On December 31st, the Devil's schedule officially came.

Leicester City first have an away game against West Ham United, a game they must win.

To sum up the halfway season well and keep their hopes of winning the halfway way forward, they have to win this race.

If Chen Yufeng can win this game, he will also be able to secure the best player in the half.

In fact, there is no suspense anymore, just a little more consolidation.

As a result, the game was in full swing from the start, with Leicester's players attacking at all three lines, constantly attacking the West Ham backline.

They are united in their determination to take down their opponents.

West Ham, for their part, made a defensive gesture and did not give Leicester too much space at the back, and they seemed to be about to put the bus to death.

It's a good option, with a mid-table team against Leicester City, and the less desire you have to win, the more likely you are to pick up points.

If you get stuck in three lines and aim for a draw in a single game, that's the best way to do it.

In the positional attack, Leicester City are not so unstoppable.

They are simply known for their anti-counter efficiency.

"The clock is ticking, don't Leicester bring on Klose? At this time, it is better to go to Klose. ”

"Chen Yufeng also got a relatively small space today, he can only try to complete the breakthrough on the wing and send crosses, but the teammates who outflank in the middle are really difficult to provide a very effective battle."

"Everyone also has to understand that he is not a god, and he can't complete a dragon goal in every game, that's unrealistic."

"Oh...... Klose came, and in the sixty-seventh minute of the game, Klose was going to play. ”

'West Ham are also going to make changes and Bilic seems to be coming in for a taller centre-back, which is a smart decision.

"You have your tactics, and I have my tactics."

In the live broadcast room of Sina Sports, Zhan Jun has been commenting on the audience in front of the TV.

The game off the pitch has also been running on time, gradually moving towards the final fifteen minutes.

It looks like West Ham are on the verge of completing their technical and tactical goals and picking up points.

As a team that was beaten twice by Leicester City home and away last season, it is already good to be able to get a point.

As a result, Bilic has been standing in the coach's command area, constantly giving instructions on the field, adding a brain to the team that can make decisions.

It's not useless in a mid-to-lower team, as long as you make sure you're on the same page, the manager can really find more than you do.

In the 76th minute of the game, Chen Yufeng crossed after breaking through on the side, and Klose in the middle hit the goal with a header, and the football was slightly higher than the crossbar, which scared the home fans into a cold sweat.

Six minutes later, Chen Yufeng made a comeback, this time he played more resolutely, and after erasing it from the inside, it was a volley with an outside instep, but the football was firmly held by the opponent's goalkeeper.

After another three minutes, Leicester was already a little anxious.

It's been a long time since they've faced such a tough opponent.

It wasn't until the eighty-ninth minute that they got a corner.

Chen Yufeng stood in front of the corner area and after Riyad Mahrez was substituted, he had to take responsibility for his serve with his precise crosses.

Morgan and Klose in the middle are good top contestants, and he can't be selfish enough to go into the box to fight for the top.

It seems to be a better choice, but in fact, there is a high probability that there is nothing.

The quality of the serve is too crucial......

"Bang!"

Chen Yufeng's corner kick was sent quickly, and he sent it very resolutely, his eyes kept staring at Klose in front of him, as if he was looking for him.

But when the ball raced into the box, it was realized that it was a corner kick that was passed to the back post.

The person I was looking for was Morgan!

This is the second captain who always stands up for the team!

Today, he's ready again.

"Bang!" A powerful header was thrown, and the ball grazed the hands of the opponent's goalkeeper and burrowed into the net from the middle.

The ball is in!

One point becomes three points!

“Yeah——！！！” The Leicester City fans on the expedition were suddenly boiling, and countless glasses of beer and countless scarves were thrown high into the sky.

Morgan also waved his hands excitedly and ran to the sidelines to hug Chen Yufeng.

Bilic, on the sidelines, fell to his knees and raised his head unwillingly.

After the game, under the watchful eyes of the fans in the whole stadium.

Chen Yufeng, who had just won the Ballon d'Or, received the trophy for the best player of the half in the hands of FA officials.

It seems that it was the assist that helped the team complete the stunner, and Chen Yufeng also made a celebration of Bolt's bow and eagle after winning the award.

"Click!" The courtside media quickly took a picture of him, and it was placed on the cover by countless media that night.

[Chen Yufeng's corner kick is a lore! ] Claim the Premier League Player of the Season of the 1617 Season! Deserved! The Chinese striker has scored 21 goals and provided 11 assists in the last 19 games! 】

[32 goals in the first half of the course!] Is Chen Yufeng crazy? 】

[Crushing the miracle sequelae? After Chelsea drew their last game before half-time, they were level on points with Leicester City, but sent Leicester City to the 1617 halfway title on goal difference! 】

[Can you still keep your hot form in the second half of the season?] - Leicester City once again won the halfway title with a historic performance. 】

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Will Leicester City have a respite after receiving their honours halfway through?

No, not really.

Just two days later, they were back at Middlesbrough to play small-town side Middlesbrough.

It was originally a confrontation between two small-town underdogs, but because of Leicester's strong rise, it seems to have turned into a confrontation between the top teams against the lower teams.

However, Middlesbrough today drew on the success of the first 80 minutes of West Ham's last game and put out a formation that was closer to the bus.

In their official matchup table before the game, they were in a combined formation of four, three, three.

But on the pitch, the two wide midfielders retreated directly to the ribs of the back line, forming a back six, and the three strikers also recovered afterwards and came to the vicinity of the halfway line.

No striker lineup!

June Fourth Super Bus!

They seem to be going to defend to the end!

A half-time offensive and defensive battle officially started in the stadium!

It stands to reason that the strikerless lineup is actually relatively easy to break, and there is no extreme situation on the football field that cannot be attacked for a long time.

