Chapter 1: FA Cup debut, super through ball! 【New book please collect it! 】
January 4, 2014.
England, on the banks of the River Trent.
Stoke.
The Britannia Stadium, which can accommodate 28,000 spectators, is already filled with the loud singing of Stoke City fans.
This is the scene of the third round of the English FA Cup.
The game time has reached seventy-five minutes.
The score remains 1:0, with the home team Stoke City leading the visiting team Leicester City by one goal.
At this time, Leicester City is still competing in the English Championship, and there is still a clear gap in team strength compared to the Premier League team Stoke City.
Therefore, the situation on the field was basically Stoke City pressing Leicester City in the half and bombarding them wildly.
The difficult situation on the field made the coaching staff headed by Leicester City head coach Nigel Pearson and the players on the bench wear serious expressions.
On the bench of the visiting team Leicester City, a handsome black-haired young man was staring at the court with all his concentration, and he did not forget to murmur something in a low voice that no one could understand. Chinese:
“If you have space, you can pass through!”
“Oops, the pass is too slow and has no lethality at all.”
“What’s wrong with Nugent? You're such a loser, get off the field quickly. If I were to play, I would definitely be able to have a wonderful collaboration with Vardy."
The other substitute players in Leicester City would never have imagined that their teammate would be sitting on the bench and giving crazy advice, as if he could immediately change the situation if he came on the field.
After twenty-four rounds of the English Championship, Leicester City occupies the top position and has a good chance of winning the English Championship this year and thus being promoted to the Premier League.
And three days ago, the main players of the team just played a league game.
Considering the physical fitness of the main players and the importance of the game, Leicester City head coach Nigel Pearson whispered to the assistant coach Steve Walsh next to him. After two sentences, they decided to strategically abandon this irrelevant cup match and focus on the league championship.
Turning his head and looking at the young and eager faces on the bench, head coach Pearson’s eyes paused on the black-haired young man for a moment, and relevant information about him suddenly emerged:
Ling Feng, an English-Chinese, 18-year-old, midfielder for Leicester City's U21 youth team.
This young man has solid basic skills and is basically above the average level of the youth team.
What the youth team coaches praise most is his diligence!
In addition to completing the team's daily training, he will also perform additional training on each individual event himself.
However, his talent is limited to this.
As a midfielder, his vision is average and he cannot pass a penetrating and fatal pass; he does not have excellent dribbling ability and cannot dribble past people and attract defenses.
There is no strong physical confrontation and defense, nor excellent running position, nor the ability to shoot long distances from behind.
The only thing worthy of praise is his abundant physical fitness and his ability to run all over the field.
In short, this is a young man with mediocre talent and no outstanding characteristics, but he is trying to get closer to the geniuses through hard work.
In the field of sports competition, no matter which coach he is, he likes hard-working players.
Pearson is no exception.
Therefore, in order to reward him for his hard work in training and to allow the main players to take a rest in this cup match, Pearson decided to put him and another well-trained U21 player into this match. Among Stoke City's eighteen-man squad.
Since I chose to give up this cup strategically, winning or losing is not important anymore.
Then let the young man make his first team debut!
Thinking of this, he made a decision:
"Jamal!"
"Mahrez!"
"Ling!"
"Get up and warm up!"
Hearing this, on the bench A handsome African boy and an old-looking black man stood up immediately.
The black-haired young man was stunned when his name was called.
"Huh? I actually have a chance to play?!"
No one knows that inside this young body of eighteen years old, there is a soul from ten years later.
Three days ago, Ling Feng in 2024 had a car accident.
When he opened his eyes again, he found that he had returned to ten years ago and had become a mixed-race Chinese and English man, playing for the Leicester City U21 youth team and having the same name as himself. young people!
What he didn't expect was that there would also be a green legend system!
Just when he was included in the first-team squad for the 18-man away game against Stoke City, the system awakened and presented him with a novice treasure box.
The treasure chest revealed a star card of [Peak De Bruyne], allowing Ling Feng to obtain an attribute and a talent of Peak De Bruyne.
Ling Feng did not expect that he had just obtained the cheat yesterday and would have the opportunity to come on as a substitute today!
“Isn’t this God helping me?!”
In an instant, Ling Feng thought of countless scripts for becoming famous with one goal, emerging in his mind.
Shocked for a moment, he suddenly jumped up from his seat and ran to the sidelines to warm up.
A few minutes later, Ling Feng completed his warm-up exercise, put on a No. 23 jersey with "LING" printed on the back, and stood on the sidelines with his two teammates.
Glancing at the handsome African boy on the right, Ling Feng’s relevant information suddenly appeared in his mind:
One of the creators of the Blue Fox miracle, the first to win the The African Premier League MVP, Riyad Mahrez, nicknamed "The King of Polo"!
At this time, Mahrez had just transferred from Le Havre in French Second Division and had not yet played for Leicester City.
It can be said that this FA Cup match is not only Ling Feng's professional debut, but also Mahrez's Leicester City debut!
