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Chapter 12 Xavi of Leicester City [Please read! Please vote! ]

“After making his first-team debut a few days ago, Leicester City’s 18-year-old Ling Feng made his debut in the Championship League.”

“Algerian star Riyad Mahrez also appeared on the field with him.”

Ling Feng came on the field and replaced veteran left midfielder Lloyd Dale.

Mahrez replaced right midfielder Anthony Knockett.

With the two substitutes on the field, the formation on the field changed from 442 to 4231.

Forward Vardy was moved to the left and temporarily served as left midfielder.

Ling Feng stood behind striker Nugent as a front midfielder.

After Ling Feng came on as a substitute, Leicester City coach Pearson, who was standing on the sidelines, did not forget to shout to the players on the field:

“Pass the ball to Ling more!”

In fact, Ling Feng’s performance in training has already earned the trust of his teammates.

Even without the coach’s instructions, other Leicester City players are very willing to give the ball to him to organize the attack.

This shout did not cause much reaction from the Leicester City players, but instead attracted the attention of the Derby County players.

The Derby County players seemed to have discovered something and looked at Ling Feng.

Before the game, they knew Ling Feng’s name and deeds from various channels.

Coming off the bench, he sent two assists and helped the team reverse the Premier League team Stoke City.

Before the game, the coach emphasized to them the threat of Ling Feng’s pass, claiming that once the opponent came on as a substitute, they must press him and not let him pass the ball easily.

Even so, most of the Derby County players didn’t think so:

How powerful can a rookie who is only 18 years old be?

Perhaps, this black-haired boy is the breakthrough for them to turn the situation around!

Feeling the gazes of the Derby County players, Ling Feng’s expression remained unchanged, but he cursed in his heart:

Damn it!

Next time you arrange tactics, can you not yell in front of the opponent?

Although he complained in his heart, Ling Feng was mentally prepared.

Since the emergence of the FA Cup, coupled with the excessive hype of the media, he expected that he would definitely encounter “special attention” from the opposing players when he was on the court.

Just as “Drinking Brother” Drinkwater passed the ball to Ling Feng’s feet, the Derby County midfielder who was ambushing behind him immediately rushed over with an extremely ferocious momentum.

Obviously, he planned to give this black-haired boy a head start!

However, before he could get close, Ling Feng seemed to have eyes behind him. Without any hesitation, he tapped his foot and passed the ball back to the feet of “Water Drinker” Drinkwater.

Seeing Ling Feng pass the ball back, Derby County’s midfielder thought Ling Feng was afraid of his pressing, and he couldn’t help but slow down his pace while feeling proud.

Ling Feng didn’t care whether there was anyone behind him. He just accelerated his feet a little and ran to the empty space to respond.

Soon, everyone in the King Power Stadium, including the audience, commentators and Derby County players on the field, discovered something strange:

Is the football hot?

Why did this black-haired boy want to pass the ball as soon as he got the ball?

Slowly, people who understand football began to see some clues.

The No. 23 of Leicester City, through continuous short passes and running to empty spaces in the midfield, formed a mobile triangle group with two midfield teammates and firmly controlled the ball!

Facing the pressing and stealing of Derby County players, Ling Feng was able to pass the ball at the first time, not giving the opponent a chance to foul or confront.

Derby County players could not touch the ball at all, and could only shrink their defense and watch Leicester City take control of the ball.

Within five minutes after Ling Feng came on the court, Leicester City’s possession rate reached a terrifying 100%!

Such a scene surprised the commentator in the commentary booth:

“Wow!”

“What did I see?!”

“Is this the Spanish tiki-taka?!”

“Flexible running, very mature way of handling the ball, you can’t tell he is only 18 years old!”

“Haha, if it weren’t for the blue jersey on him, I would have thought he was a product of La Masia’s youth training.”

Hearing this, Leicester City coach Pearson, who was sitting firmly in the home team coaching booth and crossed his legs, couldn’t help but reveal a smug look.

He then smiled to the assistant coach Walsh beside him:

“It seems that our decision is right.”

Except for the coaching staff and Ling Feng himself, no one would know that this is a way of playing tailored for him by the coaching staff after comprehensively considering Ling Feng’s personal strengths and weaknesses!

And the most watched game videos in the video room by Ling Feng are the Barcelona game videos during the “Dream Three” period, as well as the personal game highlights of Xavi, the brain of Barcelona.

In the eyes of Pearson and Walsh, Ling Feng is Xavi of their Leicester City!

. . .

Use safe short passes in the midfield to connect in order to paralyze the opponent.

Then when the opponent’s players think that they can only pass safe balls and their defensive attention begins to relax, they will hit a fatal blow!

And under the continuous short passes, Ling Feng finally caught the gap in the Derby County formation.

When Brother Drinking Water passed the ball to Ling Feng’s feet for the 26th time, he paused.

Seeing that Ling Feng did not pass the ball immediately, the Derby County midfielder thought that he was going to turn around, and did not dare to neglect it at all, and rushed over immediately.

“Now!”

Just as the midfielder rushed behind him aggressively, Ling Feng’s expression became serious, and he kicked the ball back to another midfielder Matty James who followed up.

The moment he passed the ball, he immediately turned and ran forward, just passing by the Derby County midfielder who was trying to steal the ball.

Ling Feng could even see the other party’s face full of astonishment.

But he showed a slightly sarcastic smile.

Little guy, are you confused?

“Nice turn!”

Seeing Ling Feng running forward to the empty space, James passed the ball back again.

Just a simple two-on-one, Ling Feng avoided the midfielder’s rash rush and got the space to pass the ball.

Seeing this, Derby County’s central defender glared and subconsciously shouted:

“Push forward!”

Derby County coach and former England coach Steve McLaren on the sidelines also shouted to his disciples on the field:

“Don’t let him pass the ball!”

However, it was too late!

Without any hesitation or looking up, Ling Feng swung his right leg hard and sent a straight pass!

The fast-rolling ball passed through the center back and the left back and came to the right front of Derby County’s penalty area.

This pass also attracted the praise of the commentator:

“Imaginative through ball! The ball passed through the ribs of Derby County’s defense and came to the outside of the penalty area.”

“Oh, No. 26 Mahrez!”

Accompanied by the sudden exclamation of the commentator, Mahrez, wearing the No. 26 jersey, rushed into the penalty area like the wind!

This is the tacit understanding he and Ling Feng have accumulated during training and group confrontation.

Whenever Ling Feng was facing the goal and about to pass the ball, he would run to the space behind the full-back without hesitation.

Because he knew very well that as long as he ran, Ling Feng would pass the ball to him comfortably!

If you want to say who has the best first-touch technique among the entire Leicester City first-team players, then Mahrez, who just transferred to join, is the well-deserved first.

Facing the high-speed rolling football and the goalkeeper who left the goal in front of him, Mahrez’s expression was calm, like an emotionless killer.

Under the breathless attention of tens of thousands of fans at the King Power Stadium, he just lightly used his left foot to lightly pick the bottom of the ball.

The next second, the ball flew over the Derby County goalkeeper’s head and jumped into the empty goal!

“Mahrez, facing the goalkeeper”

“Clip shot!”

“The ball goes in!!!”

“gooooooaaaal!”

With this light lob shot, Mahrez scored his first goal in the English Championship.

Ling Feng also got his first assist in the English Championship.

And only ten minutes had passed since he came on as a substitute.

(End of this chapter)