Chapter 294
Chapter 294
The new season is coming.
Chapter 294 Lu Aid? CTMD Benteke? Abstract Belgian center!
Returning from warm Spain to cold and humid England, Ling Feng did not have time to feel the change in climate, so he wrapped himself in a down jacket and took the team bus to Merseyside.
In the 17th round of the league, they are about to face the “Toffees” Everton, which ranks in the middle.
Everton’s lineup has not changed much this season, and the summer window did not spend a million-level signing. It just introduced powerful players such as Lennon and “German Emperor” Deulofeu at a low price.
However, the new aid has been unable to integrate, and Mirallas and other players are in poor condition.
Stones and Jagielka, the old and young central defenders, have average tacit understanding.
The defense is average, and the team’s offense relies heavily on “little monster” Lukaku, so there are too many draws and the games that should be won are not won.
In this game, the Blue Foxes, wearing the away white jersey, resolutely adopted a defensive counterattack away from home.
Everton created cross opportunities through the wing and fed the ball to the center forward, that is, Lukaku.
However, in front of Huth and Morgan, the central defender combination with better and better tacit understanding, almost no cross can reach Lukaku’s head.
At this time, Lukaku, even though his confrontation and speed are at the top of the Premier League, is almost the best young center forward of this era.
But when facing key defense, he can’t play too well, and is a typical player who abuses the weak.
And Everton’s midfield core, Ross Barkley, who is known as the “genius midfielder”, was closely watched by Kante and had no chance to pass the ball at all.
The attack in the frontcourt could not open up the situation, so they could only press the formation forward and add more people in the frontcourt.
This gave the Foxes a huge space to counterattack!
Soon, right-back Simpson completed the steal and sent a beautiful straight pass to Mahrez in front.
The latter dribbled along the sideline, but was directly knocked down by veteran midfielder Barry.
Although this counterattack did not threaten the goal, it created a yellow card for the opponent’s midfielder and also created a set-piece opportunity on the right side of the frontcourt.
Ling Feng did not choose to shoot directly, but made a high cross to try to find his teammates in the penalty area.
However, Everton center Lukaku, who returned to the penalty area to defend, grabbed the first landing point.
However, perhaps because of his hair, his header did not go far, but just rubbed it slightly, and it came to the feet of the water-drinking brother at the top of the penalty area.
The latter did not hesitate at all, and shot the ball directly through the gap between people and flew into the goal!
Seeing that he had given his opponent an own goal assist, Lukaku held his head with both hands, looking confused.
Mumble!
If I had known earlier, I would have headed the ball to the side
Ling Feng, who witnessed this scene, twitched his mouth and almost laughed out loud on the spot.
He never thought that the “little monster” during his time at Everton had already developed the attribute of “Lukaku’s foreign aid”!
After the goal, the Everton players were very frustrated and looked at each other, but no one dared to
After all, Lukaku is the team’s top scorer and main center forward, and this own goal assist was just an accident, so it’s not his fault.
After kicking off again, Everton could only continue to press forward.
However, this was exactly what Leicester City wanted!
In the 38th minute of the game, Brother Drinker and Kante double-teamed and intercepted the ball from Barkley’s feet.
Then the ball was passed to Ling Feng in front.
The Foxes No.7 received the ball with his back to goal, and with a long-lost pull back, he passed the Everton midfielder Cleverley behind him!
Speaking of “smart guy” Cleverley, we have to mention his “grudge” with The Sun.
As early as when Cleverley was still playing for Manchester United, The Sun exposed that he had a one-night stand with a store clerk behind his girlfriend’s back.
You know, the authenticity of The Sun may not be very reliable for other news.
However, in terms of gossip and scandals alone, The Sun is an absolute authority among newspapers!
However, this time The Sun fell into a big trap with Cleverley.
According to the investigation, The Sun found that its report was wrong.
And this is also an extremely rare reporting error of The Sun.
For this reason, The Sun even publicly apologized to Cleverley in the newspaper.
This little story was still told by Vardy when Ling Feng was having dinner in the cafeteria today.
After passing Cleverley, Ling Feng turned around and dribbled the ball towards the hinterland of Everton
, and then after attracting the central defender to steal the ball, he sent a small through ball forward.
