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Chapter 183 You guys have a home whistle? ! [Subscribe! ]

Although they suffered their second league defeat this season at the Liberty Stadium.

However, the atmosphere in the team’s locker room is still relatively stable and optimistic.

Winning and losing are common in the military.

In football matches, no team can win all the time.

Even Real Madrid can lose.

And Pearson did not blame his disciples for their poor performance, but comforted them that it was just a game.

Their enthusiasm on the field is also worthy of recognition.

After all, the strength of the substitute lineup is limited, and we can’t expect too much.

A few days later, Leicester City returned to the familiar King Power Stadium to face West Bromwich Albion, which ranked 13th.

It is worth mentioning that West Bromwich Albion is located in the West Midlands, while Leicester City is located in the East Midlands.

Strictly speaking, this matchup is also a derby in the Midlands.

However, from the beginning, the result of this game was doomed.

Because the main players headed by Ling Feng returned to the starting lineup.

After a game of rest, the main players are full of energy and in great shape!

Amid the loud singing of the home fans, the ferocious blue fox unceremoniously divided into three bites and ate the thrush on the West Bromwich Albion logo!

3 to 1, easily won the sixth league victory this season!

In this game, although Ling Feng scored a putt outside the penalty area and scored his fifth league goal.

But there was no assist.

This ended his record of consecutive assists.

Ling Feng didn’t care too much about this.

He couldn’t guarantee that every cake he fed would be eaten by his teammates.

After the game, whether it is football experts, media or fans, they can see that there is a clear gap between the strength of Leicester City’s starting lineup and substitutes.

If the main players such as the “Blue Fox Three Musketeers” are resting, the strength is just the level of the Premier League relegation team.

But isn’t this a problem for every Premier League team?

Perhaps only Manchester City and Chelsea, which are backed by big (stone) bosses (oil) board (father), can infinitely narrow the gap between the strength of the starting lineup and the substitute lineup

And before we know it, the Premier League this season has played ten rounds.

The standings have also changed slightly quietly.

Chelsea, the favorite to win the championship, has continued to maintain a strong performance in the last five games.

In five games, four wins and one draw, scored ten goals, and only conceded three goals!

The madman’s team continues to top the standings!

And Manchester City, another favorite to win the championship and defending champion, has gradually recovered from injuries after a not-so-smooth start.

Coupled with Aguero’s gradually improving form, the team has won four of the last five games and returned to the top of the standings.

However, the media and football experts who thought Leicester City would fall behind were surprised.

In the last five league games, Leicester City won three, drew one and lost one, scored eleven goals and conceded five goals!

Moreover, from the statistical data, Leicester City’s number of goals and the number of excellent opportunities created per game this season ranked in the top three in the league, which is almost the same as the two giants Chelsea and Manchester City in the championship!

As a newly promoted team that returned to the Premier League after a decade, such offensive firepower is absolutely shocking!

It is precisely because of their outstanding offensive ability that they have accumulated 20 points, scored 24 goals and conceded 13 goals after ten rounds of the league.

With the advantage of goal difference, they have suppressed the defending champion “Blue Moon” Manchester City and ranked second in the standings.

Second only to Chelsea!

However, compared with the impressive offensive firepower, Leicester City’s shortcomings in team defense are obvious.

After ten rounds of the league, Leicester City only had two clean sheets, which were against two mid- and lower-level teams, Stoke City and Burnley.

This shows that the team’s defense still has a lot of room for improvement.

Every time they win a game, it is only because the team’s offensive firepower is too strong, which makes the opponent unable to frequently threaten the back line, thus covering up the team’s defensive problems to a certain extent.

It is worth mentioning that among the top four in the standings, in addition to Leicester City, a shocking newly promoted team, there is also a super dark horse.

That is Southampton, which performed well last season!

This season, everyone thought that Southampton, which has lost its head coach and a large number of main players, would be in trouble.

Southampton will go straight to the relegation zone.

Unexpectedly, the transfer operation of the “Saints” Southampton this season is perfect!

