Sunderland narrowly avoided relegation by three points last season and are still aiming to stay in the Premier League this season.

But obviously this season seems to be tougher.

In the 30th minute of the game, they were beaten 3-0 by Leicester City.

And their offense can't beat the slightest spirit.

Not even Leicester's midfielders could get through.

This frustrated them.

In the first minute of first-half stoppage time, Jamie Vardy scored another goal on the counter-attack.

This time it was Xia Xing's cross from the side, and he passed the ball at an angle of 45 degrees.

Jamie Vardy cut in quickly and stabbed it into the net in front of goal.

4 to 0!

Leicester City continue to score!

At half-time, Ranieri made two direct changes.

Striker Ulloa came off the pitch and Robin van Persie came off the bench.

This is the Dutchman's first Premier League appearance for Leicester City.

As soon as he came on the pitch, he hit the post with a header from a corner.

Although Van Persie is not as explosive and powerful as he was when he was younger, his experience is still among the best in the world.

In the 63rd minute of the game, Van Persie finally scored.

This time it was still Xia Xing's cross from the left.

Shake off the defense and break through to the bottom line, a precise cross!

Van Persie plugs in the back row and heads the ball to the top!

The ball slammed into the net!

5 to 0!

The Dutch veteran scored his first goal for Leicester!

Excitedly, the fans shouted his name!

In this team, Van Persie is definitely the biggest star!

Now he's telling everyone with his performances that he still deserves to be in the Premier League!

And four minutes later, it was Xia Xing and Kante's central defensive cooperation that cut off the opponent's ball.

Diagonal pass to the right side!

Riyad Mahrez bursts into the net and knocks on the door!

Van Persie shovels into the net!

6 to 0!

Brace!

There was another round of applause in the stands, and Van Persie smiled!

I made the right move to Leicester City!

With six balls in hand, Ranieri was completely relaxed.

He brought on Shinji Okazaki for Jamie Vardy.

He was replaced by Inle and Mahrez.

Leicester City is fighting on multiple fronts in the new season, and it is necessary to seize the time to run in the squad as much as possible.

After the two new signings came on the pitch, they also showed a good team spirit.

Several passes and connections were in place.

Inler was so scrappy that a blast from outside the box almost blasted the net open.

Shinji Okazaki runs aggressively, often even running near the center circle when defending, and pressing quickly when attacking, without sparing his physical strength.

In the 85th minute of the game, it was Inle's long-range shot that was blocked by a defender and fell at the feet of Shinji Okazaki.

The Japanese striker decisively volleys!

The ball goes into the net!

7 to 0!

Leicester City's seven stars shine!

On the pitchside, Ranieri was already smiling from ear to ear.

"These lads are awesome today!"

Shakespeare next to him also kept applauding, and his slap was red.

"yes, that's awesome! That's great! ”

Shakespeare suddenly went into a bit of a trance, thinking back to last season.

At that time, Leicester City also performed well, but rarely played such a crisp game.

They always rely on tenacious defense to drag down their opponents little by little.

And in this game, they actually showed a devastating suppressive force.

In the first few warm-up games before the season, Leicester City were just light opponents.

Unexpectedly, as time went by, the team has improved beyond their imagination.

That's right!

Looking at the sky, the blue sky is like a sass.

In the last minute of stoppage time, Xia Xing hit the post with a free kick from outside the box and missed the opportunity to continue to extend the score.

And the opposing Sunderland players are already a little numb.

The referee's whistle finally blew.

The Sunderland players walked off the pitch dejected, eager to become transparent and completely dissociate themselves from this game, this stadium and this opponent.

After this brilliant game, Leicester City once again repeated the miracle of last season.

At the top of the league table!

No team has won more goals than Leicester City in the opening round of the league.

Seven goal difference, that's a lot of difference.

Alan Shearer in the live broadcast room is looking forward to it.

"I don't know how long Leicester City can stay at the top of the table this season, let's wait and see!"

A wonderful game has made Leicester City the focus of attention in this round of the league.

Ranieri quickly won over the fans, with several new signings receiving praise from pundits.

Replays of the seven goals were regularly shown on television, and the online and print media were lavishly praising the Leicester players.

It's wonderful.

However, for the Leicester players, the excitement of the day passed, and the next day was completely silent.

Keep preparing for the next game.

They went early to the Tbilisi National Stadium in Georgia to prepare for the next big event.

UEFA Super Cup.

For Leicester, it was perhaps the toughest opponent they have ever faced.

Not one of them.

Last season's Champions League champion, La Liga hegemon, and a well-known cosmos team in world football - Barcelona.

In an unfamiliar pitch, Leicester players played a confrontation game in earnest.

Ranieri on the sidelines of the pitch had a calm expression, looking at the players on the pitch, and from time to time he wrote something in his notebook with a pen.

However, although the expression is calm, the hand that holds the pen is very strong.

Shakespeare next to him was overjoyed, and his brows were already furrowed: "This game is really not easy to play." Isn't it, man? ”

Although the two have not been together for a long time, they are very angry and speak very easily.

Like an old friend.

Listening to Shakespeare's inquiry, Ranieri also nodded: "Yes, it was a difficult game. ”

"Can we win?"

"It's hard to say, it's hard anyway."

"Or we're going to stick to it like we did against Chelsea?"

"No, we can't hold it."

"Can't hold it? So pessimistic? ”

"It's not that I'm pessimistic, but I know a lot about Barcelona's attack, they're too strong, the MSN combination is the best in the world, the midfielders like Andres Iniesta are also very attacking, and the attacking power of Alba and Alves on the wings...... It's so hard for us to hold on, it's impossible not to concede a goal. ”

"So what do we do? Do you want to throw in the towel? ”

Ranieri didn't answer, he shouted in the direction of the pitch.

“xia！”

Seeing the head coach waving at him, Xia Xing ran quickly to the sidelines.

"Coach, are you looking for me?"

"Hmm."

Ranieri nodded, pointed at Shakespeare, and said to Xia Xing: "Talk to your dear assistant coach about what you said when you talked to me last night." ”

Shakespeare was a bit of a fool.

What's the situation?

He looked at Xia Xing.

Xia Xing, on the other hand, nodded calmly and looked at Shakespeare.

"I have an idea about the tactics for the game in a few days' time.

"If we hold on, we won't be able to hold on.

"Then, we might as well attack boldly!"

(End of chapter)