Full-level pass, please call me the speaker of the Three Lions

Chapter 100: Win the European League, lose also the European League [[-]-word chapter]

"David (Nugent), you did a good job, continue to press the central defender, and you can use your back to give the ball to Ling who is advancing."

"Riyad, you have to move closer to the center to receive the ball, especially when Ling is being targeted."

"Jamie, he is already on guard. If you retreat and then run back, don't get in front of him, but get in from behind him."

"Ling, you need to run more in the midfield to press their two midfielders. Also pay attention to the space behind the two full-backs."

While sitting on the locker and receiving a calf massage from the team's physical therapist, Ling Feng listened to Pearson standing next to the tactical board and emphasizing the targeted layout of tactics.

This first half may be his most tiring game since his career debut!
Arsenal's passing and controlling style of play is very fast. Each player's ball is not delayed, and it is basically passed within two feet.

With the opponent frequently changing their formation through passing the ball, Leicester City players must concentrate and move their bodies laterally to keep the formation and space compact.

In football matches, defense always consumes more energy than offense!

Pearson's tactical ability is actually average.

The reason why Leicester City was able to win the English Championship and reach the FA Cup final after many years was not because of how powerful and advanced his tactics were.

Mainly because the abilities of Leicester City's main players are relatively outstanding.

He knows the technical characteristics of each player thoroughly.

More importantly, he doesn't know how to do everything, and he doesn't have the pride of a big-name coach. He just honestly builds the tactics that best suit them around the team's core players such as Vardy and Ling Feng.

It is such a pragmatic head coach who can inspire the team's combat effectiveness to the greatest extent and become invincible in the English Championship!
After experiencing an alternating offensive and defensive first half, in Pearson's view, if his team wants to equalize the score or even take the lead, it must still depend on the offensive performance of the frontcourt trident.

Especially Ling Feng!
It can be said that Ling Feng is the barometer of the Leicester City team.

If he performs well, the team's offense will be full of threats;
Once he's contained, the team's offense falters.

Therefore, most of his tactical arrangements during the halftime break were how to allow Ling Feng to gain greater passing space, so that he could cooperate with Vardy and Mahrez in more passes.

15 minute is fleeting.

After stuffing the last bite of banana into his mouth, Ling Feng put on his new jersey and followed his teammates out of the locker room.

Seeing Vardy in front of him, he quickened his pace, hooked his shoulder very skillfully, and then whispered:

"Jamie, I will move more to the left in the second half. Pay attention to the tall man and get behind him more."

Arsenal's two full-backs, Sagna and Gibbs, are both fast, confrontational, and can go up and down.

Although Sagna is over [-] years old, he firmly occupies the main position of Arsenal and the French national team relying on his explosive physical fitness and excellent competitive form.

He can definitely be regarded as one of the top right backs in the Premier League.

And Gibbs, known as the "successor of Ashley Cole", is also capable of both offense and defense, and is one of the outstanding young players among England's full-backs.

Therefore, neither Vardy nor Mahrez has much advantage when breaking through from the wing.

Perhaps in two years' time, after experiencing the baptism of the Premier League, they will be able to deal with it more calmly.

But now they have not fully unleashed their potential, and they are also struggling against the top-level defenders in the Premier League.

However, according to Ling Feng's observations in the first half, Arsenal's defense was not impeccable.

Right center back Per Mertesacker is tall and powerful. Compared with Koscielny, his turns and pace are relatively slow, which can be regarded as a breakthrough in Arsenal's defense.

Especially against a speed forward like Vardy who has quick feet and strong impact, he will definitely be able to take advantage.

The goal that brought the victory back in the first half was because Mertesacker had no time to defend, allowing Vardy to insert a shot from the rib space between the right back and the right center back.

Direct passes from the ribs are originally a very important offensive method in modern football tactics.

Therefore, Ling Feng decided to focus on Mertesacker and make more fuss about it.
After listening to Ling Feng's instructions, Vardy nodded frequently to express his understanding.

Ling Feng's skills have already conquered all the players in Leicester City's first team.

