Although suffered the second defeat of the league of the season at the Liberty Stadium.

However, the atmosphere in the locker room of the team is still relatively stable and optimistic.

Victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers.

In football, no team can win all the time.

Even if it's Huang Saren, he will lose.

And Pearson did not accuse the disciples of poor performance, but comforted them that it was just a game.

Their enthusiasm on the field is also worthy of recognition.

After all, the strength of the substitute lineup is limited, and you can't expect too much

A few days later, Leicester returned to the familiar King Power Stadium to take on 13th-placed West Bromwich Albion.

It is worth mentioning that West Brom is located in the West Midlands region and Leicester City is located in the East Midlands region.

Strictly speaking, this matchup can also be regarded as a derby in the Midlands.

However, from the very beginning, the outcome of this game was already predestined.

Because, the main players led by Ling Feng returned to the starting lineup.

And after a game of rotation, the main players are alive and well!

Amidst the loud singing of the home fans, the blue fox unceremoniously divided into three mouthfuls and ate the thrush on the West Brom crest into its stomach!

Three to one, easily won the sixth league win of the season!

In this game, although Ling Feng scored a putt outside the front of the penalty area, he scored the fifth goal of the league.

But no assists were recorded.

This put an end to his streak of assists.

Ling Feng didn't care too much about this.

He can't guarantee that every piece of bread he feeds will be eaten by his teammates.

After the game, whether it is football experts, the media, or fans, it can be seen that there is a clear gap between the strength of Leicester City's starters and substitutes.

If the main forces such as the "Blue Fox Three Musketeers" are rested, the strength is the level of the Premier League relegation team.

But isn't this a problem for every Premier League team?

Perhaps only giants like Manchester City and Chelsea, who are backed by big (stone) old (oil) boards (dad), can narrow the gap between the strength of the starting lineup and the substitute lineup infinitely

And before you know it, this season's Premier League has been played in ten rounds.

The standings have also quietly changed slightly.

Title favourites Chelsea have continued their strong run of form in their last five matches.

Five games, four wins and one draw, ten goals scored and only three conceded!

The team of the madmen, continue to be at the top of the standings!

Manchester City, another favourite and defending champion, is returning from injury after a not-so-smooth start.

This, coupled with Sergio Aguero's rising form, has seen the team return to the top of the table with four wins in their last five matches.

The media and football pundits who thought Leicester would be left behind were shocked.

In the last five league games, Leicester City has won three, drawn one and lost one, scored eleven goals and conceded five goals!

Moreover, judging from the statistics, Leicester City's goals and average number of excellent chances created per game this season rank in the top three in the league, which is not much different from the two giants Chelsea and Manchester City!

As a promoted horse returning to the Premier League after ten years, such offensive firepower is absolutely shocking!

It is with their excellent attacking ability that they have accumulated 20 points, scored 24 goals and conceded 13 goals after ten league games.

With the advantage of goal difference, the defending champion "Blue Moon" Manchester City is pressed under him and ranks second in the standings.

Second only to Chelsea!

However, Leicester's defensive deficiencies are evident when compared to the impressive attacking firepower.

After 10 league games, Leicester have kept just two clean sheets, against Stoke City and Burnley.

It can be seen that the team's defense still has a lot of room for improvement.

Every time a game is won, it is only because the team's offensive firepower is too strong, so that the opponent cannot frequently threaten the backline, thus covering up the team's defensive problems to a certain extent

It is worth mentioning that among the top four in the standings, in addition to Leicester City, a shocking promotion team, there is also a super dark horse.

That's Southampton, who did well last season!

This season, everyone thought that Southampton, who had lost a manager and a large loss of key players, would go straight to the relegation zone.

But it didn't come to pass, the transfer operation of the "Saints" Southampton this season is perfect!

