Football: My AI System Provides Max-Level Predictions-Chapter 755 - 544: Onana Shines in First Training Session, Tang Long’s Critical Kick Makes Manchester City Players Cheer Ecstatically!

Onana conquered the team in his first training session at Manchester City.

During the shooting practice, as soon as he stood in front of the goal, Manchester City players felt a different aura!

"This guy is really strong, feels like he's filling up the whole goal." Agüero murmured.

"Black players have great bounce; looks like I need to shoot some trickier balls." Bonazzoli felt the pressure and was a bit nervous.

"Since Joe Hart left, it's been a long time since we've seen a goalkeeper over 1.90 meters in our team." Tang Long stared at Onana.

Before this, Bravo was Manchester City's first-choice keeper, and Caballero second.

One is 184 cm tall, the other 183, both ranking last and second last for goalkeeper heights in the Premier League.

Both are agile goalkeepers, nothing compared to Onana's size.

In modern football, coaches prefer goalkeepers taller than 1.90 meters, goalkeepers like Casillas, Valdes, and Cesar, who are around 185 cm, are gradually disappearing from the scene.

Bam!

Bonazzoli received Chiwo's ground pass and pushed for the bottom left corner.

Onana quickly got down, with his long arms, and unbelievably pressed the trickily angled ground ball firmly to the ground without moving.

In a match, this kind of save is almost insulting to the striker — see, not only won't I let you score, but I won't even give you a corner kick!

Bonazzoli shrugged and walked away dejectedly.

"Again!"

Agüero received Chiwo's cross from the wing and volleyed ferociously!

Chiwo understood that Agüero's shooting technique was far superior to Bonazzoli's, so he gave a high ball, requiring Agüero to shoot directly without stopping.

Agüero did not disappoint Chiwo; the shot had precise timing, and the striking spot was dead center, with no deviation.

But Onana's save was even more spectacular; his hips burst out like a spring, flying out with a whoosh, punching the ball out of the goal with a single fist.

"Great shot!" Chiwo, who passed the ball, and Agüero, who shot, cheered simultaneously.

Onana slowly climbed up from the ground, grabbed the water bottle on the ground, took a sip, and let out an "Ah...".

Refreshing.

In the first practice, he began to look down on Manchester City's strikers, secretly thinking:

"Looks like this Premier League champion team's shooting is just like that; it's slightly stronger than my teammates at Ajax but still within my control, just like that, ha!"

Especially after saving Agüero's shot, his confidence soared.

After all, Agüero was the Premier League Golden Boot last season, representing the most elite strikers in the Premier League. If I can save Agüero's shots, then facing other less formidable Premier League opponents would be no problem.

"I'll have a go with this big guy." Gundogan passed the ball to Chiwo, and Chiwo took a straight shot from the instep, without waiting for Gundogan to react; the ball had already flown to the top of the arc.

As a German midfielder, Gundogan is a master at long-range shots. He took a step forward and used his weaker foot to follow through!

Although this shot was from the weaker foot, leveraging the speed of Chiwo's pass, he hit a rebound, making the ball speed even faster, darting straight for the top of the goal.

"This one's in." thought Chiwo near the baseline.

Clang!

Onana seemed to be kicked and flew up, his fingertips grazed the edge of the ball, with just a touch altering the ball's path, hitting the outside of the post and out of bounds.

"Ah, it didn't go in!?"

Not only Chiwo, but Gundogan, who shot, as well as Bonazzoli and Agüero watching from the side were all astonished.

That shot had perfect power and speed.

If that ball doesn't score, then no one on the team can score.

Seeing Onana's smug look, bouncing the ball like a basketball in his hands, although Manchester City players felt excited to have such a powerful goalkeeper, their hearts were quite unwilling.

"Tang, you go," Gundogan said helplessly to Tang Long, "score one on him, look at his demeanor, you go blast him!"

Tang Long stroked his chin, watching Onana, and softly said, "No rush, let me observe him first." Then he adjusted his position, quietly moving from fifth in line to last at the end.

"Diego, watch the ball!"

"Kolarov"

"Ranocchia!"

Bam, bam, bam!

Three consecutive shots were brilliantly saved by Onana!

