481: Leicester City’s championship dream is about to collapse

Today’s starting lineups for both sides are as follows:

Home team Crystal Palace, head coach Tong Yi, formation 4213

Alisson

The back four from left to right Robertson, Rudiger, Van Dijk and Cancelo

Double defensive midfielder Casemiro and Kante

Single attacking midfielder De Bruyne .??.

The front three from left to right Salah, Balotelli and Mane

Visiting team Leicester City, head coach Ranieri, formation 442

Goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel

Back four from left to right: Fox, Huth, Wes Morgan and Simpson

Midfield four from left to right Albrighton, Drinkwater, Guy and Mahrez

Double forwards Vardy and Shinji Okazaki

Today's starting lineup for both sides has changed compared to the first round. Crystal Palace's front line and back line have some changes. After all, Ignacio is seriously injured and it won't work without changing. Laporte and Carvajal on the back line are resting, and there are basically no other changes.

Leicester City has changed a lot, and their formation has changed.

Leicester City's formation has changed from 4411 to 442. Although this may not seem like a big change, it is actually a big change. The style of play has undergone relatively big changes, especially on the front line.

Leicester City obviously came here for victory today.

Shinji Okazaki can become Leicester City's main striker not because of his strong offensive ability and how many goals he can score. Mainly because of his enthusiasm and running ability. This guy's enthusiasm on the front line is even far greater than that of Cavani. He is simply a mad dog on the front line!

Ranieri was optimistic about his attributes and made Shinji Okazaki the main player.

This guy's defensive ability on the front line is very strong, and his coverage area is also very large. He is more like a stick that will mess up the opponent's defense. This way Vardy will have more opportunities.

Originally, Vardy was also a very active forward with excellent ability to grab the ball on the front line.

With the partnership of Vardy and Shinji Okazaki, the coverage area of ​​these two people on the front line is very large, and the mad dog-style high pressure intensity is very high, which will bring enough pressure to the opponent's defense.

Moreover, although these two people are not particularly strong or tall, their impact is still very strong. Leicester City's ability to achieve such results throughout the season is inseparable from these two people.

Of course, there is also the inseparable relationship between Mahrez, Drinkwater, Gay and others in the midfield.

To be honest, the staffing of this Leicester City team is still very good and reasonable.

The only one is the back line.

Especially the central defender combination of Huth and Mogan. Both of them are central defenders with explosive frontal defensive ability, but their bodies are too strong and tall, resulting in their physical flexibility, turning speed and pursuit ability being somewhat poor. of.

The more important thing is that Mogan sometimes looks very similar. Although Mogan seems to be performing very well this season, which is simply his best season, there are still such problems.

If it weren't for Guy and others to help wipe the butt, Leicester City wouldn't have such results.

But overall, Leicester City's defense is still very good.

This is also the reason for their good results this season.

At the beginning of the game, the people on Leicester City's side seemed to be on fire. They were all very active and hard-working, running all over the field, and he was everywhere. Especially these two guys, Vardy and Okazaki Shinji, are present in both offense and defense.

When attacking, they push forward very deep, and when defending, they drop deep.

These two guys really can't escape!

To be honest, this caused a lot of trouble for the Crystal Palace people, especially these two guys, Vardy and Okazaki Shinji. Their rushing ability was really outstanding, disrupting the Crystal Palace's defense.

If it weren't for the outstanding abilities of Van Dijk and Rudiger, Crystal Palace's goal would have been jammed long ago.

Just now, Leicester City's royal cabinet minister Mahrez sent a precise pass directly to the feet of Vardy who was advancing. If Van Dijk hadn't concentrated and stretched his legs just in time, Vardy would have gone straight over and wanted to go one-on-one.

Van Dijk accurately poked the football away, and the football quickly rolled to Kante's feet.

Kanter turned around and smashed the ball to avoid Shinji Okazaki's mad dog press.

He thought this was a good opportunity to counterattack, and just as he was thinking of shooting the ball quickly, with a bang, he was tripped to the ground by the hook of Shinji Okazaki who rushed forward.

This is the role of Shinji Okazaki!

His task is to go up immediately to prevent the opponent from making a quick counterattack, prevent the opponent from easily controlling the ball, and then pass the ball quickly. On the first line of defense, he had to stop the opponent's counterattack. Even if he was shaken away, he would foul immediately without any hesitation.

It was successful and well done.

Bang bang bang!

Ranieri kept applauding on the sidelines and gave the applause to Shinji Okazaki, and signaled the Leicester City players to concentrate on defense.

Shinji Okazaki did not receive a yellow card or a warning. This was an ordinary foul.

How worth it!

Shhhhhhh!

The Crystal Palace fans all booed the referee. This should be a warning. A yellow card is not an exaggeration. This damn guy ruined their Crystal Palace's excellent counterattack opportunity. How can you tolerate this damn Japanese so much?

Crystal Palace fans were unhappy.

However, media reporters felt that the Crystal Palace people were making a fuss. This defensive action did not constitute a warning or a yellow card at all. It was just an ordinary foul.

