Chapter 2 It’s time to show real technology

Just like the previous tactics, Rossi, as the center, must penetrate deep into the opponent's penalty area to attract the defense. At the same time, he must receive the pass from his teammate and head the ball in with his head.

Nugent has speed and passing ability, and can get the ball at the front of the penalty area to attract defenses.

The combination of the two, one high and one fast, can create breakthrough space for Mahrez on the wing.

This is the flexible combination of Leicester City's forward line and the diversity of attack methods.

But there is no one in the penalty area to attract defense. No matter who the ball is passed to the front line, the opponent will have enough time to take targeted defense.

Unless it is a lineup of three fast forwards, they can use speed and passing to open up the defense.

Therefore, Rossi's retreat undoubtedly weakened the offensive depth ability and disrupted the team's entire offensive deployment.

But Rossi didn't do anything wrong. After all, his ball control and dribbling have reached 80, and he is much more skilled than Nugent.

Nugent, who has rich shooting skills and experience, is at the front and retreats by himself, which is the best plan.

However, looking at the gloomy face of the coach, Rossi still obeyed obediently.

If a player is disobedient, no matter how good his performance is, he will definitely be banned in the future.

Both teams use a three-centre-back lineup. The midfield is the focus of the competition between the two sides. The strangulation is particularly fierce and the ball is difficult to pass to the feet of the forwards of both sides.

If a long pass is played, let alone Rossi, even if Vardy is on the court, there is no guarantee that the ball will be won steadily in front of the opponent's tall central defender.

In the last few minutes of the first half, neither side was able to threaten the goal.

At halftime, Pearson walked into the locker room with a stern face and a tactical board under his arm.

Vardy's injury has not yet been determined. If he misses subsequent games due to injury, the head coach will regret sending him on.

If this game is lost, there will be only 1 point difference between the team and Burnley.

In the remaining 8 rounds, there is no room for failure in each game. This would be too passive.

"Luo, in the second half, you continue to be at the forefront and pay attention to passing the ball. As long as you can stop the ball, we have a chance."

Although we know that it is difficult for rookie Rossi to header and take the ball under the tight defense of the opponent, the tactics still have to be explained, after all, we are one goal behind.

Right now, we can only place our hope on the team's top scorer, Nugent.

As long as they get a draw, the team still has a 4-point lead.

In the second half, Burnley began to shrink its defense and concentrate on defensive counterattacks.

Burnley's defense is full of tall central defenders, with a large horizontal defensive area. There is absolutely no chance for a frontal attack. Rossi can only move in the gap between the three central defenders.

Head coach Pearson also saw Rossi's movement, which was very smart.

The central defenders in the English league all have good one-defense and one-stop interception and steal abilities. It is almost impossible to get the ball in front of them.

However, a tall defender means a lack of turning and speed.

Rossi moves between the two central defenders and can attract the defense of both at the same time.

Once there is a mistake in the cooperation between the two, all it takes is a counter-offside move to get the space open.

In the 58th minute of the game, Leicester City midfielder Drinkwater broke away from the defense and passed a through ball towards Rossi.

Shacklebolt, who was guarding him, made up the defense in time to prevent Rossi from turning around easily.

Facing a center like Rossi who has rough foot skills, he must be physically challenged immediately so that he cannot stop the ball easily and does not give him a chance to turn around.

But looking at Rossi's body, Shakur wanted to take advantage of his body and knock him down directly. Even if he was called a foul by the referee, he would not be given a card.

This is in the English Championship, and physical confrontations like this are simply commonplace.

Rossi seemed to have known for a long time that Shakur was going to come forward to fight. He opened his feet slightly, lowered his center of gravity, and took advantage of his position first to stay in position.

Under such circumstances, if the defensive player still wants to use physical confrontation, as long as Rossi falls to the ground, it will definitely be a defensive foul.

Moreover, the two had a physical confrontation before, and the referee's decision would definitely favor Rossi.

Although Schalke is a rough guy, his years of defensive experience tell him that after the last physical confrontation, if he takes the initiative again, Rossi will only have to roll a few times and a yellow card will be inevitable.

