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Chapter 190 What I Said, Nobody Can Stop It

On Thursday, Ranieri conducted a [-]-meter race test and an endurance test on all players.

Since the team is going to play a defensive counterattack, the counterattack must be fast.

Vardy, Mahrez, and Albrighton are all players with good speed and technique, and they determine the quality of the team's counterattack.

Rossi's short-distance speed is very fast, suitable for near the penalty area, and suddenly starts to go up, threatening the goal.

However, the team's counterattack must be initiated from the midfield or even a further back position, and long-distance sprinting is not his advantage.

But when Ranieri saw Rossi's [-]-meter report card, he was taken aback, and his face immediately showed joy.

At the King Power Stadium on Saturday, fans were already outside the stadium, waiting for players to enter.

Prior to this, the British media have used pizza words to satirize Ranieri's team's defensive problems.

Now, fans also use pictures of pizza to motivate players and strive for a clean sheet in this game.

Crystal Palace's performance this season has also exceeded everyone's expectations. In the first 9 rounds, they scored 5 wins and 4 losses, scored 15 points, and ranked 6th.

Their game was open and close, and the confrontation was fierce. The 2:1 reversal of Chelsea's game showed the team's tenacious fighting spirit to the fullest.

The media spoke highly of their performance, and they are a team that can cause trouble for the Premier League BIG6 this season.

Before the game, the media also created a lot of public opinion.

The Crystal Palace is the last stand against the King of London. "

Because Rossi scored goals in the game against the London team.

Among the current Premier League teams, only Crystal Palace has not played against each other.

Therefore, the focus of this game is whether Rossi can break through the Crystal Palace goal and achieve the reputation of "King of London".

In this game, Ranieri continued to form a 4-4-2 formation, with Rossi at the top and Vardy ambushing behind him.

Crystal Palace is also a counter attacking team.

The midfielders are fast players.

Forward Zaha, who came from the Crystal Palace youth training, moved to Manchester United in 2013 for 1000 million euros.

But at that time, there was a lot of competition for Manchester United's strikers, and Ferguson, who was still in office, loaned him back to his home team for training.

Unexpectedly, half a year later, Ferguson announced his retirement, and Zaha failed to gain the trust of the new coach Moyes. After several loan spells, he returned to Crystal Palace in the winter window of this year.

Zaha has excellent dribbling and speed, and has strong physical fitness. He likes to dribble the ball, disrupt the opponent's defense, and attack in series. He is also capable of playing the center and winger positions.

Occasionally, he can drop back to the midfield and attack with the ball from the midfield.

In the new season, under the command of head coach Alan Pardue, he is the absolute core of offense.

Crystal Palace can achieve the current results, the team's defense is indispensable.

The two full-backs are not very fast players. They rarely overlap and insert, and the defense is more stable.

The double defensive midfielders are MacArthur, who is good at intercepting and stealing, and new aid Bakaye, who can give offensive players enough protection.

The English media believes that Leicester City, which is good at counterattacks from the side, cannot break through the defense line of the Crystal Palace.

After the start of the game, Crystal Palace was not conservative at all in the away game.

Zaha took the ball in the midfield and used his personal ability to constantly attack the defense.

Only 2 minutes into the game, Crystal Palace broke through from the wing, and the defender hit the ball across the middle. Zaha received the ball outside the penalty area, instantly attracting two defensive players.

He leaned against the defense with his back, dribbled the ball back, distanced himself from the defender, turned around quickly, and hoisted the ball towards the penalty area.

After teammate Fraser Campbell stopped the ball in the chest in the penalty area, he followed up and prepared to shoot.

Fortunately, Leicester City defender Fox blocked the shot in time and blocked the ball from the bottom line.

Crystal Palace took a corner kick, defender Dann grabbed the spot, headed the ball, the ball brushed the post and flew out of the baseline.

The two very threatening attacks gave the home team a disarm. Ranieri couldn't sit still and rushed directly to the sidelines to direct the defense.

He asked Kanter to keep a close eye on Zaha, try to interfere with the opponent's ball as soon as possible, and pay attention to the opponent's pass from the two sides.

Although there were no sharp players on the wing of Crystal Palace, their crosses easily caused confusion to the defense line, which made the Leicester City players panic to make a clearance. They grabbed two penalty kicks outside the penalty area and continued to put pressure on the defense line.

Under such pressure, Leicester City's defense is extremely stable.

