Chapter 201 Alone as a stranger in a foreign land, the background is Joe Hart

Author: Grayson Gudong

Chapter 201 Alone as a stranger in a foreign land, the background is Joe Hart

At that moment, fans from all over the world, including the Red Country, Italy, Scotland, Portugal, England, Brazil and other places who were watching the game, had the goal replayed repeatedly on their screens.

Especially among Slovenian fans, Sesco has become the number one star and the national light of this Mediterranean country adjacent to Italy.

They have always believed that the 19-year-old forward can achieve the achievements of Lewandowski and Drogba in the future.

The perfect copy of Rooney's stunning barb in front of them convinced them that not only could this be achieved, but it could be achieved very soon!

Whether they were running from the field or rushing from the bench, many of the Roma players were holding their heads while running, unable to believe what they had just seen.

They grabbed Sesco, shook him wildly, and shouted. At this moment, Sesco was a god in their eyes.

Alone as a stranger in a foreign land, the background is Jorhat.

The old England goalkeeper put his hands on his hips and felt helpless.

He knows in his heart that a goalkeeper like him who was famous for his quick reactions when he was young, especially a goalkeeper who likes to use more extreme positions when making saves and relies on his own reaction ability to save the ball, is indeed very easy to lose when he is older and in better condition.

After the decline, the overall competitive strength declined.

But he really didn't expect it to drop so much.

Last season, when Mourinho was still at Tottenham, it was not that he didn't give Joe Hart a chance.

But also in the European war, facing the Austrian team Linz, a little-known opponent in the Europa League group stage, Hart was hit by the opponent and scored two long-range shots in one game.

It may seem like bad luck, but in fact it has something to do with the technical characteristics he developed when he was young.

Simply compared to the peak level of his career, Tottenham's number one goalkeeper Lloris is not as good as Joe Hart in his peak years.

But for most head coaches, especially those who are determined to win the championship in a long season, a good goalkeeper is not about making those incredible saves and saving those seemingly impossible balls, but

It's about controlling all the shots that should be controlled.

A truly good goalkeeper is one who can make great saves without making any mistakes.

Both Guardiola's coaching team and Mourinho's coaching team have analyzed Joe Hart, and when he went to Turin to play in Serie A, the coach there also used Buffon as a model.

, but unfortunately, at thirty years old, it is difficult for him to change his technical habits.

Take a one-on-one save for a shot from a near corner as an example. Goalkeepers like Lloris and Buffon will first block the near corner as much as possible, and then leave the preparations for the save to the far corner.

The advantage of this is that when there is no shooting space in the near corner, the opponent can only shoot in the far corner, and they do not have to guess the opponent's shooting intention.

But the disadvantage is that because you stand too close to the corner, once the opponent's shot from the far corner is very tricky or very fast, the saving distance will not be enough and it will be easy to score.

However, in real games, it is not the goalkeeper's responsibility to be penetrated by the opponent's defense line, and it is not entirely the goalkeeper's fault to be kicked into the more difficult far corner by the opponent, but if the near corner cannot be defended, it is definitely the goalkeeper's responsibility.

Responsibility.

And goalkeepers in their prime like De Gea and Courtois will leave a small gap in the near corner, and their position will be more towards the far corner.

This is based on their ultra-quick response to save the ball.

Although this will give the opponent a small chance to shoot the near corner, it will also shorten the distance to save the far corner and increase the success rate of the save.

Especially after De Gea's technical characteristic of using his feet for close-range goalkeeping was widely copied, this kind of positioning that deliberately leaves some distance has also been used by more young goalkeepers.

The problem with Joe Hart is that as he gets older and his reflexes decline, he does not choose the safer positions of Lloris and Buffon, and then uses his rich experience to make preparatory moves in advance to pounce on deliberately left players.

The side that came out still chose the position of De Gea and Courtois.

This resulted in him often being scored by opponents on both sides. In the eyes of the head coach, it became an embarrassing situation that he couldn't save when he should save, and couldn't save when he shouldn't save.

The same goes for long range shots.

Except for Rooney's shocking overhead kick, there were many long-range shots that seemed to be shocking to the shooter, but in fact they all came from Joe Hart's failed position selection.

Take the classic game between England and Sweden as an example. Before Ibrahimovic scored a super-long overhead kick, he also scored a direct free kick.

The wall of the ball was arranged in front of the near corner as usual, and the goalkeeper's position was usually biased towards the far corner.

This is the standard configuration for free kick defense, that is, a wall is used to block the closer side, while the goalkeeper directly defends the other side that is further away but does not have a wall directly exposed.

This is also because it is very difficult for a free kick to perfectly bypass the goal wall and then drop into the near corner.

Even now, in order to prevent opponents from sneaking up on low balls from under the wall, a player will be placed under the wall specifically to block low balls.

And Joe Hart was standing directly in the middle of the goal while defending the ball.

This kind of position selection cannot be said to be wrong, because there is no absolutely correct answer to the goalkeeper's position. When facing a player with extremely high free kick skills, the goalkeeper standing in the middle of the goal can indeed take into account both sides of the goal at the same time to prevent the opponent from doing so.

It is reasonable to really go around the wall and take high-level free kicks.

But the key depends on the goalkeeper's own condition and level.

When Joe Hart was young, with his reflexes and height and length of arms, he might be able to achieve full coverage, but at that time, he had already started to decline.

