Football: Starting from the abandonment of the rich and powerful

Chapter 134

Three days passed and

Leicester City away to Bradford in the first round of the League Cup, as scheduled.

Bradford's side, which have played in League One and League Two in recent years, are a complete fish-belly team, having

briefly spent two years in the Premier League, but that was 20 years ago.

After being relegated from the Premier League, Bradford was in free fall, moving from the first division to the fourth division.

The team's only glory to show off was winning the FA Cup once in the 1910-1911 season.

Legend has it that when the team went to the FA Cup

final, there was a dwarf chicken parked on the team's bus, and the team won the championship in the final, so the team regarded the dwarf chicken as a symbol of luck, and

Bradford's logo was redesigned with a tall dwarf chicken standing on it.

Leicester City's team emblem is the fox, a cunning animal that certainly won't turn down a delicacy like short-footed chicken.

The Valley Parade Stadium is Bradford's home stadium, an ancient stadium that can accommodate nearly 30,000 people, and the modest facilities of the stadium show the financial strength of the home team.

As with the FA Cup, the League Cup is often seen by lower-level teams knocking out high-level teams, which also makes the competition more attractive than League Two.

Leicester City is from the Championship, two levels higher than the home team Bradford

, just like reading fantasy novels, everyone wants to watch the plot of the leapfrog battle, fans always naturally stand on the side of the weak, hoping that the weak can take down the strong and create miracles.

Today's Valley Parade Stadium gathered nearly 20,000 fans, and although it was not full, today's attendance is indeed not low compared to the usual league.

Like the mascot on their team's crest, the fans here are noisy, and Leicester City players have just entered the stadium and all kinds of civilized greetings are overwhelming.

Professional football stadiums in England have one thing in common, the close proximity of the dugout and bench to the fan stands, which allows the visiting coaches and players to fully enjoy the greetings of the home fans.

The bench at the Valley Parade Stadium is even more pitted, yes, a pit!

The height of the bench was tens of centimeters lower than the level of the court, and the substitutes sat on the top as if sitting in a pit,

so that Jiang Ge and other substitutes had to stand up to see the situation on the field.

Home team Bradford's starting line-up today is:

goalkeeper: McCarthy;

Defenders: J. Stephens, Bertrand, Ramsay, Bednarek;

Midfielders: Armstrong, Ward Prowth, Redmond, Slattery;

Forwards: Auba Fermi, Ince.

From the perspective of the lineup alone, the home team should be in a 442 formation, both offensive and defensive, it seems that they have ideas.

Because the format of the FA Cup is a decisive match, it is best for the weak teams to give it a go.

Leicester City's starting 11 today are

: goalkeeper: Schmeichel Jr.;

Defenders: Simpson, Wes Morgan (captain), Fox, Wag;

Midfielders: Drinkwater, Andy King, Capsterka, Shinji Okazaki;

Forwards: Sliemani, Ulloa.

Jiang Ge, Vardy, Mahrez and Kante were all on the bench.

Leicester City's starting lineup can be regarded as a semi-main force, old with new, the formation is likely to be 442, biased conservative.

For Pearson, three points are enough

, and it doesn't matter how the game goes, how many goals are conceded, how many goals are scored, whether the process is beautiful, etc.

There is no doubt that Bradford cannot compare with Leicester City, whether it is overall strength or individual ability.

Jiang Ge glanced at the starting lineup of the home team before the game, and none of the names he knew, including the young players, were not among the rising stars of world football eight or nine years later, which showed that Bradford was a rookie team through and through!

The referee blew his whistle and the first half began with a tsunami of cheers from the home fans.

Leicester City got the opportunity to kick off the ball first

, captain Wes Morgan kicked

the ball to Andy King, at the same time, Shinji Okazaki, Sliemani, Ulloa and others pressed forward

, Andy King did not stick to the ball, adjusted a kick and pushed back to Shinji Okazaki not far in front of him

, Toeiren took two steps after receiving the ball, he seems to be difficult to change the smelly problem of sticky ball.

Pearson saw that Shinji Okazaki was late in playing the ball and roared on the sidelines.

Shinji Okazaki

glanced to the left and right, picked the ball to high school forward Sliemani, and under the defense of the opposing two defenders, Sliemani grabbed the point, flicked his head to the goal, and the ball went above the goal crossbar.

Pearson applauded the players on the field, which is exactly the way he wants to see the attack, simple and efficient!

Before the game, he specially told Shinji Okazaki not to stick to the ball and try to kick the ball.

Leicester organised a menacing shot from the start, which made Bradford manager Alexander nervous, shouting at the players on the pitch and wondering if they could hear it.

The home fans sang the "Song of the Chicken with Shortfoot" at the beginning, setting the atmosphere like the League Cup final.

I have to say that even if it is the fourth level league, the football atmosphere here is very strong

, in other words, the football of the lower leagues is more pure, there are no sky-high superstars, no capital to fuel the waves, and some are just the original appearance of local football.

In the 22nd minute of the game, Bradford, who had conceded countless goals

in the midfield, finally successfully completed a midfield penetration, Bradford midfielder Ward Prows sent a straight ball in the midfield

, the ball successfully penetrated the barrier formed by Leicester City Andy King and Capestka, came to the feet of striker Auba Fermi, Auba Fermi

leaned on Leicester City defender Fuchs to pass the ball to teammate Ince

, after receiving the ball, Ings got rid of defender Wag's defense, broke through two steps forward

with the ball, faced Wes Morgan, who blocked up, Ings directly shot

with his foot, the ball was extremely fast, attached to Wes Morgan's body to the direction of the goal, was blocked by goalkeeper Schmeichel Jr. with the tip of his finger, bounced to the inside of the goal post, and bounced into the net.

The goal scored and in the 22nd minute, Bradford led Leicester City 1-0 at home.

“Goooooooooooal！ goal！ goal！ goal！ "The home DJ roared for more than half a minute, and his lung capacity was no less than that of Mark Hughes.

The entire valley parade stadium seemed to have suffered a small earthquake, and the fans cheered like a tsunami.

For a weak team like Bradford, it is almost certain to lose when facing a strong team, this is the result that fans can accept calmly

, the fans' requirements are not high, just score

, as long as the goal can be celebrated presumptuously, this is the original happiness of football, as for the victory or defeat, leave it to God.