Chapter 147 Season Preview, Battle between the Terrible Kings [Four thousand words in one chapter]
August 10th.
With less than a week left until the Premier League kicks off, major media magazines, TV commentators and football experts have written columns to analyze and analyze the upcoming new Premier League season. Preview:
First of all, it is a strong contender for this year's Premier League championship!
Most media magazines and football experts believe that the champion this season will be between the defending champion Manchester City and the "blue team" Chelsea.
Last season, with Ferguson's retirement, the Red Devils empire he had built collapsed.
The Premier League has officially entered the era of competition!
The four teams competing for the Premier League title last season were Arsenal, Manchester City, Chelsea, and Liverpool, all of whom had a chance to win the championship.
In the first half, Arsenal took the lead.
But after the winter window, Arsenal unsurprisingly began to fall apart.
Under the superb performance of "biting striker" Suarez, Liverpool maintained the suspense of the championship until the final rounds.
Unfortunately, Gerrard's slip made the entire season's efforts come to naught.
With the help of Chelsea, Manchester City completed the comeback and won the championship.
This season, Suarez left Barcelona. Even if players such as Lallana, Lovren, Lambert and Emre Can were introduced, they could not fill the Premier League Golden Boot offense.
Arsenal has always liked to lag behind and has no championship appearance at all.
Although due to Walcott's injury and Podolski's lack of explosive ability from the wing, Wenger gritted his teeth and spent 35 million pounds to acquire Barcelona's "thigh" Sanchez.
The midfield and frontcourt continue to maintain strong offensive creativity and competitiveness.
However, with the transfer of team captain Vermaelen to Barcelona, Sagna and Djurou transferred, Newcastle defender Debich and young teenager Chambers were relatively added.
The criticized lack of depth in the midfield and backfield will definitely become a hidden danger for the Gunners in this long season.
Therefore, most football experts are still optimistic about Manchester City and Chelsea competing for the championship this season.
Although the former is affected by the fair play policy, it does not scatter money everywhere.
However, "Chilean Engineer" Pellegrini still brought Fernando, Sagna, Mangala, Caballero and other powerful midfield and backfield players to Blue Moon.
Coupled with the framework of the championship lineup composed of Aguero, David Silva, Yaya Toure, Kompany, Joe Hart and others, there was no impact.
A stable lineup framework and morale are their assets to continue competing for the championship this season!
The latter officially entered the second year of Mu.
The so-called "Mourinho's second year" refers to Mourinho's second season in charge of the team, which is often the period when the team's combat effectiveness is strongest.
Most of the championships in Portugal's "Madman" coaching career were won during Mu's second year.
Moreover, Chelsea has frequently made attacks in the transfer market this season, buying the "Beauty of the Age" Diego Costa, "Little Fabregas" Cesc Fabregas, and "Old World of Warcraft" Drogba
The problem of insufficient offensive firepower last season has been solved, and the Madman will surely win the championship this season!
Of course, the Premier League title race has basically nothing to do with Leicester City.
In the eyes of most people, if Leicester City can avoid relegation this season, it will be considered a success!
The relegation situation this season will definitely be as fierce as ever.
In the Premier League, there is a so-called 40-point relegation standard line.
In other words, if you want to avoid relegation in the Premier League, you have to get 40 points in the 38th round of the league, which is basically stable.
Of course, this statement is not absolute.
Two extreme examples:
West Brom only scored 34 points in the 2004-05 season and still managed to avoid relegation;
West Ham United, the "Hammer Gang" in the 2002-03 season, won He scored 42 points and was still relegated!
As a result, the media and football experts have listed five teams that may struggle in the relegation zone:
Southampton, Hull City, Leicester City, Burnley Enley, Queens Park Rangers!
Southampton, which reached eighth place in the league as a dark horse last season, has been dismembered this season!
Head coach Pochettino was poached by Tottenham.
After buying Suarez, Liverpool, who had a huge sum of money, took away the three core players Lallana, Lovren and Lambert directly.
Coupled with Luke Shaw, who is favored by Manchester United, Southampton is almost ready to break up.
The lineup has experienced such a huge loss for a while, it is no wonder that the public is not optimistic about Southampton’s prospects;
Hull City, which focused on the FA Cup last season, struggled to avoid relegation.
Hull City is financially strapped and unable to carry out targeted reinforcements.
