Chapter 320: He's really like a superman
Moratti's evaluation is not groundless, and the news about Ou Chuliang's second quick reaction has long been reported by reporters.
It was fabricated by a journalist from the Rome-based newspaper La Repubblica after Ouchulian fought against Inter.
On the football field, a goalkeeper saves an opponent's accurate shot, and fans will have the thought in their hearts that "he reacts so fast".
This "quick response" is usually a compliment from fans for the current saves.
In European football, there are many goalkeepers who have been labelled like this. Pagliuca, Rossi, Peruzzi, and others have all made fans think this way at one point in their careers.
But in reality, it is not easy to compare which of the two goalkeepers reacts faster, or to determine whether a goalkeeper is really quick to react. Because every shot the goalkeeper faces is completely different in terms of timing, situation and position, and the reaction and save are also different. It is only by observing a long period of continuous play that a goalkeeper can be called "quick to react".
And how quickly a goalkeeper's second reaction is often judged by a few games.
No way, Ou Chuliang's second reaction is too memorable.
Every time I see him defuse the opponent's shot through continuous saves, people will subconsciously give birth to the idea of "this goalkeeper's second reaction is so fast". And when this idea really pops up in most people's minds, it means that the goalkeeper is indeed a quick second reaction.
Why do you say that, because there is a fundamental difference between the first reaction and the second reaction, and that is the preparation made in advance.
The goalkeeper is often well prepared for the first save, both mentally and technically, with a pregnosis of what will happen next.
And the second save is different!
The second save is a great test of the goalkeeper's on-the-spot reaction, and even many times, the goalkeeper's brain can react, but the body is out of balance due to the save just now, and there is no way to control it, so you can only watch the ball go into the net or be shot by the opposing player.
A goalkeeper can make a second or third instant save in a row after completing the first save, which is enough to show that he is a person with extremely responsive and motor nerves.
The fact that a man like Acchulian has been able to make such consecutive saves in many games is enough to impress all the fans.
In this way, under the praise of the media, Ou Chuliang was labeled as "the second response fastest", which also became his selling point.
Now, he is once again making a spectacular series of saves in a match between clubs of the caliber of Juventus, which undoubtedly confirms these perceptions of the media and the fans.
Seeing Moratti nodding, a smile appeared on the corner of Raiola's mouth, and he said to himself: "Even I find it hard to imagine that my employer is only 21 years old this year. ”
The speaker has a heart, and the listener has an intention.
Moratti looked at Acchulian on the pitch, who had just struck to pick out Juve's powerful throw.
Pagliuca is only 32 years old and is in his prime for a goalkeeper. But in reality, he is already a veteran in football.
Pagliuca rose to fame in Sampdoria and was the most impregnable link in the passionate Genoese sailors. In the 90-91 season, Pagliuca helped Samp win the Serie A title. And he himself left his best and brightest moment in that Italian summer.
After the 1994 World Cup, Pagliuca moved to Inter. Despite their hard work, Inter's results have always been poor.
Pagliuca is like a very important bearing in other factories, and although it is still effective after coming to Inter, it is always a little out of place.
The reason is simple, he doesn't belong here!
Now Pagliuca is old, and there are countless hidden diseases that only belong to the goalkeeper. Such a goalkeeper can't take the lead on the road to Inter's revival.
But Ou Chulian is different!
The young Ou Chuliang is only 21 this year, and at such an age, even a striker is in the stage of growth. What's more, Ouchulian has only just landed in Serie A this season, and his style of play has not yet been infected by any club.
This also shows that Inter can train Ou Chuliang into a system player!
For such a goalkeeper, it doesn't matter whether it is Inter's own academy product, the important thing is that he has proven himself in Serie A, and he is still so young!
Youth, is capital!
To be young means to be endlessly possible!
After blocking a series of Juventus attacks, Ou Chuliang was still in good spirits and did not seem to be crushed by the opponent's attack.
He was hunched over, leaning his head against the left post, squinting one eye at the gap between the wall and the free kick.
"A little left, a little left!"
Ou Chuliang was expelling the human wall he was used to.
Whether it is left or right, for this kind of free kick with an angle, Ou Chuliang will line the wall slightly outward, and let the tallest and strongest person stand on the outermost.
Such a human wall can maximize the defense of the opponent by bypassing the human wall to attack the goal, because with Ou Chuliang's innate conditions, if that kind of free kick really bypasses the human wall and finally flies back to the goal frame, it is almost insoluble for him.
Therefore, Ou Chuliang would rather give up some of the area of the human wall inside the door frame to prevent the opponent from trying to shoot in this way.
