As the saying goes, everything is hard at the beginning.

Leicester City, witnessed by tens of thousands of Foxes fans at the King Power Stadium, has taken the most solid first step!

The upset win over Everton in the opening game made many people who are not optimistic about Leicester City feel unbelievable.

In their opinion, even with home advantage, Leicester City, whose team is a cut apart from Everton, will lose to Everton.

But I didn't think that Leicester City would win, and they still played such a big score?!

Winning the Premier League has also given Leicester City a huge amount of confidence.

Everton, who finished fifth in the Premier League last season, scored four goals by themselves.

Does this mean that other Premier League teams that are lower in the table than Everton are weaker than Everton?

Of course, football can't be counted like that.

The league ranking is a big reflection of a team's strength and consistency.

However, it is not so absolute.

This real matchup with Everton made the Leicester City generals realize the so-called "difficulty of the Premier League", and even had a little illusion of self-goodness:

The Premier League doesn't seem to be as difficult as the legend says

However, for head coach Pearson, the process and result of the game made him more determined to focus on attacking football this season.

He certainly doesn't think that winning a game will give him a break.

On the contrary, in the post-match tactical review, he and the entire coaching staff agreed that if they took a defensive counterattack this time, they would not be able to withstand the offensive firepower of Everton's upper Premier League at all!

If it weren't for the attacking attack in front of Everton, their backline would have been absolutely broken out by Everton's wingers with excellent skills at their feet!

Therefore, after this trial, the Leicester City coaching staff led by Pearson believes that the current tactics are on the right path!

Of course, substituting offense for defense does not mean that there is no defense.

As the saying goes, offense wins, defense wins championships.

A strong team has a very important balance at both ends of the pitch.

Whether it is strong in attack and weak in defense, or weak in attack and strong in defense, it means that there is a clear weakness.

What they have to do is to maintain the current offensive firepower and improve the defensive hardness as much as possible.

The first Premier League game was won though.

However, there are also many problems exposed in the competition.

visible to the naked eye, such as the midfield strangulation and frequent violations of the team's core Ling Feng;

For example, right-back Koncheski's speed of recovery;

Another example is the individual ability that Matty James has shown in this level of competition.

The former does not need to be solved at all.

Because with Ling Feng's top ball quotient, even if he doesn't need to be instructed by the head coach, he can read the form of the game by himself and deal with it.

The latter two are easier to solve.

As long as Koncheski and Marty James are substituted and Schlupp and Cambiaso are introduced, the problem will be solved!

Konchesky is on the older side, and his physical functions have declined dramatically, especially his speed, which is basically at the bottom of the team, just a little faster than a tall central defender like Morgan.

Under Leicester's attacking tactics, the insertion of full-backs is very important.

However, Koncheski's fitness and pace doomed him to a crouching full-back, not up and down like right-back de Wright.

And the team's academy player Schlupp has an explosive physicality, both strong and fast.

In the second half of last season, he replaced Koncheski as the team's regular starting left-back.

In the first game of the Premier League, considering the team's lack of experience, Pearson chose the veteran Konchesky to start.

But it turns out that in the face of the impact and breakthrough of the Premier League-level winger, he has been somewhat unable to keep up

And Marty James's problem, in short, is that he is not capable enough.

Although he has excellent physical fitness, covers a wide area, and has good frontal defense and steals.

However, under the high-intensity and fast pace of the Premier League, his slow reaction and hesitation to play the ball were exposed.

In the face of repeated robbing, he is not calm enough, and can only be regarded as a barely qualified sapper.

It's okay to be a substitute in the Premier League, but it's hard to start a game.

Thankfully, Leicester City are playing in the Premier League, Europa League, FA Cup and League Cup at the same time this season, so there are plenty of fixtures to rotate

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The next day, major media newspapers have taken the goal battle between Leicester City and Everton as the cover of the sports page.

And Ling Feng's domineering celebration after the goal once again appeared on the covers of major media magazines and newspapers!

