That night, the agent Yan Hokusai found for Zuo Lin flew all the way from Beijing to Shanghai and began to contact the club. Zuo Lin didn't quite understand what was going on, why an agent suddenly came out, but he didn't bother to care, and directly signed the agent contract that Yan Hokusai had prepared for him, and all the things after that naturally had an agent to deal with.

When the general manager of the club saw this agent named Sang Shilin, he couldn't help but sigh again, the energy of the old man Yan Hokusai was really huge. Sang Shilin can be said to be one of the oldest professional agents in China, he opened a sports agency by himself, and he also has several powerful agents in China. Over the years, Sang Shilin has rarely come forward in person. And it was because of a few phone calls from Yan Hokusai that he summoned this bigwig, who can be said to be a bigwig in the domestic sports world. Yan Hokusai may not think it is a big deal to find a friend to help, but in the eyes of others, this is completely different.

Sang Shilin's face made the negotiation of the contract very simple. Sang Shilin has been in this circle for many years, and naturally knows the Shenbao Club's desire for a good goalkeeper. And he has already roughly understood from Zuo Lin's mouth why Shenbao Club is so eager to sign a contract.

Sang Shilin also knows that the contract for quick success may have more serious sequelae. With the backing of Yan Hokusai, Zuo Lin must not be short of money, and the farmer who has just turned from a farmer to a professional player should not be too serious about money, and he has set a fairly low annual salary figure for the club. Cheng Yi, the general manager of the club, who was ready to be slaughtered when he saw Sang Shilin come forward, signed the contract happily, and promised to personally supervise the implementation of a series of additional clauses in the contract. These additional clauses include special holiday arrangements for Zolin, freedom and daily treatment of the players, and some related matters in terms of training and matches......

The amount of money that Sang and his brokerage company can make from this three-year contract may not be much. At least for now, Zuo Lin, who has not performed in any league games, will not have image rights income, advertising and other income, but Sang Shilin still sees the smell of money in this contract.

It is not many days before the start of the league, and during this time, Zuo Lin is at ease to train with his teammates. In fact, he didn't have much else to go. His home has been occupied by several graduate students of Yu Pingzhang, who took over Zuo Lin's original job, and also monitored the two conservatories very carefully. Each plant is photographed and registered, the soil is sampled regularly, the temperature and humidity changes in the small environment are monitored 24 hours a day, and the data is directly transmitted to the computer to become a neat curve. …… To be honest, the means of these graduate students to take care of the greenhouse and their seriousness are much stronger than Zuo Lin.

And Grandpa Zuo Qiang, there seems to be nothing to worry about, under the arrangement of Yan Lao, the expert consultation will overturn the case that was originally characterized as a terminal illness. Although the surgery combined with other physiotherapy methods proposed by those experts was not expensive, it was not at all a problem worth using even a single brain cell for Yan Lao.

Zuo Lin, who entered the first team for joint training, once again felt a strange gaze. The team's main goalkeeper looked at him with a depressed look and hatred, and the rest of the team's teammates didn't have a good impression of this new teammate who had not been tested in battle. However, Zuo Lin's performance quickly conquered everyone.

In the more than 10 days of training, Zuo Lin was with everyone every day, even if it was the physical training that the goalkeeper didn't need, he also participated. On the second day of Zuo Lin's training with the team, head coach Luo Xianjie asked Zuo Lin to change from the goalkeeper position to the shooting queue from the shooting training link. Because he stood in front of the goal, he was stunned for an hour and no one could score a goal. It's normal to think about it, and be able to save 7 percent of the ball in extreme training, and it is natural to be able to cope with this kind of incoming ball every 3 to 4 seconds. When the detachment was training, although Zuo Lin wanted to get serious, he couldn't help but be a little sleepy. He was like a lazy lion crouching in front of the door, oblivious to everything that happened in front of him. Only move the ball when it is coming towards the goal, grab it easily, and throw it far away to your teammates in the front court.

