Chapter 37 Genius Goalkeeper?

Airtight does not mean completely airtight.  m

There are always gaps.

The ever-victorious Lazio uses back-and-forth passing to find this opportunity.

I have said before that Lazio's back-and-forth passing is different from the general back-and-forth passing. It is not the kind of back-and-forth passing that makes horizontal passes back and forth.

Instead, it constantly tries to pass the ball forward and catch the gaps during the horizontal passing.

Such horizontal passing is the characteristic of Lazio. Many teams want to learn it, but they have not learned it well.

Because Lazio has many players with excellent ball control ability in the midfield and frontcourt. In addition, another important point is the counter-grabbing ability of Lazio players in the frontcourt!

This ensures that even if they fail to try to move forward, they have a great chance to grab the ball back.

So the game with Lazio is basically a chaotic battle in their own half.

Lazio's pressing and surrounding are very effective. Teams that are not adapted to it can easily be collapsed by Lazio's aggressive pressing.

This situation also occurred when playing against Nottingham Forest.

When Thiago tried to pass the ball forward to Cavani, the center forward.

The ball was blocked by George Wood in the middle.

Then it fell to the feet of Forest's center back Sturridge.

At this time, Sturridge naturally wanted to pass the ball back to George Wood.

But just when he was about to pass the ball, three people suddenly surrounded him!

Cavani, Gotze and Ji Ming!

With three people surrounding him, Sturridge panicked.

His mind was blank and he didn't know what to do. Under the pressure of Lazio players, he kicked it casually.

The ball hit Gotze's shin bone and bounced back, then hit his foot and bounced back again. After bouncing back and forth twice, the ball slowed down and became controllable.

However, the Lazio players did not try to control the ball.

Because Nottingham Forest players also rushed up to support Sturridge.

At this time, trying to control the ball under his feet would only make himself and the ball fall into the siege again.

And at this time. His teammates will definitely come up to support the attack.

So if they lose the ball here and Nottingham Forest takes the opportunity to counterattack, they will be finished.

Everyone has seen how sharp Nottingham Forest's counterattack is in the previous video.

This is different from Nottingham Forest's defense, and they don't want to experience it in person in the game.

So Ji Ming rushed up and kicked the ball directly!

Of course, this is not a meaningless poke.

Ji Ming poked the ball to Messi's feet!

When Messi got the ball, the Lazio fans in the stands cheered.

In the new season, Messi, who got rid of the injury, performed well. He is in a stable state. He is deeply loved by Lazio fans. There are even Lazio fans who think that the club should sign Messi with a two-year contract or something, so that Messi can play until he retires in Lazio...

When Messi gets the ball, they are looking forward to it.

After Messi received the ball. He did not break through, but chose to be at the edge of the penalty area. Directly kick with his right foot!

The football drew an arc and went straight to the back corner of the goal!

Messi's shot was supposed to be very sudden, because everyone thought that Messi would break through after receiving the ball, after all, that would be more threatening to the goal and could disrupt Nottingham Forest's defense.

Who would have thought that Messi's direct shot would look pretty good?

Just when everyone thought that the ball would fly directly into the goal, a hand appeared in their field of vision, and then with a flick of the fingertips, the football bounced up and went directly over the crossbar!

The Lazio fans gasped in the stands - they were all ready to cheer, but they were blocked!

"Messi shot - beautiful! Beautiful save! Peter Johnson! With a light stretch of his arms, he dragged the ball directly over the crossbar!"

"A very wonderful attack and defense! Messi's shot was sudden and accurate, but Peter Johnson's save was also very wonderful! Look at this slow motion, it is obvious that he jumped back... But at this time, Peter Johnson's excellent arm span played an important role. For other goalkeepers, this may be a difficult ball to save, but not for Peter Johnson!"

"World-class save! From Peter Johnson! He is the patron saint of Nottingham Forest! With him, Nottingham Forest's goal is safe and worry-free!" The English commentator was the most excited.

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Peter Johnson, under the endless praise of the English media, seems to have become a world-class goalkeeper and can be compared with Casillas of the same age.

However, Changsheng knows that this goalkeeper who became famous at a young age is not as good as people say.

It is true that he is good at saving difficult balls, but he also has weaknesses.

