then passed the ball to the Brazilian striker No. 10 Willian Jose.

The game has officially started!

Different from the training games of the youth team, in order to gain the affirmation of the coach, the youth players cherish every opportunity, even the training in the team will be very serious.

The training matches of professional players are not so intense, and they are more about maintaining a competitive state and training and running-in tactics.

In order to avoid injuries as much as possible, the confrontation between players is not very intense.

Doka receives the return pass and drives forward along the wing.

O. Wally hurried up to press. He didn't stretch out his foot to break, but just forced the opponent, trying to make it impossible for the opponent to break through with the ball easily.

Just when Wally thought that the forced Doka could not make a pass, and could only rush to the bottom line.

Doka suddenly came to pull the ball, pulled the ball to the right with the outside instep, and made an emergency stop.

A Wali following Doka couldn't stop for a while.When he adjusted, Doka had already taken the opportunity to get rid of his opponent and passed the ball to Pedro in the middle.

After receiving the ball, Depero did not stay, and directly sent an overhead ball.

Or just at the beginning, the teammates have not yet adapted.

Or the teammates also want to see Zheng Long's quality, and the central defender R. Gonzalez is not close to him.

Baston, who successfully reversed offside, easily received the pass, and he took advantage of the opportunity to move the ball forward and head straight for the goal.

Zheng Long didn't feel scared at all when he saw the person rushing over with great momentum.

He tried to calm his breathing and keep himself calm!

calm down!

Today is the first warm-up match that I joined the team.

Be calm, don't be afraid, don't make mistakes!

I want the head coach and the players to see their abilities and win the status of the team.

While admonishing himself over and over again in his heart, Zheng Long moved his feet towards the direction where Baston was running.

He bent down slightly, lowered his center of gravity, kept his eyes on the opponent's feet, and paid attention to the opponent's actions.

Borja Baston is a player from the Atletico Madrid youth training team. He is now on loan to Zaragoza to gain experience.

If he is worthy, he will be signed back by Atletico Madrid.

In order to return to Atletico Madrid, Borja Baston has always worked very hard in the game.

Looking at the menacing Borja Baston, Zheng Long was unexpectedly calm, without showing the flustered expression Baston wanted.

Seeing that he was rushing into the penalty area, Borja Baston accelerated and kicked the football vigorously.

"Oh!"

Baston kicked the football hard with the back of his foot.

The football rushed out, like a cannonball, and Gao went straight to the upper right corner of the goal.

For the goalkeeper, there are two kinds of balls that are difficult to catch, one is the ball that changes direction suddenly.One is to hit a dead end.

Seeing the football flying straight to the dead end, everyone had the same thought in their hearts.

"The quality of this ball is good. I'm afraid it will go in! This new goalkeeper is out of luck, and he will suffer a blow as soon as he comes!"

Just when everyone thought the goal was going to be scored.

Zheng Long made up his mind to stick to the team's defense and never let the opponent score his goal.

Even if the opponent is his teammate.

No, no!
Baston's shot was fast in the eyes of others, but in Zheng Long's eyes, Baston was replaying it in slow motion.

The moment the opponent shot, Zheng Long's nerve center responded.

The opponent wants to prepare to hit his far corner.

He quickly ran two steps to the left, and after seeing the direction in which the football was flying, he stared at his feet and jumped.

Like a cheetah, Zheng Long jumped out quickly.

In the air, his hands are directly catching the ball and controlling the ball in his own hands.

The whole process is clean and neat, not muddled at all.

Seeing that Zheng Long took Baston's shot directly in the air, Zaragoza's main substitute players stood still and stared blankly at Zheng Long.

"My God! How did he do it?"

They're all professionals, that's clear.

Such a shot with good strength and angle, there are still many goalkeepers who can hit the ball!

Stick to the goal and save the team!

But picking the ball straight up in the air?
Let the main players have no chance to make up shots.

Such a quick save!
It's so arrogant!

too crazy!

Forward Baston also looked at the goalkeeper Zheng Long in disbelief.

Unexpectedly, the opponent could completely save his good quality shot!
It is not typed out, but directly picked off.

Baston was very surprised.

But soon he smiled.

Okay!

This goalkeeper is a bit capable, and it doesn't seem like it is the mascot that the club wants to introduce in the Chinese market as others said!
Zaragoza scored 47 goals last season but conceded 50 goals.There are only 42 rounds in total, with an average of 1.19 goals conceded per game.

It is precisely because of the poor backcourt last season that this season, the team has cleaned up many players and introduced many players.In order to hope to improve the team's defense.

Although I don't know if he will have such a performance in the game, but now it seems that the team has introduced a good player.

Baston gave Zheng Long a thumbs up and praised him.

He is a striker, responsible for attacking the city for the team.

Zheng Long is the goalkeeper and is responsible for guarding the gate for the team.

Zheng Long has no direct conflict of interest with him, and even the goalkeeper is good, so he is even happier.

Otherwise, if you work hard to score a goal, but turn around and your opponent scores an equalizer or even overtakes the score, wouldn't that make you vomit blood.

Seeing Zheng Long's save just now, Popovich looked at assistant coach Nekens, his eyes filled with excitement.

Just that ball, even if Cassie came to save it, there was a half and half chance of not being able to save it.

Unexpectedly, the young goalkeeper in front of him can not only keep the goal, but also pick the ball directly.

This confidence!This strength!
Sure enough, the team did not make a mistake, and he is a goalkeeper with great potential.

It is worth cultivating the team!

(End of this chapter)