Football: A late bloomer, starting with Leicester City

Chapter 72: Two consecutive ties and tied for first place, the powerful men who stretch their hips (please vote for me)
Seven days later at the Vicarage Road Stadium, Leicester City welcomed their old rival Watford, the opponent who once completed the miraculous 20 seconds against them.

This is the 12th round of the Premier League. Everything seems to be progressing very quickly, and everyone is aiming for more points.

Game No.40 for two minutes.

Mahrez sent a key diagonal pass from the left, and Vardy, who followed up in the middle, easily poked the far corner into the net, giving Leicester City the lead.

At the same time, Vardy also completed his nine consecutive games scoring goals this season, one step away from Van Nistelrooy's record.

After scoring the goal, Vardy was very excited and came to Mahrez and Chen Yufeng.

"This season, we may not be able to just fight for relegation, we must pursue higher personal honors!"

"For example?" Mahrez said with a smile next to him.

"We want to stay around No. 10 at the end of the season!" Vardy said a goal that seemed far away to him.

"I will maintain my scoring efficiency. You two are also very efficient. We can do it."

Vardy smiled and hugged Mahrez and Chen Yufeng again.

"I thought with your personality, you would say that we are competing for fourth place this season." Mahrez joked.

"That's too difficult, just take it step by step."

Vardy shook his head. After all, he had just come up from the British Championship and his confidence in competing for the top four in the face of so many giants was still insufficient.

Perhaps under the influence of Ranieri, these players do not have the habit of aiming too high, but just choose to do well in every game in front of them.

After all, they are people who are familiar with this arena and know how many top superstars and top teams there are in this arena.

In such a competitive situation, people tend to seek stability and do the present first, especially a small team like Leicester City.

Looking around the world, there are many small teams that are still ranked at the forefront until the mid-term, but by the end of the season they will still be shuffled by the big clubs.

This is the difference in lineup thickness, stability, and hard power.

To break this pattern, what is often needed is more favorable conditions, right place, right people, and the right people. The difficulty is simply too high.

Chen Yufeng looked at the two of them and turned around while suppressing a smile.

Mahrez and Vardy were both still young at this time, especially Mahrez, who had not yet started to grow a beard and still looked like a young man.

Until now, even at Christmas, they still dare not imagine that they will be the Premier League champions this season...

Stay in this big family, fight every game with them, experience this epic season together, and feel the gradual changes in the mentality of these players.

For Chen Yufeng, it is actually a beautiful thing.

"Where's Yufeng? What do you think?"

Vardy asked, turning his head.

"My thoughts are different from those of you. I think we can challenge for the trophy."

Chen Yufeng had already turned around and ran away, but turned his back to the two of them and spoke in a joking tone.

"This guy is really big-hearted."

Vardy and Mahrez looked at each other and smiled, not paying much attention to this sentence.

Perhaps deep down in their hearts, the two of them would hesitate a little about Chen Yufeng's words, but they don't have the guts to express it yet.

The game soon restarted. Watford launched Tietong's defense in the backcourt and took the opportunity to counterattack. Leicester City had no good solution for a while.

This situation lasted until the stoppage time of the second half of the game.

Just when all the Leicester City soldiers thought they were going to win a clean sheet, the pizza curse appeared again.

Match No. 901 minutes.Watford sent a set kick from the wing and rolled towards the center.

Faced with a cross that was neither high nor low, central defender Huth obviously didn't know how to deal with it.

Use your head, it's too low, use your feet, it's a little high.

During the hesitation, Watford forward Deeney was already close to him and put pressure on him.

Under pressure, Huth could only kick hard with his right foot.

"Boom."

There was a not-too-heavy sound of touching the ball. Huth's right foot was not in the right position and hit the bottom of the football, causing a backward force.

Then, the football swept through a very strange arc, forming a feeling of hanging goal, flying behind Schmeichel.

Schmeichel was undefended on this ball, and by the time he realized something was wrong, it was already too late.

"Yeahhh...!"

As the Watford home fans let out a burst of cheers, all Leicester City players were speechless and lowered their heads in regret.

One to one.

This is the final score, and Leicester City has gained two consecutive draws.

"Oh oh..."

Ranieri stood on the edge of the court with a painful expression on his face, as if he was very painful about this result.

This kind of ball can only be regarded as an accident, not an overall defensive problem. It can only be said that Huth was unlucky and suddenly made a mistake.

The players who could accept one point but did not eat Mr. Ranieri's pizza were looking forward to this pizza that seemed to be cursed.

They wanted to see what kind of pizza they had to wait so long for.

Just like that, the game is officially over.

And because Manchester City, who are first in the standings, and Arsenal, who are third in the standings, are collectively stretching their hips, Leicester City's ranking has not dropped.

On the contrary, they scored two points in two games and tied with Manchester City who only scored one point in one or two games in the standings. They were temporarily ranked second because of goal difference.

Leicester City fans paid attention to the standings and began to pray and look forward to whether their team could stay in the standings for a few days.

As Ranieri said, the hard times have been too long, and it is still good to experience the feeling of high society for a short time.

Although they themselves don’t believe how long they can stay in this position, as long as they stay there for a moment, they can pick up their mobile phones to take a screenshot and post on Instagram, right?
Isn’t there always a Christmas half-time winner in a single season?
What happened to Leicester City being a weekly champion?
In this way, time continues to move forward. With everyone's expectations, Leicester City players continue to make arduous preparations.

From November 11.7th to November 11.20th, they still have a rest period of nearly two weeks.

They will not re-enter the fast-paced schedule until November 11.21, when they face Newcastle United at home.

And that game against Newcastle was also an opportunity to get three points that they had to pursue.

Because after that, powerful teams such as Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool, and Manchester City will gather together...

It is really difficult and painful to compete for points against these teams.

On the 11.19th.

After more than ten days of intense training, Chen Yufeng finally became interested in adding points again after returning to the rental house.

The number of goals in the season has reached 6. If you want to greatly improve your ability again, you will naturally wait for the 8-goal skill treasure box.

He must speed up his pace and improve his abilities to increase his probability of scoring goals on the field!
(End of this chapter)