Full-Level Pass, Please Call Me The Boss Of The Three Lions

The first time he played a game, he was in a hurry to get the ball.

Chapter 81: Back-to-back dribbling! [Two-in-one]

This idea, like a weed burned by fire, grew wildly in Bruce’s mind.

He suddenly felt that this idea was feasible!

He turned around and whispered to the assistant coach: “Do you think it is possible for us to buy Nugent?”

Hearing this, the assistant coach was stunned, and then asked back:

“Are you serious?”

“Of course! I’m tired of these non-scoring shits!”

“If our striker is still like this next season, we will never stay in the Premier League!”

This season, Hull City’s offensive means are few and single, and many goals are scored through set pieces.

The total number of goals scored by the four forwards in the team this season is less than 15!

Seeing Bruce’s serious look, the assistant coach immediately opened the player files on his laptop and said:

“Nugent, 29 years old, 1.8 meters tall, weight.”

“This season he scored 18 goals in the league and 4 goals in the cup.”

“His technical characteristics are excellent headers, excellent confrontation, and fast speed.”

While listening to the assistant coach’s scout report, Bruce stared at Nugent, who was running and pressing on the field, and liked him more and more.

“He is quite motivated. If he is the fulcrum in the frontcourt, and is paired with a speed striker, we should be able to play a good match.”

He paused and frowned, “But I don’t know if he is willing to come?”

Looking at the data report in the computer again, the assistant coach immediately replied: “I think there is room for operation.”

“What do you mean?”

“Since the No. 23 kid became the starter, Leicester City’s tactical formation has changed from 442 to 4231 at the beginning. Nugent was also forced to move from center forward to left winger, and his playing time was also less than in the first half of the season.”

“I think as long as we promise him the playing time of the starting center forward, plus a salary increase, he should be very willing to join us.”

“Since the player is fine, then there is no problem!”

After that, Bruce’s face became more and more ruddy, as if he had seen the scene of Nugent wearing an orange jersey and attacking the city for Tiger City!

. . .

While the Hull City coach was discussing with his assistants off the court about buying Leicester City’s second-highest scorer, the situation on the court was unknowingly stuck.

Although the striker was not very reliable.

However, Hull City’s defense was still very good.

Even though Leicester City had nearly 70% of the ball possession rate and twice as many passes as Hull City.

However, Hull City’s defense was watertight.

In the Premier League, Hull City, as a newly promoted team, basically gave up the ball, then relied on defense and occasionally counterattacked.

Therefore, they were accustomed to being suppressed in the half court.

Facing Hull City’s shrinking defense, Leicester City could only make short passes to penetrate the periphery after advancing through the half court, trying to pull out space.

As a result, the two sides fought fiercely in the midfield.

And the target of Hull City’s stranglehold was naturally Leicester City’s most threatening point of passing – Ling Feng!

Once Ling Feng took the ball and tried to turn around, the two midfielders of Hull City would rush over from the left and right, not giving him any chance to pass the ball.

And he and Mahrez, who had the most possession, were either fouled tactically or knocked down roughly.

Although fouls also paid a price, both Hull City midfielders received yellow cards.

However, Hull City’s frequent fouls made the rhythm of the game fragmented, and Leicester City could not organize an effective attack.

Seeing that there was no space to pass the ball, as the commander of Leicester City, Ling Feng was not impatient.

He stepped on the ball, raised his hand and pressed it down, signaling his teammates to be steady.

The current situation is in their favor.

They are leading the score, so there is no need to play so impatiently and lose the ball.

They should reduce risky passes, first ensure that the ball is at their feet, and hit the success rate.

In the offense and defense of football, the mental and physical energy consumed by the defender is greater than that of the attacker.

It is impossible for a person to maintain a high level of concentration for a long time without revealing any flaws.

Moreover, the game is 90 minutes, not 45 minutes.

Seeing the game time slowly passing, Hull City, who are behind in the score, will sooner or later get anxious and attack.

Come, try to equalize the score.

Then, it will be time for them to completely kill the game!

In this way, under Leicester City’s deliberate control of the rhythm, the second half of the first half suddenly became a lot duller.

