Chapter 57: Battle against the Wolves (Part 4)
When Eggsy shouted "Yeah", everyone in the audience was stunned for a moment.
How should I put it? I just didn't expect this kid's celebration action and method to be so, so...what word should I use to describe it? Probably "simple".
So after Eggsy finished, the whole audience was silent, and then no one knew who was the first to burst into laughter, and it was like an infection, even the fans of the Wolves couldn't help laughing. Of course, they weren't laughing at Eggsy's goal, but at the fact that the kid didn't celebrate at all.
It's typical that he hasn't thought it through, or even possible that he hasn't even thought about it, after all, Eggsy is a midfielder.
There was no malicious intent in everyone's smiles, but it really made the kid blush. He had no choice but to run away. The kid was as obedient as a quail. He almost covered his face and ran to the captain to tell him that the fans were bullying him.
Eggsy's face blinked as brightly as his eyes, and the shy look of the child, who wanted to hide himself, made a group of fans deeply understand the fun of this little player's many parents.
But no matter what, Eggsy has secured the best player award today, as he scored 2 goals. Now that the first half is over, Eggsy can be said to have completely turned the tables on Leicester City with just his own ability.
While everyone was smiling and excited, they didn't notice that Leicester City's head coach, Mr. Ranieri, looked extremely ugly.
All the players who came down from the court, originally with shy but happy smiles on their faces when seeing Eggsy, immediately lost their smiles when they saw Mr. Ranieri's expression. Without saying a word, they quickly packed up their things and prepared to go to the locker room.
Obviously everyone was prepared to be scolded and was on their toes. When Eggsy came down, he was stunned for a moment when he saw Ranieri.
Mr. Ranieri's expression softened a little when he saw him, and then he just said lightly: "Well, you performed well."
"Ah?" Eggsy was even a little bit unconvinced, and looked at his teammates with some suspicion, but his teammates all gave him a look, and Eggsy immediately packed up and followed obediently.
Mr. Ranieri's rage in the locker room today can be described as thunder. Of course, the first people to be scolded were the defenders, from captain Morgan to Drinking Water Brother, no one was spared!
"A goal was scored in 20 seconds after the start of the game! Where are the defenders? What were they doing!" What Mr. Ranieri said was true, so everyone could only bow their heads and admit their mistakes, and they had no temper at all when being scolded.
"Morgan, is this the result of your guards' daily training?"
Captain Morgan was so ashamed at the moment that he couldn't even speak for a moment, while Mr. Ranieri banged the tactical board beside him loudly!
"If you defenders continue to perform so poorly in the second half, I will replace all of you!" Mr. Ranieri was obviously still a little angry, and he probably wanted to get angry at another group of people, so he didn't plan to focus all his firepower on the defenders yet.
"Yes," Captain Morgan, sweating profusely, immediately promised, "We won't miss the ball in the second half."
"That's better!" Mr. Ranieri glanced at the defenders, making them sit up straight.
When Mr. Ranieri looked at the forwards, the three forwards all shuddered collectively. The first one was Vardy, who swallowed his saliva in fear when he saw Mr. Ranieri walking towards him little by little.
"You can run pretty fast, right?"
Vardy actually has a bad temper. If other coaches scolded him before, he might have argued with them directly. But Mr. Ranieri is different. He really respects these players, and when he treats Eggsy and other players, he also wins the respect of the players.
Before Ranieri came to Leicester City, Vardy was actually a temporary worker. He was not even a formal player. He went to work during the day and came to the stadium for training in the afternoon and evening. This lasted for several years until Ranieri came and officially made Vardy a player.
To make an inappropriate analogy, if Ranieri is the grandfather at the management level of the team, then Vardy is the eldest grandson, the kind who is very strict in management. As for Ranieri's love for Eggsy, it is just the love he gives to his little grandson.
But Vardy was indeed too aggressive today. The 20-point rally in the first half was actually unnecessary. He also dragged the midfield to compete with the Wolves team in speed, which wasted energy. He deserves to be scolded.
So Mr. Ranieri only needed to ask Vardy a simple question, which was enough to make this bad-tempered striker dare not say a word and lower his head to admit his mistake.
"You haven't lost recently, have you all been so complacent?" Mr. Ranieri did not scold Vardy, but started to spray him with AOE.
"If we continue to play in this mess, we will soon lose again like last season." At this point, Mr. Ranieri looked at everyone and knocked hard on the tactical board behind him, "Look carefully at what tactics we are playing!"
After Mr. Ranieri finished his rage, he did not continue to scold anyone. Instead, he pointed at Eggsy and said, "Come out."
Eggsy looked at all the teammates who were scolded and couldn't even lift their heads, then quickly stood up and followed Mr. Ranieri to the side. Mr. Ranieri only said one sentence: "Can you drain the Wolves' physical strength?"
Eggsy thought about it and nodded immediately: "Okay. Sir, have you figured out what tactics the Wolves will use in the second half?"
Ranieri looked at Eggsy, thinking that the kid was still young, so it would be good to explain more. Then he thought about it and asked Eggsy: "What do Wolves want to do in this game?"
