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

Chapter 314 He has all the qualities to become the world's number one midfielder!
"The ball is in!"

"Wow!"

"Manchester United seems to be helpless in the face of Leicester City's fierce offensive!"

"At Old Trafford, Vardy scores again!"

"As expected of a wealthy killer!"

Since being promoted to the Premier League last season, Vardy has scored the most goals against BIG6 teams among the Blue Foxes.

Among them, Manchester United is his favorite opponent.

Vardy has scored four goals in four meetings so far!
And Manchester United is also the Premier League team with the most assists provided by Ling Feng!

Manchester United's huge traffic, coupled with Leicester City's amazing performance this season, made this Premier League civil war in the Europa League attract a lot of attention, and also attracted many football celebrities to come and watch the game.

In addition to Sir Alex Ferguson and team CEO "Sandoku" Woodward, who must attend every home game, many Manchester United legends Gary Neville, Scholes, and Ferdinand also came to the scene.

In addition, Three Lions coach Hodgson, U21 coach Southgate, and scouts from major clubs are also closely observing the performance of the players on the field.

It is worth mentioning that "Madman" Mourinho, who is rumored to have reached a personal agreement with Manchester United, also came to watch the game!
Sitting next to him was Mendes, the football agent tycoon.

At this moment, seeing Ling Feng send an assist to help Vardy penetrate the Manchester United goal first, Ferdinand, sitting next to Scholes, couldn't help but tease his old teammate:
"Paul, do you still think you can restrain him now?"

Hearing this, Scholes smiled helplessly, shrugged and spread his hands.

"You're right. This Manchester United team can't stop him at all."

Before the game, Scholes also said in an interview that the midfielder combination of Fellaini and Snedlin was very hard and could engage in more physical confrontation with Lingfeng and limit his activities.

As a result, after only fifteen minutes, he was slapped in the face.

This goal started when Ling Feng easily passed the pair of defensive midfielders!

Because they simply couldn't keep up with Ling Feng's speed, so what about the body and limitations? !

Looking at the indifferent Blue Fox No. 7 walking towards his own half with his teammates, Ferdinand, who has always admired him, couldn't help but sigh:
"If he can come to Manchester United, the team's offense will not be constipated."

At the same time, Ferguson, who was sitting not far away, also said to Woodward next to him:
"If this young man can come to Manchester United, the team's offense will not have to worry!"

"Is he really that good?"

Hearing this very amateurish rhetorical question, Ferguson rolled his eyes and then said without mercy:

"What do you think? Even if you don't know much about football, you still know the value of being the assist leader in the Premier League and having double figures in goals and assists in the Premier League, right?"

"Even if you don't understand, you can still understand that among young players of the same age group in the world, which player is worth more than him?"

"I can say that he has all the qualities to be the best midfielder in the world!"

"So, do you think he is good enough?"

Faced with Ferguson's ridicule, Woodward nodded on the surface, like a junior who listened very carefully to his teachings.

But in the heart of the Manchester United CEO, he disagrees.

"Old man, do you still think I'm still the little Ed who followed you around, listening to you yelling?"

"I am now the boss of Manchester United, Mr. Wu!"

Although Ferguson officially retired three years ago and no longer personally interferes in the club's affairs.

However, in the past few years, the old Scottish man has still more or less used his huge influence on the club to constantly interfere in the club's decision-making.

As the godfather of the club, Manchester United's senior management cannot completely ignore Ferguson's opinions.

Prior to this, Ferguson had recommended Ling Feng to the club's senior management more than once.

At first, the Manchester United management headed by Woodward was reluctant to follow Ferguson's advice.

In their view, when you retire, Sir Alex Ferguson, just stay at home, drink tea and watch soap operas, or come to the stadium to watch the football and have fun, and stop dictating the affairs of the club.

This is also the reason why Manchester United has not really contacted Ling Feng and tried to sign him in the past few transfer windows.

However, the brilliance of a superstar cannot be ignored or covered up!
As Ling Feng's performance in the Premier League and European competitions became more and more impressive, his worth continued to rise, and he became a popular fried chicken that is competed for by major clubs across Europe.

Until this time, after investigation and analysis by his business team, Woodward finally realized something very important:

From a business perspective alone, Lingfeng is definitely a super high-quality stock with a very high return rate!

