Chapter 317: I'm Ling Feng fighting the elite!
"The ball is in!"
'Newcastle equalised at the last minute!'
'With less than five minutes left in regulation time, Newcastle could probably pick up a valuable point against the leaders!'
Seeing the Newcastle players rushing to the corner flag area to celebrate wildly, Ranieri sitting in the coach's seat had a very indifferent expression.
Due to the second leg of the Europa League round of 16 in three days' time, Ranieri also made a certain rotation in this league game against Newcastle.
Ling Feng, the star who has had frequent scandals with other giant clubs recently, also rarely sat on the bench.
Their opponents, Newcastle, under the leadership of former England coach McLaren, are all the way to the relegation zone.
After 29 rounds, they have only 24 points, ranking second from the bottom, behind Villa, who have been relegated early this season.
However, the day before the game, Newcastle finally welcomed a new coach "master tactician" Benitez.
Even though the legend of "changing the coach is like changing the knife" is everywhere, most people thought that Leicester City could easily win Newcastle at home in this matchup at the top of the standings.
The race started just as the public expected.
Even though Ling Feng, Mahrez, Kante and other absolute main players were not present, Leicester City still took the lead in the 27th minute of the first half with a long-range shot from outside the penalty area.
And the lead of this goal was maintained until the eighty-fifth minute of the game.
Just when everyone thought that the game was won, the Newcastle players were like crazy at the last moment under the tactical changes of the "tactician" Benitez, and constantly attacked the Blue Foxes' defense.
In the end, Newcastle equalised with a corner kick opportunity created by a wide cross and a header from Wijnaldum, the team's number one thigh!
The game ended with a score of 1 to 1.
No one would have imagined before the game that Newcastle would be able to delay Leicester's title win.
This game confirms the saying - there are no weak teams in the Premier League!
Especially the relegation team of the Premier League, it is a difficult bone to gnaw!
Even if they were held to a draw at home by Newcastle. But Leicester City did not have the slightest regret or anger.
Without him, even if the title rival Tottenham Hotspur won Villa in this round and chased two points forward.
But there is still a huge gap of 15 points between them and Leicester City!
What's more, Leicester City has one less round!
It's a matter of time before they win the league and Ranieri just wants this kind of game and the players don't get hurt.
This season, Leicester City's medical team is world-class!
Mahrez, who ranks first in the average number of dribbles per game and the first in the number of violations per game, and Ling Feng, who ranks third in the number of violations per game, are basically full in time except for rotation rest!
Of course, this also has to do with the player's own physique.
However, compared to Ling Feng, who is full of physical attributes, a thin winger like Mahrez can be able to play a logging league like the Premier League, largely thanks to the care and care of the team's medical team.
Coupled with Ranieri's extremely reasonable rotation, Leicester's injury situation has been kept very well.
Until mid-March, the team had suffered the longest injury period, and only Matty James, a veteran who was plagued by a knee injury, missed about three months due to injury.
For the rest of the wounded, it will take two or three weeks at most to recover.
This is one of the important reasons why Leicester City have been able to achieve breakthrough results in all three fronts this season.
If they were to change to Arsenal's vet team, they might not have any chance of competing for the treble this season!
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A few days later, the King Power Stadium welcomed the "Red Devils" Manchester United with the intention of revenge.
This game, for Manchester United, is nothing more than a battle of honor.
Since the first leg has conceded four goals at home.
This means that they have to score five goals at the King Power Stadium to turn the tables around.
It's almost impossible!
However, on the contrary, there was no hope of promotion, allowing the Manchester United players to let go of their hands and feet to attack with all their might, thus showing good form.
From the very beginning of the game, Manchester United almost crushed the Foxes in the half.
However, the offensive was like a tide, but the thunder was heavy and the rain was small.
The lack of finishers meant that they never managed to get the ball into the back of the net behind second goalkeeper Schwarzer.
Even if Juan Mata has the ability to deliver lethal passes, Rooney, who has been in serious decline, is no longer the same reckless tank he used to be.
