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Chapter 14 Lao Lei's Strategy

While retaining many Premier League players from the previous season, the Queens Park Rangers showed amazing strength at the beginning of the season and has remained in the second place in the standings.

But as the game progressed, the problem of the team's shallow bench depth was exposed.

In the case of many main players being injured, the team only achieved 14 wins, 5 draws and 5 losses in 4 games in the middle of the schedule, and was overtaken by the Burnley team behind them, ranking third in the standings.

Then in the four games in February this year, the team even had 2 draw and 1 losses. Not only did they fall behind Burnley by a big score, but they were also chased by Derby County behind them to only 3 point.

Now the situation of the British Championship is very clear. The top two have basically confirmed the two Premier League places.

It is a heavy task before the old coach Redknapp.

However, the return of the main striker Austin makes the lineup very complete.

Vardy of the Leicester City team happened to be injured.

The so-called taking advantage of your illness will kill you.

The QPR players are very confident in this game.

Facing menacing opponents, the Leicester City team was not to be outdone, and formed a trident combination of Konokite, Nugent and Mahrez on the front line.

The home fans also built up their momentum. Half an hour before the start of the game, the sky above the King Power Stadium was already echoing with bursts of singing.

Rossi came to the home court for the first time. When warming up, he could faintly hear the fans calling his name.

It just feels different at home.

Now is the critical moment to win the championship. In order to make the game more fair and fierce, the Football Association played Burnley's game at the same time in another venue.

The Queens Park Rangers, who played away, played relatively steadily. The five-back system is to limit the offense of Leicester City's two wings.

The defensive chain of the three midfielders can also block the pass of the Leicester City team in the middle. After stealing the ball, it can seize the gap in time and play a quick counterattack.

The Leicester City team, playing at home, decisively broke through to the two wings with the help of Nugent in the middle.

At the same time, the midfielder also boldly pressed forward and counter-robbed, continuing to put pressure on the Queens Park Rangers.

Facing the highly respected coaches of the Premier League, Pearson decisively took the offensive. While flying with both wings, Drinkwater and Schlupp boldly inserted into the opponent's ribs, posing a threat.

At the beginning of the game, Leicester City launched three threatening attacks in just 10 minutes, making the opponent's goalkeeper the busiest person.

The field was turbulent, but Lao Lei was extremely calm off the field.

Since he coached, he has injected tenacity and calmness into the team, and the temperament that Taishan collapsed without changing his face. The team's three defensive lines in the middle and backcourts cooperate to ensure the stability of the rear.

Lao Lei also calmly observed the situation on the field.

In the last game, Pearson used Vardy to confuse the Reading team, making them afraid to press hard.

Now this trick is useless, only attack instead of defense.

As he analyzed before, although the Leicester City team lacks Vardy, the team's striker has not been completely weakened, and it still has enough offensive power.

Moreover, the two forward midfielders have speed and long-range shots, which must not be underestimated.

Lao Lei believes that taking a defensive position in the first half consumes the opponent's physical strength and fighting spirit. The real key to victory lies in the last 15 minutes.

A draw is acceptable for them, but for the Leicester City team, there is a lot of pressure.

Because on the other side of the field, Burnley scored in just 5 minutes of the game.

If it ends according to this score, then the gap between the standings of the two sides will be narrowed to 3 points. For Leicester City, the situation behind is quite severe.

Redknapp seized on Pearson's mentality and made slight changes in the formation, leaving only Benayoun and Austin on the front line, luring Leicester City to attack boldly.

In the 30th minute, after Nugent's header was confiscated by goalkeeper Green, Queens Park Rangers immediately launched a quick counterattack.

Unlike Leicester City's simple one-kick pass, Lao Lei's players use pass control to increase the overall counterattack speed.

And the high-speed insertion of the two wingbacks makes it easy to form a situation of playing more and playing less when counterattacking.

Not only that, QPR's two midfielders, Kranjja and Gary O'Neill, are both offensive and defensive players, with a good long-range shooting ability from outside the penalty area.

Once a counterattack is formed, a breakthrough from the side and a long shot from the center can all become weapons for scoring goals.

Realizing that he had fallen into a trap, Pearson bounced off the bench and loudly directed the players to return to defense.

The large gap behind Drinkwater and Schlupp was instantly stabbed by the opponent.

For Kranica's advance with the ball, Leicester City midfielder Andy King must step forward to block and delay the attack.

But the opponent took a step faster and passed the ball to the rib space of the Leicester City team, instantly forming a 5-on-4 situation.

It was Benayoun who dropped back to catch the ball.

The star who once played for the three top clubs of Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal, although he does not have the advantage of speed, he has delicate skills at his feet, good passing and receiving ability, and a wide range of activities.

With him swinging behind center Austin, he can give more support.

Another midfielder of the Leicester City team, Hammond, hurried forward to block, delaying the offensive and allowing his teammates to return to the defense in time.

The back line is also slowly retreating to prevent the two wingers from inserting into the space behind them.

Captain Morgan ordered his teammates to make an offside to limit Austin's catch and shot.

While dribbling the ball, Benayoun observed the positions of his teammates and opponents. Facing the forward Hammond, he suddenly accelerated and broke through to the left.

Hammond, who defended sideways, followed up in time. He knew in his heart that he must prevent the opponent from breaking through, and he was very confident that he would not lose to the opponent in terms of speed.

After Benayoun took three steps, the rhythm suddenly changed, his body stopped, and he dunked the ball to the left.

And Hammond, who followed closely, did not lose his position, and immediately turned his hips and turned around to block.

But just as he sealed the angle, Benayoun flicked the ball to the left on the outside of his right foot. Hammond was caught off guard and had no time to change his body direction, so he could only sweep the ball with his right foot.

But Benayoun flicked the ball up, just avoiding Hammond's leg, rolled to the left, and then flashed past Hammond.

Hey!
With this breakthrough, the hearts of the home fans immediately rose to their throats. Austin was already observing the defensive position and was preparing to turn offside. Only captain Morgan could stop Benayoun.

Fortunately, when Benayoun got the ball, Morgan directed the defense to make an offside, preventing him from passing the ball easily, and he lifted it up to let his teammates retract to help defend Austin behind him.

And it was this small step that allowed Morgan to grab the ball in time after his teammates were broken through the defense, and the big foot destroyed the ball.

The home fans, who had made a false alarm, breathed a sigh of relief, and applauded their captain.

After this counterattack, Pearson no longer dared to rush up. He knew that he had already lost with the layout before the start of the game.

Lao Lei is not bad for coaching the Premier League team, and his tactics are very targeted.

Now I can only count on the three substitutions in hand to adjust.

(End of this chapter)