Chapter 294 Lu aids foreign affairs? CTMD Benteke? Abstract Belgian center forward!
After returning from the warm spring-like Spain to the cold and humid England, Ling Feng had no time to feel the climate change, so he wrapped himself in a down jacket and took the team bus to Merseyside.
In the seventeenth round of the league, they are about to face the mid-table "Toffees" Everton.
Everton's lineup has not changed much this season. They did not spend tens of millions of dollars on signings in the summer window. They only introduced Lennon, "Kaiser" Deulofeu and other talents at low prices. Send players.
However, the new players have been unable to integrate, and Miralas and other players are in poor condition.
The pair of central defenders, Stones and Jagielka, have a tacit understanding.
The defense was average, and the team's offense relied heavily on "Little Monster" Lukaku, resulting in too many draws and failed to win the games that should have been won.
In this game, the Blue Fox, wearing the white away jersey, resolutely adopted a defensive counterattack in the away game.
Everton creates crossing opportunities through the wing and feeds the ball to the center, Lukaku.
However, in front of Huth and Morgan, a pair of central defenders who have an increasingly good understanding of each other, almost no cross can reach Lukaku's head.
At this time, Lukaku is at the top of the Premier League even in terms of confrontation and speed, and is almost the best young center of this era.
However, when faced with key defenders, he is unable to perform very well and is a typical abuser.
As for Everton's core midfielder, Ross Barkley, known as the "genius midfielder", was stared at by Kante and had no chance to pass the ball.
The frontcourt attack cannot open up the situation, so it can only press the formation and add more manpower in the frontcourt.
And this gives the Blue Fox a huge space to counterattack!
Soon, right back Simpson completed the steal and sent a beautiful direct pass to Mahrez in front.
The latter dribbled the ball along the wing and raided, but was directly knocked down by veteran midfielder Barry.
Although this counterattack did not threaten the goal, it not only produced a yellow card for the opponent's midfielder, but also created a set-piece opportunity on the right side of the frontcourt.
Ling Feng did not choose to hit the goal directly. Instead, he passed the ball high and tried to find his teammates in the penalty area.
However, Everton center Lukaku, who returned to defend in the penalty area, grabbed the first shot.
However, perhaps because of his hair, his header did not go far, but only slightly touched the ball, and instead came to the feet of Brother Drinking at the top of the arc in the penalty area.
The latter didn't hesitate at all, he directly ejected the ball from the gap and flew into the goal!
Seeing that he gave his opponent an own assist, Lukaku put his head in his hands and looked confused.
Mumbling!
I wish I had known the ball went sideways
When Ling Feng witnessed this scene, his mouth twitched sharply and he almost laughed out loud on the spot.
He never expected that the "Little Warcraft" during his time at Everton would have developed the attributes of "Lu Yuanwai"!
After the goal, the Everton players were very frustrated and looked at each other, but no one dared
After all, Lukaku is the team’s leading scorer and main center. This kind of own-goal assist was just an accident, and he can't be blamed.
After another kick-off, Everton could only continue to attack.
However, this is exactly what Leicester City wants!
The game came to the 38th minute. The double-team of Brother Drinkwater and Kanter teamed up to intercept the ball at Barkley's feet.
Then pass the ball to Ling Feng in front.
The Blue Fox No. 7 received the ball with his back, and with a long-lost pull, he directly passed the Everton midfielder Cleverley behind him!
Speaking of "smart brother" Cleverley, we have to mention his "grievance" with The Sun.
Back when Cleverley was still playing for Manchester United, The Sun revealed that he had a one-night stand with a shop clerk behind his girlfriend's back.
You know, as for other news, the authenticity of The Sun may not be reliable.
However, when it comes to gossip and scandals, The Sun is the absolute authority among newspapers!
However, this time the Sun suffered a big setback on Cleverley.
After investigation, The Sun discovered that its report was wrong.
This is also an extremely rare reporting error by The Sun.
For this reason, The Sun even publicly apologized to Cleverley in the newspaper.
This little story was told by Ling Feng when Vardy was eating in the canteen today.
After passing Cleverley, Ling Feng turned around and dribbled the ball towards Everton's hinterland. Then, after attracting the central defender to attack, he sent a small through ball forward.
