Chapter 149 Is this horse a newly promoted horse? ! [Four Thousand Words Chapter]
The domineering and exposed celebration made all the cameras on the scene focus on Ling Feng who scored the goal.
Many old Premier League fans associate this celebration with the Manchester United King who raised his jersey collar!
"Wow!"
"Only eighteen seconds into the game, Leicester City completed a steal in the frontcourt and launched a counterattack. After some beautiful cooperation, their team finally No. 7 Ling Feng scored a beautiful goal! ”
"What a fantastic start for Leicester City!"
"It is worth mentioning that this is Leicester City's first goal since returning to the Premier League!"< br>
“This is the first Premier League goal of Ling Feng’s career!”
“Gentlemen and ladies, please remember this moment, we may be witnessing the rise of a superstar!”< br>
Blue Fox fans did not expect happiness to come so quickly.
In just ten seconds, they scored!
And the one who scored the goal was their star player - Ling Feng!
They gave enthusiastic applause without hesitation.
And someone who finished pretending to be cool raised his finger and looked towards Lingard who was running here:
"Jesse, a beautiful pass!"
Then, he turned to look at Mahrez, who was smiling, and gave him a high-five:
"This leak is very sexy"
"Hehe."
While Ling Feng, the hero of the goal, was surrounded by his teammates, Pearson, who was sitting in the stands and looking at the whole situation, excitedly high-fived Walsh next to him in celebration:
"Stevie Husband, we did it!”
"Yes! A great start!"
At this time, the replay of the goal was also played in front of the TV.
It was only then that the commentator in the studio and the audience in front of the TV discovered that the goal was not due to Everton's mistake, but to Leicester City's tactics!
From the moment Everton kicked off, Leicester City's front four immediately turned into arrows, pressing in with a collective formation and engaging in a crazy press at the high post.
The most critical point is that Ling Feng seemed to have predicted in advance that McCarthy would pass the ball to the wing. He accelerated and intercepted McCarthy's pass.
Then he immediately launched a quick counterattack in the frontcourt!
Compared with the excitement of Leicester City players and fans, the visiting Everton players and fans looked confused.
What just happened?
Why did your team concede the ball just after the game started?
Especially Ross Barkley, who was standing not far from Lingfeng, looked in disbelief.
After a brief confrontation with Ling Feng in the midfield, he followed Ling Feng forward.
Therefore, he can be regarded as a witness who witnessed the entire process of this goal!
When he followed Ling Feng to the defense area of the defensive midfielder, Barkley gave up guarding him and let the team's defensive midfielder Barry switch defenses.
However, what he didn't expect was that just as Lingard was going down, Ling Feng feinted and reversed, easily getting rid of Barry, and accelerated to the top of the penalty area.
And Mahrez’s leak deceived everyone, giving Ling Feng a huge space to start calmly!
Everyone knows the final result
This rapid counterattack was initiated by Ling Feng, through Lingard's forward pass, Vardy's rush to the front point, Mahrez's outflank in the middle, and then In the end, Ling Feng shot from behind.
The whole process was smooth and beautiful!
Such a smooth counterattack would not be surprising if it appeared on any wealthy team.
However, it is a newly promoted Premier League team that has just been promoted from the English Championship that plays such beautiful football? !
However, this goal was just the prelude to Leicester City's fierce offensive
With Lukaku's back-foot kick again in the center circle, Leicester City's entire formation once again pressed forward, in the frontcourt Conduct an organized press on the player with the ball.
But this time Everton learned the lesson.
Pass all the way back to the feet of center back Jagielka.
Looking at Vardy who was rushing towards him like a beast down the mountain, he did not dare to be careless and just stepped forward.
With a "bang", the ball flew past Vardy's head, flew straight over the pitch, and hit Leicester City's backcourt.
However, facing the opponent's backcourt kick, Leicester City was already prepared.
Leicester City's pair of tall and strong central defenders are not afraid of this kind of long pass!
I saw Morgan sticking closely to Everton's frontcourt fulcrum Kaku, his hands never forgetting to roam Kaku's body, trying his best to prevent him from getting the ball easily.
The other central defender, Moore, stepped forward quickly, took the lead in grabbing the first spot, jumped up and tipped the ball to the right back De Wright.
The latter took the ball and passed it directly to Mahrez in front.
The Algerian international did not dribble the ball, but directly tapped his left foot and passed the ball to Ling Feng in the middle, and played a one-two against the wall.
