i don't want to be king

Chapter 230 Change of direction in the air
The audience burst into warm applause.

——Mendieta's high-quality low-level shot Van der Sar judged the right direction, but the speed of the ball was too fast and the angle was tricky, so that Van der Sar, who had retired for 4 years, could only help him.

Li Liang suddenly felt that things were not simple!
Mendieta scored a goal, which means that he must score at least two goals to win, and at least one goal to ensure that he does not lose.

He was lost in thought, when Beckham came over and asked softly, "Li, do you remember what I told you?"

Mendieta was already preparing for the second goal. He saw that Van der Sar had obviously lowered his center of gravity, and the five big men lining up the wall were also discussing with each other.

A master's trick can only be used by surprise once.

——Mendieta knows that if he hits a low ball again, it will definitely not have such a good effect.

For his second and third goals, he chose a curved ball to hit the upper corner of the goal. Unfortunately, all of them were successfully resolved by Van der Sar!

It was time for Li Liang to play, the cheers from the audience, and the loud encouragement from Terry, Falcao and other teammates seemed to have not heard him.

His thoughts completely returned to that unforgettable afternoon at the Manchester City base on February 2th——

After drawing against the Manchester City reserve team, Adams invited his two old friends Henry and Beckham to guide Li Liang in practice.

In just half a day, these two absolute masters did not guide Li Liang on any specific technical movements.

At that time, in addition to discussing with himself the issue of determining the position on the field, Beckham also talked about the topic of free kicks.

He mentioned that in the face of Saenders' free kick, the appearance of the bystander Pirlo completely disrupted Li Liang's rhythm——

Later, Beckham told Li Liang that his current free kick technique and strength are fine, but the biggest shortcoming lies in his psychological quality.

Because Li Liang has participated in too few actual battles, his mental state is more likely to be disturbed by various emergencies on the field.

When taking a free kick, you need to observe with your eyes, think with your brain, and use your nervous system to control your body posture, running speed, strength and range of swinging your legs, joint rotation, rapid contraction and relaxation of muscles all over the body, and so on.

All of the above can be repeatedly strengthened through training——

But only "feeling" is difficult to cultivate in training.

Beckham also told Li Liang that when he took a free kick, it was like shooting, the difference was that he relied more on "feeling" to aim.

The more focused you are, the less this "feeling" is disturbed and the more free kicks you take.

This "feel" includes both innate talent and psychological adaptation under the pressure of the game for a long time.

So at the end of the coaching, Beckham told Li Liang that he must participate in more official competitions, the more the better!

——Because the real "race feeling" can never be trained!
……

Mendieta walked over to Li Liang with a smile, he patted Li Liang on the shoulder and said in not-so-fluent English while gesticulating: "One, go on.

Two, win.

Not one, bye! "

Li Liang also laughed, he understood Mendieta's gestures and understood what he wanted to say.

Li Liang picked up the ball slowly, and he chose the penalty spot about 25 meters from the center of the goal, which is also his best position.

After setting up the ball, he took a few steps back and adjusted his breathing——

……

After bidding farewell to Beckham and Henry that day, Li Liang and Da Xiong also chatted about what Beckham called "the feeling of the game".

Big Bear told Li Liang very seriously that this is also an important reason why their generation and even generations of national teams have had difficulty making breakthroughs.

In the previous years, they lacked a sufficient number of games from the youth training-

Because the quantity is not enough, let alone the quality!
However, in the limited competitions that are difficult to guarantee quality, there are a lot of false age reports, big players playing young players, and the phenomenon of people's love and understanding of the ball. On the contrary, there is less and less content related to the high-level competition itself.

Li Liang clearly remembered Daxiong sighing at that time——

"We grew up practicing from a young age, and they all play games 'playing' well, how can we compare our 'game feeling' with others?
During international competitions, when encountering critical moments, we want to work hard but we can't use our strength!

If you fight a tough battle, you will definitely collapse if there is an accident!
Ryoko, after going abroad to live and train with other teams for a few times, I realized that we were already 'numbed'!