Moreover, judging from the team's style of play, the offensive ability in the frontcourt is insufficient and it is difficult to score goals.
However, Bruce did not care too much and purchased players such as Tottenham defender Dawson, English League One star Maguire, and Scottish fullback Andrew Robertson to continue to strengthen the depth of the midfield and backfield.
Obviously, he knows the truth of "offense wins games, defense wins championships"!
The remaining three teams are the newly promoted teams from the English Championship this season.
Burnley basically didn't spend much money on transfers. They signed basically all veterans, and none of them had Premier League experience, so their strength was limited.
Obviously, Burnley's boss just wants to get addicted to the Premier League. After earning a wave of broadcast fees, he will return to the English Championship.
Queens Park Rangers, under the leadership of new coach Redknapp, once again returned to the Premier League.
Lao Lei, who has many years of coaching experience in the Premier League and won the Premier League Coach of the Season, knows that the Premier League is very deep.
Like Bruce, he also focuses on strengthening the players in the midfield and backcourt, intending to gain a foothold on defense.
After all, QPR is not like the Tottenham Hotspur he coached a few years ago, which has talented stars such as Bell, Van der Vaart, and Modric.
Playing defense pragmatically and scoring every point is the key to a weak team’s survival in the Premier League!
Finally, there is Leicester City, the "English Championship Overlord" who has been invincible in the English Championship.
Throughout the summer window, Leicester City’s transfer operations can be said to satisfy and excite fans!
Especially the joining of a former wealthy star like Cambiaso is surprising.
Football celebrities, TV commentators such as Sky Sports and BBC Sports, many football reporters and experts, including fans, all believe that Leicester City has a high chance of successfully avoiding relegation this season.
It would not be a surprise to even rank at the top of the upper and lower halves.
Without him, the core of Blue Fox is Ling Feng, the rising star of the British Empire!
In the eyes of football experts and fans, Leicester City's performance depends largely on the performance of Ling Feng, Vardy and Mahrez.
If the strongest trident in the English Championship can adapt to the rhythm of the Premier League in a short period of time, the team's offense will definitely cause trouble for other Premier League teams!
Especially whether Ling Feng, who is only 19 years old and has shouldered the core responsibility of the team, can play the role of a big shot in a small team and lead Leicester City to gain a foothold in the Premier League. A great test for him!
In the Three Lions, he has shown a certain leadership quality and also shown his big heart in key games.
As long as the Blue Fox generals surround him and unite as one, relegation will not be a problem at all.
Judging from the odds given in the betting handicap, Leicester City's relegation odds are still higher than Burnley, Queens Park Rangers and Hull City.
This shows that the public is also optimistic that they can successfully avoid relegation.
After easily defeating the Bundesliga team Werder Bremen, the morale and atmosphere of Leicester City's locker room were very relaxed and harmonious.
Head coach Pearson did not shout any slogans of "preserving relegation" or "hitting the mid-table".
I just repeatedly told the players not to be stressed and just perform well on the court to the normal level of training.
As a newly promoted team, they have almost zero expectations. They just need to perform to the fullest on the court.
You will know what the result will be!
In Ling Feng’s view, Leicester City’s relegation in the Premier League is simply a piece of cake. To avoid relegation, you actually don’t need to score forty points at all.
There are twenty teams in the Premier League, and the three teams with the lowest points will be relegated.
Then, as long as Leicester City can rank fourth from the bottom, they will be able to successfully avoid relegation!
In other words, they only need to score more points than the other three Premier League teams to avoid relegation.
The three newly promoted teams from the English Championship to the Premier League, apart from Leicester City, are Burnley and Queens Park Rangers.
These two teams are the main competitors for Leicester City's ability to avoid relegation.
But these two teams were defeated by Leicester City in the British Championship.
Whether it is him, Vardy or Mahrez, they have experienced the experience of the World Cup and become stronger.
Coupled with the addition of Cambiasso, Lingard, Ulloa, Albrighton and other new players, the team's lineup and strength are much stronger than during the British Championship.
Ling Feng can say with complete confidence that he will definitely win against these two teams!
Winning four home and away games with Burnley and Queens Park Rangers is a twelve point score that is as stable as an old dog.
Get some points from other mid-to-lower teams, and relegation will be a piece of cake.
