Football: Starting from being abandoned by Barcelona

In contrast to the angry Swansea fans, the fans of Leicester City were jubilant.

Despite the draw with Manchester United in the last round, the team's unbeaten record continues.

With a 3-0 victory over Swansea in this round, Leicester City has completed 7 rounds of unbeaten, once again breaking the best unbeaten record in the team's history.

What is even more gratifying is that this 7 rounds of unbeaten was only completed on the basis of 6 consecutive wins not long ago. So far in the league, Li Lei and his teammates have created more than one club history record.

In a short period of time, Leicester City has successively broken the team's best winning streak and unbeaten records, which fully demonstrates the team's adaptability and strength improvement in the Premier League.

Not only defeated many strong teams, but even forced a draw with the giant Manchester United.

This is enough to prove that Leicester City already has the strength to compete with the top teams in the Premier League.

The fans are excited that the team can gain a foothold in the Premier League and rise rapidly.

In their view, Leicester City is in an unprecedented best stage in history.

Leicester City's performance this season can be described as a sudden rise, which has attracted great attention from major teams.

Through research, it was found that there are two keys to Leicester City's success: head coach Ranieri and star player Li Lei.

Ranieri is far-sighted in his deployment of troops in every game and is good at adopting effective tactics against opponents.

Li Lei has become the core of the team's offense on the field, connecting Leicester City's midfield and frontcourt offense.

The cooperation of the two allows Leicester City to basically win when facing most teams of equal or slightly inferior strength.

And in the match with top giants, they also have the ability to fight and strive for a draw or a small victory.

It can be said that Ranieri's tactical layout and Li Lei's personal ability are the biggest secrets of Leicester City's outstanding performance this season.

It allows a team with average strength to have the capital to defeat a strong team.

With these two trump cards in hand, Leicester City already has the strength to impact the top, and they really did it.

Their combination will be verified again in the next 16th round of the league.

On December 15, the 16th round of the Premier League, a focus battle about the championship and runner-up situation was staged at the King Power Stadium, home of Leicester City.

Leicester City will face the defending champion Chelsea at home, which will undoubtedly be a peak showdown.

This season, Chelsea started low and ended low with the results of last season's double crown. At the beginning of the season, they lost three games in a row, which made coach Mourinho very depressed.

Compared with last year's dominance, Chelsea's combat effectiveness has declined significantly this year, but this is still not to be underestimated, and their strength is still top-notch.

Chelsea's decadent trend this season was actually traceable last season.

After last year's double crown, the players were exhausted physically and mentally, and their physical strength was at the end of their strength.

Then the World Cup further consumed their potential, and the players who originally needed to rest were forced to fight frequently.

At the beginning of the season, the team replaced many veterans, resulting in a gap in tacit understanding and cooperation.

Mourinho's tactics were gradually seen through by opponents and needed to be updated.

Although the team has achieved 2 wins and 1 draw in the last 3 league games, this still cannot cover up the various problems within the team.

The game has not started yet, but the heat of this game has already boiled over on the Internet and in the media.

After all, Leicester City's top star Li Lei is a former Chelsea player, and major media have given comments.

"This will be a fierce battle between the former club and the new club. Li Lei played for the Blues last year, but now he has become the savior of the Foxes. We will wait and see whether this late-meeting combination can defeat the old club."

"Mourinho let Li Lei go last year, and this year he was defeated. Is this fate? I hope that after this game, Mourinho will not regret his decision to let him go."

"Li Lei, who has made a comeback, and Chelsea, which is on the decline, are evenly matched teams. This year, the situation is reversed. This game is full of drama. Li Lei will definitely give his old club a taste of his own medicine to prove himself."

"Whether the new godfather Ranieri can continue his winning streak in the Premier League has become the focus of the game, and we will wait and see whether this will be a turning point for Chelsea's decline."

The various media have created an atmosphere of fierce confrontation for this game.

The past of the two parties, Li Lei and Mourinho, undoubtedly ignited topics and suspense before the game.

Faced with the heated discussion in the media, the fans of both teams naturally did not want to be outdone, and they confronted each other on social media and on the official websites of the other clubs.

"I hope we can wake up the sleepwalking Li Lei today and let him know what the real strength of a top club is!"

"ChelseaWest is at the end of its strength this year, I think Li Shen can beat your entire team alone!"

"Chelsea's eternal status is not comparable to that of a newly promoted team like Leicester City, it is easy to beat you."

"Strength speaks, and the truth is revealed on the court! Let you see how powerful the champion player Li Lei is!"

"Everyone knows that you rely on Li Lei alone, and you are nothing except him!"

"Wrong! We are a team with strong overall strength! It is just around the corner to defeat you using team tactics!"

To welcome Chelsea's arrival, the fans at Leicester City's home stadium showed a warm passion.

The excellent results achieved so far this season have made them feel that they finally have the confidence to challenge the fans of the giants.

On the day of the game, the King Power Stadium became a blue ocean.

Although both teams call themselves "Blues", the blue on the field belongs only to Leicester City.

The fans held group flags, shouted team slogans, and displayed various banners:

"Today, the Blues only have us, Leicester City!"

"Chelsea, get ready to accept Fox hunting!"

"Great Leicester, we must win today!"

"Come on, give the defending champion a head start!"

The atmosphere on the scene was so warm that the fans were full of confidence, thinking that they must beat Chelsea at home today to send a signal for the championship.

This bloodthirsty momentum makes people feel that a new Blues has risen, with an extremely strong aura and determination!

The players of both sides have entered the field and started warming up before the game.

Leicester City striker Vardy excitedly touched Li Lei and asked with a smile: "Hey brother, how do you feel about facing your old club Chelsea?"

Li Lei took a deep breath, and then said firmly: "I don't have any special feelings. Anyway, there is no distinction between old clubs and new clubs on the court, only competitors. I will go all out to help the team achieve good results. "

"Chelsea's strength should not be underestimated. We must remain highly vigilant and enthusiastic and fight with all our strength. As long as we perform at a normal level, it is not difficult to defeat them. ”

“Today I am only fighting for Leicester City. It doesn’t matter who the opponent is. I believe that as long as we play to our strengths, we will win!”