Chapter 11: Stunning Upton Park (Part II)
Ten minutes before the game, Leicester City and West Ham United launched a fierce battle in the midfield, and the referee's whistle never stopped. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 However, ten minutes of fierce scramble did not give either team a lead on the field, and it was not clear that team was completely in control of the ball. Players from both sides also contributed four yellow cards. West Ham United are Kouyate and Zarate. Leicester City have two strikers. In the 23rd minute, Leicester City patiently fell to the back, Fox passed the ball to Drinkwater, strangely there were no West Ham players around Drinkwater to force him, he easily controlled the ball and observed the situation on the field. He saw that there was a big gap between the West Ham United central defenders, and Vardy was running in this gap, Drinkwater made a long pass to find Vardy, Vardy understood it, and used speed to run in the middle of West Ham United's central defenders, West Ham United's two central defenders defended strongly, but their turns were slow, although both of them were close to Vardy, but Vardy had already reached the penalty area with the ball, and they did not dare to stretch their feet easily. Vardy took the ball, took two steps, adjusted the angle, and saw that there was space in Ogbonna's position to get his feet up. Vardy cleverly fired a crotch-piercing shot past Ogbonna and deceived Adrian as well. Adrian couldn't make a save and watched the ball roll into the far post. GOAL!!!! Jamie Vardy scored in a one-on-two stroll in the box. The player, who played in the lower leagues five years ago, has now adapted to the Premier League and Jamie Vardy is ready to make a big splash in the Premier League. His goal gave the home fans and West Ham United players a slap in the face. West Ham's defence can't keep Leicester City at bay. Offensive or defensive, it was Bilic's turn to make a choice. Leicester City's bench saw the thunderous cheers of the goal, Liu Heng remembered his lucky goal in the Roma team, and the lucky defeat of Juventus away from home. At that time, his idol Totti ran over and hugged his head, encouraging him in his ear. He will never forget this image for the rest of his life. Ranieri was not very excited to see the goal, just applauded, and then motioned for his team-mate to return to his position and calm down and continue the game. Although Lajli realized that he had to stabilize his mentality, he couldn't be a player on the field after all. Leicester were still basking in the joy of scoring two minutes after Jamie Vardy's goal, and two minutes after Jamie Vardy's goal, West Ham played through a series of back-to-back feet in midfield, and Zarate won the ball to complete the final blow. West Ham's goal came so easily. The characteristics of Lajelli's 442 tactics are to compress themselves, compress the opponent, open the side attack when attacking, and do not let you attack through the middle when defending, Lajelli's defensive strategy is to let the opponent take the ball on the side, and Leicester City's two central defenders Morgan and Hut are both players over 185cm tall, of which Hut is 190cm tall, and the high-altitude defensive ability of the two players is very good, so Leicester City is not afraid of any team cross. However, looking at the goal conceded, Leicester City was loose in their defense, and Kante did not follow Lajli's instructions to defend Peette closely, resulting in a wide open door in the middle.
Ragelli was furious at the sight of the conceded goal and roared at the Leicester players in the stadium. "Hey, defend, focus, compress the defensive! Compress the defense! ”
West Ham were in full swing after their goal, with the home fans cheering on Leicester City's goal. For a while, the ball shuttled back and forth between Leicester City's penalty area. Leicester's men were involved in the defence, which was a major tactical change for Rakelli since he took over. His defense starts from the striker, and the defense line continues from one line to the next. Sitting on the bench, Lajli was not too worried about the current siege situation, although watching West Ham dominate the field and kick around their goal, but West Ham could not effectively pass the ball into the box, only to the side and cross. The only result was destruction by Leicester City's centre-backs. West Ham were little of a threat to Leicester's goal. West Ham laid siege for five minutes without making any tangible progress. On the contrary, it has worn down the will of the West Ham players, and the defensive action is getting bigger and bigger. The game ended the first half with such an offensive. The match remained 1-1.
At half-time, Lajli praised his team-mates for their performance in the first half, signaling them to continue to play like this in the second half and that the goals would come sooner or later. At the start of the second half, there were no personnel changes on either side. In the 62nd minute, Leicester had just fired a long-range shot from the right through Riyad Mahrez that went over the crossbar. Adrian made a short pass to right-back Cresswell, who was surrounded by Shinji Okazaki and Mahrez, and had to pass the ball back to Adrian, and Vardy also went to harass Adrian, Adrian looked for the forward line with a big foot, and the result can be imagined, Huth easily scrambled to the first point and gave the ball to Drinkwater, the former Manchester United Academy player nicknamed "Drinking Brother" continued to send a long pass, which accurately passed to O'Brielton. O'Brierton wins the ball and smits it into the box. He seemed unstoppable. He used his speed to erase Kouyate, who did not dare reach out to pull O'Brighton because he had a yellow card on his back. O'Brighton used a crotch ball past Cresswell, who was overly defended, and Cresswell had no choice but to tackle O'Brierton from behind, and O'Brierton fell to the ground in pain. The referee's whistle blew and he pointed to the penalty spot. Penalty kick! There is no doubt about it. The referee came in front of Cresswell again and showed him only a yellow card. Leicester's players gathered around the referee and complained that Cresswell should be sent off. The referee ignored them and walked over to O'Brierton a step away and asked him a few words. He motioned to the sidelines for Leicester's team doctor to come in, and it appeared that O'Brierton was in serious condition. Rakari frowned on the sidelines, his deep eyes watching every move on the field. The last thing he wanted was to come. He saw the team doctor's substitution gesture and immediately called Liu Heng. Liu Heng had been watching the surrounding situation on the bench, and when he saw the gesture of Lajili, he hurriedly took off his training uniform, ran to the sidelines, and waited for the inspection of the fourth referee. Lajelli walked up to him and told him to keep his mind steady and keep attacking down the flanks to give West Ham United a deterrent and deny their full-back Cresswell a chance to get an assist. Liu Heng understood the meaning and ran to the field. Lajili looked at Liu Heng's back and thought of Zola, the most proud disciple he was when he was coaching at Chelsea.
