"I'm very unhappy with the way you played in the first half, you didn't live up to what I expected of you. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info After the start of the second half, I have only one request for you, and that is to attack! Attack again!! In this hellish stadium, getting ahead as quickly as possible is the best strategy. I don't want you to be conservative until I tell you to go back, do you hear?! 'Once back in the dressing room, Ferguson started to make demands for the second half.

"I heard you!" The Manchester United crowd did not hesitate to make a big promise.

Seeing this, the old Scottish handsome nodded with satisfaction. He could see that Liverpool's several dangerous counter-attacks in the first half had become a shackle to United's attacking firepower. That's not going to work, at least until the team takes the lead, and he won't let the United players have any conservative ideas.

Although he also knows that Liverpool's counter-attack is powerful, in order to get a win at Anfield, in his opinion, this is a risk that must be taken.

What's more, Li Lei's impeccable performance in the first half gave him enough confidence to make such a decision, and the old man glanced at Li Lei, who was drinking water with his head up, and was very satisfied.

After arranging the tactical play of the second half, while there was still one last bit of rest, Ferguson deliberately sat next to Li Lei, smiled, and said, "How is it, boy." I didn't see much of your goalkeeper style in the first half, so I wouldn't be intimidated by Irving's name. ”

Li Lei was very relaxed in front of Ferguson, glanced at Ferguson, just pouted, didn't speak, and looked down on the old man's old-fashioned agitation methods, everyone is a fox for thousands of years, what are you talking about with me.

In this regard, Ferguson didn't care, and then said: "It is estimated that in the second half, you can't hide the way you play as a doorman, so perform well, but don't lose the bet in the first game." ”

After saying that, he smiled and patted his ass and left, ignoring Li Lei's resentful eyes staring at him behind him.

Ferguson's meaning is very clear to Li Lei, this is digging a hole for him. When the Manchester United player was pushed by Alex Ferguson, it didn't force him to press out and kick the goalkeeper.

Just looking at Liverpool's great threat in the first half, which caused great pressure on Li Lei's counterattack, Li Lei can imagine what kind of huge pressure he will bear in the second half.

Now Li Lei didn't have time to think about whether Ferguson trusted him or deliberately tricked him into losing the bet, and began to hope in his heart that Owen would not have time to adjust his mentality at this point of halftime and try to play the abnormal point in the second half.

As soon as he thought of this, Li Lei began to faintly regret it, feeling that he was too "civilized" to Owen in the first half, and he should have humiliated and destroyed this England golden boy more ruthlessly.

In that case, once Owen's arrow goes out of order in the second half, Liverpool's counter-attacking power in the second half can be greatly reduced.

Well, if Owen knew what Li Lei was thinking at this moment, I am afraid that the angry England golden boy would rush directly into the Manchester United dressing room to teach Li Lei what it means to be kind with his fists.

Just as Li Lei was here meditating for the difficult second half that was about to begin, Phelan suddenly rushed into the locker room and said in a panic: "Alex, it's starting to rain outside." ”

This made the faces of everyone in the locker room suddenly solemn, no one is a football rookie, and they all know that the rainy day will cause more uncertainties to this football game.

Even Li Lei, a rookie who will face the rain battle for the first time, knows the special features of the rain battle for the goalkeeper position through the guidance of Richard and others and watching the game video. It can be said that the goalkeeper position is the most affected.

From the details of keeping gloves dry as much as possible, to the anticipation of attacking with a strong long-range shot, all of them will be made very different by the rain battle.

"Is it big?" Ferguson asked Ferran with a solemn expression.

"It's not big for the time being, but according to the local weather forecast, it's likely to get bigger before the game is over." Phelan spoke all the news he had got.

Then, the locker room was suddenly silent, and everyone, including Li Lei, was looking at Ferguson, waiting for the veteran coach to make a final decision on whether to change into spike boots or not.

At this time, when the interruption continued, Ferguson quickly made a decision, waved his hand, and said: "Then you don't need to change your shoes, but I ask you to try to get ahead before the rain gets heavier." Otherwise, once it becomes a melee in the heavy rain, the situation will be difficult to control, don't you hear? ”

"I heard you!"

Manchester United players know what Ferguson means, and once the rain becomes heavier, then United's technical advantage in central midfield will be reduced, and Liverpool's simple and rough English style of play will be more dominant. Therefore, once the game drags on by that time, Manchester United has not yet taken the lead, Liverpool, who have the advantage of being at home, is likely to have the advantage in the situation.

In that case, it will be difficult for United to win Liverpool at Anfield.

This is not an easy task, especially at Anfield, but the Manchester United players who have already experienced a lot of big scenes will still be afraid of this, and one by one they are full of energy and confidence to take on the task assigned by Ferguson.

"Very well, let's go." The morale and spirit of the Manchester United players satisfied Ferguson, and seeing that half-time was almost over, Ferguson was like a general, giving orders to attack his soldiers.

When the Manchester United players walked out of the locker room one after another, Li Lei, who was about to experience the rain for the first time, was stopped by Ferguson uneasily: "Boy, how is it, can you do it?" ”

Li Lei glanced at Ferguson, didn't reply, just said lightly: "In case the rain becomes heavier in the middle of the second half, let Phelan find a way to hand me a dry towel." ”

Then, he walked out of the dressing room under Ferguson's somewhat stunned gaze.

