Football: A late bloomer, starting with Leicester City

Chapter 101 The half-distance championship is finally here!Today is a day worth celebrating! (Ask for monthly ticket)

The next few days passed in a peaceful manner.

All Leicester City players began to actively prepare for the game on the last day of the year.

The dream half of the season is almost over, and many players still feel a little unreal.

In the following weeks, they actually maintained their first place in the standings and were three points ahead of Arsenal at the end of the half.

Seeing this scene, all the players knew what to do even if Ranieli didn't have to say it.

He worked hard and actively prepared for the game. He performed brilliantly in the 19th round of the Premier League against Manchester City and won the exclusive half-time championship!

This will be the best summary of their excellent first half state!

On December 12, there is still one day left before the game against Manchester City.

In the cafeteria of the training base, you can see that everyone's spirits are very different.

"Brothers, we must work hard, even if the final Premier League championship is still out of reach!"

"But I feel that as long as we can get points tomorrow and securely win the exclusive half-distance championship, we can still leave a miracle on this field!"

Morgan, the team captain, is always a very passionate person.

At this time, he was holding the dinner plate in his hand. He had not wiped off the oil stains on his mouth, but his eyes were firm, "Think about it, we are a group of grass-roots teams, and we are still the overlord of this league after nineteen rounds. "

"This is a story that we can proudly tell to our sons and grandsons decades later!"

"We should call the people outside and let them know that any group of grassroots people are not easy to mess with. As long as we stand here, each of us will try our best!"

"Okay!" The teammates nearby cheered immediately, slapping the table and shouting, stirring up the atmosphere of the scene.

At this moment, this place no longer looks like a cafeteria, but like a locker room before the war.

"I never expected that in my first season in the Premier League, I would have the opportunity to win the half-time championship."

Okazaki Shinji was sitting next to Chen Yufeng and Kanter, shaking his head and sighing: "I thought the word champion would have nothing to do with me in this life."

"There is a chance in the League Cup this season." Kanter said with a smile.

It seems that compared to the distant Premier League, he is still more optimistic about the League Cup where the team really has slim hope.

"We are in such good shape during this period. If we can really reach the finals..."

Kanter didn't continue, he just lowered his head and laughed.

This is actually quite unimaginable for him.

Before the season, he transferred from Ligue [-], just looking for a team that can play in the highly competitive Premier League.

At that time, he was worried that Leicester City would be relegated, and there was no possibility of any new hope.

The biggest hope is to get [-] points early to complete the task of relegation, as Ranieri said.

"I've said it before, with my joining, you will have a chance to win the championship."

Chen Yufeng repeated what he said to the two at the beginning of the season, with a joking tone.

"Here we go again." Shinji Okazaki waved his hands in a pretense of embarrassment, as if he was scorning Chen Yufeng's confident temperament.

"Hahahaha..." Kanter laughed, his dark skin showing extremely white teeth, "If I really win the League Cup, Feng, I will thank you."

"Has the schedule been released?" Shinji Okazaki asked from the side.

"It's out, the first leg of the semi-finals on January 21st, and the second leg of February NO.19."

Chen Yufeng said from the side that he had paid attention to these.

"Okay, then I hope we can win the half-time championship and reach the final of the League Cup!"

Shinji Okazaki sighed with emotion at the end, and the three brothers high-fived their hands together, returned to their homes, and quietly waited for the game to start.

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December 12, King Power Stadium.

With more than 3 Leicester City fans cheering heartily, the last game of the first half of the Premier League was played here.

"When you are smiling...When you are smiling...!"

"The whole world smiles with you...!"

The singing that continued throughout the game was the best encouragement to the Leicester City soldiers who were fighting hard on the pitch.

Next to the coaching bench on the field.

The then Manchester City coach Pellegrini stood here a little anxiously, his eyes constantly turning towards the watch in his hand, seeming very impatient.

Most of the Manchester City substitute players and assistant coaches behind them had confused expressions, leaning on their seats with their heads in their hands, looking up at the sky.

Looking towards the scoreboard on the sidelines, the dazzling score hung on it.

Leicester City 1:0 Manchester City

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"Gudong."

Pellegrini swallowed hard, put his hands on his hips, and his eyes were dull, as if he was waiting for slow death.

Not long before the change, Chen Yufeng's free kick caused confusion among the players in the Manchester City penalty area.

Immediately afterwards, Leicester City's left midfielder Mahrez took the lead in completing a stab shot.

After the football was saved by goalkeeper Joe Hart, Vardy completed a supplementary shot at the last minute!

Zero to one!

Manchester City is about to become a joke!

It will also make the entire big6 of the Premier League a joke!
They will give Leicester City the exclusive half-way championship!
On the other side, Leicester City coach Ranieli wore his own dark blue suit today and stood on the sidelines with his hands behind his back.

