Football: A late bloomer, starting with Leicester City

Chapter 342 The excitement of Leicester City fans, the honor room needs more valuable trophies! (7k)

"It's scored again! This should be Chen Yufeng, right? It's hard to tell with the naked eye who touched the ball at that moment. Logically speaking, it should be the attacking team!"

"Let's see it in slow motion later."

Zhan Jun, who was sitting in the studio area, looked at the replay area with excitement and anxiety. After seeing that it was indeed Chen Yufeng who took the last two steps and hit the ball into the net with his toes, his mood became even more intense. , "It's Chen Yufeng! No problem!"

"He scored twice! In this game, he scored his 25th goal in the Premier League this season!"

"One of the more embarrassing things is that the two teams at the bottom of the league have never scored 25 goals combined..."

"From this we can also see how terrifying Chen Yufeng is. He can score a team's goals by himself."

"Of course, Leicester City's offensive firepower is very strong this season, and other players have scored quite a few goals. It is not just Chen Yufeng who can attack the city."

"That said, it's just compared to some weak teams."

Some people quickly appeared in the barrage, laughing and complaining about Zhan Jun's evil deeds.

This is not giving any face to the downstream teams.

Chen Yufeng took all your goals alone.

Do you have to say that?

But as fans of Leicester City and Chen Yufeng, how could they not like to hear this?

A feeling of pride enveloped everyone. If you want to ask who feels the strongest, it is undoubtedly the Leicester City fans at the King Power Stadium.

"Yeah————!!!" A roar like a tsunami sounded, and the whole ground seemed to be shaking slightly.

Everyone chanted Chen Yufeng's name and looked at the player with fanatical love and appreciation in their eyes. They had already regarded Chen Yufeng as the captain or even the king of this blue ship.

"If you ask where Leicestershire is in the UK and who the governor is in the government, then most people in the world can't name it. Only a few Leicestershire people can name it, but if you ask It’s Chen Yufeng, so everyone can chat with you.”

This is the best summary of Chen Yufeng from Leicester City fans.

"The 25th goal in the Premier League is almost 30+. What else can we expect from him?!"

"Yes! Does he really still want to do things for the team? I feel that he has done too much, and I don't know how to repay this kindness!"

"There is nothing we need to repay. Chen Yufeng not only fights for the fans, he also fights for his lofty ideals and pursuits. He is a true fighter! We can just cheer for him with our warmest passion. I believe he can accomplish greater things!"

"I hope he will always set his destiny at the age of 31, because this is his strongest year!"

"Didn't Lao Chen come over? I haven't seen him for many days."

"I heard that Lao Chen has signed some young players from South America in Paris these days, and his agent business has already started running."

"It's very good. Congratulations to him. I just hope he doesn't move Chen Yufeng from Leicester City to other places."

"If Chen Yufeng leaves here, I will cry."

"..."

Some fans also expressed their dissatisfaction with Chen Yufeng, because there is more or less a haze hanging over everyone's mind, that is, Chen Yufeng may not be able to stay with the team after the season.

This is a very real problem. If Chen Yufeng does not decline too much in the next time, Leicester City will definitely not be able to keep him.

You can't expect Chen Yufeng's competitive status to decline, and no one will continue to want him to stay in Leicester City, right?

That is not in line with their deepest thoughts. They cannot curse their favorite players like this. People must have faith.

But... I'm really reluctant to give up.

Chen Yufeng's games are really worth watching every game. Every time you see him scoring goals and assists, you are silently counting down the seconds in your heart.

This may be the penultimate goal, the penultimate assist...

Perhaps, when Chen Yufeng's last goal in his Leicester City career arrived, people would not have expected that it would be his last goal...

People don't know when they will see each other again. Maybe every parting moment may be an eternal farewell.

"Then score more goals! Win as many championships as possible, hahaha...!"

Some fans pretended to be optimistic and shouted, "Come on Chen Yufeng! You have a chance to score a hat trick in this game! Give us another grand scoring performance!"

"No matter where you go, you will always be our Leicester 'junior', forever and ever!"

"Come on!! We will continue to shout Yufeng!"

"Come on...!!"