After lining up the wall, Ou Chuliang returned to the position of the center line to the right of the goal.
Because of Longo's tackle, Juventus was given a free kick in a good position up front.
The free-kick was 278 metres away from goal, and there were only three Juventus players in the penalty area, apart from Napoli's wall and defenders.
At this time, four Juventus players stood in front of the ball, and Zidane seemed to be arguing with the referee.
Suddenly, Conte ran up to the ball out of nowhere and flew into the air.
Conte's free-kick was sharp and steep, reaching its highest point in the air and crashing over the wall.
Before the players of both sides could react, Ou Chuliang, who had moved to the left side of the goal, crossed his right leg, knelt on one knee and firmly received Conte's free kick in his arms.
In the stands, before the fans could denounce Juve's sneak attack, the voices of those sopranos rushed to the front again.
“OU! OU! OU! OU!!!”
"Magical OU!"
"Heroic OU!"
The on-site commentator said proudly, "Juventus's sneak attack has deceived everyone, but it will never be able to fool the OU with a hundred and twenty spirits!" ”
"Beep, beep, beep!"
On the field, I saw Conte suddenly shoot a cold arrow, but the referee did not do it.
"Hey, I haven't blown the whistle yet, who allowed you to kick?"
The referee, whose power had been violated, blew his whistle to signal Diochulian to throw back the ball he had just caught and asked Juventus to retake the free-kick.
This time, Naples is gone.
In total, we have been standing on the human wall here for a long time, are we accompanying you to practice?
No kidding!
Allegri was the first to rush forward and shout at the referee.
However, the referee was determined to be re-kicked.
"Hurry back and stand up!" The referee said loudly, "Even if the ball was kicked just now, I wouldn't have awarded it." So there's nothing to say, you better go back to defense. ”
"Hey! Come back and stand back to your place, Alexny! ”
Allegri wanted to plead something, but when he heard Ou Chuliang's shout, he immediately coerced.
He returned to the wall and stood shoulder to shoulder with his teammates.
"OU is just too young, he's too merciful, what if this goal goes in?" Allegri was still a little dissatisfied.
"OU is very young." Ayala on the side turned his head and looked at Ou Chuliang, who was resolute, and said softly, "But he is not benevolent, it is self-confidence, he thinks that this goal cannot be scored." ”
With the first lesson, everyone knew that Juventus were going to hit the ball straight on goal.
There were eight Napoli defenders in the box, but only three Juventus attackers. One of them stood alongside Napoli's human wall, while the other also stood at the back post further to the left, almost outside the entire defensive circle.
In front of the ball, only Zidane was left. Everyone else stood a short distance behind Zidane to prevent Napoli from playing a quick counter-attack.
"Beep!"
The whistle blew.
This time, Zidane, who was facing the Mediterranean, only managed two steps before curling the ball with his right foot and flying straight to the Napoli goal.
Looking at the oncoming ball, Ou Chuliang stood firmly in place, waiting for the ball to fly in front of him.
But Zidane's shot was a little low and hit the wall.
There was a crisp "boom" and the ball bounced into the penalty area.
In the scuffle, Inzaghi, the only one in charge of grabbing points in the crowd, actually grabbed the ball one step ahead of everyone. Without waiting to turn around and face the goal, after catching up with the ball, it was a 90-degree twist and sweep.
Pippo slammed his left foot into the top of the ball, causing it to hit the ground in the first place.
It's a bouncing ball!
Fortunately, the ball speed is not very fast, and Ou Chuliang's position selection is also correct. In the face of the rebound ball that smashed to the ground, Ou Chuliang did not panic in the slightest.
Sideways, sideways, and falling to the ground.
The three actions were done in one go, and the ball was bagged again.
This time, even the most noisy Juventus fans had nothing to say.
The opportunity to be almost a one-man goalkeeper was once again missed by Juventus!
"It's nice to be young!" Seeing Ou Chuliang holding the ball and quickly getting up to look for a counterattack, even Moratti couldn't help but admire.
Only when you are young can you have vitality and energy.
In order to save the ball after falling to the ground, he has the strength to find the moment of counterattack.
Think about Pagliuca's saves, and after each rescue, he had to lie on the ground for a long time before getting up, as if he had to rest enough.
In football, a team's shot and goalkeeper's save mostly represent the end of the offense and defense.
The two sides then retreated to their positions, and the goalkeeper rested and passed the ball to his teammates for the next round of attack and defense.
