Football: A late bloomer, starting with Leicester City

Chapter 165 Headbutt dribbling takes effect in the warm-up match against Finland (please vote for me)

"Beep!"

In this warm-up match, Wilmots arranged a [-]-[-]-[-]-[-] formation to conduct final experiments for the upcoming game.

Courtois appears in the goalkeeper position, Alderweireld and Vermaelen are paired as double central defenders, and Vertonghen and Seaman serve as left and right full-backs.

In the double midfielder position, Witsel is paired with Nainggolan. One can play the ball and the other has defensive toughness.

In the three forward positions, from left to right are Hazard, De Bruyne, and Chen Yufeng.

Lukaku is at the front as a single arrow.

If anyone has paid attention to this year's Premier League, they will know what a terrifying and suffocating offensive line this is.

Almost every player is a top player at this position in the Premier League, basically the four Premier League kings at the same position.

Even if it's not the best, it's still in the top three.

In this friendly match against Finland, the progress of the game was a bit surprising.

As a team that has not entered the European Cup, Finland's strength is naturally far inferior to Belgium.

According to common sense, Belgium should score a big victory in this game and give the team a shot in the arm.

However, due to issues with coordination and running-in, Belgium's offense was intermittent. Even if there were continuous shots, it was still difficult to break through Finland's defense line.

"Oh!"

In the [-]th minute of the game, Finland scored a goal with a header from a set kick in the frontcourt, taking the lead over Belgium.

"what……"

Near the coach's seat, Wilmots looked a little painful and sat there covering his face, feeling a little helpless in his heart.

If the opponent scores a goal in such a game, it really proves that their defense line is an out-and-out patchwork defense line, with no ability to withstand a strong attack at all.

This is definitely a point that will be exploited by the enemy during the European Cup.

As for the striker who has not scored a goal in 10 or [-] minutes, this is even more incredible...

It's hard not to doubt their form in the main game.

"I still don't understand why we finished the qualifying rounds and helped Belgium enter the main draw, but someone stepped in and took our place away."

On the bench, seeing his team being scored against, Mertens certainly had something to say and complained to Carrasco next to him.

Both of them are players on the right wing of Belgium, and their positions overlap with Chen Yufeng. They have always played steadily as a rotation.

"Maybe he played too well in the club." Carrasco shook his head, also a little helpless, "If we can create 35+ goals in a single season, maybe we can secure that position."

"What's different is that Leicester City's frontcourt players have scored more goals this season."

Mertens was still unconvinced, "Look at Vardy and Mahrez, the two former unknowns, both performed around 30+."

"This is the team's style of play that makes it easy to score goals. It should have nothing to do with the players."

Carrasco shook his head and said nothing more, as if he didn't quite agree with Mertens' statement.

This view is indeed a bit extreme.

Premier League defensive players are not fools. How could they let a player with little ability produce such data?
It can only be said that Chen Yufeng is still in the adaptation period and is still getting along with his teammates.

"If he can't score in this game, then I will never convince him, and don't think I will have a good face when interviewing the media." Mertens continued to say next to him, which seemed to be very dissatisfied.

On the court, Chen Yufeng, who saw his team being scored against, slightly spread his hands towards Hazard on the other side.

In this ball just now, Hazard was a little too independent. He hit the goal from a small angle and was hugged by the goalkeeper, launching a quick counterattack.

He also felt a little powerless now.

Up to this point in the game, everyone has had too few opportunities to catch the ball and cannot show their true level.

Once the offensive line players receive the ball, they often become anxious, resulting in many unnecessary attempts to hit the ball.

The synergy is not strong, so even if a combination like Ronaldo, Messi and Ronaldinho are put together, there will not be a very good offensive effect.

Occasionally he may score goals due to his personal ability, but he is not consistent enough.

"Change your style of play, Hazard. If you have the chance, hit a cross into the penalty area. Lukaku and I are both there."

Chen Yufeng shouted to Azar, "Believe in us."

At the other end, Azar waved his hand towards Chen Yufeng and began to think in his mind.

Chen Yufeng has indeed shown good header skills in training these days.

But when he was at Leicester City, if I remember correctly, he scored a header, right?

Can this level really be believed?

"Forget it, give it a try."

Hazard made a decision and prepared to pass to Chen Yufeng and Lukaku later.

De Bruyne on the side also heard the conversation between the two and was ready to take the ball into the penalty area when he had the opportunity.

The game soon resumed and Belgium once again organized their attack.

Finland lowered its line without any hesitation and set up a bus defense.

Faced with this kind of defense, Chen Yufeng's dribbling ability had too little room to display, so it was not used for the time being.

Time passed like this, minute by minute, Belgium gradually pressed the entire line, still hoping to end this warm-up match with a victory.

Game No.704 minutes.

