Chapter 12: Harvey of Leicester City [Ask for Follow-up!] Ask for a ticket! 】
"After making his senior debut a few days ago, Leicester City's 18-year-old Ling Feng made his Championship debut..."
"Along with him is rising Algerian star Riad Mahrez..."
Ling Feng came on and replaced veteran Lloyd Dyer at left midfield.
Riyad Mahrez, on the other hand, replaced Anthony Konokite at right-back.
With the introduction of two substitutes, the formation on the field has also changed from 442 to 4231.
Striker Jamie Vardy was moved to the left and used as a left-sided midfielder on an interim basis.
And Ling Feng stood behind striker Nugent as a forward midfielder.
After Ling Feng came off the bench, Leicester City manager Pearson, who was standing on the sidelines, did not forget to shout to the players on the field:
"Pass the ball to Ling more!"
In fact, his performance in training has made Ling Feng gain the trust of his teammates.
Even without the manager's orders, the rest of Leicester's players were more than willing to hand him the ball to organise the attack.
This shout did not react to the Leicester City players, but attracted the attention of the Derby County players.
The Derby County players seemed to have discovered something and looked at Ling Feng one after another.
Before the competition, they knew Ling Feng's name and deeds from various sources.
He came off the bench and provided two assists to help the team reverse the Premier League side Stoke City.
Before the game, the head coach emphasized to them the threat of Ling Feng's passing, claiming that once the opponent came on the bench, he must press tightly and not let him pass the ball easily.
Even so, most of the players in Derby County are unimpressed:
How powerful can a rookie who is only eighteen years old and has not dried up?
Perhaps, this black-haired kid is their breakthrough to turn the situation around!
Feeling the gaze of the Derby County players, Ling Feng's expression remained unchanged, but he scolded in his heart:
No way!
The next time you set up your tactics, can you stop yelling in front of your opponents?
Although he complained like this in his heart, Ling Feng was also mentally prepared.
Since the FA Cup was born, coupled with the excessive hype of the media, he expected that when he was on the pitch, he would definitely encounter the "key attention" of the opposing players
No, "Brother Drink" Drinkwater just passed the ball to Ling Feng's feet, and the Derby County defender who was ambushed behind him immediately rushed over with a ferocious momentum.
Obviously, he's going to give this brunette a kick!
However, before he could get closer, Ling Feng seemed to have long eyes behind him, and without the slightest hesitation, he knocked the ball back to the feet of "Brother Drinker" Drinkwater.
Seeing Ling Feng pass the ball back, the back of Derby County thought that Ling Feng was afraid of his own pressing, and he couldn't help but slow down the pace of his feet while being proud.
Ling Feng didn't care if there was anyone behind him, but his feet accelerated slightly, and he ran to the empty seat to respond.
Soon, everyone in the King Power Stadium, including the spectators, commentators, and the Derby County players on the pitch, noticed something strange:
Is football hot?
Why does this brunette kid want to pass the ball out as soon as he gets it?
Slowly, people who know the ball are beginning to see some clues.
The Leicester No.23 single-handedly formed a mobile triangle with two midfield teammates by constantly passing short passes and running open positions in the midfield, and firmly controlled the ball!
In the face of the pressing and grabbing of the Derby County players, Ling Feng was always able to pass the ball out at the first time, without giving the opponent a chance to foul or confront.
The Derby players couldn't touch the ball at all, so they had to shrink their defence and watch Leicester control the ball.
And within five minutes of Ling Feng coming on the pitch, Leicester City's possession rate reached a terrifying 100%!
And such a picture made the commentator in the commentary seat very surprised:
"Wow!"
"What did I see?!"
"Is this the Spanish tiki-taka?!"
"Flexible positioning, very mature handling of the ball, you can't tell he's only 18 years old!"
"Haha, if it weren't for the blue jersey on him, I would have thought he was a La Masia academy product..."
Hearing this, Leicester City coach Pearson, who sat firmly in the coach's seat of the home team and crossed Erlang's legs, couldn't help but show a touch of pride.
He then smiled at Walsh, the assistant coach next to him:
"It looks like we made the right decision..."
Except for the coaching staff and Ling Feng himself, no one will know that this is the way the coaching staff tailor-made for Ling Feng after comprehensively considering Ling Feng's personal strengths and weaknesses!
And the game video that Ling Feng watched the most in the video room was the Barcelona game video during the "Dream Three" period, as well as the personal game highlights of Barcelona's brain Xavi.
In Pearson and Walsh's eyes, Ling Feng is their Leicester City's Harvey!
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In midfield, the use of safe short passes in tandem is used to paralyze the opposition.
Then when the opposing player thinks that he will only pass the world, and the defensive concentration begins to slacken, another blow is fatal!
And under the continuous short passes, Ling Feng finally caught the gap in the Derby County formation.
When Brother Drinking Water passed the ball to Ling Feng's feet for the twenty-sixth time, he paused.
Seeing that Ling Feng didn't pass the ball out at the first time, the back of Derby County thought that he was about to turn around, and he didn't dare to slack off, and immediately rushed over.
"It's now!"
Just as the back midfielder rushed behind him violently, Ling Feng's expression was solemn, and he knocked the ball back to the other midfielder Mattie James who followed up.
The moment the ball was passed, he immediately turned and ran forward, just past the up-and-coming Derby County midfielder.
Ling Feng could even see that the other party's face was full of stunned.
But he smiled a little sarcastically.
Sample, confused, right?
"Nice turn!"
Seeing Ling Feng run forward to the open space, James passed the ball back again.
It was just a simple one-two, and Ling Feng dodged the rash rush from the back and got the space to pass the ball.
Seeing this, the central defender of Derby County stared at him, and subconsciously opened his mouth and shouted:
"Push it up!"
Derby County manager and former England manager Steve McClaren on the sidelines also shouted to his disciples on the field:
"Don't let him pass the ball!"
However, it was too late!
Without the slightest hesitation, and without looking up to observe, Ling Feng swung his right leg vigorously and sent out a straight plug that stuck to the ground!
The fast-rolling ball slid through the centre-back and left-back to the right edge of the Derby penalty area.
This pass also caused praise from the narrator:
"Imaginative through ball! The ball went through the ribs of the Derby County defence and into the outside of the box..."
"Oh, No. 26 Mahrez!"
With the commentator's sudden exclamation, Mahrez, wearing the No. 26 jersey, entered the big penalty area like the wind!
This is the tacit understanding he and Ling Feng have accumulated during training and group confrontation.
Whenever Ling Feng faced the goal and was about to pass the ball, he would not hesitate to run into the space behind the full-back.
Because he knew very well that as long as he ran, Ling Feng would pass the ball comfortably!
If you want to say who has the best first touch skills among the entire Leicester City first-team players, then Mahrez, who has just transferred to the club, is the well-deserved first.
Faced with the high-speed rolling football and the goalkeeper who abandoned the goal right in front of him, Mahrez had a calm expression, like an emotionless killer.
Under the bated breath of tens of thousands of fans at the King Power Stadium, he just flicked the ball with his left foot very lightly.
In the next second, the ball flew over the head of the Derby County goalkeeper and jumped into the empty net!
"Mahrez, facing the goalkeeper...."
"Shoot!"
"The ball went in !!"
“gooooooaaaal!”
With a nimble volley, Mahrez picked up his first goal in the Championship.
Ling Feng also got his first assist in the Championship.
And it's only been ten minutes since he came off the bench...