What made Zuo Lin slightly happier was that the club agreed to let him play a limit test every day. He continued to familiarize himself with the test and adjusted his movements to be simpler, a little simpler. Two days before the start of the league, in the last extreme test before the game, Zuo Lin had improved his score to 449 goals, and the success rate was close to 75%. This result made Coach Luo Xianjie finally make up his mind to let Zuo Lin start in the league. He is not afraid that Zuo Lin will be abnormal because of the pressure, he feels that it doesn't matter if he is abnormal, Zuo Lin can play half of it, which is already a nightmare for all opponents.

When Zolin first stepped on the playing field, neither the fans, the media nor the opponents knew anything about the 18-year-old goalkeeper. However, everyone always has some understanding of the situation of the Shen Leopards. Because there is no good goalkeeper, Shenbao has been hovering between 4 and 6 in the league every year, and has been hovering for several years, and the youth army of that year is now gradually growing up and is now at the peak of their careers. This is not an easy achievement for a team that focuses on discovering talents from within and maintaining a high level of stability and unity in the team. And once there is a good goalkeeper, the performance of the Shen Leopard team will be greatly improved.

And can this 18-year-old goalkeeper really bear the expectations of so many fans? Can this goalkeeper who has no league experience and has only registered as a professional player for a few days reassure his teammates? Shenbao Club finally gave up on itself after the failure of its efforts to bring in a goalkeeper and foreign aid, or is there really something unique about this guy named Zuo Lin? Insiders and laymen look at each other alike, not knowing how to judge. Even with the narrator, he just brought it casually, and tried not to mention this person who didn't have even a single line of information in his hand.

Shen Bao's first opponent in the league was last year's third-place Qingdao team. Facing a rookie goalkeeper, testing the level with frequent shots is naturally what the Qingdao team is very accustomed to. However, to everyone's surprise, Zuo Lin didn't even use his hands in the face of these shots that were not of a bad standard. Instead, he grabbed it with one hand and threw it at the defender closest to him. That ease really makes people wonder if the football will suddenly shrink by one when it flies into the small penalty area.

And the head coach of the Qingdao team watched it for a few minutes and wondered why the Shenbao team, which has always pursued a balance between offense and defense, is now pressing so deeply, and the return defense of the forwards and midfielders does not seem to be so active. Are they really not worried about the goal, or is the goalkeeper so good that they don't need to worry about it?

It is the latter, in fact. Although he has not yet integrated well into the team, the young goalkeeper has earned the trust and even awe of the whole team these days. These days, the arrogant first-team players are even starting to doubt their own shooting skills. The data of shooting training has lost its reference value as the coach adjusts the training method, and in the group confrontation, unless the defender on Zuo Lin's side has a super leak and releases an empty goal for the opponent to kick, it is almost impossible to score, even if it is a single goal, the ball is saved by Zuo Lin, or the goal that must be scored is saved. In the official game, it is naturally impossible for the Shenbao team to deliberately leave a person to play in the group confrontation, in this case, as long as the defenders and Zuo Lin play normally, the forwards and midfielders can naturally save their physical strength a little, and they don't have to go back and forth.

Shen Bao's strength is already very good, and the chemical cooperation brought by a good goalkeeper to the whole team is even more obvious. The slightly pressed formation pressed the Qingdao team in the half and ravaged it repeatedly. However, it wasn't until 30 minutes into the first half that the Shen Leopards knocked on the opponent's door.

And at this time, the deafening cheers woke Zuo Lin from his drowsiness.

Zuo Lin shook his head vigorously, as if to shake off the heavier and heavier sleepiness. He never thought the game would be so boring. Indeed, compared to the 15 minutes of extreme time he is used to every day, or compared to the daily routine of shooting and confrontation drills, this real game is too slow for him. We didn't take our defense very seriously in training, but no matter what, there were always a few shots on goal in 3 or 5 minutes. And right now, there aren't many chances for the ball to fly to their own half. Zuo Lin looked at the goalkeeper of the Qingdao team, although a goal was scored, but at least the guy looked in good spirits, jumping around, yelling a few times from time to time, and didn't care whether the ball was in front of the goal, whether it was under his control.

Zolin began to understand why he was doing this. If you don't find something to do, and you stand at the door like him and look at the battle situation in front of you stupidly, you will immediately fall asleep. The goalkeeper position is not a good position to watch the ball. Many goalkeepers just look at everything that happens in front of them, and gradually make themselves an expert in football tactics, but at present, Zuo Lin does not know so much about football, and his understanding of his position is limited to not letting the opponent score.

