Chapter 265
Chapter 265
The next day, many teammates were surprised to see Ling Feng and Kante working together. After Ling Feng’s explanation, they knew Kante’s special way of going to and from get off work. This also gave them a better understanding of this French dwarf. Running to and from work? No wonder he is so physically fit! With the arrival of new players, the summer window of the Blue Foxes has basically come to an end. In the entire summer window, in addition to Fuchs, who was signed for free, the team spent a total of 33 million euros to buy out Huth and take down Maguire, Shinji Okazaki, Kante and Inler. The transfer budget of 30 million pounds approved by the board of directors is not much left.
However, all key positions have been strengthened, the lineup has been significantly improved compared with last season, and the important players in the team have completed the contract renewal.
Both the club and the fans are satisfied with the team’s operation in this summer window.
Unlike the Blue Foxes who closed their summer window, the Premier League giants have not stopped strengthening.
Among them, the Blue Moon and the Red Army are the most active.
Manchester City, which missed the title defense last season, is spending a lot of money again this season in order to continue to impact the Premier League and the Champions League.
In July, they first won Liverpool’s winger Sterling, and then won Villa’s captain Delph.
It is said that Manchester City is still competing with other giants for Wolfsburg’s European hot chicken De Bruyne, and is in a leading position in the competition.
On the other hand, Liverpool, who was kicked out of the European war zone due to the rise of Leicester City, has experienced a disappointing season.
You know, they were the runner-up in the league last season!
With Sterling’s transfer to Manchester City and Gerrard’s departure, the Reds ushered in a new era after Gerrard.
They must rebuild!
And the first to bear the brunt is naturally the team’s forward line that can’t score goals!
So, before the summer window opened, Liverpool first bought Roberto Firmino, a Brazilian international who contributed double goals and assists for two consecutive seasons, from Hoffenheim in the Bundesliga with the second most expensive transfer fee in the team’s history of 29 million pounds.
Then, a month later, the 32.5 million pounds release clause of Belgian striker Christian Benteke was triggered and he was bought from Aston Villa.
At the same time, Burnley’s main striker Danny Ings was signed for free.
Introducing three strikers in succession, Rogers’ purpose is very clear, that is, to strengthen the front line!
Let the four old, weak, sick and disabled strikers go!
In addition, they also poached England’s new international Klein from Southampton, intending to strengthen the defense on the wing.
Except for Manchester City and Liverpool, which have spent more than 50 million pounds in the summer window, the other BIG6 teams have not made much moves.
Manchester United has once again ushered in a reshuffle this summer.
With the departure of Di Maria, the “Premier League’s historical record”, and the return of Van Persie and Falcao to their parent team, Rooney is the only one left among the four front-line superstars last season.
And under Van Gaal’s hand-picked, Eindhoven’s Eredivisie top scorer Memphis Depay joined the team at a price of 31 million pounds and put on Manchester United’s legendary No. 7 jersey.
As of the day before the Premier League opening game, they only introduced German star “Piggy” Schweinsteiger from Bayern and Southampton’s midfield general Schneiderlin.
With “Little Pea” Hernandez, Januzaj and James Wilson all loaned out, the team’s choices on the front line have suddenly become stretched.
However, it is said that the Red Devils still plan to continue to strengthen the front line.
Their target is 19-year-old Monaco winger Martial.
This French genius boy, dubbed “Henry II” by the media, emerged in the French Ligue 1 last season!
Manchester United executives believe that Martial, who has a big heart at a young age, can become Manchester United’s new Henry!
Manchester United, which has qualified for the Champions League, coupled with the world-famous coach Van Gaal who is good at training young people, is still very attractive to those ambitious teenagers
Tottenham and Arsenal are calculating.
Especially the Gunners, there are a lot of rumors, but no follow-up.
The Premier League is about to start, and Wenger only introduced Czech legendary goalkeeper Cech, who lost his main position, from Chelsea.
It is worth mentioning that Chelsea, which won the Premier League championship with an absolute advantage last season, is an incredible safe
Quiet.
Chelsea and Mourinho have always been the protagonists of every transfer window.
However, in this summer window, they only brought in Pedro from Barcelona, rented Falcao from Monaco, and got backup goalkeeper Begovic from Stoke City.
On the surface, it seems that Mourinho is very satisfied with the team’s lineup and only intends to make small-scale repairs to the lineup.