The fans started shouting again, which made Ranieri feel a little emotional on the sidelines. He was smiling and applauding just now, but suddenly he pursed his lips and reduced the frequency of applause by a few points.

He looked back at Steve Walsh behind him and said calmly: "Did you hear what the fans shouted?"

"heard it."

Steve Walsh did not shy away from the problem, "I probably couldn't hold back my emotions that day, even though he was the one brought here by the boss Vichai."

"why?"

Ranieri knew very well that his reaction would be stronger than Steve Walsh's, but he couldn't figure out why.

Father, like son?

That may be the case, because Steve Walsh can answer this question very well, "When people come together and work hard for the same goal for two years, they experience the ups and downs, the lowest and the highest. , the feelings must be very strong.”

"We have seen the darkest time in Chen Yufeng, and we have also witnessed the peak of his honor later. Similarly, while witnessing him, is he not witnessing us? How can we ourselves not see it from him? The miles we have traveled along the way bear witness to ourselves?”

"This will be the best memory. In the future, whenever you think of the passionate emotions during this experience, you will think of Chen Yufeng, but by then, it may be difficult for everyone to meet again."

"So the feeling of reluctance may come from this moment."

What he said was not a standard answer, just his own understanding.

But there is no absolute right or wrong in the world. Steve Walsh firmly believes in his own point of view and thinks it is right.

After hearing this, Ranieri nodded slightly, turned around with his arms folded, and looked at Chen Yufeng's celebrating figure from behind.

He is still the most familiar way of sliding and kneeling to celebrate, as if he only knows this way of celebrating.

Will this make the fans at the scene tired of watching it?

Absolutely not. There must be some symbols on a person. What he means to a thing or a group will also have an iconic representative. This representative may be an action, a sentence, or something else. of.

The best memory and most iconic move left by Chen Yufeng for Leicester City is the silhouette of his skater kneeling soaring near the corner flag area.

Whether it was a blue jersey at home or a white jersey away from home, he had many great memories.

Leicester City fans will want to see this every week until they die...

"Beep——!"

Not long after, the game started again.

Chen Yufeng returned to his position and felt some fatigue in his body.

There were too many anaerobic sprints today and the intensity was too high.

He failed to control himself well and drifted a little under the temptation of his first experience in the new ability arena.

Maybe after half-time, he would have to discuss with Mr. Ranieri privately and leave the game early to rest.

But before that, he still had something to do.

For example, go for a hat trick...

There is certainly no such thing as too much. Chen Yufeng is looking forward to scoring his 26th Premier League goal in this game!

In this case, he might be able to complete the feat of 30+ by the end of this month.

This will be the only one. Looking at the entire history of the Premier League, no one can achieve it. Only the devil Haaland behind him is somewhat close.

"You should be able to sprint about two more times. Find a good opportunity to use these two highest-speed sprints on the blade."

Chen Yufeng made a fairly accurate judgment about his body, and then quietly lurked behind the defense line, waiting for an opportunity.

He also adjusted his position, getting closer to the ribs in the middle, waiting for the diagonal penetration.

Now, while waiting for the opportunity from Manchester United's defense, I hope that a teammate can send me a penetrating pass...

Many people have this ability, and he can fully expect passes from players with good skills.

In this way, Chen Yufeng kept making gestures that wanted to run forward in the following time, constantly attracting Manchester United's defense to follow him.

After more than ten fake moves, Manchester United's defense relaxed its vigilance and no longer followed Chen Yufeng's movement immediately.

Of course they know that Chen Yufeng can fake a hundred times, but as long as he does it once, he is very likely to score.

Their brains are also constantly sending instructions to their bodies, forcing them to focus on guarding.

However, people's subconscious bad qualities cannot be changed.

When they subconsciously feel that no one will pass the ball to Chen Yufeng, it is difficult for them to calm down.

This does not help them make effective judgments.

"Oh!"

Therefore, when Leicester City midfielder Kante intercepted the ball and sent a long pass in the 41st minute of the game, the entire Manchester United defense fell into a state of collective frustration.

Let alone them, even Chen Yufeng almost didn't react.

Kanter?

