Chapter 703: Confrontation War
? Although the Chinese team that won the Asian Cup won a series of celebrations after returning home, the scale was much smaller than when it won the Asian Cup for the first time in 2011.
After all, the third place in the Confederations Cup, the third place in the World Cup, and the Asian Cup champion, there is really no way to celebrate.
As for Lu Wenbin, he didn't even return to China, and flew directly from Australia to the UK, ready to continue participating in the remaining Premier League.
During Lu Wenbin's participation in the Asian Cup, Leicester City first lost to Newcastle in the FA Cup with a substitute lineup, and they were eliminated cleanly.
Then, Leicester City also played three league games, lost two and won only one.
When Lu Wenbin finished the 20th round of the league and left, Leicester City had 57 points, 11 points ahead of second-placed Chelsea.
After Lu Wenbin returned from the Asian Cup, Leicester City's points only increased by 3 points to 60 points.
Fortunately, Mourinho's Chelsea did not win all three rounds of the league, and one of them was tied 1-1 against Manchester City.
Therefore, after the 23rd round of the league, Leicester City still leads the second-placed Chelsea by a full 7 points.
In the 24th round of the league, Lu Wenbin has returned.
The media and fans can already foresee that Leicester City will perform a newly promoted miracle under the leadership of Lu Wenbin and win the Premier League championship in the first season of promotion.
Sure enough, on February 7th, Leicester City faced Crystal Palace at home in the 24th round of the league. Under the leadership of Lu Wenbin, the Blue Fox beat the opponent 4-0, announcing the strong recovery of Leicester City.
On February 11, in the 25th round of the league, Leicester City played away against the Gunners Arsenal.
Arsenal exploded amid the cheers of the home fans and scored 3 goals.
But Leicester City is even better. Lu Wenbin used a goal + assists hat-trick to lead Leicester City to complete a 4-3 lore at the Emirates Stadium and leave with a 3-point victory.
In the 26th round, Leicester City played away against Everton and continued to win 3-0, but Chelsea was tied by Burnley in this round. The Blue Fox led Chelsea by 9 points.
In the 27th round, Leicester City played against Chelsea at home, ushering in a direct dialogue between the two sides and a game worth 6 points.
Chelsea had reservations in the last round in order to defeat Leicester City in this direct dialogue, but was carelessly drawn by Burnley.
After being tied by Burnley, Chelsea had no way out. They had to beat Leicester City in order to narrow the gap between the two sides and retain the hope of winning the championship.
On February 29th, the 27th round of the 2014/2015 Premier League game between Leicester City and Chelsea officially began.
If Chelsea want to win, they can only attack.
For Leicester City, Pearson originally wanted to play a defensive counterattack, but under Lu Wenbin's persuasion, he gave up this idea and played against Chelsea.
Lu Wenbin's reason is to use this game to play out the temperament of Leicester City.
After more than half a season of intense Premier League experience, and under the guidance of Lu Wenbin, Kanter's defensive talent has been thoroughly stimulated, and he has reached the level of the world's top midfielder, not losing to his predecessor Makelele.
Therefore, Lu Wenbin has enough confidence to move forward and lead his frontcourt teammates to attack Chelsea.
If it was just an ordinary team, Lu Wenbin would naturally only need to lead the team to win, win the championship, and complete the task.
But now that Lu Wenbin himself is also a shareholder of Leicester City, he not only needs to consider winning the championship, but also consider winning beautifully, attracting more neutral fans, expanding the market prospects of Leicester City, and increasing sales of ancillary products such as jerseys and shoes. Increase your dividend income.
With this in mind, Lu Wenbin proposed a counterattack, and Pearson chose to accept it after careful consideration.
On the one hand, even though Lu Wenbin is the captain of the team, the number one superstar, and one of the owners, he doesn't have enough confidence to oppose it.
On the other hand, in terms of points, Leicester City leads Chelsea by 9 points. Even if they lose, they still have an advantage of 6 points. This is another aspect that gives Pearson confidence.
Therefore, the key battle of the Premier League that finally started at the King Power Stadium was presented on the scene and in front of the fans in front of the TV. It was the most classic super offensive battle in the Premier League this season.
The game had just started, and Lu Wenbin, who got the kick-off right, saw that Petr Cech was a little bit forward, and shot directly as soon as the kick-off kicked off.
Under the shocked eyes of the audience, Cech stepped back in a bit of embarrassment and pulled the ball away from the crossbar.
Lu Wenbin almost created the Premier League, and even the fastest goal in world football history.
This shot set the tone for the game.
Although the opening shot did not score, Lu Wenbin assisted Vardy to score Leicester City's first goal in the 4th minute.
But only 5 minutes later, in the 9th minute, Drogba scored a violent volley from Hazard's pass and equalized the score.
Both sides come and go, fighting aggressively, all forward and forward, and when passing back is rare, all the actions of the players on both sides are rushing to break through and shoot.
Lu Wenbin has Lu Wenbin and Vardy, Riyad Mahrez, Drinkwater and others who have grown rapidly under his guidance, while Chelsea has Hazard, Cesc Fabregas, Drogba, Costa and other superstars.
The two top two teams in the Premier League played against each other, which made all the fans on the scene and in front of the TV watch the adrenaline surge, and the neutral fans were even more feasting their eyes.
Before the end of the first half, the two sides scored a total of 5 goals, and Leicester City led 3-2.
In the second half, the two sides did not stop at all, and continued to attack each other almost without defense, bombarding indiscriminately.
After 90 minutes, the score on the big screen was 5-4. Leicester City beat Chelsea by one goal at home and won this strong dialogue.
Both sides scored 9 goals in a game and almost broke the double. This is rare in the Premier League and is enough to rank in the forefront of the Premier League with the most goals in a single game.
This game, as Lu Wenbin wished, attracted more neutral fans to love Leicester City.
Because Leicester City not only won the ball, but also won beautifully. They won the battle against the star-studded Chelsea and raised the points leading Chelsea to 12 points. The championship is in sight.
Next, Leicester City, who had no European competitions and gave up the FA Cup and League Cup, continued to specialize in the league under the leadership of Lu Wenbin.
In the 28th round, it was another tough battle against local tycoon Manchester City.
In the last round of the league with Chelsea, several players were injured or suspended with yellow cards, which greatly affected Leicester City's formation in the 28th round.
The Blue Fox finally drew 2-2 with Manchester City in the away game. Chelsea won the ball and caught up, narrowing the point difference to 10 points.
But the number of games until the end of the Premier League this season is getting less and less, with only 10 rounds left.