Chapter 400: The Desperate Akinfeev
When he played wild ball with Kuroko and Ding Ding at the University of Political Science and Law, Li Liang became accustomed to the passing method of making the next reaction according to the opponent's movements.
Even if he later mastered the man-ball split, crotch piercing to Marseille maneuver, cross-step and even pendulum passing, in the eyes of Monaco's technical coach Vieira, he was neither very skilled, nor was the magnitude of the shaking large enough, nor was the feints realistic enough.
But the effect is always surprisingly good, allowing Li Liang to complete key breakthroughs at critical moments again and again, and also bring valuable goals or assists to the Monaco team.
This secret cannot be known by others, Li Liang uses his superhuman observation ability and thinking speed to always adjust his strategy in real time according to his opponent's actions when he breaks through.
In other words, in the face of defense, Li Liang can always react one step faster.
At the moment, he was getting closer and closer to Berezouski in a full-throttle sprint, but his opponent was still retreating in small steps and did not make any defensive moves!
Li Liang already felt that several pursuers behind him were very close to him, and at this time, if he forcibly changed direction, he would definitely lose the ball, and it was also too late to shake it with the pendulum.
Berezudski knew that his speed and agility were far inferior to Li Liang, and his rich defensive experience told him that as long as he stretched his feet, he would definitely be seized by the opponent to break through, so he insisted on retreating, because he saw that at least three teammates had already approached the opponent!
Invisibly, Berezouski's frontal position forced Li Liang into a dead end, and as long as he fell into the trap of many people in this situation, this attack would be wasted.
Li Liang understands that if he doesn't make a decision, everything will be too late.
He didn't shake or slow down, and while his left foot slammed into the turf from the air, he slid the ball with his right foot – Berezuszski stepped back again, and he judged that Monaco's number 17 would still be able to smash the ball in small increments in order to make the next move.
Wembronm, who is 1.87 meters tall, has already caught up with Li Liang, he stretched out his left arm and pressed Li Liang's right arm and then immediately let go, just like this, Li's speed of rushing forward has been affected.
When Weinbrom started again, he suddenly found that Li Liang didn't slow down because of his own interference! He slowed down on his own initiative!
Berezuski, who had taken a small half step back, also suddenly realized that something was wrong, and Li Liang seemed to want to stop urgently! He immediately used his legs to overcome the inertia of his retreat just now, and desperately met him.
Li Liang's right foot, which was about to play the ball, continued to go down, and while the original erected instep returned to normal, the toe of his right foot quickly stuffed into the bottom of the ball, completely separating the ball from the turf with the instep.
Li Liang took advantage of Wimbron's hand confrontation action and the change of dribbling rhythm, successfully used the change of speed to open the distance between him and Berezuski, and then directly picked up the ball with his right toe!
The ball crossed Berezouski to the left at a height of less than 1 metre and continued forward. This height is so high that the tall Russian central defender is simply impossible to destroy.
Immediately after that, he found that Li Liang suddenly picked up speed after shaking off Weinbrom, and rushed towards his right side!
Without hesitation, Berezuszski crossed to the right and crashed into Li Liang - he didn't see Ignashevic already behind him, and Li Liang's ball had already fallen into the control of his old partner - even if Li Liang completed the forced breakthrough of this ball, it would not help.
But Berezuszski didn't have time to look back, the instinct of the central defender would never allow him to let Li Liang pass him easily - if he was the last defender, then even if he paid the price of a red card, he would never let the opponent easily break into the penalty area from in front of him!
Li Liang slammed into Berezouski, and both fell to the ground at the same time.
Ignashevic, who was behind, had already kicked the ball into the air, and before the ball landed, the referee's whistle had already sounded.
Berezuszski got up and walked straight to the touchline, where he was sure that the referee would show him a red card, and his mind went blank and he was ready to leave the pitch straight away.
The teammates shouted at him, but the Russian turned around and saw the yellow card raised by the referee! It wasn't until Ignashevich shouted at him that he suddenly came to his senses.
Looking at Li Liang, who was pulled up by Bakayoko from the ground, Berezuski's face changed.
