Chapter 945 Endless

Among the coaches currently active in the mainstream European football leagues, Ranieri is a special one.

Ranieri's coaching career has lasted for more than 20 years. His footprints are all over Serie A, La Liga, the Premier League, and Ligue 1. Among the 12 clubs, there are many giants such as Juventus, Inter Milan, Atletico Madrid, and Chelsea, but he has never Can get any important trophy.

On the contrary, Ranieri made a lot of jokes due to the language barrier when he was coaching Chelsea, and Chelsea fans will only remember Mourinho.

However, a rich and repeated failure resume has shaped Ranieri's stable and even cautious character. When trailing 0-1 in the first half, he did not try to direct the team to attack in the second half, but retreated significantly. Defend the area within thirty meters.

In this case, it is very difficult for Sun Wu to attack the middle, and the horizontal maneuvering in the midfield has no effect. Leicester City defends the penalty area, Mahrez comes back to help defend, and Vardy is left alone to harass Manchester United. Defense.

Within a quarter of an hour of the second half, Manchester United, who could not break the iron barrel formation, repeatedly took long-range shots. Not to mention the front trident and Sun Wu, even Lucas, Pavard, and even Alderweireld took shots.

Among them, Sun Wu and Pavard's long-range shots were of high quality, but Schmeichel played well and made two wonderful saves to keep the goal.

In the 60th minute, Sun Wu saw that the effect was really bad and ordered the team to retreat in an attempt to lure the snake out of the hole. After all, Leicester City was one goal behind.

However, the Fox City formation almost did not move forward, and the forward line and midfield were completely disconnected. Japanese forward Shinji Okazaki became a midfielder, and Vardy was the only one running hard in the frontcourt.

Sun Wu glanced at Ranieri bitterly on the sidelines. They all said that the white-haired old man was a tinker, but I think he is a candy!

What is Ranieri thinking?

Of course, it was impossible to swallow a 0-1 defeat. He wanted to stay until 80 minutes later and adjust player positions and substitutions to see if there was a chance to score an equalizer. Anyway, he was facing an 11-game winning streak. Manchester United, there is no shame in losing, scoring points is victory.

However, there were continuous accidents in the 72nd minute. Lucas threw a side ball in the frontcourt. After several passes, Mane tried to break through from the side and was tackled by Simpson.

"Mane is injured..." Zhang Lu said worriedly: "I'm holding my inner thigh, maybe it's a strain... Manchester United has suffered a lot of injuries this season."

"I couldn't hold on anymore, Mane made a substitution gesture to Sun Wu." Zhan Jun sighed: "There are Lingard and Shaqiri on the bench now.

Look at what Sun Wu will do... It's Shaqiri. The Swiss winger's performance in the last game was very average. Let's see if he will improve after coming off the bench this time. "

Sun Wu regrets a little. Even if he doesn't have much savings, he should use a medical insurance card for Mane. The Senegalese winger is Manchester United's sharpest breakthrough weapon now. Shaqiri is far behind in both status and attitude.

But Sun Wu didn't expect Shaqiri's condition to be so bad.

Simpson's foul just now gave Manchester United a free kick. Because it was close to the sideline, Sun Wu handed it to Shaqiri.

However, the Swiss winger's free kick was too low and was directly blocked by Leicester City's wall.

Sun Wu also didn't expect Shaqiri's attitude to be so bad.

He only regretted that the quality of his free kicks was not high. He even lowered his head to see if the lawn was uneven, but did not fight back!

Manchester United was punished immediately. Mahrez in the wall took the ball and directly sent a long pass. Vardy started a high-speed forward from the center line.

Theoretically, in this counterattack, it would be difficult for Leicester City to score, even a good-quality shot, because although Vardy relied on his explosive power to grab the spot on the right rib of the penalty area, Lucas firmly blocked the inside line. , Kanter and Pavard are also returning to defense at high speed.

But at the next moment, probably knowing that this attack was basically out of the question, Vardy adjusted his steps and shot directly from the right corner of the penalty area.

"Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooal!"

"Super world wave, Jamie Vardy equalized the score, he is really Manchester United's nemesis!"