Hitting the ball behind Everton left back Baines, Ling Feng also moved forward immediately.
With Mahrez taking the ball on the right, the other three in the frontcourt have already entered Everton's offensive third.
There was no sloppiness in the whole process!
And this is the key to Leicester City's tactics this season!
The reason why Leicester City was able to slug it out in the British Championship last season, ranking first in goals scored and last in goals conceded, was because their frontcourt attack was too fierce!
Pearson knows very well that the team's defense is unable to withstand the indiscriminate bombardment of the Premier League's powerful players due to its ability to withstand pressure.
So, he decisively gave up defensive counterattacks and focused on offensive football!
As long as the frontcourt presses the opponent and attacks fiercely, the opponent will have no time to attack, and the pressure on the defense will be greatly reduced.
The two midfielders are mainly responsible for covering the midfield, defending and intercepting.
Once in control of the ball, quickly pass through the midfield and hand the ball to Ling Feng, Mahrez and Lingard in the frontcourt.
Then try to reduce the time of dribbling the ball as much as possible, play more simple passing and receiving cooperation, get to the opponent's goal in the shortest time, and complete an attack that threatens the goal.
The quick counterattack after this steal also fully demonstrated the excellent tactical execution of the four frontcourt players!
Before Everton left back Baines could return to defense, Mahrez made a feint, flicked the outside of his left foot, and then cut inside.
Seeing this, Everton central defender and captain Jagielka immediately stepped forward to prevent Mahrez from having a chance to shoot.
The latter just looked up, flicked his ankle, and sent a highly concealed short through ball between the opponent's two central defenders!
At the moment of passing the ball, Vardy, who was parallel to Everton central defender Distin, accelerated and made a diagonal thrust, got ahead of Distin, twisted and completed a volley!
Fortunately, Howard concentrated and moved to the near corner in advance, blocking most of the shooting angles.
There was only a "bang" sound, and this powerful and heavy shot hit the bottom line with both fists.
This shot turned the home fans' cheers into sighs, and then into applause.
After completing the save, he immediately clapped his hands and "encouraged" his teammates loudly:
"Damn it!"
"You guys, cheer up. !”
While the Everton players were still cheering each other up, Ling Feng quickly ran to the corner kick area, took the ball thrown by the ball boy, and put it on the corner kick area.
As Morgan and Moore entered the penalty area, Ling Feng took a corner kick.
With a slight spin, the ball accurately passed over the crowd near the penalty spot and flew to the relatively empty spot behind the goal.
Linggard, who was ambushing in the back post, was interfered by Everton right back Coleman and jumped up to head the ball towards the goal.
Unfortunately, the header went a little too far and flew close to the goal post and flew out of the baseline.
Putting his head in his hands with some annoyance, Lingard reacted and ran back while giving a thumbs up to Ling Feng in the distance.
The home fans and the head coach in the stands also gave him encouraging applause.
Although this wave of offensive did not result in a goal. However, it created a huge threat and made Everton's players breathless.
In the next fifteen minutes, Leicester City launched wave after wave of attacks on Everton.
No one expected that Leicester City, which returned to the Premier League after ten years, not only took the lead in the score, but also suppressed Everton on the scene!
You know, Everton was fifth in the Premier League last season!
Looking at the situation on the field, many Everton fans and football experts had the same thought in their minds:
Is this horse a newly promoted horse? !
. . .
“If you turn on the TV to watch this game just now, don’t be surprised. The one wearing the blue jersey is not Everton, but Leicester City playing at home!”
"In the past fifteen minutes, Leicester City controlled 60% of the ball possession and took four shots!"
"The Toffees, who played away games, could hardly make it past half-time. , so far there has been no shot!”
“And the score is one to zero!”
The Leicester City formation is pressing forward, under the pressure of the high position in the frontcourt. , Everton can only frequently make big moves in the backcourt, looking for Lukaku, the only high point in the frontcourt.
Everton's frontcourt offense relies heavily on Lukaku's fulcrum role in the frontcourt.
Lukaku, who has not yet gained weight, is considered top-notch in the Premier League in terms of physical confrontation and heading.
However, his style of play and technique are far behind Drogba.
Especially under the close surveillance of two strong men, Morgan and Moore, he couldn't even jump, so how could he get the first landing point of the high ball.
He can't get the ball in the frontcourt, so he can't use his back to help his teammates.
Even if you occasionally grab a high-altitude ball and pass it to your teammates immediately, Leicester City's two midfielders will immediately be in place to prevent the opponent from counterattacking.
