striker cool brother

Chapter 7

On Tuesday, Leicester City ushered in the 34th round of the league match against Wigan Athletic.

Pearson, who won the battle of Tianwangshan on the weekend, is full of confidence, and he has a trident of Nugent, Chris Wood and Conokite on the front line.

As a bridgehead, Chris Wood can gain air superiority, and his strong body can also fight with tall defenders.

There are tall center forwards standing in the penalty area, and Nugent and Konokite on both sides can use their speed and breakthrough ability to deliver shells to the goal.

This is why Pearson chose to give up Rossi.

His body is still unable to gain a foothold in the restricted area where the confrontation is fierce.

Despite his outstanding performance, the task of winning the championship is arduous now, and he still has to play steadily.

Wigan Athletic ranked fifth in the standings, followed by Brighton and Reading.

According to the rules of relegation and relegation of the British Championship, they are ranked 3rd to 6th in the standings, No.3 vs. No.6, No.4 vs. No.5, with home and away playoffs.
The two winning teams will determine the third promotion spot in a single game in another neutral position.

In this game, neither side can afford to lose.

Last season, Wigan beat Manchester City and won the FA Cup in team history. Their strength should not be underestimated.

However, the absence of the main forward Waghorn weakened the team's offensive ability and formed a 4-5-1 lineup.

Obviously, facing the challenge of Leicester City at the top of the standings, Wigan, who is playing at home, is ready to get 1 point for a draw.

Because the team has to prepare for the FA Cup semi-final 10 days later.

The two teams, each with pressure and scruples, seemed a little nervous and cautious half an hour before the start of the game.

In 39 rounds, he scored 51 goals. The team's top scorer, Waghorn, scored 6 league goals.

However, the dispersion of the team's offensive firepower also means that it is difficult to concentrate on defense.

Sure enough, in the 36th minute of the game, Leicester City midfielder Hammond fouled and Wigan Athletic got a chance to set the ball outside the penalty area.

Jordi Gomez's set kick caused chaos in Leicester City's penalty area. Defender Ramis scored with a header and Wigan Athletic took the lead.

After losing the ball, Pearson yelled at the players, telling them to pay attention to defense.

Four minutes later, Leicester City also took advantage of a set-piece opportunity to equalize the score with midfielder Andy King.

During the intermission, Pearson walked into the locker room with a dark face. The team should be encouraged to equalize the score away from home, but the mediocrity on the front line made him very angry.

Wigan Athletic's tough defense in the midfield limited the advance speed of Leicester City's two wings, making Chris Wood, who was at the top, not have a single shot.

Throughout the first half, except for certain set-piece attacks, Leicester City's shots were all forced long-range shots from outside the penalty area, and the offense was completely restricted.

Is this what a Championship team should look like?
Pearson absolutely does not allow such a situation to happen, and said seriously: "In the second half, I want to see that the wing can make a difference, don't be a turtle."

In the first half of the game, the breakthroughs of Nugent and Konokite on the wing were completely restricted by the opponents. There were only a few successful breakthroughs, and the crosses were also cleared by the opponents.

When the head coach said this, he undoubtedly slapped the two of them hard in the face.

After the start of the second half, Leicester City's offensive still did not improve.

Without Vardy, a good single-handed forward, Leicester City can only use the style of crossing from the wing, which is not effective.

Chris Wood's feet are rough, and it doesn't work to get the ball back.

From the gloomy face of coach Pearson, it is not difficult to see that he is about to make a substitution.

Because he was too lazy to scold people.

Sure enough, in the 60th minute, Pearson decisively removed the underperforming Nugent and Konokite and replaced them with Mahrez and Taylor Fletcher.

This is to strengthen the striker's advantage in competing for the top, and to use Mahrez's breakthrough and internal cut characteristics.

However, 2 minutes later, another Wigan defender, Kiernan, scored with a header and slapped Pearson hard in the face.

It's embarrassing to fall behind just after the substitution, who is it?
But it is useless to be angry, how to score is the key.

After Mahrez came on the field, his breakthrough on the wing did improve a bit, and Leicester City's offensive also slowly picked up.

In the 73rd minute, Pearson made the last substitution, replacing Chris Wood with veteran Kevin.

Two experienced veterans became the last resort for Leicester City's striker.

If this game is lost, the victory in the Tianwangshan battle last week will be meaningless.

It also made Vardy's injury worse, and it was like losing his wife and losing his army.

Pearson absolutely cannot tolerate such a thing happening.

During these 10 minutes, he kept pressing the players up, counter-robbing on the spot, and running with all his strength, forcing the opponent to make mistakes.