In this way, football is reduced to a "turn-based game", which is clearly not what modern football is after, nor is it what the audience wants to see.
If a goalkeeper can connect the moment of offensive and defensive transition well, so that the opponent's offensive end becomes the beginning of his own attack, it is a qualitative leap from the perspective of the field and the team's skills and tactics.
In front of the TV, Mourinho, who had watched the whole game of Ou Chuliang, was also taking notes. Ou Chuliang, a goalkeeper who can help the team turn defense into offense in an instant, is exactly what he dreams of.
He was eager to resign as an assistant coach immediately, then find a club to coach, and persuade the club manager to buy Ou Chuliang and train him to become a descendant.
In this way, we are one step closer to the desire to reach the top of Europe!
Raiola smiled and sat back in her chair.
He felt that it was too profitable to bring Moratti to the scene today!
He just needs to sit here and let Ou Chuliang perform by himself. This Inter president can automatically discover Ou Chuliang's advantages and shining points, and he doesn't need to introduce himself at all.
While other agents are afraid that their employers will not play well against strong teams, Raiola is the only one who does the opposite.
He believes in his vision!
He believes that the players he has his eye on will burst into unprecedented potential in the face of adversity.
On the other hand, Moratti, who has been thinking, has fallen into another contradiction.
Youthfulness means passion and vitality, as well as the possibility of unlimited development; However, being young means that you are inexperienced and cannot control the field.
Moratti once again thought of his team's Pagliuca, and to this day, it is difficult for him not to compare his team's main goalkeeper with that of Jochul.
Needless to say, Pagliuca is already a person who has seen big scenes.
As the only goalkeeper to be sent off for handball in the box at the World Cup finals, Pagliuca's name is expected to remain in the World Cup record.
Despite the red card, no one doubted Pagliuca's experience and mental quality to cope with the big game.
And all of these are accumulated by an experienced goalkeeper after countless games, and they are not at all comparable to watching a few videos.
When a player's age is unbeatable, his experience becomes his disadvantage.
But Raiola's reminder breaks with this "tradition".
"Mr. Moratti, if playing in a world-class tournament proves that a goalkeeper is mature enough, then my employer is more than qualified to be a goalkeeper with great results."
Without waiting for Moratti to ask, Raiola continued: "At the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, the main goalkeeper of the Chinese Olympic team was my employer. ”
"And in that group stage, the Chinese team achieved two wins and one loss, and was only eliminated because of goal difference."
"And my employer, against Brazil, stubbornly held on to the Brazilians' attack, kept the score 1-0 until the end, and managed to keep a clean sheet against four-star Brazil."
The Chinese team defeated Brazil 1-0, and Moratti naturally heard the upset game. He also knew that the goalkeeper of the Chinese team in that game was Ou Chuliang, but all along, he did not combine Ou Chuliang at that time with the young people under his nose today.
Now reminded by Raiola in this way, Moratti has finally begun to take a serious look at it.
"In the 1996 Asian Cup, my employer won the Asian Cup on behalf of the Chinese team." Raiola continued, "In the 1997 World Junior Championships, my employer led the Chinese Youth Army to the World Youth Championships. ”
In the Confederations Cup at the end of the year, he helped the Chinese team to finish third. Even teams as strong as Brazil and the Czech Republic did not get good fruit under him. ”
"If the number of times I've played in a tournament is a testament to whether a goalkeeper is a big player, I think my employer is no less than a goalkeeper for other teams in the world."
At the end, Moratti fell silent.
It is true that the Chinese team is only a second-rate team, and it can't set off any storms in world football.
But whether it is the World Youth Championship or the Confederations Cup, the opponent that the Chinese team defeated is "beyond the reach" of the Italian national team. Does this mean that Ou Chuliang, who is the main goalkeeper of the Chinese team, is more successful than Pagliuca in the experience of the national team?
Thinking of this, Moratti had a feeling of absurdity in his mind.
He suddenly felt that the Italian landscape, which liked to stand up after saving a penalty and wave to the fans behind him, suddenly became less fragrant.
Standing in front of the Napoli goal, the Chinese Europe that slowly retreated in the face of Juventus' attack exuded unparalleled charm.
"I heard that Ronnie has a good relationship with him, it seems that this time I will go back, I have to ask Ronnie what he thinks of him."
Just as Moratti was about to go back and find out more information with Ronaldo, Juventus' attack came again from the right.
This time, it was Piero who fought back in front of the baseline on the right side.
In the face of the zebra prince's close pressing, Ayala, who did not answer his teammates beside him, was anxious to open a big foot to clear the siege.
