After the hard-fought battle with Arsenal, Portsmouth is about to go to the King Power Stadium to challenge the Foxes Leicester City, this time is different, he can still give the players a holiday after the last FA Cup game against Manchester United, this time it is not at all, Thursday's cup game is followed by the weekend of league games, leaving Portsmouth with only two short days to prepare.

Of course, Hydward's league reserves are quite sufficient, with Mane, Icardi, Mahrez and Hleb all providing firepower for the team.

As it turned out, Portsmouth set the opening strategy to take a two-goal lead in the first half hour, with Macardi slotting home Sadio Mane's penalty before Riyad Mahrez slotted home from a free-kick.

However, the midweek cup tie somewhat affected the team's form, and Meunier seemed to be still in the shadow of Theo Walcott's constant breakthroughs, and the lack of man-marking led a high-quality curling ball from his position that the Leicester striker easily headed into the back of the net unguarded.

The audience roared with joy, as if the reversal score was just around the corner.

Edward's conceded goals in the final moments of the first half did not mean anything, and the development of a young player, especially a defender, must pay enough tuition, which may be a conceded goal but can also turn into a pile of rich experience points.

Intermission Saul. Campbell grabbed his captain's armband and gave an impassioned speech for which he prepared for a long time: "Everybody was talking about our win over Manchester United and our win over Arsenal because it's also very rare in the history of Portsmouth football and it's undoubtedly our primary concern. I've had a wonderful career, waking up every morning and looking at the pictures on the wall of our old days brings my life to life. ”

Campbell travelled around England and was ashamed of his well-honed oratorial skills, Grabbing Icardi's shoulders and continuing in his slightly hoarse voice: "I'm the captain here, and the armband on my arm tells me that I need to be responsible for the team, and as soon as I get on the pitch, I'm going to do my best to win trophies, I'm going to give everything to win." ”

Hydward silently withdrew from the dressing room, at this moment Portsmouth is on the road to the Premier League, naturally every point must be won every point, in other words, the war has reached a white-hot stage, and Pompeo's army will inevitably join the battle for the top six! Now it is no longer necessary to talk about tactics, it is more in the heart, and more about the belief of each player.

He listened silently outside the door to the sonorous syllables coming from inside, turning the watch on his wrist, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Brothers, these are all things that I need to shoulder on my shoulders, the reason why you are the captain is because you have to take all the responsibilities, if you don't work hard as the captain, if you can't take the lead as the captain, then it will be difficult for your teammates to believe you. Practicing harder than everybody, paying more than everybody, doing better than everybody, this is a hard road that must be faced alone, and this is my mission, leading everyone to move forward side by side. ”

"I'm 39, I'm old, I'm useless, I'm still suffering from injuries, and if it had been five years ago, I would have shut up everyone in this hellish place when I scored a goal. Brothers, I've seen that, I've seen a lot of players who fight for each other whether they're at the bottom or at the top, they have to trust each other, they don't have big stars in their team, if the team is a big machine, you have to do everything to be part of it. ”

'Of course I can feel the pressure from the fans, everyone expects a lot from us, everyone is used to us winning, and that's what motivates us. When we're on the pitch and every game we look forward to winning because the fans are cheering and screaming, you think a lot before the game, but the important thing is to focus on the game in front of you, the road ahead is getting harder and harder, the further we go, the closer we are to making new history, we will do everything we can to make the team go down in history, and we can be very proud to say to others, I have won the honor for my hometown, I have won the honor for the city, I have won the honor for the south, and this is not something that everybody can do. ”

Campbell slapped his palms, trying to mobilize the excitement of all the players, his palms were all red, his face was full of excitement and excitement, and the adrenaline secretion was secreted to every corner of his body, "Come on, come on, go on the pitch and teach the guy on the other side a lesson, if you are willing to trust me, I must be the most reliable link on the bench, let go, whether it is Leicester City, Burnley, Hull City or Brighton, fuck it!" ”

At half-time, Edward sent his players on without any additional tactical set-up, and after flattering Leicester's onslaught at the start of the second half, Portsmouth began to use their increasingly skilled combinations to counter-attack.

Pompey's tactics are not suitable for concentrating the right to fire on one person, Mane, Mahrez, Vardy, Ali, two forwards, four people back and forth interspersed with running positions, pulling each other in the gap, and finally the person with the largest gap completes the goal, before Icardi because of personal habits to integrate into the system, but let the team's two wings in order to cooperate with him a lot of useless crosses. But Heidward has been hoping that Icardi can extend his range of runs like Thomas Muller.

A player who is not delicate in technique, not graceful in movement, and who is not outstanding in speed and power, can establish himself in Bayern and the German national team, and he must have something special about him.

If you look closely at the match between the German national team and Bayern, you will definitely find such a scene: Muller takes the ball, Muller is unmarked!

Teammates pass the ball, Muller is unmarked!

Teammate shoots, defender blocks, Muller shoots unmarked!

Ghostly positioning, a keen sense of smell, outstanding determination, quick reflexes, and all-round archery, these are all Thomas. Muller's magic weapon. But Icardi is not lacking in these things, so why is Thomas a brilliant modern striker, while Icardi or Inzaghi are considered old-fashioned opportunists?

Actually, it's Thomas. Müller's range of activities is larger and his personal abilities are more comprehensive, which is where Beryllium needs to keep learning.

Of course, Erwa's three stunts are still very different from Icardi's heart-absorbing Dafa, after all, the big calculation is over, the passing is an assist, and the goal is the Dugu Nine Swords on the field!

However, it is also unknown whether Icardi can become the Linghu Chong on the pitch.

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A few minutes into the second half, the pitch changed dramatically, Icardi fired a stunning long-range shot from outside the box, and he raised his hands to press down to signal the pitch to be quiet, it was just my normal operation! This compelling celebration made Mane's eyes light up and he was stunned for a while......

The gap was back to two goals, which was a huge blow to Leicester's self-confidence, as well as the battle for the table.