MM Racing Chapter 323
Chapter 323
The game was a success, and the game was a success.
Chapter 323 Kante advances, from defense to offense!
With Leicester City’s amazing performance this season, Kante, who serves as the main defensive midfielder of the Blue Foxes, has also become famous.
The extremely terrifying stealing ability and defensive completion rate have made many media and commentators compare this humble and quiet black guy with his predecessor Makelele.
However, only Ranieri and every Blue Fox soldier know that Kante is even stronger than Makelele!
Strictly speaking, Makelele is a pure defensive midfielder.
He mainly uses his indestructible physical strength to sweep and intercept in a large area in the midfield to stop the opponent’s attack.
Kante, on the other hand, is more like an all-around midfielder who can attack and defend well!
What Makelele can do, Kante can do too.
But what Kante can do, Makelele can’t do!
And the excellent ability to advance from defense to offense is where Kante is better than Makelele!
Kante is shorter, has a low center of gravity, and has excellent balance and coordination.
In terms of footwork alone, he is definitely not worse than other technical midfielders.
However, in the Blue Fox formation, there is Ling Feng, the core of the midfield with explosive offensive talent, which to a certain extent also overshadows the brilliance of others.
Many times, when the team switches from defense to offense, they will pass the ball to Ling Feng as soon as possible, and let him counterattack and advance.
And Kante only needs to do a good job on the defensive end, and he doesn’t need to advance at all.
“Intercepting the ball and passing it to Ling Feng” has become Kante’s main task in all games this season.
Of course, not needing him to do it does not mean that he can’t do it!
In normal training, Kante also showed his ability to advance from defense to offense from time to time.
It is not uncommon for the 1.68-meter-tall Kante to steal in the midfield, then suddenly advance with the ball and launch a counterattack on the training ground of the Belvoir base.
Since Kante rarely does this in training and games.
So once it appears, it will catch the opponent off guard!
Under the premise that Dortmund adopts a foul tactic to prevent the backcourt from passing the ball to counterattack, liberating Kante’s forward advancement is definitely a stroke of genius!
Just as Ranieri asked Kante to increase the backcourt advancement, Tuchel was cheering for his disciples in the away team’s locker room on the other side:
“Guys, I am satisfied with your performance in the first half!”
“However, the game is not over yet, we still have to continue to attack and strive for goals!”
“As long as we win an away game and return to our home court in the second round, we will definitely be able to destroy them!”
For Dortmund, the first half of the game started low and ended high.
From being suddenly stolen by the opponent at the beginning, to being completely suppressed, pressing the opponent in the half, and finally equalizing the score.
From the scene, they definitely have the upper hand!
This also shows that their tactics are correct and effective.
As the saying goes, if the tactics work, don’t change them!
Therefore, in the eyes of Tuchel and Dortmund’s soldiers, as long as they continue to maintain high pressure and constantly consume the opponent’s defensive energy and physical strength, Leicester City’s defense will sooner or later have flaws!
Soon, after a short halftime break, the players of both sides returned to the court again.
Neither side made any substitutions.
Beep!
With the referee’s whistle, the much-anticipated second half of the game began.
At the same time, in the Sky Sports live studio, Liverpool star Carragher, who served as a commentator, expressed some surprising views:
“If Leicester City does not make some changes in the second half, it may very likely lose the game!”
“Oh, why?”
“In this game, the two defensive midfielders of the Blue Foxes were unable to pass the ball to Ling Feng smoothly under the pressure of Dortmund’s offensive. This frustrated the team’s advancement and offense.”
“Although young, Ling Feng’s ability to read the game has always been impressive. In order to help defend and better organize the ball, he has retreated to the midfield,”
“Even so, the current situation is too passive for the home team.”
“Ranieri must find a way to change this situation! The team must also make changes!”
“Otherwise, if it continues like this, the defense will definitely make mistakes due to high pressure.”
“Once Dortmund gets two away goals away from home,
“If we can score a goal in the second round, the second round will be a foregone conclusion.”
Although he is a Liverpool legend, Carragher hates Ling Feng who always performs well against Liverpool.
However, in the European competition, Carragher still supports Leicester City.
Moreover, as the future of the Three Lions, it does not prevent him from appreciating Ling Feng, and he often praises the Three Lions No. 7 on social media.