This game is even more unexpected than another "Red Devils" Manchester United home loss to "Swan" Swansea.

"The blue fox true core is beginning to emerge, and the little monster is difficult to save when he scores a goal!" —The Times

Leicester City: Premier League, we're back! —The Independent

The Prince of Leicester?! - The Mirror

"Daily Mail" even described Ling Feng's performance on the field as "master"

"Three assists, three different passes."

"This young man, with his consistent dominance performance, has been slapped in the face of everyone who doubts that he can't adapt to the Premier League!"

The most noteworthy thing is that with Leicester City's 4-2 victory over Everton in the first round, it actually reached the top of the real-time standings!

In the first round of the Premier League, only three teams have won with a goal difference of two.

In addition to Leicester City, they are Manchester City, which won 0-2 away, and Chelsea, who won 1-3 away at Burnley.

According to the Premier League's format, with the same number of points and the same goal difference, it depends on which team has the most goals in total.

The team with the most goals is ranked higher.

Therefore, Leicester City, which scored four goals, unexpectedly beat the Premier League champion and third place last season and temporarily ranked first!

Seeing that their team actually ranked at the top of the league, Blue Fox fans did not forget to use their imagination while smiling, and took screenshots and tweeted:

"I declare that this season in the Premier League is over!"

"We are ranked higher than last season's champion, so we are hard power champions!"

"Premier League, that's it?"

Due to the team's success in the Premier League, head coach Pearson specially invited the chef of the Chinese restaurant where Ling Feng took everyone to come to the base last time to cook a sumptuous meal for the players.

Chinese seafood fried noodles, braised pork, dumplings, pot wrapped meat

And sitting by the window, using his mobile phone to swipe the fans' posts, Ling Feng watched it with relish.

What impressed him the most was that some fans put his head on Manchester United King Eric Cantona, and then wrote:

"Come and meet Lester Lingfeng I!"

I have to say that the ability of this fan to play stalks is still good!

Just as Ling Feng was secretly snickering, Mahrez sat down beside him with a plate in one hand.

"What are you looking at?"

Glancing at Mahrez's full plate, Ling Feng raised his eyebrows:

"By the way, can you eat so much?"

Picking up a seafood dumpling with a fork and putting it in his mouth, Mahrez explained as he chewed:

"The fitness coach told me just now that I had to gain a few kilos to get used to the intensity of the Premier League."

Mahrez was slightly shorter than Ling Feng and had a thin build.

As a winger, flexibility and speed are very important.

However, in the fierce Premier League, the core strength is also very important.

Therefore, how to increase their core strength while maintaining the existing flexibility and speed is a compulsory course for every Premier League winger!

And Mahrez's words reminded Ling Feng.

In the last game against Everton, he clearly felt the intensity of the Premier League.

He was repeatedly hit by Barkley, McCarthy, and Barry, and he couldn't calmly maintain his body's balance and handle the ball well.

Although he had long expected that his confrontation ability would not be able to cope with the fierce confrontation in the Premier League, he also figured out a way to deal with it.

However, this is only a temporary solution to the symptoms rather than the root causes.

Even Barkley, McCarthy and others can't bear it, how can he ensure that he can protect the ball at his feet in the confrontation of top midfielders such as Matic and Yaya Toure?!

Besides, he can't keep avoiding confrontation!

Fortunately, the biggest difference between him and technical players such as Mahrez, David Silva, Cazorla and so on is that he has a much better physical fitness!

A height of 1.8 meters, sixty-nine kilograms.

If you are a normal person, it is considered normal.

But for a professional player in the Premier League, it's still on the thin side.

Therefore, he must increase his muscle content and increase his core strength, so that he can not be so passive in the confrontation!

While his thoughts were turning, the captain of the team, Morgan, suddenly came over and said:

"Ling, the coach is looking for you."

"Oh, okay."

Coming directly to the head coach's office, Ling Feng knocked on the door and pushed the door in:

"Coach, are you looking for me?"

