Chapter 45: Newcastle United (I)
The match between Leicester City and Newcastle United was originally scheduled for next week, but due to problems with Newcastle United's stadium, the game had to be moved forward to today and held at Leicester City's stadium.
For the fans, this is an early celebration, but for Newcastle United, it is really unlucky that even drinking water will get stuck in their teeth. No one expected that the roof of their home stadium would become loose due to disrepair.
Because it was a temporary match, the Premier League Football Association arranged the match in the afternoon, close to the evening. On the one hand, it was to avoid the midday sun, and on the other hand, it was because the temperature would make it difficult for the players to run, so the evening was chosen.
This annoyed Eggsy. Usually they played at noon and had a break in the afternoon, but now they didn't know what to do in the morning. Because they couldn't waste their energy, they couldn't play in the afternoon, and they couldn't train. If they wanted to do their homework, it would be a bit exhausting.
So the kid chose the most energy-saving method, sleep. But when he arrived at the locker room, he was full of energy, ready to work hard and eat a good meal.
This is why he went to Modric to learn how to score goals yesterday, although the results of his learning were not very good.
Because he had no control over the feel of the ball for shooting, Eggsy kicked the ball to unexpected places several times, causing trouble for Ramos on the side.
"Now it's time for the players from both teams to take the field!"
The host, Berry, is the new press spokesperson for Leicester City and also serves as a stadium commentator. This young man in his early 20s has a good voice. When he talked about the appearance of the players from both teams, he even made the fans present see two rows of fully prepared warriors stepping on the music composed by fighting, as if they were fully armed and stepped onto their own battlefield.
"No. 5 Morgan! Our iron-blooded captain!"
Every time the host announced a name, the information was immediately played on the big screen, and the director of the stadium considerately turned the camera to the captain Morgan.
"6 Hutt! Warriors on the back line!"
To be honest, Hutt felt a little embarrassed standing in front of Eggsy. Fortunately, he had dark skin, so you couldn't tell that he was blushing.
But behind him is Eggsy!
"Number 17! Eggsy!"
Eggsy heard his name being called in the replay of the entire stadium. He was wondering why the host didn't give him any strange suffix. Then he heard the entire Leicester City home stadium pause for less than half a second, and then suddenly erupted in cheers that almost blew off the entire roof of the stadium!
"Eggsy! Eggsy! Eggsy!"
"Go ahead! Fox City's talented defender, a mobile turret on the court!"
As Eggsy looked at the stadium that almost surrounded him erupting in cheers and all the Leicester City fans waving their blue scarves, he indeed felt excitement, happiness, hope, honor and all kinds of positive emotions immediately filling his body.
To be honest, if he wasn't holding the caddy's hand, Eggsy would definitely raise his hands and interact with the fans.
Fortunately, he controlled his excitement because Vardy and Mahrez behind him were talking.
"What did this new news person do before? Why is he so enthusiastic?"
"I heard he was a DJ at a nightclub."
"No wonder, I feel like his voice is quite familiar to me."
"Stop talking. It would have been fine if he didn't say his name. I almost dug a hole to bury myself in after he did." Hu Te in the front turned around and said, "This is so fucking embarrassing."
Eggsy: ...Do you feel good being alone?
After captain Morgan and the Newcastle United captain tossed a coin to decide who would serve first, Leicester City as a whole went into defensive mode.
Newcastle United attacked first, but they used a 1:3:2:3 defensive formation. This offensive method really confused Mr. Ranieri.
He thought it was a new type of attack, but when Newcastle United had crossed the half court, not only Mr. Ranieri but even the players noticed that something was wrong.
Newcastle United's attacking style was weak, and they were even passing the ball when they were intercepted by the first row of forwards in the midfield.
But after reaching the midfield, that was almost Eggsy's main output area, so he rushed forward directly, saw the direction and path of the pass, and then took a run-up and jumped.
The audience watched as a slender young man leaped up, his black hair and gradually darkening golden eyes standing out on the field.
Eggsy was relying on his height to bully people on the field! He was almost 2.3 meters tall, and he had already pressed the Newcastle player who connected the ball halfway down, so of course the ball belonged to him immediately.
But Eggsy's jumping action immediately attracted the flashes of the media around him.
Compared to other players, Eggsy clearly stretched his body in the air after jumping, with his hair flying up as he jumped and his golden eyes like flowing light. Even if Leicester City's performance today was not very good, he would definitely be on the cover.
Otherwise, find someone on the field who is better looking than Eggsy!
As soon as Eggsy received the ball, he didn't even land to pass the ball. Instead, he swung his tail in the air and passed the ball directly. It was like a high-altitude attack, and he accurately launched his own cannonball.
"Vardy! Quick break!"
When Eggsy fell down, he immediately exerted force with his back foot and rushed out with the momentum!
After receiving the ball, Vardy turned around and stopped the ball with his chest. Then he immediately rushed into Newcastle United's right back line with the ball.
