Football: A late bloomer, starting with Leicester City

Chapter 331 The devil’s schedule is coming! Leicester City are a strong team now!

On December 12st, the devil’s schedule officially arrived.

Leicester City first has an away game against West Ham United, which is a game they must win.

If they want to make a good summary of the half-season season and retain the hope of competing for the half-season championship, they must win this game.

If Chen Yufeng can win this game, he will be able to securely win the best player of the half.

In fact, there is no suspense anymore, just to consolidate it.

Therefore, this game seemed to be in full swing from the beginning. Leicester City's three lines of players attacked with all their strength, constantly attacking West Ham United's defense.

They are united and determined to defeat their opponents.

West Ham United took a defensive stance and did not give Leicester City much space in the backcourt. They seemed to be arranging the bus to death.

This is a good choice. When a mid-lower team plays against Leicester City, the smaller your desire to win, the greater the possibility of getting points.

If you have three stuck lines and aim for a draw in a single game, then this is undoubtedly the best way.

In positional attack, Leicester City is not so unstoppable.

They are just known for their efficiency in counterattacks.

"Time is passing minute by minute. Shouldn't Leicester City replace Klose with Klose? Klose is a better choice at this time."

"The space Chen Yufeng gained today is also relatively small. He can only try his best to break through and send crosses from the wing, but it is really difficult for his teammates who are outflanking him in the middle to provide an effective aerial challenge."

"Everyone must also understand that he is not a god and cannot score goals all at once in every game. That is unrealistic."

"Oh... Klose is here. In the 67th minute of the game, Klose is going to play."

"West Ham United also needs to make substitution adjustments. Bilic seems to be replacing a taller central defender. This is a wise decision."

"You have your tactics, and I also have my tactics."

In the Sina Sports live broadcast room, Zhan Jun has been giving commentary to the audience in front of the TV.

The game off the court has also been passing time, gradually moving towards the last fifteen minutes.

It seems that West Ham United is about to complete its technical and tactical goals and get points.

As a team that was beaten by Leicester City at home and away last season, it is already good to get a point.

Therefore, Bilic has been standing in the coach's command area and constantly giving instructions to the court, adding a brain that can make decisions to the team.

This is not useless in mid-to-lower teams. As long as everyone can ensure consistency, the head coach can indeed discover more things than you.

In the 76th minute of the game, Chen Yufeng broke through from the wing and passed in. Klose's header from the center hit the goal. The football was slightly higher than the crossbar, scaring the home fans into a cold sweat.

Six minutes later, Chen Yufeng made a comeback. This time he played more resolutely. After sliding in from the inside, he volleyed with an outside instep, but the ball was firmly held by the opponent's goalkeeper.

After another three minutes, everyone in Leicester City was already a little anxious.

They haven't faced such a tough opponent for a long time.

Until the 89th minute of the game, they got a corner kick opportunity.

Chen Yufeng stood in front of the corner kick area. After Mahrez was replaced, he must use his precise cross to shoulder the responsibility of serving.

In the middle, Morgan and Klose are both good players for the top. He can no longer selfishly enter the penalty area to compete for the top.

It seems like a better choice, but in fact, there is a high probability that there is nothing.

The quality of the serve is so critical...

"Oh!"

Chen Yufeng's corner kick was taken quickly. He took it very resolutely, keeping his eyes on Klose in front of him, seemingly looking for him.

But when the football quickly came to the penalty area, people discovered that it was a corner kick passed to the back point.

The person you are looking for is Morgan!

This is the second captain who always stands up for the team!

Today, he was ready again.

"Bang!" A powerful and heavy header was thrown. The football rubbed the opponent's goalkeeper's hands and penetrated into the net from the middle.

The ball went in!

One point becomes three points!

"Yeah——!!!" The Leicester City fans on the expedition suddenly burst into excitement. Countless glasses of beer and countless scarves were thrown high into the sky by them.

Morgan also waved his hands excitedly and ran to the sidelines to hug Chen Yufeng.

