Chapter 272: Battle Henry (3)
"It's Lee again! He saved Manchester United again!! Excellent performance, impressive reaction speed, Thierry Henry's attack on the Manchester United goal ended in failure once again! However, Arsenal's attack has not been seen in the near future, but I think United should be on their toes, and it looks like Bergkamp's presence has reinvigorated Arsenal's attack. The Dutch veteran is not the 21-year-old Reyes, but he is not so easy to deal with. ......”
Lineker's comments after Lee Ray saved Thierry Henry's long-range shot were validated in the restart. Although it was already raining heavily, Arsenal had clearly adapted to the rainy weather in London. Although they paid more attention to ground warfare, they were not affected much, and the offensive did not weaken in the slightest.
Amid the deafening cheers of the Arsenal fans in spite of the rain, Arsenal regained the dominant position that had been seized by Manchester United thanks to their powerful attack. Manchester United, on the other hand, had to temporarily retract the formation, take the lead in solidifying the defense, focusing on defensive counterattacks, and waiting for the time to counterattack.
After the team's offensive and morale were fully up, Arsenal began in the 62nd minute of the second half, forming a wave of 10-minute strong pressure on Manchester United, which made Li Lei, who guarded the gate of Manchester United, once again intuitively feel the huge pressure brought by their sharp edge. Coupled with the rain, the football became slippery and aggravated, and it was even more difficult for Li Lei to make a save in front of the goal.
In the 62nd minute of the second half, Pire, Thierry Henry and Bergkamp played another exquisite combination at the edge of the penalty area, which completely made Gary Neville and Silvestre and others a little dizzy. In the end, Bergkamp's through ball cut through the Manchester United defense like a scalpel, allowing Henry, who had already turned forward to get rid of Silvestre, once again had the opportunity to get up and face Li Lei directly.
Although, in the end, Henry's non-stop shot did not hit the target range, but missed the far post, but Li Lei's expression couldn't be happy.
The reason is also very simple, he just wanted to make a save, but he didn't have time to make a save, and the football had already passed by his ears like a sharp arrow. This is a very normal thing, because no matter how fast his reaction speed is, it is still within the normal range of human beings. The goalkeeper is powerless to shoot this kind of close-range explosive shot, he can only look at God's face and gamble on luck, which Li Lei is naturally no exception.
It's just that Li Lei doesn't think so, what he hates most is this feeling of powerlessness that he can't do anything.
Damn it!
Compared with Henry, who was holding his head in front of him at this time, Li Lei, who was lucky not to lose the ball, looked even more ugly with an angry face, and made up his mind to pay attention to recovering this face next time.
And he did exactly that, two minutes later, when Henry was 20 yards away from the goal on the left side, facing Sylvester left and right without making a few movements, suddenly swinging his leg on the spot, and the instep of his right foot made a perfect curling ball straight to the top corner of the far post, Li Lei used practical actions to save face for his last inability.
This time, he was extraordinarily focused, and he had already predicted Henry's choices and actions. As early as the moment Henry swung his legs, there was a small movement of his center of gravity moving slightly towards the far post. With this foundation, when the football flew in a wonderful arc, Li Lei naturally handled it with great ease.
In the exclamation of all Arsenal fans, he jumped up and shouted, a hungry tiger caught the sheep, and his hands were very confident to directly hold Henry's shot in his hands, not like the average goalkeeper in the rain to deal with long shots choose to block the slippery ball, so that after Henry's shot was alert to run in front of the goal, ready to shoot at any time to do a futile work.
His choice so confidently also caused Lineker to exclaim: "Oh, Lee! Oh Lee!! Confidence, absolute self-confidence that belongs to young people!! In normal training, no goalkeeper coach would advise a player to try to hold the football directly when facing a long-range shot in a rainy day, and it can even be said that there is no such training content at all. Therefore, if there is a goalkeeper who can do what Li just did in such a rainy weather, you can't find any other reason to explain it except for the reason of being extremely confident in your own strength! No!! ”
As Lineker said, although Li Lei's save does not seem to be very exciting on the surface, and it does not seem to be very difficult, the absolute confidence of the goalkeeper in himself contained in it is enough to shock everyone who understands the ball.
The only pity is that the venue for Li Lei's game is not Old Trafford, but Highbury, otherwise, he would have received a burst of cheers and applause from the Manchester United fans, rather than the shrill boos and invectives from the disappointed Arsenal fans.
Of course, there must be no shortage of this, and Li Lei himself found a reason to scold. Who made him stand up with the soccer ball in his arms, and like the Statue of Liberty, hold it high above his head, and proudly announce to the entire Highbury Stadium that he had just finished their king's shot?
As long as he is an Arsenal fan, when he sees the red fruit at the corner of Li Lei's mouth at this time, he will be unabashedly proud, I am afraid it will be difficult to suppress the power of the desolation boiling in his body.
It's just that Li Lei's action is really not aimed at Arsenal fans, but at Arsenal No. 14, King Highbury.
So, to a certain extent, Li Lei is really a fairly simple and easy to understand person. The reason why he did this at this moment is very simple, since your shot just now made me feel powerless, then I will definitely humiliate and provoke you again this time, and the feeling of unhappiness must be at least twice as much as mine.
Looking at Henry's hidden gloomy and cold look at the moment, although he is not sure whether the anger and unhappiness in his heart have reached twice as much as Li Lei's heart just now, but at least it is certain that this King of Highbury is definitely clouded in his heart at this time, and the thunder and lightning roar.
Angering the king often comes at a terrible price. On the football field, the cost of angering Henry, the King of Highbury, is no small one.
It's just that Li Lei is not very afraid of this, but is very keen to try how to make Henry, the king of Highbury, angry to death.
Otherwise, he would not have saved Henry's long-range shot and header in the 66th minute of the second half in just one minute, and after two consecutive saves on goal, he made a frivolous and disdainful grimace in front of Henry under the shrill boos of all the Arsenal fans who were about to go crazy.
To tell the truth, when he lifted the tip of his nose in front of Henry, like a dead pig's head, and stuck out his tongue, Lineker, who saw this scene, was directly speechless, leaving only his mouth to say something subconsciously.
"Oh my God, how dare he?! How dare he?!! ”
"This is Highbury! He's Henry!! ”
"Does he still want to get out of here alive?!"
"It's crazy!!"
"Crazy !!"