N-A-A Chapter 300
Chapter 300
The first time, the second time.
Chapter 300 No, Ah Hu, are you serious? !
The day after Leicester City defeated Manchester City, the covers of all media were dominated by Leicester City and Ling Feng.
Especially Ling Feng’s goal, once released, it quickly became a popular video on YouTube!
In less than half a day, the number of views exceeded one million!
After watching the whole process of the goal, many people were directly shocked and shouted “Kaka possessed”!
The Foxes fans, however, were very proud and came to the video comment area, and started to play all kinds of memes:
“Fans of the Premier League’s top team, come and see what’s going on.”
“Kaka? He’s just called Little Ling Feng!”
“Do you understand the value of leading the English core?!”
The media and football experts also started a new round of crazy praise.
After all, in the past two league games, Ling Feng’s dominant performance made everyone amazed.
In the absence of top scorer Vardy, the Foxes’ No. 7, as the star player, scored decisive goals in the two strong dialogues against Liverpool and Manchester City.
Two games, three goals, each one is full of viewing!
A super long-range world wave, a world-class stop and calm push, and a 50-meter long-distance attack!
It is no exaggeration to say that he led the team to defeat Liverpool and Manchester City, two Premier League giants, single-handedly!
These two games let the world see what this 20-year-old English genius is like
This season, his offensive statistics are all at the top of the league.
Assists first in the league!
Goals eighth in the league!
Threatening passes first in the league!
Pass success rate third in the league!
Ling Feng’s progress this season is obvious to all.
In terms of offense, he can not only pass threatening balls, get rid of them on the spot, advance forward, shoot long shots, and break through the wing
Even on the defensive end, he uses extraordinary prediction and speed, combined with active running, to make up for the lack of defensive awareness.
It is no exaggeration to say that Ling Feng is now completely a hexagonal warrior!
Many media believe that Ling Feng’s existence is the reason why Leicester City is firmly at the top of the league and even has the opportunity to touch the first Premier League championship trophy in team history!
Opening the league standings, looking at the blue fox at the top of the list with a lead of 19 points, the fans of the other 19 Premier League teams could not help but feel a wave of excitement:
No, Ah Hu, are you serious? !
Could it be that they are really going to witness a miracle comparable to the Kaiserslautern myth this season? !
After the game with Manchester City, it was New Year’s Eve.
It was also the first time that Ling Feng invited Barbara home for New Year’s Eve, and then spent a warm night with his family and girlfriend.
For Ling Feng, the year 2015 that is about to pass is a year of great strides in his career.
In addition to helping newly promoted Leicester City get the fifth place in the league and the quarterfinals of the Europa League, he also won many honors personally.
Premier League Best Newcomer, Premier League single-season assist king, Ballon d’Or candidate.
In just two years, he has gone from a young player in the English Championship youth team to a potential stock for the Ballon d’Or and the first person of the new generation!
Such an amazing rise is rare in the world!
It reminds people of the “alien” Ronaldo who won the World Footballer of the Year in just two years after officially landing in the five major leagues!
Some people even began to speculate that if he continues to maintain such a terrifying growth rate, they may be able to see Ling Feng like Ronaldo, lifting the golden ball in the near future!
. . .
The first day of the new year.
It is also the first day of the winter transfer window.
Football director Rudkin, who had just returned to the base office, opened his computer and a lot of email prompts popped up in his mailbox.
After opening the mailbox, Rudkin’s good mood was ruined and his face sank.
There was no other reason, just because the content of these emails was all about other clubs asking or quoting prices for Blue Fox players!
Not only Ling Feng, Vardy, Mahrez, Albrighton, Kante, Drinking Water Brother and other players were almost all targeted by other clubs.
This kind of scene is not uncommon.
Whenever a small team performs unexpectedly well and its players perform well, they will be coveted by other big clubs.
Southampton is alive
A vivid example!
For two consecutive seasons, they were dismembered, not only most of the core players, but also the head coach were poached.
Liverpool even directly treated Southampton as a supermarket, and bought goods here frantically for two consecutive seasons!
