Chapter 190 What I said, no one can stop it

On Thursday, Ranieri conducted a 100-meter race test and endurance test on all players.

Since the team wants to engage in defensive counterattack, the counterattack speed must be fast.

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

Rossi's short-distance speed is very fast, which is suitable for him to suddenly start to penetrate near the penalty area and threaten the goal.

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

But when Ranieri saw Rossi's 100-meter score sheet, he was surprised and his face suddenly lit up with joy.

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

Prior to this, the British media used the word pizza 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 also exceeded everyone's expectations. In the first 9 rounds, they had 5 wins and 4 losses, scoring 15 points and ranking 6th.

Their game was open and close, and the confrontation was fierce. They reversed Chelsea's game 2:1, which fully demonstrated the team's tenacious fighting spirit.

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

The media also created a lot of public opinion before the game.

"Crystal Palace is the last position to block the King of London."

Because Rossi scored goals in both games against the London team.

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

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

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

Crystal Palace is also a counterattacking team.

The midfielders and frontcourt players are all very fast players.

Forward Zaha, who came out of the Crystal Palace youth training, moved to Manchester United for 10 million euros in 2013.

But there was huge competition among Manchester United's strikers at the time, and Ferguson, who was still in charge, loaned him back to his home club for training.

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

Zaha has excellent dribbling and speed, and has strong physical fitness. He likes to dribble past people, 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, he is the absolute core of the offense under head coach Alan Pardew.

Crystal Palace can achieve its current results because of the team's defense.

The two full-backs are not very fast players. They rarely get in and the defense is more stable.

The double defensive midfielders are MacArthur and new aid Bakaye, who are good at intercepting and stealing, and can provide sufficient protection for offensive players.

The English media believes that Leicester City, which is good at side counterattacks, is unable to break through the iron-clad defense of the Crystal Palace.

After the game started, Crystal Palace did not play conservatively in the away game at all.

Zaha takes the ball in the midfield and uses his personal abilities to continuously attack the defense.

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

He leaned against the defense, dribbled the ball back, distanced himself from the defender, quickly half-turned, and lobbed the ball into the penalty area.

Teammate Fraser Campbell stopped the ball with his chest in the penalty area and followed up to prepare for a shot.

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

Crystal Palace took a corner kick. Defender Dann grabbed the spot and headed the ball towards the goal. The ball missed the post and flew out of the baseline.

Two extremely threatening attacks gave the home team a disincentive. Ranieri couldn't sit still and rushed directly to the sidelines to direct the defense.

He asked Kanter to keep an eye on Zaha and try to interfere with the opponent's ball as soon as possible. The two wingers should pay attention to the opponent's pass.

Although there are no sharp players on the wing of Crystal Palace, their crosses can easily create chaos for the defense, causing Leicester City players to panic and make a clearance. They grab two penalty kicks outside the penalty area and continue to put pressure on the defense.

Under such pressure, Leicester City's defense was extremely solid.

Ranieri himself is good at building the team's defensive system, especially after adjusting the full-backs, rarely providing assists, helping the single midfielder Kante to defend, freeing Drinkwater as much as possible so that he can focus

attack.

Since Crystal Palace's formation is relatively high forward, Leicester City's defense is under heavy pressure in the middle, so someone must come back to help defend on the front line.

Rossi is usually the first choice because of his strong support ability.

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

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

Crystal Palace head coach Alan Pardew is a little strange. Generally speaking, when it comes to counterattacks, wouldn't Vardy be more threatening if he is at the front?

Why put Rossi, who is not very fast, at the front?

Moreover, his team had already pushed the formation past half-court, and Rossi was also pressed near the center circle.

Even if I get the ball for him, he has to sprint nearly 40 meters. Can he do it?

Perhaps it's because Vardy's defense is better than that of the "King of London"!

A king disdains defense.

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

Crystal Palace has made targeted adjustments in defending its opponents' counterattacks.

The defensive midfielder will immediately block Drinkwater and limit Leicester City's first pass when switching from defense to attack, thus limiting their overall counterattack speed.

At halftime, Ranieri encouraged: "Everyone did a good job in defense. I believe that after the game is over, we can go eat pizza. But after a draw, does the pizza in your hands taste good?"

"It doesn't smell good!" the players replied in unison.

Ranieri smiled and said: "Since you want to eat pizza happily, then in the next 45 minutes, just rush for me. Pass the ball decisively, run aggressively, and leave no stone unturned."

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

Kant nodded, indicating that he understood.

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

They have many opportunities on the wing, but they are unable to pass through the air and pose 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, hoping to use his advantage in fighting for the top to strengthen the offense.

With a high point in the middle, teams on the wing can make crosses without restraint.

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 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 open up the defense.

Vardy interfered from behind, forcing him to pass the ball to the feet of his teammates outside the penalty area.

Bakari Sakho wanted to return the ball directly without stopping the ball, but Kante quickly approached, causing a mistake in the return pass and the passing force was weak.

Vardy, who came back to join the defense, saw the opportunity, got ahead of Zaha, passed the ball to Kanter, and then quickly moved forward.

With such a run, he attracted all the defense, causing the opponent to ignore Kanter's marking.

Alan Pardew on the sidelines was even more angry and jumped up.

Where is the pressing, where is the defense?

Kanter glanced ahead, and his field of vision was extremely broad.

He remembered the coach's instructions and passed the ball directly to Rossi on the striker without sticking the ball.

Rossi dropped back from the center circle to catch the ball, with the defender marking him closely behind him.

He did not stop the ball, but passed it directly to Vardy who came in behind, turned around and got 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 advancing, and then continued to sprint forward.

When Rossi turned around and accelerated, he had already gotten rid of the central defender.

With his speed and acceleration abilities reaching 75, his speed after starting is not too slow.

At least the first twenty meters of sprinting were not slow at all.

Fifteen meters later, Vardy had already moved forward and ran out of space. When Rossi passed the ball in front of him, it was already a one-on-one shot.

The fans' cheers started from the moment Rossi made a forward pass and continued until Vardy scored a single goal. Even bigger cheers exploded instantly.

【GOAL!!!!】

[Wonderful counterattack, Leicester City scored!!!]

[A smooth attack is the ultimate enjoyment. Only fans watching on the spot can enjoy this moment.]

[Vardy scored. This is his 7th consecutive game with goals. It’s crazy.]

[I think tonight, Leicester City should be able to enjoy freshly baked pizza, no one can stop it, I said so!]
Chapter completed!