In today's football, it's not uncommon for a goalkeeper to pick up a defender's return pass. However, when a defender is forced to play a step inside the penalty area and has no way to pass the ball, the defender also passes back to the goalkeeper, which is very rare in today's football, especially in England, which is not dominated by passing the ball.

If you add that the ball is not the defender who took the initiative to pass to the goalkeeper, but the goalkeeper who took the initiative to run into the penalty area, leaving an empty gate, and then took the initiative to seek a better position for the defender to pass the ball, and this person was a complete football rookie less than a year ago, even after the saving level shined, because the basic skills were not solid, Li Lei, who rarely received the ball from the feet of his teammates before this game, then this matter is enough to be shocked for those who know Li Lei.

Not to mention how Manchester United fans were a little stunned after seeing this scene, they couldn't react for a while, and even Lineker, who has always paid attention to Li Lei and is well-informed, was shocked to open his mouth after seeing this scene, and he was speechless for a while.

At least in England, he has never seen a goalkeeper so active and proactive, in such a dangerous position just now, he dared to run out of the penalty area and take the initiative to receive the ball at the feet of the central defender.

In today's football, the return of the centre-back to the goalkeeper is still a transitional means that the team has to carry out in order to control the ball at their feet, and it is not the norm. This characteristic is especially evident in English football, which advocates a high-pairing, high-speed football style and does not pay attention to ball control.

So far, when the vast majority of English teams can't find a way to get out of the ball, they would rather kick the ball out of the way, or drive directly out of the sideline to give up the ball at their feet, rather than risk passing the ball back to the goalkeeper. On the football map of Great Britain, this is considered a senseless move to add the possibility of danger in front of goal for no reason.

Not to mention, like Li Lei this time in such a dangerous position, in a dangerous situation, took the initiative to drop the door and ran outside the penalty area to pass the ball this time to help the team control the ball at their feet, which in the eyes of most traditional coaches of English football today, I am afraid that it belongs to the crooked evil way that should never be killed in this world.

After all, in the traditional concept of English football, no amount of possession is useless, more possession at the foot will cause the opponent to break the ball and counterattack, as long as there are enough attacking opportunities, there is no need to have more attempts at possession.

Therefore, Li Lei is fortunate to play under Ferguson, the most open-minded British coach who strives for the Europeanization of Manchester United's style of play, otherwise, the result of his rash behavior this time will not be Ferguson's slight frown, but may be a fierce scolding and warning.

However, for Li Lei's sudden self-assertion this time, it is impossible for Ferguson to say that he has no idea at all. But at this time, the old coach, who had already thought that this was probably a brand-new test of Li Lei's doorman's playing style, still held back his temper and did not reprimand him. Instead, I want to see what Li Lei will do in the future, and what the effect of his actions will be.

Although Ferguson is a coach with very strict tactical discipline requirements, he is not the kind of old-fashioned coach who is brainless, and when he encounters a talented young man like Li Lei, he still prefers to give young people as much space as possible to develop, so that their imagination and talent can be fully developed by a more enlightened manager.

Of course, Li Lei wants to continue to try this way of handling the ball in the next game, but he doesn't succeed and causes a big disaster, he will definitely not be as good at talking as he is now. After all, this is a crucial game related to whether Manchester United can advance to the last four of the FA Cup, and it is not a normal training ground that can be left to Li Lei alone.

This stinky boy, it's hard to......

As soon as he thought of this, Ferguson couldn't help but have a headache, and glanced at Li Lei on the field with a look of resentment, feeling that his life was being severely tested by this bastard boy and was in crisis.

But a headache is a headache, and after seeing that the current game situation will not have any adverse changes for Manchester United, the old coach immediately thought about the pros and cons of Li Lei's tactics just now.

Since Li Lei proposed the concept of goalkeeper kicking to him, he knew that although this kid seemed reckless and brave to outsiders, he was actually a rare player who likes to use his brain and play football with a ball quotient.