As for young talents such as Anthony Martial, Marcus Rashford and Depay, the way they handle the ball and their experience are a little immature.
Especially compared to Ling Feng of his peers, he can't bear to look at it directly!
In this game, Ling Feng still started the game.
With a huge advantage in the first round, he played very relaxed.
In addition to using his passing to help Leicester control the tempo of the game, he also helped press and help defend in midfield through active running.
Look at Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial who take the ball and bow their heads, and then look at Ling Feng, who controls the tempo of the game with one short pass after another, Manchester United fans are greedy.
Compared to his own unsuccessful children, Ling Feng is the legendary child of others!
In the final moments of the first half, it was Ling Feng who teamed up with Andy King in midfield to cut off Depay's ball, and then sent a lethal through ball that allowed left winger local teenager Gray to burst into the box and complete a high-quality shot.
If it weren't for De Gea, he still exclaimed, "Duck daddy, save me!" Ling Feng's Europa League assists may be able to rise by one more.
In this way, under one attack and one defense, the two sides returned to the locker room 0-0.
At halftime, Ranieri directly replaced the Blue Fox Three Musketeers and asked them to clock out of work.
Then change the team formation to a 442 in a parallel position.
The outcome of this game has actually been decided.
They still have to prepare for the league in two days' time.
Ranieri's plan is for the team to win the league well before the Europa League quarter-finals approach.
That way, they will be able to keep their squad focused on preparing for the Europa League and aiming for their third trophy of the season!
"Steve, are the lads on the youth team any good?"
On this side, the coaching staff of the Blue Foxes has already begun to discuss whether to let some youth team youngsters make their debuts in the next round of the league.
The situation on the field is quietly changing
With the Foxes off the sidelines, Leicester's counter-attacking threat has clearly dropped by more than a point or two.
The front line could not give much threat, and the whole formation of Manchester United was able to press the attack with impunity.
Finally, in the 67th minute, Manchester United finally scored the first goal of the two-legged game through the combination of Anthony Martial and Juan Mata.
With the goal happening, the morale of the Manchester United players is high,
However, just as they continued to attack, they found that the opponent's defense became tighter!
Moreover, because the formation is too pressed, the space is compressed, which makes it even more difficult to penetrate the ball into the attacking third.
Leicester City, on the other hand, will continue to resolutely implement the manager's tactical instructions, defend well, and then counterattack.
In the end, in the 78th minute, the Blue Foxes, who were pressed and kicked, instead seized the huge gap left behind by Manchester United's formation press, and played a wave of quick counterattacks, and Shinji Okazaki scored a goal to equalize the score.
This goal directly destroyed the morale and fighting spirit of the Manchester United players.
I worked hard to score a goal, and the opponent only needed a counterattack to equalize.
What a kick in this way?!
In the end, Van Gaal also gave up the useless struggle and chose to replace Rooney, Martial and Fellaini.
Although the Europa League is gone, the league still has to fight for the fourth
Eventually, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the match.
Leicester City drew 1-1 with Manchester United at home and advanced to the quarterfinals of the Europa League with an aggregate score of 5-1!
It is worth mentioning that when shaking hands with the opposing players, Rooney specifically found him:
"Ling, I heard you're leaving Leicester City?"
As a teammate of the national team, Rooney had already recruited Ling Feng privately during his time at the St George's Park base.
And this is the second time!
"Man, join Manchester United, let's do something big together!"
In the face of the recruitment of the Red Devil captain, Ling Feng could only cover his mouth and give a vague answer:
'Manchester United is a great team and I would consider it.'
After Rooney, Lingard, who came off the bench in this game, also found this former teammate and asked very bluntly;
"Man, do you want to come to Manchester United next season?"
Facing Lingard, who had a better relationship, Ling Feng directly rolled his eyes, "Please, let me take a break"
Lin Huang relied on his good relationship with Ling Feng, and bombarded him with text messages from time to time, telling him how great and good Manchester United was.
Especially when Ling Feng was linked with major giants, he called several times and asked him if he wanted to join Manchester United next season.
In this regard, Ling Feng was fine at first, but slowly felt a little bored.
