The Shaking Gate Keeper Demon Has Arrived (Seeking Collections, Seeking Recommendations)

Suddenly, a gust of wind swept past him.

Oh no!

Lee Kang-in felt the hand he had originally placed on Li Mingyu lose its contact; he could no longer sense Li Mingyu's presence.

Lee Kang-in turned his head just in time to see Li Mingyu sprinting madly down the flank toward the byline, with not a single defensive player in sight around him.

The two Valencia fullbacks, Gabriel and Correa, were positioned toward the center, and since the ball had been on the other side, their positioning had shifted inward as well.

Li Mingyu had been under the watch of Lee Kang-in, so there hadn't been much of an issue.

But with a sudden burst of acceleration, Li Mingyu broke through Lee Kang-in's defense, leaving the Valencia backline feeling caught off guard.

Messi, on the other side, had a wide field of vision; seeing Li Mingyu's surge, he sent a long pass straight across the pitch, delivering it right to Li Mingyu's feet.

Li Mingyu controlled the ball with ease and, without slowing down in the slightest, began to cut inside.

At this moment, Lee Kang-in was in hot pursuit from behind, and the two fullbacks were closing in to surround him.

If Li Mingyu were to push any further inside, he would likely fall into the three-man encirclement.

However, to Li Mingyu, the only defensive players he was facing were the two fullbacks in front of him; he hadn't even factored in Lee Kang-in behind him.

Looking at the defensive positioning of the two fullbacks, Li Mingyu didn't hesitate for a second, pushing the ball forward with the outside of his boot and charging ahead.

Too arrogant!

Are they not taking us seriously at all?

The Valencia backline was filled with fury.

The winger Correa tightly blocked Li Mingyu's path to cut inside, preparing to coordinate with the fullback Gabriel to surround Li Mingyu and strip the ball from his feet.

While dribbling at high speed, Li Mingyu suddenly slammed on the brakes, shaking Correa's center of gravity and leaving him unsteady on his feet.

However, Lee Kang-in was already within arm's reach from behind. Seeing Li Mingyu's move, Lee Kang-in didn't hold back, slamming into him directly from the rear.

Li Mingyu suddenly accelerated again, nudging the ball with the inside of his right foot to continue toward the byline.

With this move, Lee Kang-in collided with nothing but air, and since Correa's center of gravity had just been readjusted, he was unable to make a second defensive move.

Just this small technical maneuver of a sudden stop followed by an acceleration left both defensive players completely out of position.

Even Li Mingyu felt his legs go a bit soft; that sudden stop had put quite a bit of pressure on his knees.

Movements like this—stopping and restarting—should be kept to a minimum; after all, one only needs to look at how Ronaldo's knees were ruined.

Next, Li Mingyu faced the opposing fullback Gabriel directly, using a simple Croqueta to send him stumbling.

Li Mingyu pushed the ball with the outside of his boot and charged straight into the penalty area.

The opposing center-backs were being pinned down by Griezmann and Messi, leaving no one available to defend against him.

Li Mingyu faced the goalkeeper once again.

The Valencia goalkeeper cursed as he rushed out, but after following Li Mingyu's left-foot-right-foot slow-motion dance, he ended up pathetically sitting on the ground, watching Li Mingyu fire a shot to end his nightmare.

Under Li Mingyu's boots, another goalkeeper's soul was left roaring in impotence.

Seeing his teammates swarming over to celebrate with him, Li Mingyu felt his scalp tingle—the butt-kicking maniacs were coming.

Li Mingyu turned to run, but the sprinting Griezmann didn't care about Li Mingyu's intentions, diving forward and grabbing him firmly.

Let go of me!

Let me go!

I want freedom!

No!

My butt!

Sure enough, surrounded by the group, Li Mingyu suffered the classic triple-threat: hair-ruffling, back-slapping, and butt-kicking.

Messi was the most excited, turning Li Mingyu's stylish hair into a bird's nest before laughing and saying, "Li, well done! Another goalkeeper shaken by you. Are you planning to shake every goalkeeper you meet?"

Barca's goalkeeper Ter Stegen, being too far away, didn't run over, instead dancing in front of his own goal to amuse himself.

Suddenly, he felt a chill down his spine. Damn, is someone plotting against me?

Ter Stegen looked at the opposing goalkeeper from afar; although he couldn't see the expression on his face, Ter Stegen couldn't help but think, Why do I find this so funny? Heh heh heh!

The goalkeepers of every La Liga team watching the live stream felt their faces darken. Damn it, this goalkeeper-shaking maniac is at it again.

Every goalkeeper knows that Li Mingyu will try to shake you during a one-on-one, but knowing it and actually stopping it are different things—your body and your brain are simply working separately at that moment.

Brain: You idiot, he's trying to shake you, don't fall for it!

Body: Damn, you think I don't know that? But I can't control myself!

This goal from Li Mingyu completely shattered the morale of the Valencia team.

A solo run that tore through Valencia's entire right-side defense.

The South Korean Lee Kang-in looked at Li Mingyu's retreating back with a sullen expression and spat on the ground.

Damn it, I was so close to stopping him!

Following the restart, Barca played with even greater ease and composure.

However, having finally shaken off their inhibitions, Valencia began to display the true mettle of a top-five La Liga side, engaging Barca in an end-to-end attacking battle.

In the eighty-second minute, a long ball from the Valencia backline found Lee Kang-in directly.

Lee Kang-in brought the ball down cleanly about thirty-five meters from the goal.

At this moment, the field ahead of him was wide open; it was a prime opportunity for a counterattack.

Lee Kang-in surged forward at speed, dribbling while scanning the positions of his teammates in the center.

Li Mingyu was still in the Valencia half and had no chance of tracking back in time, so he could only hope his defensive line would hold firm.

However, the Barca defense, having been barely tested throughout the match, had grown somewhat complacent.

With a sudden burst of straight-line acceleration, Lee Kang-in left Alba trailing in his wake.

In the center, three Valencia players charged into the penalty area in a staggered formation.

Lee Kang-in delivered a perfectly weighted pass.

Valencia's center-forward, Maxi Gomez, soared like a roc spreading its wings, overpowering Pique to hammer a powerful header toward the goal.

Ter Stegen stretched his arms to their limit, but he couldn't reach the ball, left only to watch as it flew toward the net behind him.

Li Mingyu had felt a sense of unease the moment Lee Kang-in crossed the ball, and seeing the opposing striker win the header and execute such a dangerous attempt, he couldn't help but clench his right fist tightly.

The Lucky Bracelet on his right wrist emitted a faint blue and red glow, unnoticed by anyone.

"Clang!" a deafening sound rang out!