aircannonsinc Chapter 309
Chapter 309
The game was a success, but the team was defeated.
Chapter 309 CA crushes!
“The ball goes in again!”
“Leicester City completed an almost perfect team cooperation!”
“In the end, their second scorer Ling Feng scored his first goal in the Europa League this season!”
“The game came to the 38th minute, and the score was 0-2!”
“The home team is in trouble”
Accompanied by the commentator’s passionate narration, the Blue Fox fans in front of the TV cheered.
However, the Sigri Arena, which can accommodate 30,000 spectators, was silent.
Looking at Ling Feng celebrating with his teammates at the corner flag, Augsburg coach Schuster, standing on the sidelines, folded his hands and looked serious.
In the transition period between the first and second phases of Real Madrid’s Galacticos, Schuster was once the head coach of Real Madrid.
In the 2007-2008 season, he also led the team to defeat Barcelona and win the La Liga championship.
That was the peak of his coaching career.
Although the starlight in Real Madrid at that time was much dimmer than that of the first phase of the Galacticos.
However, as one of the greatest clubs in football, it still gathered many super talents.
Guti, Sneijder, Gago and other players supported the team’s midfield.
In Ling Feng, he saw Guti’s chic straight pass, Sneijder’s long-range shot, and Gago’s organization and dispatch.
There was even Robben’s sharp breakthrough!
It can be said that in this young man who was only 20 years old, he saw all the qualities required of a midfield master!
After seeing Ling Feng playing on the field with his own eyes, the Bundesliga’s best coach of the year last season finally understood why the public and the media had such a high evaluation of this English boy!
Why do they regard him as the future midfield leader of the Three Lions and the future world’s No. 1 midfielder!
He does have the ability!
But seeing his team being completely suppressed and falling behind by two goals before the end of the first half, Schuster was powerless.
Before the game, Schuster and Augsburg’s players and fans thought they could compete with Leicester City, at least not let Leicester City win so easily at home.
Even though Leicester City is almost invincible in the Premier League this season.
But in the final analysis, Leicester City is just a small club that was promoted to the Premier League and the European stage for the first time last season.
However, the cruel reality tells them that they are not Leicester City’s opponents!
Augsburg has the home advantage and also sent out the strongest eleven.
They have the best time and place, but they only lack people.
You know, even Manchester City, which is full of stars, was ruthlessly defeated by Leicester City.
What’s more, it’s Augsburg, a small Bundesliga team that doesn’t have a famous star in its lineup? !
This game was firmly controlled by Leicester City from the first minute of the game.
Augsburg had no power to fight back except to be beaten!
In this case, if we use the words of FM Football Manager, it is CA (strength) crushing!
Moreover, in terms of value, Ling Feng’s value alone is almost equivalent to the value of the entire Augsburg team!
Although value does not equal strength, value can reflect the strength of the players to a certain extent!
And Ling Feng did show a performance worth 80 million euros.
This most popular midfielder in Europe completed one pass and one shot in the first half, helping the team lead Augsburg by two goals away from home.
The huge gap in strength made Augsburg’s players feel the difference when facing Bayern Munich.
It was not until this time that Augsburg’s players understood why Leicester City could dominate the Premier League this season and stay at the top of the league!
The strength of their players is too strong!
Not only the three blue foxes led by Ling Feng, but also the small black midfielder who swept ruthlessly in the midfield made them feel desperate.
No matter who it is, as long as they appear in the midfield area with the ball, they will be forcibly intercepted or stolen by Kante!
In the Bundesliga, they have never encountered such a sticky midfielder who can’t be shaken off!
After a short halftime break, Schuster did not make any personnel changes.
After all, his team is not a wealthy team.
There are no stars on the bench who can change the situation.
He can only hope that the team can hold the current position at home.
The previous score, or to score a goal and save a chance for the second leg.
However, such a wish was still unfulfilled.
In the second half of the game, Leicester City, which was leading the score, played more easily.
Taking advantage of the gap left by the opponent’s formation, Mahrez and Drinking Water each scored a goal, expanding the score to 0-4.