Leicester City's defense really made it difficult for the Crystal Palace players. The Crystal Palace players were unable to counterattack quickly. Mainly because there are too many people in the frontcourt of Leicester City who can grab your ball. They can block your ball-playing player immediately, making him unable to play the ball, or he is not so comfortable playing the ball.

At this time, the Crystal Palace players were playing very uncomfortable.

However, Tong Yi was not anxious at all.

Tong Yi believes that it will be difficult for Leicester City players to maintain such a rhythm if they continue to play like this, and their physical fitness will definitely have problems. Now as long as this situation is stabilized and the Crystal Palace people are not in a hurry and are not angered, then Crystal Palace will have a chance and a chance to play in the second half.

Tong Yi kept making gestures on the sidelines to help the Crystal Palace players calm down and stabilize their mentality.

The Crystal Palace players were originally a little anxious and panicked. After seeing Tong Yi, they slowly adjusted their emotions and rhythm.

Seeing this, Ranieri frowned!

He thought that this method could irritate the Crystal Palace players, and even if it did not irritate the opponent, it could disrupt the opponent's rhythm. Unexpectedly, it did not succeed, and Ranieri was also a little worried.

Ranieri turned to look at Tong Yi and then turned to look at the stadium. This game was a bit bad.

However, at this moment, Leicester City created a good opportunity.

Mahrez received the ball in the midfield and passed Kante's defense, and then suddenly sent the football to Vardy's feet with a through ball. Vardy relied on his speed to hold the ball to the edge of the penalty area. Suddenly, Vardy shot angrily, and the football roared out and flew straight to the upper right corner of the goal. Vardy's long shot is full of threats!

Just as the football was about to fly into the goal, the football was saved from the bottom line by Alisson who was flying into the air.

Alisson made a great save and kept the goal!

Leicester City fans are very sorry. This opportunity is very good. This should be a goal. It's all the damn Brazilian goalkeeper's fault. It's all his fault.

Corner kick, Leicester City got a corner kick opportunity.

Mahrez in the corner kicked the ball straight out with an arc, and the ball flew into the Crystal Palace penalty area.

Mogan, who was in the front, looked back at the moon. The football was slightly above the crossbar and hit the bottom line.

During this period, Leicester City unknowingly took the initiative on the court and began to frequently threaten Crystal Palace's goal. This surprised Crystal Palace fans and made them very worried.

So dangerous.

However, the Leicester City people did not break down Crystal Palace before half-time.

goal. The score between the two sides was still zero to zero. Seeing this, Ranieri was very anxious.

Seizing power in the early stage is a tactic formulated by Ranieri. He wants to advance one first and then retreat across the board to defend, and then seize the opportunity to counterattack. But at the end of the half, they had the advantage but failed to score, which made Ranieri increasingly anxious.

Because they fought too hard in the first half of the game, which is a big problem in terms of physical fitness.

The consumption is too great!

Therefore, at the beginning of the second half, Ranieri asked the Leicester City people to slow down and assume a defensive posture. They wanted to accumulate strength and prepare to save the last of their physical energy for the last twenty minutes or so before going out for another attack.

But what Ranieri didn't expect was that just as the second half began, Crystal Palace, which had been silent for half the game, instantly picked up the pace of the game. The Crystal Palace people exerted their strength and launched a fierce attack!

hiss!

This was beyond Ranieri's expectations!

Ranieri thought that the Crystal Palace people would grind with them for a while, and then attack their goal again at the 60 or 70 minute mark. Who would have thought that just as the second half of the game started, Crystal Palace would make a big move!

This caught the Leicester City players a little off guard.

However, Leicester City put on a defensive posture at the beginning of the second half. To be honest, they are not afraid of the Crystal Palace people's high-position pressure and attack. They just defend and wait for the opportunity to counterattack.

Therefore, after the initial panic, the Leicester City people returned to normal, played step by step, and waited for the fierce attack in the last ten or twenty minutes.

But soon they discovered something was wrong.

Because the Crystal Palace people's offensive rhythm is very fast, their Leicester City's defensive rhythm is also brought up by Crystal Palace. The Leicester City people's plan to adjust and restore their physical fitness was instantly shattered by the Crystal Palace people. .

Ranieri frowned.

And at this moment, the sky fell in Leicester City!

On the wing, Crystal Palace played a relatively simple and clear combination on the wing. Salah passed the football to Robertson on the wing, and Robertson directly took the ball and passed.

In the middle of the penalty area, Balotelli jumped up with Huth and Mogan to fight for the top.

It's a pity that none of them hit the football. The football quickly passed over the heads of many people in the front point and flew to the back point.

Mane, who rushed up from behind, directly headed the ball and smashed the football into the Leicester City goal.

One to zero, Crystal Palace, playing at home, broke through Leicester City's goal, and it was Mane who scored!

Taking the lead, Crystal Palace, playing at home, finally stood up and felt proud after being frustrated for half the game.

Ranieri's heart sank to the bottom.

Leicester City is in danger!