Chapter 49

Despite the fans' strong protests, the situation on the field did not improve.

Faced with the dilemma of being closely monitored on the right side, Leicester City tried to attack from the left and the center.

Left winger Vardy broke through to the edge of the bottom line many times and crossed the ball, but Birmingham's defender headed the ball away. The center was also unable to send the ball into the penalty area.

Birmingham's defense remained solid, limiting Leicester City's offensive to the two wings on the edge.

In this way, Leicester City's only way to shoot was long shots, but Birmingham's goalkeeper Townsend guarded it firmly.

As the game became stalemate, the rhythm on the field slowed down.

Fortunately, Leicester City's defense performed well and kept the team's record of zero seals, and the goal had not been broken.

As the captain, defender Morgan organized and directed the defense to form a tight joint defense system.

The central defender combination also cooperated tacitly and repeatedly broke Birmingham's long pass counterattack.

Clifford and Delat, the defenders on both sides, also played their excellent speed advantage and solved the threat of breakthrough in time.

Goalkeeper Adam Smith blocked the ball from left to right to keep the goal.

It can be said that it is this iron-clad defense that allows Leicester City to avoid losing the ball even when the attack is blocked.

"Hey! Here."Faced with this stalemate, Li Lei began to try to take the initiative to ask for the ball.

After getting the ball, he dribbled forward into the penalty area at high speed, and Birmingham defender Blackett was behind him.

But Li Lei's explosive power was too strong, and Blackett was quickly thrown away.

Seeing that Li Lei was about to break through the last line of defense, Blackett lost his mind and reached out to grab Li Lei's jersey.!

"With a"rip", a large piece of Li Lei's jersey was torn open, and his muscular upper body was completely exposed.

The referee immediately awarded a free kick and Blackett also received a yellow card.

"Liar! Cheat! Go to Birmingham!"

"Look at them, this is a deliberate flagrant foul!, hooligan players"

""Shhhhh! Get off the field!"

The atmosphere at the scene was pushed to a climax, and Leicester City fans began to verbally attack Birmingham players.

Li Lei threw his torn jersey aside in dissatisfaction, put on a new jersey and prepared to take the free kick.

He took a few steps back to run up, then kicked out with his right foot and kicked the ball into a wonderful ground ball!

The ball rolled quickly in the low air and passed through the wall of Birmingham players!

Seeing that the ball was about to fly out from the far end, at this moment, Vardy inserted from the back at the right time and touched the ball with his foot.

Birmingham goalkeeper Nick Townsend could only watch the ball roll into the goal.

"gogogogogo!"

"The goal was scored by Leicester City striker Vardy, who used his light flying tackle to shovel the ball into the goal."

"The one who assisted him was Li! The twin stars once again showed their strength"

"Let us congratulate Vardy for scoring a goal for Leicester City. In the 35th minute of the first half, Leicester City led Birmingham 1:0."

At the moment the ball entered the goal, the Leicester City bench and coaching staff celebrated enthusiastically!

The head coach jumped high, raised his hands above his head and cheered, and the substitutes also jumped up and shouted loudly.

""Goal! Great!"

The coaching staff hugged each other with smiles on their faces, showing how happy they were.

The players on the bench pushed and shoved each other, high-fiving each other as if they had scored, and the staff on the sidelines also joined in the carnival.

All the members of Leicester City were excited about this goal.

In sharp contrast to the joy of Leicester City, Birmingham was depressed and disappointed.

The home players looked ugly, frustrated by the continuous loss of goals, and the head coach was also pacing back and forth on the sidelines.

The fans of the team in the stands were even more angry, and they booed the stadium to express their strong dissatisfaction

"Oh~~ What kind of player is it to lose?!"

"It's so embarrassing, why don't you defend yourself quickly?!"

""Attack! Haven't you had enough to eat?"

The overwhelming curses drowned out the cheers of Leicester City fans.

On the field, Birmingham's players stared at the Leicester City players who were still celebrating with resentment in their eyes, which made them burn with anger.

After Li Lei and Vardy celebrated, the Leicester City players quickly returned to their positions to deal with Birmingham's counterattack. In the remaining time of the first half, the two sides launched a more intense confrontation.

Under the urging of the coach, the whole team of Birmingham began to attack fiercely. They kept breaking through and crossing from both sides, striving to get a goal back.

Leicester City also firmly held its formation, the back line shot the ball out without missing a beat, and the midfielders fought hard.

As the intensity of the game escalated, more fouls began to appear on the field.

Sometimes Birmingham players pulled the opponent's jersey from behind to prevent a breakthrough; sometimes Leicester City players were too rough when competing in the air. However, the referee turned a blind eye to these fouls and did not give due punishment.

This made the players more unscrupulous, and all kinds of hidden small actions emerged one after another. The gunpowder smell on the field was also getting worse.

Although it was ups and downs, Leicester City still successfully got through the first half with its organization.

The players returned to the locker room and discussed the content of the game in high spirits. The 1-0 lead made them full of confidence in winning the game. The atmosphere on the Birmingham side was very depressed. Although the score of 0-1 was not desperate, it still made the coach and the players look anxious.

This made the atmosphere in the locker rooms of the two teams form a sharp contrast.

The head coach of Birmingham was a little exasperated at the moment, and he yelled at the players in the locker room:"You bunch of trash! We lost 1 goal in the first half at home, do you still have the face to come back?!"

"Especially you, Blackett! What do you want after letting the opposing player run away? Are you a fool?!"

"Let's lose another goal in the second half? Believe it or not, I'll send you to the reserve team!"

Blackett looked unhappy, lowered his head and dared not say a word. The other players also looked nervous.

"Play well, if another player breaks through, just tackle him!" the head coach said fiercely.

"I didn’t want another Leicester player in the box in the second half."