August 22nd.

Afternoon.

The King Power Stadium ushered in its second league game of the season.

And the stands are still full.

With last season's surprisingly competitive and impressive record in the Premier League, Leicester's fan base has skyrocketed.

In addition to the skyrocketing number of followers on official social media, the number of official fan member clubs, the number of people who bought season tickets, and the sales of team merchandise have also risen.

According to the estimates of professional accounting institutions, if Leicester City can continue to be competitive in the Premier League this season, its income can rise by at least 30%!

Of course, for the fans, they don't really care if the team's income goes up or down.

They buy season tickets, they buy jerseys, they buy scarves, it's all about supporting the team, and then they watch the players play on the pitch.

And this season, after the new coach took office, the football played by the team on the field made them all shine!

If last season's offense can be described as aggressive.

Then this season's offense is galloping!

This season, the team has reduced high pressing in the frontcourt, choosing to shrink the defense and focus on defensive counterattacks.

At first, football experts and commentators agreed that such a conservative tactic would severely limit the attacking talent of the frontcourt players.

In particular, Ling Feng's freedom in the front court will be greatly weakened.

However, the course and results of the last two games have thrown them a big mouth.

Such tactics did not limit Ling Feng's creativity, but instead allowed his core role to be infinitely amplified!

The pressing in the front court has been reduced, but it does not mean that Ling Feng's personal ball holdings have decreased.

Instead, he reduced the frequency of pressing and left more of his fitness for attacking.

In addition to positional battles, in the counterattack stage of offensive and defensive transitions, Ling Feng is also the team's first initiator and absolute decision-maker.

Once the ball is at his feet, it's up to him to decide whether to pass it directly or push forward!

He is still the most indispensable core of the Blue Fox Formation!

Compared with last season's tactical strategy of forcing the opponent to make a long pass in the backfield and making mistakes, this season now concedes possession, and the opponent will definitely press the attack in order to score goals.

In doing so, you will enter an extremely crowded midfield area, and in addition to being flanked, you will also expose more space behind you.

In short, as the team's defensive position retreated, "luring the enemy deeper" went from an occasional trick to a regular routine for the team.

In order to score goals, in order to win, it is impossible for the opponent not to attack!

Even if the opponent is a weaker team, it is aiming for a draw with Leicester City, that is, it is possession and not attacking.

At that time, the team can also take the initiative to attack and press up front, forcing the opponent to transfer the ball to the wing, so as to cut off the ball or be forced to attack on the side.

To the delight of the fans, Ranieri's change in tactics has allowed the team to maintain strong offensive firepower while looking much more solid defensively.

Even in the face of the White Hart Lane Youth Army, which has the youngest average age in the Premier League, Blue Fox fans feel that with the team's current defensive level, they are not panicked at all!

Amid the introduction of the stadium DJ and the cheers of the fans, the players from both sides lined up into the stadium.

"Welcome to the third round of the 15~16 Premier League brought to you by Sky Sports, Leicester City at home to Tottenham Hotspur"

"The starting line-ups of both sides."

This season, Tottenham, under the leadership of Mauricio Pochettino, has taken their youth by storm.

Twenty-two-year-old Kane, twenty-year-old Eriksen and Lamela, twenty-one-year-old Dier, nineteen-year-old Alli on the bench, Winks

Although the team lost to Manchester United in the first two rounds of the tournament and then drew with Stoke City, they did not taste a win.

However, many Tottenham fans are very optimistic that the team is still in the run-in period.

And this game will be the beginning of a strong rebound of the team.

Even if it is facing the blue fox with full firepower in the first two rounds!

In this game, Pochettino's starting lineup has not changed much compared to the previous round.

Goalkeeper French international Lloris, two central defenders Vertonghen and Alderweireld partnered, two full-backs, still England double wing, Walker Garros.

Two midfielders, one from a centre-back turned midfielder Dier and Algerian national Script Taleb.

The front four is still Eriksen in the middle, Chadley on the left, Lamela on the right, and Kane in front!

With a long whistle from the referee, Kane, who has changed to No. 10 this season, passed the ball back and officially started the focus of the third round of the league!

Although both sides of the opponent adopted a tactical formation of 4231.

