Chapter 358 Fox City Is a Huge Treasure Trove

After the eighth round of the Premier League, the war in the Premier League has temporarily stopped, and the international match day in October has arrived as scheduled.

The 2016 European Cup qualifiers have been played so far, and most of the qualifying teams have basically been determined.

However, before the start of the qualifiers, among the traditionally strong European teams such as England, Germany, Spain, Italy and Belgium, or the upstarts, which were favored by fans, only one England team has topped the group ahead of schedule.

Belgium and Wales, who have become famous in the past two years and whose overall value has soared like a rocket, are inseparable.

The German team and the Polish team are also still fiercely competing for the right to qualify for the top spot in the group.

Spain and Italy still need the next game to completely establish themselves at the top of the group.

Only England has won all eight qualifying games and has easily qualified early.

Although the other competitors in Daiying's group are indeed not very strong.

But being able to achieve eight consecutive wins in the qualifiers is enough to show that England is no longer the embarrassing "pseudo-strong team" that was in the past two years.

Huo Taigong has tasted the benefits of promoting young people.

After promoting Maguire and Bertrand to the starting lineup in the past two years, he has vigorously used young players such as Sterling, Harry Kane and Barkley.

This will undoubtedly help to quickly restore the strength of the England team.

After qualifying for the top spot in the group ahead of schedule, Huo Taigong also selected more newcomers to the England national team to play in the two European preliminaries in October.

For example, Drinkwater, Alli, Stones, and Trippier who joined Chelsea like a leap this season and performed very well.

On October 9th at Wembley Stadium, England faced the challenge of Estonia.

In this World Cup preliminaries, Huo Taigong directly put Trippier, Maguire and Bertrand, all three players from Chelsea, on the starting line at the back.

Huo Taigong has a certain tactical experimental nature in this starting arrangement.

But when they saw three players from Chelsea appearing on the national team's defense, many England fans felt it was "appropriate".

No way, the first impression Chelsea has given many English fans in the past few seasons is that they are strong defensively.

In the World Cup preliminaries that day, several Chelsea players on England's defense performed very solidly.

The strong back-breaking attributes of Trippier and Bertrand on the offensive end have also provided great help to England's offensive variations in the frontcourt.

Harry Kane, who started on the forward line, benefited greatly from this. He scored twice in the game that day and was successfully elected as the best player of the game.

England finally defeated Estonia 4-0, and the victory was very simple and beautiful.

Of course, England's media from all walks of life are indispensable for the post-match promotion session.

However, compared to the media's stereotyped exaggeration, fans in England paid more attention to Leon who unexpectedly appeared in the box at Wembley Stadium that day.

Li Ang declined the interview requests from media reporters after the game, and Maguire also took the initiative to say that it was several of them who invited Li Ang to watch the game today.

But the media in England always want to make some big news.

After all, it is indeed abnormal for a star of Li Ang's level to never play in the national team.

Naturalizing in England is a very simple matter for Li Ang now.

As long as he is willing and nods, the FA will quickly help him get these trivial matters done.

Think about it, now the frontcourt and backcourt are full of "young talents", but there is still a lack of a leading brother in the middle. How strong will England be after having Li Ang?

This is not just the fantasy of the English sports media for their own entertainment. Many fans in England and even fans in Spain often discuss the topic of letting Leon join their national team.

Even though Li Ang has stated through his management team more than once before that he will never consider changing his nationality.

But this does not prevent fans in England and Spain from continuing to covet his... skills!

In football, you should never say it is impossible for something to happen. What if it comes true?

Related topics have become hot again.

After returning home from the ball game, Li Ang was speechless when he saw the relevant public opinion news.

Anyway, he has refuted rumors enough times before, and this time is no different.

After once again asking the agency team to issue an announcement to clarify, Li Ang no longer appeared in public to watch the England team's games.

Sure enough, the topic of discussing his joining the England national team only lasted for two days and then dropped.

With the end of the international match day, England fans who have suffered from public opinion for a few days have once again turned their attention to the Premier League, which is about to reignite the war.

