Chapter 155: Manchester United's Bad Situation and Li Lei's Chances

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Just like sitting on the cold bench for a whole month and not participating in the competition, in the first month of 2004, Li Lei still focused his attention entirely on training. With the exception of the routine 90 minutes on the bench when he was playing at United, he devoted all his time to individual training and didn't even practice with Keane.

"Lee, if you really want to use your so-called goalkeeper style of play as your regular weapon, you have to understand the difference between a goalkeeper and a defender in defence, not just one can use the hand and the other can't. When you're playing a defender on the fly, you can't take every chance like you do on the goal line, you have to be selective. A defender is different from a goalkeeper in that he doesn't even have to touch the ball himself, sometimes he just needs to form a position for the attacking player and help his partner defend with ease. You have to keep that in mind so that you don't rush blindly at the ball carrier every time you come out of the field. If you don't get rid of this bad habit, once your goalkeeper's style of play is familiar to the opponent, it will only be a free goal bank, and the defense of the black hole will not work at all, but will have greater disadvantages. ...... At this time, a guard coach who had just joined Li Lei's personal coaching team was sternly pointing out the mistake Li Lei had just made.

And Li Lei crossed his waist on the side, listening carefully with a solemn face, without the slightest look of boredom.

If this scene is seen by people who don't know Li Lei, they may be surprised. Because in the impression of the outside world, Li Lei is the kind of lawless and rebellious teenager who can't listen to any lessons and nagging from others except Ferguson, and he would never have thought that Li Lei would look like a "good baby" like now.

This is a misleading effect that often appears in media reports, Li Lei is not a rebellious young man with no brains, he really doesn't like the wordy nature of others in front of him. But that's also useless nagging, and it's still useful and careful guidance. If it was the latter, even if he was forced to endure his temperament, he would listen carefully and carefully word for word.

Just like at this moment, in the goalkeeper kick training just now, since it is true that he attacked rashly and did not choose the right time and place, resulting in the defenseless empty door after he left the attack was easily broken by his personal trainer team member who simulated an attacking player, then he will naturally listen to the coach's teachings honestly, no matter how long he speaks, he will listen carefully.

After the coach finished speaking, he did not immediately retrain, but gave Li Lei a certain amount of time to think and reflect on the mistakes he had just made. Like the doorman kick, a new style of kicking with high requirements and high difficulty with great risks and benefits, just like the peerless swordsmanship "Dugu Nine Swords" written by a Jin Daxia in the Far East, the emphasis is on understanding and thinking, and a hard work and brute force will not only have no effect, but may also have the opposite effect.

It's the same question again......

Thinking back to the whole process just now, Li Lei couldn't help but feel a little irritable in his heart. This is not the first time he has committed this problem after he has stepped up his training on the goalkeeper's style of play recently.

It's just that no matter how many times he admonishes himself in his heart, when he really devotes himself to training, he will still subconsciously make this kind of mistake. But once he pays extra attention to this in training, he will miss the fleeting opportunity to attack in this training that simulates the real game environment as much as possible, and in the end, not only does he not use the goalkeeper's style of play, but even the goalkeeper's own work saves are not done well.

Recently, such a situation can be regarded as worrying Li Lei. It's just that no matter how anxious he is, no matter how good his physical talent is, this is not something that can be done in a hurry, he can only honestly take it step by step.

The goalkeeper style of play is not as simple as the goalkeeper and defender say, and it is completely a change in thinking for the goalkeeper position so far. This is also a rookie like Li Lei who has just kicked the goalkeeper position, if those experienced goalkeepers are allowed to test and train the goalkeeper kicking method in the future, I am afraid that there will inevitably be a funny scene of Handan toddler's laughter and generosity, not only can he not learn new things, but he will also make a mess of what he knows.

Therefore, in fact, Li Lei's current training progress on the goalkeeper's playing style is not bad, but he is not satisfied. Anxious to overwhelm Howard, he inevitably became a little impatient when he sat in the position of Manchester United's starting main goalkeeper.

