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Chapter 183 Rossi's "sweet period" is over?

Due to the lack of defensive coverage of the single defensive midfielder in the game against Villa, the team conceded consecutive goals.

In the game against Stoke City, Ranieri sent a double midfielder combination of Inle and Kanter.

Kanter is responsible for sweeping the rear, and Inle is responsible for marking the opponent's core Bojan Kerkic.

Once the prince of Barcelona, ​​Bojan, came from the La Masia youth training camp. He was younger than Messi, and even broke Messi's scoring record in Barcelona's youth training.

At that time, he was so strong that everyone regarded him as Messi's successor, and even believed that he could surpass Messi.

However, Barcelona at the time was known as the "cosmic team", and Bojan could not shake Messi's absolute status.

Under Guardiola, Bojan chose to go to the Apennines and join Roma after he did not get a chance for a long time.

Although he returned to Barcelona in July 2013, he was soon loaned to Ajax.

The former golden boy was reduced to playing football in the Eredivisie. He couldn't fulfill his talent, and he was under tremendous pressure in his heart.

Coupled with injuries, he fell rapidly in the Eredivisie.

In just one year, his value has shrunk significantly and he moved to Stoke City. Barcelona only received a transfer fee of 180 million euros.

Leicester City still adopts a 4-4-2 formation, but when attacking, Mahrez mentioned the left winger position before the meeting, Kanter is a single midfielder, and Inle and Drinkwater are in front of him.

Ranieri hopes to use the abilities of the two midfielders to completely liberate Drinkwater.

But after the game started, Bo Yang played a series role in the frontcourt, which put a lot of pressure on Leicester City's defense.

Inle was responsible for marking him closely, so Bo Yang increased his running range and constantly mobilized his defense.

Shaqiri on the right side of Stoke City has excellent dribbling ability, and Arnautovic on the left side, although tall, has excellent speed and strength.

There are two assistants of Bo Yang who are active on the wing, so it is impossible for Inle to only focus on defending Bo Yang.

He needs to help defend in time to relieve the pressure on the wing.

In the 13th minute, with the skillful cooperation of Stoke City's frontcourt, Bojan used his dexterous body to break into the Leicester City penalty area after receiving the ball and scored with a low shot.

1:0! !
In the 20th minute, still from the cooperation of Stoke City's side center, the high center forward Walters stopped the pass steadily.

This is the 10th time he has scrambled to the drop point in the game so far.

After stopping the ball, Walters leaned against Morgan with his body, turned around halfway to squeeze out the space, and shot furiously.

Schmeichel didn't react at all, just stood there and watched the ball fly into the bottom left corner.

2:0! !
In just 10 minutes of the game, Stokes took a two-goal lead, which angered Ranieri off the field.

He was deeply aware that it was his conservatism that put the team in trouble.

"Jeffrey, go up and help!"

Ranieri was determined to give it a go and let Schlupp serve as a wing back to protect the midfielder position, lest Kanter run back and forth non-stop and consume physical energy.

And Stoke City coach Mark Hughes, although in the player era, has achieved brilliant honors.

But in the coaching position, after seeing Ranieri's adjustment, the gap in experience and courage was revealed.

Leading by two goals, the opponent is pressing hard again. There is no need to head-to-head with the opponent. Do a good job of defense and fight back with peace of mind.

Schlupp's promotion only created the illusion of a large-scale offensive.

His role is more to help Yinle, to make up for the space behind him.

During the intermission, Ranieri arranged the tactics for the second half in the locker room, Albrighton replaced Inle, Drinkwater was in charge of organization, and Kanter continued to be in charge of defense.

Although there is one less defensive player in the midfield, it gives Drinkwater more room to move.

In the first half, because Inle wanted to mark Bojan, to a certain extent, Drinkwater limited the space for the ball.

Leicester City's two wings can use offense instead of defense to relieve the pressure on the midfield.

The most important step in this tactic is that Rossi must retreat and join the midfield.

When Rossi catches the ball, he can attract the defense of two players. At this time, he can choose a lot of routes for the ball.

In the 50th minute, Rossi retreated to respond, attracting two defensive midfielders to defend, but Drinkwater passed to Mahrez on the wing.

Rossi took advantage of the counter-run, went straight into the penalty area, received a pass from Mahrez, first at the front of the penalty area, and used his heel to complete the change of direction.

After entering the penalty area, he was about to take a kick and was tackled by the defender behind him.

drop!
The referee blew a foul in the penalty area by the defensive side, and Leicester City won a penalty.

