Time: March 29
Venue: Turf Moor Stadium
As Burnley fans sang the team song "Dare to Dream", players from both teams slowly walked into the stadium from the tunnel with their ball boys in hand.
"Welcome to the highlight of the 39th round of the English Championship. Burnley faces the top team Leicester City at home..."
"This is not only a duel between the first and second place in the standings, but also a direct confrontation between the championship this season..."
During the line-up handshake session, Ling Feng shook hands with Burnley's starting players one by one.
Burnley has several players that Ling Feng is familiar with.
For example, goalkeeper Heaton, right back Trippier...
The most threatening player in the opponent's formation is naturally the "red wine gun" on the team's forward line.
Danny Ings, and Woakes!
Both are forwards who can establish themselves in the Premier League team in the future.
Ings became famous at Burnley, and later moved to Liverpool, Southampton and other teams, where he had outstanding shooting skills.
Woakes was the main center forward of the Welsh national team. He later played more than 200 times for Burnley and became a true team legend.
This striker pair has scored 35 goals together in the English Championship this season, accounting for half of the team's goals. They are the main contributors to Burnley's ranking in the top two.
However, it is a pity that they met the newly formed super trio of the British Championship "The Three Musketeers of the Blue Fox"
With the help of Ling Feng, Vardy and Mahrez, Leicester City has been on top form since January, directly opening up the points gap with Burnley.
In just three months, the three of them scored a total of forty goals!
This direct confrontation is also of great significance to Burnley.
Because this may be their last chance to win the championship.
If they can defeat Leicester City, the points gap between the two teams will increase from 14 points to 11 points.
There are eight rounds left in the league. As long as Leicester City loses four of them and Burnley wins all eight, they still have a theoretical possibility of winning the championship.
Although no one at Burnley thought that Leicester City would lose the chain at the last moment.
But what if...
Of course, even in order to lock in the promotion spot in advance, and for the slim possibility of winning the championship, everyone at Burnley hopes to end Leicester City's winning streak at home!
. . .
Both sides have made adequate preparations for this important game.
In the last game, both teams carried out comprehensive rotations to allow the main players to get some rest.
Therefore, in this game, all the main players of the two teams also appeared.
Because this game was so important, the Football Association even sent Michael Oliver, a young Premier League referee who has been trained intensively, to officiate the game.
However, when Ling Feng saw this old man, he immediately felt that this game was destined to not be easy.
You know, this is the famous "Blind Man" who is one of the four blind men in the Premier League!
"Playing at home, Burnley led by Sean Dyche set up a 4-4-2 formation, with four midfielders positioned in parallel."
"Goalkeeper No. 1 Heaton, the four defenders in the back line are..."
"From left to right in the midfield, they are..."
"The striker is partnered by No. 10 Danny Ings and Woakes."
"The visiting team Leicester City followed their 4231 formation since February..."
After the commentator introduced the starting lineups of the two teams, the game officially started with a whistle from the referee Oliver!
Burnley kicked off first.
Burnley's style of play is very British, with long passes and crosses from the wing.
The main responsibility of the two midfielders is to defend and keep an eye on Ling Feng's ball release point.
The main offensive method is to pass from the two wings and directly find the strike partner of Ings and Woakes.
Woakes is 1.86 meters tall, tough in confrontation, excellent in heading, and a typical fulcrum center.
And Ince is less than 1.8 meters tall, has speed and explosiveness, and has an outstanding sense of smell in front of the goal. Many goals are scored by grabbing points.
The technical characteristics of the two people just complement each other.
Taking into account Ince's ability to grab points in the penalty area, Pearson sent the faster-turning teenager Moore to partner with captain Morgan as a central defender.
Occupying the home field advantage, with the cheers of the fans, Burnley took the lead and defeated the Tigers.
In the seventh minute of the game, Burnley launched an attack from the right.
After right back Trippier passed the ball to right midfielder Ketley, he hit the ball at high speed along the sideline from the right.
A simple one-two passed Nugent's defensive zone on the left and went directly to Leicester City's half to face Schlupp at left back.
Trippier, who will become Newcastle captain and England's main right back in the future, is a very important starting point for Burnley's offense this season.
Relying on his excellent passing skills, he has repeatedly delivered shells to the front line and contributed eight assists!
But this time, Trippier did not continue to dribble the ball to the baseline. Instead, he looked up at the movement of his two forward teammates in the penalty area, and then used his right foot to pass directly!
Simple and crude!
Even though he was caught in the pull of Morgan, who was as strong as the Black Tower, Vox jumped up and nudged her with the top of his head.
The ball was ferried to the goal, causing chaos in the penalty area.
And just before Schmeichel was about to attack and win the ball, Ince, who had just escaped from Moore's entanglement, reached forward and stretched his foot forward to shoot!
Facing the ball flying close at hand, Schmeichel subconsciously stretched out his hands and lifted the ball up.
With a "bang" sound, the ball almost flew off the crossbar of the goal and flew out of the baseline!
"Wow! Schmeichel made a fantastic save!"
"It's a pity that Ince's shot was too fair..."
"This is the first shot of the game..."
After making the save, the indifferent Schmeichel fist bumped with the defenders and reminded them to concentrate.
"Keep an eye on people!"
"Don't let them get the first point!"
But Ince, who missed the perfect opportunity in front of the goal, put his head in his hands and looked in disbelief.
Then Burnley took a corner kick.
This time, Moore grabbed the first point and jumped up to push the ball out of the penalty area, eliminating the danger.
After several transitions between offense and defense, Leicester City took possession of the ball again.
Under Ling Feng's organizational support, the Blue Fox's overall formation pressed up and soon reached Burnley's half.
Looking at Burnley midfielder Jones who was approaching with a fierce look on his face, Ling Feng curled his lips and without hesitation knocked the ball to Mahrez on the right.
With the ball at his feet, Mahrez came alive instantly.
Those slender legs seemed to be full of magic, and they were dizzying as they danced.
After his dribbling attracted two defensive players on the right wing, Mahrez found that there was no space to break through, and then passed back to Ling Feng who came over to respond.
However, something that no one expected happened:
The next second, Ling Feng didn't even raise his head to observe, he just made an arcing pass into the penalty area without stopping the ball!
This cross was like a rainbow splitting across the sky after the rain, which was mesmerizing.
With a slight spin, the ball flew towards the far post of the goal.
When everyone's eyes followed the ball, Burnley's players were surprised to find that they missed the space behind the ball!
Nugent came in from the left and made a diving leap to the top.
With a bang, he smashed the ball into the goal!
