Suqian team was "shortly blocked" by Yancheng high school goalkeeper, and the 17-year-old goalkeeper idol who became popular is Italian goalkeeper Buffon

Reprinted from: Yangzi Evening News

On the afternoon of June 21, in the fourth round of Jiangsu "Soviet Super League" match against Suqian, No. 3 player Tang Jin scored 1:0 with a header at the beginning of 19 and a half minutes. Although Suqian team created many opportunities to attack Yancheng team's goal during the game, they were all defended by Yancheng team's No. 25 goalkeeper Yan Zihang until the end of the game.

After watching the game, many fans expressed their respect for the "goal god" who saved many shots and even persisted with injuries. "'Strictly' defending, Zihang is awesome!" "The goalkeeper is so awesome, add egg cake!" and other calls are spreading on the Internet.

Ziniu News reporter learned that No. 25 goalkeeper Yan Zihang was born in 2008 and is only 17 years old this year. He is studying at Sancang Middle School in Dongtai City. Yan Zihang's first real contact with football was in the second grade of elementary school. After the school teacher distributed the registration form for interest classes to his classmates, he chose football and signed up at a glance. "Football should be a favorite sport for boys." From the interest class, Yan Zihang systematically learned basic knowledge of football, dribbling, bumping the ball, dribbling the ball, etc. Until the second half of the third grade, Yan Zihang got into the goalkeeper position because of his height advantage.

"My favorite football star is Italian goalkeeper Buffon." Later, at the Dongtai Anbes Football Club, Yan Zihang worked hard to become an excellent goalkeeper. In 2019, in the Jiangsu Football Association Youth Training Club League's most popular player selection, 11-year-old Yan Zihang received 8,535 votes and became the "most popular player" in the northern Jiangsu competition area.

6 years later, representing Yancheng team against Suqian team, Yan Zihang faced Suqian team's long shots on the edge of Yancheng team's penalty area in 42 minutes and 43 minutes respectively, showing his bravery and saved the risk with a "world-class" save. In the 83rd minute, Yancheng's defense line was slightly relaxed. The Suqian team's forward got the ball in the penalty area and shot hard, and Yan Zihang once again rushed to save. In the end, with his joint efforts with his teammates, Yancheng won 1:0 with his "zero block" his opponent.

The reporter noticed that Yancheng team scored 3 points in this game. As of the evening of June 21, Yancheng City has accumulated 10 points, leading Nantong with 1 point temporarily ranked first in the "Soviet Super League" standings.

Yangzi Evening News/Zi Niu News reporter Chen Ran

Proofreading Sheng Yuanyuan