Football: A late bloomer, starting with Leicester City

Chapter 296 Kanter’s thumb, Linda’s request for a blowing kiss (asking for monthly votes)

"The game continues, Copenhagen strengthens its offensive forces!"

"This is a very obvious change, and it is not like a crazy counterattack after losing the ball, but deliberately dragging the game into this situation!"

"The battle may be about to begin!"

CCTV commentator Liu Jiayuan sat in the stands and offered his own opinions to the audience, "Facing Leicester City at full strength, is this a good way to deal with it?"

"I think so. So far, Chen Yufeng's effective goals in the Champions League have reached 4."

"This represents a point where he is unstoppable!"

"So teams that want to win games through defense basically don't have any of that expectation."

"Playing against a team like Leicester City, you can only win if you keep breaking their defense and scoring goals."

"I'm more looking forward to how the Manchester City team, which is already rebuilding under Guardiola, will play against Leicester City."

"Let us continue to focus on the court and see what wonderful matches the players on both sides will bring us next."

"..."

On the pitch, Copenhagen’s attacking chances.

Delaney, who stood on the goal line with the goalkeeper when defending the set piece, began to display his offensive attributes and dribbled the ball towards Leicester City's half.

Delaney hopes to create some numerical advantage on the left through some quick transfer passes to help his teammates.

If it is impossible to transfer through Leicester's central defense, then he will use his personal abilities as much as possible to solve this problem.

As the dominant team in the Danish Super League, Copenhagen is certainly not a weak team and has some routines in attack.

After Delaney took the ball and took a few steps towards the right, he seized the moment when Leicester City's defensive formation moved and passed a stunning pass.

"Oh!"

A diagonal ball in the opposite direction was passed into the space between Fox and Huth, instantly opening up the left wing.

Others thought Delaney was going to attack the right wing, but it turned out not to be the case. He passed the ball to the weak defensive side on the left!

"Copenhagen! Copenhagen...!!"

Seeing the momentum of the team's attack, the fans of the away team once again jumped side by side to cheer for the team.

"Good shot Delaney!"

Copenhagen left midfielder Tutuhe stepped in to catch the ball and swept the ground ball towards the center.

Several Copenhagen players who were ambushing in the middle immediately stepped forward and took action towards the path of the football.

Fortunately, Schmeichel stepped forward and took the football into his arms.

"Attack! Quick attack!"

Ranieri stood up and shouted at the side of the court, waving his hand to Schmeichel to take the goal kick quickly and not wait for the opponent's defense to get into position.

Once the defense is in place, it becomes difficult to attack!

This is why top teams like to capture the transition between offense and defense, because this is the easiest time to score!

Schmeichel immediately rushed to the penalty area line with the football in his arms. At first, he wanted to throw the ball to the full-back, but found that both sides were already being targeted.

"Bang!!"

There was no other way. In order to quickly launch a counterattack, Schmeichel had no choice but to pass the ball to the right side of the frontcourt.

Chen Yufeng's aerial challenge just now gave him the courage to pass the high ball!

On the right side of the frontcourt, Chen Yufeng faced Copenhagen's left back, Augustinsson.

Augustinson's body is also relatively strong. Nordic people are naturally tall and powerful. This is a bloodline advantage.

But Chen Yufeng, who had fought against Zanka, was naturally not afraid of Augustinson. After leaping high, he easily threw the ball to Vardy.

"Move!! Move!!"

Vardy quickly waved his hand after taking the ball, signaling for everyone to quickly jump in from both sides.

Chen Yufeng quickly bypassed Augustinsong's defense and sprinted forward.

Augustinsson's turn was obviously slow. After noticing the large gap in front of him, he quickly reached out and pulled, trying to cut off Chen Yufeng.

After grabbing Chen Yufeng's jersey, Augustinsson immediately felt the huge force coming from his right arm, and he quickly stumbled forward and fell forward.

"Lao Deng! Stay!"

His expression became painful, and he still held on to his right hand tightly, and did not let go after he fell to the ground.

In the end, after paying the price of being dragged a few steps, Augustinsong retained Chen Yufeng.

"suffer!!"

The Leicester City fans at the scene stood up with their right hands and complained dissatisfiedly to the referee.

This is definitely a yellow card move and they are asking for it.

"Damn it, if this fast-break counterattack passes, we will definitely score a goal!"

