Chapter 16
"We played too passively in the first half and needed to make changes in the second half."
"The defense did a good job overall, and I would like to commend them here."
"In the second half, the attack direction was shifted to the right, and the attack was concentrated on the right side."
"Li, Vardy go warm up."
After the head coach Pearson came to the locker room, he began to arrange the tactics for the second half.
His tone also showed his dissatisfaction with the result of the first half.
After the panting players returned to the locker room, when they heard the head coach's tone, they all lowered their heads in silence.
The two forwards who were replaced seemed even more depressed. They had to bear some responsibility for not scoring in the first half.
Li Lei and Vardy, who received the order, walked out of the locker room excitedly.
"Hey! Li, our chance to perform has come, we must seize it."Vardy said excitedly
"Of course, wait for me to feed you the ball, watch it!" Li Lei was equally excited.
This was his first game as a professional player, and he didn't want to mess it up, which made him feel very excited.���Very serious when doing it
"Wow, what are we seeing? Leicester City's two new players start warming up"
"What is the head coach Pearson going to do? Is he going to replace two strikers at the start of the second half? This is really unexpected!"
The on-site commentator James Malaika said in surprise after seeing the situation on the sidelines
"From the data, we can see that these two players are new to Leicester City this season."
"Vardy, a player who once played in the fourth-tier league, and Li Lei, a Chinese player who had just graduated from La Masia."
"Does coach Pearson have any tricks up his sleeve? How dare he let these two players play in the first half?"
"It's really crazy. Let's wait and see what he does."
The 15-minute halftime break ended quickly, and Li Lei and Vardy followed their teammates onto the field.
"Wow! As expected, Leicester City coach Pearson substituted two strikers during the half-time break."
"It seems that he still needs to strengthen his offense, but the effect remains to be seen.
The commentator continued to mobilize the emotions of the fans, but some dissatisfied fans had already started cursing at the players on the field.
"Rubbish! Leicester City's honor cannot be tarnished"
"get out of class dismissed! get out of class dismissed!"
"Oh my god! It's a mess, how can we win!"
The fans' shouts were getting louder and louder, and Li Lei, who was standing on the court, was the most touched.
The curses all around him made him, who was a little nervous, gradually calm down, as if he was back in La Masia.
The opposition of these people could not cause him any harm, and he could only slap them in the face with his performance on the court.
Only in this way, these opponents would not only stop cursing, but would become fans who support you.
The above is just what Li Lei thought in his mind, he wanted to use a perfect debut to crush those voices that doubted him.
""Vardy, my brother, are you ready? Are you ready to become a superstar?" Li Lei said coldly to Vardy on the field.
His voice seemed to come from the North Pole, low and cold, without any emotion.
"Li, it's up to you. I believe you can do it."
With the referee's whistle, the second half started on time.
When the whistle sounded, Li Lei and Vardy chased the ball towards the opponent's half.
""Huh! Huh!"
Li Lei, running at full speed, pressed forward forcefully, gradually compressing Petersburg United's defense line.
"Hmm! Li's speed has increased!"
In the first few minutes of the game, Li Lei's performance made head coach Pearson's eyes light up.
"Yes, based on his current performance, his speed has improved significantly compared to the trial training."
"This is unscientific. There is no reason to explain his phenomenon."
"Maybe the previous matches did not put as much pressure on him as before. Yes, he was holding back and did not release all of it."
"Maybe!"
Through Li Lei's pressing, it was difficult for Peterborough United to make any progress on their left side, and the ball could only be passed back and forth between the middle and the right.
He was also constantly observing the changes around him on the field. When the ball was passed to Nathaniel Rein's feet again, Li Lei had already been waiting there to intercept the ball.
However, his idea did not succeed, but it also caused the opponent to make a mistake.
After Li Lei approached, Nathaniel Rein hurriedly passed the ball back to the middle.
Due to Li Lei's interference, the power of his pass became a problem, and the ball lost speed halfway through its flight.
Vardy happened to be in the middle, so he tried his best to chase the ball, and at the same time, Peterborough United defender Igor Stickley also chased the ball.
It was a pity that Vardy was still a step slow, and the ball was kicked to the front court by Igor Stickley.
""Huh!"
Seeing this, Li Lei exhaled heavily, because the situation on the court finally changed.
Before he could catch his breath, he ran back to the midfield to receive the pass from his teammate, because the ball possession had changed, and now the attacking party came to Leicester City.
"Igor Stickley made a long pass and the ball came into Leicester City's half"
"Players from both teams are fighting for the first spot. What a pity!"
"Since no one was there to receive the ball at the second point, Leicester City captain Morgan took control of the ball."
"Now we can see that Leicester City have the ball and this is their first attack since the second half."
"OK, we see the ball is passed to the right and it lands at Lee's feet."
"I don't know what he's going to do next!"
At this time, Li Lei was ready to break through the opponent's defense with the ball at his feet, but the opponent's defensive players retreated in time and did not give him this opportunity.
"Hey! Li, here."
Hearing the voice, Li Lei kicked the ball to the left front, and James Madison was running towards there.
"Beautiful, a standard one-two combination, Li Lei evaded Nathaniel Rein's defense and the ball came to his feet again"
"We saw Li running at full speed, about to break through the Peterborough United's right defense."
This sudden change caused chaos in Peterborough United's defense. In the chaos, Leicester City's forwards were rushing towards the penalty area.
Vardy was especially familiar with this scene. He had a hunch that the ball would go in.
As Li Lei was running, the billboards on the sidelines were moving backwards at a rapid speed, and his eyes never left Vardy's figure.
He knew that he alone could not score the ball into the opponent's goal, and he needed the cooperation of his teammates.
"Bang!"
In front of Li Lei's eyes, the ball flew into the goal.