Who could have imagined that the first person to discover Chen Yufeng's movement and boldly send the pass was Leicester City's recognized sweeping midfielder Kante?

"nice shot!"

Chen Yufeng gave Kanter a thumbs up in his mind, and then caught up with him. After the football bounced off the ground and flew up again, he hooked the ball into the penalty area.

Fortunately, his speed was too fast, otherwise he would not have been able to catch the ball.

"Follow back! Chase back!"

"Attack! Attack! De Gea!"

"It's too close! No foul!"

Manchester United's entire defense was suddenly in chaos. When they turned around, Chen Yufeng had already entered the penalty area and was ready to face goalkeeper De Gea.

Some people even shouted foul instructions in the chaos. You must know that this is in the penalty area, and a foul will directly give you a point.

It can be seen how panicked these people's minds have been.

Goalkeeper De Gea once again played the role of big daddy, calmly spreading his hands to expand the defensive area, and then ran towards Chen Yufeng with small steps.

Facing the attacking goalkeeper, Chen Yufeng naturally chose the style of play with the most barrages.

His left foot stepped towards the left side of the football. In order to be more realistic, he also added a small jumping movement with his right foot. Then he changed direction, lowered his right shoulder, slightly bent the knee of his right leg, and stepped towards the right .

"Bang." After seeing that De Gea had lost his center of gravity, Chen Yufeng flicked the ball to the left with his left foot, and then used a light push to penetrate the goal.

After scoring the goal, Chen Yufeng smiled very happily. Not only did he complete an easy hat trick, not only did he catch everyone off guard with his newly improved ability, but the person who assisted him in the hat trick this time was Kante. .

"Yeah————!!" The noise rang in the ears, and the Leicester City fan area was once again boiling, with countless teammates laughing and rushing over.

Looking to the other side, the Manchester United fans covered their faces and cried, and the players either hugged their heads or raised their heads in despair.

Everything was impacting Chen Yufeng's senses, making it impossible for him to calm down. He tried his best to make his smile look as calm as possible, and to make his celebrating figure look unhurried, as if he had just accomplished a trivial thing.

Sometimes people are like this. After completing a difficult achievement, they like to celebrate in a subtle way.

To put it nicely, this is called cultivation and Zen.

To put it bluntly, the main reason is that it seems more pretentious.

"happy?!"

Kanter came to Chen Yufeng and showed off his white teeth. His dark skin always made his white teeth look particularly bright, "You didn't expect that, did you?"

"Why didn't I expect this? From the first day I joined the team, I thought you were good."

Chen Yufeng raised his eyebrows and joked: "I knew at that time that you would become the best assister in the entire Premier League in the future."

"Hahahahaha..." The Leicester City players nearby laughed, and everyone laughed and scolded Chen Yufeng for not being able to praise others.

Kanter scratched his head. Although it was helpful to hear these words, he just felt something was wrong.

Why do you seem to deliberately say something that is unlikely to be realized?

I just want to be praised for a highlight once in a while.

"Oh." In order not to appear too uncomfortable, Kanter lamented and waved his hands, then rushed to the fan area to celebrate, waving to the excited Leicester City fans.

Chen Yufeng and others then felt that they were shaking hands with the fans in the stands.

They can all see the expressions on these people's faces. They are all different, but they embody the same emotion - excitement.

This is a simple word that can be seen everywhere in life.

But the excitement on the football field must be the hottest and most passionate.

"Three to zero! Hat trick! Chen Yufeng's 26th goal in the Premier League this season! Unimaginable! He is about to kill the suspense of the Golden Boot Award. Harry Kane has only scored 16 goals now, and he has recently suffered from injuries. I have to rest for three games!"

In the Sina Sports commentary seat, Zhan Jun shook his head and sighed: "The Premier League, still can't adapt to Chen Yufeng's intensity?!"

Zhang Lu, the coach on the side, then laughed and said: "People often say that the Premier League is the most competitive league in the world. The intensity is very high. Most players from other leagues cannot adapt after coming here."

"When Chen Yufeng joined Leicester City at the beginning of last season, someone advised him that he could not adapt to the intensity of the Premier League, Championship or even League One, and suggested starting at a lower level in other leagues."

