Football: Starting from being abandoned by Barcelona

August 25, 2012, 14:00 p.m.

The third round of the 2012-2013 English Champions League, Leicester City's away game against Blackburn Rovers kicked off at Ewood Park.

When the bus that Li Lei and his teammates were riding on slowly stopped at the entrance of the visiting team's locker room, the players got off the bus one after another and prepared to start their game schedule.

Li Lei, who was walking in the team, was wearing the team's training clothes, holding his equipment bag in his hand, with a relaxed expression.

However, his teammates' expressions were much more solemn, as today's opponent was even more difficult to deal with than the previous game.

When he walked into the locker room and saw the familiar environment: equipment cabinets, seats, and tactics boards, he instantly entered the game state.

At this time, the audience had already entered the stadium, but there were some special people in the audience today.

Lake, a scout for Chelsea, his job is to find potential new stars in all levels of leagues.

When he was about to close the news website, a page of news about the English Championship League caught his attention.

A Chinese player named Li Lei played as a right winger and performed well in the Leicester City game, which aroused his interest.

You know, the last player who played in the UK and performed well was Sun.

There haven't been Chinese players here for a long time. You know, there is a huge potential market.

If Li Lei can perform half as well as the media says, it will be worth his time.

So after making up his mind, Lake ordered the next game between Leicester City and Blackburn.

For Leicester City, which has been in the English Championship for many years, Blackburn is a tough nut to crack.

"Here, it should be here."Lake found his seat with the ticket.

At this time, the players from both sides had entered the field and the game was about to start.

Lake looked around. Although Blackburn was relegated from the Premier League to the Championship, the attendance rate of Ewood Park was still good.

As he watched, he saw several familiar faces.

If nothing unexpected happened, these were attracted by the twin stars of Leicester City.

"Hey! Leicester City's twin stars are very famous! They have attracted so many scouts from Premier League teams."Lake said unwillingly.

These scouts are like sharks, and they will swarm wherever there is blood.

He saw Tom from Arsenal, an old man with gray hair and sharp eyes. He has an excellent vision in the football world and is Lake's long-time competitor.

Tom is now staring at the field intently, and the pen in his hand is drawing something on the paper quickly.

At the same time, there is Sarah from Liverpool, a passionate young woman whose professional attitude has won her wide respect in the scout circle.

"It's not easy! It seems that he has some strength"

"Welcome back to Ewood Park, I'm your commentator, John Baker"

"Now, we are watching the third round of the English Championship, Blackburn Rovers vs. Leicester City at home."

With John Baker's introduction, the atmosphere in the stadium instantly became hot.

The game also started during his commentary. When the referee's whistle sounded, Blackburn's players took the lead in serving. As soon as the game started, Leicester City fell into a passive position.

Blackburn quickly launched an attack, but Leicester City's defense was very solid, and all players retreated to their own half, which made Blackburn Rovers unable to find a way to break through Leicester City's defense.

"The ball is now at the feet of Blackburn centre-back O'Connor, who is trying to break through."

"Leicester City's defense was very good. He had no chance and could only pass the ball back. Blackburn's players were obviously a little helpless."

At this time, Li Lei on the field was always paying attention to the movement of the ball.

He and his teammates were playing passively and felt that they could not keep up with the rhythm.

"Is this the team that used to play in the Premier League?" Li Lei said to himself.

The fast pace on the field now has exceeded the scope of the English Championship.

The ball is always at the feet of Blackburn players. As long as he presses forward, the ball will be quickly passed by the opponent. Blackburn players never stick to the ball.

Li Lei and his team's space for movement is still being compressed, which is not a good phenomenon.

"Blackburn Rovers are showing their strength, their fast-paced possession style is beyond the Championship"

"Their passing was almost perfect, giving Leicester City almost no chance to press."John Baker expressed his concerns in the commentary

"Leicester City is defending as hard as they can, but their space is being squeezed by Blackburn. They need to find a new way to break Blackburn's control."

"At this moment, Lee and Vardy on the court are also looking for opportunities. They know they need a breakthrough."

"We saw Li running and moving around the court, looking for an opening."

Lake, who was sitting in the stands, watched the game intently, recording Li Lei's performance on the court.

"Speed level 1, good positioning awareness"

"The physical confrontation is a little lacking, but this can make up for it"

"The gap between the two teams was too big, and there was too little information to observe."

Suddenly, Li Lei on the right received a long pass, and he quickly started and rushed directly to the Blackburn defense.

He was like a flash of lightning, instantly passing through the Blackburn defense.

Vardy in the middle also started at the same time.

"Look there, Li Lei and Vardy start at the same time!"John Baker said with excitement in his voice

"They were like two arrows shooting towards Blackburn's goal, so fast that it was hard to catch up!"

Li Lei and Vardy's cooperation was impeccable, and their sprint was like two sharp swords, pointing directly at Blackburn's defense.

Blackburn's defensive players tried their best to stop them, but their speed and skills left them helpless.

"Li Lei, he stopped near the penalty area line, he saw Vardy's position, and he passed the ball to Vardy!"John Baker shouted.

The outstanding performance of Li Lei and Vardy ignited the enthusiasm of the surrounding fans, and the hearts of the fans of both sides were instantly lifted.

Vardy received the pass from Li Lei, he did not pause, and shot directly.

The ball shot towards the goal like an arrow from a string, and the Blackburn goalkeeper had almost no time to react.

"Goal! Vardy received Li Lei's precise pass and scored a goal! This was a perfect match"

"Three minutes into the first half, Leicester City, who had been on the defensive throughout the game, broke the deadlock first, with Li Lei assisting Vardy to score a crucial goal."

John Baker's commentary was full of passion, and the fans were aroused by him.