Chapter 64: Ready to Fly
Atletico Madrid missed a succession of goals at the start of the second half, leaving Atletico Madrid fans sighing.
"Is this God punishing us, implying that we shouldn't win here?" Danielle Herrera said, pointing to the TV.
"Shut up, Danielle! Otherwise, I'll throw you out of here! A strong man in the crowd yelled at him.
Herrera immediately shrunk her neck and said nothing.
The bar was packed, and Makin fans who didn't travel with the team gathered here to watch the game, enjoying a beer and cheering on the team.
However, the process of this game did not make everyone interested in drinking.
Atletico Madrid dominated the first half and ended up facing the god-like Almeria goalkeeper.
In the second half, Ruben again blocked Alda Turan's shot and it looked like his god-like play was going to continue.
The Atletico Madrid fans in the bar were holding wine glasses with solemn expressions, and no one had the heart to pay attention to the wine glasses in their hands.
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In the world of football, there are indeed situations like this.
A player who is usually unknown suddenly played well, as if he had descended from heaven and played the highlight of his career.
Rubén Martinez joined FC Barcelona in 1997 as a goalkeeper in the Barcelona academy, although he made only three appearances for Barcelona's first team, playing for most of his time in Barcelona's B squad before being loaned out on loan.
In the 2009-2010 season, his contract with Barcelona expired and he moved on a free transfer to Cartagena, a team in La Liga. In this team, he finally became the main goalkeeper.
After two seasons in Cartagena, he moved to Malaga for €1.3 million, his only transfer to date with a fee.
After two seasons as a substitute goalkeeper in Malaga, he moved to Rayo Vallecano on a free transfer in the 2012-2013 season.
At Rayo Vallecano, the Barcelona debutant finally made his way into the first division, making 31 appearances in his first season, conceding 49 goals and keeping eight clean sheets. However, as a goalkeeper, there are eight yellow cards and two red cards, which is surprising......
Last season, his second season at Rayo Vallecano, he made 35 appearances, conceded 64 goals and kept 10 clean sheets.
With the opportunity to play as the main goalkeeper at Rayo Vallecano, he moved to Almeria on a free transfer from Rayo Vallecano this season as the main goalkeeper. The performance was not bad, Almeria only conceded one goal in the first few games.
However, in Spanish football, there is still a big gap between him and those famous goalkeepers, whether it is fame or strength, it is not eye-catching.
But in this game, the little-known goalkeeper played bravely, repeatedly denying shots from Atletico Madrid's stars.
His outstanding performance caused the narrators to constantly exclaim his name and send all kinds of praises.
At this time, Rubén Martinez, who was born in 1984, was thirty years old, which is the golden age of a goalkeeper.
Perhaps the player will never reach the heights of his predecessors Casillas and rising star David De Gea in his career, but at this moment, in today's game, Almeria fans are constantly singing Rubén Martinez's cheering song, believing that he is as good as Casillas and De Gea.
Listening to the Almeria fans singing for him, Rubén has an endless amount of power in his heart.
He is determined to repay the Almeria fans for their love and support with his first clean sheet of the season.
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However, it is not only goalkeeper Rubén who has performed well, but Almeria's backline has also done its best to stop Atletico Madrid.
Especially their defense of Gao Zheng is very tight, the time when Alda Turan did not pass the ball to Gao Zheng, it can be regarded as a rare opportunity for Gao Zheng, and it was because of the mistake of his back line when he moved to the side, and was directly tackled by Alda Turan, and the back line was overlooked in a hurry.
In fact, in most cases, it is difficult for Gao Zheng to get the opportunity to face the goal.
As soon as he enters the 30-metre zone, the Almeria players will force him to take the ball with his back to the attack, which makes it difficult for Gao Zheng to shoot.
Of course, as long as he is away from the goal, he can face the attacking direction, but at that time he was far away from the goal and the threat dropped a lot.
For example, in this attack, Gao Zheng went to the penalty area as a center forward, but he turned his back to the direction of the attack, and when Griezmann passed the football to him, he could only pass the football back directly to Griezmann, who cut crosswise after passing the ball.
However, Griezmann didn't have a good chance, so after receiving Gao Zheng's pass, he shifted the football laterally to the other side and gave it to Koke on the left side.