Therefore, both Vardy, Nugent and Mahrez, who are much older than him, are very willing to listen to his command on the field.

Facts have also proved that under Ling Feng's command, they were invincible and won almost all the games!

Thanks to the victories in the English Championship and FA Cup, the atmosphere within the Leicester City team is very good and everyone is full of energy.

Even substitute players who don't have much playing time are very involved off the court and keep cheering for their teammates.

Especially Dean Hammond, who once complained to the head coach about his lack of playing time. No matter how unhappy he was, he would not show it in the locker room or in front of his teammates.

Because he knows very well that the better the team performs, the better he will benefit as a member of the team.

Even if he has made up his mind and plans to transfer and leave after the end of the season, he can still negotiate a good salary package with the new club by virtue of his status as a "English Championship Champion Player" or even an "FA Cup Champion Player".

Many times, in the world of sports competition, victory can cover up all problems!
. . .

"Okay, welcome to watch the 133rd English FA Cup final again, let's return to Wembley Stadium."

"In the first half, Arsenal took the lead by two goals with goals from Podolski and Cazorla. Then Leicester City pulled one back with Vardy's volley. The score was [-]-[-], only A ball’s difference.”

"The second half of the game is about to begin!"

After kick-off, Arsenal immediately entered the state.

They continued to calmly mobilize Leicester City's formation through faster-paced short passes.

While Leicester City's players were exhausted, they also tried to open up space.

Perhaps because of Wenger's instructions, Arsenal players do not easily pass direct passes into deep areas.

Even if the ball comes to the feet of the two wingers, they will not pass it easily. Instead, they will return the ball to the players in the middle and continue to look for opportunities to pass through the ribs.

Arsenal kept dropping kicks outside the [-]-yard area of ​​Leicester City's half, gradually flattening Leicester City's formation.

Leicester City's eleven players, except for Nugent who was at the front and put a certain amount of pressure on the central defender, all returned to their own half.

Coupled with the eight Arsenal players who overwhelmed the half, Leicester City's half was as crowded as the subway during rush hour!

In the past, Ling Feng, as an attacking midfielder, did not need to press too much in the frontcourt.Because in the English Championship, only Leicester City controls the ball to suppress its opponents, and no opponent can suppress Leicester City!
However, when facing the stronger Premier League giant Arsenal, they became a side that was forced to rub in the half.

Therefore, from the beginning of the game, Ling Feng increased the number of frontcourt pressures, making it difficult for the two Arsenal midfielders Arteta and Ramsey to distribute the ball to the wings so easily.

Although his defensive ability is not very good.

But he is very motivated, and can make certain predictions through [God's Vision], so that he can stand on the opponent's best passing line and intercept.

He continued to do so in the second half as well.

Because, when there is a clear gap in strength, they can only adopt defensive counterattack tactics.

First base on defense, maintain a one-goal score difference, and then seize the fleeting opportunity to launch a quick counterattack to threaten Arsenal's goal!
Regarding the scene of the team being frantically rubbing against each other at halftime, Pearson on the coaching bench was not worried at all.

In his opinion, in this final, it is best to win, and it is okay to lose.

By winning the game, they won the FA Cup for the first time in many years and thus qualified for the Europa League;

If they lose the game, they can also pass the FA Cup rules and qualify for the Europa League as FA Cup runners-up.

That's right!

Because Arsenal, who won the FA Cup, has already qualified for the Champions League through league rankings.

Therefore, qualification for the Europa League will be postponed to Leicester City, the runner-up of the FA Cup!
Of course, as an ambitious and motivated head coach, Pearson also wants to win the FA Cup, a championship that has huge influence in England.

This will make his name firmly engraved in Leicester City's club history!
However, as the team's head coach, he needs to consider more issues and take a longer-term view.

His and the club's goal is to remain in the Premier League.

It's not like last year's Wigan Athletic, which was relegated from the Premier League after winning the FA Cup!
If Pearson were asked to choose between the two options of "FA Cup championship" and "Premier League relegation", he would choose the latter without hesitation!
In fact, no one knows that what Pearson is worried about now is not how to win the FA Cup final, but how to successfully avoid relegation next season!

