Chapter 215 Witness the 21-year-old Rossi

Four days later, in the third round rematch of the FA Cup, Leicester City faced off with a full substitute lineup and was defeated 2:0 by Tottenham's semi-main lineup.

Leicester City's cup matches this season are all over. Rossi didn't get a chance to play and missed out on system rewards.

Without the distraction of other games, Leicester City can concentrate on preparing for the league and striving for European qualification.

Qualifying for the Europa League may provide more generous rewards than these cup competitions where you can't qualify.

Rossi could only comfort himself in this way.

The opponent on Saturday afternoon is Stoke City, who are ranked seventh in the league.

The media believes that Stoke City, whose results have been stable in the middle, will cause trouble for Leicester City.

But only five minutes into the game, with tens of thousands of people watching at the King Power Stadium, Rossi scored.

Mahrez's cross caused chaos in front of the goal. Stoke City's clearance did not go far and fell at the feet of Rossi in the middle of the penalty area.

Bang!

After Rossi stopped the ball, he swung his right calf lightly, and the outer instep directly hit the lower left part of the ball.

The entire stop-shooting movement is very fast, and the calf exerts force, making it very concealable.

The goalkeeper just saw that Rossi's shooting posture was to hit the right side. He quickly lowered his center of gravity and prepared to save the ball.

But when he reacted, the ball had already flown to his left.

"Damn..."

The goalkeeper flew towards the direction of the ball and made a save. His fingertips lightly touched the surface of the ball.

Shooting from the outside of the instep requires a lot of leg strength, and the wider the arc, the more difficult it is for the goalkeeper to save the ball.

I think that with Rossi's current strength, he can't create an exaggerated arc, but his advantage is that he is very confusing.

Although the goalkeeper's finger grazed it and changed direction slightly, the ball hit the inside of the post and bounced into the net.

The goalkeeper fell to the ground and beat the turf unwillingly.

【GOAL, the ball went in!!】

【Rossi sets record again.】

【Every goal he scores is a new record.】

[This is his 13th consecutive game where he has scored. With his current state, I really don’t know where his footsteps will stop.]

【Next game, or another one?】

Leicester City, who are leading at home, are becoming more and more courageous with each passing game.

In the 41st minute, Drinkwater shot a long shot from outside the penalty area and penetrated the goal.

2:0!

In the 66th minute, Drinkwater assisted Vardy to expand the score to 3:0.

In the 87th minute, Ulloa came on as a substitute and added the icing on the cake.

Leicester City beat Stoke City with a score of 4:0.

Since Arsenal lost, Leicester City reached the top of the table as they wished and faced the challenge in February as the top spot.

There are four games in February, against Liverpool, Manchester City, Arsenal and Crystal Palace.

Liverpool is ranked 8th in the standings. If they want to enter the European competition this season, they must not underestimate their opponents in the next games.

Manchester City and Arsenal have 44 points together, 3 points behind the top spot. If they want to make a comeback in the second half, they must defeat Leicester City.

Crystal Palace is ranked 12th and is heading towards the 10th place in the league last season.

Ranieri faces another tough schedule.

Ten days of rest allows the players' bodies to get sufficient rest.

On Tuesday, at the pre-match press conference, both sides announced the roster for this round.

Liverpool has as many as seven injured people. In addition to Sturridge, who has been absent for a long time, defense general Skrtel and midfielder Coutinho also joined the injured list.

In this game, Milner appears on the starting list, and Firmino is the center forward.

Klopp wants to use small, fast and flexible forwards to tear apart Leicester City's defense.

Ranieri continued to use the previous starting lineup, and on the bench, teenagers Gray and Chilwell entered the squad.

High-position pressing is still Klopp's style. After half a season of running in, he has implanted his own style into the team.

Abandoning high center forward Benteke is to take advantage of the speed and flexibility of shorter players to quickly form a press in the frontcourt.

Leicester City did not have the ability to press deeply, so Ranieri gave up pressing in the frontcourt and immediately started pressing once the opponent's offense pushed past half-court.

