Chapter 232: Pull out the mountain and cover the world
For a week, Rossi spent the day in London, recuperating in Pixie's villa.
To be on the safe side, Pixie also hired a personal doctor to check Rossi's ankle injury, and after repeated confirmation, she was reassured.
"Pork knuckle soup!"
Pixie brought a big bowl, full of collagen, and said with a smile: "Aunt said, drink more pig's feet to strengthen muscles and bones, this is called eating what to make up." I managed to get it. β
Pixie didn't understand why pig's trotters could be boiled in soup?
"Pixie, don't give me any more food." Rosie smiled wryly, this concern was too heavy.
During her few days in London, Pixie learned a lot of Chinese food from her aunt, and every meal of big fish and meat, bone broth, and pork knuckle soup is a natural enemy for athletes.
I'm really worried that my weight will rise.
"No, let's drink this bowl of soup first. You can only train. β
Rosie drank with tears in her eyes, she had to train twice as hard today to digest this bowl of soup.
After recovering from his injuries, Rossi returned to Lyrc City to participate in joint training.
After saying goodbye to Rosie, Picxie's assistant received a phone call saying that it was the CEO of William Hill and wanted to make an appointment to meet.
Pixie thought for a moment and agreed to meet next weekend night before calling Rossi's agent, Omar.
"Old friend, there is something, please help me check it out, and give me an answer before next Friday."
Due to international competitions, the Premier League took a week off to give members who did not play for the national team a good sigh of relief.
But for those players who are going to play in friendly matches with the national team, it's not so easy.
The FIFA virus, again.
At 2:30 p.m. on April 3, Lyicester City welcomed Southampton at home.
Koeman's side have been a tough nut to crack, and they currently sit in eighth place, eight points off the European places.
They have had few injuries this season and have maintained a very high winning rate in the second half of the season, which is very different from last season's hip pulling.
Dutch defender Virgil van Dijk, who was poached from Celtic last year, has grown into the heart of the team's defence.
He and his teammates Sadio Mane and Perle form the central axis of the team and are an important force in the fight for European qualification.
Arsenal continued to play catch-up with a 4-0 win over Watford before the start of the game.
However, Tottenham drew 1-1 away at Liverpool and temporarily fell out of the title race.
After the warm-up, the players return to the locker room to do the final mobilization work.
"What is the significance of this game?" Captain Morgan stood in the middle and asked in a serious tone.
Isn't the meaning of the game just about winning?
This is the answer written on everyone's face.
"It's to prove that we can do well." Rossi's voice echoed in the locker room.
Morgan smiled and said, "That's right! Now the outside media and the fans are paying attention to us, they don't want to see us win, they want us to lose, because they have never looked at us. β
"Remember, when was the last time we lost?"
Morgan's question stumped everyone, and in their minds, it seemed as if they hadn't lost in a long time.
Rosie knew, of course, but he didn't say it.
Leave it to the captain for better results.
'It was on Valentine's Day, losing 2-1 to Arsenal.
Morgan's words instantly brought the players' memories back to the Emirates Stadium on February 14, a month and a half after now.
'I will always remember that day because we lost the game at the Emirates Stadium after the win over Manchester City.
"In that game, there were injustices, controversies, regrets, and unwillingness. On the way back, I even saw someone pull out a video of Arsenal celebrating in the dressing room and feel as if they had won the title. β
"Do you know what I was thinking at the time?"
The players cast fiery glances eager to answer, like a pack of foxes waiting for their prey.
'I told myself that we had only been in the Premier League for less than two years and that they beat us like they had beaten Barcelona and not because of anything else, but because we had the quality to scare them.
"It's this belief that makes me more determined to win in the next games."
"Now that they've caught up, I'm not worried, I'm more excited. I will tell them in today's game that you can't catch up with me, because my belief in victory is stronger than ever. β
After Morgan said this, the team already felt a burst of blood boiling.
In retrospect, only Arsenal have completed their double so far.
A 5:2 humiliation, a 2:1 victory, all lingered in their minds.
"We can wait until next season to avenge this season, but the top position must not be handed over to them."
With such a firm belief, the players of Lyrc City walked towards the players' tunnel.
