Star card system.

Chapter 270

Leicester City has played steadily and firmly ranked first in the Premier League.

Even leading No.2 Arsenal by 8 points.

Leading the Manchester City duo, the Red Army and the Blue Army by more than 10 points.

This is what their fans could have imagined two seasons ago, or a season ago.

The prospects for the league are excellent.

There was even an opinion piece in the Leicester Evening News.

"Is it possible for us to dream of a league title?"

Although it's just a longing, there are still not many fans who have confidence.

Even Leicester City fans dare not think about the Premier League champion.

After all, there are many giants in the Premier League. They are in poor form now, but it does not mean that they have always been in poor form.

So in this case, it is better to play steadily.

Don't overthink it.

The Premier League is playing steadily, and the Champions League must make a breakthrough.

On October 10, Leicester City visited Malmö and ushered in the second round of the Champions League group stage.

After being scored an absolute goal by Benfica in the last game, Leicester City has already seen the strength of the Portuguese Super League giants.

It is difficult to score points on them.

Maybe facing Benfica again in the last round of the group stage will become the key battle to decide the second place in the group.

But before that, they had to get the points they deserved.

Especially the game against Malmö.

It is not easy to play against Benfica, and it is even more difficult to score points against Real Madrid.

Therefore, in the game against Malmo, we must go all out to win the game.

In this game, Leicester City naturally played with all the main players, in order to ensure a safe victory.

But unexpectedly, they ran into trouble just after the game started.

In the 5th minute of the game, Kanter made a tackle and intercepted the ball in a defense outside the penalty area.

It was a clean tackle, but the referee's whistle sounded!
foul!

Not only that, the referee even gave Kanter a red card directly!
This made all the fans confused!

what's going on?
Even the profitable Malmö fans were a little embarrassed.

I can see clearly from the stands, why is this a red card?
It's so...

Leicester City players protested loudly, but aside from two yellow cards, nothing changed.

Ranieri on the sidelines was even sent to the stands for protesting.

Shakespeare is left to direct the game.

10 against 11, Leicester City is in trouble.

Malmo's strength is not strong, but it doesn't mean they are big fish.

Facing Leicester City with one less player, they resolutely defended.

At the end of the first half, the score was still 0-0.

In the second half, Malmö still defended.

Until the 70th minute of the game, Malmo started to attack.

Faced with the situation of playing one less player, the entire Leicester City team consumes a lot of energy.

This stage is exhausted.

Malmo took advantage of the tiredness of Leicester City's midfielder and quickly counterattacked!
A stab shot in front of the goal scored a goal!
1 is better than 0!

Malmo scored!

Leicester City, who thought they could win the opponent, fell behind at home!

If this is the result, then their desire to qualify for the group stage is in jeopardy!

In the 85th minute of the game, Xia Xing stepped forward again.

His teammates were exhausted, and he had to do it alone.

Getting the ball on the left, he suddenly sprints with the ball!

Facing the pinch between two defenders, Xia Xing directly chose to be tough!
The figure of a strong Nordic man was actually carried by Xia Xing!
Sprint!

To the edge of the restricted area!
Kick and shoot!

The ball hits the net!

1 is better than 1!

"At the critical moment, Xia stood up again!

"He hit the net with a fantastic shot!

"The goal was fantastic!
"Break through the two defenders hard, then shoot hard!
"The goalkeeper didn't have the slightest chance to fight back!
"Brilliant goal!

"Xia is the hero of the team again!"

After scoring the equalizing goal, Xia Xing also felt a little tired.

With one less player in this game, his running distance has already exceeded the previous one.

Now I try my best to score a goal and I feel tired.

Looking to the side of the court, Kanter is no longer there.

So far this season, his favorite teammate is Kanter, not one of them.

Because Kante is behind him, he can press forward more boldly.

This is a completely different feeling from last season when every offense had to pay attention to defense.

As long as Kanter is behind him, Xia Xing will feel at ease.

How lucky to have such teammates.

In the end, the game ended 1-1.

Although Leicester City did not lose, a draw is obviously not enough to support them to qualify for the group.

Especially in another game, Benfica drew Real Madrid tenaciously 3-3.

Although they and Leicester City only have two points now, they already have a slight lead by virtue of the number of goals scored.

And they will play the underdog Malmo next, while Leicester City will face the mighty Real Madrid.

There is no room for loss in the next game...

After returning to England, Leicester City continued a week of double matches.

In the eighth round of the Premier League on October 10, Leicester City played away against Norwich City.

Leicester City's main players were exhausted due to one less player in the last game.

This game is naturally on the bench.

But unfortunately, this game also failed to win the opponent.

And the same situation happened again.

Because of a tackle, James received a package of straight red and penalty kicks.

In the end, with this penalty kick, Leicester City lost 0-1 away.

After this game, their seven-game winning streak in the league ended.

Like last season, they all fell in the eighth round of the league.

Ranieri wanted to make some adjustments but was running out of time.

Because then came the national team match day.

Players left the team and didn't return until a week later.

The soldiers of Leicester City who have returned to the team still cannot escape the infestation of the FIFA virus.

In the ninth round of the Premier League on October 10, Leicester City once again lost a good game.

Facing Southampton, they stormed the whole court and contributed 16 shots.

But failed to score.

In the end, a 0-0 score turned Leicester City's unbeaten league game into two.

And they were gradually overtaken by Arsenal behind them.

The lead was reduced from 8 points to 3 points.

At this time, they have been looked down upon by the domestic media.

"The Times": "Leicester City has once again entered the rhythm of losing the chain! Just like last season, it collapsed from the eighth round of the league, and finally lost the top four position. This season is estimated to be similar to this situation!"

"London Times": "I believe it will not take long for Arsenal to reach the top of the list! The Gunners are still a strong contender for the championship this season!"

"Daily Telegraph": "This is the normal level of Leicester City. They are only at the level of the Europa League. Now the top of the Premier League is about to be replaced, and the Champions League group stage is also close at hand!"

Numerous media criticisms continued, which put Leicester City under a lot of pressure.

Even in the Leicester City team, many players have experienced emotional fluctuations...

(End of this chapter)