Vardy didn't stop the ball and shot directly towards the ball, completing the Blue Fox's second goal of the game!
Although Everton relied on Lukaku's personal ability in the second half to resist Morgan in the penalty area, he successfully turned around and completed a blast shot to regain the victory.
However, despite their all-out attack in the second half, they were never able to knock on Leicester City's goal again.
In the end, with the help of Brother Drinkwater's ejection and Vardy's goal, Leicester City won Everton in the away game without any danger.
Winning again is something to be happy about.
Unfortunately, the price paid for this is a bit high.
Vardy, the team's top scorer, strained a muscle during the sprint and was directly injured.
According to the diagnosis after the game, we need to rest for at least three weeks!
In other words, in the most important month of the Premier League in December, and in the following hellish schedule, they will temporarily lack Vardy, the sharpest knife!
This is definitely bad news for Leicester City and the fans.
However, they can at least console themselves that Jamie is only temporarily leaving them for three weeks
The next day, Ling Feng saw Vardy limping in the base.
“You guy, you must have done it on purpose!”
Looking at Ling Feng’s slightly serious expression, Vardy was confused:
“Ah? What’s the purpose? ?”
“You just wanted to go back and spend Christmas with your family, so you got hurt on purpose!”
Hearing Ling Feng's joke, Vardy was startled for a moment, then reacted.
As soon as he rolled his eyes, he immediately followed his words and cursed:
"Damn it! You guessed this!"
After the joke, The two looked at each other and laughed in unison.
"Hurry up and return to the team. Who will score the goal if you are not here?"
"Wait for me, man! In the new year, I will come back as soon as possible to eat the cakes you feed me!"
After a pause, Vardy put his arm around Ling Feng's shoulders and showed a slight smile
"Man, do me a favor. How about getting me a golden boot this year?"
Hearing this, Ling Feng raised his eyebrows and then asked, "I'll help you get the golden boot. What’s the benefit?”
“Well, what do you want in return?”
After thinking about it, Ling Feng immediately came up with a fun idea:
“I don’t want any reward, I just need to wait until you get the golden boot and say this in front of the camera”
"What are you talking about?" "Don't tell you now."
This somewhat mysterious condition made Vardy dream about it.
But thinking that he might only have one chance in his life to compete for the Premier League Golden Boot, Vardy did not hesitate and stretched out his hand directly:
"Deal!"
Ling Feng also reached out and shook it tightly:
“Very good, I’ll cover your golden boots!”
. . .
With Vardy injured, the team also has one more injured player.
However, this is nothing to Leicester City's lineup.
Because, facing multi-front battles this season, Leicester City has the fewest injuries in the entire league!
On the one hand, thanks to Ranieri's reasonable rotation of the team's lineup, on the other hand, I also want to praise Leicester City's medical team.
You know, injuries are always a lingering nightmare for every Premier League coach.
In the fiercely competitive Premier League, frequent injuries have become the biggest headache for every Premier League team.
Therefore, the importance of the medical team is self-evident.
A good medical team can effectively reduce injuries for the team, and also allow players to maintain health and condition during the long season.
In football, there has been a saying that "the team doctor is worth half the team".
However, not every club’s team doctor is so outstanding.
Some are doing very well, such as Serbian goddess doctor Mariana Kovacevi.
With the help of this goddess doctor, Costa, the "grand beauty" of last season, made a quick comeback after being injured and helped Chelsea stabilize the situation in the championship sprint.
There is also the famous Milan laboratory.
Milan Laboratory is a high-tech research center specially established by AC Milan Club. It was completed and put into use in 2002.
In the early days, the Milan laboratory was famous all over the world and created countless medical miracles. Veterans such as Beckham, Ronaldinho, and Cassano who have played in Serie A have all received its help, thus rejuvenating their careers. spring.
Chelsea owner Abramovich also offered 10 million euros to buy him out.
However, this offer was ultimately flatly rejected by the Milanese.
Some are notoriously bad!
Veterinarian is a derogatory term used by fans for trashy team doctors in some clubs.
There are also many famous veterinarians in football.
The most famous among them are naturally the veterinarians of Gunners Arsenal!
