Chapter 307 Oops, Ling Feng is warming up!
“Final, here we come!”
This is the headline of Leicester City’s local newspaper “Leicester Mercury” on the eve of the second leg of the 2015-16 English League Cup semi-finals Edition title.
The cover is a freeze-frame photo of the Blue Fox players coming to the sidelines and hugging Ranieri after scoring in the first round.
In the first round match between Leicester City and Everton, the Blue Fox unexpectedly brought out its main lineup and beat Everton 0-2 in the away game.
Returning to the King Power Stadium in the second round, the Blue Foxes, who have the home court and score advantage, chose to let the three Blue Foxes take turns to prepare for the next battle against Liverpool.
In Ranieri's view, with the team's mature defensive counterattack tactical system and the home game, even if the opponent is not weak, they can still maintain a tie and win.
Most people also believe that Leicester City can withstand Everton's counterattack at home and reach the League Cup final for the first time in team history!
However, the direction of the game was beyond everyone's expectations!
Compared to the main lineup that is indiscriminately killing in the Premier League, the Blue Fox's substitute strength is still average.
Especially since there are no core players on the court as the backbone, the team's tactical system cannot be fully utilized.
On the contrary, Everton's game is a last-ditch battle.
If they cannot win by more than three goals, they will miss the opportunity to reach the cup final after many years.
Under the ebb and flow of one another, Everton players burst out with amazing fighting spirit and energy.
Furthermore, with the defensive performance continuing to decline this season, the team's tactical concept of giving up defense and attacking with all its strength has only succeeded in unleashing the team's strong offensive firepower.
You know, Everton has a lot of good offensive players.
Local genius Ross Barkley, Belgian international Miralas, Barcelona emperor Deulofeu, former Tottenham wing Lennon, and the star "Little Warcraft" Lukaku.
If they really want to attack with all their strength, the Blue Fox substitute lineup cannot withstand it.
In this game, the Belgian striker who was once abandoned by Chelsea finally broke out!
Whether he is holding the ball with his back or breaking through from the wing, he can be seen everywhere in the frontcourt.
It was as if he had summoned a real monster, turning Leicester City's backcourt upside down.
And such active running soon paid off:
At the 22nd minute of the first half, he caught the ball in the ribs on the right side of the frontcourt and turned around, and then a Belgium made soup, broke into the penalty area, carried Polish central defender Walewski, and scored with a shot!
“The goal was scored!”
“Everton pulled a goal back in the away game!”
"The goal was scored by the Belgian genius Romelu Lukaku!"
"The Toffees No. 10 was very active from the first minute of the game. He ran and took the ball in the frontcourt. The ball is full of threats."
"Could it be that we will witness a reversal? "
Under the slightly excited narration of the commentator, Lukaku scored. He rushed directly to the corner flag area, opened his arms, and accepted the cheers of the fans.
The dark young face could not help but reveal a confident smile:
"The top team in the Premier League? It's not worth mentioning in front of Inzaghi of Belgium!"
He seemed to have completely forgotten about being beaten 2-0 by Ling Feng in the first round.
However, despite the team's poor record this season, the defense is vulnerable.
However, as the sharpest counterattack in the team's offensive system, Lukaku has experienced a data explosion this season:
Not only has he scored 16 goals in the league, he is second only to Val Di, ranked second in the scorer list, also became one of only five players in the history of the Premier League to score 50 Premier League goals before the age of 23.
The other four players are Fowler, Owen, Rooney, and Ronaldo!
In the League Cup, he also scored five goals, helping the team reach the League Cup semi-finals.
Such an outstanding performance has also attracted the attention of many wealthy families.
However, in view of the experience of joining a giant last time, the 22-year-old Little Warcraft does not intend to leave Everton so soon.
Looking at Lukaku who looked excited , Ling Feng, who was sitting on the bench, couldn't help but mutter in his heart:
"This guy is in a good shape in this game."
After recovering a goal, Everton's morale was even higher. They also realized that they could equalize the score or even take the lead, so they attacked more vigorously.
But Leicester City could only retreat to half court, compressing the space as much as possible, trying to use counterattacks to kill the game.
However, neither Andy King nor Inle are the kind of midfielders who can create opportunities or advance with the ball to initiate counterattacks.
The only few opportunities to counterattack, they could only split the ball to the sides immediately, advance the ball through the wingers, and then pass directly to Ulloa and Okazaki Shinji in the middle.
