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Last season, Leicester City finished sixth in the league, unfortunately lost in the play-offs, and failed to successfully advance to the Premier League.

This has a lot to do with their striker's poor ability to seize opportunities.

Looking at the number of goals scored this season, they are actually not few.

But in terms of the ability to create excellent opportunities, Leicester City is the top of the Championship.

Unfortunately, the striker kept spitting out the cake, which made the team often lose points that should not be lost.

In the league scorer list last season, only Nugent ranked eighth.

However, the result of 16 goals is still far behind Glenn Murray, who is at the top of the list.

And the second scorer in the team last season was Knocket, who scored 8 goals.

This pair of strikers last season did not score as many goals as some competitors alone.

Next is midfielder Andy King's 7 goals and Vardy's 4 goals.

These are the top four players in the team's league goals last season.

It's really exaggerated.

If it weren't for multiple blossoming, Leicester City would not even be able to get the sixth place in the league.

With the arrival of the new season, coach Pearson decided to try out a new lineup, especially starting from the front line.

Leicester City started to attack fiercely at the beginning of the game.

The most active ones were the two wingers.

Dale and James used their personal skills to quickly break through and seek opportunities.

Several consecutive shots made the field suddenly heated up, and the fans applauded continuously.

Andy King also used his comprehensiveness to control the ball, protect the ball, and pass the ball, creating several threatening ball opportunities.

However, none of them turned into goals.

Vardy's forced kick in the penalty area missed the goal, and Chris Wood's two headers were also resolved by the goalkeeper because of the relatively correct position.

Fifteen minutes after the start, although no goal was scored, the atmosphere in the stadium was quite warm.

However, Pearson on the side of the court frowned.

The fans felt that the attack was very enjoyable, but Pearson did not think so.

How many good opportunities did the team just waste!

Although the breakthroughs on the two wingers were sharp, there was no good passing route at all!

Wood in the middle is 191cm tall, but because of the opponent's strict defense, he couldn't get his header to work.

Under the opponent's dense defense, Vardy's fast-moving characteristics were completely suppressed, and he was good at mobile warfare.

Seeing that the team was in trouble, Pearson shouted loudly for the backcourt players to press forward.

The two full-backs went up to create more opportunities.

In the next period of time, there were indeed more opportunities, but none of them could be scored.

At the end of the first half, the score was still 0-0.

Pearson looked unhappy, and when he returned to the locker room, he didn't look good to the players.

At the beginning of the second half, the team made large-scale adjustments.

Many players in the midfield and frontcourt were replaced, especially the two forwards on the front line, all of whom left the field.

Vardy lowered his head and sat on the bench, kicking the grass hard.

"Today's state is really bad!"

Xia Xing beside him comforted: "This is the first friendly match, don't rush, take your time."

Chris Wood on the other side was also unhappy.

As one of the two center forwards in the team, he has been in good training condition during this period.

Last season, he scored 3 goals in the league and performed well in the cup, scoring 6 goals.

However, even so, he can only serve as a substitute for Nugent, who is also a center forward.

Last season, Nugent was in great form, and Pearson could only choose one of the two forwards with similar technical characteristics.

Nugent has a strong overall view and cooperates better with his teammates, which is more appreciated by Pearson.

Although Chris Wood is gifted, he is young and proud, and Pearson wants to polish him well.

The opportunity to start that he finally got was wasted, and Wood was naturally unhappy.

The two main forwards left the court, and the starting forward combination of the league last season came on the court.

After the two came on the court, there was a significant change.

Especially Nugent, his column center role was more obvious, and he frequently passed the ball to his teammates, creating many good opportunities.

Knocket also frequently seized the opportunity and attacked the goal continuously.

However, they all missed the goal, just a little bit.

Until the 75th minute of the game, Leicester City still failed to break York City's goal.

York City's coach was in a good mood on the sidelines.

Being able to resist the powerful Leicester City, he was full of expectations for the new season.

But Pearson was in a worse mood.

He stared at the direction of the court with a sullen face. If it weren't for the limited number of substitutes, he really wanted to change the current 11 players again.

What kind of play is this!

Considering that the players have just finished their vacation and are in poor condition, they need time to recover.

But this play is too bad!

Pearson looked back at the bench, only the third goalkeeper brought from the youth team and Xia Xing were left.

Seeing Xia Xing, Pearson frowned slightly.

He really didn't like this thin Chinese boy.

But now...

"Xia, go warm up and get ready to play!"

"Okay!"

In fact, Xia Xing had just finished warming up and stood up again less than a minute after sitting down.

But this time he was very excited.

This was his first time in a Leicester City jersey in a game!

Even if it was just a friendly match, it was great!

Xia Xing came on as a substitute, replacing left midfielder Dale.

Dale was very active in this game and created many opportunities.

The two high-fived, and Xia Xing came on!

The No. 17 Leicester City jersey with "xia" written on it appeared at the King Power Stadium for the first time!

The encouraging words of the on-site commentator echoed on the field.

"The next Leicester City newcomer is xia!"

The fans in the stands gave encouraging applause, which intoxicated Xia Xing.

Drinkwater, who had been substituted, was full of expectations: "This kid will become a surprise weapon, he will."

Matthew James also whistled loudly until Pearson glared at him.

Why is it always me who is unlucky...

Xia Xing ran onto the field, and he felt that the blood flow in his body was accelerated.

The opponent's out-of-bounds ball was thrown, and the players of both sides started to press near the midfield.

The ball bounced to the left.

It fell at Xia Xing's feet!

At this time, Xia Xing saw that the opponent's defense line was somewhat pressed forward!

Without hesitation, he accelerated with the ball!

The opponent's midfielder grabbed it!

Xia Xing changed direction lightly and passed the opponent!

Accelerated along the side!

Two central defenders attacked, Xia Xing protected the ball under his feet, and his speed slowed down for a moment...

Suddenly accelerated!

This is Iniesta's signature move - fried meatballs!

Passed through the two people in an instant!

At this time, he had already entered the penalty area!

Although there were two defenders on the opposite side, he could shoot!

Xia Xing moved his feet and kicked quickly!

No shot, but a pass!

The ball hit the right side!

Looking for Knocket!

The French striker did not adjust and kicked directly!

The ball hit the net!

The ball went in!

1 to 0!

Leicester City finally broke the deadlock!

The stands applauded and cheered!

On the sidelines of the court, Drinkwater and Matthew James looked at each other in surprise.

"What a surprise player!"