Chapter 302
"Penalty! Penalty kick!! Thank God, Riley's whistle is finally no longer a useless ornament, and he will finally blow it. Steven Gerrard proved once again why he was the captain of Liverpool, and in this deadlock, it was he who stepped up and broke the deadlock for the team......
When Riley made the penalty decision, Alan Hansen, who had been criticizing Riley's law enforcement not long ago, suddenly entered a high tide, and all kinds of sensual praise words kept throwing at Gerrard, as if the main reason for the penalty was not Gary Neville's reckless mistake, but Gerrard's superb strength.
Such blind touting, as if Liverpool was already ahead, made Lineker on the side naturally unable to stand it, and he directly sarcastically said: "Alain, I can understand your excitement, but I think you should know that Liverpool has not scored this penalty yet, everything is still uncertain." ”
"You mean, the Manchester United Asian goalkeeper saved the penalty?" Although Alan Hansen was a little confused with joy at this moment, he still immediately sensed the deep meaning of his partner's words.
In this regard, Lineker did not shy away from saying bluntly: "That's right. Did you know that Lee still has a record of saving all his penalties and not conceding a single goal? ”
"You mean that Asian kid?" Alan Hansen replied in disbelief. He really didn't know about this matter, but he didn't expect Li Lei to keep such a record.
"That's right. He didn't even allow the Arsenal players to score a single penalty in the Community Shield against Arsenal before the season, and Lee was an absolute winner when it came to saving penalties. Lineker said with great pride.
"Hmph, it's just that this Asian kid hasn't played too many games." Alan Hansen snorted coldly and said stiffly, "What does this Asian goalkeeper want to do?" What is he talking to Gerald? Is it trying to upset Gerald's emotions? ”
After seeing Li Lei suddenly walk in front of Gerald, Alan Hansen suddenly became excited. I have to say that Lineker's record of Li Lei's unmissed penalty so far really scared Alan Hansen, making him a little fuss about Li Lei's every move at the moment.
However, his suspicions were not wrong. At this time, Li Lei really wanted to play some tricks on Gerald.
knows Li Lei very well, and Lineker, who is a loyal fan of Li Lei, directly affirmed with bright eyes: "That's right, it should be like this." As far as I know, Lee often launches a psychological offensive against the opposing player before saving a penalty, which may be one of the reasons why he has not missed a penalty so far. ”
"Hmph, Gerald won't fall for that Asian kid's trick!"
Alan Hansen was as tough as ever, but what he didn't know was that Li Lei's psychological offensive was far more powerful than he imagined.
Li Lei naturally knew that Gerrard was not the kind of player who was easily disturbed by others' words, so at the beginning of the game, he did not intend to use Gerrard as the entry point of his psychological offensive.
"Hey, what, Stephen (Gerrard), you, the captain of Liverpool, don't even dare to take a penalty, and you have to give it to your teammates, are you afraid of me?"
This was the first thing Li Lei said after he walked up to Gerald. However, although the content of the words was aimed at Gerrard, Li Lei's eyes were actually fixed on Liverpool's right midfielder Murphy, who was about to take the ball from Gerrard's hand and take a penalty here.
He was gambling that Steven Gerrard, the captain, was so popular with Liverpool players that they didn't want to see Gerrard humiliated in front of him even if he missed a penalty opportunity.
I have to say that Li Lei found this entry point really exquisitely, so in the end, he succeeded.
After seeing the disdainful smile on Li Lei's face, Murphy immediately snorted coldly, directly stuffed the football he had received in his hand back into Gerrard's arms, and said, "Stephen, you should take this penalty." Don't let any puppies and kittens dare to come and look down on you! ”
It's done!
Seeing this, Li Lei was immediately overjoyed, but his face was silent, and after whistling lightly, he said, "Well, team spirit, it's really touching." ”
With that, he turned around and walked towards the goal.
As soon as he turned around, the corners of Li Lei's mouth couldn't help but show a smug sneer, he knew that his first step was completed!
Li Lei, who has studied a large number of penalty materials and videos, has found a phenomenon, that is, if the penalty is punished by the player who created the penalty, then the probability that the penalty is directly missed or the penalty quality is not high will be extremely high.
Although there is no guarantee that Gerrard will make such a mistake next, Li Lei is not guaranteed, but for Li Lei, this is just some off-the-board moves. It's good to be successful, and it doesn't matter if you don't, anyway, it's just a little lip service to spend on this.
He knows very well that he can only rely on himself to save penalties, and if he really pins his hopes on these off-the-board moves, it is likely to be self-defeating.
Therefore, before and after he returned to the door, Li Lei patted his face, completely emptied the rest of his distractions in his head, and only Gerrard, who was standing in front of the penalty spot at this time, and the football placed on the 12-yard white dot, his eyes were burning, and he had a lion fighting rabbit, dominating the world!
When Li Lei had no distractions, he didn't know that his psychological tactics had just begun to show results. At this time, Gerald, who was waiting for Riley's whistle, was making waves in his heart for Li Lei's words just now.
Gerrard also knew that a player who was going to take a penalty could not be distracted, but as long as he looked up and saw Li Lei's strong eyes in front of the goal, his heart couldn't help but beat a drum.
Of course, he knew that the intention of Li Lei's words just now was to force him to take this penalty, but what he suspected was why Li Lei did this?
Does he think that if I take this penalty, he will save it? Or did he have a knack for taking penalties that made him so confident? No, no, I have to focus now, focus, and I can't be messed up by him. ......
"Toot!"
Just when Gerrard, who was standing in front of the penalty spot, was made suspicious and uncertain by Li Lei, referee Riley's whistle did not give him enough time to clear up the distractions, and it sounded shortly after all the players on both sides withdrew from the penalty area.
In fact, generally speaking, after the referee wants to whistle, the player who takes the penalty does not have to rush to take the penalty at all, and if he wants to pause again, there is still enough time.
Therefore, Gerrard does not need to rush to punish at this time, he can fight for a while and adjust his mentality.
But the strange thing is that Gerald's mind was complicated at this time, and he was startled by Riley's whistle, so after hearing the whistle, he didn't have time to think at all, and his body began to run in a hurry.
It wasn't until he ran to the ball and swung his legs that he suddenly came to his senses. But it is too late at this time, according to the rules, when the player takes a penalty, he can stop arbitrarily during the run-up and use feints and rhythm changes to deceive the goalkeeper, but as long as the shooting action is officially made in front of the ball, no more feints and rhythm pauses are allowed, otherwise, the penalty will be judged a penalty violation and the penalty will be cancelled directly.
Therefore, at this time, Gerald couldn't stop even if he wanted to.
In addition to this, what is even worse is that Gerrard's mind is completely blank at this time, and he has not thought about how to take this penalty at all, everything is done by physical instinct.
Finished!
As soon as the football was kicked out by him, Gerrard immediately chuckled in his heart and closed his eyes in disappointment. He knew very well that this penalty kick, which had neither power nor angle, and was still the best half-high ball for the goalkeeper, could not threaten Li Lei at all.
Rumble!!!
And it turned out to be exactly the same, the next moment he just closed his eyes, the huge sound that erupted from the mouths of Manchester United fans slammed into his ears.
The next moment, he felt someone walk in front of him again. When I opened my eyes, I saw that it was not Li Lei.
At this time, Li Lei was raising his hands high, his chin raised, and looking down at Gerrard, who looked lonely and regretful in front of him, with a downward attitude, and looked at the Liverpool captain.
Like a lion patrolling his territory!
Obstinate and unruly!!
Domination of the world!!