As a team in the domestic league, he also hopes that Leicester City can advance.
However, from the scene, Leicester City is completely passive.
After the change of sides, the situation on the field is basically the same as the second half of the first half.
That is, Dortmund pressed Leicester City in the half and continuously launched wave after wave of attacks. .
The two full-backs Piszczek and Schmelzer, who were not brave enough to go in the first half, also moved forward boldly and participated in the attack.
Dortmund, wearing white away jerseys, was like wave after wave of white spray, constantly hitting the blue boat of Leicester City, as if it would swallow it up in the next moment.
However, the home team fans in the stands were accustomed to it.
This season, since the arrival of Italian coach Ranieri, the team’s tactical system has changed. The team often gives up possession of the ball in the game and is then pressed by the opponent.
Manchester City, Manchester United, Chelsea, Tottenham and other teams have all suppressed on the field.
But in the end, aren’t they the ones who have the last laugh? !
Sure enough After the fierce battle in the first half, the Blue Foxes also had a better understanding of Dortmund’s tactical style, and they became more and more experienced in defense.
They even began to have some opportunities for counterattacks!
As Ling Feng retreated, Leicester City had more people in the midfield area, and the two sides began to fight fiercely for the ball in the midfield.
Until the 63rd minute, the situation of the game changed!
Dortmund’s midfielder Weigl took the ball and observed it. Seeing Mkhitaryan suddenly rushing forward on the right, he understood and sent a diagonal pass.
Unfortunately, this was seen through by the experienced Fuchs, who directly rushed up and used his height advantage to head the ball to the midfielder Kante.
Seeing Kante turn around with the ball, Dortmund, who was nearby, Attacking midfielder Shinji Kagawa immediately implemented the coach’s tactics and moved between Kante and Ling Feng at the first opportunity, trying to intercept Kante’s passing route.
However, what he and other Dortmund players did not expect was that Kante did not pass the ball at the first opportunity, but moved the ball forward and passed directly past Shinji Kagawa!
What? !
Seeing this, Tuchel on the sidelines also suddenly opened his eyes wide, revealing a look of surprise.
In the game videos and highlights he watched many times, he had never seen Kante dribbling the ball in the backcourt.
Thinking of this, Tuchel turned his head and looked at Ranieri not far away, and a ripple appeared in his heart:
“Is this your change of tactics? ”
Sure enough, Kante’s sudden dribbling forward caught Dortmund off guard.
Since the two defensive midfielders Weigl and Bender were both marking Ling Feng, there was no one to defend at all.
With Ling Feng’s lateral movement, a huge gap in the middle was created for Kante!
And Kante did not hesitate, and directly dribbled forward and rushed to Dortmund’s half.
“Huh? ! Kante is dribbling forward!”
Seeing Kante advancing recklessly, Weigl, as the rear midfielder, made a decisive decision and gave up the plan to double-team Ling Feng with Bender, and turned back to chase!
Unfortunately, he underestimated Kante’s advancement speed and overestimated his own speed.
Before he returned to the defensive midfielder position, Kante had already whizzed past him like a BMW mini with a reinforced motor!
Then he rushed to the front of the penalty area, and before the central defender hesitated whether to rush up, he suddenly passed the ball
The ball left his front and passed through the gap between the two central defenders.
Vardy, who succeeded in countering the offside, kicked the ball directly without stopping!
With a “bang”, the ball hit the thigh of Weidenfeller who was attacking, then broke and flew out of the baseline.
Although there was no goal.
But Kante’s counterattack still shocked many people!
The home team fans immediately gave him warm applause.
“N’Golo, awesome!”
“Kante, good job!”
Whether it was the speed of advancement or the final passing opportunity, they were all very well grasped!
And in a full-time defensive midfielder, it was hard to believe that such a smooth advancement ability and passing decision-making ability were seen.
Tuchel on the sidelines
, rushed to the coaching seat with a serious face, and said to the assistant coach who was responsible for collecting intelligence on the opponent:
“Our analysis report is wrong!”
You know, in the team’s analysis report, it has never been mentioned that Kante can advance with the ball.
Hearing this, the assistant coach also looked through the report on the tablet and then expressed his opinion:
“He has indeed never shown such an ability to advance in the game. I think this should be a guess, right?”