"But now, his performance has told everyone."

"It's not that I can't adapt to the intensity of the Premier League, but that the Premier League is gradually unable to adapt to my intensity, hehe...!"

The two laughed together, both finding the topic interesting.

At this time, the on-site director also turned the camera to Mourinho on the sidelines, showing the various expressions of the old coach in front of fans around the world.

Mourinho is wearing a black trench coat in the camera, which is his common outfit.

The old handsome man put his hands in his pockets, his face was visibly haggard and anxious, and there was a slight blush on his entire face.

"Mourinho, are you thinking about something?"

Zhan Jun spoke at the right time. He was serious when explaining, but he could also be dark when joking: "Why can't Chen Yufeng get along with me? In the first half at Old Trafford, it was just a hat trick, and in the second half Cheng returns to the King Power Stadium and gives me a hat-trick!"

"Coupled with the Community Shield at the beginning of the season, Manchester United is about to be beaten three times by Leicester City this season!"

"We all know that Mourinho is a great coach. There are really not many people who can kill his team three times..."

"Counting Chelsea, that's four kills." Director Zhang Lu added next to him: "The trigger for Mourinho's departure from Chelsea last season was the loss to Leicester City."

"Abrahimovic himself wanted to change coaches due to pressure from the locker room and external pressure. He happened to lose to Leicester City, a team that was considered a relegation team at the time, and found an excuse to fire Mourinho."

"It can be said that both Ranieri and Chen Yufeng have been Mourinho's victims in the past two years."

"Should we give up the league, we should just fight for the fourth place. The most important thing is to seize the cup competition."

After Zhang Lu finished speaking, Zhan Jun nodded and confirmed his statement. Mourinho has won many league championships, but his most powerful one is actually the cup.

In today's situation of turmoil inside and outside Manchester United, winning the Premier League championship may have become a luxury.

At this time, I hope Mourinho can make the right judgment and focus on the cup.

"We also believe that with Mourinho's vision and ability, he can make correct judgments based on the current situation."

Zhan Jun chose to end with a joke. He first said it seriously, and then changed the topic: "However, there is one thing you must pay attention to, that is, don't run into Leicester City and Chen Yufeng again in the cup."

"Hahahaha..." He and Zhang Lu looked at each other and smiled, and then began to explain the game seriously again.

The last few minutes of the first half seemed uneventful. Manchester United had no intention of aggressively attacking, and Leicester City did not play more threatening balls.

"Beep--!"

The game passed smoothly for a while and entered the halftime break.

Mourinho walked into the players' tunnel first with a dark face. It seemed that the Manchester United players in the locker room were in need of criticism.

Everyone knows that Mourinho's criticism is not abuse, but setting up obstacles and reasoning, using this method to awaken your inner emotions and fighting spirit.

However, in modern football, players' inner worlds are becoming more and more abundant, and their personalities are becoming more and more rebellious. This is an unacceptable way of communication for them.

An unhappy ending may be the best outcome for both parties.

However, you may not be able to see this right now.

…………

After the second half started, Chen Yufeng sat in front of the bench, enjoying the VIP seats.

He communicated with Ranieri and used the reason of thigh fatigue to get himself a half-time break.

There is no way, his physical fitness is not up to par, he is not just forced to carry it, now he will be a pure gangster, there is a high probability of being invisible, it is better to give other people some opportunities and let them help the team.

As a captain, he certainly cannot be selfish.

Compared to the 'boring' first half, the second half of the game was more interesting.

First, in the 63rd minute of the game, Ibrahimovic and the young Ashraf had a conflict in an attack and defense.

Ibrahimovic used his usual 'God' trick. He pushed Achraf away, then twisted his body and looked at the name on the jersey behind him.

It's like saying, boy, let me see what your name is, I don't know you.

Ashraf was young and energetic, and had no good means to fight back. He pushed Ibrahimovic hard in anger, and then he went up to fight with Ibrahimovic.

Players from both sides immediately pulled the two apart, and the referee came over and gave each of them a yellow card, calming the farce.

But this is just the beginning.

