i don't want to be king

Chapter 415 Close Combat
In the 1994 World Cup in the United States, FIFA decided to introduce a new mandatory rule in this World Cup.

In order to protect offensive players from more and more rough fouls, FIFA decided that from now on, as long as the tackle is behind the back, no matter whether it touches the ball first or not, it will be sent off with a red card.

In the opening game of that World Cup, the defending champion Germany faced Bolivia. As a result, the core midfielder of Bolivia, who came off the bench for less than 3 minutes in the second half, No. 10 Echeverri, nicknamed "The Devil", became a player under this rule because of a back shovel. The first player to be sent off by a red card.

However, in the later game practice, there have been more and more disputes about the specific implementation standards of this strict rule.

In modern football, there are very few referees who implement this rule in a "one size fits all" style.

More referees tend to rely on the recognition of specific tackles to make as correct a penalty as possible.

Even so, Li Liang's shoveling while chasing Ali at high speed made the entire home court extremely tense.

Li Liang concentrated all his energy and attention, and the moment he fell to the ground, he tried to stretch his legs to tackle the ball between Ali's legs!
Jardim felt that he couldn't breathe, and he stared at Li Liang nervously—this guy actually stretched his legs from between Ali's legs, and actually touched the rolling ball!
Ali, who was pushing forward with all his strength, never thought that his opponent would make such a crazy tackle. He didn't take any defensive action. As a result, Li Liang really stretched out his left leg to tackle the ball from the only gap left by the only angle!
Li Liang stepped on the ball with his left foot clinging to the turf, and his body continued to move forward under the strong inertia. His left foot immediately hooked the ball with the arch of his foot-this is a textbook-like shovel and retain the ball. Touched Ali's legs and successfully intercepted the ball.

Fabinho, who was closest to them, nervously cast his eyes on the referee not far away, and Jardim's heart hung high!
Pochettino and all Tottenham players on the field raised their hands and shouted, including everyone on the visiting team's bench, and all the roaring Tottenham fans in the Cape Dale stands are signaling that this is a red card !
The referee clenched his whistle and waved his hand to continue the game!
He thought it was a clean and beautiful defence, with Monaco's No. 17 not profiting by means other than the rules.

Pochettino is still shouting, of course he knows in his heart that he can't change the referee's decision, but what shocked him more than this was——

How could this be a defensive move that a traditional attacking midfielder can make? !

Grimandi, who was born as a central defender, was also stunned. He even forgot to record it in his notepad. Li Liang actually possessed such a rare defensive skill? !

Grimandi suddenly realized, wait, I seem to have seen this guy's actions before!

He immediately remembered that this amazing tackle defense was strikingly similar to the sliding tackle move that Rosicky, the midfield artist who was once known as "Little Mozart" who had just left in the Arsenal team he played for, was best at!

Nasser sat down heavily, he and Kluivert who was still standing looked at each other, Nasser nodded, and Kluivert immediately understood what the boss meant.

But he was still very surprised, because the purpose of his and Chairman Nasser's trip was not to observe the 17th.

The suffocating atmosphere at the scene boiled instantly, and all the home fans immediately cheered.

Such a tackle action is extremely rare, and everyone is even as shocked as seeing a world wave goal.After all, his home team was suppressed too hard by the opponent, and this was a rare morale-boosting scene.

Ali was caught off guard, and when he stopped the car and looked back, Li Liang had quickly put his hands on the ground, half-turned and stood up with the left leg of the tackler as the axis.

Ali immediately returned to grab the ball, Li Liang immediately protected the ball, but his eyes did not stay on Ali.

Fabinho suppressed the excitement in his heart, and immediately shouted, signaling Li Liang to pass the ball to him, after all, Ali was still fiercely fighting back.

The extremely excited Li Liang was completely immersed in his own world, and his eyes had also passed over Fabinho.

Everyone in the Louis II Stadium, the TV screens, computer monitors, and even the audience in front of the screens of various mobile phones do not know that the brain of Monaco No. 17 is processing all the images seen by the eyes at an alarming speed.

Li Liang first observed Falcao's position. The distance exceeded 50 meters. Even if he was sure to send a long pass with an error of less than 1 meter, the speed of the ball in the air was too long. Dale and Wimmer must have the most reaction time to disrupt the long pass.

Lemar on the left just chased the right back Trippier who was assisted by Tottenham just now, and he is still near the center line. Passing the ball to Lemar is easily influenced by Trippier, and it is not the best choice.

Wait, where's Trippier?

Ignoring any further observations, Li Liang shifted his gaze to the right again. Silva, who had already retreated sharply after the failed attack just now, suddenly started to run back. Tottenham's left-back Rose was obviously slower to react, and Silva had already left him behind. behind.

This is undoubtedly the best choice now!Less than 30 meters away from Silva, Li Liang has absolute certainty to send a precise long pass, and he can completely control the landing point to be right in front of the sprinting Portuguese, and even make the ball bounce at an absolutely suitable height after landing!
Li Liang's body had already started to function, he took a step back extremely quickly, stretched his arms to balance his body, and was ready to send his right foot forward immediately!
When he was still swinging his legs backwards, he already realized that something was wrong. In an instant, a black shadow passed by, and someone tackled him from the side and back!
He was already swinging his legs non-stop, and the opponent had already touched the ball first. Li Liang's high-speed swinging right leg touched the tackler's body, instantly lost his balance in the air and fell towards the turf!

It turned out that when Li Liang was watching from left to right, he ignored the protection of the ball. Trippier on the right had already sprinted to his side at full speed and decisively completed this equally wonderful counter-grab.

To be fair, Trippier's tackle violated Li Liang's space to advance and drop the ball, but because both of them moved very fast, the referee, who didn't see clearly, subconsciously judged that this counter-grab was also a good move. ball!
Li Liang, who threw himself heavily on the ground, watched the ball roll to Ali's feet. The Englishman took advantage of the situation and wiped away Fabinho who was rushing forward desperately, and then sent a through pass steadily forward.

Li Liang immediately saw in despair that the ball passed through the gap between Sidiby and Glick, and Tottenham's No. 7 Sun Xingmin had already started at the same time, and rushed towards the ball in a single ride!
The Korean, who had been running against the offside line, threw off Monaco's entire defense line in the blink of an eye, and successfully completed a wonderful anti-offside jump in an instant!

Glick hadn't fully turned around at this time, and Sidibi had just started to speed up. It was obviously impossible to catch up with Sun Xingmin who was already close to full speed!
Subasic was in an extremely awkward position, because he was farther away from the ball, he had to choose to stick to the small penalty area line.

Amidst the horrified shouts of the audience, it seemed that the Koreans were going to completely single-handedly!

(End of this chapter)