Although Li Lei is not like those experienced goalkeepers, he can easily accept the new thinking of the goalkeeper's style of play and make a change of thinking. However, in order for the goalkeeper style to be used in real games, it is not enough to complete the conversion, it is necessary to turn the new thinking into the body's instinctive muscle memory and habits.

And such a process requires a lot of time and training to accumulate. No matter who it is, it is inevitable, including Li Lei, who is extremely talented.

It's not that he doesn't know this truth himself, but when he thinks of the current situation at Manchester United, he can't help but feel a little anxious. Because, he had a faint premonition in his heart that the time he was waiting for to completely overwhelm Howard had come, and the smell of the prey called Chance had directly penetrated his nose, how could he not be in a hurry.

Manchester United have been in poor shape lately and it looks like something could go wrong at any moment. This is not his judgment alone, but the common view of many public opinion forces in the outside world on the current Manchester United.

After entering 2004, with Rio Ferdinand starting the official ban, it is no secret that Manchester United have a big problem in the Premier League. Although in the three Premier League games after the Christmas schedule, Manchester United have a seemingly poor record of one win, one draw and one defeat, but there are no major problems. But anyone who has watched the footage of these three full Manchester United games probably knows that Ferguson and Manchester United are in big trouble.

I don't know if the impact of Rio Dinand's ban is really so big, or the occasional slump in Manchester United's overall form, anyway, Manchester United's three Premier League games are more difficult than one game.

In their first 2-1 win at Bolton, United were met with a stubborn resistance from the Premier League's mid-tier side playing at home. It wasn't until the 87th minute of the second half that Silvestre scored a winning header from a corner. In previous games, Ruud van Nistelrooy gave United the lead just 10 minutes into the first half, but then Bolton gave United a blow. Not only did he take advantage of a set-piece opportunity in front of him to equalise with a header two minutes after conceding the goal, but it also made it difficult for United's big stars for a long time afterward.

After this game, although Ferguson was still very strong in front of the media to defend his players, Li Lei knew that after returning to Manchester, Ferguson did not give any Manchester United players a good look for a whole week, and from time to time he would sacrifice his blow-up move.

But what the boss didn't expect was that this was not the worst time for Manchester United, and greater difficulties were yet to come.

In the next two games, United were held to a stubborn draw at home by Newcastle. In addition to exposing the attacking problems that have plagued Manchester United for a long time this season, it has also cost United another price that has made Ferguson angry - Paul Scholes is injured again. Towards the end of the game, England's famous bad boy Lee Bowyer made a ferocious tackle, leaving the talented England midfielder helplessly carried off the field on a stretcher.

In addition to this, what made Ferguson even more furious was that the referee on duty did nothing about it, and simply gave a verbal warning to Li Bowyer. In the wake of his trademark furious complaint, Ferguson was once again invited to the stands by the referee on duty.

Regardless of whether the referee's decision was correct or not, the fact that United had no choice but to receive a miserable and undeserved draw at home cannot be changed.

But this is not the worst, if the first two games of Ferguson did not have enough reason and confidence to defend Manchester United players in front of the media, then in the 22nd round of the league away goal lost to the Premier League vice-captain this season, relegation favorite Wolves, broke out the biggest upset of the round, it completely made the old coach speechless.

For a while, Manchester United was finally driven to the extremely hot fire frame of public opinion and became the object of criticism!

And it is precisely because of Manchester United's current extremely bad situation that Li Lei saw an excellent opportunity for him to completely overwhelm Howard, you must know that Howard's performance in these three games is unconvincing, and he has long been identified by the outside world as one of the culprits of Manchester United's poor performance during this time.

As a savior, he completely established the position of the starting main goalkeeper, which is the grand plan that Li Lei has planned in his heart just recently.

The time that he hasn't played for nearly two months has almost suffocated him, and he can no longer hold back the ambition in his heart, and he will never allow himself to miss this good opportunity again! Never!!

The wolf nature in Li Lei's bones began to awaken.

Grinning!

It's time to eat people!!