Due to their long history in the lower leagues, Leicester City's home stadium is not large, and can only accommodate more than 30,000 fans.

For such an important game, the more than 30,000 tickets at the King Power Stadium have naturally been sold out, and there are even a large number of fans who have not bought tickets.

Leicester City is located in a city that is not small, with a population of about 300,000.

Although this size is about the size of a small county in China, in the United Kingdom, which has a population of just over 60 million, this is definitely a big city, and it is not a problem to feed a club in the top league.

In contrast, Manchester, not far from Leicester, has a population of only 500,000, but there are two giants in the territory: Manchester City and Manchester United.

With the British mania for football, Leicester will be able to save money to renovate their stadium if they stay in the Premier League for a few more years to stabilize and expand their fan base.

Of course, it also depends on whether the financiers behind Leicester City are willing to spend money.

If you meet a vampire like the Arsenal owner, who is not only reluctant to invest money, but also uses the team as a money-making tool, then there is no hope.

Every time Lin Quan goes to a stadium, he always habitually looks at the entire stadium first.

As your career progresses, you accumulate more and more competitions.

He has visited many famous stadiums in European football, such as the Bernabeu, Camp Nou, Allianz Stadium, Old Trafford, etc.

Among them, there are several stadiums that have left a deep impression on him, such as the Allianz Arena and the Bernabeu Stadium.

Camp Nou didn't feel much because he had been to it too much.

Manchester United's home stadium is actually very beautiful, and as a sworn enemy in the same city, Lin Quan also likes Old Trafford, after all, this is his blessed land.

Although the commercialization of the Premier League has been successful, the British may not be able to match the Germans in terms of the level of fanaticism for football.

This can be seen in the size of the home stadiums of the football clubs in both countries, with the Bundesliga side usually having larger stadiums and higher attendance.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that tickets in the Bundesliga are relatively cheap, after all, most teams in the Bundesliga are membership clubs, and the ownership of the team does not belong to individuals, and making money is not the first priority, so it is natural to consider them from the perspective of ordinary fans.

When Lin Quan was looking at Leicester City's home stadium, the Leicester City home fans were also looking at him.

Perhaps because they knew that this man would be the biggest threat to their team today, after seeing Lin Quan enter, the Fox City fans at the scene began to boo Lin Quan.

Some of them also yelled at him and even made 'friendly' gestures in an attempt to intimidate him.

I saw too much of Lin Quan this time, so I directly ignored these people.

After all, if he returns a middle finger to the other party, he will definitely be investigated and even punished by the FA after the game, which is not cost-effective at all.

After he warmed up, he picked up a soccer ball, brought Joe Hart over, scored one goal, and began to practice shooting and savings.

This kind of one-on-one training is a test for both the goalkeeper and the shooter.

Shots from outside the box are not difficult to save when the goalkeeper is focused, so it takes a lot of skill to score.

For example, choose to play at a tricky and difficult angle as much as possible, or increase the strength to make the ball faster and compress the goalkeeper's reaction time.

Or add some variation to the ball, so that it has some rotation angle when it is in the air, which affects the goalkeeper's judgment and makes them make mistakes.

Joe Hart was very focused, resisted high and successfully saved three of Lin's first ten shots.

Seeing such a low save success rate, the faces of Leicester fans changed a little.

It just so happened that Vardy, their leading scorer in the opposite half, was training in the same way, but Vardy scored just four of his ten shots and was saved six.

Although Leicester City's goalkeeper Schmeichel Jr. is not a mediocre talent, Joe Hart on the opposite side is not a mediocre talent, but he has been selected for the British national team.

Although his main position has been replaced by Keylor Navas in the past two seasons, this does not mean that Joe Hart is useless.

Therefore, such a result can only prove one thing:

There is a gap in the strength of the shooters of the two teams, and it is a very huge gap!

