Chapter 16: The Fierce War
After a week of training, Liu Heng's life in Leicester City has stabilized, and he has become more and more accustomed to the rhythm of the Premier League. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoHe can't wait for the next game.
The Premier League has been played in two rounds, and the biggest surprise is Chelsea, who were stubbornly held to a draw at home to Swansea in the first round and shaved a 3-0 bald head in the second away game against the mighty Manchester City. Jose Mourinho's second season has been rocky.
At 15:00 on August 22, the third round of the English Premier League officially started, Leicester City hosted Tottenham Hotspur, Tottenham Hotspur only got one point in the first two rounds, and they urgently needed a game to win to stop the decline. It was a tough game today. Tottenham Hotspur is known as the Young Guard. They have a number of young talents in their squad, such as South Korean international Son Heung-min, who has just moved from Bayer Leverkusen, Denmark international Christian Eriksen, Argentine winger Lamela, rising star Dier and of course Harry Kane, the hot chicken in English football. These young players form the central axis of Tottenham Hotspur now, and it is they who have caused a storm of youth in the Premier League. Storms are powerful, but they will eventually dissipate, and they will be unstable. Tottenham Hotspur exemplifies this trait, and when it comes to the crucial stages of the title or the race for the top four, they will mess up, make undeserved mistakes, and throw the advantage away from them. The same is true in the first two rounds of the new Premier League, with one defeat and one draw not satisfying their fans, who desperately need a win.
At 15:30 on the same day. The Bundesliga also started the second round of matches. Bayern Munich will take on Hoffenheim away from home, and with Manuel Neuer suspended, today's starting goalkeeper is Liu Xin. Although Hoffenheim now does not have the strength to win the championship in the first half of the year, they are also not to be underestimated when playing at home. It's also a tough battle for Bayern Munich.
At 15:00, the King Power Stadium was full. On weekends, fans bring their families to the stadium to watch their lifelong favorite team play. That's the vibe of European fans. They treat the game as a kind of festival, and they treat the game as a kind of daily life. Liu Heng was stunned when he looked at these enthusiastic fans on the bench, thinking that when the fans of the Chinese club could be like this, no matter whether the team was brilliant or low, the fans behind them would always greet them with applause. Fans are also looking forward to the magical performance of the Chinese kid. Recently, after training, there are always a lot of fans who want to take pictures and sign autographs with him, which makes him a little overwhelmed. He also thought about the national team, the East Asian Cup held in early August. The head coach of the Chinese national team, Perrin, still did not call him up. At the beginning of next month, two crucial Asian qualifiers for the World Cup will be played. He himself didn't know if he would be able to compete in the jersey of his homeland for the first time. With Liu Heng's outstanding performance in the Premier League in the past two weeks, more and more fans have called on Perrin to recruit young players in this hot state, and stop formulating the national team list based on the criteria of qualification. Perrin did not respond to the incident.
The game is about to start, so let's take a look at the line-ups of both sides. Wearing the blue jersey on the left side of the pitch is Leicester City. Today's team-mates who started today were No. 1 Schmeichel Jr., No. 2 Delait, No. 4 Drinkwater, No. 5 captain Morgan, No. 6 Hut, No. 9 Vardy, No. 10 King, No. 11 Albrighton, No. 15 Schlupp, No. 20 Shinji Okazaki and No. 26 Mahrez. On the bench sat No. 34 Liu Heng. On the right side of the pitch is Tottenham Hotspur. No. 1 captain Lloris, No. 2 Walker, No. 4 Alderweireld, No. 5 Vertonghen, No. 8 Masson, No. 10 Kane, No. 11 Lamela, No. 15 Eric Dyer, No. 19 Dembele, No. 22 Chadley and No. 33 Ben Davies. Eriksen, the core of the playmaker, and the new signing Son Heung-min were not selected for the squad due to injury, which is also good news for Leicester City.
The referee blew the whistle to start the first half, with Tottenham Hotspur kicking off first. Centre forward Kane passed the ball to attacking midfielder Lamela, who was forced by Drinkwater to centre-back Vertonghen, who made a big foot to the left for Belgium international Chadli and was pushed off the touchline by Leicester right-back Schlupp. Tottenham Hotspur launched an onslaught on Leicester's right flank from the start, with Pochettino doing so in order to keep Schlupp and O'Brierton out of assists and to relieve the pressure on his own defensive on the left. From the first 10 minutes, the tactics worked perfectly, with Chadley's bursts of attacks pinning Leicester's right line of attack into their back. Although Leicester City were passive on the field, it was a perfect match for the tactics laid out by Lajli before the game. Leicester City is playing defensive counter-attacks, giving up possession, and the success rate of counter-attacks. Valencia, who was in the back of the day, relied on defensive counterattacks to stand out in the world. One is a middle-aged manager who led Tottenham to stunning the Premier League, and the other is an old coach who has left his credit for countless teams. The battle of wits in the two-man stadium has just begun.