Finally, the referee blew the whistle to end the first half!

“The first half is over. Leicester City scored a header from David Nugent and temporarily led Hull City by one to zero.”

“Let’s take a look at the technical statistics of both sides. Leicester City had five shots in the first half, two of which were on target. Hull City did not have a single shot in the first half.”

“Unexpectedly, Hull City was dominated by Leicester City. Bruce should think of a way.”

Bruce, who returned to the locker room, first sprayed a wave of players for their laxity at the beginning, and then changed the subject and praised their performance on the defensive end.

Finally, he encouraged the players that it was only a goal difference and they still had time!

On the other side, in the Leicester City locker room, Pearson was also emphasizing the one-goal gap.

In a football match, a one-goal lead is the least secure.

Because it often only takes a moment to score a goal!

Therefore, Pearson told Mahrez to increase dribbling on the wing and continue to create set-piece opportunities, and then told Drinkwater not to insert long shots and stay in the midfield to prevent the opponent from counterattacking.

And Ling Feng also expressed his opinion for the first time that as long as Leicester City firmly controls the ball, Hull City will attack sooner or later.

At that time, they can use the gaps exposed by the opponent’s formation to score another goal!

Pearson also thought that this was the safest way, so he asked everyone to unify their thoughts and not to attack fiercely first, but to attract Hull City’s formation and then give a fatal blow!

The fifteen-minute break was fleeting.

When the two sides returned to the court again, the situation immediately reversed!

Hull City did not make any attempt and immediately organized an effective attack as soon as the ball kicked off!

In the first half, Bruce found that Leicester City’s right back De Wright was a point that could be broken through.

Belgian De Wright is tall and long-legged, has a certain speed, and often frequently assists.

When attacking, he can come to the front court to increase the number of people supporting on the wing.

However, when defending, his defensive skills are relatively average and sometimes lack flexibility.

Forward Stephen Quinn, who has good footwork, retreated to receive the ball, then turned around and sent a diagonal pass behind De Wright on the left.

Hull City left wingback Muhammadi, who had just passed the center line, immediately started and rushed forward.

And De Wright did not hesitate at all and immediately turned back to chase.

Before the ball was about to reach the bottom line, De Wright was the first to catch up with the ball.

He wanted to use his body to block Muhammadi behind him and protect the ball from rolling out of the bottom line.

Unexpectedly, Muhammadi stretched his legs through his crotch and flicked the ball, so that the ball finally touched his feet before it went out of the baseline.

Watching the referee make a gesture for a corner kick, De Wright covered his head in shock and explained to the referee:

“He poked the ball out!”

“I saw it with my own eyes, the ball finally touched your feet!”

“Wright, come back to defend!”

The referee’s firm judgment and Morgan’s shouting made De Wright give up the idea of ​​arguing and quickly retreat to the penalty area to defend.

Set pieces are the main means for Hull City to score this season.

Therefore, with Bruce’s shouting on the sidelines, the three central defenders all came to Leicester City’s penalty area.

Seeing such a battle, in addition to Vardy who was at the forefront of the counterattack, Ling Feng also returned to the front of the penalty area.

While defending, also be ready for the opportunity to counterattack.

However, when the players were pushing and shoving in the penalty area, Hull City did not directly take a corner kick, but played a corner kick cooperation.

Muhammadi passed the ball to Quinn who came to receive it with a short pass. The latter looked at the penalty area and then kicked the ball to the middle!

It was the time difference that gave the Hull City players in the penalty area a gap to get rid of the defense around them.

Central defender Chester used his teammates’ pick-and-roll to shake off Morgan who was following closely, and then jumped up suddenly!

He just shook his head and rubbed the oncoming ball, and the ball changed direction and flew towards the goal suddenly

Although the speed was very fast and the distance was very close.

However, the angle of the top was too straight, and Schmeichel subconsciously raised his hands and blocked the oncoming ball.

With a bang, the ball bounced out and bounced twice on the ground.

At this critical moment, an orange figure rushed out of the chaotic crowd and kicked the ball hard before Schmeichel!

The next second, the ball flew from Schmeichel’s hand.

The ball flew into the goal from Schmeichel’s armpit!

