MM Racing Chapter 193
Chapter 193
The first match of December is the 14th round of the Premier League.
In this round of the league, in addition to the two focus battles of Arsenal vs. Southampton and Chelsea vs. Tottenham in the London derby, there is also a much-anticipated “Red vs. Blue” match.
That is the newly promoted “Fox” Leicester City, which has shown amazing offensive power this season, playing at home against the “Red Army” Liverpool!
On the day of the match, the King Power Stadium was already full.
The stands were clearly divided into a blue and a red.
The commentator of this game is Peter Drewry, known as the “commentary poet”!
“Welcome to the Premier League this weekend. We are going to bring you the 14th round of the Red and Blue Battle, Leicester City vs. Liverpool!”
“Leicester City has been in hot form recently. In the past four games in November, they have achieved an excellent record of three wins and one draw.”
“And their opponent Liverpool’s record in November is really bad.”
“It was not until the end of the month at home against Stoke City that the three-game losing streak was ended with the right back Glen Johnson’s desperate header in front of the goal!”
Before the game, the starting lineups of both sides were released.
Both sides adopted the most popular 4231 tactical formation in football.
Liverpool’s starting lineup almost had all the main players:
Goalkeeper: Mignolet
The back line, from left to right, is Manquillo, Skrtel, Kolo Toure, Glen Johnson.
The double defensive midfielders are Lucas Leiva and the Red Army’s vice-captain Henderson, with Lallana and Sterling on the left and right.
The one who rushed forward was Lambert, and the captain Gerrard was lurking behind him!
Except for the young player Manquillo who was loaned from Atletico Madrid and replaced Moreno as the starter, the other positions were basically regular main players.
Obviously, Rogers also valued Leicester City as an opponent.
At the pre-match press conference, Rogers also expressed his views on the game in front of the media:
“With Leicester City’s outstanding performance, it should be regarded as a strong team.”
“However, we are Liverpool. No matter how strong or weak the opponent is, we are determined to win!”
Pearson was more humble, saying that Liverpool is a giant, they are just a newly promoted team, and they will seize every opportunity to learn from their opponents.
Although Leicester City ranks much higher than Liverpool in the league standings
However, this wave of smoke bombs showing weakness did not make Rogers, who returned to the locker room, take it lightly.
Instead, he emphasized to his disciples that they must concentrate on this game and not take it lightly.
Because Leicester City is better than Liverpool in both ranking and status.
In this game, Liverpool is definitely under more pressure than Leicester City!
As a newly promoted team, even if they lose, they will not be blamed or criticized by fans.
Everyone will just think that their strength is like this, and it is normal to lose to a BIG6 giant like Liverpool.
If they win by “luck”, it will be a big surprise.
Without too much expectation, Leicester City players can relax and play at their due level under too much pressure.
On the contrary, Liverpool, the runner-up of the Premier League last season, has performed poorly this season, and its league ranking has fallen to the middle.
Moreover, in the Champions League journey, they are basically hopeless.
If they don’t catch up, they won’t even qualify for the Champions League this season!
Therefore, both the head coach and the players are facing very great pressure.
The last game ended a three-game losing streak. If they lose this game again, the morale and momentum that the team has just recovered will be hit again.
Before the winter window, Rogers’ position may be shaky
On the Leicester City side, Pearson, who returned to the locker room, let his men relax as always and play at their best on the field.
As for the result, it will be revealed after 90 minutes.
Listening to the coach’s words, the Foxes are full of energy in their hearts, although on the surface.
Didn’t they come to the Premier League to stand on a higher stage and then compete with those powerful teams? !
Previously, they had played against Chelsea, Arsenal, Manchester United and other giants. Now it’s their turn.
It’s time to go to Liverpool!
While tidying up his shin guards, Mahrez, who was sitting next to Ling Feng, asked:
“Ling, do you think we can win this game?”
Ling Feng’s answer made Mahrez even more confident:
“There is a chance!”
In Ling Feng’s opinion, this Liverpool lineup is definitely the weakest in recent years!
Among the starting eleven, only one can be called a world-class star.
