striker cool brother

Chapter 239 Vardy leaves the field, the blue fox is in danger

At the beginning of the second half, West Ham United made personnel adjustments. Center Carroll replaced midfielder Obiang to increase the striker's top advantage and fulcrum connection.

Under Huth's defense, Emenick was unable to advance and outflank after retreating and connecting. West Ham must make adjustments in the striker position.

Payet returned to the midfielder position and was responsible for the assault organization.

With the strong central axis of the two in the frontcourt as a firepower attraction point, other West Ham United players can receive the ball along the side ribs and attack Leicester City's penalty area.

In the 48th minute, Payet scored the ball from the middle, and Emenique from the left side of the penalty area shot from the far corner. After the ball passed Schmeichel's ten fingers, it suddenly fell and hit the net above the goal, which shocked the home fans into a cold sweat .

Ranieri stood on the sidelines with one hand on his hips, pointing at Payet with the other, calling Kanter's name.

Kanter understood, and the two French fellows once again launched an offensive and defensive duel.

This season, due to Kanter's outstanding performance in Leicester City, he got the attention of the national team coach Didier Deschamps and was called to the national team.

In the two national team friendly matches in March, Kanter performed well and scored a goal, basically confirming his squad for the European Cup this summer.

There is no competition between Payet and his position in the national team, but the duel between the two still attracts special attention.

Rossi, dropping back from the second striker position, is ready to receive the ball and initiate a fast break.

This is also an affirmation and trust in Kanter's defensive ability.

In the 54th minute, Payet took the ball on the left rib, and Kanter immediately defended.

Since the two started a direct dialogue, Payet has not thrown off the defense of the fellow. Although there have been several forced breakthroughs and passes, the effect is not good.

Mahrez has to participate in the counterattack at any time, and the defense in the midfield appears weak.

In order to further stabilize the defense on the wing, Leicester City made personnel adjustments, Schlupp played and replaced Albrighton.

Schlupp can play a defensive role on the wing, and can also defend in the midfield.

In the 55th minute, Schlupp, who had just played, completed a double-team on Payet with his teammates in the middle.

Kanter saw the timing, shoveled sideways, and poked the ball out.

Schlupp split the ball to the side, and Drinkwater passed Rossi again, penetrating West Ham United's midfield defense again.

Vardy was already starting at the front end, he quickly inserted into the space between the full-back and the central defender, received a pass from Rossi, and rushed towards the opponent's penalty area.

Central defender Reid is desperately chasing back, but Rossi's pass and Vardy's speed make it impossible for him to catch up.

Only destroy the ball in advance before the opponent catches the ball.

With a decisive shovel, Reed's right foot hit the ball first, and then brought it to Vardy's leg, tripping him to the ground.

Vardy fell to the ground, but didn't hear the referee's whistle, and hammered the turf very dissatisfied.

There were also boos at the King Power Stadium.

West Ham United switched from defense to offense. Moses dribbled the ball from the side and was also tackled to the ground by Schlupp.

The gunpowder of the two teams became stronger, and they did not hesitate to tackle.

After stealing the ball, Rossi received the ball in a dropback and knocked the ball back to defender Huth.

He did this to stabilize the players' excited nerves.

West Ham also took advantage of this time to defend.

As soon as Leicester City's offense pushed through halftime, the opponent's press began.

Schlupp and Moses hit each other on the ground while grabbing the ball, and the referee didn't blow it.

Central defender Huth, picks the ball forward.

Rossi ran laterally to the right, tearing apart the defense, allowing Vardy to form a 1v1 with the central defender.

With a yellow card in his body, Reid made an instant decision and switched positions with his teammates.

Go to mark Rossi without the ball, and teammate Obonna to defend the ball holder.

Obonaka blocked the interference on the line where Vardy broke through and shot.

After Vardy broke into the penalty area, he found that he couldn't get rid of the opponent's entanglement, so he took a step to the right and got stuck, but he didn't expect that his right foot was tripped by the opponent and fell into the penalty area.

drop!
The referee blew his whistle.

This time, Vardy fell firmly in the penalty area.

The referee Jonathan ran to the scene of the incident, but pointed his right hand at the attacking goal.

Diving?

Leicester City players are crazy.

This is obviously a foul behind the West Ham United defender. How could it be Vardy diving?
Vardy, who was sitting on the ground, held his head in disbelief. This was simply wronged to death.