The next second, the entire Wembley Stadium suddenly roared with cheers.

The Hull City fans wearing orange jerseys jumped up from their seats and celebrated wantonly.

“The ball went in!”

“Although Schmeichel reacted quickly and caught the ball, he failed to control the ball firmly, giving Hull City a chance to make up for it.”

“The goal was scored by their central defender, No. 4 Bruce!”

“Just six minutes into the second half, Hull City equalized the score!”

The Hull City players hugged each other excitedly and patted Bruce’s head with their hands.

Schmeichel, who was kneeling in front of the goal, patted the grass indignantly, very dissatisfied with his mistake of losing the ball.

“Fark!”

“Fark!!!”

Seeing this, the Leicester City players looked at each other, not knowing what to do.

According to their plan, they didn’t expect Hull City to equalize the score so quickly.

Just when everyone was depressed, Ling Feng, who was standing still, suddenly walked towards the goal.

Ling Feng walked straight past Schmeichel and picked up the ball from the goal.

Then he turned around, patted Schmeichel on the shoulder, and walked towards the center circle of the court, waving to encourage his teammates:

“Guys, the second half has just begun!”

“They equalized the score, so we’ll score another one!”

Hearing this, Captain Morgan also echoed:

“Ling is right, cheer up!”

With the comfort of several core players, the morale of the Leicester City team did not receive too much of a blow.

Yes.

As Ling Feng said, the second half has just begun.

. . .

In the 50th minute of the game, the two sides returned to the same starting line again.

Hull City, who equalized the score, was not willing to give up!

The “tigers” pushed the entire formation across the half court like a tiger descending from the mountain, constantly passing through the sidelines, making crosses, and attacking Leicester City’s defense line.

Even though the two central defenders of Leicester City had excellent frontal air defense capabilities, they almost cleared out all the high balls that were suspended into the penalty area at the first time.

However, under the continuous attack, Leicester City’s defense line was somewhat shaky.

Watching their home team being bombarded, the Blue Fox fans in the stands were also worried, fearing that Hull City would score another goal and overtake the score.

And in this adversity of being suppressed by the opponent, Leicester City urgently needed someone to stand up and stabilize the morale of the army.

And this person was Ling Feng, who was regarded as the core and future of the team by head coach Pearson and the club!

In the 65th minute, Hull City got another corner kick opportunity.

The three central defenders came to the penalty area of ​​​​Leicester City again, intending to repeat the old trick.

The Foxes were like they were facing a great enemy. They shouted to each other and stuck to the person they were defending.

Hull City took a corner kick directly.

This time, Moore jumped up with his excellent bounce and headed the ball out before everyone else.

Under the gaze of 90,000 people in the stadium, the ball flew straight to the top of the penalty area.

The player standing there was Ling Feng in a blue jersey!

“Don’t let him get the ball!”

Even without his teammates’ reminders, the lagging midfielder Livermore rushed to Ling Feng without hesitation.

He knew very well that if Ling Feng got the ball, Leicester City would launch a quick counterattack.

Due to the corner kick attack, all three central defenders came to the front court.

There was only one wingback left in the large open space behind him!

Even if it was a foul, Ling Feng could not get the ball!

Feeling the heavy breathing behind him, Ling Feng’s eyes were always fixed on the ball falling in the air.

The high [Volley] attribute of 97 allowed him to perfectly judge where the ball would land.

Just as Livermore came behind him and was about to press him, he did something that amazed everyone:

He let the ball fall to his knees before he raised his right foot, cushioned the ball with the instep, and gently lifted it up!

The next second, the ball flew up from in front of him and passed over his head.

At the same time, Ling Feng stomped his right foot hard and turned around gracefully!

And the explosive power of 84 points allowed him to get rid of Livermore in the moment of turning around.

Livermore, who was caught off guard, wanted to reach out and pull, but it was too late.

He could only watch Ling Feng run past him and catch up with the ball.

“Wow! What a beautiful dance!”

After passing Livermore with a back-to-back lob, Ling Feng did not advance with the ball, but instead passed a fatal straight pass forward.

Stop!

There will be another chapter later!

(End of this chapter)