What’s more, Leicester City is too strong this season, and it can be said to be far ahead in the league standings.
Other championship rivals can’t beat them on the court, so they can only use other means.
For example, poaching!
Of course, other Premier League clubs know that with Ling Feng’s current value and performance, even 100 million is not enough.
Even so, they still sent inquiries and quotations to Leicester City.
It’s like those customers who go to luxury stores to buy things. They don’t have money in their pockets, but they just want to ask how much the most expensive item in the store costs.
The purpose of doing this is to make up their minds to mess with the mentality of Leicester City and the players.
In this way, it can also disrupt the morale of Leicester City to some extent.
Psychological warfare is also a very important part of the professional football world.
Faced with this situation, Rudkin could only curse “these hyenas” in his heart, then picked up the phone on the desk and called the secretary:
“Notify Steve and Claudio to wait for me in the conference room, we will have a meeting!”
After the meeting, the top management and head coach of Leicester City Club all agreed that no player should be allowed to leave in the winter window!
All transfers must wait until the end of the season!
. . .
On the second day of the winter window, which was also the second day of 2016.
Leicester City ushered in the last game of this hellish schedule, playing at home against the newly promoted “Cherry Army” Bournemouth.
This season, Bournemouth, led by young coach Eddie Howe, is temporarily ranked 16th, above the relegation zone.
However, they are not completely fishy.
Although they have encountered bloodbaths from strong teams such as Manchester City, Tottenham, and Leicester City.
But they also contributed to the wonderful performance of defeating West Ham United, the “Hammer Gang” that has repeatedly overturned the giants this season, and drawing with Everton, Swansea and other mid-to-upper-level teams.
In the first round of the two sides, Leicester City defeated the opponent 1-3 away.
And back at home, Leicester City’s soldiers are also full of confidence.
After defeating the giants in the league one after another, the morale and confidence of the Blue Fox players have reached a peak.
They have established a strong self-confidence of “no matter who comes, you will be beaten down”!
At the press conference, Bournemouth coach Eddie Howe also expressed his respect for Leicester City:
“The King Power Stadium is definitely a devil’s home! I think any team that comes here to play must be in high spirits!”
“If we want to score points in this stadium, we must go all out!”
Speaking of Eddie Howe, this brother’s coaching performance this season has been unanimously recognized by the media.
In 2009, this former Bournemouth youth training and celebrity became the head coach of Bournemouth.
He was only 32 years old at the time!
In his first season as coach, he led Bournemouth, who started the season with a 17-point deficit, to successfully avoid relegation and avoid the team’s relegation to the non-professional league.
In the following season, he led Bournemouth from League Two to League One.
After that, he went to Burnley for a short period of time, but soon returned to Bournemouth and led the team to two levels in three years, making Bournemouth appear on the stage of the English top league for the first time in history!
It can be said that Bournemouth’s situation is somewhat similar to that of the “Saints” Southampton.
Considering that the opponent’s strength is not strong, and the fierce battle with Manchester City just two days ago, the team’s main players have consumed a lot of physical energy.
Therefore, in addition to Ling Feng and goalkeeper Schmeichel, Ranieri made a large-scale rotation, and the substitutes all got the opportunity to start!
Ranieri actually thought about giving Ling Feng a rest.
However, after seeing that Ling Feng’s physical condition was still not obviously tired, he decided to let Ling Feng start.
After all, as the team’s star player, as long as Ling Feng is on the court, the whole team has a backbone, and the substitutes are also much more at ease.
At home, Leicester City started to play steadily and do a good job of defense first.
Bournemouth was also afraid of the counterattack of the Blue Foxes and did not dare to press forward, but only made some tentative attacks.
Therefore, the rhythm of both sides in the first half was relatively slow, and the two sides drew.
In the second half, perhaps because the New Year had just passed, the players were not very excited.
It was not until the 83rd minute that the deadlock was broken!
Ling Feng suddenly moved to the right and then used the speed to make soup
After going down the bottom, he sent a reverse triangle pass.
