Chapter 4 Protective Response

Burnley's entire defence was played by Rossi, with Shackel clenching his fists and whining angrily and angrily whining at Benjamin Rice.

"Why don't you press close and let him head the ball easily?"

Relaxed?

Benjamin Mi couldn't help but sneer, he asked himself if the defense was in place, but no one expected Rossi to pass the ball back to the goal in such a way.

"Then tell me, how to defend this ball?"

The whole header action was done in one go, is this a ball that a youngster who plays Under-21 can pass?

It's a fairy ball at all.

"I also want to ask you, why didn't you keep an eye on the opposing striker and let him shoot easily?"

Benjamin Rice's words were undoubtedly a stab in his wound.

Shakel is in a state of frustration and is expected to be the team's new captain in his first season in the Premier League due to his impressive performances.

In such an important battle of the Tianshan King, the two goals conceded were caused by his own mistakes, which made him fight for what face.

In the defense just now, he was simply lost in Rossi's incredible header and ignored the defense against Nugent.

This must be a knee-jerk reaction in a hurry to see that there is no angle of shot.

It must have been luck, yes, it must have been!

Shakel, who didn't want to admit the facts, had nowhere to vent his anger, and stared at the rookie Rosie viciously.

From 1:0 to 1:2, the Burnley players experienced the blow of being overtaken, and with less than fifteen minutes left, they had to step up their attack.

Byrne took advantage of the last substitution to make a change in the left winger position.

Leicester City also used up their last substitution, replacing Riyad Mahrez with central midfielder Hammond to strengthen the midfield defence.

Leicester's defence relied on aggressive scrambling and the players were resilient.

Although they didn't have the counter-attacking speed of Riyad Mahrez and Vardy, it was still difficult to break through the midfield and defend heavily.

plus the team's goalkeeper, but the son of Schmeichel, who was once famous.

Schmeichel Jr. inherited his father's talent and became Leicester City's defender.

In the final five minutes of a fierce counter-attack, Schmeichel was high enough to keep the Burnley striker's shot in vain.

Watching the time pass little by little, not only the Burnley players, but even the fans were so anxious that they stomped their feet.

In the final minute of normal time, Burnley were awarded a corner on the left side of the pitch and all three centre-backs were entrenched in the box.

Only Ross Wallace, who had no height advantage, was left to guard the rear.

And Leicester City is also fully defending, ready to fight.

Arfield took a corner, but unfortunately it was not well landed, and Leicester captain Morgan pushed it out of the box and rolled towards the boundary.

Burnley's hopes of an equaliser were dashed once again.

Rossi followed up quickly and took control of the ball as it went off the touchline.

The Burnley team, who were heavily pressed, were weak in the air and were very vulnerable to counterattacks, and they were determined not to give Leicesters the slightest chance to counter-attack.

Limiting the opponent's first chance to play the ball can stifle the pace of Leicester's counter-attack.

Defender Shaker scurried towards Rossi, who had the ball.

From the previous division of the ball, to looking back at the moon, it was his defensive area that leaked, and he was messed up by this little rookie, eager to shovel him down, and watch him roll on the lawn and wail in pain.

Rossi glanced at the angry Shackle, but didn't want to get tangled with him, and seeing teammate Drinkwater follow up in time, he returned the ball to him and trotted to the unguarded open space on one side to make a protective response.

Drinkwater, who got the ball, faced the two-man bag, looked around, and found Rossi, who had run out of the open space, quickly split the ball, and then quickly cut forward from the bag.

Rossi doesn't run fast and is a bit lazy, not far from the player with the ball, and the defender can make up for it in time, so he doesn't take it seriously at all.

After Rossi got the ball, he was caught.

Originally, I thought that such a small range of transmissions would not be able to hit the space and speed of counterattacks at all.

However, after receiving the ball, Rossi directly knocked it back with his heel and handed the ball back to Drinkwall, who was cutting forward.

With two non-stop passes, Rossi and his team-mates made a one-two and pulled the ball out of the crowded midfield.

Facing a large open field in front of them, the Burnley team was nervous.

This is to be beaten back!

The Burnley players hurriedly counter-attacked on the spot, determined not to give Leicester a chance to counter-attack.

Drinkwall took a few steps and, seeing no breakthroughs, distributed the ball to Rossi, who ran out of space in the middle.

Now that the score is leading and it is in this half, protecting the ball is the top priority.

However, as Rossi received the ball, he glanced at the opposition half and then made a long diagonal pass to Lloyd Dier on the wing.

This is Leicester's counter-attacking style of play, the passing is as simple as possible, not allowing too many foot passes when the ball passes through the midfield, but finding the link between the front and back of the field with one kick.

The most lethal thing is that Rossi is very clever in his movement and can always make protective connections around the team.