After a while, Ferguson came back to his senses, couldn't help but shake his head, and scolded with a smile: "Stinky boy, you dare to start telling me to do things!" ”

It's just that the smile and scolding are laughing and scolding, Li Lei's calm and natural self-confidence just now is still very satisfying to the Scottish old handsome. In the face of sudden changes, not panicking at all and staying calm is a good start.

On the other side, after Li Lei walked out of the player's tunnel, he felt a layer of cold wetness on his face, and the drizzle fell on his cold face.

Hey, I didn't expect the first rain battle to come so soon. Li Lei smiled coldly in his heart.

It wasn't the first time United played in the rain this season, but it was Howard who was the Reds' starting goalkeeper and he was just on the bench for 90 minutes. Therefore, the rain war is still a very new thing for him.

In the face of fresh, things that he doesn't know and haven't experienced, Li Lei has always been modest. As he walked towards the gate, he silently recited some of the details of the rain battle that Richard had explained during his usual training.

Before Webb blew the whistle for the start of the second half, he deliberately wiped the goalkeeper's gloves on his hands with a dry towel, not daring to be careless.

At the beginning of the second half, Manchester United players pressed heavily according to Ferguson's orders, and launched a siege on the Liverpool penalty area amid the shrill boos of the Liverpool fans, trying to break the deadlock and take the lead as soon as possible.

At this moment, Li Lei, who stayed in the backfield, suddenly noticed that something was wrong. While keeping an eye on the development of the previous game, he carefully stepped on the turf near the small penalty area with a frown.

Then his face became more and more solemn, the turf was too soft, too soft. He looked at the current slight rain, it could not have been caused by this rain, it must have been too much water at halftime.

Thinking of the gloomy weather that must rain today, Li Lei didn't think it would be an accident, and the Anfield stadium management would have been ignorant of today's weather conditions.

This is obviously a small trick and a little trick played by the Liverpool team.

Not only him, but the experienced Ferguson on the sidelines has also found out that it is right and wrong. When he saw that the Liverpool players were wearing spiked boots, he immediately stepped out of the dugout and stepped on the turf on the sidelines, and then his old face immediately became gloomy.

Damn it! Trick me! Enraged, Ferguson immediately turned around and complained to the fourth official. But this can only be angry, both Ferguson and Li Lei know in their hearts that this loss Manchester United has already eaten.

On the court, Li Lei had already been vigilant in his heart. Now he worries about his team-mates, especially centre-back Brown, if they will slip on the soles of their feet while dribbling the ball.

Once that's the case...... Looking at the front, Li Lei frowned slightly, his face full of solemn worry.

As the saying goes, the good does not work, the bad spirit. In the 49th minute of the second half, his fears became a reality.

At this point, it was another Liverpool counter-attack with a long pass after the ball was broken at the back, and Gerrard's pass hit the empty half of United again. It wasn't a threatening counter-attack, as Gerrard's pass and Owen's turn-and-roll run didn't go together.

When the ball began to fall in the air, Brown was clearly ahead of Irving, who had the advantage in speed. However, compared with the final stage of the first half, Irving, who was obviously much better in spirit, did not give up, but when Brown just stopped football, he stuck on it relentlessly, and used various means such as pasting, pulling, pulling, and pushing behind him.

Originally, with Owen's small body, his small movements could not form any fatal interference with Brown. But now it was different, Brown in his spikes stepped on the now unusually soft turf like an elephant on the ice, not even an ant.

Just as Brown was about to pass the football back to Li Lei, Brown, whose weight was all on his left foot, finally lost his balance under the pull of Irving, and his left foot instantly brought up a large piece of turf.

"Oh~"

Then, he fell to the ground with a sigh of surprise from the Liverpool fans. Before Webb's whistle sounded, many Liverpool fans even stood up in surprise and waited for a goal to arrive.

In an instant, there was a huge danger in Manchester United's backline.

Fortunately, Brown, who fell to the ground, did his best to complete the return pass at the last minute. Although the speed of the football is not very fast due to the limited strength, it also leaves enough time for Li Lei to deal with this dangerous ball.

I saw that at the moment when Li Lei passed back to Brown, he had already slowly moved to the edge of the big penalty area and was ready to meet Brown at any time, and immediately rushed out at full speed without the slightest delay or hesitation.

He had long been prepared and vigilant for this situation, so Brown's fall was not an unprepared accident for him.

"Hmm~"

It is because of this that Li Lei was able to slam the football out of the front line with a big foot before Owen arrived in the sighs of regret from Liverpool fans, and resolved the crisis.

"Ahh

If it weren't for that, Li Lei probably wouldn't be able to face Owen who was holding his head again and unwillingly screaming with a disdainful sneer.

Looking at the back of Owen who was gone with resentment, Li Lei secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and his aggressive temperament was aroused again.

He wants to see how Liverpool can guard the door after such a shady trick!

His eyes were blazing, the corners of his mouth were curved, and his face was unruly!

Confident and arrogant!!