Winning the Championship's February Player of the Month award proves that Ling Feng's strength has been recognized by the Championship and fans.
Ling Feng's outstanding performance also attracted many new fans and more attention to Leicester City.
The day after winning the award, The Times published a special report providing a detailed analysis of the rising England star.
First of all, The Times took out Ling Feng’s game data and boasted:
He made nine appearances in the Championship, two as a substitute and seven starts, contributing three goals and nine assists.
He made three appearances in the FA Cup, one game as a substitute and two starts, and contributed an astonishing seven assists!
The average pass success rate per game is 92%, ranking first in the league!
Averaged three threatening passes per game, ranking first in the league!
The average assist efficiency per game reached a terrifying 1.3!
And set a new record for a Championship player to provide assists in six consecutive league games!
In addition to his diversified and accurate passing skills, Ling Feng also has many advantages such as strong ability to read the game, not sticking to the ball, strong desire to penetrate forward, and erratic movement without the ball.
Of course, as the oldest, most influential and most professional newspaper in England, The Times does not blindly praise it.
After analyzing Ling Feng's many advantages, in the second half of the report, he pointed out Ling Feng's various shortcomings:
"Poor confrontation ability, easy to get lost in the high-intensity rhythm and confrontation of the Premier League..."
"The dribbling skills are average. As a midfielder, his foot skills are not good. In the Premier League, where the pressing intensity is more fierce, his ball protection and ball control will definitely be weaknesses that opponents can take advantage of..."
"My shooting ability is average. As the core of the team's midfield, if he can improve his shooting skills and try to hit more goals, he will be more threatening..."
The original intention of The Times's report was to let the public know more about Ling Feng, a young star who won the British Championship Player of the Month in less than two months after his debut and is a hot star in the British Championship.
At the same time, it also reminds Leicester City Club and Ling Feng himself not to be deceived by the media's excessive boasting and thus be satisfied with the status quo.
However, when Pearson saw this report, he just smiled and didn't care at all.
Because he knows that even though the media has been praising him since his debut, Ling Feng has never stopped making progress!
When Ling Feng saw this report, he felt secretly happy at the wave of praise he received from the newspaper.
Then, don’t forget to silently keep your shortcomings in mind.
After two months of adapting, he has been able to deal with the Championship's midfielders calmly.
When holding the ball behind his back, he can often get rid of him in the midfield through a one-two or pulling the ball back, and then turn to face the goal and pass the threatening ball.
Thanks to Leicester City's overall strength and tactical system, he was able to thrive in the British Championship and produce phenomenal personal data.
Of course Ling Feng would not think that he was invincible and had reached the level of Melo.
On the contrary, he is very crisis aware.
Because, once he arrives in the Premier League, the opponents he will face are much stronger than those from the Championship!
If he is just complacent about his achievements and does not work hard to improve, he will not be able to adapt to the intensity and rhythm of the Premier League after he gets to it!
It is foreseeable that as the core of the midfield, he will face more fierce pressing.
And his first priority is to protect the ball first!
Especially when you are holding the ball behind your back, you must not let the opponent steal the ball from your feet to start a fast break!
Therefore, he must strengthen his physical confrontation ability through training as soon as possible, and practice stopping and protecting the ball at his feet to prepare for the Premier League in half a year!
Ling Feng was very grateful to the Times for this special report. In addition to pointing out his shortcomings, it also gained him tens of thousands of followers.
Therefore, he did not hesitate to become a subscriber of The Times.
However, except for a very few people, no one will know that this report was planned by Mendes!
The purpose is simple.
Increase Ling Feng's fame and popularity and make him a representative of England's younger generation of players!
As an agent, he not only needs to plan the career of player clients and handle contract renewal and transfer matters between player clients and clubs, but also helps players earn more income off the court.
After all, the more famous the player client is, the higher the commercial endorsement fee will be, and the more commission the agent will receive.
. . .
The next day.
It’s International Women’s Day.
It is also the day of the FA Cup quarter-finals.
Leicester City, the top team in the English Championship, will be at home to face English League One team Sheffield United!
On the eve of the game, in the home team's locker room.
"Okay, guys, cheer up!"
"Don't underestimate Sheffield United because they are a League One team!"
"If we relax, they are also capable of scoring goals!"
It is worth mentioning that Sheffield United has a player that Ling Feng is very familiar with.
"Their set-piece offense is very threatening, especially their main center back Harry Maguire, who is 1.94 meters tall and has strong heading ability..."
Next to the tactical board, head coach Pearson emphasized the threat of the opponent's main central defender with a serious face.
The Leicester City players listened carefully.
Except for one person.
Ling Feng, who was sitting in the corner, tried hard not to raise the corners of his mouth so obviously.
That's right, the Sheffield United player that Ling Feng is very familiar with is Harry Maguire, the "aircraft carrier" and "Big Head" who will become the captain of Manchester United, the main central defender of the national team, and one of the kings of football memes!
Maguire's various famous scenes came to mind, and Ling Feng almost died.
At this moment, a shout woke him up from his memories:
"Ling!"
Being called out suddenly, Ling Feng was stunned for a moment, and then quickly reacted.
"Coach, what are your instructions?"
Pearson didn't pay attention to his slight distraction. He just pointed at the tactical board and said:
"When attacking, you should make less overhead and long passes. Maguire is very capable of frontal defense at this point, but his turning speed is slow. You can make more direct passes on the ground, allowing Jamie to use his speed to attack behind him. ..."
Hearing this, Ling Feng calmed down his inner turmoil a little, nodded and said, "I understand."
Nodding, Pearson continued:
"From the first second of the game, we suppressed them in the half court. We tried not to foul in the midfield and did not give them opportunities to set the ball..."
After emphasizing some tactical arrangements, the announcement in the locker room sounded a reminder that the game was about to end.
"Okay guys, let's win this game!"
After leaving the locker room and entering the players' tunnel, Ling Feng's eyes were immediately attracted by a person.
To be more precise, it was a big head that attracted attention.
Wearing a red and white striped jersey, the tall Maguire stood among the Sheffield United players.
That head, which was larger than the others, was so dazzling like a firefly in the darkness.
As if sensing someone's crazy gaze, Maguire turned around and met Ling Feng's eyes!
