striker cool brother

Chapter 197
"We are one step closer to relegation!"

In the post-match interview, Ranieri never mentioned the championship in the face of the praise of the media.

He just showed a kind smile, and repeatedly emphasized the team's mission, from beginning to end, is relegation.

"What are your plans for the upcoming Devil's schedule?"

Ranieri smiled and said: "In order to avoid relegation, we will go all out."

The club chairman, Vichai Vichai, is very satisfied with the current results of the team, which can be described as shock.

After enjoying the benefits brought by the Premier League last season, Vichai also gave Steve Walsh more transfer power in the summer transfer window.

Pearson was fired, although Walsh resigned from the position of sports director, did the old job of scouting.

But this does not affect his status in Vichai's heart.

The introduction of Kanter and Fox, and the renewal of Rossi's contract are all handled by him.

And these players all played an important role.

The senior scout's eyes were indeed vicious.

Next, the team will face strong opponents. In order to maintain a stable performance before Christmas, Vichai invited eminent monks from his hometown to pray for the team and players.

On Saturday afternoon, Leicester City went away to challenge Swansea.

Last season, Swansea's midfield defense was turned upside down by Rossi's ghostly running.

Although they made a detailed plan to block Rossi before the game.

But Vardy, the grassroots striker who scored in 11 consecutive games, made them a little bit powerless.

Under the repeated attacks of the two, Swansea's defense was crumbling.

In the 5th minute, Rossi received a pass from Vardy, succeeded in anti-offside, and scored with a push.

This is Rossi's ninth goal of the season and his fifth consecutive goal.

Swansea fell behind and double-teamed Rossi, as did Vardy.

With the two major shooters restricted, another player on Leicester City's front line stepped forward.

Mahrez scored two goals in the 15th and 22nd minutes.

In the first half, Leicester City led 3:0.

In the second half, Rossi, Kanter, and Drinkwater were replaced successively to save their energy for the next round of the game.

In the 80th minute, Mahrez scored the third goal of the game and completed a hat-trick.

In the end, Leicester City swept Swansea 4-0.

Due to Manchester City's 0:2 upset loss to Stokes, Leicester City reached the top as they wished.

On Tuesday, Leicester City, which ushered in a week of double matches, played against Chelsea at home.

The defending champion Chelsea is now ranked 14th in the standings, with no hope of winning the championship, and even European qualification is out of reach.

With such a serious decline in performance, Chelsea is in trouble at home and abroad.

First of all, on the issue of signings this summer, Mourinho hopes to make up for the aging defense line and has been communicating with Everton's central defender Stones.

But one summer later, he did not wait for his favorite Stones, but got two transfer fees of Baba and Gillo Borgie whose combined transfer fee was less than 2500 million pounds.

The lack of reinforcement in the defense directly led to Chelsea's defense being frequently overwhelmed by opponents.

2:2 Swansea,
0:3 Manchester City,

2:3 West Brom,
1:3 Everton,
1:3 Southampton...

The defense has become a time bomb for the team.

Then, in terms of the locker room,

In the first round of the match against Swansea, the female team doctor rushed into the field during stoppage time to treat the injured Hazard, and was loudly reprimanded by Mourinho.

It was the end of the game and the Blues wanted to defend a victory and not want to be interrupted.

After the game, the club chose to stand with Mourinho, the female team doctor was expelled from the club, and she was banned from participating in training or competitions.

The woman's doctor left the club after six weeks and took Chelsea to court over her dismissal.

Since this incident began, there seems to be a discordant atmosphere within Chelsea, and it continues to spread.

In the match against the newly promoted Bournemouth, Chelsea lost 0:1 at home. Mourinho's coaching career at Chelsea has come to the edge of a cliff.

In this game against Leicester City, Mourinho and his team must win.

Chelsea's starting lineup for this game is goalkeeper Courtois.

The back line is Azpilicueta, Terry, Zouma and Ivanovic.

In midfield, double midfielder Matic and Ramirez.

In front of him are Hazard, Oscar and Willian.

The striker's single arrow is Diego Costa.

They were almost the main players to win the championship last season, but this season Terry and Ivan's state has declined seriously, and Pedro, Costa and Hazard have not performed satisfactorily. These are all problems that plague Chelsea.

Leicester City, after taking a big lead in the last round, replaced the main players to rest. In this game, they were able to fight with all the main players.

The match between Manchester City and Arsenal ended yesterday, and both teams won. Currently, Arsenal temporarily tops the list, followed by Manchester City.

Due to Manchester United's loss, Leicester City ranked third with one game less.

Players want to use victory to welcome the arrival of Christmas.

After the referee Clattenburg whistled, the 16th round of the Premier League, the last game, officially started at the King Power Stadium.

Chelsea, who are eager to win, used the personal abilities of Hazard, Oscar, and William in the frontcourt after the game started to frequently move around the opponent's flanks.

Behind the three, Matic and Ramirez escorted them.

Facing Leicester City's defense, Mourinho gave up pass penetration, but used the player's personal ability to create threats at the front of the penalty area.

If the opponent fouls near the penalty area, use the set piece to threaten the goal.

In this game, Chelsea's offensive core is on Hazard on the left, and Mahrez is defending against him.

Mahrez, who is stronger in offense than defense, naturally cannot guard him.

But Danny Simpson and Drinkwater's defense prevented Hazard from creating an extraordinary opportunity.

In the first 10 minutes, Hazard tried 3 times to pass, but all failed.

This made Mourinho off the court look unhappy.

The grievances between the two started from the first round.

Although Mourinho originally did not want to interrupt the game, he prevented the female team doctor from entering the field for treatment.

But this kind of approach makes the players feel uncomfortable.

After the game, Mourinho did not express his views on this, which also planted the seeds of resentment in Hazard's heart.

As the game progressed, Hazard failed to enter the state for a long time, which also caused Mourinho to criticize many times in public, which turned into a contradiction.

The fuse of the conflict in the locker room must be the team's performance.

Chelsea began to try William, who was active on the right, when the attack on the left was not smooth.

Last season, William and Ivanovic on the right side performed well, and they can help the team a lot on both ends of the offense and defense.

With the decline of Ivanovic's state this season, William has to attack and take care of defense alone, which seems difficult to support alone.

In just 5 minutes, William lost the ball 3 times on the right, leaving Mourinho helpless.

Kanter still played steadily, and with his relentless running, the team's defense was rock-solid.

But no surprise, still a surprise.

Drinkwater, the core midfielder of Leicester City, suffered a muscle strain in a confrontation and was unable to persist in the game. Ranier replaced him with Andy King.

The Premier League schedule is about to enter an intensive stage, and players are beginning to experience fatigue. In addition to winter, the body is prone to injury.

Facing the same problem, there is Hazard of Chelsea.

In the 30th minute of the game, Hazard also fell to the ground in a physical confrontation with Kanter, unable to continue the game, and was replaced by Pedro.

The injury added a bit of gloom to this focus battle.

(End of this chapter)