Chapter Thirty-Seven: A Genius Goalkeeper?
Impermeable doesn't mean truly completely impermeable.
There are always gaps.
Lazio, who have been winning all the time, are looking for this opportunity by passing back and forth.
As I said before, Lazio's back and forth pass is different from the general back and forth pass, not the kind of back and forth that does lateral passing.
Instead, in the process of lateral passing, he constantly tries to think of the forward pass and catch the empty moment.
This kind of lateral transmission is a characteristic of Lazio, and many teams want to learn it, but they can't learn it.
Because Lazio's midfield has a lot of players with excellent ball control ability, in addition, there is also a very important point is the ability of Lazio players to counter-attack in the frontcourt!
This ensures that even if they fail to try forward, they have a good chance of getting the football back.
So the game against Lazio, in their own half, was basically a chaotic battle.
Lazio's pressing work very well, and the team that is not suitable is easily collapsed by Lazio's aggressive pressing.
That was the case against Nottingham Forest.
When Thiago tried to pass the ball forward to centre-forward Edinson Cavani.
Football let George in the middle. Wood blocked it.
Then it fell to Forest centre-back Stritch.
At this time, it is natural that Stridge wants to pass the football back to George. Wood's.
But just when he was about to pass the ball, there was an uproar, and three people suddenly surrounded him!
Cavani, Gotze and Ji Ming!
When the three of them surrounded like this, Stritch panicked.
His mind went blank and he didn't know what to do, so he kicked casually under the pressure of the Lazio players.
The ball bounced off Gotze's calf and bounced back into his foot. After bouncing back and forth twice, the ball slows down and becomes controllable.
However, Lazio's players did not attempt to possess the ball.
Because the Nottingham Forest players have also rushed up to support Strick.
At this time, trying to control the football under your feet is nothing more than to put yourself and football in a siege again.
And at this time, his teammates will definitely come up to support the attack.
So if you concede a goal here, let Nottingham Forest take the opportunity to play a counter-attack, and it will be over.
How sharp Nottingham Forest's counter-attack was, everyone knew clearly on the previous video.
This one is not the same as Nottingham Forest's defence. They don't want to experience it in a game.
So Ji Ming rushed up and kicked it directly, and stabbed the football off!
Of course, this is not a pointless stab.
Ji Ming stabbed the football at Messi's feet!
When Messi got the ball, the Lazio fans in the stands cheered.
In the new season, Messi, who has shaken off the trouble of injury, has performed well. The state is stable, and he is deeply loved by Lazio fans, and some Lazio fans even think that the club should sign Messi on a two-year contract or something, so that Messi can play until he retires at Lazio......
Messi gets the ball, and they look forward to it.
After Messi received the ball, he did not break through, but chose to be on the edge of the big penalty area. A direct kick with the right foot!
The ball arced straight into the back corner of the goal!
It stands to reason that Messi's shot was very sudden, because everyone thought that Messi would break through directly after receiving the ball, after all, it would be more threatening to the goal. It can also disrupt Nottingham Forest's defences.
I didn't expect Messi to shoot directly, and the effect looked very good?
Just when everyone thought the ball would fly straight into the goal, a hand appeared in their field of vision, and then the tip of the finger flicked. The plucked soccer ball bounced off and went straight over the crossbar!
The stands rang out with the inhalation of Lazio fans - they were all ready to cheer. I didn't expect it to be blocked back!
"Messi's shot - beautiful! Nice save! Peter. Johnson! Lightly stretching his ape arm, he dragged the football straight off the crossbar! ”
"A very good offense and defense! Messi's shot was sudden and accurate, but it was helpless for Peter. Johnson's save was also wonderful! Looking at this slow motion, it's clear that he's a latecomer...... But this time, Peter. Johnson's excellent reach played an important role, and it was perhaps a difficult ball to save for the other goalkeepers. Not so Johnson! ”
"A world-class save! From Peter. Johnson! He is the patron saint of Nottingham Forest! With him, Nottingham Forest's goal is safe! "The commentators in England were the most excited.
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Peter. Johnson, under the endless touting of the English media, is already the world's top goalkeeper, and can be compared with Casillas of the same age.
However, Chang Sheng knows that this young and famous goalkeeper is not as powerful as people say.
It's true that he's good at making difficult shots, but he also has weaknesses.
His weakness is that he doesn't make a lot of saves when he shoots well.