The ball drew an arc in the air and passed De Gea who was guarding the front point. It went into the back corner without any suspense. Sun Wu, who was returning to defense, couldn't help but open his mouth... This goal looks so familiar, original time and space It seemed that the ball had scored in Liverpool's goal, but now it was Manchester United's turn to suffer!

The entire King Power Stadium was boiling. Vardy took off his jersey and danced wildly in his hands. The live broadcast camera found an ecstatic Ranieri on the sidelines and a wry smile from Sun Wu.

Angrily throwing the ball into the center circle, De Gea looked helpless. In the face of such a world wave, there wasn't much he could do, and his teammates didn't make any mistakes. He didn't even have a reason to get angry.

"This is Vardy's 10th league goal this season. He has scored in double figures for two consecutive seasons. We may see Vardy in the European Cup next year." Zhan Jun praised: "Rooney has transferred After going to the American Major League, Welbeck and Sturridge were injured frequently, and currently only Harry Kane and Sterling are qualified to play the main role in the England national team."

Zhang Lu smiled bitterly and said: "Now, the initiative has fallen into the hands of Leicester City. If Guardiola is watching the game, he will definitely be very excited..."

Well, Guardiola, who is watching the live broadcast, is actually not excited, but is trying to figure out Leicester City's counterattack tactics, but Arteta, Torrent, and Patrick are very excited.

But Zhang Lu was right, and the initiative fell into Ranieri's hands.

Leicester City can accept a draw, but Manchester United cannot tolerate this result.

In the 76th minute, Sun Wu replaced Kanter with Lingard, and then replaced Falcao with Harry Kane, starting a comprehensive attack.

A full-scale attack may result in conceding the ball again. Sun Wu is well aware of this, but he is willing to take such a risk.

In the 82nd minute, Huth made a big clearance in the backcourt, and Vardy almost got another chance, but Phil Jones stopped Leicester City's possible second goal at the cost of a yellow card.

In the 85th minute, Lucas tackled Mahrez and also received a yellow card.

Leicester City's counterattack was impressive, but Sun Wu focused all his energy on how to break this iron barrel formation.

At the 88th minute, there was a sigh in the Manchester City office.

"If you're going to foul, foul early!" Arteta couldn't wait to play in person. "Such a close distance is simply a gift to Best!"

"That's right, Best scored 7 direct free kicks last season, with a success rate of 53%, which is terrifying data." Torrent also shook his head.

"The position is relatively correct..." Patrick smiled bitterly: "It doesn't look easy to fight, but in fact it's exactly what Best is good at..."

Last season, Sun Wu's world-class set-piece skills were fully demonstrated, with 5 corner kick assists, 7 direct free kick goals, super curve balls, powerful blasts, falling leaves, and S-shaped balls. What's more, everyone is now You know, Sun Wu can take free kicks with both feet.

The Leicester City players were very nervous. Schmeichel was loudly directing the wall, and Vardy did not try to find counterattack opportunities but stood obediently in the wall.

Sun Wu stood directly behind the ball, his bright eyes constantly scanning the left and right corners of the Leicester City goal, as if he was planning where to hit.

"This is Manchester United's best chance to win..." Zhang Lu murmured.

Zhan Jun nodded and said: "This season, Sun Wu has not scored a direct free kick..."

Everyone's eyes fell on Sun Wu, and everyone watched him start to run...

Then... Griezmann, standing on the right side of the ball, quickly waved his foot.

Vardy, who was the first to react in the wall, took off in a hurry, but the ball grazed his scalp and flew into the penalty area and straight to the near corner.

"Uh-huh!"

Little Schmeichel stood motionless in the center of the goal, turning his head and watching the ball suddenly appear in his sight...

"Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooal!"

"It's not Best, it's Antoine Griezmann's winner!"

"Leicester City were completely deceived. Best's long-distance run-up did not allow the wall to take off. Griezmann's shot was effortless!"

Sun Wu grinned and hugged Griezmann who jumped over.

"Anthony, we are the most compatible couple!"

There was indeed a tacit understanding, without any words or even eye contact, but Sun Wu's posturing and Griezmann's quick kick allowed Manchester United to complete a wonderful victory!

In the Manchester City office, Guardiola was also grinning. Why does this guy have so many tricks?