Chapter 87: The Struggle for British Supremacy (3)
This is just the beginning of the game, and this time it will be an appetizer at best. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoSo, Li Lei just had to be stunned for a while, and then he returned to the goal, ready to start the game again.
"Lee, thank you." Li Lei returned to the front and back of the door, and Ferdinand, who still had a frightened look on his face, grabbed him by the shoulder and thanked him.
"That's what I'm supposed to do. But, Leo, is there something wrong with you? I think you're a little out of shape, out of your mind. ”
It is a matter of course for the goalkeeper to make up for the mistakes of the central defenders, and Li Lei's heart has not yet reached the point of angering Ferdinand for this trivial matter. What he really cared about was not this, but Ferdinand's state of inattention, whether it was just a momentary carelessness, a distraction, or whether he was really disturbed by some inevitable trouble.
If it's the former, then it's fine, Li Lei believes that with Ferdinand's experience and ability, he should be able to recover quickly after this low-level mistake and readjust to his normal state. But if it's the latter, it's troublesome.
As the backbone of Manchester United's backline, Rio Ferdinand's absence will cause huge problems for the entire United defensive system. At that time, Li Lei, who is the last iron gate on Manchester United's defensive line, may also be indispensable to mend the pot and fill the hole.
He's here to teach Rangers and the Scottish fans a lesson, not to be taught. In the game, if Ferdinand is caught by the Rangers and breaks the gate he guards, then what kind of psychology will he have to be fucked by a dog.
Just thinking about it, Li Lei shook his head a little unacceptably. Lessons are not learned, but they are taught, this is not his style.
However, at this time, he looked at the complicated expression on Ferdinand's face, and knew that this matter was probably the latter.
Damn it! Although he knew that Ferdinand had encountered some inevitable troubles, if he wanted to talk about it, he definitely didn't mean it, and Li Lei would not unreasonably blame him for all the blame, but understanding was understanding, but he couldn't help but burst out of foul language in his heart.
Looking at the back of Ferdinand leaving, Li Lei's mood at this time was no longer as relaxed as before the game began. He knows that as long as nothing happens, Ferdinand may not be able to adjust his mentality in the next game time, and he needs to be very energetic about it, and then he will not really let Rangers take the opportunity to break his goal.
In this way, when the other players of Manchester United still didn't pay attention to Ferdinand's mistake, and were still relaxed and full of confidence, Li Lei's eyes were already full of solemnity.
After the resumption of the game, the danger in front of the United goal caused by Rio Ferdinand's low-level mistake was quickly forgotten like a small wave. From the outsider, the game went just as they had predicted, and despite the home advantage and the aggressive style of play, the pressure on United was not enough to shake the Reds' winning foundations.
But Li Lei did not dare to relax in the slightest, even in the face of the seemingly non-threatening attack of the Rangers, for fear that Ferdinand would drop the chain again at some point.
"I'm coming!"
In the 19th minute of the first half of the game, in the face of a clear overhead through the top plug given by the Rangers midfielder, when Ferdinand could completely dispose of the ball, Li Lei still shouted and abandoned the goal uneasily.
Seeing that Rover striker Morse was still desperately chasing after him, Li Lei really didn't dare to take this risk. After hearing Li Lei's shout and seeing Li Lei's attack, Ferdinand was obviously a little surprised on his face, but he still avoided his body in time, allowing Li Lei to jump high and win the football in the air without hindrance.
On the outside, there is no problem with the defense that Ferdinand and Li Lei have cooperated in this time. Although according to the specific situation, Li Lei did not need to attack at all this time, but this is also harmless.
However, only Li Lei knew in his heart that he had just done something wrong.
After Ferdinand glanced at him meaningfully, turned to leave, and looked at his back, Li Lei regretted it a little. Although this time his attack was completely safe and there was no major problem, it was essentially a sign of immaturity and inexperience.
The reason is also very simple, through his uneasy attack this time, he has already sent a message of distrust to Ferdinand. Regardless of whether Li Lei himself really thinks so, I'm afraid Ferdinand got such a message from it.
And this is undoubtedly the wrong thing to do.
As a goalkeeper, the last thing he should do when his important defensive partner is out of form is to express his distrust of him. Because, this is very much to destroy the tacit understanding between him and Ferdinand, and to Ferdinand's self-confidence.
Far from helping Ferdinand recover, it will put him in a vicious cycle that will make it harder for him to return to normal.
Therefore, the correct thing for Li Lei just now should be to let Ferdinand properly handle the pass that is not threatening at all. For this, even if Ferdinand did make another low-level mistake in the end, creating a chance for Morse behind him, it was worth it from the big picture of the game.
While this may be unfair to Lee Lei, who is in goal, as a member of Manchester United, he has to put the overall interests of United first, and that will never change.
But it has come to this, and regret is useless.
This time, he will learn from his mistakes. But the most important thing at the moment is the game in front of us. As for Ferdinand's problem, he can only leave it to Ferguson on the sidelines to deal with the headache.
Shaking his head and calming his emotions and thoughts, Li quickly refocused his full attention on the game, ignoring the rift of trust that had appeared between him and Ferdinand.
Although United were in full control on the pitch at this point, he had to be mindful of any of Rio Ferdinand's mistakes.
At this moment, perhaps no one would believe that Li Lei, the goalkeeper of Manchester United, would be so dignified in his heart. After all, from their point of view, in the case of the Rangers players being trapped in physical strength and reducing their running ability, Manchester United's offensive has once again pressed near the Rangers' penalty area, and Li Lei has not appeared on the broadcast screen for a long time, so it should be very leisurely.