Arsenal's failure in January and February every year is not only related to Wenger's fast passing and cutting tactics, but also directly related to the poor level of the team's medical team.
According to statistics, from 2002 to October 2014, Arsenal had a total of 891 injuries!
For such a shocking number, the team’s medical team cannot escape the blame.
Since chief physio Gary Levine joined the England national team in 2008, Arsenal have never found a suitable replacement.
His cousin Colin Levine's work at the club has been questioned.
Misdiagnosis is the most common mistake made by Arsenal’s medical team.
For example, when Ego was injured in early October last year, the Arsenal medical team believed that he had only suffered a minor injury in the game against Chelsea, so he was allowed to play the entire game.
However, unexpectedly, after returning to Germany and receiving diagnosis and treatment from "miracle doctor" Wolfart, it was discovered that Ergou's lateral collateral ligament in his left knee was partially torn and he needed to rest for nearly three months!
This misdiagnosis directly caused Arsenal to lose their core organization during the most important Christmas schedule and championship stage, and also lost the possibility of competing for the championship.
Of course, no one knows why Wenger never cleaned up the veterinary department.
In other words, this is something beyond his control.
Although he is the godfather of Arsenal, he is not the owner of Arsenal
. . .
Vardy's injury will definitely affect the Blue Fox's preparations for the next game.
You know, this 28-year-old forward is the player with the most goals and the most efficiency in the Premier League this season.
In sixteen games, he scored a terrifying seventeen goals!
As the team's main forward, Vardy's impact, speed, and finishing ability are the team's greatest guarantee for completing a fatal blow during counterattack.
Fortunately, the team also has two forwards of different types, Ulloa and Okazaki Shinji, who can step in at any time.
However, Vardy is not on the court, and the team's tactics will also have to change accordingly.
In the next few days, Ranieri also took turns to let the two serve as starters and conduct tactical drills.
When the time came to the day after Christmas, the Leicester City soldiers came to Anfield, the most atmospheric stadium in the Premier League and the one that makes visiting teams tremble the most!
At Anfield, no team dares to say that they can score points at this stadium.
Considering the away game and the mobility required by the team's tactics, Ranieri finally chose to let Shinji Okazaki start.
The forwards in the small days have extremely strong tactical execution, and their enthusiasm for pressing in the frontcourt is also first-rate. They can constantly pressure the opponent's midfielder in the frontcourt. As the first line of defense in the formation, they can reduce the pressure on the midfielder to a certain extent. Defensive pressure in the backcourt.
When the Blue Fox wearing white came to Anfield, he was immediately booed by Liverpool fans.
This is the first confrontation between Leicester City and Liverpool after the coaching change!
Liverpool, which has undergone a coaching change this season, is still going through the painful period of the post-Gerrard era under the leadership of new coach Klopp.
While Klopp is still getting familiar with and understanding the team and establishing a tactical system, the team's tactics and status are ups and downs.
Before this game, the Red Army had been winless in three rounds and was only ranked ninth.
Therefore, Klopp also gave up the strikerless formation that failed in the previous round and placed Belgian striker Benteke in the center position.
Separated on the left and right are "Brazilian Wen Zhaolun" Firmino, one of the future Red Arrows, and "Cloud Arrow" Coutinho.
Amid the high-pitched singing of "You'll Never Walk Alone" by the home fans, the Red Army quickly took control of the field and launched wave after wave of attacks against the Blue Foxes.
The offensive width is very wide and full of aggression.
Even after taking over the team for less than three months, Klopp's rock and roll football philosophy is still reflected in the Red Army.
However, when the game reached the 23rd minute, the sky gradually darkened and drizzle began.
With the arrival of Yu Yu, an uninvited guest, the passing offense of both sides became less smooth and fell into a strangulation in the midfield.
Ling Feng, in particular, was repeatedly knocked to the ground by Red Army players. His body was wet and covered with fresh grass clippings.
In the stoppage time of the first half, Liverpool had an excellent opportunity to take the lead.
Unfortunately, Benteke, who came on as a substitute, received a cross from Firmino at the penalty spot. Facing an almost empty goal, he used too much force and kicked Kicked the ball into the stands.
This shot also made many loyal Red Army fans curse in their hearts:
CTMD Benteke!
(End of this chapter)