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Chapter 401 FIFA cover character!

Amid the heavy rain, the match between Manchester United and Leicester City continued.

Thanks to Ling Feng's super heavy artillery goal, Manchester United took the lead at home.

However, Leicester City's 442 parallel tactical formation may be the most suitable for the Foxes.

In fact, after losing Ling Feng, the core of the frontcourt organization, Ranieri moved Mahrez to the middle to replace Ling Feng's role and function in order to ensure the team's offensive creativity.

Last season, Ling Feng often switched positions with Mahrez and played just as well.

Therefore, even if Mahrez's level is not as good as Ling Feng's, he can still take up the team's offensive banner to a certain extent.

However, the effect is not good.

In the middle of the opponent's dense defense, Mahrez was unable to make full use of his strengths of breaking through the wing, and also exposed his own shortcomings of poor confrontation ability.

Moreover, without Ling Feng's strong point on the wing to help him attract firepower, Mahrez, who likes to break through with the ball, became the main target of defense by the opponent's midfielder.

He did not have the explosive physical fitness of Ling Feng, so he could only be knocked to the ground again and again, and then the opponent would steal the ball and counterattack.

Without Kante's interception and sweeping behind him, the opponent can make a move when switching from defense to offense and quickly get to the Blue Foxes' defense line, thus posing a threat.

This is also an important reason why we lost unexpectedly to newly promoted Hull City in the league opener.

After discovering that no one could replace Ling Feng's role, Ranieri decisively changed the formation to 442!

Add a striker up front and then move Mahrez back to the right.

Then, with the new Nigerian fast horse Moussa on the left wing and Mahrez on the right wing flying together, crosses were made, allowing Vardy in the middle and the team's record signing Slimani to get the chance to finish in front of the goal.

In this way, the team's offense can be maximized.

After last season's success, Ranieri feels that as long as the offense can suppress the opponent, the defensive pressure in the midfield will naturally be relieved.

Of course, this kind of tactical thinking works well when playing against teams of equal or weaker strength.

However, when facing a powerful team with strong offensive firepower, it often turns into a brutal offensive battle.

Previously, among the Blue Fox's front four, Ling Feng was the main organizational core.

However, Mahrez also has certain organizational tasks.

The two's position switching and interlaced running made it difficult for the opponent to defend!
The luxurious configuration of the two cores in the frontcourt is also an important reason why the Foxes can sweep the Premier League and the Europa League!

However, with the departure of Ling Feng, the Foxes' front-line offensive changes decreased drastically and they also lost their dual cores.

Even if Ranieri asked "Water Drinking Brother" Drinkwater to undertake certain organizational tasks.

However, his strength is far inferior to Ling Feng's, and his position is relatively backward, so he cannot influence the game like Ling Feng.

After several rounds of games, other Premier League opponents can see that the Foxes' offensive means and methods mostly rely on Mahrez to instigate.

As long as the "Algerian Eagle" is restricted from getting the ball, most of the Foxes' attacks can be curbed!
Moreover, compared with the star-studded giants, the Foxes' bench depth is only average.

Therefore, after the confrontation with Liverpool at Anfield and then being beaten 4-0, Ranieri woke up as if from a dream and immediately made tactical adjustments.

With Slimani as the fulcrum center forward, Vardy slightly fell back to serve as the team's first line of defense to press the opponent's midfielder to pass the ball.

Then, the two wingers also retreated slightly, retreated to the center line to defend, and then created offensive threats by counterattacking when the offense and defense switched.

In this game, Leicester City also adopted a defensive strategy at Old Trafford.

At the same time, two midfielders, "Water Drinker" Drinkwater and Andy King, double-teamed Ling Feng.

Of course they were very aware of Ling Feng's threat.

However, Kante, the only player in Leicester City who might be able to limit him, also moved to the opposite side.

No one else can stop him!
If anyone is to blame, it can only be blamed on Ling Feng's unreasonable personal ability.
It is worth mentioning that as the rain got heavier, the roof of the Bobby Charlton Stand began to leak!
The ceiling is about fifty meters away from the seats, and the waterfall cascading down forms a strange scene of "a waterfall dropping three thousand feet straight down".