“A guess?”
This answer left Tuchel speechless.
Indeed, in the game, some outstanding players will suddenly make some surprising operations.
This kind of operation is generally called a flash of inspiration!
As if confirming the guess of Dortmund’s assistant coach, in the next ten minutes, Kante did not advance with the ball again, but passed the ball as soon as he grabbed the ball.
This also made Tuchel on the sidelines breathe a sigh of relief.
“It’s okay, it’s okay. The advance just now was probably just a fluke.”
However, Tuchel and the Dortmund players would never have thought that this was just a smokescreen to paralyze them!
After Kante suddenly showed his excellent ability to advance, Ling Feng quietly told Kante not to advance with the ball for the time being.
Instead, wait until the opponent thinks he was just a fluke and relaxes his vigilance, and then suddenly advance!
When the opponent thinks you are going to pass the ball, you choose to break through with the ball;
When the opponent thinks you are going to advance with the ball, choose to pass the ball
Making unexpected moves on the court is what a top player should do, and it is also the key to defeating the opponent!
As for Ling Feng’s suggestion, Kante immediately understood the mystery and nodded to show that he understood.
This is also the reason why Kante suddenly “quieted”.
It is to paralyze the opponent!
In the ten minutes when Kante showed his ability to advance, Dortmund really let Shinji Kagawa closely guard Kante and prevent him from easily dribbling forward.
However, after finding that he no longer advanced from the backcourt and chose to pass the ball to Ling Feng, Dortmund’s players also thought that Kante’s previous operation was a fluke.
So they gave up the idea of marking him and chose to continue blocking the passing route between him and Ling Feng.
In their opinion, although Kante’s advancement was sudden, Ling Feng’s advancement with the ball was more threatening.
After all, even if Kante advanced to the frontcourt, he could not pass a surgical pass or directly hit the goal like Ling Feng.
However, it was Ling Feng’s cunning suggestion that made them pay a painful price!
In the 77th minute of the game, Brother Drinking Water and Kante teamed up to intercept Reus, and then Kante passed the ball forward and staged another wonderful drama of advancing from the backcourt!
This move really caught Dortmund off guard.
Shinji Kagawa was once again beaten by him with a soup, and then he could only show a surprised expression.
As Kante was on the field again, Tuchel on the sidelines was also anxious and immediately shouted in German:
“Stop him!”
In front of Kante’s right was Ling Feng who was also advancing to support him!
Fearing that Kante would pass the ball to Ling Feng, Bender used all his strength to follow closely between the two and blocked the passing route.
And Weigl, who was slightly behind, chose to rush to Kante from the side in a flash.
From his resolute face, you can feel his determination.
This time, even if he has to get a card, he will stop Kante’s advancement!
However, facing Weigl’s close defense, Kante protected the ball while leaning on his body, disrupting Weigl’s body balance in the confrontation, causing his steps to become chaotic and fall directly to the ground!
This scene made everyone look unbelievable!
Damn!
What the hell is this? !
Don’t look at Kante’s short stature, but his core strength and ability to protect the ball at high speed are both top-notch in the Premier League.
Not to mention the thin Weigl, even a center forward like Kane can’t knock him down!
Witnessing the scene where Kante directly carried Weigl away, not only Tuchel on the sidelines, but also the Dortmund fans in the stands were stunned.
Is this the successor of Makelele?
This is clearly an enhanced version of Makelele in offense!
After passing the last barrier in front of Weigl’s defense line, the road ahead is flat!
Kante continued to dribble forward and rushed to the front of the penalty area again.
Then, at the moment when Dortmund central defender Papathopulos rushed to grab the ball, he sent a moderate cross pass to the right.
Then Ling Feng, who inserted, rushed to the front like a blue lightning.
!
“Cross pass.”
“Ling Feng!!!”
The next second, the Fox No. 7 did not hesitate at all, and directly used the outside of his right foot to hit the lower middle part of the ball.
With a crisp “bang”, the ball made an arc in the air, flew over Hummels’ head, and also passed Weidenfeller’s raised fingertips, and then suddenly fell and drilled into the dead corner of the upper left corner of the goal!
Swish!
The kissing sound of the ball and the net immediately set off a tsunami of cheers in the entire stadium!
(End of this chapter)