Regardless of Van der Sar, after Li Lei returned to the locker room, he immediately sat in his place. It seems that he is closing his eyes and resting, but in fact, he is taking the time to think about how to play the goalkeeper's style of play in the second half.

Although he is not expected to come under much pressure from Fulham in the second half, his ideas in other aspects are a bit bold and beyond the mainstream of today's world football compared to the defensive aspects of the goalkeeper's play. No matter when or what happens, as long as it is labeled as bold and forward-looking, it must mean that the risk and the possibility are relatively increased.

In the goalkeeper position, what I am afraid of is not those super world waves who don't know when they can see once, but it happens to be mistakes and instability. Compared to the occasional goals conceded by the former, the latter undoubtedly represents the collapse of a team's last line of defense on the goal line, or even an entire back line, and the consequences are not insignificant.

Therefore, even if Li Lei had already figured out the details before and after, and confidently predicted that the possibility of failure was extremely low, he had to be cautious and think twice about this issue.

In this way, throughout the entire intermission, Li Lei seemed to outsiders to close his eyes and rest, without saying a word.

Thankfully, given the excellent performance of the team in the first half other than the lack of a goal, Ferguson didn't say much during the 15 minutes of the break, and apart from a rehash of the same old notes, there was nothing to listen to for the United players. Even if there is, it has nothing to do with Li Lei, the goalkeeper who was idle for the entire first half.

If it weren't for that, he would have closed his eyes and closed the entire half-time break, and took the opportunity to go through the offensive aspects of how to play as a goalkeeper. Let him appear in the second half, without any hidden dangers or problems that have not been thought out of the burden and doubts, which undoubtedly laid a solid foundation for Li Lei's performance in the second half to shock the world.

Of course, for Li Lei, who has just returned to the field and is waiting for the referee on duty to blow the whistle at the beginning of the second half, it is too early to talk about this, and he still needs to do it step by step.

Just when Li Lei was moving his body and making the final preparations before the start of the second half, and seeing that the TV broadcast screen had changed from the commercial back to the scene at Old Trafford, Lineker, as the commentator, immediately summarized the first half and made some predictions and expectations for the second half as usual.

'In the first half of this FA Cup quarter-final, no one but Edwin van der Sar will be satisfied. United's dominant players and Ferguson on the sidelines certainly won't be happy with the scoreless first half, while Fulham, who are aiming to thrash again on the road, will certainly not be happy with the sluggish first half performance from their own side. In particular, there was a pre-match announcement that he wanted to teach Manchester United's Fulham boss Mr Coleman a lesson in this game, which can be seen from the gentleman's dissatisfaction with the loud roar of the Fulham players on the sidelines several times in the first half. ”

"So, overall, throughout the first half, apart from the 34-year-old Dutch veteran who surprised everyone with his aging goalmouth performance, there should be no one in this game who is happy with the first half. There is no doubt that if the ambitious Fulham and Mr Coleman are to get a good result at the end of this second half, they will have to hope that the veteran will be able to carry his excellent form into the second half. Otherwise, judging by the situation on the pitch in the first half, let alone a win, I doubt that Fulham can even leave Old Trafford with dignity. ”

Of course, coach Coleman, who was determined to win, must have laid out the problems that Fulham showed in the first half at half-time. I don't think in the second half Fulham would have been as sluggish on the pitch as they were in the first half. Not to mention how that will affect the direction of this game, but I think it is definitely good news for fans who care about Lee as much as I do. Because for Lee, who did almost nothing in the entire first half, it undoubtedly gave him more opportunities. I'm also looking forward to him giving us a great goalmouth defense and saving performance as he has done before......"

Not to mention Lineker's summary of the first half, his prediction for the second half was only half right anyway.

At the start of the second half, Fulham did make the change under Coleman's direction, as he expected. Instead of retreating into their own half because of fear of United's powerful attack, as in the first half, they took the initiative to step up the trembling with Manchester United near midfield, and intensified the pressing of Manchester United's ball-handler in midfield.

