Chapter 129: European Cup, I'm Coming! (2)
"What a pity!"
"That goalkeeper is really a god, I don't think it's worse than David, when did the English League have such a goalkeeper, I think he is not yet twenty years old."
"Maybe it's an accident, but just now I saw the action of the penalty he saved, I thought it was Buffon, it's so beautiful!"
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At this moment, Wembley Stadium is staging a fierce warm-up match, against the England national team and Bristol Rovers from the English League, the difference in the strength of the two players is too great, from the opening to the present, the England team has been pressing, around the Bristol Rangers half of the bombardment.
Originally, Eriksen arranged this warm-up game to let these players find confidence and let the attacking players find the feeling of shooting before the European Cup, but the No. 1 goalkeeper of Bristol Rovers performed so well that even Eriksen was moved.
From the beginning to the present, he has saved three must-score goals and a penalty in a row, making the game go on for more than 40 minutes, but the score displayed on the big screen is only a pitiful 1:0, which makes the fans who came to watch the game on the sidelines start to cheer for the goalkeeper of Bristol Rover!
"Who is he?"
"I think he can enter the national team, at least much better than the 'nerve knife' David!"
Wang Li sat on the bench steadily, squinting slightly at the big white man in a black and green jersey in front of the opponent's goal, feeling quite relieved, that person of course he knew, it was his roommate Thomas in the Wolverhampton youth team!
When Thomas was in Wolverhampton's youth team, he was just an unpopular substitute goalkeeper, but he didn't expect that Bristol Rangers would immediately become the main goalkeeper, and with his performance in this game, he could even have the level of a Premier League goalkeeper.
What did Thomas rely on to make such a big change in this short period of time?
Of course, it was Wang Li who taught him the Fuhu Fist method!
At that time, when Wang Li handed him the album, he just wanted to satisfy his curiosity, but he didn't expect Thomas's talent to be so good, and he actually used these moves on the football field. Although it was only an empty action, it also brought a lot of help to his performance on the football field.
At this point, even Wang Li didn't expect that since he came to this world, he has been thinking about how to be an excellent striker, but he never thought that his moves are more suitable for the position of goalkeeper, whether it is Tianshan Zhenmei hand, Tianshan Liuyang palm, or Shaolin and other sects of martial arts, most of them are kung fu in hand, if he wants to be a goalkeeper, if he wants to reach the level of a world-class goalkeeper, it is definitely much easier than becoming an outstanding striker.
"Forget it!" Wang Li shook his head and muttered to himself.
As a goalkeeper, no matter how good he is, how many fans will love him, this must be too different from a striker, and the goalkeeper job on the football field is absolutely boring.
Wang Li doesn't like the goalkeeper position, because now he plays football is a kind of enjoyment, and it's not all about becoming a big star and making money, his grandfather's inheritance is enough for him to squander at will, and Wang Li doesn't need to worry about his future life at all.
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In the warm-up game, there was no halftime break, and there were any substitutions at will, and when the time reached fifty minutes, Eriksen waved his hand, and Rooney, Ashley, and Rooney on the bench. Cole, Wang Li, Bridge, and Jin came on the court one after another.
"Seriously, the goalkeeper on the other side is really good." When passing by Wang Li, Owen reminded with a frustrated and kind face. On the field just now, he was saved twice in a row, and he was indeed a bit of a hit.
"Thanks, that's Thomas, my former roommate, hehe." Wang Li replied with all the swagger.
"Roommate?" Owen stopped on the sideline, blinked suspiciously, as if he didn't understand what Wang Li meant, and then returned to the bench a little confused.
Although Thomas played very well and failed to let England turn his goal into a funnel, Bristol Rangers, as a pure League One player, the gap between the English team and the England team is too big, it can be said that the England team can find a random player, and the salary they get can even be worth the salary of their whole team, and this gap is by no means a goalkeeper can make up.
Sure enough, a few minutes after Wang Li came on the field, and even when he touched the ball once, Rooney's cold shot on the periphery of the small penalty area broke through the gate guarded by Thomas.
"Well done!" Wang Li ran over and clapped Rooney's hands in celebration.
"That goalkeeper is very good, you know, I think he was calling your name just now, it can't be yours... A fan of someone? Thinking of this possible surname, Rooney had a slightly jealous expression on his face.
"That's my former roommate."
"I see!" Rooney exhaled, "You will definitely introduce me after the game, he is really good." ”
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Perhaps it was Thomas's performance that angered the big stars, but in the following games, England's attack did not slow down due to the decline in fitness, but rather improved the momentum.
Frank Lampard sent a touchline ball down the left flank, Kim received a pass and shook it past the opposing defender, and with a kick he hoisted the ball into the box, Rooney slammed directly into the two defenders next to him and jumped up to the top of the ball!
It's a pity that the ball was unbalanced by Thomas, and he waved it out with one hand and shot directly out of the bottom line, this beautiful action even attracted the players of the England team to applaud him, looking at this roommate in Wang Li's mouth, Rooney could only smile bitterly and stretched out his thumb to Thomas.
Frank Lampard whipped in a brilliant curl from a corner and flew towards the back post, but the Bristol Rovers defender was able to get in on the spot and kick the ball out of the box.
It didn't take long for the England team to make a comeback, Wang Li received a pass in the big penalty area, took two steps forward, a sudden disguise, easily shook the opponent's defender, and hoisted the ball directly into the small penalty area, Bart directly provoked, struggling to push the left corner of the goal, Thomas on the right side could not do anything, could only watch the ball fly into the goal.
Three to zero.
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Before the game, no one expected that Bristol Rover's goalkeeper Thomas would be the protagonist of this warm-up game, and the subsequent game allowed these big-name strikers in England to experience the feeling of a 'Chinese striker', no matter how they shot, they couldn't score.
4 shots in a row, Gerrard, Rooney, Beckham, Wang Li each kicked one, all of them were saved by the white man in front of the goal left kick and right block, which made these strikers depressed at the same time, but also made Eriksen on the sidelines shine.
England has not had a very good goalkeeper, and Lehmann before and Howard now have all kinds of problems that cannot satisfy Eriksen, so he cares a lot about goalkeeper players.
"This time, though, it's impossible." Eriksen shook his head, if he had been found earlier, maybe it would have been a good choice to bring him, but now that the England squad has been reported to FIFA, it is difficult to change players, and no one can guarantee that the big man on the field is not an accident.
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Looking at the Bristol Rangers' door, the ostentatious and playful expression on Thomas's face, Wang Li wanted to teach him a lesson.
And towards the end of the game, he finally found his chance. Gerrard's cross, grazed with his foot by a Bristol Rover defender, allowed the ball to roll in his direction in disguise.
Now, Wang Li's position is on the sideline of the small penalty area, and because of the ball just now, there is no one around him to defend at all, this rare opportunity, Wang Li will not miss it, a bad smile flashed on his face, and he stepped away with his right foot is a powerful shot.
The ball whistled in the direction of Thomas, looking at the ball, Thomas didn't have time to react, he seemed to have seen the tragic future of being hit in the face by the ball and then disfigured and hospitalized.
In Thomas's desperation, the ball grazed his right ear and flew into the goal!
After scoring the goal, Wang Li jumped up directly and excitedly, and waved his right hand downward in the air, and this shot happened to be captured by the reporter and became the layout picture in the newspaper the next day.
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ps: It's a bit late to upload, sorry.