Chapter 56: Battle against the Wolves (Part 3)
The game was now in the last few minutes of the first half, and this time point was the most critical because at the end of each half, everyone's physical strength was exhausted the most, and this was also the time when they were most likely to be careless and run out of energy.
As Leicester City's metronome and tactical midfielder, Eggsy's tactical organization in the first 20 minutes of the first half did help Leicester City to score a point, but in the last 20 minutes, both teams started to speed up, basically relying on the personal qualities and skills of all the players, and completely relying on physical strength and speed.
If we really want to talk about tactics, it's a bit far-fetched. Eggsy was just running along, organizing offense and defense. At most, he deliberately slowed down when the ball was passed to him.
But the forward Vardy was like a chicken with its blood pumped up. He had no intention of slowing down at all. As long as the ball was at Vardy's feet, he ran faster than a rabbit!
Eggsy was simply out of temper and could only pass the ball to someone else, but the only options left were Shinji Okazaki or Mahrez, or if that didn't work, it would be himself.
But Vardy, as the main striker, got too excited. Other wingers would still pass the ball to him if they couldn't get a good position, which led to a terrible vicious circle.
If Mr. Ranieri had not angrily shouted at Vardy who was leading the run after this attack, Leicester City would still be competing with Wolves in speed.
Eggsy breathed a sigh of relief, but when he looked at the scoreboard again, seeing that there were only 5 minutes left, Eggsy's mind started to work rapidly.
He touched the sweat on his face, bent down and took a deep breath, then raised his head and looked at the striker Vardy who had just been running particularly hard. Vardy then looked away awkwardly.
But Eggsy didn't let him go. He walked over to look at Vardy and said, "You can run quite fast."
How could Vardy dare to speak now?! Eggsy's golden eyes were staring at him now!
When the cub is not angry, those golden eyes are very beautiful and bright, but if he is angry and stares at you, then those eyes are like staring at prey. Does Vardy dare to speak?
Behind Eggsy there are teammates who call themselves his fathers! If he dares to complain, these fathers will come back and deal with him!
Kanter, Morgan, and Drinkwater: How dare you talk to me?!
Vardy: I dare not, I dare not~!
So Vardy lowered his head and avoided Eggsy in shame, fully demonstrating his identity as a tool in the team and his position as a younger brother in the family.
This scene was seen by many fans. Moreover, the camera captured each of them talking one by one. Just by the movement of their lips, you can tell what Eggsy said.
Every fan started laughing wildly! Especially when they saw Vardy taking a step back after being asked by Eggsy, many people took screenshots of the video and made them into emoticons.
"The kid got angry, and Wadi got scared!"
"You have to be a coward. If you charge forward and run out of ammunition and food in the rear, then you're done for!"
"Hahahaha, we're running out of ammunition and food, and we're going to kill you!"
Eggsy did not keep blaming Vardy. He turned around unhappily and received the ball passed by Kante. Looking at the Wolves players on the opposite side who were all panting, he began to think wholeheartedly about how to play at this rhythm.
So in the last few minutes of the first half, Leicester City was like a train whose brakes were suddenly pulled, and the whole team started its attack slowly.
"Eggssi passed the ball to Mahrez, and the two of them started dribbling the ball at a slow pace." The commentator watched the situation on the field intently, "What creative new ideas does Leicester City have?"
The reason why the host said this was because Eggsy and Mahrez started to approach the Wolves half from both sides. Vardy, Okazaki Shinji and others all began to slowly contact the Wolves' defensive players.
What's going on? Leicester City didn't use fast breaks to drag down Wolves at this critical moment. Are they trying to let the tiger go back to the mountain? Once Wolves have recovered, it will be even more difficult to attack!
Mr. Ranieri was also watching the field intently at this time. Although he had a plan in mind on how to deal with Wolves, he also wanted to know what Eggsy would do.
The main defenders of the Wolves here are still Vardy and Eggsy, so once these two start to hold the ball, all the defensive players will focus on them.
"Hey, Eggsy passed the ball!"
Three defensive players of the Wolves were about to surround Eggsy, but Eggsy calmly passed the ball to Shinji Okazaki.
Immediately afterwards, Shinji Okazaki began to dribble in a roundabout way, and when the frontal attack became more difficult, he immediately passed the ball to Mahrez who was wandering and breaking through on the right.
