Chapter 241: Van der Sar and Li Lei & Old times and new times
If Li Lei's first attempt can only be a glimpse for everyone, attractive enough, but not shocking enough, then his bolder attempt this time has undoubtedly stunned everyone on the scene.
This is really not their fuss, but in fact, since the Colombian "madman" Iquita retired from football, they have never seen any goalkeeper in world football have an absolutely deviant "demon" performance like Li Lei this time.
When a goalkeeper is attacking the team, he suddenly appears near the arc of the center circle, directly receives a long pass from his teammates, and launches an attack, are you sure it is a serious game, not a friendly game of playfulness?!
At this time, everyone at Old Trafford was stunned and looked at Li Lei, who had returned to the gate of Manchester United, not only the Manchester United fans who were watching, but even the Manchester United players on the field, and even the Fulham players were collectively stunned at this moment, doubting their eyes and doubting their lives.
For this reason, the game was interrupted for a short time and did not start immediately. Because, standing in front of Fulham, Van der Sar, who was far away from Li Lei, was stunned by the deviant behavior of Li Lei, a peer and junior, just now, and did not react for a while.
Launching a counterattack with a direct long pass is certainly one of the technical characteristics of the old Dutch goalkeeper, but when he thought of the crazy move of rushing to the center circle arc near the arc of the middle circle to participate in the team's attack as a goalkeeper like Li Lei just now, after coming back to his senses, the old goalkeeper has been shaking his head and smiling bitterly, he never thought that the goalkeeper could do this, and he has never had such an idea since he began to contact professional football training.
Is it really okay for a goalkeeper to do this? But isn't it too risky? When I was a child, the coaches said that the goalkeeper should be the most stable and safe position in the style of play, right? ......
Van der Sar was stunned for a moment on this question, but he didn't get an answer.
Although he personally felt that Li Lei's actions just now were not completely impossible, but this idea just came out, and all the warnings and guidance from all the goalkeeper coaches in his career so far would come out all of a sudden, telling him that Li Lei's behavior should definitely be forbidden for a goalkeeper, and the risk is too great.
However, when this idea came to him, he couldn't help but have a voice in his heart and say, why not? Just be careful, be cautious, and be precise in your timing, which may seem risky, but at some point it can be a trick to break the enemy for a team that is struggling with attack.
However, when such a voice prevails, the warnings and guidance of the goalkeeper coaches based on their own long-term professional experience will once again stand up and severely refute it.
It went back and forth like this, until Van der Sar came back to his senses when he heard the referee's whistle, and the old Dutch goalkeeper did not get a positive answer to this.
I think what is this for, even if there is a revolutionary change in the goalkeeper position, the future belongs to these young people.
After asking for football from the ball boy behind the goal, and finally kicking off to let the game start again, Van der Sar couldn't help but glance at Li Lei, who was not yet 20 years old who was far away from him, and couldn't help but feel a bitterness because of the years.
However, as soon as this emotion was raised, Van der Sar immediately suppressed it, thinking too much, and the current game is the most important thing, and it is not the time to think about it.
In this way, Van der Sar soon focused his full attention on the game and his emotions calmed down again. As long as he looked at Li Lei, who was far away from him, the Dutch veteran's eyes once again appeared with the same burning eyes that he once used to look at Li Lei's back in the players' tunnel at halftime.
Originally, Li Lei's rather quiet performance at the start of the second half had already made Van der Sar forget what he said to himself in the tunnel at half-time.
But at this time, after Li Lei's two deviant behaviors in the goalkeeper position, the fighting spirit of the veteran who refused to admit defeat burned again. I'm not old enough to be overtaken by the younger generation, so come on!
Li Lei had no idea about Van der Sar's complicated psychological activity on the other side, and at this time he was in a state of excitement because of the success of this more daring attempt just now, and he didn't think about anything else at all.
That's it! My idea is indeed doable!
After putting the regret of missing the opportunity because of Ryan Giggs behind him, Li Lei immediately cheered up and threw himself back into the game, and also had more thoughts and expectations for the next game of the goalkeeper's attempt.
However, even if the mood was high and the confidence was full because of the success of the previous two experiments, Li Lei did not take the lead in showing the goalkeeper kick, but fell silent again after the game restarted, patiently waiting for the right time.
He knows very well that once he starts to play the goalkeeper style for the sake of the goalkeeper play, and forgets the first rule of the goalkeeper style of play, which is to serve the team and the whole body, the goalkeeper style of play, which itself increases the risk of the goalkeeper's position, will definitely be frantically targeted by the guarded opponent after the opponent is familiar with it, and then lose miserably.
This is not the scene Li Lei wants to see, the goalkeeper kick he envisions is a revolutionary kick in the goalkeeper position that can be implemented for a long time, rather than a temporary trick with a short life.
There is no doubt that he is doing the right thing to do, and he can bear it himself, but the other people watching the game can't help it, they are still waiting for Li Lei to come back to make their eyes shine and challenge the fixed image of the goalkeeper in their hearts.
This is a kind of human nature that likes the new and hates the old, after all, the impression of the goalkeeper coming to pursue safety and stability is too deep in the hearts of the world. As a result, if someone suddenly steps up and challenges them, the freshness and excitement they bring will not be inferior to that of a beautiful goal on the pitch.
If not, how could Ikita, the "madman", have as many fans and popularity as a striker all over the world as a goalkeeper in his football days.
It can be said that Li Lei at this time is following the old path of Ikita. It's just that Ikita was ultimately a failure in the eyes of professional football people, and his unprecedented goalkeeper style of play at that time was also considered to be a poison style that would only poison the team, but I don't know what the outcome of Li Lei's goalkeeper style of play will be.
Either way, though, one thing is for sure. At the very least, he's successful now.
In the 62nd minute of the second half, when Li Lei received Brown's return pass in front of the goal, there were people around Brown and others, and all his ball lines were blocked, as a goalkeeper, he suddenly unexpectedly accelerated the ball directly out of the penalty area, and waited until he was 30 meters away from the goal, and then rushed to the front of the Fulham defender who reacted and pounced on the front of the long pass to Giggs, and once again played a more deviant goalkeeper style of play, he was not greeted with doubts and boos, It was the deafening exclamations and cheers of the Manchester United fans in the stadium.
His behavior just now made them directly secrete a large amount of adrenaline in an instant after waiting for a long time, and before the ball was scored, they had already begun to be excited.
Therefore, judging from this moment alone, although Li Lei's goalkeeper style of play is not successful, it is by no means a failure.
As for the future?
At the very least, Li Lei himself is full of confidence.
At this time, while he quickly retreated to the front of the goal, his eyes were staring at the football that had landed accurately on the route of Ronaldo, and a fierce beast called ambition had already come out of the gate in his fiery eyes!
is running wild!!
Raise your head to the sky and roar!!