As the minutes ticked by, the game had come to twenty minutes. For the past 10 minutes, Tottenham Hotspur were still in a siege posture but were scoreless, unable to threaten Leicester's goal and could only try their luck with a long-range shot from the perimeter. Kane had nothing to do for a while, but kept running. Pochettino recalls watching Leicester's first two games and understands Lachigli's tactical thinking, if he wants to beat Leicester City, he can only break the middle, and take advantage of the shortcomings of Leicester's two central defenders who are slow to turn to create chances. Pochettino waved the flag and put Dembele in the middle and Lamela into his preferred right winger position, Pochettino wanted to use Lamela's speed to attack Leicester's defence. He also called Kane over and motioned for him to pull out more to get the ball and create chances for the two wings. Kane has now gone from attacking as a center forward to a center forward for playing.
In the 26th minute, Tottenham Hotspur won the ball at the back, Vertonghen passed the ball to left-back Ben Davies, Ben Davies passed the ball to Chadley, Chadli used his body and speed to dribble the ball, but saw that there were two Leicester City defenders, so he had to pass the ball to Ben Davies again. Ben Davies took the ball across the half pitch and passed it to the oncoming Masson, who turned to see that Leicester were in a tight defensive position and passed the ball to Vertonghen. Vertonghen crossed to left-back Volker, Volker passed the ball to Dier, Dier turned and passed the ball to Lamela, Lamela was originally behind the ball, but he felt King come to defend, suddenly turned around and protected the still rolling football next to him, turned around and took the ball away, Kim didn't expect Lamela to do this, was left behind. Lamela passed the ball to Kane near the big penalty line, and Kane was already on the big box line at this time, and attracted most of Leicester City's attention, Kane knocked lightly and passed back to Lamela, who had run to Kane's left. Kane did not insert the ball into the penalty area after passing, but continued to do a similar action on the basketball court near the line of the big penalty area, blocking the Leicester City players who wanted to intercept Lamela, Lamela passed the ball to Chadley on the same side at this time, Chadley ran into the penalty area and handed the ball back to Lamela who continued to run into the left penalty area, Chadley quickly inserted the ball into the penalty area after passing, and by the way, it also attracted the remaining defenders of Leicester City. At this time, Lamela did not have a single defender beside her. He made a quick run into the box on the left, glanced at Chadley, and with a cross from the instep of his foot, Chadley leaped high and smashed the ball into the middle. There were also no defenders around Chadley, and Schlupp and Kim were behind him. GOAL!!! Schmeichel Jr. couldn't react and the ball went into the net. Perfect team football. Tottenham Hotspur used a fluid pass to tear apart Leicester City's defence. This is reminiscent of Argentina's 27-foot pass against Serbia and Montenegro in the World Cup, which finally broke through the goal of Serbia and Montenegro. Tottenham Hotspur lead Leicester City 1-0 away. Ranieri's face is very ugly, he still encountered the situation he didn't want to encounter, he was afraid of such an impact team, and the repeated impact would inevitably reveal flaws. Pochettino didn't seem to be too excited about the goal, and he gave a round of applause and motioned for his team-mates to start recovering their formation.
Far away at the Rhine-Neckar Arena in Germany, Bayern Munich is already 1-0 behind Hoffenheim. At the beginning of the game, Hoffenheim seized a chance in the penalty area and broke through the gate guarded by Liu Xin.
Back in the Premier League, Lajli has begun to change his strategy, replacing Kim with Liu Heng, putting Deckerlinwater behind Liu Heng, and counterattacking with his long passes and tackles. Liu Heng came off the bench again, and the strength he had held back for a week was already eager to try. Leicester City's situation did not improve after Liu Heng came on the field, and they had no chance to get the ball at all. Tottenham Hotspur did not carry out the tactics of pressing high and were afraid of Leicester City's counterattack. They are now retracting their defenses, forcing Leicester to fight positional battles and making them lose their martial arts. Liu Heng was also very anxious on the field, running non-stop, feeling that Tottenham Hotspur was slipping monkeys. The second half of the first half ended in such a depressing atmosphere.