With Leicester City's thin lineup, staying relegated in the Premier League is already a big challenge.

Another Europa League, fighting on two fronts, the team will take a break!
Therefore, he is very confused about how to convince the club's top management to give up the Europa League and devote all his attention to the Premier League.

Of course, participating in the Europa League can allow clubs to earn more income.

Just reaching the group stage can earn millions of euros.

For every win, there are hundreds of thousands of euros in prize money.

However, even if they reach the Europa League final, they will only earn 2000 million euros in income at most.

However, once relegated from the Premier League, the loss will be nearly [-] million euros!
Unless the club recruits heavily in the summer window, they can only choose between the Premier League and the Europa League!

Moreover, you must choose the Premier League!
Of course, these are all things that need to be discussed in the long term after this final.
Thinking of this, Pearson's thoughts returned to the court again.

From another perspective, this final is a good opportunity.

An opportunity to test the team's anti-counterattack tactics!

It is foreseeable that after being promoted to the Premier League next season, facing all the powerful players in the Premier League, Leicester City, as a newly promoted team, will definitely not attack their opponents like they did in the English Championship.

Then defensive counterattack is definitely their best choice when facing strong teams!

If they can withstand the passing and controlling offensive of the Premier League giants Arsenal, or even succeed in stealing the chicken, this will prove that their anti-counterattack tactics are feasible.
As long as they follow this set of tactics, they have a great chance of successfully avoiding relegation!
Even shocked some little blue foxes in the Premier League!

However, the scene of anti-counterattack tactics is definitely not good-looking.
In the minute of the game, Cazorla dribbled from the right side of the frontcourt, causing left back Schlupp to foul, and won a free kick in the frontcourt about 40 meters away from the goal.

Carlos took a free kick and the ball flew into the penalty area and was grabbed by center defender Mertesacker.

Unfortunately, due to interference from Morgan, the ball he swung his head slightly missed the goal.

In the 7th minute of the game, Arsenal attacked from the left.

Left winger Podolski played a two-on-one with national team teammate Ergo on the left side of the frontcourt. After passing right back De Wright, he cut inside to the penalty area line and hit a mark with his left foot. Sexy hard cumshot.

Fortunately, the shooting angle was relatively positive, and with Schmeichel's concentration, he firmly confiscated the ball.

However, Leicester City was not suppressed all the way.

In the 605th minute of the game, Ling Feng seized Vardy's opportunity to press Arteta, and while he was turning around to get away, he stretched out his foot to steal the ball.

Then he sent a through ball to the wing, causing Vardy and Sagna to have a race.

Starting early gave Vardy a half-length lead.

But Sania didn't let him escape from his grasp and knocked him down directly from the side and behind.

Taking the initiative to pay the price of a yellow card also eliminated the threat that this wave of quick counterattacks might bring.

Ling Feng's arcing pass went straight to the goal.

It's a pity that Vardy's legs were not long enough when he entered the penalty area, so he threw his whole body out and missed the ball.

After this wave of counterattacks ended, Wenger immediately made a substitution, replacing the energetic "little threat" Wilshere with Arteta, who was over [-] years old.

After the energetic Wilshere came up, Arsenal's control in the midfield became more stable.

As time passed bit by bit, Arsenal, who were in the lead, still controlled the situation on the field and methodically consumed their opponents.

As for Leicester City's players, their physical fitness has dropped sharply, and their mentality has also undergone silent changes.

Until the 80th minute of the game, the score was still two to one.

And during a fight, left back Schlupp was pressing against the midfielder Drinkwater, but Ergo turned around and got rid of him.

Seeing that he was about to dribble the ball into the penalty area, Schlupp got anxious and immediately dropped the shovel, knocking Ergo to the ground.

The next second, the screams of a dead man resounded throughout the stadium!

　In order to write about key games smoothly and completely, I might write a chapter of four thousand words.

　　Hope that everyone knows.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)