Li Ang ended his suspension and was finally able to start in the Premier League again.

In the ninth round of the league, he and his teammates will go to the King Power Stadium to face Leicester City, which is currently undefeated in the Premier League.

Fox City at the beginning of this season directly replaced the dark horse positions of Swansea and Southampton in the previous two seasons.

In the first eight rounds of the league, they have four wins, four draws and no losses. They are currently ranked fourth in the Premier League with 16 points. They are full of momentum!

And their record also includes impressive performances in defeating the Hammers and drawing with Tottenham and Arsenal.

Therefore, they are currently ranked fourth in the Premier League and cannot be said to have taken advantage of the schedule.

At least this Fox City team has withstood the test of opponents in the middle and upper reaches of the Premier League.

And they can fight on a single front this season. As long as they are not dragged down by the League Cup and FA Cup, they are likely to enter the European war zone.

The main players in Chelsea will not underestimate Leicester City because of the coaching staff's careful instructions.

Li Ang certainly won't.

Although he is not optimistic that Leicester City can still create a myth of counterattack and win the championship this season.

But he still believes that this Leicester City can transform into a tough and strong Premier League team.

Just like Liverpool last season.

Such teams cannot pose any substantial threat to Chelsea and Manchester City, who are finally competing for the championship, but they have the strength to create enough trouble for the championship teams.

If you don't believe it, ask the veteran players in Chelsea and Manchester City, which are the three teams they disliked the most in the Premier League last season.

The team they disliked the most is definitely each other, and the third one is hard to say, but the second one is definitely Liverpool!

That is no longer an indestructible cockroach, it is definitely an indestructible flat-headed brother!

I just don't accept it, I just want to fight! I have to fight even if I can't win!

Anyway, I just don't want to let the opponent have a good time.

Li Ang is full of interest in today's game with Leicester City, and he has made enough psychological preparations.

In contrast, although his teammates did not underestimate the enemy, they were still shocked by the strength of Leicester City after the transformation at the beginning of the game.

Compared with last season, Leicester City in the new season is completely another team of different types and levels.

At first glance, they didn't change many main players, but the overall tactical structure is completely different.

Ranieri not only made the offensive and defensive capabilities of this Leicester City more balanced, but also directly activated the two forwards Mahrez and Vardy.

This is a very magical thing.

After all, the two of them are not young anymore, and there is no such thing as a young talented player suddenly realizing his strength by leaps and bounds.

Last season, the two of them combined in the league scored no more than 10 goals, but now that the league has only played eight rounds, they have already contributed 10 goals and 5 assists together!

This offensive efficiency is simply amazing!

The two of them also turned over and became the hottest players in the Premier League.

Well, the old hot players are still hot players!

Mahrez, who is now full of confidence, directly passed Azpilicueta who was marking him at the beginning of today's game and completed a threatening shot.

Vardy was no less impressive. In the 7th minute of the game, he received Albrighton's diagonal pass and successfully made an offside run!

If Maguire hadn't been bold and decisive to destroy the ball first, Vardy might have scored a goal with a single knife!

Under the correct and appropriate tactical system, forwards with corresponding strength can always show amazing performances.

Mahrez's personal ability, Vardy's running position and sense of smell in front of the goal successfully amazed Chelsea's coaching staff at this moment.

However, Mourinho was still stable at this time. After all, his offensive players were more outstanding, and among the players he had coached, there were all-around monsters like Ronaldo.

But when Chelsea took the initiative in attack and began to press forward to attack Leicester City.

Mourinho's eyes were filled with a figure who ran hard and had a high defensive rate!

"My God! Where did Leicester City find such a monster? He can run just like Leon! Did he really only play a full French Ligue 1 last season?!"

Holland didn't keep his composure and kept exclaiming while sitting in the coaching booth, but Mourinho had already remembered the name of this short midfielder at this time.

Kante!

This black midfielder only transferred from Ligue 1 to Leicester City in the summer window this year, and only in the last round of the league did he completely consolidate his starting position in Leicester City.

Mourinho didn't want to know how Ranieri found this short midfielder and how he made up his mind to make him the main player.

