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Pellegrini's words made the assistant coach beside him a little puzzled.

"Consumption? You mean that No. 7 is consuming Toure's physical energy?"

Pellegrini nodded solemnly.

However, this answer made the assistant coach even more confused.

"If this is really the case, then the kid has made a wrong calculation!"

You know, Yaya Toure has already reached his thirtieth year when professional players began to decline.

Although Yaya Toure, who came to the Premier League, has gained weight compared to Barcelona, ​​his speed and agility have dropped significantly.

However, his physical fitness did not change as a result.

The league styles of La Liga and the Premier League are completely different.

Playing in La Liga places more emphasis on passing and control and foot skills, and there is less physical confrontation than in the Premier League.

Moreover, the club that Yaya Toure plays for is Barcelona, ​​the league hegemon that focuses on possession of the ball.

Next to him are Xavi and Iniesta, two midfield masters with their own characteristics. Yaya Toure does not need to think about offense at all. He only needs to be responsible for the defense of the midfield, and then after grabbing the ball, hand it over. Just give it to them and that's it.

After leaving Spain, which has spring all year round, and landing in the gloomy and humid England, after experiencing the high-intensity rhythm of the Premier League and the baptism of fierce confrontation, Yaya Toure's physical fitness and confrontation ability have improved to a higher level!

Moreover, after coming to Manchester City, he gained greater freedom in the midfield.

He is no longer limited to serving as a steel barrier in front of the defense. He has turned into the team's midfield engine during the transition between offense and defense.

Either dribbling the ball forward or dispatching the ball, it's all at your fingertips!

Especially under Pellegrini's training and the arrival of Fernandinho, Yaya Toure's forward offensive ability was completely released!

Last season, Yaya Toure had the best season of his career.

In addition to helping Blue Moon win the Premier League championship, he also became the second midfielder after Lampard to score 20 goals in the Premier League in a single season!

It was also in this year that he was recognized by fans as the world's number one B2B midfielder!

And this season, even if Aguero attacks the city from the front and carries the team's offensive banner.

But guarding the midfield, he still uses his all-around performance to contribute an irreplaceable role on both offense and defense.

This is why Pellegrini gave him the important task of guarding Ling Feng!

From another perspective, this is also the importance attached to Ling Feng!

The other nineteen teams in the Premier League all know that Ling Feng is Leicester City's barometer.

Leicester City's performance depends largely on the performance of this 19-year-old young man.

So far this season, Leicester City has scored thirty goals in the league.

Among them, Ling Feng personally contributed eight goals and fifteen assists, scoring 23 goals!

Accounted for 70% of Leicester City's team's goals!

It is no exaggeration to say that as long as other teams guard Ling Feng, they can reduce Leicester City's offensive threat by 70%!

Although in the last league game against Everton, Yaya Toure played the entire game.

However, in the Champions League match against Roma in midweek, Yaya Toure took a rest.

In terms of physical fitness, Yaya Toure has no problems at all!

Judging from the current situation on the court, Yaya Toure almost completely suppressed the latter in a one-on-one match with Ling Feng, which made Manchester City's coaching staff and fans very relieved.

This is why the assistant coach feels that Ling Feng's idea of ​​consuming Yaya Toure is very unreliable and unrealistic.

However, Pellegrini had a different opinion when staring closely at the black-haired young man No. 7 running on the field:

"Having said that, the physical ability of this boy No. 7 should not be underestimated."

When studying Ling Feng's game videos and highlights, Manchester City's coaching staff discovered that several times at the last moment of the game, Ling Feng, who played almost the entire game, was still able to run at full speed!

The most important thing is that when all physical abilities are about to reach their limits, his speed advantage becomes even more obvious!

It is worth mentioning that according to post-match statistics, in the 36.7th minute of the away game against Crystal Palace, before scoring the winning goal, Ling Feng’s maximum speed while sprinting with all his strength reached an astonishing kilometers per hour. Hour!

This is the fastest run recorded by any Premier League player so far this season.

It is no exaggeration to say that Ling Feng can be regarded as the fastest man in the Premier League today!

