Star card system.

Chapter 214
Facing West Brom, which is hovering in the relegation zone this season, Leicester City has enough psychological advantages.

For Leicester City, the FA Cup is just the icing on the cake.

The club have not given Pearson any FA Cup goals.

Vichai is a smart man. He didn't think it was a normal level just because the team won the championship last season.

According to the strength of Leicester City, it takes a lot of luck to win the FA Cup.

So he absolutely does not ask Leicester City to have any goals in the FA Cup this season.

Just go with the flow.

So Leicester City did not play all the good cards in this game.

After all, they have to stay strong for the next quarter-finals of the Europa League.

In contrast to West Brom, they didn't care much about this game.

For them, the goal this season is relegation.

As long as the team can avoid relegation, it is more important than everything else.

Their coach will not invest too much energy in this kind of game for fame, and eventually lose the league, which is not worth the loss.

So they obviously played conservatively in this game, and they also sent many young players to practice.

But unexpectedly, in the 15th minute of the game, something happened on the court.

In a half-time fight, West Brom players have the ball and are organizing.

It was an indifferent pass, but the young James Pearson shoveled directly behind!
The referee's whistle sounded!
red card!

Direct red card!

Without any hesitation!

The Leicester City players were a little confused this time.

Facing the furious West Brom players, the blue fox soldiers on the field tried their best to protect James Pearson.

After all, this foul was too obvious and malicious, so the blue fox soldiers were also restraining their emotions and forgiving the opponent's anger.

West Brom retired with one injury, and Leicester City sent one off.

The scene was a little chaotic.

The next free kick was passed to the penalty area, the ball bounced continuously among several players, and even bounced into the net!

Substitute goalkeeper Ben Hamer had no time to react!

1 is better than 0!

West Brom actually took the lead!

This goal gave them hope of victory!
Although they don't have hope for this game, but if they can win, who doesn't want to win?

For the next period of time, they bombarded Leicester City's half.

If it weren't for Xia Xing's desperate defense, the team might lose the ball again.

Until the 42nd minute of the game, Xia Xing assisted with a long pass, and the ball found Konokite in front of him.

Konokite drives forward with the ball and knocks back near the baseline!

Inverted triangle pass!
James keeps up with the push!
The ball crashed into the net!

1 is better than 1!

Leicester City finally got it back!
This made Pearson on the sidelines heave a sigh of relief.

When his son left the field just now, he didn't pay attention to him at all.

This pervert!

It's fine if you don't do your job normally, but today you messed up in the game.

Do you think this foul is necessary?

Put the team in this situation.

At halftime, Pearson warned the players.

"We will play one less player, and we must allocate our physical strength reasonably in the second half. Also, our offense must be efficient and we must not waste opportunities."

In the second half, they changed sides and fought again. Leicester City did play a little conservatively.

This makes West Brom even more looking forward to victory.

Many young players attacked aggressively.

But soon he got the bitter fruit.

In the midfield position, Andy King was very active today.

A few dribbles and passes were brilliant.

In the 67th minute of the game, his diagonal pass tore through West Brom's defense.

Kramaric quickly moved forward and scored a single goal!

2 is better than 1!

Leicester City take the lead!

Eight minutes later, it was Andy King's breakthrough on the left.

Albrighton behind him moved forward quickly and played a two-for-one cooperation with him.

In the end, Albrighton's pass found Conokite at the back point.

Konokite pushes into the net!

3 is better than 1!

Leicester City scored two goals in a row, which made West Brom completely sober.

Even with one less player, they are not on the same level as this Leicester City team.

Soon, Xia Xing made a free kick pass and once again helped teammate James volley from a small angle to score.

4 is better than 1!

Leicester City's game is stable!

Excited, James rushed to Xia Xing again and hugged him tightly!
Scoring three goals in two consecutive games, James has been in a hot state recently.

In the end, Leicester City beat West Brom 4-1 in this game and successfully advanced to the next round of the FA Cup.

After the game, Xia Xing took the initiative to find West Brom captain Fletcher and exchange jerseys with him.

This Fletcher is not the Fletcher who left Leicester City this winter, but the Fletcher of Manchester United.

As a midfielder produced by Manchester United's youth training, Fletcher has experienced the Ferguson period and spent the peak period of Manchester United.

This winter, he left Manchester United, who had no place of his own, and moved to West Brom on a free transfer.

Looking at Xia Xing in front of him, he was very emotional.

"I hate Van Gaal, not because he didn't give me a chance, but because he let you go, he is the sinner of Manchester United!"

Seeing Fletcher's angry look, Xia Xing didn't know what to say for a while.

I thought about it.

"Senior, I wish you all the best."

Turning around and leaving with Fletcher's jersey, Fletcher shouted behind him.

"Xia, when you have had enough playing outside, go home."

Xia Xing paused for a moment, then moved on quickly.

For Manchester United, is it still their home?

do not know.

What about the future, leave it to the future...

Leicester City won the ball, they won the game with a substitute team.

Pretty good deal.

Next, they can go all out to deal with the next Europa League game.

On March 3, at the St. Petersburg Stadium in Russia, Leicester City challenged the Russian Super League team Zenit.

Before this game, Pearson made tactical arrangements for the players early on, as well as an analysis of the opponent's strength.

Evenly matched.

This is Pearson's understanding.

There are many similarities between the lineups of the two sides.

All have experienced veterans, all have talented midfielders, all have quality defensive players, all have sharp-edged forwards.

Zenit plays in a 4-2-3-1 formation.

Goalkeeper Lodkin.

The four backs Kristo, Garay, Neto and Smolnikov.

Double midfielder Witsel and Xavi Garcia.

Three midfielders Timoshchuk, Shatov and Hulk.

Center Long Dong.

This lineup alternates between old and new, and all positions are very practical.

There are no particularly big stars, but the overall strength of the team is balanced.

Harvey Garcia and Gareth both played for Real Madrid and have outstanding strength.

Tymoshchuk was once the main force of Bayern and has rich experience.

The 25-year-old Witsel has excellent skills and excellent pass control.

Hulk, nicknamed the "Hulk", has a super strong body, strong impact and strong shooting.

Center Long Dong is also extremely impactful.

Facing such an opponent with a balanced lineup, Leicester City is under a lot of pressure...

(End of this chapter)