His weakness is that he is not very good at saving those shots that are in line with the rules.

This is what Changsheng learned after fully studying Peter Johnson's information.

Peter Johnson is a latecomer. He did not receive goalkeeper training from the beginning, nor did he receive football training from the beginning.

He was just an amateur who played basketball on the street before.

Because of his excellent physical fitness, he was spotted by Nottingham Forest scouts, so he joined Nottingham Forest at the age of sixteen.

When he first entered Nottingham Forest, he also played as a central defender, not as a goalkeeper.

After playing for a year, Nottingham Forest's youth training coach discovered that he was making slow progress as a defender and even suspected that he had no talent for playing football.

Until an accident, the goalkeeper of the youth team was injured and the substitution quota was used up. So Peter Johnson, who had basketball experience, was pushed to the goalkeeper position. Unexpectedly, he put on the goalkeeper gloves and performed well. Keep a clean sheet.

It was also from this time that the youth team coach discovered his goalkeeping talent. This allowed him to switch to the goalkeeper position and start practicing instead.

Now the English media often use this incident to illustrate how talented Peter Johnson is. After only receiving three years of formal training, he can already play the main role in the first team of Nottingham Forest.

But what Chang Sheng saw from this incident was another message.

That is, the time for this talented goalkeeper to receive basic training is too short.

It can be said that he is a wild goalkeeper.

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 Peter Johnson's character is very flamboyant, and he becomes proud after he becomes famous. So what basic training. He basically doesn't care much anymore.

Every time someone criticizes him for this, he just tells the other person that he performed well and kept a clean sheet, and that's enough.

Indeed, his performance was very good, saving the team from danger many times and trying to keep the goal.

But this is definitely not the reason for him to stay still.

Because he has not laid a solid foundation, his success will be nothing more than a castle in the air, and there will be problems one day.

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After saving Messi's difficult shot. Peter Johnson jumped up from the ground. Then he raised his arms and shouted.

His move was naturally cheered by the Nottingham Forest fans who came with the team. It also made England's commentator full of praise for him: "Peter Johnson's outstanding performance kept Nottingham Forest from missing the goal! After saving Messi's ball, Peter looked very excited. I think the Nottingham Forest fans Seeing this scene will definitely make you feel relieved, because it means that Peter is in very good condition today!”

However, Chang Sheng sneered as he stared at Peter Johnson's cheering gesture.

Some of the simplest truths. If no one tells you, then let me teach you. Hairy boy!

Before the game, Chang Sheng told his players about the weaknesses of the Nottingham Forest goalkeeper and made designs to address this.

Messi's kick just now was purely an accident. He was in that situation and such a shot was the most natural. He lifted his foot and kicked it out.

He didn't deliberately pursue any decent shots.

However, this kick also showed the characteristics of Peter Johnson.

Sure enough, as the boss said, he is very good at saving difficult balls.

What about a low kick next time?

Messi clapped his hands and looked at Peter Johnson thinking so.

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Peter Johnson's save boosted the morale of Nottingham Forest, and the players were confident of holding on to the tie in front of Lazio.

This is the reason why Peter Johnson can secure his position as the main goalkeeper of the Forest team without laying a solid foundation.

Because of this goalkeeper, his difficult saves and rich body language can really mobilize the players' emotions and boost their morale.

With him around, players will be confident in their defense.

It's like a buff aura...

In the subsequent game, the two sides continued to be in a stalemate.

Nottingham Forest focused all their efforts on defense. The threat to Lazio's goal is almost zero. The game has been going on for thirty minutes, and Nottingham Forest has not had a single shot.

This kind of game seems to be no stranger to Nottingham Forest. They adapted very well and did not feel any violation at all. The Nottingham Forest fans did not feel embarrassed because the Forest team played for 30 minutes without even a shot.

Lazio was not in a hurry to make a fatal move, but passed the ball back and forth in the midfield and slowly dealt with Nottingham Forest.

This game seems to be all about patience.

Chang Sheng also knows that facing a team with excellent defense like Nottingham Forest, it is unrealistic to expect to score many goals in one game. It is not easy to score even one goal.

So the outcome of this game may be determined by just one ball.

This game is destined not to be exciting, but it is very important.

This is true for both Lazio and Nottingham Forest.