Chapter 21 Big List

The new season is about to start, but the team's lineup is still not complete, especially the goalkeeper position, which makes Ranko Popovich feel worried.

In the 12-13 season, Zaragoza was relegated from La Liga to La Liga.

One of the main reasons is that the defense is not strong. In the past two years, the defenders and goalkeepers have changed a wave, but there has been no way to solve the defensive problems.

This summer, the team did not make it to La Liga, and many capable players in the team applied for transfers, but the capable players were unwilling to come.

Zaragoza's strength is even worse this season!
The young players rented from Atletico Madrid, such as Jesús Vallejo and Cabrera, are still immature and inexperienced.

As for the goalkeeper position in the hardest-hit area, although the veteran Alcolea was urgently signed in as the main goalkeeper, Alcolea has always been unstable and sometimes too reckless.

The substitute goalkeeper, Oscar Huali, is average. Although he is not bad, he basically can't find anything outstanding.

Zheng Long performed well on the training ground, but the training ground and the official competition are not the same thing at all.

Moreover, he is too young. Ranko Popovich has no idea how much he will perform in the game.

Looking at the goalkeepers who are actively training on the field, the head coach Popovich's thoughts have drifted to the official start of La Liga a few days later, and the squad for the first game against Huelva.

"Who should I play?" Head coach Popovich was lost in thought...

8 month 22 number.

The day before Zaragoza's upcoming match against Huelva, the team's official website announced the team's 18-man roster as usual.

In this big list, the most striking thing is that in the position of goalkeeper, a name that is very strange to Zaragoza fans unexpectedly appeared - Zheng Long!
Look at the nationality note behind the name.

"Zheng Long? Huaxia goalkeeper? Probably just a spectator."

That's how most fans feel about the news.

If you want qualifications but no qualifications, if you want fame but no fame, what is it if you are not a spectator?
Fans have heard a lot about players like this.

Ever since, after a while of excitement and satisfying the novelty, everyone lost interest in the unfamiliar Huaxia goalkeeper.

At the same time, in China, some editors familiar with Spanish football also noticed Zheng Long's name.

However, Zaragoza has never been the focus of domestic sports media.

Zheng Long, whose name is unknown, is probably just a passer-by.

Just like the last report on the opening of the Hengxi Branch School, several media outlets only used a few short sentences to report the news that a domestic teenager entered Zaragoza.

Then again, the simple news of those few sentences made the reporter lack of interest, but made Zheng Long's parents very happy.

They even called Zheng Long overseas because of this, and asked Zheng Long to work hard and perform well.

Zheng Long naturally obediently agreed to his parents' instructions.

Zheng Long successfully entered the 18-man roster and can participate in professional competitions in the second division.

"Long, congratulations on entering the big list!" Principal Liu Zheng called to congratulate Zheng Long. "But this is just the initial stage, Long, you still need to continue to work hard to win the main position!"

"Well! I will! I will definitely be the main force!" Zheng Long seemed full of fighting spirit.

"Okay. This is what I need. I will go to watch the next game live. Come on!"

Although in order for Zheng Long to enter the squad and even have a chance to play, the school reached a lot of agreements with Zaragoza.

Of course, there is no need for Zheng Long to know about these.

What he needs to do now is to train hard, work hard to improve his strength, and strive to gain a firm foothold in the Second Division.

……

8月23日下午7点,2014-15赛季西乙联赛第1轮,萨拉戈萨客场对阵韦尔瓦的比赛在努埃沃·科隆比诺球场准时开赛。

Both teams announced their starting rosters before the game.

Huelva's is a 343 storming lineup.

Goalkeeper: No. 1 Sotres

Defenders: No. 15 Diego Jimenez, No. 16 V. Diaz, No. 20 H. Menose.

Midfield: No. 6 A. Montoro, No. 17 P. Rios, No. 27 D. Molina, No. 10 Antonio Jesus Vazquez
Forwards: No. 21 Braulio, No. 34 A. Dominguez, No. 29 Mesa.

Zaragoza's starting XI is:

Goalkeeper: No. 1 Alcolia.

