: The powerless

Leicester City ushered in a 34th round of league match against Wigan Athletic on Tuesday.

Pearson, who won the Battle of Tianwang Mountain on the weekend, was full of confidence and arranged the tridents of Nugent, Chris Wood and Connokate on the front line.

As a bridgehead, Chris Wood can gain air superiority and his strong body can also fight against tall guards.

There are tall centers standing in the penalty area, and Nugent and Konokate on both sides can use their speed and breakthrough ability to transport shells to the front of the goal.

This is also the reason why Pearson chose to give up Rosie.

His body cannot be based on the fierce confrontation area.

Although he has performed well, the task of winning the championship is arduous and he still has to play steadily.

Wigan Athletics ranked fifth in the standings, with Brighton and Reading staring at him.

According to the rules of the Champions League promotion and relegation, they are ranked 3rd to 6th in the standings, from the third to sixth, and the fourth to fifth, and a home and away elimination system,

The winning teams will decide the third place to go from another neutral position and determine the winner in a single game.

In this game, both sides cannot lose.

Last season, Wigan defeated Manchester City and won a FA Cup championship in the team's history, and its strength should not be underestimated.

However, the absence of the main striker Waghorn weakened the team's offensive ability and arranged a 4-5-1 lineup.

Obviously, facing the challenge of Leicester City at the top of the standings, Wigan, who played at home, is ready to score 1 point in the draw.

Because the team has to prepare for the FA Cup semi-finals 10 days later.

The two teams, each with pressure and concern, seemed a little nervous and cautious in the half hour before the start of the game.

In 39 rounds of games, 51 goals were scored, and the team's top scorer Waghorn had just scored 6 league goals.

However, the dispersed team's offensive firepower also means it is difficult to concentrate on defense.

Sure enough, in the 36th minute of the game, Leicester City midfielder Hammond made a foul and Wigan Athletics won a set piece opportunity outside the penalty area.

The set ball taken by Yordy Gomez caused chaos in Leicester City's penalty area, with defender Ramis heading the ball, and Wigan Athletics took the lead.

After conceding the ball, Pearson roared at the players and told them to pay attention to defense.

Four minutes later, Leicester City also took advantage of a set piece opportunity to equalize the score by midfielder Andy King.

During the halftime break, Pearson walked into the locker room with a dark face. The team equalized the away game, so he should be encouraged, but the mediocre work on the front line made him very angry.

Wigan Athletic's tough midfield defense limited the speed of Leicester City's two wings, making Chris Wood, who was at the forefront, not a single shot.

In the whole first half, except for a certain set-piece attack, Leicester City's shots were all helpless long shots outside the penalty area, and the offense was completely restricted.

Is this what the English champion team should look like?

Pearson would never allow such a situation to happen, and said seriously: "In the second half, I will see that the wing can make a difference, don't be a turtle."

In the first half, Nugent and Konokate's breakthroughs on the wing were completely restricted by their opponents. They only had a few successful breakthroughs, and the cross was cleared by their opponents.

The head coach said this, undoubtedly slapped the two in the face.

After the second half began, Leicester City's offensive still did not improve.

Losing Vardy, a good player in the front-shot, Leicester City can only use the cross from the wing, and the effect is not good.

Chris Wood's feet were rough, and the retreat was not effective at getting the ball.

From the gloomy face of head coach Pearson, it is not difficult to see that he is ready to substitute people.

Because he was too lazy to curse.

Sure enough, in the 60th minute, Pearson decisively removed Nugent and Connokate, who had performed poorly, and replaced Mahrez and Taylor Fletcher.

This is to strengthen the front line's advantage and give full play to Mahrez's breakthrough inflection characteristics.

However, two minutes later, another Wigan defender, Kirnan, scored a header and slapped Pearson in the face.

Who is embarrassing when he just changed someone?

But being angry is useless, so how to score a goal is the key.

After Mahrez came on the court, his breakthrough on the wing did improve a bit, and Leicester's offensive slowly started.

In the 73rd minute, Pearson made his last substitution, replacing Chris Wood with veteran Kevin.

Two experienced veterans became the last resort for Leicester City's forward line.

If this game is lost, the victory of the Battle of Tianwangshan last week will be meaningless.

It also implicated Vardy's injuries worsened, and it was like losing his wife and losing his troops.

Pearson absolutely cannot tolerate such a thing happening.

Within these ten minutes, he kept pushing the players, robbing them on the spot, running without hesitation to force the opponent to make mistakes.