It's no wonder that they didn't notice it, but at this time, Manchester United had formed a complete siege of the Rangers penalty area in the front, and the Rangers' door was about to crumble again.
In the 25th minute of the first half, Silvester almost made another contribution to Manchester United with a header in a series of three corners. If it weren't for the last save from Spanish midfielder Mikel Arteta on the goal line, it wouldn't have been "0:1" on the score sign at the moment.
As a result of the attack, the mood of United's attackers was extremely high, and they launched wave after wave of rapid attacks in an attempt to extend the score before the end of the first half.
At this moment, the situation Li Lei faced was relaxed, but his heart was tense. The easier it is, the easier it is to make mistakes, and he keeps that in mind.
Sure enough, in the 38th minute of the first half, Rangers, who had been passively beaten for some time, took advantage of the opportunity of Manchester United's formation to be too pressed, and it was very rare to play a very threatening attack.
In the face of the Rangers' simple and rough play, the football was sent to the front near the Manchester United penalty area, and the Manchester United back line, which had previously boldly mentioned the front line near the middle line, could only desperately chase back.
With the Rangers' own skills not delicate enough at their feet, and it takes more time to adjust each pass and one pass than the top teams, Manchester United's backline finally returned to a defensive position when Vanoli was about to dribble directly into the Manchester United penalty area.
But this time, Ferdinand got it wrong again. He has always been bold in information, but at this moment he had a rare lack of self-confidence, and in the face of Vanoli's advance, he took the countermeasure of retreating step by step.
You must know that at this moment, the door of Li Lei's handle is already within the range of Vanoli's shot, and it is simply a stupid choice to not hurry up and block and defend at this moment, leaving such a large amount of space and time for Vanoli to adjust his shot.
By the time Ferdinand stepped back behind the line of the box, he finally realised what was wrong. But by the time he blocked it in shock, it was too late, and Vanogli's shot had already flown past him and straight towards the gate guarded by Li Lei.
It's not a miracle shot, it's a clever shot that pursues an angle. Having realized Li Lei's super reaction speed, Vanoli deliberately did not swing his right leg sharply when shooting, but used a skillful force to catch Li Lei off guard.
The quality of the shot was extremely high, almost towards the top left corner of the goal, at the junction of the post and the crossbar. But fortunately, Li Lei was prepared early.
Mentally prepared for Rio Ferdinand's possible mistakes, he was prepared for Vanoli's shot. Fortunately, otherwise, Li Lei's save really can't be said whether it will be successful.
In the face of the incoming ball, he gritted his teeth, kicked his legs with full force, and the whole person immediately flew completely sideways in the air. After fully stretching his posture, he finally used his long arms and middle fingertips to touch the football out of the goal range and fly directly out of the bottom line.
In the warm applause and cheers immediately after the regretful sighs of the Rangers fans, Li Lei, who completed the save, did not have the opportunity to provoke the Rangers fans this time, but immediately got up and prepared to meet the Rangers' next corner kick attack, and did not even have time to say a few words to the ugly and lost Ferdinand.
After the corner kick of the Rangers, the overcrowded Manchester United penalty area was immediately chaotic, and Li Lei couldn't recognize who was who for a while.
Since you can't recognize it, it doesn't matter. Li Lei gritted his teeth, no matter who grabbed the first landing point, when he judged that he could not attack, he focused all his attention on the football in the air.
In the end, I don't know who finally won the football, anyway, the football flew in the direction of Manchester United's gate, which made Li Lei immediately reflexively jump up with all his strength and was about to make a save.
However, in the end, it was nothing more than a false alarm, and the football flew straight off the crossbar.
But before Li Lei could breathe a sigh of relief, the sudden whistle of the referee on duty immediately made his heart chuckle. He immediately turned his head and looked at the goal, seeing that the players on both sides in the penalty area had become a mess at this time, and excitedly gathered together, scolding and accusing each other unceremoniously.
Among them, there are smart players, and they have already reached the referee who is about to enter the penalty area, and they are excitedly complaining about something. At the same time, the shrill boos of the Rangers fans rang out at the right time, which was to put pressure on the referee on duty.
At this time, although Li Lei didn't know what was going on, he just looked at the Rangers players who fell in the penalty area and Ferdinand, who was shaking his hand to the referee excitedly to complain, and he knew that Ferdinand couldn't escape this matter.
However, this is not the time to pursue these details, he has more important things to do.
I saw that he immediately rushed to the Wanderer player who fell to the ground, and took advantage of the situation to push away a few Wanderer players who were surrounding the fallen player, and then regardless of whether it was really Ferdinand's mistake or not, he pointed at the nose of the Wanderer player with an angry face, and scolded: "Stand up for me!" You goddamn bastard! raised liar!! I just saw that Leo didn't touch you at all!! ”
Either way, you have to put your attitude out first. Li Lei was also putting pressure on the referee, God assured that he had not seen anything at all just now, but at this moment, he was angry and determined to reprimand the Rangers player who fell to the ground, claiming that he had seen everything and that Ferdinand was innocent.
After saying that, he didn't think the strength was enough, and he directly stretched out his hand to pull up the fallen Rangers player.
The players of the surrounding rangers naturally wouldn't let him do this, and directly pushed him away. And Li Lei, who was afraid that the matter would not be big enough, was even more fearless and went up directly, his mouth kept spewing something angrily, his eyes were round and cracking, his face was hideous, and the green tendons on his neck were exposed, looking fierce and terrifying.
It's just that in the depths of his angry eyes, there is a trace of unknown cunning, fox-like cunning!
"You damned liars!
"Liar!!"
"Liars !!"