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Chapter 174 History Repeats Itself, Lehman Says No

"Toure brought down Edmilson. Barcelona got a direct free kick 28 meters away from the goal. Ronaldinho took the penalty... Oh, the free kick was very beautiful. It went around the wall. Unfortunately, it was a little bit worse. It flew out of the baseline. Let's see the slow motion. The ball almost brushed the far post and flew out of the baseline. As long as it was just a little bit inward, Lehmann had no room to save. Arsenal escaped unharmed."

"Oleg brought down Van Persie on the wing who was about to break through. Arsenal also got a free kick. Fabregas drove the ball into the penalty area... The referee's whistle sounded, and he sentenced Kolo Touré to charge the goalkeeper Valdes. From the slow motion, it seems that Valdes has an element of acting in it..."

Fifteen minutes into the first half, the two sides fought against each other for 15 minutes. In these 15 minutes, the two sides created seven shots, and there was an average of one successful attack every two minutes. Arsenal had a slight advantage in four shots. However, both goalkeepers and defenses performed quite well. The score is still zero to zero.
Li Yuxin has been working hard to attack. He vaguely remembers that game in history. Barcelona got that opportunity within 10 minutes of the first half, and then Arsenal played 10 against [-] for more than [-] minutes. That is to say, if this situation does not happen within [-] minutes, history will not be copied. It is not Li Yuxin’s superstition. In fact, the current situation and history have changed quite a lot.
This intuition is very unreasonable, but Li Yuxin believes in his intuition. This is an intuition produced after long-term games and important attention to the opponent, because Arsenal's defense really lacks speed. Barcelona is also very good at this kind of direct pass after getting rid of the midfielder. Ronaldinho and Eto'o are likely to create such opportunities
So less than 10 minutes later, Li Yuxin didn’t want to sit down. He wanted to carefully observe the start of the game—at least he had a deep memory of the “godfather theory” of later generations. Li Yuxin didn’t know why Barcelona was always so lucky in the Champions League. His intuition told him that it was definitely not because Platini liked Messi or Barcelona betrayed g14. Ruo Wu was targeted by the referee in the Champions League, there is no excessive misjudgment, but some small details can often have a huge impact on a team

In such a final, there must be one player missing. In the history of the Champions Cup final, no player has been sent off in the final. Li Yuxin does not want his team to be the first

In the 7th minute, Gilberto Silva made a mistake when the midfielder scored the ball. The ball was caught by Deco. Deco immediately took the ball forward and then took a long shot before Arsenal's defense line was organized.

This long-range shot close to 30 meters was caught by Lehman, and then he immediately threw the ball and launched an attack-the opponent attacked, and we had to use the attack to suppress it immediately
The ball fell to Edmilson's feet, Deco retreated to ask for the ball, his action attracted the attention of the Arsenal players, but Edmilson did not pass the ball to him, but directly passed the ball to Ronaldinho who retreated to take the ball
Ronaldinho took the ball a little outside the 30-meter area. His back was facing Arsenal's half at this time. However, before Fabregas cautiously pushed up from behind, Ronaldinho's right shoulder collapsed.
This feint is nothing unusual, but when Ronaldinho made this feint, his movements were so fast that Cesc Fabregas didn't even have time to react.
After getting rid of Cesc Fabregas with such a turn and breakthrough, Ronaldinho will immediately face Fabregas' midfielder partner Gilberto Silva. Although Gilberto Silva passed a wrong ball just now, it has become an instinct for him to cover for Fabregas.

As long as he can slightly block Ronaldinho's forward speed, Cesc Fabregas can form a front and back attack with him. At that time, Gilberto Silva is confident. Even if Ronaldinho has superb skills, at that time, at most, he can only choose to pass the ball horizontally, and cannot complete vertical breakthroughs or passes.
However, Ronaldinho did not give him this time.

After catching up with the ball, Ronaldinho magically stuck the ball with the outside of his left foot, then flicked the ball to the left, and then quickly buckled it back, making a reverse breakthrough

Gilberto Silva ate Ronaldinho's first move—this is also the most troublesome thing for defensive players to fight against Ronaldinho's ox tail, because if they don't react to the first move, then Ronaldinho may break through directly like this. With Ronaldinho's speed and agility, if you don't react immediately, it will be difficult to catch up. When you react and Ronaldinho throws the ball back, you can't do it faster than him...

All of this is based on Ronaldinho's speed and explosive power. This is also one of the reasons why Ronaldinho was invincible in this move at his peak, but he rarely used this move to surpass others after his state declined. When there is no explosive power and speed, this kind of fake move is useless unless it completely deceives the defender. Now Ronaldinho, with six-pack abs, does not need to completely deceive the defender. He only needs a moment of slowness from the opponent...

Now Gilberto Silva has such a momentary slowness, Ronaldinho smoothly dribbled past him

Even past Arsenal's two defensive midfielders, in front of Ronaldinho, there is a vast sea and sky immediately

At that moment, Arsenal's defensive formation also began to be chaotic, because Arsenal's defense line was well organized before, so after such a large gap, Arsenal's defense line inevitably became chaotic. Kolo Toure immediately rushed to Ronaldinho, and Vidic was also attracted by Ronaldinho, but forgot to pay attention to Eto'o's running position
When Li Yuxin began to realize this, Ronaldinho flicked his ankle after breaking through and passed the ball to Arsenal's penalty area

Kolo Toure tried hard to break the ball with a flying shovel, but it was still a step too slow. The ball flew past his feet, and then flew to the front of Arsenal's penalty area

Eto'o, who had been lurking for a long time, was like a cheetah. After Ronaldinho passed the ball, he rushed out from Vidic who was parallel to Vidic, but there was still a vertical gap between them.
When Ronaldinho got rid of it, Eto'o paid great attention to his position. He kept himself in a parallel position with Vidic. Now when Ronaldinho passes the ball, it is a perfect anti-offside, a perfect one-handed
When Vidic turned around, Eto'o had already got the ball behind him, and then took advantage of the trend and rushed towards the top of the penalty area.

