Chapter 200: First match against Manchester City, versatile midfielder Yaya Toure!
Ling Feng, who was warming up in the stadium, of course had no idea that his fans already regarded Barbara as his girlfriend, and all of them took the initiative to take photos with her.
Once he steps onto the green field, he puts aside all distracting thoughts and just focuses on one goal.
That is:
How to defeat your opponent and win in this game!
This is the first time in his career that he faces Manchester City.
Although at this moment, Manchester City under the leadership of "Chilean Engineer" Pellegrini does not have the super dominance of Guardiola in the future.
However, since it was acquired by the Abu Dhabi consortium in the Middle East 6 years ago, Blue Moon, backed by its oil father, has been making waves in the transfer market.
Whether it is club facilities, player lineup, or team record, they have all made great progress in just a few years.
Especially under the leadership of legendary coach Mancini, Manchester City has made rapid progress from a mid-table team in the Premier League.
First, it ended a thirty-five-year drought, won the FA Cup, qualified for the Champions League for the first time, and then further won the league championship and stood at the top of the Premier League!
Today's Manchester City has transformed from the "noisy neighbor" in Ferguson's words to a strong contender for the Premier League championship.
Last year, Pellegrini replaced Mancini, who had a poor record, as the new coach of Blue Moon.
After a year of silence, Manchester City's top management gave the polite Chilean great support in the transfer market.
Fernandinho, Navas, Jovetic, Negredo and other stars came to support us one after another.
Under the guidance of Pellegrini, the new players and the main players of the team performed well and played pleasing offensive football, which fascinated the fans.
It happened to coincide with Arsenal's daily failure and Chelsea's reconstruction period. The newly arrived engineer led the team to win the Premier League championship again after a year!
However, in this summer window, Manchester City seems a bit quiet.
Perhaps I am satisfied with the lineup and depth, so I only made small-scale repairs to the lineup.
For example, midfielder Fernando and central defender Mangala were purchased from Porto to replace Barry and Lescott who left on transfer, and Arsenal full-back Sagna was waived to supplement the depth of full-backs.
There are two good news for Leicester City in this game.
First of all, Manchester City's top scorer Aguero is unable to appear!
This former European golden boy and Atletico Madrid striker has become the core of Manchester City's striker.
Aguero is on full fire this season.
So far, a total of nineteen goals have been scored in all competitions, and fourteen goals have been scored in the Premier League. He has overtaken the "grand beauty" Costa and ranks first in the league's scorer list!
However, Aguero accidentally had to retire injured in the last league game against Everton.
From the inspection after the game, although the problem is not too big, it will definitely not come back until after the New Year.
Dzeko, the "Bosnian Diamond" who originally replaced Aguero in the starting lineup, accidentally strained his calf during the warm-up before the game!
Coupled with the "Montenegro Messi" Jovetic who has been lying in bed for a long time, Manchester City's three top forwards can only sit in the stands to watch this game.
Since the oil capital took over, Manchester City has never encountered the embarrassing situation of being short of people!
There is news that in order to alleviate the urgent need to have no striker available, Manchester City has set its sights on the Ivorian striker Bony who has performed well at Swansea this season!
In the past 2014, Boni scored a total of 21 goals in the Premier League, the most goals among all Premier League forwards!
More than famous strikers such as Van Persie, Rooney, Aguero, etc., he can be called the top scorer of the Premier League in 2014!
However, even if Manchester City wins Boni ahead of schedule, they will have to wait until the winter transfer window opens in January before the Ivorian striker can join the team.
In desperation, Chilean engineer Pellegrini could only temporarily send 18-year-old Spanish teenager Pozo as the team's starting center for this game.
You know, Manchester City's firepower this season is extremely fierce. After fifteen league games, they scored 32 goals!
Averaging more than two goals per game!
However, Aguero alone scored fourteen goals.
It can be seen that the team's offense relies heavily on Aguero's performance.
After Aguero, Dzeko and Jovetic retired from injury one after another, Manchester City's offense will definitely be greatly reduced.
And Manchester City's opponent, the "Blue Fox" Leicester City, scored a terrifying 40 goals in fifteen league games!
With such offensive firepower, they are the team that scores the most goals in the entire Premier League!
