Even though he was an opponent, Ling Feng was the first to show a bright smile when he saw the "acquaintance".
Facing Ling Feng's smile, Maguire was confused.
Does this guy know me?
Why are you smiling at me?
And he smiled so brightly and so brightly?
Or is it because he thinks I'm easy to bully and that's why he smiles at me?
For a time, Maguire had thousands of thoughts in his mind.
However, before he could react, Ling Feng had already withdrew his gaze.
This makes Maguire even more baffled.
"Is it my imagination?"
After temporarily suppressing the doubts and confusion in his heart, Maguire followed the team slowly into the King Power Stadium.
"Welcome to watch the quarter-finals of the 2013-14 English FA Cup. The home team Leicester City will face the visiting Sheffield United..."
"We bring you live commentary from the King Power Stadium..."
"Let's take a look at the starting lineups of both sides first..."
It can be said without mercy that Harry Maguire is the best player in this Sheffield United team.
As a youth player of Sheffield United, he has gradually become an indispensable backbone of Sheffield United's defense since he was promoted to the first team in 2011.
This season, Sheffield United are in average form in the league.
After thirty-four league rounds, they were only ranked 11th, with a certain points gap between them and direct promotion seats.
But in the FA Cup, the "Blades" are in hot form.
They first eliminated the Premier League team Aston Villa in the third round, eliminated the Premier League team Fulham again in the fourth round through penalty kicks after two draws, and easily defeated the British Championship team Nottingham Forest in the fifth round. ..
With their amazing performance in successively knocking out Premier League and Championship teams, Sheffield United can be called the biggest dark horse in the FA Cup this season!
And Maguire is the absolute contributor to this Sheffield United reaching the quarterfinals of the FA Cup.
With a net worth of 1.5 million euros, he is also ranked first in the team.
This is why Pearson emphasized this point.
Apart from Maguire, there are really few players in Sheffield United who pose a threat to Leicester City...
. . .
Beep~~~
With the referee's whistle, this dark horse versus dark horse contest officially begins!
Due to the strength gap and the away game, Sheffield United adopted a 451 defensive counterattack strategy very pragmatically from the beginning.
This is also the main tactic they use in League One.
Under the leadership of Maguire, the dominant player in League One, Sheffield United's defense is very good.
The number of goals conceded in the league ranks fifth from the bottom, second only to the top four teams in the league!
However, no matter how good the defense is, it is all in vain if the forwards do not score goals.
No coincidence.
Sheffield United also ranks fifth from the bottom in terms of goals scored in the league, only slightly better than the teams at the bottom.
This is enough to prove that this Sheffield United is a team with strong defense and weak offense.
Therefore, from the first second of the game, Leicester City took control of the situation on the field and pressed Sheffield into frantic friction in the half.
However, by retreating to their own half, Sheffield United compressed the space so narrowly that Leicester City could not penetrate through short passes.
The center was too crowded, so Ling Feng had to try to pass the ball to the two wingers, allowing the two wingers to use their personal abilities to break through and create threats.
It is precisely because of the tactical consideration of opening up the situation from the wing that Conoket, who has better foot skills in this game, replaced Nugent and became the starting left winger.
And he also strictly followed the tactical instructions, constantly taking the ball and dribbling on the left wing to make breakthroughs.
In fact, Conoket was also holding back some energy.
In his opinion, after he missed the crucial penalty kick in the promotion play-offs more than half a year ago, he has been training and playing hard to try to get rid of the negative impact of that penalty kick.
And this diligent attitude has also been recognized by the head coach.
In the first half of the season, he was still the team's unbeatable main right winger.
However, after Ling Feng was promoted to the first team and Mahrez was transferred, everything changed!
He suddenly became a victim of tactical changes, from starting on the right wing to being a substitute on the left and right wings.
Conoket was certainly not happy either.
However, without him, the team's record got better and they started a winning streak.
As a member of the team, he is both happy and a little disappointed.
Therefore, he has been given limited starting opportunities. He hopes to use his performance to prove to the club and the head coach that at least in dribbling, which he is best at, he is better than Ling Feng!
And under his frequent breakthroughs, Sheffield United's right wing was frequently left open.
After breaking through to create space, Conoket did not pass the ball high, but used his left foot to sweep towards the center.
Several low passes created chaos in the penalty area.
If Vardy hadn't been double-teamed by two tall central defenders of Sheffield United, he almost grabbed the front spot and formed a shot.
Even so, he did not forget to give a thumbs up to Conoket:
"nice shot!"
In desperation, the midfielder who came to help defend could only stop him by fouling.
"Exceptionally beautiful!"
"Oh, Conoket was pulled down!"
"This is a foul, no doubt!"
In the seventeenth minute of the game, Leicester City got a set-kick opportunity on the left near the sideline.
After looking at his position in the penalty area, Ling Feng deliberately passed a curve ball into the crowd, hoping to create chaos.
He wouldn't be surprised if Maguire headed the ball into his own net.
However, the moment the ball flew into the penalty area, a red and white figure suddenly jumped up and used its big head to push the ball out of the dangerous area with a bang.
Dingqing took a look and saw that it was Maguire who grabbed the first point!
Damn it, so awesome? !
In the next twenty minutes, whether it was a cross from the wing or a curved cross from a set piece, any high ball passed into the Sheffield United penalty area was immediately destroyed by Maguire.
Even the commentator couldn't help but exclaimed:
"Maguire rules the sky tonight!"
However, football is a team sport.
Even a god cannot lead ten pig teammates.
What's more, it's a baby version of an aircraft carrier?
The high ball can't pass your Maguire's head, so can't I pass the through ball from the ground? !
As a result, Ling Feng began to frequently pass some scalpel-like short through balls, allowing Vardy to insert behind the central defender.
Vardy sprinted down several times, and Maguire's shortcomings of being bulky and slow to turn and chase were fully exposed.
In the 40th minute of the game, Ling Feng, who came to the front of the penalty area, once again made a secret through ball into the penalty area.
Vardy, who was pressed tightly against Maguire, turned around and penetrated.
Maguire turned around a little slowly and didn't dare to reach out.
Another central defender came to help defend, but his foot movement was slightly larger and touched Vardy's knee.
With a scream, the latter fell down.
The next second, the referee blew his whistle decisively and pointed at the penalty spot!
