The two of them were very close, but the two of them were very close.

Chapter 59: English League One Air Domination [Please read! Please vote!]

Even though they were opponents, Ling Feng, who was an “acquaintance”, was the first to smile brightly.

Faced with Ling Feng’s smile, Maguire was confused.

Does this guy know me?

Why is he smiling at me?

And his smile is so bright and sunny?

Or does he think I’m easy to bully, so he smiles at me?

For a moment, Maguire’s mind was full of thoughts.

However, before he could react, Ling Feng had already retracted his gaze.

This made Maguire even more puzzled.

“Is it my illusion?”

Maguire temporarily suppressed his doubts and confusion and followed the team into the King Power Stadium.

“Welcome to watch the quarter-finals of the 13-14 English FA Cup. The home team Leicester City will face the visiting Sheffield United.”

“We will bring you live commentary at the King Power Stadium.”

“Let’s take a look at the starting lineups of both sides.”

It can be said without hesitation that Harry Maguire can be said to be the best player in this Sheffield United.

As a youth player of Sheffield United, he has gradually become an indispensable defensive backbone of Sheffield United since he was promoted to the first team in 2011.

This season, Sheffield United is in average form in the league.

After 34 rounds of the league, it is only ranked 11th, and there is a certain point gap from the direct promotion seat.

But in the FA Cup, the “Blades” are in hot form.

They first eliminated the Premier League team Aston Villa in the third round, eliminated the Premier League team Fulham again in the fourth round through penalties after two draws, and easily defeated the Championship team Nottingham Forest in the fifth round

With the amazing performance of eliminating Premier League and Championship teams in succession, Sheffield United can be called the biggest dark horse in the FA Cup this season!

And Maguire is the absolute hero of this Sheffield United’s entry into the FA Cup quarterfinals.

With a value of 1.5 million euros, it is also ranked first in the team.

This is why Pearson emphasized this point.

In addition to Maguire, there are really few players in Sheffield United who pose a threat to Leicester City.

. . .

Beep~~~

With the referee’s whistle, this dark horse and dark horse contest officially began!

Due to the gap in strength, coupled with the away game, Sheffield United has been very pragmatic in using the 451 tactics of defensive counterattack from the beginning.

This is also the main tactic they adopted in the English League One.

Under the command of Maguire, the air tyrant of English League One, Sheffield United’s defense is excellent.

In terms of the number of goals conceded in the league, it ranks fifth from the bottom, second only to the top four teams in the league!

However, no matter how good the defense is, it is useless if the forwards don’t score.

Coincidentally.

Sheffield United’s league goals are also ranked fifth from the bottom, just a little better than the teams at the bottom.

This is enough to prove that this Sheffield United is a team with strong defense and weak offense.

Therefore, from the first second of the game, Leicester City took control of the situation on the field and pressed Sheffield in the half.

However, due to the full retreat to their own half, Sheffield United compressed the space so narrow that Leicester City could not penetrate through short passes.

The middle was too crowded, so Ling Feng had to try to pass the ball to the two wingers, allowing the two wingers to use their personal abilities to break through and create threats.

It was precisely because of the tactical consideration that the situation needed to be opened from the wing that Connoquet, who had better footwork, replaced Nugent as the starting left winger.

And he also strictly followed the tactical instructions, constantly dribbling the ball on the left side and breaking through.

In fact, Connoquet also had a lot of energy in his heart.

In his opinion, after he missed the key penalty in the promotion play-offs more than half a year ago, he has been working hard in training and playing, trying to get out of the negative impact of that penalty.

And such a diligent attitude has also been recognized by the head coach.

In the first half of the season, he was still the team’s main right winger.

However, after Ling Feng was promoted to the first team and Mahrez transferred in, everything changed!

He suddenly became a victim of tactical changes, from the starting right winger to a substitute who could only play on the left and right sides.

Connoquet was of course not happy either.

However, without him, the team’s record has become better, and it has directly won a wave of consecutive victories.

As the team

As a member of the team, he was happy but also a little disappointed.

Therefore, he got a limited chance to start, and he hoped to prove to the club and the head coach with his performance that at least in his best dribbling, he was better than Ling Feng!

And with his frequent breakthroughs, Sheffield United’s right side was frequently torn open.

After breaking through to create space, Conokate did not play a high ball to cross, but used his left foot to sweep to the middle.

Several low crosses created chaos in the penalty area.

If Vardy had not been double-teamed by two tall central defenders of Sheffield United, he would have almost grabbed the front point and made a shot.

Even so, he did not forget to give Conokate a thumbs up:

“Good shot!”

In desperation, the midfielder who came to assist could only stop him by committing a foul.

“Nice pass!”

“Oh, Connockate was pulled down!”

“This is undoubtedly a foul!”

In the 17th minute of the game, Leicester City got a chance for a set-piece in the area near the sideline on the left.

After looking at the positions in the penalty area, Ling Feng deliberately passed a curved ball into the crowd, trying to create some chaos.

If Maguire headed the ball into his own goal, he would not be surprised at all.

However, at the moment the ball flew into the penalty area, a red and white figure suddenly jumped up, and with that big head, the ball was steadily headed out of the danger zone with a “bang”.

Looking closely, it was Maguire who got the first point!

Damn, headed like this? !

In the next 20 minutes, whether it was a cross from the side or a curved cross from a set-piece, as long as it was a high ball into the Sheffield United penalty area, it was destroyed by Maguire in the first time.

Even the commentator couldn’t help but exclaim:

“Tonight Maguire ruled the sky!”

However, football is a team sport.

Even a god can’t lead ten pig teammates.

What’s more, it’s a young version of an aircraft carrier?

If the high ball can’t get past your big head, Maguire, can’t I pass the ball on the ground? !

So Ling Feng began to frequently pass some surgical short through balls, allowing Vardy to insert behind the central defender.

After Vardy’s repeated sprints, Maguire’s bulky body and slow turning speed were exposed.

In the 40th minute of the game, Ling Feng, who came to the front of the penalty area, once again made a secret through ball into the penalty area.

Vardy, who was closely attached to Maguire, turned and inserted.

Maguire turned a little slowly and didn’t dare to reach out to pull.

Another central defender came to assist, but his footwork was a little big and touched Vardy’s knee.

With a scream, the latter fell down.

The next second, the referee blew the whistle decisively and pointed to the penalty spot!

(End of this chapter)


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