Chapter 31
After winning against Derby County, the entire Leicester City team was in a great mood.
Pearson made an exception and increased their day off to one and a half days as a reward for winning.
The players clapped excitedly.
At the end of the game, the players took the bus back to Leicester.
After arriving home, neither brother nor sister were asleep.
Seeing Xia Xing enter the room, Alyona greeted with a smile: "Xia, well done! Wonderful assist!"
Xia Xing: "Thank you."
Reed: "The assist was okay, but the last shot was too bad, practice harder in the future."
Xia Xing: "This guy..."
After chatting with the siblings for a while, Xia Xing went back to his room to rest.
After closing the door, he quickly opened the system to check.
Just now during the game, the system issued a beep. He had not bothered to check it carefully, so now he has to study it carefully.
[Task 1: 1. First appearance in the English Championship. ]
[Mission goal completed! ]
[The mission reward has arrived - Nicky Butt card, A level! ]
The system message bar is very clear, and Xia Xing understands.
He has completed the first of three tasks issued before the start of the season.
When he came of the bench, the mission goal had been achieved.
On the right side of the interface, a new card has appeared next to Vieri.
Nicky Butt!
A tough defensive midfielder.
let's Enter the "Virtual Arena" and see how he is!
Entering it, in addition to random robot teammates and opponents, there are already four card stars in the stadium.
Henry, Vieri, Zidane, Butt.
Two forwards, two midfielders, the lineup was getting richer and richer.
Xia Xing set Butt as his opponent, and as soon as he broke through with the ball in the training, he was hit hard.
Bart's fierce tackle sent Xia Xing flying out of bounds.
So fierce?
It just so happens that I lack such an opponent with distinctive technical characteristics!
After Xia Xing's strength attributes improved, he still needs more powerful confrontation training. This Butt card is too important.
Butt's physical strength is not little, but he is not a bison like Vieri, and he happens to just be suitable for Xia Xing at this stage.
Having an opponent like this was like providing help in times of need.
The two-hour battle gave Xia Xing a better understanding of his body after strengthening his physique.
After strengthening his body by 10 points, his resistance was really much stronger.
If it were his previous body, he would definitely be knocked over by Butt.
Although he is still at a disadvantage now, he can still control the ball and make moves, and occasionally squeeze Butt away.
"Not bad!!.
Xia Xing benefited a lot from the two-hour competition.
Ending the training and looking at the progress bar prompts.
[(unit hour) Vieri: 14/50. Bart: 0/30. ]
S-level Vieri has been completed to about one-third of the progress, and A-level Bart only needs 30 hours, which is faster.
He was looking forward to its completion!
Leicester City defeated Derby County, and the whole team was full of momentum.
There was a lot of laughter on the training ground this week.
Everyone is in good condition.
Pearson saw it and was happy in his heart.
If they can maintain this state, this season will definitely be stable for them!
On the evening of August 24, Leicester City ushered in the fourth round of the British Championship, playing against Birmingham at home.
Birmingham, which ranked 12th in the league last season, has good strength.
Especially their defense which is very solid.
The 21-year-old young defender Dan Burn is Birmingham's latest starboy and he has been promoted to the starting right back this season.
Fierce defense and a strong body are his greatest assets.
His partners Eardley, Robinson, Spector and other players are also very capable defensively.
From the beginning of the game, Leicester City used their home advantage to suppress Birmingham and attack wildly.
However, under the defense of young defender Dan Burn and others, Leicester City never found a good opportunity to score.
At the end of 45 minutes of the first half, the two sides were 0-0.
In the second half, the teams changed sides and fought again, but Leicester City continued to attack fiercely.
However, under the fierce defense of the opponent, it was difficult for the forward to even find a chance to shoot.
In the 70th minute of the game, Pearson made another substitution adjustment.
Knockaert replaced Konchesky.
Xia Xing replaces Dyer!
Two substitutions were made and the formation changed to 3-4-3.
Letting Xia Xing appear on the pitch is to hope that he can create scoring opportunities.
In the last round of the league, Xia Xing came off the bench to provide assists, which made Pearson expect more from him.
"Xia, your mission is to help the team score goals, no matter what method you use! Come on !"
"Okay!"
Although Pearson is usually very strict on the training field, he is very tolerant of the players on the field.
He generally does not easily interfere with the technical characteristics of players and gives the players enough space to display their talents.
Especially in this situation, as long as he can score or create goals, Xia Xing can play however he wants!
Replacing Dyer, Xia Xing ran onto the pitch.
The first pass after receiving the ball created a Scoring opportunity!
He Crossed the ball at an angle of 45 degrees, looking for Chris Wood the high point in the penalty area!
Wood's header was powerful, but slightly wide.
Three minutes later, there was another attack from the right!
Drinkwater and Andy King passed the ball around in the middle and suddenly hit the wing!
It was Xia Xing who received the ball again and made a decisive pass at the same level as the penalty area line!
The ball found Knockaert, who came on as a substitute!
Knockaert took off to head the ball but was knocked away by the opponent, missing a good opportunity.
Pearson on the sidelines saw a good opportunity!
He decisively used the third substitution!
Replacing Vardy and putting on Nugent!
In this way, two high forwards, Nugent and Wood, are in the penalty area!
In addition to Xia Xing, James on the right also turned on crossing mode.
The two full-backs De Laet and Liam Moore also pressed forward frequently.
As a result, it was difficult for Birmingham to defend the wing. They could only compress the space in the penalty area as much as possible and squeeze the header space of the two high center forwards.
Several consecutive crosses were either destroyed or headed wide of the goal.
At this time, the time has reached 88 minutes.
Right back Moore stepped forward with to assist, and his cross was deflected by the opponent's center back Robinson.
The ball landed at the feet of Andy King outside the penalty area.
Andy King stopped the ball steadily, but the penalty area was full of people and there was no space.
He could only choose to split the ball to the sides.
Xia Xing accelerated and received the ball on the left!
Birmingham midfielder Elliott rushed up and blocked the crossing angle!
Xia Xing did not choose to cross!
He suddenly accelerated forward and dashed past Elliot!
Rushing to the bottom line!
At this time, the Sky TV commentator smelled something exciting and became excited!
"Birmingham right back Dan Burn rushed forward, as fierce as a tank!
"Whoever gets hit by him will definitely be miserable!
"Xia glanced at the penalty area and seemed to be making a pass!
" Dan Burn also realized this!
"He stuck to the penalty area line and made a tackle decisively!
"Even if he commits a foul, he must stop the danger outside the penalty area!
"Xia didn't make the pass!
" He made a fake move with his left foot and suddenly stopped to step on the ball!
"Dan burn slid past directly in front of him!
"Xia pulled the ball inside!
"He broke into the penalty area!"
"He got rid of two players in a row, what a wonderful performance!"
"Will Leicester City use this opportunity to beat Birmingham???"
(End of Chapter )