Central defender: No. 4 Cabrera, No. 31 Jesus Vallejo

Left and right backs: No. 17 J. Fernandez, No. 26 D. Rico
Midfielder: No. 21 Galareta, No. 18 A. Doka, No. 15 Pedro
Forward; No. 9 Borja Baston (center), No. 10 William Jose (Brazilian, loaned from Maldonado this summer), No. 7 Anel Hajić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

The starting goalkeeper for this game is Alcolia.

The head coach Popovich finally chose the more experienced Alcolia, which disappointed Zheng Long.

Wanting to replace Alcolia and become Zaragoza's starting goalkeeper, Zheng Long needs more opportunities to prove himself.

Only in this way can he convince the head coach to put him in the starting list.

With the whistle of the game, the fierce competition entered into a fever.

Although the overall skills of the players in the Second Division are not as good as those in La Liga, their enthusiasm is not lost.

Especially for some of the young players, they all seem to let scouts from La Liga or other leagues discover themselves through their own efforts.

Then enter the wealthy family and get a higher salary.

Seeing those hard-working players on the court, Zheng Long, who was sitting under the court, looked very anxious.

For Zheng Long, this month was like a dream.

In addition to curing myself and making myself better, I also got the opportunity to study in Spain, and now I am joining a professional club in the Second Division.

This makes Zheng Long very eager to play, very eager to play in the Second Division.

Sitting on the bench, I saw Zheng Long's anxious eyes.

Assistant coach Nekens patted Zheng Long on the shoulder and said.

"Dragon, don't worry. What you need to do now is to observe, carefully observe the performance of the players, especially the performance of the old players, this will help you grow even more!"

Zheng Long heard it and said gratefully. "Thank you. I see!"

Slowly calming down, Zheng Long observed the performance of the goalkeepers of the two teams.Look at their positions and their preparations for the challenge, hoping to help myself.

This game was far more difficult than Zaragoza imagined before the game.

Huelva bought a lot of capable players this summer, and they plan to go to the top this season.

For them, the main competitor must be won at home, and they are more hopeful to reach the top this season.

Huelva, who played at home, put on a posture of getting three points at the beginning of the game, put on a 343 offensive formation, and launched a fierce offensive against Zaragoza.

Probably not realizing that Huelva will launch an offensive at the beginning, Zaragoza is not ready.

They were a little confused.

In this game, Huelva played very tough in the midfield.It is basically difficult for Zaragoza to pass the ball comfortably to the frontcourt.

Pedro pushes the ball forward, Montoro rushes up, pushes Pedro away with his body, and grabs the ball at his feet.

The referee did not call to stop the game. In his opinion, this action was not enough to draw cards.

The ball was forcibly taken away by the opponent, and Pedro opened his arms and roared to the referee: "Sir, the opponent has charged me for the third time. He should be given a red card and sent him down!"

The referee was unmoved at all and signaled the game to continue.

While Pedro was still complaining, Montoro dribbled in.

The Huelva fans in the stands saw Montolo completing the steal and advancing with the ball. They all stood up from their seats and cheered loudly for the home team.

Seeing the opponent's attack, Galareta of Zaragoza has already forced up.

He rushed over from the side, intending to hit Montoro.

He wanted to avenge his captain, even if he would get a yellow card, he had to warn his opponent not to be too arrogant.

But at this moment, Montolo suddenly pulled the football with his left foot while dribbling the ball, followed by an emergency stop.

Gararetta was caught off guard and couldn't stop the car, and was broken by Montolo with the ball.

The midfielder was broken and Montolo faced Zaragoza's defense.

Facing Vallejo, Montolo made a fake shot and made a real pass, and a through ball was passed to Domingos on the left.

Montolo's breakthrough just now disrupted Zaragoza's defense.

Zaragoza's defensive players did not notice Dominguez's quick movement.

By the time they reacted, Domingos was about to receive the ball, and it was about to form a single-handedly.

Goalkeeper Alcolia had no choice but to abandon the goal and run to the football.

He struggled to run towards the football, but he miscalculated.

The opponent was one step ahead of him and grabbed the ball.

What's worse, in order to grab the ball, he rushed too fast, couldn't stop at all, and directly tripped the opponent's forward.

Beep……

The whistle sounded!

(End of this chapter)

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