So far, this is a microcosm of Atletico Madrid's previous attack, with far more possession and more shots on goal than home Almeria, but just too much to score.
Gao Zheng is under the close defense of the opponent, and it is even more difficult to get a chance. A lot of times he can only play for his teammates and help them create chances.
It's like he just turned his back to the attack and passed the ball straight back to Antoine Griezmann.
Koke, who got the ball, originally planned to shoot directly from a distance, but when he looked up to observe, he saw Gao Zheng, who was originally walking back, suddenly turned around and ran back.
Even though he didn't make a gesture for himself, Cork realized what he was supposed to do.
So he didn't run, and passed the ball to the back of the penalty area!
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"Koke's cross, run back to the back post! He's adjusting his pace, it's going to shoot straight at the goal...... He pulled the stance! "José Maria is a radio commentator who tries to describe what happens on the pitch in words when he is commenting on the game, and he tries to explain every movement of the players without just shouting a name.
Every fluctuation in his tone meant a lot of subtle changes that those who listened to his narrators regularly could understand.
Dong Jin, who was holding the radio, was now listening to Jose Maria's commentary, and when he heard Jose Maria say this, the picture of the game naturally appeared in his mind:
Gao Zheng strode to the back point, and in the process made great strides to adjust the pace and rhythm, and directly picked up his feet, ready to pump the football towards the goal!
He couldn't help but clench his fists.
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Similar to what Dong Jin imagined, Gao Zheng did this, and began to adjust his pace during the run, and fools could see that he was going to shoot directly.
Trujillo, who is Almeria's central defender, naturally saw it, and he turned and ran to the back post. After seeing Gao Zheng pick up his right leg, he didn't think about anything, so he threw his body out directly, intending to use his body to block Gao Zheng's shot.
At this time, he didn't think about whether he would be shaken by Gao Zheng's feint, because in his opinion, Gao Zheng's action was a shot on the line, and there would be no other possibilities. If he was worried that he would miss the best opportunity to block Gao Zheng, he might make a big mistake.
When he turned around and used his body to block Gao Zheng's shot, he turned into facing the goal, and he saw that goalkeeper Lu Wen was also moving his body quickly, running to the back corner of the goal, ready to block Gao Zheng's shot.
With his physicality and goalkeeper Ruben, he is confident that they will be able to defuse Atletico Madrid's surprise attack.
But his expected shot didn't come, he didn't feel the impact of the ball in his body, and he didn't see the ball fly towards the goal.
What's going on?
Didn't Gao Zheng kick the ball? Or did he shoot the soccer ball off the rails?
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Cork suddenly crossed, Gao Zheng ran forward and cut forward, beautiful! Opportunity ——! In He Ping's roar, all the Chinese fans in front of the TV watched Gao Zheng pick up his right leg and volley.
World waves!
Many people exclaimed in their hearts.
But when the football really flew to the landing point, the moment they were expecting did not happen.
The football was not pumped towards the goal by Gao Zheng.
Gao Zheng's right leg was indeed slammed into the football hard, like a whip.
But the next scene made many viewers' eyes widen - when the whip hits the football, it does not whip the football away, but ...... Stuck football!
The football seemed to freeze suddenly, and it was stopped by Gao Zheng's right leg!
And it's not just as simple as stopping the ball, the football is actually fixed between Gao Zheng's calf and the surface of his foot!
Then with the rotation of the right leg, it was taken back!
No one expected that a volley on the bow would turn into a magic juggling show!
Trujillo was deceived into jumping over and just let goalkeeper Ruben out.
Goalkeeper Ruben reflexively made a save and only did half of it, and was surprised to see that the football was still on Gao Zheng's feet......
At this moment, Gao Zheng, who was holding the football, shook his right ankle and directly picked the football to the back corner of the goal.
And Ruwen, who was frozen in place, could no longer do anything about the football that was far away from him, and could only watch the football fly to the back corner of the goal.
The home fans who saw the scene also forgot to boo and watched in amazement as the football flew towards the goal.
In this morgue-like silence, the ball crossed the goal line and crashed into Almeria's goal.
Ready to fly, retract and release freely!