Chapter 24: Entering V (Part 3)
Eggsy was quite troubled during the past few days of training. After his teammates discovered that his eyes could change color, they would always stare at him unexpectedly during training or exercise.
Eggsy, who was so scared of being chopped, finally turned into a helpless slipper - never mind, just watch it as you like, as long as you are happy~
Mr. Ranieri also knew that the players had been looking closely at Eggsy's eyes recently, so he let them do so for two days without making any noise. On the third day, Mr. Ranieri used iron-blooded measures to forbid them from looking at Eggsy during training.
"Don't use the excuse of looking at Eggsy to send you signals and see his position. I know more about tactics and positioning than you do!"
Mr. Ranieri was tapping on the blackboard in the conference room, glancing at all the players except Eggsy, and then said seriously: "Everyone, get nervous, don't forget that our next opponent is West Ham!"
All the veteran players in the team know that West Ham is a tough nut to crack.
As soon as Mr. Ranieri mentioned this team, the cheerful atmosphere disappeared completely and the atmosphere suddenly became solemn.
Eggsy actually wanted to ask right then and there, but seeing Mr. Ranieri talking about tactics, he listened carefully and focused on the tactical drill of the team match. He only turned around and spoke after Mr. Ranieri left.
"How difficult is it?" Eggsy blinked curiously, looking at the old players in the team and asked curiously.
Now all the old team members looked at each other, trying to think about how to give a general summary. Finally, Captain Morgan spoke.
"Have you ever seen the West Ham logo?"
At this moment, Eggsy was like a little treasure listening to a story, looking at Captain Morgan with sparkling eyes and shaking his head like a rattle.
"Two hammers." Captain Morgan was a good man and didn't keep the secret. He said directly and concisely: "Their playing style is the same as their team logo, very rough."
"Not...about their strength?" Eggsy seemed to understand a little.
"Of course not. They are famous for their strong body collisions and rough fouls."
Morgan spoke to Eggsy in great detail. On the one hand, he was educating the little one, and on the other hand, he also hoped that the midfielder would be a little more wary of West Ham.
But when the words "body collision" came out, Eggsy's eyes suddenly lit up! It seemed that he was excited!
Eggsy is really worried that there is no team to experiment with him! He really wants to know if he is really a divine beast and if he can really control the luck value. Isn't it just right that West Ham came?
Seeing that Eggsy didn't seem to care, Kante explained: "The last time I played against them, I was in the midfield. They bumped into me and double-teamed me. That was a big deal."
Kant seemed to recall some terrible past events, and he shook his head as he spoke: "That was really a lot of pulling of clothes from above and countless kicks from below. Eggsy, you really have to be careful, it's not fun to be hit like that."
Eggsy had been feeling proud since he was tackled last time. He didn't really care about the two hammers or West Ham's tough and rough style of play.
Eggsy is now confident and a little bit arrogant now that he has the ability. He says yes and says he will pay attention to it, but he is still thinking in his heart that he must give it a try when the time comes.
Morgan and Kant obviously saw that Eggsy didn't take it to heart, so they didn't know what to say. They just thought to themselves that they would have to keep an eye on the kid when the game started.
They thought so, but they really couldn't stop a kid who wanted to attack.
During this period, Leicester City seemed to be targeting West Ham's reckless playing style and deliberately intensified their physical collisions.
The other players seemed to feel that the difficulty had doubled, but Eggsy alone showed no sign of restraint and even increased his range of movement.
Mr. Ranieri watched and said nothing. After all, this was an internal match, and the Red Team was just imitating West Ham's playing style. If the game really started, Eggsy would definitely add to the tension and get himself into trouble.
"Coach, don't you want to remind me?" He was holding the data board during the internal tactical communication and saw that Eggsy's running range was expanding. Although he was happy, he was also worried about his physical strength.
"Eggssie has been doing some special physical exercises to boost his physical strength recently." At the same time, the physical trainer also came over and gave Ranieri an oral report.
"He probably felt that his technical breakthroughs would not give him much advantage in West Ham's midfield."
The physical trainer watched as Eggsy was trapped by two burly defenders. This time he did not use any flexible turning fake moves, but directly sprinted with the ball, then jumped up and passed the ball during the opponent's tackle.
"Although we still have the ball possession rate, I feel it's too risky." The tactical coach obviously didn't intend to let Eggsy continue to play like this. "West Ham is known for its rough players in the Premier League. What if Eggsy gets injured?"