If a team completely relinquishes possession and is beaten passively, they may survive 70 minutes and then have all kinds of holes due to the decline in fitness.

But because Middlesbrough goalkeeper Guzan played really well today, helping the team to complete countless rescues with high and low grades, and also driving the team's spirit, so that every defender has inexhaustible strength.

"Beep! Beep! Beep ——! ”

In the end, when the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, the score was still 0-0.

Stuffy!

Leicester City drew with Middlesbrough in their first game after returning from the halfway title and did not score!

If it's really funny, the only two teams to keep a clean sheet against Leicester this season.

One is Chelsea, who have just reached the top again after Leicester City's dull draw.

The other is Middlesbrough in front of you.

They have all accomplished the impossible......

After the game, Chen Yufeng and others gathered together to apologize in front of the fan zone, which caused countless media to rush to shoot.

"Heads up, boys, you're playing well!"

"They only use this ugly way to stop your progress, and they don't dare to confront us head-on!"

"Now, we can officially declare that we are one of the strongest teams in the Premier League!"

"Yes, because everyone is afraid of us, and their fears are written on their faces! It's written on the formation after the game! ”

"Let Middlesbrough manager Karanka steal the fun, he will never win the title this way!"

“……”

Chen Yufeng also comforted his teammates as much as possible in the post-game summary.

Football is like this, there are losses and wins, no matter how strong you are, as long as the other side puts down something, they can still find an opportunity to counter you.

He accepted it, and he wanted the players to accept it too.

'Get up for the challenge, brothers, West Ham's Bilic has experimented with a path that seems to work on us, and Middlesbrough coach Karanka has taken it to the end and got what they wanted.

"In the future, there will definitely be teams that make this kind of move, especially the teams in the middle and lower reaches, and it is possible for all of them to play like this."

What he wants to say is not the above, these are just reminders, what he really wants to say is this sentence: "But as long as we can continue to break their illusions, continue to break through their rigid tactics." ”

"Later, they'll find another way."

"We never get tired, and everyone is always on our own path, come on!"

"Come on!" The rest of Leicester's squad chimed in, and many of them had resolute eyes and were ready to take on the challenge.

When they see their opponents complacent because they have scored a point on them, they all understand that everything has changed.

Leicester City is now officially entering the period of a strong team.

Last season was a miracle, no one thought they were strong, they just thought they had a miracle season and won an incredible trophy.

But as the season progressed, Leicester City gradually turned the tide of perception.

After the miracle, must it be a fall and a decline?

No!

Leicester City are taking action to tell the world that Miracle Blue is going to blow to more places.

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January 7, the last match before the FIFA Awards ceremony.

This is the third round of the FA Cup, and Leicester City are once again travelling away to face Everton.

It's already a three-game trip, and this kind of schedule is usually avoided as much as possible, but lately the schedule across the UK has been too tight, and there is no way to do it.

And after the starting lineups of the two sides came out before the game, Leicester City found that the softness at home last time still had a certain effect.

Everton didn't choose to fight them today, but instead deployed a rotating lineup to face them.

"The FA Cup is about to start, so let's first introduce you to the rules of the FA Cup."

"It was founded in 1871 and has been running for over 140 years, making it one of the oldest races in England and the world."

"At the same time, the FA Cup is also recognized as the most competitive domestic cup in the world, and one of the most expensive cups."

"The FA Cup is played in eight rounds."

"The first two rounds of competition will be the English Amateur League and League One and League Two, with Premier League and Championship teams joining the competition in the third round of the competition."

"Before the quarter-finals, if the two teams draw in 90 minutes, it will directly face a replay, which is also a point that has been criticized by English teams, because of the dense schedule itself and the replay format, which is undoubtedly a big test of their fitness reserves that season."

"So, for a lot of teams, in the FA Cup, apart from winning, their favorite thing is to lose, and a draw is definitely the most uncomfortable ending."

"But if you can go further, or even compete for the championship, then everyone is still very happy."

"Alright, let's take a look at the starting line-ups for both sides."

Sina Sports got the copyright of the game early, but only Xu Yang sat in the commentary seat today.

Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu did not join in the FA Cup commentary, their work is busy enough, and they can't fill in this item anymore.

"Everton, today it was a three-five-two formation, but in the game, we can probably guess that they must be more five-three-two, and even withdraw a central striker to become five-five-one."

'It's the more popular way of playing to curb Leicester's characteristics lately.'

"Goalkeeper Hoel, three defenders, Murray, Ashley Williams, Holgate."

"Coleman and Baines on either side, Barry, Barkley, and Tom Davis in the middle."

"At the top of the list, Lukaku and Valencia."

'We can notice that they rotate in midfield, especially in the middle.

'Maybe given the Premier League schedule, Everton didn't go all out for the FA Cup.'

"On Leicester's side, compared to last season's championship-winning squad, there are only two changes, that is, Achraf replaces Fox and Klose replaces Shinji Okazaki."

"The rest hasn't changed."

“……”

By the time he spoke, the players from both sides were already on the pitch and ready to kick off.

Chen Yufeng stood near the side road and took a deep breath.

Although he was at Leicester City last season, he was actually relatively new to the FA Cup game.

Leicester's response to the competition last season was to give up on it, not giving him much playing time and not having any ideas of his own.

But this season, everything has changed.

Knowing their quality, Leicester City did not give up on the idea of an FA Cup.

Even, this cup competition, which only started in the second half of the league, is the front where they have the strongest desire to compete for the championship.

Needless to say, the difficulty of the Premier League and the Champions League can only be said to do your best, take one step at a time, you can have dreams, but you can't dream every day.

In this case, the FA Cup is more like a stadium of honour tailored for them, quietly appearing in front of them.

It's definitely the game he values the most, and he's going to give it his all in every game!

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