Chapter 247: Van der Sar who refuses to admit defeat
Although Coleman's status and prestige in the Fulham team are far from enough to equate him with the whole Fulham team, he is now the manager and leader of Fulham after all.
Therefore, when Li Lei acted so wantonly to humiliate and teach Coleman a lesson under the watchful eye of the public, these Coleman players on the field must be false if they want to say that they are not affected at all.
After suffering such humiliation, some people will be ashamed and brave and launch a crazy counterattack, while others will be completely discouraged and disarm and give up resistance.
And these Fulham players on the pitch at this time are undoubtedly the latter.
Originally, Giggs's counter-attacking goal in the 84th minute had already formed a sufficient psychological blow to them, and now, coupled with the public and wanton face humiliation of their manager Coleman, which Li Lei empathized with, their confidence and morale suddenly fell to the bottom.
So much so that after the game restarted, under the deafening cheers of the entire Old Trafford stadium, they behaved like soulless marionettes, and did not show the spirit of the backward side to fight back violently, as if they were not behind the score at all, lazy on the pitch, routine, and directly abandoning the game.
"What are you doing?! What are you doing?!! Is this a waiver?! You eggless!! Yes!!! If you don't want to kick, get out of here, and some people want to kick ......"
Obviously, compared to the players of Fulham, Coleman, who had just been under the spotlight by Li Lei, was obviously more ashamed of being so wantonly. After noticing the negative hairiness of the Fulham players who completely gave up the game, he immediately rushed to the sidelines, and kept gesturing with his hands excitedly, yelling at the players on the field.
But it is clear that the negative momentum and thoughts in the hearts of the Fulham players on the field today are no longer something that can be reversed by him yelling and threatening on the sidelines at the moment.
Seeing the Fulham players on the pitch who still hadn't changed much after their roar, and then turning their heads to look at the substitutes on the bench who avoided his gaze, and no one showed their enthusiasm to play, Coleman finally understood in despair that it was impossible to do anything now, the overall situation was decided, and he and his team were doomed to lose this game.
Knowing this, he immediately put away his angry and almost hideous look, turned around and sat back on the bench, bowed his head and never looked at the pitch again, as if he were a spectator who didn't care about the game, and not the manager of Fulham who was about to lose.
After noticing this detail through the broadcast camera, Lineker immediately announced in time: "The game is over!" Manchester United will see a narrow home win over Fulham to progress to the final four of this season's FA Cup. Although there are still minutes left in the game, Fulham have officially surrendered from the start of the manager to the players. ”
Although some Fulham fans in front of the TV were very upset and complained after hearing his words, this is the case. Just two minutes after the restart, it was all too evident that their team had gone up and down and surrendered completely.
It's a frustrating reality for Fulham fans, but they have to accept it.
However, in terms of the level of difficulty of acceptance, it is obviously more difficult for Fulham fans to follow the expedition to Old Trafford than for those who just watch the television and most of them have turned off their television in anger at this point.
Before the game, they had followed the team to Old Trafford with the ambition to relive the joy of beating the Red Devils 3-1 here last October, but they did not expect such an ending to await them in the end.
Although the result of losing only one goal did not seem so humiliating, the surrender of the whole Fulham team at this time, and the state of being unresponsive to the defeat like a walking corpse, made them feel ashamed and embarrassed when they came here.
With such a mentality, they naturally will not choose to continue to watch the shameful ugliness of the team here. So, in the 87th minute of the game, the game did not enter injury time, and Fulham was only one goal behind, Li Lei saw that many Fulham players in the stands on the opposite side of the stadium were leaving the field one after another.
In this regard, no matter what others think, Li Lei is not very surprised anyway.
It's not for any other reason that I push myself and others. If the team he supports shows such a fighting bird when there is still hope of equalising, he will definitely not be able to look at it.
This game is over.
After Giggs scored and the game restarted, Li Lei, who never saw Fulham push the football to within 30 meters of the goal behind him, and never felt any threat again, stood in front of the goal and thought like this, and couldn't help but relax and stretch a big lazy waist.
As far as Li Lei is concerned, he is very satisfied with this game.
Despite the frustration of being completely overwhelmed by Van der Sar across the first half, he completely reversed the momentum after the start of the second half.
Whether it was the attacking aspect of the goalkeeper's style of play that was tried and tested with excellent results, or the counter-attack that led to United's first goal of the game so far, or the wanton humiliation of Coleman's high spirits in the spotlight, it was enough to make him happy and happy, and there was no regret or resentment.
And in the end, Li Lei's relaxed and happy mood at the moment was maintained intact until the end of the finale.
Although after the game restarted, Ronaldo, Ruud van Nistelrooy and others in the front court tried to score a few more goals on Fulham, who had no fighting spirit and had already surrendered, but Van der Sar still maintained his state and mentality well after being broken through by Ryan Giggs, making saves again and again, not letting Ronaldo do them as they wished, and maintained the record of conceding only one goal in the whole game to the end.
In any case, the Dutch veteran's astonishing form and amazing performance throughout the match are enough to make anyone feel sincere admiration for him at the age of 34.
However, he didn't think so, as his goal was breached once by Manchester United, and his side eventually lost the entire game and were eliminated from this season's FA Cup. That alone means Van der Sar can't be satisfied with his performance in this game anyway.
Don't look at the Dutch veteran who is 34 years old and has long been accustomed to the ups and downs of his career, but the desire and persistence to win matches is still the same as when he was young.
"——! Toot"
When the referee on duty blew the whistle for the end of the game, he immediately took off his gloves and walked to the players' tunnel with a cold face because of the loss. He wants to get out of this stadium as soon as possible, he doesn't want to stay here for a second longer as a loser, when this is the winner, not him and his team.
However, in front of the entrance of the players' tunnel, he met Li Lei, who was already here with his jersey and waiting for him with a smug smile.
"Edwin, swap jerseys."
Van der Sar did not answer immediately, or took off his clothes, but stared at Li Lei for a few seconds, then took off his jersey and stuffed it into Li Lei's hand, and then took Li Lei's jersey in Li Lei's hand, turned his head and walked into the player's tunnel quickly, without looking at Li Lei again.
It's just that when he crossed over to Li Lei's side, he left a categorical voice in Li Lei's ear: "See you in four days, Li!" When the time comes, it will definitely be me and my team who will win! ”
Hearing this, Li Lei was stunned for a moment, and then immediately turned his head to look at Van der Sar's tall figure who was walking away quickly, with a very interesting expression.
But the eyes are very resolute and firm, as if to say: impossible.
When the time comes, I'll be the one who wins!
It's still us!!
There is no other possibility!!
Absolute!!!