Serbia international Tadic, Eredivisie silver boot and new Italy international Pelle, Austrian Super League double champion Mane, Belgium main central defender Alderweireld, Chelsea champion fullback Bertrand

These newly purchased and loaned players will almost strengthen the position of the players who have left the corresponding positions this season, and some players are even better than those main players last season!

Coupled with the double beast waist Schneiderlin and Wan Yama in the original lineup, Klein, Sean Lang and other players, both in terms of starting strength and squad depth, they can be called strong and strong!

And Ronald Koeman, the Dutch legend who won many championships in his playing days, is also eye-catching in his ability to adjust the attack.

He quickly combined these powerful players into a team full of impact!

And this season Southampton although the 433 formation.

However, in terms of tactical play, it is somewhat similar to Leicester City, and it is also extremely sharp and fast.

Several players up front, especially Tadic and Sadio Mane, have been given more freedom and space to play by Koeman.

The former is a master passer with a wide field of vision, while the latter is a fast horse who dribbles through the top of the wing.

Coupled with the strong body in the middle and the big center Pelle with superb shooting skills, the characteristics of the three players completely complement each other, and they have similarities with the "Blue Fox Three Musketeers"!

With a simple pass-and-run combination, the player can quickly advance through the wings, allowing players to use their individual ability to tear apart the opponent's defence.

And this kind of tactic, when playing against teams in the middle and lower reaches, works very well.

In addition to ranking among the top in the league in offensive firepower, the Saints' defense this season has been greatly improved.

After ten rounds, only five goals have been conceded, the fewest in the league.

Even more solid than Mourinho's team's defense!

So far in the league, except for the loss to Liverpool and Tottenham, two traditional powerhouses, they have won most of the other games.

Especially the record at home, there is no shortage of 4-0 victory over Newcastle and 8-0 bloody victory for Sunderland!

It just so happens that Leicester City's next league opponent is none other than Southampton.

This is also a head-to-head clash between the second and fourth in the league, and it is a showdown between two super dark horses this season.

Whoever is darker and more ferocious will be the winner at St Mary's Stadium at the weekend!

However, before the tough clash with Southampton, Leicester City also have to play at home to visiting Turkish Super League giants Trabzonspor first.

In the last meeting, the Turks took advantage of home advantage and a rude foul to hold them to a draw.

Back at home this time, the Blue Foxes are eager to try it one by one.

Seeing the burning fighting spirit and passion in the eyes of the players, when head coach Pearson mobilized before the game, he gave everyone only one task:

"Kill them!"

"You're welcome!"

"This is King Power Stadium, it's our turf. Let's get out there and teach them a lesson to remember! ”

As soon as the words fell, the Blue Fox generals got up violently, and then stood in a circle, and under the order of Captain Morgan, everyone shouted the pre-battle slogan in unison:

"Blue Fox, Forward !!"

When the players from both sides lined up and walked into the King Power Stadium, the stadium suddenly resounded with deafening cheers!

And the players of Trabzon Sports also showed a slightly shocked look, and they couldn't help but feel a pang in their hearts.

In Group L of the Europa League, where the two teams are located, after three rounds, Leicester City has two wins and one draw to accumulate seven points, temporarily ranking first in the group.

The Warsaw Legion have six points from two wins and one loss, and are second in the group.

On the other hand, they have four points from one win, one draw and one loss, ranking third.

In other words, if they can't win or draw Leicester City this time, their situation will be very unoptimistic.

Therefore, in order to break out of the group, even away from home, Trabzonspor still took an attacking posture as soon as they came up!

However, they didn't know that Leicester City's favorite thing was to press out the formation and play against their opponents!

Only when the opponent presses out of formation can Leicester City take advantage of the space in the opponent's backline and better send the ball into the opponent's goal!

As soon as the game opened, seeing the Trabzon sports players who pounced on it, Pearson, who was sitting in the stands watching the game, couldn't help but show a sneer at the corner of his mouth:

Play against me at King Power Stadium?

Do you think it's Chelsea or Manchester City?!

And the Trabzonspor players soon found that compared with the last meeting, Leicester City's attack this time was full of indomitable momentum!

