Chapter 5: Away Battle Fox City
"This game brings you a key match in the 25th round of the Premier League, Sunderland visited the King Power Stadium to challenge the defending champion Leicester City; Leicester have been in good form in recent times, going four games unbeaten in a row, but Sunderland's recent form doesn't look great, as their form has taken a turn since a home win over Arsenal to make it six wins in a row in the league, losing to Liverpool, Swansea and Tottenham Hotspur to return to seventh place. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info”
"Before the start of the game, I will bring you the starting list of the two teams, first of all, Leicester City, who are playing at home, their formation is still the formation of 4411, goalkeeper Schmeichel Jr., Fox on the left, Simpson on the right, the central defender is Huth's partner captain Morgan, the midfield four are lined up from left to right, Albrighton, Ndidi, Drinkwater and Mahrez, the top is still Vardy, and behind him is the Japanese international Shinji Okazaki."
"The starting line-up on Sunderland's side has not changed much, the formation of 4231, goalkeeper Mannone, left-back Van Aanholt, right-back Juanfran Brown, central defender Kolo Toure with Kirchhoff, double back Jedinak and Dokar, forward Halilovich, two full-backs are Draxler and Carlos, and the center forward is still Defoe, which is also the strongest lineup that Sunderland can put out."
After the start of the game, the Sunderland team dominated the opposition as soon as they came up, and Nan Xiao's tactic in this game was to let the players fully unleash their attacking firepower, and he wanted to see how much threat his players could create for the opponent when attacking in a big way!
Just 2 minutes into the opening game, the away Sunderland team created a great opportunity, Australian international Jedinak successfully stole the ball at the feet of "drinking brother" Drinkwater in the midfield, and then passed to Halilovic in front of him to launch a wave of rapid counterattack, Halilovic got the ball and advanced quickly, after getting rid of Ndidi's defense, a trademark cross crossed over Morgan's head, found Draxler who was diagonally inserted into the penalty area, and Huth immediately came to fill in when he saw the situation. But Draxler's action of stopping the ball and shooting was very consistent, and before he could make up for it, he had already taken the lead in completing the goal! But although Draxler's shot was full of strength, the angle was too positive, and Schmeichel knocked the ball out with both fists without moving, but Rao was so, Draxler's shot still shocked the home fans in a cold sweat!
The Sunderland team's offensive surge was something Ranieri had not expected before the game, and in the 10th minute of the game, the King Power Stadium staged another terrifying scene; The Sunderland player shifted to Draxler on the left after a few back-to-backs, and after a light bike easily broke through Mahrez's defence, he passed to Halilovic in the middle, Halilovic showed his high level of football awareness after receiving the ball, he received the ball on the left side, and then flicked his right foot outward, making a gesture to pass diagonally to the left side of the field, but the moment he touched the ball, he shook his ankle and launched a through ball with the arch of his foot. The ball was passing between Huter and Fox, and Carlos, who was clever in at the right time, also slapped it to create a one-on-one chance! Schmeichel is experienced, and the moment he saw Carlos get the ball, he chose to attack decisively, and Carlos was also very calm in the face of the opponent's goalkeeper's attack, only to see him choose a volley near the penalty area, and the ball drew a parabola in the air and jumped over Schmeichel's raised palm.
"Carlos' pick!! This ball ......"
Everyone at the King Power Stadium had their eyes on the ball at this moment and they were all waiting for the final result.
"The ball didn't go in!! Leicester City's right-back Simpson clears the ball on the goal line!! It's just incredible! Everyone thought that this club would definitely score! ”
Simpson made a meritorious service, he kicked the ball out of the tackle at the moment when the ball was about to completely cross the goal line, and his whole person flew into the goal because of inertia, the fans at home were moved to see Simpson's attitude of not giving up, they shouted Simpson's name together, at least today, in this game, Simpson is definitely this comfortable hero!
Carlos was also very distressed after missing a must-score, because it was not the first time he had missed a must-score.
Although the Leicester City team escaped again, but in the next game they still have no good way to limit Sunderland's offensive, they themselves also know that if they want not to lose or even win this game, it is unrealistic to rely on the players one by one, but Sunderland's attack in this game is too sharp, and at the same time, due to fatigue in defense, their own attack can not play, under the elimination of each other, the scene has appeared to be extremely passive!
In the 14th minute, 19 minutes, 23 minutes, and 24 minutes, the Sunderland team contributed several high-quality shots one after another, but I have to say that Schmeichel's state in this game is really good, these seemingly very threatening shots were saved by him high and low, and it was not until the 33rd minute of the game that the Sunderland team, which dominated the game, scored their first goal!
The goal came from a very delicate combination between Halilovic and Draxler on the wing, first Halilovic knocked his back to the ball and knocked his heel to Draxler, then Draxler passed through the crotch past Simpson and then passed to Halilovic who ran into the open space; At this time, Halilovic was already near the bottom line on the left side after receiving Draxler's pass, he looked up to observe the position of his teammates in the opponent's penalty area, swinging his thighs to find Defoe in the penalty spot, Morgan also found his intention and raised his leg to block his cross, but Halilovic made a false shot, he faked Morgan and then took two steps towards the direction of the goal, and looked at Defoe in the penalty area when he was close to the edge of the penalty area. There was a very hidden inverted triangle pass at his feet, and his unsightly pass was very realistic, even if it was the second time in the game, he was still able to fool most of the opposing players.
Halilovic clearly passed the ball to the top of the arc because he had seen his teammate outflanking the spot, and it was Dokar who was coming in behind, and he shot at the ball from Halilovich!