What's more, Leicester City's three musketeers have been in the best condition and physical condition after taking turns.
Therefore, before the game, many fans and football experts believed that Leicester City had a good chance of scoring points at home!
“Let’s take a look at the starting eleven of both sides.”
"The home team Leicester City still adopts their usual 4231 tactical formation. After the extensive rest in the last Europa League, Pearson was the main force in this league."
"The goalkeeper is the replacement The injured No. 1 goalkeeper Schmeichel became the starter Ben Hamer, and the defense included Schlupp, Upson, Morgan, and Simpson. "
"The two midfielders. It's Cambiasso and Drinkwater. On the left and right are Lingard and Mahrez. "
"Ambushing behind Vardy is still the most trustworthy core of the team. Very outstanding Ling Feng!”
“And Manchester City also adopted the 4231 formation”
"The goalkeeper is still Joe Hart."
"In the defense, Zabaleta, Mangala, captain Kompany, Clichy."
"Two defenders The midfielders are Yaya Toure and Fernando, and the two wings are Nasri and David Silva. "
"The center one is on loan from New York FC of the American Major League. Lampard"
"In front of them is the young player Pozzo, who made his second start this season."
As the passionate Blue Fox anthem rang out in the stadium, players from both sides stood in the warm tunnel and prepared before taking the field.
At this time, it is also the time for players from both sides to be polite before attacking.
After sorting his gloves, Ling Feng took the initiative to find Lampard:
"Hey, long time no see, Frank."
"Yeah"
In order to maintain his form and continue chasing the Premier League scoring record, Lampard, who left Chelsea, reached a loan agreement with Manchester City and loaned him to Manchester City from New York FC for half a season.
However, for many Chelsea fans, Lampard's decision is still difficult to accept.
Moreover, he also scored his first goal in Manchester City against Chelsea in September!
Even if he didn't celebrate.
However, many Chelsea fans put their heads in their hands and showed incomprehensible or complicated expressions.
They never thought that after thirteen years of Blues career, the Blues Magic Lantern would join another Premier League team;
They never thought that Lampard would actually penetrate the enemy as an opponent player. Chelsea goal!
The two hugged and then began to chat:
"How is the weather in Manchester?"
"It's not bad, not as bad as imagined. Next time you come, I will show you around.”
"Haha, that sounds good."
While Ling Feng and Lampard were chatting and laughing, Lingard, standing in the Leicester City queue, had eyes full of envy.
Actually, he also wanted to go up and say hello to Lampard.
You know, young English players of his generation grew up watching the golden generation such as Lampard, Gerrard, and Beckham.
Lampard can definitely be called his childhood idol!
When he was at the Carrington base, he remembered that many of his teammates had learned long-range shooting skills by repeatedly watching Lampard's long-range shooting highlights. Among them, the tall black guy named "Paul" is the smartest one.
Often you can quickly master the skills and movements without watching it a few times.
Indeed, compared to Ling Feng, who joined the national team at the age of eighteen, emerged in the World Cup and now becomes the core of the Three Lions midfield, and won the European Golden Boy Award at the age of twenty, he helped Paul Pogba as Juventus won consecutive Serie A titles and reached the semi-finals of the Champions League.
As a peer of my own age, I am already far behind.
However, Lingard is also very open-minded.
Although his talent is not as good as that of Ling Feng and Pogba, since his debut, he has not been as eye-catching and dazzling as those super geniuses and prodigies.
However, he firmly believes that no matter how hard you work, you will gain something.
Work hard and you will be rewarded!
This truth was told to him personally by his idol Cristiano Ronaldo.
At present, the initial stage of his career is not amazing, but it is also stable.
First he gained a foothold in the English Championship, and now he plays in the Premier League and helped newly promoted Leicester City achieve good results.
The next step is for him to return to Manchester United with the experience he learned in Leicester City and become a starting member of the Red Devils!
At that time, he may be able to enter the vision of the Three Lions coach and be recruited to put on the white jersey that represents the glory of the country!
Thinking of this, Lingard's eyes narrowed and his expression suddenly became much firmer.
There was also a bit more murderous look in the eyes when looking at the Manchester City players.
