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

Chapter 21 A man born for the FA Cup?
As Leicester City eliminated rival Stoke City in the third round of the FA Cup, they entered the fourth round.

所以，本应在1月25号举行的联赛第27轮比赛，则是被延期到2月12号。

Instead, it will be a cup match against the Premier League giants "Blue Army" Chelsea!
This game will be played at the home ground of Leicester City.

In the last round, Leicester City reversed and defeated Stoke City, which has already surprised and delighted Leicester City fans.

Coupled with the recent excellent state and winning streak in the league, Leicester City fans are very willing to come to the King Power Stadium to cheer for their team.

In just three hours after the tickets went on sale, except for the [-] tickets reserved for visiting team fans, all were sold out!
It has to be said that the FA Cup is a great opportunity to make money for low-level league teams.

Let's talk about the prize money first.

Enter the first round, you can get [-] pounds in prize money.

The second round is £[-] and the third round is £[-]
The further you advance, the higher the bonus.

In addition to prize money, ticket sales are also a huge source of income.

The ticket revenue of the two teams will be distributed proportionally after deducting the cost.

Coupled with the broadcast share and other income, the amount is also quite large.

This is good money for a Championship team.

For teams in lower-level leagues such as League One and League Two, these incomes may be their income for several months, or even half a year!

Therefore, these teams will naturally send their main players and go all out.

The rich Premier League teams don't care much about Mane.

Therefore, Premier League teams generally use the cup as a training ground for training newcomers and substitutes, and rarely deploy the main team.

This is why, from time to time in the FA Cup, low-level teams beat Premier League teams.

Of course, even if the Premier League team carries out a comprehensive rotation and a full substitute lineup, it is not an opponent that lower-level teams can compete with.

Players who can play as a substitute in the Premier League team have excellent abilities.

Either there are potential new stars with outstanding talents, or they are veteran players with rich experience in top leagues.

Even if the coaching staff analyzes that Chelsea will make a large-scale rotation in the FA Cup.

However, Leicester City did not take it lightly, but carefully practiced the pass and control tactics with Ling Feng as the core according to their own plan.
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Belvoir base.

On the first-team training ground, head coach Pearson’s shouts rang out from time to time:
"Dean (Hammond), dribble less and pass more!"

"Riyad (Mahrez), hold the ball on the right and wait for the defender to put it on."

"Ling, you need to get into the top of the arc of the penalty area more often, and respond to the pass from the inverted triangle."

The Leicester City players, who were wearing long training uniforms on the field, were conscientiously executing the coach's tactical arrangements.

In late January in the British Peninsula, a freezing cold wind hit us.

Fortunately, the bright sunshine was shining down, which somewhat drove away some of the coldness in the body.

Soon, the intra-team competition ended with the whistle.

After taking off the orange vest that represented the main team, Ling Feng, who was sweating profusely, came to the sidelines and received a towel and functional drinks from the fitness coach.

While wiping sweat with a towel, head coach Pearson also came to the sidelines, grabbed Ling Feng's shoulders, and began to say:
"Ling, we played well just now. However, if we want to control the ball against Chelsea, it will definitely not be so easy."

"So, I need you to run and keep receiving passes from teammates."

While listening to Pearson explaining the tactical details to himself, Ling Feng nodded from time to time while drinking water.

Two consecutive weeks of tactical video courses not only allowed Ling Feng to get a general familiarity with the team's tactics, but also allowed him to improve his related attributes to a certain extent.

And due to the low attributes, even without special training or additional training, Ling Feng's attributes in the [defense] major have been significantly improved.

[Steal] changed from 40 to 42, and [Marking] changed from 35 to 37, and both attributes increased by two points.

In addition, the [Body] attribute is the most obvious improvement.

Because I know that Ling Feng's confrontation ability is very poor.

So in the past two weeks, Pearson has arranged for a physical coach to conduct special confrontational training for him.

Under normal circumstances, there are only two situations when the head coach makes small plans for the players in private.

Either this player is not strong enough at this stage, but has great potential;
Either the player is strong enough but has shortcomings.

Whether it is the former or the latter, it means that the head coach attaches great importance to this player.

Because, for players who have no potential or talent, the head coach will not waste his time on him
And under the hands-on guidance of the fitness coach, Ling Feng's [Balance] attribute increased from 62 to 64, and his [Strength] also increased from 45 to 47!

Although the increase is not large.

However, being able to intuitively see his own growth is enough for Ling Feng to feel that he is getting stronger bit by bit, so he has more motivation to train!

It is worth mentioning that in the last league game, he completed the achievements of [First Goal in the Championship] and [Best in the Championship], and the two free attribute points obtained were added to the outbreak by Ling Feng.

But this time, after adding points, Ling Feng finally felt a slight difference.

He obviously felt that his explosive power was a little stronger when he started it.

Not much, but I can really feel it!

The slight changes in his body made Ling Feng think boldly.

If one day, when his [Burst] attribute reaches 99, what will it be like? !
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With the active preparation and training, the time soon came to the day before the competition.

That is the day when the starting lineup for the next game will be announced!

All the players of the first team gathered in the tactical room.

All eyes were on the head coach Pearson, hoping that his name would appear from the opponent's mouth.

"The starting 11 players for tomorrow's game are Kasper (Schmeichel Jr.)."

"Moore."

“Riad (Mahrez)”

"Ling!"

After the starting lineup is announced, it is the substitute list.

But at this moment, Ling Feng had already turned a deaf ear.

Although I have long expected that I will not wait too long for my first start.

However, the moment he heard his name appear in the starting lineup, Ling Feng couldn't help but feel surges in his heart.

In other words, in tomorrow's FA Cup match, he is about to make his first start in the Leicester City first team? !

Recalling half a month ago, the first time I played for the first team was in the FA Cup.

And now his first first-team start is also in the FA Cup.

This made Ling Feng sigh:
Could it be that I am a man born for the FA Cup? !

(End of this chapter)