The Russian, who received the yellow card, suddenly understood, No. 17 did not want to successfully break through himself at all, and when he was about to dribble the ball to death, he must have seen Ignashevic who was protecting behind him, that is to say-
In order to save this attack, No. 17 instantly came up with a way to lure himself into fouling and successfully operated it, winning a free kick in a pretty good position!
Ignashevic, Weinbrum and Goloyun also saw this, and they all looked at Li Liang with strange eyes.
Slutsky's face was full of clouds, compared to the loss of control of Li Liang in the backfield, this penalty area was slightly to the right, and a direct free kick 26 or 7 meters away from the goal made him feel more pressure.
He couldn't help but yell again, alerting his players to the defense of the free-kick.
Jardim clapped with a smile on his face, looking very comfortable, and said to Spinoli: "Carlo, thank you for your efforts, Lee's state is so good, completely beyond my imagination!" ”
Li Liang's explosive long-distance attack just now shocked Yaldim, he didn't expect that the improvement of his physical condition would help Li Liang so much!
Compared with the previous Li Liang, Monaco is equivalent to signing a new excellent player.
Seeing Li Liang, Falcao and Lemar all standing in front of the ball, the audience shouted in unison: "Lee! Plum! Plum! ”
Akinfeev was very nervous, knowing that all three of them had the ability to score with direct free throws, so he deliberately called Goloyun back, told him to defend the near post behind the wall, and then stood on the other side himself.
Grimindy had seen Li Liang's set-piece footwork, and he concluded that the ball would definitely be taken by Li Liang, who was in hot condition. He closed the notepad and held the pen that was only half left, his heart full of anticipation.
Sure enough, as he expected, after some deliberation among the three people in front of the ball, they decided to hand over the ball to Li Liang! Falcao and Lemar were both pretending to measure their steps, with only Li Liang looking a little hesitant in front of the ball.
He couldn't decide whether to use his left or right foot.
Akinfeev stared at Li Liang deadly, and he also had a strong premonition that this ball would be 100% punished by No. 17, who was getting smoother and smoother.
The entire home bench was looking forward to this final Monaco attack of the first half. Jardim looked at Barros, who was in charge of set-piece tactics for the team, and extended his hand to him, who gave Yaldim a heavy high-five.
The rest of the bench felt the same way as the two coaches and believed it was a great opportunity to overtake the score.
The voices in the stands were noticeably quiet, and the referee blew the whistle to signal that the Monaco players could start taking penalties.
Lemar started first, running straight past the ball towards the wall as had been agreed. Falcao followed up with a second start, and he also dribbled in front of the ball.
The CSKA players in the human wall all jumped, but Akinfeev still didn't move like a statue, he always watched Li Liang closely, and sure enough, Li Liang also started to run.
One, two, three – until the seventh, when Li Liang's left foot was firmly on the turf – he finally decided to kick the free throw with his best right foot.
Li Liang bent his abdomen, lowered his shoulders, and swung his arms naturally, using a leg swing action that was larger than ever to drive his calves, and the ankle joint had already been based on the super muscle memory formed by tens of thousands of exercises, and accurately locked the instep and calf to the most suitable angle.
The inner instep toe of the right foot first touched the bottom surface of the ball through the composite material of the sneaker, and the ball immediately began to undergo rapid depression and deformation from the point of contact, and then the entire instep hit the ball, under the action of strong shear force, accompanied by a few scattered blades of grass and a muffled sound of "bang", the ball finally rose into the air along the tip of Li Liang's toes!
CSKA's human wall jumped again, and the ball instantly skimmed over the head of Wemblom, the highest jumper, and continued to roar forward.
Everyone saw that Li Liang's body had tilted to an incredible angle, and the supporting left ankle had also slipped significantly, making many people worry that he would sprain themselves.
More people have already discovered that the ball has just skimmed the wall and reached its highest point. Akinfeev also judged it this way, but at this time, he faced the ball directly, and suddenly felt a sense of suffocating despair!
The ball looked as if it was hovering in the air, and he completely lost his judgment on where it landed! It was as if he had been pinned to the goalline, and he couldn't move!
Akinfeev instantly chose to believe in the speed of his reactions, which he was proud of. He gritted his teeth and resisted the urge to move in one direction, and was fully focused on making a save!