Eggsy didn't even think twice: "No loss."
"Now that we know their needs, we can imagine what they want to do next." Ranieri did not say it out loud, obviously wanting Eggsy to give him the answer.
Eggsy thought about it and felt that this was just like an equation, at most it was just a range, so after thinking about it he gave the answer: "Quick attack, and maybe a strong attack."
"Very good," Ranieri nodded and then asked, "I asked you to wear down their physical strength and make it difficult for them to launch fast breaks. This is our tactic for the second half."
So at the beginning of the second half, after Leicester City got the upper hand, they started to pass the ball all over the field. It didn't matter whether they scored or not, as long as they could use the ball to dangle the Wolves players around like playing Frisbee with a dog.
So the Wolves' head coach was so anxious that he almost paced back and forth in the 20 minutes of the second half. Every time it was the Wolves' turn to attack, they unfortunately missed the ball, or even had it confiscated by the goalkeeper. Absolutely, absolutely, they would send a long pass to Eggsy!
Vardy must be the focus of Wolves' attention at this time, and Mahrez, as a front midfielder, is also being watched. However, since the first half, Okazaki Shinji, who seemed to be exiled to the frontier by Mr. Ranieri and moved to the right back line, began to show his talent.
Every time Wolves attacked, he would defend on the wing. As long as the Wolves' attack failed, he would start to sneak all the way, approach the midfield, and then linger there waiting for an opportunity.
As long as Eggsy starts to pass the ball long, it will definitely be given to Shinji Okazaki who is preparing to sneak away in the midfield!
"Okazaki Shinji succeeded in sneaking in!" The host could hardly hide his excitement. He even shouted excitedly: "Will Leicester City take advantage of this opportunity to get another one? This game will be completely crushed!"
In fact, Okazaki Shinji's hidden move really made the Wolves very nervous. No one expected that the shadow striker who looked ordinary in the first half would be Leicester City's killer move in the second half.
And Eggsy only does one thing, which is to kick the ball with great force and use exquisite passes to any player who has successfully sneaked away. Don't forget that Mr. Ranieri did not say not to let Vardy run during the halftime break.
Instead, he was told to run as much as he wanted during the defensive counterattack in the second half, and to cover Shinji Okazaki who was actually trying to seize the opportunity and conserve his energy for the fast break.
On the other hand, the Wolves were in a really bad situation. When they were defending, they were forced to run around because of the passes organized by Eggsy. It was not easy for them to attack, but they were robbed and had to run around again.
They were running exactly as Mr. Ranieri instructed. After 25 minutes of the second half, Wolves had already reached their physical limit and could not run anymore.
Then it's Leicester City's personal show time, and it's unlikely not to score a goal at this time.
In the 28th minute of the second half, Shinji Okazaki scored a goal. Eggsy, who assisted the goal, originally wanted to make another "yeah" with the opponent, but he braked abruptly even though he was running.
Seeing Zaizai like this, all the audience smiled sympathetically: This kid really hasn’t prepared any celebration moves!
In the end, it was Shinji Okazaki who came over and hugged Eggsy and patted her head for a while before the fight ended. The other teammates followed suit, and Eggsy's hair was in trouble.
Seeing that the current score was 3:1 and there were only 12 minutes left in the game, Wolves knew that it was impossible to equalize the score with their players' abilities and physical strength. For a moment, the spirit of the whole team seemed to have disappeared and collapsed.
When the game whistle sounded, many Wolves players were frustrated, but Leicester City players surrounded Eggsy and started patting his head.
"Stop touching it!" Eggsy wailed, shaking his head: "If you touch it again, it will patina!"
Of course, as the best player of the game, Eggsy will attend the press conference with Mr. Ranieri after washing up.
Eggsy and Ranieri arrived at the venue together, and after they sat down, they were bathed in flashlights. Ranieri and Eggsy were used to it, so they smiled and said a few words to each other, avoiding the flashlights awkwardly before they sat down.
According to the old practice, the answers to Mr. Ranieri's questions were all official and emphasized. And Mr. Ranieri obviously didn't want to say more, it seemed that he wanted to leave the stage to his own children.
When Eggsy turned on the microphone, the first question that made him collapse was -
"Hello Eggsy, what is your goal for today's game?"
Eggsy answered without a second thought: "I have an exam soon, so I need to finish it quickly. I need to go back and read more books."
Reporters: ???
The journalist friends obviously did not give up and continued to ask questions.
"So are you satisfied with your performance today? Did you not prepare a celebration because you didn't expect to score two goals?"
When Eggsy heard the first question, he originally wanted to answer that he was not satisfied with his performance, but he turned around and did not say this. He knew that these reporters were best at misinterpreting his meaning, so he just smiled.
"It depends on how satisfied you are." But Eggsy didn't even bother to explain his level of satisfaction. He just told the reporter, "I'll think about the celebration carefully after I finish the exam."
He talks about exams every other sentence. How worried is Eggsy about his exams?
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