Chapter 231: Rare "Race Feeling"
The audience erupted in warm applause, Mendieta's high-quality low ball shot on goal, although Van der Sar judged the right direction, but the ball speed was too fast! Coupled with the tricky angle, Van der Sar, who has been retired for 4 years, can only cry out in vain. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Li Liang was nervous again, which reminded him of the scene when he was in virtual training and when Henry took a free kick.
If Mendieta scores a goal, it means that he has to score at least two goals to beat Mendieta, and at least one goal to ensure that he does not lose.
He was thinking about it when Beckham walked over, stared into his eyes and asked softly, "Lee, do you remember what I told you?" ”
Mendieta was already preparing for the second goal, and he saw that Van der Sar was clearly pressing his weight lower, and the five big men in the wall were also discussing with each other.
If a master makes a move, he can only work once if he is surprised. Mendieta knew that playing a low flat ball would definitely not have such a good effect.
His second and third goals were both curled into the top corner of the goal, but unfortunately all of them were judged by Van der Sar and saved.
It was time for Li Liang to take the court, and the cheers of the crowd, the enthusiastic and loud encouragement of Terry, Falcao and the rest of his teammates, he acted as if he hadn't heard them.
His mind was completely back to that unforgettable afternoon at the Manchester City base on 9 February.
After holding Manchester City's reserve squad to a draw, Adams enlisted Thierry Henry and David Beckham to coach him.
In just half a day, these two absolute masters did not give guidance on specific technical movements, mainly from the way of thinking, rhythm and judgment to inspire Li Liang.
At that time, Beckham discussed with himself about determining his position on the field, and also talked about free kicks.
In the face of Saendez's free-kick, the appearance of onlooker Andrea Pirlo completely disrupted Li Liang's rhythm.
Later, Beckham told Li Liang that his current free kick footwork and strength are fine, and the biggest shortcoming is still in his psychological quality.
Because he has participated in too few actual battles, his psychological condition is more likely to be disturbed by various unexpected situations on the field.
When taking a free kick, you need to use your eyes to observe, your brain to think, and your nervous system to control your body's posture, running speed, leg swing strength and amplitude, as well as the rotation of your joints, the rapid contraction and relaxation of muscles throughout your body, and so on.
All of the above can be strengthened repeatedly through training. But only "feeling" is difficult to cultivate in training.
Beckham also told Li Liang that when he took a free kick, it was like shooting, but the difference was that he relied more on "feeling" to aim.
The more you concentrate, the less this "feeling" will be distracted, and the higher the percentage of free kicks will be hit.
This "feeling" includes both innate talent and the degree of psychological adaptation to being under the pressure of the game for a long time.
So at the end of the coaching, Beckham told Li Liang that he must participate in more official competitions, the more the better, because many special "game feelings" can never be trained.
Mendieta walked towards Li Liang, he laughed and patted Li Liang on the shoulder, gesturing and shouting in not very fluent English, "One, go on; two, victory; Not a single one, goodbye! ”
Li Liang also smiled, he understood Mendieta's gesture, and he also understood what he wanted to say.
This level of psychological warfare is simply "wet and crushed" - far from the devilish Henry in virtual training!
Li Liang picked up the ball while laughing, and he chose the penalty spot about 25 meters from the middle of the goal, which is also the position he is best at.
Setting the ball, he took a few steps back, gulping for breathing.
Farewell to Beckham and Henry that day, Li Liang and Daxiong also talked about what Beckham called "the feeling of the game".
Da Xiong told Li Liang very heavily that this is also an important reason why it is difficult for their generation and even several generations of national teams to make breakthroughs.
In the old days, they lacked a sufficient number of games from the academy days.
However, in the limited games that are difficult to ensure quality, there are a large number of false reports of age, and the phenomenon of relationship ball, favor ball, and tacit understanding ball is less and less.
Da Xiong sighed, in such an environment, it is not easy to grow into a qualified professional player, as for the cultivation of the so-called "game feeling"? The results can be imagined.
