striker cool brother

Chapter 212

Rossi returned to Leicester with the team bus that night, and the team will have two days of training.

Ranieri also noticed that after Christmas, the players had not yet fully entered the state of the second half of the schedule, and he had to quickly activate the players' competitive state through training.

Rossi played a role again in the pre-season match.

Through fast-paced and continuous confrontation, the team constantly inspires fighting spirit and achieves its goal.

The dinner party after the training can also further make the team more united.

The White Hart Lane Stadium on Wednesday was still full of seats.

It was the third meeting between the two teams this season and the home fans were desperate for a victory at White Hart Lane.

Vardy is back and despite not being at his best, Ranieri still hopes he can help the team.

This is what the media wants to see.

Rossi, Vardy, and Kane currently occupy the top three Premier League scorers.

Competing on the same stage in this game will be a goal battle.

Both teams are playing with all the main players. Tottenham have a central axis composed of Kane, Alli, Dell, Verhenton and Lloris. The team is very balanced on both ends of the offense and defense.

On the bench, there are players with outstanding personal abilities such as Dembele and Sun Xingmin, making Tottenham a favorable contender for the Premier League.

The Leicester City polished by Ranieri, with Drinkwater, Mahrez, Rossi and Vardy's counterattack team, is enough to deter the giants of the Premier League.

The game started and Leicester City kicked off first.

Tottenham's frontcourt pressing was very fierce, and Leicester City, whose midfield control was obviously insufficient, Kanter was forced to play from the backcourt.

Vardy and the opponent's midfielder Dell were at a disadvantage in fighting for the landing point, and had no choice but to hand over the ball.

Although pass control can get more ball possession time, not all teams can play.

Not only does it require the entire team to have skillful passing coordination, but also to have super capable midfielders to sort out the team's offensive and defensive transitions.

Since it is impossible to achieve Barcelona's pass control, it is better to give up and concentrate on counterattack.

And in recent years, more and more teams have developed tactics to break the pass-and-control style of play, which is to press high and counterattack quickly.

Ranieri shrunk the defense to the half court in order to keep the formation neat when pressing, save the players' physical energy, and have enough distance to sprint when counterattacking.

So don't look at Leicester City's always shrinking defense, they are very tenacious in their partial press in the half.

Tottenham, who are playing at home, have never been able to break through the opponent's dense defense despite having a super high ball possession.

Once Eriksson and Ali get the ball, they will fall into the double-team of Leicester City's four, cutting off the connection with the front end Kane.

The ball could not penetrate from the middle, and Tottenham had to seek opportunities from the wing.

The two full-backs advanced forward, then made a cross from the bottom, and went directly to the heads of Kane and Ali in front of the goal.

Leicester City's high-altitude defense is also doing well. Huth and Morgan have an advantage in height, and Danny Simpson and Fuchs' wing interference make it difficult for Tottenham to advance on the wing.

Halfway through the schedule, anyone who still thinks that Leicester City is relying on luck to rank second in the standings is extremely stupid.

Tight defense, tacit cooperation, and sharp counterattack. Although there are no superstars, it does not affect their squeeze into the top of the standings.

And currently, they are ranked second in the Premier League.

As long as they continue to maintain this state, not to mention the top three, they still have a chance to qualify for the European War.

Tottenham's blind attack will not only have no chance, but will discourage the players.

Pochettino began to make adjustments, allowing Ali and Eriksson to take turns attacking Leicester City's two flanks.

With Kane as the hammer at the front end, he inserts the space between the central defender and the defender, which can not only threaten Leicester City's defense line, attract defense, but also create space for teammates.

In the 15th minute, Kane pressed defender Morgan in the middle, making Huth on the other side afraid to press too high.

Ali seized this gap and took the opportunity to advance, and Eriksson's pass happened to give this vacuum.

When Huth reacted and went up to grab, Ali first used a fake action to deceive the defense, dialed the ball horizontally with his right foot, and then volleyed vigorously.

The ball went straight to the upper left corner of the goal like a cannonball, but it missed by a tiny bit and flew towards the stands behind the goal.

Three minutes later, Ali took the ball on the left rib again, this time he chose to pass forward.

Goalkeeper Schmeichel fell to the ground and grabbed the ball before Kane caught it.

Two dangerous situations in front of the goal made Leicester City have to beware.

Ranieri urged Kanter loudly on the sidelines to strengthen the protection of his ribs, and the full-backs should retract in time to protect the center.

With Kanter's running and crisp tackles, Leicester City's defense gradually stabilized.

When Ranieri joined the team, he didn't even know the little Frenchman's name.

Because professional coaches like Ranieri generally have their own scouting network, few talented players can escape their eyes.

But Steve Walsh's team paid far more attention and effort.

They have carefully watched Kanter's games in Caen, and analyzed the midfielder's statistics and highlight moments in detail.

In the end, Leicester City acquired this French midfielder with unlimited future potential for a transfer fee of 560 million pounds, which is worth the money.

Unable to attack for a long time, the Tottenham players became impatient and began to try long-range shots.

