Chapter 143: A Hopeful Beginning
After the game, Rossi did not return to Lyster with the team bus, but chose to stay in London for one night.
After the public confession in front of the 36,000 fans in White Hart Lane, the whole team showed an expression of understanding.
Rossi leaned against the car window, looking out the window at the familiar street scene with some disappointment, his eyes gradually empty.
Pixie put her hands on the steering wheel and didn't say a word.
The pain of losing is not something that can be solved by saying two words of comfort, and with Rossi's character, he doesn't need comfort.
Prior to this, Pixie had embraced Rosie for a long time, and he needed to be quiet now.
"I don......'t know how long it took, Rosie slowly spoke: "Announcing the relationship now, will it affect your popularity?"
When the agency signs a celebrity, it will not put forward a clause prohibiting love, but will try its best to hide the relationship.
Because romance affects their image among fans.
Seeing that he had regained a little of his spirit, Pixie smiled and said, "Because it's you, I'm not afraid."
Rossi never imagined that he would be able to score a hat-trick in the Premier League so soon, and agreed to the original agreement with Pixie as a joke.
But when he scored the third goal, the first thing that came to his mind was to share the victory with his girlfriend.
Rossi also doesn't know why he didn't hesitate to take off the shin guards and show them to fans all over the world through the camera.
Anyway, it's going to be in the newspaper tomorrow.
After the two took a bath, they simply ate something and listened to songs on the sofa.
Picsie hummed the joyful tune of the new song and fell asleep in Rossi's arms.
After Rossi carried her back to bed, he walked to the balcony and entered the attributes panel to check the system's first Premier League hat-trick package.
"Ding!"
"Congratulations to the host for getting the Highlight Moment card, shooting at a zero degree angle."
"Congratulations to the host for earning 500 XP."
Rossi added 500 experience points to his shot, and the value went from 68→73.
With that done, he picked up the phone, found the missed call, and called back.
"Luo, I thought you wouldn't contact me tonight!"
On the other end of the phone, Omar smiled meaningfully, gossiping, "You're with Pixie, aren't you?" I knew that I knew something was wrong with the two of you......"
"I was listening to a song just now, my phone was turned off, what's the matter?" Rosie interrupted him.
Omar cleared his throat and said solemnly: "As soon as your game is over, a lot of sponsors call and ask for your endorsement. There are a few good brands, and they were still considering it, but after this competition, they didn't hesitate to choose you. ”
"Push it, I just want to finish the game in peace now." Rosie said.
Omar nodded and said, "Okay, everything is arranged by me, you can postpone the cooperation for now, and it is not too late to discuss it after the season is over."
As an agent, Omar's communication and negotiation skills have nothing to say, just one sentence, which not only makes Rossi not decisively refuse, but also increases the opportunity for cooperation in the later stage.
After hanging up the phone, Rosie looked up at the night sky and looked at the sleeping Pixie, with tenderness in her eyes.
The next day, Rosie and Pixie have to separate again, and the two have their own jobs, and getting together less and leaving more becomes their biggest obstacle.
After kissing goodbye at the train station, Rosie put on her hat and stepped on the train back.
Rossi turned on his phone and the news was full of yesterday's match against Tottenham.
"Premier League goalscorer of the future, Kane vs Rossi! 》
"Kane three-ball cap, Rossi three-ball show shin guards, each leading the way!" 》
"White Hart Lane tonight, two future Premier League goalscorers were born! 》
"Pixie's love affair is finally hammered, and the love affair with Rosie has long been hinted at! 》
"Lyrc City will achieve a great escape under the leadership of Rossi!" 》
Sure enough, this is a hot search, fortunately, prepare the hat in advance.
After a short day of rest, Rossi immediately threw himself into training.
Although the team unfortunately lost in White Hart Lane, the players' mental state is very full and has gradually gotten rid of the previous confused state.
Now the whole team is united and vows to succeed in relegation after the last 9 rounds.
The team's owner, Vichai, also came to the training ground in person, cheered for the team, and promised that after the relegation was successful, he would give everyone a generous bonus, and take the whole team to Thailand for a free week.
There must be brave men under the heavy reward, and the players' emotions are mobilized and they are more dedicated to training.
Pearson also found the change in mentality of the players after the Tottenham game, and the support of the club's president, gave him the confidence to lead the team out of the relegation zone.
The next opponent is West Ham United, a traditional Premier League powerhouse once known as the "Hammers", who are 12 points away from European qualification, and can fight hard.
Under the leadership of head coach Sam Allardyce, they have won 11 wins, 9 draws and 10 losses so far, ranking 9th in the standings.
Personally, he led the team to three consecutive victories in October last year, including a 2-1 victory over Manchester City, which made him the manager of the month.
Sam Allardyce adheres to the traditional English style of play, and the breakthrough on the right is an important means of attack, and the high school striker Sako has a good header ability and can always threaten the opponent's goal.
West Ham's strength lies on the wings, with them stockpiling heavily in the middle and vacating both wings to give space for the two full-backs to cut forward.
Not only that, England winger Downing, who was introduced from Liverpool, used his breakthroughs and crosses to deliver firepower to Nolan or center forward Sako in the middle.
Pearson, who has returned from suspension, has a luxurious lineup of four strikers in the front court in one go, which is rare.
In order to defend West Ham's wide attack, in the left-back position, Pearson deployed Schlupp.
In the last game, he scored an own goal, and he was very remorseful.
But his offensive and defensive movement is what attracts Pearson, which will make him appear at left-back and limit Downing's attack.
