Volume 2 The Miracle of Huo Village Chapter 287 Li's Arc (1)
Although Nani is an offensive defender, Ferguson also explained to him before the game that the key to defending Li Huan is to strive to cooperate with his teammates, and if he can't prevent it, he will foul in advance, and don't wait until Li Huan is over half time to remember the foul.
But Nani didn't expect that the real-life version of Li Huan was faster than what he saw on TV, and he was still so bold in the face of Manchester United's assists, and he just started the game. He just went to fight with Scholes to force Gustavo who took the ball in the middle of the middle, and when he ran to the side, Li Huan had already left him behind quickly, Nani could only chase closely behind, and Li Huan came to the right side of Manchester United's penalty area with the ball at a gallop, although Evra boasted of being fast, but he still sighed at Li Huan's speed, and he was very smart to retreat sideways to prevent Li Huan from going down.
Li Huan did not have any reservations once he soared, he ignored Evra's retreat, and dribbled the ball along the side like a pawn crossing the river to the bottom line. Evra has been accelerating to follow on the inside, and when he saw that there were still three or four meters from the bottom line, Evra slowed down a little to prevent Li Huan from cutting inside or passing, he had defended Messi and was experienced in this. At such a distance, it is impossible for Li Huan to be fast, unless Li Huan wants to take the ball out of the bottom line. Now that Li Huan's speed is definitely at its peak, Evra doesn't believe that Li Huan can pass the ball out without slowing down.
However, Li Huan unexpectedly continued to move forward without slowing down, and in the blink of an eye, he put aside the two positions that let Evra, and when the ball was about to go out of the bottom line, he sacrificed his center of gravity to pass the ball to the penalty area, because of the problem of his habitual surname, Li Huan's body rotated for half a week and fell to the ground, but the ball passed to the penalty area. Evra was caught off guard, and it was too late to speed up, so he could only watch Li Huan pass the ball out.
In the face of a team like Manchester United, it is already very good to be able to pass the ball out, although the position of Saviola at the front point is the best, but Li Huan can not pass a low flat ball, so he can only pass the ball to the front of the big penalty area. There is Ibisevic, who is immediately following Saviola, who should be there to appear.
Ibisevic unexpectedly appeared in the middle of the penalty area, but Manchester United's defense is by no means papery, although Li Huan's pass is very sudden and tricky, but Ferdinand still stuck Ibishevic's position, and the ball flew to the center of the pitch under the scramble of the two people.
Hoffenheim were clearly going to give Champions League champions Manchester United a dismiss, and TimoΕ‘chuk followed the ball with a volley, completely ignoring the old Dutch goalkeeper Van der Sar.
Although Van der Sar was annoyed, he didn't dare to be careless, Timoshchuk's volley did have some skill, and it was not unreliable at all, but because Timoshchuk did not make adjustments, the position of the hit was relatively correct, and it was a high ball, but the power was a little greater, Van der Sark did not dare to be careless, and lifted the ball off the crossbar with both fists.
In less than two minutes of the opening game, Hoffenheim hit the goal once and won a corner, which made the Red Devils fans feel that the bookmaker could also make mistakes, and the pre-game crown index was half a one for Manchester United, indicating that the "Red Devils" had to win by two goals. But this Hoffenheim team is by no means as vulnerable as the world thinks.
Seeing that their players performed so bravely and so well, the Hoffenheim fans, who were very worried before the game, were in high spirits and sang the Hoffenheim team anthem loudly, and the neat and loud singing directly suppressed the shouts of Manchester United fans.
Li Huan walked to the corner flag area to take the corner kick. The fans near the corner flag area all stood up, waving and shouting Li Huan's name with their arms, Li Huan smiled slightly, and waved his hand to the fans for a long time, and the fans in the stands suddenly scratched, and finally formed a hurricane-like cry among the fans in Hoffenheim, "Li Huan!" β
Ronaldo sitting in the stands frowned, he didn't expect Li Huan to be so popular, and he could make fans crazy with every move, "It seems that this year's World Footballer of the Year and the European Golden Ball Award this Chinese is a big threat." Ronaldo thought that he was very annoyed that he had no chance to play due to injury, and if Hoffenheim won the championship because of this, Li Huan would have another big weight on the scale of the competition for the World Footballer of the Year and the European Ballon d'Or. Originally, Ronaldo felt that Messi and Kaka were trampled under his feet, and the World Footballer of the Year and the European Ballon d'Or were already in the bag, but now it seems that it is not so safe.