As a well-established Red Devil, he naturally did not have a good impression of Manchester City, their mortal enemy in the same city.
Very good, let’s start with this game against Manchester City!
Let the coaches and scouts of Manchester United see how much he has improved after three months in Leicester City!
. . .
Following the introduction by the stadium DJ, players from both sides slowly entered the stadium.
In this game, both teams are wearing blue jerseys.
The only difference is that Manchester City's is sky blue, while Leicester City's is dark blue.
At the same time, Barbara in the stands also focused her attention on the stadium.
Her eyes quickly locked on the black-haired young man at the end of the blue fox queue.
Then he cheered silently in his heart:
"Come on, Ling!"
After the pre-match ceremony, Leicester City, playing at home, took the lead to kick off.
Vardy kicked off the ball from the center circle and passed it back.
Ling Feng caught the ball and saw the opponent's 18-year-old player Pozzo rushing towards him!
Seeing this, Ling Feng couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.
Hey, young man, you are so motivated!
With this thought in his heart, Ling Feng passed the ball directly to Mahrez on the right.
Immediately afterwards, he immediately ran into the open space and discovered that Manchester City did not press high in the frontcourt, but chose to shrink the formation.
However, when Ling Feng moved forward, he saw Yaya Toure standing in front of him like a black tower!
Looking at the big black man in front of him, Ling Feng had a serious expression.
Obviously, Pellegrini arranged for Yaya Toure to specially mark him.
If he were asked to choose an opponent he fears the most among all the players in the Premier League, he would definitely choose Yaya Toure!
Thirty-one-year-old Yaya Toure, although he is over thirty, his physical fitness and condition are still among the best in the world.
The natural physical flexibility of black players, coupled with their excellent foot skills, propels forward like a tank and has explosive long-range shooting ability
He can attack when advancing, and defend when retreating.
In the entire Premier League, he is the only one who is qualified to be called an all-around midfielder!
In the first ten minutes after the opening, Leicester City firmly controlled the ball.
However, whenever a teammate wants to pass the ball to Ling Feng for organization, Yaya Toure will not hesitate to step forward and guard closely to prevent him from easily getting the ball.
In front of the super beast waist Yaya Toure, Ling Feng's resistance ability was like paper.
Every time the opponent bumps into him, his entire body will lose balance!
After being frustrated several times in front of Yaya Toure, Ling Feng learned to be smart.
He knows that with his current confrontation ability, he simply cannot take advantage of Yaya Toure.
So, he began to think about how to prevent Yaya Toure from following him so closely?
Soon, Ling Feng thought of a way:
Yaya Toure, who is nearly 1.9 meters tall, is definitely not as fast and maneuverable as him.
As long as he fully mobilizes it, the consumption of his huge body will definitely be more than his own.
As long as Yaya Toure is tired from running, the defensive effectiveness will definitely drop significantly.
That's when he will gain the upper hand in this game!
As a result, Ling Feng began to move around Yaya Toure.
And Yaya Toure, who received special instructions from the head coach, did not dare to neglect. He would always leave his defense zone and follow up in place.
Because, if he doesn't follow up in place, Ling Feng can easily get the ball in the frontcourt and pass the ball.
And his passing is the source of Leicester City's offense!
However, not everyone has the intelligence to see Ling Feng’s intentions.
Many Manchester City fans just think that the Blue Fox No. 7 is too good at running!
Moreover, he doesn't get the ball very much, he just keeps running into open spaces to meet his teammates.
Then his teammates passed the ball to him, and he kicked the ball without hesitation as if the ball was hot to his feet.
He did not dare to confront Yaya Toure, but kept running around the waist of this super beast.
However, "Chilean Engineer" Pellegrini, who was sitting on the coaching bench on the sidelines, frowned.
Ling Feng's running ability has always been the subject of intensive research.
But this time, he ran more actively in the frontcourt.
"The movement of No. 7 was too erratic and there was no pattern to follow at all. However, he did not dare to take the ball at all. He must have been frightened by Toure!"
Hear Pellegrini suddenly woke up to the words of the assistant coach next to him:
“That’s not right!”
“He is not afraid of Toure, but he is consuming Toure!”
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(End of this chapter)