Chapter 287 Premier League Champions! Here We Come!
Chapter 287 Premier League Champion! Here we come!
Author: Thief Cao
Chapter 287 Premier League Champion! Here we come!
With the end of the 26th round of the Premier League, all major leagues have pressed the pause button, and everyone's attention has turned to the upcoming first-stage knockout rounds of the Champions League and Europa League.
But teams in the Premier League that don't have the Champions League or Europa League can't be idle. They have the FA Cup to play.
Because the team had been eliminated by Tottenham in the third round rematch of the FA Cup, Leicester City could be said to have nothing to lose, so Ranieri gave all the players a five-day break with a wave of his hand.
holiday.
However, Chu Zheng and Zhao Dudu, whose relationship had a new breakthrough, did not go out for the past five days. They just stayed at home and were very happy.
Happy time is always short-lived, and time flies by in a blink of an eye.
On February 27, the Premier League war reignited, ushering in the 27th round of Premier League matches.
Leicester City's opponent in this round is Norwich City, which is third from bottom in the Premier League standings and deep in the relegation zone.
In the last round of the Premier League, Norwich were ranked sixth in their home court and in the Premier League. West Ham United, which has a very strong attack this season, played a hearty game.
Although the two sides finally shook hands with a score of 2-2, Norwich also let countless fans and media see their determination to escape from the relegation quagmire and avoid relegation.
At 16:00 sharp London time, the match between Leicester City and Norwich City officially started at the King Power Stadium.
Because the players got enough rest during the two-week suspension period, Ranieri lined up the entire main lineup for this game and did not underestimate the relegation team Norwich.
As an experienced head coach, Ranieri is very aware of the difficulty of these relegation teams, and he does not want to capsize in the gutter.
So Ranieri is going to beat Norwich City to death at the King Power Stadium.
The game also developed as Ranieri expected.
Less than 10 minutes into the game, Kanter successfully stole the ball in the midfield and then quickly handed the ball to Chu Zheng.
After Chu Zheng got the ball, he quickly organized an attack.
Facing Leicester City's quick and sharp counterattack, Norwich's fragile defense, which has conceded 50 goals so far this season, was like paper, being broken into a sieve by Vardy and Chu Zheng.
In the end, Vardy broke into the penalty area and assisted Mahrez, who was outflanked from behind.
When the whistle sounded at the end of the first half, the score had reached 3-0, and it could be said that there was no suspense in this game.
In the second half, Ranieri, who was sure of victory, used three substitutions early.
Chu Zheng, Vardy and Mahrez were substituted one after another not long after the start of the second half to build up strength for the EFL Cup final two days later.
It is worth mentioning that Arsenal lost this round of the Premier League.
Arsene Wenger, who was high-spirited after winning against Leicester City, led a group of gunmen to prepare to kill Manchester United, which has been suffering from internal and external troubles recently, at Old Trafford, the Theater of Dreams.
In this game, Manchester United's forward line is weak as Rooney and Martial are both absent due to injuries.
Therefore, even if it is an away game, Wenger is confident that he can win Manchester United.
As a result, he was slapped in the face after the game, and Manchester United narrowly defeated Arsenal 3-2 at home.
The biggest highlight of this game is the crazy performance of Rashford, a super outstanding graduate trained by Manchester United's youth training.
This little guy almost dominated the game. Arsenal's defense was overwhelmed time and time again by Rashford's speed and dribbling skills.
Rashford contributed two goals and one assist to the team on his Premier League debut.
After the game, Rashford, a product of England's local youth training, was collectively touted by the English media as the new monster king of the Premier League.
Wenger never expected that he would lose to a young player who had just turned 18. Manchester United suddenly showed up with a super little devil and gave him a trick that made him famous with one goal.
In fact, the happiest people when Arsenal lost were not the fans of their city rival Tottenham, but the fans of Leicester City 169 kilometers away.
With this win and one loss, the point difference between Leicester City and Arsenal has once again expanded to 7 points.
In addition, Manchester City, one of the Manchester City duo, was also tied 1-1 by Newcastle United at home in this round.
Manchester City lost this game and the point difference with Leicester City has widened to 8 points.
Now the only threat to Leicester City in the Premier League standings is Tottenham.
Tottenham defeated Swansea in this round of the Premier League, so the point difference with Leicester City is still 4 points.
In the final stretch of the championship race, Leicester City, which has led for most of the season, cannot be said to have no competitors yet, but for Leicester City fans, every point the team scores is a decisive factor in winning the championship.
A little more protection.
Ranieri seemed to be in a good mood after learning that Arsenal had lost.
The old Italian coach opened fire on the media that day.
[We can start moving towards the next higher goal!] This is a new update from Ranieri on Twitter.
As soon as this message came out, it immediately detonated the European football world.
Prior to this, Ranieri had faced countless interviews with the media. When asked whether Leicester City's goal for the season was to compete for the Premier League championship, he was always vague and said in a joking tone that the team
The goal is to avoid relegation.
But after winning against Norwich, Leicester City's Premier League points reached 58 points.
In terms of points, Leicester City has officially no possibility of relegation, which means that Ranieri's previously stated goal of relegation this season has been achieved ahead of schedule.
Therefore, in Ranieri's words, moving towards a higher goal, it is self-evident what this goal refers to.
The next day, February 28, Ranieri finally changed his tune in the interview and directly mentioned that Leicester City's new goal is the Premier League championship.
The coach has already spoken, how could the players not follow immediately.
【Premier League Champions! Here we come!】
Chu Zheng, Vardy, Kante, Schmeichel, Morgan and other Leicester City players also successively issued championship declarations on their personal social media platforms.
Now, everyone inside and outside the Leicester City team has finally made this goal that has been silently hidden in everyone's mind explicit.
Let’s not talk about other impacts, let’s just talk about the encouragement of morale. When a team has a common goal to strive for, and more than half of this goal has been completed and is within reach, then all those working for it will be
An explosion of immeasurable energy.
For Ranieri, Chu Zheng is absolutely convinced.
He has never seen such a restrained head coach in his life. The team's performance is obviously very good. Everyone knows that Leicester City is chasing the Premier League championship this season, but their goal is to avoid relegation.
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If Chu Zheng didn't know this old man well enough, he would think like the outside media and fans that this old man was pretending to be critical.
But in fact, Chu Zheng felt that what Ranieri said might be his truest thoughts. Maybe Ranieri himself had little confidence in Leicester City winning the championship.
If Chu Zheng didn't live a new life, he wouldn't believe it himself.
Leicester City, which struggled to avoid relegation last season, won the championship this season. What an international joke.
Thinking about it, Chu Zheng felt that this old man Ranieri was quite pitiful.
In his coaching career that spans decades, he has taken over countless wealthy teams, and has had its ups and downs, but he has never won any league championship. Instead, he has been given all kinds of unpleasant nicknames by the media and fans.
Chu Zheng feels that as a head coach, perhaps no one in today's football desires a top league championship more than Ranieri.
Without the coming of night, how could there be the splendor of fireworks? All this seems to be destined.
After the exposure of his son's sex scandal, Leicester City's meritorious coach Pearson resigned, and Ranieri began another period of his life to make up for the misfortune.
It was precisely this period of his career that became the most glorious moment in his life, and everything seemed to have been predestined.