Rossi turned his back to the defender, faced the ball directly, and extended his right foot to meet the ball.

Shakur had a "Sure enough" expression on his face, thinking that since he couldn't engage in confrontation, he would restrict him from turning around and stretch his legs to interfere with his catching the ball. As soon as he moved, he would immediately counterattack.

Everything is under control.

But Rossi did not choose to stop the ball. Instead, he raised the outside of his toes slightly, flicked the ball backwards, and turned around in the other direction.

Although it is not as agile and elegant as "Ice Prince" Bergkamp, ​​and the ball path is too far to the right, the effect is not bad at all.

In the past, Rossi would never have been able to do such a skill.

However, his ball control and dribbling skills have improved by leaps and bounds, and he is already very good at handling the ball delicately at his feet.

Did the ball pass?

Shakur, who was about to exert his strength, looked shocked and kicked the air with his right foot.

Not only the ball, but also no one touched it. In an instant, this U21 rookie had a clean pass.

Also shocked was the coach of Leicester City.

He was very familiar with Rossi's technical style, but he had never seen him play with such a deft and elegant style.

But seeing such an exquisite pass, he still clenched his fists and held his breath.

The opportunity has come!

In the three-center-back system, defensive players must not allow the opponent's forward to break through easily.

Once he is broken through, another central defender must come to cover, and the gap behind him will be completely exposed to another forward on the attacking side.

Shacklebolt hurriedly chased after him, his face turned red with shame and anger. What was the point of losing face if he was beaten by a U21 kid?

But the gap in status is difficult to make up for.

Shacklebolt was anxious and ran back with his legs. He saw the right moment and brought Rossi down with a sliding shovel.

drop!

The referee stopped the game because it was a tackle from behind and showed Shaker a yellow card.

Leicester City players stepped forward one after another and argued with the referee that this was clearly a red card foul.

However, the referee indicated that Burnley defender Michael Duff was in the last position and was the last defender, and Rossi did not form an absolute one-on-one shot.

In such an important game, the referee's mentality will be affected to some extent, and he will be very cautious in making penalties.

Seeing Rossi's proud smile, Shakur suddenly realized that he had been tricked by this rookie.

Rossi looked for fouls on himself from the beginning.

Wow, you actually tricked me.

Shakur, with a fierce look on his face, stared hard at the little rookie in front of him.

This kind of trivial skill dares to trick my class. Next time I won't knock you down directly and let you go off on a stretcher.

Leicester City gets a set-piece opportunity in the frontcourt.

Mahrez took a set kick and the ball passed the front point and headed towards the back point of the goal.

Defending Nugent at the back post is Shacklebolt, who must always keep an eye on Leicester City's leading striker.

Seeing the ball flying towards the back point, he took advantage of his height advantage and jumped hard to push the ball out of the penalty area to make up for the foul.

However, the arc of the ball passed by Mahrez obviously dropped further back than he expected, and the landing point was also the same.

When he realized something was wrong, his body had jumped to its highest point and was unable to adjust in mid-air.

Oops!

When Shacklebolt realized that he had made a major mistake, the ball passed over his head and landed in front of Nugent behind him.

Nugent saw Shacklebolt leaping high like a mountain in front of him, and he was about to give up, but the opponent made a mistake in the fight for the top and the ball actually missed.

He was surprised and delighted. He raised his left foot slightly and gently removed the ball with his thigh.

The clever stop made the Burnley goal tremble. The goalkeeper was stunned for a moment. After only 0.1 seconds, he rushed forward to block the shot angle.

Nugent, who had played in the Premier League, would never miss a good opportunity. After removing the ball, he hit the goal with his right foot.

The Burnley goalkeeper had no time to react when faced with a powerful volley from close range, but out of professionalism, he still pounced with his whole body.

However, Nugent's powerful shot made him feel a roar in his ears.

When he turned back, the ball had already hit the near corner of the goal.

1:1!!!

Leicester City equalized the score away from home.

Teammates hugged the hero of the goal. This goal was so important. It brought the points of both sides back to the same starting line.

After scoring this goal, Nugent surpassed Vardy and became the team's top scorer with 17 league goals.
Chapter completed!