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Chapter 149 Getting Rid of the Relegation Zone

The physical fitness of the Swansea players has reached a critical point, and at the end of the game, the score was enlarged by the opponent, and the mentality completely collapsed.

With 2 minutes of stoppage time, the two sides entered garbage time, waiting for the referee to blow the whistle to end the game.

Drip~drip~drip! ! ! !

When the referee blew the final whistle, the Leicester City players did not cheer for the victory.

The players and the coaching staff stood upright and looked at the big screen on the court.

Aston Villa 2:3 Queens Park Rangers.

Everton 0:0 Burnley.

The two teams are now in the relegation zone with Leicester City. According to the current score, after the end of this round, Leicester City finally gave up the bottom position to Burnley and came to the penultimate place.

The home fans are also anxiously awaiting news that the game is over on the other side of the field.

Maybe a miracle will happen.

Sure enough, the score on the screen began to jump.

3: 3.

1: 0.

Almost at the same time, the scores of the two teams changed.

[Just received the news that Aston Villa scored an equalizer goal by Benteke in the last minute.Everton also relied on Aruna Kone's goal to beat Burnley. 】

As soon as the commentator finished speaking, the King Power Stadium erupted.

That means that Leicester City not only surpassed Burnley, but also surpassed Queens Park Rangers by two points, ranking third from the bottom.

Moreover, it has the same points as Hull City, which is fourth from the bottom.

With one game less, Leicester City's relegation situation began to turn the corner.

The players embraced each other, and the pain that had been suppressed for a long time was released instantly, and tears of excitement swirled in the eyes of each player.

Even Pearson, who has always been unsmiling, secretly wiped the tears away with his hands.

"Come on, the league is not over yet."

Pearson hugged each player and thanked them for their efforts.

After the game, the boss Vichai personally came to the locker room, shook hands with each player, and gave each player a bonus of [-] pounds in person, plus [-] pounds for goals and assists.

Rossi alone received fifteen hundred pounds in cash, the most in the team.

The party at night was naturally a treat for Rossi.

The bar owner is a Leicester City fan and keeps asking for group photos to post on his proud photo wall.

It was almost twelve o'clock, and it was Rossi's rest time. Although the teammates were a little bit unfulfilled, the team has not yet completely shaken off the relegation, and they all restrained themselves and went home.

Back at the residence, Rosie called Pixie after taking a shower.

Both of them are very busy at work, and they only have a little time every day to maintain their relationship through the phone. Fortunately, the nature of Pixie's work allowed her to quickly accept such a "separation".

After all, Pixie will have several concerts, which won't end until May.

At this time, the Premier League was basically over, and the two agreed to meet in Leicester at the end of May.

In the afternoon of the second day, the team did recovery training as usual.

The next opponent is old enemy Burnley.

Last season, it was Leicester City's victory over them that ensured their qualifications for promotion as the champions of the English Championship.

Now that both teams are deep in relegation, the game will never show mercy.

Facing the former sufferer Rossi, Shaker's molars chattered with hatred.

In last season's game, Rossi's "looking back at the moon" made him a background board, and Shaker wanted to avenge his shame all the time.

In Saturday's game, Burnley formed a 4-4-2 formation at home, trying to test Leicester City's offense with a steady posture at the beginning.

Although Pearson formed a 5-3-2 lineup, the left back Albrighton was actually a wing back in the game, using his own speed to attack the opponent's defense on the side.

Based on the grievances between the two teams last season, plus they were both fighting for relegation, the smell of gunpowder was very strong, the defensive actions were very heavy, the game was often lost in the middle, and the rhythm was broken.

Leicester City used a high press to try to steal the ball upfield.

But Burnley's defense is very solid, and they would rather kick the ball forward than let the opponent intercept the ball in their own half.

"Nigel, is the opponent going to draw?" Assistant coach Craig was a little puzzled when he saw Burnley's bus.

Pearson also noticed that from the beginning of the game, they didn't think about attacking. Even if they had a few chances to counterattack, their advance speed was not fast enough, and they looked completely defensive.

As the game progressed, Pearson finally understood, and said, "It's not that they don't want to fight back, it's that they can't fight at all."

He sat peacefully in the rest area, leaned his body back, and said: "Look at Luo's position. When he is attacking, he deliberately moves closer to Arfield. He usually can't see it, but once the ball is exchanged, Luo can immediately interfere with Arfield's ball."

Burnley are a team that are good at using through balls to create scoring opportunities.

If the opponent presses too high, there is more room to counterattack.

Arfield is Burnley's backcourt organizer. Because Leicester City's frontcourt is very tight, he can only retreat to the midfielder to get the ball.

As long as Rossi blocks him, it will be difficult to counterattack.

Burnley also tried to attack from the two wings, but Pearson arranged five backs. No matter which side the attack was from, the full-back on the corresponding defensive side turned into a wing-back, helping to defend with the midfielder and suppressing the side attack.

In the defensive midfielder position, Pearson put Andy King and Drinkwater on both sides of Cambiasso. Once the ball is stolen, Albrighton and Vardy will quickly advance along the side to create threats.

The first half ended in a draw, and at half-time Pearson had Mahrez warmed up and ready to play at any time.

As a wingback, Albrighton is the player with the most running distance in the team. He not only has to change from a defender to a winger, but also has to return to the wingback position.

Sprinting back and forth, his physical fitness will be the first player to experience a crisis.

Sure enough, Burnley also discovered this weakness. Their winger Matthew Taylor frequently moved on the left, constantly consuming Albrighton's physical energy.

In the 60th minute, Matthew Taylor was brought down by Albrighton on the edge of the left penalty area and won a penalty.

Leicester City players protested one after another, and the place of the foul was clearly outside the penalty area.

But the referee insisted on the penalty.

Facing Matthew Taylor, Schmeichel took a deep breath and, after observing his movement, decided to pounce to the right of the goal.

Sure enough, Matthew Taylor's penalty was kicked to the right, and it was a half-high ball.

The goalkeeper likes this kind of half-high ball the most.

Not only did Schmeichel pounce, he didn't even give the opponent a corner kick.

After escaping, Pearson quickly made substitution adjustments, Mahrez played, and the formation was adjusted to 4-3-3.

After failing to score a penalty kick, it affected the mentality of the Burnley players. Leicester City seized this opportunity and suddenly accelerated in the frontcourt.

In the 60th minute, Rossi received a through ball from Drinkwater on the left side and succeeded in countering offside. Before Shaker returned to the defense, Rossi passed the ball to the center and assisted Vardy to score.

After scoring the goal, Vardy first roared with Rossi face to face, and then hugged each other.

At this moment, Pixie in front of the TV, seeing this scene, instantly turned black.

Face to face with me, I've never seen you so excited, hum!
Obviously, the meeting between the two in May will be a fierce battle.

In the end, Leicester City beat Burnley with 1 goal, and Hull City had 31 points in the standings, surpassing Sunderland and ranking 17th.

After more than four months, the Leicester City team finally got rid of the relegation zone.

Their next game opponent is Chelsea led by the madman Mourinho.

After a short winning streak, Rossi ushered in another rich team.

　Posted a bit late today, sorry, forgive me! ! !

　　
　
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