Chapter 37 Chapter 37 The Hateful Scout
In the 14th round of the Spanish Second Division, Castilla played against Cordoba at home, and the boys easily won the game 3-1.
This is the last game of November. After the four games in December are played, the Spanish Second Division will enter the winter break.
On December 3, the boys who returned from Castellón were in high spirits, and the team once again snatched three points away from home.
Not long into the first half, Castilla seized the opportunity to launch a precise counterattack.
Mata's jersey fluttered in the already bleak cold wind, and the jersey was tightly attached to his body, as if desperately pulling his giant hands back as he ran.
Chasing the ball against the wind, the resistance was completely unable to stop him.
Juan Mata received a long pass from his teammate in the air and steadily took the ball off the target while running at high speed.
He had successfully made an offside move, and the only person left in front of him was the goalkeeper who was hesitating whether to make a move.
Mata continued to move forward, and the bearded goalkeeper finally made up his mind to rush forward, and the defensive line behind him who was reversing was about to arrive.
Mata saw that the goalkeeper with a fierce expression was not in a hurry, and he kept increasing the frequency of touching the ball while advancing at high speed.
Finally, Mata stopped the ball one meter away from the attacking Castellón goalkeeper, and then with his right foot, he perfectly bypassed the big glove that was trying to snatch the ball.
Mata had already knocked his opponent down, then he steadied himself and shot directly!
The Melingers who came from afar seemed to see La Fabrica ignite a superstar again.
The ball spun past the defender who had finally chased back, drew a beautiful arc in the air, and flew into the goal frame with great momentum, sticking to the net and jumping a few times.
The coach of Castellón shook his head and smiled bitterly, while the goalkeeper who was scored against looked back at the net with a dazed expression.
They were at home today, and they conceded such a beautiful and unreasonable goal about 5 minutes after the whistle sounded?
Redondo and his assistant coach led the players on the bench and raised their fists to celebrate.
Juan Mata ran directly to the Melco gathering area nearby to celebrate, looking at everyone with shining eyes, thanking the fans for coming here to support the team.
A large number of fans on the sidelines cheered collectively, and the enthusiastic Madrid people gave the most explicit praise to Mata, almost making people embarrassed.
Castellón is about 400 kilometers away from Madrid, which takes nearly 3 hours to drive, so the people following today are basically die-hard fans. They are most happy to see another good player emerge from La Fabrica, and they can't wait to send the young player directly to the first team.
Falling behind at the start of the game, Castellón's players were eager to make a comeback. Looking at the group of fans waving team scarves on the sidelines, they couldn't give up easily.
But scoring a goal is not something you can get just because you want it.
Castellon tried several times but failed. Although Arbeloa was absent due to injury, which weakened Castilla's defense, Leandri was still the goalkeeper that everyone trusted the most.
At present, 14 rounds of games have passed. Leandri has played in 11 rounds, conceded 4 goals, and the goal loss rate is only 0.36. Although it is only the second-tier league, this is a very exaggerated data for a goalkeeper who is only 17 years old.
Meilingge and others have noticed from recent matches that there are many strangers sitting on the sidelines. Particularly annoying are those who wear sunglasses that cover most of their faces and carry a camera with a tripod sticking out of their heads.
It's obvious that this is a scout from other teams with ill intentions!
The Meilingges are furious and come to dig up our beets again. Can't you grow them yourselves?
But every time I post this kind of words on the Internet, I feel hurt. If you don’t sell it to us, you don’t want others to play. Who is wasting resources like this?
However, among the group of annoying guys sitting on the sidelines today, there were a few special ones that were recognized by some fans.
Jim Rolle, Grimandi and Laurent Busseur. Several people kept staring at Leandri, writing and drawing on the notebook from time to time based on his saving performance and off-ball status.
The former is Manchester United's chief scout and Ferguson trusts him very much. Vidic was spotted by Jim Rohrer when he was playing in the Russian Premier League. After comprehensive consideration by the club, he transferred from Spartak Moscow to Manchester United in the winter window of last season. He helped the team win the league championship and was selected into the Premier League's best team.
Grimandi has been following the professor since Monaco. Although he was not a core player in Arsenal's golden age, he played for the team for five years and was an indispensable substitute. He also won the double championship with the team. After retiring, Grimandi became the technical director of French Ligue 3 team Valens, but the team went bankrupt not long after. Last year, he returned to Wenger's management and became a member of the Gunners' scout team.
Laurent Busser is less well-known than the first two. He is a scout for Leverkusen and the right-hand man of the team's sports director Völler.
Seeing these people, the American Lingges who love young girls are not very happy. It turns out that you, Sir Alex Ferguson, are really planning to take advantage of Ryan! Didn’t people in Britain say that you and Van der Sar were going to renew their contract? And you, Professor Wenger, have you resolved the conflict with Lehmann? Aren’t you supporting Almunia? Why are you messing with our little beet? As for Leverkusen, it is said that you already have a young goalkeeper Adler, so why are you joining in the fun?
