Football: A late bloomer, starting with Leicester City

Chapter 44 develops rapidly, ready to add more points (please follow up)

On the 8.26th.

After four days of rest, Leicester City ushered in the second round of the EFL Cup.

This is a domestic cup competition that the top four professional leagues in the UK will participate in. It has good gold content, but is slightly weaker than the FA Cup.

Except for the clubs participating in the European competition, all Premier League clubs enter the competition starting from the second round.

Leicester City's opponent in this round is Bury, a team from the middle of English League Two with average strength.

Facing them, Ranieri directly chose to rotate most of the players and even brought a few from the reserve team.

For Leicester City, the most important thing at the moment is definitely the league. Ranieri does not dare to slack off at all before completing the [-]-point relegation task.

Even if they have won three consecutive games now, he is still worried that some of the main players will be injured in the cup, which will in turn affect the league record.

However, with Kante in the midfield and the threat of Albrighton on the wing, Leicester City still won this game three to one.

Bury's strength is indeed very weak. If they usually participate in this kind of competition, they will almost always lose when they encounter the Premier League and Championship teams.

Chen Yufeng was not even selected for the squad in this game. He stayed in the training base to improve his physical fitness, waiting for the opportunity to add points.

He didn't feel much after hearing that the team won. With the thickness of Leicester City's current bench, it is almost impossible to compete for this kind of cup championship.

Just move forward and train the players more.

And that night after the game, Ranieri, who returned to the training base, called someone to call Chen Yufeng, seemingly to discuss something.

"Mr. Ranieri."

It didn't take long for Chen Yufeng to arrive at the head coach's office and sit across from Ranieri.

"How are you feeling recently?"

Ranieri asked first after coming up. After that press conference, the two rarely talked alone, and they mostly talked in daily training and games.

"Of course it's very good."

There was a smile on Chen Yufeng's face without any subtlety. "Every time I score a goal and assist, I feel my own value and look forward to the future even more."

"It's good to have this kind of thinking. 30 years old is actually not too old. As long as you have self-discipline, you can still play for many years." Ranieri smiled slightly, then turned around, pointed to the team's schedule and continued to speak.

"I am very aware of your characteristics and the characteristics of Albrighton who is in the same position as you. I hope you understand this first and then listen to me."

Chen Yufeng nodded, and Ranieri's voice continued.

"On August 8, three days later, we have the fourth round of the Premier League against Bournemouth."

"After this, we will have a window of nearly two weeks until September 9th, when we face Stoke City."

After Ranieri finished talking about these two points, he turned back and asked: "Do you know anything about these two teams?"

"Of course." Chen Yufeng nodded. After spending so many years in the Premier League, he must understand everything.

"They are two very tough and high-level teams, and Stoke City has the reputation of being a city in the sky."

Ranieri said briefly and then went straight to the point, "So, I want to start Albrighton in these two games and leave him behind for the games against Villa and Arsenal."

After saying this, Ranieri chuckled and said, "As a head coach, I have the freedom to choose people. Of course I don't need to inform and explain to the players individually."

"However, I know the feeling of seeing a little hope and then losing hope. I felt it very strongly during my time at Chelsea and my time at Madrid."

"One thing I hope you know is that your ability, status, performance, etc., in my heart are already the starting player at this position. But in these two games, you will rest first."

"Can you understand?"

"That's all?" Chen Yufeng raised his eyebrows slightly and said with a smile: "Of course it's no problem. I can understand what Mr. Ranieri means."

What Ranieri said actually makes sense. As an experienced head coach, he must be able to see his current strengths and weaknesses.

Against teams like Bournemouth and Stoke City, Chen Yufeng asked himself, the possibility of him producing any data while standing was extremely slim.

Until the overall ability is greatly improved and there are many ways to score goals, Albrighton is obviously more suitable to face this kind of team.

After accepting this, Chen Yufeng didn't feel the slightest bit sad or depressed. On the contrary, he was slightly excited.

In nearly 20 days, his physical fitness can increase significantly again, and he needs to add points... He must look for opportunities to become stronger in the gaps between the tight schedule.

Gains and losses in one or two games are definitely nothing.

"And good news."

Ranieri saw Chen Yufeng's reaction and smiled with some relief: "Ask your father to come to the team this weekend. Mr. Vichai called me today and told me that he is going to discuss a salary increase with you."

"Salary increase?"

Chen Yufeng's eyes lit up, and then he nodded.

For him, unless he becomes a top player, his salary at that time will have some impact on his family.

It was nothing before this.

But money is actually not important. A salary increase means recognition and trust, as well as his value.

This is what makes Chen Yufeng happier.

After saying goodbye to Mr. Ranieri, Chen Yufeng returned home and told his father about the matter.

After he settled down, he left the matter alone.

Chen Yufeng has formulated a relatively strict plan, preparing to train hard in the next time and complete a small to medium-sized point increase before playing next time.

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Time passed day by day, and Chen Yufeng got up early every morning, feeling the vitality, and returned home in a wet state at night.

If he had to quantify his training during this period, the sweat he squeezed out every day might be less than half a basin of water.

Kanter and Oka Qishen, two close buddies, started training with Chen Yufeng and kept crushing Chen Yufeng's physical abilities in all aspects.

Later, they couldn't practice anymore.

It's not that they can't keep up with the intensity, but that the devilish training schedule, which is like a machine day after day, is really not acceptable to people in their eyes.

While the two of them were constantly looking for excuses to refuse, their admiration for Chen Yufeng gradually grew.

Although, they still don't understand why a person can't improve his physical fitness even after training like this?
During this period, Leicester City did not lose its performance in the Premier League.

On August 8, they faced Bournemouth away from home and tied with their opponent 29-[-], continuing their unbeaten record in the season.

Then, on September 9, after a two-week break, Leicester City returned to home and defeated Stoke City 13-[-], taking all three points.

Vardy played a key role in these two games, scoring three goals by himself, directly to the top of the scorer list.

Mahrez also scored one goal and two assists. He was very efficient and launched an impact on the best player in the Premier League.

The result of the game is certainly good.

For Ranieri's team, the [-]-point relegation goal they set before the season has only gone through [-] rounds, and they have already scored [-] points, which is a very fast progress.

But Ranieri was still dissatisfied. He was still making a pizza agreement with the players, asking them to find a defensive state this morning and win a clean sheet.

After these two games, on September 9, there were only three days left before the next local derby against Aston Villa.

Chen Yufeng, finally, through the training of his super willpower, had accumulated enough values ​​to add points.

On this day, after the day's training, Chen Yufeng opened the system panel again and began to hesitate.

The growth rate of physical fitness is very good. It has now reached 64 points, which is considered a rapid improvement.

Before the critical line of 45 points that he had set before, Chen Yufeng could choose to add points at least three times!
This is a very fast improvement rate!

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