As the most popular football idol in England and the core midfielder of the Three Lions, Ling Feng's popularity and fame in England can be called the Beckham of the new era.

Especially coupled with his outstanding appearance and love with his supermodel girlfriend, this 20-year-old young man has become popular all over the world, and his commercial value far exceeds that of other English stars who have been famous for a long time.

Whether it's jersey sales or advertising
If Ling Feng is signed, it will definitely bring substantial and considerable commercial income to the club, and even increase the influence of the Manchester United brand in Europe and even the world.

Moreover, this is also the first time Woodward has heard Ferguson speak so highly of a young player!
Although I am also very interested in the proposal of "signing Ling Feng".

However, Woodward does not think that he followed Ferguson's advice before planning to sign Ling Feng.

But through his excellent business vision, he discovered the huge value of Ling Feng to the commercial brand of Manchester United!
Moreover, even if Ling Feng really wants to be signed, he should take the lead!
Staring at Ling Feng's figure on the field, Woodward also made a decision in his heart:
"It seems it's time to call that Portuguese trafficker."

. . .

Ling Feng didn't know what everyone in the stands was thinking.

He just hopes to help the team get a big win as much as possible at Old Trafford, so that the second round of the game will lose the suspense.

As for this Manchester United, he doesn't take it seriously at all.
However, Manchester United regards him as the most threatening player on the field!

After he sent an assist to help Vardy open the scoring, the Manchester United midfielder defended him even more closely.

However, the two Manchester United midfielders Fellaini and Snedlin who were responsible for marking him were both tall and bulky midfielders who could not keep up with Ling Feng's speed!

Mata, who retreated, could not cause any interference to Ling Feng.

Therefore, Manchester United had no other choice but to use rough aggression and hugging to prevent Ling Feng from getting the ball.

However, because Ling Feng's powerful free kick was too lethal, they did not dare to foul Ling Feng in the area of ​​30 to 40 meters.

They have to stop Ling Feng and not give free kicks for fouls, which also increases the difficulty of their defense.

This is also the reason why Ling Feng's average number of violations per game this season is less than last season!

In order to avoid being double-teamed by two muscular men, Fellaini and Schneiderlin, Ling Feng also increased the frequency of empty runs. He not only moved in the middle, but also frequently roamed to the left and right wings to fight with the two wingers. Some pass-and-cut coordination.

At the same time, he also chooses to shoot the ball more often and does not give his opponents a chance to violate him.

Under Ling Feng's connection, Leicester City firmly controlled possession of the ball, and then used passing and cutting to continuously create threats to Manchester United's goal.

If it weren't for De Gea's stable performance, high ball and low block, Leicester City would have expanded the score long ago. Facing Leicester City's fierce offensive, Manchester United's defense is also under tremendous pressure.

Especially the starting central defender Little Blind, who started to breathe heavily only half an hour into the game.

This second-generation star, who has a very famous star father, made his debut in the star factory Ajax.

He may have inherited his father's talent in football. He has a very high football intelligence and outstanding passing and foot skills.

However, his physical fitness is lackluster.

Not only is his physical strength below average, his speed is also pitifully slow.

Even his name, Daley, was mocked by fans as Delay.
Of course, players who play with their brains are more popular and have longer careers than those who rely on their bodies.

Although his career started somewhat tortuously.

But in the 13-14 season, Blind still occupied the main left back in Ajax, and was appreciated by Van Gaal and was able to participate in the World Cup in Brazil.

After the World Cup in Brazil, he was brought to Manchester United by Van Gaal due to his outstanding performance.

Last season, he also served as the team's main defensive midfielder and his performance was quite satisfactory.

This season, with the joining of Schweinsteiger and Snedlin, coupled with the team's original defensive midfielders such as Herrera, Fellaini, and Carrick, he has become the team's defensive midfielder. The order keeps going back.

Speaking of which, Blind's situation at Manchester United is quite embarrassing.

He seems to have outstanding football intelligence and skills. He is capable of playing multiple positions in the defensive midfielder and can be called a versatile player in the backcourt.

In fact, no matter which position, it is difficult for him to be the main player of Manchester United.

