MM Racing Chapter 222
Chapter 222
The first time, the second time.
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“Huha. Huha”
Looking at the sweaty Maguire, panting, staring at his feet with a still focused look, Ling Feng suddenly stepped on the ball and asked:
“Hey, Harry, do you need a break?”
Hearing this, Maguire just wiped the sweat from his forehead and replied firmly:
“No, I can still hold on!”
In a one-on-one duel in football, defense consumes much more physical energy than offense.
However, so far, Maguire’s sparring performance has satisfied Ling Feng.
Although Maguire can’t keep up with his speed and burst at all.
However, his defensive and positioning awareness, coupled with his strong body, can still put a certain amount of defensive pressure on Ling Feng.
In order to hone his dribbling skills, Ling Feng did not use his soup-making method, but chose to pass Maguire with rhythm changes.
At the beginning, Maguire could successfully block his position and intercept the ball two or three times out of ten defenses.
However, as he gradually became familiar with Ling Feng’s dribbling routines, Ma Datou also noticed that he almost only dribbled with his right foot and rarely used his left foot.
In other words, he only needed to defend Ling Feng’s right foot!
In this way, his defensive success rate was greatly increased.
And Ling Feng, who noticed this, had to increase the frequency of dribbling with his left foot.
However, in the confrontation with Maguire, the dribbling with the left foot often resulted in some mistakes, resulting in the loss of the ball.
However, Ling Feng did not care.
With Maguire as his sparring partner, when would he not practice the left foot at this time? !
Finally, the extra training lasted for an hour and a half, and the two men, who were exhausted and sweating, ended this friendly competition.
Picked up the water bottle and took a sip of water, Maguire suddenly asked: “Ling, you are so fast, why don’t you just use your speed to pass me?”
“This is the purpose of my extra training!”
“Your weak foot is not very good, you have to practice more.”
“Yeah, when you are defending, try not to stretch your feet, I know you have long legs”
While talking, the two pointed out each other’s shortcomings in attack (defense), and then discussed how to improve.
It must be said that Maguire’s game reading ability and football IQ in one-on-one defense made Ling Feng’s eyes light up.
It is worthy of being a British aircraft carrier who can be based in the Premier League giants and the Three Lions in the future!
In Ling Feng’s view, Maguire’s current defensive awareness, concentration and air defense capabilities are even stronger than all the central defenders in the Foxes, such as Moore, Vasilewski, Morgan, etc.!
The position of central defender requires a lot of games to accumulate experience before you can become comfortable with it.
Maguire’s physical and technical level is already at a certain level, and what he lacks is just some game experience.
If he can get more playing time and gradually become a main player, his strength will definitely improve by leaps and bounds!
Of course, whether he can get more playing time is not up to Ling Feng.
Maguire needs to convince the head coach with his attitude and performance in training to give him playing time.
The Foxes now have a very sufficient reserve in the central defender position, with Morgan, Huth, Moore, Vasilevski, Upson and Maguire!
Morgan and Huth’s central defender partner performed well in the last game,
and Vasilevski was injured and will be out for four to six weeks.
Upson, the former British player who came back for free in the summer window, performed too poorly and basically sat on the bench.
In other words, in the next month or so, Moore and Maguire will become the third and fourth central defender options.
Considering the two-line battle of the league and the Europa League, Maguire will definitely be able to get some playing time!
If he can perform well in the game, maybe Maguire will have a chance to stay in Leicester City.
In that case, it will be good news for both Maguire and Leicester City!
. . .
[Ding Dong! ]
[Achievement “Social Media Fans Exceed Ten Million” has been achieved]
[Achievement Rating: A]
[Achievement Reward: Injury Recovery Card! ]
When the two finished their extra training, Ling Feng, who was sweating all over and returned to the locker room, heard a warm reminder from the system in his mind!
Hmm?
Ten million fans? !
He didn’t rush to confirm it, but took a comfortable hot bath and changed his clothes before confirming it.
Take out your phone.
And the number of fans on his three major social platforms, Twitter, Facebook, and INS, has finally exceeded 10 million!