He is now full of interest in this player, just as he had always thought about buying the outstanding midfielder he had taken a fancy to!

Kante didn't know at this moment that he had been deeply remembered by the madman.

He was just a little nervous, and was looking forward to a collision with the Chelsea midfield trio.

Under his tireless running and sweeping, Kroos looked a little embarrassed in the first 20 minutes of the game today.

There is no way, Kroos just doesn't like this kind of defensive player with strong running ability, fierce interception and wide coverage.

When he first met Leon in Bayern, he was restricted by Leon in this way.

Fortunately, he is now adapted to more midfield positions. When he was playing as a midfielder and was robbed by Kante, he took the initiative to retreat to the position to get the ball and organize.

As for the work of holding the ball and advancing, it must be left to Leon.

He can't withstand Kante's sweeping interception, but Leon can still withstand it.

Drinkwater and Kante's midfield combination is very good, but neither of them has a good way to deal with Leon.

Because Leon has excellent skills and strength, when he has an absolute advantage in strength, he will not play any elegant games. He will rush forward with the ball like a tank and run over it!

Chelsea's offensive system is still running smoothly under Leon's continuous advancement and passing.

The Leicester City fans at the King Power Stadium watched this scene, and their faces were full of helpless bitter smiles.

"This is Li Ang! His physical and technical versatility allows him to always come up with the best response when facing different game scenes!

Kante performed very well today, Drinkwater was also good, but they still couldn't limit Li Ang's performance.

As long as Chelsea's core player can still perform normally, Chelsea's suppression of Leicester City will come without suspense..."

The commentator of Sky Sports in England shook his head and continued to praise Li Ang's stable performance.

And as he said, under the leadership of Li Ang, Chelsea spent the first 20 minutes of the opening and tested the bottom line with Leicester City, and successfully suppressed Leicester City's offensive performance!

Vardy and Mahrez, who had previously given neutral fans a lot of surprises, had to retreat to assist their teammates in defense.

In general, Leicester City's back line performed quite well.

They did not seem panicked under Chelsea's suppression, and Morgan's defense against Suarez in the penalty area was also in place.

But they couldn't stand Chelsea's top offensive level on both sides!

Li Ang controlled the distribution of offensive ball rights, but he didn't control the ball at this moment. He just used his super personal advancement ability to continuously deliver ammunition to his teammates on both wings.

Suarez tied up too many defensive attention of Leicester City defenders in the middle.

So it was time for Hazard and De Bruyne, the Belgian wingers, to perform.

The two took turns to get the ball to involve Leicester City's left and right defense lines, and then cooperated with the two full-backs to attack.

The left and right full-backs of Leicester City, whose personal strength is far from the top, had a hard time.

Chelsea was not impatient on the offensive end, but patiently pulled and wore down the patience and energy of Leicester City defenders.

And with the corresponding reduction in offensive mistakes, Chelsea rarely lost key ball rights on the offensive end.

Leicester City's counterattack frequency could not be raised, and their efficient advantage in seizing offensive and defensive transition opportunities could not be highlighted at all.

In the 34th minute of the first half, Chelsea took advantage of the Leicester City right-back Simpson's interception error, which completely tore apart Leicester City's defense line!

Kante's sprint back to defense forced Hazard to give up the idea of ​​cutting into the Leicester City penalty area.

However, the Belgian winger's return pass still accurately found Li Ang who was inserted!

Morgan attacked and intercepted at the first time, but Li Ang hung the ball behind him!

Suarez, who easily got forward, took the ball and shot!

Schmeichel was a little slow to go to the ground, and the football finally went into the net in the near corner of Leicester City's goal!

After almost half a game, Chelsea successfully disintegrated Leicester City's defensive system and scored the first goal of the game today.

Many Chelsea fans subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief in front of the TV, and they also felt the toughness of the opponent's defense line for a rare time.

Mourinho was also standing on the sidelines at this moment, applauding his disciples, but his eyes would always involuntarily drift to the Leicester City half...

This new season, the Foxes have become a huge treasure trove~