Serbian international Tadic, Eredivisie silver boot and new Italian international Pelle, Austrian Super League double champion absolute main force Mane, Belgian main center back Alderweireld, Chelsea champion sideback Bertrand

These newly purchased and loaned players will almost strengthen the corresponding players who left this season, and some players are even stronger than those main players last season!

In addition to the double beast waist Schneiderlin and Wanyama, Klein, Sean Long and other players in the original lineup, whether it is the starting strength or the depth of the lineup, it can be said to be strong!

And Ronald Koeman, a Dutch star who won many championships in his playing days, is also eye-catching in his ability to coach the offense.

He quickly combined these powerful players to become a team full of impact!

Although Southampton uses a 433 formation this season,

However, in terms of tactical play, it is somewhat similar to Leicester City, and is also extremely sharp and fast.

Several players in the front court, especially Tadic and Mane, were given more freedom and room to play by Koeman.

The former is a passer with a broad vision, and the latter is a first-class wing fast horse with dribbling breakthroughs.

Coupled with the strong body and superb shooting center Pelle in the middle, the characteristics of the three players are completely complementary, and they have the same purpose as the “Blue Fox Three Musketeers”!

Through simple passing and running cooperation, quickly advancing through the wing, allowing players to use their personal abilities to tear open the opponent’s defense.

And such tactics are very effective when playing against mid- and lower-level teams.

In addition to the offensive firepower ranking at the top of the league, the Saints’ defense this season has been greatly improved.

After ten rounds, only five goals were lost, making it the team with the fewest goals lost in the league.

Even more stable than Mourinho’s team defense!

So far in the league, except for losing to two traditional strong teams, Liverpool and Tottenham, they have won most of the other games.

Especially the home record, there are big wins such as 4-0 victory over Newcastle and 8-0 bloodbath over Sunderland!

Coincidentally, Leicester City’s next league opponent is Southampton.

This is also a head-on confrontation between the second and fourth in the league, and it is also a duel between the two super dark horses of this season.

Who is darker and more aggressive will be decided at St. Mary’s Stadium this weekend!

However, before the fierce battle with Southampton, Leicester City will first play at home against the visiting Turkish Super League powerhouse Trabzonspor.

In the last confrontation, the Turks used the home advantage and rude fouls to force them to a draw.

This time back at home, the Blue Foxes are all eager to try.

Seeing the burning fighting spirit and passion in the players’ eyes, head coach Pearson gave everyone only one task during the pre-match mobilization:

“Kill them!”

“Don’t be polite!”

“This is the King Power Stadium, our territory. Let’s go out and teach them an unforgettable lesson!”

As soon as the voice fell, the Blue Foxes stood up and stood in a circle. At the command of captain Morgan, everyone shouted the pre-war slogan in unison:

“Blue Foxes, go ahead!!!”

When the players of both sides lined up and walked into the King Power Stadium, deafening cheers suddenly rang out in the stadium!

The players of Trabzonspor also showed a slightly surprised expression, and their hearts were chilled.

In the Europa League L Group where the two teams are located, after three rounds, Leicester City has two wins and one draw with seven points, temporarily ranking first in the group.

Legion Warsaw has two wins and one loss with six points, ranking second in the group.

And they have one win, one draw and one loss, with four points, ranking third.

In other words, if they can’t win or draw with Leicester City in this game, their situation will be very bleak.

Therefore, in order to break out of the group, even on the road, Trabzonspor took an offensive posture at the beginning!

However, they don’t know that what Leicester City likes most is the opponent who presses out the formation and plays against them!

Only when the opponent presses out the formation can Leicester City use the space of the opponent’s back line to better send the ball into the opponent’s goal!

At the beginning of the game, seeing the Trabzonspor players rushing over, Pearson, who was watching the game in the stands, couldn’t help but sneer at the corner of his mouth:

Play against me at the King Power Stadium?

Do you think you are Chelsea or Manchester City? !

And the players of Trabzonspor soon discovered that compared with the last confrontation, Leicester City’s attack this time was full of unstoppable

Momentum!

