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Chapter 208 Your Gerrard’s plan can be heard in Leicester!

After spending an unforgettable Christmas, Ling Feng ushered in the first Christmas Devil schedule of his career!

The first Christmas game is against Tottenham at home!

Tottenham Hotspur at this time is in the post-Bale era.

In the summer window of 2013, Bell, who grew up to be the best player in the Premier League at Tottenham, moved to La Liga giant Real Madrid for a sky-high transfer fee that broke the football record in pursuit of championship honors.

That is, in that summer window, Tottenham used the huge transfer fee brought by Bell to bring seven new players to the team at once.

They are Eriksen, Paulinho, Lamela, Soldado, Chadli, Capoue and Ziriches!

One Bell left, and Tottenham was replaced by as many as seven players in the front, middle and back!

At the time, many Tottenham fans believed that Bale should not leave.

But this wave of "one for seven" is indeed a good deal.

Even Tottenham's old player Cocos made this statement:

"Tottenham sold Elvis and bought the Beatles."

However, from the perspective of Ling Feng, a later generation fan, the level of these new players is uneven.

There are very unsuccessful ones, like Soldado;

There are also very successful ones, such as Eriksson.

However, these seven people definitely cannot reach the level of the "Beatles"!

Of course, Tottenham fans at the time were full of expectations and hopes for these transfer signings.

However, the reality is cruel.

With Villas dismissed from get out of class, among the seven, only Eriksen, Shazli and Lamela can still play the main role in the formation.

The remaining four were reduced to rotations and substitutes due to various factors.

However, scratching a lottery ticket is all about luck.

If a player bought for millions of pounds cannot perform well, he will not lose too much.

On the other hand, Soldado's deal, which set the club's transfer record, was basically a huge loss.

Soldado, who was killing everyone in La Liga, scored four goals in the first three games after coming to the Premier League.

However, this was the highlight of his Tottenham career.

In the next dozen games, he gained nothing.

For the forward position, he not only cannot compete with Adebayor, but is now squeezed into the third forward substitute by the team's youth training star Harry Kane.

In the eyes of many Tottenham fans, Soldado's €30 million signing was basically wasted.

It has even been included in the top ten list of the worst signings in Tottenham history by many fans!

This season, after Southampton hired young coach Pochettino, Tottenham are still adapting to the new coach's tactics and style of play, lacking some stability.

Fortunately, with Adebayor's condition declining significantly and Soldado unable to be used, Harry Kane has slowly become Tottenham's main striker this season with his outstanding performance!

Kane has scored in the last two league games.

Therefore, before the game against Leicester City, many people were optimistic that Tottenham could win Leicester City on the road.

Without him, Tottenham's recent form is indeed good.

In the last six league games, apart from losing to the top team Chelsea, Tottenham have achieved an excellent record of four wins and one draw in the remaining five games;

On the contrary, Leicester City is in a sluggish state.

Since the bloodbath of Queens Park Rangers in the 13th round, the Blue Fox's record in the past four league rounds has been two draws and two losses.

Never won a game!

More importantly, as the core of Leicester City's offense, Ling Feng has not scored or assisted in three consecutive league rounds!

This has also allowed many football experts and commentators to see how to gain attention and traffic.

They all stated on their personal social media or columns that Ling Feng's playing style and habits have been thoroughly studied by other Premier League teams.

Performance will definitely decline sharply in the second half of the season.

What's more, he directly claimed that "Ling Feng's good days are over!"

However, Ling Feng's fans and fans have refuted the doubts from the outside world!

Lineker, who has a good personal relationship with Ling Feng and regards him as his little brother in football, is on the front line of the charge:

"Some bullshit media have gone too far!"

In the view of this Leicester City legend and football senior, the media's requirements for Ling Feng are a bit too harsh.

You know, Ling Feng is only nineteen years old now.

This talented young man still has a lot of room for improvement, but he just has no data for a short period of time.

But in the eyes of these clowns, he turned into a meteor that was "fleeting in the pan" and "destined to fall."

In terms of performance on the field, he is still the best in Leicester City!

As long as he maintains confidence and patience, he will definitely be able to regain his all-powerful state at the beginning of the season.

