Chapter 67: The Tank Passes the Man

Li Qingshan's left and right feet crossed and came to a standard bicycle stepping action. He's been in the world of soccer camp, but he's barely used it in games.

His actions dazzled the commentators!

"Li Qingshan stepped on a bicycle!! Looks like he's trying to get past N'Golo Kante!! ”

"Haha, Li Qingshan rarely does such a fancy action, but judging from the actions he makes, it is still quite standard."

However, Kante was unmoved, and Li Qingshan did not expect to be able to pass Kante by pedaling a bicycle.

Li Qingshan is tall, but his explosiveness is not weak at all, otherwise he wouldn't be able to jump so high.

The explosiveness means that he doesn't start badly either.

Li Qingshan's real killing move was behind, he flicked his right foot outward, followed by a button, and it was activated in an instant.

The starting speed of Li Qingshan's heavy tank surprised Kante, and Kante certainly didn't want Li Qingshan to rush up the speed - if such a large body rushed up, the idlers would not be able to stop him, at least Kante knew that his small body, which was only 70 kilograms, could not stop a heavy tank of more than 90 kilograms.

However, Kante couldn't put the opponent in the penalty area, so when Li Qingshan was about to start, Kante directly stretched out his foot and tripped Li Qingshan to the ground.

"Beep!!!!!"

The referee's whistle blew.

N'Golo Kante was fouled and the referee's whistle blew as he walked over to Kante.

Kante knew what he had done, but he still had to fight for it one last time, and he folded his hands to show that he had no intention of doing so.

However, the referee Pausson was clearly unmoved, and he still showed Kante a yellow card!

Seeing that his plea had no effect, Kante had no choice but to shake his head and walk away.

As a defensive gate in midfield, receiving a yellow card means that Kante needs to pay attention to his actions in the next game.

United were awarded a well-placed free-kick at the top of the box, right in front of goal, and could take it with both left and right feet.

Rooney and Di Maria discussed how to take this free kick, but Li Qingshan did not go over to join in the fun.

However, he has a taste of excellence now, Kante does have a strong ability to fill in the position, but in one-on-one, he also has to pay the price of fouls and even yellow cards to stop the opponent.

Li Qingshan found that his own explosive power was so good, why not try to use it.

Li Qingshan knew where his bottleneck was early on, and he relied too much on the support of his teammates.

If his teammates can't pass the ball into the penalty area, Li Qingshan will basically sigh at the sky.

In order to break through this bottleneck, Li Qingshan has made many efforts.

He increased his range of activities. Football now requires a centre-forward to be no longer just a battering ram in the box, he needs to be integrated into the tactical system of the whole team, rather than just standing in the box waiting for the ball.

He also has a long-range shot at his disposal. However, long-range shots need space, just like Kante, when Li Qingshan shoots, an opposing defender appears in front of him, which leaves no space and angle to shoot.

If you have more ability to create space to shoot, it will be more difficult for the opponent to defend.

Just now, he used his explosive power to break through, making Li Qingshan seem to have touched a little way.

It seems a bit wasteful to have such good explosiveness, just to jump up and compete for high balls.

...........

Di Maria and Rooney discussed for a long time, and finally Rooney came to kick him.

It's a pity that the football is over the crossbar.

After this free-kick, the first half of the game was over, and before Schmeichel could send a goalball, the referee blew the whistle for the first half.

"The first half is over!! Manchester United went back to the dressing room with half-time down!! In the face of Leicester City's defence, Manchester United don't seem to have too many solutions, and their shooting statistics in the first half speak for themselves, in the first half United only had five times and none of them hit the target! Li Qingshan had two shots on goal, one of which was blocked, and one long-range shot missed the goal! ”

'Leicester's defence has caused a lot of problems for Manchester United, how will Carlo Ancelotti make adjustments in the second half!'

Li Qingshan's passing was only a small episode in the first half, and it did not attract much attention.

Players from both sides walked off the pitch and back to their dressing rooms.

At half-time, Leicester's players were in a good mood as they were the lead now.

Leicester were completely overpowered in the first half, but with a counter-attack, they took the lead. That's Leicester football, their excellent defensive prowess allows them to completely control possession.

Leicester have averaged just over 30 per cent possession this season, especially in this game, where United had 72 per cent possession in the first half of the game, while Leicester City now have the lead with just 28 per cent possession.

Sometimes, possession doesn't seem to be a problem.

It's the score that counts.

After the break, Carlo Ancelotti made no personnel changes. Since Rooney likes to move closer to the middle, he has to go with the flow, giving Valencia more freedom and allowing right wing-back Valencia to run more up and down to fill the space on the right flank.

Fortunately, Valencia is in good shape, and he can do it.

.............

In the second half, Li Qingshan's range of activities was greater, and he participated in the ball more frequently.

Ancelotti frowned slightly, then relaxed.

It is actually normal for players to change on the field, and the person who does this is Li Qingshan, Ancelotti naturally won't say anything, and now Li Qingshan is the offensive core of the whole team, and naturally has greater freedom.

In the 51st minute, Li Qingshan pulled to the right side to get the ball, and faced the opponent's left-back Fox one-on-one, Li Qingshan decided to try again.

This time, Li Qingshan didn't pedal the bike, he flicked his right foot outward, followed by the inside of his foot and buckled it in, and then started in an instant and cut past Fox.

Li Qingshan's body was like a tank, making Fox want to stop it, but found that he couldn't pull his opponent. Fox is not as agile as Kanter, Kante at least saw that the momentum was not right and put him down before Li Qingshan started, and now that Li Qingshan has accelerated, Fox did not pull Li Qingshan to the ground even if he pulled Li Qingshan's jersey tightly.

As soon as Li Qingshan accelerated, he rushed into the penalty area, Fox hurriedly let go of the Li Qingshan jersey he was pulling, and when he entered the penalty area, Fox didn't dare to make such an obvious foul.

Li Qingshan rushed forward wildly, on the right side of the penalty area, although the angle was not big, but he still got up and volleyed vigorously!!

The ball was stuck to the turf between goalkeeper Schmeichel and the post, and it got into the goal!!