boyutpedia Chapter 233
Chapter 233
The game was a big success, but the game was a big success.
Chapter 228 It’s not that Ajax is too weak, but that Arsenal is too strong!
“The ball went in!!!”
“Leicester City scored a goal just five minutes into the game!”
“The goal was scored by Jamie Vardy!”
Looking at the Fox No. 9 who opened his arms and rushed to the away team’s stands to celebrate, tens of thousands of home team fans in the Amsterdam Arena were suddenly stunned.
What happened?
How did they lose the ball? !
Less than five minutes into the game, Cambiasso intercepted the ball in the midfield and passed the ball to Ling Feng without hesitation.
The latter, after turning around, immediately sent a straight pass with the outside of his foot, which directly penetrated the entire defense line of Ajax.
Vardy, who was standing parallel to the central defender, made a diagonal cut.
The two seemed to be in sync with each other, and the timing of passing and running was just right, not too much or too little.
Facing the goalkeeper alone, Vardy kicked the ball directly into the net!
Between one pass and one shot, Leicester City’s top scorer scored the first goal in the European knockout stage after decades!
In the first game of the Europa League knockout stage, they came to the away game again, and faced the former European champion and the current Dutch league overlord. They were a little nervous.
Before the game, Pearson mainly reduced the pressure on the players, letting them go up and play well, and not thinking too much about other things.
Under the comfort of the head coach, from the beginning of the game, the Leicester City players quickly entered the game state, wanting to seize the opportunity away from home.
After all, the knockout rounds of the Europa League are two-round.
If they can score valuable goals away from home, they will be more relaxed when they return home.
However, what they didn’t expect was that Ajax, known as the “Dutch overlord”, was so vulnerable!
Looking at the unexpected situation before the game, De Boer, a Dutch star and Ajax coach dressed in a suit on the sidelines, crossed his arms and frowned.
Although he knew about Leicester City’s dark horse performance this season, he also made very detailed preparations.
However, he never expected that the opponent would score so easily in their home court!
Could it be that the gap between the Premier League and the Eredivisie is so big? !
On the other hand, watching his team rubbing the Eredivisie champion on the ground, Pearson couldn’t help but mutter in his heart:
Huh?
Why is Ajax so bad? !
In the Eredivisie, Ajax is a real giant and overlord, and only PSV Eindhoven and Feyenoord have the strength to fight.
In most of the Eredivisie games, Ajax also adopts a tactical style that is biased towards attacking.
Only they press the opponent to attack, and no one else presses them.
Therefore, in this game, they naturally hope to end the suspense of promotion at home with the advantage of home court.
However, Leicester City’s tactical posture of high-pressure pressing and full-scale attack at the beginning caught them off guard.
In addition, the defensive players were not focused enough, so that Leicester City’s simple counterattack penetrated the goal.
Well. That must be the case!
We are the strongest team in the Netherlands!
We must show momentum!
After thinking about this clearly, Ajax’s entire formation pressed forward more under De Boer’s big hand.
He planned to let these British guys see the authentic Dutch all-out attack and defense!
However, this was exactly what Leicester City wanted!
Yo, you want to play against us?
Then let me show you the offensive firepower of the Premier League!
Next, the home team fans in the stands did not see the team cheer up and launch a counterattack.
Instead, Leicester City, wearing the away brown jersey, directly turned the tables and pressed the home team Ajax in the half!
Within fifteen minutes, Leicester City’s possession rate reached 60%.
The number of shots reached four times!
Almost every wave of attack ended with a shot.
For a while, there was a panic in front of Ajax’s goal.
Even the commentator exclaimed:
“Leicester City completely controlled the rhythm on the field!”
As the game progressed, the Foxes were surprised to find that compared to Arsenal, this Ajax was not their opponent at all!
Originally, the last game at the Emirates Stadium lost to Arsenal, which made Leicester City players a little depressed.
Now, they found that the opponent was not as expected.
As strong as the elephant, they finally realized.
Dutch Eredivisie champion, that’s it?
It turns out that it’s not that Ajax is too weak, but that Arsenal is too strong!
For a while, the Blue Foxes regained their confidence and played more easily on the field.