As a result, the big kick did not come out, and the ball rolled forward eight or nine meters against the ground, and was intercepted by Conte, who was inserted.
No one expected Juventus to break the ball in front, and at this time Conte was in front of him.
As Juve's captain on the field, the Italian ran forward with the ball without saying a word.
By the time Ayala stepped up to Conte, he was already on the edge of the Napoli penalty area.
In the face of Ayala's lateral defence, Conte cleverly took a small step to the left. Then the next second, it suddenly changed direction and took the ball to the right.
The continuous change of direction and the sudden increase in tempo left Ayala unresponsive for a while, and by the time he adjusted his direction and center of gravity to catch up again, Conte had already rushed into the penalty area and was running along the sideline of the big penalty area towards the baseline.
"He's going to pass it?!"
Calculating Conte's cadence, Acchulian at the front post suddenly realized that the Juventus captain in front of him might not be able to bring the ball to the bottom line in a single line.
Especially after getting rid of Ayala's dodge angle, there was already a large passing route in front of him.
Sure enough, when Acchulian started to retreat, Conte didn't continue to dribble forward. Instead, with a gentle rub of the toe of the right foot, the ball immediately flew high into the air and flew straight to the back of the goal.
"Fack, the ball is too fast!"
Looking at the ball flying in front of him in an instant, Ou Chuliang's backward and sideways cadence was finally a little flustered.
Conte's ball was very clever to pass, taking advantage of Acchulian's position up front and catching the rest of Napoli's defenders off guard with quick passes and ball speed.
"You must catch up, you must catch up!" Ou Chuliang thought silently.
Suddenly, the blue figure in front of him flickered, and Ou Chuliang subconsciously retreated, only to collide with Baldini, who was also chasing the ball.
After Baldini jumped sideways, he was still some distance away from the ball. Allegri also arrived on the rails, and he quickly fell to the ground to tackle, trying to take the ball out of bounds the moment it hit the ground.
But whether it was Ouchulian or Bardini or Allegri, the three did not touch the ball at the first time.
Pippo, the 9th master between Bardini and Allegri, under the bag of Bardini's horizontal jump and Allegri's tackle, actually hit the ball with his forehead before losing his balance and forcibly changed the direction of the ball.
Boom!
There was a crunch from less than two metres in front of the back post in Napoli, and the ball smashed on the top of Inzaghi's head and flew slowly towards the goal.
At this time, Ou Chulian had run into the goal line in order to avoid Bardini, and in the face of the ball that suddenly changed direction, Ou Chuliang braked sharply and desperately stood on his heels.
Seeing the ball flying towards the goal line, Ou Chuliang used the last bit of strength in his body to jump towards the ball outside the goal without completely getting rid of the inertia on his body.
However, this strenuous leap did not move far forward at all, and even in the eyes of outsiders, Ou Chuliang just stood in place and stretched out his hand in the air.
"Ahh!!h
With a roar of rage, Ou Chuliang desperately stretched out his arm and straightened his fingers.
For a moment, he even felt like his arm was dislocated.
Bang!
There was another muffled thud.
Ou Chuliang tried his best to touch the ball with his fingertips.
In the next second, his body and the ball fell to the ground together.
Looking at the ball that bounced off the goal line, Ayala, who followed closely, directly picked up his right leg and cleared the ball out of the penalty area.
"Whoop!!
In an instant, the entire São Paulo Stadium was in chaos.
Zidane and Didier Deschamps surrounded the referee on the left and right, signaling that it had just been a goal.
However, the referee shook his head after listening to the linesman's report in the bottom right corner.
'The ball didn't go all over the line, so it wasn't a goal. The referee looked at the ball that landed and smashed it out of bounds, and said to Zidane: "Your Juventus throw-in." ”
Seeing that the referee only awarded a throw-in, the fans of the home team, who had quarreled with each other, finally cheered again.
“OU! OU! OU! OU!!!”
Deafening cheers rang out, and everyone shouted the same name.
Moratti can't remember the first time this was the first time that such a shout had been heard at the Stadio de São Paulo, and it seemed that from the moment the athletes from both sides entered, the Napoli fans did not stop cheering when they heard the name of the home stadium broadcast Ouchullian.
At this moment, Moratti stared blankly at the slow-motion replay on the big screen, and it was difficult for Ou Chuliang, who braked sharply, even to maintain his center of gravity, but he made another save at that moment.
Looking at his body suspended in the air, and the hand stretched out as far forward as possible, Moratti finally moved: "Okay, he looks like a superman now!" ”
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