On February 2, Manchester United beat Hull City, and this season has beaten four weak teams, making Hull City's road to relegation even more difficult.

After all, the pressure of relegation competition in the Premier League this season is comparable to that of the top four, and seven or eight teams are at risk of relegation.

Among them in particular is last season's league winners, Leicester City.

Half a year ago, it was a five-time champion, and the Leicester miracle is known all over the world.

Now, you can only fight for relegation.

Leicester City's slide is staggering.

On February 6, in the 24th round of the Premier League, Manchester United met Leicester City again.

In the sixth round of the league, it was Xia Xing's first time against Leicester City.

Leicester were already in decline by then, suffering a back-to-back winless run and losing again to Manchester United.

And now, Leicester City have almost forgotten what it was like to win.

Is it eight or nine rounds without a win?

I'm afraid even the Leicester players themselves can't remember.

Even this winter, many of the main players were disheartened and wanted to leave.

Fortunately, Wichai personally came forward to appease and ensure the integrity of Leicester City's squad.

And now, at a time when they needed it most, they met Manchester United again.

There is inside information that if Leicester City cannot win this game again, then manager Ranieri will be sacked.

Even if Leicester City FC flatly denies this claim, everyone knows that the Italian's days at Fox City are numbered.

On the pitchside of Old Trafford, Xia Xing saw Ranieri again.

On the day of the reunion, the two of them didn't know what to say for a while.

Especially Xia Xing, looking at Ranieri in front of him, he suddenly felt a little distressed.

The old handsome seems to have more gray hair.

In the past six months, he has aged a lot.

The smiling faces that celebrated last summer's five-time crown are now gone.

"Coach, you don't look good, you must take care of your body."

"I'm fine, I'm just a little tired lately, thank you for your concern. In the next few games after winning the Ballon d'Or, I saw you were a little bit up and down, but you recovered very quickly, which is good. ”

"I didn't expect you to keep an eye on me."

"Of course, you're my favorite disciple."

Looking at Ranieri's sincere eyes, Xia Xing suddenly felt a little sad.

If he were still in Leicester City, Leicester City would not have fallen to this point.

But that's football, that's life.

I'm just an ordinary player, not a savior, the only thing I can do is plan my life and give it my all during my time with the ball, that's all.

Xia Xing was silent, and Ranieri seemed to see his heart and gently patted him on the shoulder.

"Xia, don't think so much,

"Leicester's problem is not a problem with one or two people.

"It's a problem for the club as a whole.

"It has nothing to do with you, don't think about it.

'You've done your best during your time at Leicester City.

"To this day, Leicester fans have not forgotten you,

"Not forgetting the treble-winning dream you left Leicester City,

"It was just wonderful.

"Playing well at Manchester United,

"Remember, you will always be our pride!"

Ranieri said, waving his hand at the Leicester City fan stands behind him and pointing at Xia Xing.

Thunderous applause rang out from the stands!

“xia！”

“summer！”

“hero！”

Countless shouts moved Xia Xing.

Thank you, my dearest fans.

At this point, the home fans quit.

Why did you give Xia such a warm applause?

Now Xia is our number one player!

In an instant, Manchester United fans also applauded, and countless fans shouted Xia Xing's name!

For a while, the Old Trafford stadium was filled with respect and affection, and Xia Xing's name flew high in the air.

The cheer changed from blue to red, and from red to blue.

But no matter how it changes, it represents the fans' love and respect for Xia Xing.

Summer walked onto the pitch and he walked first to Leicester's side.

"Dude!"

“xia！”

"My brother!"

Countless former teammates surrounded Xia Xing and greeted Xia Xing warmly.

You must know that Xia Xing was once the third captain of this team, and his popularity is very good.

Xia Xing also returned everyone with a hug.

Morgan: "Xia, you seem to be getting stronger. ”

Kasper Schmeichel: "I feel like you've gotten a lot taller? Awesome! ”

Vardy: "Dude, I miss you so much! ”

Riyad Mahrez: "Without you on the left wing, I've been under a lot of pressure this season......

Drinkwater: "I miss playing with you in midfield. ”

Looking at the kind face in front of him, Xia Xing couldn't help but recall the days when they fought side by side together.

Those three years were wonderful.

This sentiment was still the same until the start of the game.

Jose Mourinho has thoughtfully made some tactical adjustments.

In this game, he let Pogba return to the core of the organization again, and let Xia Xing retreat to take charge of the defensive organization.

Xia Xing is naturally happy.

As a professional player, even in the face of his old club, Xia Xing will never stay.

But if it was possible, he still hoped that the knife catcher was not himself.

It's best to let Pogba organize the attack and organize the defense himself.

Manchester United were still in a 4-2-3-1 formation for this game, while Leicester City were in the same formation.

Up front, Vardy rushes forward,

Behind him are Moussa, Shinji Okazaki and Mahrez,

Double-back Drinkwater and Ndidi,

Four-backs Fox, Hut, Morgan and Simpson,

Goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel.

Compared to last season, there are no changes in the defence, which is the biggest guarantee that Leicester City will not completely sink into the relegation zone now.

However, because of the lack of attacking power, Leicester City's goals in this half season have dropped sharply compared to the same period.

Compared with last season, the biggest change in the main lineup is that there are three fewer players.

Xia Xing, Kante, Van Persie.

These three are the core players of Leicester City's three lines.

The playmaking heart of Xia Xing, Van Persie's central striker, Kante's defensive coverage.

Although Shinji Okazaki, Moussa and Ndidi are also working hard, they are still much worse than the previous trio.

As soon as the game started, they continued to attack and try to get started.

It was Ranieri's idea.

Everyone felt that Leicester City was not as strong as Manchester United and would open the game defensively.

But he didn't like that.

Stealing the opening by surprise may have a good effect.

It's actually pretty good.

The continuous onslaught made Manchester United really difficult to defend at the beginning.

Especially Mkhitaryan on the right flank, defending Mussa's attack was very embarrassing.

As a strong wing-back in attack and weak in defence, Mkhitaryan struggled to defend in the opening stages.

Diagonal pass into the penalty area!

Vardy shoots low into the far corner without stopping!

De Gea makes a flying save to keep the goal intact!

(End of chapter)