Chapter 54: Battle against the Wolves (I)
Leicester City is playing away this time, so they are all wearing white jerseys, while Wolves are still wearing the conspicuous orange jerseys today, which looks particularly dazzling in the early summer weather.
However, today most of the fans' attention was not on the dazzling Wolves, because Eggsy's handsome little face was injured, which made the media collectively start gossiping mode.
"Is Eggsy involved in a locker room fight within the team?"
As a result, in the player channel captured by the camera, because the caddy had not arrived yet, Mahrez and Vardy were playing the hand-beating game with Eggsy with their hands on the left and right. Eggsy, who was very sensitive, was slapping his hands back and forth, making it impossible for Mahrez and Vardy to hit him.
The interaction between these three people shattered any talk of locker room fighting in just a few minutes, making the host who said this a little embarrassed.
"Of course, it's normal to form cliques in the locker room, but it's rare to get a facial injury."
As soon as he finished speaking, captain Morgan, Huth, and Drinking Water Brother all leaned over to watch them play, and then instructed Vardy and Mahrez to take action in advance when Eggsy retracted his hand.
But Eggsy's flexibility and slickness definitely caused them to fail again and again.
But they still had a lot of fun. The Leicester City team laughed from time to time and looked very happy. The Wolves players on the side couldn't help but turn their heads to watch and couldn't help laughing when they saw the funny parts.
How could the fans miss such a happy scene? They not only took photos, but also wrote down the names of the family members of the older people standing outside, such as his uncle, his second uncle, his eldest uncle, and his second uncle.
Divide the young players surrounding Eggsy into: his cousin, his cousin, and his second cousin.
Finally, I put a label on Eggsy’s head: The youngest in the family. (The one who is loved by everyone)
Finally, there is a picture of Mr. Ranieri in the rest area in the lower right corner, with the caption: Grandfather (head of the family).
This picture is so soulful that it immediately became a hot search. And not everyone thinks that this is clearly a group photo of the fathers and brothers of Leicester City. It is unlikely that there will be violence within the group, small groups, or discord.
Many old fans of Leicester City were also blown away by this picture. Before Eggsy came, Leicester City was indeed divided into some small factions, let alone disagreements.
But now, it is indeed because of Eggsy's midfield position or his own charm that Leicester City has become more united.
Without further ado, the ball boys arrived and the two teams came out together, and then both sides began to set up their lineups. Just at the beginning, Mr. Ranieri became interested in the Wolves' lineup.
Because there is only one person in the real forward line, and there are two hidden forwards, one midfielder and two sidebacks, which is obviously an offensive lineup. However, the lineup follows the tactics, and Ranieri does not know what the trick is yet, so he can only wait and see when the game starts.
The captains of both teams quickly stepped forward and started drawing the first attack. This time Leicester City lost the first advantage and Wolves attacked first. Mr. Ranieri felt it was getting worse and worse when he saw the result.
When the game started, as soon as the whistle blew, we saw the Wolves' attack was so fast that it was unimaginable. From the forwards to the midfielders, everyone started to attack!
When Eggsy saw this, he immediately retreated as a whole team, quickly ran backwards and shouted, "Kanter, Captain! Defense!"
Although Eggsy shouted and the defense line began to shrink, the Wolves' sudden attack did make Leicester City unable to react for the time being, leaving a gap for the Wolves.
Eggsy originally wanted to plug this defensive loophole, but the Wolves players obviously saw through Eggsy's ability to fill the gap and four of them came up at once to closely guard Eggsy!
"Without the ball, there are still 4 people defending Eggsy?!" The host was also shocked. He didn't expect the Wolves to play so hard! They actually targeted Eggsy at this time. "The Wolves' attack seems to be a strict defense!"
And Eggsy was not so easy to mark. It was indeed very difficult for him to defend against four people alone. However, Eggsy's running movements were not to be blocked. He actually got rid of the entanglement of the four defenders by swinging back and forth.
But they completely missed the best opportunity to plug the gap. The Wolves' striker went straight into the gap and then kicked a long shot!
"Beautiful! 29 seconds into the first half! Wolves took the lead at home and scored a goal against Leicester City!"
Mr. Ranieri's face was really ugly now. Originally he liked standing in front of the rest area and watching the players' game, but now he was so angry that he turned around and sat back in the rest area. His face was so stern that it was scary!
The guards have to take the blame for this, but they also didn't expect there would be such a tactic specifically designed to target them when they haven't got their bodies ready at the start of the game.
The morale of the whole team dropped as expected, and Vardy even stood with his hands on his hips looking at his own goal with a bit of helplessness.
