In the live broadcast room, Alan Shearer cheered excitedly and applauded Leicester City.
Especially praising Xia Xing.
Carragher next to him curled his lips.
"Xia dominated the game today, I admit that.
"But xia is far from being as flattering as you say.
"I've watched him perform and he's far from being a world-class player, especially with the ball, he still has a lot of room for improvement.
"The reason why he was able to score the crucial winning goal at the last moment
was mainly due to his excellent physical fitness.
"He was still able to maintain top speed in the final moments.
"That's something most players can't compare to.
"It's better to say that Chelsea lost to Leicester City's tactics in this game than to say that they are a group of skilled players.
"They lost to a herd of wild horses running wild."
The phrase "running wild horses" always sounds a bit off when it comes from Carragher's mouth.
Although it is not derogatory, it is not a particularly nice word either.
However, the Leicester Evening News used the word as its headline that day.
"Two consecutive wins! The running wild horses gallop across the Premier League! "
Yeah, even if it's just the start of the league, so what?
They've won two games in a row anyway!
Who says the Premier League is hard to play in?
Isn't it easy?
In the past two weeks, everyone in Leicester has a happy face.
For this city, their team has good results in the Premier League and everyone is proud of it.
Pearson may be the happiest person after defeating Chelsea.
The two consecutive Premier League victories not only earned the team six valuable points, but also showed the team played very tenaciously.
In particular, the integration of several new players was quite successful.
The joining of veteran midfielder Cambiasso makes this young team more experienced.
What Leicester City lacks most now is experience, and Cambiasso plays a big role in this.
Ulloa's active running on the front line is of great help to the team on both offense and defense.
He is the first point for the team to counterpress on the spot and the starting point of the team's defense. His abundant physical energy and strong body make him an important tactical link in Leicester City.
Right-back Simpson has taken Leicester City's right-side defense to a higher level with his outstanding defensive ability.
Compared to Moore, Simpson's defense is more stable. Now Leicester City does not need full-backs to assist, but they need full-backs to defend steadily.
In addition to several new starters, Albrighton and Powell are also in good form and are good rotation players.
They defeated Chelsea on August 23, and four days later they had another double match in the middle of the week.
This is the second round of the EFL Cup, with Leicester City away to Shrewsbury.
This team from League One is very weak and Leicester City is much stronger than them.
Pearson made extensive adjustments to the team's starting lineup in this game, and almost all the main players who had just played in the league were rested.
Except for goalkeeper Schmeichel, central defender captain Morgan and midfielder Xia Xing.
In fact, according to Pearson's idea, Xia Xing might as well take a rest.
But Xia Xing strongly requested to start.
"Xia, are you still worried about us winning Shrewsbury?"
"That's not the case, because I'm in good physical condition and I hope to play more games and maintain my form."
"are not you tired?"
"I am not tired!"
"this..."
"If you don't let me start, I will also practice more. It's better to play in the game."
Looking at Xia Xing who insisted, Pearson smiled helplessly.
"Okay, you start!"
"Thank you, Coach!"
Xia Xing was satisfied.
The answer he just gave to Pearson was only one aspect of the story.
He wants to play more games and gain experience.
But to be honest, what experience can he gain from playing against a League One team?
It's better to play in the Championship last season.
Xia Xing has some little ideas.
At the beginning of the season he received 10 tasks in the system.
Many of these tasks require data refreshing.
For example, completing 5 long pass assists from 30 meters away,
For example, completing 3 long shots from 30 meters away,
completing 5 free kick assists, completing 1 direct free kick goal, etc.
These data are not easy to achieve, after all, the Premier League opponents are quite strong.
Especially for free kicks and long shots, which are opportunities that are hard to come by in the Premier League, Xia Xing would not rashly play selfishly and would definitely choose a method with a higher success rate.
But now, facing a League One team, this is easy.
As long as he can ensure that the score is far enough ahead, he can freely look for opportunities to brush his stats.
In this game, many substitute players of Leicester City started the game, and they had an absolute advantage from the first minute of the game.
However, they were unable to break through.
They thought the opponents were an absolute weak team, but they didn't expect the opponent's defense to be so outstanding.
Especially their double center back combination, which is surprisingly stable.
The 22-year-old Goldson and the 21-year-old Ryan Woods, with their excellent defensive abilities, made Leicester City's attack fail many times.
Nugent and Chris Wood's multiple attacks were blocked outside the penalty area by the two.
It is also difficult to find the aim when forcing a long shot due to interference.
Even Pearson on the sidelines was surprised.
"If these two guys continue to develop at this pace, it won't be a problem for them to play in the Championship at least."
Pearson is very good at judging people. After a few seasons, these two young men got the opportunity to go further and go to a bigger stage to display their talents.
And today is their first battle to become famous.
In the 45th minute of the first half, due to the excellent defense of two players, Leicester City still failed to score Shrewsbury.
This caused the fans at the scene to cheer and celebrate wildly.
It was as if they had already won the game.
The commentator in the live broadcast room was also full of expectations: "Is it possible that another miracle will happen in the hotbed of upsets today?"
The League Cup has never lacked examples of the underdog defeating the stronger.
Leicester City players were a little depressed, they were very uncomfortable being defended.
Xia Xing was even more depressed.
He was thinking he could get some assists and goals, but in the first half, nothing happened.
Seeing the team's offense being blocked, Pearson couldn't bear it anymore.
At the beginning of the second half, he replaced Hammond with Knockaert and Schlupp with Powell.
The team's formation also changed to 4-3-3.
He reaped the rewards just after changing the formation.
There was a set-piece opportunity on the left side of the penalty area. Xia Xing made a wonderful pass and accurately found Chris Wood, the high point in the penalty area!
Wood headed the ball into the net!
The ball went in!
1-0!
The deadlock was broken and Leicester City's goals followed one after another.
In the 55th minute of the game, Powell scored with a low shot from the penalty area line!
2-0!
Six minutes later, it was Knockaert who came on as a substitute and scored in the penalty area!
The two strikers attracted the attention of the two central defenders of the other team, and Knockaert quickly moved forward! He
easily shot and scored!
3-0!
Leicester City leads by three goals!
It's settled!
(End of this chapter)