Football: A late bloomer, starting with Leicester City

Chapter 229 The first confrontation with Boss Mei, the annual goal of top three in the Golden Globe Awards (please vote for me)

"Beep!"

As the referee blew the whistle to start the first half, Suarez fired the ball from the center circle for Barcelona.

Leicester City players also quickly rushed forward and pressed towards Barcelona's backcourt.

In today's game, Leicester City played almost all the main players. Even Chen Yufeng, who had just returned from injury, stood at the right midfielder position.

They followed the winning lineup from last season and did not give new players too many opportunities.

There is really nothing we can do about it. Of the people we bought, it is unrealistic to say that any one of them will have the ability to compete for the starting spot as soon as they come up.

Except for Klose, who is more competitive, the other players are too young, so they can only be given some playing time later and slowly develop.

For now, Shinji Oka, who can run up and down the court, is actually more useful than Klose, who is old and weak.

All I can say is that if there is a situation of falling behind, replace him with Klose and explode [-].

As for Barcelona, ​​Messi, Suarez, Roberto, and Ter Stegen started the game, and the rest can only be regarded as regular rotations in the club.

Especially the midfield and backfield are almost full of people whose names I have never heard of.

What about Malone, Mathieu, Juan Kamara, these are not their regular main players, they can only be said to be bench players.

It seems that head coach Enrique is still relatively confident in the team's strength and does not pay special attention to the ability of the starting lineup. Even the squad that came to participate in the warm-up match this time did not bring many main players.

The game started like this, with Barcelona maintaining its traditional ball possession tactics and mobilizing Leicester City's defense through constant rotation.

"Bang bang bang!"

After adapting to the rhythm for a while, the midfielder and backfield configured by Barcelona's second team began to gradually move forward and found their core player Messi.

Since it was a warm-up match, Messi seemed to be playing more relaxedly. After getting the ball, he sometimes chose to lead with him to disturb Leicester City's backcourt defense.

For the first time, Leicester City players felt the pressure from the best player. With a simple snap and change of rhythm, Messi could easily break through their midfield defense.

Even Kante, the team's leader in steals in the Premier League last season, was not able to take advantage of Boss Mei's side. Most of the time, he could only follow and defend beside him, and faced being passed whenever he had the idea of ​​​​stealing.

"So strong."

Chen Yufeng, who was standing in the frontcourt, couldn't help but sigh. After watching Ronaldo's performance up close at the European Cup, he met Messi again in this game.

There is no doubt that these two are the two best players in the world.

At that time, Ronaldo gave him the feeling that he was sharp, comprehensive, efficient, top-notch in all aspects, and had the ability to kill the game at any time.

This is an ability that surpasses ordinary superstars, and the threat level is two levels higher than other top shooters in the world.

And now, with Messi standing next to him, he feels simply, this is genius.

Messi doesn't tend to be very aggressive when playing football. Messi, who has won five Ballon d'Or awards, has gradually begun to transform his playing style.

He no longer likes to run long distances, dribble the ball past the entire defense, and then score the ball as he did when he was young.

Instead, some of his energy is allocated to organizing the offense, and occasionally he will drop back to pass the ball.

When necessary, he will also use his deft feet to break through, and then pass the ball after breaking through.

From his several transfers, Chen Yufeng also saw his passing skills.

This is definitely a point that is easily overlooked. Messi's passing must not be inferior to De Bruyne. On the contrary, he may have stronger creativity at certain times.

This is the best level!

"It's interesting to compete with these people for the Golden Globe Award..."

Chen Yufeng sighed, not paying too much attention to Messi's performance, but focusing more on himself.

At present, his personal ability has also reached a very good level.

Continuous improvement can easily create an illusion for himself, that is, he is close to being invincible.

But in fact, in many aspects, he still has a lot of room to catch up.

At least, before winning the Ballon d'Or, he couldn't say he was the strongest.

This will not give Chen Yufeng a blow, but will give him stronger motivation. He must play this game well and then produce extraordinary data in the Premier League in the new season to make himself more competitive at the end of the year!

This is not a year where he must win the Ballon d'Or. The number of championships he has accumulated, his own influence, etc. have not yet reached the standards.

But this is the year to strive to reach the top three and lay the foundation for winning this award in the future!
  "Kante, Mahrez, try Chen Yufeng's side more."

The game continued for a while, and Ranieri waved his hand and began to actively ask for the ball for Chen Yufeng.

Perhaps seeing that Chen Yufeng had just returned from injury, his teammates were somewhat protective of him and did not pass too many balls to him.

This resulted in Chen Yufeng having too few opportunities to perform, and there was no way to test his recent true state.

"Oh!"

As soon as Ranieri said this, Mahrez kicked the ball towards Chen Yufeng at the far end.

Chen Yufeng quickly dribbled the ball towards Barcelona's full-back Kamara, preparing to give this La Liga rotation defender the intensity of the Premier League.

When Kamala saw Chen Yufeng coming, she felt a little excited. This was a good opportunity to prove herself.

