However, what Li Yi himself did not expect was that at the end of the halftime break, after Friedman arranged the tactics for the second half, he still said in front of all the Crystal Palace players, "For the second half, Lee comes on, replace Ke
Seeing the heated play between the two sides on the field, Crystal Palace assistant coach Thomas quietly came behind Friedman who was standing on the sidelines and asked with some confusion, "Friedman, at this time, it is not appropriate to replace Lee?"
If you are not afraid of anything, you are afraid of the worst, but you are self-defeating by putting him on the field too early?"
"Self-defeating?" After thinking about the word for a while, and reading the hidden meaning that the assistant wanted to express, Friedman smiled indifferently, and then explained, "No, Thomas, you are wrong. I have observed Lee for a long time, and he is not that kind of person."
A player with a fragile heart. This game, no matter what the final result is, will only accelerate his integration into the team. Even if he loses unfortunately in the final game, those negative factors will not have a deep impact on Lee.
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In addition, if a multiple-choice question is put in front of me now, the options are - if this game is lost, Lee integrates better into the team, and if this game is won, the team's forward line remains the same, I will not hesitate
Hesitantly choose the former!
Believe me, Lee is definitely a player worthy of the club’s efforts to cultivate!”
Looking at the confident coach, Thomas spread his hands and said, "Okay, I hope so."
Well, I have to say that Friedman is a master who has a relatively thorough view of Li Yi. Thomas's worry is that if Li Yi fails to help the team after playing, he will carry a burden in the future? These
To be honest, Li Yi never thought about it at all.
After almost 2 months, he finally returned to the game. Li Yi's only goal when he went to the field was to work hard and break through the opponent's damn door! Apart from that, Li Yi didn't think about anything else.
Li Yi, who was highly focused and focused on the game itself, and whose strength was already up to standard, soon showed his due value after he went on the court.
Although Li Yi and his teammates are still a little unfamiliar in terms of cooperation, facing Coventry, an excellent training target, Li Yi's current level of integration with his teammates is barely adequate.
Once again, he overpowered the opponent's defender and grabbed the first target of his teammate's cross from the wing. Li Yi coolly flicked his head and headed the ball towards the far corner of the goal.
It's a pity that although Li Yi's header was from a rather tricky angle, in the end it was slightly weak and the Coventry goalkeeper struggled to get it out of the bottom line.
This header is the third time Li Yi has come close to scoring his first Crystal Palace goal within 10 minutes of playing.
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However, as the game progressed, anyone with eyes at the scene could see that from the first minute of the game, Li Yi, who was trying his best to achieve the goal of scoring a goal, was far away from his Crystal Palace goal.
The first goal is really not far away.
Sure enough, the development of the facts fully confirmed the predictions of this part of the audience!
This goal occurred in the second half, in the 15th minute.
Speaking of which, this ball was not only not a good opportunity at the beginning, it was not even a chance.
At that time, I saw that the midfield and backfield teams successfully blocked the opponent's attack and controlled the ball at their feet. Li Yi was at the front of the Coventry penalty area, like a hen protecting a calf, with his hands open, firmly pushing the opponent's central defender.
Behind you.
The two sides fought for about 3 or 4 seconds. After finally convincing the opponent, Li Yi raised his hand and made a gesture for the ball to his teammates in the backcourt.
The two goals conceded in the first half were accidents after all. Returning to the second half, Crystal Palace paid a little attention to its defense. Coventry did not have much competitiveness in front of the former. This competitiveness is reflected on the field, that is, in the game.
Most of the time, Crystal Palace suppressed the opponent and fought!
During a game, if one team has an advantage on the field, it will naturally bring a lot of offensive opportunities. With more offensive opportunities, Crystal Palace players, as the dominant side, will not be like Coventry, who attack every time.
All must be calculated carefully and clearly. Sometimes, it doesn't matter if the calculation is a little unreasonable!
Take this time as an example, Li Yi and Fletcher, who was holding the ball at this time, were almost 70 meters apart. The forward asked for the ball at a distance that was far beyond his control. If the game was between opponents of similar strength,
Expand, without even thinking about it, Fletcher will ignore it. Even if he sees that there are not many defensive players around Li Yi, if he passes the ball accurately, he may pose a threat!
However, the opponent that Crystal Palace faced today was not evenly matched with Crystal Palace, but rather the weak Coventry. Therefore, after just a moment of confusion, Carl Fletcher, who was happy to play in today's game, still resolutely chose
A long pass!
He gently moved the ball to the right front of his body, leaving enough space for a run-up. Before the opponent's defender was in place, Fletcher used all his strength to hit the middle and lower part of the ball and kicked it hard.
The ball was sent out.
Reaching out for the ball is just a striker's instinct to shoot in a good position. At first, Li Yi never thought that the central defender would actually make a long pass!
However, those are all nonsense. Now that the backcourt is really looking for him, Li Yi will not stand there stupidly and be at a loss, right?
Without hesitation, he further compressed the space for the Coventry central defender behind him and did not give the opponent any chance to counterattack. Li Yi made all the prerequisites and just waited for the ball to arrive!
Unfortunately, when Li Yi was fully prepared to receive the long pass that was about to come to him, Li Yi suddenly remembered that he seemed to have missed something on this issue. This thing was that it was so far away
, can the defender's footwork be so accurate that he can deliver the ball just in front of him?
As the ball got closer and closer to him, Li Yi finally discovered that his bad premonition had come true!
Seeing the ball passing high above his head, he was unable to move because he was entangled with the opponent's defender. He shook his head with regret. Li Yi broke away from the opponent's "embrace" and faced
Fletcher, who sent a long pass for himself in the backcourt, stretched out a thumb in the distance and walked towards the backcourt.
After running 2 steps, although the forward trained by Friedman did not need to return to defense, he was also the first barrier to the team's defense. When there was a chance, Li Yi, who was influenced by the theory of counterattack in the frontcourt, responded habitually.
Head it yourself and see if you have a chance to steal it!
Well, how should I put it? When Li Yi turned around, he didn't have to spend too much energy to look for it. The former was pleasantly surprised to find that the Coventry goalkeeper who confiscated Fletcher's long pass had already used his hand at this time.
The ball was thrown out. And, by coincidence, the ball happened to be thrown to the Coventry central defender who had just been entangled with Li Yi.
Earlier, he had been fighting closely with the opponent. Now Li Yi only ran 4 or 5 steps to the backcourt. The distance between the two people was only 2 to 3 meters! Such a short distance, despite Li Yi's defensive attributes,
It's so scumbag that people can't bear to look at it, but this can't stop Li Yi's desire to fight back in the frontcourt!
He stopped his forward momentum, turned around, and rushed like the wind towards the Coventry central defender who had never thought that he would turn back and was in a daze.