Enter the [Character Panel], open the [Props Bar], and Ling Feng will see another card with a faint white light next to the [Anti-Injury Card]:
[Prop Name: Injury Recovery Card]
[Prop Effect: It can speed up the recovery time of any injury! At the same time, eliminate all hidden dangers of old injuries! ]
Speed up the recovery time of any injury?
Eliminate all hidden dangers of old injuries?
After pondering the meaning of these two sentences, Ling Feng realized the function of this card.
In other words, with this card, if he really suffers from any injury, he can recover faster!
Of course, for minor injuries, he will definitely be reluctant to use this hard-earned [Injury Recovery Card]
Before some key games, if he suffers from serious injuries, he can use this card to allow himself to return early!
I just don’t know how much the effect of this card will speed up?
If he was originally injured for three months.
But after using the [Injury Recovery Card], he was injured for two months, which didn’t make much sense at all!
Considering that this was the achievement reward for [10 million fans], the effect should be more than that.
Ling Feng was not in a hurry.
When he used this card one day, the answer would be revealed;
Or, he hoped that he would never have to use this [Injury Recovery Card].
For Maguire’s loan and the achievement of 10 million fans on social media, it was just a small episode in life.
As January was approaching, the time left for major clubs to make transfers was getting shorter and shorter.
Some club coaches were still studying the transfer market anxiously and looking for suitable signings;
Some club coaches were already lying in bed comfortably, watching the ups and downs of the transfer market.
Leicester City, which operated on a small scale, was the latter!
Originally, Pearson wanted to take over Croatian international Andre Kramaric, who played for Rijeka, to strengthen the forward line.
Korijeka was also unwilling to lose the team’s top scorer in the winter window, and called out a high price of 10 million pounds for Kramaric.
Considering the team’s stable offensive system and fierce firepower.
Moreover, Vardy, Ulloa and Wood are enough forwards, and Kramaric’s price is too expensive.
Finally, after repeated consideration, Pearson gave up the transfer.
Therefore, after Maguire joined on loan, Leicester City Club also publicly announced that this season’s winter window signings have come to an end!
. . .
On the last day of the winter window, the Premier League rekindled the war!
In the 23rd round, Leicester City will go to Manchester, to the Dream Theater that carries the glory and glory of the Red Devils, to challenge Manchester United, which is in a trough!
This is also the second match between the two sides this season.
This league at Old Trafford has attracted much attention and was also scheduled to be held at the local prime time.
For Manchester United players and fans, the 5-3 match at the King Power Stadium in the fifth round of the Premier League last September is still fresh in their memory.
This time back at home, they are determined to avenge that defeat!
Moreover, Leicester City is also their direct competitor for the top four.
Therefore, Van Gaal gave a death order to Manchester United players that this game must be won!
And for Leicester City, the name of Old Trafford is well-known.
Now, they actually have the opportunity to come to such a great stage to play, isn’t this a dream come true? !
“Glory, glory, Man United”
Glory, glory belongs to Manchester United.
“Glory, glory, Man United”
Glory, glory belongs to Manchester United.
“Glory, glory, Man United”
Glory, glory belongs to Manchester United.
“Glory, glory, Man United”
Glory, glory belongs to Manchester United.
“And the reds go marching on”
The Red Devils march forward!
When the song “Glory to Manchester United” echoed throughout the Old Trafford Stadium, Ling Feng, who came to the Theatre of Dreams for the first time, felt extremely shocked.
Looking around, the stands were full of bright red!
Thousands of Blue Fox fans could only huddle in the not-so-spacious away team stands, waving their scarves and flags to cheer for their team.
Once upon a time, when I was still a fan, I had imagined myself coming to Old Trafford Stadium to watch a game many times.
Now, I have not only come to Old Trafford Stadium, but also become the first person to watch the game at Old Trafford Stadium.
The performer on the field.
This feeling of dream coming true is simply indescribable.
However, he came here today not just to check in at the Dream Theater.
Take a deep breath, Ling Feng’s eyes suddenly became sharp!
“Okay, the players from both sides enter the field, let’s take a look at the starting lineups of both sides.”
With Schmeichel Jr. returning from injury, Leicester City has launched the strongest lineup!
Goalkeeper: Schmeichel Jr.