This routine is too obvious.
This also resulted in a world of difference compared to the quality of Ling Feng's counterattack when he was on the court!
Fortunately, the team's defense still did well.
Under Everton's bombardment, they still survived the first half.
At halftime, Ranieri briefly thought about making substitutions, but after thinking about it, he ultimately did not do so.
He still hopes to let the substitute lineup play as much as possible to find a better game state.
With the team's huge lead in the league, the main players of the team, led by Ling Feng, will definitely focus on the Europa League and strive to go further in the Europa League.
The substitute lineup will get more playing time in the league.
Whether we can advance together and maintain the lead until the end under the exhaustion of the Premier League and Europa League, the state of the substitute lineup is very critical.
Of course, considering that the scene was completely suppressed, Ranieri still held back after discussing with his assistants:
If the team is still suppressed by the opponent when the game reaches the 70th minute, Ling Feng must be replaced and let him stabilize the situation!
However, in the second half, the situation on the field did not change in any way.
Everton is still suppressing Leicester City and it’s a crazy friction!
Looking at the substitute lineup being messed up by Everton's main players on the field, the Blue Fox fans in the stands were also frightened.
At the same time, they also realize that the team's lineup depth is still far behind the real Premier League giants.
Even though they are currently beating the BIG6 teams and are firmly at the top of the league standings
As the saying goes, if you defend for a long time, you will lose.
Under Everton's aggressive attack, Leicester City's defensive formation was eventually captured:
The hero of the goal was Lu, who was in excellent form in this game. Kaku!
In the 68th minute of the game, Lukaku, who was pulling wide, made an unreasonable move on the wing. After passing the full-back, he sent an inverted triangle cross.
Ross Barkley, who came in from behind, blasted a shot from the front of the penalty area and sent the ball into the gate guarded by Schwarzer!
After scoring the goal, Barkley rushed directly to the corner flag area and performed an extremely exciting slide and kneel.
And Lukaku, who assisted, rushed to his side immediately and hugged him tightly.
The visiting fans who followed the team on the trip were already cheering in the stands.
The home team fans showed helpless expressions.
This game once again proved a fact.
That is: there are no underdogs in the Premier League!
What's more, "Toffee" Everton has been a powerful team in the Premier League that cannot be ignored in the past ten years!
“Wow!”
“Ross~~Barkley! What a beautiful goal!”
"Everton equalized the total score at the King Power Stadium!" "If this score is maintained until the final whistle blows, the two sides will enter overtime."
"However, from Egypt Judging from the state of Everton's players, they are definitely not satisfied with a draw."
When Everton equalized the total score in the away game, the live camera first focused on the crazy celebration in front of the visiting team's stands. Everton players.
Then, the camera also showed Everton coach Martinez on the sidelines.
However, a second ago, Martinez was still applauding with a smile on his face.
The next second, he turned around and saw something, but suddenly stopped what he was doing, frowned, and his expression suddenly became serious.
"Huh? Why does Martinez look dissatisfied? Or does he think it's just the equalizer and it's not the time to celebrate?"
At this time, the on-site director was reminded , pointing the camera directly at the home team’s bench not far away.
I saw Blue Fox coach Ranieri coming to the bench and gesticulating to the players on the bench.
Immediately afterwards, Ling Feng, who was sitting on the bench, took off his coat and stood up from the bench.
The next second, the entire King Power Stadium erupted into deafening cheers, overwhelming the Everton fans.
The live camera focused on Ling Feng, who came to the sidelines to warm up, and then focused on Martinez, who was frowning.
The language of the lens is self-evident.
At this moment, all the fans and fans in front of the TV suddenly understood.
Why did Martinez look so ugly after his team scored to equalize the score?
It turned out that he saw Ling Feng warming up!
“Oh!
“Ling Feng started to warm up! The foxes finally reacted and were ready to use their big killer weapon! ”
While letting Ling Feng warm up, Ranieri also called the captain Andy King to the sidelines and told him:
"Let Okazaki and Ulloa return to the midfield to help defend, and everyone starts running!"
Seeing Ling Feng starting to warm up on the sidelines, the Everton players also felt nervous and couldn't help but recall The two sides met twice this season and Ling Feng ravaged them.
