Football: I am a goalkeeper, averaging 1 goal per game

After almost an hour of goalkeeper training alone.

Xu Jin and the others were called to the main training ground.

"Next we will do combined training with the forwards of the first team. Their training content today is to shoot from this point in the small penalty area after hitting the wall with two passes and one pass."

Xu Jin watched the goalkeeper coach Alan point to a circle with a diameter of about 50 centimeters outside the small penalty area.

The position of the circle is on the right side facing away from the goal, less than four meters away from the goal.

"The striker's shooting position can only be here, but his shooting angle is uncertain, so you need to judge for yourself."

"Although this test is only for our goalkeeper team to cooperate with the striker team's training, I will also record your successful saves, which will affect your playing arrangements, so you must go all out!"

"Zach, you go first! 10 balls each."

After Alan finished speaking, the black Zach walked to the door.

And Xu Jin, Ryan, and Luke walked behind the net to observe and wait.

The difficulty of this training is still very large.

Since it is the training of the forward group, there are no defenders to assist in the defense.

In the restricted area, only a few human-shaped standing signs were placed.

After the kick-off striker passes the ball at the designated position, he needs to run to the prescribed touch point in the penalty area immediately.

The person passing the ball also needs to accurately pass the ball to the point of contact.

Although there are no defensive players as interference.

But the cooperation between the two must be seamless.

If the kick-off striker runs fast, then the passer even made a good pass.

Then it will be stopped by head coach Wilder.

For the striker group, the correct rhythm of this training should be .

Forward a passes the ball outside the penalty area, and forward b does not stop after receiving the ball in the penalty area, and directly passes the ball to the touch point in the small penalty area.

When the football rolled to the point of contact, forward A just entered the shooting position, and then swung his legs to shoot.

If one side pauses in the middle, it cannot be called a two-over-one shot against the wall.

For the goalkeeper group assisting in training, the difficulty of this ball is that it is too close to the goal.

And there is no defender to assist.

As long as there is no problem with the cooperation of the forward group.

Then the chances of scoring this goal are quite high.

Standing behind the net, Xu Jin saw Zach save 7 goals in a row.

The number of times the ball was successfully thrown was only 2 times.

Alan, who was also standing behind the net, clapped his hands vigorously: "Zach! Pay attention to prediction! As a member of Middlesbrough, don't you even know your teammate's dominant foot?"

Dominant foot?

Hearing Alan's words, Xu Jin's attention began to focus on the striker who is currently training, Duncan Watermore.

Duncan, born on March 1994, 3, is 8 tall and weighs 175 kg.

The striker, who was born in Manchester, England, started his career with Sunderland.

He is characterized by fast speed and excellent dribbling.

The dominant foot is the right foot!

Duncan's eighth practice.

When he passed the ball to Chuba Akboom, he started running towards the designated touch point.

Perhaps because of Duncan's relatively fast speed, Xu Jin found that he didn't seem to be doing his best when he ran after passing the ball.

When he is still one step away from the touch point designated by the white circle.

The football delivered by Chuba Akboom has rolled to the center of the white circle.

At this time, Duncan happened to be in a posture where his right foot had just landed and his left foot was about to step forward.

Xu Jin noticed that the moment Duncan stepped out with his left foot, his right leg dragged behind.

Duncan's upper body turned towards the far point of the goal!

So, is it certain that Duncan will kick the ball to the left? ?

Xu Jin thought.

When he heard a snap, the football was heading towards the goal.

That is to say, the left hand side with the back to the goal flew over!

Zach, who was standing in front of the door, seemed to have seen Duncan's physical changes when he kicked the door.

So, when Duncan's right foot has not yet reached the football.

Zach's center of gravity shifted to the left.

With this ball, Zach, who judged that Duncan shot the defense line, did not hug the football.

Instead, he chose to punch the ball out.

Middlesbrough's current one.

Zach, who came on loan from Manchester City, made 8 saves and succeeded 3 times!

In the next two shots, although Zach judged the direction of Duncan's shot correctly.

However, due to the short distance, the shooting speed is too fast.

Zach didn't even save the ball.

In other words, Zach's save success rate is 30%.

Although this number does not seem very high.

But know.

In the case of the forward group without the interference of the defender, and at the same time shooting at such a close distance.

To have such a success rate is already a very good result.

When the striker group is resting and summarizing.

Zach also walked behind the net expressionlessly.

Alan looked at Zach and said, "Zach, you performed very well, but just now, on the third and ninth balls, if your position is better, you can definitely hit the ball! I'm behind Look, it’s only a hair’s breadth away!”

Zach smiled helplessly: "Mr. Alan, I really didn't know what to think at the time, I'm very sorry."

"You don't need to apologize." Alan shook his head and said, "From the first day I knew you, I told you that the biggest problem with you in front of the door is that you like to move around meaninglessly! What's the use of penalty kicks and horizontal jumps? You don't need to do this at all in sports battles! After selecting a point, stand still and focus on the player who can pose a threat to you. Through his body changes, Just judge his shot angle!"

Zach nodded and said seriously, "Thank you, I will keep your words in my heart."

"Well, although your training has been completed, I still hope you can look behind the net. After all, as a goalkeeper, we can say that it is like a sniper in the army. Want to be a good What do snipers need? It’s simple, bullets! A lot of bullets! The same is true for our goalkeepers. Watching football in front of the goal is also a very critical training task.”

"Lian, you will be next!"

After Ryan came on the field, the passing player became Duncan, and the shooting player became Chuba.