Jamie Vardy came to take the penalty, he looked at Adrian, run! Shot! GOAL!!! Jamie Vardy deceived Adrian with the change of tempo during the run and the ball rolled comfortably into the bottom left-hand corner. Vardy ran to the Leicester fan stands and celebrated with rage. Jamie Vardy scored a brace and he had a chance to score a hat-trick. Liu Heng also waved his arm fiercely when he saw Vardy's goal. West Ham United manager Bilic had to make a substitution, replacing the error-making midfielder Oxford and replacing winger Lanzini into a 442 lineup, hoping to rely on the individual skills of Lanzini and Peette to open up the situation. When Lanzini came on the pitch, he really revitalized the entire front court of West Ham United. His possession of the ball and dribbling caused Leicester City some problems, which also shifted some of Leicester's defensive focus away from Peette to Lanzini. Liu Heng's opponent is none other than Lanzini, and in the ten minutes since Vardy scored the penalty, Lanzini has broken through here again and again, intending to open the gap. With 82 minutes going on, time was running out for West Ham. Bilic sat loudly on the sidelines and gestured in front of him. At this time, Lanzini got the ball and saw that the midfield was well defended, so he had to continue to walk on the side, Liu Heng defended in front of him, and Lanzini and Sarkoho, who was pulled back to the middle, made a two-on-one collision with the wall, and easily passed Liu Heng. Liu Heng secretly cursed in his heart and chased after him. Lanzini had a lot of space up front at this point, and he was quick enough to get to Leicester near the left baseline, leaving only left wing-back Fox. Lanzini didn't break through again, and his kick-up cross was pushed off the line by Hut. West Ham United get a corner. West Ham United centre-backs Reid and Ogbonna also came to scramble for headers, while Liu Heng also defended in the box. Peette came to take the corner, Peette sent the ball out, he sent the ball to the front point, Leicester City's teammates did not grab the first point, the first point was grabbed by the opposing central defender Red, Red's header was ferried into the small penalty area, and the teammates on both sides tried their best to fight for the header. In the flash of lightning, a tall black figure grabbed the second point, it was another West Ham United centre-back, Italian Ogbonna. Ogbonna received Reid's header and swung the ball to the left side of the goal! At this time, Leicester goalkeeper Schmeichel Jr. stood close to the right and had no time to react to save. Leicester's players have all given up. Bilic was ready to celebrate on the sidelines. No! There is another person who did not give up, he is Liu Heng. Liu Heng saw the ball rushing towards the goal like a cannonball, he immediately ran from the middle to the left side of the goal, and at the moment when the ball entered the goal, Liu Heng destroyed the ball with a barb. The West Ham players were disappointed and complained to the referee that the ball had crossed the goal line. The Leicester City fans cheered, Liu Heng became a hero, they shouted Liu, Liu, cheered their heroes. Liu Heng quickly stood up and ran out of the forbidden area. Liu Heng's barb clearance ball was just obtained by Mahrez outside the penalty area, Mahrez got the ball and immediately launched a counterattack, three against two in the front, Mahrez got the ball and rushed forward on the right side, Shinji Okazaki was running, and Vardy who had scored two goals on the left. West Ham have just two midfielders in defence. Riyad Mahrez crossed diagonally to an unmarked Vardy at the far end, who slotted into the box and slotted home a !! Oh!! Jamie Vardy's shot was miraculously saved by Adrian and Vardy's hat-trick dream was shattered. At this time, the ball was hit by Adrian in the middle, and West Ham suddenly hit a yellow figure in the middle. He easily headed the ball into the empty net. GOAL!!!! It was Liu Heng who scored the goal. After Liu Heng completed the clearance against the sky, he ran wildly from the back to the West Ham United penalty area to complete the shot. There was a dead silence in the stadium, with only a handful of Leicester fans reveling. Liu Heng completely killed the game. Liu Heng was very excited to score a goal, he ran wildly, and the shouts of his teammates and fans were in his ears, as if there was Liu Hengxian's voice in his body. Racinli jumped for joy when he saw the goal. Liu Hengxian ran to the broadcast camera, lifted his jersey, and revealed the T-shirt inside, which said Liu Hengxian, I am with you. Liu Heng returned to the field and pointed to the sky to comfort Liu Hengxian, who had been dead for 7 years. In the last few minutes, it was completely Leicester City's half-time offensive and defensive drills. They created some chances, but unfortunately they didn't extend the score. The referee blew the whistle to end the game with Leicester City beating West Ham United 3-1. In the standings, Leicester City is temporarily top of the standings along with Manchester United, who have also won two in a row. Liu Heng accepted the congratulations of his teammates after the game, and he did everything he should do perfectly. Although it was not the first time he had scored in the Europa League, he had once again amazed everyone with his efforts.