Of course, Ling Feng’s goal has never been to lead Leicester City to avoid relegation in the Premier League.
Not only in the Premier League, but also in the Europa League, he hopes to help the team go as far as possible!
. . .
On August 12th, there are still four days until the 2014-15 Premier League season officially kicks off.
On this day, after Ling Feng completed the training session with the team, he took a shower, changed into training clothes, and came to the media interview room to accept an exclusive interview with a reporter from Sky Sports.
This interview is part of Sky Sports' Premier League preview program.
It mainly interviews the coaches and players of the 20 Premier League teams and asks them to talk about their feelings and goals for the new season.
As Leicester City’s most famous player in terms of reputation and appearance, Ling Feng naturally takes the responsibility.
Sitting on the seat, facing the camera, Ling Feng showed a bright smile and greeted the camera:
"Hey, guys, this is Ling Feng. Welcome to watch Sky Sports!”
“Ling, nice to meet you”
"How do you feel about the first Premier League game of your career?"
"I am very excited and excited. Playing in the Premier League was my childhood dream, and now it can be said that the dream has come true. Really!"
"What do you think is the difference between the English Championship and the Premier League?"
"Compared with the English Championship, the Premier League is definitely more difficult. Excellent coach and player"
"You have won all four pre-season warm-up games. Does this mean you are ready to face the Premier League?"
"The atmosphere in the team is very good now, and every player is in great shape. We can't wait to start the game."
"You will face Everton in the first round. Are you confident you can win? ?”
On August 16, Leicester City’s first Premier League game will be at home against the “Toffees” Everton.
In the Everton formation, there are many acquaintances of Ling Feng, such as Everton's main defense players Baines and Jagielka, who are his national team teammates.
Also Mirallas, Eto'o, Barkley, Tim Howard, etc.
Of course, what he cares about most in Everton's formation must be Romelu Lukaku, who is known as the "little monster"!
Ling Feng did not expect that in his first game in the Premier League, he would meet Kaku, another meme king in football.
It’s funny to say that the two biggest memes in football are his current teammate Lin Huang and his first-round Premier League opponent.
Due to the king of stalkers, who is better?
Shaking his head and throwing this interesting thought to the back of his mind, Ling Feng replied casually:
"Of course! We are satisfied with the pre-season preparations and are very confident that with the support of the home fans, we will get a good start."
The interview lasted for fifteen minutes and asked a lot of questions, and Ling Feng was truthful answer.
After the exclusive interview, the reporter suddenly stopped Ling Feng, then quickly took out a pure white T-shirt from his briefcase, and came to him with some embarrassment:
"Ling, my daughter is a big fan of yours, can you sign this T-shirt?"
"Of course"
While taking the marker handed by the club staff, Ling Feng did not forget to ask casually:
"What is your daughter's name?"
"Alice."
After a pause, the reporter took out his wallet from his suit pocket and handed the family photo in the wallet to Ling Feng to look at.
There is a family of three in the photo. The girl is about ten years old and looks very cute.
"She is very cute."
"Yeah, hehe"
Perhaps Ling Feng's kind attitude made him relax a lot, the reporter directly complained:
"I have to say, you were so popular yesterday. I went to the fan store and queued for three hours, and when it was almost my turn, they said your jersey was sold out!"
"I think I placed an order online, but it will take a week for the goods to arrive."
"That's why I came here to sign this T-shirt for you today"
Only after hearing these words, Ling Feng realized that his jersey was selling so hotly!
And this reporter’s father actually queued for three hours for his daughter, just to buy his own jersey? !
This is definitely a good father!
While feeling moved, he suddenly thought of something. He turned to look at the club staff aside and asked:
"Alan, do I have extra jerseys in the equipment room?"
"There should be a few more."
"Bring me one over here!"
>"Okay."
The club always keeps a few extra sets of player jerseys in case they need to be replaced or given to fans.
Ling Feng signed the jersey he brought and took a group photo with reporters holding the jersey.
“Thank you very much, Ling, this means a lot to my daughter.”
“Thank you Alice for me and hope she continues to support me and Leicester City.”
“Definitely!”
Speaking like this, this reporter who has supported Arsenal since childhood secretly decided in his heart:
From today on, I am a fan of Ling Feng!
I am writing the second chapter, maybe one big chapter, and then I will post two chapters tomorrow
(End of this chapter)