Bilic knelt on the side of the court and raised his head reluctantly.

After the game, under the watchful eyes of all the fans.

Chen Yufeng, who had just won the Ballon d'Or, received the Half-Time Player of the Year trophy from the hands of FA officials.

It seems that he was very happy to assist the team to complete the victory. After Chen Yufeng won the award, he also made Bolt's bow and shot the big eagle to celebrate.

"Click!" The media on the side of the court quickly took his photo, and it was placed on the cover of countless media that night.

[Chen Yufeng’s corner kick scores the winner! Receive the best half-time player of the 1617 Premier League season! Deserved! This Chinese forward has scored 19 goals and provided 21 assists in the past 11 rounds! 】

[Scored 32 goals in half the game! Is Chen Yufeng going crazy? 】

[Sequelae of crushing the miracle? After Chelsea tied the last game before half-time, they had the same points as Leicester City, but with a goal difference disadvantage, Leicester City won the 1617 half-time championship! 】

[Can you maintain your hot streak in the second half of the season? ——Leicester City once again won the half-time championship with a historic performance. 】

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After collecting the honors halfway through, will Leicester City have some breathing time?

No, it won't.

Just two days later, they went to Middlesbrough again to face the small town team Middlesbrough.

This was originally a confrontation between two small-town underdogs, but due to Leicester City's strong rise, it seems to have become a confrontation between the top team and the lower-tier team.

However, today's Middlesbrough learned from the successful experience of West Ham United in the first 80 minutes of the last game and formed a formation closer to a bus.

In their official lineup before the game, they had a comprehensive formation of four, three, and three.

But on the court, the two wide midfielders retreated directly to the ribs of the back line to form a back six, and the three forwards also recovered and came to near the midfield line.

A frontless lineup!

June 4th super bus!

They seem to be carrying out their defense to the end!

A half-court offensive and defensive battle officially started in the stadium!

It stands to reason that a forwardless lineup is actually relatively easy to defeat, and there is no extreme situation in football that cannot be attacked for a long time.

If a team completely gives up possession of the ball and is passively beaten, then after they have lasted 70 minutes, various loopholes will appear due to the decline in physical fitness.

But because Middlesbrough goalkeeper Guzan played so well today, he helped the team complete countless rescues from high to low, and also boosted the team's spirit and gave every defensive player a chance. Endless strength.

"Beep! Beep! Beep--!"

In the end, when the referee blew the whistle to end the game, the score was still zero to zero.

Boring! Leicester City's first game after returning from the half-time championship was a draw with Middlesbrough and no goal was scored!

If it's really funny, they are the only two teams to have kept a clean sheet against Leicester City this season.

One team is Chelsea, who have just reached the top again after a boring draw with Leicester City.

The other one is Middlesbrough in front of us.

They all accomplished the impossible...

After the game, the scene of Chen Yufeng and others gathering together and apologizing in front of the fans area caused countless media to rush to take pictures.

"Keep your heads up kids, you did a good job!"

"They can only block your progress in this ugly way. They don't dare to confront us head-on!"

"We can now officially declare that we are one of the strongest teams in the Premier League!"

"Yes, because everyone is afraid of us. Their fear is written on their faces! It is written on their formation after taking the field!"

"Let Middlesbrough coach Karanka have fun, he will never win the championship this way!"

"..."

Chen Yufeng also tried his best to comfort his teammates in his post-match summary.

Football is like this, you lose and you win, no matter how strong you are, as long as the opponent puts something down, they can still find opportunities to counter you.

He accepts it and he hopes the players accept it too.

"Be ready for the challenge, brothers. Bilic of West Ham United has tested a path that seems feasible on us. Middlesbrough coach Karanka has taken this path to the end and won them Something you want.”

"In the future, there will definitely be teams that will make this move, especially the mid-to-lower teams, and it is possible for all of them to play like this."

What he wants to say is not the above, these are just reminders. What he really wants to say is this sentence: "But as long as we can continue to break their illusions and continue to break through their stubborn tactics."

