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Chapter 157 Not Chic, Not Rossi

Although Leicester City presses high in the frontcourt, the team coached by Koeman also pays attention to the control of the midfield.

This kind of control is not a system like pass control, but by compressing space to achieve the purpose of destroying the opponent's pass.

Therefore, when Koeman transforms the lineup, he often abandons veterans and starts a young team with vitality and exhaustion to activate the energy of the midfield.

Facing the pressing of Leicester City, they can quickly organize a counterattack after losing the ball, without giving up an inch of ground.

drop!
During a half-time scuffle, Schlupp and Wanyama began shoving after getting into a physical altercation.

Teammates rushed to persuade the fight, and the scene fell into chaos for a while.

This game is related to the fate of the two teams next season, and the mentality of the players will be affected to some extent.

Taking advantage of the vacancy of the referee's mediation, Pearson called Rossi to the sidelines.

"Luo, think of a way, retreat and respond."

Due to Southampton's tenacious struggle in the middle, the team was very passive in the midfield and could not organize the pass.

Pearson means to let Rossi drop back to help the team organize the attack.

Rossi drank a lot of water. The pace of the game was too fast in the first half, and everyone was a little bit overwhelmed.

"Boss, their counter-grab aggressiveness in the middle is too strong, I suggest trying it from the side."

In Leicester City's current formation, only Cambiasso is responsible for the defense in the middle. Considering his age, his physical fitness cannot guarantee such a high-intensity game rhythm.

"Okay, you go talk to Danny and let him get the ball in the backcourt." Pearson told Rossi a few more words to convey on his behalf.

The game resumes, Leicester City have the ball.

Albrighton threw the ball to defender Huth, and Drinkwater immediately retreated to the back line to get the ball.

At this time, the Leicester City team spread out from both sides, completely handing over the midfield area to the opponent, leaving only two people in the middle.

Front midfielder Rossi and back midfielder Drinkwater.

When Southampton came up, they took advantage of Drinkwater's lateral passes at the back to move the ball from one side to the other.

The advantage of this is to avoid fighting with the opponent in the middle, and give the ball to Mahrez, Schlupp and Albrighton on the wing, and use their speed and breakthrough to attract the opponent's defensive center of gravity from the center to the wing.

When Southampton pushed the defense wide, Leicester used Drinkwater in the backcourt and Rossi in the frontcourt to move the ball to the other side again.

Through such transmission, Leicester City eased the disadvantage in the middle in the last 5 minutes of the first half.

Southampton did not have a threatening attack, and the two sides entered the intermission with a tie.

"How many times have I said, step up the offense, step up the offense, don't give the opponent a chance to breathe."

Koeman, who returned to the locker room, was furious. He believed that in the last 5 minutes of the first half, the players were a little lax in mentality, so that they calmly passed the ball to the opponent on both sides.

The players were just drinking water silently, and apart from Koeman's scolding, there was only heavy breathing in the locker room.

They were so tired they didn't even have the strength to speak.

Koeman pointed at Mane and said seriously: "Sadio, you have to cut decisively in the second half. The opponent's three central defenders turn around very slowly. Don't be afraid of physical confrontation."

"If you are tired, I will change immediately, but don't let me be lazy!"

On Leicester City's side, the players are not much better, and they are taking the time to drink water and rest.

Pierre stared at the tactical board, reviewing the tactics of the last five minutes.

Abandoning the entanglement in the middle and developing the side, although it can avoid exposing the disadvantages of the midfield, it lacks explosive points in offense.

With Ulloa alone, it is impossible to get cheap under the double-teaming of the opponent's two high school defenders.

Rossi is not a grabbing center and cannot share the offensive pressure with Ulloa.

Nor are Vardy, Nugent and Kramaric.

draw.

Pearson was at his wit's end, the best outcome that came to mind.

Yes, it is a draw.

Pearson, who made up his mind, seized the time to arrange the tactics for the second half.

