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Chapter 158 Don't Accept the Tacit Ball
Amidst the cheers of the home fans, Pearson and the assistant coach hugged tightly and clenched their fists.

He originally only wanted to get a draw, win a key point, and take the initiative in the only two games left.

Mahrez's goal is too important.

In the last few rounds, Rossi, Vardy, Drinkwater and Mahrez performed so well.

After experiencing the ups and downs of a season, Pearson believes that in the next season, these young people will definitely perform better.

Annampton, who lost the ball prematurely, suddenly increased the pressure.

European competition rivals Tottenham started at the same time, and they are 2 goals behind Stoke City. If the team wins, they can surpass Tottenham by 2 points and enter the sixth place.

But falling behind by one goal now means that the team must score two goals while ensuring that they do not concede a goal.

In the 66th minute, Coman changed two people in a row, Djiricic replaced Steven Davis, and Sean Long replaced Elia.

This is a simple alignment adjustment for the simple reason of poor physical strength.

From the beginning of the first half, Leicester City's high-position press was very deep, and the defense gave the opponent too much space to take the ball and sprint, which was intentional by Pearson.

Just imagine, if a player keeps taking the ball from his own half and sprints to the opponent's penalty area for a distance of 80 meters, the physical consumption will be terrible.

Koeman's total attack and total defense tactics showed amazing combat effectiveness in the early stage, but due to the long-term fatigue of the players, they often lost the ball frequently in the second half due to lack of physical fitness in the second half.

This is why Koeman's team always performed poorly in the second half of the season.

A few minutes after Coman made the substitution, Pearson also made a substitution adjustment, and Vardy replaced Ulloa.

70 minutes into the game, Southampton's players' physical fitness has already been in crisis. At this time, Vardy, who has stronger speed and impact, is replaced. The purpose could not be more obvious.

While you are sick, I will kill you.

When Koman noticed Pearson's "insidious" strategy, he kicked angrily to the seat.

"Sly fox!"

Only high center forward Gallagher was left on the bench. Without speed, his appearance was useless.

Mane's legs also began to be heavy, and he was "squeezed" too heavy, and he no longer had the physical strength to sprint for a long time in the remaining time.

The same is true for Wanyama, known as the "waist beast".

Southampton, who had lost the counterattack speed, was sieged by opponents frantically near the middle circle, and there was no way for the offense to advance to the Leicester City penalty area.

In the 78th minute, after Leicester City succeeded in stealing the midfielder, Drinkwater, the defensive midfielder, still carried out lateral transmission and picked the ball out of the crowded midfielder.

Albrighton took the ball from the right and passed it to Vardy who came off the bench.

The Southampton players desperately returned to defense and sprinted with their heads up, but Vardy pushed a long diagonal pass to the middle.

After receiving the ball, Rossi faced the sideways defense of central defender Jose Fonte. Instead of fighting alone, he quickly distributed it to Mahrez on the left, and then moved to the right to take away the defense.

This is for Riyad Mahrez, the central defender Alderweireld of the 1v1 opponent.

When Mahrez was dribbling the ball forward, he suddenly knocked the ball to the right with the heel of his left foot. At the same time, he quickly adjusted his body's center of gravity and made a breakthrough to the right to mobilize Alderweireld's center of gravity.

When the opponent's center of gravity moved, Mahrez used his right foot as the axis, and quickly moved the ball in the other direction with his left foot. With a continuous feint, he shook the opponent so that his legs split and fell to the ground.

Mahrez, who successfully entered the penalty area, drew an arc with the outer instep of his left foot, bypassed the goalkeeper's defense, and hit the ball into the far corner of the goal.

【GOAL, the goal is scored! ! ! 】

[It's Mahrez again. 】

[First use a fake move to shake off the defense, and then use the outside instep to score the ball. 】

[This goal fully reflects his dribbling and shooting ability. 】

[Mahrez moved too fast, and the defender was directly knocked down and split. 】

Two goals behind, Koeman's face was full of complex expressions.

There is nothing wrong with his tactics.

Since the beginning of the season, he has continued to use this tactic and has reached the 7th position in the current standings.

Are the players not working hard enough?

Davis and Elijah were substituted until they were severely lacking in physical fitness.

No matter from which aspect of analysis, it cannot be a reason to lag behind the opponent by two goals.

In the last 10 minutes of the game, Southampton, who had lost their fighting spirit and motivation, gave up resistance and passed the ball aimlessly in the backcourt.

Leicester City, which has already won the game, will no longer press.

In the 87th minute, Rossi was replaced by the coach and received applause from the fans.

Koeman looked at Rossi, who had put his team into crisis twice, and could only heave a long sigh.

In the end, Leicester City beat their opponents 2:0 at home, taking a solid step on the road to relegation.

This week's Premier League "relegation battle" broke out a lot of upsets.

Leicester City 2:0 Southampton.

Sunderland 2:0 Everton.

Burnley 1:0 Hull City.

Stoke City 3:0 Tottenham.

Swansea 1:0 Arsenal.

As Leicester City won the game, their points reached 37 points, and they came to the 15th position, tied with Sunderland.

Coincidentally, in the next round, the two teams will face-to-face.

Behind them are Aston Villa with 36 points and Hull City with 34 points.

In order to ensure the fairness of the relegation battle, the four teams started at the same time. Aston Villa challenged Annampton away, and Hull City also challenged Tottenham at White Hart Lane.

In terms of opponent strength, Leicester City and Sunderland are more likely to relegation in this round.

Facing the menacing Leicester City, Sunderland put up a dense defense at home. While watching other teams' games, they can also block the opponent's offensive edge.

Fifteen minutes after the start of the game, the latest score was sent back from St. Mary's Stadium. Mane scored a hat-trick within 15 minutes, basically securing the victory.

There was also good news from White Hart Lane, and Shazley helped the team open the scoring in the 14th minute.

The two competitors are falling behind at the same time, which means that as long as Leicester City and Sunderland draw, they can succeed in relegation one round ahead of schedule.

At this time, the two sides can play a tacit ball.

Unlike match-fixing interest transactions, the tacit match does not involve interest transactions. It is a passive game between the two sides in order to achieve a certain goal during the game.

Therefore, in principle, it will not be investigated by the relevant associations.

Brother, don't fight like this, everyone can work together to avoid relegation, why bother to peck at each other?
The Sunderland players began to guide the ball slowly, and in this way, conveyed their thoughts to the Leicester City players.

However, Rossi used a sliding tackle and a yellow card to tell his opponent that he would never play a tacit ball.

Leicester City went all the way from the bottom to the relegation zone, walking on thin ice every step of the way.

Besides, football matches are full of unknown possibilities. Who can guarantee that this tacit match will be the retribution of a disastrous defeat.

Rossi's determination also awakened his teammates.

At the bottom of the league for four months, almost relegated, the humiliation at that time, will others care?

Only by truly holding the initiative in your hands is the kingly way.

The bloody Leicester City re-examined the game with the determination to fight for relegation.

Although the two sides finally ended 0:0, the fierce confrontation made the fans watching at home feel the real charm of football.

第37轮战罢，南安普顿6:1大胜阿斯顿维拉，热刺2:0完胜赫尔城。

Leicester City successfully avoided relegation in the penultimate round with a draw.

(End of this chapter)