Grass roots glory

Chapter 1113 New Makelele?
Vardy scored, the whole process was very simple, the midfielder instigated, the striker passed the ball for him, he inserted directly into the penalty area, overtook the central defender, and faced De Gea with a blast.

Assisting him was his striker partner, Shinji Okazaki, who plays the shadow forward position in Ranieri's 4-4-2 formation, and the Japanese international.

It's also a shooter that has attracted attention.Leicester City's current record this season is also due to him. He has scored five goals so far, most of which are icing on the cake, but his role is not this, creating space for Vardy is the most important thing .

If it is left in the past, Chinese reporters definitely pay more attention to Shinji Okazaki than Vardy.Asian derby, football grievances between China and Japan, etc.

The AFC announced the ranking of active Asian forwards on its official website some time ago, and Shinji Okazaki ranked third, behind Tottenham forwards Sun Xingmin and Jiang Hao.

The ghost knows how the AFC ranks. Anyway, the Chinese fans and the media are collectively dissatisfied. Jiang Hao is not as good as Sun Xingmin? !
But after dissatisfaction, everyone just smiled, the AFC rankings, just be happy, they even ranked Wu Sanshi fourth, but Okazaki Shinji is really much better than Wu Sanshi?
It's a round table game played by local tyrants in the Middle East. I'll just wait for outsiders to be happy.

There were quite a few Japanese journalists in the media seats, and they were very excited to see Shinji Okazaki send such a precise diagonal pass, sticking to the ground and piercing Manchester United's defense.

"Okazaki-kun's passing skills are really top-notch! It's so pleasing to the eye!"

"Okazaki-kun's eagle eye technique (a special name in Japanese football, referring to vision) is really good, what do you know!"

"He's a genius!"

Ranieri clenched his fist lightly, walked to the sidelines, and raised a finger high.

After Kanter saw this signal, he moved closer to the middle, instead of sticking to Zhou Tiancheng's side, he was stuck between Zhou Tiancheng and the two midfielders, but his eyes were always on Zhou Tiancheng.

That's right, he just appeared behind Zhou Tiancheng. Kanter is quite smart. When he saw Zhou Tiancheng's height, he had to look up. Although he was never afraid of confrontation, he chose to put it on Zhou Tiancheng, obviously it wasn't a good choice, it was making trouble for himself, asking for trouble.

In Ligue [-], reporters familiar with Kanter gave him a nickname: New Makelele.

This is to use the name of the former Real Madrid iron gate and the legendary midfielder of the French national team to give him a good name. The characteristics of the two are almost exactly the same.

The height is the same short, and Kanter is two centimeters shorter than Makelele... The defense is also tough. In the period of Florentino's first generation of Real Madrid Galacticos, Makelele was the midfielder who did nothing but defend. do the barrier.The truth is he can do nothing but defend.

The same is true for Kanter. He is a one-shot job in midfield-after stealing, he must pass it to his teammates immediately. As long as he counter-robbers, he may lose the ball again.

But it is the stealing kick. It must be admitted that he is very talented. His moving speed and judgment on passing lines can completely inherit the mantle of his predecessors, even though the two are only similar in name.

He hid behind Zhou Tiancheng and really blocked the passing line. Fellaini and Matic looked at each other, both a little surprised. The ball at Tiancheng's feet would definitely be cut off, and it would never pass to Zhou Tiancheng's feet.

Fortunately, God is fair. When a person like Kanter appeared in front of Manchester United, he appeared as a short midfielder. If they were all of their height, it would be impossible to play.

Now there is another way to deal with him - throw the ball high above his head, as long as the opponent can't reach it when he jumps, he will have no problem passing it to Zhou Tiancheng.

The two of them did this without even thinking about it. They didn't think about whether it would stop the ball for Zhou Tiancheng and bring any trouble and drag to the team's offensive rhythm.

They absolutely believed in Zhou Tiancheng, this was a problem that Zhou Tiancheng should solve.

In fact, would there be a problem?
Of course, sometimes being trusted by teammates is not a good thing.

Zhou Tiancheng deeply felt that his teammates were digging a hole for him. Even he couldn't stop the ball while it was still in the air!

And when he was really able to make moves with his feet touching the ball, the trouble had already come.

Wes Morgan was going to stare at the fierce grabbing Wes Morgan behind him, and Kanter had already turned around quickly and approached him, and Drinkwater was not far away.

That's what Leicester's defense is all about, but that's just a small aspect of what Ranieri has brought to this team.Midfield siege isn't even Leicester City's real forte. If it weren't for the fact that Manchester United's midfield is too strong, their real defense would not be in this area.

It was not difficult for Zhou Tiancheng to carry Wes Morgan behind him, but it was Kanter who really gave him a headache.

This little guy is always able to get close at the first moment, not the first time he takes the ball, but the moment he takes the ball. Although he is farther away from the target Zhou Tiancheng wants to pass the ball to, his running speed can always reach the goal. Make sure he arrives first, sooner.

It gives the impression that Kanter successfully steals the ball from Zhou Tiancheng more than once.

"Aha! Who said he was invincible? No, no one in this world is really invincible, Kanter, this omnipotent midfield bully is Zhou's nemesis."

"Kante! He completely copied Makelele's style of play back then. Except that he didn't have a one-on-one confrontation with Zhou, he has done it perfectly."

French National Television not only broadcasts Ligue [-] and European matches live, but also obtains subcontracted copyrights for the highly commercialized Premier League.

Now the commentators on French national television are excited about this.

"A new generation of Makelele has emerged, but where is the next Zidane?"

This is the death of the French midfielder. The iron waist can be mass-produced, but there is no midfielder.

……

Both Fellaini and Matic were a little dazed, but they were not unhappy because of Zhou Tiancheng's "mistake", but some accidents - it's rare to see him, he still has time to be deflated?
They came over to comfort Zhou Tiancheng, but before they could open his mouth, Zhou Tiancheng laughed first: "Hehe, today is really... a dog."

"Zhou, what did you say?" The two didn't understand.

"Oh, I said, unexpectedly met a Makelele."

The two still knew Makelele. Although there was a generation gap, the superstar was considered an outlier among the midfielders.

"Ha, Zhou, you think too highly of him, I don't think so. Just a small man."

Zhou Tiancheng just smiled, it's a good thing his teammates have this confidence, he can't attack, but this opponent already deserves his attention.

(End of this chapter)