In the second half, Leicester City kicked off the ball. After Rossi passed the ball back, the formation slowly dispersed in an instant.

Cambiasso, who was originally a defensive midfielder, retreated to the full-back position and formed a defense line with three central defenders.

Drinkwater organizes lateral conduction at the midfielder position.

There are no teammates in front of him, only a large vacuum, and Rossi at the front.

The rest of the teammates were all on the wing, forming a strange 4-1-1-4 position.

Leicester City is using this strange formation to conduct the ball on the periphery and constantly mobilize the opponent's defense line in the middle to move laterally.

[This... This is a bit like a big circle cross pass tactic. 】

[It looks a bit like playing Go. 】

The on-site commentator in the high-level stands can clearly see the formation of Leicester City, forming a huge circle.

In this circle, there are as many as six Southampton players, but not a single Leicester City player.

But it is this strange lineup that makes Leicester City's possession of the ball recover a little bit.

In the 48th minute, Drinkwater, who sank between the two central defenders, used the pass between the central defenders to attract the opponent's frontcourt personnel, and then transferred to the left back Cambiasso.

At this time, Cambiasso directly found Schlupp in the frontcourt through a long pass from the backcourt.

The ball rolled off the baseline due to too much power in the pass.

Leicester City switched from offense to defense and still maintained a high pressure in the first half.

Rossi restricted Davies' out of the ball, Ulloaka was in the line of receiving the ball from Alisson, and Albrighton followed closely beside Wanyama.

Southampton can only use the wing to attack.

Full-back Klein made a mistake when receiving the ball, was successfully intercepted by Schlupp, and quickly passed the ball to Ulloa who retreated to respond.

Centre-back Jose Fonte followed, trying to step forward to intercept the pass.

But Ulloa was very clever and returned the ball to Schlupp who was going forward.

Due to Leicester City's special formation, they have a numerical advantage on the wing when attacking.

When Schlupp once again passed the ball non-stop to Rossi at the front, Mahrez, who was plugged in behind, was almost unguarded.

Because Jose Fonte, who was supposed to defend, was attracted by Ulloa.

At this time, Southampton's only remaining central defender Alderweireld was alone.

It is not only necessary to mark Rossi in front of him, but also to take care of Mahrez who is in the back.

A central defender with a height of 187cm has to defend two dexterous forwards at the same time, and Alderweireld said that he cannot do it.

Due to Mahrez's forward interference, Alderweireld did not step forward to interfere with Rossi at the first time, for fear of exposing gaps.

Rossi also saw this point, keeping the ball with his back, but shifting his center of gravity to the left.

With such a subtle movement, Alderweireld thought that Rossi was going to catch the ball and break to his left, so he shifted the defensive center of gravity to the left.

Just when the ball came to Rossi's feet, his center of gravity suddenly shifted to his right leg, and he gently knocked the ball back with the heel of his left foot.

This sudden change shocked Alderweireld into a cold sweat.

He hurriedly stretched out his right foot to intercept, but he was tall and his foot was relatively slow, and he didn't touch the ball.

When he turned around to chase back, Mahrez had successfully received the ball, entered the penalty area, and adjusted his shooting posture at the same time.

The goalkeeper also broke out in a cold sweat, and quickly attacked, blocked the near corner and fell to the ground to catch the ball, expanding the defensive area as much as possible.

In the case of a small shooting angle, Mahrez rubbed the ball up, cleverly bypassed the goalkeeper's defense, and scored the ball into the far corner.

[GOAL! ! ! ! ! 】

[The goal is scored, a wonderful goal. 】

[Luo once again showed his unrestrained style of play, this pass is very imaginative. 】

[Maherez, who followed up, also shot very calmly. 】

[The offensive players of Leicester City joined hands to contribute a wonderful goal. 】

【Luo's assist is the essence of this attack. 】

[Not chic, not Rossi! 】

(End of this chapter)