Chapter 396: Second heads-up with Akinfeev
If the CSKA players believed from the beginning that Li Liang had the ability to break through the defense of multiple people in a row, when he succeeded in stealing with a beautiful tackle to keep the ball, the rest of the people would not be so caught off guard when they fully stood and assisted in defense.
If the first time Li Liangqiang broke through half of the defense line because of carelessness, then the second breakthrough was because of everyone's subconscious judgment: "He can't do it again, right?!" ”
And it turned out that he really did it again!
This time, he forced a change of direction with a cross-pull in front of Ignashevic in front of him, leaving the 1.87m-tall veteran centre-back in despair.
This is completely unreasonable, multiplying Ignashevic's weakness of not being good at moving sideways and turning slowly!
He immediately made a turning move - the result was the same as he expected, because he couldn't keep up with the next plate, his body immediately lost its center of gravity and fell in the direction of Li Liang's breakthrough on the left!
Li Liang remembers the performance of the experienced Ignashevic in the last Champions League game, and he was prepared for it - as soon as he changed direction, he continued to cross the ball with his left foot, avoiding his opponent's physical block.
This continuous change of direction to the left made the angle between Li Liang and the goal much larger than when he shot the goal, but it also sacrificed his speed in a straight line.
Akinfeev felt that this time he had to be more sure of going out than before, because Ignashevic's successful interference left Li Liang less time to react!
His only concern was Falcao and the rest of the Monaco players in the box, and if Li Liang chose to take the risk of forcing a pass – which would certainly be difficult – his own attack would be a gamble.
At the moment of crisis, Akinfeev chose to believe in instinct, if Li Liang really passed, then everything is up to God to decide!
The movement of Li Liang's supporting feet made Akinfeev a little puzzled, and it seemed that the passing was more likely! But he still didn't hesitate to fly down to the ground, trying to expand the blocking area while rushing towards Li Liang's feet.
At the last moment, he saw that when the last step of Li Liang's supported right foot stepped on the turf, his toes pointed in a direction parallel to the goal, and at the same time, Li Liang quickly bowed back and folded his abdomen, but his hip joint quickly drove his thigh forward swing, and his calf was swinging at an accelerated pace.
Akinfeev suddenly remembered something! He suddenly struggled to get up, raised his arms high and changed the direction of the block!
He realized that Li Liang was going to use a curling ball to crack his own attack, just like Silva did in the last moments in Moscow!
Li Liang's intentions were indeed guessed by Akinfeev, and the Russian goalkeeper's last effort slightly interfered with his shot.
Li Liang subconsciously wanted to avoid the opponent's block, and when the arch of his left foot "cut" horizontally to the bottom of the ball, his toes deliberately made a slight upward movement - he still wanted the ball to completely "bypass" Akinfeev.
When the ball went high over the goalkeeper's hands, Li Liangcai suddenly found that even if he didn't make adjustments, Akinfeev, who had fallen to the ground, would not be able to touch the ball at all, and at the last moment of the duel, he was still fooled!
Akinfeev is equivalent to using a "feint" to affect Li Liang's judgment, and then indirectly affect the angle of Li Liang's arc shot.
The ball bypassed Akinfeev, who was still on the ground with his hands raised, and made a strong arc towards the gate!
Akinfeev, Ignashevic and Nacho on the turf, Wembrom and the rest of CSKA who had already run back into the box, and Slutsky on the sidelines all held their breath and stared at the ball that was still spinning and whizzing forward in the air.
Falcao, who was still thinking about the goal, Lemar behind him, and Silva, who was stunned when he realized that Li Liang had copied his away goal, as well as the rest of the Monaco players, as well as everyone on the home team's bench, including the stunned Yaldim, all looked nervously at the ball that was getting closer and closer to the goal.
Grimandi's mouth opened wider and wider, and he felt like he was about to shout, what an incredible moment! When his ears were filled with the loud shouts of the fans, and even mixed with the screams of many female fans, he seemed to have returned to that distant winter afternoon, in the old stadium that looked very historic in the distant Haicheng, he was woken up by Adams from drunkenness, and saw Li Liang for the first time.
In less than a year, this amateur player who looks a little thin, this amateur player who only began to receive systematic training at the age of 25, and this guy who has only been in contact with real professional football for less than half a year have successfully crossed all the barriers of time and space and stood on the field of the Champions League.
Grimindy was shocked by the thought in his head - does this guy wearing the Monaco number 17 shirt also want to stand at the top of European football?!
As the home fans were about to reach their highest pitch, the ball was getting closer to the goal, everyone's eyes were wide open, and the 18,000 people in the stadium were ready to witness a great goal!
Li Liang, who was still standing sideways and still exerting force, and his body was constantly deflecting vigorously in the direction of the ball's rotation, kept gritting his teeth hoping that he could still control the arc of the ball flying in the air.
Akinfeev's interference made him feel a little off the ground after completing his shot. Li Liang watched nervously as the ball got closer and closer to the goal as if in slow motion.
Eventually, the ball was driven up by the goalkeeper's block, which allowed the ball to arc higher in the air and reach the goalline before accelerating down to a height of 2.44 meters.
With a "dang", the ball touched the lower edge of the crossbar and immediately fell down just in time to hit the goal line!
The goal-line referee next to the goal was extremely nervous, and he stared intently at the ball that bounced up again, for fear that he had not seen what was happening clearly.
Before the audience could sigh, they immediately let out even louder exclamations!
Another old central defender of CSKA Berezussky had just put down his hanging heart, and his whole body suddenly became nervous again, because his expression was even distorted because of fear!
The Monaco team member who had been following him closely just now is gone!
CSKA Brazilian right wing-back Fernandez was striding towards goal, and the Brazilian was desperate when Li Liang finished shooting, but he still forced himself to run towards the gate out of professionalism.
Unexpectedly, Li Liang's arc hanging door hit the crossbar, this accident surprised Fernandez, he hurriedly cheered up twelve points and prepared to clear the goal line, but suddenly heard his teammates shouting: "Be careful!" "Back! Behind! "Someone!"
Before he could make a leg swing movement, he was shocked to see a red and white figure passing by him, flying towards the ball that bounced up after landing again!
By the time he saw that this was Monaco's No. 9 and captain Falcao, the Colombian had already slammed the ball into the net with a wonderful fish leap!