Vardy did not stop the ball, but shot directly to complete the second goal of the Blue Fox in this game!
Although Everton relied on Lukaku’s personal ability in the second half to resist Morgan in the penalty area, he successfully turned around and shot to get back one goal.
However, their full-scale attack in the second half could not knock on Leicester City’s goal again.
In the end, with the rebound of the drinking brother and Vardy’s goal, Leicester City won Everton away without any danger.
It is worth being happy to win again.
It’s a pity that the price paid for this is a bit high.
The team’s top scorer Vardy pulled a muscle in the sprint and was directly injured.
According to the diagnosis after the game, it will take at least three weeks to rest!
In other words, in the most important December of the Premier League, and in the next hellish schedule, they will be short of Vardy, the sharpest knife!
This is definitely bad news for Leicester City and its fans.
However, they can at least comfort themselves that Jamie will only be away from them temporarily for three weeks
The next day, Ling Feng saw Vardy limping in the base.
“You, you must have done it on purpose!”
Seeing Ling Feng’s slightly serious expression, Vardy was confused:
“Ah? What do you mean on purpose?”
“You just want to go back and spend Christmas with your family, so you get hurt on purpose!”
Hearing Ling Feng’s joke, Vardy was stunned at first, and then reacted.
He rolled his eyes and immediately followed his words, cursing:
“Damn it! You guessed it all!”
After the joke, the two looked at each other and laughed at the same time.
“Hurry up and get back to the team. If you’re not here, who will score goals?”
“Wait for me, buddy! In the new year, I’ll come back as soon as possible to eat the cakes you feed me!”
After a pause, Vardy put his arm around Ling Feng’s shoulders and said, “Buddy, do me a favor and help me win the Golden Boot this year, how about that?”
Hearing this, Ling Feng raised his eyebrows and then asked, “What’s the benefit for me to help you win the Golden Boot?”
“Okay, what reward do you want?”
After thinking about it, Ling Feng immediately came up with a fun idea:
“I don’t want any reward, I just need to wait for you to win the Golden Boot and say something like this in front of the camera”
“What is it?”
“I won’t tell you now.”
This somewhat mysterious condition made Vardy daydream.
But thinking that there might be only one chance in his life to compete for the Premier League Golden Boot, Vardy did not hesitate and stretched out his hand directly:
“Deal!”
Ling Feng also stretched out his hand and shook it tightly:
“Very good, I’ll take your Golden Boot!”
. . .
With Vardy injured, the team also has one more injured player.
However, this is nothing for Leicester City’s lineup.
Because, in the face of multi-line operations this season, Leicester City has the least injuries in the entire league!
On the one hand, it is thanks to Ranieri’s reasonable rotation of the team’s lineup, and on the other hand, it is also necessary to praise Leicester City’s medical team.
You know, injuries are always the lingering nightmare of every Premier League coach.
In the fiercely competitive Premier League, frequent injuries have become the most troublesome problem for every Premier League team.
Therefore, the importance of the medical team is self-evident.
A good medical team can effectively reduce injuries for the team, and can also keep the players healthy and in good condition during the long season.
In football, there has always been a saying that “team doctors are worth half a team.”
However, not every club’s team doctor is so outstanding.
Some do very well, such as the Serbian female doctor Mariana Kovacevi.
Last season’s “beautiful face” Costa was helped by this female doctor to quickly return after injury and help Chelsea stabilize the situation in the championship sprint stage.
There is also the famous Milan Laboratory.
The Milan Laboratory is a high-tech research center specially established by AC Milan Club. It was completed and put into use in 2002.
In the early days, the Milan Laboratory was famous all over the world and created countless medical miracles, including Beckham, Ronaldinho, Cassano and other veterans who played in Serie A. They all received its help and rejuvenated their careers.
Chelsea owner Abramovich also offered 10 million euros to buy it out.
However, this offer was eventually rejected by the Milanese.
Some are very famous for being bad!
Veterinarian is a derogatory term used by fans for the rubbish team doctors of some clubs.
In football, there are also famous veterinarians.
Quite a few.
The most famous of them are, of course, the vets of Arsenal!
