striker cool brother

Chapter 9 Psychological Warfare

At the end of the league, double matches for a week in a row, and the pressure of the championship, these are the invisible pressures on the shoulders of Leicester City players.

If tomorrow's game against Reading cannot be won, then Saturday's game against arch-rivals QPR will be quite passive.

On the day of the game, the Leicester City team submitted the 18-man roster for the game, and Vardy's name appeared impressively.

For a while, the fans of the Leicester City team were in high spirits and seemed to see hope of winning the championship.

The return of the main striker has eased the embarrassing situation of the current team's weak striker.

Not surprisingly, Leicester City's starting strikers should be Mahrez, Vardy and Nugent.

What is even more surprising is that the names of teenager Rossi and veteran Phillips appeared on the list of this crucial game.

On the day of the game, the Leicester City team took the bus to Reading's home stadium, Madejski Stadium.

When Vardy stepped off the bus, the Leicester City fans erupted.

Back, the team's striker is back, and the hope of the whole village is back.

Two weeks, do you know how I spent these two weeks?
At the pre-match press conference, Pearson, who had changed from being a tough guy, put on silver-rimmed glasses, and talked with the reporters off the court in an authentic London accent mixed with the smell of tobacco, appearing calm and calm.

"It will take a month for Vardy to recover from his injury. Is your move a risk?"

Facing the reporter's tricky question, Pearson pushed his glasses with his middle finger, and said with a smile: "I don't know where you heard about the one month you said. Vardy was only uncomfortable in his legs before. After two weeks Rehabilitation training is no longer a big problem."

When the players went to warm up, Mahrez asked in a low voice: "Rom, do you think Vardy's injury is really healed?"

The players of the Leicester City team only know that Vardy is resting due to injury, but they don't know anything about the specific recovery time.

"Who knows!"

Rossi replied lightly, without much discussion.

But according to his speculation, Vardy has not fully recovered, at least not to a state of fitness to participate in the game.

Otherwise, why didn't he come when the team practiced together.

After half an hour of warm-up, Rossi's body was already sweating slightly, which was more than he did in the game.

But when he saw Vardy, who was sweating profusely, he understood instantly.

雷丁队本场比赛排出了罕见的6-1-3阵型，是由4-3-3改良而来，将两名进攻能力强的边后卫改造成边翼卫。

When attacking, try to expand the space as much as possible, and when defending, compress the opponent's space.

The Leicester City team put on a 3-4-3 offensive lineup.

[According to the starting lineups of both sides, it is not difficult to see that one of Reading's attitudes towards this game is to defend.Although the Leicester City team's offense was in a downturn before, Vardy's comeback from the line of fire made the Reading team have to defend. 】

[And the Reading team is now ranked seventh in the league. With one point, they can tie for No.6 with No.6 Brighton. There is no need to take risks. 】

After analyzing the situation between the two sides, the commentator showed a somewhat contemptuous tone towards the cautious Reading team.

When Leicester City lost to Brighton by a big score, Reading coach Adkins made a statement, thinking that after the lack of Vardy, Leicester City is just a mid-lower team.

And promise the fans, will definitely play offensive football at home.

Unexpectedly, the slap in the face came so quickly. After Pearson announced the roster for the game, Reading immediately changed.

Strengthen the protection of the ribs and participate in the team's side attack. This is the task of the wing back on the field.

After the opening, Reading's wingbacks Gunter and Obita were very active, allowing the team to be flexible in transition from offense to defense.

Not only can quickly retreat to the position, but also can respond to the striker when participating in the offense. The existence of the wing back allowed the Reading team to play against the Leicester City team in the opening 30 minutes.

Facing Reading's frequent breakthroughs on the wing, the three midfielders of Leicester City participated in the defense, leaving only Lloyd Dell to organize the offense in the frontcourt.

[It seems that we blamed Adkins wrongly. His team did not choose to defend, but boldly launched a confrontation with Leicester City, not at all cowardly. 】

The commentator was still applauding Reading's attack just now, and Leicester City's counterattack came in an instant.

Schmeichel threw the ball directly across the half court. Mahrez, who had been waiting for a long time, broke through with the ball. Vardy also moved between the defenders and started at any time.

However, the timing of Mahrez's forward pass was still late, and Vardy sighed when he was cleared by the Reading defender who was chasing back.

