Chapter 189 We are both newly promoted, why are you so bad?
In mid-November, the weather in the British Peninsula becomes increasingly colder.
The whole sky is gray, and the sun often doesn't show up for several days.
Fortunately, Ling Feng did not need the sunlight shining into the house to wake him up.
Didi didi.
As the alarm clock on the bedside table rang, Ling Feng, who was lying on his back on the bed, opened his eyes suddenly.
First he stretched out his hand to turn off the alarm clock, and then looked at the still unfamiliar ceiling. He raised his eyebrows and couldn't help but lift the quilt.
It has been six days since he moved into his new home, and he is still trying to adapt to the new environment worth one million pounds.
After getting up, he went straight to the bathroom in the bedroom.
Looking at himself in the mirror, Ling Feng pulled up his shirt as usual.
After admiring his nascent abdominal muscles, he murmured with satisfaction:
"Well, at least it's not all in vain."
After the initial results of the muscle-building plan, Ling Feng's strength and resistance ability have obviously become stronger.
During training and games, when he was fighting against opponent players, he would not be knocked down by a collision like before.
After the experience, considering his height, weight, speed and explosive power and other comprehensive factors, Leicester City's team doctor gave advice on maintaining weight.
In other words, he does not need to continue to gain muscle, he only needs to maintain his current weight and muscle mass.
As a professional player, speed and strength are indispensable.
If you have too many muscles on your body, your strength and resistance will definitely be stronger.
But correspondingly, flexibility, speed and explosive power will also decrease.
The technical and medical departments must make their physical condition reach a balance point between speed and strength according to each player's playing style, height and weight, so that the players can perform their best on the court. competitive status!
After washing up and changing into a long Nike sportswear, Ling Feng walked down from the bedroom on the second floor and went to the open kitchen to pour himself a glass of warm freshly squeezed juice.
At this moment, the doorbell rang at the door.
“Here we come!”
After opening the door, standing at the door was none other than his personal chef, Jack Zhou!
Every day at this time, his personal chef would arrive on time and make him a hearty and nutritious breakfast.
After greeting Ling Feng, Lao Zhou went straight to the kitchen and started busy.
While making breakfast, he chatted with Ling Feng in Chinese:
"Are you going to London today?"
"Yes, we will play against Queens Park Rangers today. ."
A week ago, after returning to the club from the national team, Leicester City ushered in the twelfth round of the league:
Facing the visiting "Black Cats" Sunderland at home!
Sunderland, nicknamed the "Black Cat", has a glorious history. In the 1995-96 season and the 1998-99 season, Sunderland, under the leadership of the legendary head coach Peter Reid, twice Win the first division championship!
It is worth mentioning that Kevin Phillips, who helped Sunderland win the First Division title and scored 30 goals and won the Golden Boot, is currently playing for Leicester City. middle!
Ling Feng's understanding of this team comes from the documentary "My Heart Will Always Be with Sunderland"
In the documentary, Sunderland's rise from the British Championship was faithfully recorded The whole process of downgrading and then sinking.
As for the current Sunderland, although it is not the Black Cats that fell all the way and even fell to League One a few years later.
And there are many famous players in the team:
Wickham, the England striker who once had high hopes, Dutch international Van Aanholt, and former Manchester City star Rodwell , Manchester United old player O’Shea and so on.
However, the team's state this season is terrible, and the crisis has begun to appear.
The confusion of the management and the ineffective recruitment made the team winless in the first five games, and it was not until the seventh round that they achieved their first victory of the season.
Then in the eighth round, they suffered an eight-goal bloodbath from Southampton and were nailed to the pillar of shame in Premier League history
It can be said that the current Sunderland is a stone that anyone can pinch. Soft persimmon!
Considering that the opponent's strength and condition are relatively average, and it is a home game, Pearson boldly made a rotation in this game.
Due to the rest of midfielder Cambiasso, Ling Feng and Andy King formed a midfield partner, with Albrighton and Mahrez on the left and right.
Then Ulloa and Vardy formed a one-high-one-fast forward combination, returning to the regular 442 double forward formation.
