Chapter 12 Hungry
The first time Queen's Park noticed something was not right was when Leicester City attacked.
Because they were about to break into the Queen's Park penalty area, all Leicester City players were ready to position themselves, attack, and look for opportunities to shoot.
But no one expected that the ball had already reached the entrance of the penalty area, and all the Queen's Park players lined up in a row, basically forming a wall for their own penalty area!
But what about Leicester City? Vardy, who was the first to charge, looked at the wall and cursed as he passed the ball back, directly to Eggsy who was wandering near the midfield.
As soon as they saw the ball was given to Eggsy, the two defenders who were arranged by Queen's Park to keep an eye on Eggsy immediately went up.
Similarly, the marking players in other positions also came out, and for a while, it was Queen Park's human wall tactics that broke down.
Seeing this scene, Ranieri almost laughed out loud in the rest area.
It was not for any other reason, but because when Eggsy entered the locker room, he secretly tugged at the back of Mr. Ranieri's suit.
Ranieri looked at Eggsy with confusion at first, thinking that he would not make such a low-level joke at this time.
Eggsy whispered to Ranieri seriously, "Their players' stamina may not be able to keep up after 20 minutes of the second half. Sir, maybe we can take a walk in the second half?"
This time Eggsy found Ranieri, which surprised Ranieri very much.
What’s surprising is that Eggsy could still observe these things even when he was under such tight surveillance?
The good news is that Eggsy's talent is really exciting! We must cultivate him well!
And you don't know how good Eggsy's pass is until you see it. I thought he might pass back in actual games, but I didn't expect his passes in this game to be more exciting than the last.
The coach who also recorded the data also told Ranieri that he found that Eggsy had a very large visual range on the court. Even if he only saw his teammates briefly, he could still remember their positions.
Little did he know that this was a mobile feeder for Eggsy. In the first half alone, he was fed with all kinds of joy and happiness, especially the sense of glory and excitement that overflowed from the players.
Especially when the goal was scored, Eggsy's wonderful assist meant that the honor of this goal naturally also belonged to him, and his eyes immediately turned golden with satisfaction!
In this case, how could he not pay attention to the location of these mobile feeders?
How could he not be accurate in this set piece?
It has to be accurate!
Therefore, Eggsy must be fully aware of the movement speed and positions of his teammates. For those who want to tackle, steal, or snatch the ball from him, he will dodge if he can. If he can't dodge, he will just fake a move. If that doesn't work, he will turn his back and switch between his left and right feet and then turn around to bypass them.
Of course, it's no wonder that Eggsy got rid of the other guys, he was very steady. But if he kept circling around with two people chasing him, Eggsy's stamina would be a bit tight.
Ranieri certainly won't push his new young midfielder to the limit. They are already 3 points ahead, which is a fatal score for Queen's Park.
They were probably more eager to get the ball and attack than anyone else in the second half. In that case...why not~
When the Queen's Park team parked the bus, they would pass the ball back. As the center of the team's ball distribution, all the ball passes would be passed back to him.
Now it is Queen's Park that is anxious, but Leicester City is not. After Eggsy got the ball, he simply bypassed two people and turned around to pass it back.
The Queen's Park coach was so angry that he was jumping in the dugout, but there was nothing he could do. Three minutes into the game, Leicester City were already making a lot of plays. His defensive strategy was bullshit, and now the whole team was just running for the ball.
But just by running back and forth, surrounding and blocking, the Leicester City players almost started passing the ball within 15 seconds after getting the ball.
Of course, some people with better skills can pass the ball very far and accurately, while some people are just bad at it. They all passed the ball back to Eggsy in a tacit understanding.
Eggsy's passing ability is very good, and his receiving ability is also very impressive. His height of 190cm already gives him a height advantage. The two defenders defending him at Queen's Park are both tall and strong, and their height alone is comparable to his.
But for this high ball passed by Kante, when he jumped up to catch the ball, he was more than a head taller than the opponent's defender, that is, half a body taller!
Eggsy stopped the ball directly with his chest, and in the process of coming down, he hooked the ball with the instep of his foot and turned around, which made the two defenders completely lose their temper.
Of course they didn't have temper. Neither of them was as flexible as Eggsy, who could turn around with the ball in the air and pass the ball the next second after landing.
Then Eggsy continued to stroll around the midfield, assisting the entire team in moving back and forth. Every time he received the ball, he passed it away in less than 3 seconds, which did not give the defenders any chance to intercept.
Queen's Park is about to cry. How can they bully others like this!
In the second half, you attacked my goal once within 3 minutes. Seeing that our defense was tight, you immediately passed the ball back to open my defense line.
But you guys still controlled the ball at this time!
It's been 1 minute, and the Queen's Park players are running back and forth on the field, all of them are panting, but in the end they haven't touched the ball!
The ball possession rate on the tactical board was already terrible, having fallen to the lowest point in Queen's Park's history. Their head coach really didn't expect that his confident start to the second half would almost give him a heart attack.
The Leicester City players passed the ball back and forth, and even the host couldn't stand it anymore and complained, "I want to see the passionate defensive counterattacks and exquisite passes in the first half, and score directly."
All the fans present thought so! The host really spoke their minds.
Although this kind of passing and controlling the ball style is a bit boring, Leicester City has been constantly mobilizing the players of Queen's Park and slowly infiltrating into their penalty area!
