Stand by the last line of defense

Chapter 102 finally scored!
In the 35th minute, Pedro made a pass from the left, and Cabrera scrambled to the first spot in the penalty area.

But being crowded, he couldn't take off enough and could barely touch the ball.

The ball was easily picked off by goalkeeper Lizoan.

There was a counterattack, but this time Fernandez took the first step to destroy the ball.

In the 38th minute, Doka made a cross from the bottom line, and Baston headed the ball, like heading the ball to the far corner.The ball bypassed the goalkeeper, but unfortunately was cleared by the opponent's defender with a header.

Zaragoza has been besieging Las Palmas' goal, but unfortunately there is no good way.

With 45 minutes and 40 seconds of stoppage time in the first half, it seemed that the first half was coming to an end, and the team hadn't scored yet.

What Zheng Long was anxious about was that he rushed forward to participate in the team's last corner kick in the first half!

Morrow shouted: "The game has come to stoppage time in the first half, and Zheng Long rushed out."

"Now Zaragoza is going crazy to score a goal!"

"The interceptor he can stop the opponent's shot, but this time he can help the team and send the ball into the opponent's goal?"

"Can Las Palmas use this time to counterattack successfully?"

Moreau expressed the doubts in everyone's mind.

Pedro stood next to the corner flag on the right. After raising his arms, he took 2 steps back, ran up with small steps, and kicked the ball hard.

The ball crossed a small arc and flew near the small penalty area line.

Zheng Long stood in the penalty area and raised his head, looking at where the ball landed, his brain quickly estimated the most likely landing point.

The landing point is behind him on the left!

As soon as Zheng Long judged the landing point, he wanted to run back.

But now Zheng Long is not considered a goalkeeper, and there is no penalty area where he cannot hit the goalkeeper.

The opponent's guard, Garcia, opened his hands slightly, blocked Zheng Long with his chest, and blocked Zheng Long as if hugging him.

Zheng Long's right hand also secretly grabbed the corner of the opponent's clothes, trying to go around and run backwards.

Players on both sides of the penalty area are almost competing on such a scale between fouling and non-fouling.

Seeing that the ball was about to fall, even if he didn't grab the best position, he could only take off at this time.

Zheng Long tilted his body slightly and jumped up with all his strength.

In order to block Zheng Long, Garcia always backed away.

Zheng Long jumped up suddenly, and Garcia didn't have time to bend his legs and jump up.He could only jump up on the spot, desperately disturbing Zheng Long.

Zheng Long is a little taller now, at 1 meters.Garcia is only 93 meters.

What's more, Zheng Long also has the help of run-up.
Jumping up, Zheng Long was half a body taller than Garcia.

In the air, Zheng Long glanced at the situation in front of the goal.

The opponent's goalkeeper Lizoan has also moved towards this side of the goal.Even the opponent's defensive players moved towards this side.

Hit the far corner!
Zheng Long immediately made a decision in his mind.

Zheng Long looked at the falling ball and hit his head hard.

Heading this shot technique!
A lot of strikers, even world-class strikers, can't handle it well.

What's more, Zheng Long, a guy who hasn't practiced much at all.

He wants to head the ball towards the theoretical dead corner of the upper right corner of the goal.

But the reality is that he hit it head-on, and the ball flew straight down.

Seeing the ball hit the ground, Zheng Long was disappointed.

Failed!
As soon as Zheng Long landed, he wanted to run back immediately.

The ball hits the ground, and the nearest Hajic wants to hit the ball.

Opponent players Simon and Castellano rushed to destroy the ball.

The distance was too close, the ball touched Castellano's thigh, rebounded to the outside of Simon's calf, changed direction, and flew towards the goal.

Las Palmas goalkeeper Lizoan, who was moving to the left, could not react at this time.

He could only stare dumbfounded as the ball crossed the goal line at a speed that didn't seem very fast.

The ball crossed the goal line, flew into the net and rolled down.

The audience was completely still for nearly a second.

When the referee blew his whistle, his finger pointed to the middle circle line.

When Morrow saw the ball go in, he couldn't believe it for a moment.

But as soon as the whistle sounded, he immediately reacted and shouted loudly with the microphone.

