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The goalkeeper is actually a very, very special position, which is completely different from the players in other positions on the court, because no matter how many players there are, there is always only one goalkeeper, and only the goalkeeper can use his hands. The latest chapter of the temple

When many people talk about goalkeepers, they always mention Buffon of Inter Milan, Casillas of Real Madrid, Reina of Liverpool, Cech of Chelsea, or retired Kahn, etc. In almost all statistics, these goalkeepers are among the best.

But is this because they are the strongest?

not necessarily!

Friedel, Schwarzer, Yasquelenin, Given, Frey, Cesar...

There is a group of goalkeepers who are not famous, but in the field of professional head coaches, the praise they receive may even exceed these so-called top goalkeepers. The reason why they are not famous may not come from their strength. There is another very important point, the encounter!

If Diego Lopez stays in Real Madrid all his life and does not go to Villarrell, then no one will ever admit his strength, even if Di Palma's evaluation of his body template is even higher than Casillas.

A goalkeeper with a nearly perfect body and outstanding goalkeeper skill, Diego Lopez has lived in the shadow of Casillas for a long time, so that he has missed the years when the goalkeeper improved the fastest. If it weren't for the transfer to Villarrell, everyone's impression of him would be Casillas' substitute, and there would be nothing else.

But now, even Manchester United is interested in him!

Casillas rarely sat on the bench at the Bernabeu Stadium. In the first leg of the King's Cup against Mallorca, Antonio Adan performed very well. The captain of the Spanish national youth team has recently performed better and more obvious after gaining more opportunities for the game.

This is how professional players are. Only formal games can stimulate the players' potential and state to the maximum extent. Antonio Adam does not need to exert his strength when playing in the Spanish Second Division. Now he is completely inspired by playing in the same field as so many top players.

While Antonio Adan was well received, Casillas encountered the most painful trough in his career. Since he replaced Ilgna to get the starting qualification for Real Madrid, he has hardly been on the bench at the Bernabeu again, especially when he was not injured or sick.

1.90 meters tall, a typical goalkeeper, 21 years old, is still improving and improving rapidly, and needs more professional games to accumulate rich experience and quickly improve his strength. After Antonio Adam came to the first team, he cooperated well with the players on the defense line, and even dared to communicate with them more actively than Casillas, and even directed them.

The outstanding reflex nerves and flexible body, although their tall and strong figure gave him the advantage of high confrontation, but his slow speed allowed him to make up for the shortcomings in this area by relying on more predictions and sense of position. Antonio Adan's progress in this area is very obvious.

Di Palma once joked during training, whether it was Diego, Lopez, or Antonio, Adan, he was not inferior to Casillas on the basis, and he was even better than Casillas.

This sentence impressed Casillas particularly!

They are all Spanish goalkeepers, and they all have the typical characteristics of Spanish goalkeepers, that is, the small penalty area is super, the big penalty area is amateur, when Reina first arrived at Liverpool, there was nothing to say about the goalkeeper's skills in the small penalty area, but it was not possible within the penalty area. This is related to Spain's advocacy of ground cooperation, Spanish goalkeepers have certain flaws when dealing with high balls. The latest chapter of the Church

But the same flaw is that Antonio Adan, who is 6 cm taller than Casillas, undoubtedly has more advantages.

Let me put it this way, Casillas has such as excellent reaction ability and continuous save and rescue ability, both Adan and Diego Lopez. The thing he admires most by everyone is that he is one of the few goalkeepers after Buffon who has no dead corner to save. At this point, Adan is also not bad.

Everyone knows that the forwards are staring at the goalkeeper's shot, and they are desperately trying to hit the goalkeeper's blind spot. What kind of blind spot? If there is no special point, almost all forwards will play the left half-high ball and above. Why?

Just think about it in your mind, a goalkeeper with right-footed right foot makes a flying pounce to the left and saves the ball with his right hand. That is a fatal flaw of almost all goalkeepers.

In this game, La Coruna shot several times and shot high on the left, but Adam saved the ball steadily again and again. The reason is very simple. Like Casillas, he is both left-handed!

Sitting on the bench at the Bernabeu Stadium, Casillas' eyes kept sweeping over the head coach standing in front. He felt a little angry, but he also knew that Yang Cheng was right to do this, because it was his own reason to cause the current situation. Even if Antonio Adan was really deprived of the main position, he would not blame anyone.

This reminded him of a goalkeeper he respected very much, a goalkeeper who was rarely mentioned by the media, Ilgna!

Nowadays, fans talk about German goalkeepers, Kahn, Lehmann, Schumacher and Kopke, but they rarely hear the name of Real Madrid's former main goalkeeper Ilgena.

Yes, he has played in Cologne for a long time, not a top team and has little fame. Although he helped Germany win the 90-year World Cup, he is also the youngest main goalkeeper in the history of the World Cup and the first goalkeeper in the history of the World Cup to conced goals in the finals.

However, because of the fall with Fogtz in 1994, Ilgena, who had a very personality, chose to retire from the national team at the age of 27, and then the rise of Kopk, Kahn and others. Before that, Kopk was Ilgena's iron bench, and Kahn was just a piece of green and frigid jade.

Leaving the German national team, Ilgna's transfer to Real Madrid was a deal that Capello chose. He also helped Real Madrid win the league championship in a nearly perfect season. Later, in order to accommodate two top goalkeepers, Canisares and Ilgna, Heinkes made a decision to play in the league and the cup. In the end, Canisares became the hero of Real Madrid's Champions League again, and Ilgna was once again invisible.

