On April 17, Leicester City faced the challenge of West Ham United in the 34th round of the Premier League at home.
It was 13:00 London time, half an hour before the game started, but the stands on all sides of the King Power Stadium were already packed.
After this game, there are only 4 rounds left in the Premier League.
Nowadays, Leicester City's call to win the European championship is no longer what it was more than a month ago.
The game has reached this level, even though many people are unwilling to see Leicester City, a civilian team, create football miracles, they still have to admit that the probability of Leicester City winning the championship has exceeded 8%.
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Therefore, this game is a hard-to-get ticket.
Especially here at Leicester City, the fans are very enthusiastic. Everyone wants to accompany their team through this final journey to win the championship and witness every minute of this miracle that belongs to them.
Therefore, Leicester City Club had to repeatedly reduce the share of tickets given to the visiting team West Ham United.
At 20:15 BJ time, the live signal was connected to the LeTV Sports Channel live room on time.
In today's game, in addition to the old partners Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu, Fan Zhiyi and Sun Jihai were also invited to be guest commentators.
After a series of opening remarks, Zhan Jun continued: "Leicester City, the Premier League leader, currently has 72 points, which has broken the highest points they have ever won in the Premier League."
"Behind Leicester City are Tottenham with 67 points and Arsenal with 64 points respectively. They are chasing very closely!"
After Zhan Jun finished speaking, the camera appeared on Ranieri, who was strutting in the player tunnel.
"Ranieri, this is the 28th season of his coaching career, and it is also the most incredible season!"
Zhang Lu nodded and laughed, saying: "The Blue Fox led by Ranieri has bitten a lot of people in the Premier League this year. I think if we ask the British experts to guess again, they probably still can't guess Leicester City."
To be able to go all the way to where you are now!”
Hearing Zhang Lu's words, Fan Zhiyi said with emotion: "Football is an attitude towards life, where reality and reality, love and hate, loyalty and betrayal, hope and despair, technical and tactical level and luck coexist; as long as you don't give up, you can win."
Everything is possible, and you can never predict the outcome until the last moment of the final whistle. This is the charm of football, and this is the number one sport in the world!"
As soon as these words came out, the live broadcast room suddenly became quiet. Zhan Jun, Zhang Lu, and Sun Jihai looked at Fan Zhiyi with a very surprised look.
"Okay!" Fan Zhiyi rolled his eyes, shrugged and curled his lips, "I copied this from the Internet yesterday, okay!"
"Haha!!" Zhang Lu and the other three burst out laughing immediately, and the staff next to them were also trying their best to suppress their laughter.
The four of them chatted for a long time before the starting lineups of both sides appeared on the camera.
Leicester City:(442)
Goalkeeper: Schmeichel
Defenders: Simpson, Morgan, Huth, Fox
Midfielder: Mahrez, Drinkwater, Kante, Chu Zheng
Forwards: Shinji Okazaki, Vardy
"Ranieri's classic 442!" Zhan Jun said with an expected expression, "But Chu Zheng appeared on the wing again today!"
After finishing the words, Zhang Lu smiled and said: "Ranieri must have tasted the sweetness last time. Chu Zheng is arranged to appear at the full midfielder position in this game. I still hope that Chu Zheng will continue to dominate West Ham United!"
"Ranieri's arrangement is very targeted!" Sun Jihai nodded and gestured, "We all know that West Ham United likes to hold high and play high. The average height of the players is also second to none in the Premier League. They are tall and big, so when we meet Chu Zheng and
A player like Mahrez who is astonishingly flexible will definitely have a lot of headaches, and he will be turned into a pot of porridge if he is not careful!"
"West Ham United is not Manchester City. With the strength shown by the pairing of Kante and Drinkwater, they can completely control West Ham United's midfield!
"So instead of putting Chu Zheng in the midfield, it is better to free him and give full play to Chu Zheng's offensive talents!"
West Ham United:(433)
Forwards: Payet, Emenike, Moses
Midfielder: Noble, Obiang, Kouyate
Defenders: Cresswell, Ogbonna, Reid, Antonio
Goalkeeper: Adrian
"West Ham United is currently ranked sixth in the Premier League standings, and is only one point behind Manchester United, which is fifth in the European competition!"
"In the last round of the match, West Ham United had a hearty goal battle with Arsenal at their home stadium, the London Olympic Stadium. Although they lost 3-4 in the end, their offensive strength should not be underestimated!"