But this one is not one person, but two people.
Half of them is Sterling, who is on the rise, and the other half is Gerrard in his twilight years.
These two are also the only two players that Liverpool can rely on.
The former is the only explosive point in the frontcourt, and the latter is the leader and backbone on the field.
As for the others, most of them are at the middle level of the Premier League.
Many retired stars and football experts have pointed out that Liverpool’s biggest problem this season is the lack of forwards!
Due to the failure of the final championship last season, coupled with Suarez’s departure and Sturridge’s injury, Liverpool’s entire offensive system was forced to rebuild.
The midfielders that can be introduced have been unable to integrate into the team.
The starting center forward is Lambert, who has only scored one goal in almost half a season.
It is conceivable how desperate the offensive power of this Liverpool is.
The frontcourt offense relies too much on Sterling’s wing breakthroughs and Gerrard and Coutinho’s long-range shots, and the routine is too single.
If the offense is weak, the defense will be under doubled pressure.
This season, Liverpool has lost a lot of games. In addition to the two strong teams Manchester City and Chelsea, they also lost to mid-level teams such as Villa, West Ham, Newcastle, and Crystal Palace.
Even Queens Park Rangers, who are at the bottom of the league, can score two goals against Liverpool!
This season’s Liverpool is a world apart from last season’s Liverpool!
No Red Army fan does not understand the importance of Suarez to the team.
However, they would never have thought that Liverpool would become so good after leaving Suarez.
It is worth mentioning that Everton, another Premier League team in Merseyside, has also seen a sharp decline in its form this season.
I have to say that they are really good neighbors!
Although he is very confident about this game, he believes that Liverpool’s defense cannot stop the attack of the Blue Foxes.
However, Ling Feng will not underestimate the enemy.
The ball is round, and everything is possible.
What’s more, Liverpool with Gerrard is a team that can never be underestimated!
. . .
When the Blue Foxes’ team song “When You Smile” resounded throughout the King Power Stadium, the players of both sides were ready to go and came to the player’s tunnel.
There are many Ling Feng’s national team teammates in Liverpool, including Gerrard, Lallana, Sterling, and Johnson.
In the player’s tunnel, he also greeted them one by one.
This is also the first time Ling Feng has seen the former Three Lions leader since Gerrard retired from the national team.
Moreover, it was the first time that Ling Feng and Gerrard met as opponents!
“Steven, long time no see. How are you doing recently?”
“Very good, you have been doing very well recently. I hope we can contribute a wonderful game to the fans today”
“I will do my best”
After a brief greeting with Gerrard, Ling Feng returned to the end of the team line.
Finally, amid the cheers of the home and away fans,
“Okay, players from both sides enter the stadium”
“It is worth mentioning that the last league match against Stoke City was the anniversary of Gerrard’s Liverpool debut sixteen years ago. But perhaps because he just played 90 minutes in the Champions League, coach Rogers put Gerrard on the bench.”
“And in this game, the soul of the Red Army returned to the starting lineup and was determined to lead Liverpool to a victory at the King Power Stadium!”
As for Leicester City, some changes were also made in the starting lineup.
Since Moore was suspended from the team, the team’s 34-year-old Polish international Wasilewski got a chance to start.
This guy is quite old, and his movement and chasing speed is about the same as a wheelchair.
However, he is physically strong, with strong defensive awareness and frontal defensive ability.
Although he was replaced by Moore, who has explosive physical fitness, in the regular starting position this season.
However, he is still an important rotation in the team, with a lot of playing time in the league and the Europa League.
The key is that he maintains a good state and has a strong mental attribute. Even if he is a substitute, he will not make trouble. He is a trustworthy veteran.
In addition to relying on Sterling’s side breakthroughs, Liverpool’s offensive routine this season depends largely on Lambert’s fulcrum role in the frontcourt.
In the long pass from the backcourt, this strong center will try his best to compete for the first
point.
Then pass the ball to Gerrard and the midfielders who came in from behind to create shooting opportunities.
Therefore, Pearson sent a double tower central defender combination to limit Liverpool’s big center forward Lambert.