In the 87th minute, the Leicester City team pressed from a high position, intercepted the ball and launched an attack, and Hammond scored from a long distance.

2:2! ! !

At the last moment of the game, Hammond became the team's savior, which also gave Pearson a sigh of relief.

Three days later, Leicester City host Sheffield Wednesday.

As a veteran traditional team, Sheffield Wednesday has won 4 top league titles in England, 3 FA Cup titles and 1 League Cup title.

But these are already dusty history. Now the Sheffield Wednesday team has been mixed between the British Championship and the League One all the year round, ranking 16th in the standings, and relegation has become the team's primary goal.

Facing a weaker team, Pearson formed a luxurious attack line of four forwards and bombarded Sheffield Wednesday's defense.

In the 10th minute of the start, Mahrez swayed three defenders in a row on the edge of Sheffield Wednesday's penalty area and scored from the far corner, helping the team establish an early lead.

Since the middle of this season, the rise of Mahrez has revitalized the Leicester City team's wing and gradually became the team's main force.

In the days when Vardy was absent, he carried the banner of the team's offense.

Pearson is also very optimistic about him, and believes that the young Mahrez will definitely gain a firm foothold in the Premier League.

Although leading at home, Leicester City did not seize the momentum after the lead and continued to launch a fierce offensive against Sheffield Wednesday's goal.

Because they lack the sharp weapon to attack the city.

Thanks to Wednesday's five-back system, the dragging center back Onyewu is like a rear iron gate, commanding the team's entire defense line to fight.

At the same time, his strong body has the upper hand in the confrontation with Chris Wood.

Mahrez and Konoquet's crosses from the wing were all resolved by him one by one.

This also exposed Wood's technical shortcomings.

At the age of 23, he is not a sophisticated opponent of Onyewu, whether in terms of body or experience.

And his ability to handle the ball is really rough, which makes it difficult for him to serve as the fulcrum of the team in the penalty area.

Unable to attack for a long time, Xie Wednesday took advantage of the clearance ball and played a quick counterattack, and forward Antonio equalized the score.

Everything came so suddenly that the Leicester City team was amazed.

I thought that Xie Wednesday, under the five-back system, would advance very slowly on the counterattack.

But they miscalculated. When switching from defense to offense, it was all initiated by Sheffield Wednesday midfielder Kieran Lee.

The four-person team in the frontcourt turned into a forward, sprinting forward, catching the ball and breaking through.

The simple and direct style of play directly defeated the advantage established by the Leicester City team in an instant.

In the second half, Sheffield removed a striker on Wednesday to strengthen the thickness of the midfield, making it more difficult for Leicester City to break through the defense.

The game went on for 60 minutes, and Chris Wood on the front line was invisible and made no achievements.

Disappointed, Pearson replaced him with veteran Tyler Fletcher.

After the substitution, the Leicester City team finally made a counterattack 5 minutes later, and the left midfielder Konokite scored a single-handed goal to take the lead again.

Despite holding the score to the end of the game, Leicester City never launched a threatening attack again.

This also reflects from the side the decline of the team's striker.

Who can replace Vardy has become the biggest problem for the team going forward.

Weak!
The English media also unceremoniously pointed out the current shortcomings of Leicester City.

Throughout the season, Leicester City, which relied too much on Vardy and Nugent's offense, once the two were injured, the team's offensive strength was greatly reduced.

Although Mahrez can relieve this pressure, he is only 23 years old after all, and he has not been able to fully make up for the vacancy left by Vardy when he participated in the British Championship for the first time.

Moreover, the long season has made the players very tired physically and psychologically. Coupled with the pressure of winning the championship, there will be mental problems to some extent.

The veteran, the young player, and Pearson have all tried, but the results are not satisfactory.

So that in the next game against Brighton, six forwards of Leicester City came on the stage one after another, scored only one goal, and lost to the opponent 1:4.

In three rounds, only 4 points were scored, which gave the Burnley team chasing after them hope again.

They had two wins and one draw in three games, shortening the original seven-point disadvantage to four points.

The front was weak, and Pearson and his team were pushed to the cusp.

The team must solve this urgent problem, otherwise the champion who is about to be handed over will be given away.

At the end of the last game of the British U21 League, Rossi scored a goal to help the team reverse Everton and ended perfectly.

After receiving the highlight moment card "Marseille Roundabout" rewarded by the system, Rossi rode back to the apartment slowly on a bicycle, humming a little tune.

Downstairs, he saw Craig who had been waiting for a long time, with a faint smile on his lips.

It's time to come, it's coming.

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