Chapter 707: Defending the Premier League Champion
After winning the first title in the seven-time crown mission, Leicester City, under the leadership of Lu Wenbin, continued to advance in the league, Champions League and FA Cup, sprinting towards the treble and even the seven-time crown.
On March 9, after the second leg of the Champions League 1/8 finals, Leicester City defeated the Belgian team Gent 8-1 over two legs and successfully advanced to the quarterfinals.
On March 12, Leicester City defeated Reading in the FA Cup quarter-finals to advance to the semi-finals.
In the league, Leicester City also maintained a winning rate and was far ahead.
In the 32nd round, Leicester City ushered in a crucial battle at home that could win the championship in advance.
In the previous 31 rounds of the league, Leicester City achieved 27 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses, accumulating 82 points, 17 points ahead of second-place Tottenham Hotspur.
Originally, if Tottenham had won in the 32nd round, Leicester City would not have been able to win the title in advance.
However, Tottenham's game was played before Leicester City, with Tottenham drawing 1-1 with the Reds in their away game against Liverpool on 2 April, adding just one point.
Now, Leicester City, who have not played this round of the league, are 16 points ahead of Tottenham Hotspur.
If Leicester City win this round, they will be 19 points ahead of Tottenham.
With 6 rounds left in the league, even if Leicester City loses and Tottenham wins, Tottenham will not be able to catch up with Leicester City's points.
A win for Leicester City would have lifted the title with six league games remaining, defending the Premier League title and devoting the rest of the time to the FA Cup and Champions League.
On April 3, crowds were surging inside and outside the King Power Stadium, with almost 100,000 fans across Leicester flocking to the scene to witness the team's early victory.
Of course, many people can't get in, and the stadium can only accommodate more than 30,000 spectators.
At 12:30 p.m., Leicester City hosted Southampton in the 32nd round of the 2015/2016 Premier League season.
Southampton is currently ranked 8th in the Premier League, higher than Chelsea and Everton, and its strength is not weak.
Of course, compared to Leicester City, the difference in strength is still very obvious.
Southampton didn't want to upset Leicester City at the King Power Stadium, but they put on a counter-attacking posture and were ready to fight for a draw and not let the Foxes step on their corpse to win the title early.
Perhaps the pressure to win the title early was a bit too much, which made Leicester City's players play a little abnormally.
In the 5th minute, Lu Wenbin picked up a cross into the forbidden area, Vardy grabbed the first point, but kicked the ball into the stands.
In the 12th minute, Paulinho made a delicate through stopper, Firmino successfully countered offside, went to the club alone, but was saved by the goalkeeper when shooting.
In the 17th minute, Mahrez and Lu Wenbin collided with the wall and then shot into the forbidden area, but the ball was deflected off the post.
Leicester City missed a succession of good chances and were yet to score in the 20th minute.
Finally, in the 24th minute, Lu Wenbin personally stepped up and caused a foul on the opponent with a small dribble at the edge of the big forbidden area, and won a free kick in front.
Then, Lu Wenbin turned on his own special skills and kicked the ball into the goal.
Leicester City led 1-0 and the Foxes fans erupted in cheers both on the pitch and in the square outside.
After the first goal, the rest of the game was much better.
At the end of the 90 minutes, the score was 4-0 on the big screen, and Leicester City won the crucial battle with a 4-0 win at their home stadium.
Leicester City has 32 league games, 28 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses, ranking first in the Premier League standings with 85, and Tottenham Hotspur is second with 66 points.
With only six league games remaining, Leicester City successfully defended their 2015/2016 Premier League title ahead of schedule.
The FA presented Leicester City with the Premier League trophy at the King Power Stadium.
Being able to lock up the championship so many rounds in advance of the highly competitive Premier League proves Lu Wenbin's worth.
At present, Leicester City's overall valuation and annual income have increased several times. Although Vichai gave away a third of the equity, it returned a bigger profit.
What's more, having a Premier League title-level club in his hands has benefited Vichai a lot from the rise of his status among the wealthy in the UK, Thailand and even around the world, as well as his own corporate visibility.
Clearly, Vichai made a good deal.
With an early Premier League title, Leicester City can focus more on the FA Cup and Champions League.
The Premier League has been reduced to a place where the team's substitutes and youth team captains see each other, and the main players stay in shape.
It's also extravagant enough.
On April 6, Leicester City ushered in the Champions League quarterfinals with Real Madrid.
Despite the star-studded Real Madrid and two goals at the King Power Stadium, they ultimately lost to Leicester City, led by Lu Wenbin.
The final score was 4-2 and Leicester City won by two goals.
Although it cannot be said that the second leg will be won, the most advantageous thing for Leicester City is that the Premier League has won the championship in advance, while Real Madrid will continue to fight in La Liga.
After a good rest in the main squad for a round of league games, on April 12, Leicester City travelled to the Bernabeu to challenge Real Madrid away.
During the warm-up, Lu Wenbin was greeted with applause from many Real Madrid fans.
After all, Lu Wenbin won the honor of six crowns for Real Madrid, and he is still very popular in Real Madrid.
However, favors are favors, and games are competitions.
After the game started, Real Madrid fans cheered for Real Madrid, and Leicester City booed when they got the ball, including Lu Wenbin.
Amid the frantic cheers of the Bernabeu home fans, Cristiano Ronaldo, Belle, Benzema and others scored three goals with overhead kicks and won the second leg.
However, Leicester City scored two goals in the second leg despite losing the second leg.
In the end, Leicester City eliminated the super giants Real Madrid with an aggregate score of 6-5 and advanced to the semi-finals.
Leicester City is still a little lacking in the team lineup.
Regardless of whether they can win the treble this season or not, Leicester City will continue to bring in reinforcements next season to increase the overall strength of the team.
Back home, Leicester City continue to use the league as a training ground for the FA Cup and Champions League semi-finals.
April 23, FA Cup semi-finals.
In the first semi-final, Manchester United beat Everton 2-1 to reach the final.
The next day, April 24 at 15pm, the second semi-final began as scheduled, with Leicester City taking on Watford at the King Power Stadium.
After 90 minutes, the score was 5-0 on the big screen, and Leicester City beat Watford to advance to the FA Cup final.
They will face Manchester United for the 2015/2016 FA Cup at Wembley Stadium on 22 May.
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