They didn’t have too much control of the ball at all, but constantly launched waves of attacks to their back line through direct passes and interspersed passes!

Attack, attack again, and attack non-stop!

After only three passes and two falls, Ling Feng suddenly made a highly concealed straight pass in the middle without stopping the ball, and broke through the entire defense line.

Vardy, who made a counterattack, followed up with a powerful shot and changed the score to one to zero.

At this time, only five minutes had passed in the game

. . .

Leicester City did not give the Turks any chance and scored three goals in the first half!

It doesn’t matter if they lose the ball. What makes the Turks most frustrated is that they encountered a home whistle.

The iron (dirty) blood (dirty) defense that they are proud of is completely useless in this stadium.

As long as their actions are a little rough, the referee will blow the whistle mercilessly and give them a yellow card!

Every time a card was played, Leicester City players would deliberately come to the referee and applaud the referee’s wise decision.

The mocking expression on their faces seemed to be saying:

“You have a home whistle?!”

In the 48th minute of the game, after a Trabzonspor midfielder kicked Ling Feng with both feet off the ground and was directly sent off by the referee with a red card, Trabzonspor players no longer dared to make rough fouls.

Looking at the score displayed on the big screen, they all looked confused, and they just wanted to end this nightmare game as soon as possible.

And looking at the disciples who lost their dreams on the field, the regretful Trabzonspor coach finally reacted and asked the players to retreat to the half court to keep the current score!

Seeing this, Pearson also stopped while he was ahead and directly replaced Ling Feng, Mahrez and Lingard who scored twice in this game.

After all, they still have a head-on confrontation with Southampton two days later.

In the end, amid the cheers of the home team fans, Leicester City defeated Trabzonspor with a clean 4-0.

After defeating Trabzonspor at home, Leicester City won three wins and one draw in the first four rounds of the Europa League group stage, accumulating ten points.

And another competitor in the same group, Legion Warsaw, will only have nine points if they beat Metalurg Kharkiv.

With the last two rounds left in the group stage, they are basically guaranteed to qualify.

In this way, Pearson can rotate to a certain extent in the remaining two Europa League group matches, allowing the team’s main players to get more rest time.

After all, their main battlefield is still in the league!

After ten rounds, Leicester City ranks second in the standings, and its offensive firepower ranks among the top in the league.

Although they have not yet played against Manchester City, Liverpool, and Tottenham.

However, they have already played against the other three BIG6 teams.

Not only did they get points from Arsenal and Manchester United, they also played back and forth with Chelsea.

This is enough to prove that the potential of his team is definitely not just a relegation team!

It can definitely do better!

So, Pearson couldn’t help but have more ideas.

Since relegation seems to be no problem at all, can they set higher goals and be more ambitious?

Premier League champions certainly don’t dare to think about it.

But, can they rush to the European war zone? !

Of course, such an idea only stayed in Pearson’s mind for less than a few minutes before he threw it behind his mind.

The league is like a marathon that lasts for ten months.

Now that only ten rounds of the league have passed, it is too ambitious to think about impacting the European war.

Besides, the reason why Leicester City performed so amazingly in the first season after returning to the Premier League has a lot to do with the fact that they don’t have much pressure to achieve results.

Without pressure, players can relax and give full play to their level on the field.

Originally, their goal was to avoid relegation.

If he suddenly shouted out the slogan and goal of “impacting the European war zone”, the players might suddenly feel that their plans were disrupted and they would be caught off guard.

Then they would be burdened with a heavy burden and their steps on the field would no longer be light.

At the same time, they would also have wild thoughts.

If they did not perform well, would they be blamed and criticized by the club, fans, and even the media?

Would the team fail to impact the European war zone?

Would the team sell them?

And so on.

You know, football is a competitive sport that requires full commitment.

On the field, the more you think, the less focused you are.

And once your mind is in a mess, your performance on the field will definitely not be much better.

Playing football while thinking about where to go to sing karaoke, drink, or wash your feet to pick up girls after playing football is a hopeless prospect.

(End of this chapter)