In the 87th minute, Leicester City pressed high, intercepted the ball and launched an attack, and Hammond scored a long shot.

2:2!!!

At the last moment of the game, Hammond became the team's savior, which also made Pearson breathe a sigh of relief.

Three days later, Leicester City played against Xie Zhou Wednesday at home.

As a veteran traditional team, Xie has won four English top league titles, three FA Cup championships, and one English League Cup championship on Wednesday.

But these are already dusty history. Today, Sheffield has been in the league championship and the League One for many years on Wednesday, ranking 16th in the standings, and relegation has become the team's primary goal.

Facing the weaker team, Pearson lined up the luxurious attack lines of four forwards and bombed Xie Zhousan's defense line.

In the 10th minute of the game, Mahrez shook three defenders in a row on the edge of the penalty area on Wednesday, shot from the far corner to score, helping the team establish a leading advantage early.

Since the beginning of the middle of this season, Mahrez's rise has revitalized the wing of Leicester City and gradually became the main force of the team.

During the days when Vardy was absent, he carried the team's offensive banner.

Pearson is also very optimistic about him and believes that the young Mahrez will definitely gain a foothold in the Premier League.

Although he led at home, Leicester City did not seize the momentum of the lead and continued to launch a fierce offensive against Xie Wednesday's goal.

Because they lack the powerful tools to attack cities and villages.

Xie Zhouxi's five-back system dragged back central defender Oneu like an iron gate in the rear, commanding the team's entire defense line.

At the same time, his strong body gained the upper hand in the confrontation with Chris Wood.

He resolved the cross from Mahrez and Konokate on the wing.

This also exposed Wood's technical shortcomings.

At the age of 23, he is not a skilled opponent of Oneu, both physically and in experience.

Moreover, his ability to handle balls is really rough, which makes it difficult for him to act as a fulcrum for the team in the penalty area.

After a long attack, Xie Zhouzhai used the clearing ball to hit a quick counterattack, and forward Antonio equalized the score.

Everything came too suddenly, which surprised Leicester City.

I thought Xie Zhousan, who was under the five-guard system, had a slow push in counterattack.

But they miscalculated. When they turned from defense to offense, they were all initiated by Xie Zhousan midfielder Kiran Lee.

The four-man in the frontcourt turned into a forward, sprinted forward, and caught the ball and broke through.

A simple and direct way of playing directly defeats the advantages established by Leicester City in an instant.

In the second half, Xie removed a forward on Wednesday to strengthen the thickness of the midfield, making it more difficult for Leicester City to break the defense.

The game lasted 60 minutes, and Chris Wood on the front line was like an invisible man and made no achievements.

In disappointment, Pearson replaced him with veteran Taylor Fletcher.

After the substitution, Leicester City finally scored a single goal by left forward Conoket in five minutes, leading the score again.

Although the score was maintained until the end of the game, Leicester City never launched another threatening attack.

This also reflects from the side the decline of the team's forward line.

Who can replace Vardy has become the biggest problem for the team to move forward.

The front is weak!

The English media also pointed out the current shortcomings of Leicester City without hesitation.

Throughout the season, Leicester City, which relies too much on Valdy and Nugent to attack, once the two were injured, the team's offensive strength would be greatly reduced.

Although Mahrez can relieve this pressure, he is only 23 years old after all. He has not been able to fully make up for the vacancy of Vardy's departure when he participated in the Championship for the first time.

Moreover, the long season has made the players very physically and mentally exhausted, and coupled with the pressure of winning the championship, there will be some mental problems.

Veterans, young players, and Pearson all tried, but the results were not satisfactory.

So much so that in the next game against Brighton, six forwards of Leicester City made their debut one after another, scoring only one goal and losing to the opponent 1:4.

In the three rounds of the game, only 4 points were scored, allowing Burnley, who was chasing behind him to see hope again.

They won two wins and one draw in three games, shortening the original disadvantage of seven points to 4 points.

The forward was powerless and pushed Pearson and his team to the forefront.

The team must solve this urgent problem, otherwise the soon-to-be-winning champion will be handed over to others.

Rossi ended the last game of the British U21 League and scored a goal to help the team reverse Everton and ended perfectly.

After receiving the highlight moment card "Marseille Swivel" rewarded by the system, Rossi rode his bicycle, hummed a tune, and slowly rode back to the apartment.

Downstairs, he saw Craig who had been waiting for a long time, and a slight smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

What should come, it's still here.

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