Ranieri's team has an Italian-style solid defense, and counterattacks are their specialty.

But the current Leicester City not only retains the pressing defense in the frontcourt, but also gives the midfielder more opportunities to get the ball.

This seems to be somewhat different from Ranieri, who always seeks stability.

In the attack just now, after Mahrez got the ball from the left, he did not directly pass down the bottom, but gave him more freedom to choose.

After the goal, Leicester City formed a 2-3 position in the frontcourt to press forward. Midfielder Andy King was at the end as the team's midfield barrier, with Schlupp's support from the side.

But many times, Schlupp's range of activities will be wider, and the only one who really defends is Andy King.

Not to mention the opponents, even assistant coach Craig was terrified.

The team gathers so many people in the frontcourt. If the opponent is allowed to counterattack, the defense will be in danger.

Ranieri did not hesitate, but urged the players to press boldly off the court.

Quite different from his usual amiable demeanor, Ranieri, who was directing the battle off the court, looked serious and serious.

Sunderland head coach Advocaat was a little confused. How could this be more vicious than last season's relegation match?

In terms of age, Advocaat is four years older than Ranieri.

In terms of coaching experience, he has coached far more clubs and national teams than his opponents.

In the honor room, there are not only the European Super Cup, but also the UEFA Cup champions, Scottish Premier League, Eredivisie, and Russian Premier League champions.

In every aspect, he is far better than Ranieri.

But in the first round of the new season, they were overwhelmed by this team that was a favorite for relegation.

Sunderland, who formed a 4-1-4-1 formation, wanted to take advantage of the numerical advantage in the frontcourt to suppress Leicester City in the frontcourt.

But what he didn't expect was that Leicester City would also attack in a big way, and the number of attackers was one more than his own.

Ranieri's team is not conservative at all.

In the 18th minute of the game, Leicester City attacked from the right. Albrighton dribbled the ball along the sideline. Faced with the defensive players' pressing, his legs suddenly started dribbling the ball.

The defensive player's center of gravity also moves quickly and moves forward closely.

But Albrighton kicked the ball back with his left foot. After creating a little space, he took the ball with his right foot and passed it towards the goal.

In order to avoid being blocked, the ball was too powerful when taking off the ball, and the ball flew so fast that Vardy, who was at the front point, failed to jump up when he jumped for the top, and it leaked to the back point.

After receiving a false shot, center back Coates hesitated for a moment and his eyes were attracted to Rossi behind him.

With the points gained last time, he didn't dare to take Rossi lightly.

Be careful this time.

Just as he was turning sideways to make a clearance, a person suddenly appeared in front of him, jumped in front of him, and headed the ball towards the goal with his head.

【GOAL!!】

[Leicester City’s attack did not stop, and it was Mahrez who scored the goal this time.]

[Sunderland had a big problem with their defense against high balls today. Neither Ronaldo nor Mahrez are good at heading the ball, but they were able to appear in the most critical position and use their headers to score goals.]

[Leicester City started this game with the same main force from last season. They scored two goals in less than 20 minutes. The head coach’s employment arrangements are indeed extraordinary.]

When the players gathered together to cheer, Ranieri on the sidelines did not show much joy.

For these two goals, the contribution of Rossi and Mahrez cannot be ignored, and there is also a bit of luck.

The most important thing is that the team did not play its familiar routine.

The league is not a knockout tournament, but a long season that tests the team's physical fitness, willpower and skills in all aspects.

You can't just rely on one or two lucks and hope to achieve a good result.

Taking advantage of the celebration, Ranieri called Drinkwater to the sidelines and patiently and carefully arranged tactics with him.

The game continued. After Sunderland served, Leicester City immediately launched a familiar frontcourt pressure.

The Sunderland head coach was standing off the field, rubbing his chin with his right hand and frowning.

Logically speaking, Leicester City has experienced scandals and the dismissal of its coach this summer, and the team should be affected to a certain extent.

But judging from the game process, they seem to still maintain the competitive state of last season's relegation stage.

Before the game started, he even wanted to score three points from his opponent, but he did not expect the current situation.

The team must take the ball away from the opponent's pressure.

Advocaat lets the full-backs press forward, and midfielder Sebastian retreats to organize, making full use of the width of the court and dispersing the defensive pressure caused by the opponent's attack.

Sebastian Larson is Sunderland's frontcourt playmaker and has a good quality long ball.

He returned to the midfielder position and formed a triangle pass with the two scattered central defenders, reducing the defensive pressure in the backcourt.

Rossi also leaned towards Sebastian immediately and restricted his shots.

But the latter was still able to use his body to protect the ball and pass it to Jeremain on the wing, allowing him to dribble the ball into Leicester City's right-side defense.

Although Albrighton's defense was weak, full-back De Laet made a decisive tackle and intercepted the ball cleanly.

The moment Sunderland took the ball out of the backcourt, Schlupp quickly returned to the backline and positioned himself, allowing Leicester City to maintain a complete defensive system.

After stealing the ball, Leicester City launched a quick counterattack. Drinkwater's pass in the midfield directly found Rossi on the wing.

At the right edge of the penalty area, Rossi unloaded the ball lightly with his right foot and turned his back to the defender.

Central defender Kaboul, who transferred from Tottenham this summer, once witnessed Rossi's "hat trick" on the bench at White Hart Lane.

When the game starts, he always maintains a high level of concentration.

His close pressing is to prevent Rossi from turning around and passing the ball easily, and to buy time for his teammates to return to defense.

Rossi turned sideways to control the ball, and from the corner of his eye he saw Vardy connecting in the middle. He raised his right foot and was about to pass the ball.

This detail of his observation also attracted Kabul's attention.

It's not that easy to pass the ball!

The moment Rossi touched the ball, Kaboul stretched out his left leg and blocked Rossi's passing line.

But Rossi did not pass the ball, but used the inside of his right toe to hook the ball back from behind his supporting foot in the opposite direction.

At the same time, the body makes an exaggerated turn and completes a breakthrough in the direction of the ball.

Fake fax deduction?

Kabul was taken aback.

Although he was on guard against Rossi's fake move, his body's flexibility after smashing the ball was too incredible.

Especially after spiking the ball, the transition to turning around is very smooth. Is this flexibility that a center can have?

It’s not an exaggeration to say that he is a winger!

[Oh my god, this is the 'Cruyff turn', Luo got rid of the defense and entered the penalty area. 】

【Can Kabul catch up? 】

[Falled, Luo fell in the penalty area.]

[The referee, Lee Mason, pointed to the penalty spot without hesitation and showed Kabul a yellow card.]

[This is only the 25th minute of the first half, Leicester City is about to lead Sunderland by three goals.]

[This must be the most incredible game in the first round of this season.]

[Leicester City didn’t lie, they really went there to avoid relegation.]
Chapter completed!