At the St. Petersburg Stadium, the Leicester players felt the roar of the tsunami.

These Russian fans are like giant bears, crazy in the stands.

Even though the winter here is still cold, many people are shirtless, and the Leicester City players are terrified.

"Aren't these people afraid of the cold?" Konchesky was stunned.

"I guess I'm not afraid," Schmeichel said, observing the direction of the stands, "It's also cold in my hometown, but it's not as frost-resistant as theirs." ”

Xia Xing rubbed his hands and exhaled, and a cloud of white mist rose.

It's not a good game......

On Russia's home turf, many European giants struggle to perform.

Not to mention a small team like Leicester City.

They have less experience in Europe.

In this kind of icy and snowy situation, the arms and legs are stiff, and it is good to be able to kick half the level.

Captain Morgan encouraged his teammates: "We're cold, they're not much better than us!" Cheer up, guys! ”

In the chilly stadium, the first leg of the Europa League quarter-final began.

Leicester City went straight to a 4-5-1 formation for this game.

They were very decisive today - defending and counter-attacking!

In this environment, it's good to try not to concede a goal.

And most importantly, don't get hurt.

In midfield, Albrighton on the left and Riyad Mahrez on the right.

The middle three are Xia Xing, Drinkwater and Cambiaso.

The defensive formation of these three is absolutely solid.

From the first minute of the game, Leicester City were battered by their opponents.

Although the Zenit formation is 4-2-3-1, the attack is very varied.

Hulk, for example, is very flexible in his position.

He can be a pillar in the penalty area, or he can pull out and impact with the ball.

This caused a lot of problems for Leicester City's midfield.

Drinkwater defended Hulk himself, only to be knocked out by his opponent.

Even barely defending.

And Xia Xing's attempt to defend Hulk was also under great pressure.

With a strength value of 85, he is more than a notch weaker in front of Hulk.

This guy is strong and deserves 99......

Shakespeare on the side of the court complained: "Fortunately, this guy is not particularly fast, otherwise it would be the second Adriano......"

Pearson didn't speak, looking in the direction of the pitch, under great pressure.

Hulk squeezed through the defense and fired a burst of shots that caused Schmeichel a headache.

Fortunately, it missed, and if it hit within the range of the goalpost, it was troublesome again.

The hands that had just saved his shot were still in pain.

In addition to Hulk, Longdong is also very impactful.

The Venezuelan striker is also very strong, with a powerful shot and an excellent header.

Captain Morgan defended against the position, barely enough.

Hulk, on the other hand, can only defend in the zone.

And there are many people to guard it in.

In this way, Leicester's defense is as if there is one less man, and the pressure is extremely high.

However, today's Zenit players were also affected by the cold weather and played mediocre.

Especially in terms of shooting, it is very unsightly.

In the first half, he continued to attack and failed to score with nearly 10 shots on goal.

The referee's whistle blew and the first half was over.

With a score of 0-0, both sides returned to the dressing room.

For Leicester City, the scoreline was good and expected.

But Zenit is absolutely unacceptable.

They know the quality of Leicester City.

The Blue Foxes have been a dark horse this season and are famous all over Europe.

If they can't take advantage of the home advantage to score more goals, then they can't be sure of the away game.

In the second half, they continued to attack on the back of the game.

The formation was also adjusted to 4-3-3.

Hulk and Shatov were up front, while Xavi Garcia and Witsel were also in position to get involved as much as they could.

But time kept running out and they still couldn't get back on the scoresheet.

In the 69th minute of the game, Leicester City got a corner kick from the right side of the penalty area.

Xia Xing's corner kick was accurately punished to the middle!

Under Hulk's defense, Konchesky, who plugged the ball in front, failed to touch the ball!

And players such as Riyad Mahrez and Jamie Vardy have no advantage in a group of tall opponents.

But no one touched the ball in the middle of the box......

Cambiaso at the back point suddenly kills!

Header to the top!

The ball smashes into the net!

1 to 0!

Leicester City finally break the deadlock!

This goal is so important!

A goal in hand, and an away goal!

They're more stable!

Next, Leicester City defended more solidly and retreated with all their might.

Zenit also continued to storm on.

But in the end, it didn't pay off.

The referee's whistle blows, and the game is over!

In faraway Russia, Leicester City won 1-0 with their tenacious fighting spirit!

Got the win, and got a valuable away goal!

On the pitch, the players swapped jerseys.

The match, which completely blocked Shatov's De La Ette, was praised by his opponents.

Shatov: "You're defensively good and I'm looking forward to the next game where we continue to fight." ”

De La Ete shivered with cold: "When I return to the King Power Stadium in the next leg, I will definitely show you what Leicester City football is...... Ah......h Looks like I have a cold......"

Hulk handed the jersey to Xia Xing: "You kid doesn't look physically strong, but it can affect me to a great extent, which is already very good." ”

Xia Xing took the jersey: "You are so strong, amazing." ”

Hulk: "By the way, I heard that you grew up in China, and the players there are all as good at playing as you are?" ”

Xia Xing: "Almost......"

Hulk: "Oh......"

Xia Xing didn't know why Hulk asked this question, but he didn't care about it now.

He pointed to a question - on such a cold day, why don't you just exchange jerseys?

Frozen to death......

Returning to Leicester from Zenit, many of the players had some cold symptoms.

It's not serious, but it's not something to be taken lightly.

In the following weekend's league game, Leicester City fielded an all-bench line-up.

Of course, Xia Xing still took the initiative to ask to appear.

A win over Zenit on 11 March, followed by a rematch between Leicester City and Hull City on 14 March.

The game is played at home and Hull City are currently third from bottom in the table.

They need points more than Leicester City.

Against the Blue Foxes, they burst into great potential in this game.

A 3-5-2 formation with full attack power.

He just saw that Leicester City was tired of fighting, and many main players were absent, so he wanted to see if he could grab points.

Leicester City did have a difficult day today.

Suppressed by the opponent, there has been no good offensive opportunity.

In first-half stoppage time, the opposing striker Ndoye scored from a distance to take a point.

In the 66th minute of the second half, the opposing central defender Chester pulled down Andy King in the box and received a yellow card.

There was also a penalty.

Konoket had already overcome his demons and fired a volley into the net.

1 to 1!

Leicester equalised.

This is also the final result of this game.

The Foxes were unable to pick up three points at home and Manchester United behind them were one step closer......

(End of chapter)