Apart from this, other positions basically did not change.
Considering the attention of this game, the English Football Association also sent Michael Oliver, a new generation of referees who were focused on training among English referees and was praised by fans as one of the “Fantastic Four Blinds”, to serve as the referee of this game.
With Oliver’s long whistle, this red and blue battle was about to start!
Liverpool took the lead.
And the Red Army finally understood why the media and football commentators would call Leicester City “crazy foxes”
Regardless of the matter, the Leicester City players in the front court rushed to Liverpool’s half.
They have only one purpose, that is to put pressure on the ball player!
And the Liverpool players were a little caught off guard.
They could only tighten their nerves and pass the ball hurriedly, not daring to stay at their feet at all.
With the Foxes pressing high up the frontcourt, it became very difficult for Liverpool to pass the ball from the backcourt.
After five or six passes, the ball returned to goalkeeper Mignolet’s feet helplessly.
Standing in the area to the left of the penalty area, he first stepped on the ball, looked up and observed, and found that the defenders were standing far away near the right back Johnson.
So he made a short pass to the right.
However, what no one expected was that his ordinary pass seemed to be a little light!
In an instant, Ling Feng, who had already hit the opponent’s back midfielder, raised his eyebrows.
I accepted this great gift with a smile!
The next second, he started without hesitation and accelerated!
Along with the grass debris splashed by the studs, Lin Feng suddenly turned into a blue afterimage and rushed forward!
“Mignolet passed the ball. Oh no, the power was too weak!”
“Ling Feng has a chance to grab the ball!”
“Empty goal!”
With just a few big steps, the Blue Fox No. 7 rushed to the passing route, and then pushed with the arch of his right foot.
Then, the ball flew to the empty goal at a very fast speed, and in Mignolet’s desperate eyes and the cheers of the home team’s fans, it went into the net without any hindrance.
Looking at the ball in the goal, Mignolet, who was chasing back, stood dejectedly in front of the goal, with a guilty look on his face.
Ling Feng, who scored the goal, ran past him not far away and came to the stands where the diehard fans were, and suddenly stopped.
Then he opened his arms, raised his head slightly, and accepted the cheers of the fans with a defiant look!
Many people in the stands were members of the “Fox Club”.
As Ling Feng’s performance became more and more outstanding, many fans joined the “Fox Club”
At this moment, they were led by Big William and Bob, roaring and shouting the names of the goal scorers with red faces:
“Ling Feng!”
“Ling Feng!!”
“Ling Feng!!!”
At this moment, deep blue became the main color of the King Power Stadium!
Compared to the crazy celebrations of the Foxes players and fans, the Red Army fans in the stands suddenly cried out when they saw Mignolet giving such a big gift to the opponent.
They knew that the team was in poor form recently.
But, they never thought that the goalkeeper would make such a huge mistake!
Rogers, who was holding his chest with his hands on his chest, had a livid face and frowned, and he was already cursing in his heart:
“Damn idiot!”
“I told him a long time ago, just pass it long!”
Belgian goalkeeper Mignolet has good goal line skills, but his attack and pass are really bad.
Especially when the opponent adopts a high-pressure tactic, it is more likely to make passing errors.
Therefore, in the pre-match tactical arrangement, Rogers emphasized that if the backcourt cannot pass the ball, both the defender and the goalkeeper should directly make a long pass to Lambert in front.
However, Mignolet may feel that Ling Feng is too far away and will definitely not be able to grab the ball, or he may feel that his footwork can pass the ball to his teammates.
In any case, he paid the price for his carelessness and lack of concentration!
“It’s incredible! Leicester City has a dream start at home!”
“Just five minutes after the start, Ling Feng seized the pass error of Liverpool goalkeeper Mignolet and sent the ball into the empty goal!”
“The score is one to zero!”
“According to statistics, Leicester City has scored the most goals in the first ten minutes of the game this season among all Premier League teams!”
“Ling Feng used this goal to warn Liverpool, here
It’s not Anfield, it’s the kingship!”
“And he is the king of this stadium!”
(End of this chapter)