Arsenal always fails in January and February every year. In addition to Wenger’s fast passing and cutting tactics, it is also directly linked to the poor level of the team’s doctors.
According to statistics, from 2002 to October 2014, Arsenal had a total of 891 injuries!
Such an astonishing number, the team’s medical team is to blame.
Since chief physiotherapist Gary Lewin joined the England national team in 2008, Arsenal has never found a suitable replacement.
And his cousin Colin Lewin’s work in the club has been questioned.
Misdiagnosis is the most common work error of the Arsenal medical team.
For example, when Erdog was injured in early October last year, the Arsenal medical team believed that he was only slightly injured in the match against Chelsea, so they let him play the whole game.
However, after returning to Germany and receiving treatment from the “miracle doctor” Wolfart, it was discovered that Erdog’s left knee lateral collateral ligament was partially torn and he needed to rest for nearly three months!
This misdiagnosis directly led to Arsenal losing their organizational core and the possibility of competing for the championship in the most important Christmas schedule and championship stage.
Of course, no one knows why Wenger has never cleaned up the veterinary department.
Or in other words, this is not something he can control.
Although he is the godfather of Arsenal, he is not the boss of Arsenal.
. . .
Vardy’s injury will definitely affect the Foxes’ preparations for the next game.
You know, this 28-year-old striker is the player with the most goals and the highest efficiency in the Premier League this season.
In 16 games, he scored a terrifying 17 goals!
As the team’s main striker, Vardy’s impact, speed, and finishing ability are the biggest guarantee for the team to complete a fatal blow in a counterattack.
Fortunately, the team also has two different types of strikers, Ulloa and Shinji Okazaki, who can be on the top at any time.
However, Vardy is not on the field, and the team’s tactics have to change accordingly.
In the next few days, Ranieri also took turns to let the two start and conduct tactical drills.
When the time came to the day after Christmas, the Leicester City players came to Anfield, the most atmospheric stadium in the Premier League and the most terrifying stadium for the visiting team!
At Anfield, no team dares to say that they can score points in this stadium.
Considering the away game and the mobility required by the team’s tactics, Ranieri finally chose to let Shinji Okazaki start.
The tactical execution of the striker is very strong, and the front court pressing enthusiasm is also first-class. He can constantly give the opponent’s midfielder pressure in the front court. As the first line of defense of the formation, it can reduce the defensive pressure in the midfield and backcourt to a certain extent.
When the blue fox in white came to Anfield, he was immediately booed by Liverpool fans.
This is the first confrontation between Leicester City and Liverpool after the change of coach!
Liverpool, which has experienced a change of coach this season, is still experiencing the pain period of the post-Gerrard era under the leadership of the new coach Klopp.
Klopp is still in the process of getting familiar with and understanding the team and establishing a tactical system, and the team’s tactics and status are fluctuating.
Before this game, the Reds had not won three rounds and ranked only ninth.
Therefore, Klopp also gave up the failed strikerless formation in the last round and put the Belgian striker Benteke in the center position.
Separated on the left and right are “Brazilian Deric Wan” Firmino, one of the future Red Arrow Three Heroes, and “Cloud Piercing Arrow” Coutinho.
In the high-pitched singing of “You Will Never Walk Alone” by the home fans, the Reds quickly took the initiative on the field and continuously launched wave after wave of attacks on the Blue Foxes.
The offensive width was very wide and full of aggression.
Even though he took over the team for less than three months, Klopp’s rock football concept was also reflected in the Reds.
However, when the game reached the 23rd minute, the sky gradually darkened and drizzled.
With the arrival of the uninvited guest, the passing and attacking of both sides became less smooth and fell into a midfield stalemate.
Especially Ling Feng, who was repeatedly knocked to the ground by the Red Army players in turn, and his body was wet and covered with fresh grass clippings.
In the first half stoppage time, Liverpool had a great opportunity to take the lead.
Unfortunately, Benteke, who came on as a substitute, received Firmino’s cross pass at the penalty spot. Facing almost half of the empty goal, he used too much force and kicked the ball into the stands.
This shot also made many loyal Red Army fans curse in their hearts:
CTMD Benteke!
(End of this chapter)
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