Amid the deafening cheers at the King Power Stadium, the two teams stepped onto the pitch.
Rossi and Jamie Vardy, standing in the centre circle, officially started when referee Michael Oliver blew the opening whistle.
Lyicester City continue to use the familiar 4-4-2 formation, focusing on solid defence, aggressive scrambling and quick counter-attacks.
Southampton have adopted a 4-2-3-1 formation, giving full play to the characteristics of attacking and defending to the fullest.
As I have said before, Koeman's all-attacking and all-defensive tactics require players to put in a lot of active running, which can increase physical fatigue.
Southampton this season was eliminated in the Europa League qualifying round at the beginning of the season, and the FA Cup was also eliminated early, only the League Cup reached the 1/4 finals and was eliminated by Liverpool.
Without the constraints of cup competitions, they have more energy to challenge for European competition.
This is also an important reason why in the second half of the game, the players have fewer injuries and remain in good shape.
At the beginning of the game, the two teams fought fiercely in the midfield.
With the action of the two midfielders Clasea and Wanyama, Southampton's overall defence remained very tight, leaving not much space for Lyicester City.
Riyad Mahrez and Albrighton have very few opportunities on the flanks, and once they cut inside to the middle, they will be caught by multiple opponents.
In this game, in order to strengthen the team's speed from defense to attack, Koeman pushed left-back Tagart to the wing-back position, using his active movement to cover the space on the left side.
Of course, with this style of play, the physical fitness of the players is impossible to support the whole game.
But Koeman just wanted to take advantage of the opening attack and give the team a favorable momentum.
Ranieri naturally knows the opponent's intentions, and since the opponent wants to attack, he must start with a solid defense in the first half.
In the past, Mahrez was not involved in the defense of midfield, he just needed to be in place.
But Ranieri asked him to join the midfield defence, first strengthen the midfield defense, and then wait for the opportunity to move.
Sure enough, after Riyad Mahrez tightened his defence, Southampton's attack didn't get too many good chances, instead the players made more runs to make up for the gaps left by the front cut.
The important player who allowed Lyrcester City to quickly stabilize the situation after the start was captain Morgan.
In the face of Pelai, who is 194cm tall, Morgan used his experience and card position to form an effective physical confrontation when he had no advantage in height.
After gradually stabilizing the defence, Southampton was slow to attack and the initial momentum began to wane.
Especially after 35 minutes, the players' ability to run has decreased and the pace has begun to slow down.
After all, it's impossible to maintain a high-intensity back-and-forth sprint all the time.
When Southampton's momentum waned, Lyicester City slowly moved forward.
Lyrcester had chances to push on the flanks but couldn't get a cross down, and inside the box, Jose Fonte and Virgil van Dijk were both over 190 tall and had no chance in front of goal.
In the 38th minute, Lyicester City attacked on the left, Fuchs won the ball on the wing, and no one stepped forward to mark it, giving him plenty of time to adjust.
Koeman was furious off the pitch and this should not have been given a chance.
After two seconds of adjustment, Fuchs easily picked up the ball and passed towards goal, with Rossi and Vardy pressing forward together.
Van Dijk, who ordered the previous point, naturally did not take the two of them seriously.
He stuck in front of the two of them, ready to break the siege.
But the ball landed not to find two people, but the captain Morgan who quickly inserted into the penalty area.
Wan Yama also spotted him, and at the first time, he jumped in front of the spot, wanting to clear the ball before the opponent.
Almost at the same time, Morgan jumped with him, and when he was out of position, he leaned forward in the first half to get ahead of his opponent and head the ball into the bottom right corner of the net.
Wan Yama only felt that he was crushed by a force behind him, and it was difficult to turn over, and the ball was overhead, and the opponent pushed it into the goal.
This header is Morgan's use of strong physical fitness to snatch it from the top of the opponent's head alive, like an air bully, covering mountains and rivers.
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[Our captain, our captain, helps the team score goals.] γ
[He is like a fearless warrior, snatching the ball from the opponent's hand.] γ
[He's the heart of the team's defence, but he doesn't hesitate to step up when he needs to score.] γ
[This is our captain, Wei ~~~ S~~~~~~ Morgan!
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