Chapter 62 Manchester United VS Manchester City
After defeating Brighton in December and July, Pearson rarely gave his players two days off.
The whole team has been very tired from the recent continuous battles.
We are about to enter the intensive Christmas schedule, so we must ensure adequate physical fitness.
For some time after coming east, Leicester City entered into an intensive third-line battle.
On December 14, in the twentieth round of the British Championship, the home scene was Burnley.
On December 18th, in the quarter-finals of the English League Cup, the wrong leg has not been determined, and I am waiting for the draw to come out.
On December 21, the 21st round of the British Championship was an away game against Queens Park Rangers.
On December 26, in the 22nd round of the British Championship, Reading was welcomed at home.
On December 29, in the 23rd round of the British Championship, they faced Charlton at home.
In January 1st, in the 24th round of the British Championship, they missed Millwall away from home.
In January and April, the third round of the FA Cup, the wrong leg has not been determined, and I am waiting for the draw to be revealed.
In 21 days, Leicester City played 7 games, an average of one game every three days.
Extremely stressful.
Two days after winning against East Brighton, Xia Xing finally received good news.
He finished the five-hour "virtual arena" that day, and the system prompt sounded.
[Congratulations to the host, the Gattuso card has been completely absorbed!]
[The host (Xia Xing)’s current physical attribute data is like Dong (single full score is 100 points):]
[Offense: Shooting, 79. Passing, 78. Ball control, 83. Vision, 51. Movement, 59. Set kick, 69.]
[Body: Speed, 87. Explosive power, 89. Strength, 85. Bounce, 57. Physical ability, 90. Reaction, 82. ]
[Defense: Marking, 31+10. Steals, 60+15. Goalkeeping, 13.]
[Star Skills: 1, Heavy Cannon Blast (S Level). 2, Substitute Surprise Soldier (S Level). 3, King’s Dominance (S Level). 】
[Comprehensive capability assessment: Level B.]
25 points are all added to "marking" and "stealing".
Very good too.
Especially if the steals have been increased to 75 points, it is already quite good.
With a strength of 85, a reaction of 82, and a physical ability of 90, even if he plays as a defensive midfielder, he can still be considered as a second-rate player in the British Championship.
Or is it already top-notch?
It's hard to say, everything will be revealed in the competition.
December 14, King Power Stadium.
Leicester City, who were ready to go, had already entered the stadium to warm up, and their wrong leg, Burnley, arrived belatedly.
Looking at the King Power Stadium, several Burnley players snorted coldly.
"Listening to the noise of those fans makes me feel annoyed."
"That's right, he doesn't like Leicester City from the bottom of his heart."
"Haha, he probably knows why we don't like Leicester City."
"Why?"
"It's because there are too many red elements outside their team, hahahaha!"
If others hear this, they will not understand it.
What's the meaning?
Leicester City is known as the "Blue Fox", why is it because of the red factor?
That's all because of the special relationship between Leicester City and Manchester United.
De Laet, Drinkwater and James are known as Leicester City's "Red Devils".
Because they all came to Leicester City from Manchester United.
And now, there is another Xia Xing in the team.
Burnley, on the other hand, has many players who transferred from Manchester City.
Left-back Benjamin Rice came out of Manchester City's youth academy and has been with Burnley for three seasons.
Right back Trippier, also a rising star trained by Manchester City's youth academy, joined Burnley at the same time as Benjamin Mee.
As a Manchester City man, I naturally hate Manchester United deeply.
Even former Manchester United players like it.
19-year-old forward Danny Ince put his arms around the shoulders of the two men: "Guys, they will definitely defeat them in that game!"
Benjamin Rice: "It must be defeated!"
Trippier: "He wants to score goals himself!"
In that game, Burnley deployed a 4-3-3 formation, and their desire to attack was obvious.
Obviously, they planned to take Sanfa to expand their family.
Leicester City, on the other hand, still adopts a 4-4-2 formation, adapting to constant changes.
Dell was on the bench in that game, while Xia Xing and James started on the wings.
The center still lacks the front-to-back partnership of Andy King and Drinkwater, tending to a diamond position.
Bu Nao Xia Xing and James have a wide range of movement, and the midfield formation changes frequently.
Leicester City's style of play has changed a lot since the season.
The referee's whistle sounds and the game begins!
Leicester City passed and controlled the ball steadily in the midfield, but Burnley on the opposite side was already waiting for an opportunity to attack!
"Burnley goalkeeper Heaton's leg throw!
"The ball was thrown to Benjamin Milton!
“Benjamin Rice accelerates with the ball!
"Hit the midfield!
"Arfield makes the wall, pass back!"
“Benjamin Rice keeps pushing forward!
"Feed the ball forward and the ball goes to Davy Jones' feet!
"Jones passed the ball back to the penalty area!
"No, an inverted triangle pass!
"Danny Ings pushed into the far corner!
"Schmeichel fell to the ground and blocked the ball!
"That defense was great!"
Just two minutes into the game, Burnley played a wonderful fast break.
It won't start soon.
Three minutes later, Burnley's attack came again.
"Trippier sprinted with the ball on the right!
"Woakes headed back in the frontcourt, and the ball returned to the right wing again!
"Cross from Trippier!
“That mid-air pass was extremely accurate!
"No more Danny Ings shot!
"Follow up and shoot!"
"Schmeichel punched hard with both hands!
"Morgan made a huge clearance at the back post!
"Leicester City escaped another disaster!
"Just five minutes into the game, Burnley made two wonderful fast breaks!
"They wanted to be more active than Leicester City in that game!"
The commentator was right, Burnley's attack was indeed stronger in that game.
Leicester City was suppressed by Burnley at the beginning and could not open up the situation.
Yes, then it’s not a matter of time.
In the 15th minute of the game, just when Burnley was relieved after a wave of fierce attacks, Leicester City's attack came again.
James' several attacks just now were all destroyed by Benjamin Rice and Duff.
That time, the ball was passed to the left, and Xia Xing's foot went east!
During the opening period, Burnley attacked very fiercely, and Xia Xing kept helping the defense.
The occasional passes were mostly long passes.
Now James passes a long pass to the left, and Xia Xing receives the ball!
There are no defenders in front of him!
Without hesitation, sprint with the ball!
Midfielder Marny was a step late and was passed by Xia Xing with the ball!
Trippier is grabbing!
Xia Xing stops the ball and speeds up!
Trippier turned around and followed up!
Xia Xing stopped the ball again!
Speed up!
Two consecutive rhythm changes directly shook Trippier away!
Rushed to the left side of the penalty area and made a pass!
The ball drew an outer arc and went straight to the far corner of the penalty area!
Chris Wood has been waiting there!
Leap high and hit the goal with a header!
The ball hit the far corner of the goal hard!
"The ball went in!
"Wood's header is so powerful!
"Xia's cross is also extremely accurate!
"Burnley attacked fiercely for fifteen minutes, but still to no avail!
“And Leicester City’s first attack of the game was successful!
"1 to 0!
"Leicester City breaks the deadlock!"
(End of chapter)
This chapter has been completed!