In the 76th minute of the game, Manchester United scored a very controversial goal.

Ibrahimovic knocked down Achraf with an elbow on the wing, and then passed the ball with a pass. Mata from behind hit a wonderful volley, and the football hit the net!

Because the referee's perspective was wrong, although he suspected Ibrahimovic had done something to Ashraf, he ultimately did not blow the foul whistle and instead pointed his finger near the arc of the center circle.

"Wait——!" The fans in the entire King Power Stadium were dissatisfied, and Ranieri was also dissatisfied. Even Chen Yufeng stood up from his seat and pointed at the referee to complain.

This is a way of applying pressure. They want to tell the referee that they are not pushovers!

As long as you misjudge, we will definitely talk to you!

There is no room for negotiation!

They want to reduce the occurrence of this situation and speak out for their teammates who have been wronged!

This move caused dissatisfaction with Mourinho, who was celebrating next to him. He believed that Ranieri and the Leicester City fans were making too much of a fuss.

The two coaches, who were in a state of emotion, refused to give in to either of them, and started a scolding battle in the distance.

"You have one Premier League title, right? I have three, do you understand three?"

"Oh...it doesn't matter, you won't have anything this year, but I will, your team is behind now, be careful of being fired by Manchester United again."

"No, Mr. Ranieri, you have forgotten that although my dismissal compensation is high and the media makes it seem like I have to be dismissed every day, when it comes to the real king of dismissals, it is you, starting from Cagliari That’s it for you.”

"You have forgotten, Mr. Mourinho, that your last championship was a long time ago. Please stop using these seemingly sharp remarks to put you at the center of public opinion."

"..."

The characters of the two may not be as bad as what they say, but what people do when they are emotionally excited is often so uncontrollable.

The scolding war lasted for a long time. It was not until Leicester City scored a long shot from Achraf who had just been violated that the two sides returned to the bench to stop the fight.

Next, both sides began to make substitution adjustments.

Leicester City's victory has been determined and they sent some young people to train.

Manchester United had no hope of overtaking, and they also sent some young people to play for fun.

The two parties are two extremes, but they are going the same way.

In the following time, the rhythm of the game dropped too much, and many people watching the game in the stadium almost fell asleep.

If the Leicester City fans at the King Power Stadium were not still waiting for the moment when the whistle blew to announce victory, the venue would have been over.

"Beep! Beep! Beep--!"

These three whistles did not keep them waiting for too long. The bald referee only gave one minute of additional time before blowing the whistle to end the game.

After the game, Ranieri and Mourinho still did not perform the customary post-match handshake ceremony, and the two went straight to the player tunnel.

As for Chen Yufeng, he was taking on Ranieri's responsibilities at the moment, standing on the edge of the court and applauding, waiting for the players on the court to come down.

"Good shot, good shot, good shot."

He high-fived the kids and encouraged their performance.

Okay, okay, you are noble, you are angry.

I do all the dirty work...

Chen Yufeng thought this in his heart, still smiling and shaking hands with everyone he came and went.

The referee also passed by him at this time, and his walking route was somewhat deliberate.

At first, Chen Yufeng thought that the referee was sick, so he didn't want to shake hands with him and listen to him praise him, "It's a good call."

But then he slapped his forehead and remembered something: "It's a hat trick. The game ball should be left to me as a souvenir. Sir, wait a minute!"

"I thought you forgot." The referee put his left hand in his pocket and turned around holding the football in his right hand, with a smile on his face and raised the football while talking.

His appearance really resembles the little plum in The Great Gatsby who turns his head to raise his glass.

"If you forget anything, you won't forget this." Chen Yufeng smiled and took the game ball.

He won't kick these balls when he takes them home, but keeps them as souvenirs.

A hat-trick game ball is worth much more than a single-game best player trophy.

At night, when Chen Yufeng returned home, he came to the honor room. Looking at the room that was gradually filling up, he had a smile on his face.

"There are plenty of match balls and best player trophies, but there are some other major awards missing."

Chen Yufeng showed a greedy smile, "For example, the second Premier League, the first FA Cup, or even the first Champions League."

(End of this chapter)