However, according to media reports, Mourinho and the team owner Abramovich disagreed on summer signings.
Abramovich believes that the team’s lineup is already perfect and does not need to spend a lot of money to sign players.
But Mourinho believes that the team’s defense is seriously aging, especially the 34-year-old team captain Terry, who must prepare in advance.
Brazilian left-back Luis Felipe, who transferred from Atletico Madrid last season, performed poorly and has been sold back to Atletico Madrid.
And the young French central defender Zouma, who is known as the “future of the team”, is still very young, with explosive physical fitness, but lacks experience.
Just a hotheaded boy, he can’t take on the responsibility of the Blues’ defense.
Especially in the Community Shield, Chelsea was defeated by Arsenal and lost the first championship of the season.
During the game, many people saw how embarrassed Chelsea’s defense was when facing a speed striker like Walcott.
Many people think that Chelsea’s defense is too old, which is a hidden danger.
Therefore, Mourinho, who also realized this, took a fancy to Everton’s Stones and wanted this English defense star to be Terry’s successor.
Stones himself also wanted to transfer and submitted a transfer application to the club.
However, Chelsea’s transfer team may have received orders from Abramovich and has not actively promoted it.
From June to August, Stones’ transfer has not made much progress after three offers.
Everton’s attitude is also very tough and is unwilling to sell the team’s defense to competitors in the future.
This made Mourinho feel quite helpless.
Apart from the big clubs, Ling Feng didn’t care about the signings of other mid-level teams.
He knew very well that only the BIG6 could stop them from winning the Premier League this season!
On the eve of the Premier League opening game, the popular season previews were all on the stage.
The four big clubs that were ranked in the top four last season, Chelsea, Manchester City, Arsenal, and Manchester United, were still favored to win the championship!
But the super dark horse Leicester City, which ranked fifth last season, was widely not favored.
Many professionals and football experts have conducted detailed analysis and explanations on this.
Last season, considering that the newly promoted team was not valued and understood, coupled with Ling Feng’s jaw-dropping performance, it was understandable that he had a surprising record.
However, as other opponents have a deep understanding and research on the tactics and lineup of the Blue Foxes, they will definitely encounter more targeted defense this season.
In addition, the team has experienced the scandal of changing coaches, the tactical changes of the new coach, the running-in of many new players, and the two-line operations. Therefore, many football experts and commentators are not optimistic that Leicester City can continue to impact the European war zone in the new season. However, under the leadership of Ling Feng, the top midfielder in the Premier League, Leicester City’s lower limit is guaranteed. Therefore, many people predict that Leicester City’s final league ranking this season will be in the upper half. Whether it can impact the top eight depends on whether Ling Feng, the British star, can adapt to the tactics of the new coach and continue the explosive state of last season. As for the Premier League champion? That’s impossible! The odds of major bookmakers were also released. Compared with the original Leicester City, everything has changed after Ling Feng, the big butterfly! The Blue Fox, who should have barely avoided relegation last season, unexpectedly made it into the top six of the league; Vardy, Mahrez and other main players have all performed well. Therefore, considering Ling Feng and the team’s performance last season, Leicester City’s odds of winning the championship this season are not as high as 1:5,000, but rather 1:500!
It is not much different from the odds of winning the championship of mid-to-upper-level teams such as Southampton and Swansea.
However, Ranieri’s expectations for the team surprised the media and the public.
At the press conference before the first round of the Premier League, the Italian coach, who had just taken over the team for less than a month and a half, was very humble and low-key when facing the reporter’s question about “the team’s goal this season”:
“The Premier League is the most competitive league in the world, and every team in the league has outstanding players.”
“My mission is to lead the team to relegation, first get
To 40 points, ensure that the team can stay in the Premier League, and then think about other things.”
This speech is also with the Blue Fox team, that is, pragmatic!
However, many media reporters have a sense of déjà vu.
It seems that Pearson said the same thing last season.
But the result is that after they entered the top six of the league, they have never fallen out of the top six
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The opening game of the 15-16 Premier League was Manchester United against the young army Tottenham at Old Trafford.
In the end, Manchester United defeated Tottenham at home with Walker’s own goal.
It is worth mentioning that the Spanish goalkeeper De Gea, who was rumored to be involved in the transfer, did not start in this game.
