Chapter 58. The Great War II
Babbel stood a little lonely in the midfield, a little distracted, looking at these young handsome people around him, he couldn't help but remind him of his own time, the same spirit, the same in the league to kill all sides, but fate makes people, no one would have expected that the Dutch supernova, known as the new Henry, began to sink completely as soon as he walked out of the Eredivisie.
For the Reds Liverpool fans, the attitude towards the former superstar is very complicated, on the one hand, Babbel is a loyal Liverpool fan, and he is outspoken and has a very likable personality. But on the other hand, his sluggish performance on the field is really unflattering.
And the impression of ordinary fans on him is only his two biggest shortcomings, bowing his head and dribbling the ball.
And the scene that happened on the pitch vividly illustrates why Babbel made such an impression.
After Dortmund's corner kick, the football was pushed out of the penalty area by Aldeveld, and seeing that the ball was about to be picked up by the opponent's defender Kyle, Li Lin alertly came out of the diagonal side and cut off the ball at the moment when the opponent received the ball!
"Oh oh! Beautiful broken ball, Lee took advantage of Kyle's inattention, and grabbed the ball, which is very deadly, Kyle, as a veteran of the team, has no problem with ball control and passing, but in terms of speed, it may be a little worse, it is obvious that he can't catch up with Lee who is running wild with the ball at all! ”
Li Lin continued to rush forward with the ball, at this time there were only two defenders in Dortmund's backline, and on Ajax's side, Babel was quickly inserting forward!
Without hesitation, Li Lin made an accurate diagonal pass and gave the ball to Babbel's feet.
Babbel continued to break through with the ball, very fast!
At this time, Hummels, one of the two central defenders in Dortmund's backfield, quickly pasted up, constantly squeezed Babel with his body, and forced the opponent to the sideline, and Babel was forced to gradually slow down.
Behind them, players from both sides are rushing to this side, and the fastest and closest is Li Lin.
"Ryan, here!"
Seeing that Babbel was clinging to him, Li Lin had to shout loudly, hoping to get the other party's pass, but Babbel was indifferent at this time and continued to fight with Hummels physically.
Don't look at Babel doesn't look very strong, but after all, he has worked hard in the Premier League for a few years, and his body is absolutely strong, and he doesn't suffer too much against Hummels. And afraid of Babbel's speed, Hummels did not dare to take his feet easily.
Seeing that Babbel gradually brought the ball into a dead end, Li Lin was a little disappointed, but he still subconsciously ran to the position where it was easiest to receive the opponent's pass.
At this time, Babbel's former talent was revealed, and he faced Hummels's close pressing, quickly pulled the ball back with his right foot, and then knocked the outside instep diagonally forward, and his body passed through Hummels.
Wonderful people and balls! He's in the box!
Just when Li Lin was about to get excited, Babbel shot... It was no surprise that the goal was confiscated by goalkeeper Weidenfeller.
"Babbel is completely sorry for his previous wonderful performance, he has already entered the box! The only defender was left behind by him, he could find a suitable angle to shoot again, or he could pass the ball to Lee in the middle, but he made the last choice he should have, which was to shoot directly. ”
Wright explained with some regret, his tone was full of iron-clad for Babbel, back then, as a commentator, he watched Babbel grow up gradually, but he never imagined that Babbel would become what he is now.
"This ball is actually a perfect interpretation of the evaluation of Premier League fans and commentators on Babbel, with the ball on his head, and alone, he has a few good passing opportunities but I think he is certainly not unseen, and when facing the goal, even if his chances are not good, he is not willing to give the ball to his teammates in a better position, I think Babbel will destroy the good atmosphere and chemistry in the front court of Ajax now, and his sense of teamwork is too weak!"
Vanderst was not surprised by Babbel's performance at all, but it was not entirely to blame for Babbel, and it had something to do with Liverpool's bad situation at the time.
To put it bluntly, in Babbel's own words later, even Cristiano Ronaldo, if it were not for Ferguson's love and care, such attention and training, there would not be the later superstar, the meaning of this is actually obvious.
On the court, Babbel ignored Li Lin's puzzled gaze and walked back with his head down. Li Lin couldn't say anything to this Ajax old-timer, and Eriksen patted Li Lin on the shoulder behind him.
"It's okay! It's still early! ”
Li Lin shrugged helplessly, the other party was right, the game was still early, there was no need to be too entangled in this, but no one would not feel sorry for the loss of this good opportunity to score.
On the sidelines, Frank de Boer's face was calm and not angry at all.
He knows very well that this will be the case with Upper Babbel, who can use his individual ability to create scoring opportunities, but also squander them.
On the other side, Jurgen Klopp was different, as the famous young coach was roaring into the pitch to express his dissatisfaction with the team's defense.
In the stands, Mengqing glanced at his sister in a daze, and said with some doubts: "Just now, shouldn't that ball be given to Li Lin?" If you give it, you will get in? ”
Mengjun pouted, and he didn't understand this.
In the following games, it was still the same as before, with Ajax defending and Dortmund attacking.
Li Lin also knows why the other party has been able to win the Bundesliga championship for two consecutive years, and the quality of this full-court pressing is indeed not covered.
"Anyway, every time I perform well, the team is on the defensive and counterattacking, but there is no good performance in the tailwind, so I am suitable for counterattacking?"
Li Lin couldn't help but complain about himself in his heart. But when the opportunity to counter-attack came, he was the fastest one!
After another 30 minutes of siege, Ajax finally had another chance to counter-attack.
"The siege of Dortmund now looks like Ajax can still withstand it, and once it is caught by Ajax, Dortmund's backline is very empty! This time, Ajax's chance is here again! ”
Paulsen cut off the ball at Kuba's feet this time, and directly found Sana on the right side, Sana took the ball to the midfield, and found Li Lin on the left with a long pass, and at this time his front was empty!
"Li Lin has an open field in front of him this time, let's see how this rare counterattack opportunity of Ajax will develop!"