The strongest winger

Chapter 485

Substitute goalkeeper Wang Xiaolei ran towards his goal slowly, without the slightest timidity. Every player in Valencia subconsciously walked towards the young Wang Xiaolei, especially Ai Luo, both excited and worried.

The excitement is that Wang Xiaolei can play in the semi-finals of the Champions League. The worry is that Wang Xiaolei's substitute appearance in such a crucial game will cause a great psychological burden on himself. Conceding goals is a trivial matter. What Ai Luo is most worried about is that it will affect Wang Xiaolei's entire career.

"Xiao Lei, don't have any burdens, you understand?"

Ai Luo was the fastest. He put his arm around Wang Xiaolei's shoulder and said as he walked.

What Ai Luo didn't expect was that Wang Xiaolei's mentality was very good. Instead, he smiled and comforted Ai Luo, "Brother Ai, don't worry, I know, I will definitely save the ball, and then you can wait for the counterattack!"

Wang Xiaolei's tone was so firm that Ai Luo froze in place when he heard it. He always felt that this scene seemed familiar.

By the way, that was two years ago...

When Ai Luo reacted, Wang Xiaolei had already jogged to the penalty area line. He stopped suddenly and shouted loudly at Ai Luo in Mandarin, "Brother Ai, stand still and wait for my hand to throw the ball!!"

This……

Although Ai Luo knew that Wang Xiaolei had little chance of saving a penalty, but at this time he could only choose to trust his little brother, at least let him know, and he believed that he could save the ball.

Perhaps, there are also unexpected gains!

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Wang Xiaolei came off the bench in such an important UEFA Champions League semi-final. Even if he has a big heart that is fearless, there will be times when he is nervous. You must know that this is playing without any psychological preparation. If you think of hundreds of millions of Chinese fans waiting in front of the TV at this moment, you will be even more nervous.

But Canizares, who was sent off, walked in front of Wang Xiaolei and said something to calm him down. In other words, what Canizares said was not a word, but a short story about Ai Luo's growth from a nobody in the youth team to the number one star in the Valencia team.

"Since Ai was able to score a hat-trick as a substitute in the first game against Real Madrid, why couldn't you, the most compatriot, save this penalty?"

As Wang Xiaolei walked towards the goal line, recalling what Canizares said, his fighting spirit burned to the extreme, and he clenched his right fist subconsciously.

Even the countless boos and swearing from the home team's KOP stand behind the goal at this time did not make Wang Xiaolei feel a little nervous. Under the immature appearance, there is a heart to grow into a world-class goalkeeper!

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At this moment, the Chinese fans waiting in front of the TV were secretly sweating for Wang Xiaolei. From Huang Jianxiang's introduction, he learned that he was too young, only 18 years and 112 days old, and he was also the youngest goalkeeper ever to appear in the semi-finals of the Champions League. In addition to their perception, the psychological quality of Chinese players is generally poor, so...

At the same time, the commentator in the on-site studio at the Anfield Stadium temporarily took out the materials prepared before the game and read them.

"The goalkeeper who came on as a substitute is Wang from China. According to the data, his age is 18 years and 112 days. If I remember correctly, he is the youngest goalkeeper to play in the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League. But let me give you some simple statistics about this young Chinese goalkeeper. He is 1 meters tall and weighs 89 kilograms. He won the best goalkeeper in the 78 U2005 World Youth Championship in Peru. The West Asia B team has served as the main goalkeeper for 17 La Liga matches..."

Andy Gray, the narrator of Sky TV, said according to the information in his hand and the knowledge in his mind.

Kenny Dalglish from Liverpool TV looked at Wang Xiaolei who was slowly walking toward the goal, and said with a sinister smile: "What can a Chinese player who is 18 years and 112 days old do? Haha... Wait until Xavi Alonso's penalty kicks in the net, I firmly believe that this little guy will crash across the board. It is not impossible for us to win a big victory at home! Just like the damn Manchester United swept Rome in the quarter-finals..."

Thinking of this, Kenny Dalglish became excited. You Manchester United can sweep Rome in the quarter-finals, and we can sweep Valencia in the semi-finals!
After calculation, our Liverpool is much stronger than Manchester United, which suffered an air crash! !

Hyde, the head commentator of Valencia's No.18 Sports Channel, was in a relaxed mood. Looking at Wang Xiaolei in the camera, he said relaxedly: "Do you still remember two years ago? At the same time, at the Bernabéu Stadium, Ai was [-] years old and came off the bench at the time, but who would have thought that he would be able to perform a hat-trick there?" Then the voice changed, "So at this moment, who can be sure that the substitute Wang will not save the ball?"

yes!Why not save the ball?
After hearing Hyde's commentary, the local fans sitting in front of the TV and supporting Valencia instantly became clear. Since Ai can perform miracles at the Bernabéu, why can't Wang, who is also young, perform miracles at Anfield?

