Chapter 24: London’s only ball-scoring king [please read it! 】
“Welcome to Leicester’s King Power Stadium!”
“This is Sky Sports, and the game we are about to bring to you is the fourth round of the FA Cup, Leicester City Sit at home and face the Premier League giants Chelsea from London! "
"In this game, compared with the starting line-up that defeated Manchester United 3-1, Mourinho made six position changes. "Obviously, he has rotated the team's lineup"
"Nemanja Matic, the best player of the season in the Portuguese Super League, who just transferred from Benfica, got the opportunity to start for the first time. Will sit in midfield with Lampard”
"Including this game, Lampard surpassed Bonetti and became the second player in the FA Cup appearance in team history, only 6 games less than Harris."
"The one at the top, It's Torres"
"And Eto'o, the cheetah who scored a hat-trick against Manchester United in the last game, and team captain Terry are both on standby on the bench"
"And Leicester City In terms of performance, compared with the previous round of the league, some rotations have also been carried out.”
“The most worth mentioning is that the young player Ling Feng emerged from the last round of the FA Cup against Stoke City. , after consecutive outstanding performances as a substitute, he finally made his first first-team start in his career!”
Along with the words of the on-site commentary, Ling Feng's figure appeared again on the stadium's big screen.
As a child born in Leicester City’s youth training, this kind of treatment is, of course, a piece of cake.
Facing the camera, Ling Feng just smiled crookedly, causing the female fans in the stadium to cheer and jump!
“So handsome!”
“His gray eyes are so beautiful!”
Before the game, the two teams shook hands.
Although I am excited and excited.
But Ling Feng still tried hard to prevent his fans from showing their little thoughts when meeting their idols, and smiled at the stars who could only be seen on TV.
Lampard, Hazard, Ashley Cole.
And Lingfeng’s first impression on the Chelsea generals was only one:
Damn, this guy is so handsome!
While lining up to take pictures, Ling Feng stood on the far left of the second row and showed his brightest smile to the camera.
As the shutter clicked, Ling Feng took the first photo of the starting lineup.
After the captains of both sides tossed coins, Leicester City gained the right to choose a side, while Chelsea took the lead to kick off.
When he arrived at his own half, captain Morgan called on everyone to form a circle and cheer together:
"Let's give them some color!"
Looking at his teammates folding their hands, Ling Feng also stretched out his hand and folded it on the back of his teammates' hands, and then shouted together with enthusiasm:
“Forward, Blue Fox!!!”
. . .
With a long whistle from referee Paul Tierney, the game officially begins!
Chelsea took the lead.
"Holy Infant" Torres, who was wearing a white jersey, made a back pass and the ball rolled to Oscar's feet.
Oscar didn’t think much and continued to send back the message.
As the core of the team with the ball, after three passes and two downs, the ball came to the feet of Hazard on the left.
In this era, Manchester United's Zaha has not yet moved to Crystal Palace, and Borussia Xhaka has not yet become a Gunner.
There is only one scoring champion in London!
That is the Chelsea left winger wearing No. 17, Eden Hazard!
His sharp breakthroughs and extraordinary skills have attracted much attention since his debut with Lille in French Ligue 1.
After coming to the Blues in 2012 as the top transfer bidder in the Premier League, he quickly conquered the Blues fans at Stamford Bridge with his dribbling skills.
In the past season and a half, he has been among the top three players in the Premier League in success rate.
Even though he has not yet reached his peak, Hazard at this time is already Chelsea's sharp knife on the left that can tear apart the opponent's defense!
After receiving the ball, Hazard took the ball directly to the left without any hesitation. The person guarding him is his fellow Belgian, Leicester City right back De Wright.
During the pre-match tactical preparations, Pearson particularly emphasized that Chelsea's left wing is their main direction of attack.
So, in order to limit Hazard's performance, he not only asked De Wright to give Hazard more physical confrontation, but also asked Andy King, the center midfielder on the right side of the midfield, to go over and help.
However, even in the face of the two people's help, Hazard didn't care. He just swayed left and right, and easily reached the front of Leicester City's penalty area with a touch of his foot.
Immediately afterwards, he dribbled horizontally, opened up space, and immediately swung his legs to shoot!
With a "bang" sound, the ball made an inward arc in the air and flew to the far corner of the goal.
Fortunately, goalkeeper Schmeichel was very focused and subconsciously flew sideways, touching the ball with his fingertips, causing it to change its trajectory and slide out!
Seeing this, Azar couldn't help but put his head in his hands, showing an expression of disbelief.
He started dribbling from the wing, then cut inside, passed the defender, and finally shot into the far corner. The whole thing was smooth and smooth.
He thought the ball must be there.
Unexpectedly, Schmeichel's flying posture was so relaxed that he directly blocked the ball.
After staring at the calm Schmeichel for a while, Hazard turned around and ran back without any regrets.
While running back, he thought silently in his heart:
"You blocked it this time, I will score next time"
Seeing this wave of offense, the ball was not scored in the end.
The Chelsea fans at the scene also invariably let out a sigh of regret.
The Leicester City fans in the stadium were shocked into a cold sweat.
If Hazard scores a goal right from the start, the game will be even more difficult to play.
You know, defense has always been the strongest part of Chelsea under Mourinho!
The commentator also expressed heartfelt praise for Hazard’s dribbling:
“Perfect dribbling performance!”
“It’s a pity that there was no last-minute kick. Completely handled, if the arc is more tricky, even if Schmeichel comes, it will be difficult to save the ball."
Hazard hit the ground running with a kick.
But this is just the beginning.
After the transfer of ball possession, what the Leicester City coaching staff and the players on the field did not expect was that Chelsea, which has always focused on defensive counterattacks, actually adopted high pressure at the King Power Stadium? !
Starting from forward Torres to defensive midfielder Matic, the entire formation pressed forward.
Matic, in particular, followed Ling Feng closely like a shadow, preventing him from easily getting the ball.
In desperation, central midfielder Dean Hammond, who retreated to get the ball, could only pass the ball to the wing.
However, Nokert on the left only took two more steps before he was double-teamed by two Chelsea players and quickly lost the ball.
The ball possession changed quickly.
The next second, Chelsea players wearing white jerseys rushed towards Leicester City's backcourt like a white tide, putting great pressure on the defense.
Looking at this scene, Pearson, who was sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai, immediately stood up from his seat with a solemn expression.
He never expected that Chelsea, the visiting team, would launch a fierce attack as soon as they came up.
Chelsea's "abnormal" performance surprised Pearson.
He couldn't help but turn his head and look at Mourinho on the visiting team's coaching bench.
"Portuguese, what are you planning on doing?"
(End of this chapter)