Finally, before the end of the first half, Qingdao contributed another shot on goal. A long-range shot of mediocre quality from more than 20 meters away missed the goal post by more than 2 meters. Zuo Lin didn't bother to pick up the ball. Thankfully, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half.

The captain, the main central defender Tao Ye patted Zuo Lin's shoulder when he got off the field, and asked very considerately: "How do you feel? Anyway, there are always various situations for a newcomer to enter the competition, and there are always various adaptation processes required.

Zuo Lin said a little embarrassed: "It's nothing. It's just stuffy. I touched the ball a few times in the middle of the 45 minutes, and I was a little sleepy. ”

Tao Ye was stunned for a moment, then laughed, he raised his voice, and shouted at his teammates who were walking towards the players' tunnel in front: "Hey, Zuo Lin is about to fall asleep." Go to the locker room and make some coffee. ”

One side's attack left the opposing goalkeeper idle, dozing off, and it was indeed a shame to say it. Tao Ye didn't care about the expressions of the Qingdao team players around him, in fact, he just said it to the other party. Taking advantage of every opportunity, attacking the other party at all costs, and uniting oneself is what he is best at as a captain.

Head coach Luo Xianjie also heard Tao Ye's shout, turned around and smiled, put the small notebook he had recorded in his pocket, and also walked towards the locker room.

This was Zuolin's first exposure to the so-called locker room culture. Luo Xianjie doesn't like to talk too much at halftime. He's always been at the front of the game. He briefly emphasized the attacking strategy of the second half and then let everyone rest. Then, Luo Xianjie walked up to Zuo Lin and asked, "Zuo Lin, really dozed off." ”

Looking at Luo Xianjie's frowning brows, Zuo Lin thought that the head coach was angry. He cautiously replied, "...... I used to train quite nervously every day, and I had a ball every three or five or something. Not to mention the 15-minute test. When I started the game all of a sudden, the rhythm was too bad, and I couldn't adjust it. ”

Thinking of Zuo Lin's extraordinary ability through the 15-minute test, Luo Xianjie smiled self-deprecatingly, which probably meant that if he was Zuo Lin, it was estimated that this kind of game would also doze off. However, in front of Zuo Lin, he, the head coach, can't say that, if Zuo Lin has arrogance in the first game, he will be in trouble in the future. Luo Xianjie said: "The situation will be a little different in the second half, and the opponent will definitely step up the attack. You can do whatever you want, just keep your spirits up, and your motor reactions will be slow when you are sleepy. ”

"Okay. Instructor. Zuo Lin nodded in agreement.

However, Zolin was disappointed. I don't know why, the Qingdao team's offensive still didn't improve much in the second half. The number of attacks has increased, but there have only been two strikes in front of goal. And these two times, Zuo Lin waited to catch the ball with great expectations, but when he saw Tao Ye dangling in front of him, the ball flew far high in the air......

"Master, excuse me, borrow a magazine and take a look. When the score was fixed at 3:0, the Qingdao team gradually gave up resistance. Perhaps the lack of a good goalkeeper has made the Shenbao team's defense develop the habit of not letting the ball in front of the goal, although both sides began to slack, but it was still difficult for the ball to enter the penalty area. Zuo Lin was helpless, watching a photojournalist behind the billboard stuff a copy of "Popular Photography" in the pocket of the photographic vest, and Zuo Lin, who was really bored, finally couldn't help but borrow the magazine to read it.

The reporter was stunned for a moment, and then handed over the magazine in some disbelief. Then, there was a flash of lights around. Perhaps this is not the first time these photojournalists have pressed the shutter at Zuo Lin. When Zuo Lin appeared in the field, they took a few photos, archiving them or just out of habit. But for today's somewhat dreary game, I am afraid nothing speaks for itself better than a goalkeeper on the pitch reading a magazine. It's a front-page photo that comes to your door.

"Please don't let me get bored!" the huge headline carried the rare photo on the court, which made Zolin's media appearance.