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When Wang Xiaolei walked to the goal line, Harvey Alonso just placed the ball at the 12-yard penalty spot. He didn't even look at the immature Wang Xiaolei. For the 18-year-old young goalkeeper, he has at least a hundred ways to shoot the ball easily.

Harvey Alonso doesn't think that in this top Champions League semi-final, such a young goalkeeper will withstand the pressure and make accurate judgments. At that time, he only needs a change in rhythm to completely shake him down.

As for whether it will leave a lifelong shadow on the 18-year-old Wang Xiaolei, that is not something he should consider. After all, this is professional football, and professional football is survival of the fittest. Without extraordinary psychological quality, let's go home and practice table tennis again...

I don't know if the referee was disturbed by his own emotions. When Wang Xiaolei was standing on the goal line, he walked towards Wang Xiaolei and greeted with concern, "are-you-ready?"

Wang Xiaolei only learned Spanish in Spain. As for English, he couldn’t understand anything. But he could see the referee’s concerned expression, so he grinned and gave a thumbs-up in response to the referee: “OK!”

Seeing Wang Xiaolei's gesture, the referee was a little bit taken aback: This young man is not simple!
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"It seems that Wang Xiaolei's condition is adjusted very well. In his first Champions League game, he can calmly face the referee with a smile. This is a good signal. Suddenly, he has a hunch that Wang Xiaolei is likely to save this penalty. I believe everyone still remembers the penalty kick of Xavi Alonso in the 2004-2005 UEFA Champions League final? He did not hit directly, but scored with a follow-up shot, so..."

The fans heard Huang Jianxiang's commentary hint, and suddenly they had new expectations for Wang Xiaolei's ability to save a penalty!

Wang Xiaolei's calm performance was just captured by the stadium director, so the home team fans in the stands were very upset!Immediately there was an overwhelming booing.

Beep——
At this moment, the referee blew his whistle after confirming that both players had withdrawn from the penalty area.

Immediately, Wang Xiaolei's immature smile restrained and became very firm, and his eyes also became staring at Harvey Alonso like a wolf looking for food.

Harvey Alonso, who was running up, originally wanted to take advantage of the change in rhythm to make a time difference. What he didn't expect was that Wang Xiaolei's eyes became so sharp, as if he had invaded his soul.

However, having experienced such a big scene as the Champions League final, he put aside distracting thoughts in the blink of an eye, but he had previously thought about taking advantage of changes in rhythm to take penalty kicks, but he forgot...

Xabi Alonso kicked the ball straight into the bottom right corner of the goal.

Under normal circumstances, the goalkeeper will choose to pounce on his lower right corner, but the angle of the lower left corner will naturally be ignored. He firmly believes that this situation will definitely happen to this young goalkeeper who is only 18 years old.

During Harvey Alonso's run-up, Wang Xiaolei lowered his body's center of gravity, opened his arms naturally, and his whole body was like a spring compressed to the extreme. At the same time that Harvey Alonso shot the goal, his whole body was as sensitive and fast as a cheetah, and rushed to his lower left corner.

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"The referee blew the whistle, and Harvey Alonso started running! Which direction will he kick?? Left or right? Will Wang Xiaolei jump out??" Huang Jianxiang's nerves were tense all over his body. Half a second later, his voice changed from hasty to loud. The whole person stood up from the seat in the studio at the same time Wang Xiaolei reacted, and shouted: "It's out!! It's out!!!"

At the same time, the fans of the home team in the KOP stand behind the goal were full of disbelief. They held their heads in their hands and pulled their hair. It was not because the football was thrown out, but... Wang Xiaolei's hands were like magnets.
Everyone thought that Wang Xiaolei would wait for his teammates to come up to hug and celebrate. For an 18-year-old teenager who saved a key penalty in such a major game as the Champions League semi-finals, he could imagine with his toes that it would have a positive impact on his future career.

But Wang Xiaolei's next move didn't even occur to his teammates. He directly pushed away the captains Baraja and Moretti who wanted to celebrate with his left hand, and then he ran up and threw the ball far away with his right arm.

"Return to defense!!"

The Liverpool players were still in the negative emotions of missing a penalty kick. Gerrard suddenly shouted when he turned his head, and then there was a chain reaction throughout the stadium.

Shhhhhhh-
Boos were first heard from the main stand, and then spread to the entire stadium, because the ball thrown by Wang Xiaolei was directly thrown to Ai Luo who found an opening on the left side!

Aiello has no time to be surprised, because the football is close at hand, and Mascherano, who was dragging behind the team to protect, also ran over, apparently trying to stop the foul with a foul.

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