Ranieri himself is good at building the team's defensive system, especially after adjusting the full-backs, he rarely puts in assists, helps the single midfielder Kanter to help defend, liberates Drinkwater as much as possible, and lets him focus on offense.

Due to the relatively high pressure of the Crystal Palace formation, Leicester City's defensive pressure in the middle is high, and someone must come back to help defend on the front line.

Rossi is usually the No.1 pick because of his strong coping ability.

But this time, it was Vardy who retreated to defend.

Rossi was placed at the front, acting as a single arrow.

Crystal Palace coach Alan Pardew is a little strange. Generally speaking, if you want to fight back, Vardy is at the forefront, isn't it more threatening?

Why put Rossi, who is not very fast, at the top.

Moreover, his own team has already overwhelmed the formation across the half, and Rossi has also been overwhelmed near the center circle.

Even if you give him the ball, you have to sprint a distance of nearly 40 meters, can you do it?
Perhaps it is because Vardy's defense is better than that "King of London"!

The king disdains defense.

In the first half of the game, both sides did relatively well defensively, and neither had many offensive opportunities.

Crystal Palace made targeted adjustments in defending the opponent's counterattack.

The defensive midfielders will immediately block Drinkwater and limit Leicester City's first pass when they switch from defense to offense, thereby limiting their overall counterattack speed.

During the intermission, Ranieri encouraged: "Everyone has done a good job in defense. I believe that after the game, we can go eat pizza. But, after a draw, is the pizza in your hands delicious?"

"Not good!" The players replied in unison.

Ranieri smiled and said: "Since you want to eat pizza happily, then charge me for the next 45 minutes. Pass the ball decisively, run aggressively, and spare no effort."

"N'Golo, in the second half, you have to participate in the offense and share Danny's pressure. Remember, pass the ball quickly and don't stick the ball."

Canter nodded, expressing his understanding.

After the start of the second half, Crystal Palace's offensive did not weaken at all, and they still put pressure on Leicester City's defense.

They had a lot of chances on the wing, but they couldn't pass through the high altitude, posing a threat to Leicester City's goal.

In the 57th minute, Crystal Palace made a substitution and replaced center Bamford, who was on loan from Chelsea, in the hope of taking advantage of his top advantage and strengthening their offense.

With a high point in the middle, the wing team can cross without scruples.

Ranieri adjusted quickly, the two full-backs had to intercept the opponent's cross, Drinkwater came back to help defend the center, and the defense line was very flat.

Under Leicester City's tenacious wing defense, Crystal Palace failed to find a good opportunity and passed the ball to the center.

Zaha received the ball in the middle and took a few steps laterally, trying to tear apart the defense.

Vardy interfered from behind, forcing him to pass the ball to his teammates outside the box.

Bakary Sakho wanted to return the ball without stopping, but Kanter approached quickly, making the return pass wrong and the pass power was weak.

Vardy, who came back to participate in the defense, saw the opportunity, grabbed the ball before Zaha, poked the ball to Kanter, and then quickly advanced.

With such a run, he attracted all the defenses and made the opponent ignore the marking of Kanter.

Alan Pardue on the sidelines even jumped up angrily.

Where is the pressing, where is the defense?
Kanter glanced ahead, his vision was extremely wide.

He remembered the coach's instructions, did not stick the ball, and passed the ball directly to Rossi on the front line.

Rossi drops back to receive the ball from the center circle, behind him is the defender's close marking.

He didn't stop the ball, but passed it directly to Vardy, who was plugging in behind, and turned around to get rid of the defense.

At this time, there was only the last defensive player left in front of Vardy. He quickly distributed the ball to Rossi who was going forward, and then continued to sprint forward.

When Rossi turned and accelerated, he had already got rid of the central defender's defense.

His two abilities of speed and acceleration have reached 75, and his speed after starting is not too slow.

At least the first 20-meter sprint is not slow at all.

After 15 meters, Vardy had already run forward and ran out of space, and when Rossi passed the ball in front of him again, he had already formed a single pole.

The shouts of the fans started from the moment Rossi made the ball forward, and continued until Vardy scored a single-handed goal, and even louder cheers exploded instantly.

[GOAL! ! ! ! 】

[Wonderful counterattack, Leicester City scored! ! ! 】

[Smooth offense is a kind of ultimate enjoyment, only the fans watching on the spot can enjoy this moment. 】

[Valdy scored a goal, this is his 7 consecutive games, it's crazy. 】

[I think, in Leicester City tonight, you should be able to eat freshly baked pizza, no one can stop it, I said it! 】

(End of this chapter)