However, Ronaldo thought about it and felt that he was a little worried, Manchester United would not be able to beat such a rural team without himself and Ryan Giggs, even if they could beat Bayern three times? If Bayern meets the current Manchester United, it will definitely be a loss and a win.
There is no Demba Ba and Obasi, Hoffenheim has a lot of high points in the penalty area, Ibishevic and Simunic who inserted to grab the point, both of them are above 1.9 meters, Gustavo's height has also reached 1.87 meters, although Manchester United has never worried about high-altitude balls, but it was also a mess in the penalty area by these high points, and finally Saviola, who was shuttling among the highs, got a chance to stab, but there were too many players in the penalty area, Saviola stabbed the ball to Gustavo's body and went out of the bottom line.
Although Hoffenheim's attack did not result in a goal, it scared Manchester United into a cold sweat, and old Jianghu like Ferguson kept chewing gum to relieve the tension in his heart.
The opening was met by the opponent, the Red Devils were a little annoyed, captain Gary Neville also launched a counterattack from the side, with the skillful cooperation of Scholes and Rooney, Gary Neville broke through the defense of Ibertsberg twice in a row and passed the ball to the middle, but neither Rooney nor Tevez was able to handle the "heavy duty" of competing for the high ball, and Saha was bought by Everton, Ronaldo is still recovering from injury, Gary Neville's cross fell well, but it was like a mud cow into the sea, and did not form a little threat, All of them were pushed out by Hoffenheim's defenders. United were then awarded another corner, but Nani headed it over and the ball was again headed into midfield by Simunic. Scholes followed up but didn't hit the ball with power and the ball was confiscated by Hildebrand.
Then the game became the world of Hoffenheim people, the Hoffenheim players in this game seemed to be like clockwork, the front, middle and back three lines were actively running, pressing the players of Manchester United, looking down from the stands, the whole stadium seemed to become a blue ocean, red was divided into small islands.
The Manchester United players seem to be still immersed in the holiday, one by one like sleepwalking, except for Rooney and Tevez's running like headless flies, Scholes and Fletcher's long passes are still accurate, but because there is no one in front of them to grab the landing, it looks more like a clearance.
On-site commentator Bunker unceremoniously criticized: "If you change the color of the jersey, you must think that Hoffenheim is the Red Devils, Manchester United is now chaotic forwards, out of control in the midfield, only the back line is a little more normal, otherwise Manchester United may have conceded goals now." β
Now the biggest pressure on Manchester United is Li Huan's right side, Li Huan's crazy speed and flexible dribbling have kept the Hoffenheim fans in a state of madness, and also made Manchester United's defense rumored. The Frenchman Evra is also considered the world's first-class fullback, but under the joint attack of Li Huan and Eduardo, the assists that the Frenchman is good at have not been achieved once, and he is tired and dizzy in defense.
However, Manchester United's attack has no high-altitude advantage, and Ferdinand and Vidic's high-altitude ball advantage in defense is not bad at all, and Ibisevic, who has been in excellent form recently, was stuck by two people, and Saviola could not find a good shooting opportunity without the support of Ibisevic. It can only rely on Eduardo and Sarihovic to shoot from the edge of the penalty area. That's why Manchester United didn't concede a goal in such a passive situation.
In the 17th minute, Li Huan and Eduardo again played a two-on-one on the side in the half of Manchester United, Li Huan wanted to cross Nani, Nani was not as fast as Li Huan, he was worried that Li Huan would cut through Evra to the penalty area, then Evra would only foul, and a foul in Evra's position would give the opponent a threatening free kick. Nani had no choice but to push down Li Huan, who was running without the ball, and Hoffenheim got another chance to take a free kick.
The free-kick was on the left side of the pitch, not too far away, but it wasn't conducive to shooting, and Hoffenheim's tall headers ran to the edge of the box to get on the head.