Defense: Schlupp, Huth, Morgan, Simpson
Defensive midfielder partner: Drinkwater and Cambiasso
Attacking midfielder: Ling Feng
Left and right wingers: Lingard and Mahrez
Single striker: Vardy!
“Huth, the central defender on loan from Stoke City, continued to get the chance to start after his outstanding performance in the last game.”
“And Manchester United has made several position adjustments”
In this game, Rooney, Van Persie, Falcao and Di Maria, the four Manchester United superstars, still appeared together.
The Manchester United prodigy “Jia Baoyu” Januzaj, who emerged last season, got the chance to start for the first time in a long time.
It is worth mentioning that in the first round of the match between the two sides, the young player Blackett was in poor condition. After proving that his strength was not up to the level of the Premier League, he was abandoned by Van Gaal.
Compared with the back line in the first round, in addition to Rojo, three positions were adjusted.
Luke Shaw, Phil Jones, and Valencia got the chance to start.
The goalkeeper is still the most stable link of Manchester United, the Spanish goalkeeper David De Gea!
“Today, Sir Alex Ferguson still came to the Theatre of Dreams to watch the game on the spot”
Along with the commentator’s words, the live camera was aimed at the smiling red-nosed old man sitting in the stands.
Since retiring, Ferguson has hardly missed every home game of Manchester United.
In the hearts of all Manchester United fans, this soul of the club will definitely be missed.
Many fans would have such an idea from time to time:
If the old Scottish man was not sitting in the stands as a special spectator, but sitting in the coaching seat below, how great it would be
“With the club’s legendary coach Sir Alex Ferguson watching the game, the Manchester United boys will definitely take the most positive attitude to face this game”
“And the most discussed before the game is naturally whether Ling Feng can lead the Blue Foxes to defeat the Red Devils again!”
“This golden boy who is less than 20 years old contributed an amazing performance of one goal and two assists when facing Manchester United last time, dominating the entire game”
“And this time at the Theatre of Dreams, will we witness a battle of offense and defense?”
“Let’s wait and see!”
Beep~~~
With the referee’s whistle, the focus of the 23rd round of the Premier League, Manchester United VS Leicester City, officially started!
Manchester United, with the home advantage, took the initiative to attack after the kick-off.
Facing Leicester City’s ball control, several superstars in the frontcourt immediately stepped forward to press.
The Foxes players clearly felt that compared to the first round, the enthusiasm of the four superstars in the frontcourt was much better.
Among them, Januzaj, who got the chance to start, was the least noticeable one in Manchester United’s frontcourt, but he was indeed the most active!
This season, under Van Gaal, he did not get as many starting opportunities as last season.
However, his vitality and footwork on the field still made the fans shine.
Perhaps it was the first time to play at Old Trafford. He was a little nervous and wanted to send a straight pass to Lingard on the left.
However, the pass was slightly insufficient and was directly intercepted by Valencia.
Valencia, one of the four dark kings of Manchester United, dribbled forward along the right side, and then after observing Januzaj’s forward insertion, he immediately sent a straight pass behind him!
Januzaj, wearing Giggs’ legendary No. 11, received the ball from the rib space between Morgan and Schlupp.
The next second, he ignored Rooney’s shouts in the middle and Falcao’s hand gesture at the far post, and dribbled the ball directly to the bottom with his left foot!
This wave of dribbling immediately attracted Morgan to defend.
At the same time, the space in the middle of Leicester City’s penalty area became extremely empty!
At this time, as long as Januzai raised his head and observed the middle pass to the middle, Van Persie or Rooney at the back point could complete the goal without interference!
However, he did not look up, as if his eyes were only focused on the ball under his feet and the few meters in front of him.
He only saw him stepping on his left foot, taking two steps towards the goal, and then swinging his leg to shoot before being surrounded.
However,
Schmeichel had already blocked the near corner of the goal and punched the ball out directly, defusing this dangerous attack.
Seeing Januzai’s operation, not only many fans sighed, but even Ferguson, who was watching the game in the stands, shook his head slightly.
After watching so many Manchester United games, Ferguson had long seen that the potential of this Belgian boy was just that.
Compared with Ling Feng, who was also only 19 years old, Januzai’s footwork might be more delicate.
However, his football IQ was far behind Ling Feng.
(End of this chapter)