"He's not the type to get hurt easily."
“What if?”
Mr. Ranieri watched the assistant coaches argue their case, and finally spoke up: "After this training session, I will talk to Eggsy."
After hearing this, the two coaches stopped bickering with each other and started recording data again.
But Mr. Ranieri obviously has his own ideas in his mind.
West Ham's recent statistics have been good, at least since the beginning of the past two months, they have scored 6 goals and conceded 4 goals.
Although the number of goals they conceded was almost the same as the number of goals they scored, they did not start conceding goals until the 70th minute of the second half.
What does this show? This shows that although West Ham United's goal attack is not very good, their defensive movements are also very large, and their playing style is rough, but!
They effectively stopped other teams from scoring more goals than them in the first half!
And what about Leicester City?
These were all good starts, that is, typical first-half goals, with the team expending a lot of energy on attacking to score goals in the first half.
The second half was all about pursuing the victory. I don’t know if we could have won if we had to play a defensive game with increased physical consumption.
Regardless of offense or defense, the core midfielder Eggsy not only has to act as a metronome but also organize offense and defense. His ball possession rate will be the key to Leicester City's offense.
Isn’t this a coincidence?
If Leicester City can't stand West Ham's rough style of play, it will easily lose its offensive advantage in the match.
If Eggsy couldn't stand West Ham's two attacks, he would probably be treated as a sandwich and unable to move on the pitch.
At that time, Ranieri could only waste a quota to replace him. Or, he could simply put Eggsy on the bench to protect the game.
This can be said to be a terrible brain closure for Leicester City's offense. Without the command core and the ball control core, whether or not to score a goal depends entirely on luck.
Can you fight like this? Definitely not!
At this time, Eggsy also understood what it meant to squeeze with the shoulder and press with the back. As long as he was given a little space, the kid would find a way to pass the ball out.
But before he could kick, his left leg, which was supporting the center of his body, was suddenly bumped by someone. He immediately fell to the ground and rolled over to relieve the force.
“Beep, beep, beep—”
The tactical coach blew the whistle, giving Eggsy's team the advantage. But his teammates still reached out and pulled Eggsy up.
"Are you okay?"
"fine."
Eggsy patted the grass off his body, stretched his muscles again and felt that there was no big problem, just a little pain in his skin. He nodded to his teammates and tactical coach, and continued to serve the side ball.
Of course, after the team match, Ranieri found Eggsy and had a brief talk on the sidelines. Of course, he just reminded Eggsy to try not to force the collision.
After all, each of West Ham's defenders is a burly man around 190cm tall. Eggsy might be able to deal with one, but it's hard to say if he can deal with two together.
Of course Eggsy agreed, but just imagine, if West Ham really let the defenders put up this kind of force defense, it would be impossible for Eggsy to avoid a force collision when he broke through, right?
In this way, it came to Friday afternoon, Leicester City played away against West Ham, so their bus once again arrived at the Olympic Football Stadium in Newham, east London.
How to say it, when the Leicester City players first arrived here, they were "welcomed" by the extremely fierce style of the fans here. They had just got off the bus and they could hear the fans around them booing at them.
Of course, all the old players didn't care, but Eggsy was also warned in advance not to confront those fans.
So he requisitioned Vardy's cat-head headphones as usual and listened to the Spanish listening comprehension.
When they came on the pitch, West Ham United's devilish home style was on full display.
Leicester City fans were confined to a small area, with several rows of empty seats left vacant on both sides in an effort to separate the two groups of fans.
The organizers have put a lot of effort into this, after all, the club will pay for any misconduct by the fans.
Everything was fine before the game started. Everyone shook hands. Eggsy just felt that every West Ham player shook his hand with great force. Looking back, he realized that they were all staring at him.
When Eggsy really received the pass, he became excited in an instant. His originally black eyes showed a little golden light, and then the entire pupil was colored like a sweeping storm!
"Wow! Leicester City's previous medical report said that one of their players was born with heterochromia iridum, but I didn't expect it was Eggsy!"
"What kind of glasses are these? They are so beautiful that it is hard to describe them!"
The host noticed on the spot that Eggsy's eyes had changed color, and the director's camera immediately pointed at him.
How to say it, a young man wearing the No. 17 blue jersey on the green field suddenly stretched his body, and when he ran with the ball, his wind-blown hair revealed a rosy color as if it were a gem made of gold.
This kid was like a god, riding the wind with the ball, heading straight for West Ham’s goal - attack!
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