Chapter 44: The Beginning of Madness
"Oh! He did it! Done it again!! Once again, he saved Manchester United! Unbelievable! Unbelievable!! With his continuous pounce performance, who can question him! Who else!! Get excited, Red Devils, Ferguson may have once again brought you a legend of tomorrow! 2:2, Manchester United still has a chance! Lineker yelled at the top of his voice. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
At this time, the voice of this famous man in England had become a little hoarse again because of Li Lei. On his side, Alan Hansen could only keep his mouth shut obediently with a stinky face as if he had eaten rat droppings. At least at this moment, he, who has always liked to quarrel with Lineker, has no confidence to open his mouth to refute.
"Lee! Plum! Plum! ....”
At Old Trafford, the passion of Manchester United fans is no less than that of Lineker. After the initial excitement and ecstasy, the more than 70,000 United fans in the stadium began chanting Li Lei's last name in unison. For Li Lei, the little red devil who wants to win the performance, they do not spare the love and passion of themselves and others.
Li Lei's wild posture of dominating the world may not be liked by others. But in their eyes, that's not the case at all. There is no shortage of players of this kind in the Manchester United team under Alex Ferguson. Like Li Lei, this sharp and compelling spirit is exactly their favorite type and favorite dish.
It's just that Ferguson doesn't see much of this. For this veteran who is bent on letting Li Lei grow up in a down-to-earth manner, rather than taking the vain shortcut of becoming famous in a fight, he doesn't want Li Lei to be so high that he can't lower his head and train hard honestly before he is truly fully mature.
No, as soon as the excitement of seeing Li Lei successfully save Adam's penalty passed, Ferguson was thinking about how to press down Li Lei's tail that was about to be cocked again after the game.
Of course, he didn't put too much thought into this idea. Because, either way, his most important task at the moment is how to lead United to win this damn opener from a man behind.
There's nothing wrong with that, it's a win. Under the management of the old Scottish man, Manchester United has never been in the limelight. Even if United are now only 10 men, the only thing on his mind is to win.
When Li Lei jumped high in the small penalty area and firmly held Bolton's corner kick in his arms, the old man Ferguson immediately rushed to the sidelines, waving his arms vigorously while shouting loudly: "Attack!" Go on the offensive!! Take this damn game down for me! Otherwise, after the game, you don't want to have a good life! ”
At Manchester United, Ferguson's words are like a mountain of military orders, and no one dares to disobey them. Under his instructions, after the game restarted, Manchester United's overall formation immediately pressed forward with a fierce momentum, not at all like a team without one man.
On the contrary, Bolton, who had one more person on the field, was a little weaker in momentum, and the front line was directly pushed back by Manchester United, who was pressed forward, and he was so instigated that he did not dare to collide head-on with Manchester United, who had one less person in the front.
For a while, Manchester United's ferocity on the field that wanted to swallow Bolton alive was shocking. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Manchester United is fighting for their lives again.
Such a situation made Li Lei, who had just been the protagonist of the whole scene, completely reduced to a supporting role that no one cared about in an instant.
Seeing that his big foot did not fly out of the field directly, but successfully flew to the front court, Li Lei first breathed a sigh of relief, and he immediately felt a sense of loneliness and loneliness when he was almost alone in the empty backcourt.
This is the first time he has tasted this taste.
In fact, it was the first time he had been officially exposed to this kind of regular game time, aside from saving a penalty. When he used to watch the video, he was always curious about what it was like to be alone at the door because the team was too strong or the offense was too strong in such a fierce atmosphere at the scene.
This time, he finally tasted it himself. And for him, it's not going to be easy.
The feeling of being a hero is addictive, not to mention that Li Lei, who is aggressive by nature, is not a person who can calm down and be idle. When he saw that the Manchester United players in front of him were pressing Bolton to the ground and rubbing it hard with one less person, which caused the Manchester United in the stands to be excited, how could he not envy and endure it.
It doesn't matter if Li Lei is a person who likes to be in the limelight, or that he is too conceited by nature, anyway, in such a situation, you can expect him to honestly abide by his duty and stay in the backfield to guard the goal, which is almost impossible, even if his position at the moment - the goalkeeper is the one who is on the field and has the lowest probability of being in the limelight.
So, just when everyone was attracted by the fierce and tough attack of Manchester United's front, Li Lei, as the goalkeeper of Manchester United, was slowly leaving the goalkeeper's base camp - the penalty area, and the position began to move forward little by little, learning from his favorite goalkeeper predecessor - Ikita.
Although Li Lei's age is still a rookie, he is the most desperate person who trains hard and wants to grow, and during the period after officially receiving goalkeeper training, he has watched a lot of game highlights of former world goalkeepers and current world-top goalkeepers.
Among them, if you want to say that he is really the most outstanding in the goalkeeper position, Li Lei may not be able to say it well. But if there is anyone who is most in line with his taste and his favorite, it is undoubtedly one of the most famous goalkeepers in world football, the Colombian "madman" - José Hene Iquita Zapata.
The Colombian goalkeeper left the world with the most familiar memory, perhaps his unbelievable save - the scorpion tail swing. But for Li Lei, although this action is indeed cool, it does not conform to his pragmatic character.
Unless it was necessary, he would never make such a difficult save with great skill and success. For him, the success of the save is the most important thing, otherwise, no matter how good the action is, it is useless.
Therefore, what attracts Li Lei the most about Ikita is not his cool moves, but his free-spirited and uninhibited style of play. In the eyes of the world, Ikita's actions of often rushing out of the penalty area and even dribbling past several opposing players are simply stupid and make his team "slow suicide".
Moreover, Ikita's career did ruin the team's victory because of his crazy moves. But Li Lei's idea is that Ikita's goalkeeper style may not have succeeded in him and won unanimous recognition from the outside world, so maybe in him, it may not necessarily fail.
