heir to the red devil

Chapter 648 The battle for the top spot
Leicester City's home stadium is called the King Power Stadium, which is one of the city's landmarks.A few seasons ago, this stadium was often able to welcome the challenge of the Championship team.And when Leicester City was promoted to the Premier League, their fans were ecstatic!It's such a great feeling to be able to watch the Premier League at home!

But their fans had just been happy for two seasons, but they didn't expect another change—their team actually had a chance to enter the European competition!And judging from the current situation, they may even win the Premier League championship!
On the afternoon of November 11th, many Leicester City fans entered the King Power Stadium two hours in advance, and they couldn't wait for the upcoming Premier League game.

Now that the game is getting closer, the Leicester City players are already changing in the locker room, ready to warm up for a while.

The players changed their clothes, and Ranieri talked to everyone: "You must play patiently in this game. Our opponent is Manchester United. Their attack power is the best in the Premier League and Europe! You will definitely meet There are many difficulties, much more difficult than you can imagine now! I hope you can continue the good state of the previous games and strive to give the home fans a wonderful night!"

Ranieri has said these words to the players more than once or twice. In the usual training, he has arranged tactics for the players in a targeted manner so that they can have more confidence in dealing with Manchester United.

At the pre-match press conference held yesterday, Ranieri was still very modest. Although they are currently ranked second in the league, Ranieri still conservatively told reporters: "Our goal for this season has not changed, it is still relegation. "

And when a reporter asked about the situation against Manchester United, Ranieri was also very low-key: "Manchester United is a veteran team in the Premier League and a well-known giant in Europe. It is our honor to be able to play against them. This game is for us. For us, the result is not important, the important thing is that we can learn from Manchester United, this is our ultimate goal of this game. It is impossible for us to win Manchester United, we dare not even think about it."

When Jin Taige saw these words through the TV broadcast, he couldn't help secretly admiring: Ginger is still old and spicy!Ranieri really did a good job of showing weakness.If I have no memory, or my own self-importance, then this game may well be overturned away.

Therefore, before the game, Kintag repeatedly asked his players: Don't let your guard down, Leicester City is much stronger than you want!In this game, you must show 100% strength to deal with Leicester City!
The players of the two teams warmed up. Kintiger and Ranieri shook hands and chatted on the sidelines. Although the two were direct competitors, they were very friendly and close at this time.

Kintag smiled and said, "Claudio, congratulations on being ranked second in the league."

"Tiger, I also want to thank you for your support. I didn't expect you to bet with the "Sun" at the beginning of the season, saying that we can enter the European arena. I can't even think about it." Nelly said with emotion.

Jin Taige shook his head: "Actually, I'm already very conservative. If I follow my true opinion, I think Leicester City will be a strong contender for the Premier League title this season! But if this is the case, the "Sun" will definitely lose money and pay more." There are too many, so I took the words back a little bit."

Ranieri smiled: "Tiger, just based on your bet, I have to lead the team to play well. If you lose 100 million euros because of me, then I will feel sorry. You can You loaned Asensio and Ali to me at the beginning of the season, I already owe you a favor, and I don’t know how to repay it.”

Kintag shook his head: "Don't say that, I am also very happy that Asensio and Ali can get such a good opportunity to exercise in Leicester City."

Ranieri tentatively asked: "Tiger, Asensio and Ali, is there any possibility..."

Before Ranieri finished speaking, Kintag knew what he wanted to ask, and he waved his hands again and again: "Claudio, this is not okay, the two of them are also one of the core of my future team building, I will definitely not put They sold it, and they didn’t sell it for any amount.”

"Okay, okay, then I won't ask any more questions," Ranieri said with a smile, "By the way, Tiger, don't rush back to Manchester after the game, I would like to invite you to stay in Leicester City for one night, I want to treat you to a meal and have a good chat with you, what do you think?"

Kintag wanted to refuse, but he looked at Ranieri's sincere eyes, and finally agreed: "Okay, let's contact after the game. I have to send the players to the bus, and then I can feel at ease."

"No problem!" Ranieri was very happy to see Kim Tag accepted his invitation.

"Hello, everyone in front of the TV! Welcome to today's game. I'm Morris, and Raman is sitting next to me. This game is the No. 14 round of the Premier League this season. A focus game, Leicester City are playing Manchester United at home. The venue for this game is Leicester City's King Power Stadium."

"According to the situation of the previous season, this game should not have been a focus game. Leicester City, which has just been promoted to the Premier League for a few years, was only a relegation team last season. But they They have made rapid progress. Since the second round of the league, they have been in the No.2 position, surpassing many Premier League giants! This result is really amazing. And they are also preparing to challenge Manchester United at home in this game. If they can If they win this game, then they will be the leaders in the Premier League!"

"Now the players of both teams are warming up on the field, and the game is about to start. Next, I will introduce the starting lineups of both teams."

"Manchester United is still familiar with the 4-4-2 formation: the goalkeeper is De Gea; the defense is Van Dijk and Koulibaly partnering the central defenders, the left and right sides are Alonso and Valencia; the midfield is Cantonese. Te and Lampard, Mahrez and De Bruyne one left and one right; the striker is a combination of Lewandowski and Griezmann. The substitutes are Romero, Kimmich, Nainggolan, Kroos, Fekir, Martial, Dybala."

"Today, Manchester United played with all their strength. They did not hold back the slightest in the game against Leicester City. Although Manchester United is obviously superior, they dare not take it lightly. How many times are there this season? Didn't they all fall at the feet of Leicester City in the end?"

(End of this chapter)