Chapter 213
Sir Alex Ferguson's substitution of Cristiano was clearly aimed at the Portuguese talent's pace and breakthrough ability to bring United's counter-attack back on the back burner. With Manchester United currently lacking in defensive talent, it was a risky decision that Sir Alex Ferguson had to make. However, this season the Portuguese youngster has not been as good as he could have been. Aside from a period of impressive performances in the early stages of the season, his performances have always been hard to say worthy of Manchester United's legendary No.7 shirt. Will Ferguson's trust in him be rewarded this time? Let's wait and see......"
Just when the commentators expressed some doubts about Ferguson's decision to replace Cristiano Ronaldo, the Manchester United fans at the scene were also not at ease with this substitution decision. It's not that they don't have confidence in Ronaldo, it's that Ronaldo's previous series of performances that only played tricks, were a little lonely, and occasionally faked falls, which could not make them have an optimistic prediction of the young player's performance after appearing at such an important moment.
"Cristiano—"
"Ronaldo !!"
But even though they think so, there is no other way for them than to believe that Ferguson's judgment is correct. Under the leadership of the DJ on the spot, they made the loudest noise possible to express their encouragement to Ronaldo, hoping that the Portuguese youngster could bring them unexpected surprises.
For a time, Ronaldo, who was replaced by Ferguson at this critical moment, completely became the only focus on the field!
For this kind of treatment, Ronaldo, who likes to be in the limelight, is naturally pleased, and Li Lei is naturally a little overwhelmed.
Shh
Facing the scene in front of him, Li Lei, who was sitting on the bench, was simply unhappy to the sky. Although he won't admit that he is jealous, it is indeed jealousy. Compared with Ronaldo, who is more outgoing, Li Lei can be said to be the type of "sullen". Although he has always seemed aloof, he loves to be the center of attention as much as Cristiano Ronaldo.
At this moment, Li Lei once again strengthened his determination to immediately snatch the starting main goalkeeper position under Howard's buttocks. In the past, due to his own lack of strength and Ferguson's "tuning" and other reasons, he could still suppress the strong impulse in his heart, but now, he can no longer bear it.
Since I'm stronger than that damn Yankee, I'm supposed to be the main goalkeeper who plays the starter! I'm supposed to be the one who plays on the field, so why should I sit on the bench and be a spectator! Why?!!
The experience of being a gangster in the slums has made the cruel reality of the law of the strong deeply ingrained in Li Lei's values, and this kind of wildness is not at all something that Ferguson can change in a short period of "polishing" and "training".
At this point, he will also take into account Manchester United's prospects in the Champions League, and hope that Howard can perform well, but he has also decided in his heart that once the game is over, regardless of the outcome, he will let Mendes help him launch an assault on Manchester United's starting goalkeeper position.
Anyway, before the game, he only promised Ferguson that he would not make any moves before the game in front of him, and as for what to do after the game, it was not a breach of contract.
What's more, at the moment, he is pessimistic about whether Howard can end this game successfully.
He has been watching the American since he noticed Howard's sluggish form at the start of the second half, and the results so far have been very poor. Under the fierce attack of Porto on the field today, the performance is extremely obvious.
In addition to being much slower than usual in almost every save, he was extremely hesitant in attacking and handling high-altitude balls. Li Lei asked himself, if he was on the court at the moment, in the face of Porto's increasingly wanton high-altitude ball bombardment, he would not be honest on the goal line like Howard, but would cooperate with Gary Neville and others to boldly attack and help reduce Porto's high-altitude ball threat as much as possible, which is the right thing to do.
Although this can be a bit risky, as long as it can be handled properly and there are no low-level mistakes such as hitting mistakes or inaccurate landing point judgments, there is no big risk.
And staying on the goal line like Howard now is the worst fool's way to be conservative and safe, but in fact it can only be beaten passively.
