Prominence in Football Community

Chapter 230 The Glass Man

In the end Vermaelen couldn't hold on to the game, and Enrique had to replace him in the 28th minute of the game, using up a substitution.

After making this substitution, Enrique looked up to the sky and sighed.

So far, he has lost his last patience with Vermaelen.

Vermaelen is a defender of a very high level, but his body really cannot accommodate his talent.

As early as his time at Ajax, Vermaelen began to suffer frequent injuries.

In February 2007, he missed ten games due to injury. He missed 15 games between September 2007 and January 2008 with a torn ACL. After finally coming back, in May 2008, he ended the season early due to a groin injury.

Vermaelen moved to Arsenal in 2009, and his first season at Arsenal was generally a success, especially compared to what has followed. At least he wasn't injured until April 2010, missing four games.

As a result, in his second season at Arsenal, he suffered the most serious injury in his career-he missed 51 club games this season due to injuries.

The following third season, he missed another nine games due to multiple injuries.

In the 2012-2013 season, he didn't miss many games due to injuries, but because of multiple injuries before, his status in the team was threatened, and he was replaced many times in the late league.

In the 2013-2014 season, Vermaelen missed 14 games due to injury. He has completely lost his place in the team, and Wenger has lost patience with the Belgian centre-back.

So in the summer of 2014, he moved to Barcelona for a transfer fee of 19 million euros. Barcelona's own fans can't understand this transfer deal until now, and they don't understand why the club spends so much money to buy a "glass man" known all over the world.

And what is even more incredible is that after Barcelona checked Vermaelen's body, he announced that he was very healthy. Len is the type of player who can perform right away when he comes in.

The premise of saying this is that Vermaelen injured his right thigh muscle in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, and he came to Barcelona with the injury at all.

Subsequently, Barcelona Club and Subizarreta were also slapped in the face by the speed of light-Vermaelen has been lying on the team's injury list.

When did he make his debut with the team?

On May 23, 2015, in the last round of La Liga, he started the game and was replaced in the 63rd minute. Although he was not injured, perhaps it was because he was replaced early that he hadn't had time to get injured.

Although Vermaelen only played one game last season, he enjoyed two championships: the Copa del Rey and the Champions League. Many fans joked that Vermaelen is the most efficient player in history. He only played once and won two championships.

In the Spanish Super Cup this season, he started in the first round, and also started in the first two rounds of the next league, and played a full 90 minutes.

This makes everyone, including Enrique, feel that Vermaelen may have gotten rid of the injuries of last season and can finally be used by Barcelona.

Unexpectedly, in the third round, only 28 minutes into the game, he was injured again.

This made him realize that he might never wait until Vermaelen is healthy.

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Vermaelen's end disrupted Barcelona's rhythm.

At the same time, it also allows Atletico Madrid to breathe.

When the game restarted, the scene that Barcelona had been pressing Atletico Madrid before was gone.

Instead, Atletico Madrid's offense began to increase, and it became more threatening.

In the 35th minute, Atletico Madrid made a long pass from the backcourt and directly found Gao Zheng in the frontcourt.

When Gao Zheng was running forward, the football flew over from behind him. Next to him was Barcelona's central defender Mascherano. Not far from him was another Barcelona defender who had just been injured after Vermaelen was injured. Mathieu on the field.

Both of them were chasing Gao Zheng, not giving him room to get the ball.

Especially Mascherano, although it has not yet reached the point of "skin-fitting", but as long as Gao Zheng slows down when stopping the ball or something, and makes a little adjustment, Mascherano can quickly stick to it.

Moreover, it is difficult to stop the ball well while running at high speed.

It can be said that Barcelona's defense against Gao Zheng is indeed very strict.

However, many people think that it is difficult to stop the ball, but Gao Zheng, who is running at high speed, just stops the football in front of him with the outside instep of his right foot while running forward.

The whole process didn't even slow down, and the pace didn't need to be adjusted. He took another leg and caught up with the football.

At this time, the distance between Mascherano and Mathieu and Gao Zheng is basically the same as before he stopped the ball. This also means that Gao Zheng's stop just now was clean and neat, and he really didn't lose a bit. time!

"Oh! Beautiful stop!" José Maria, the commentator who knows the goods, exclaimed.

The knowledgeable Atletico Madrid fans also gave a huge cheer.

A good stop means an excellent opportunity. In the game, many good opportunities were wasted because of not stopping the ball well.

Gao Zheng's stop fully demonstrated his amazing sense of the ball.

It is very difficult to stop the long pass kicked from the backcourt so easily and freely during high-speed running.

After Gao Zheng stopped the ball, he caught up with the football but did not continue to move forward. Javier Mascherano and Mathieu were struggling to catch up with him. Will be posted, after all, he is not good at speed.

So without any hesitation, Gao Zheng swept the ball in front of him to the right.

The Barcelona goalkeeper Bravo was caught off guard - he had already attacked to block Gao Zheng's shooting angle. In his opinion, Gao Zheng must shoot by himself this time.

Who would have thought that Gao Zheng would pass the football in front of him!

He quickly turned around to block the other side, but his feet slipped and his reaction was delayed by half a beat.

On the other side is Griezmann who followed up. Gao Zheng's pass can be regarded as a "nanny assist".

Faced with such a pass, the Frenchman has no reason to miss opportunities. He adjusted his pace, did not stop the ball, but stretched out his feet directly, and shot the football pushed by Gao Zheng towards the goal!

"High! Cross - Griezmann!!" With Jose Maria shouting, the football was pushed towards the goal by Griezmann.

Bravo didn't get back in time to stop Griezmann's shot, and before he could, the ball flew past and into the goal behind him!

"Griezmann! Great goal! He equalized for Atletico Madrid!!"

The cheers after Gao Zheng stopped the ball suddenly reached the peak at this moment, and Atletico Madrid evened the score in the first half!

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