After a brief block in the midfield, the four frontcourt players who pressed forward will quickly retreat to the center circle line, and then start a new round of pressing.
Such tactics are extremely aggressive. It is also extremely physically demanding and tests the players' tactical execution and physical fitness.
Somewhat like the high-position pressing tactics that Klopp will build in Liverpool in the future, but there is less emphasis on overall high-intensity running.
Fortunately, the four frontcourt players of Leicester City are all young men with relatively light bodies.
And his running ability is good.
Even so, after twenty minutes of fierce attack, Leicester City, who had control of the ball, took the initiative to slow down the tempo.
After all, the game is not forty-five minutes, but ninety minutes
And Everton, who was taking a breather, was also waved by head coach Martinez on the sidelines. Start pressing.
However, compared to Everton, Leicester City seemed very calm when facing the pressing of Premier League teams.
The reason is simple, because they have Ling Feng, a midfield commander who almost never loses the ball, in the midfield!
Once the midfielder and backfield are pressed, they only need to do one thing:
That is to pass the ball to Ling Feng who is retreating to respond immediately, and everything will be solved!
Of course, Everton also knows the importance of Ling Feng in Leicester City's midfield.
As long as his ball play is restricted, Leicester City's frontcourt offense will definitely be greatly weakened.
So Martinez arranged for Irish international McCarthy, who has excellent running ability, to guard him closely.
If necessary, take care of yourself!
However, close defense has an impact on Ling Feng, who moves erratically, but not much.
Furthermore, Ling Feng didn’t even give his opponent a chance to get physical!
Once he drops back to get the ball, he will kick the ball out.
With Ling Feng's retreat in the midfield, Everton's pressing looked lively, but in reality it did not have much effect.
As Everton's formation pressed forward, the entire backcourt space became larger and there were more opportunities to take advantage of it
The game came to the 25th minute, Ling Feng and Mahrez changed positions.
Ling Feng came to the right wing, and McCarthy was also drawn out of the midfield area.
The "Drinking Brother" in the midfield took the ball and passed it straight to Mahrez who was swimming in the middle.
After receiving the ball, he turned around calmly without being marked.
Look up at both sides, and then send a diagonal kick before Everton's midfielder Barry comes forward to press.
The ball stuck to the turf and rolled to the right side of the front court, behind Everton left back Baines.
In the process of learning from each other with Ling Feng last season, Mahrez's passing skills and passing accuracy have also improved to a higher level.
Coupled with his own super high golf IQ and vision, even if Ling Feng is closely followed, Mahrez can still bear part of the organizational blame.
Facing the national team teammate Baines who was sticking closely to him, Ling Feng was not polite. He accelerated and passed Baines and took the lead in getting the ball on the right side.
Seeing this, Jagielka in the middle immediately called to his partner Distin and stepped forward to block his passing line as much as possible.
Before he finished speaking, Ling Feng didn’t even raise his head to observe. He raised his left hand, swung his right leg vigorously, and made a direct pass!
The next second, the ball drew a beautiful arc in the sky above the King Power Stadium.
This 45-degree arc cross can't help but make many old fans see the shadow of the former Red Devils No. 7.
“Bates Arc?!”
Of course, although Ling Feng's looks and skills are comparable to those of the young Beckham.
However, this is not an authentic Bayesian arc.
At most it is a high imitation version!
This is the result of asking Beckham for advice while participating in a charity match in the United States.
The reason why Beckham’s cross is unique in the world is very simple:
His ankles are extremely durable and have a unique way of exerting force!
If you want to pass a pass with arc and speed from the right wing that just passes the defender, the ankle of the foot must be tilted to a certain extent.
And the moment you touch the ball, your ankle has to exert a little force.
Finally, there is also the position where the ball is touched, which will also affect the speed and arc of the ball.
With Beckham's verbal instruction and personal demonstration, and with his own passing skills reaching the top level, Ling Feng dare not say that he can completely replicate this trick.
But passing several "Bellow's Arcs" in one game is just like playing!
And this cross with a full arc accurately bypassed the head of the Everton defender and found the head of Lingard who was inserted at the back point.
Lin Huang only needs a gentle tip.
The next second, the ball changed its trajectory, flew past Howard's subconsciously raised palm, and got into the net!
I originally wanted to hold back a lot of things today, but it turned out that it was too late to go out to do something.
Gan!
(End of this chapter)