"It's game over!"

The next second the whistle blew at the end of the game, all the Blue Foxes players raised their arms and cheered.

A home win over Wolfsburg doesn't just mean they're unbeaten at home.

It also means that they have taken a solid step on the way to qualify for the quarterfinals of the Europa League.

For Ling Feng, what made him proud was that he had become the winner in the first head-to-head duel with De Bruyne!

Who is De Bruyne?

This blushing Belgian is the world's No. 1 attacking midfielder in the future!

Even if he has not yet reached his peak form, the current Tintin is also the core of the midfield of the "European Red Devils", one of the best young midfielders in the whole of Europe!

If you defeat De Bruyne, doesn't it mean that your strength is already stronger than De Bruyne at this stage?!

Indeed, De Bruyne can do what he can do, such as organising attacks, passing the ball and shooting from outside the box.

However, what he can do, such as making soup on the wing and breaking through the defence, De Bruyne can't.

Except for the long-range shot that is a notch worse than De Bruyne, Ling Feng is not bad at all in other aspects.

There are even places where it is stronger than De Bruyne.

And now Ling Feng can be called a strengthened version of De Bruyne!

Thinking of this, Ling Feng's heart couldn't help but feel a surge of emotion.

However, after a brief period of excitement and excitement, he soon realized that this was just the beginning.

Defeating De Bruyne, who has not yet reached the peak of his career, is worth celebrating.

However, he should not be complacent.

If with the help of the system plug-in, you can't surpass De Bruyne, who has not yet reached his peak, then he is too much of a reborn person!

De Bruyne is definitely not the first superstar he has beaten and will not be the last!

As his thoughts turned, a somewhat unfamiliar voice came from his ears:

"Hey!"

Following the prestige, it was Tintin's face that was flushed with exercise!

Meeting Ling Feng's slightly puzzled eyes, De Bruyne said in very fluent English:

"You played great!"

At this time, De Bruyne was in the midst of a rapid rise in his career.

Whether in the Bundesliga or Wolfsburg, he is a well-deserved star.

After playing a phenomenal performance in the Bundesliga and leading the team to defeat the Bundesliga giant Bayern, De Bruyne's self-confidence can be said to have exploded!

Before the game, even though the head coach repeatedly told him and emphasized many times, he was quite jealous of Ling Feng's opponent.

However, he is still convinced that under his leadership, the team will definitely be able to win against Leicester City.

However, the process and result of the game surprised De Bruyne.

In particular, Ling Feng's performance shocked him even more.

It was only after seeing the brunette who was four years younger than himself play football that it dawned on De Bruyne.

It turns out that the reason why Ling Feng won the European golden boy is not because of media hype, but because of his real strength!

Although in this game, whether it is individual performance or team performance, Leicester City, where Ling Feng plays, is better than Wolfsburg led by him.

However, De Bruyne still believes that returning to Wolfsburg's home stadium will lead the team to a comeback!

As the world's No. 1 attacking midfielder recognized by future fans, De Bruyne has the determination to climb the ladder and the pride of not admitting defeat.

Therefore, he chose to fight with Ling Feng as soon as the game ended:

"However, in the second round, I won't lose to you again!"

As soon as these words came out, Ling Feng couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

He has the impression that De Bruyne, who plays for Manchester City, is a humble and interesting man.

Of course, under the face that resembles the protagonist of the anime, there are also moments of grumpy.

For example, the classic scenes of the famous "Let Me Talk" and "Angry Guardiola".

Despite this, such a sharp declaration of war did refresh Ling Feng's perception of Ding Ding for the first time.

It also made him realize that what was standing in front of him was not the Tintin in the live TV broadcast and interviews, but a living De Bruyne!

And now De Bruyne is just a popular fried chicken in the Bundesliga at the age of 23.

Not yet the king of the blue moon in the future, the world's No. 1 attacking midfielder who has been smoothed out by the happy boys again and again.

Therefore, such a statement would not be too surprising for a confident Belgian genius who has just joined Wolfsburg and claims that Wolfsburg is just a springboard for his own joining the giants.

After all, if you are not angry, are you still called a young man?!