In the subsequent 98/99 season, the performance of Real Madrid was not very ideal, especially in the midfield and backcourt, which caused the team to concede too many goals, and the main goalkeeper Ilgna was also controversial, which made him feel angry and wanted to prove himself again in the 99/00 season, but unexpectedly, a serious injury stopped him.

The story that follows is what everyone knows, a history of the rise of a legendary goalkeeper!

Ilgna was seriously injured, and the second goalkeeper Bisari collapsed under pressure, but there were also reports that he was scolded by head coach Toshak, and then Casillas came to the position. Since then, in front of Real Madrid's goal line, this not-tall, his youth training player has always been standing in front of Real Madrid's goal line. His outstanding performance has completely lost his position after returning from injury.

Manchester United had to poach Ilgna that year, but the two sides could not reach an annual salary. Otherwise, with Ferguson's optimism about Ilgna, German goalkeepers would not be guaranteed to regroup at Manchester United.

At this moment, sitting on the bench, Casillas couldn't help asking in his heart, "When Hakata sat on the bench and looked at me and played in the game, wasn't the feeling in his heart the same as mine now?"

Back then, Casillas followed Ilgena's butt and stealing the master during training; now, Antonio Adan is following Casillas' butt and also stealing the master and learning during training. How similar is this situation to everything back then?

The difference is that Casillas replaced Ilgna back then, but now he is the one who is replaced!

Ilgena was 32 years old at the age of a goalkeeper at the peak of his golden age. Now Casillas is 27 years old and is also entering his golden age.

"Will I be replaced?" Casillas thought for the first time.

Although he quickly put this idea behind his mind, because he felt it was impossible. With his performance and status in Real Madrid over the years and his position in the minds of fans, no one can replace him, at least not in a short period of time.

But he felt vaguely in his heart that there was nothing impossible in this world!

What did he replace Ilgna with that time?

Isn’t it just that the head coach supports it and then slowly plays one game after another, and then conquers the fans with performance?

If Antonio Adan's performance was better than himself, and with the support of the head coach, who could guarantee that what happened back then would not happen again?

Fans are all forgetful. In their opinion, the team's interests are higher than those of individuals. Whoever performs well should play. As long as Adan performs better than Casillas, why can't he play the main player?

It's been 7 years since Ilgna was disheartened and announced his retirement, Casillas has never felt the pressure brought by this competition at this moment again. This pressure makes him a little unfamiliar and a little unacceptable, because he has been used to the treatment of starting and starting over the years, no matter whether he performs well or not.

Raul, Guti, Carlos, Jero, Redondo... teammates left one by one, sat on the bench, and even went to the stands. Only he was standing firmly in front of Real Madrid's goal, but this time, he really felt a sense of pressure.

Will I be replaced?

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Although without Captain Casillas, the captain's armband was worn on Ramos' shoulders. This was not the first time that Ramos wore the captain's armband. He also completed the task well and led the team to slap La Coruna at the Bernabeu Stadium 6:0.

As the starting goalkeeper, Antonio's performance has been recognized by all fans once again. He saved at least two very threatening scoring opportunities and multiple shots in this game. His outstanding performance has been recognized by his teammates.

I believe that many people even forgot about Casillas' existence during the game. They only noticed that Casillas, who had a grim face and expressionless face sat on the bench for 90 minutes after the game.

This is a very cruel thing!

Because Casillas is the actual captain of Real Madrid, but he was pushed to the bench without any injuries or illness. This is definitely not a trivial matter, on the contrary, it is a big matter.

At the press conference after the game, the reporter chased Yang Cheng and kept asking, why did you go to Antonio? Adam? Why didn’t you go to Casillas?

"I have the same idea as the team's medical team. We all think that with Igor's current situation, the best way to do this is to rest. He himself accepts this suggestion, and I always believe that the best Saint Cassi will definitely come back again!"

Yang Cheng’s reasons and excuses are perfect and impeccable. Everyone knows that it may be an excuse, but no one can find a handle.

Casillas also knew that this was the way the head coach put pressure on him. He knew very well that Real Madrid needed a stable goalkeeper, but his performance was indeed not ideal in the winter break or in the games after the training camp.

He could not question Yang Cheng's words, and he couldn't say that I had no problem, because that means he and Yang Cheng had a complete rupture. This is something he could not do. To be honest, he also respected Yang Cheng very much in his heart, respecting the head coach who brought him progress and helped him achieve higher honors.

So he can only accept it!

And just as the game ended and all the players walked back to the locker room, Yang Cheng deliberately stayed and waited for Casillas, and said, "Did you recall everything that happened nine years ago?"

Yes, Casillas really recalled everything back then, and he almost forgot about it. He could not even sit on the bench and could not recall his thoughts.

When he thought about all this, in the end, he remembered a sentence Yang Cheng once said.

"Have you ever doubted and questioned yourself why you have everything you have now?"

Yes, why?

Why did he suppress Ilgena and firmly occupy the main position back then?

Is he stronger than Ilgna? Or is Ilgna too weak?

No, it is because every game and every training he always does his best to do his job well, make progress with his feet on the ground, use his performance on the court, and diligence in training to convince all teammates, all head coaches, and people all over the world, so that they feel that this kid should indeed start!

In this world, many times, it’s not that you have the strength or talent, that means you should succeed. On the contrary, there are so many people with strength and talent, but most of them are not successful. Is it really just because they are not lucky that they are not satisfied?

However, since Barcelona is pushing tightly in the league and the team is about to usher in the Champions League knockout again, Yang Cheng must be inclined in the event. No matter from which perspective, the Copa del Rey cannot become Real Madrid's main attack event.

Whether it is Real Madrid or Yang Cheng, the real goals are the league and the Champions League!
Chapter completed!