Football: Starting from being abandoned by Barcelona

On August 5, 2012,

Li Lei and his team Leicester City had their last warm-up match before the start of the season, against Sagraza of the Spanish League B.

Li Lei is very familiar with the passing and controlling system of Spanish football, having been a member of this system at La Masia.

"Brother, remember to pass the ball to me when you get on the field."Vardy came closer and said.

For strikers, the pass from teammates is crucial.

Only through exquisite cooperation can the team finally pass the ball to their feet, and they will make the final shot.

And there are always those strikers who spit out the cakes fed to their mouths. We call them spitting masters.

I don’t know why they are kept on the field! Just to kick the ball away?

Fortunately, Vardy is not such a player. He can always send the ball in front of him into the opponent’s goal frame.

"Oh! Now you need my help, you are my brother. Normally, you are just that kid." Li Lei joked to Vardy

"No way! We have always been good brothers!"Vardy defended, and reached out and patted him on the shoulder to prove that what he said was true.

"Don't worry, I will definitely feed the cake into your mouth, you won't spit it out!"Li Lei said exaggeratedly

"What did you say! You are looking down on me, a great striker. Vardy never misses a goal."

Seeing his confident expression, Li Lei let go of this harmless joke.

As the players of both sides finished their warm-up, they walked onto the field and began to take their positions.

When the whistle sounded, the game began. Zaragoza, as the visiting team, kicked off first.

In the opening stage, both sides played relatively steadily.

Zaragoza's players kept passing the ball in their own half, patiently looking for opportunities to pass the ball.

Facing this familiar scene, Li Lei was very familiar with it. He knew that he could not let the opponent play like this anymore.

""Vardy, fight, grab the ball from the opponent."

Li Lei began to shout to the forwards and midfielders to speed up the pace on the field and try to grab the ball as soon as possible.

When the Leicester City players speeded up the tempo of the game, Zaragoza's defenders began to try to pass the ball to the front court.

After several offensive attempts, the offense and defense changed, and the left back Delat made a beautiful sliding tackle to break the ball.

"Counterattack!"

After three or two passes, the ball came to the feet of midfielder Sesay. When he was thinking about continuing to advance, the players of Zaragoza had already returned to defense, and two players surrounded him.

Sesay glanced at the situation in the frontcourt and saw that Li Lei on the right was left open.

With a long pass, the ball was transferred from the left to the right.

The moment Li Lei saw the ball being cut off, he was ready to participate in the attack.

However, the attack started on the left, and he could only support the team's attack.

When he saw the attack on the left, he knew his chance had come.

Sure enough, when Sesay received the ball, the defensive players of Zaragoza were attracted, and seeing this, he decisively began to run forward. With the corner of his left eye, he saw Sesay kick a long pass, which must be him.

However, this pass was a bit too big. Fortunately, Li Lei started early, otherwise it would be hard to say whether he could catch up.

"Back on defense, keep an eye on the guy on the left! Don't let him run."

"Hurry, hurry, someone is missing!"

"I'm here and I won't let him get through."

Li Lei, who was running on the right side of the court, saw that the opposing players began to gather towards him, and he was still half the distance from the baseline.

At this time, the defensive players had surrounded him.

As a last resort, Li Lei began to break through to the middle with the ball.

When he came to the rib area, he tapped his left foot lightly, and the ball flew quickly into the penalty area along the ground.

As luck would have it, Vardy was standing there, and the ball that penetrated the defense line just came to his feet.

Without any hesitation, his right foot hit the moving ball.

The fast-flying football changed direction here, and then flew accurately into the upper right corner of the goal.

The Zaragoza goalkeeper was caught off guard and barely made a save, but it was too late to stop the ball from entering.

""Roar! Goal!"

The excited Vardy began to celebrate with his teammates. This was his second goal since joining Leicester City.

Although it was just a warm-up match, it did not stop him from being happy.

Vardy, who was turning back, hugged Li Lei and excitedly celebrated the goal. Other teammates gathered around to share the joy.

"Well done, Vardy, I have a share of the credit for this goal."Sesai said excitedly, after all, this goal was due to his wide-ranging transfer.

"Li, you have to thank me too! Haha!"

"Of course, that was a beautiful pass."

Li Lei replied happily, but he complained in his heart:"It would be better if it was more accurate."

But he is not stupid, he will not say what is in his mind, now that the ball has been scored, there is nothing wrong with praising each other.

Leicester City scored a goal 10 minutes into the game, which made Zaragoza's head coach a little embarrassed. He stood on the sidelines and began to direct the players on the field.

However, what he did not expect was that Vardy scored twice in just five minutes.

This time, Li Lei broke through after getting the ball and made a standard inverted triangle pass near the baseline.

The ball accurately found Vardy in the penalty area, and his right foot gently pushed the ball into the far corner of the goal. The ball brushed the left post and rolled into the goal.

The game had only been going on for about 15 minutes, and Leicester City was already leading 2:0.

So the head coach of Zaragoza started to make substitutions. Since there was no limit on the number of substitutions in the warm-up match, it was also a place for training.

Head coach Pearson also started to arrange substitutions here. The combination of Li Lei and Vardy brought him too many surprises.

Now he wants to see if the combination of other forwards and Li Lei can have the same effect

"Li, thank you so much this time. You contributed half of my two goals."Vardy, who was about to leave the field, expressed his heartfelt thanks to Li Lei.

""Brother, go off the field and have a rest! Don't worry, you have three goals in your hands!" Li Lei comforted Vardy.

Leicester City's Beckford replaced Vardy, who scored twice, while Zaragoza replaced a striker with a central defender.

"Hey! Li, don't be partial, I also need your help here!"

"You are not exclusive to Vardy."Beckford shouted to Li Lei from a distance.

"Of course!"

Li Lei made the promise happily. He could never be a supporting role for one person. He wanted to be the supporting role for all forwards.

Just like the famous saying: As long as I lick enough, I will be the Sea King.

After both sides made substitutions, the game continued.