If he is allowed to play as a full-back, his speed problem is too obvious and he will not be able to catch up with those speedy Premier League wingers;
If he is allowed to play as a defensive midfielder and play a pivotal role, the team's upper limit will be limited and its dominance in the top league will obviously be insufficient;

As for the central defender, he has neither height nor body, and is even more vulnerable to being ravaged by forwards!
But as a direct descendant of Van Gaal, Van Gaal cannot give up on Blind and can only integrate him into the team's tactical system as much as possible.

In order to cooperate with the team's ball control tactics and due to the many injuries of the team's central defender, Van Gaal transformed Blind into a ball-playing central defender.

There are pros and cons to this.

The team has a stable backcourt point for the ball, and can also launch an attack directly from the backcourt through Blind's accurate long diagonal pass.

However, his defensive ability is very average.

Especially if there is no defensive midfielder with strong running ability to protect him, the shortcomings of insufficient physical fitness will be infinitely magnified.

Once you encounter some powerful forwards with speed or physical strength, Blind will be the easiest weakness in Manchester United's defense to break through!

Ranieri also saw that Blind was the most obvious breakthrough in Manchester United's defense.

Therefore, Vardy was specially arranged to press Blind's ball out of the backcourt, and then told Ling Feng and Mahrez to attack Blind's point more.

And this kind of tactical arrangement has indeed achieved very good results!
When the game reached the 40th minute, Leicester City, which was overwhelming Manchester United, expanded the score again:

Ling Feng changed positions with Mahrez, and then blasted forcefully from the right. After passing Rojo, he sent a fatal cross.

Mahrez in the middle stopped and shot, and shot into the far corner, once again piercing De Gea's fingers!
"Wow!"

"Leicester City scores another goal!"

"Mahrez scored with a beautiful shot that penetrated Manchester United's goal!"

"The one who assisted him was No. 7 Ling Feng!"

In the end, Manchester United withstood the pressure of collapse in the first half and held on to a score of 0-2.

Seeing that his team was completely suppressed by his opponents at home, Van Gaal took the initiative to make changes during the halftime break.

He replaced the young player Rashford with the veteran Carrick, and then directly changed to 3412!

Carrick, Rojo, and Smalling partnered with the three central defenders. The original central defender Blind and the right back Varela were pushed to the midfield, forming a parallel positioning four with Fellaini and Snedlin. field.

Depay and Martial partnered up front, and behind them was Mata, who was responsible for organizing the connection.

This change of formation did not make Manchester United fans happy, but angry.

After all, they are now two goals behind at home, and replacing a winger with a defensive midfielder seems to be sending a very conservative signal:

"We can accept losing two goals. We can't continue to let our opponents score goals. As for scoring goals, just let it happen."

In the eyes of the fans, this is a sign that the coach is too conservative and lacks enterprising spirit!
But in fact, after Carrick came on the scene and changed formations, Manchester United's defense in the midfield and backfield was much better.

Although Carrick is slower than Blind.

However, after adding more manpower in the midfield, the defense has also been protected, and it can also circumvent Carrick's declining physical fitness to a certain extent.

If the defense is stable, more "cannonballs" can be sent to the frontcourt.

Both Carrick and Blind have the ability to send precise long passes.

Facing Leicester City's high press, Manchester United played more directly!
As long as Leicester City presses forward, Carrick will directly make a long pass from the backcourt to find Martial or Depay in front.

However, such a long pass tactic cannot threaten Leicester City's defense at all!

Because they have Maguire!

In this game, because Huth felt some muscle discomfort during training, Maguire got the chance to start and formed a central defender partner with Morgan.

The two central defenders have a clear division of labor.

Morgan is responsible for holding back, and Maguire is responsible for attacking.

Facing Manchester United's long pass from the backcourt, Maguire turned into an aerial bully, always preventing the ball from falling and clearing it out immediately.

In front of Maguire, neither Depay nor Martial can get the ball at all.

Maguire's performance also attracted the attention of many scouts in the stands.

As Leicester City's third central defender this season, Maguire has played a lot of time in the league and cup games.

His header and frontal air defense capabilities are eye-catching.

Mourinho, who saw Maguire playing for the first time, also raised his eyebrows and said to Mendes:
"Well, what's this big guy's name?"

"Harry Maguire."

Hearing this, Mourinho recited the name three times in his mind, and then said:

"He played very well!"

(End of this chapter)