In the face of Fulham's change of tactics and rhythm on the field, although Manchester United was not completely unexpected, they were completely caught off guard by Fulham, but they also needed time to adapt to such a rhythm.

Therefore, at the beginning of the second half, the situation on the field was in a stalemate and entanglement between the two sides. Often, a ball is passed and it was originally attacked by Manchester United's side, but it immediately turned into a Fulham counter-attack. The reverse is also true.

In this way, although Fulham did not turn the tide of the first half and overwhelm Manchester United in turn, they certainly had more attacking chances than they did in the first half.

For this point, Li Lei is undoubtedly the one who has the deepest experience in the Manchester United team.

Although Fulham didn't hit the same dangerous long-range shot as Levinski did at the start of the second half, he had more touches in just five or six minutes after the start of the second half than he had in the entire first half combined.

After Fulham broke the ball, he directly played a long pass directly behind Brown and Silvestre, seeking a quantitative change to achieve a qualitative counterattack kick, giving Li Lei a lot of opportunities to deal with high-altitude balls and ground balls.

Although Li Lei attacked every time he was timely and fast, and did not give Fulham McBride and Boamott, the two strikers, anything to take advantage of, Fulham obviously recognized this counter-attacking style of play and still kept trying.

Although because of this, compared with the first half, Li Lei's chances of appearing and touching the ball have increased a lot, but he has not wavered in his heart at all from trying the offensive level of the goalkeeper's play. He's the kind of person who makes up his mind and it's hard to change, and it's the same this time.

Hurry up! Hurry up!

Silently watching the stalemate on the field now, Li Lei has been patiently and eagerly waiting for the time to come.

Finally, in the 52nd minute of the second half, such an opportunity came for the first time. At this time, it was the time when the Fulham players were still full of energy, and they kept chasing the Manchester United players like mad dogs with the highest intensity.

Although Manchester United's possession ability is not bad in the Premier League, it is still a team with an English style of play after all, and it cannot be compared with teams like Real Madrid and Barcelona in Spain. There is a limit to their technical ability, and it is clear that Fulham have exceeded that limit by this time in central midfield.

Just like this time, facing McBride, who had already rushed to the edge of the big penalty area, Brown, who was holding the ball, was completely panicked. Although it is not that there is no chance to play the ball in front of him, he really doesn't dare to choose any of the routes in front of him that will be cut off if there is a slight mistake. Therefore, he could only take the stupid method of turning his back and carrying McBride behind him first, and then handling the ball.

Although this method can ensure temporary safety, it is not a good way to cure the root cause. Just like Brown at this time, just as he was carrying McBride with his back, Boammort on the side also quickly surrounded him, leaving him with the opportunity to take the initiative to kick the ball out of the sideline and give Fulham a sideline ball.

And, Brown really wants to do that at the moment. But at the moment when he was about to move his feet, Li Lei's voice suddenly came from the position in front of him on the right side that had been out of the restricted area: "Hey! Wes here. ”

Looking up, it was Li Lei, who first instinctively passed the football over, and then thought with a confused face: "When did Li go there?" ”

And there are many who have the same idea as him, such as O'Shea, who is coming back to pick up Brown near the left touchline. If Li Lei hadn't taken the lead in shouting at him before passing the football to him, so that he could catch the ball in a hurry after coming back to his senses, he would probably have been able to stop the football from the sideline.

But they didn't dare to think anything, at this time, seeing that Fulham's wave of pressing siege had been resolved by his own easy run and pass, Li Lei, who was running back to the gate, was excited in his heart.

Although this time it was just a small test, a small attempt to include the goalkeeper in the team's backfield inverted foot system, but its good results are enough to make Li Lei breathe a sigh of relief and increase his confidence.

This one is doable! Sure enough, it worked!!

At this moment, although Li Lei still had a cold face and a flat look, the bright gaze in his eyes at this time completely exposed the unpeace in his heart at this time.

It's like the sun rising in the east at the moment of sunrise!

Energetic!!

Eager!!!