In the face of De Bruyne's war letter, Ling Feng just smiled, then stretched out his right hand and said:

"First of all, thank you for the compliment, you did a good job. Then, I will do my best to defeat you again! ”

Looking at Ling Feng's outstretched right hand, De Bruyne hesitated slightly, then also stretched out his right hand and shook it hard.

"We'll see!"

With such a sentence, De Bruyne turned away without hesitation.

Only Ling Feng, who showed a smile, was left and stood in place.

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For Leicester, beating Wolfsburg 3-1 at home was exciting news.

The difference of two goals seems to indicate that they have half a foot in the Europa League quarterfinals.

But it hasn't made the Blue Fox fans happy for a few days, but a sudden bad news will be washed away:

In the league match with Hull City three days later, although Leicester City, who were in rotation, won the game 2-0 thanks to the contributions of the returning Ulloa and Ling Feng respectively.

However, the team's main defender, "Brother Drinker" Drinkwater, suffered a leg injury in a fierce confrontation and retired directly from the field.

After the game, after the diagnosis of the team doctor, Brother Shui's hamstring strain will take at least two months of recovery period!

And it's already mid-March.

This means that Brother Drinking Water will be reimbursed directly for the season!

You know, Drinkwater is the team's main force in the midfield position.

The taciturn dude, with his aggressive runs and interceptions, covered the entire midfield and built a solid barrier in front of the backline.

This season, even Pearson has made a relatively reasonable rotation, allowing the main players and substitutes to get the corresponding playing time.

However, perhaps the schedule of the two-line game is too dense, coupled with the team's high pressing tactics, which is too physically exhausting for the players.

So much so that it was impossible to adapt and recover in a short period of time, resulting in injuries.

Moreover, there is such a thing as injury, no one can predict when it will come.

Football is a sport that is full of confrontation.

What's more, in a top league like the Premier League, the confrontation is fierce, the competition is intense, and the risk of injury is even greater.

Originally, there were some injuries in the team.

For example, goalkeeper Ben Hammer, who broke his finger in training, captain Morgan of the team with a groin strain, full-back Konczeski and centre-back Upson with a hamstring strain.

Now counting the drinking brother who has just been reimbursed for the season, the number of injuries in Leicester City has reached five.

But Leicester City's injury situation is acceptable.

According to the real-time injury list of the Premier League's official data team, among the Premier League teams this season, the most serious injury situation at this stage is "Magpie" Newcastle.

There are 10 players who can't play because of injuries!

The fact that Newcastle are at the top of the list is not surprising to all Premier League fans.

Newcastle's tactical style of play is iron-blooded if it sounds good, and rough (dirty) and rude if it doesn't sound good.

The confrontation is fierce and intense, all kinds of fouls are flying all over the sky, muscles are colliding, and it is normal to be easily injured.

In addition to Newcastle, there are several clubs such as Liverpool, Arsenal, Aston Villa, Crystal Palace, and Queens Park Rangers who have serious injuries.

All have seven or more players who have been plagued by injuries and will not be able to return anytime soon.

It is worth mentioning that the injury situation of the two title contenders Chelsea and Manchester City is very good!

Of the former, only Mikel has been plagued by a knee injury.

The latter was fully staffed and there was not a single injured player in the first team.

In fact, these two teams have also been affected by injuries before.

Chelsea's striker Costa suffered an injury before Christmas and was out for almost two months.

In addition, after entering the second half of the league, the form has slipped a little.

Otherwise, Costa would have distanced himself from Sergio Aguero in the scorers' charts.

As for Manchester City, injuries are mainly concentrated in the front line.

Before the winter window, Aguero, Dzeko, and Jovetic were all lying on hospital beds, and at one point even pushed the 18-year-old Pozzo to the starting line-up.

However, the two giants have enough depth in their squads, and the other players have enough quality to help the team win.

Therefore, even if there are injuries in the key position of the forward line, it has not had much impact on the record.

In the eyes of many, in the final nine rounds of the league, the suspense of the Premier League title continues.

Of course, for Leicester City, the Premier League title or anything has nothing to do with them.

After all, Leicester City's squad thickness is not worth mentioning compared to giants such as Chelsea and Manchester City, whose bench depth is thick enough.

