642 Faith
Chapter 642 Coincidence
Maybe if there are people on the scene, it will definitely be very strange, Li Yi just participated in a defense by chance, and then destroyed an attack of the opponent by accident, that's all, I'm afraid not most people, in the face of such a similar situation, the first reaction will only be that Li Yi has taken shit luck, just a coincidence. Why didn't these two people consider coincidence at all, but insisted that Li Yi had defensive strength?
If it were someone else, it would have been fine and seemed right, but neither Wenger nor his assistant Steve believed in any such a coincidence.
Or you can say that you don't believe it, but you don't want to believe in coincidences.
As mentioned above, Arsene Wenger's favourite thing to do is to plan and act before every game, taking everything into account before each game.
Then let's imagine it, real life, not making a movie, even if it is a movie, it is also the kind of movie that can't be rewound and can't NG, in this case, almost every game that happens is a single independent event, if at this time, Wenger regards Li Yi's matter as a coincidence and ignores it, doesn't it mean that he will never have to think about the game or anything in the future? After all, everything is a coincidence, what else does he need to do with Wenger?
Yes, the outside world can see Li Yi's accidental success in defending as a coincidence, but Wenger can't, even if he insists on studying from this aspect, it is very likely that he is doing useless work, but he must be like this-
However, even if there were people before, most people still thought that Li Yi's previous defense was just a coincidence, and after a few minutes, everyone's views changed.
Because, Li Yi destroyed Henry's must-score before, it was only the first time, after that first time, in just 5 minutes, Li Yi successively and 3 times in a row, from the striker who was feared by the defenders of the whole world team, to the super defender who is now surprised by the forwards of the whole world.
No matter how you Barcelona cooperate, unless you choose a long shot in advance before entering the penalty area, otherwise, no matter how Barcelona cooperates with short passes, no matter who completes the work of the straight plug or the bottom cross, in the end, the ball will be very accurate and fall on Li Yi's head.
Such an experience, if it weren't for personal experience, the Barcelona players would never believe it, Li Yi can defend, and the defense is very good, put it before today, tell you, do you dare to believe it?? Now everyone at Barcelona believes it.
In view of Li Yi's performance that can be called the level of heavenly demons, unconsciously, after losing the ball, the Barcelona players were desperate to destroy the confidence of Crystal Palace, which was smoothed out by most, and when Li Yi grabbed Eto'o again, he stabbed the ball out of the bottom line, and the Barcelona players who felt powerless, although they didn't want to admit it in their hearts, they had to admit that Li Yi was the copper wall in front of the Crystal Palace goal, no matter what they did, they would never be able to break through Li Yi's defense.
Although such an idea is a bit exaggerated, Li Yi's performance has left an impression on their hearts, but it is really like this.
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It's just that if you want to compare Li Yi's defensive performance, which I don't know how to describe, the most surprised person is naturally not the players on the field of Barcelona, but our dearest coach of Crystal Palace, Friedman.
is different from the mature school of Wenger, Friedman, who believes that Li Yi can't defend in his heart, even if he sees Li Yi destroy the opponent's attack for the first time, he just thinks that it is a coincidence, and Li Yi just happened to bump into it.
Even if it happened a second time or a third time, Friedman still insisted that Li Yi was lucky and happened to run into it.
Wait until this is the fourth or fifth time? Friedman didn't count, but what he can be sure of is that since Li Yi withdrew from the midfield to his own half, except for Xavi's 2 long-range shots when he really had no choice, every other attack ended on Li Yi.
It can be a coincidence that something happens once, 2 times, 3 times You can barely call it a coincidence, but when someone can show this kind of coincidence like Li Yi, even if he is a coincidence, it is no longer a coincidence.
However, Friedman was more than excited, but more ecstatic.
A Li Yi who can defend, to tell the truth, for Friedman, sincerity is a dispensable thing, after all, compared with Li Yi's offensive deterrence, Li Yi's defense is only dispensable.
However, when Li Yi's defense can ensure that every attack of Barcelona is swept away?
It wasn't too early for Friedman to be nervous, and now he can think about the final against Arsenal or Chelsea.
What, Friedman or is it too early? The two sides played 2 legs without even playing a half?
NO,NO,NO! There's a reason why Friedman dares to be so reassured.
First, let's look at the current environment on both sides of the war. 1 to 0, yes, you read that right, Crystal Palace is 1, Barcelona is 0.
Then, the most critical thing is that after Barcelona participates in the defense with Li Yi, no matter how lively the offense is, it will end up without a problem.
As a head coach, Friedman knows exactly what this means. Here, Friedman can tell you responsibly, but if Li Yi can see his inexplicable defense and hold on for 20 more minutes, as long as Barcelona can't equalize the score within 10 minutes after the start of the second half, Crystal Palace will definitely be able to play away from home in this game.
And a second round? Just kidding, the first leg has already knocked out Barcelona's offensive confidence, and Friedman doesn't believe that Barcelona can turn the tide when they go to Crystal Palace's home stadium.
To sum up, as long as Li Yi's defense does not regress, Friedman's proposition is actually true, even if the 2-legged battle between Crystal Palace VS Barcelona now has passed less than 4 points and 1 schedule.
As for whether Li Yi can persevere, the next 20 minutes? Speaking of which, Friedman wasn't really worried.
Because, no one knows Li Yi's physical strength better than him, in ordinary games, although Li Yi's running is not much on average, he runs 7,8 kilometers in a game, and he is only slightly more than the goalkeeper in the team.
Friedman has not forgotten that before the start of the season, Li Yi ran a 10,000-meter record that made the team say that he could not run Montari to shame.
Therefore, what the outside world doesn't know is that Li Yi's physical strength is not weak, on the contrary, he is the most capable person in the crystal palace array.
Although the actual competition with fierce competition is definitely not worthy of usual training, Friedman does not believe that Li Yi, who ran 10,000 meters in training, his face is not red, and he is not panting, will not be able to hold on to this short 20 minutes.
Therefore, Friedman, who is now sitting on the sidelines, is really very comfortable-
But is it really as simple as Friedman thinks? Barcelona is such a cosmos team, and just because of such a small change in Li Yi, there is nothing to be done?
Theoretically speaking, if Li Yi can really continue his previous set of defense to the whole game, and even the next game, this proposition may still be valid.
It's a pity that Friedman's wishful thinking can't be played after all, because, let alone insisting on this game for 20 more minutes, even if it is one more minute, Li Yi on the court can't!