Such a scene happened in a stadium, and in the famous Theatre of Dreams, which was really ridiculous.

what's the situation?
If you buy a ticket and come in, besides watching the game, you can also see the waterfall?!
It's worth it too!
Fortunately, the leak was right below the guardrail in front of the seating area.

Apart from blocking some of the view, fans sitting in the Bobby Charlton Stand will not be poured over their heads by the waterfall.

The funniest thing is that during the half-time break, several male Red Devils fans chose to take off their shirts and wash themselves under the waterfall in front of tens of thousands of fans.

Then they were asked to leave by stadium security.

Of course, such scenes will not appear on the main screen.

After all, this is a complete slap in the face of the club!

As a prestigious club with a long history, it is shocking that the stadium roof has such serious water leakage.

However, Red Devils fans said - we are all used to it.

Because, any Red Devils fan who has been with the team for more than ten years knows that this problem has been going on for a long time.

This also indirectly shows how incompetent the Glazer family has been in internal management since they took over.

Even the problem of leaking roof of the small stadium remained unsolved for many years.

The live camera of Sky Sports would occasionally focus on the waterfall in the stadium, and then meaningfully focus on the team owner Glazer in the stands.

The language of the lens is self-evident.

The cameramen, reporters and even fans at the scene filmed this strange footage and posted it online.

However, Glazer and Sandzi, who only care about the club's stock price, don't care about this situation at all.

As long as they know how to do commercial marketing and attract sponsorship, they will be the most successful club in England and can put huge amounts of money into their pockets.

As for the fans' opinions?
What a shit!
Of course, the leaking roof of the stands did not affect the players on the field.

After taking the lead in the first half, in the second half, Ling Feng dribbled through the middle and passed the ball to Luke Shaw who came in from the left.

After the latter made an overlapping pass with Martial, he made a precise cross from the bottom and found Ibrahimovic in the penalty area.

The latter used a volley shot from the side, which penetrated Schmeichel's fingers!

Two to zero!
And this is also the final score of the game!
After the game, Ling Feng, the former Foxes core and current Red Devils core, who helped Manchester United to firmly control the game and scored a goal, was also named the best player of the game.

Leicester City, with Ling Feng, beat Manchester United 2-0;

Manchester United, with Ling Feng, beat Leicester City 2-0;

From this we can see that the strength of the team is completely different with Ling Feng and without Ling Feng!
After the game, Ling Feng fulfilled his promise and booked the famous Chinese restaurant Glamorous Chinese Restaurant in Manchester to entertain the entire Foxes team!
After the dinner, he did not forget to post photos of himself having a big meal with his former teammates on social media.

And the text says:
"With my guys! @Vardy @Mahrez @Morgan"

This photo also made the Foxes fans sigh. If they had Ling Feng in today's game, they would definitely be able to take away three points at Old Trafford.
. . .

On the next day, Ling Feng, accompanied by his girlfriend, flew to Los Angeles, the "City of Angels" in California, USA, on a chartered plane specially prepared for him by EA.

As one of the two giants of football games, Barcelona star Messi has been the cover character of the game for four consecutive years since FIFA13.

However, due to the expiration of Messi's contract, EA also wanted to use some special promotional methods to boost the game's sales.

Therefore, for the first time, FIFA17 adopted a voting method among global players and fans to select the cover character!

This way of involving players and fans has indeed brought the topic and popularity of the entire game to a higher level.

After selection by the game director and the production team, four players were shortlisted.

They are Reus of Dortmund in the Bundesliga, Ling Feng of Manchester United in the Premier League, James Rodriguez of Real Madrid in La Liga, and Hazard of Chelsea in the Premier League!
These four candidates are all handsome football players with both good looks and good football skills.

He is also one of the best among the new generation of football today and the most popular young player in the four major leagues.

The four of them shot the promotional video during the off-season, and then successively cooperated with the promotional activities and released them one by one on the Internet.

Among them, Ling Feng’s personal promotional video has been viewed more than five million times on YouTube!

It is also the tallest among the four!