Especially Ranocchia's header attack.

Chiwo knew this big defender was skilled at headers, with his main goal-scoring method through headers, so he didn't pass on the ground but gave a high ball.

Perhaps seeing Onana's continuous saves with a proud face, Chiwo intentionally tried to curb his sharpness, so the pass to Ranocchia was exceptionally comfortable, typically aimed at Ranocchia surging forward, generally in matches one wouldn't have such a good receiving opportunity.

Ranocchia understood Chiwo's intention.

He didn't simply head the ball but aimed for a rebound shot.

In all headers, goalkeepers fear rebounds the most, the ball bouncing off the ground causes an irregular direction, almost testing the goalkeeper's prediction for the ball path and their reaction speed twice.

It was quite astonishing, Ranocchia headed the ball, which bounced about 1.5 meters in front of Onana, then bouncing to the left, seemingly ready to go in, with Ranocchia prepared to celebrate by raising his hand, Onana's body suddenly jolted, quickly adjusted his balance, hands like an octopus flapping randomly, unbelievably slapping the ball away, watched by onlookers with amazement.

"My God, is this guy a robot!"

"His reaction is insanely fast!"

"Is he going to shut us out completely? This is shooting practice without any defense; that's outrageous!"

Guardiola stood on the sidelines, watching the training with scout Raymond.

He especially called Raymond today to observe Onana's performance live; is this black goalkeeper capable or not?

"Raymond, you truly have an eye for talent," Guardiola's eyes sparkled, "This Onana is incredibly strong. It's a pity he can't represent us in the Champions League; if only we bought him at the season start!"

Raymond smiled faintly, "Pep, this is just his goalkeeping skills; his footwork is even more impressive; take your time watching, I never miss when scouting talent."

Sterling was the second last to appear.

Chiwo simply gave a basic ground ball.

This was both to score quickly and to accommodate Sterling's poor shooting technique.

"Whoa!"

Sterling forcefully kicked, hit the ground directly, and fell over, the ball was barely touched, Onana stood motionless, directly stepping on the ball with his foot, then executed a stylish around-the-world juggling move.

Chiwo couldn't help but cover his face, thinking: "Sterling, oh Sterling, you really only score high-difficulty goals, I should have given you a fierce shot, sigh, looks like the first-round shooting will end up a blank."

Then he reconsidered, feeling something wasn't right, "Wait, why isn't Tang taking his shot?"

A sharp shout came—"Pass the ball!"

Tang Long was charging forward.

Chiwo's eyes lit up, thinking he's finally in action? Initially planning to give Tang a simple ground ball for a quick score, but subconsciously delivered a shot-pass, raising the difficulty for Tang Long.

This was Chiwo's usual technique during shooting practice, training Tang Long's high-difficulty shooting.

After all, in matches, Tang Long is a primary target for opponents, with no easy scoring points.

Onana was completely lax, not caring at all even with Tang Long making a final appearance, he looked at him with a grin.

Bam!

Facing this difficult-to-deal knee-high ball, Tang Long didn't stop to shoot, instead lifted himself up, parallel to the ankle and the ball, swung his leg to shoot while airborne!

This trick, Tang Long in the air moved as if on solid ground, contrary to being airborne, it seemed like shooting on land.

The ball charged vigorously towards Onana.

"This one's hopeless!" Chiwo frowned.

The angle was too direct; despite the force, it's hopeless.

The ball seemed to fly towards Onana, Onana was ready for the save, yet it suddenly swerved irregularly, flickering right before his eyes!

Onana was taken by surprise, his body swayed left and right.

This movement threw off his balance; although his hand touched the ball, the ball broke through the hand's restraint, scoring into the goal!

"Ha ha, it's in!"

"Gotta rely on you, Tang!"

Teammates cheered, high-fiving with Tang Long.

It's been a while since anyone celebrated a training goal like this.

Guardiola and Raymond weren't close enough to clearly see how the ball suddenly swerved in, only thinking the shot's angle was very straight, it was just Onana's mistake.

"No need to see further, at least the goalkeeping skill is top-notch outstanding, let him start over Bravo in the next FA Cup match!"