Chapter 197: The first final of Li Lei's career

On February 29, 2004, the day of the match, the weather was clear and cloudless, and it was the perfect time to play. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Although the weather in Wales is still a little cold and wet in March, today's rare dazzling sunshine perfectly digests this chill, so that everyone who goes out can't help but smile easily.

It's just that among these smiling people, it does not include Li Lei, nor does it include the whole Manchester United team including Ferguson, today they are about to launch the final impact on the League Cup championship just a stone's throw away, and they are the fighters who are going to go on an expedition, but it is not the time to laugh.

"Mr. Alex Ferguson, what impact will the result of the last defeat at the Dragons Stadium have on your Carabao Cup final today?"

"Will you have any reservations about this Carabao Cup final because of the second leg against Porto in midweek? Will this affect your race for the Carabao Cup? ”

"Roy, tell me, what do you think of the red card after stepping on Porto goalkeeper Baia?"

"Lee, if you can win the championship today, it will be the first championship trophy of your career, are you nervous now?"

"Louis ......"

......

Because on the night of the defeat at the Dragons Stadium, Ferguson flew back to Manchester with the whole Manchester United team, and immediately took the whole team to the hotel in Wales early the next morning, and also issued an order to close the training and not accept any reporters and media, which really suffocated the reporters who had been waiting to interview Manchester United after the match against Porto. None of them expected that Ferguson would be so ruthless, so that until today, they have not caught the slightest opportunity for an interview.

If it weren't for that, they probably wouldn't be as fanatical and crazy as they are now, and even a whole team of hotel security guards wouldn't have stopped them from putting the microphone into the mouths of the Manchester United players who were coming out of the hotel one by one.

Among them, even the female reporters who have always shown themselves as beautiful ladies are not inferior to the male counterparts on the side, and they have all become fierce aunts.

It's a pity that no matter how hard they try, they won't achieve much at this time. Not to mention that Li Lei ignores people like this, even if he has always had a good public image, the Manchester United players who wanted to be interviewed by them were silenced by Ferguson's ban. With Ferguson's unique and strong and iron-fisted style in the Manchester United team, no one dares to openly oppose the boss at this point.

In the end, these reporters could only look like resentful girls in the boudoir, watching these "negative people" walk onto the bus with cold faces, ignoring their eager and enthusiastic cheers, and not even looking at them.

"Bang Bang Bang ......"

After Li Lei stepped onto the bus and sat down in a window position, some unwilling reporters and media kept tapping the window, trying to attract Li Lei's attention and make him turn his head to look at their cameras.

But, obviously, Li Lei didn't intend to meet them even with this small request. Although he has always disliked journalists, he is not doing it for this reason, but because he simply does not have time to hate them now.

All his thoughts and attention had already flown to today, the first official final of his career, and he had already been distracted, although he seemed to be so cold that he didn't pay attention to these reporters outside the window at this time, but in fact, his eyes under the toad's sunglasses were now a little hazy and dull.

From the moment he sat down in his seat, all his attention was on the fact that in his head was replaying the details of the game that the goalkeeper needed to pay attention to, the technical details and the technical characteristics and styles of the key arrows in the Bolton squad that he had specially marked out after watching the pre-match video, such as Nigerian legend Okocha.

In fact, with his unusually positive attitude towards this final, he had memorized this information in his head a day ago, almost to the point where the corresponding information could jump out of his head by himself as soon as he thought about it, and he didn't need to review it again like he did now.

But he was nervous, and in the face of the first decisive battle of his career, Li Lei, who has always been known for his calmness and stability far beyond his peers in Ferguson's eyes, was inevitably nervous. Now, it wasn't so much that he was reviewing the information that he had memorized in his head for a long time, but that he was adjusting his slightly nervous mood in this way.

It wasn't until the figure of the magnificent Cardiff Millennium Stadium gradually appeared in front of his eyes that he stopped the process of review, came back to his senses, and his eyes suddenly became blazing and hot, which was his burning battle intent that was ignited in an instant.

By the time the Manchester United bus finally approached the Millennium Stadium, the atmosphere of the final had already been stirred up by the fans of both sides of the final. With a large number of security guards and police officers on the sidelines, there was no sign of any physical altercation between fans on both sides. This is partly due to the fact that there is no "grudge" between Manchester United and Bolton, but more importantly, no one wants to miss the opportunity to watch the final because of the excitement of the moment before the game.

Bolton Wanderers, in particular, are not like Manchester United fans who always have titles to celebrate, their home club Bolton Wanderers is not a team capable of competing for the title, and it is their main goal every Premier League season to stay in the Premier League every year, not to compete for the title. In such a situation, the League Cup and FA Cup titles, which are somewhat light on Manchester United fans, are naturally the only objects that Bolton fans can look forward to.

However, even so, with Bolton's quality, it will take a lot of luck to win either the League Cup and FA Cup. In the eyes of Bolton fans, this is clearly the best moment for Bolton to win the cup. Although the final will be against Premier League giants Manchester United, the Reds' poor form and the need to be distracted by the knockout tie against Porto in midweek have given them hope of winning the title.

So, even to see for themselves, the team's potential to win the Carabao Cup today is a classic in their not-so-glorious club history, and Bolton fans will never seek physical contact unless they touch their bottom line irrationally.

Therefore, under the premise that there is no slap in the face, there is only a very small chance that violent clashes will break out between fans on both sides today. However, although they don't want to do it, when it comes to moving their mouths, today's Bolton fans seem to be full of interest.

Under the slogan of Bolton Wanderers taking the lead in shouting what must be won and beating Manchester United by three goals, Manchester United fans will naturally not watch and show weakness. Although they don't value the Carabao Cup, they will not tolerate little Bolton climbing on their heads.

In this case, although the fans on both sides did not make a move, they used their mouths to stir up the hot atmosphere of the finals on the scene, and all kinds of deliberately targeted abuse and humiliating songs between the two sides were endless, and the scene was extremely noisy for a while, like a pot of boiling oil.

And the arrival of the Manchester United bus poured cold water on this pot of hot oil, and the decibel level of the scene instantly brought it to a new level.

"Shh!!h

Rumble!!!

At this moment of shrill boos and enthusiastic cheers, Li Lei, who was sitting in the bus, couldn't help but straighten up his body that was originally leaning on the back of the chair, looking at the extraordinarily hot scene outside the window, the corners of his mouth were uncomfortably raised, and his gaze under the toad's sunglasses instantly became blazing like a needle.

At this moment, he is fanatical! Excited!!

That's what I want!

That's what I want!!

My final, I'm coming!!