"Zheng Long's header caused the Las Palmas defender's own goal!"

"Zaragoza finally took the lead in first-half stoppage time!"

"This match was really exciting! Unexpectedly, Zaragoza, who has been besieged all the time, but has been unable to score for a long time, finally relied on Zheng Long's efforts to create an own goal for the opponent!"

"It's just too dramatic!"

"Las Palmas have done a good job. They defended for 45 minutes, but there was a fatal error in stoppage time!"

"Although there are still 45 minutes in the game, but because of the presence of interceptors, this mistake may make their efforts all in vain!"

"The game is not over yet, but I'm sure that after the game, Zheng Long is definitely the best player in the game! He not only helps the team keep the goal, but also helps the team on the offensive end. Who is such a player? Can you not love it!"

……

Zheng Long's pupils dilated.

Go in?
The ball is in!
Confirming that the goal was valid, Zheng Long ran to the sideline ecstatically, and slid and knelt towards the Zaragoza fans for a long distance to celebrate.

Zaragoza's players also rushed over, ran towards Zheng Long, and pressed him down.

Popovich sees the ball go in, he throws his arms up, he sees the players running to the sideline to celebrate.

He also ran over, knelt down, hugged Zheng Long who was at the bottom, and kissed his head.

This season, relying on Zheng Long, he helped the team score so many points!
Now he helped the team score a key goal and broke the deadlock.

Zheng Long is just the treasure of the team!
Two consecutive draws, the ranking has been falling, Zaragoza's coaches and players are under a lot of pressure.

Finally scored a goal today.

Also opened the door to victory!
Zaragoza celebrated almost like crazy from top to bottom.

The fans waved the flag vigorously and sang "Song of the Interceptor" without emotion.

After defending for nearly 45 minutes, I didn't expect to score such an own goal at the last moment of the first half.This dealt a heavy blow to the morale of Las Palmas.

The Las Palmas players hang their waists and hang their heads.

Simon, who made an own goal, kicked the goal post hard, still not relieved, and hammered the goal hard with his hand.

No matter how unwilling the Las Palmas players are, Zaragoza is now leading.

Las Palmas re-kicked the ball in the middle circle, but only fell 2 feet, and the referee blew the half-time whistle.

The Las Palmas players looked very ugly and walked into the player channel with their heads down.

The Zaragoza players happily walked into the player channel.

Seeing Zheng Long coming, fans on both sides of the aisle stretched out their hands to give Zheng Long a high-five to celebrate.Many people still held pens and autograph notebooks and shouted loudly.

"Interceptor, sign me!"

"Please, sign me a name!"

"I'm your loyal fan, can you sign for me?"

Zheng Long stopped and helped five fans sign a signature, and then walked into the player tunnel.

When everyone arrived, Popovich shouted, "Now we are leading. In the second half, Las Palmas can only attack in order not to lose. This is our chance. However, Vallejo, Cabrera, and even Garcia Lareta, you guys can no longer invest in offense, you have to focus more on defense! Do you understand?"

"Yes sir!"

Vallejo and the others also understood that the all-or-nothing approach in the first half was a risky move when they couldn't open the situation.

Now that we are leading, of course there is no need to do this.

In the second half, Las Palmas did not adopt the same defensive strategy as in the first half.

In fact, they have no better way now, they can only attack!

This gave Zaragoza's frontcourt players more room to move.

In the 77th minute of the second half, Hajić broke through from the left and made a cross to the back point. Baston followed up and outflanked the goal and hit the lower left corner.

Zaragoza 2-0 Las Palmas, this is also the score of the audience.

When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, Zaragoza celebrated each other's hard-earned victory.

After the game, Popovich took Zheng Long to the press conference.

As always, he praised Zheng Long's performance, and then showed the team's determination to pursue the La Liga championship, and ended the press conference hastily.

These few games have sounded the alarm for the team, and head coach Popovich knows that the team must make changes!

Otherwise, Zaragoza will still encounter great difficulties.

Office of the General Manager of FC Zaragoza.

Popovich was not polite as soon as he entered the door, and asked Valdano directly.

"About Joaquin's transfer, can it be settled?"

(End of this chapter)