The path to becoming a football legend began with being ousted from Carrington by Manchester United.
Chapter 61 Not Wanting to Touch and Not Being Able to Touch
Robben often boasted that he was the greatest player in the post-Cruyff era of the Dutch national team, and that no one except the Three Musketeers could compare to him.
Van Bommel, skeletons in a grave.
Sneijder was good at planning but indecisive.
Van der Vaart, all talk and no action.
Little Blinder, in his father's name.
Van Persie is like a guard dog.
Van Bronckhorst, Huntelaar, Kuyt, and others are all mediocre and insignificant.
A hero is one who cherishes lofty ambitions, possesses brilliant strategies, has the capacity to encompass the universe, and the ambition to swallow the heavens and earth.
Looking across the entire Netherlands, only Robben, the Flying Man, can be called a hero.
Arjen Robben, who was proud and arrogant, suffered two consecutive defeats in the finals last year, and was already in a state of depression, sensitivity, suspicion and irritability.
Now he took the initiative to start a fight, but the opponent cleanly and neatly stole the ball from him, and he was even mocked by Lin Yi.
Robben couldn't stand it, so he sprang up and chased after him on his whirlwind.
This was not a very good counter-attack opportunity for Manchester City.
In the previous round, Bayern did not commit many players; apart from the excited Robben, only Gomez on the front line and Ribery on the far side crossed their own half.
Most of the others stayed in their positions and did not participate in the attack.
After Lin Yi blocked Robben with his body, Lescott, who was in charge of chasing, took control of the ball first.
Thanks to the lack of pressing in Bayern's attacking third, Lescott was able to comfortably pass the ball to Yaya Toure.
With a try-it-out mentality, Toure began to dribble forward with great strides.
Soon, Tony Cross and Tymoshchuk appeared in front of him, completely blocking his path. Toure had no choice but to slow down and reconsider.
At this moment, Lin Yi caught up from behind. He didn't stop and continued running forward, successfully taking Tymoshchuk away.
Toure seized the opportunity to pass the ball to Nasri in front, but Nasri was quickly marked by the Bayern player responsible for marking him, and with his back to the goal, he didn't even have a chance to turn around.
"Leave him to me!" Robben was not much slower than Lin Yi and had already caught up.
Upon hearing Robben's call, Tymoshchuk didn't waste any words, put Lin Yi down, and rushed towards Nasri, who had the ball.
Nasri, with his back to the defender, was still struggling to hold on. Seeing that Tymoshchuk was about to come to the rescue, Nasri dared not delay any longer. He didn't even have time to look up and observe his teammates' positions before the opponent could close in and sweep the ball towards the middle.
The hasty pass was somewhat awkward; the ball ended up behind Dzeko, and was too far from Lin Yi, who was making a run forward.
If Dzeko turns around to receive the pass, he will find himself in the same situation as Nasri, receiving the ball with his back to the opponent's goal, and in that case, he will probably have no choice but to pass the ball hastily.
The highly intelligent Pochettino did not act recklessly. He chose to trust Lin Yi and spread his arms wide to delay Badstuber behind him as much as possible.
Tony Kroos felt it was unwise to leave Lin Yi completely to Robben, who was still chasing behind, at the edge of the penalty area. In addition, Kroos was not much farther from the ball than Lin Yi at that moment, so he also left his defensive position and headed towards Lin Yi.
Kroos's choice was very smart. Instead of trying to outrun Lin Yi to see who could touch the ball first, he made a small detour while running, giving up the fight for possession of the ball and blocking Lin Yi's path in advance.
This means that when Lin Yi gets the ball, whether he shoots or makes a breakthrough, he can't avoid Tony Kroos in front of him. In addition, there is Robben chasing him from behind. If he is not careful, the two of them will work together to take away possession of the ball.
Lin observed Kroos's positioning, changed his route, and took the initiative to meet Nasri's pass.
This was also within Kroos's expectations. With a simple lateral step, he once again blocked Lin Yi's attack route and also used this step to move forward half a meter, making the distance between him and Lin Yi and the ball even closer.
Lin Yi took a big step forward with his left foot, placing it on the grass as a support leg, and lifted his right foot, seemingly preparing to forcefully lift it.
Kroos immediately stepped forward to block, and Robben, who had already caught up, was also decisive, sliding in from behind Lin Yi to block his shot with his body.
Lin Yi landed with his right leg, but instead of unleashing a powerful shot as everyone expected, he didn't even touch the ball, letting Nasri's cross slide past him.
The ball had just rolled past when Robben arrived.
As expected of Peter Pan, no one else has mastered the art of flying close to the ground.
Robben seemed to have a skateboard underneath him, sliding past Lin Yi in a flash, his momentum undiminished as he also knocked Kroos, who was rushing to grab him, to the ground.
Lin Yi was startled by Robben; this guy was really ruthless, even killing his own people.
If Balotelli were in this situation, he would most likely be drawn to the spectacle and start contemplating life on the spot.
Lin Yi didn't have such a novel way of thinking. He bypassed the fallen Kroos and Robben and cut diagonally into Bayern's penalty area.
The ball, which Lin Yi had missed, successfully reached Milner's feet.
In the past month of training, they have practiced similar direct passes and diagonal runs countless times.
Seeing Lin Yi's running route, Milner almost instinctively pushed the ball forward, easily piercing Bayern's defense.
Lin Yi jumped over the rolling football, positioning himself to the left of the ball, and just like with the previous goal, turned his body sideways and aimed at the far corner of the goal.
Neuer, who had abandoned his post to attack, kept a close eye on Lin Yi, looking for the most suitable time to get down on the ground.
Lin Yi raised his right foot again, his ankle spread wide, as if he was about to shoot into the far corner.
Neuer quickly shifted his weight to his right foot, preparing to block the shot with his left leg.
Lin Yi's right foot landed, still a feint; he didn't touch the ball, watching it roll freely forward.
Neuer wasn't so comfortable. He was fooled by Lin Yi's feint, and his weight shifted completely to the left side of his body as his left leg was extended. He collapsed to the ground with a thud, and could only watch as Lin Yi and the football passed by his right side and headed towards the empty goal behind him.
Having shaken off Neuer, Lin Yi had no further obstacles in his path. He raised his left foot, ready to shoot into the empty net.
In a flash, Lin Yi noticed someone rushing towards him out of the corner of his eye; it was none other than Robben, who had been chasing him all along.
Just as Lin Yi was toying with Neuer, Robben pushed Tony Cross off him and sprinted towards him at top speed.
Seeing that Lin Yi had a chance to face the open goal, Robben made another sliding tackle, turning his body to the side to increase the defensive area as much as possible, trying to stop the ball with his body before it entered the goal.
It must be said that Robben put in a lot of effort in defense this time, and his reactions and decisions were also very quick.
But as the saying goes, haste makes waste. Robben's sliding tackle came too fast, and Lin Yi hadn't even completed his shooting motion yet.
Seeing this, Lin Yi gently placed his foot down for the third time, still without touching the football.
Lin Yi only managed to bring the counterattack to a perfect close when Robben slid completely out of bounds in front of him with the toe of his right foot.
From his interception of Robben to his eventual goal, this touch was Lin Yi's only contact with the ball throughout the entire process.
"That guy over there who bumped into the guy with the GG sign, he tried to tackle twice but couldn't reach the ball, are you angry?"
"Actually, I only touched the ball once at the very end, not much more than you, right?"
"By the way, I don't touch the ball because I don't want to, but what about you?"
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