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Chapter 174 Headlines in London

Speaking of defense, the coach from Italy has the most say.

On Ranieri's body, there are also strong traces of Italian defense.

In the Premier League, which values ​​confrontation and viewing, fans will not accept dull defensive counterattacks.

Ranieri's first Premier League coaching journey was not considered a success.

He can bring Chelsea three points, but he can't bring enthusiasm to the fans.

When he entered Leicester City, he also wanted to try to make some changes, using midfield control to replace the old chain defense.

However, there is a lack of organizational core in the team, and the skills of the players are rough, and it is impossible to achieve the pass and control cooperation similar to Arsenal and Manchester City.

On the contrary, facing a player with super breakthrough ability like Payet, the control of the midfield seems like paper.

Kanter's playing is to strengthen the team's defensive coverage and strength in the middle, and even hope that this small player can complete the task of defending Payet alone.

Kante, who had only played with Caen from Ligue [-] to Ligue [-] in the first two seasons, is not as well-known in France as Payet, who is already the main midfielder of the national team.

In the Ligue 4 last season, the two teams played against each other in two rounds, with a total score of 4:[-], which can be described as evenly matched.

In the second round of the match, Kanter assisted his teammates to equalize the score, which made Payet remember the French fellow.

Now that the two meet again in the Premier League, I don't know if it's a coincidence or fate.

After playing, Kanter was still a little nervous. He knew in his heart how difficult it was to mark Payet.

After West Ham successfully scored a goal, Bilic added another central midfielder Noble to share Payet's offensive pressure.

And Noble also has a precise pass. When Payet is restricted, Kutia can also distribute the ball to him to organize.

In the 60th minute, Payet, in continuous cooperation with his teammates, successfully passed the defense, took the ball from the left side of the penalty area and broke into the penalty area.

At this time, a black whirlwind flew at a high speed. Before Paye shot, he stretched out his foot first, stabbed the ball out of the sideline, and shoveled Paye to the ground by the way.

There was a burst of low drinking at home, and all eyes were on referee Anthony Taylor.

Will it be a penalty?
Anthony's right arm is raised diagonally, pointing to the corner area where the corner kick is taken.

corner kick!

Paye bounced up immediately, looking at Kanter, who had just brought himself down, with an expression of disbelief.

When he slammed the ball into the penalty area, there were obviously no defensive players around him. When did this black boy come here?

With doubts, Payet took the ball to the corner flag area, placed it in a good position, kicked the ball with his right foot in an arc, and flew to the goal.

Leicester City captain Morgan grabbed the landing point, cleared the penalty area, and landed in front of Kanter.

Kanter used his low center of gravity, leaned against the opponent's body to fight, turned and took the ball out.

The defensive players hurriedly chased back, but Kanter, who is short in stature, can always block the opponent's grabbing line at the first time.

If the defensive player forces a physical confrontation, as long as Kanter falls to the ground, it will be a foul by pushing someone behind him, and there is a high chance of getting a yellow card.

Kanter dribbled the ball across the half court, faced the defense of midfielder Obiang, handed the ball to Drinkwater, and quickly advanced forward.

But the teammates did not pass the ball immediately, but chose a more appropriate pass back to stabilize possession.

It is not wrong to do this, after all, if the team wants to counterattack, it must have the ball.

Letting the midfielder attack forward is a bit too risky.

With this simple safety kick, Ranieri on the sidelines could see where Drinkwater's upper limit was.

"Danny, go ahead and be decisive!"

Ranieri was a little annoyed. Kanter had stepped forward into the vacuum of the opponent's defense at this time. Once he got the ball, he could at least attract the attention of two defensive players and form a 4v5 situation in the frontcourt.

Next, whether Kanter chooses to bring or pass the ball, it is a threatening offense.

Leicester City, who missed the opportunity to counterattack, could only control the ball by passing the ball back.

With Kante, Leicester City formed a solid barrier in midfield.

Ranieri's chain defense, so that the offensive players were closely defended in the frontcourt, without any chance to play the ball.

And West Ham's on-the-spot counterattack after losing the ball also made Leicester City lose the opportunity to counterattack.

In the 75th minute, Ranieri used Fuchs to replace Rossi to save his energy for the game against Tottenham next week.

When Schlupp came to the middle and formed a double midfielder with Kanter, everyone knew that Ranieri was going to defend.

And he must be able to hold on.

In the last 15 minutes, West Ham's offense was unable to score for a long time, and there was no chance to try long-range shots from the outside.

Entering stoppage time, Payet forced a cross, and after being cleared, he was counterattacked by Leicester City.

Albrighton and Schlupp simply passed in the midfield and handed it over to Vardy on the front line to form a single.

West Ham United goalkeeper Adrian abandoned the goal and tackled Vardy outside the penalty area.

Although he resolved the single-handed ball, he was sent off by the referee Anthony with a red card because of a tackle foul.

In the case of running out of substitutions, Bilic let right back Jenkinson put on gloves and act as goalkeeper.

In the end, Leicester City defeated West Ham United in an away game and achieved a two-game winning streak that everyone did not expect.

In the post-match press conference, amidst the praise from the media, Ranieri just responded with a smile. The team has scored 6 points and is one step closer to the goal of 40 points.

After the end, the team was going back to Leicester, and Rossi applied to stay in London to accompany his girlfriend.

"Treat her well, she is the biggest supporter of our team at present." Ranieri smiled and patted Rossi on the shoulder.

After the two walked out of the court, they were immediately surrounded by the media.

After Rossi scored a goal, he aggressively displayed the shin guards, which was the most powerful response to the media's satire of Pixie.

"Luo, congratulations on your goal in this game. You posted the shin pads on the court. Besides expressing your admiration, what special meaning does it have?"

Rossi said: "There is no special meaning. The celebration after scoring is the most common in the game."

"Then, will such a celebration be done after every goal?"

Rossi said: "No. I will only do it if she (Pixie) is there."

Pixie on the side hugged Rossi's arm tightly and said sweetly: "I made an agreement with Luo that I will show up every time he comes to London to play. And he also promised me that he will celebrate like this after scoring a goal."

"So, I hope he comes to London more and scores more goals."

It was because of Pixie's last words that Rosie made headlines in London newspapers.

"My girlfriend admits that the London team is in jeopardy! "

"5 balls accounted for.Will Rossi overtake Gerrard as the top goalscorer in a London away game? "

"Instead of Henry, Rossi will be King of London? "

The next game is about to face Tottenham, Ranieri watched the news all over the sky, and said helplessly: "Stinky boy, you will really make trouble for me!"

(End of this chapter)