Klopp was afraid of Leicester City's counterattack ability, so he continuously guided the ball near the center circle, hoping to attract the opponent, and then transferred it through long passes to open up space behind him.

Both teams had their own plans and engaged in fierce physical confrontation near the center circle, but there were very few attacks that could reach each other's penalty area.

Under physical confrontation, frequent fouls occurred, which fragmented the rhythm of the game.

In short, the performance of the two teams in the first half was intense but not exciting.

During the halftime break, Ranieri and the assistant coach said calmly while passing water to the players: "Our opponents are competing with us to see who can lose their composure first."

"I still say the same thing, if there is a counterattack, advance quickly. If not, counterattack immediately after losing the ball to delay their counterattack."

To qualify for the European Cup, Liverpool must win every game.

However, Leicester City has always emphasized relegation externally, and the players do not have much psychological burden on their hearts.

This is also their advantage.

After testing in the first half, Klopp was convinced that his opponent would not press aggressively in the second half.

"In the second half, we continued to move forward, moved the ball more and mobilized their defense."

In this game, Liverpool wanted to penetrate through quick short passes and hit the space behind the opponent.

But the experienced Ranieri was not fooled and refused to stand, causing his plan to fail.

Since we are determined to defend, we must have a attacking hammer on the front line to knock the goal open.

Klopp asked center Benteke to prepare for the warm-up.

The second half started with Liverpool, and the three technical midfielders quickly advanced through the half.

Firmino dropped back to the midfield to help the team sort out the offense.

His personal ability to control and protect the ball is outstanding, and he can firmly control the ball when double-teamed by two people.

In the 50th minute, after Firmino attracted the defense, he returned the ball to his teammates, then turned around and advanced.

Lucas moved the ball to the weak side area, and Lallana organized the attack from the wing.

Under the cover of full-back Moreno, Lallana passed the defense and made a pass.

Firmino, who was outflanking in the middle, headed the ball wide due to interference from the defensive players.

Two minutes later, Liverpool successfully stole the ball in midfield and made a comeback.

Lucas made a long pass from the backcourt, trying to hit the Leicester City defense.

But the passing force was a bit strong, and Schmeichel picked it off easily.

After seeing a slight improvement in the offense, Klopp replaced midfielder Henderson and replaced him with Benteke to strengthen the penalty area.

In the 60th minute, Liverpool continued to pass and cooperate in the frontcourt, and after moving Leicester City's defense to the right, Lucas suddenly made a lateral transfer and hit the weak side area.

Full back Klein broke through along the sideline and made a pass.

Benteke and Morgan took off at the same time, competing for the top spot.

Although both of them are top-notch in height and jumping, Schmeichel, who is taller and has longer arms, has a clear advantage.

Bang!

Schmeichel got ahead of the two men's fight for the top and knocked the ball out of the penalty area with both fists, landing in front of Kanter.

Kanter observed the defensive player behind him rushing towards him. Without stopping the ball, he directly used the arch of his foot to pass the ball to Mahrez on the right.

This pass directly penetrated the barrier established by Liverpool in the middle.

Mahrez took a few steps forward, looked up and passed the ball behind the Liverpool defense.

Rossi, who had been hovering on the offside line, suddenly started to move, leaving the defender behind in an instant and entering the penalty area.

[Beautifully countered offside, Rossi went solo! 】

[Stop the ball with your chest!]

【Turn around!】

【Shoot!!!】

【GOAL!!!!!】

【Rossi scores again!】

[This is his 14th consecutive game in which he has scored goals. What a terrifying scoring efficiency.]

【And the ball was played very skillfully and calmly.】

[After he stopped the ball with his chest, the goalkeeper had already attacked and it was too late to adjust.]

[So he gently used the instep of his right foot to pass the ball through the goalkeeper's legs. He handled it so carefully. 】

[If Rossi was born out of nowhere last season, then Rossi this season is definitely a superstar.]

[I have never met 21-year-old Ronaldo, but I was lucky enough to witness 21-year-old Rossi.]

[Leicester City leads 1:0!]
Chapter completed!