Football: A late bloomer, starting with Leicester City

Chapter 98: Ups and downs of the game, opportunity at the last moment
Soon, with the whistle of the referee Dani Taylor, the penultimate game of the first half of the Premier League officially started here.

Liverpool forward Origi sent the ball from the center circle, and the Liverpool players in the backcourt immediately began to conduct the ball.

"The game begins. This is the 18th round of the Premier League. Liverpool will face Leicester City at home!"

"As a big6 team, whether Liverpool can stop the hot Leicester City in this game is the biggest highlight of this game!"

"They formed a four-two-three-one formation today, with goalkeeper Mignolet and defenders Klein, Sakho, Lovren and Alberto."

"Double defensive midfielder Henderson is paired with Emre Can. In the forward position, Coutinho, Firmino, Lallana, and the single arrow in front is Origi."

"..."

As the game begins, the commentators in the live broadcast area are eager to provide explanations to the audience in front of the TV.

Nowadays, the Premier League has gradually become the country with the most broadcast areas in the world.

Every game here will receive a lot of attention from all over the world.

As a veteran Premier League giant, Liverpool, they naturally have countless suitors scattered in all corners of the world.

Therefore, the number of people watching this game is naturally very large.

Especially in China, today’s game has a different meaning——

Leicester City's opponent, Liverpool, is the home team of the commentator Zhan Jun. He is a die-hard fan of this club.

Naturally, all Chinese fans are looking forward to what Zhan Jun will look like if Leicester City can still perform well.

In the Sina Sports studio, looking at the fans' questions, Zhan Jun smiled and spoke.

"The most basic professional quality of a commentator is naturally neutrality, so you don't have to worry about many things."

"But if I have to give my prediction for this game, I am still more optimistic about Liverpool. After Klopp came to the team this season, the overall integrity of this team has been greatly improved."

"They have been undefeated for a while and have the momentum to keep it going."

"As for Leicester City, I always feel that something is missing..."

Zhan Jun said these words with a smile.

"Hehehehehe..." Director Zhang Lu suddenly laughed and said, "Come on, you just want your home team to win."

"Liverpool is undefeated, and Leicester City is still unbeaten with five consecutive wins."

"Hahaha..." Zhan Jun laughed and said: "I still feel that Liverpool is stronger on paper. Of course, if Chen Yufeng scores their goal, I will still be excited."

No more joking, the two commentators focused their attention on the competition field, providing immediate comments to the audience in front of the TV.

Off the pitch, with the endless singing of Liverpool fans, the game was already in full swing.

Liverpool maintained a strong pressing force, trying to block all Leicester City's attacks in the frontcourt and prevent the ball from developing into their dangerous areas.

Time passed like this minute by minute. After about 15 minutes of testing, the two teams gradually began to play their killer moves.

Game No.17 minutes.

Liverpool, who had controlled the ball in the midfield for more than a minute, suddenly launched a wave of fast breaks through captain Henderson's change of speed.

"Oh!"

After two simple passes, the football was handed to the feet of left midfielder Coutinho.

Coutinho stopped the ball and turned around, and immediately made a gesture of cutting inside. After deceiving the center defender Huth's center of gravity, he made another pass.

"Oh!"

The subsequent cross sent was destroyed by Morgan's flying shovel.

Origi was only a little short of getting a very good shooting opportunity!

Next, the game time continues to move forward.

Liverpool would get shooting opportunities from time to time, and Leicester City also played several wonderful combinations on the counterattack.

Although Liverpool has an advantage in terms of ball possession rate, in terms of threat, the two teams are comparable.

The game went like this, 45 minutes quickly passed in a fierce battle.

"Benteke, warm up well at halftime and I'll replace you in the second half."

Seemingly realizing that Origi was in average condition today, Klopp gave Benteke a special message during the halftime break.

This is a good forward, but sometimes he is 'pushed' by some die-hard fans who hate the iron.

The second half of the game started quickly.

After seeing the substitutions on Liverpool's side, Ranieri made the same adjustment shortly afterwards, sending Ulloa to replace Shinji Okazaki.

There was almost no positional battle in the frontcourt in today's game, so Shinji Okazaki's tactical role became smaller.

It's better to try Ulloa, who has stronger impact and a good handball.

"Boom bang bang..."

The sound of passes continued, and players on both sides were highly focused, looking for opportunities to kill the game.

With no one making a mistake, the game looked a little tight.

Until game No.608 minutes.

Firmino received the clearance ball from Huth's header at the front of the penalty area, and after stopping the arch of his feet, he looked like he was volleying away.

"Oh!"

Just as his feet were about to touch the football, Firmino suddenly withdrew his strength and lightly passed the ball into the space.

Benteke, the controversial striker, advanced forward at high speed and stopped the ball in the penalty area to usher in the opportunity to kill the game.