"If this is not a yellow card, then I can only wish the referee a Happy New Year and wish his family at the same time!"

"Even if you give me a red card, it's hard to relieve the hatred in my heart! Unfortunately, a red card is impossible. You have to block an absolute opportunity to give a red card. This ball does not constitute an absolute chance!"

"That's not possible according to the rules. When I saw three-on-three in the penalty area and Yufeng from the wing had already rushed up, I felt that this was an absolute chance."

"Yes, if the rules assess absolute chances, plus the ability of the blocking player and the probability of creating chances, this ball is a red card."

Leicester City fans screamed in dissatisfaction and even talked about the rules at the end.

"Beep!"

The referee on the court ran to the scene of the incident and showed Augustinsson a yellow card.

Chen Yufeng spread his hands helplessly, pointed at his jersey that had been torn off the thread, shrugged and joked: "Will there be a fine for this? My final jersey is worth at least one thousand euros."

"Probably not."

The referee also smiled and pointed to the sidelines to signal Chen Yufeng to get off the field and change his jersey.

Chen Yufeng spread his hands and left the scene of the incident with a smile, feeling very comfortable.

Please, no matter how high his achievements are, he is a man first.

How could a man not feel a very satisfying pleasure from such a victory of pure muscle power?

Chen Yufeng even wanted to show off to the fans by posing like a bodybuilder.

But after thinking about it, I decided to forget it. After all, he is now considered a star, so he has to pay attention to his behavior.

When walking towards the side of the court, Chen Yufeng also took off his clothes and held them in his hands.

He came to the stands and noticed a young fan wearing his jersey. He pointed at her with a smile and threw the jersey up.

"Ohhhhhhh...!" The Leicester City fans at the scene burst into cheers. They all knew that Chen Yufeng was going to give away the jersey.

Countless people cast envious glances at the place where the incident occurred, wishing that that person was themselves.

Unfortunately, Chen Yufeng only has one jersey, and he has decided to give it to the little fan.

"Yufeng! Thank you!!"

In the stands, a young fan blew a kiss to Chen Yufeng and said, "I want this blowing kiss to celebrate!"

Yes, this little fan is Linda.

She seems to have finally started to grow recently, she has grown taller and her face has opened up a bit.

Perhaps Linda can no longer play with Chen Yufeng as a caddy.

But she can sit in the stands as a fan, waiting for opportunities like this.

Chen Yufeng did not reply to Linda. He just walked to the bench, changed his jersey and ran to the court again.

After the interlude, the game resumed. Mahrez's subsequent set kick did not create any threat, and Zanka, who had been tormented for most of the game, made a clearance.

Zanka just couldn't fight against Chen Yufeng, it wasn't that he was weak.

If he gets to the right position early, he can still head the ball out.

"Bang bang bang!"

Copenhagen then got the ball in the frontcourt, and through a series of kicks from the center, the ball was redirected to the left wing.

Fox obviously suffered a bit in the one-on-one situation. Tutuhe successfully broke through twice and once again went to the baseline to complete the cross.

"Bang!!"

This cross created a shooting opportunity.

From the back position, Copenhagen's center Santander fired a volley shot.

Unfortunately, there was no power in the ball. Schmeichel lowered his center of gravity and easily lifted the ball over the crossbar.

The subsequent corner kick from Copenhagen did not create any threat, and Morgan headed the ball out of the penalty area.

"Bang!!"

From the outside of the penalty area, Delaney followed up and volleyed.

The ball deflected after hitting Fox's calf and flew into the far corner of the goal.

The ball was indeed just a hair away, sliding out of the baseline less than five centimeters from the goal post.

"Ah..." The Copenhagen fans suddenly burst out with regretful voices, holding their heads in discomfort.

Leicester City would not give them too many regrettable opportunities. Schmeichel then used a long pass to find the frontcourt position.

Don't look at it. After Ranieri's arrival, Leicester City has injected some of the essence of Italian football.

But they have actually been playing 442, using this most traditional British formation.

Even if the players' individual abilities are good, problems can often be solved through the ground.

But Leicester City will still make large-scale transfers and long passes from time to time.

What is the intangible cultural heritage of English football?

This is!

"Oh!"

Chen Yufeng once again won the duel for the top. Up to now, he has probably had six or seven top duels and only failed once.

The football was caught by Kanter who followed him. After looking around, Kanter chose to dribble the ball towards Copenhagen's penalty area.

