Chapter 894： How are parallel imports made

During the training camp in the United States, in addition to training, basically every day is training.

Except for a handful of players like Su Dong, who attended some events on behalf of the club or sponsors, all the other players are basically training non-stop and repeated training every day.

As the saying goes: One minute on stage, ten years off stage.

The level of player performance on the court is often accumulated slowly through long-term training.

This time Manchester City brought to the United States training team, in addition to the regular first team players, there are also young players like Sterling and Trippier, and these players also performed extraordinarily hard, trying to want the first team. Fight for a position.

Compared to other positions, the goalkeeper competition is now starting to heat up.

So far this season, there are three goalkeepers in Manchester City.

They are England's national goal, local youth training Joe Hart, last season's substitute goalkeeper Given, and the Belgian teenager Tibbo Courtois who just joined this season.

The age of the three goalkeepers is also very interesting. Joe Hart is twenty-four, Shay is thirty-five, and Courtois is nineteen.

From the age point of view, Joe Hart is undoubtedly the team's main goalkeeper of the year, Courtois is a potential stock, Shay Wen is a veteran.

But the problem now is that everyone can tell that Guardiola is not satisfied with Joe Hart.

This dissatisfaction mainly comes from two aspects, one is on the court.

In order to train Joe Hart better, Guardiola specially hired goalkeeper coach Vinsue from Spain and asked him to train Joe Hart specifically, but the England goalkeeper did not seem to benefit from this aspect. Still unsatisfactory, many turnovers, and most importantly, poor passing ability.

And off the court, Joe Hart has caused trouble for the club. Several off-court turmoil last season caused a lot of trouble, which also made Guardiola quite dissatisfied. His discipline requirements for the dressing room are still very high.

It is for these two reasons that Manchester City have been planning to introduce a high-level goalkeeper this summer.

Many goalkeepers, including Buffon and Neuer, failed to make the trip, which led to Manchester City's goalkeeper signings have been stalled.

In fact, the teenager Courtois does not meet Guardiola's requirements very well. The reason is very simple. He is too tall and his characteristics are not very in line with Guardiola's requirements, but this young teenager is particularly hard at training.

More importantly, he is confident enough.

On the first day of the training camp of the new season, when he was interviewed by the media, he did not know whether he was misled by reporters or told the truth. Anyway, he said in front of reporters that he wanted to be the main goalkeeper in Manchester City.

At the age of nineteen, a newcomer, and he is about to move the position of England. This kid is really crazy!

So the British Sun wrote an article later, taunting the Belgian boy, thinking that the distance between him and Joe Hart is much wider than that of the English Channel.

The implication is to say that you kid came out of the League of Nations. He has never seen the world. We don’t blame you, but you have to recognize the facts. Joe Hart is a Premier League champion, FA Cup champion and Europa League. The Cup champion, the main goalkeeper of the Triple Crown, and the gate of our British Empire, why do you compete with him?

This article caused some repercussions in British football at the time, but not many people took it seriously, but in the Manchester City locker room, the atmosphere has changed a little as a result, and the smell of competition has clearly risen.

Su Dong controlled the locker room, but did not intervene in the competition between players. Even he and Guardiola believed that proper competition is a good thing, especially for Joe Hart, who was really hard to say last season. .

As for Courtois, Su Dong also wants to know how this kid will grab the main goalkeeper?

As a result, when he arrived in the United States, Courtois quickly gave the answer.

He worked harder than anyone in training, and even after training, he took the initiative to practice more on his own.

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"This kid is really crazy! He's a bit crazy like Ronnie back then!"

Beside the training ground, Peipei smiled and said to Su Dong.

Ronnie was also mad when he was in Sporting Lisbon back then, but he was not arrogant, but arrogant not to admit defeat.

He doesn't allow himself to lose to anyone, so he trains frantically and lets himself try to catch up with everyone.

In this regard, Courtois is a bit like Ronnie.

Standing at the height of Su Dong, he also believes that behind all successful professional players, there must be such a force of reluctance to admit defeat, otherwise it will be difficult for them to continue to improve.

On the training field, Hazard kicked the ball on the side of the goal. The goalkeeper coach Wenzuer held the spring board and constantly changed the position according to the incoming ball, allowing the ball to shoot at different positions of the goal at a faster speed, and the distance was very long. close.

This kind of training tests the goalkeeper's reaction ability very much.

Courtois was tall, but he reacted quickly, falling to the ground again and again, and getting up again and again.

"How does Wen Suai think of him?" Su Dong asked.

"Very good, better than expected."

"Oh?" Su Dong was a little surprised.

"The training he received in Belgium since he was a child is completely different from the requirements of Vinsue. I don't know the details. I just heard that it seems that the requirements of their Belgian goalkeeper training is to take a step forward when making a save, but Vinsue The requirement is to move laterally before making a save."

