Coach, I want to play football!

After sending away the Saints to Southampton, following Leicester City, they will be a guest at Stoke City, facing the potters.

Of course, Stoke City is also nicknamed "The City of the Sky", not to say how high the altitude of this place is, it has nothing to do with altitude at all.

It refers to the fact that Stoke City's players are generally tall, so they are also known as the Premier League header team.

Hmm... The Blue Fox's central defender Huth, who is 1.9 meters tall, used to be Stoke City.He was bought out by the Blue Fox this season after he was loaned to Leicester City for half a season last season.

More than half of the Stoke City players are taller than 1.8 meters five, and there are as many as seven or more big men over 1.9 meters tall.

What kind of concept is this? Let alone playing football, there is nothing wrong with playing basketball!

Stoke City has returned nearly 2000 million pounds in funds through the sale of players this season, which is already very good for a mid-to-lower team.

However, the boss of Stoke City did not pocket the more than 2000 million pounds, and immediately invested it in the transfer market.

Hmm.....The transfer market makes money, the transfer market spends, don't even think about taking home a point...no problem.

The main transfers were goalkeeper Begovic sold to the Blues Chelsea for nearly 1000 million pounds, midfielder Nzonzi was also sold to Sevilla in La Liga for nearly 1000 million pounds, and Huth , close to £400 million.

But in terms of signings, Stoke City is not idle either. It bought Shaqiri from Inter Milan for about 1500 million pounds, who is known as the Swiss Messi.

Nearly 800 million pounds bought Spanish high center forward Joselu from Hannover 96, and then bought central defender Walscheid from Bayer Leverkusen.

The signings of these three players basically accounted for more than 90.00% of Stoke City's transfer fee, and they were basically signings for leaving the player's position.

For example, Nzonzi left and Shaqiri came.However, the styles of the two are different. Nzongzi is a midfielder who tends to be a defensive midfielder.

Shaqiri is a winger. Although he can also play in midfield, he is more of an attacking midfielder, with different styles and technical characteristics.

After Huth was sold to Leicester City, Walscheid was bought.This is also a German central defender, but he is much younger than Huth. He is 26 when he is playing, and he is three centimeters taller than Huth.

Hmm... Stoke City's preference for tall players is a real hammer, and even Arnautovic, who plays as a winger, is 1.9 meters two?

Have you ever seen a winger who is 1.9 meters tall?

Fuck, there is really...... Lukaku, just 1.9 meters two. (dog head.jpg)

But when it comes to height, after Shaqiri came to "City in the Sky", he created a depression for this team.

Shaqiri, who is 1.6 meters tall, is the shortest player in Stoke City's first team. He used to be an Irish midfielder with a height of 1.7 meters.

Well....Steven Ireland, Irish midfielder.From the Manchester City youth training, has played for Manchester City, Aston Villa, Newcastle United and now Stoke City.

It can be said that Shaqiri has brought down the average height of Stoke City by himself...

Cough cough cough cough, pulling away.

Of course Ranieri also understands that height is one of Stoke City's advantages, so he emphasized before the game, take less high-altitude balls and more ground!

For this reason, certain adjustments have been made to the starting players. For example, Albrighton sat on the bench, and he was replaced by midfielder Andy King.

At the same time, the two full-backs also made some adjustments, Fox was replaced by Schlupp, and De Wright replaced Simpson.

Then, the midfielder Inle returned to the starting lineup again, replacing Drinkwater.

For such an adjustment, Ranieri is particular.First of all, if you don't take the high-altitude ball, then the wing crosses of Albrighton and Fox will be affected.

Although Andy King is a central midfielder, he has no problem playing as a full-back.His advantage is the balance of offense and defense, and he is also good at ground pass coordination, which is the same as Inle.

Then Schlupp is not as good at attacking as Fox, but there is no big problem on the defensive end.At the same time, he is physically strong, and he will not suffer too much whether he is facing Anautovic or Shaqiri.

The other is De Laite. De Laite's speed and explosiveness are faster than Simpson's. This is a "special care" for Shaqiri.

And when the game started, the importance of Ranieri's targeted deployment was reflected.

Stoke City coach Mark Hughes's tactics are relatively simple, which is the long pass of the traditional English team.

After all, Stoke City has a height advantage, if they don't play like this, they will be blind for nothing.

At the same time, in this game, Mark Hughes arranged for Anautovic to play more in the middle, trying to use his height advantage and Joselu to form two high-point beacons.

Then use Shaqiri's personal breakthrough and passing ability to create threats.

Although Stoke City and Leicester City are equally matched, the Blue Fox's main focus in this game is still a defensive counterattack.

The focus of this round is Arsenal's home game against Liverpool, so Zhan Jun and Zhang Heihe did not explain this game.

In terms of broadcasting in China, Xinxin Sports arranged for its own Premier League golden partners, Lou Yili and Liu Yue, who are known as the South Tower and the North Moon.

The two sides fought each other throughout the first half, and Ye Qi also had two chances to shoot, but he missed one and the other was saved by goalkeeper Butland.

During the intermission, Liu Yue analyzed: "Actually, Stoke City doesn't need to play this simple long pass. They can also try some ground coordination. It's not that they don't have this ability."

The first floor smiled and nodded: "Indeed, it seems that the team also has good passers such as Shaqiri, Bojan, Van Ginkel, and Afeilai."

Throughout the first half, the Stoke City team, which was playing at home, actually had a bit more advantage, and the number of shots was more, but the quality......

It's just that Leicester City have already understood the long pass. Not only did Joselu's performance be limited in the middle, but Inle and Kanter's defense also made Stoke City's pass difficult.

At half-time, Ranieri's defense was satisfactory.But in terms of counterattack, I feel that it needs to be strengthened.

After the start of the second half, neither side has adjusted the lineup for the time being.

It's just that Leicester City stepped up their counterattack.

Ye Qi could feel the oppression of the opponent's two central defenders, one was 1.9 meters four and the other was 1.9 meters one.

The defense of Shawcross and Walscheid is not only strong and tough, but the key is that the two have a better sense of position.

So after the opening of the second half, Ye Qi used his running position to stretch the space, intending to create opportunities for Vardy.

In the end, at two minutes, he did create a chance.

Inle's sudden dribbling and Andy King's two-for-one punch penetrated Stoke City's midfield, and then Inle passed the ball to find Ye Qi.

Ye Qi didn't control the ball, but immediately passed the ball to Mahrez, who came to meet him, and then he stepped forward in the middle of the two central defenders, and raised his hand to ask for the ball.