At the same time, Shinji Okazaki on the left was also attacking, followed by Eggsy and Mahrez who quickly rushed up to the goal to prevent the ball from missing. They could also come out to make up the shot or reorganize the attack.
This is Leicester City's usual fast break style of play recently. As the saying goes, speed is the only way to defeat all martial arts. This tactic has been tested in the games between West Ham United and Chelsea and can be said to be completely correct.
So when Newcastle United made a mistake in their attack and lost the ball less than a minute into the game, Leicester City had already taken control of the rhythm of the entire game.
Eggsy is the metronome of Leicester City. Once he launches an attack, it is like a war horn and everyone presses forward to attack. Once he defends, everyone retreats and keeps a close eye on the defense.
It can be said that Eggsy is the operator of the entire battle situation. If he can't see the opponent's lineup or tactics, then it's over. Therefore, on the first day that Eggsy became a professional player, Mr. Ranieri put Eggsy's tactical education on the agenda.
So this interception was certainly not accidental, but Eggsy saw that Newcastle United had slow passing and small-scale problems, which led to the precise interception.
At the same time, he also paid attention to the positions of all his players to ensure that the lineup would not be out of touch when launching the attack.
However, when Vardy entered the penalty area with the ball, he found out why it was so smooth before. Because there were 5 people in the penalty area of Newcastle United surrounded by the door! All of them were over 188cm tall. How could they play like this?
So it didn't take long for the ball to be intercepted and kicked out of the penalty area, and the offensive and defensive battle in the penalty area ended here. Vardy gritted his teeth at the waste of such an opportunity, but there was really nothing he could do.
These five big men just need to hold hands and block the goal entrance. Even if the King of Football Pele comes, he will just stand with his hands on his hips and sigh!
"Hold on, hold on!" Eggsy raised his hand and quickly called his teammates who were a little stunned by the situation. While walking in the midfield with the ball, he also looked left and right to understand everyone's position.
When Mahrez and him stood on the midfield line, Eggsy served the ball again. This time, Leicester City's attack was blocked by Newcastle United in the midfield.
Although their players' individual defensive capabilities are not very strong, it is still disgusting to have 2-3 people blocking you.
This kind of pursuit and interception is not difficult for Eggsy, but it is quite annoying. For a speed player like Vardy, it is really annoying.
When he finally managed to get to the entrance after being blocked, the opponent's strong men started to park the bus in front of the goal again.
Vardy tried twice to score on the right side but failed, so he had to pass the ball reluctantly. After receiving the ball, Eggsy passed it to Mahrez on the left without any delay in the face of the Newcastle United players defending him.
Under normal circumstances, Mahrez would have been very happy that he could score a goal today, but when he received the ball, he found that there were two strong men in front of him with their arms outstretched to defend, and he suddenly felt like a little bird.
"The tactic of parking the bus in front of the goal is... really disgusting!"
Berry, the host, is really bold and actually speaks out what everyone is thinking.
However, even Newcastle United fans felt that their team played too ugly.
This is basically giving up on the attack. It is obvious that they have deployed a turtle lineup and want to end the game at 0:0!
The fans are tired of hearing about the team not making progress and completely giving up. But there is no way, Newcastle United is already a relegation-threatening team this year, and if they lose a few more games, they will really be relegated to the Championship, which will be embarrassing for everyone.
But the arrangement of the Black Turtle Formation was really disgusting to Leicester City. Vardy's three attacks within 10 minutes in the first half were all blocked at the door. After all, these big guys over 188cm tall are not for show.
To be honest, all the teammates in the stadium could really see that Vardy was getting anxious. Eggsy kept feeding him the ball, but he spit it out. How could he not be anxious?
But there was no point in being anxious. Eggsy even took advantage of brief opportunities to contact Vardy several times to remind him to be careful, and be even more careful.
"Got it," Vardy said, apparently unimpressed, "I will definitely score the next goal."
Eggsy wanted to say something, but seeing that Vardy didn't seem to be listening, he didn't waste any more words. However, when Vardy turned around, he seemed to see a black thread behind Vardy. Eggsy reached out to grab it, but found that when he reached out, the black thread disappeared.
Eggsy: ...?
Forget it, the game is more important. Eggsy immediately put this matter out of his mind and continued to devote himself to the game.
During Leicester City's fourth attack, almost all the players pressed forward, but Newcastle United's turtle formation was too tight, and it was really difficult to break through no matter how many methods they used. In the end, Vardy was really anxious and actually wanted to force a breakthrough -
Eggsy thought that his forced approach was too reckless, and just as he went over to help, he heard the linesman blow the whistle.
“Beep—”
Newcastle United's defensive players immediately stepped back and raised their hands to prove their innocence, but Vardy fell to the ground, covering his ankles. The cold sweat on his head immediately wet his hair, and strands of it stuck to his face.
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