striker cool brother

Chapter 173

Leicester City, which scored first, was beyond everyone's expectations.

Before scoring the goal, they were blocked by West Ham in the center and on the wing, and they didn't even take a shot.

But with a seemingly unintentional clearance in the backcourt, the whole process took only 22 seconds.

Unwillingly, Bilic continued to command the team to press and press against Leicester City.

Ranieri also walked to the command area and asked Andy King to assist in the defense.

When Rossi uprooted Payet, Ranieri noticed that if he wanted to maintain an even match in the midfield, he must limit West Ham's core player Payet.

After Payet joined the team, Bilic discovered his comprehensive midfield skills, and Payet's running range is very large, and he will never be fixed in one position.

In order to better activate Payet's ability, Bilic gave him the privilege of a free man in the frontcourt, allowing him to coordinate the team's entire offense in series.

In the first game against Arsenal, it was Payet's tandem running, advancing forward and retreating, and long and short scheduling, which made the team win the away game with 2 goals.

But one disadvantage of this is that the team's tactics must be built around Payet alone.

In modern football, especially the rich teams, unless you are a top player in the world, the team will not only build a tactical system around one core.

Even if there is, it is often necessary to establish multiple cores and improve the tactical system.

With only a single core, it is easy to be restricted by the opponent, causing the entire team's offense to be unable to launch.

In today's West Ham United, there is only one super core Payet in the team. As long as he is blocked, the entire team's offense will be paralyzed.

Although West Ham United can complete the steal in the frontcourt, they can restrict Payet immediately after losing the ball, so they still can't fight back.

The two sides restricted each other in the midfield and fought each other hand-to-hand. The confrontation was extremely fierce.

Payet appeared on the right, and Andy King moved to the right, keeping an eye on his every move.

If Payet comes to the left, then Schlupp will consciously press forward and encircle his teammates the moment he takes the ball.

With Leicester City's tacit defense, it is difficult for Payet to create opportunities in the midfield.

Ranieri looked at Payet with envy in his eyes.

Such an all-round midfielder, which head coach doesn't like it?

Although Drinkwater has potential and passes well, he lacks creativity in midfield.

In the middle of the fierce confrontation, there is no such thing as Payet who can protect the ball and pass a threatening pass forward.

He has always wanted to see how much potential Drinkwater has in the midfield, but so far, he does not have the potential to become a top midfielder.

However, staying in the mid-range team and playing the main force is still more than enough.

After the team successfully blocked the opponent's counterattack in the midfield, Ranieri began to think about how to break through the opponent's heavy blockade.

If you want to break through the dense defense in the middle, the wing is a good choice.

But so far, neither Mahrez nor Albrighton have the ability to break through the current West Ham defense.

Someone has to help them.

Ranieri thought of Rossi.

Rossi can retreat and participate in the team's midfield organization, but the impact is to stifle his offensive talent.

Because Rossi is a player with both advantages and disadvantages.

His offensive ability depends on the team system. If he is allowed to withdraw from the organization, he will sacrifice his offense in exchange for goals from his teammates.

In the final analysis, it is because the team lacks a playmaker.

If there is a midfielder like Payet, the offensive power of the entire team will rise several levels in an instant.

Just when Ranieri was struggling, Rossi began to retreat consciously to help the team reduce the pressure on the midfielder, which surprised Ranieri a bit.

It seems that his football IQ is very high.

After Ranieri couldn't help sighing, he yelled at Mahrez and used gestures to arrange tactics.

Payet, who was restricted by his opponent, began to get a little impatient.

When confronting the opponent physically, the movements also become larger.

In the 27th minute, Payet took the ball on the right and was double-teamed by Schlupp and Albrighton.

In anger, Payet chose to force a breakthrough, but was slid cleanly by Schlupp and took the ball back.

West Ham United, which relies too much on Payet, finds it difficult to cooperate with him after he falls into a double-team.

Because of more time, Payet relied on his personal ability to get rid of the defense and find his teammates.

After receiving a pass from his teammate, Albrighton broke through along the wing and crossed the ball in the middle.

Rossi's running position attracted the attention of two central defenders. Facing the pass, he spread his legs and leaked the ball from his crotch to Mahrez in the back.

This omission disrupted West Ham United's defense.

Rossi leaked the ball and ran forward, ready to respond to the pass at any time, forcing central defender Winston Reed to mark him closely.

The task of defending Mahrez can only be handed over to teammates.

With Rossi taking the defense away, Mahrez is at the front of the box and has more space to handle the ball.

While receiving the ball, he dialed the ball laterally to open up space to the left.

Seeing that the defensive player was not keeping up with the defense at the first time, he quickly made an arc with his left foot and hit the far corner of the goal.

The goalkeeper flew to catch the ball, but the arc of the ball was perfect, bypassing the goalkeeper's ten fingers and flying into the far corner of the goal.

[GOAL! ! ! 】

[The goal is scored, Leicester City leads 2:0. 】

[It was Mahrez who made the meritorious service this time.He shot with his left foot without solution and penetrated the opponent's goal. 】

[What a beautiful arc.Mahrez, who was a substitute last season, has made rapid progress under coach Ranieri. 】

[He got rid of the shot on the spot, making West Ham's defense useless. 】

After Mahrez scored, he immediately hugged Rossi.

Not only is he coquettishly leaking the ball, but his running position also takes away the defense for himself, so that he can easily face a defensive player and complete a wonderful shot.

After the goal, Ranieri clenched his fists, which is the result he hoped for.

Mahrez's excellent dribbling and shooting skills can threaten the opponent's goal near the penalty area.

His progress will be a great boost to the team in the future.

Two goals behind, Bilic replaced the single midfielder Oxford and replaced it with the experienced Obiang.

In the first half of the game, although the teenager Oxford was very active, he ran without thinking, which made the team's defense unstable.

If he can retreat immediately and help defend Mahrez, then he will not easily let him shoot easily.

In the first half, Leicester City entered the intermission with a score of 2:0, which was completely beyond the expectations of the fans.

The Hammers, who were able to overthrow Arsenal in an away game, only had Payet's threatening attack in the first half, and no further achievements.

In the second half, Bilic adjusted quickly. When Payet was double-teamed, Kuyat was asked to respond.

Although the Senegalese midfielder does not have super speed and excellent passing, he can firmly control the ball under his feet in the confrontation.

After getting rid of the defense, Paye made a quick forward request.

As a fulcrum, Kuyat quickly distributed the ball.

Breaking through the encircled Payet, he drove straight in, using his excellent inventory and physical coordination, even passed the defenses of Drinkwater and Morgan, and reached the penalty area.

The home fans cheered him up with deafening cheers.

Goalkeeper Schmeichel attacked and quickly fell to the ground to catch the ball.

Payet picked up the ball lightly with his toes, over the goalkeeper's defense, and scored the ball.

[GOAL! ! ! ! ! ! 】

[Excellent dragon, at the critical moment, we have to watch Paye! 】

[There is still a lot of game time, West Ham United still have a chance! 】

After conceding the ball, Ranieri decided to make a substitution, and Andy King went off, and the small midfielder Kanter came on.

The duel between the two French midfielders at this moment began.

(End of this chapter)