In the end, Leicester City defeated Augsburg away!
And the four-goal advantage basically announced that most of Leicester City has entered the top 16 of the Europa League!
Of course, this result was not unexpected by the outside world.
It is normal for the Premier League top team to beat the mid- and lower-level Bundesliga team.
Judging from the lineup strength and competitive state of the two teams, Augsburg is destined to pose no threat to Leicester City.
It is worth mentioning that at the press conference after the game, Schuster very kindly admitted that Leicester City is stronger.
Moreover, he also praised Ling Feng in front of the media for his maturity and calmness that this age group does not have, and he has the style of a general, and he will definitely become a great player in the future.
For Leicester City, the four-goal victory in the first leg gave them a greater margin of error in the second leg next week.
Considering that the schedule is very tight, the players have been training and playing, and their spirits may be too tense. Ranieri also took this opportunity to give all the players two days off.
And Ling Feng was finally able to temporarily leave the green field, forget about work, and return to daily life.
For example, accompany his girlfriend to relax, and then attend some business activities that make the wallet bulge.
However, when people are not in football, everything in football is closely related to it.
When participating in a business event of a fashion brand, a reporter also asked Ling Feng a question that had nothing to do with it:
“Ling, what do you think Mourinho will become the head coach of Manchester United next season?”
Hearing this, Ling Feng raised his eyebrows.
He had expected this question.
In the past half month, the entire British football world has been attracted by a piece of news.
That is – Mourinho is going to coach Manchester United!
As early as the beginning of the month, after Manchester City officially announced Guardiola, Manchester United fans began to call on the club to sign Mourinho to rebuild Manchester United and lead the Red Devils against the Blue Moon!
At that time, Manchester United’s club executives were still hesitating whether to give Van Gaal more time.
However, just after Van Gaal led Manchester United to an upset away game against the second-ranked “Black Cat” Sunderland, Manchester United’s top management finally made up their minds!
According to the BBC and other media, Manchester United has started specific negotiations with Mourinho’s team and even reached a written agreement.
And many media including the Daily Mail, the Mirror, the Daily Star and the Telegraph followed up and broke the news, claiming that Mourinho has told his friends that he will coach Manchester United next season, which is a foregone conclusion!
There are even reports that Mourinho has begun planning the Red Devils’ tactical play and specific signing targets for next season.
The Sun expressed the view that Mourinho is the only coach who knows how to beat Guardiola and the only coach who can lead Manchester United out of the quagmire!
As the two most popular coaches in football, the news value extended by the two news “Manchester City officially announced Guardiola” and “Madman took over Manchester United” brought huge traffic to the British media in February.
According to various sources, it has been confirmed that Mourinho will take over Old Trafford in the summer.
Some media even began to “judge” Manchester United’s lineup in advance
For example, which players will be cleaned up and which positions will be strengthened.
This season, Manchester United under Van Gaal’s leadership not only has a bad record, but also a conservative style and weak offense.
In fact, according to the Sun, the Daily Telegraph and other media, as early as the winter window, Van Gaal asked Manchester United to introduce strong reinforcements in the winter window to increase the vitality and firepower of the offensive end.
But Manchester United’s top management rejected his request.
As for the reason, it is very simple. They no longer want to continue spending money on Van Gaal, whose position is unstable!
This is also the message that Manchester United conveyed to the outside world.
This is also one of the reasons why the media are confident that Van Gaal will be fired and Mourinho will take over Manchester United.
With the change of head coach, the team’s tactics and lineup will definitely be reshuffled.
Of course, before everything is officially announced, the media’s speculation is groundless.
However, one of them attracted a lot of traffic and attention.
According to the revelations of Mourinho’s friends to the media, Mourinho believes that Manchester United’s midfield needs to be updated.
So he
I hope to bring a young midfielder who is the cornerstone of the team to Manchester United in the summer, and then build a new tactical system around him.
According to media speculation, this candidate will be decided by three people: Leicester City’s British star Ling Feng, Juventus’ golden boy Pogba, and Real Madrid’s Colombian national treasure James Rodriguez!