He made very decisive moves, constantly attacking the football at Chen Yufeng's feet while getting closer to Chen Yufeng.

"Bang!" At this moment, Chen Yufeng suddenly stepped out of the ball, kicked the ground with his feet, and rushed forward.

Kamara was not too surprised. He had been watching the European Cup this year without stopping until Chen Yufeng had this speed.

He leaned back very sinisterly, trying to knock over Chen Yufeng from the side who was already speeding.

This is definitely an unequal confrontation. A player who is sprinting at high speed cannot prepare himself for the confrontation and can easily be brought down.

"Bang!" A muffled sound sounded again, and Kamala fell directly behind.

On the other hand, Chen Yufeng just stumbled, lost some of his body center of gravity, and then continued to move forward with the ball.

Kamala, who fell to the ground, looked at the sky in Los Angeles and fell into deep thought for a while.

No, is the Premier League strong in competition?

Is Chen Yufeng, who is not good at confrontation, so capable?
  While he was hesitating, Chen Yufeng was already dribbling the ball towards Barcelona's backcourt at high speed.

The improved strength and explosive ability gave him more confidence and allowed him to complete the breakthrough.

Of course, this has something to do with the fact that Barcelona's main backcourt players are not available today. He still has great confidence in the rotation players of the wealthy clubs.

The next person to defend was defender Mathieu. This is a tall player with strong confrontation intensity.

Chen Yufeng had known him for a long time. This time he actively avoided physical confrontation and chose to use fancy movements to shake his center of gravity.

Tall players are generally bulkier, and only a few tall players can turn around quickly.

After seizing the opportunity, Chen Yufeng kicked the ball toward the baseline. There was already a gap in front of him.

"Oh!"

Subsequently, Arnold's pass from the ground was swept towards the center, and the football crossed the turf of Home Depot Stadium and came to Shinji Oka.

Seeing the opportunity to break Barcelona's goal, Kirishin Oka concentrated on pushing out his right foot and steadily pushed the ball into the net.

One to zero!

Leicester City takes the lead in this warm-up match!

"Ohhhhhhhhh..."

The American fans at the scene suddenly burst into cheers, and everyone stood up from their seats.

In exhibition games, they will find it exciting to see whichever team scores a goal, unless there are die-hard fans of both clubs sitting there, that may make a difference.

"Ufeng, pass more balls like this, and I can't win the header!" Oka Kirshinji narrowed his eyes and ran over with a big smile, "You've become more powerful again!"

In the previous warm-up matches, Chen Yufeng played relatively relaxedly, but only this time he played more seriously against Barcelona.

It can be said that this is the first time that the Leicester City players have felt the real increase in Chen Yufeng's ability.

"Don't worry, you will pass more. I think your ability to seize opportunities is better than Lukaku." When Chen Yufeng and Shinji Oka high-fived, he did not forget to tease Lukaku.

This made Shinji Oka suddenly puff up his chest, "So I'm also a top striker?"

"No." Chen Yufeng shook his head, "Just playing football won't make you happy."

Oka Kirshinji didn't study the meaning of this sentence carefully, turned around and hugged his teammates who came up.

On the sidelines of the court, Ranieri and a group of assistant coaches also clapped their hands and breathed a sigh of relief.

Chen Yufeng seems to be really okay, and this Leicester City team as a whole is also capable of taking the lead against Barcelona with the second team lineup.

This actually ensures a bottom line. The team in the new season will at least have a mid-table level in the Premier League.

"Substitute, let new players and young people try out this kind of game."

Steve Walsh glanced at Enrique next to him with some complaints, then turned around and said, "Look at that guy Enrique, he doesn't pay attention to us at all."

"We are also going to play them with the second team and let Chilwell and the others go up and have a try."

"I'll change if another one comes in." Ranieri stood calmly on the sidelines, still the same as before.

The game on the field continued soon. In this exhibition game, the two sides actually did not have a strong feeling about leading or falling behind. There were no points to gain anyway, so just play casually to get a feel for the game.

Barcelona still maintained that relaxed attitude, and then they were scored by Leicester City with a full lineup.

In the [-]th minute of the game, Vardy's breakthrough caused a foul by Mathieu. The referee decisively awarded the foul and gave Leicester City a well-positioned free kick.

"Oh!"

Chen Yufeng's subsequent shot was of extremely high quality. Ter Stegen made a flying dive, almost touched the football, and threw the ball back to the small penalty area line.

Vardy once again showed his keen sense of the Premier League Golden Boot, came to the ball and kicked the ball into the net.

Two to zero!
  Leicester City extended their lead.

After scoring, Vardy came up and hugged Chen Yufeng to celebrate. The two rushed to the sidelines with smiles and greeted the American fans.

Enrique on the sidelines was a little unable to sit still, and began to hesitate whether to replace Busquets and others to strengthen the control of the midfield and backcourt.

But when I saw five people from Leicester City standing up and preparing for a large-scale rotation, I suppressed my thoughts.

Let’s see first, or replace Busquets and the others in the second half...

(End of this chapter)