The Reading team, which was startled into a cold sweat by the counterattack, did not dare to press too high, and protected the space in the ribs at any time.

Nugent was the team's top scorer for two seasons and has good shooting skills, but compared with Vardy, he lacks speed and explosive power.

With the two starting at the same time, Vardy can attract more than two defensive players and create shooting opportunities for Nugent.

However, from the start of the game to now, Vardy has not had many chances to get the ball.

More often, he attracts the defense on the wing and creates space for Nugent.

But the shrinking of Reading's wingbacks made it difficult for Leicester City to have a chance to pass the ball in.

In terms of tactical arrangement, the Reading team seems to have tightly pinched the Leicester City team by seven inches.

Although he had an advantage in the situation, Adkins did not dare to relax his vigilance. He kept telling the two wing backs on the sidelines that they must return to defense in time after the attack.

The striker Vardy can use a counter run to instantly pull out of the gap.

The two sides ended the first half with a draw, Reading's defense was successful.

The Reading team, which did not take the lead in the first half, had to make changes in the second half due to the excessive physical exertion of the players.

The two wing backs continued to shrink to protect their ribs, and the attack was organized by midfielder Daniel Williams.

Williams actively participated in the defense in the first half, and was responsible for the team's offensive and defensive transitions in the second half. He was also replaced by Legwood in the 65th minute of the game.

After a long time without scoring, Leicester City replaced Nugent with veteran Phillips.

This signal is very obvious. Leicester City gave up the cross from the wing and turned to positional warfare.

Phillips has a solid ability to hold the ball with his back, coupled with Mahrez's sharp breakthrough and Vardy's assault ability, he can play a small range of cooperation in the opponent's penalty area.

The Reading team immediately adjusted, and the two wing backs simply did not attack and concentrated on defending the center.

One point is Adkins' goal in this game.

In the 73rd minute of the game, Leicester City replaced the physically exhausted Hammond with Andy King to strengthen the defense in the center.

In contrast, Adkins replaced Obita at wingback with Robson Kanu.

Every substitution made by Reading is targeted, making it impossible for Leicester City's offensive to play out.

[Both teams are playing conservatively now. According to the situation on the court, this is heading towards a draw. 】

The commentator was disappointed. Vardy did not perform well in this game, and Reading also tended to defend.

Since the start of the second half, the two teams have been fighting in the middle. Four yellow cards are enough to show the fierce confrontation in the middle.

As soon as the words fell, the Reading team seized a mistake made by the opponent's midfielder, and forward McCully broke through from the wing and passed to the goal.

It's a pity that center Bergribnyak's header was slightly high and missed the goal.

[What a pity, this is the most threatening goal for the Reading team since the second half. 】

[Actually, the Reading team doesn't need to be so afraid, the offense should be bolder.When the offensive is played out, the opponent's defensive pressure will increase accordingly. 】

In the 80th minute of the game, Adkins smiled when he saw Vardy, who was doing nothing in this game.

All his substitutions and adjustments today are built around defense.

It can be seen from Vardy's lack of a shot that his tactics are successful.

At this time, a boy wearing No. 14 and black hair walked out from the bench of the Leicester City team and stood on the sidelines waiting to play.

Rossi, 20 years old, U21 player, serves as a center forward.

Adkins looked up the information he had on Rossi.

Center?

At this time, adding a center forward is to strengthen the offense?
Who is going to replace?

When the fourth official held up the substitution board, the screen displayed red number 9 and green number 14.

Suddenly, Adkins seemed to understand everything.

The so-called Vardy's comeback was just a cover from the beginning.

Got it, got it!
Vardy, who has not shot a goal so far, is not because of how successful his defensive tactics are.

But from the very beginning, Vardy played with injuries.

The counterattack at the beginning was a head start, in order to confuse myself, make myself sacrifice offense and strengthen defense.

After that, Vardy only needs to stand on the court, and he dare not attack rashly.

Cunning and cunning!

Adkins looked fiercely to the left, the corners of his mouth twitching slightly.

At this point, counting injury time, there are at most twelve minutes left.

He could accept a draw, but his tactical mistakes and the humiliation of being teased by his opponent made him unwilling, and shouted towards the bench: "Drenthe, get ready to play!"

(End of this chapter)