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Chapter 344 The Miracle of Fox City

There was no discussion about the game itself in the media. The hot topic was the miracle created by Fox City, the miracle creator Ranieri, the midfielder Kante, the late bloomer Vardy, Mahrez, Schmeichel, Huth, Shinji Okazaki...

"It's been a magical season, a mediocre Premier League season for the big clubs, and we've seen the incredible fairytale of the Foxes. It's a victory for fighting spirit. It's a victory for football."

"This championship can be said to be full of gold. After all, in today's Premier League, when many teams are frantically buying and selling people during the intermission of each season, Leicester City hardly makes any big moves, relying only on the The relegation team of the season competed with the top players. At the beginning of the season, the odds of winning the championship were only 5000/1. They were the least optimistic contenders for the championship. Hard work pays off, so this championship is really well-deserved for Leicester City."

As for Shi Hao, most of the media took a cautious attitude: "China Stone returned to the court after 7 months."

"After 7 months of serious injury, China Stone announced his return with an assist."

"China Stone's wonderful pass allowed Fox City to win the championship two rounds ahead of schedule."

But there are also dissonant sounds.

"After returning to the court after a lapse of 7 months, China Stone's performance disappointed us a little. He seemed to be afraid of physical confrontation with the opponent. In the 34 minutes after playing, he did not confront the opponent once. And he also Without a single dribble, his dazzling footwork in the past is completely unseen today. If it is such a mediocre stone, I would rather he never play the court, and let those beautiful moments stay in my memory .”

"The pass is still accurate, but there are no screaming dribbles, no blood-thirsty shots. Even the free kicks he is best at are far from standard, and both of them hit the wall. Of course, this is still his first game after his comeback, and we all know that players returning from serious injuries have many psychological problems to adjust to. I hope he can adjust to his state as soon as possible.”

There are also debates on the Internet.The fans are divided into two factions, one is pessimistic and believes that Shi Hao will never regain his form due to this serious injury, and he will no longer be able to rely on his speed to make money. , Thirty balls.

The other faction optimistically believes that Shi Hao is only in a transitional period, and when his body and mind fully recover, he will still be the omnipotent Shi Hao.

The views of both factions have a market, and they attack each other on major forums and social media.But in fact, those pessimists may be fans who love Shi Hao more deeply, and because of the depth of love, they are so responsible.They pessimistically thought that Shi Hao would not be able to return to the peak, but in fact they hoped that Shi Hao would jump out and hit them in the face, telling them proudly: "You are all wrong, I am still number one in the world".

On May 5, in the 7th round of the Premier League, Chelsea challenged the black cats Sunderland away.Shi Hao still did not start the game and replaced William in the 37th minute of the second half.

The score at this time was 2:1, and the goals of Costa and Matic gave the visiting team the lead.

After Shi Hao came on the field, Sunderland had no obligation to cooperate with Chelsea. They saw that Shi Hao had just come back, and they didn't dare to fight fiercely. They took Shi Hao's side as a breakthrough and attacked aggressively.

The right flank of Shi Hao and Ivanovic was almost pierced. In the 67th minute, Van Aanholt made an assist from the left. He used his speed to break through Shi Hao. Shi Hao stopped after two steps.

When Van Aanholt faced Ivanovic's tackle, he made a false move and kicked a cross. Italian forward Borini chested the ball in the penalty area and kicked it hard.Although Courtois made a pounce, the ball was very powerful. He failed to push the ball away, and the football got into the bottom of the net.

After Sandro equalized the score, he became more excited and frequently attacked from the left.In the 70th minute, it was Van Aanholt again. After he broke through from the left, he moved his big foot to the center. After Catmull received the ball, he divided it to the right. Fu scored with a right-footed volley after getting the ball in the penalty area.

In just 3 minutes, Sunderland overtook the score.

Of course Chelsea was not convinced and tried to rewrite the score again, but after captain Terry was sent off after two yellows and one red, they completely lost their chance and could only watch helplessly as their 3 points turned into 0 points.

On the bus back to London, the atmosphere in the team was not bad.After all, this is not a key game, and it doesn't matter if you lose.

For Shi Hao and Ivanovic, everyone didn't complain - Ivanovic's performance this season was a disaster, and everyone was used to it.As for Shi Hao, although he failed to save the savior, everyone is a professional player and can understand his caution after returning to the court.

Shi Hao himself was very uncomfortable.He doesn't like to lose, and he will feel bad when he loses.But there really isn't much he can do today.Sunderland's morale is very high, the replacement is timely, and he is assigned to the wing. Relying on passing alone cannot bring much help to the team.And break through with the ball?He didn't think it was time yet.

On May 5th, Chelsea challenged Liverpool away, which was a make-up match for the 12th round of the league.At Anfield Stadium, Shi Hao started for the first time after his comeback.

Hiddink formed a 4231 formation today, and Shi Hao returned to the front midfielder again.

In fact, the modern front midfielder also needs physical confrontation ability very much, and has to fight against the opponent's beast waist.Today Shi Hao finally dared to make physical contact with the opponent, although he still didn't have his own dribbling breakthrough.

Under his pass scheduling, Chelsea once had the upper hand.

After surpassing the shots of Coutinho and Emre Can, Chelsea began to show murderous intent.

In the 14th minute, Shi Hao found Pedro with a long pass over the top. Pedro broke into the penalty area single-handedly, but unfortunately he hit the ball high under the interference of Toure.

In the 19th minute, Shi Hao received a pass back from Costa and directly crossed it. Hazard volleyed vigorously from the edge of the penalty area and went slightly wide.

In the 26th minute, Shi Hao took a free kick. He drove the ball into the penalty area. Cahill scored a point, but his header was deflected by Mignolet.

In the 32nd minute, Baba Rahman passed the ball to Shi Hao, who came forward to respond. Shi Hao tried to dribble for the first time in this game. He used a Marseille roundabout to pass Coutinho, who was too aggressive. , and then passed through, the ball flew accurately to Hazard's feet.

Hazard started a solo performance. He broke through Milner, Lallana and Firmino one after another to the edge of the penalty area. Facing Lovren's block, he made a decisive kick and the football hit the net.

In the 65th minute of the second half, Shi Hao was replaced, and the team doctor still doesn't allow him to play the whole game.

The Blues fans who came from afar thought that Shi Hao and Hazard teamed up to give them a victory, but in the 2nd minute of stoppage time, Begovic missed the ball and Benteke scored the ball into an empty goal. No, another draw was gained.

(End of this chapter)