Chapter 218 Welcome to watch, Leicester City Miracle

Bang!

Leicester City counterattacked, Mahrez scored a ball in the midfield and passed to Vardy's feet on the left.

Facing Otamendi's defense, Vardy first slowed down the pace of dribbling, and suddenly accelerated after observing that the defensive players had no intention of robbing.

The slippery field is perfect for fast players to drive the ball and accelerate.

When Vardy was about to reach the bottom line, she swept the ball to the goal, and Rossi quickly encircled.

Wow!

The fans behind the goal shouted softly and stood up one after another.

Rossi fell to the ground and shot with a dilemma under the interference of the defensive players.

But unfortunately, the ball was on the slippery grass and was very fast, so he had no choice but to pass by the ball.

Ten minutes into the game, Leicester City invested heavily in the midfield and used high-level pressure to beat Manchester City without any power to fight back.

The slow midfielder's ball is made, causing the two defense lines to be flattened outside the penalty area, and hastily long passes and transfers will only increase the risk of losing the ball.

With limited passes under the feet, Pellegrini quickly adjusted and used the high ball to find Yaya Toure, the front midfielder, and used his height and ball-holding ability to play a fulcrum in the frontcourt.

After Yaya Toure got the ball, Leicester City's defense quickly double-teamed and made a steal.

Although he lost speed and explosive power, Yaya Toure's outstanding footwork skills can complete the connection to both sides in the frontcourt.

In the 15th minute, Yaya Toure, under the interference of the defensive players, controlled the long pass from the backcourt firmly, and then passed the ball to Sterling on the wing under double-team.

This is the first time that Manchester City has played a vertical offensive cooperation since the beginning of the game.

Sterling broke through the sidelines, and outside the penalty area, he first dunked Simpson's defense, then took a step horizontally, pulled his feet and shot, and pulled the ball to the near corner of the goal.

Morgan put his hands on his back and stretched out his foot to intercept it.

Bang!

The ball hit his leg, changed direction and flew out of the bottom line.

David Silva took a corner kick, and Demikelis grabbed the landing point between the two opponents' central guards, but unfortunately he was slightly higher.

Demikelis has to bear most of the responsibility for Manchester City's concedure. In order to make up for the mistakes, he will try his best to win the corner kick and set-piece opportunity.

His header also received applause from home fans.

Manchester City took advantage of Yaya Toure's point to gradually reverse the midfield disadvantage. Ranieri immediately gave up the high-pressure pressing and changed to half-time pressing, using his unique skills to quickly counterattack.

After Leicester City contracted its defense, Pellegrini decisively put the players in a big way, using vertical attacks to continuously attack the opponent's defense line.

If the ball is lost, Yaya Toure's forward-top ability can curb Leicester's counterattack as soon as possible.

Under the strong impact of Manchester City, Leicester City's defense is a bit difficult.

In the 36th minute, Morgan pushed Yaya Toure outside the penalty area, received a yellow card, and gave the opponent a free kick with a good position.

Silva took the free kick, but failed to hold it down and flew to the stands.

In the 40th minute, Simpson tackled Sterling, who broke through the wing, and received a yellow card.

In the first half, Leicester City received a yellow card with half of the defense line, which was a big test for the subsequent game.

Entering the intermission, Ranieri asked the player to quickly dry his body and change into pre-baked clothes to ensure the temperature of his body.

"Aya Toure's style of playing will sooner or later be exhausted. As long as you keep another twenty minutes in the second half, the victory will belong to us."

Ranieri had already understood Manchester City's tactical analysis of this game and told Kanter: "Ngolo, give more pressure to Yaya Toure in the second half. Once he makes a mistake, it will be the time for us to fight back."

In Manchester City's locker room, Pellegrini was on the whiteboard, setting up tactics.

"David, in the second half, you continue to get the ball on the left, restrain your opponent, and give Yaya Toure the middle a chance to attack."

"Raheim, you must dare to break through and create a foul."

Without De Bruyne's organization, Manchester City's offense can only rely on Silva and Sterling on the sidelines.

"kun, the opponent's defender turns slowly. You have to retreat more and get the ball, cooperate more, and hit them behind you, so you have a chance."

Aguero nodded.

In the first half, Aguero had only one shot opportunity and four attempts to fight the opponent's defender, all of which were resolved one by one.

As Pellegrini said, if you want to break through the opponent's defense, you must cooperate more with your teammates.

