Leicester City defeated Brighton on December 7. Pearson gave the players a rare two days off.
The whole team has been very tired from the recent continuous matches.
The team was about to enter the intensive Christmas schedule, so they must ensure adequate physical fitness.
In the next period of time, Leicester City will enter an intensive three-line battle.
On December 14, in the twentieth round of the British Championship, they face Burnley at home.
On December 18, in the quarter-finals of the English League Cup, the opponent has not been determined and the draw result is still awaited.
On December 21st, in the 21st round of the British Championship, they challenge Queen's Park Rangers away from home.
On December 26, in the 22nd round of the British Championship, Reading will be welcomed at home.
On December 29, in the 23rd round of the British Championship, they face Charlton at home.
January 1st, the 24th round of the British Championship, away game against Millwall.
On January 4, in the third round of the FA Cup, the opponent was not determined and the draw results were still awaited.
In 21 days, Leicester City will play 7 games, an average of one game every three days.
Extremely stressful.
Two days after winning against Brighton, Xia Xing finally received good news.
On this day, he finished the five-hour "virtual arena" routine and the system prompt sounded.
[Congratulations to the host, the Gattuso card has been completely absorbed! ]
[The current physical attribute data of the host (Xia Xing) are as follows (single peak attribute is 100 points): ]
[Offense: Shooting, 79. Passes, 78. Ball control, 83. Vision, 51. Off-ball Runs, 59. Set piece, 69. ]
[Body: Speed, 87. Explosiveness, 89. Strength, 85. Bounce, 57. Physical fitness, 90. reaction, 82. ]
[Defense: Marking, 31+10. Steals, 60+15. Gatekeeping, 13. ]
[Star skills: 1. Heavy artillery shot (S level). 2. Super substitute (S level). 3. Domineering king (S level). ]
[Comprehensive ability assessment: Level B. ]
25 points were all added to the two items of "marking" and "stealing".
Not bad either.
Especially the steals increased to 75 points, which is quite good.
Coupled with 85 strength, 82 reaction, and 90 physical fitness, even playing as a defensive midfielder, he achieve a qualified level in the British Championship in terms of performance.
Or maybe he can already display a top level defensive midfielder performance in the championship.
But It's hard to say, everything will be revealed in the game.
December 14, King Power Stadium.
Leicester City, who are ready to go, have already entered the stadium to warm up, but their opponent Burnley arrived belatedly.
Looking at the King Power Stadium, several Burnley players sneered.
"Listening to the noise of these fans makes me feel annoyed."
"Yes, I don't like Leicester City from the bottom of my heart."
"Haha, I probably know why you don't like Leicester City."
"Why? "
"It's because there are too many red elements in their team, hahahaha!"
Others will not understand this.
What's the meaning?
Leicester City is known as the "Blue Fox", why is it because of the red factor?
All this is because of the special relationship between Leicester City and Manchester United.
De Laet, Drinkwater and James are known as Leicester City's "Red Devils".
Because they all came to Leicester City from Manchester United.
And now, there is another Xia Xing in the team.
On the other hand, Burnley has many players who transferred from Manchester City.
Left-back Ben Mee came out of Manchester City's youth academy and has been with Burnley for three seasons.
Right back Trippier is also a rising star trained by Manchester City's youth academy. He joined Burnley at the same time as Ben.
As a Manchester City man, he naturally hates Manchester United deeply.
Even former Manchester United players are also hated.
19-year-old forward Danny Ings put his arms around the shoulders of the two men: "Guys, we will definitely defeat them in this game!"
Ben Mee: "We must defeat them!"
Trippier: "I have to personally defeat them and also score a Goal! "
Burnley deployed a 4-3-3 formation in this game, and their desire to attack was obvious.
Obviously, they intend to go home with three points.
Leicester City, on the other hand, still uses a 4-4-2 formation, staying the same to cope with all changes.
Dyer was on the bench in this game, while Xia Xing and James started on the wings.
In the middle, Andy King and Drinkwater still partner in front and back, tending to a diamond position.
However, Xia Xing and James have a wide range of movement, and the midfield formation changes frequently.
Leicester City's style of play has changed a lot from last season.
The referee's whistle sounds and the game begins!
Leicester City passed the ball steadily in the midfield, but Burnley on the opposite side was already waiting for an opportunity to attack!
"Burnley goalkeeper Heaton's hand throw!
"The ball was thrown at the feet of Ben Mee!
"Ben accelerated with the ball!
"Knocks across the ball in the midfield!
"Arfield makes a one-two and passes back!
"Benjamin continues to push forward!
"He passes the ball forward, and the ball is handed to David Jones!
" Jones passed the ball back to the penalty area!
"It's an inverted triangle pass!
" Danny Ings pushed the ball to the far corner of the goal!
"Schmeichel fell to the ground and blocked the ball!
"This save was very exciting! "
Just two minutes into the game, Burnley played a wonderful fast break.
But this was just the beginning.
Three minutes later, Burnley's offense came again.
"Trippier took the ball on the right and accelerated!
"And passes it to Vokes in the frontfield who heads it back, and the ball returns to the right wing again!
"Tripier makes a pass!
"This mid-air pass is extremely accurate!
"It's Danny Ings' shot again!
"Volley shot!
" Schmeichel punched the ball out with both fists!
"Morgan makes a big clearance at the back post!
"Leicester City escaped again!
"Just five minutes into the game, Burnley played two wonderful fast breaks!
"They are more active than Leicester City in this game! "
The commentator is right. Burnley's attack was indeed stronger in this game.
Leicester City was suppressed by Burnley at the beginning and was a bit unable to open up the situation.
However, this was only a matter of time.
In the 15th minute of the game, When Burnley took a breath of relief from the onslaught, Leicester City's attack came up.
James's previous attacks were all destroyed by Ben and Duff.
This time, the ball was passed to the left, To Xia Xing's feet!
In the opening period, Burnley's offense was very fierce, and Xia Xing has been helping the defense.
The occasional passes were mainly long passes.
Now James passed the ball to the left.
He took the ball and There was no defensive player in front of him!
He sprinted with the ball!
Midfielder Marney was a step behind and was passed by Xia Xing
He continued to speed up!
Trippier turns to follow up!
Xia Xing stops the ball again!
With two consecutive changes of pace,
He rushed past trippier to the left side of the penalty area and crossed the ball straight to the far corner of the penalty area!
Chris Wood was already waiting there!
He jumped high and hit the ball hard into the far corner of the goal!
"Wood's header is so powerful!
"Xia's cross is also extremely accurate!
"Burnley attacked fiercely for fifteen minutes, but still to no avail!
"And Leicester City succeeded in their first attack of the game!
"1-0!
"Leicester City breaks the deadlock! "
(End of chapter)