Not only that, Jonathan also showed Vardy a yellow card.

Two yellows turned into one red, and Vardy was sent off the field.

Angrily, Vardy bounced up from the ground, pointed at the referee, and kept swearing, denouncing the injustice.

Rossi hurriedly hugged him aside and said, "Jamie, if you do this, you will be suspended."

Although not reconciled, Vardy was still angry and said: "I didn't flop, he did hit me."

"Even if you scold me all over now, it won't help anything, so calm down first, otherwise, it won't be a suspension."

Under Rossi's appeasement, Vardy left the field angrily.

When passing the coaching area, Ranieri looked firmly at the field, put his right arm around him, and whispered: "Jamie, take a good rest, and leave it to them."

After being sent off, West Ham United saw hope. In the 60th minute, coach Bilic used the remaining two substitutions.

Lancini replaces Noble and Enna Valencia replaces Moses.

The appearance of the two speeded up the team's frontcourt, suppressed Leicester City's defense, and forced Mahrez to turn to defense.

Then only Rossi is left at the front end, and it is difficult to use the individual combat ability to overcome the defense.

Ranieri urgently needs defense to stabilize the mentality of the players.

Resolutely replaced Amate, let him make up the back line, the two full-backs moved up, and the formation became 3-5-1.

Removing Mahrez means that Leicester City's offense can only rely on Schlupp and the single arrow Rossi on the right.

West Ham are easy to target.

Due to the lack of one player, Leicester City gave up the midfield, minimized control, and reduced the physical consumption of players.

West Ham United, which formed an offensive on the periphery, quickly and effectively formed a wave of offensive, overwhelming Leicester City.

Ranieri thought that after giving up the midfield, the players devoted themselves to defense and could effectively resist the opponent's attack.

But he was wrong.

There are still more than 30 minutes until the end of the game. Facing the frequent impact of West Ham United, the mental wear and tear of the players far exceeds the physical burden.

If you defend blindly, you can only let others slaughter you. With the current configuration of the team, it is difficult to play a quick counterattack.

In the 75th minute, Leicester City finally got a chance. Under double-teaming, Kanter took the ball out with difficulty and handed it to Drinkwater.

This is the first time since Vardy was sent off, Leicester City have passed the ball across the half in their own field.

Drinkwater kicked a long pass and directly hit the space behind West Ham United's defense.

Rossi accelerated the sprint, but the ball flew too high, giving the opponent's central defender sufficient time to react and adjust, leaped high, and headed the ball to his teammates.

In this counterattack, there was less excess in the middle and a disconnect between the midfield and frontcourt, which exposed Drinkwater's weakness in long pass transfer and Rossi's weakness in standing up and holding the ball on the front line.

The ball once again returned to West Ham United.

The successive impacts made the Leicester City gate jittery, and Ranieri was also considering whether to remove Rossi and replace him with Ulloa.

In this way, at least the team will have a high fulcrum at the front point when turning to positional warfare.

At this moment, West Ham United got the chance to set the ball, Payet took the ball and flew into the penalty area, and Reid quickly advanced from outside the penalty area.

Morgan, who was in charge of defense, couldn't catch up, and made a hugging motion with his hands, and Reed fell to the ground.

drop!
When the referee blew the foul whistle and pointed to the penalty spot, there was a burst of exclamation in the King Power Stadium.

Many fans even jumped up from their seats, holding their heads in their hands, with astonished eyes, unable to describe their mood at this moment in words.

Carroll, West Ham United's number one striker, stands in front of the penalty spot.

Facing the huge boos from the home court.

approach,

left foot on the ground,

tricked the keeper's eyes,
Push the ball towards the dead corner of the other goal.

【GOAL, the goal is scored! 】

[In the 84th minute of the game, West Ham United equalized the score through their top scorer Carroll through a penalty kick. 】

[Leicester City's defense during this period was under too much pressure. After withstood the opponent's attack for 25 minutes, a flaw finally appeared. 】

After the goal, Carroll excitedly rushed to the goal, fished the ball out of the net, and ran to the center circle.

He and his teammates are sure that with less than 10 minutes left, they will definitely score another goal.

Ranieri quickly called the assistant coach over and asked him to prepare for the last substitution.

Enter Ulloa, exit Rosi.

(End of this chapter)