Chapter 166: Myburgh Vignette
The day after the league match with Southampton, while the outside world was still criticizing Manchester United's weak performance in this game, Ferguson had already taken the whole team to Midusbrough in a low-key manner to prepare for the second leg of the Carabao Cup semi-final against Myburgh. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Originally, the score of 4-0 in the first leg almost ensured Manchester United's promotion to the final, which was enough for Manchester United to treat this second leg as a passing ceremony, which could be easily and happily dealt with. But now no one rushed to the training ground to show any relaxed smile, and Ferguson, who had been blushing on the side, silenced the Manchester United players one by one, for fear of making any noise, hitting the muzzle of the old coach who had just lost his temper in front of the whole team yesterday, and inviting another murderous blow dryer baptism for himself.
At this moment, even Li Lei, who has always been the most relaxed and natural performance in front of Ferguson in the Manchester United team, does not dare to look at the old coach on the side. With the increasing prestige of Ferguson in his heart, he is now like the stone monkey in oriental myths and legends who is not afraid of heaven and earth, and he is afraid of Ferguson, the Buddha.
Today's Ferguson, even he, would not dare to provoke.
However, although the atmosphere of the whole team was not good, Manchester United still won the second leg of the League Cup semi-final against Myburgh with a score of 1-0 away from home, and successfully entered the final of this season's EFL Cup with an aggregate score of 5-0.
Although before this game, the local media and fans in Myburgh have been clamoring to create a comeback miracle at the home riverside stadium and deal another blow to Manchester United, who are in the quagmire. However, it turns out that even Manchester United, which is increasingly having a trend of falling into the sun, is also a big tiger in English football that is not easy to mess with, at least the little Myburgh can't afford to mess with.
Although when Li Lei and the Manchester United players entered the riverside stadium, they were "warmly" welcomed by the Myburgh fans, the boos and invective completely became the main theme in the sky over the riverside stadium. Among them, Li Lei, the protagonist who humiliated Myburgh coach McLaren, was greeted with the most "enthusiasm".
But it turns out that no matter how the fans make trouble, the whole Myburgh team has been completely discouraged by the 4:0 in the previous round. Even when they returned to their home stadium and had the enthusiastic support of the Myburgh fans, the fighting spirit and spirit of the Myburgh players on the pitch were worse than they were at Old Trafford.
Together, the two can be regarded as a typical thunder and rain, and although the eardrums of Li Lei and the Manchester United players were tested by the loud noise created by the Myburgh fans, they did not feel any real pressure from the opposite Myburgh players on the pitch.
Throughout the game, except for a few corners, set-piece attacks and Myburgh's long high ball, Li Lei barely moved, just like the warm-up, and when he sweated the most, it was when he stared at the boos of the whole court at the riverside stadium before the game to warm up before the game.
To be honest, Myburgh's performance made Li Lei a little disappointed. Before the game, he was waiting to see how the whole Myburgh squad would look good for him and Manchester United, as their rhetorical media and fans claimed before the game.
However, I didn't expect to wait for such a situation. In the game, as soon as he saw the Myburgh players on the opposite side who seemed to be playing hard, but their momentum and spirit were like a group of obedient sheep, Li Lei would keep baring his teeth and glance at the vacant head coach position on the bench on the sidelines with disdain.
What is missing this game due to illness, it's all bullshit!
In the face of this kind of opponent, he has always been unmotivated, because there is no value worthy of his full passion, and it is not worth it. However, even so, Li Lei humiliated Myburgh once in this uneventful game after 90 minutes.
Speaking of which, this is still an unintentional thing, which happened in the 70th minute of the second half, Manchester United has a one-goal lead, and has no intention of continuing to attack to expand the score, and the opposite Myburgh does not have any fighting spirit and desire to equalize or even overtake the score.
At this moment, football rarely even flies into the United penalty area. As the goalkeeper of Manchester United, Li Lei can be regarded as an unemployed vagrant who has temporarily lost his job on the field during this time, and he is really leisurely.