They didn't have much possession at all, but kept sending waves of attack to their backline through through and through!

Attack, attack again, attack without stopping!

It was only three passes and two downs, and Ling Feng suddenly hit a highly concealed straight plug without stopping the ball in the middle, and he broke through the entire defense line.

Vardy, who was reversed, followed up with a powerful blast, rewrote the score to 1-0.

At this point, only five minutes had passed

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Leicester didn't give the Turks any chances, scoring three goals in the first half!

It doesn't matter if they concede a goal, what makes the Turks most humiliated is that they suffered a home whistle.

Their proud iron (dirty) defense is useless in this stadium.

As long as they move a little rougher, the referee will blow the whistle mercilessly and give them a yellow card!

And every time a card is played, the Leicester players will deliberately come to the referee's side and applaud the referee's wise decision.

The mocking expression on his face seemed to say:

"Just step on the horse, you have a home whistle?!"

In the 48th minute of the game, after a Trabzonspor midfielder kicked Ling Feng with his feet off the ground and was directly sent off the field by the referee with a red card, the Trabzonspor players no longer dared to make rough fouls.

Looking at the score displayed on the big screen, they all looked dazed, and they just wanted to end this nightmare game quickly.

And looking at the disciples who lost their dreams on the field, the Trabzon Sports head coach who regretted it finally reacted and asked the players to retreat to the half court and keep the current score!

Seeing this, Pearson also accepted it when he saw it, and directly replaced Ling Feng, Mahrez and Lingard, who scored two goals in this game.

After all, two days later, they have a head-to-head clash with Southampton.

In the end, to the cheers of the home fans, Leicester City beat Trabzonspor with a clean 4-0.

After beating Trabzonspor at home, Leicester City won three and drew one in the first four rounds of the Europa League group stage, accumulating 10 points.

And the Warsaw Army, another competitor in the same group, will only accumulate nine points if they win Kharkiv Metallurgy.

With the last two rounds of the group stage remaining, they are basically secure to qualify.

In this way, in the remaining two Europa League group games, Pearson can rotate to a certain extent, allowing the team's main players to get more time to rest.

After all, their main battlefield is still in the league!

After 10 rounds, Leicester City are second in the table and top of the league in attacking firepower.

Although they have not touched Manchester City, Liverpool, Tottenham.

However, they have already played against the other three BIG6 teams.

And they not only got points from Arsenal and Manchester United, but also played back and forth with Chelsea.

This is enough to prove that the potential of this team under his command is definitely more than just a relegation team!

Definitely can do better!

As a result, Pearson couldn't help but have more ideas.

Since there seems to be no problem with relegation, can they set their goals higher and be more ambitious?

The Premier League champions would not dare to think about it.

But, is it possible to rush to the European zone?!

Of course, such thoughts only stayed in Pearson's mind for less than a few minutes before he left them behind.

The league is like a marathon that lasts for 10 months.

Now that the league has only passed ten rounds, it is too ambitious to think about hitting the European competition.

Besides, the reason why Leicester City performed so impressively in their first season back in the Premier League has a lot to do with the fact that they don't have much pressure to perform.

Without pressure, players can relax on the pitch and perform at their best.

Originally, their stated goal was relegation.

If he suddenly shouts some slogans and goals of "hitting the European zone", the players may suddenly feel that their plans are disrupted and they are caught off guard.

Then the weight on the body is heavy, and the pace on the field is no longer light.

At the same time, they are also cranky.

If you don't perform well, will you be blamed and criticized by the club, fans, and even the media?

Will it fail the team's goal of attacking the European places?

Will the team sell themselves?

Wait a minute

You know, football is a competitive sport that requires full dedication.

On the field, the more you think, the less focused you become.

And if the mind is confused, the performance on the court will definitely not be much better.

While playing football, thinking about where to sing K and drink or wash your feet after playing football, there is no future

(End of chapter)