Standing in the midfield, Eggsy looked at the cheers of the Wolves fans around him, and everyone was frustrated by the mistake. He suddenly remembered what Mr. Ranieri had said before: Leicester City has never played a game against the odds.
At the beginning, Eggsy didn’t think it was difficult to play in a disadvantageous situation, but now he really feels that it is troublesome for the team to lose its backbone.
Eggsy didn't dare to say that he could lead the team now, and he immediately looked at Captain Morgan and Mr. Ranieri.
Captain Morgan certainly tried to boost morale, but as one of the members of the defense line, he could not hide his low mood.
Looking at Mr. Ranieri again, he was obviously much calmer, but he was also watching Wolves' reaction after winning the game.
"Wow, did the Wolves change their formation?" The host looked at the Wolves and compared them with their previous lineup. It was obvious that they had pushed back as a whole. "Are they planning to hold on to this goal until the end of the game?"
"Determine this point completely?!"
Now the Leicester City fans couldn’t help but boo, but Wolves didn’t care!
Although it is not a good game to play like this, but now that Wolves have been able to advance from the Championship to the Premier League, they don’t want to care about whether it is good or not, as long as they can win!
Moreover, the Wolves were at home, and if they lost, it would be even worse for them. So they could be said to be willing to do whatever it took to win.
After Eggsy made eye contact with Mr. Ranieri, Eggsy made a waving gesture to Mr. Ranieri, and Mr. Ranieri began to nod without any hesitation, apparently agreeing.
Eggsy then began to claps his hands, drawing all his teammates' attention to him. Eggsy didn't say anything, just made a gesture and then took the ball from the referee.
To be honest, Eggsy, who still has scars on his face, looks surprisingly reliable when doing these actions!
This immediately piqued everyone's interest, and of course the so-called tactical analysis master was also present. For example, Eggsy had used this circling gesture before. When the previous team blocked the door with a bus, he also used roundabout tactics to attract the opponent's attack, and then made a beautiful ball control counterattack.
But is this also the case for Leicester City this time?
After getting the ball, Eggsy did not attack quickly. He did not even run fast. The other teammates of Leicester City all started to disperse uncharacteristically, and dotted around the Wolves' half like stars.
When the Wolves players were formulating this defensive tactic, their head coach had specifically told them not to attack proactively and to try to block the goal.
Eggsy slowly started passing the ball to his teammates, constantly approaching the Wolves' penalty area. However, the penalty area was already packed with people, so it was impossible to get in.
"Did Leicester City use their previous possession and dispersion tactics?" The host smiled and said, "It seems that Wolves don't buy into this!"
The commentator's words made many fans nervous. They stared at Eggsy on the court with wide eyes, looking forward to Eggsy's new breakthrough.
The bus formation usually has 4 cornerbacks and 3 cornerbacks. But this time the Wolves used 4 cornerbacks, which should have been difficult to cut in. But Eggsy stuck to the left front corner and showed off! This was unexpected!
Eggsy's show-off was not about showing off, but when he got close to the opponent, he suddenly made a move to go around. When other defenders immediately came to block and fill the gap, he quickly passed the ball with his heel!
This goal was like having eyes behind the back! The whole audience immediately burst into cheers!
At the same time, Vardy inserted laterally, and other players, such as Mahrez, Kante, etc., took advantage of the gaps and started a collective charge!
The Wolves were panicking. They had originally set up three lines of defense at the entrance of the penalty area, but Leicester City dared to penetrate! They took advantage of the situation when one corner of the four defenders' rectangular formation loosened or shifted, and quickly inserted three people into it.
Now it's 4V4, with such a bus lineup, as long as you don't get stuck in the main position, there will be loopholes!
The Wolves coach was so frightened by Eggsy's simultaneous attack that he stood up! He never thought that his bus would be leaked by Eggsy!
He worked so hard to build three defensive lines, but two of them were destroyed in an instant, and the last one was useless! Vardy was now rushing to the right, and the last three defensive players were running towards him to block him.
But the next second Vardy passed the ball!
He passed the ball to Mahrez who was also running!
The last three defensive players immediately wanted to pass the ball to Mahrez, but the next second Mahrez also passed the ball!
Just when the player on the other side was cursing, Eggsy ran straight into the penalty area from the right. After he received the pass from Mahrez, he raised his foot and shot!
"Beautiful! 5 minutes and 23 seconds into the first half! Eggsy made a brilliant pass to help the whole team get into the bus formation, and he successfully scored a point!"
Of course, many people who understand football looked at Eggsy and nodded with a smile, praising him with emotion: "Eggsy is only 16 years old now, but it can be seen that he is a rare tactical midfielder!"
"Using myself as bait, breaking into the enemy formation and then attacking, this is a great trick!"
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