Capítulo 1456: Chapter 1455: Pressing the Advantage
Dense and layered—
The San Francisco 49ers defensive group once again completed an outstanding job, even though the separation by Li Wei and Watkins opened up a gap for Kelsey, obstacles and challenges still lay ahead of Kelsey, and Shanahan’s defensive group was truly exerting the strength of teamwork.
Behind the cornerback there was a lineman, behind the lineman there was a safety.
Kelsey had just caught the ball, and already five players from the San Francisco 49ers appeared around him, the Red Zone’s space advantage was completely on the side of the defensive group.
However, don’t forget, San Francisco 49ers are not the only ones with a team.
According to plan, Li Wei was supposed to separate, and Watkins was supposed to receive the backward pass from Kelsey—
In football games, there is only one opportunity for a forward pass, but backward passes are unlimited, regardless of before or after the kickoff line.
From Li Wei to Kelsey, attracting fire all around, then Watkins breaking through the siege directly for the touchdown, that’s the strategy.
Unexpectedly, something happened.
Watkins separated from Sherman, but didn’t expect Sherman to be very tough and persistent, his survival instincts seemed to scent a life-and-death crisis, the entire defense positioning was impenetrable; instead, Watkins was worried he would commit a foul and ruin the team’s meticulously laid out tactic, thus he became cautious.
The two were entangled non-stop, and Watkins was retreating step by step, while Sherman was closing in on Kelsey, tightening the circle.
Clearly, Watkins did not have time to assist Kelsey.
Turning around, Li Wei was preparing to step in for Watkins’ role, to block Sherman’s position, but saw “You are the wind; I am the sand, binding us eternally,” immediately raised the alarm.
No time for hesitation or delay, Li Wei braked urgently, took the football from Kelsey’s startled hands, and without pause charged forward.
The wind roared fiercely.
Sherman noticed this play immediately, witnessing it close up, eyes wide with disbelief, stunned by the smuggling happening before him.
Now, Sherman had no concerns anymore, grabbed Watkins’ helmet, pushed out the way, frantically pounced toward Li Wei.
Yellow Flag?
So what!
Sherman didn’t care!
Holding his breath, Sherman fearlessly flung his whole body out, with his body burning and energy releasing, everything was left behind.
Defying gravity, instantly soaring.
Getting closer.
Closer!
Just within reach, that touch of red was near at hand, but Li Wei seemed to realize the danger, continuously high-stepping to break free, avoiding the interference amidst the chaos, creating a storm.
The next moment, gravity re-captured Sherman, pulling quickly into the whirlwind.
Sherman reached forward with both hands: only air.
Damn it.
Sherman couldn’t control himself, cursing repeatedly: Damn it damn it damn it!
Li Wei narrowly evaded the crisis, but still had no time to breathe, maintained a light-footed position, agilely cutting into the inside of the sideline.
One step. Two steps.
Then, stride, start, sprint.
The next second, safety Tate was already fearlessly flying out sideways, because Li Wei was too close to the End zone, because Tate noticed Li Wei holding the ball too late—he didn’t even know how the football appeared in Li Wei’s arms, but he had to react reflexively, yet his feet couldn’t keep up with the shift in his center of gravity, so Tate’s upper half pulled his body out.
Like a pendulum.
Glaring and tough, blocking Li Wei’s way forward.
And, behind Tate were Ward and Kelsey entangled together, no space allowed for Li Wei to break free, Marseille Turn was useless!
Simply put, Tate sacrificed himself playing the meat shield, trying to complete the interception.
Ah!
At that moment, the entire stadium held its breath.
In the narrow three yards of space, shackled and restricted, truly no room to maneuver, Li Wei had just started accelerating, the next second already trapped in the encirclement.
Surrounded by wolves, behind tigers.
Even the live broadcast was stunned, brains stopped working, eyes staring at the scene, could Li Wei be stopped here?
In a flash!
Li Wei was speeding up, sprinting, he didn’t brake, no time to brake, it looked like a crash was inevitable, but Li Wei held his breath, jumped forward with inertia, in a leap like a carp leaping over the dragon gate, flying over Tate.
Tate’s feet couldn’t keep up, only his upper body shot forward, and was rapidly falling.
Then, Tate stared dumbfounded as the red figure flew over, his hands trying to grab something, but uncontrollably continued falling, watching that bright color fading away, choking tight, complete brain shutdown, utterly forgetting to think.
Jump! Leap! Dive!
Li Wei broke through from above, light as a swallow, flying over, arms outstretched, right hand fully extended, directing the football at the orange corner cone of the End zone.
That patch of green, like a vast ocean stretching out before the eyes, the corner cone was a lighthouse, guiding the way through the storm.
Li Wei curled his body, using inertia flipped forward, right hand lightly touched the football—
Knocked down the corner cone.
Then, embraced by the cool expanse of the ocean.
Wow!
Waves, crashing.
“Touchdown!”
Aikman slapped the table, the next second, Aikman realized his loss of composure, as a former quarterback, he rarely did this in the commentary booth.
But this time, no one minded because Buck immediately stood up, like a machine gun sweeping away all forces!
“Tooooooooouchdown!”
“Touchdown! That’s a touchdown! Without a doubt! That’s a touchdown!”
“We are witnessing!”
“A moment of miracle, a moment of magic!”
“Turning rot into wonder, the man who completes impossible tasks! Mahomes passed to Kelsey, the separation by Li Wei and Watkins created the gap, San Francisco 49ers’ blitz tactics did not succeed, Kansas City Chiefs completed a simple and straightforward quick short pass!”
“However, that’s not all!”
“When Kelsey was caught in the encirclement, when the San Francisco 49ers thought they had completed their defense, when we all thought the next play would decided on the third gear for the touchdown, ‘Chiefs Special’ emerged again, Kelsey passed backward, returning the football to Li Wei!”
“A tactic commonly seen in rugby, yet performed at the fifty-fourth Super Bowl! Kelsey and Li Wei swapped positions, Li Wei broke through again.”
“Within the encirclement, Li Wei accomplished a breakthrough with a playful carp leap over the dragon gate, lightly teasing the San Francisco 49ers’ impenetrable iron formation, tearing a hole from above, completing an unsurpassed performance of dancing atop high wire ropes, attaining the touchdown by knocking down the corner cone.”
“Unbelievable!”
“Watching as if a diving match, the jump, posture, action, splash, all perfect. Flawless, Li Wei completed a perfect score action, technical score, difficulty score, action score all flawless.”
“When we all thought this series of plays had ended and were transitioning to the third gear, Li Wei stepped forward with action to tell everyone:
Only when he says it’s over, it’s truly over!”
“Number twenty-three, Li Wei! Personal second touchdown at the fifty-fourth Super Bowl!”
“Incredible!”