But Rossi's fall to the ground made his teammates lose the excitement of getting a penalty in an instant.

Vardy was the first to rush forward and angrily pushed Glenn Whelan away, and the two sides then clashed.

Rossi was helped off the field by the team doctor, received treatment, and the penalty was handed over to Vardy to take the penalty.

Vardy turned his anger into strength, and shot to the upper left corner of the goal.

Although the goalkeeper flew to save the ball and even touched the ball with his fingers, he still couldn't stop the ball from rushing into the net.

After the goal, teammates rushed to the sidelines immediately and asked Rossi about his injury.

"Ro, how is it?"

"Luo, it doesn't matter, where does it still hurt?"

"Luo, I will remember that kid who shoveled you, and I will give him a special hello later."

Teammates chattered one after another.

They all looked worried at the sight of the large amount of white quick-spray painkiller covering Rosie's ankle.

The team doctor said: "It's not a big problem. Let me relieve you first, and then do a review after the game."

Rossi stood up, looked at his teammates who were close to him, and said, "The game is not over, we have to win."

After scoring a goal, the confrontation between the two sides became fierce.

In the 58th and 60th minutes, Mahrez and Kanter received yellow cards one after another.

Three minutes later, Bo Yang also received a yellow card for his irrational attack.

Just when the two sides were about to turn their physical confrontation into hand-to-hand combat, Rossi calmly handled the ball in the frontcourt, which shocked Stoke City's defense line into a cold sweat.

In the 69th minute, Rossi took the ball from the side, pretended to shoot, easily dunked the defense of Glenn Huilan, who was overwhelmed by impulse, and passed it to the goal.

Mahrez rushed to the horse, rushed ahead of the defender's defense, and scored with a shot.

2:2! !
Leicester City were once again behind, tying the score.

The Stoke City team, which is playing at home, is facing a relegation team. If they do not strengthen their offense but seek a tie, the home fans will be the first to refuse.

In the 75th minute, Mark Hughes sent the former England center forward, Gao Lao Crouch, to enhance the advantage in the middle.

Ranieri also responded quickly, replacing Mahrez who helped the team equalize with Andy King.

This time, it was Ranieri's team's turn to wait quietly for an opportunity.

In the last 15 minutes, neither side scored a goal and it ended in a draw.

Ranieri's team, in the first six rounds, achieved an unbeaten record of 3 wins and 3 draws, which was unexpected by everyone.

They are in the top three in the standings, ahead of Manchester City and Manchester United.

It is worth mentioning that, as of now, among the 20 teams in the Premier League, only Manchester United and Leicester City are undefeated.

In the League Cup in midweek, Leicester City once again faced West Ham United.

Both sides replaced most of the main players and played on the bench.

In the 6th minute, Leicester City took the lead by Dodo.

In the 27th minute, West Ham striker Zarate equalized the score.

The two sides were tied within 90 minutes and entered overtime.

In the 116th minute, the Leicester City team was assisted by full-back Fuchs and Andy scored a lore goal, and the team advanced to the next round.

Up to now, Leicester City has achieved an impressive record of 8 unbeaten games in the League Cup, which shocked the English media.

It was still a relegation team last season, and it performed strongly in the new season. The outside world has praised Ranieri's level of coaching.

However, some media have questioned that Leicester City's current results are entirely due to the team's remnants of last season's relegation battle.

In order to prove this point of view, the media also gave their theoretical basis.

First, although Ranieri's team has achieved eight unbeaten games, the team does not have a fixed starting lineup.

Especially in the next four games, Ranieri tried many lineups, which have not been fixed yet.

The second is the result of the game.

Leicester City often reversed the game at the last minute, with a small point difference and conceded goals every game.

This shows that the team's defense is not doing well enough.

In the long season, the loopholes in the defense will be discovered step by step by the opponent, and points will continue to be lost in subsequent games.

The third is Rossi, the team's hottest star last season.

In the first few rounds, he was the core of the team's offense.

But in the last few games, Rossi has no goals and only one assist.

Instead, Vardy and Mahrez have repeatedly become the key players of the team.

The media agreed that Rossi has ended his "sweet period" in the Premier League.

In the last game in September, Leicester City played against Arsenal at home. The media speculated that this may be the beginning of Leicester City's decline.

　Seeing that the Champions League final is in Istanbul, Turkey, is this going to walk Milan and Liverpool?

　　
　
(End of this chapter)