Su Dong was confused, shook his head and said, "Does it make any difference?"

"How do I know?" Peipei smiled bitterly, "However, I heard that it can increase the speed of the save, that is, the speed of the ground is faster."

After a pause, Pepe smiled again: "Then you see, Van Sue's request is that the goalkeeper should push forward six to seven meters."

This is actually a problem that Manchester City has been facing since last season.

Maybe ordinary fans don't have much impression.

Take Joe Hart as an example. He was originally a goal-line goalkeeper, and his position is usually on the goal line, but whether it is Guardiola or Vinzuer, he is required to push his position forward. , Directly advance to six or seven meters.

The width of the small penalty area is 5.5 meters, and the penalty point is eleven meters. That is to say, the normal position of the Manchester City goalkeeper should be between the small penalty area and the penalty point. This will bring great problems to the goalkeeper. Adapt.

Joe Hart is very uncomfortable with this position, and many of his mistakes actually come from this unsuitability.

You know, standing at the front of the small penalty area, and standing at the goal line, this will face two completely different situations, and the judgment that the goalkeeper needs to make is also completely different.

To some extent, this can even be said to be subverting everything in the goalkeeper's past.

This is why the Manchester City locker room is tolerant of Joe Hart and Shay's mistakes.

To put it bluntly, you have always played like this since you were a kid. Suddenly one day, the head coach asked you not to play like this, but to use another style of play. How many people can adapt?

"What do you think of Courtois?" Su Dong asked with concern.

The progress of Manchester City's introduction of goalkeepers is not satisfactory. It is estimated that they will continue to trust Joe Hart this season. If Courtois can perform well, it will be a strong supplement to Manchester City's goalkeeper position.

"He really made up his mind to change, but you also know that not everyone can change it."

If you can change it, you can adapt, but if you can't change it, you won't adapt.

From the eyes of the fans and the media outside, if you adapt, you will behave very well, and if you don't adapt, you will behave badly.

The player is actually that player, the strength is still there, but the performance is completely different.

Sometimes players are scolded for parallel imports, that's why.

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"I'll try it!"

Su Dong suddenly walked into the training ground with a smile on his face.

This surprised Vinsue, Courtois and others.

"Aren't you going to participate in a business event? Are you back?" Wensue asked.

"Yes, I didn't have much training in the afternoon. How about I come to practice with you for a while?" Su Dong asked.

"Of course it's good. Everyone knows that your shot is so tricky and it is a good thing that many goalkeepers can't even think about it.

The coach gave the green light, and Su Dong looked directly at Courtois behind him provocatively.

"Boy, dare you?"

Courtois was overjoyed. He knew that this was a very rare opportunity, so he was not verbose, bent down directly, and made a gesture ready to save at any time.

There is no need to say more about the answer.

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The whole world knows that Su Dong's shooting can be described as varied, and his shooting skills are extremely exquisite.

More importantly, almost every shot he shoots is chasing the goalkeeper’s blind spot The so-called blind spot, in fact, is not blindly hitting those fixed positions, but moving according to the goalkeeper’s center of gravity. Go to places where it is almost difficult for him to pounce.

Su Dong’s shot is sometimes fast and urgent, but sometimes very clever, and occasionally he deliberately comes to a landing rebound. Anyway, he will do whatever he can to score a goal.

According to the previous training, Su Dong's shooting distance was near the penalty spot and very close to the goal, which made it more difficult for Courtois to pounce. He did not make a shot for the first ten shots.

After the Belgian Gate got up from the ground, he looked directly at Su Dong, patted his gloves hard, pointed at Su Dong, "Come again!"

Su Dong was very satisfied with his reaction, and immediately moved to Hazard who passed the ball next to him and signaled him to pass the ball faster.

It's really depressing to say that no matter how Courtois saves, Su Dong can find the angle to score.

Although it is a high probability event that a shot near the penalty point is scored, Su Dong’s penalty is not a penalty, but after Hazard’s pass, he hits it directly, but he can hit the goal with every kick. , Never missed, and can hit the corner where Courtois is difficult to save.

Gradually, everyone clearly realized the horror of Su Dong.

This is the strength of the world's top scorer!

Even, maybe Su Dong hasn't done his best yet.

Let me ask, if it is really in the game, facing Su Dong's shot, who can pounce?

Watching the goal, Courtois fell to the ground time and time again. Hazard was unbearable several times and wanted to stop, but he saw that goalkeeper coach Vinsue did not speak, and he did not dare to speak.

It's just that I don't understand in my heart, why does Su Dong look so cruel today?

Does it feel that Courtois is too crazy? Want to kill his spirit?