Seeing this, Vardy, who was in the other half, said to his teammates with some anger:

"Hey, Schmeichel, can't you just let the water go? Didn't you see that our home fans were waiting to see me in good action? ”

Schmeichel Jr. rolled his eyes: "I also have to try to maintain my condition and find my touch, otherwise I will bring it back to the game and how to face Manchester City's ferocious attack?" ”

Schmeichel didn't want to affect his form by letting the water out, and he had a hunch that his goal would be put to the test in this game.

City's midfield setup is simply unbeatable in the Premier League, with each of them possessing the ability to score goals, especially Lin Quan, Sergio Aguero and Son Heung-min.

The reason why Schmeichel Jr. attaches so much importance to this game is not only because this game is the top battle and is related to the ownership of the league title, but also because he used to be a Manchester City player.

In football, many players will show their 12-point skills when facing their old clubs, wanting to prove their strength.

However, when Schmeichel Jr. was at Manchester City, Manchester City had not received capital injection from the Abu Dhabi consortium and was just an ordinary mid-to-lower Premier League team.

In this ordinary Manchester City, they could not gain a foothold, which only proved that Schmeichel's strength at that time was really not enough.

As for his later growth into an excellent goalkeeper after training, it has to do with his own efforts.

It has been seven or eight years since he left Manchester City, and if it weren't for Manchester City's strong rise, he would probably have forgotten Manchester City, let alone thought of revenge against Manchester City.

Fixed-point shooting was not challenging for Lin Quan, so he brought Kroos and De Bruyne over and asked them to pass the ball to him from the left and right sides from different angles and strengths, simulating the actual combat scene as much as possible.

Seeing Lin Quan open the bow left and right, using his toes, arches, insteps and even heels, using different shooting techniques such as pushing, picking, tackle, and shooting, he completed the goal one after another in different positions.

The Leicester fans were so stunned that they forgot to boo.

"This guy, his archery skills are too comprehensive, right?"

"No wonder it can become the Premier League Golden Boot, it's really strong!"

"Will our backline be able to withstand the opposition's attack?"

Leicester fans are starting to worry about their own defence, Leicester City's defence has not been particularly good, they have conceded a total of 25 goals in the first 18 games, an average of 1.39 goals per game, and they are sixth from bottom in the league.

Leicester's victory was won by attack, and many times by a narrow one-goal victory.

On the other hand, Manchester City have conceded very few goals this season, conceding only nine, and are currently the best defensive team in the Premier League.

In attack, Manchester City's firepower is also terrifying, scoring a total of 49 goals this season, 12 ahead of Leicester City, and ranking first in the precipice.

Facing such a team with a high attack and a thick defense, Leicester City will face a huge test at both ends of the pitch.

Guardiola was chatting with his assistants on the sidelines, and saw Lin Quan opening his bow left and right, and the kick was booming.

His feet suddenly itched, so he simply took off his suit, ran to the court, and joined the team that fed Lin Quan.

It's just that I don't know if it's because I've been retired for a long time, or because wearing leather shoes has affected his performance, and the quality of his passing is far worse than the other two.

This made Lin Quan's handling of the ball a lot more difficult, but it also had the effect of exercising in disguise.

Pep Guardiola was in high spirits and was ready to play more, but during a handling of the ball, the sole of his foot slipped and he fell on the pitch, drawing bursts of laughter from Leicester fans.

The nearby players hurriedly went up to pull their coach up, and Guardiola pretended to be calm, shook the grass clippings on his sweater, said hello to the players, and limped to the coach's seat.

As he walked, he rubbed his back and grinned in pain.

This funny scene made the fans laugh even more, and this time even Manchester City fans joined in.

They are professionally trained and generally do not laugh unless they can't help it.

The melon is bald and sacrifices to the sky, and the mana is boundless.

Maybe it was Pep Guardiola's pre-match deployment that worked, or maybe it was his metaphysics of sacrificing himself that worked.

After the opening kick-off, Manchester City were in full swing and launched a fierce attack on Leicester City at their home stadium.

Although the Leicester manager had repeatedly stressed to his players before the game, Manchester City was strong.

But there is a big difference between what you hear and what you actually feel.