And the direct kick of the ball instantly improved the team's counterattack speed.

After Lloyd got the ball, he quickly advanced to the edge of the box and began to slow down in front of the defenders.

Slowing down means taking advantage of the sudden change in tempo and breaking through the defense.

Sure enough, he used a feint to trick the defender's center of gravity and enter the box.

Lloyd feigned a pass and defender Benjamin M made a sliding tackle to block the pass.

But at the moment of his pass, he kicked the ball back with his right foot, got rid of the defense, and pulled out the gap.

But Shackel returned in time to block the angle of the shot.

But he looked at the penalty area, and a figure had already killed from the front, raising his hand to signal for the ball.

It's Rosie.

He was still doing protective receiving and passing at the back just now, why did he get to the penalty area so quickly?

Shackel was taken aback, and if Lloyd had passed the ball back to the wing, Rossi would have been flanked in the middle and would have faced the goalkeeper directly.

The rookie must not be given a chance to lift his foot and shoot.

But Lloyd seemed to guess his thoughts, faked a pass, and suddenly slammed his right foot into it from a small angle on the baseline.

Schalke knew he had been fooled, slammed his left foot, tackled the ball back, and slammed his body across the goal.

Lloyd saw that the angle of the shot was small, so he had to return the ball to the outflanking Rossi.

But it was in those two seconds that Davy Jones, a defender in place, cut off the ball before Rossi could receive the ball and cleared the touchline with a big foot, and Leicester City missed a great opportunity.

Coach Pearson was also so anxious that he stomped his foot, if the ball was passed early, maybe the ball would have gone in, and it would have completely killed the game.

Although no goal was scored, the ball remained Leicester's, using the pass to slowly pass the time until the referee finished the game.

Leicester City came back from behind to open up the points gap to Burnley, leading the table by seven points and winning a tough battle to win the title.

As the team celebrated the victory, there was bad news from the team doctor that Jamie Vardy would be out for a month due to a leg muscle discomfort.

This means that Jamie Vardy will not play for the next eight rounds.

Head coach Pearson frowned, the loss of Vardy, the main striker, the team's offensive ability has been greatly reduced, who can replace his place, has become the most difficult thing at the moment.

Leicester City are seven points clear of the table after winning the game and will face a league tie with Wigan Athletic on Tuesday.

And in April, Leicester City had a full 8 league games, and the intensity of the game was huge.

And at such an important time, Vardy's injury has reduced the team's forward strength.

Although the rest of the team's strikers have returned from the lock, they are all pure shooters, lacking speed or technical strikers, and it is difficult to achieve counter-attacking effect with Mahrez's ball-holding push alone.

Pearson was in the office, cigarette after cigarette, and the more the league reached the final moments, the more pressure on his shoulders grew.

His mission has made Leicester's attempt to the top of the competition, although they are now almost assured of Premier League qualification for next season.

However, the club's owner, Wichai, ordered the team to win the Championship this season.

In this way, a 7-point lead is not a sure thing.

"Ahem!"

Assistant coach Craig Shakespeare coughed so hard that he opened the window and complained, "Nigel, smoking doesn't solve the problem." ”

"Don't smoke? Then you sit in my place and see. ”

Pearson, who was distraught, had an even more violent temper.

The team now has seven strikers, 29-year-old Nugent and 26-year-old Vardy are in their prime, two veterans cannot be the absolute mainstay, and there are three remaining 23-year-olds, only Mahrez has performed well.

In the face of the next game, there is no room for mistakes, and I don't know who can replace the injured Vardy.

Craig knows the pressure on him, after all, it's about the team winning the championship, and the more it comes to the last minute, the more careful it is.

"In my opinion, Law did well in the last game, why don't you consider him?"

Pearson was stunned, he really didn't take the second team Rossi into account, and the recruitment of him was just a lack of strikers in the team.

With the return of others, it is only natural that Rossi, who is only 20 years old, will be left out.

If a center forward is needed, veterans Tyler Fletcher and Kevin Phillips are more than capable of it.

If you want to be a striker, teenager Konoket can also play well.

"Ronaldo is still too young and there is no shortage of centre-forwards in the team."

"But in the last game, it was Ronaldo's assist that gave us the three points. ”

Pearson was stunned, thinking back on Rossi's performance, which was indeed remarkable.

It would make sense to train Rossi as the team's future first-team workforce.

But now is an important moment to win the championship, I believe that neither Pearson nor other famous coaches dare to reuse a young player in any of the next games.

Pearson shook his head with a smile and said, "It's just one game, what does it mean?" He has a chance next season. Craik, let's study the game against Wigan in three days. ”

Craek can't stand up to the stubborn manager, even though he has been with Leicester for four years and is an absolute veteran.

But as an assistant coach, there are many times when you don't disobey the head coach.