Chapter 45: Vardy ended the game?
Aribo made a straight pass and Morelos sprinted again!
Thomas, who had just thrown the ball, let out a long sigh, thought to himself, "Why is it happening again?", and then chased back desperately.
Se Yunju rushed towards Morelos! Morelos passed the ball directly to old Davis in the middle!
Old Davis passed the ball to Kent on the left before Tielemans returned to defense!
After just three passes, Rangers had already reached the left side of Leicester City's penalty area!
The 24-year-old Kent was originally a top player with high hopes in Liverpool's youth training, but he happened to encounter the revival period after Klopp's arrival. Whether it was Mane, Salah or Firmino, each one was like a mountain, pressing him so that he had no chance to make a breakthrough.
But he is still young and he wants to prove himself in Rangers!
Amartey was already in position, Kent glanced at Barisic behind him and stretched out his left foot to pass the ball to him.
Amartey quickly stretched out his foot to break it!
However, this was Kent's feint!
He kicked with his right foot, passed through Amatei's crotch, and rushed into the penalty area!
There is no need to think too much. Roofe, Morelos, Davis Sr., Aribo, Chen Xiaoliang, and Patterson, who was simply called a madman by the Leicester City bench because he was too unknown, had already gathered inside and outside the penalty area!
Tielemans chases back!
Kent cut inside and passed him!
He looked up and glanced at the near corner of the goal!
Shoot?!
Evans quickly came up to block!
No! Kent chose to pass back!
One meter behind the penalty spot is Chen Xiaoliang!
Roofe and Morelos, who were rushing in front, had already bent down to leave more space for Chen Xiaoliang to shoot, so as to prevent the ball from hitting their own people!
Chen Xiaoliang swung his right foot!
Missed the kick?!
The ball slipped between his legs! Behind him was old Davis!
Look carefully, this kick takes twenty years of hard work!
The football flew straight into the upper right corner of the goal like a cannonball without any rotation!
2 to 1!
Old Davis scored a goal!
While Leicester City was still in shock, Chen Xiaoliang quickly picked up the ball and ran towards the center circle.
Zhan Jun: "Although the Rangers scored a goal, no one celebrated. It is obvious that their goal in this game was not to narrow the gap, but to score more goals!"
Zhang Lu: "This goal was scored beautifully, especially by Chen Xiaoliang. If you look at the replay, he didn't look back to see who was behind him during his high-speed run, but he passed the ball to Davis at the right time, and he also used a fake move to attract the attention of the defensive players."
Zhan Jun: "It was like they had been working together for many years. Although the assist for this goal was attributed to Kent, Chen Xiaoliang's contribution cannot be ignored!"
Zhang Lu: "Now it depends on how Leicester City changes their tactics. It is obvious that Rangers' reckless running now makes Leicester City very uncomfortable."
Rogers did start to return the favor.
He replaced Thomas, who was embarrassed by Rangers' right side, with experienced Austrian defender Fuchs, and replaced Barnes, who was completely invisible in the second half, with Choudhury.
The third substitution was to use the strong and tall Nigerian international Iheanacho to replace Maddison who was at a disadvantage in the confrontation.
The formation changed from 4231 to 442, with Tielemans and Ndidi still in the midfield, Albrighton playing as right forward, and the left side with newcomers Fuchs and Choudhury.
Only Vardy and Iheanacho were left in the frontcourt, one fast and the other tall.
In Rogers' opinion, Rangers' style of play that overdraws their physical strength can only last for 70 minutes at most.
Nearly sixty minutes have passed now. As long as the team can hold on for another ten minutes, the balance of the game will tilt back in their favor!
Facing the newly-appointed and energetic Fuchs and Choudhury, Gerrard did not change his style of play. Davis and Aribo still passed the ball to the right again and again .
Although Fuchs has gradually faded out of Leicester City's main lineup, he was a key player in the team's miraculous championship win that year.
At the age of 34 and having suffered several serious injuries, it is difficult for him to play a complete high-intensity game, but he is still able to contribute a high-quality performance in about 30 minutes using his experience.
In front of him is the 23-year-old Chaudhry, whose physique is as explosive as his hairstyle.
This is specially prepared by Rogers for the particularly active Patterson and Morelos, and it can also make up for Fuchs's disadvantage in speed.
As time went by, Rangers' midfield control weakened.
Old Davis is indeed old. Although Tielemans is strong in attack but weak in defense, relying on his youth, old Davis has gradually been unable to keep up with his pace.
Tielemans found it increasingly easier to handle the ball under his pressure.
In the 70th minute, Gerrard used his last substitution, replacing the obviously exhausted Davis with Swedish center back Holland.
Davis Sr. slowly walked to the sidelines, high-fived Holland, and then sat alone on the bench.
He covered his head with a towel, sweat dripping down his face, and gasped for breath but still felt like he was lacking oxygen.
"It's up to you, little bastards." Although he didn't say anything, he said it silently in his heart.
Holland, Goldson and Balogun formed a three-man central defense.
Barisic and Patterson moved forward in the attack.
Aribo focused on defending and passing the ball in the backcourt.
Chen Xiaoliang had used up his stamina recovery card 40 minutes into the first half, and his stamina had now reached its critical point.
But you can only use one of these per day.
There are more than 20 minutes left in the game, including injury time, so he must persevere.
After Leicester City stabilized its position , it began to counterattack.
After some work on Chaudhry's side, Fuchs received the return pass and passed the ball directly to the other side of the field to right-back Amartey.
They had used this tactic repeatedly in the first half and they also discovered that Chen Xiaoliang was once again unable to take care of both flanks at the same time.
After walking around the field for a while, Albrighton started to move. He was exhausted from the past ten minutes and couldn't make a decent attack.
Amartey passed the ball to him.
Barisic follows closely behind Albrighton!
Iheanacho retreated to support the ball. He is now the one with the most physical energy on the field.
Albrighton passes the ball to Iheanacho and immediately sprints forward!
Is this a two-on-one game?
Barisic followed immediately!
Iheanacho turned around and passed the ball to Vardy who was suddenly offside!
Vardy's signature sudden start!
Holland, who had just come on the court and had not yet fully moved, and Balogun, who had been entangled with Vardy all night, were unable to keep up with this step!
Goldson is marking Iheanacho outside the penalty area again!
One-on-one shot!
This time, Vardy did not choose to shoot directly. Instead, he quickly ran a few steps with the ball. Facing McGregor who was rushing forward to steal the ball, he calmly pushed the ball into the far corner!
3 to 1!
Barisic sighed to the sky...
Patterson sat down on the ground.
Kent and Luffy kept shaking their heads.
However, in response to the raised arms of Balogun and Holland, the linesman raised the referee flag high and then slowly lowered it!
Offside!
Leicester City players immediately surrounded the referee!
Iheanacho and Tielemans repeatedly complained to the referee: "How could this ball be offside?"
"This is definitely a misjudgment!"
The referee drove them away while making gestures with both hands to watch the VAR (video replay system).
Gerrard asked McAllister to quickly call the Rangers players to come over and replenish their water.
He saw the entire process of this ball clearly. Whether it was offside or not was just a matter of millimeters. In addition, the game had reached this point, and the penalty on this ball would completely change the outcome of the game.
The referee will definitely be very cautious and check the key frames repeatedly.
He wants to use this time to let the players rest and then arrange the tactics for the last ten minutes !