At some point, when Yaya Toure's physical fitness declines, it will definitely be more difficult to keep up with the extremely fast Ling Feng.

However, even if he knew Ling Feng's true intention of constantly running into open spaces, Pellegrini could not respond.

First of all, in the Manchester City formation, the only one who can truly defend Ling Feng is Yaya Toure!

Other defensive midfielders, such as Fernando, Milner, or Fernandinho, can at most restrict Ling Feng.

Secondly, Yaya Toure now has the upper hand, and they can respond to changes by remaining unchanged.

When Yaya Toure really shows a decline in physical fitness, it will not be too late to make changes.

What they have to do now is to take advantage of Yaya Toure to suppress Ling Feng and try their best to score goals on the away road first.

As long as they take the lead, they can be more at ease!

However, Leicester City's coaching staff was also confused about Ling Feng's "running around".

"Nigel, is this your arrangement for Ling to move like this?"

Hearing the slightly curious voice of assistant coach Walsh next to him, Pearson couldn't help but shook his head, "I have never arranged it like this."

As Leicester City's frontcourt playmaker, Ling Feng has been given great freedom.

Especially the movement!

Whether in training or in the game, Pearson will not guide him on how to move.

Because, he discovered very early that Ling Feng had a terrible intuition and could capture the empty space on the court anytime and anywhere, and then appear there!

Pearson feels that Lingfeng, like Bayern Munich's Muller, has a natural acumen for the space on the court and can always appear where he should be most to complete the final pass or a fatal blow.

And this kind of player is an extremely rare type in football, called a space reader!

Of course, Pearson would not know that the reason why Ling Feng is always able to appear in the open space is not because he has an intuition for space that is unmatched by other players.

It's because there is a virtual holographic two-dimensional stadium in his mind.

Everyone on both teams is within his "vision."

This is why he can find opportunities anytime and anywhere!

At this time, Walsh immediately said:

"Could it be that he was afraid of confronting Yaya Toure, so he chose to keep running into the open space and kick the ball out, instead of daring to get the ball near him?"

Hearing this, Pearson frowned and denied the possibility without hesitation:

"I don't think so."

"You know, although that boy is young, he is already a mature man!

"Whether he is in the club or the national team, he has shown his strong ability to withstand pressure. He is definitely not the kind of person who will run away from difficulties!"

"Although I don't know why he did this for the time being. However, I believe that he must have his own ideas for doing this!"

Pearson's words were resolute and full of trust in his proud disciple. Walsh on the side was also affected by his speech. He touched his gray hair and laughed at himself:

"Yes, you are right, I underestimated him."

"I was always confused by his too-young face, but I didn't know that he had grown into the most reliable player in Leicester City!"

As they spoke, the two of them couldn't help but lock their eyes on the black-haired young man wearing the dark blue jersey No. 7 on the field.

Ling, let the people of Manchester see what you are capable of!

. . .

Meanwhile, on the pitch.

Seeing Ling Feng running back and forth in front of him, Yaya Toure exhaled hot breath from his mouth and cursed in his heart:

Farke, this guy is like a fly!

Even though I have been in the British Peninsula for more than four years.

But coming from hot Africa still has a hard time adapting to the country's damn weather.

Every winter, he adds a warm sports long sleeve to his jersey and then wears cold-proof gloves to resist the biting cold wind.

In his opinion, with this black-haired boy's small body, he could knock him into pieces with just a slight bump.

In the first ten minutes or so, he fought against himself.

After that, he didn't dare to get even half a minute closer to himself. Instead, he used his speed to keep running into open spaces, trying to connect with his teammates.

And Yaya Toure certainly wouldn't let him succeed.

Want to get the ball?

no way!

Due to Yaya Toure's follow-up defense, Ling Feng was unable to calmly take the ball and organize, and could only keep intersecting the space to meet his teammates.

So much so that Leicester City's offense showed obvious signs of

Without Ling Feng's threatening pass penetration, Leicester City's offense could only constantly shift and pull at the periphery of Manchester City's formation without making substantial progress.