However, the tactics used by the two sides are different.

The real core of this young Tottenham Hotspur team is not England striker Harry Kane at the front, nor Danish midfielder Eriksen behind him, but Belgium international Moussa Dembele in a central midfield position.

He is the best player in the team in possession and ball protection, and a metronome for Tottenham at the back.

He can play a huge role on both offensive and defensive ends, making breakthroughs and steals.

And his biggest role on the field is to control the rhythm of the team.

It's a pity that Dembele is slow and a little dragging on the ball, too obsessed with the technique at his feet.

In positional battles, his dribbling skills can help his team open gaps.

But once the team wants to launch a quick counter-attack after losing possession, his handling will be a little muddy.

Therefore, Pochettino did not choose to start him in this game, but instead brought Bentaleb to partner Dier.

This season, with the transfer of Alderweireld from Atletico Madrid, Tottenham have put together a centre-back partner for the Belgian national team.

Although three goals were conceded in the first two rounds.

However, the form and understanding shown by the two in training made Pochettino feel reassured.

So, Pochettino had a whim and moved Dier directly from the central defender position to the midfield position.

And this stroke of genius turned out to be the right decision for him this season.

Dier defends well and has a long pass.

When he comes to the midfield position, the main play is a squatting pit, no matter how the midfield partner next to him inserts the attack, he will stay in the area in front of the back line to protect the backline.

Then you can also help the ball out of the back court to a certain extent, using long diagonal passes to quickly move the ball to both wings.

Throughout the day, Tottenham's tactics have been dominated by attacking from the wings.

In particular, the frequent assists of the two speedy full-backs are equivalent to giving wings to Tottenham's attack.

Wide crosses are their main scoring chances.

When the flanks couldn't find a cross, they played the ball down the middle, allowing Eriksen to deliver a penetrating through ball that found Kane in front of him and finished the finish.

However, against Leicester City, who are not afraid of crosses from the side at all, Tottenham's attack is a bit thunderous and rainy.

Tottenham had 60 per cent possession since the opening kick-off.

They were not polite, and directly followed the tactics, divided the sides, and constantly attacked the two fullbacks of the Blue Foxes.

However, Tottenham's attack looked very lively, with the two wings repeatedly attacking the Foxes' backfield and then either sending in a low cross or a 45-degree cross.

However, almost all of the high ball crosses were either directly blocked by the full-backs or easily cleared by Hout and Morgan.

Even Kane, who is 1.88 meters, can't grab the first point under the attack of the two fierce men of Huth and Morgan.

And, even if they wanted to attack in the middle, N'Golo Kante, who started the game, became the busiest man in the game.

The Ligue 1 steal king, who is only 1.68 meters tall, is running all over the field.

Where there is danger, there will be there.

Eriksen, in particular, was even more suspicious of life.

The Danish genius has average dribbling and physical confrontation ability, and as long as he is close to Kante, he cannot easily get rid of and pass the ball.

Not to mention organizing an offensive.

With a misguided pass from the flanks and locked-out in the middle, Tottenham's attack did not pose any test to the Foxes' backline.

After more than ten minutes, although Tottenham had as many as six successful crosses, none of the crosses could reach Kane's feet or head!

Seeing that the high ball cross was useless, Tottenham Hotspur coach Bo Fat on the sidelines shouted to his disciples:

"Inverted triangle!"

"Low flat ball!"

"More long-range shots in the middle!"

However, this decision made the team's formation more pressed, giving

Seeing this scene, Ranieri, who was standing on the sidelines with his hands on his chest, frowned.

He knows that the opportunity to fight back is coming!

In the 35th minute of the game, Tottenham pressed the Foxes in the half again, and then Bentaleb split the ball and handed the ball to Walker, who was inserted on the right side.

Facing the Blue Foxes left-back Fuchs, who is 1.9 meters tall, Walker didn't say a word, and just made soup!

Just kidding, I'm the second supercar in England!

It doesn't matter if you can't outrun Ling Feng, that guy is a monster and can't be compared to a normal person.

However, isn't it casual to blow you up as an old guy?!

Even though the coach emphasized Walker's speed before the game, Fuchs was mentally prepared, but he was still eaten raw by Walker.