Facing Leicester City’s fierce offensive, the young people of Ajax also had a huge change in their hearts.
What’s going on?
Is this the strength of the fourth place in the Premier League? !
With confidence and morale rising and falling, Leicester City seized the opportunity again:
In the 34th minute of the game, Ajax’s positional attack was fruitless, and finally the captain Klaasen hit Huth with a long shot, which bounced to the feet of “Drinking Brother” Drinkwater.
“Drinking Brother” did not hesitate, looked up and observed, and then sent a long pass directly to Mahrez on the right.
Mahrez, who was firmly guarded by the opponent’s left back, did not hesitate to play a wall-to-wall match with Ling Feng who came to support him, and then he dribbled the ball to the huge gap on the right side of the front court.
Then when he cut inside to the front of the penalty area, Mahrez made a fake move of a long shot, tricking the central defender to raise his leg to block, and suddenly sent a comfortable ground diagonal pass.
The ball just passed through the central defender Feltman and went straight to the no-man’s land behind the goal.
Lingard, who followed from the side, did not stop the ball, swung his left leg, and swept the ball to the middle.
Ling Feng, who inserted from behind, rushed to the ball like a flash of lightning and easily knocked the ball into the net!
2-0!
After scoring, Ling Feng also ran to the stands where the away fans were, and his footsteps suddenly stopped.
He raised his head and opened his arms. Like a king who reigned over the world, he accepted the worship of the away fans.
Thousands of Blue Fox fans who traveled with the team also cooperated very well, waving their scarves and flags and shouting his name!
“Ling Feng!”
“Ling Feng!!”
“Ling Feng!!!”
This was the first time that the Blue Fox No. 7 showed his exclusive celebration action on the stage of the Europa League.
And this extremely domineering action will definitely be deeply engraved in the hearts of tens of thousands of Ajax fans at the scene, and it will not dissipate for a long time.
Is this the strength of the European Golden Boy? !
. . .
With Ling Feng scoring his third goal in the Europa League, Leicester City has already led by two goals at the Amsterdam Stadium.
Watching Ling Feng’s celebration, David Klaassen, wearing the No. 10 jersey, is
the absolute midfield core of this Ajax team.
He is a typical No. 10 player, that is, the core of the frontcourt organization.
Klaassen’s technical characteristics are actually somewhat similar to Ling Feng who just debuted.
Even his goal-scoring ability is stronger than the previous Ling Feng.
Because he often scored the first goal for the team, he was nicknamed “Mr. 1-0” by many fans.
However, the past was the past, and the present is now.
Compared with Ling Feng today, he is more than one level behind.
Whether it is vision, passing accuracy, creativity, or speed, breakthrough, defense.
However, in this Ajax team with bleak talent, he is already the best one.
In other words, as long as Klaassen is pinched, Ajax’s offense will stagnate.
Therefore, Pearson arranged Cambiasso to mark him.
With age, the physical fitness and confrontation of “Commander Cambiasso” have declined significantly.
However, experience and awareness will not disappear!
You know, this bald brother was able to play as a main player in Real Madrid and Inter Milan at his peak!
Under Cambiasso’s close defense, Klaassen in the middle could not connect Ajax’s offense at all.
This is also an important reason why Ajax’s offense is not threatening!
After the halftime break, the two sides changed sides and the situation did not change at all.
Leicester City still firmly controlled the game on the field.
In the 68th minute of the second half, Mahrez was brought down after dribbling past the opponent on the right side of the frontcourt, winning a good position for the team.
Ling Feng took the penalty and passed the ball into the penalty area. Huth jumped up and shook his head, and the ball changed its trajectory and flew straight to the back of the goal.
Lingard, who was unattended, subconsciously stretched his legs and kicked the ball into the goal!
Since the super passer Ling Feng, coupled with the designed tactical arrangements, the number of set-piece goals of Leicester City has risen sharply!
Whether it is a direct header from the central defender or a pass to the back point, it is very threatening.
After the score reached 0-3, many Ajax fans could no longer bear it and chose to leave early.
As
The performance of the Dutch champion team is really disappointing!
