FVN Chapter 318
Chapter 318
After carrying Myburgh, Leicester City did not have a holiday the next day and will play away to Birmingham City in the round of 28 three days.
The rest of the fixture schedule is tighter, as are the rest of the Championship teams,
but Leicester have a big game to play in mid-to-late February – a clash with Manchester City at Wembley Stadium.
Some players are indeed easy to use, but they can't be used all the time, otherwise they will be scrapped
, Jiang Ge, Mahrez, Ngoro Kante and others are the main force of Leicester City's iron fight, and they are also the team's most powerful weapons to attack the city, and must be used leisurely.
Leicester City will face Birmingham City, Bournemouth and Watford in the next three rounds
of the league, and after meeting the three teams in the first leg of the season, Leicester City have all won, and
Pearson has decided to rotate the squad for the Premier League Cup final.
Birmingham City have a poor record in the first 27 rounds of the season, with 7 wins, 9 draws and 11 defeats, and it is not an exaggeration to call them the sending boys.
The 30,009-capacity St Andrews Stadium had just over 15,000 spectators today, which is also the highest attendance in recent times
, and due to the poor home team's record, many fans do not come to watch the game, if
it is not the league leaders Leicester City, the attendance will only be lower tonight.
away to Birmingham City, Jiang Ge, Mahrez and Ngoro Kante are all on the bench
, Vardy, Sliemani, Ulloa and others start, or a 3-forward formation
, the midfielders are Shinji Okazaki, Andy King and Simpson;
On the back line are Albrighton, Watt, Fuchs and Benaluan;
The goalkeeper is still Schmeichel Jr.
With a poor record and no hope of promotion, Birmingham City have sent away three main players this winter window, and
firefighting coach Nice is also a clever woman who will be able to raise a 23-man squad.
The starting 11 for Birmingham City are
: goalkeeper: Randolph;
Defenders: Grandes, Robinson, Tesher, Edgar;
Back: Morrison, Spector;
Midfielders: Sinne, Tesher, Reilly;
Forwards: Zhijic, Donaldson.
Birmingham don't have any star players in the squad, and Serbian striker Žić, who stands out from the crowd, is two meters tall and strong, like a bison.
Birmingham's top scorer Donaldson is still starting this game, there are rumors that he is leaving, the Premier League's West Ham United made him a £15 million offer
, Birmingham asked for 20 million, the two sides discussed the price
, as a 29-year-old player, the hopeless Birmingham will probably let him go in this winter window to cash out.
Pearson passed with Jiang Ge and others before the game, if the team takes the lead, the probability will not let them play, in case the team can not open the situation or lag behind, at most only 20 minutes
, Leicester City is now 18 points ahead of the second place, for the Premier League Cup final, Pearson can even give up the next three rounds of the league.
Jiang Ge can understand the manager's arrangement
, he is not in a hurry to use money now, no need to brush the goal award
, since the last round of the league, because the opponent is too weak, the king system does not even distribute the basic reward
, for Jiang Ge, this kind of game does not matter, the English League Cup is his first important goal this season!
Jiang Ge, Mahrez and Ngoro Kante sat together and watched the game on the field.
"Jiang, I heard Eddie Sozel say that winning this year's Championship and League Cup can bring me to Rome, Atletico are also interested in me, I prefer to go to Atlettro." Mahrez whispered in Jiang Ge's ear.
"Are you really in such a hurry to leave?"
"At the end of the season, you're leaving, what am I going to stay for?"
"Playing in the Premier League, first take a year to get used to the pace and intensity of the Premier League, and then I will come back after one season and we will win the title together!" Jiang Ge said with a serious face.
Mahrez turned to look at Jiang Ge, thinking that the latter was joking.
"Why do you look at me like that? What I said is true!
You don't have a place to go to Atletico right now, they have a lot of momentum this year, they have a high probability of winning La Liga in 13-14, and there is little point in going there as a substitute.
Mahrez thought for a moment and asked: "Why don't you stay and we play in the Premier League together, our whole team wants you to stay?" I heard that the boss is willing to pay a high price in order to keep you!