It is always victorious that Peter's study is fully studied. Johnson's information was later learned.
Peter. Johnson was a halfway monk and didn't train as a goalkeeper from the start, or even football from the start.
He was just an amateur playing basketball on the streets.
Because of his excellent physical fitness, he was noticed by Nottingham Forest's scouts, so he joined Nottingham Forest at the age of sixteen.
Fresh from Nottingham Forest, he also played as a centre-back, not a goalkeeper.
After a year of playing, Nottingham Forest's academy coaches noticed that he was making slow progress at the back and even suspected that he had little talent for playing.
Until an accident, the goalkeeper of the youth team was injured and the substitution quota was used up. Johnson was pushed to the goalkeeper position by everyone, but he didn't expect to wear the goalkeeper's gloves but he played well and tried to keep the goal open.
It was also from this time that the youth team coach discovered his goalkeeper talent, so he switched to the goalkeeper and practiced instead.
Now the English press often uses this to explain Peter. Johnson is such a genius that he has only received three years of formal training. You can already play in the first team of Nottingham Forest.
However, what Chang Sheng saw from this incident was a different message.
That is the talented goalkeeper's time in basic training is too short.
It can be said that he is a goalkeeper of the wild road.
Of course, if a goalkeeper continues to practice his basic skills after becoming famous, it does not mean that it is impossible to continue to improve.
But it was Peter. Johnson's personality is very flamboyant, and he becomes proud after gaining a little fame. So he basically doesn't pay much attention to basic training now.
Every time someone criticizes him for that, he tells them that he is doing well and trying to keep the goal from conceding, and that's enough.
Truly. He played very well, saving the team from danger on many occasions and trying to keep the goal intact.
But that's definitely not a reason for him to stand still.
Because his foundation is not solid, his success will be nothing more than a castle in the air, and one day something will go wrong.
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After saving Messi's difficult shot. Peter. Johnson jumped up from the ground and raised his arms and shouted.
Naturally, his actions were cheered by the Nottingham Forest fans who came with the team, and the England commentator was full of praise for him: "Peter. Johnson's outstanding performance kept Nottingham Forest in the open goal! After saving Messi's ball, Peter looked very excited. I think the Nottingham Forest fans will be relieved to see this. Because it means that Peter is in great shape today! ”
But Chang Sheng stared at Peter. Johnson sneered as he raised his arms and shouted.
Some of the simplest truths, if no one tells you, then you might as well let me teach you. Young!
Before the game, Chang Sheng told his players about the weaknesses of the Nottingham Forest goalkeeper and designed for that.
Messi's kick was purely an accident, and he was in that situation. This kind of shot is the most natural, as soon as you lift your foot, you kick it out.
to the goal that did not deliberately pursue any decent shots.
But this kick also tried Peter. Johnson's characteristics:
Sure enough, as the boss said, he was very good at making difficult ball saves.
So what about a low flat kick next time?
Messi slapped him in the face. Look at Peter. Johnson thought.
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Peter. Johnson's save gave Nottingham Forest a morale boost and the players were confident of holding on to the draw against Lazio.
This is Peter. Why is Johnson in the case of the foundation is not solid. The reason why you can sit in the main goalkeeper position of the Forest team.
Because of this goalkeeper, his difficult saves and rich body language, can really mobilize the emotions of the players and boost morale.
Having him there will give the players confidence in defence.
It's like a buff aura......
In the ensuing game, the two sides continued to stalemate and entangle.
Nottingham Forest's entire focus is on defence. The threat to the Lazio goal is almost nil. Thirty minutes into the game, Nottingham Forest still didn't have a shot on goal.
Such a game does not seem to be new to Nottingham Forest, they are very adapted, there is no sense of discord at all, and Nottingham Forest fans are not embarrassed by the fact that Forest played 30 minutes without even shooting with their feet.
And Lazio is not in a hurry to make a lethal move, but passes the ball back and forth in the midfield and backfield, and slowly maneuvers with Nottingham Forest.
In this game, it seems to be a contest of patience.
Chang Sheng also knows that against a team like Nottingham Forest, which has a good defense, it is unrealistic to expect to score many goals in one game, and it is not easy to score a single goal.
So the outcome of this game may be determined by a single goal.
It's not going to be exciting, but it's very important.
This is true for both Lazio and Nottingham Forest.