At this moment, they were on the court, only feeling a deep sense of powerlessness and suffocation.

The strong suppressive force of the opponent made them a little breathless.

On the sidelines, tinkerer Ranieri clenched his fists nervously.

He prepared a lot for the game, but when it started, he felt hopeless.

Manchester City is too strong, so strong that it's suffocating!

"Huh?"

On the other hand, Pep Guardiola, who returned to the coach's box, was a little surprised after the game started.

Leicester City's players quickly rushed to Manchester City's half after the opening, and it was not one player who did it, but many players rushed forward together, this was intended to grab the opening and catch them off guard?

Isn't that a coincidence?

That's what he was going to do!

As a result, Leicester City, which was preparing to attack, was blocked back by Manchester City, who were also preparing to attack.

And because of the large number of troops invested in the attack, there was a certain amount of emptiness in Leicester's backline, and when Manchester City quickly cut off the ball and moved it to the front, their back line immediately sounded the alarm.

"Manchester City's attack, Kroos shifted widely!"

"Lin Quan took the ball and passed it to Sun Xingmin!"

"Sun Xingmin crosses and knocks on the door!"

"Aguero shoots, dangerous!"

"Schmeichel Jr. made a contribution, he used his body to block Aguero's shot!"

Just one minute into the game, Manchester City generated a dangerous shot that made the hearts of the Leicester fans who came to the scene start to hang.

Is this what the Champions League champions are capable of?

It's terrifying!

Although the outside world has been hyping them as the dark horses of the Premier League, some people even have high hopes for them, believing that they have the potential to stabilize the Premier League.

But some sober Leicester fans know that this is a very difficult matter, or even a no-play at all.

Unless Manchester City continues to pull their hips in the second half of the season like Arsenal, they will not be able to replace Manchester City to win the title!

And this game reinforces this point of view, Manchester City are so much better than Leicester City, they are not opponents at all.

……

After Aguero missed the opportunity, he raised his hand to Sun Xingmin apologetically and took the initiative to take responsibility.

Sun Xingmin didn't blame him, but gave him a thumbs up and praised him for his beautiful shooting.

In a game, wide players make a lot of low crosses, but very few can form shots and goals.

The first attack was unsuccessful and did not affect City's morale in the slightest.

They soon broke the ball up front and launched a more dangerous counter-attack than the last.

This time, Lin Quan cut inside after breaking through along the wing, glanced at Aguero's position, and pretended to pass the ball to him, but he shook off the space and suddenly threw a cold arrow.

Using Aguero's cover, Lin Quan's ball hit very suddenly, and the angle was tricky enough.

But Schmeichel seemed to see through Lin Quan's intentions before he could finish shooting, moved ahead of time, and flew to save the ball.

"Little Schmeichel! He stepped up and made a god-level save! ”

Schmeichel's brilliant performance shocked both the fans and the commentators.

Through the replay of slow motion, Lin Quan's ball is of extremely high quality, and it is going to the dead corner of the goal.

However, a stretched figure appeared in front of the door, turned into a winged roc, and slapped the ball hard.

Unfortunately, if this goal can be scored, it will most likely become the best goal in this game or even this round of the Premier League.

After a pounce, Schmeichel jumped up from the ground and roared excitedly.

This kind of save is very morale-boosting for the goalkeeper and his teammates.

The morale of Leicester City's team was also greatly improved by Schmeichel's two saves in the opening stages.

Manchester City is strong, but we have a goalkeeper who can protect my goal, so why fear?

In this game, a special visitor came to the King Power Stadium - the old Schmeichel.

When the broadcast camera caught him at the scene, Schmeichel Sr. was applauding Schmeichel Jr.'s wonderful save with the fans around him.

Seeing that he appeared on the big screen, he was stunned for a moment and waved his hand at the camera.

Schmeichel Sr. was a Manchester United legend and one of the best goalkeepers of his time.

Seeing Schmeichel Jr.'s outstanding performance, many people have linked the two together.

I wonder if Schmeichel Jr. can reach the heights of his father?

(End of chapter)