In the end, it wasn't until he directly threatened to talk about the transfer again and block him directly, that Lin Huang stopped.
And after Lingard, his team-mate Smalling of the national team also found him
said that he was exchanging jerseys, but in fact, he was also here to recruit him.
Ling Feng even began to wonder if Ferguson had called a few people privately and assigned them all tasks.
That is, taking advantage of the game with Leicester City, everyone has to take the initiative to recruit Ling Feng!
Of course, this kind of recruitment is not his first time.
He didn't take it to heart at all.
He doesn't choose a team to move to because of lobbying from players from other teams.
Although the more acquaintances he has with the new team, it will definitely be good for him to adapt to the new environment.
However, Ling Feng felt that he was a very extroverted person, and he was able to fit in no matter which team he went to.
Besides, with his ability, no matter which team he transfers, all
And the scene of him whispering with the Manchester United players was also captured by the photographer on the spot, and it appeared in various media newspapers in a blink of an eye.
"Ling Feng and Rooney are talking and laughing, and they may become teammates next season!"
"Manchester United did everything they could, just to recruit the golden boy!"
The media put together the pictures of Ling Feng and the Manchester United players talking and laughing, coupled with the previous photos of the Manchester United CEO with Mourinho and Mendes, and they pieced together a script that they thought they had.
Manchester United, plus Ling Feng, the two most trafficked hot spots in British football, have directly rushed to the major hot searches in the UK.
As for the speculation from the outside world, Ling Feng ignored it, and just invited his teammates to his home to watch the new round of Europa League draws together.
After a few other games later, this season's Europa League quarterfinals are officially announced!
Among the quarterfinals, La Liga occupies three places, namely Sevilla, Villarreal, and Athletic Bilbao.
The remaining five teams are Leicester City in the English Premier League, Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga, Braga in the Portuguese Super League, Shakhtar Donetsk in the Ukrainian Super League, and Sparta Prague in the Czech League!
After the draw, Leicester City was actually one of the two strongest teams in the quarterfinals, Dortmund of the Bundesliga!
Even if the defending champion Sevilla draws Villarreal in the same league, it is not as good as this strong dialogue, which is expected.
As for this result, the Blue Fox generals who sat in the living room and watched the lottery ceremony throughout the whole process all showed a slightly solemn or serious expression.
You must know that as a Bundesliga giant who has been competing in the Champions League all year round and just broke into the Champions League final a few years ago, "Bumblebee" Dortmund is definitely a Champions League powerhouse!
Leicester City have been unbeatable in the Premier League this season.
And in the Europa League, it was also a mess.
But to be honest, in Europe, they are only newcomers to the European competition for the second time.
Are they really ready for the test of the Champions League powerhouses?
Just when everyone was asking such questions in their hearts, Ling Feng made a surprising move:
I saw him jump up directly from the sofa and said very excitedly:
"Ness!"
"We don't have to go to the Champions League, we can wrestle with the Champions League team in advance!"
Looking at Ling Feng's shining eyes, the Leicester City generals were suddenly a little confused.
Drawing such a strong opponent, I shouldn't feel it
Why is he so excited?!
Meeting everyone's different eyes, Ling Feng showed a bright smile, opened his arms, and said loudly:
"Guys, I've heard that the Westphalian Stadium is the famous home of the devils, let's go meet them for a while!"
Hearing Ling Feng's eager tone, the generals of Leicester City were immediately relieved.
Perhaps, this is why he was selected for the Ballon d'Or at such a young age and became one of the top players in the world.
He has a fearless mind!
No matter who the opponent is, he is not afraid and moves forward bravely!
In Ling Feng's opinion, there is basically no difference between a strong team and a weak team.
Although it is best to draw a weaker team, it will be easier for the team to advance to the next round.
However, nine times out of ten, everything is unsatisfactory.
Anyway, no matter who the opponent is, if they want to win the championship, they must take all the opponents who stand in the way of the championship!
And what about Dortmund? What about the Champions League powerhouses?
My Ling Feng is the elite!
(End of chapter)