At this moment, perhaps seeing Mahrez rubbing his hands and looking a little nervous, Ling Feng suddenly took the initiative and patted his shoulder and said with a smile:
"Hey , man, welcome to England. "
Turning to look at the Asian black-haired young man beside him, Mahrez was stunned for a moment, and then there was a ripple in his heart. This was his first time playing for Leicester City, and the opponent he faced was a Premier League team, so he was somewhat nervous.
Ling Feng's smile actually made him relax a little.
In addition, both of them are of mixed race and their skin color is even closer. Mahrez couldn't help but feel a sense of intimacy with the black-haired young man who talked to him.
Nodding to Ling Feng, Mahrez replied in less fluent English: "Thank you."
Smiling, Ling Feng did not forget to follow him more Familiar U21 teammates, black midfielders, high-fived each other and encouraged each other.
"Come on, Jamal!"
"You too, Ling."
Seeing this, head coach Pearson, who was not far away, couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.
"This kid has the air of a general"
However, he didn't know that Ling Feng seemed very calm on the surface, but he was already turbulent in his heart.
Standing next to future Premier League MVP Mahrez, with the chorus of Stoke City fans and the shouts of the players on the field echoing in his ears, Ling Feng was completely infected by the warm atmosphere of the scene.
Even the slight earthy smell of natural turf wafted through his nose, which made his heart beat faster, and his excitement and excitement were intertwined.
Once upon a time, he fantasized about becoming a professional player, standing on the green fields of the five major leagues, enjoying the cheers of the audience.
Now, I am standing on the stage of the century-old English FA Cup, facing the Premier League team!
This is really cool!
The assistant coach on the side pulled the three of them and briefly explained the tactics to each of them.
In short, just go up and play freely!
After waiting on the sidelines for a while, a dead ball finally appeared on the court.
At this time, the referee, who had been waiting for a long time, picked up the substitution card.
The voice of the on-site commentator also spread throughout the stadium through the radio:
"When the time comes to eighty minutes, Leicester City is ready to replace three people at once"
"No. 26 Riyad Mahrez replaces No. 35 David Nugent"
< br>"No. 26 Mahrez is a new player that Leicester City just bought from Ligue 2 for 500,000 euros. And the two young players No. 23 and No. 37 were both just picked up by Leicester City's youth team. ."
"It seems that Leicester City is giving up"
As the Stoke City fans sang, Ling Feng stepped onto the court with his right leg excitedly. of turf.
Leicester City's main lineup is 442.
However, after replacing the main forward Nugent, there was only one forward forward left on the field, the future "Soul of the Blue Foxes" Jamie Vardy!
So, under the command of the head coach, the team changed to 4231, with Ling Feng as the team's midfielder.
And Mahrez came to the right wing position, and another black guy who was also promoted from U21 came to the defensive midfielder position.
“Come on guys, don’t give up!”
Seeing Vardy at the front raising his arms to encourage his teammates, Ling Feng suddenly felt like he was in another world.
In the past, he could only control these real-life stars in various football games.
But at this moment, he has really become teammates fighting side by side with Vardy and Mahrez on the field!
The high-pitched singing of the Stoke fans, the voice of the commentator and the shouts of the players on the field were all clearly audible and extremely real.
In an instant, Ling Feng subconsciously clenched his fists, his expression and eyes became firm.
What was once a football dream has now become a reality, right in front of me.
What you have to do is never let it slip away, and firmly grasp this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity in your own hands!
Perhaps seeing Leicester City changing three players at once and taking the lead again, Stoke City also replaced three main players to rest.
Even so, the stronger Stoke City suppressed Leicester City in the half, trying to score another goal to completely kill the game.
However, with the encouragement of Vardy, the Leicester City players were united and retreated to their own half.
Ling Feng is no exception.
Because the defensive formation was too crowded and there was not much space for passing passes to penetrate, Stoke City midfielder Charlie Adam could not restrain his inner desire to attack and made a sudden move in front of the penalty area. Cold arrow.
However, the football shot out, but was blocked by Jamal, the black midfielder who had just entered the field, with his body and bounced up.
Then Leicester City center back Waslski jumped up and hit a powerful header, pushing the football out of the penalty area.
Watching the football flying towards him, Ling Feng's eyes sharpened, he took a step forward and stopped with his chest, then stopped the ball firmly at his feet.
The attention of everyone in the Britannia Stadium was attracted.
Looking at the football at his feet, several passing options popped up in Ling Feng's mind.
The next second, he made a decision:
Counterattack, starting now!
I saw this black-haired young man wearing the blue jersey No. 23 gently move his right foot and move the football to his right front.
Then, without raising his head or hesitating at all, he swung his right leg back hard and pushed forward with the arch of his foot.
A through ball from the ground that was as deadly as a scalpel was sent out!
The football flew quickly across the turf, crossed a distance of 60 meters near the center circle, passed directly between the two remaining defenders of Stoke City, and arrived at Stoke City accurately. Outside the penalty area of Tok City.
And a blue figure wearing No. 9 rushed over!
It is Leicester City’s forward striker, Jamie Vardy!
Mahrez transferred to Leicester City on January 11.
In order to serve the plot, the author made him appear in advance.
(End of this chapter)