I am the king of football

Chapter 99 Don't panic, it's not a big problem

Leicester City, because of the big fox on the team logo, is affectionately called Fox City by fans, which is quite similar to Hull City's name Tiger City.

In the past few years, this team has always been a regular in the Championship League, occasionally having the opportunity to participate in the promotion play-offs, but has never been able to succeed in the Premier League.

In May this year, the owner from Thailand officially acquired 80% of the shares of Leicester City and took complete control of the club. The team's home stadium was also renamed the King Power Stadium.

Afterwards, the Thai owner began to spend a lot of money to recruit players and change coaches. The current coach of Leicester City is none other than the former Hull City coach Nigel Pearson, an experienced coach who has led the team to promotion to the Premier League several times.

Everyone can see that Leicester City wants to be promoted to the Premier League as soon as possible, but not everyone can introduce a large number of new players like the Tigers this season and quickly integrate them into the team to create a new winning streak record in the Championship League.

Leicester City's performance in the first half of the season was not very smooth, and now they are ranked sixth in the league with 35 points.

Compared to the Tigers who are already working hard towards 60 points, this point is not a threat, but the problem is that in the previous rounds of the league, the Foxes seemed to have come to their senses under the leadership of Pearson and won three consecutive victories.

This forced Bruce to take it seriously. Any team that wins consecutively must have players who are firing on all cylinders. In the Foxes' case, that player is their center forward Beckford. The striker is in hot form having scored goals in three consecutive league games.

In addition, they also have a talented midfielder Andy King who came out of Chelsea's youth training.

This player has provided ten assists in the league so far. His solid basic skills, keen passing sense and excellent long-range shooting ability make it difficult for him to be restricted by opponents in the game.

These are all areas that Hull City needs to pay attention to, and Bruce has also emphasized these to the players in the corresponding positions during pre-match training and tactical arrangements.

However, when we actually got to the court, it really wasn't that pretty.

"Another shot! King received Beckford's header and fired a powerful shot into the goal~"

At Kingston Communications Stadium, tens of thousands of fans are singing and cheering. The game between the two teams has been going on for more than 20 minutes.

During these twenty minutes, the battle between Tiger City and Fox City can be said to be back and forth.

Qin Hu and Kane contributed two goals to the team respectively. One was Qin Hu's header from the edge of the penalty area, and the other was Kane's low shot after receiving the ball from Qin Hu after penetrating into the penalty area.

Although both shots failed to score, it was enough to make the Leicester players sweat.

However, the Foxes responded quickly.

Just after 20 minutes of the game, Beckford headed the ball into the penalty area from outside the penalty area and then made a volley that was almost missed by the unprepared Gulas. Three minutes later, Andy King made a long shot that made Zhan Jun exclaim in surprise.

Gulas leapt to the maximum distance to save the powerful shot, and just used his fingertips to push the ball away from the upper right corner of the goal. The Hull City fans at the scene first exclaimed and then gave Gulas a warm applause for his amazing save.

However, the Fox City's attack is not over yet.

"Okay, the game is in the 24th minute, Leicester City has a corner kick opportunity, and they have many header players in their team."

Andy King was preparing to kick off in the corner area. In the penalty area, the burly Beckford was already ready. With him were another striker Nugent, who was in Leicester City's 442 formation in this game, and midfielder Dennis.

"Swish~" Without any nonsense, the ball was kicked out directly in the next moment. Maguire successfully defended Beckford beside him and prevented the opponent from heading the ball. However, what no one expected was that the arc of Andy King's corner kick was so large.

"The ball flew from the front point to the back point on the left side of the penalty area, where there was no Hull City player marking it!"

"Oh!"

As soon as Zhan Jun finished speaking, the emerging Leicester City winger Dyer appeared in front of the ball. It was obvious that this was a corner kick tactic that the Foxes had practiced.

"Gulas didn't have time to make a save, the ball went in!!!"

In the 25th minute of the game, Hull City lost the first ball. Playing at home, they were caught by their opponents in a set-piece opportunity.

In the stands, the Foxes fans began to roar wildly. Although there were only a few thousand of them, the huge Foxes TIFO and the roar still suppressed the fans in the main stands of Hull City.

In the short term, the fox seemed to have suppressed the ferocious tiger.

"OK, OK, don't be nervous, there's still a lot of time left in the game! Qin, catch the ball!"

The Leicester City players on the field surrounded Dyer and celebrated. They rushed to the corner area and roared in response to the huge boos from Hull City fans at the beginning and during the game.

However, the Hull City players, who had experienced many tough times, were quite indifferent to the opponent's intention to suppress their morale.

In a football match, as long as the gap between the two sides is not too big, scoring a goal is bound to happen. It's just a matter of whether you go first or I go first. The mentality of the Tigers team, which has sufficient experience in reversals and lore, is definitely not comparable to that of the Foxes team, which has just found its form.

In short, after Qin Hu waved his hand with the ball to signal the players to return to their respective positions, everyone in Tiger City had a highly unanimous voice in their hearts - don't panic, it's not a big problem.

Soon, both sides kicked off again. After the ball was kicked out, Hull City continued to steadily begin to make adjustments.

Compared with them, Leicester City, who had taken the lead, began to become very aggressive. Beckford took the lead, and Andy King and the Foxes' midfielders crossed the midfield and began to press for the ball.

Unfortunately, they couldn't touch the ball for five minutes.

Evans and Kane, both players with organizational skills, moved the ball around the court like Tai Chi, and soon they exhausted the opponent's energy at the beginning of the game.

Then the game entered the 35th minute and Hull City began to advance step by step.

"Kane passed the ball to Cooper on the right. Oh~, this young player did not choose to burst down the bottom line directly, but chose to play passing and controlling with his teammates."

First there was a smooth fake move, then Cooper passed the ball to Kane and quickly passed Dyer in front of him, and the next second he caught the ball behind the opponent.

It is obvious that football is not only a competition of speed, but also a presentation of skills, tactics and tacit understanding. Tiger City continues to move forward steadily.

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