Chapter 0060, Competitors
Looking at Lingard in front of him, Xia Xing was a little emotional.
Although he has only played for Manchester United's youth team for a little over a month, he has formed strong friendships with many of his team-mates.
For example, Lingard in front of him.
He captained Manchester United's youth team and helped them win the FA Cup in 2010-2011.
In the summer of 2012, he was called up to the Manchester United first team.
However, he rarely played and spent most of his time in the youth team.
This summer, he left Manchester United with a youth team on loan and moved to various places.
The Championship is a very suitable venue for him.
On the one hand, it allows the Manchester United coaching staff to observe his performance up close, and on the other hand, he is also English and would prefer to stay in England.
On loan at Brighton in the summer, he has been an important part of the squad with his impressive performances.
In less than half a season, he contributed 4 goals and 4 assists, and played a huge role in the team's offensive and defensive system.
If he can help the team to promotion to the Premier League this season, then he will have a better path back to Manchester United next season.
They are now fourth in the league and, like the same period last season, are fighting for two places to qualify directly.
At this moment, seeing that the team was down 0-3, he couldn't sit still and took the initiative to ask Ying to appear.
The manager also agreed to his request.
Standing in the middle of the pitch at this point, Lingard took a deep breath.
The ball was passed to his feet, and he made a long pass and went straight to the front!
The counterattack is on!
A few passes in quick succession, they were quite threatening.
In the 84th minute of the game, Jesse Lingard won the ball on the right flank.
In the face of Drinkwater's pressing, Lingard accelerated his sprint!
Use the speed to pass the drinking brother!
James assists in defense, Lingard body collides, knocking James away!
At this point he was already on the right!
Decisive cross!
The ball goes straight to the middle!
Strong Argentine center Ulloa hits the goal with a header!
The ball smashes into the net!
The ball is in!
3 to 1!
Ulloa, who scored the goal, rushed into the net and ran back with the ball.
The Leicester players looked at each other.
I thought the game was stable, but Brighton obviously didn't admit defeat.
Delaette stepped forward and chatted with Drinkwater and James.
"Jesse is getting better and better now."
"yes, the forward insertion just now was very decisive, and I didn't even guard against it."
"And his body is also tougher, and he knocked me straight away."
"This kid has a future."
All three former United players have played with Jesse Lingard and are old acquaintances and have been staggered by Lingard's progress.
The game continued, and Lingard's attack continued.
At this stage, the Leicester players were a little tired and they started to retreat.
Brighton's attacking players are also a little out of luck.
Jesse Lingard, who came on as a substitute, was in perfect shape and sprinted frequently.
In the 89th minute of the game, Lingard rushed past the midfield again and hit the goal with a long shot!
The ball hit the lintel!
Brighton missed the chance to rewrite the score again.
In the live broadcast room, the commentator was a little regretful.
'Jesse Lingard was injured in this game, so he didn't start.
"It's a shame to see him in such good form at the moment.
'If he can start, it's hard to say how it will go.
"What a pity......
It's a pity indeed.
Lingard almost scored from a distance, and Shakespeare on the sidelines let out a sigh: "I'm scared to death, if I score another one at this time, then the game is really hard to say." ”
Pearson agreed: "yes, after all, there are five minutes left in the game plus injury time, which is enough for another one. But there's absolutely no way they're going to get two more. ”
"Speaking of which, this Lingard was originally our favorite, and he almost came on loan, but he was preempted by Brighton."
"But it's good, if he comes, Xia probably won't be able to come. Xia is much more important than him. ”
"Oh? I remember at the beginning of the season, it was like someone said something that didn't need xia, who said that? ”
"Definitely not me!"
"Hahahaha!"
"Anyway, that Ulloa is not bad, strong enough, if we succeed in surging, we can consider poaching him to supplement the thickness of the lineup."
"He's really good, not only attacking and physically strong, but also frequently returning to defend and making a big contribution defensively."
"Well, he's a good choice, and we'll have to think ahead about what we're going to do now."
"Makes sense...... But then again, are you diverting the topic from Xia? ”
"I didn't!"
"Hahahaha! You hardest guy! Everywhere but the hardest. ”
"It's okay, don't drive......"
"I mean, you're soft-hearted, you're good to the players, and you want to go wherever you want."
"Hehe......"
In the third minute of stoppage time, Jesse Lingard played Ulloa again, but Ulloa headed wide of the net under Morgan's pressure.
The referee's whistle blows, and the game is over!
This heavyweight battle ended with Leicester City winning the game.
On the sidelines of the pitch, Lingard took the initiative to hand over the shirt: "xia." ”
"Jesse." Xia Xing hugged his former teammates in a friendly way, "You performed fantastic today, if you start, our three points will be suspended." ”
Lingard shook his head: "Don't say that, you're the best." The three assists are fantastic, and you're a lot better than you were when you were at United's youth team. ”
"So are you."
"Let's work together to help the team succeed, and then go back to Manchester United together and join forces in the Premier League!"
“OK!”
Looking at Lingard's determined eyes, Xia Xing was also full of expectations for the future.
The two left Manchester United together and fought hard in the Championship.
Even though it's not a top league, they all give it their all!
The road ahead is difficult, overcome obstacles, and there will be gains!
With a win over Brighton, Leicester City remain firmly at the top of the table.
They are now seven points ahead of second-placed Burnley and the possibility of a surge is growing.
However, for Leicester City, they are not to be taken lightly.
There are no weak teams in the Championship, this is an iron law.
Even if you are seven points ahead, it doesn't mean that you are much stronger than the team behind you.
For example, Millwall, who is very poor, almost made them fall behind.
And the underdog Sheffield Wednesday did not allow them to get three points.
If you're not careful, you could get into trouble.
So Leicester City now need to continue to be in stable form and continue to grab points!
A week later, in the 20th round of the Championship, they faced Burnley.
A direct competitor in second place in the league.
This Burnley team, quite literally, are the strongest opponents Leicester have faced this season.
If they win this game, they will lead by 10 points.
If you lose, then the lead is only 4 points.
The top spot could be taken at any time.
The significance of this game for Leicester City is huge......