In Li Lei's view, the reason why Howard's gate has not been breached by Porto so far is that he only accounts for 2 floors at most, and the remaining 8 floors rely on the hard work and luck of Gary Neville and others, and it has nothing to do with him. And this happens to be the biggest source of unease in Li Lei's heart, when a goalkeeper mostly relies on the help and luck of others, it is also the time when the gate he guards is the easiest to be breached.
Although this time may not come before the end of this game, Li Lei's intuition tells him that the probability of such a situation is too low, almost impossible.
"!! Toot
Just when Li Lei's thoughts were immersed in these questions, a sharp whistle on the field suddenly interrupted his thoughts, and he immediately looked up. Could it be that Porto scored?! The first thing that flashed through his mind was this worst-case outcome.
In the end, while the result wasn't the worst, it wasn't much better.
Looking at the figure wearing No. 7 and falling on the court holding his ankles in pain, Li Lei, who had never been used to him, immediately chuckled in his heart, and an idiom flashed in his mind - to make matters worse!
Cristiano, the young Portuguese talent who had just been substituted by Sir Alex Ferguson, was clutching his ankle in pain and fell to the ground, and Kostiani's ferocious tackle was to blame for the scene. Although we can't say that he maliciously went at Cristiano's ankle, he clearly didn't have any mercy on his little compatriot. Looking at the angry look on the faces of Sir Alex Ferguson, the Manchester United players and the United fans, I can say with certainty that some of Mr Ivanov is busy. ......”
And the truth is indeed as the neutral commentator said, not to mention the overwhelming boos of the Manchester United fans at the scene, just the collective United players on the field who rushed to Kostiani with anger and dissatisfaction, and the momentum was so fierce that he had a headache for the Manchester United players who looked like they were going to fight.
What's more, that's not even counting Ferguson, who is yelling at the fourth official on the sidelines, "They want to kill my player".
Moreover, this is not the end, when Ivanov was slow to give a penalty to Kostiani, did not show a yellow card, and did not even give a verbal warning, the clash instantly reached another climax. For a moment, even the bench players and members of the coaching staff on both sides rushed into the stadium to confront each other, and the chaos reached the extreme under the almost frantic boos of the Manchester United fans in the field.
Among them, Li Lei has also come to the field. Although he and Ronaldo have never looked down on each other, in this kind of time when the team needs to be unanimous with the outside world, even Li Lei, who used to be alone, will give priority to the collective.
Now Ronaldo, who fell to the ground with his ankles covered, is not the little white face he hates and can't get used to seeing in his eyes, but a teammate who needs him to stand up and seek justice for him.
"Mr. referee, I didn't act with malice. ...... And you should know, that Portuguese kid has always had the stain of fake falls. ......”
Just as Li Lei was watching the Manchester United team doctor treat Ronaldo, Kostiani's words of defense to the main dish on duty Ivanov suddenly reached his ears, making him immediately angry.
"What the fuck are you talking about?!!" Li Lei immediately roared angrily and walked towards him, his eyes flashing with a terrifying and hideous angry gaze.
This immediately caused another riot on the scene that had just calmed down, just looking at Li Lei's tall and burly figure and his fierce posture of wanting to fight with you at the moment, the Porto players and staff on the side naturally would not let him approach Kostiani, and someone immediately appeared in front of him and blocked his route towards Kostiani.
"What do you want to do?!" Deco, the core of the Porto organization who was the first to block Li Lei's face, said to Li Lei in a dangerous tone with warning.
"Get out of here!" Li Lei didn't want to pay attention to him at all, and just wanted to slap him over.
However, this slap was not successful, and Gary Neville's timely pull behind him made Li Lei's right hand that could miss Deco's right cheek. It's just that even so, the scene on the field that has been chaotic to the extreme is because Li Lei's action instantly became more gunpowder-flavored.
Far away, Kostiani, who was still arguing for himself just now, watched the whole process from the sidelines, and then looked at Li Leina's gaze that was still staring at him at this moment, and immediately couldn't help but shudder.
From this sight, he felt the coldness, the coldness of a thousand years of ice!
Bone-chilling cold!!
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