After several months of voting, on August 8, EA officially announced that Ling Feng, the new Red Devil No. 17 who had just joined the Premier League giants Manchester United for a record transfer fee, defeated other candidates and became the winner with the most votes!

Originally, compared with the other three, Ling Feng had only a slight advantage in votes.

After joining Manchester United with the highest transfer fee in football on August 8, Manchester United’s social media accounts posted updates and pictures about Ling Feng almost every day.

Such as official makeup photos, first training, and team interviews.
Under such high-intensity publicity and under the organization of some Manchester United die-hard fan groups, Manchester United fans flocked to EA's official website to vote for their team's No. 7 Red Devils.

In just one week, Manchester United fans all over the world caused Ling Feng's votes to surge by 50%!

This also made Ling Feng win the game directly, and he became another English and Manchester United player to appear on the cover of FIFA after Rooney in 2012!
EA also attaches great importance to Ling Feng's fame and popularity around the world, and believes that his huge influence on young people can greatly expand the game's popularity among young people.

After signing a one-year endorsement contract with Ling Feng, he was also invited to participate in the global launch day event.

This is also the reason why Ling Feng flew specifically to Los Angeles, California, USA!
Los Angeles.

EA event site.

"Hey guys, how are you doing?!"

As Ling Feng waved on the stage, the players and fans in the audience all gave warm cheers and applause.

At the FIFA17 global release day event, Ling Feng, dressed in a black suit, served as the cover character of FIFA17. He first accepted on-site interviews with the media along with the game director, producer and other senior executives:
"I'm very happy to be the cover character of FIFA17. As a game that I have played since I was a child, it makes me feel honored to see myself on the cover of the game now."

Ling Feng didn't lie.

When he was playing the FIFA series of games, like every other player, he had fantasized about stepping on Real Madrid and Madrid, punching the two superstars in the football game world, and also fantasized about becoming the cover character of the game.

After being reborn as a professional player, he listed becoming the cover character of the two major football games, FIFA or Pro Evolution Soccer, as one of the achievements he must achieve in his career.

It is worth mentioning that the system thinks so too.

Therefore, after EA officially announced that he would be the cover character of FIFA17, a system prompt suddenly rang in his mind:

【Ding dong! 】

[Achievement "FIFA game cover character" has been achieved]

[Achievement rating: S]

[Achievement Reward: Item Box]

In this way, he has caught up with the two heroes in at least one aspect.

That is to become the cover character of the FIFA game!
"Okay, next, let's let our cover star and our lucky players compete in a game."

After the media interview session, Ling Feng played several trial games with fans and players on site.

FIFA17 uses the Frostbite engine for the first time. While playing, Ling Feng can clearly feel that the players' feel is much better than in previous generations. It is a completely next-generation football game.

Although he also plays FIFA on a daily basis, Ling Feng's gaming level is still a long way from those otakus who spend a lot of time on the game every day.

After a few rounds, he basically lost.

As prizes, he gave his autographed jerseys and autographed games to the players or fans at the scene.

At the end of the event, he finally saw his own basketball card.

However, the six attributes and overall rating on the star card were covered with tape.

"Next, we will reveal the various ability values ​​of Ling Feng's star card on the spot."

Looking at the sports card array on the shelf, Ling Feng couldn't help but feel deeply moved.

Back then, when he was first added to the FIFA15 game by EA, he became the only gold card of Leicester City with an overall rating of over .

In last year's FIFA 16, his overall rating continued to rise to 84.

This year, his personal performance and team honors have reached the first peak of his career.

Ling Feng also predicted that his game's overall rating would definitely skyrocket.

After all, as the best player in the Premier League, the assist king in the Europa League, the Golden Boot winner in the European Cup and the best player, Ling Feng was the player who scored the most goals in the top five leagues last season, second only to Suarez and Messi.

The overall game ratings of these two people are definitely above 90.

Therefore, he guessed that his overall game rating must be above 87.

During the interaction with the players and fans on site, Ling Feng's six attributes were also announced one after another:

Speed ​​95!

Dribbling 88!

Shot 83!

Pass 90!

Defense 60!

Body 80!

The overall rating reached an astonishing 90!

(End of this chapter)