"Oh, Lee! It's him again! Another crucial save! He saved Manchester United again!! Okocha has done his best, but there is no doubt that in this duel between the two, it is Lee who is the better one! Looking at this save again, he instantly crossed from the near post to the far post and completed the save, and he was as agile as a cheetah in the whole process, invincible! ......”

Just when Lineker kept praising Li Lei in the eyes of his partner Alan Hansen, Ferguson looked at Li Lei on the sidelines with obvious relief and praise. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

But instead, the old man put away the smile that had just been raised on his lips, and his face returned to flatness, with a hint of imperceptible coldness in his expression. Because of Li Lei's outstanding performance, his mind couldn't help but think of the fierce verbal conflict that broke out between him and David Gill and some other Manchester United executives the night before the start of this League Cup final.

In fact, what Li Lei didn't know was that long before the first leg of the Champions League knockout match with Porto began, Ferguson was completely disappointed in Howard, who had been making repeated mistakes and showing no signs of improvement.

If it is said that when Howard first united with his agent to put pressure on Ferguson through the senior management of Manchester United Club, although the old coach was very dissatisfied with Howard in his heart, he still trusted his strength and believed that he was at least more suitable than Li Lei for Manchester United's starting main goalkeeper this season, then after Manchester United was almost humiliatingly drawn at home by the sworn rival Leeds United, Ferguson actually had no expectations for him at all, and immediately moved the mind of letting Li Lei take the position.

But when he informed Manchester United's senior management of his decision, he was resolutely opposed by some Manchester United executives, including Manchester United CEO David Gill, for the same reason that they cooperated with Howard's agent for the first time to put pressure on Ferguson, there are two, one is that Li Lei is still young, and his strength and stability need more time to test, and the other is Howard's worth of $4 million.

Of course, with Li Lei's more and more stable and outstanding performance on the field, and after he began to be recognized and affirmed by all Manchester United fans, this reason is actually not very tenable, and the key is the latter reason.

$4 million may not be a big increase for Manchester United, which is one of the world's top giants, but if you look at it on a goalkeeper, it is a rare and high price.

What made Ferguson feel a little embarrassed was that Howard was still introduced by him despite David Gill's protest of "Doesn't the team still have Barthez". In this way, when David Gill and others took Howard's $4 million worth to talk about things in front of Ferguson, the old coach naturally found it a little difficult to insist.

If this was still in the glory days of Manchester United's treble, he might still be able to rely on his transcendent position in the Manchester United team, regardless of David Gill and others, to forcibly push Li Lei to the main starting position, but the crux of the problem is that Manchester United is in a period of rebuilding at this moment. As long as Ferguson wants to take Manchester United to the top again, he will inevitably have to cooperate with the club's top management in terms of money and transfer operations.

After all, Manchester United Club is not his personal property, once he has a complete confrontation with David Gill, a group of Manchester United executives, and tears his face, when he needs a series of club operations and transfers to rebuild the Manchester United dynasty, I am afraid that no matter how detached his position in the Manchester United team is, Manchester United's prospects will inevitably be more or less disturbed and affected.

It is precisely because of this, based on the consideration of Manchester United's future prospects, that Ferguson chose a rare compromise with David Gill and others before the game against Porto, allowing Howard to continue to serve as Manchester United's starting main goalkeeper.

But in the first leg against Porto, Howard's performance undoubtedly disappointed Ferguson once again. It can be said that after the game, the old coach no longer has any hope for him, he has made up his mind to correct Li Lei as soon as possible, this time no matter how David Gill wants to hinder him, he doesn't care.

As for the speed of this "as soon as possible", it depends on whether Li Lei's next series of performances are convincing enough. In Ferguson's view, today's Carabao Cup final is undoubtedly a great opportunity for Li Lei to provide more convincing in the near future.

Therefore, at this moment, Ferguson looked at Li Lei on the field, in addition to gratification, there was also eager expectation, hoping that Li Lei could come up with more and more stable wonderful performances.

Obviously, although Li Lei didn't know Ferguson's idea at the moment, Li Lei, who was excited because this was the first official final of his career, was destined to give Ferguson a perfect answer at least today.

After Okocha's dangerous shot, United immediately launched a comeback against Bolton. But I don't know if the strength of Manchester United's semi-main squad on the field is not enough to overwhelm Bolton, or their physical strength, strength and performance are affected by the fatigue, anyway, for a while they couldn't suppress it on the field, the whole team was extremely excited today, Bolton, who was in good shape, the two teams attacked and defended each other on the field, and they played five or five times.

When Saha and others began to threaten the Bolton gate, the Bolton attack line with two veterans of Okocha and Djokaef as the core was also threatening the gate guarded by Li Lei.

In the 10th minute of the first half, when Saha's shot was too caught by Bolton goalkeeper Jaskelainen, Bolton turned around and launched a wave of quick counter-attacks that threatened Li Lei. When the football was handed to Okocha on the left after a few passes, the United defenders, who had not completely erased the impression of Okocha's dangerous individual attacking performance at the beginning, immediately cheered up with 120,000 points.

Among them, especially O'Shea, who was completely teased by Okocha in a direct conversation before, didn't dare to act rashly this time, and honestly stood in his defensive position, focusing on defending and preventing Okocha's breakthrough with the ball, without the idea of directly cutting off the ball at Okocha's feet before.

But this time, Okocha unexpectedly chose to cross directly, without any idea of breaking through with the ball. This completely caught the Manchester United defence off guard, and Djokaeff, who sneaked into the Manchester United penalty area at some point, became the target of Okocha's pass. After receiving a pass from Okocha, the veteran Frenchman didn't wait for the ball to hit the ground, and came with a powerful volley of good quality from the right near the edge of the penalty area, which tested Li Lei again.

Another brilliant and successful flying save by Li Lei made another round of joy for the Manchester United fans gathered in the stands opposite, and their loud applause for Li Lei resounded over the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff.

Coupled with Li Lei's extremely wonderful world-class save to block Okocha's shot, these two successful and wonderful saves made some people who are optimistic about Li Lei's future prospects, including Lineker, can't help but send praise to Li Lei and applaud Li Lei's excellent state and performance today.

But what they didn't expect was that Li Lei's excitement today was not just so good.

Fortunately, the overall performance of the whole Bolton team today was excellent, allowing Li Lei to make three wonderful world-class saves in the 17th, 23rd and 29th minutes of the first half.

Such an indestructible and wonderful performance like a patron saint, in addition to making Lineker and others can't help but chant "Bolton can beat Lee, he is the patron saint of Manchester United", but also deeply hit the confidence and morale of the Bolton players who are in good shape and full of confidence today.

Under the premise that he and others played at such a super level today, they couldn't break through the door guarded by this Asian goalkeeper, can we really beat Manchester United today and win the championship? After seeing Li Lei's amazing performance, almost all Bolton players couldn't help but be discouraged and have such a question in their hearts.

At this moment, when they looked at the tall figure with strange colorful hair in front of Manchester United's gate, there was an irrepressible hint of jealousy and fear in their eyes.

In their eyes, Li Lei at this moment is like a thick cement wall that is difficult to overcome.

Powerful!

Indestructible!!