As a result, Ibrahimovic hit the far corner and volleyed the ball vigorously from the right side of the wall. The ball bounced twice on the ground. Joe Hart, who was in the middle, opened his body and completely jumped to the ground.

But the reaction was still a beat too slow, and the ball rolled directly into the goal.

Again, if the opponent makes a world wave and flies around the wall and quickly falls into a blind corner, it is not the goalkeeper's fault. However, it is the goalkeeper's full responsibility to give up the side without the protection of the wall and be blasted directly into the "empty goal" by the opponent.

And that super-long-distance hook was the number one representative of Joe Hart’s failure in position selection.

In that ball, Sweden directly passed the ball from the backcourt to counterattack. In front of Ibrahimovic, England center back No. 5 Gary Cahill had clearly occupied the position. Even if the ball fell, it would be difficult for Ibrahimovic to grab the first point.

What's more, on the left side of Ibrahimovic, another strong center back No. 16 Shawcross, who came on as a substitute, was also approaching.

There are no Swedish players around Ibrahimovic either.

In this case, Joe Hart, who was positioned forward to prevent a quick counterattack, still chose to run outside the penalty area to head the ball to clear the ball, leaving the goal to the two central defenders. That would be a big mistake.

It is obvious that this defensive method of abandoning the goal has not been practiced before the game. Gary Cahill always stood there with a confused look on his side, and Shawcross did not rush towards the goal immediately.

The players in England all watched Joe Hart's performance. The key was that he jumped high but failed to hit the ball far.

Everyone knows the last thing. After Ibrahimovic's overhead kick flew out, Gary Cahill was still there, and Shawcross rushed towards the goal to block it. It was already too late.

Of course, people did not blame Joe Hart later because no one could have predicted that Ibrahimovic would score such an incredible long-distance overhead kick. But if Joe Hart had retreated immediately and handed over the defensive task to those who had already occupied an advantageous position,

With Cahill and Shawcross in their positions, Ibrahimovic couldn't get a chance to shoot at all.

Celtic fans also applauded Sesco's wonderful goal.

However, the applause did not stop for a while.

Zhan Jun, Liu Yue, and many fans were wondering in the live broadcast room:

Are Celtic fans that generous?

It wasn't until the live broadcaster put the subtitles on the screen that Zhan Jun explained to the fans that it turned out that the game had entered the 33rd minute. After reaching an agreement with the club, several Celtic fan associations jointly called on the fans at the scene to applaud Chen Xiaoliang.

Many people also held up pre-printed slogans and banners.

After seeing the subtitles and content, everyone understood that it was not so much a tribute to "old rival" Chen Xiaoliang, but rather an expression of strong dissatisfaction and opposition to "that incident".

"Celtic FC and Roma 33 strongly oppose the establishment of the European Super League"

It's just that this link was supposed to be shown when the game was going on normally, and the Celtic bench would also applaud to express their opinions, but they didn't expect that half a minute ago, Sesco broke through his own goal...

The camera panned to the second-floor box. Although his face was a little dull, Celtics boss Banker also applauded "gentlemanly".

Chen Xiaoliang was confused at first. He didn't understand what was going on until he saw some slogans. As he walked back after celebrating, he also applauded and reached out to greet all the fans.

But don’t think that after this episode, Celtics fans regard Chen Xiaoliang as one of their own.

One is one, two is two.

When we have a common enemy, we are comrades-in-arms, but the rest of the time, we are still mortal enemies!

After the on-site clock jumped from 33 to 34, Celtics fans started chanting cheering slogans for their team again, and whenever Chen Xiaoliang got the ball, bursts of boos would erupt.

After the two midfielders Callum and Matteoli were targeted by Wellertu and Chen Xiaoliang, their chances of getting the ball were greatly reduced.

As a response, the Celtics' two wingers took more responsibility for passing the ball from the backcourt to the frontcourt, while the remaining midfielder, Reio, could only retreat significantly to help with the response.

As a result, not only the defense of the two wingers is prone to loopholes, but the smooth and frequent short passing cooperation between the three Japanese internationals and Horta has also become alienated due to the retreat of flagman Reio.

The Celtics' offensive pressure was immediately reduced significantly.

The one and the other diminished, and the defensive pressure was reduced, which meant that the two wing-backs, Malasia and Zalewski, had the opportunity to continue to press.

However, Roma's offense still maintains a simple style of play, advancing to the frontcourt as quickly as possible, shooting when there is an opportunity, and then quickly returning to defense, waiting for the Celtics to press next time.

However, if Joe Hart always becomes the backdrop and has his own shortcomings, then the goalkeeper is also a major hidden danger for Roma.

After all, Fozzato is a second-choice goalkeeper who has been away from the team for a long time and was appointed at the last minute. At such a critical stage in the middle and late stages of the season, he suddenly replaced the injured Patricio. In fact, he himself was not ready.

In the 43rd minute, the Celtics relied on the intervention of left back Taylor, and the pass and cut cooperation between flag bearer Lian Yang and Horta, slowly pushed the ball up to the left side of the penalty area.

Seeing that the number of defenders on the wing was weak, Zalewski immediately retreated to defend in the penalty area.

High ball cross?

Mourinho said before the game that as for the Celtic forwards who are a little over 1.7 meters tall, if they want to pass the ball high from the wing, just let them pass it.

The defensive players must first pay attention to their sudden advance in the penalty area, their retreat, and their goal-scoring and inverted triangle shots when receiving low passes.
To be continued...