Chapter 157: Not Accepting the Tacit Ball

Amid the cheers of the home fans, Pearson and the assistant coach hugged tightly and clenched their fists.

He had only wanted to secure a draw, win a crucial point and take the initiative in the remaining two games.

Mahrez's goal, it was too important.

In the final rounds, Rossi, Vardy, Drinkwater and Mahrez were too good.

After a season of ups and downs, Pearson believes the youngsters will do better next season.

Anampton, who conceded the ball prematurely, suddenly increased the pressure.

European rivals Tottenham Hotspur are already two goals behind Stoke City at the same time, and if the team wins, they will have a two-point advantage over Tottenham Hotspur to move into sixth place.

But falling behind by one goal now means that the team will have to score two goals while making sure they don't concede.

In the 66th minute, Coman made two substitutions in a row, Djuricic replaced Steven Davies, and Sean Long replaced Elia.

It's a simple alignment adjustment for the simple reason that it's not physically strong.

From the first half, Lyicester pressed very deeply, with the backline giving the opposition too much space to sprint with the ball, which was intentional on Pearson's part.

Just imagine, if a player has been sprinting from his own half of the court to the opponent's penalty area, up to 80 meters, the physical exertion is very scary.

Koeman's all-attacking and all-defensive tactics showed amazing combat effectiveness in the early stage, but also due to the fatigue of the players for a long time, resulting in frequent conceded goals in the second half due to lack of physical fitness.

That's why Koeman's team didn't perform well in the second half of the season.

Minutes after Koeman's substitution, Pearson made a change, with Vardy replacing Ulloa.

As the game entered the 70th minute, Southampton's players were already in a physical crisis, and the purpose of replacing Vardy, who was more fast and impactful, could not have been more obvious.

Take advantage of your illness to kill you.

When Coman sensed Pearson's "insidious" scheme, he angrily kicked at the seat.

"Cunning fox!"

Only high school striker Conor Gallagher was left on the bench, and his appearance did not make the slightest difference without the speed of his progress.

Mane's legs also began to heavily, and he was "squeezed" too heavy, and he no longer had the physical strength to sprint for the rest of the time.

The same is true of Wanyama, known as the "waist beast".

Southampton, who had lost the speed of the counterattack, was frantically surrounded by the opponent near the center circle, and the attack had no way to advance near the penalty area of the city of Lyceate.

In the 78th minute, after Lyicester City made a successful tackle in the midfield, it was still the back midfielder Drinkwater who made a lateral transmission and took the ball out of the crowded midfield.

Albrighton took the ball down the right and passed it to substitute Jamie Vardy.

The Southampton players desperately returned to defend and sprinted with their heads back, but Jamie Vardy pushed a long diagonal pass down the middle.

After receiving the ball, Rossi faced the sideways defense of central defender Jose Fonte, did not play alone, and after quickly distributing to Mahrez on the left, he moved to the right and took away the defense.

This is to give Riyad Mahrez, 1v1 opponent of the central defender Alderweireld.

When Mahrez dribbled forward, the ball suddenly slammed to the right with his left heel, and at the same time, the center of gravity of his body quickly adjusted, making a breakthrough to the right to mobilize Alderweireld's center of gravity.

When the opponent's center of gravity moved, Mahrez took his right foot as the pivot, quickly moved the ball in the other direction with his left foot, and shook his opponent with a continuous virtual shake, shaking his opponent's legs and falling to the ground.

Mahrez, who managed to get into the box, curled a curl with the outside of his left foot to get around the goalkeeper's defence and hit the ball into the far corner.

[goal, the ball is in!]

! 】

[It's Mahrez again.] 】

[First use feints to shake off the defense, and then use the outside instep to score the ball.] 】

[This goal fully reflects his ability to dribble and shoot. 】

[Mahrez's feet moved too fast, and the defender was directly shaken down and cracked. 】

With two goals down, Koeman's face was filled with mixed expressions.

There was nothing wrong with his tactics.

Since the beginning of the season, he has continued this tactic and played to the current position of seventh in the table.

Are the players not fighting hard enough?

Davis and Elia were substituted until they were severely inadequate.

No matter how you look at it, it can't be a reason to be two goals behind your opponent.

In the last ten minutes of the game, Southampton, who had lost their fighting spirit and motivation, gave up resistance and made aimless passes at the back.

Lyicester City, which has already won the game, is no longer pressing.

In the 87th minute, Rossi was replaced by the head coach and received applause from the fans.

Koeman could only let out a long sigh as he looked at Rossi, who had put his team in crisis twice.

In the end, Lyicester City won 2-0 at home and took a solid step on the road to relegation.

This week's "relegation battle" in the Premier League has caused a lot of upsets.

Leicester City 2:0 Southampton.

Sunderland 2:0 Everton.

Burnley 1:0 Hull City.

Stoke City 3:0 Tottenham.

Swansea 1:0 Arsenal.

Thanks to Lyicester's win, they have 37 points and are in 15th place, joint with Sunderland.

Coincidentally, in the next round, the two teams will face each other.

Behind them, Aston Villa with 36 points and Hull City with 34 points.

In order to ensure the fairness of the relegation battle, the four teams started at the same time, Aston Villa away to Annanhampton, and Hull City also visited White Hart Lane to challenge Tottenham.

In terms of the strength of the opponents, Leicester City and Sunderland will have a higher chance of relegation in this round.

Against a menacing Leicester City, Sunderland have been playing a tight defensive pitch at home and can also block the opposition's attacking edge while watching the other teams play.

Fifteen minutes into the game, the latest score was passed back from St Mary's Stadium, and Mane scored a hat-trick within four minutes to seal the victory.

There was also good news from White Hart Lane, with Shazli opening the scoring in the 14th minute.

The fact that both rivals are behind at the same time means that a draw between Lyicester City and Sunderland will be able to secure relegation one round earlier.

At this time, the two sides can play tacit ball.

Different from the interest transaction of match-fixing, tacit ball does not involve interest trading, but is a passive game between the two sides in order to achieve a certain purpose in the course of the game.

Therefore, in principle, we will not be investigated by the relevant associations.

Brother, don't fight so hard, everyone can work together to maintain the level, why bother with rookies pecking each other?

The Sunderland players began to slowly guide the ball and in this way conveyed their thoughts to the Lyrc players.

However, with a sliding tackle and a yellow card, Rossi told his opponent that he would never play a tacit ball.

Lyicester City have fought their way out of the relegation zone from the bottom of the table, walking on thin ice every step of the way.

Moreover, in football games, there are many unknown possibilities, who can guarantee that this tacit ball will not be the retribution for the next fiasco.

Rossi's resoluteness also woke up his teammates.

At the bottom of the league for four months, almost relegation, the humiliation at that time, will anyone else care?

Only by truly holding the initiative in our hands is the way to go.

Lyicester City, who have played chicken blood, re-examines the game with the determination to fight for relegation.

Although the two sides ended 0:0 in the end, the fierce confrontation made the fans watching at home feel the real charm of football.

At the end of the 37th round, Southampton defeated Aston Villa 6-1, and Tottenham beat Hull City 2-0.

Lyicester City managed to relegate in the penultimate round with a draw.

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