Before this game, Leicester City carefully studied De Bruyne's playing habits and finally came to a conclusion.
Never let him get forward or pass the ball easily.
Try to disrupt his rhythm as much as possible and cut off his connection with his teammates.
Leicester City did well in the first half, but it was just an emotional fluctuation caused by a misjudgment that allowed De Bruyne to seize the opportunity and make a wonderful assist.
Before this game, the entire Wolfsburg team also carefully studied Xia Xing's playing habits.
Everyone knows that Xia Xing is now the pillar of Leicester City.
With four consecutive Premier League wins, participating in all the team's goals, and winning the Premier League Player of the Month award, Xia Xing has become famous.
Final research conclusions.
We must not let Xia Xing accelerate and pass the ball easily from the wing.
Xia Xing's ability to break through on the wing is obvious to all, and his passing is also very accurate.
Wolfsburg did well in the first half, with two players always marking Xia Xing on the wing.
Faced with this situation, Xia Xing tried his best to pass the ball to his teammates.
After all, the more people defending you, the fewer people defending your teammates.
Your teammates will have more opportunities.
So Leicester City had many attacking opportunities in the first half, but Xia Xing did not have many opportunities to demonstrate his personal abilities.
And now, when the game came to the last minute of injury time in the first half, when Leicester City decided to use the last minute to attack,
Xia Xing started.
The moment he caught the ball, he had already observed the surrounding situation.
With a slight step, he not only adjusted his position, but also estimated the distance of the opponent's defensive player.
The final pass was light, but as accurate as a guided missile, hitting Chris Wood's head accurately.
All the Leicester City striker has to do is jump and head the ball.
1 to 1!
At the last minute of the first half, Leicester City equalized the score!
The King Power Stadium burst into warm applause!
The fans shouted the players' names loudly!
Similar to the situation just now, the one who shouted the loudest was not Chris Wood, but Xia Xing.
You know, Xia Xing definitely accounted for alot of the credit for the goal just now.
The importance of this goal is not just about equalizing the score.
This was an important goal that turned the tide!
When their own goal was misjudged by the referee and the players were emotionally unstable, and when Wolfsburg took advantage of the chaos to break the deadlock, the entire Leicester City team was in chaos.
At this moment, Xia Xing stood up!
With a brilliant long pass, he helped Leicester City equalize the score!
Xia Xing told the opponent in this way - we can score at any time!
At this time, the referee did not add the last ten seconds, he blew the whistle to end the first half of the game.
Leicester City players were fighting for their lives, and their emotions seemed to be on a roller coaster.
Many people are still celebrating the goal that just happened.
In the celebrating team, Xia Xing was naturally the focus.
Chris Wood: "Xia! Your pass is amazing! Even a wooden man can score with your pass!"
Mahrez: "Xia, when I saw you preparing to pass the ball, I knew I didn't have to run, you would definitely be able to assist successfully!"
Vardy: "When I saw you kick the ball, I could tell you weren't passing it to me, hahahaha!"
The teammates excitedly talked about the goal they had just scored and walked towards the locker room.
On Wolfsburg's side, De Bruyne kept looking at Xia Xing with his eyes sharp.
Before this game, he was looking forward to the meeting.
He has no interest in Leicester City.
But he was interested in Xia Xing.
After watching the game video of Leicester City, he was extremely impressed by Xia Xing's skills.
He never thought that such a player would be abandoned by Manchester United?
What a pity!
But thinking about it, wasn't he also abandoned by Chelsea? They are both in the same situation.
Xia Xing's wonderful pass also made De Bruyne amazed.
To be fair, De Bruyne thinks Xia Xing's passing is not as good as his.
There are still some deficiencies in some small techniques.
But Xia Xing's overall strength is too strong.
Top speed, top body, super stamina, good defense.
These advantages, coupled with excellent passing, make his overall strength not inferior to or even better than his own.
How strong he is will only be revealed in the competition.
In the first half, Xia Xing kept passing the ball and did not have many opportunities to perform individually.
Just like himself.
And the sudden burst of passing the ball showed his skill.
That's amazing.
If he could be on the same team with a teammate like this, him in the middle and Xia on the left.
It would be great.
When they met for the first time, De Bruyne was already looking forward to becoming teammates with Xia Xing.
Players from both sides returned to the locker room to receive instructions from the head coach.
However, there was no change in the tactics of either side.
The second half was the same.
The referee blew the whistle and the second half of the game began.
The score is still balanced at 1:1.
Leicester City continued to attack and took the initiative slightly.
Wolfsburg's counterattack was also quite satisfactory.
On the sidelines, Shakespeare was amazed: "Why does it feel so hard to play against a team like this? You know, we just beat a bunch of strong Premier League teams."
Pearson was very calm: "Because we are about the same strength as our opponents, and the opponent's tactics are not particularly aggressive, so we have such a hard time playing."
Shakespeare: "It makes sense..."
Pearson is right.
Leicester City has been focusing on defensive counterattacks this season and is best at quick and efficient fast breaks.
When they faced Chelsea, Arsenal and other teams before, the opponents were very good at attacking.
As long as they attack, they will leave loopholes behind them and Leicester City will have a chance.
Therefore, Leicester City has more chances against strong teams.
If Leicester City encounters a weaker team than themselves, they can simply rely on the personal skills of Xia Xing and Mahrez to launch a fierce attack.
From this point of view, what Leicester City is most reluctant to face now is an evenly matched opponent.
Time passed by minute by minute, and it was already the 78th minute of the game.
Both sides used up their three substitutions.
Leicester City replaced Mahrez, Chris Wood and Simpson.
Hammond, Knockaert and Moore were brought on.
They are all positional substitutions, with no tactical changes.
However, just as Leicester City had just made the substitution, Wolfsburg created another opportunity!
A fierce attack from the wing made it difficult for Moore, who had just assisted, to return on time!
The ball was passed into the penalty area!
Olic was squeezed by Morgan!
But he didn't plan to shoot! He
turned around and knocked the ball back!
The ball was passed outside the penalty area!
A figure sprinted forward quickly!
It was De Bruyne!
He accelerated and rushed past Hammond who had just come on as a substitute!
He shot directly from 30 meters away from the goal!
Heavy force and power!
Very violent!
Schmeichel had no power to fight back!
The ball hits the dead corner!
The ball goes in!
2 to 1!
Wolfsburg finally took the lead again!
Another wonderful performance by De Bruyne!
(End of this chapter)