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On the evening of September 18, outside the King Power Stadium.

Since being promoted to the Premier League, Leicester City's football market has become increasingly hot.

After winning consecutive games, fans' expectations for the team have reached a peak.

And for their European debut, fans are looking forward to it.

Pearson even asked the team to enter the field earlier, warm up in advance, and find the feeling.

In this game, Leicester City still arranged a 4-4-2 formation.

Goalkeeper Schmeichel,

Four defenders from left to right De Laet, Konchesky, Wes Morgan, Danny Simpson,

Four midfielders from left to right Xia, Drinkwater, Albrighton, Mahrez,

The two forwards are Vardy and Chris Wood.

Compared with the last game, two positions were changed today.

Veteran Cambiasso and striker Ulloa took turns to rest, and Albrighton and Chris Wood started.

The adjustment of these two positions not only considers the players' physical fitness, but also tactical changes.

Facing the Bundesliga powerhouse Wolfsburg, Pearson made full preparations.

The biggest feature of Wolfsburg is its solid basic skills.

Their offense and defense are very stable and steady.

Although there is no special tactical highlight, it is this solid feature that is enough to put pressure on the opponent.

And the biggest highlight under this solidity is naturally the midfield organizer De Bruyne.

Today Wolfsburg lined up a 4-3-3 formation,

goalkeeper Benaglio,

four defenders Ricardo Rodriguez, Naldo, Knoch, Sebastian Jong,

three midfielders Malanda, Gustavo, De Bruyne,

three forwards Caligiuri, Olic, Dost.

Although it is an offensive 4-3-3 formation, their players have excellent running ability.

So the team often changes between 4-3-3 and 4-5-1.

At this moment, the players of both sides have finished warming up, listening to the coach's final arrangements in the locker room, and running out of the player channel quickly.

On the court, Xia Xing looked at the No. 14 player on the opposite side.

De Bruyne.

Such a talented player actually had a very bumpy career.

He made a big splash in Bremen and thought that returning to Chelsea would lead to better development.

But unfortunately, he didn't get what he wanted.

In fact, it's not Mourinho's fault.

After all, Chelsea now has many masters, and players such as Hazard, Oscar, and William are in hot form.

De Bruyne really has no room to play.

After all, Abramovich is a boss who is in urgent need of results, and he will not give the head coach too many opportunities to train new players.

Finally, he left the team in the middle of last season and returned to the Bundesliga.

This choice is quite correct.

Now De Bruyne has become the absolute tactical core of Wolfsburg, and even the best midfielder in the Bundesliga.

Great.

Although they are opponents, Xia Xing feels a sense of mutual appreciation when looking at De Bruyne.

At this moment, he suddenly found that De Bruyne was also looking at him.

The two looked at each other.

De Bruyne smiled.

Xia Xing also smiled and nodded.

Although they had never met, the two seemed to have a telepathic connection.

Xia Xing looked up at the sky.

This game was going to be interesting...

At this time, the referee blew the whistle and the game started!

Leicester City took the lead!

Vardy and Chris Wood passed the ball to each other and quickly moved forward!

The ball was passed to Drinkwater behind him!

Drinkwater passed the ball to Albrighton again!

After receiving the ball, Albrighton decisively accelerated with the ball and sprinted towards the left front!

At this time, Xia Xing on the left quickly ran to the middle, and the two completed a cross position change!

At this time, left-back De Laet had already assisted!

Albrighton made a short pass, and De Laet received the ball and sprinted!

A long diagonal pass into the penalty area!

Looking for Vardy!

Vardy volleyed from the edge of the penalty area!

The ball was firmly held by goalkeeper Benaglio!

Leicester City had just started a wonderful offensive cooperation!

The King Power Stadium was filled with thunderous applause, and Leicester City fans were very excited!

They seem to have seen the scene of winning!

We have won four consecutive Premier League games. Will we win the first European game soon?

We will!

Taking advantage of the home momentum at the beginning, Leicester City continued to attack.

In the 6th minute of the game, Leicester City launched another fierce attack.

This time the ball went to the right, and Mahrez began his personal performance.

He dribbled continuously and shook off two defenders.

Suddenly cut inside and instantly pulled back to the right!

Near the sideline, kicked and crossed!

Chris Wood jumped high and headed the ball!

The ball was a little off and slipped out of the goal.

Although there was no goal, this cooperation still won the applause of the fans.

In the 10th minute of the game, Drinkwater inserted from the back row and made a long shot.

Goalkeeper Benaglio punched out with both fists, and defender Naldo cleared the ball with a big kick.

Shakespeare on the sidelines was all smiles: "Not bad, not bad. Although we haven't scored yet, it's only a matter of time. We have a sure win in this game!"

But Pearson still looked serious.

Shakespeare: "What's wrong?"

Pearson: "This game is not as simple as we thought."

Shakespeare: "Why?"

Pearson: "Look at our several attacks just now. Although they all created goals, they were not particularly good opportunities. Wolfsburg still played steadily at their own pace. They were much more determined than we expected..."

Shakespeare looked at the court again, thinking.

At this time on the court, Xia Xing's idea was the same as Pearson's.

Wolfsburg is not simple!

This game started with a fierce attack, which was Pearson's request, and the players also agreed.

So Leicester City's attack was very fierce at the beginning.

They wanted to score at the beginning, and then stabilize and play slowly with the opponent.

But Leicester City's several attacks did not gain anything.

Not only that, they actually did not have an absolute good opportunity.

Although the pass could reach the striker's feet and create shooting opportunities,

Wolfsburg's defensive line was not messy at all and was very stable.

Even if Leicester City players shot, they were within the opponent's safe area.

And the defenders also blocked some angles and positions, making it much easier for the goalkeeper to save.

Facing such a defensive master, Leicester City really couldn't eat it for a while.

Not only that, Wolfsburg's attack was also stable.

There were no particularly exquisite passes and shots, but just straightforward passes.

Every pass was very stable, with almost no mistakes.

This put a lot of pressure on Leicester City's defense.

In the 15th minute of the game, Wolfsburg's attack started.

Continuous cooperation in the middle and accurate passes found Caligiuri on the front line.

Caligiuri suddenly pulled to the side and kicked the ball to the middle!

Olic quickly moved forward and shot in front of the goal!

This shot was neat and tidy!

The ball flew straight to the far corner of the goal!

Schmeichel jumped up quickly and punched out!

Leicester City escaped!