Lipolo's retracement undoubtedly made Valencia's defense impregnable. After that, neither Vardy nor Mahrez could find another great opportunity. The game finally ended with 4:2.

This score is a bit subtle.

Valencia took a two-goal lead, but the Blue Foxes, who scored two away goals, did not have no chance. Looking at the players who had no intention of giving up, Ranieri couldn't help but feel worried.

[According to this rhythm, they will definitely not accept the rotation in the second round a week later!]

[How to play in the league relegation battle with Crystal Palace?]

[Gary Neville, that bastard, did not engage in any serious confrontation in the last half hour, just to keep us hopeful and then bring us down!]

[After all, the depth of our Leicester City bench is not comparable to that of Valencia!]

Neville, who was scolded by Ranieri in his heart, knew nothing about this matter.

However, he is indeed already thinking about how to rotate in the weekend league.

"The entire defense needs rest, but we are a little short of manpower.

During the period when Gaya and Jones were injured, Bernat, Van Dijk, and Vizzo all maintained full attendance, which meant that Cancelo, the right back, could rotate with Barragan and Montoya.

Whether it was Ayala who was promoted from the youth academy or Tuanzebe who was loaned from Manchester United, it was obviously not enough to take on the big job. He made a bold decision:

"Let player No. 9 play as a central defender! He has not played in the previous national team games and was suspended for one game. There is no problem with his physical fitness! With him in the defense, even Tuanzebe I dare to let him out and play with him

Partner!"

Pre-match press conference 2 days later.

Gary Neville announced the 18-man squad and explained:

"Due to the intensive schedule, we need to make a substantial rotation of the lineup, including the captain and deputy captain Parejo, Perez, and the defense line of Van Dijk, Cancelo, and Bernat, all need to rest."

Of course the reporters understood what he meant:

"Li Polo is not within the scope of rest?"

Neville shrugged:

"Didn't he get enough rest before?"

Someone is worried about him:

"Tomorrow's opponent is Sevilla... If you let a rotation lineup play, are you really confident?

Neville looked like he had a chance to win:

"A head coach who can only use one main lineup is not a good coach!

Only a head coach who can make reasonable use of every player is a truly outstanding coach!"

A local reporter from Seville asked again:

"Then why don't you let Li Polo participate in the rotation? Wouldn't this better show your level?"

Neville nodded to him, looking calm and composed:

"This press conference ends here!"

One day later, the Mestalla Stadium welcomed its opponent in the 32nd round of the league.

Sevilla has always been a traditional strong team after Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid. It is also a frequent visitor to the European theater and the absolute king of the Europa League. This season, benefiting from the performance of their competitors, they are currently temporarily

Ranked fourth, stabilizing Atletico Madrid.

Due to the absence of core midfielder Ganso due to injury, they do not have many well-known stars in the team. The slightly famous ones include Montenegro forward Jovetic, left winger Victor Vitolo, and Vietto who is on loan from Atletico Madrid.

, and defense backbone Lenglet.

Jovetic, who has played for Fiorentina, Manchester City, and Inter Milan for many years, was originally their most relied-upon offensive weapon. However, when the forward was about to crush Valencia's backup defense, he found that he was standing in front of him.

It's not Ayala who is a rotation youth training player, but... Lee Polo wearing the No. 9 jersey!

"It's a lie, right?"

Jovetic and his coach Sampaoli looked in disbelief at the same time.

Argentinian football star Sampaoli glared at England star Neville fiercely, his heart full of anger and resentment! "Sly British guy, they tricked me!"

[Negative sentiment from Jovetic, 128!]

[Sampaoli,99!]

Jovetic, who has been a substitute at Manchester City and Internazionale for many years, has long lost the spirituality and power he had at Viola. Since being loaned to Sevilla from Internacional in January, he has played 12 games on three fronts.

He only scored 4 goals. Considering that he only came on as a substitute in many games, his average efficiency of 0.3 per game is barely worthy of the rental price.

Faced with Li Poluo returning to his old career, he felt flustered and short of breath for no reason. His strength that might have been 80 points suddenly dropped to 60 points!

Li Polo took Barragan, Tuanzebe, Montoya and other rotating defenders to face Sevilla's offensive firepower! Fortunately, Valencia's midfield bench is still deep enough:

With Schweinsteiger, Llorente, Barbosa, and Zakaria, there won't be much of a problem in terms of defensive hardness or passing ability.

On the front line is Mina's partner Munir. The two substitute forwards cherish the opportunity very much. Not only are they very active in running and interspersing, they even refer to Lee Polo's daily play style, frequently retreating to the midfield to participate in defense, causing the ball to be blocked.

Villa often made passing errors and was counterattacked by Valencia many times.

In the 37th minute, Montoya and Barbosa successfully intercepted the opponent's pass and passed the ball forward for the first time. Munir got a solo opportunity.

But facing the goalkeeper who blocked the near corner, he did not take advantage of the shot. Instead, he moved the ball to the center and assisted Mina to push the shot into the empty goal, 1:0!

In the 61st minute of the second half, Bastian Schweinsteiger was brought down in the opponent's half and got a free kick opportunity.

"Old Pig" personally took action and kicked a cross with a huge arc.

With Lipolo trapped in a tight siege, Schweinsteiger's pass found Barbosa who was ambushing in the back position. The Brazilian midfielder fired a shot, and the score was rewritten again, 2:0!

With two goals in hand, Valencia obviously relaxed a lot. In the 73rd minute, Lipolo easily squeezed out Jovetic near the center circle and grabbed the opponent's big pass.

Afterwards, Lee Polo even showed off his increasingly professional ball-handling skills, dribbling the ball from near the center circle and driving straight into the opponent's midfield.

The Sevilla player did not react for a moment, and for five or six seconds, no one stepped forward to press him, allowing him to successfully reach the top of the penalty area!

Seeing Li Polo running for 30 meters with the ball, as if he was in no one's land, Lenglet, the number one player in Sevilla's defense, was furious: "Do you really think our Sevilla defense has no one?"

?!]

He gave up his target, Mina, and rushed out in a hurry, preparing to defend the team's defense with his life. However, he did not expect that the timid Lee Polo did not dare to compete with him. Instead, he was the first to fight.

Momentarily passed the ball to Mina

[Negative sentiment from Lenglet, 76!]

Unguarded, Mina raised his foot and pushed the ball through the goal easily!

3:0!

Langley's eyes are cracked!

[Li Polo, you coward!]

[People are coming to kill me, why are they so weak?]

[Do you dare to fight your Grandpa Wolf for three hundred rounds?]

But no matter what, Lenglet at least successfully prevented Lipolo from scoring.

Li Polo, the top scorer in La Liga, failed to score a single goal in the entire game amid Lenglet's tough defense!

His goal number still stands at 45 goals.

And the goal efficiency has experienced a sharp decline!

24 rounds

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