"Well, sit down."

"Ling, Ling performed very well in the last game! However, I want you to focus on improving yourself and not settle for the status quo. Because, in my opinion, your limits are much more than that! ”

"Thank you for believing in me, Coach. Rest assured, it's just a normal Premier League game."

Nodding satisfactorily at Ling Feng's answer, Pearson immediately got to the point:

"I called you over, mainly to tell you one thing, after the research of the coaching staff, we think that your confrontation ability on the field is still a little weaker, and it's time to start gaining muscle!"

As soon as these words came out, Ling Feng was not surprised, and nodded directly:

"I think so too. I feel like the Premier League is more competitive and I have to be stronger to handle the ball better. ”

"Uh-huh. So starting tomorrow, you'll be doing half an hour of strength training with Andrew [the strength and conditioning coach] after the team training session. ”

"It's only been half an hour?"

"Let's take our time first, don't be too intense at first, your body is not fully developed."

"You only need to gain another five or six pounds and increase the muscle content, and you can significantly improve your fighting ability without affecting your flexibility and speed!"

"I see. But coach, I still have to practice stopping the ball and shooting from a distance with Riadga, can I finish the practice and then go to the gym? ”

As soon as these words came out, Pearson bowed his head and pondered for a moment before replying:

"Yes, but you have to be in good measure, don't train your body!"

"I see."

Looking at Ling Feng's figure leaving the office, Pearson suddenly shook his head and smiled self-deprecatingly:

"I'm an idiot, I still doubt his aggressiveness"

So, starting from August 18th, Ling Feng will first stop the ball and practice long-range shooting for half an hour after the team's training session.

After the training, he will go to the gym.

Then, under the guidance of the strength and conditioning coach, the strength training is carried out.

And in order to make his muscle-building plan more effective, Ling Feng also used the [Training Acceleration Card] that could last for three months on the major attribute of [Body].

In this way, within three months, when he conducts training in the major attributes of the [body], the relevant small attributes can be rubbed up!

Among the major attributes of [Body], there are eight sub-attributes: [Burst], [Speed], [Strength], [Balance], [Reaction], [Jump], [Endurance], and [Physique].

The attributes related to the ability to fight are [Strength] and [Balance].

And his current [Strength] attribute is only 58, and his [Balance] attribute is 68.

In Ling Feng's opinion, if the [Strength] attribute is increased to seventy, and the [Balance] is increased to eighty, he can basically be in the confrontation with most Premier League players without falling behind.

Ling Feng is looking forward to the explosion of the picture that he will one day be able to carry Yaya Toure, Matic and other top midfielders, advance with the ball all the way, and break into the penalty area

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The curtain of the 14~15 season of the Premier League has been opened.

After the first round, some people were happy and some were sad.

After an unexpected upset in the first round, Leicester's coaching staff and players naturally set their sights on their second-round opponents:

Chelsea led by "Madman" Jose Mourinho!

It is worth mentioning that Leicester City's schedule is extremely unfriendly!

When the Premier League schedule was just released, Ling Feng heard Vardy complain to himself:

I don't know which bastard arranged the schedule, Leicester City's first five games were all tough battles!

First round, Everton!

Second round, Chelsea!

Third round, Arsenal!

Fourth round, Stoke City!

Fifth round, Manchester United!

Except for the relatively weak "underdog" Stoke City, the other four teams are not easy to gnaw on.

The three opponents in the first three rounds are all strong teams in the top five of the league last season!

Manchester United, who ranked only seventh last season, has three new managers this season, and has made frequent moves in the transfer market.

I don't know if the strength of the team has increased much, anyway, every position is a star.

And after a shock defeat to Swansea in the first round, Manchester United will surely take the much-rumored Angel Di Maria for the remainder of the transfer window.

At that time, they will face Manchester United, who have four stars of Falcao, Rooney, Di Maria and Van Persie at the same time!

Post one chapter first, and another one in the evening

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