However, most fans still choose to fight side by side with the team when they encounter difficulties!
The cheers from the stands still resounded throughout the stadium.
And the young people of Ajax did not give up, but continued to run on the field.
Unfortunately, under Pearson’s substitution adjustment, Leicester City’s formation became a 451 that focuses on defensive counterattacks.
In addition, the mentality was anxious. After each Ajax player got the ball, he wanted to use his personal dribbling skills to create threats, but he could not play effective cooperation.
If Pearson hadn’t felt that the overall situation was set and was afraid that the main players would be injured, he would have replaced Ling Feng and Mahrez in the 70th minute.
Otherwise, they would have likely scored one or two more goals.
It is worth mentioning that until the 85th minute of the game, Maguire also replaced captain Morgan and made his Europa League debut for Leicester City.
This is also his first European debut in his career!
Although he didn’t play much, even after the game, his underwear was not wet.
However, Maguire was still full of emotion.
In just one year, he first made a triple jump from the English League One team to the Premier League.
Looking back on the past, he tried his best for three consecutive years, but he couldn’t help Sheffield United from the English League One to the English Championship.
Now, after he transferred to Hull City and then loaned to Leicester City, he actually had the opportunity to make his debut on the stage of the Europa League!
This made Maguire start to think:
Is this what people often say that choice is greater than effort?
Finally, the referee blew the whistle to end the game.
After many years, Leicester City returned to the European knockout stage and defeated the Dutch champion Ajax away with a clean victory.
This result was beyond everyone’s expectations.
Even the most loyal Blue Fox fans did not expect that their team could give their opponents a 0-3 at Ajax’s home!
Moreover, judging from the game scene, this is almost a crushing victory!
With three goals in the away game, Leicester City has a very high chance of advancing to the next round of the Europa League.
The local newspaper in Leicester, The Mercury, even directly put a very arrogant headline on the cover of the next day’s newspaper:
“Europa League Round of 16!”
In the eyes of many Leicester City fans, the team has already secured a place in the Europa League Round of 16!
You know, they have never lost at home this season!
It is worth mentioning that among the four clubs representing England in the Europa League, Liverpool, Everton and Leicester City all won the first round.
Only Tottenham and Fiorentina tied.
And many Leicester City fans also came to Tottenham’s official website to laugh at Tottenham’s embarrassing the Premier League in the European war.
Some fans even made comments:
“Your Harry is just a flash in the pan, and he is not as good as Ling Feng at all!”
“Where is your Harry? Why didn’t he score a goal?”
This wave of sarcasm also triggered the rebuttal and retort from Tottenham fans.
And there is a reason why the Blue Fox fans did this.
Some time ago, due to the sudden rise of Tottenham’s striker Harry Kane this season, he scored nearly 20 goals in various competitions.
Especially in the 5-3 victory over Chelsea, Kane contributed a dominant performance of two goals and one assist, leading the team to overturn the top team by himself.
After that, many Tottenham fans felt that Kane was the hope of Tottenham’s striker, and even the media gave him nicknames such as “White Hart Lane Hurricane” and “New Shearer”.
Originally, the team had a good seedling, and the fans were so happy that they were bubbling, and it was normal to praise it.
However, some fans were too confident and thought Kane was better than Ling Feng!
The most important thing is that when they talk about how good and outstanding Kane is, they always like to compare Ling Feng.
Sometimes they say Kane’s personal ability is stronger than Ling Feng, and sometimes they say Kane is more comprehensive than Ling Feng.
As everyone knows, the two are in different positions, and their roles and responsibilities on the field are different, so there is no comparability at all.
They only know that the best young player in England is Ling Feng.
When comparing, of course you have to take the most famous one to show the awesomeness of your own players!
How can the Blue Fox fans who regard Ling Feng as the club’s big baby tolerate the actions of Tottenham fans? !
Moreover, the competition between the two also involves the ownership of an award.
That is the PFA Best Young Player!
In many fans and media
Overall, Ling Feng, who has performed explosively this season, has already been selected for this award.
However, if Kane continues to score goals, there is a slight possibility that he may win the award.
(End of this chapter)