Although Leicester City pressed high in the front, the team under Koeman's management also paid attention to the control of the midfield.

This kind of control is not a system like passing, but by compressing the space to achieve the purpose of disrupting the opponent's pass.

Therefore, when Coman transforms the lineup, he often abandons the veteran and activates the young team with vitality and hard work to activate the energy of the midfield.

In the face of Leicester City's pressing, they can quickly organize a counter-attack after conceding a goal, and not give up an inch.

Drip!

During a half-time dogfight, Schlupp and Wanyama got into a physical altercation and began to push and shove.

Teammates rushed to persuade the fight, and the scene temporarily fell into chaos.

This game is related to the fate of the two teams next season, and the mentality of the players will be affected to some extent.

Taking advantage of the referee's mediation, Pearson summoned Rossi to the sidelines.

"Luo, think of a way to retreat and respond."

Southampton's tenacious struggle in the middle meant the team was very passive in midfield and unable to organise passes.

Pearson meant to let Rossi drop back and help the team organise the attack.

Rossi gulped down water, the first half of the game was so fast-paced that everyone was a little overwhelmed.

"Boss, their counter-attack in the middle is too aggressive, I suggest trying it from the wing."

Now in Leicester City's team, only Cambiaso is responsible for defending in the middle, considering his age, his fitness cannot guarantee such a high-intensity rhythm of the game.

"Okay, you go talk to Danny and let him get the ball in the backcourt." Pearson gave a few more words to Rossi and asked him to convey them on his behalf.

The game resumed, Leicester City possessed the ball.

Albrighton tossed the ball to defender Hut, and Drinkwater dropped back to the back for the ball.

At this point, Leicester spread out from both sides, handing over the midfield area entirely to the opposition, leaving only two in the middle.

Rossi in front and Drinkwater in the back.

When Southampton stepped up, they took advantage of Drinkwater's lateral pass at the back to move the ball from one side to the other.

The advantage of this is to avoid tangling with opponents in the middle, giving the ball to Riyad Mahrez, Schlupp and Albrighton on the wings, using their speed and breakthrough to draw the opponent's defensive focus from the middle to the wing.

When Southampton pressed down the flanks, Leicester would use Drinkwater at the back and Rossi up front to move the ball to the other side again.

Through this transmission, Leicester eased the disadvantage in the middle in the last five minutes of the first half.

Southampton also did not have a single threat of attack, with both sides going into the break with a draw.

"How many times have I said that you should attack harder, attack harder, and don't give your opponent a chance to breathe."

Back in the dressing room, Coman was furious, believing that in the last five minutes of the first half, the players were a little slack in their mentality, so much so that they gave the opposition a calm pass on either side.

The players were just silently drinking water, and the dressing room was nothing but Coman's scolding, and all that was left was a heavy gasp.

They were so tired that they didn't even have the strength to speak.

Coman pointed at Mane and said solemnly: "Sadio, you have to cut decisively in the second half, the opponent's three central defenders are very slow to turn, don't be afraid of physical confrontation." ”

"If you're tired, I'll change you immediately, but don't be lazy for me!"

On Leicester's side, the players are no better and are hurrying to drink water and rest.

Peel stared at the tactical board, reviewing the tactics of the last five minutes.

Abandoning the entanglement in the middle and developing the wings, although it can avoid exposing the disadvantages of the midfield, it lacks explosive points in attack.

Ulloa alone can't bargain between the opponent's two high school defenders.

Rossi is not a point-grabbing center and cannot share the offensive pressure on Ulloa.

Neither Vardy, Nugent nor Kramaric were.

Draw.

Pearson had nothing to do, and the best outcome came to mind.

That's right, it's a draw.

Pearson, who had made up his mind, seized the time to lay out the tactics for the second half.

The second half was kicked off by Leicester City, and after Rossi passed the ball back, the formation slowly dispersed in an instant.

Cambiaso, who was originally a midfielder, stepped back to the full-back position and formed a defensive line with three central defenders.

Drinkwater organises lateral conduction in the midfield position.

There were no teammates in front of him, just a large vacuum, and Rossi at the front.

The rest of the team-mates were on the flanks, forming a strange 4-1-1-4 position.

Leicester City took advantage of this strange formation, passing the ball around the perimeter and constantly mobilizing the opposition in the middle to move laterally.

[This...... This one is a bit like the big circle cross tactic. 】

[It looks a bit like you're playing Go.] 】

The on-site commentators in the upper stands can clearly see the formation of Leicester City, forming a huge circle.

In this circle, there are as many as six Southampton players, but not a single Leicester player.

And it is this strange lineup that makes Leicester City's possession recover little by little.

In the 48th minute, Drinkwater, who sank between the two central defenders, used the pass between him and the central defenders to attract the opponent's frontcourt personnel and then transferred to left wing-back Cambiaso.

At this point, Cambiaso found Schlupp in front of him through a long pass from the back.

Due to the excessive power of the pass, the ball rolls out of the baseline.

Leicester City switched from attack to defense and still maintained the high pressure in the first half.

Rossi restricted Davis' shots, Ulloaca was on the line and Albrighton was close to Wanyama.

Southampton could only attack from the wings.

Full-back Klein made a mistake in receiving the ball, and Schlupp was successfully tackled and quickly passed the ball to Ulloa, who retreated to receive it.

Centre-back José Fonte was close behind and wanted to step forward to intercept the pass.

But Ulloa was very clever enough to put the ball back to Schlupp, who cut in forward.

Due to Leicester's special formation, there is a numerical advantage on the flanks when attacking.

When Schlupp again kept the ball to Rossi up front, Riyad Mahrez, who cut in behind, was almost unguarded.

Because José Fonte, who was supposed to be defending, was attracted by Ulloa.

At this time, Southampton's only remaining centre-back Alderweireld was alone.

Not only to keep an eye on Rossi in front of him, but also to take care of Mahrez in the back.

A 187cm tall centre-back has to defend two dexterous strikers at the same time, Alderweireld said he can't do it.

Due to the interference of Mahrez's forward insertion, Alderweireld did not step forward to interfere with Rossi at the first time, for fear of exposing the vacancy.

Rossi also saw this, keeping his back to the ball, but his weight shifted to the left.

It was such a subtle gesture that Alderweireld thought that Rossi was going to catch the ball and break through to his left, so he shifted the center of gravity of the defense to the left.

Just as the ball came to Rossi's feet, his weight suddenly shifted to his right leg and he gently knocked the ball back with the heel of his left foot.

This sudden change shocked Alderweireld into a cold sweat.

He hurriedly stretched out his right foot to intercept, but he was tall and relatively slow to get off the ball and didn't touch the ball.

By the time he turned to chase back, Mahrez had already managed to catch the ball and get into the box while getting his shot in stance.

The goalkeeper also broke out in a cold sweat, attacked quickly, blocked the near corner and fell to the ground to save the ball, and expanded the defensive area as much as possible.

With a shot from a tight angle, Mahrez picked the ball up and cleverly rounded the goalkeeper's defence to smash the ball into the far corner.

【GOAL！！！！！ 】

[The goal went in, a wonderful goal. 】

[Luo once again showed his dashing style of play, and this pass was very imaginative.] 】

[Mahrez, who followed up, shot very calmly. 】

[Leicester City's attacking players, hand in hand to deliver a wonderful goal. 】

[Luo's assist is the subtlety of this attack. 】

[Not chic, not Rossi! 】

(End of chapter)