Although the game lasted seventy minutes, there were no goals or assists.
However, thanks to Ling Feng's sorting and organization in the midfield, the team's offense is still smooth.
In the end, with the goals of two forwards and Mahrez's pass, Leicester City defeated Sunderland 3-1 at home!
This game not only allowed Cambiaso, Lingard and other main players to rest, but also allowed the substitute players to get playing time, and won the game unscathed.
It’s simply a matter of killing multiple birds with one stone!
However, the most depressing thing is naturally Schmeichel who once again failed to get the clean sheet bonus.
And Ling Feng also noticed this.
He immediately proposed to treat the whole team to a big dinner in the evening, and then thanked Schmeichel in front of all his teammates for his great contribution to the team's defense.
Under the leadership of Ling Feng, everyone held glasses and toasted little Schmeichel.
Of course, everyone drank champagne with very low alcohol content.
And this toasting etiquette is naturally promoted by Ling Feng in the team.
This wave of operations directly put a smile on the face of the depressed Schmeichel.
At the same time, it also doubled his affection for Ling Feng.
This guy Ling is really my good buddy!
On the night of defeating Sunderland, Ling Feng officially moved into his new home and started an independent life!
After eating a hearty breakfast, Ling Feng took his sports backpack directly, went to the garage, and drove his black Land Rover directly to an iron gate.
Waving to the security personnel not far away, the other party pressed the door button.
The iron door slowly opened, and the black Land Rover roared away
About half an hour later, Ling Feng arrived outside the Belvoir base.
Outside the gate of the base, there were many fans squatting as usual.
Seeing their Land Rover approaching slowly, several boys and girls took their No. 7 jerseys and quickly came to the side of the base gate and shouted his name:
"Ling!"< br>
"Ling Feng!"
"Hey!"
Seeing this, Ling Feng slowly stopped the car, then opened the car window and greeted the fans who were squatting. On a bright smile:
"Hey, guys, good morning!"
After signing autographs and taking photos with the fans one by one, Ling Feng drove slowly into the Belvoir base.
I came to the parking lot and parked my car. As soon as I got out of the car, Ling Feng heard a familiar voice coming from behind: "Hey, millionaire!"
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Hearing this, Ling Feng couldn't help but roll his eyes.
In the entire Leicester City team, who else would give him such a nickname besides the guy who likes to play pranks?
Turning around, he saw Vardy walking towards him with a sinister smile on his face:
"Man, I heard that you bought a million-dollar mansion?!"
Pocking his lips, Ling Feng responded calmly:
"I didn't buy it, it was just a short-term rental."
"It's all the same."
After a pause, Vardy immediately put his arm around Ling Feng's shoulders, raised his eyebrows at him, and said:
"When will we be in your new home?" Have a party and invite us to play? "
"Okay, if we win QPR today, we should have a day off tomorrow night."
Hearing this, Vardy’s eyes suddenly lit up,
"It's settled!"
After returning to the locker room, he shared the good news with other teammates.
After some heckling, the arrival of head coach Pearson made everyone start packing their bags in earnest.
Half an hour later, the Leicester City generals boarded the dark blue team bus and headed towards London
Just an hour later, the team bus arrived at the Queen’s in advance Hammersmith-Fulham borough where Park Rangers club is located.
This is a wealthy area of London.
Of course, the wealthy area does not mean that the residents living here are all rich and qualified upper-class people
Sitting by the window, Ling Feng can see clearly QPR fans wearing blue and white horizontal striped jerseys outside were giving themselves international goodwill gestures and all kinds of sweet scents on their lips.
Through the car window, he could roughly hear what they were cursing.
Faced with the hostility of the opponent’s fans, Ling Feng just looked calm, but secretly made up his mind:
Scold, scold louder!
The harder you scold, the harder I will abuse your team on the court later!
Let’s see if you can still curse me when the time comes!
As the team bus slowly drove into the parking lot of Loftus Road Stadium, they got out of the car and walked into the stadium amidst the flashes of media reporters.
. . .
