Chapter 381: Good performance
Chapter 381 is doing well
At this time, in the media gallery of Calderón, journalists from all over Spain were also talking.
It seems that these Spanish journalists were also very surprised by Navas's start.
Today, Atletico Madrid's opponent is Barcelona, not a team like Racing Santander, and the role of the goalkeeper can be imagined when facing such a strong team.
Barcelona will certainly be able to create chances on goal, as in the last league game against Racing Santander, where a single save in a game could have kept the goal intact, but that is absolutely impossible in this game.
At the moment, there is no team in the world that can press Barcelona like this.
Therefore, in the strong dialogue, the performance of the goalkeeper is crucial.
A good goalkeeper can top half of the team!
"I really didn't expect Gao Bo to be so bold!"
"Or maybe it's an adventure..."
'I think he's getting a little carried away, yes, all the players he's looked at have been doing well, but he's always been blindsided.
"Navas?! A player from Costa Rica, can he really do it? ”
Journalists are talking about the starting goalkeeper for this match at Atletico Madrid.
In fact, the television footage also gave Navas a long close-up mastery as the players lined up on the pitch.
"Keylor Navas, from the Costa Rican league, according to Atletico Madrid's internal sources, after De Gea decided to leave Calderón for Old Trafford, Coach Gobo pushed to bring in Keylor Navas to replace De Gea. Although we don't yet know what makes Navas so important to Coach Gobo, but judging from his height, maybe Atletico Madrid fans are a little unconfident - only 184 cm Navas is an absolute short man among goalkeepers. The importance of height for a goalkeeper is self-evident! ”
In the footage of Kobe TV, the voice of the commentator Aduris came out.
In fact, even the Barcelona players have taken a double look at Navas.
When the players of the two sides shook hands, the Barcelona players passed by Navas, and they couldn't help but see the starting goalkeeper who came directly to La Liga from the small league and played in such an important match.
What exactly is this player capable of?
At least from the outside, it can't be seen, what Navas is capable of, after all, it will only be reflected in the game.
The game started soon and Barcelona got the kick-off.
The only way for Barcelona in this game is to attack and try to score first, as long as Barcelona score a goal, the situation of the game has entered a very uncertain stage for both sides, and this is Barcelona's chance.
Therefore, the time to score the goal must be early!
As soon as the game began, Barcelona quickly passed the ball to the front court!
Messi cut in from the right and both Raul Garcia and N'Golo Kante were wary of Barcelona's number one star!
However, Iniesta got the ball and distributed it to the right side!
Alves rushed up on the right, and then Barcelona's right-back crossed the ball back to the edge of the penalty area!
Messi stopped the ball and shot at goal!
After fooling Boateng, Messi took another step inside to the left and dodged the shot!
Then Messi's shot was fully powerful, and the football flew towards the goal like a meteor!
There was an exclamation in the stands!
Gao Bo was also taken aback by Messi's opening shot.
If Barcelona had scored at the beginning of the game, it would have been a difficult game.
The good thing is that Navas was very focused from the start of the game.
This is the hallmark of the game for Keylor Navas, with the Costa Rican player having a high level of concentration.
Maybe this is also related to his height, Navas's height is actually a bit of a loss if he plays the goalkeeper position, so for Navas, in order to make up for the lack of height, he must always stay focused in the game and defend the goal line through fast movement.
Just like this time too.
When Alves crossed, Navas was constantly watching the movement of the Barcelona players.
The ball was passed to the top of the box and Keylor Navas turned his attention to it.
Messi deceived Boateng with a feint, but not Navas!
Navas moved a few steps with his hand, and Messi's shot really came!
He was already in position by this point, and the shot hit him firmly in the chest and bounced back into the box, and then Navas kicked his calf and sprang out, holding the ball that bounced back into the box.
Just after the opening, Keylor Navas had a chance to make a save.
"Beautiful!! Messi's powerful shot was cleared by Navas! The Costa Rica goalkeeper did a good start to the game, moving very quickly and reacting quite quickly! ”
The narrator said.
However, Barcelona's attacking form in this game was very good.
Both full-backs pressed through the half and were involved in the attack.
Barcelona took the lead before they began to overtake Atletico Madrid in momentum.
Atletico Madrid, who are playing at home, is besieged by Barcelona!
However, Navas has been quite busy during this time.
In the third minute of the game, Adriano swept the ball into the box with a low flat ball near the baseline.
Villa flicked the ball towards goal with the instep of his foot outside the front post, and the ball was blocked by Keylor Navas with his foot.
In the sixth minute of the game, Andres Iniesta's low shot from inside the box caused Navas to fall to the ground very quickly, and he took the shot directly into his arms.
In the tenth minute of the game, Messi successfully passed at the top of the arc of the penalty area, and then hit the penalty area and shot at the back of the goal!
Now one can see how fast Navas is moving.
He quickly moved back and then flicked the ball out of the net with his hands just as the ball was about to crash into the net!
"Barcelona continued to attack and in just ten minutes they had four shots on target! And every time it looks very close to scoring a goal. But Keylor Navas was outstanding, making four saves, high blocks, and keeping the ball in the back of the net!! ”
On the TV screen, the close-up shows Navas quickly getting up from the ground.
The goalkeeper was directing the defence of corners in the box and it looked like he had quickly integrated into Atletico Madrid.
The TV camera also gave a shot of Assenjo, who was sitting on the bench.
"It seems that Asenjo may only be able to continue playing as the number two goalkeeper at Atletico Madrid, and for the young goalkeeper, he may be looking to be loaned to other teams for training and playing more games."
The commentators were full of praise for Navas's performance.
Calderón's stands also began to applaud Navas.
Despite Navas's good performance, Gobo was not satisfied with the team's defense.
The goalkeeper is the last safety bolt for the team, and it's best for a team to have the goalkeeper idle for the whole game – because it means they are doing a good job defensively and basically not giving the opposition much of a chance.
Gao Bo roared from the sidelines, reminding the players to pay attention to defense!