However, Li Huan saw that Ao's previous high balls had no effect, and he was unwilling to engage in this kind of inefficient high-altitude ball crossing, so he and Eduardo made a look, passed the ball to Eduardo and quickly went down to the bottom himself, and sent an unexpected tactical free kick. Eduardo understood and gave Li Huan a great acceleration.
Li Huan exerted his speed to the limit, got the ball before Evra ran to the side, and was about to cross, Evra did not defend his defensive area, and in a hurry, he raised his foot to block, but Li Huangang's foot was actually a feint, after Evra raised his foot, Li Huan buckled the ball and replaced it with his left foot to sweep the ball to the goal again.
This time, Li Huan passed a boccia ball, looking for Saviola at the front point.
Saviola just ran between Evra and Vidic, and because of Evra's misposition, Saviola ran towards the unmarked front post.
Li Huan's foot ball passed very quickly, and people with a bad sense of the ball couldn't judge this point at all, but the Argentine rabbit ball surname was excellent, he followed the momentum of the ball and pushed it with the arch of his foot, and the ball suddenly changed direction and went straight to the near corner.
Van der Sar came to the left when Li Huan and Eduardo were cooperating, and he was very well prepared for this pass, and the Dutch giraffe showed the style of a Champions League champion goalkeeper in an instant, and his tall body actually fell to the ground in time to save the ball with one hand.
"Ahh At this time, there was a long-suppressed exclamation in the stands, and the fans of Manchester United were frightened by Hoffenheim's attack and broke out in a cold sweat, and when Li Huan quickly went down, they held their breath and waited nervously, and only then did their hearts relax, "Bang Bang!" Applause rang out, and the United fans sent their gratitude to the 38-year-old goalkeeper.
The Hoffenheim fans, who were also nervously waiting, were extremely disappointed, and a sigh came out of their mouths, but there were also people who comforted their companions.
"Don't worry, they won't have that luck next time."
"They're lucky this time!"
"The old guy won't always be so good."
Patrice Evra and Fletcher both gratefully high-fived Van der Sar, Van der Sar's miraculous save was quite timely, and now Manchester United have not adjusted to their form, and if they are scored by the opponent again, the consequences will be unimaginable.
Li Huan also gave a thumbs up to Van der Sar from afar, Saviola's shot was fast enough, and the distance was still so close, it was a miracle that a thirty-nine-year-old veteran could react so quickly.
Saviola stomped her foot a little annoyed, and said to Li Huan depressedly: "It's a pity! β
Li Huan squinted his eyes and looked at the Manchester United players who were rejoicing, and said to Saviola: "Don't worry, we definitely have a chance." β
"The opponent seems to be a bit slow to heat up and hasn't gotten into the groove yet. β
Li Huan gestured to the two of them and said in a low voice: "This corner kick, let's play the tactical cooperation of training." β
Ibisevic and Saviola nodded with joy on their faces.
This is Hoffenheim's fourth corner, the first three times Li Huan passed the ball in the air, but the result was pushed out by Manchester United players, Manchester United's captain Gary Neville saw Li Huan and Ibisevic, Saviola sneaky, and hurriedly said to Evra: "You be careful that they play tactical corners." β
Evra nodded and said to Tevez, "You come and keep an eye on your compatriot Saviola, and I will keep an eye on Eduardo." β
But Li Huan did not play a tactical corner, Eduardo ran to the left side of the periphery of the penalty area, and Saviola ran to the top of the arc of the penalty area. In the penalty area, only Compaq, Simunic and Ibisevic were three high points to grab the point.
The corner was no different from the first three, and the fans, bench and dugout in the stands were not the slightest bit wary of thinking it could be another scuffle.
However, when Li Huan served, Ibisevic suddenly ran to the front point, Li Huan sent a low flat ball this time, and Ibisevic rubbed the ball to the edge of the penalty area with a strange rhinoceros mochizuki momentum, and it fell right in front of Saviola.
There was a sudden chaos in the penalty area, and they came over to block Saviola, but Saviola stopped the ball on his chest and was about to volley, but he distributed the ball to the unmarked Li Huan, Li welcomed the ball without making any adjustments, and half-turned and drew a curved ball with the outside of his right foot with the outside of his right foot. The ball flew over the heads of the crowd and in a beautiful arc into the back corner of the goal.
(To be continued)