Some goalkeepers may like this kind of leisure, but this by no means includes Li Lei. This is not to say that he wants to have a scumbag defense line full of holes in front of him, but his instinct and nature are like this, he is aggressive and active, and he is by no means a person who likes to be idle.
If Myburgh can't threaten Manchester United just because they are not strong enough to work the pitch, then Li Lei may still be aroused by their fighting spirit and spirit. Even if he has nothing to do in front of the goal and in the penalty area, with his temperament, he will find something to do out of the penalty area by himself.
But the spirit shown by the whole team of Myburgh today has nothing to do with hard work and hard work, and it can't stimulate Li Lei at all, so he can't raise his strength and spirit to do something.
In such a situation of idleness, people will always subconsciously show their lazy side, and try to make themselves as comfortable as possible in the current environment. There is no doubt that Li Lei did the same.
Just because of Myburgh's weak performance, the only noisy and lively fan stand in the riverside stadium in the first half also quieted down weakly after the start of the second half, Li Lei's actions and performance at this time created the only huge noise in this dull second half, and the piercing boos shook the sky.
Just when the people watching the televised broadcast were amazed at why the Riverside Stadium, which had been quiet for the second half, was filled with shrill boos in an instant, the match commentator was thrilled and surprised to give them the answer, along with the live footage.
At this moment, they were greeted by a strange figure with a colorful hairstyle on his head, wearing the shirt of Manchester United's No. 13 goalkeeper, but suspiciously and strangely with his hands on his chest, lazily leaning on the goalpost, his eyes were blank, like a strange figure who was going to fall asleep the next moment, a figure they had never seen in a real game.
It's so relaxed and comfortable, looking like he's going to sleep, is he here to play or to travel?!
At the same time, the narrator's emotional voice perfectly illustrates what is in their minds at the moment: "Oh God! Oh, my God!! Hahahaha...... Please forgive Myburgh fans for laughing right now, because... Because this... It's just so much fun. Our Lee is going to fall asleep during the race, and it's a spectacle for the ages. Hehehehe, I think the reporters who were still writing about how to write about this bland game news have already found the subject of their coverage. Hahahaha......"
Although the commentator asked for forgiveness from the Myburgh fans in advance, it can be guaranteed that once he appears at the Riverside Stadium where he is now booing and laughing, the Myburgh fans will not care if he doesn't apologize or not, and will beat him to a fifth-class cripple first.
It's a pity that he is not here, in such a situation, as the protagonist who was just about to fall asleep, Li Lei naturally became the protagonist of the resentment of Myburgh fans.
Although he wasn't deliberately humiliated just now, it's just that when he's bored, he will subconsciously show his appearance, squinting his eyes like sleepy, but he will definitely not really sleep.
But Myburgh fans don't care if Li Lei really meant it, and with Li Lei's famous temper that has long been publicized by media reporters all over the world and the grievances that occurred between him and McLaren in the last game, I'm afraid that no one who understands will think that he didn't mean it.
However, it just so happened that Li Lei didn't have any thoughts to explain, nor did he feel any grievances that he had been wronged. At this time, the deafening shrill boos of the Myburgh fans can be regarded as playing into his arms, and he is in a panic.
At first, he was stunned for a while by the sudden boos of the Myburgh fans, but when he saw that everyone's eyes turned to him, he immediately came back to his senses, he didn't expect to have this kind of treatment when he was coming!
As soon as his eyes lit up, he reacted quickly and acted quickly, patting his mouth with his right hand very vividly, and stretching a big lazy waist by the way, just like he had just fallen asleep, and the acting was real.
"Shh!!h
Moreover, the effect is also very good, and in an instant, the decibel level of the Boo fans' boos has risen by a level.
But how do they know that this is what Li Lei is waiting for.
I saw that the corners of his mouth curved now, revealing the trademark disdainful sneer, but at the same time, the corners of his eyebrows were flying.
This expression only shows one thing, and he is satisfied!
Very satisfied!!
I'm so satisfied that I'm about to fly!!