Ever since, it seemed that in order to score another goal and establish a lead before Ling Feng came on the court, Everton continued to attack like crazy after scoring.
Fortunately, the Blue Fox generals, who received instructions from the head coach, retreated to half court and fully defended.
Five minutes later, Leicester City kicked the ball out of the sideline and finally got the chance to make a substitution!
Seeing Ling Feng standing on the sidelines, the King Power Stadium suddenly burst into warm cheers and applause.
The fans also spontaneously shouted his name:
"Ling Feng! Ling Feng! Ling Feng!"
In their eyes, the man wearing seven The black young man wearing the jersey number is the savior of the team!
Many Blue Fox fans who witnessed Ling Feng couldn’t help but recall Ling Feng
However, at that time, Ling Feng, wearing No. 23, was a young player who had just been promoted from the youth team.
At this time, Ling Feng, wearing No. 7, is already the biggest favorite for the Premier League MVP!
They firmly believe that as long as Ling Feng appears, everything will be fine!
“Leicester City is making substitution adjustments! No. 23 Ulloa is out, No. 7 Ling Feng is up!”
Ling Feng’s appearance changes Leicester City’s offensive end , it’s also immediate!
Whether they are in possession of the ball or on counterattack, they have someone they can pass the ball to with confidence.
Ling Feng, through his active movement to get the ball and pass the ball, firmly controlled the rhythm of the court on the Blue Fox side.
After helping the team stabilize the situation, Ling Feng began to use his personal abilities to create a threat to Everton's backcourt!
In the 75th minute of the game, Ling Feng pulled the ball to the side, and then, in the same way Lukaku did in the first half, he passed Everton's left back Baines and sent an inverted triangle cross. .
Andy King came in from behind and shot the ball furiously!
Fortunately, American goalkeeper Howard reacted quickly and made a wonderful dive to block the ball from the baseline.
In the 82nd minute of the game, after Ling Feng dropped back to catch the ball in the midfield, he passed Barkley and Barry who were attacking and completed a long shot that was slightly over the crossbar!
In the 85th minute of the game, after Ling Feng got the ball in the middle and got rid of it, he sent a precise through ball.
Unfortunately, the young left winger Gray shot too hard and hit the ball directly into the stands, missing the opportunity to become famous.
As Ling Feng continued to create murderous opportunities in the frontcourt, he single-handedly suppressed Everton's offensive. Everton's players did not dare to attack anymore, but began to shrink. Defense.
Countless fans in front of the TV thought that just Ling Feng's appearance would instantly reverse the offensive and defensive balance on the field!
Is this the role of a superstar? !
And Everton's players suddenly began to feel that it would be good if this score was maintained until the end of the game and then entered overtime.
Even leading to a penalty shootout, their chances of advancing to the finals are not small.
After all, no matter how powerful you are, Ling Feng, you can only shoot one penalty kick.
And they faced off with their main lineup, so they had an advantage in the penalty shootout.
However, Ling Feng did not intend to drag the victory to overtime, or even a penalty shootout that depended more on luck.
You know, Ranieri replaced him to end the game!
As the fourth official on the sidelines took out the substitution card and signaled that there were three minutes of stoppage time, it meant that the game had entered the final stoppage time.
At this moment, Ling Feng advanced through the midfield and was brought down by midfielder McCarthy, winning the team a chance for a free kick in the frontcourt.
This free kick is about thirty-eight meters away from the goal.
It happens to be within Ling Feng’s best shooting range!
Ling Feng stood in front of the ball and saw the wall blocking the near corner.
Looking at Howard's position slightly closer to the near corner, he knew that the opponent was preventing his shot from going around the wall and then directly into the goal behind him.
In this case, let me show you the power of shooting power 99!
Run-up, shoot!
There was a "bang", and a lightning-like thunder was drawn in the mid-air of the King Power Stadium and shot straight towards the goal!
A long-range shot with a shooting power of 99, just one word: fast!
Especially when there is no need to consider whether the kick will hurt someone, the ball speed is faster!
Ling Feng’s shooting choice exceeded everyone’s expectations.
Including Everton goalkeeper Howard!
“What about bypassing the human wall?!”
When he realized this, it was too late.
Even if he immediately moved to the right and made a sideways dive, he could not prevent the ball from turning into an afterimage that was difficult to capture and hanging directly in the upper right corner of the goal!
(End of this chapter)