When Eto'o went forward, Lehmann sensed that something was wrong, because now the two full-backs were still on both sides, and it was too late to return to the defense, and Vidic's speed was obviously not comparable to that of Eto'o, not to mention that Ronaldinho's through ball was so beautiful, showing the demeanor of a top player
So he attacked decisively. When Eto'o broke through the penalty area after taking the ball, he had already rushed out of the small penalty area. As a goalkeeper, although his speed was not fast, his attack under this situation was extremely fast.
When Eto'o dribbled the ball for two steps and was about to approach the top of the restricted area, Lehmann had already rushed near the line of the restricted area. It was impossible for him to stop at this time. He could only speed up and make a clearance before Eto'o made an extraordinary move. Although the goalkeeper cannot use his hands when he leaves the restricted area, he can still use his feet.
He rushed out of the penalty area, and at this time Eto'o flicked the ball to the side, and then made a breakthrough-he didn't use any fake moves, just used his own speed and impact to rush directly past Lehmann's control range, and then he had enough time to adjust and then faced the empty goal and kicked the ball

Eto'o's first swipe of the ball was indeed as fast as lightning. Although Lehman made an attack, he waded the ball directly, and then he was about to rush past Lehman.

As a goalkeeper's instinct, Lehmann fell to the ground decisively, then stretched his arms and wanted to hit the ball with his hands. As for the fact that he was already outside the penalty area, Lehman did not consider

However, Eto'o's kick was quite large, and the ball passed Lehmann's control range directly, but his men hadn't rushed out yet-in this case, it is impossible for a man to be faster than the ball

Seeing that he failed to catch the ball, Lehman's hand moved toward Eto'o's feet - this is also a goalkeeper's instinct, but at this moment, Lehman's mind flashed the words Li Yuxin had been telling him all along.
Because it is strange why Li Yuxin would often say such advice to him, and Lehman is also a player who likes to use his brain to think about things. After all, he is in his 30s, and he should be more thoughtful when thinking about things, so these days Lehman is thinking about such things whenever he is free, and his subconscious memory of this matter has become more and more profound. At this moment, he remembered Li Yuxin's words
"In such a final, I would rather concede a goal than lose one player on the field. No matter how many goals we concede, we will be able to recover the score, but if one less player faces an opponent like Barcelona, ​​it will be a loss that is difficult to make up for..."

When he remembered this sentence, Lehmann decisively stopped his next actions. He just stretched out his hand, but stood still, just lying there—if Eto’o bumped into him by himself, it would definitely not be his foul—he just stopped there instead of actively blocking Eto’o’s progress.

This little difference is very important. For Lehman, this is also an extremely difficult decision
Then, Lehmann watched Eto'o jump from his hand, and then, a huge cheer came from the stands occupied by Barcelona fans

At this moment, Li Yuxin was only worried about one thing, whether Lehman would forget his instructions because of his enthusiasm for the fight.

At the beginning of this game, the two sides started to attack back and forth in the game, and the goalkeeper also entered the state faster than usual. With the situation of this ball, Lehmann is very likely to rely on his body's instinct to react at that moment, and use all methods to prevent Eto'o's goal!

In that game in history, didn't Lehmann know the consequences of losing one player in less than 10 minutes in this kind of final?It’s just that he didn’t think of anything else at that moment, he just wanted not to lose the ball, and he had to stop Eto’o’s progress, and then he reached out and grabbed Eto’o’s ankle... In fact, even after the game, basically everyone thought that this red card was uncontroversial.

Jose, who was uneasy, looked at the field, saw Lehmann attacking, Eto'o waving the ball, and then he breathed a sigh of relief, because he saw that Lehman didn't grab Eto'o's foot, but just lay there.

The huge shouts of Barcelona fans and the sighs of Arsenal fans sounded in the stands. No.18 minutes, Eto'o scored a goal after receiving a pass from Ronaldinho, helping Barcelona achieve a one-to-zero lead!
Although they are behind at this time, Arsenal are not in a passive position, because they have no shortage of players on the field. Lehmann made a difficult decision at a critical moment. Although he lost the ball, Arsenal can continue to participate in the game without being at a disadvantage!
"Sorry, Jens." Toure walked back with a dejected expression on his face. If he hadn't relaxed his marking on Eto'o just now, even if Eto'o won the one-handed goal, he might not have so much space to pass Lehmann, then the ball might not be lost...

"There's still a chance." Lehmann, who got up, has regained his composure. After all, he can still perform on the field: "And you don't need to blame yourself. Even if you were able to return to the defense in time just now, Giuly has already followed up there. Eto'o only needs to pass a cross, and Giuly can directly hit the empty goal. We still have to concede the ball."

Although he was attacking just now, Lehmann still saw the situation on the field in his eyes, so he was very grateful for the decision he made, because even if he fouled just now, Giuly who kept up with him could still score. At that time, he might get cards and concede the ball again, which would be even more unworthy than it is now.

After comforting Toure, Lehmann scooped up the ball from inside the goal, and kicked it vigorously toward the midfield.

"It's just a conceded goal, you must quickly get the score back!" Lehman waved his fists and shouted towards the frontcourt.

Li Yuxin silently reached out to catch the ball that fell from the air, and then threw the ball to Henry who was a little further ahead.

That's right, it's just one goal, we don't concede one or two goals, and then we just need to get it back with goals-this is the final of the Champions League, not a two-legged game, there is no such thing as an away goal, a goal is a goal, there is no meaning to talk about.

(End of this chapter)