Andy King, who came in from behind, shot a shot, but was saved by the goalkeeper.
Fortunately, Ulloa, who was ambushing in the penalty area, rushed out at the first time and headed the ball to help the team take the lead!
Seeing the full-back being mercilessly beaten, Eddie Howe on the sidelines couldn’t help but shout to the full-back:
“Follow him!”
“If one person is not enough, follow with two people!”
Facing the coach’s shouting, the Bournemouth players on the field just looked at each other and couldn’t help but complain in their hearts:
Coach, I can’t do it!
With Ling Feng’s current speed and dribbling ability, it is basically a crushing defeat against the full-back of the Premier League promoted team.
This is a huge gap in strength, which cannot be filled with fighting spirit and spirit.
And Ulloa’s supplementary shot was also the only goal of the game!
Even if Bournemouth pressed forward at the last moment, they were unable to equalize the score.
It is worth mentioning that Maguire, the “aircraft carrier” who started the game, performed well and turned into an air tyrant, repeatedly clearing the opponent’s long passes and crosses.
In the post-match rating, he also received a high score of 7.5, second only to Ulloa who scored.
Although Ling Feng, who played the whole game, did not score or assist, he was able to tear open the opponent’s defense and create a goal thanks to his organization and dispatch in the midfield and breakthroughs on the wing.
After defeating Bournemouth, the Blue Fox’s lead did not widen further.
Because competitors Manchester City and Arsenal both won.
In this regard, Ranieri told his disciples not to care about the wins and losses of other competitors.
Because if they want to win the championship, they can’t expect their opponents to lose the chain, we must play our own game well!
After all, they have firmly grasped their own destiny in their hands!
It is worth mentioning that in the post-match press conference, facing the transfer rumors surrounding the Foxes, Ranieri said very firmly:
“I can guarantee that we will never lose any player in this winter window!”
“So, other clubs can save their energy and stop sending us emails.”
This statement is obviously a positive response to those clubs who want to poach players.
Don’t touch, we won’t sell!
Of course, in addition to ensuring the team’s main lineup structure, the Foxes’ recruitment department headed by Walsh also began to operate in the winter window.
Although they established a 19-point lead in the league in the first half of the season.
However, they will face multi-line operations in the second half of the season. Whether they can maintain their top position until the end of the season is an unknown.
After all, the long league is a marathon.
Until the last moment, no one knows whether the first person to cross the finish line will be Ranieri and his disciples.
Even if they are several positions ahead of other competitors!
As a veteran in the football world who has coached for many years, Ranieri has seen too many small teams that, because of the depth of the lineup and greed, want to compete for the championship on all fronts, but end up with nothing.
Sometimes, making choices is really important!
In his opinion, the team definitely has a very high chance of winning the league.
Therefore, he absolutely does not want the team’s good situation of winning the league championship to be dragged down by multi-line operations, and then eventually lead to nothing.
For this reason, Ranieri specially held an internal meeting to gather all the players together.
Then he told his disciples that the team’s primary goal this season is to win the Premier League championship!
As for the League Cup and the Europa League, they are secondary.
He will rotate the players according to their physical fitness and competitive state.
The subtext of this sentence is that the main players may not necessarily play in these two cup competitions!
In this regard, the Blue Foxes, including Ling Feng, all expressed their understanding.
Compared with the first Premier League championship in the team’s history, the League Cup and the Europa League are weak.
For professional players who play for a club, the value of a league championship is always much higher than that of a cup championship.
Unless the cup champion is the Champions League champion!
Of course, the League Cup has already reached the semi-finals, it would be a pity to give it up;
The Europa League has also reached the knockout stage, which is also a European competition that can bring income to the club and expand the team’s influence.
If possible, he certainly hopes to win as many championships as possible.
In other words, if they want to maintain their leading advantage in the league to the end, and also compete for the championship in the League Cup and the Europa League as much as possible, they must make reasonable rotations to ensure the physical fitness of the main players.
Therefore, they must continue to strengthen the existing lineup!
(End of this chapter)