Once Mahrez has the ball, the defensive players who just surrounded Eggsy will start to run back. They must surround and defend all the offensive routes that Mahrez can take with the ball. In this case, the offensive route is blocked again, and Mahrez will continue to pass the ball!
After this ball was passed, the whole audience was almost in an uproar!
"Pass the ball again!" The host's words were a little excited, not for any other reason but because this kind of pass in the penalty area actually has a scientific name, called: sheepdog.
Western Europe and the United States like to use sheepdogs to herd sheep, but can you imagine, how can a dog herd hundreds of sheep?
Of course, they were gathered together little by little, or they had nowhere to escape! And by pulling the flock of sheep in this way, the restricted area of the entire wolf team was further reduced or compressed.
Moreover, Wolves have to free up manpower to defend Vardy and other players with offensive potential. Just think of what to do with the tiny penalty area!
In the end, the Wolves' defensive area was getting smaller and smaller, and their pressure in the penalty area was getting greater and greater. Eggsy and other Leicester City teammates used this tactic, using the pass little by little to mobilize the Wolves' defensive players, and the most helpless thing for the Wolves was that they had to run!
If they don't run, any Mahrez or Eggsy can break through this route with the ball. What will happen to the goal then?
Now it's a 1:1 tie! If they lose another goal, no one in the Wolves team will have any confidence that they can score another goal!
However, this kind of sheepdog tactic only tied down the Wolves, forcing them to continue their futile attacks and defense within the area defined by Leicester City, which greatly consumed the physical strength of the Wolves players.
Moreover, Eggsy's attacking method was an open conspiracy. How could the Wolves coach not see it? But he could do nothing about it. He could only hope that the players could intercept the ball and then attack Leicester City.
Or, just put your hopes on the next game.
Eggsy looked at the time and saw that there was only 1 minute and 15 seconds left. The sheepdog's plan should have come to an end and he should drive the sheep into the pen.
Therefore, under Leicester City's roundabout tactics, Wolves' defense in the penalty area was already at its end. Their defensive distance could be described as crowded, their defensive range could be summarized as extremely small, and their defensive success rate could be summarized as terrible.
The Wolves coach was shouting like a megaphone on the sidelines. He didn't care whether Leicester City could hear him or not. He was so annoyed and embarrassed that his team's defense could be so bad that he couldn't control himself with any reason.
"Expand! Expand!"
Don’t the Wolves players want to play? They do, otherwise how fun is it to block the goal at the entrance of the penalty area? The goalkeeper’s visibility is 0, how can he defend? ? ?
However, Eggsy suddenly thought of a good idea because of the crowded penalty area, so he slowly penetrated into the penalty area without any rush, but tried his best to avoid getting too close to the Wolves players.
When Vardy passed the ball to him, Eggsy made a special judgment and realized that Vardy's ball was actually a high pass. Because Eggsy was taller, when Vardy passed the ball to him or cooperated with him in passing, he would deliberately kick it a little higher than when he passed it to others.
It was this height that helped Eggsy to get rid of the Wolves, whose average height was 178. When Eggsy retreated quickly to block the height of the ball, it was useless for the three Wolves to intercept him.
Eggsy is 190cm tall, and when he jumps he is half a body taller than them. The height of this ball gave Eggsy an advantage, and he had planned it in advance!
"Oh! Jump!"
The host Han E's words made the director immediately lock the screen on the Wolves' penalty area, because after the ball came in, at least 8 people in the penalty area jumped up at the same time.
But the only person who can really reach the ball that high is Eggsy!
The flash lights in the audience seats and the media immediately became a blur. They were all taking pictures continuously, trying to capture the moment when Eggsy jumped into the air and hit the football with his head.
Then, Eggsy jumped up among the crowd like the moon surrounded by stars. Because his body was stretched, he could stay in the air very well. When everyone else fell down, he was still in the air, aiming at the ball and shaking his head!
The ball went in almost over everyone's heads, stuck in the upper right corner of the goal post. The poor goalkeeper was blocked and didn't see anything at all. When he was above the wall and a ball suddenly flew out, it was already too late.
"Beautiful!" The host shouted excitedly, then took a deep breath and shouted with all his strength: "goooooooooooooooal!"
This super long goal really made all the fans excited. They all stood up, opened their arms, and cheered along with Eggsy who was running wildly to celebrate his second goal!
After running wildly, Eggsy suddenly jumped up, punched in the air and shouted!
"yeah--!"
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