Belgium organized an attack on the left wing. Hazard received the transfer ball from De Bruyne and rushed towards the Finnish full-back with the ball. "Bang!"

His feet were very fast and his body swung widely. He completed the breakthrough in an instant and kicked the ball towards the center and passed the ball.

A cross ball with a high landing point ran towards the center, quickly flew over Lukaku's head and landed at the back point.

Seeing this scene, many Belgian players actually had no hope.

They stood at the second point outside the penalty area, preparing to compete for the second point of the football, just treating it as an ordinary attempt.

But in such an ordinary pass, Chen Yufeng, still wearing the No. 66 jersey, suddenly appeared in the back of the penalty area.

When the Finnish defender took the lead to take off, Chen Yufeng came up from behind and soared into the air in an instant. Then he exerted force on his waist and abdomen and smashed towards the football.

He did these actions very comfortably, as if he were a center who often moves in the penalty area. Everything seemed to fall into place.

"Bang!!"

Chen Yufeng then completed an unstoppable header and threw the football in the air towards the far corner of the goal.

The ball was very fast and the angle was very tricky. The Finnish goalkeeper surrendered directly.

"Whoa!" A sound of hitting the net sounded, and Chen Yufeng also fell to the ground.

This is a perfect header. From the initial prediction of the landing point to the subsequent head kick, everything seems just right and of extremely high quality!
"Walter?"

Lukaku's face suddenly had some question marks, he held his head with both hands, and then ran towards Chen Yufeng, "Are you really capable of scoring goals with a header?"

"I thought you could only be the first two without confrontation, hahaha."

Lukaku was surprised and envious, and directly lifted Chen Yufeng up.

As a fulcrum center, his header skills are average at this stage, and his success rate with headers is very low.

"You think I'm a training player?" Chen Yufeng replied with a raised eyebrow.

At this time, Azar and others also ran over, with some surprise in their eyes.

This kind of header, not to mention Lukaku, Hazard and De Bruyne will definitely be difficult to hit.

Judging from the completion of the movements and the final strength, neither person could complete it.

"I really believe you. Maybe we should have played like this and passed the ball with confidence."

Hazard hugged Chen Yufeng and once again lamented Chen Yufeng's magic, "After seeing your volley, I saw your header again this time. It's really incredible."

In fact, Hazard has always been a very confident player and feels that he is excellent in all aspects.

Apart from basic respect for other people, he definitely doesn't feel the slightest bit convinced.

Now, after being attacked by Chen Yufeng one after another, Azar was a little convinced.

De Bruyne didn't say anything, he high-fived Chen Yufeng and turned around.

He has always been such a person, and being able to run here already shows his approval.

"Beep!"

The game then continued. After Belgium tied the score, the players pressed forward again and tried to quickly overtake the lead.

The Finnish team was obviously panicked after being scored on.

After receiving the ball in the middle circle, the midfielder hesitated a little, but De Bruyne, who came up immediately, kicked the ball away.

The ball was intercepted right after the kickoff!
"Oh!"

De Bruyne, who saw a large space on the right, made a well-timed through ball and found Chen Yufeng who was penetrating forward.

This time the Finnish team was not prepared, and the defensive line was quite chaotic.

After Chen Yufeng noticed this, he made a prompt decision and started to break through.

He wants to test the true level and defensive focus of these European team full-backs when they come to the national team.

After reaching a suitable distance, Chen Yufeng's center of gravity instantly lowered, his right shoulder sank, his body followed to the right, and his footsteps also moved to the right.

His action was very fast and very realistic, and it immediately caused the Finnish defender to lose his balance as he retreated.

Immediately afterwards, Chen Yufeng repeated his old trick and once again made a change of direction to the left.

"Oh!"

After seeing that the Finnish defender was at the end of his strength, his right foot quickly went to the right and completed the final change of direction.

As Chen Yufeng moved into the penalty area in a cool manner, the Finnish defender also fell to the ground in a panic, becoming a backdrop that highlighted Chen Yufeng's dribbling power.

Wilmots stood up from his seat immediately on the sidelines, with a glint in his eyes.

Mertens also shut up at this moment and looked towards the penalty area.

Chen Yufeng did not stop. After passing the first one, he found that the timing of the pass was not good and immediately started dribbling for the second time.

He still used the pendulum movement just now, his body seemed very calm, and he didn't have any fear of being intercepted by his opponent.

In this case, the defensive player, who seemed very passive in the penalty area, couldn't help but make a last-ditch effort.

Chen Yufeng had been waiting for this moment for a long time. He moved his left foot to the outside to open up the shooting angle for himself.

"Bang!!"

The outside-instep shot reappeared, and a coquettish curved ball immediately flew to the far corner of the Finnish goal.

The subsequent sound of the net touching the net did not surprise anyone. It was like a grand dance performance, with the perfect ending that should have occurred.

(End of this chapter)