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Chapter 45 Formation Changes, The Core of TacticsPlease vote! 】

Entering February, the English Championship has entered a white-hot stage.

After Leicester City struggled past two Premier League teams, they were delighted with the results of the FA Cup draw in the fifth round.

They drew Sheffield Wednesday, the English Championship team in the same league!

The game is scheduled for February 2th.

This means that from February 2st to February 1th, Leicester City will participate in four games in just two weeks.

Three league games and one FA Cup match.

Fortunately, the team has sufficient personnel reserves and there are not too many injuries. Pearson can deal with this wave of intensive schedule through rotation.

It is worth mentioning that the British Championship officially announced the winner of last month's Player of the Month on the first day of February.

Among them, Ling Feng, who contributed one goal and three assists in three league games, and Vardy, who scored four goals in five appearances, were successfully selected for the candidate list.

However, due to playing time, Ling Feng finally lost to teammate Vardy.

The 27-year-old Vardy won his first player of the month award in the English Championship!
As for Ling Feng, he missed his first month's player of the year award.

However, his amazing performance in January has been unanimously recognized by the team and fans.

In particular, head coach Pearson was conquered by his performance and already had plans in mind.

On the first night of February, with an assist from Ling Feng, after a narrow [-]-[-] win over Bournemouth in an away game, Pearson summoned the coaching staff and started a tactical game as soon as he returned to the Belvoir base. Meeting.

After poring over tape from the past three games, Pearson finally came to a decision with far-reaching consequences:

That is to completely change the team's tactical formation from 442 to 4231 after half a season, completely establishing Ling Feng's core position in the frontcourt!
With the adjustment of the formation, the team has undergone many changes.

First of all, the main striker Nugent, who has been working with Vardy as a striker partner in the first half of the league, and Nokelt, who performed poorly at the left winger position, have become victims of tactical changes.

Since Vardy is faster and has a stronger impact, it is more suitable for Lingfeng's through ball.

Therefore, Vardy became the No. 1 choice for a single forward.

Nugent can only move to the left winger position and serve as the starting left winger.

Knockaert, who can play on the left and right, has become a substitute for the left and right wingers.

Although Nugent was dissatisfied with this, the team's record was in full swing, and he did not dare to question the head coach's arrangement.

Nugent replaced Knockaert as the team's starting left winger, which can make the frontcourt pass more smoothly.

Nokelt has good skills at his feet, but he likes to stick to the ball, which is easy to delay fighters.

Nugent's skills at his feet are average, and he prefers to pass the ball out and then run into the open space by himself.

Second, the team's defense has gotten better.

With Ling Feng serving as the team's starting midfielder, the team's control in the midfield has been greatly enhanced.

The two central midfielders Drinkwater and Marty James only need to pass the ball to Ling Feng, let him organize the offense, and then focus on interception and defense in the midfield.

In this way, when the opponent counterattacks quickly, the two central midfielders will retreat to the front of the defense line, and will not let the opponent directly face the defender, which greatly reduces the defensive pressure on the defense line.

The team's defense has become impregnable, and conceded goals will become less and less.

Of course, there are advantages and disadvantages.

By retreating from a forward position into an attacking midfielder, Vardy needs more supporting movements to avoid being double-teamed by the opponent's two central defenders.

The frontcourt offense depends largely on Ling Feng's creativity.

In addition to passing the threatening ball and connecting the frontcourt, Ling Feng has to do more to cooperate with Vardy.

Even keep up with the shot, as a second point of attack behind Vardy.

This required Ling Feng to undertake more tactical tasks.

Moreover, once Ling Feng is contained, the team's frontcourt offense will definitely be frustrated.

In this regard, Pearson is confident.

Ling Feng is the future of the club and the most worthy talent of the entire team to be cultivated.

What's more, even Chelsea couldn't restrain Ling Feng, how could these stinky fish and rotten shrimps in the British Championship do it? !
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The first game where the tactics and formation were changed was a week later at home against No. 13 "old rival" Watford.

Speaking of which, there is a very famous past between Leicester City and Watford.

It happened on May 2013, 12.

It was the second leg of the Championship promotion play-off semi-final, Leicester City against Watford.

当比赛进入到下半场补时阶段，场上比分为2：1（总比分2:2），补时长达4分钟。

If it ends with such a score, Leicester City will enter the final of the Championship promotion play-off with an away goal advantage.

At this time, Leicester City also won a penalty that was enough to sentence Watford to death.

The penalty kick was taken by Norkelt, who is still playing for the team.

Perhaps he was too nervous, or his inner determination to become a hero was not firm enough, so that the ball he shot was blocked by Watford goalkeeper Almunia.

Even if he made a follow-up shot, Almunia blocked it with his face.

Then the Watford defender kicked the ball forward and landed at the feet of the Watford player.

Through a quick advance from the wing, Watford took the ball from the right and crossed it to the front of Leicester City's penalty area.

And No. 9 forward Dini, who quickly plugged in, blasted the ball into the goal with a volley.

This wave of rapid counterattacks that shocked the world also came to a perfect end!

From missing the penalty kick to scoring the ball, the whole process took only 22 seconds!
In the last second, the Watford players and fans looked at Knockaert standing in front of the penalty spot, and their hearts were filled with despair;
The next second, they watched Dini take off his clothes and run wildly after scoring the goal, and they were in a turbulent mood!

The roller coaster experience from hell to heaven made everyone in the stadium excited!

In the end, with this goal, Watford eliminated Leicester City and successfully entered the play-off final
This is the most shocking "Watford Miracle" in football in 2013!
Although after entering the play-off finals, Watford lost to , but unfortunately failed to make it to the Premier League.

However, this goal that took 22 seconds was still rated as the best goal of 2013 by FIFA!
Because of this goal, it is enough to fully explain the great charm of football!

Winning or losing can change in an instant!
This is football!
The first contest between the two sides was in November.

Perhaps because of the burning heart of revenge, Leicester City, who played away, showed a strong combat effectiveness at Watford's home court.

With a three to zero, easily defeated the opponent.

But this time, back at the King Power Stadium, Leicester City is gearing up and preparing to double kill this old opponent who made himself a miracle background board!
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