What's more, goals and assists are not the only criteria to measure a player's role on the field!

After posting a lot of text, he did not forget to post Ling Feng’s personal statistics in less than half a season:

Ranked first in the league in assists!

Seventh in the league among scorers!

Number one chance created in the league!

Ranked first in the league in key passes per game!

The average post-game rating is 7.45, ranking fifth in the league and first in the same position!

Even if we only look at the statistics, Ling Feng is definitely the midfielder with the best statistics in the entire Premier League!

none of them!

In addition to Lineker coming out to slap Ling Feng in the face, some familiar national team stars and big brothers also expressed their support for Ling Feng on social media.

Beckham, Ferdinand, Lampard

Among them, Red Army captain Gerrard also expressed his support for his appointed midfield successor in an interview.

"I think back to my first Premier League season when I had twelve precious appearances but not a single goal or assist."

"In comparison, Ling Feng's first season in the Premier League is already amazing enough!"

"Even if he never scores a goal or assists in all the following games, he is still one of the most talented and gifted young players in the Premier League."

After saying that, he did not forget to help Liverpool recruit this young core of Leicester City and the Three Lions:

"If Ling was at Liverpool, we might already be on the road to winning the championship."

Of course, many Leicester City fans said that Gerrard's plans can be heard in Leicester.

In addition to supporting and echoing Gerrard’s interview, Leicester City fans expressed:

"Thank you Steven. However, Ling Feng will always belong to Leicester City!"

"Thank you Gerald, but Ling Feng is not for sale!"

"Love from Leicester! However, Ling Feng will not join Liverpool, thank you!"

As for Ling Feng himself, he didn't take these remarks from some media to heart at all.

After all, this is the true face of some unscrupulous media!

Chasing topics and traffic, entertaining the public, and not caring about the life or death of the people involved in the report!

Unconsciously, as his fame grew, almost every move he made was put under the spotlight and microscope by the media.

He just didn't expect that he would start to question his performance after not scoring a goal or assisting in three games.

This is what surprised him!

Who do these media think he is?    Messi or Ronaldo? !

Although he is satisfied with his performance so far in his first Premier League season.

However, he doesn't think he has reached Melo's level.

Even the qualifications to touch Melo are still a little short of that.

Even though he is the new European golden boy.

However, Ling Feng felt relieved when he thought of the British media's usual virtue.

If he was really just a 19-year-old genius, he might be worried about gains and losses due to the pressure from the media, which would lead to a decline in his performance and condition on the field.

The key is that he is not!

Inside this nineteen-year-old young body is a nearly thirty-year-old soul from the next generation!

In his eyes, everything the media said was bullshit!

If you praise yourself, just listen to it.

If you question or scold yourself, just ignore it!

Don’t you know your own performance?

If you had Melo's ability and didn't score or assist in every game, let alone the media, you would be dissatisfied with your performance.

However, sometimes caring too much about data can be counterproductive.

As long as you run relentlessly on the court, score goals and assists, they will come naturally!

Just as Ling Feng threw all these distracting thoughts away, he suddenly felt someone tap him on the shoulder.

Turning around, he saw Mahrez's slightly concerned eyes:

"Hey, what are you thinking about? You're about to appear!"

Accompanied by Mahrez's words, loud and neat singing in the stadium suddenly entered the home team's locker room and echoed in my ears.

Smiling slightly, Ling Feng shook his head, "It's nothing. Let's go."

Watching Ling Feng get up, Mahrez thought Ling Feng was still thinking about the media's doubts.

So, as they walked out of the locker room and headed to the players' tunnel, he did not forget to approach Ling Feng and comfort him in a low voice:

"Hey, man, don't take what the media says to heart."

"They have no idea how important you are to us."

"I will pass the ball to you more, or you will pass the ball to me more. Anyway, no matter who of us scores a goal, we can prove to the media that there is no problem with your performance at all!"

Mahrez said these words seriously, which made Ling Feng feel warm in his heart.

"Thanks, Riad! Your support is very important to me."

Shaking hands and bumping shoulders with Mahrez, Ling Feng suddenly felt that the bond between the two had deepened.

Football is a team sport.

If a football match is a war, then your teammates are the comrades you can rely on to support you in the war!