Although he has the active pursuit of scenery and attention in his nature, he will never ignore the team on the field because of this, and act recklessly alone. So, since he did it all of a sudden on the pitch, it must be that he thinks it's better for the team to do so.

At this time, Ferguson was thinking, is this the case? If so, where are the benefits? Is it worth the risk for Manchester United? If it's worth it, does he need to make any changes to United's tactics to maximise the benefits? ......

While Ferguson was pondering for Li Lei's sudden rush out of the penalty area to pass the ball, most of the people who were watching the game, including Lineker, were scratching their ears about it.

Although the game was going on at this time, and the scene was lively and not dull, they always felt that they couldn't concentrate on watching, and their minds kept thinking about the time Li Lei had just made their eyes shine, and they felt very fresh, but because the game continued, they didn't have time to recall the move of rushing out of the penalty area to pass the ball, as if a cat's paw had been scratching in their hearts for this, which made them unforgettable for a while.

I wonder when Lee will be able to do it again? What does it mean to think that such a move is? If only Lee did it again, let's take a closer look? ......

It is precisely because of this that while watching the game, such thoughts have always surfaced in their hearts, attracting their attention and making them unable to calm down.

Of course, Li Lei did not disappoint them. After the first attempt was successful, he immediately confidently tried a bolder attempt in the 56th minute of the second half.

This time, it directly stunned everyone, and it was even more impactful than the first time.

At this time, Manchester United had taken advantage of the fact that Fulham, who had been running like crazy, needed a short break, and once again completely controlled the situation on the field. The whole formation then pressed, even the positions of Brown and Sylvester had reached the center circle arc, and Li Lei completely disappeared from everyone's vision as in the first half.

It's just that although they are in control of the situation, Fulham's tenacious and solid defense formed after the whole line has made Manchester United's attacking power problem, which has been criticized this season, once again reflected. The lack of sufficient offensive means made Manchester United form an embarrassing situation of empty advantages and no effective offensive for a while.

This time was the same, when Ryan Giggs took the ball to face the first two Fulham defenders and had to reluctantly pass back, all United fans couldn't help but sigh that it would be a repeat of the previous few minutes. The attack hit a wall, the return pass, after the transmission at the feet of the central defender who has been pressed to the midfield, or change the direction of attack, or pull the Fulham defensive formation out a little and continue to attack in the original direction, and then because of the lack of offensive skills, continue to pass back, so boring back and forth.

But just as the football was passed back to Brown's feet, Fulham's two forwards immediately pressed up, and when Brown and Sylvester did not have a chance to handle the ball easily, a figure with a colorful and strange hairstyle, which should never have appeared near the arc of the center circle, but at this time, the figure that appeared here suddenly broke into their field of vision.

In this regard, Lineker's shock was the same as that of the stunned Manchester United fans at the scene, "Brown has the ball!" ...... Oh, who is this?! Plum! How did he get here?!! Oh! He asked Brown for the ball, and Fulham's strikers apparently didn't react, no one went up to pounce on him, and the long ball was ——! Precise long passes! Fulham's centre-back was clearly a little caught off guard, and Vanney headed it over, chance! Opportunity!! Giggs shot on the back cut!! Ah——, it's a shame to play high, and United missed a good opportunity to break the deadlock. ”

"However, this is not the most important thing, the most important thing is, how did Lee just end up there?! When did you come up?!! Oh my God, this is in the centre circle and United are on the attacking side with the ball, how can he be there?! He's a goalkeeper, how can he be there?!! How can it ?!!! ......”

While Lineker was yelling out for this, the crowd at Old Trafford wasn't much better.

Not to mention that he was completely stunned at this time, even Ferguson, who was well-informed on the sidelines and had always been unfazed, looked at Li Lei, who was holding his head and retreating quickly in the direction of the gate at this time, as if he had seen some alien creature.

This bastard kid!

Bastard boy!!

He must have been sent by God to harm me!!