In midfield, Pearson partnered Matthew James with Cambiaso as a double midfielder, with Riyad Mahrez, Rossi and Vardy in front of him.
At the top of the list is Ulloa.
Lyicester City were very clear in their attacking direction, with crosses from the flanks and infiltration from the middle, giving Ulloa unlimited fire.
Rossi's position is more of a shadow striker, who can either drop back to get the ball or get into the box under the cover of Ulloa.
This slight adjustment made Allardyce a little unprepared.
The main role of the shadow striker is to run without the ball, tear up the defense for the center forward, and at the same time protect the center forward's back.
When attacking, Shadow Striker should run on the flanks and seek a second point of attack.
This requires the players themselves to have a high sense of smell in front of goal and excellent awareness of forward and reverse running, which are what Rossi is best at.
With Ulloa's containment at the front end, it can give Rossi more opportunities to cover forward.
In the 8th minute, Lyicester City played a combination at the front of the opponent's penalty area, the ball came to the feet of Ulloa, and after seeing Rossi in front, he gently knocked and played the ball to Rossi.
Unfortunately, Rossi's shot went just wide.
Two minutes later, Rossi took advantage of his off-the-ball run to take away a central defender, and Mahrez quickly distributed the ball to Ulloa, who leaned on the defender and turned and volleyed, also slightly higher.
Lyicester City, who played imposing at home, put West Ham United's defence under pressure.
And in attack, they are also closely guarded by Leicester City.
Schlupp plays confidently at full-back, playing as a full-back, and he does a good job of protecting the space behind him and his positional sense.
The most important thing is his restriction on Downing.
The former Liverpool winger does not seem to be able to regain his peak form, and in the face of Schlupp's defense, he has achieved nothing.
In the 12th minute, Downing tried to break through again, but Schlupp decisively put the ball off and launched a counterattack at the first time.
As I said before, West Ham United concentrated their manpower in the middle to give up space on the wing and give Downing a sprint for fast players.
But once the ball is broken, this corridor becomes a channel for the opponent to counterattack.
West Ham's response was to quickly return to the midfield position with two centre-backs after the ball was cut off, forming a back three with Alexander Song.
Lyicester City used quick lateral transfers to constantly mobilize the defensive movement of the back three, making it difficult for the compact defence to spread out in short bursts.
Cambiaso, who then cut in later, received a pass from Rossi and fired a furious shot from outside the box to find the back of the net held by Adrian.
1:0!
Lyicester City leads.
It's not like all the previous games.
This lead allowed fans to see the fundamental changes in the team, the resolute execution of tactics, the confidence in handling the ball, and the courage to dare to fight, which can be seen from the mental state of the players.
A minute later, Rossi was tackled by left-back Jenkinson when he was ready to shoot offside on the line of the penalty area.
Yellow card plus penalty.
Unfortunately, Ulloa's penalty was saved by the goalkeeper.
Just as Ulloa was still frustrated, Rossi suddenly stepped forward, grabbed the second penalty, and knocked back to the unguarded Ulloa in front of the goal, helping the latter to score.
2:0!
Rossi orchestrated two key passes, both of which scored, and he was in the right position at the right time to bring out the best in the shadow.
West Ham United, who were not willing to fall behind by two goals, instigated a counter-attack from the back when they had no advantage on the wings.
Alexander Song, who has been on loan from Barcelona this season, seemed to be blessed with Barcelona's passing in the 32nd minute.
In the midfield position, he sent a penetrating through ball to help Kouyate pull one back.
After being scored, Pearson made a change and moved Schlupp forward to help defend in midfield.
When the West Ham full-backs attacked, the centre-backs were deployed to the wings, Schlupp pressed down the wings, and Rossi dropped back into midfield to help the team's defence.
In this way, West Ham's attack was completely blocked on the flanks.
Then use Schlupp's ferocious steal to snatch the ball back.
After Schlupp's successful steal, Vardy on the wing would cut forward to receive the ball, and Ulloa contained it in the middle, allowing Lyicester City on the counter-attack to complete a 1v1.
Sam Allardyce never dreamed that the Lyicester City in front of him seemed to have a new look, with very strong tactical thinking and execution ability, where is this relegation team.
Obviously, you can compete for European qualification.
He hurriedly made adjustments and replaced the playmaker with a playmaking midfielder to tighten his control of the ball.
However, Lyrcester's high pressing made it very difficult for them to get out of the ball and there was a risk in returning the ball, as Kramaric had replaced Ulloa to increase the agility and pace of the attack.
In the 75th minute, under the continuous high pressing of the Lyrcester City team, Downing's return pass was wrong and was cut off by Rossi.
In the second half, Rossi played more of a forward midfielder function, quickly distributing the ball to the forward line after breaking the ball.
Jamie Gundy was pleased with the advance, shaking off the defence and driving straight into the back of the net.
3:1!
The King Power Stadium has finally returned to its former boil, and fans seem to have seen the dawn of victory.
In the 80th minute, to the applause of the fans, Rossi was replaced by Andy King.
Although he didn't score, Rossi was the best player of the game as the pivot of the attack, helping the team build an early advantage with three assists.
The show isn't over yet.
In the 86th minute, substitute Andy King stepped forward from the back, received a pass from Vardy and volleyed home.
4:1!
Lyicester City got April off to a good start with a big win.
After a long-awaited victory, Lyicester City picked up three points, and thanks to this competition, the second-to-last Queens Park Rangers also won, still at the bottom of the table with a three-point difference.
However, the gap with Burnley, who is third from the bottom, has narrowed to 4 points.
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