The 37-year-old Van der Sar has been playing better and better since his transfer from Fulham to Manchester United. When he saved three penalties from Chelsea in the Community Shield final, did he look like a veteran at all? Ferguson has expressed in several interviews that he hopes to let Leandri go to Manchester United. The humble and low-key old man does not think there is anything wrong with the team buying a young goalkeeper. After all, the Dutchman is really old, and they need to plan in advance for the next goalkeeper to guard the gate of the Theatre of Dreams.
As for Arsenal, the original starting goalkeeper Lehmann kept making mistakes at the beginning of the season, which made the professor a little annoyed, so he took advantage of his injury to support Almunia to take over. It hasn't been long since Lehmann finished his fight in the national team and now he has to fight for a position in the club. Last month he was still speaking ill of Wenger in front of the media. But Almunia's performance was unstable later, he always made mistakes in the league, and the fans did not have much trust in him. With this in mind, it's no surprise that the professor, who has always liked to poach young kids, is now secretly eyeing Leandri.
Leverkusen, I don’t think the team is necessarily preparing to attack Leandri, after all, there are many Castilla players with overflowing talent on the court.
The fans looked down upon the scouts who were openly reaching their claws into their vegetable gardens. A few tall and strong men walked over and snorted unkindly.
On the court, the game continues.
Castellón's several shots were confiscated. During normal training, Adam's excellent condition always made him feel a sense of urgency and he never dared to relax. Long-term self-discipline and high-intensity improvement made his performance on the field more and more stable.
In the second half, both sides changed sides and started the game again.
The Castellón player took advantage of the opportunity and intercepted the ball from Granero's feet.
It was a rare opportunity and Castellon's players shouted at their teammates to move forward. Castilla instantly went from an attacking state to being forced to defend.
Jim Rolle and Grimandi sat up straight and stared closely at the situation on the field. Laurent Busser was quite relaxed at this time, not like a German at all.
After getting the ball, the Castellon players slowly pushed their formation towards the Castilla half. Starting from the center circle, they had already passed most of the half.
The midfielder passed the ball to his teammate, but the latter could only pass it back due to Castilla's active pressure and pressing.
Leandri lowered his center of gravity and carefully watched the situation in his own half.
"Be careful on the left side!" Ryan spotted the winger running forward.
Sure enough, the next second, a Castellón player made a diagonal pass, and the ball passed over everyone's heads and landed accurately at the feet of the winger who was blocking the open space.
The Castellon winger began to dribble forward, and there was no defender in front of him at this time, as if a sudden vacuum zone separated the Castilla defensive players.
This was Castellón's best offensive chance since the start of the game. He rushed to the penalty area line, no one blocked him, and he kicked the ball calmly.
Bang!
The ball hit the back of his foot hard. Who says that Spanish Second Division players can't shoot clean and neat goals?
The quality of the ball was very high, and it rushed towards the Castilla goal frame with a strong inward spin.
Facing the incoming ball, Leandri jumped up with all his strength.
Pounced!
But the shot was too powerful and Ryan failed to completely eliminate the crisis.
The ball hit Leandri's hand and bounced out again. Seeing this, another striker from Castellón hurried forward to prepare for a follow-up shot.
Not only that, Nacho, who was staring at the person, also noticed the urgency of the situation and hurriedly tried to destroy the ball.
The two of them ran towards where the ball landed and kicked the ball almost at the same time.
Bang!
It's not the sound of the shoe hitting the ball.
It was the sound made by holding the ball tightly with both hands!
The two pursuers didn't even jump to catch the ball, and Ryandrick quickly changed his center of gravity after landing.
Leandri seized this thrilling ball and rolled to the side. Fortunately, both players retracted their feet and he avoided the two sneakers. At this time, all the muscles in his body were still tense.
The scouts on the sidelines lit up each other's eyes, took notes in their notebooks, and then with flushed faces, they pressed their mobile phones to call clubs in unknown places all over the world.
So annoying!
It was such a great save, but I got angry when I saw the annoying guy next to me drooling over our food.
Leandri sent the ball again and passed it quickly forward from Nacho. Parejo was about to dribble forward after receiving the ball, but suddenly, he fell to the ground.
In order to stop Castilla's attack, Castellón players made tackles directly on the center line.
He had to make a tackle. For the last ball, all the defenders came up. If Parejo took the ball past the midfield, what was waiting for him would be as vast as the Hulunbuir grassland.
Seeing Parejo's painful expression, the player who made the tackle felt embarrassed and kept apologizing to him.
It was a real tackle, but the player retracted his studs. Parejo had a serious injury, so it would be fine if we just endured it.
The referee gave a free kick. Mata took a few steps back and took a run-up to kick the ball, but he had no choice but to shoot a cannon.
As the game drew to a close, Castilla tightened its defense and waited for the referee to blow the whistle with the score at 0-1.
Castilla has won five consecutive games.
The bus had already arrived in Madrid. As soon as the door opened, the cold wind began to blow on their faces. There were three more games left and the winter break of the 07/08 season would be here.
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