However, Manchester City's coaching staff and fans were not happy for long.

Because of Leicester City's attack, there will soon be a new commander!

As Ling Feng reduces the number of times he takes the ball, Leicester City's offensive dominance is handed over to "Ma Dongmei" on the right.

As the saying goes, once the gloves are put on, Messi comes in winter!

The colder the weather gets, the more graceful and elegant Mahrez dances on the court as he transforms into a winter limited version of Messi!

In the 15th minute of the game, Mahrez, who took the ball on the right wing, received a pass from Cambiaso. He flicked the ball with his left foot and passed the Manchester City left back Clichy. .

He then immediately sent a precise through ball forward.

Vardy successfully countered offside and got the ball first with a diagonal pass.

At the moment of shooting, the center back Mangala, who was being chased, stretched his legs to block the ball and the ball flew out of the baseline.

And this wave of simple and efficient cooperation also caused a round of applause in the stadium.

"Wow!"

"Put your crotch on others!"

"Beautiful through ball!"

"It's a pity that Vardy's shot was blocked by Mangala, otherwise it would definitely test Joe Hart's concentration."

"In this game, Leicester City's number one star Ling Feng seemed a little quiet under the defense of Yaya Toure. Fortunately, Mahrez stepped up!"

Mahrez now is definitely better than Mahrez at the same time in history!

Especially after learning the passing skills from Ling Feng, his passing has become more lethal.

When Ling Feng is heavily targeted by his opponents, he can often step forward and take over the responsibility of organizing the offense.

This is also Leicester City's dual-core frontcourt tactic under forced circumstances!

With Ling Feng's continuous support, Mahrez completely had the upper hand in the duel with Clichy.

When he thought he was about to pass someone, he passed the ball to Ling Feng, who came to meet him, and then hit the wall to coordinate;

When I thought he was going to pass the ball, he passed by!

Anyway, it just made Chrissy unsure of what his next move would be.

In desperation, Clichy was forced to resort to foul tactics to prevent Mahrez from advancing.

After seeing that Mahrez's side was very strong, Pellegrini got up and came to the sidelines and immediately made tactical adjustments.

Then, Lampard will move closer to the left to help defend Mahrez.

Nasri on the left also frequently retreated to restrict Leicester City's midfielder Cambiasso.

With the addition of Lampard and Nasri, the space on the right wing has become narrower, and it is not so easy to cooperate.

With the change of formation, Manchester City slowly regained some possession of the ball, and then handed it over to David Silva to handle.

There is a core axis in Manchester City's lineup.

That is center back and captain Kompany, midfielders Yaya Toure and David Silva, and forward Aguero!

These four people are the most unshakable core of this Manchester City, and they are also the reason why this Manchester City is strong!

Kompany is the leader of the defense and the anchor of the sea;

Yaya Toure is a versatile midfielder and an offensive promoter;

David Silva is a frontcourt magician and chance creator;

Aguero is the finisher who completes the final blow!

In this game against Leicester City, except Aguero, the other three started!

Most of Manchester City's offense is organized by David Silva or Nasri.

The two have outstanding skills at their feet and can often play smooth passing and receiving cooperation in the frontcourt.

However, the impact of not having a good forward is also reflected.

Spanish teenager Pozo runs very actively.

However, perhaps due to lack of trust in him, other Manchester City players rarely passed the ball to him.

It is precisely because of the lack of Aguero, an authentic terminator, that Manchester City's final blow often ends in vain.

In addition, the second goalkeeper Ben Hamer, who started this game instead of Schmeichel, performed very steadily and saved several threatening long-range shots.

Finally, the referee blew the whistle to end the first half.

Manchester City and Leicester City exchanged offense and defense in the first half, and had several shooting opportunities, but they failed to grasp them.

The score was still zero to zero.

It is worth mentioning that in the first half of the game, Leicester City's frontcourt core Ling Feng was completely suppressed by the opponent's core midfielder Yaya Toure.

Only touched the ball thirty-two times in the first half!

This number is twice as low as the previous game statistics!

(End of this chapter)