It is said that Manchester United and Real Madrid have entered the stage of wrangling over De Gea’s transfer negotiations.
But Manchester United’s asking price is very high, 40 million euros, no second price!
And Real Madrid is willing to add goalkeeper Navas to De Gea’s deal to offset part of the transfer fee.
However, Ling Feng, who read the news, knew very well that the deal was very likely to fail.
However, with his own big butterfly, would the situation be different?
He said he would wait and see.
Later that day, the reinforced Leicester City ushered in the first league game of the new season at the King Power Stadium.
The opponent was the “Black Cat” Sunderland.
Sunderland, which barely avoided relegation last season, also made a lot of reinforcements this season.
However, there is still a clear gap between the overall strength and the Blue Fox.
This game is the first league game for Ranieri to take over the Blue Fox and return to the Premier League after eleven years.
A good start is very important for his coaching career at the Blue Fox and the team’s prospects this season.
However, Ranieri did not emphasize the importance of this game before the game, but just used a few words to reduce the pressure on the players:
“Don’t be stressed, just go on the court and play to your heart’s content!”
“I believe you have the ability to get good results! ”
In this game, Leicester City still adopted the 4231 tactical formation.
Compared with the regular starting lineup of the Blue Foxes last season, the starting eleven only had two positions changed:
On the left winger position, Lingard, who returned to Manchester United, was replaced by Albrighton;
On the defensive midfielder position, Cambiasso, who left the team as a free agent, was replaced by Swiss captain Inler.
As for the left back position, Ranieri, after repeated consideration, chose to play it safe and continue to use last season’s main player Schlupp.
Because the tacit understanding between the back line players is very important.
Especially after the team made tactical changes on the defensive end, the defensive positions between the players The position needs more running-in.
If he rashly takes out Schlupp and replaces him with Fuchs, the defense may not cooperate well.
This starting lineup is different from the starting eleven of the Blue Fox miracle in only three positions.
However, even if it is not a complete Blue Fox, Ling Feng has the confidence to win against a relegation team like Sunderland!
This season, he also set a small goal for himself, which is to score more goals than last season!
Strive to achieve the achievement of double 20 goals and assists!
In order to score more goals, he plans to try more long shots in every game!
Just five minutes after the start, he scored a goal 35 meters away from the goal. In the area meters away, he suddenly kicked a shot!
The players on both sides heard a “bang” sound in their ears.
Accompanied by a black shadow, it flew through the air and arrived in front of the goal in the blink of an eye.
The two-meter giant goalkeeper Pantilimon standing on the goal line was startled and subconsciously raised his hands to block the ball!
The next second, he felt a tingling sensation in his hands, as if he was hit hard by someone.
The blocked ball did not fly into the goal behind him, but bounced out and bounced to the penalty spot.
At this time, a blue figure suddenly appeared like a ghost. Kill it!
With just a slight push, the ball went into the goal from Pantilimon’s feet.
The goal scorer was none other than the Foxes’ sharpest blade – Jamie Vardy!
Having scored the Foxes’ first goal of the new Premier League season, Vardy opened his arms excitedly, rushed to the corner flag area, and slid down handsomely!
After the kick-off, as the Foxes retracted their formation, Sunderland’s players were surprised to find that the aggressive Foxes last season did not come up to press them crazily!
However, just as the Black Cats were trying to push their formation to the vicinity of the center circle with some doubt, they were pinched by the Foxes players!
As soon as Ling Feng rushed up to grab the ball,
, another nearby Fox player will immediately follow up and press the ball holder.
Especially Ling Feng, like a blue lightning, it only takes two breaths to kill in front of the ball holder.
And Sunderland’s passing ability can’t pass a few times, and the water brother intercepted the ball.
He immediately passed the ball to Ling Feng, who made an extremely accurate surgical pass and passed the ball behind the left back of the Black Cats.
Mahrez inserted at high speed, then took the ball and rushed into the penalty area.
Then, without raising his head, he directly used his right foot to pass the ball!
Ling Feng, who inserted from behind, pushed the ball in front of the penalty area.
The ball bypassed the defensive player in front, stuck to the inside of the right goal post, and got into the dead corner.
2 to 0!
In less than ten minutes, the Foxes showed terrible offensive efficiency and led the Black Cats by two goals at home.
And this is just the beginning of a massacre.
(End of this chapter)
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