The point is, this animal is not only fast, but also physically strong.

Even the experienced Fuchs squeezed with half of his body and pulled with his hands, but he couldn't stop Walker from speeding past him.

Is this the speed and confrontation of the Premier League?!

"Wow!"

"Walker looks simply irresistible!"

After getting past Fuchs and dribbling down the ball, Walker glanced at the top of the box and saw that Eriksen was already in place.

Without hesitation, he directly swept the triangle inverted!

The ball clung to the turf and flew straight to the top of the arc of the penalty area.

"Inverted triangle cross!"

However, just as Eriksen had already drawn his bow and was about to shoot from a distance, a blue figure who had long been aware of the danger was one step ahead and appeared on the passing line!

It was N'Golo Kante in the number 14 shirt!

I saw Kante stretch out his leg and poke the ball away, and then the whole person was like a small electric motor with full power, advancing with the ball.

At the same time, Ling Feng in front, Albrighton and Mahrez on the left and right, and Vardy in the front all stepped forward as soon as possible.

Four arrows!

Pushing forward a few metres, Kante was on the verge of fouling him before N'Golo Kante slotted the ball away.

And this ball, the pass was very good, and it happened to be on Ling Feng's forward route.

Seeing that Ling Feng was about to catch up with the ball, the defender who stayed behind, Dyer, immediately chose to grab it.

Even if the ball passes, people can't pass it!

However, just as he was putting down the shovel, Ling Feng had already expected it, and he easily dodged Dale's sliding shovel with just a change of direction to accelerate.

Immediately after that, he immediately sent a silky outer instep straight plug forward!

The ball slipped right past Tottenham centre-back Alderweireld and then with some spin and came right in front of Jamie Vardy.

In the face of this very comfortable pass, Vardy did not stop the ball, but observed the position of goalkeeper Lloris, and directly took advantage of the situation to burst the shot!

Alderweireld, who was half a beat slower, could only put a tackle on the ground and stretch his legs as far as possible to block the angle of the shot, but there was nothing he could do.

With a "bang", the ball turned into a black afterimage, and flew over Lori's head and crashed into the white net.

The distance was so close that Lori, who was standing on the goal line, didn't even have time to react to the save, but just subconsciously raised his hands and made a very standard Gallic military salute!

In the next second, the entire King Power Stadium suddenly erupted in deafening cheers.

"The ball is in!"

"This is the fifth league goal of the season for the Foxes!"

"What a great shooter!"

After the goal, Vardy ran straight to the corner flag area and waved his fist in celebration, unleashing his inner passion and excitement.

With the grinding of his first season in the Premier League, Vardy has become more and more sharp in his second season in the Premier League!

After finishing the celebration, he turned around and raised his hands to high-five Ling Feng while pointing at Ling Feng who was running with a smile.

"Man, that kick is so comfortable!"

"Hey, hey."

Of course, Ling Feng did not forget the hero of this goal.

I saw him take Canterlot to his side, put his arm around his shoulders, and praised him loudly:

"Ngolo, kill the pretty!"

Suffice it to say, without N'Golo Kante's tackles and balls, there would have been no such goal!

In the face of Ling Feng and other teammates' praise, Kante only showed a shy smile, revealing a row of white teeth.

Looking at the Blue Fox generals gathered together to celebrate, the Tottenham youth army looked at each other.

If you can't attack for a long time, you will be punished!

This is one of the laws of football.

However, they couldn't figure out why their opponents could penetrate their own goal with just a few passes.

And what makes them even more puzzling is why this Blue Fox is so different from the Blue Fox last season.

Defensively, in particular, the Foxes have become the indestructible Blues of last season!

After kicking off again, the Tottenham Hotspur generals, who were behind the score, pressed the attack more without hesitation.

However, every time their offensive pushed through the center circle, they were flanked by the Blue Fox.

Especially the short black back in the number 14, almost everywhere!

He runs tirelessly, always where he needs it most, and then works with his teammates to break the ball!

Under the round after round of Tottenham's aggressive attack, the most frequent name in the mouths of the commentators is "Kante"

No one could have imagined that this short and thin black man had so much energy!

(End of chapter)