In the first 35 minutes, Tottenham had a total of 7 shots, 8 corner kicks, and only 2 shots on target.

This made Pochettino very dissatisfied. He took advantage of the scene and only had two shots within the goal range. This is a very embarrassing statistic.

The tactic of harassing the two ribs was unsuccessful, and Pochettino immediately made adjustments, using lateral transfers to attack Leicester City's weak side defense.

To complete a quick lateral transfer, Eriksson's role is very critical.

He and Ali switched positions and came to the middle position, which played the role of succession and connection.

In the 40th minute, as Kane and Ali continued to concentrate on the right attack, Leicester City's defensive center of gravity gradually shifted to the left.

At this moment, Kane took the ball back from the ribs, and Eriksson suddenly shifted a long pass and hit Lamela on the left.

Mahrez stepped forward to interfere, but Lamela relied on his personal ability to pass the ball to the goal with a small angle.

And it hits great.

Harry Kane's excellent running awareness is perfectly displayed. He was originally on the left, but after Eriksson transferred the ball, he inserted horizontally into the center to outflank.

Huth thought the pass was a surefire one, and was about to take off, but was disturbed by a force behind him, and he didn't jump up completely. He watched the ball being pushed to the left of the goal by Kane behind him.

Goalkeeper Schmeichel flew to save, but was still a step too late to save.

Huth could clearly see the home fans behind the gate, clenched his fists, and stood up to cheer for the goal.

when!
The ball missed the net, but hit the post squarely and bounced off.

The fans also changed from raising their hands to celebrate, to hugging their heads and sighing.

When Kane was still upset about the missed opportunity, the bounced ball was stopped by defender Simpson, and then passed to Kanter outside the penalty area.

The three players in the frontcourt of Leicester City immediately sprinted towards the opponent's half.

Ali went to defend, but Kanter suddenly accelerated, and after throwing off Ali's tackle, he broke through the middle with the ball.

At this time, Tottenham's defense has five defensive players in position, three defenders, and two midfielders.

Tom Carroll is the closest to Kanter, and he has to step forward to block the interference and slow down the opponent's advance speed.

Dell is stuck in the passing lane on the opponent's left.

Alderweireld marks Rossi, Verhenton defends Vardy in the middle, and left back Ben Davis follows Mahrez.

Judging from the scene, Leicester City had no chance in this counterattack.

Vardy suddenly stopped sprinting and made an intention to respond back, which also caused the two central defenders to hesitate.

It was at this moment of hesitation that Kanter picked up the ball and passed it behind Alderweireld when there seemed to be no chance.

Rossi started in an instant, succeeded in anti-offside, and accelerated the sprint with the ball.

Although Alderweireld hesitated for half a second while defending, he kept standing sideways and immediately turned around to chase back.

The two sprinted forward, leaving everyone behind. Alderweireld knew in his heart that his teammates had no time to defend and could only fight Rossi 1v1.

He must be stopped!
Rossi dribbled the ball into the penalty area at a right angle from the left side of the penalty area, and knocked the ball to the right with the heel of his left foot, avoiding the defender who was chasing him.

After chasing back at high speed, Alderweireld did not brake the car, giving Rossi a huge shot space.

Rossi quickly adjusted his body balance, broke through to the right, slightly arched his back, raised his right hand, and swung his right foot back, in a vigorous volley posture.

The whole movement is so smooth that even Rossi himself finds it unbelievable.

In the few months of competition, he has accumulated a lot of experience points and his ability has also improved.

Shooting 75, balance 70, strength 72, agility 78, reaction 76.

In the case of sufficient physical fitness, Rossi can quickly adjust his body balance and connect to the next step after changing the direction of the ball with his heel.

Goalkeeper Lori did not retreat to the goal line when the opponent counterattacked, but stood on the line of the small penalty area, attacking at any time to expand the defensive area.

Seeing that Rossi was about to take a shot, he immediately rushed forward, lowered his center of gravity while moving, and was always ready to catch the ball.

And Alderweireld also turned around, flying a sliding tackle, trying to interfere with Rossi's shot as much as possible.

[Rosie is about to shoot, judging by his posture, he must be shooting vigorously! 】

[Shoot...cough! ! ! ! 】

The on-site commentator suddenly got stuck, and a mouthful of saliva choked in his throat.

Not only him, everyone in White Hart Lane was shocked.

Rossi did not shoot hard, his slightly arched back and raised right foot did not pump all his strength on the ball.

Instead, at the moment of touching the ball, the right foot picked up the ball lightly.

The ball arced and fell into the net from the top of Lloris' head.

And Lori didn't react at all, he could only watch the ball into the net.

[Wow, it's a spoon lob, Rosie actually hit a spoon lob. 】

[When everyone thought he would volley vigorously, Rossi used an understatement lob to help the team open the scoring. 】

[Can't guess! 】

[Rosie's fake action is completely unclear, his next move. 】

[However, everyone knows that he will definitely celebrate after scoring a goal against the London team. 】

Dry the shin guards!

(End of this chapter)