Chapter 148: Get out of the de-escalation zone
The Swansea players' fitness had reached a critical point, and they were stretched up by their opponents towards the end of the game, and their mentality was completely broken.
With two minutes of stoppage time, the two sides went into garbage time to wait for the referee to blow the whistle for the end of the game.
Drip ~ Drip ~ Drip !!!
When the referee blew the final whistle, the Leicester players did not rejoice in the victory.
The players and coaching staff, all standing straight, looked at the big screen on the pitch.
Aston Villa 2:3 Queens Park Rangers.
Everton 0:0 Burnley.
The two teams are now staying in the relegation zone with Leicester City, and if the current score is followed, Leicester City will finally give up the bottom position to Burnley and come to the bottom of the table.
The home fans were also anxiously awaiting the news of the end on the other side of the field.
Maybe a miracle will happen.
Sure enough, the score on the screen began to jump.
3:3γ
1:0γ
Almost at the same time, the scores of the two teams changed.
[Just received the news that Aston Villa scored the equaliser by Benteke in the last minute. Everton also relied on Aruna KonΓ©'s goal to strike at Burnley. γ
As soon as the commentator's voice fell, the Imperial Power Stadium was boiling.
That means Leicester City not only overtook Burnley, but also overtook Queens Park Rangers by two points to finish third from bottom.
Moreover, it has the same number of points as Hull City, which is fourth from the bottom.
With one game less, Leicester City's relegation situation began to turn around.
The players hugged each other, the long-suppressed pain was released instantly, and tears of excitement swirled in the eyes of each player.
Even Pearson, who has always been unsmiling, secretly wiped away the tears that came out of his breath with his hands.
"Come on, the league isn't over yet."
Pearson hugged each player and thanked them for their efforts.
After the game, owner Vichai personally came to the dressing room, shook hands with each player, and gave each of them a bonus of Β£500 in person, plus an additional 500 for goals and assists.
Rosie alone received 1,500 pounds in cash, the most in the team.
The party in the evening, naturally, was a treat for Rosie.
The bar owner, a Leicester City fan, kept asking for photos to be posted on his proud wall.
It's almost twelve o'clock, and when it was Rossi's rest time, although his teammates were still a little unsatisfied, the team had not completely gotten rid of relegation, and they all relented in and went home.
Back at her accommodation, Rosie calls Pixie after taking a shower.
Both of them are very busy at work, and they only have a little time every day to maintain their relationship through the phone, but fortunately, the nature of Pixie's work allows her to quickly accept such a "separation".
Solution, Pixie has a few concerts, which will not end until May.
At this time, the Premier League was basically over, and the two agreed to meet in Leicester at the end of May.
In the afternoon of the second day, the team did recovery training as usual.
The next opponent is the old enemy Burnley.
Last season, it was Leicester City who won them to secure promotion as Championship champions.
Now that both teams are mired in relegation, there will be no mercy in the game.
Shackel faced the former bitter lord Rossi, and his back molars gurgled with hatred.
In last season's game, Rossi's "looking back at the moon" made him a background board, and Shackel wanted to be ashamed all the time.
Burnley lined up in a 4-4-2 formation at home on Saturday to test Leicester's attack in the opening game with a solid stance.
Although Pearson lined up a 5-3-2 line-up, left wing-back Albrighton was actually a wing-back in the game, using his pace to attack the opposition defence on the wings.
Based on the grievances of the two teams last season, plus they are both fighting for relegation, the smell of gunpowder is very strong, the defensive action is very large, and the game is often in the middle of the game, and the rhythm is fragmented.
Leicester City used high pressing to try to break the ball up front.
But Burnley's defence was solid and they preferred to kick the ball forward rather than let the opposition cut it off in their own half.
"Nigel, is the opponent going to be a draw?" Assistant coach Craig was a little puzzled when he saw Burnley's swing bus.
Pearson also noticed that from the beginning of the game, they did not think about attacking, and even if there were a few counter-attack opportunities, they did not advance fast enough, and they looked like they were completely defending.
As the game progressed, Pearson finally understood, saying: "It's not that they don't want to fight back, it's that they can't play at all. β
He sat peacefully in the rest area, leaned back, and said: "Look at Luo's position, when he is attacking, he deliberately moves closer to Arfield, and he usually can't see it, but once the ball is exchanged, Luo can interfere with Arfield's ball for the first time." β
Burnley are a team that are adept at creating scoring opportunities with through balls.
If the opponent presses too high, there is more room for counterattack.
Eoffeld was Burnley's playmaker at the back and had to drop back to a midfield position to pick up the ball due to Leicester's tight pressing up front.
As long as Rossi blocks him, it will be difficult to fight back.
Burnley also tried to attack from both flanks, but Pearson deployed a back five, and no matter which side of the attack, the wing-backs on the corresponding defensive side turned into wing-backs, working with the midfielders to suppress the wide attacks.
In the midfield position, Pearson flanked Andy King and Drinkwater on either side of Cambiasso, and once the ball was broken, Albrighton and Vardy could quickly move forward along the flanks to create a threat.
In the first half, the two teams ended in a draw, and at half-time, Pearson warmed up Mahrez and was ready to play at any time.
Albrighton is the most travelling player in the team as a wing-back, and he has to not only move from a full-back position to a wing-back, but also to return to the wing-back position.
The back-and-forth sprints will make him the first player to be in crisis.
Sure enough, Burnley have spotted this weakness as their wing-back Matthew Taylor has been playing down the left flank, constantly draining Albrighton's fitness.
In the 60th minute, Matthew Taylor was brought down by Albrighton on the edge of the left box and awarded a penalty.
Leicester players protested, and the foul was clearly committed outside the box.
But the referee still insisted on the decision.
Schmeichel faced Matthew Taylor, took a deep breath and, after observing his movement, decided to pounce on the right side of the goal.
Sure enough, Matthew Taylor's penalty, kicked to the right, and it was a half-high ball.
The goalkeeper saves the point and likes this kind of half-high ball the most.
Schmeichel not only saved, but didn't even give his opponent a corner.
After escaping the game, Pearson made a quick substitution, with Riyad Mahrez coming on and the formation adjusted to 4-3-3.
After the penalty was not conceded, it affected the mentality of the Burnley players, and Leicester City seized the opportunity to suddenly pick up the pace up front.
In the 60th minute, Rossi received a through ball from Drinkwater on the left side of the rib, successfully countered offside, and passed the ball to the middle before Shaker returned to defend and assisted Vardy to score.
After the goal, Vardy first roared face to face with Rossi, and then hugged each other.
At this time, Pixie in front of the TV instantly blackened her face when she saw this scene.
Face to face with me, I've never seen you so excited, huh!
Obviously, the meeting between the two in May will be a fierce battle.
In the end, Leicester City beat Burnley by one goal and shared 31 points with Hull City in the standings, surpassing Sunderland and ranking 17th.
Leicester City are finally out of the relegation zone after more than four months.
Their next game will be against Chelsea, led by the madman Jose Mourinho.
After a short streak, Rossi welcomed another big team.
I sent it a little late today, sorry, forgive me!!
(End of chapter)