Chapter 228
Generally speaking, people who are too self-absorbed tend to lose their fighting spirit in the face of adversity and voluntarily give up the game. But it's not without exception, and things change when these people go to extremes.
For example, Anelka at the moment.
I have to say that Vanney's goal hit the Manchester City players and fans on the scene too much. occupied the advantage of most of the time, seeing that the end of the game was approaching, it was just when he wanted to continue to strengthen the offensive in order to score goals, but he happened to be poured on the head by this basin of cold water, and his heart and fighting spirit were completely extinguished, not to mention that they were completely extinguished, at least eight points were also dispelled.
Maine Road, which had been noisy and lively by Manchester City fans before, was suddenly quiet after Ruud van Nistelrooy's goal. Although there were still some die-hard Manchester City fans who were faithfully cheering for the Manchester City players on the pitch, their voices could no longer suppress the passionate singing and cheering of the small group of Manchester United fans in the stadium.
The cheering of the fans has waned, and the fighting spirit and enthusiasm of the Manchester City players on the pitch have not improved much. After Ruud van Nistelrooy's goal, it was as if they had been cursed with some dirt, as if they had no strength at all, and they were lazy, which was completely different from the way they had been attacking the United door with all their might not long ago.
Finished! Lost again to the damn Manchester United guys!! It's fucking this kind of plot again!!
Based on the accumulation of power formed by Manchester United's complete suppression of them for a long time, after the impact of Ruud van Nistelrooy's goal, all of them couldn't help but have such a frustrating thought and thought in their hearts, which can be regarded as a kind of shadow in their hearts.
Of course, that's not all. At the very least, there are still Keegan and Nicolas Anelka in the Manchester City squad, which is not the case. Both are outsiders to the city of Manchester and do not have the same psychological shadow of Manchester United as long-time Manchester City supporters, and both have strong personal expectations for Manchester United and the game.
Needless to say, the former naturally did not give up this great opportunity to defeat Manchester United because of this goal. It's just that Keegan, who can only jump on the sidelines at this time, can have a limited impact on the game in the next 10 minutes, and can only play an almost undetectable indirect role.
In comparison, as a player on the field, Anelka, the core of Manchester City's attack, can naturally play a more direct and bigger role than Keegan. It's just that unlike Keegan, Anelka's heart at this time is not to lead Manchester City to victory, but only to personally break through Li Lei's door once, even if it is only once, and there is no idea of winning for Manchester City in his mind.
Thankfully, though. If Anelka really won this game with the heart of fighting for Manchester City, then he may have almost lost his fighting spirit at this moment, just like other Manchester City players on the field.
In comparison, it was his obsession with defeating Li Lei and breaking the gate guarded by Li Lei, so that he could still attack desperately until this time, without any slack or give up.
It's just that when you go to the game with such a paranoid and well-thought-out idea in a football game, there is often no good result. And Anelka, this time, is obviously the same.
In the 88th minute of the second half, the morale and fighting spirit of the Manchester City players on the field had almost been exhausted, and they could no longer form the fierce and pressing siege of Manchester United before. In comparison, Manchester United's counterattacks, which have been ineffective before, and have only produced about five effective attacks until the game has been carried out, have begun to play vigorously, repeatedly making Manchester City's defense embarrassed.
In such a situation, Anelka, who was bent on launching a fierce attack on the gate guarded by Li Lei, naturally did not get much support from his teammates behind him. This group of garbage, in the end, I can only rely on myself! Seeing this, the lonely and arrogant French striker immediately began to hold this idea and launched an attack on Li Lei alone.
But in such a situation, the threat he can pose to Li Lei alone is too limited. In most cases, Li Lei doesn't even need to move, and Gary Neville and Brown can teach Anelka, who is completely stuck alone, a hard lesson.
Moreover, even if he is lucky enough to get past the blockade of Gary Neville and Brown, it will be difficult for him to achieve a good result if he faces Li Lei in this state at this time. This time, that's it.
When he received a pass from his teammates, he finally stumbled at the edge of the penalty area, and was very lucky to pass the block of Gary Neville and Brown, and staggered to rush over the ball, to be honest, the eyes of the Manchester City fans suddenly lit up, like pedestrians in the desert seeing an oasis, and suddenly became excited.
But then, Anelka's handling of the ball in the face of Li Lei, who had already made a good posture at this time, completely extinguished the glimmer of expectation that they had just raised.
To be honest, at this time, Li Lei, who had already put on a posture in front of the door, was shocked by Anelka this time and was covered in a cold sweat. He didn't expect that Anelka would be able to bypass the combined defense of Gary Neville and Brown in such a daze, and he had already missed the best opportunity to attack when Anelka was stumbling just now.
This directly leads to the fact that at this time he can only be beaten passively on the goal line.
12 yards close, still unguarded, in this case, as long as he can make any good quality shot, because the distance is too close, it is extremely difficult for the goalkeeper to react quickly and make a timely save.
This is no exception for Li Lei.
Therefore, at this time, he seems to be calm and eyeing Anelka, but in fact, his heart is hanging up and down, and there is no bottom at all.
Damn it! Is it really going to be a careless Jingzhou!!
Under such circumstances, Li Lei, who has always been mentally tough, couldn't help but give up on himself. But what he didn't expect was that Anelka's next handling directly made him dumbfounded.
In the case that the pace has not been adjusted, he directly picks up a kick, which is a strong volley. The football "bang" immediately flew to the Manchester City fan stands behind Li Lei, and it was not aimed at the bullseye of the goal at all, not even the range of the goal, let alone any angle and threat.
"Alas~"
Listening to the neat sighs of regret and weakness of the Manchester City fans in the stadium, as the person who witnessed Anelka's shot from the nearest distance, Li Lei was stunned for a while before he came to his senses, what is he doing? Is he undercover?
In turn, his own thoughts amused Li Lei again.
Looking at the dumb hen in front of him, he couldn't believe his eyes, his face was full of chagrin, and the incredible Anelka, Li Lei finally determined at this moment that at least in this game, the French striker's psychology had completely collapsed.
It is based on this judgment that when the game entered the injury time stage, he felt that the huge goalkeeping pressure on his body was gone, and Li Lei, who was in a particularly relaxed mood, even made such a move on the field.
In Manchester City's last attack, when Anelka, who was unable to break through the completely vigilant Gary Neville and Brown, ended the attack with a long-range shot that was almost vented, the goalkeeper used dynamic vision to judge that Anelka's kick was straight to the second floor of the stadium, Li Lei, who directly put away his hand, stood on the goal line with a relaxed and leisurely look with his hands folded, and watched the football fly out of the field with a playful and disdainful gaze.
Such a look, which looks like a goalkeeper in a game, is like a lazy and leisurely tourist, spectator.
There is no doubt that letting the opposing goalkeeper show such a gesture in front of him during the game is the most straightforward and complete humiliation of the striker.
Anelka, who has a lonely and arrogant personality, can't bear this, but what can he do. Except for glaring at Li Lei with anger and jealousy, and staring at Li Lei with hairy eyes, he couldn't do anything else.
If it is another goalkeeper, it may be really possible to be frightened by Anelka's appearance at this time, but Li Lei will definitely not. Because, Anelka's scary appearance is exactly what he wants to see.
I saw him face Anelka, who was glaring at him angrily, and shrugged his shoulders directly with his hands folded, making an "innocent and sincere" look.
However, at this moment, the disdainful smile of Chiguoguo hanging on the corner of his mouth was like a sharp knife directly into Anelka's heart.
Pierced into the flesh!
Pierced to see blood!!
It hurts!!