Although when he confided this idea to Jimmy and Richard, he was unanimously opposed and warned by Jimmy and Richard, and he did not refute it at the time, but the aggressive and restless Li Lei was never a dogmatic person. Behind his pragmatist personality is a strong instinct for radical adventure.
So, although Jimmy and others unanimously opposed his idea, such an idea was deeply ingrained in his mind. When he usually rests, he will ponder this idea in his head from time to time.
This free-spirited style is too attractive for him, who is restless and aggressive by nature. In addition, he happens to be in the prime of his youth, and the opposition from the outside world will make him more eager and impatient.
In such a situation, it is just because Jimmy and Richard watch it during training. But at this time, he is indeed on the real playing field, and Jimmy and Richard, who are in charge of youth training, naturally can't care about it.
And he happened to be in a boring emotional and psychological state at the moment, so all of a sudden, this idea, which was usually completely suppressed by Jimmy and Richard, came out like a stubborn demon again, tempting Li Lei.
I just walked forward and saw what it was like to get out of the box, just to test it out. With such thoughts, I am afraid that even he himself did not notice that at this moment, the adventurism in his body had completely overpowered pragmatism, making him make a risky move in this crucial match of whether he could overwhelm Carroll.
At the same time, Manchester United's attack in the front field is wave after wave, leaving Bolton Wanderers with one more man completely in a stormy stage where they could concede goals at any time.
"Cristiano breaks through with the ball! Nice break, Bolton's left-back was completely thrown off by him, cross! Oh! Ginger's header is just over the crossbar! ”
"Manchester United's corner kick chances.... Ruud van Nistelrooy is in front of the post, header back, Ryan Giggs! Oh! Unbelievably, Bolton's centre-back used his body to block the fatal blow on the goal line! ”
"Direct pass! Ginger's through ball finds Ruud van Nistelrooy in the box, and Vanney shoots! Oh, again, again blocked. Bolton's back door used his body to build a concrete wall in front of the door! ”
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With Lineker's excited shouts again and again, the mood of the Manchester United fans at the scene also rose and fell like a roller coaster because of Manchester United's fierce offensive on the field. Seeing it, Manchester United Stadium got shot after shot on the field, but it was just a fraction of a second, and it failed to pierce the last layer of window paper.
This made them sigh in regret, one after another in the stands, as if they had come to the front of a red wall of sighs.
As the saying goes, if you can't attack for a long time, there will be hidden dangers. Manchester United players are higher than Bolton's players and their morale is stronger than their opponents, and their numbers on the pitch are one less than their opponents' after all, which will make them pay more physical strength to maintain this attack.
Meanwhile, their back line is almost past the halfway line at the moment. Once Bolton succeeds on the counter-attack, United's half is virtually undefended. At that time, they who have consumed too much physical strength in the offense may not be able to complete the rapid recovery and defense.
And this will be a fatal danger for Manchester United. Because, as long as Bolton plays a counter-attack, seizes a chance and scores a goal, it will be a fatal blow to Manchester United.
Ferguson, who is on the sidelines, is naturally very aware of this. But he knows better that if he lets Manchester United's formation on the field retreat at this time, then I am afraid that the sharp morale of Manchester United players on the field at this time will no longer be able to be raised, and such a ferocious offensive will no longer be formed.
At present, Manchester United's ferocious style of play on the field is a double-edged sword.
So, in the 81st minute of the second half, when the Manchester United players were in desperate need of a breather to ease their almost exhausted energy, Bolton, who was stubbornly holding on to the draw, finally played a counter-attack at this moment.
At this point, Scholes, who was at a physical limit, got a ball on the edge of the box that was once again pushed out by Bolton. But just as he turned to protect the ball and wanted to hold the football steadily, the Bolton defender behind him relied on his strong body and dominant physical strength to carry down the ginger head behind him and get the football.
In this regard, although Manchester United fans immediately let out a shrill boo, and Ferguson on the sidelines immediately turned his head to complain loudly to the fourth official, the referee did not pay attention to it, and his whistle did not sound.
After winning the ball, Bolton adopted the style of an old-fashioned Premier League team, driving directly behind the halfway line of Manchester United. Thanks to Bolton striker Adam's clever forward insertion, by the time Rio Ferdinand and Sylvester near the halfway line reacted to chase after him, Adam's pace was fully up.
Adam's speed may not be very fast, but Rio Ferdinand and Silvestre's two centre-backs are not fast enough to catch up with Adam who is sprinting with all his strength and no ball at his feet in such a situation.
"Shhh
This situation made more than 70,000 Manchester United fans immediately gasp, and then immediately began to let out deafening boos, hoping to influence Adam and prevent him from getting this one-handed opportunity to face Li Lei directly.
But at this moment, they suddenly found that a figure with a colorful head, a figure that was supposed to stay in the penalty area, suddenly appeared in front of them at this moment, and rushed towards the football that had just passed the center circle and had begun to fall slowly.
"Oh, Adam! Opportunity, opportunity is here! It's a single-knife ..... Header clearance?! Plum?! This is Lee!! How did he end up here! How did he end up here!! Unbelievable! Unbelievable!! I don't know how he ended up in this place! Isn't this near the halfway line, but on the edge of the box?! Am I old enough to be dazzled?!! ”
"It's crazy!"
"Is it the 'madman' Ikita who is wearing the number 13 shirt of Manchester United on the pitch right now?!!"
"There is a madman standing in front of Manchester United's goal!!"
"This, at this moment, is undoubtedly !!!"
At this moment, many people who witnessed this scene did not expect that this was just the beginning of Li Lei's official demonstration of his madness.
In front of Manchester United's goal, there is indeed a madman!
A real madman!!