Queens Park Rangers, referred to as "QPR", is another team with a long history in the London area.
As one of the three newly promoted teams from the English Championship this season, many people believed that QPR coach Redknapp could use his rich coaching experience to lead the team before the start of the season. The team is relegated.
However, after twelve rounds of games, QPR's performance was shocking.
With only a poor record of two wins, two draws and eight losses, it ranks at the bottom of the league!
The opponents in this round, Leicester City, who are also newly promoted, are among the top four!
They are both newly promoted teams, why is there such a big difference? !
Before the game, many people were optimistic that Leicester City, which was in good form, was expected to win Queens Park Rangers away from home.
Even if you can't win, you can still escape intact.
And Pearson also gave the team a fatal order to win this game!
If Leicester City wants to be in the top half of the league this season and even enter the European competition, it must score points against relegation teams like Queens Park Rangers!
There are also many old faces from the Premier League in the Queens Park Rangers team.
For example, the famous "bad boy" and "butcher" Joey Barton, Dutch international Fell and so on.
It is worth mentioning that although they are ranked at the bottom of the league, QPR has a superb striker.
That is Charlie Austin, who is known as the "Inspirational Brother"!
The career growth trajectory of this England striker is actually somewhat similar to Vardy.
At the age of twenty, he was still playing in England's sixth tier.
However, in just a few years, he crossed from English League One to the English Championship, and then ushered in an explosion in the English Championship last season.
His twenty league goals helped Queens Park Rangers pass the play-offs and be promoted to the Premier League.
After being promoted to the Premier League, his scoring efficiency is still not low.
Currently ranking third in the league's scorer list with nine goals, only behind the two great strikers Aguero and Costa!
Taking into account the overall strength of the team and the support of teammates, you can know how valuable this is.
However, he later suffered from injuries, which prevented him from reaching the heights of Vardy and became another short-lived shooting star in English football
Professional football is like this. cruel.
Not every professional player can gain a foothold in the five major leagues and become a famous star.
Vardy’s example is certainly inspiring and exciting.
However, it is precisely because such examples are so rare that they will be praised and remembered by the world.
In QPR's formation, there is also a "friend" of Ling Feng.
That is the 36-year-old former Manchester United legendary central defender Rio Ferdinand!
This season, Ferdinand, whose contract with Manchester United expired, chose not to renew his contract with the Red Devils. Instead, he accepted Lao Lei’s invitation and came to Queens Park Rangers.
It is said that the reason why he did not renew his contract with Manchester United was because Van Gaal had a showdown with the team veteran who had played for 12 years in advance, claiming that he was not in his game plan.
Therefore, in order to prove that he is still capable of playing in the top league, Ferdinand will move to the newly promoted QPR on a free transfer.
Of course, this is just news revealed by the media.
Both parties involved did not respond. No one knows whether it is true or false.
However, Ferdinand, who moved to Queens Park Rangers, did not have the second spring of his career.
On the contrary, limited by the overall strength of the team and the serious decline in his own competitive state, he failed to help QPR make much contribution on the defensive end.
Even so, the Red Devils and the strongest central defender in England's history are still the most trustworthy players in QPR's defense!
This game is his first game back after a three-game suspension.
Standing in the player tunnel, Ling Feng took the initiative to say hello to Ferdinand:
"Leo."
"Hey, Ling"
The two met in the United States and linked their social media accounts to each other, so they can be called friends.
After a few brief greetings, Ling Feng returned to his queue.
With the cheers and applause of 20,000 home and away fans in the stadium, two teams entered the stadium.
After a coin toss, Leicester City, wearing a red away jersey, took the lead!
The Blue Foxes pressed forward as usual, and through simple passing and receiving cooperation, they quickly reached QPR's backcourt.
However, what Ling Feng and others did not expect was that the Queen's Park Rangers' defense would be so vulnerable!
When the game reached the fourth minute, Ling Feng sent a through ball forward. Vardy succeeded in countering offside and shot a low shot through the door guarded by Green.
Vardy’s goal not only opened the scoring for the team, but also kicked off a massacre.
(End of this chapter)