Chapter 238: Li Lei's Plans
A skirmish, which comes and goes quickly. Soon, everyone's attention returned to this game.
However, this is mainly due to the fact that the current Li Lei has no intention of looking for trouble, and is bent on trying to suppress Van der Sar, otherwise, seeing that McBride is still angry at his performance from time to time after getting a yellow card from the referee on duty, he will definitely have to teach the Fulham striker a good lesson as usual.
But who calls this game a special time? After all, in Li Lei's heart at this moment, how to overpower Van der Sar is his most important personal task in this game, as for McBride, who has three attributes such as insignificant, insignificant, and nobody, compared with this, he will be put aside casually and ignored, which is naturally a matter of course.
As for how to overwhelm Van der Sar in this game, Li Lei also has a general consideration in his heart.
When in the 39th minute of the first half, Fulham once again ended a hard-won offensive opportunity with an impatient and uncertain anti-aircraft long-range shot from outside the penalty area that flew to the second-floor stands, combined with the situation of the previous game, Li Lei finally figured it out. It would have been almost impossible for him to overtake Van der Sar in terms of saving performance in this game, and the difference in the number of chances between the two was simply unmatched.
Now that he already knows that it is impossible to overwhelm Van der Sar in terms of the goalkeeper's most brilliant saves, Li Lei's temperament will naturally not be stupid enough to continue to struggle in this aspect, and will naturally adopt a roundabout way to perform in other aspects.
As for what the question is, Li Lei probably also thought about it in his heart, and he started the idea of his doorman style again this time.
Although his previous goalkeeper style of play was specific to the defensive level, it does not mean that his goalkeeper style of play is limited to this direction. In fact, at the beginning of thinking about and creating a goalkeeper style of play, Li Lei himself was more interested in his development possibilities and potential in other aspects than in the defensive level.
Because he particularly likes Iquita's style of play and often watches the Colombian goalkeeper's game tapes, he also deliberately borrowed and referred to a lot of ideas and ideas when thinking about this issue.
It's just that because he has considered that the goalkeeper's style of play is still immature and these ideas and ideas are too crazy, he has been hesitant to find a time to experiment, and the progress of the development of the goalkeeper's style of play in other aspects has also been delayed.
But at this time, in the face of a series of situations so far in this game, he suddenly had an idea, and realized that this is not the best stage to test the effectiveness of the goalkeeper's style of play in other aspects besides defense.
First, this Fulham team is definitely not weak at the moment. Even after the winter break, Sakha is gone, but its basic structure is still there. Even if Manchester United are completely in control of the situation on the pitch at the moment, they have enough quality to put pressure on the Manchester United defence in turn.
Although this kind of counter-attack pressure is limited, isn't this the best environment for Li Lei to experiment with his goalkeeper play. It is not excessively dangerous, the risk is limited, and it is not without a little pressure, and it is also the significance of actual combat testing.
Second, this team is resilient against Manchester United. The win over Manchester United at Old Trafford last October gave the Fulham players confidence to beat Manchester United. It will not be like many Premier League civilian teams, once Manchester United is in good form, after completely overpowering them on the field, they immediately lose the belief in fighting, and then they are defeated by Manchester United.
At this time, after Manchester United bombarded the entire first half, the score on the field was still 0:0, which is the best proof of this. So, unless something unexpected happens, and Manchester United suddenly make a sudden effort to score consecutive goals in a short period of time and directly defeat Fulham, then Li Lei will have plenty of time to test his vision of a goalkeeper in other aspects other than attack.
Of course, although it was the main motivation and idea for Li Lei to overwhelm Van der Sar in this game, since there is a way to both overwhelm Van der Sar and test the goalkeeper's style of play, why wouldn't Li Lei do it?
However, it was too late at this time, and seeing that the first half had entered the final minutes, even if Li Lei couldn't wait to act immediately, he had to look for opportunities in the second half.
Moreover, he was not in too much of a hurry. After seeing the scene of Fulham's attacking players still actively pressing Brown, Silvestre and other Manchester United backfield players until the referee on duty blew the whistle at the end of the first half, he knew that even in the second half, as long as Manchester United had not scored, he still had the opportunity to experiment and show his goalkeeper play.
What's more, in his opinion, the environment in the second half is likely to be better than the first. If successful, he and his goalkeepers will certainly be able to play better and have a better chance of overpowering Edwin van der Sar.
In that case, what is he anxious about?
In many people's impressions, although Li Lei is a bad boy with a hot temper, in fact, his temperament is more like an experienced and ruthless hunter. When waiting for the prey and the opportunity, always remain calm, and have plenty of patience, never rush, because of impatience, anger and other emotions to lose the normal mind.
As for the fiery in the eyes of outsiders, it is more manifested in his ferocity and ruthlessness towards his "prey".
If he didn't have this psychological quality, how could he still be as beautiful as he is now, and he would have been blown up by experienced old foxes like Henry and Vieira. In front of these people who have sufficient experience and ability, if they have talent and do not have a calm brain, they will never escape the good.
It is precisely because of this psychological quality that he was able to maintain that cold face when he happened to meet Van der Sar in the player's tunnel after half-time, and did not show the slightest unhappiness and impatience when he confronted McBride. Seeing Van der Sar is as calm as seeing any other Fulham player.
However, although he remained emotionally calm and calm, when he suddenly walked up to Van der Sar, shook hands and talked to him, it still revealed his ardent desire and ambition to defeat the veteran Dutch goalkeeper.
"Hi Edwin, hello, I call you."
To be honest, when Li Lei took the initiative to say hello to himself and himself plainly, Van der Sar didn't react for a while, because this was very different from the original impression of Li Lei in his heart.
He knew about Li Lei, not because of Coleman's comments comparing him and Li Lei in the pre-match interview, but because he got to know Li Lei after he really made his mark in the goalkeeper position. After all, Li Lei is too capable of causing trouble, and media reporters like to chase him too much, in England, as long as you are concerned about football, it is also a very difficult thing to know Li Lei.
However, this is not too deep. In addition to knowing Li Lei's outstanding strength in the goalkeeper position when watching the Manchester United game video before the game, thanks to the credit of the English media and newspapers, Li Lei's impression in the Dutch veteran's mind is that of a typical bad boy, unruly, always like to cause trouble, impolite and so on.
Moreover, no matter which one of them is, it should not be the kind that can greet him calmly like now. It is precisely because of this idea that Van der Sar looked a little stunned when facing Li Lei's greetings at this time.
And, as soon as he saw Van der Sar's reaction, Li Lei basically guessed what the Dutch veteran was thinking. However, he has never cared much about what others think of him.
This time he temporarily decided to say hello to Van der Sar, but he just wanted to come over and openly give the old goalkeeper who had not made him very happy in the first half.
"I must have won the second half!" After throwing down this sentence categorically, Li Lei didn't care about Van der Sar's reaction, and turned his head and left.
Van der Sar, who stayed in place, looked at his back in a daze for a while before he reacted, but he still couldn't figure out what Li Lei meant by saying this to him and what he wanted to do.
But no matter what, from Li Lei's firm and serious look when he just said this, as well as his decisive tone, Van der Sar has definitely heard one thing, that is, Li Lei really wants to defeat him.
From the perspective of a player who is the same goalkeeper as Li Lei, it is enough for Van der Sar to hear that.
Because, isn't the most basic psychological quality of a player exactly the ambition to not admit defeat and always pursue victory? Van der Sar is 34 years old this year, but his desire in this area has never waned.
Interesting!
He looked at Li Lei's back, his eyes burning!
The flame of victory burned inside, just as he did when he was younger!
Exuberant!!
Hot!!!