Originally, the loss of the main central defender and captain Morgan has caused new problems in the team's defense, which has just improved.

Thankfully, the centre-backs are well stocked and can hold out for a while.

However, in modern football, the importance of the midfielder to the team is self-evident.

Regular defender Drinkwater is directly reimbursed for the season.

This means that the team lacks the sweeping and interception of Brother Drinking Water in the midfield, and the defense in the middle will inevitably be empty.

The sudden injury cast a shadow over the team's future.

The team's top priority is to think about a very important question:

Who can take Drinkwater's place?

Especially in the upcoming second leg of the Europa League quarter-finals, who will form a midfield partnership with Cambiaso?!

The team currently has three midfield substitutes in the team: Andy King, Marty James and Nick Powell.

The style of play of the first two is the type that can attack and defend. Powell, on the other hand, is a more playmaking midfielder.

But the defensive ability of the three of them is not as good as Brother Shui.

You must know that even if you drink water, you can't prevent De Bruyne.

Cambiaso, the other starting defender, is also older, conscious and experienced, but he can't outrun the time.

He simply couldn't keep up with De Bruyne's tempo, and many times he had to use fouls to stop Tintin's progress.

And in the middle of the position, once a foul, it will give the opponent a very good set-piece opportunity.

And after repeated studies in the tactical meeting, Pearson, who racked his brains, patted his head and suddenly thought of a good idea!

"Let's let Ling retreat to the midfield, can't we?!"

This season, Ling Feng has also retreated to the midfield and partnered with Cambiaso in the back, and the effect is also good.

With his extraordinary speed and explosiveness, as well as his excellent defensive positioning and anticipation, coupled with his significantly enhanced confrontation ability after gaining muscle, Ling Feng is fully capable of playing the role of a midfielder.

If Ling Feng is dropped back, they can put Lingard up front, allowing him to link up with his team-mates with his excellent off-ball movement.

The most important thing is that after Ling Feng retreats to midfield, he can play on De Bruyne, the most dangerous player at Wolfsburg.

Judging from the last game, as long as De Bruyne is prevented, the offensive threat of Wolfsburg is almost reduced by 70%!

On March 20, Leicester City came to Wolfsburg in Lower Saxony with a 3-1 home advantage.

In the Volkswagen Arena, they met Wolfsburg, which had the advantage of being on the home field and was going to storm it with all their might!

In addition to the suspended Gustavo being replaced by the teenager Arnold, Wolfsburg still has the strongest lineup!

However, Leicester City's lineup this time was unexpected by everyone.

Opponents are also included.

Leicester City's tactical change in retreating Ling Feng to a midfield position surprised Wolfsburg boss Heijin.

You must know that Ling Feng is the attacking core of Leicester City.

Drop him back and away from goal and the attacking threat will definitely be greatly reduced.

Isn't it true that they are not going to attack?!

And after the game started, he realized that he had guessed correctly!

In this game, Leicester City actually gave up the very aggressive high pressing, but contracted the defense, retreated to their own half, and played a defensive counterattack!

And Pearson gave Ling Feng only one task.

That's to stun De Bruyne!

On the premise of limiting De Bruyne, think about the attack!

And Ling Feng gave him the task given by the head coach and completed it very well.

Ninety minutes of the game, plus stoppage time, he was close to Kevin De Bruyne.

And under his kraft candy-like close defense, De Bruyne simply can't calmly take the ball to organize the attack, and he can't easily get rid of his defense.

Because of Ling Feng's speed and burst, he was faster than him.

Once he has the ball, Ling Feng can also stay by his side, interfere, and then wait for the opportunity to make a steal.

Although it is not possible to snatch the ball from De Bruyne's feet every time.

However, it was very effective in limiting the individual play of the Wolfsburg core, which greatly weakened the Wolfsburg attacking threat.

In the end, Leicester City finally drew with Wolfsburg, the second in the Bundesliga with the second offensive firepower, with a score of 1 to 1 at the Volkswagen Arena!

And with an aggregate score of 4-2, he eliminated Wolfsburg and successfully advanced to the quarterfinals of the Europa League!

(End of chapter)