I used to think that it would be very difficult for me to become a professional player in such a big dye vat!

Seriously who cares what the real 'race feel' is? "

……

Li Liang stared at Van der Sar who looked very relaxed behind the human wall. The Dutchman kept joking with his old friends in the human wall. Obviously, he did not regard himself as Mendieta when he was about to take a free throw.

——Can you compare yourself with Mendieta, who has retired for many years?

Without any professional training and professional football background, it is like a blank sheet of paper, which only writes the "play feeling" accumulated in a few games——

Li Liang shifted his gaze to the human wall in front of him. Apart from Mizga and Chick who were already familiar with him, Ballack, Ferdinand and Vidic were all star posters, star cards and computer desktops he had collected. Characters in the screensaver!

There is also Van der Sar who is chatting with Ferdinand, that is a hall-level figure who has set foot on the professional field before he was born!

Even the opponent Mendieta once played the Champions League final as the captain!

Li Liang raised his right hand to start the run-up, he had already imagined the arc that would appear in his mind——

Li Liang made a wonderful arc with his right foot. The ball soared into the air, whizzed past the wall and went straight to the upper left corner of the goal——

Van der Sar, who had top on-the-spot experience from the start of his approach, immediately realized that he might be in big trouble!
Van der Sar, who was still chatting a second ago, quickly started at his feet——

When the ball crossed the wall and began to fall, he had already moved completely into place, kicked off with his left leg, and stretched his long arm lightly——

At this moment, he seemed to return to 20 years ago——

Amidst the huge exclamation in the stands, the Dutchman hit the ball accurately with a beautiful side throw!

Van der Sar, who was still in the air, felt great fear——

This powerful curve ball changed its direction after being supported by his palm, but it still fell towards the goal behind him with a strong rotation!

Van der Sar was completely powerless with the movement of the ball, and his heart sank!
After falling on the turf and rolling for a week, Van der Sar, who was lying on the turf, looked back nervously and saw the ball spinning and rubbing against the left goalpost and flew out of bounds!
Van der Sar jumped up and clenched his fists for his wonderful performance, then immediately turned to Li Liang and gave a thumbs up sincerely——

This guy is by no means an idler!
The onlookers were shocked, and Mendieta became nervous.

Brother Neville laughed and joked: "David, this is another crazy admirer of yours!
He even imitates your free throw posture! "

"No!"

Beckham replied firmly: "You better take a closer look, he is making free throws in his own way!"

Li Liang tightened his hair with both hands in disappointment, he realized that he was overthinking this ball.

Faced with a wall with an average height of more than 1 meters, Li Liang still has some scruples when he touches the ball and exerts force——

He consciously adjusted the height of the arc.

Increasing the height at the same speed is equivalent to extending the flight distance of the ball, thus giving Van der Sar more time to react.

The caddy threw another football, and Li Liang took it and bent down to carefully swing it.

Li Liang is already convinced that although he is facing a retired "old" goalkeeper who is over [-] years old, Van der Sar, who has perfect height and wingspan, as long as his judgment is correct, ordinary free kicks are difficult to threaten to him!
What's more, Li Liang has discovered that Van der Sar's overall rating is still 69!

This has surpassed Saenders, the strongest goalkeeper he has ever played against, and is even close to the 33-year-old Bear!

Li Liang set up the ball again, and stepped back with great strides.

——The run-up distance left this time is obviously longer than the first time.

Under the attention of everyone, Li Liang started to run. This time, he felt better when he exerted his strength, and his movements were more coordinated and smooth——

The flying height of the ball was significantly reduced, and it immediately began to fall after crossing the human wall!
Van der Sar found that the angle of this ball was exactly the same as the previous one, and he still flew towards the dead corner on his left.

With an astonishing reaction, he immediately began to control the center of gravity and prepare to move in advance——

But before taking the first step, he suddenly discovered that the ball had changed direction significantly in the air!

(End of this chapter)