Reflected in the international arena, that is, in the game, even if our players want to work hard, they can't use their strength. When you fight a tough battle, you collapse when something unexpected happens, and you don't have the ability to play against the wind at all.
How is it possible to have the ideal "race feeling" without a long-term workout of really high-level competition?
Now Li Liang does not have any professional training and professional football background, which has become his huge advantage.
Like a blank sheet of paper, he is now using his own hard work and perseverance, as well as a little luck, to write line by line the "feeling of the game" that comes from his own struggle.
Now, the pressure that Mendieta put on Li Liang as if jokingly did not work at all, but made Li Liang more relaxed.
Beckham came over to remind Li Liang of this intention.
Li Liang looked at the wall in front of him, in addition to Mizga and Loftus-Cheek, who were already very familiar, Ballack, Ferdinand and Vidic were all star posters that he had collected, and the cards in his collection also included characters on computer desktops and screensavers!
and the legendary goalkeeper Van der Sar, who is standing on the goal line and watching him, is a palace-level figure who stepped on the professional stage before he was born!
Even his current opponent, Mendieta, was once so out of reach!
Li Liang raised his right hand, ready to start running, facing these scenes that seemed so unreal and could only appear in dreams before, he was now ready to use the arc he created to build a bridge between dreams and reality.
Li Liang made a beautiful arc with his right foot, and the ball whistled past the wall and went straight to the top left corner of the goal.
From his run-up to kicking the ball, Van der Sar, who has top field experience, immediately realised that he was likely to be in big trouble!
Sure enough, the number 37 kicked a rather beautiful curling ball, and Van der Sar did not dare to slack off at all, and quickly started with his feet.
By the time the ball went over the wall and began to fall, he was fully in position, his left leg kicking the ground, his long arm stretched lightly - in a moment he felt like he had gone back 20 years - and hit the ball accurately with a beautiful side pounce!
To his surprise, this powerful curve ball changed its direction after being held up by his palm, but it still fell towards the goal behind him with a strong spin!
Van der Sar completed the pounce action, and he was completely powerless to run after the ball, and his heart sank!
After tumbling on the turf for a week, Van der Sar, who was lying on the turf, looked back nervously to see the ball spin and fly out of bounds against the left-hand post.
Van der Sar jumped up and clenched his fists and yelled, then immediately turned to Li Liang and gave him a heartfelt thumbs up.
Van der Sar has already discovered that the guy wearing the number 37 is no slouch.
The onlookers were very surprised, and this unexpectedly high-quality free-kick made Mendieta nervous.
The Neville brothers stood beside Beckham and joked with a smile: "David, this is another crazy admirer of you, he even imitates you in the free throw pose!" ”
"No", Beckham replied firmly: "You have a good look, he is completely kicking a free-kick in his own way. ”
Li Liang pulled his hair tightly with his hands in disappointment, and he realized that he still thought too much about this ball.
It turned out that in the face of a wall of people with an average height of more than 1.90 meters, Li Liang still had a slight scruple when he touched the ball - he consciously adjusted the height of the arc.
At the same speed, the increase in altitude equates to a longer flight of the ball, giving Van der Sar more time to react.
The caddie threw another football, and Li Liang took the ball and bent down and swung it up carefully.
Li Liang is already convinced that although he is facing a retired "old" goalkeeper who is over forty years old, Van der Sar, who has the perfect height and arm span, as long as he judges correctly, it is difficult for ordinary free kick kicks to threaten him!
What's more, Li Liang has already discovered that Van der Sar's total rating is still 69! It has surpassed Saendez and is close to the level of the 33-year-old Big Bear.
Li Liang set up the ball and strode back, leaving a significantly longer running distance than the first time.
Under the attention of everyone, Li Liang started to run, this time the feeling of force is better, and the movements are more coordinated and smooth.
The ball flew at a significantly reduced altitude and immediately began to fall after passing over the human wall.
Van der Sar found the ball at the same angle as the previous one, still flying towards his left corner.
He didn't dare to slack off and move quickly, but before he could take the first step, he suddenly noticed that the ball had changed direction clearly in the air!