"Later, they will find other ways."

"We will never get tired, and everyone will always be on our own path, come on!"

"Come on!" The other Leicester City players echoed, many of them had firm eyes and were ready to face the challenge.

When they saw their opponents being complacent about scoring a point against them, they all understood that everything had changed.

Leicester City is now officially entering the period of being a strong team.

Last season was a miracle. No one thought they were very strong. They only thought they had a miracle season and won an incredible trophy.

But after this season, Leicester City gradually changed the outside world's views.

After a miracle, will it be followed by decline and decline?

no!

Leicester City is using actions to tell the whole world that Miracle Blue is going to spread to more places.

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January 1, the last game before the FIFA Awards Ceremony.

This is the third round of the FA Cup. Leicester City once again went away to face Everton.

This is already three consecutive away games. This kind of schedule should generally be avoided as much as possible, but the recent schedule in the entire UK is too tight, and there is no way around it.

After the starting lineups of both sides were announced before the game, Leicester City discovered that their soft approach at home last time had some effect.

Everton did not choose to fight them today, but arranged a rotating lineup to face them.

"The FA Cup match is about to start. First, let me introduce the rules of the FA Cup to you."

"This is an event established in 1871. It has a history of more than years and is one of the oldest events in England and the world."

"At the same time, the FA Cup is also recognized as the most competitive domestic cup in the world and one of the most valuable cup competitions."

"The FA Cup competition is divided into eight rounds."

"The teams participating in the first two rounds are the English Amateur League and English League One and League Two teams. Premier League teams and English Championship teams will join the competition in the third round of the competition."

"Before the quarter-finals, if the two teams are tied within 90 minutes, they will directly face a rematch. This is also a point that has been criticized by the English team. The schedule itself is intensive and there is a rematch system. This It will undoubtedly be a big test for their physical reserves for the season.”

"So, for many teams, in addition to winning in FA Cup games, what they like most is losing. A draw is definitely the most uncomfortable ending."

"But if we can go further and even compete for the championship, then everyone will be very happy."

"Okay, let's take a look at the starting lineups of both sides."

Sina Sports obtained the copyright of the game early, but today, only Xu Yang was sitting in the commentary seat.

Directors Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu did not participate in the commentary of the FA Cup. Their work is already busy enough and they cannot fill this item anymore.

"Everton had a 3-5-2 formation today, but during the game, we can probably guess that they must have been 5-3-2 more often, and even withdrew a supporting center and turned into 5-4-1. .”

"This is a recently popular way of curbing Leicester City's characteristics."

"Goalkeeper Hoel, three defenders, Murray, Ashley Williams, Holgate."

"Coleman and Baines on both sides, Barry, Barkley and Tom Davis in the middle."

"The ones at the front are Lukaku and Valencia."

"We can notice that they rotate in the midfield and frontcourt, especially in the middle."

"Perhaps taking into account the Premier League schedule, Everton has not made an all-out gesture to strive for the FA Cup."

"Compared with last season's championship-winning lineup, Leicester City has only two changes, that is, Achraf replaced Fox and Klose replaced Shinji Okazaki."

"Nothing else has changed."

"..."

While he was explaining, the players from both sides were already on the court, ready to kick off.

Chen Yufeng stood near the side road and took a deep breath.

Although he was with Leicester City last season, he is actually relatively unfamiliar with FA Cup competitions.

Leicester City's response to this event last season was to simply give up without giving him much playing time, and he himself had no idea.

But this season, everything has changed.

After knowing their own strength, Leicester City did not give up the idea of ​​​​FA Cup.

In fact, this cup competition, which only started in the second half of the league, is their strongest desire to win the championship.

Needless to say, the difficulty of the Premier League and the Champions League can only be said to be trying your best. Take it one step at a time. You can have dreams, but you cannot dream every day.

In this case, the FA Cup is more like a field of honor tailor-made for them, quietly appearing in front of them.

This is definitely the game he values ​​the most, and he will give his best in every game!

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