"No, I have to go to Barça, even if I can't play the main team there, I have to fulfill a long-cherished wish!"
Speaking of this, Jiang Ge did not continue, Mahrez was embarrassed to ask, and the attention of the two returned to the arena.
In the first half, Vardy and Sliemani each had a good chance, but unfortunately they did not take advantage of it, and the two sides ended the first half 0-0.
In the second half, Pearson made the first substitution, replacing the frequently erroneous Andy King with Ngoro Kante and making a counterpoint substitution.
The home team Birmingham City started with 532, and when it really kicked in, the defenders became 6, and such an iron barrel formation is really difficult to break.
In the 69th minute, the score was still 0:0
, Pearson looked at his watch, took advantage of a dead ball opportunity, changed two people in a row
, removed Sliemani and Ulloa, and replaced Jiang Ge and Mahrez in the opposite position.
Before his appearance, Pearson specially advised Jiang Ge and Mahrez in their ears: "Relax, don't get hurt, we can accept this draw!" "
The Leicester City Tridents gathered in the final 20 minutes of the game and Pearson wanted to take three points for the least money.
Seeing the use of nuclear weapons, Birmingham City simply gave up attacking, replaced both strikers, replaced
them with two defensive midfielders, strengthened their iron barrel formation
, and for them, it was also a good result to draw at home with the league leaders.
Leicester City players saw that the opponent was focused on holding on, and several players with offensive attributes in the central midfield also pressed up, forming a comprehensive siege of Birmingham City.
In the 81st minute, Ngoro Kante divided
the ball on the left wing, Mahrez received the ball and passed full-back Edgar, looked up to find Jiang Ge and found that he was in the encirclement of 4 people
, because the defenders on the left wing were too dense, Mahrez could not cut inside, simply sent an oblique long pass, sent the ball
to the right wing, the ball swept past the back of Birmingham City and fell to the right wing
There is only one defender in front of Vardy, who took the lead to grab the point, took two steps forward with the ball, and the other defender immediately leaned over
to assist in the defense, Vardy is very clear, breaking the opponent's iron barrel formation is either a long-range shot or a breakthrough, in the first half he was the opponent's key defense object, Jiang Ge came up after the pressure on his side went down, must break through
, just do it, Vardy will not play any tricks, with the ball to the defender who came to assist in the defense to kill.
Vardy wants to break through, Jiang Ge, Ngoro Kante and Mahrez actively run in the big penalty area to receive
, one to deal with Vardy, the other to attract the defense of the opposing player
, Vardy with the ball, relying on a strong body to squeeze out the players who came to assist in the defense, successfully rushed in a few steps
, two defenders with hands behind their backs towards Vardy, as if to form a double ghost to close the door, Vardy
glanced to the side, The little Ngoro Kante squeezed out from the crowd and reached for
the ball, Vardy did not hesitate to directly dial the ball to N'Golo Kante, and immediately turned around and squeezed into the small penalty area of Birmingham
, Ngoro Kante received the ball, took advantage of his low territory to bypass the defenders around him, half-turned and stuffed the ball at Jiang Ge's feet, at this time, Ngoro
Kanter's most trusted person was only Jiang Ge.
Because of the involvement of Ngoro Kante, Vardy and Mahrez, there are only two defenders left around Jiang Ge, and it seems that there is room to shoot directly with his feet?
When Jiang Ge received the ball, as many as four people rushed towards him, Birmingham City's defenders were like wolves pounced, Jiang Ge
saw that he had no space to shoot, and took advantage of a temporary gap to stuff
the ball to the feet of Mahrez on the left wing, Mahrez also did not expect the ball to pass, the moment he received the ball, there were no defenders within two meters in front of him, Mahrez did not
think too much, Push directly into the near corner of the goal.
The goalkeeper was confused, not knowing where the ball was, and when he realized the danger, the ball had slipped into the net from the left side of the goal.
The ball went in! Mahrez took advantage of the chaos to push the goal into the near corner!
The score remained 1-0 until the end of the game, with Leicester City beating Birmingham City by one goal away to continue the table with 76 points.