Fortunately, in Leicester City, he has the absolute support of comrades such as Mahrez, Vardy, and Morgan behind him.

Therefore, no matter whether there are rough waves or thorns ahead, he has nothing to fear!

. . .

Arriving at the players' tunnel to line up, Ling Feng soon saw Tottenham players wearing yellow away jerseys filing out of the tunnel on the other side.

This is the first meeting between the two sides this season.

Therefore, they are not familiar with each other.

However, for Ling Feng, there are too many familiar stars in this Tottenham team.

Eriksen, Vertonghen, Kyle Walker, Lamela, Shazli, Bentaleb, Lloris.

His gaze traveled from back to front, scanning the bodies of each Tottenham player.

Finally, he settled on the tall forward wearing the No. 18 jersey!

Harry Kane!

Many people just think that Tottenham's young striker has a good scoring efficiency and seems to have some potential.

Kane's brilliance is not as bright as the Danish genius Eriksen who transferred from Ajax last year!

However, among everyone in world football, perhaps only Ling Feng knows how powerful this fledgling Tottenham striker will become in the future.

"Let's take a look at both sides' rosters first."

"The starting eleven of the home team Leicester City, except for the Argentine Ulloa who replaced Vardy who was absent due to injury, and the midfielder Andy King who replaced Cambiaso, are basically the same as the last round against West Ham United. The starting lineup hasn’t changed much.”

"As for Tottenham, they have made several positional changes."

"Danny Rose replaced Ben Davis in the backcourt and got the starting opportunity. He formed a very fast full-back combination with Kyle Walker."

"Benjamin Stambouli replaces Mason in the starting lineup, partnering Bentaleb in midfield."

"As for the striker, the one who replaced Adebayor as the starting center is England's local striker supernova who wears the No. 18 jersey and has scored consecutive goals recently!"

"Harry Kane!"

While the commentator was introducing the lineups of both teams to the fans in front of the TV with full enthusiasm, the players from both sides lined up from the player tunnel and entered the stadium.

In an instant, the King Power Stadium suddenly burst into overwhelming cheers!

Feeling the enthusiasm of the Blue Fox fans, Pochettino, who was sitting on the visiting team's coaching bench, couldn't help but fold his arms.

He vaguely felt that this game was definitely not easy to play.

In fact, his intuition was right!

As Tottenham took the lead to kick off, Leicester City players in blue suddenly rushed across the center line and pressed towards Tottenham's half!

Although the head coach warned in advance, he also emphasized many times that the opponent's playing style is extremely aggressive.

However, the Tottenham players were still caught off guard by the high-position pressing of the Blue Fox players.

Take the initiative, force the opponent to control the ball in their own half, and then make a mistake.

This is the core idea of ​​Leicester City's high pressing tactics!

After learning that Stambouli would start as one of Tottenham's defensive midfielders, Pearson told the frontcourt players before the game, especially Ling Feng, who was opposite him, to steal Stambouli's advantage!

This game is only the fourth game the French midfielder has started in the Premier League.

Compared with Bentaleb, another talented Algerian midfielder with good foot skills, Stambouli's foot skills and ball-playing ability are average, and he is a defensive engineer midfielder.

His task is to sweep and intercept in the backcourt and act as the last barrier in front of the defense.

His ability to pass the ball can only be said to be average, and judging from his performance in the previous games, the former Montpellier vice-captain has obviously not adapted to the rhythm of the Premier League.

If he is pressed and pressed, he may make mistakes with his foot skills!

Thinking of this, Ling Feng happened to see Tottenham defender Vertonghen holding the ball and observing the positions of the two defensive midfielders. He started without hesitation and accelerated!

The next second, Vertonghen passed the ball!

And the object of his pass was none other than Stambley, who was retreating to receive the ball!

Just as the ball was rolling towards him, Stambley, who was turning his back to catch the ball, heard a loud reminder from his teammates:

"Benjamin, behind you!"

"Behind?"

Before he could react, a blue afterimage flew past him.

He got ahead of him and stretched out his foot to steal the ball!

"Wang Defa?!"

In surprise, Stambley only saw the big "7" printed on the back of the blue figure!

(End of this chapter)