"Benteke! One-shot!"

Zhan Jun's commentary sounded, "Hit the door with one kick!"

"Beautiful! The ball is there! Benteke pushed the ball steadily into the lower corner of the goal!" "Liverpool is ahead!"

Off the pitch, as Benteke pushed the ball into the lower corner of the goal, the entire Anfield suddenly erupted in a burst of fanatical cheers.

"Ohhhhhhh...!!"

More than 5 home team Liverpool fans gave Benteke the most hysterical cheers at this moment.

They shouted and stood up from their seats, dancing.

"We're ahead! We're going to win!"

"Klopp's magical substitution! Benteke's fatal blow!"

"It seems that it's not that Leicester City is too strong, but that the other big6 teams are too weak. Klopp will lead us to the Premier League championship next season!"

"Leicester, where is your Vardy? Where is Mahrez? Where is Chen Yufeng?"

"Hahaha, I have said it before, Leicester City itself should not be in this position! Now it seems that we are more qualified than them!"

"It's all the fault of that idiot Rogers. If Klopp had come earlier, it wouldn't have been a grassroots team like Leicester City sitting at the top of the table!"

"Come on, Liverpool, hold on! Win this victory!"

"..."

All the Liverpool fans were excited. They shouted with surging emotions and vented their emotions.

Leicester City have been sitting on their head for a long time, which has kept them awake for many days in anticipation of their matchup.

And because of Leicester City's recent hot state, they, who were originally full of confidence, began to worry about this team, and were somewhat afraid of the final result.

However, with the appearance of this goal, everything disappeared!

Their probability of winning is already very high, and the team's defense has never been a worry!
"Yeah...Yeah...Yeahhh!"

The team's head coach Klopp was also very excited when he saw the goal. He gritted his teeth and waved his fists, and gave a classic three-punch to the die-hard fans near the stands.

This goal is undoubtedly a pressure-relieving goal for Klopp.

In such an anxious game, taking the lead is undoubtedly very important.

As long as they don't make mistakes next, the game will definitely not change much.

"Beep!"

As the referee blew the whistle to restart the game shortly after, the Leicester City players adjusted their mentality, gritted their teeth and launched another attack.

They are indeed not afraid of falling behind, but facing a team as powerful as Liverpool and falling behind first, this feeling is still uncomfortable.

They can only try their best.

"Boom bang bang..."

The passing sound continued, and the fast-paced game continued.

As time passed by, Liverpool deliberately delayed time on some details, hoping to stabilize the result.

Ranieli's expression was slightly anxious, and he was walking around the court with his hands behind his back, as if he was expecting something.

Thousands of Leicester City fans also stood in the stands, most of them folding their hands and starting to pray.

Obviously, they don't want their winning streak to end like this.

"Beep!"

In the 709th minute of the game, as Mahrez fell to the ground, a whistle sounded immediately.

The referee quickly ran to the scene of the incident, verbally warned Lovren for the foul, and then began to draw a line at the front of the penalty area.

"Chen Yufeng!"

"We got a free kick!"

Seeing this scene, all Leicester City fans immediately put their hands on their chests with hope and prayed for the ball devoutly.

Chen Yufeng, who has scored three free kick goals this season, has undoubtedly given them hope for this opportunity.

"Human wall! Underfoot! One foot below!"

On the sidelines of the court, Klopp suddenly shouted anxiously. Of course he had made preparations and was afraid that Chen Yufeng would hit the ground free kick like before.

After reminding the goalkeeper, Klopp stood waiting on the sidelines of the court. Although he seemed calm on the surface, his hands in his pockets were already tightly clenched.

The Liverpool fans were in a similar mood to Klopp. They all watched with anxiety as Chen Yufeng went to the penalty spot and stepped on the turf.

"call……"

Chen Yufeng finally took a breath. The last free kick he scored was against Newcastle five rounds ago.

During this period, he did not get any free kick opportunities.

But Beckham’s scimitar is certainly not included.

He will be combined with many factors, such as his mentality at this time, the adaptability of the turf under his feet, the state of the opponent's goalkeeper, etc.

"Beep!"

Hearing the whistle ringing in his ears, Chen Yufeng took one last breath and started running.

He knows how important this ball is to this game.

If you want to remain undefeated, you must strive for a penalty!
One step, two steps, three steps...four steps!
"Bang!!"

As Chen Yufeng's supporting foot stepped heavily on the turf, his right foot quickly rubbed towards the football, exerting a very even and appropriate force.

The football was like a flying Frisbee in an instant. After drawing a beautiful arc in the air, it perfectly passed over the top of the wall and rolled into the near corner.

All the Liverpool players suddenly looked back, only to see that the football had passed goalkeeper Mignolet's hand and hit the near corner!
The ball...goes in!
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(End of this chapter)