"Yes, the Hammers' performance this season is quite amazing. If it weren't for Leicester City, then they would be the dark horse this season!"
"So West Ham United must get three points in this game and strive to enter the European theater!"
"Although Bilic has arranged a 433 formation for this game, the specific positioning and playing of the players must be considered based on the game!"
"Judging from the data of the past 17 meetings between the two sides, West Ham United has achieved 10 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses, which is the advantage."
"But the most recent match between the two sides was in the second round of the Premier League this season. At that time, Leicester City was a guest at the Olympic Stadium in London. In the end, relying on Chu Zheng's phenomenal performance, they easily won West Ham United with a score of 3-0!"
At exactly 20:30 BJ time, the referee Moss blew the whistle to start the game.
But as soon as the game started, West Ham United, as a guest, gave Leicester City a big gift.
In the 56th second of the game, West Ham United was pressed by Mahrez, Shinji Okazaki, Simpson and others on the left side of the backcourt.
West Ham United did not compete with Leicester City to see whose slap was louder. Left back Cresswell succeeded in grabbing Mahrez and then quickly turned around and passed the ball back to goalkeeper Adrian, who started the attack with a long pass from the goalkeeper.
In the right rib area of Leicester City's half-time circle, West Ham United forward Emenike retreated to his chest to unload the ball, and then pushed it to Moses on the right.
Kanter continued to pursue, and Chu Zheng also rushed back from the center line.
But Moses was very alert and took a few passes. When he saw Emenike pass the ball and move forward along the ribs, he quickly shot the ball forward, then bypassed Kanter and advanced from the inside.
When Fox saw Emenike taking the ball with his back, he knew what the idea was, and he quickly followed up.
Emenike didn't dare to argue too much and quickly hit the ball back to Moses.
At the same time, Drinkwater also came closer, directly squeezing for position.
But although Moses is a winger, his physical fitness is top-notch, no less than that of a defender, which is outrageous.
Drinkwater was knocked back as expected.
Seeing that Moses was about to slip away with the ball, Drinkwater immediately stretched out his foot and tripped.
The next second, Moses lost the ball, and referee Moss's foul whistle also sounded.
"About thirty-five meters! It's impossible to shoot from this distance!"
"It's hard to say, but Payet is good at free kicks!" Zhang Lu shook her head and had a different opinion. "It's West Ham United's specialty to score a header from a set kick at such a distance!"
Soon, Zhang Lu's crow's mouth property came into play.
On the field, players from both sides gathered on the penalty area line at the top of the arc.
For this set kick, West Ham United came up with five players. They were all tall and powerful, and they looked like they were good headerers.
On Leicester City's side, Kante's seven men were on tight defense.
But Chu Zheng was not in the restricted area. He and Shinji Okazaki lined up against the wall.
After a while, Payet took a free kick.
Chu Zheng, who was standing on the left with his back to the goal, jumped very high, but Payet chose Shinji Okazaki's side on the right.
The ball went straight to the front point in a wide arc from Shinji Okazaki's head.
On the right side of the penalty spot, Drinkwater took off, but the ball hit his scalp and fell behind him, causing the ball to hit his head!
The next second, West Ham United midfielder Kouyate squeezed Kante away from his waist, reached the landing point and dived to the top, and the ball went straight to the right goal.
In front of the goal line, Schmeichel, who chose his position accurately, quickly flew to the left and accurately hit the ball with his palms together.
But the surprise also came at this time.
After being saved by Schmeichel, the ball directly hit the inside of the goal post and bounced back. Then it rubbed against Schmeichel's chest and quickly jumped along the goal line to the other goal post. Then it hit the goal post again.
It bounced off the left goalpost.
Seeing the ball bouncing sideways back and forth, Huth rushed over quickly, twisted his hips and kicked the ball directly out of the sideline.
"Oh yo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
“Two uprights!!!!!”
"Leicester City escaped!!!!"
"Just a little bit close to West Ham United scoring!!!!!!!!"
Seeing this thrilling scene in the LeTV Sports live broadcast room, Zhang Lu and the other four people exclaimed in surprise!
"Do you think this is just luck?" Fan Zhiyi said with a smile, "Even God doesn't want Leicester City to lose!"
"Haha! This is basketball!"
In the coaching area on the sidelines, West Ham United head coach Bilic was as angry as the fans in the stands.
And Ranieri, like the Leicester City fans, had a look of joy on his face that he had survived the disaster.