Among them, Ling Feng and James Rodriguez are more popular, and their agent is Mendes.
As a youth player of Manchester United, Pogba’s return to Old Trafford to prove himself is also a drama that makes people imagine.
However, considering Mourinho’s undisguised appreciation for Ling Feng, the media believes that Ling Feng is more likely to join Mourinho at Manchester United in the summer.
This is why the reporter asked Ling Feng what he thought of Mourinho’s upcoming appointment as Manchester United coach.
Faced with this question, Ling Feng did not intend to say too much:
“I will wish him all the best.”
However, his answer did not satisfy the reporter, who continued to ask:
“Mourinho has also praised you many times in front of the media, believing that you are the best player in England at this age, and looks forward to working with you.”
“According to media reports, Mourinho has proposed to Manchester United executives to introduce you in the summer. What do you think about this?”
“Jose and I are friends. However, we all have our own lives and will not talk too much about work in private.”
“Also, this is the commercial event site of XX brand, I don’t want to talk too much about irrelevant things. Thank you.”
After leaving such a sentence, Ling Feng also left the interview area.
And the reporter from The Sun was also asked out by the brand staff.
However, this short interview still allowed The Sun to produce a news article “Ling Feng and Mourinho may join forces at Manchester United” the next day.
In this regard, Ling Feng said he was used to it.
Playing in the commercialized Premier League, every Premier League player is like standing under the spotlight.
Dealing with the media is also a compulsory course for every Premier League star.
As a British star with both good looks and football skills, Ling Feng is not the first day to deal with the media.
They are good at catching wind and making up stories.
As long as it does not affect his personal image, Ling Feng will not care.
After all, these media are all the helpers who will help him cheer for the Golden Ball in the future.
In his view, the two sides have a mutually beneficial relationship.
The media attracts attention and traffic through his various news;
And he uses the influence of the media to create momentum, thereby expanding his reputation and status in the world of football.
Just get what they need
. . .
After a short vacation, Ling Feng returned to the team again.
A few days later, Leicester City welcomed Augsburg from afar at the King Power Stadium.
In front of the Blue Foxes who had made a full rotation, Augsburg went all out.
But with the Italian chain defense system that Ranieri spent most of the season building, and the outstanding performance of players such as Maguire and Amartey, Augsburg could never penetrate the Blue Foxes’ goal.
Maguire even headed in a corner kick!
In the end, Leicester City eliminated the Bundesliga team Augsburg in two rounds with a total score of 5-0 and successfully advanced to the Europa League round of 16!
The seats for the round of 16 were also decided.
La Liga and the Premier League became the biggest winners, with four and three teams respectively entering the round of 16.
There is no seeding team in this draw, and there is no restriction on country. Teams from the same league may face each other.
The teams that made it to the last 16 are Athletic Bilbao, Sevilla, Valencia and Villarreal from La Liga;
Leicester City, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur from the Premier League;
Leverkusen and Dortmund from the Bundesliga, Lazio from Serie A;
Anderlecht from the Belgian First Division, Basel from the Swiss Super League, Braga from the Portuguese Super League, Fenerbahce from the Turkish Super League, Shakhtar Donetsk from the Ukrainian Super League, Sparta Prague from the Czech First Division
It is worth mentioning that after the first round of knockout matches, the odds of the top four teams winning the championship have not changed at all.
From high to low, they are the defending champion Sevilla, the Bundesliga Hornets Dortmund, the Premier League top team Leicester City, and the former Premier League overlord Manchester United!
That night, UEFA also held a draw.
The results are also full of highlights:
Athletic Bilbao and Valencia are at odds;
Leverkusen vs Villarreal;
Borussia Dortmund vs Tottenham Hotspur;
The “Foxes” Leicester City, which is on the rise, drew the “Red Devils” Manchester United, the king of football traffic that has been hotly discussed by the media recently.
League!
A red and blue Premier League civil war is about to take place in the Europa League!
(End of this chapter)