Chuba Akboom was born in 1995.

Height 186, weight 81 kg.

He debuted in the Arsenal youth training in England.

On July 2013, 7, Juba was promoted from the Arsenal u1 youth echelon to the Arsenal first team.

2013年9月14日，他在阿森纳3-1战胜桑德兰的英超联赛中上演了正式比赛处子秀。

During his time with Arsenal's first team, he made 12 appearances.

Then, he started a long loan journey.

Brentford, Coventry, Nottingham Forest, Hull City, Brighton, St Turden.

From 2014 to 2017.

Almost all of his football career was spent on loan.

For many fans, the names that can be remembered are almost those players who can already be called "stars".

Those people often earn 10,000+ pounds a year, and the transfer fee is tens of millions.

But in fact, most of the real football world is composed of players like Chuba.

Their weekly wages may only be a few thousand pounds.

Except for some senior fans and even local fans, no one in the world has ever heard of their names.

Even a presentation on the web.

There is only one sentence.

"Chuba Akbom, born in 1995, is a midfielder and is now a Middlesbrough player."

However, a country, its football atmosphere, its low-level leagues can be supported by such players.

There are a total of 160 professional football clubs registered in the FA, of which 40 clubs have a history of more than [-] years.

There are 11 leagues under the jurisdiction of the Football Association of England.

Tier 1, 20 clubs in the English Premier League.

Tier 2, 24 clubs in the English Football Championship.

Level 3, the English Football League One, contains 24 teams.

Tier 4, English Football League Two, contains 24 teams

Tier 5, FA National League with 24 teams

Next is the North-South League, the Northern Super League, the Southern Super League, and the Isthmian Super League.

And further down, there are the North and Central Districts of the Northern Super League, the Southwest and South Districts of the Southern League, and so on!

It is precisely because of this division of levels that there are 40 clubs in England with a history of more than a century!

And starting from the fifth level of the national league, it can be counted as a professional player.

According to the statistics of the Football Association, the number of registered professional players in the UK is about 4000.

But what is their football-related population?

1410 million, accounting for one-fifth of the total population of the country.

In Huaguo, where Xu Jin lives, the population related to football is 2100 million, but the number of registered professional players in the Football Association is only over 2000.

At the beginning of 2021, the Football Association released this 2020-2024 strategic development report called "Time for Change".

It shows that the number of football clubs registered in the UK alone has reached 10.

Although the performance of the England national team, people often ridicule it as the European Chinese team.

But how can England's football atmosphere be comparable to Huaguo football?

What made Xu Jin angry the most was that the football fans who liked to play football had to compete with the so-called Frisbee Yuan on the football fields open to the outside world!

As a Chinese, Xu Jin is really helpless sometimes.

In China, there are too few lands that can nourish the growth of football.

If only they could have more professional players like Chuba.

More parents who can understand football and support their children to play football.

Even if the child's future choice is not football.

But it has a relatively harmonious football atmosphere.

Huaguo football will not be like what it is today.

……

Ryan's defensive save success rate against Chuba is the same as Zach's.

It is 30%.

However, when Ryan returned to the net, the goalkeeper coach Alan was not as polite to Ryan as he was to Zach.

"Ryan! Are you really on the court?"

"Yes! Your success rate is the same as Zach, but Zach is facing Duncan! The forward who scored 9 goals for our team last season! And your opponent is Chuba, whose shooting ability is not as good as Duncan is outstanding! I thought that your success rate would be at least 40%! But you gave me such a result?"

"On the second and fifth balls, Chuba's shots were not in the right place, and you even had to stick out your foot to stop the ball outside the goal line!"

"But what did you show me? It was indifferent! It didn't react at all, just standing there like a log!"

Faced with Alan's accusation, Ryan didn't seem to care.

Xu Jin found that Lai An had neglected himself.

Afterwards, he said: "Because I don't think it is necessary at all. Anyway, now that the crown prince is here, we have all changed from the bench to the stands. Why do we have to work so hard?"

When Alan heard Ryan's answer like this, it could be said that there was smoke in his seven orifices.

He squinted his eyes and asked, "Who told you that Xu is the second goalkeeper?"

Ryan did not answer Alan's question directly.

He shrugged and said in a low voice: "Isn't this obvious?"

Then, he turned around, faced the goal and stopped talking.

Alan took a deep breath and said to Luke on the side.

"Luke, you're next!"

Luke Daniels was born in 1988.

Now it is 34 years old.

Although as a goalkeeper, his career is longer than that of players in other positions.

But in this grade, I have not achieved very good results.

All he can do is to maintain his own state.

Try to keep the contract of Middlesbrough, a Championship club, and prevent yourself from developing into the lower leagues.

Want to go further.

For a player like Luke, it's almost no longer possible.

The striker that Luke wants to defend is Ikpiazzu.

Middlesbrough's main formation is 4-2-3-1.

So the regular starters on the front line, except for Duncan, are all substitutes.

Luke's test scores, very bad.

Of Ikpiazzu's 10 shots, only 1 was saved.

This annoyed him very much.

After the test, he slapped his goal post hard.

For Luke, Alan also gave his own comments.

But the words were not sharp: "Luke, you still have awareness and experience, what you need to strengthen now is your reaction speed."

Hearing what Alan said, Luke nodded slightly and said, "I will, Mr. Alan."

"Next, it's up to you!"

Alan turned his head to look at Xu Jin.

Xu Jin didn't speak. After he nodded, he immediately ran to the goal.