He didn't look at his watch, but there was still a vague anxious look on his face, as if he was waiting for something.finally……

"Oh!"

At the front of Manchester City's penalty area, as Chen Yufeng received Mahrez's pass, he volleyed directly into the stands.

Chen Yufeng covered his face in embarrassment.

"Beep! Beep! Beep—!"

The referee blew the whistle at the end of the game at the right time, declaring the end of the game.

"Yeahhhhhhhhh...!!"

The hysterical voices of Leicester City fans suddenly sounded at the scene, and everyone seemed to have emotions that had been stored for a long time and suddenly burst out at this moment.

"We are the half-way champions!" Some fans cried with joy.

"We have the half-way championship to ourselves!" a fan added excitedly.

"People from the English media, please tell us again, how many points can we score against the powerful big6 team?!" Some fans put their hands next to their ears, pretending to be deaf.

"Ten points! Ten points!" Someone else took on the role of praising, "Not one damn point, but three damn points! We got ten points!"

There were so many people crying during this game.

For such a small club, the possibility of winning the championship is too small. They can only regard the scene in front of them as a great success.

This is something they didn't even dare to think about before the season.

Leicester City fans are satisfied!
"Vardy, you will be my favorite striker in my life!"

"Mahrez, I will definitely support you until the end of your career, no matter where you go in the future!"

"And Chen Yufeng, please enjoy all the cheers, you deserve it all, you deserve it! You have brought us too many surprises!"

"Little Kanter, in my heart he is a taller warrior than anyone else!"

"There are also the hard-working Okazaki Shinji, the conscientious Drinkwater, Morgan and Hut who are sitting in the rear for us!"

"You are all the best!"

All the fans shouted out their favorite players and sent their most sincere blessings to these players.

Words seemed unable to express their excitement at this moment. Many fans even took off their clothes, exposing their beer bellies in the cold winter.

They were not embarrassed or ashamed, they just waved their uniforms and celebrated wantonly.

"Leicester City! Come on! My son is the best!"

On one side of the stands, Chen Binghua raised his hands and shouted with red eyes.

How could he not burst into tears at such a moment when he was summarizing the first half of the season.

While accompanying Chen Yufeng, half of the scenes he had imagined countless times finally came true today.

Although it is only half way, it is already an end point that is out of reach for most professional players!
"You must get drunk today! Drink to your heart's content!"

"We are all happy for your son, you are not the only one, Lao Chen, you have to believe in us!"

"Although I can't fully empathize with you, I can still understand a lot. We are all parents of children, and time flies by so fast hahaha..."

Beside Chen Binghua, there were also some fans and friends he met in Leicester City. They also felt that their eyes seemed to become blurred, and there were hot tears streaking across their cold faces.

Many people wrapped scarves around Chen Binghua's shoulders again. A scarf is not expensive, and of course they were willing to give it to Chen Binghua generously to express their blessings for his child, Xiao Chen.

Beside everyone, an old man who was crying and calling his family also noticed this.

The old man spoke German, but he seemed to have a basic knowledge of English and could understand what the people next to him were saying.

After they finished celebrating with Chen Binghua, the old man walked over while wiping his tears. His eyes quickly locked on Chen Binghua, "Are you really the father of Leicester City player Chen Yufeng?"

"Yes, what's wrong?" Chen Binghua glanced at the old man.

"Your son is very good. Let me introduce myself. I am Fox's father."

Fox's father pointed to one side of the pitch and said proudly: "My son is a full-back for Leicester City."

"Fox's father?"

Some fans were immediately shocked, and then invited the old man to the middle of the fans' camp to stand with Chen Binghua.

"I was once an amateur goalkeeper. I never thought that one day my son would have the opportunity to win a half-time championship as a main player in a place like the Premier League."

Fox's father looked dusty and wore a military green coat. "I came here from Austria today just to watch this game. I'm so proud!"

Everyone around him felt a little moved, and many people put scarves on Fox's father and hugged him to celebrate.

Today is a happy day for everything related to Leicester City!
"Let's go! Fox's father happens to be here, let's take him as a companion and go have a drink together!"

Some fans invited Fox's father, and the latter happily accepted, as if he had found an organization, and followed the crowd out of the stadium in celebration.

Chen Binghua held Fox's father's hand tightly all the way. He knew what all this meant to a father. The two of them could understand each other best.

Off the court, Ranieri finally breathed a sigh of relief, walked towards Pellegrini next to him, and stretched out his hand.

"Today is a day of celebration, sir."

Ranieli, who was always known for being low-key and calm, could not help but shake his head and sigh.

"For you, it is."

Pellegrini nodded, and after shaking hands with Ranieli, he pursed his lips and walked towards the tunnel.

After walking a few steps, he couldn't help but look back.

For some reason, he suddenly felt envious of Ranieri, who had wasted half his life as a coach...

(End of this chapter)