His plan is actually to attract the defense and then find an opening to pass the ball. He does not want to hold the ball all the time.

But the Copenhagen players had already predicted his thoughts, so no one gave up their defensive position to press forward, allowing Kanter to dribble the ball forward without giving him any space to pass the ball.

When Kanter easily advanced more than ten meters, he found himself close to the penalty area line.

Do you look down on me so much?

Kanter felt a little unconvinced. He took a step toward the right and aimed at the upper left corner of the goal with a blast.

"Oh!"

A muffled sound sounded, and Kanter poured all his strength into it. The grass clippings and dirt around him flew up. He vowed to make these Copenhagen defensive players look good!

He wanted them to know that he was definitely not someone to be trifled with.

Although he is not as threatening as Chen Yufeng, it would be very disrespectful to let him go like this.

Once you disrespect others, you will have to pay...

Watching the football fly towards the fans' stands in Copenhagen at an exaggerated height, Kanter turned back and ran with some embarrassment. He did not forget to spit while running and gave Chen Yufeng a thumbs up.

"Good shot, Yufeng!"

Chen Yufeng suppressed his laughter and gave Kanter a thumbs up in return.

The game continued, gradually approaching the end of half-time.

The tactics of both sides remained unchanged. They were all fighting against each other, trying to offset the risk of conceding goals by scoring goals.

"Oh!"

The next great opportunity came to Leicester City.

In the 44th minute of the game, Shinji Oka and Chen Yufeng made interspersed runs, briefly causing chaos in Copenhagen's man-to-man defense.

Mahrez passed a cross ball to Drinkwater, who passed the ball to Shinji Oka who wandered to the wing.

"Front thrust! Straight thrust!"

Chen Yufeng drove forward at high speed from the rib position. He had just arrived at Shinji Oka's position and was waiting for such a pass.

"Bang!" Kirishin Oka passed the ball diagonally to Chen Yufeng's running route.

Chen Yufeng looked back at his position in the middle and swept the ball towards Vardy's position.

It's still Arnold's ground-breaking pass!

"Bang!" Vardy in the middle followed up and completed an easy push, and the subsequent sound of hitting the net did not surprise anyone. "Whoa!"

"Yeahhhhhhh...!"

Two to zero!

Leicester City almost sealed the victory of this game!

In the second half, Ranieri will definitely give instructions to the defense, and they will definitely be able to maintain this advantage to the back!

They have never lost a game in which they scored two goals first!

Vardy opened his hands, ran to the sidelines to celebrate, and then hugged Chen Yufeng who came up behind him.

"I told you, I will pass the ball to you!" Chen Yufeng said excitedly, patting Vardy's butt.

After helping Vardy complete the goal, he had another assist.

Now, his Champions League statistics are 4 goals and 2 assists!

After Porto's data was hacked, he averaged two goals per game, and there is still the possibility of improvement!

"I know, otherwise why would I give the penalty kick to you? Just to make you feel grateful and pass the ball to me more."

Vardy hugged Chen Yufeng tightly, took over the conversation and made a joke.

What he was thinking about at that time was definitely more than that, and more about helping Chen Yufeng find the feeling of hat trick.

Ever since Chen Yufeng scored consecutive hat tricks to help the team win, Vardy felt that his behavior was very worthwhile.

Now that Chen Yufeng has scored a goal, it is purely a gift given to him.

Everyone gathered around the sideline to celebrate for a while, then returned to their positions and restarted football.

"Beep--!"

The half ended quickly, and Leicester City returned to the dressing room with a two-goal lead.

"Yu Feng! Yu Feng! Yu Feng!" Linda's voice sounded again in the stands, and Chen Yufeng looked there helplessly.

"what happened again?"

Chen Yufeng raised his eyebrows and looked at Linda, "I'm not satisfied with giving you a final version of the jersey."

"The game changed sides in the second half. You can come to my side when celebrating. Remember to blow kisses!" Linda kept blowing kisses, urgently reminding Chen Yufeng.

The parents next to her immediately grabbed him, and then waved apologetically towards Chen Yufeng.

"That also depends on whether I can score another goal."

Chen Yufeng smiled, turned around and walked into the players' tunnel for a short rest and adjustment.

Fifteen minutes later, players from both sides stood in the midfield, ready to start the second half of the game.

(End of this chapter)