By the time the Queen's Park defenders noticed it, Vardy had already made a crazy forward run on the left, intending to cut directly into the front of the penalty area from the left and threaten the goal!
And the next second, Eggsy made a long pass and the ball landed at his feet!
This was almost the end of the Queen's Park goalkeeper, but Vardy was still excited about Eggsy keeping his promise!
Vardy just raised his foot and kicked the ball directly, and the ball rushed over at an angle like a cannonball!
The two defenders and the goalkeeper tried their best to save the ball, but the ball was really fast and accurate and went straight into the net.
Vardy was ready to run and celebrate! The host shouted in his joyful and excited voice: "Shoot..."
The word "goal" wasn't even called out, just the referee's whistle and the flags flying...
"Offside? Vardy's shot was offside?!"
Vardy was stunned when he heard the whistle. He turned around and saw the video replaying the scene on the big screen...
You won't know until you see it that it's really offside...
Vardy was so angry that he almost cried!
But the head coach of Queen Park almost cried. Compared to Vardy's regret, he was definitely grateful for surviving the disaster!
Not every team can afford a score of four goals in a row. If Leicester City really scores four goals in a row, the head coach will probably be fired soon.
Although this slow style of play in the second half was less entertaining, it was a good way to consume the physical strength of the Queen's Park players.
At 40 minutes into the second half, Mr. Ranieri made a gesture to the goalkeeper Soumet, and then Leicester City started to let the game go throughout the game.
Eggsy didn't even run very vigorously. Queen's Park was attacking with the ball, and all the attacking players of Leicester City were chasing slowly from behind, for fear that they would run too fast and catch up with the opponent.
Xiao Sumei didn't even try hard to save the ball. After all, their Austin ran very slowly and his shot was very soft.
Mr. Ranieri is a good man. This is like giving a goal to Queen's Park, so that they will not be scolded too badly. Although it is a bit useless... it is better than nothing.
After all, they are here to play away games, not to make enemies.
When the whistle sounded at the end of the game, the south stand of Leicester City was simply blown up!
Although many die-hard fans were still outside the stadium and had no time to arrive, there were already quite a few people at the scene who had turned on videos to broadcast the game live to them!
When they saw their home team finally bounce back from the slump and score a hat trick, many fans hugged each other and cried.
The fans' relief and tears represented happiness and pride, which made Eggsy feel satisfied again. His eyes were hot with excitement, and even the corners of his eyes were a little red.
He quickly covered his eyes, making sure his contact lenses were still there.
Although his eyes were uncomfortable after wearing contact lenses, he did not dare to tell his teammates or Mr. Ranieri. After all, this thing was expressly prohibited, even for plain lenses!
The teammates rushed over and hugged Eggsy. Kant, who originally wanted to rub Eggsy's hair, saw Eggsy covering his face and thought he was uncomfortable, so he quickly stopped the people behind him, bent down and asked in a low voice: "What's wrong?"
Eggsy immediately came up with a poor excuse: "I'm hungry..."
The team members more or less remembered that they had told the kid on the bus when they came here that he couldn't eat too much before the game...
It's over! Did anyone bring any food?
As a result, the players suddenly calmed down as they were about to cheer. They looked at each other and were collectively in a dilemma...
They are all strictly required to control their weight. Who dares to bring snacks secretly? If they are caught by Mr. Ranieri again, they will want to die!
Seeing that everyone's cheering had stopped, Eggsy quickly put down his hand and said casually, "I'm not that hungry. We'll be back to the club soon anyway."
Mahrez immediately hugged his little guy and touched his hair as if he was distressed: "Son, what do you want to eat? Mom will buy it for you~"
Just as Eggsy was about to curse, he heard Mr. Ranieri's voice from behind: "Morgan, take Eggsy with you, let's go to the press conference."
“Oh~”
All the players remembered that this was Eggsy's first show, and since the little guy performed so well today, of course they had to take him with them. So they patted his head and then went to the locker room.
Captain Morgan looked at Eggsy, not knowing what he was thinking...
At this moment, Eggsy was only thinking about going back and taking off his contact lenses, so he didn't pay any attention to these things.
But when it came to the press conference, Eggsy was almost in tears when he appeared because of the large number of flash lights. His eyes felt even more uncomfortable, so he rubbed his eyes with both hands, trying to avoid the lights.
Morgan on the side immediately looked over. Mr. Ranieri had finished his speech and it was the captain Morgan's turn. But no one expected that he would ask an unexpected question in his first sentence.
"Who brought food? Our team's little family...the little players are hungry."
At this time, Modric, who had forgotten to ask the other person's name because of the hasty farewell, was sitting on the bus of his club, boredly flipping through the news on his mobile phone, still wondering in his mind whether the other person told him his name?
Ramos was watching the Premier League news, "...Leicester City turned the tables 3:1. This time, Leicester City's new midfielder is only 16 years old, a young player, but he shined in his debut, quite like Modric!"
When Modric heard his name, he naturally looked back and happened to see the picture on Ramos' phone of the little guy being hugged by his teammates!
Modric's eyes suddenly lit up and he immediately searched for "Leicester City". Sure enough, he found the Leicester City post-match press conference that was being broadcast, and the little guy was there!
He really became a professional player as he said!
But when he heard the captain of the other team say he was hungry and asked the reporter for food, Modric couldn't help laughing on his team's bus.
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