The second half begins with Leicester City kicking off.

High-pressing is not a characteristic of Manchester City. They prefer to block the passing line in the midfield.

In the 48th minute, Drinkwater got the ball in the backcourt and quickly passed it to Rossi, who was on the left, and pushed it through the half.

Go forward to defend, tackle the ball sideways, and try to break the ball in the midfield.

Rossi gently knocked the ball to the right with his left heel, shook the opponent's tackle and passed the ball to Mahrez, who was responding on the rib.

The midfielder Fernandinho flew into the slippery tackle and wanted to destroy the ball before Mahrez received the ball.

But Mahrez picked up the ball very calmly and avoided his slippery shovel.

Mahrez, who dribbled the ball into the penalty area, first used a bicycle move, shook Otamendi's defense, and then pulled his left foot and shot angrily.

The ball, with a strong downspin, passed over goalkeeper Joe Hart's head and fell into the net.

Joe Hart just stood there with his feet. Due to his physical inertia, he pushed back a few steps, staggered and sat on the ground.

【GOAL!!!】

[Leicester City scored another goal, from Mahrez.]

[It was less than three minutes after the second half. Manchester City players seemed to have difficulty getting into the game quickly today.]

[Leicester City's offense this time is not fast, but the defense of Manchester City players is very slow and the tackle is too casual.]

After scoring the goal, Mahrez rushed to the sidelines and wanted to celebrate with a skating kneeling.

Unfortunately, the turf in winter was very thin, and his knees were kneeling on it, leaving only two deep depressions, which did not allow him to slide forward smoothly, but instead turned around.

But Mahrez reacted quickly in the second time, and took advantage of the momentum to bounce up and celebrate, then was held in his arms by Rossi who rushed over to relieve the embarrassment.

After falling behind two goals, Pellegrini could no longer remain calm. He waved his hand angrily to express his dissatisfaction with the players' lazy defensive attitude.

The leading Leicester City continued to shrink its defense and focus on counterattacking.

Manchester City, which has no way out, can only attack at the opponent's goal.

In the 50th minute, after receiving a pass from his teammate, Aguero forced himself into the penalty area and shot, which was blocked by Morgan's legs and blocked out of the baseline.

This offense also reflects the current anxious mentality of Manchester City players and the inability to defend Leicester City.

Silva took the corner kick, with four Leicester City players grabbing the spot at the front point, but the ball fell on Yaya Toure behind him.

His header hit the lower left corner, which was only a few centimeters away from the goal line.

The surrounding home fans, clenched their fists, had already stood up and cheered for the goal.

But Schmeichel made a great save.

As the ball hit the ground, he quickly stretched out his left foot to block the ball.

The ball bounced up to the ground and was blocked by his left hand.

The danger in front of the goal asked Morgan to clear the ball out of the bottom line first.

"Good job, our door god!"

Morgan kept Schmeichel tightly, which was his courage to keep the goal safe.

After the danger in front of the goal was resolved, the Leicester City players were highly focused and resolved Manchester City's corner kick attack.

Yaya Toure has a significant role in the frontcourt fulcrum, but he frequently engages in physical confrontation with his opponents. While taking on the ball, he also has to participate in defense, so that he can quickly exhaust his physical strength.

In the 60th minute, Fernando came on as a substitute and replaced Yaya Toure.

The captain handed the armband to Sabaletta's left arm.

After there was no fulcrum in the frontcourt, Leicester City started their frontcourt pressing again.

Manchester City's defense line also began to lose control because of the gradual loss of control of the midfield.

The average age of the players in the midfield and backcourt defense of Pellegrini in this game is over 30 years old.

The 35-year-old Demikalis's defense coverage area has severely shrunk, and he can only rely on his experience to seize the position and intercept the pass.

As for the blockade and steal, they can only be handed over to the 28-year-old Otamendi.

The two full-backs started to decline in the second half, and the physical fitness began to decline. In addition, the midfielder was slow to shoot, and there was no front-top player in the midfield, and the defense line began to loosen.

This is also why Ranieri dared to press high after Yaya Toure's exit in the 60th minute of the game.

In the 60th minute, Leicester City attacked into the penalty area, and Rossi's shot was blocked by Demikalis from the baseline.

In this game, Rossi performed averagely on the offensive end. Most of the time, he spent pulling space for the team and attracting defense.

Mahrez's goal comes from his assists.
To be continued...