Coach, I want to play football!

Chapter 635 I didn’t want to surrender so early.

UFor Leicester City, the only good news is that Ye Qi is back from suspension, which means that from the next round of the league, the Chinese striker will be able to return to the game.

That's right, many Premier League media now call Ye Qi the "Chinese Boy" from the early season to "Chinese Striker"!

The reason is still Ye Qi's dominance on the Premier League scorer list!

With the hat trick he scored against Manchester United before the suspension, Ye Qi's league goals have reached an astonishing 21!

If this were placed in Serie A, he would probably be able to directly win the league's Golden Boot!

Behind Ye Qi are Aguero with 18 goals, Harry Kane with 17 goals and Vardy with 15 goals. Behind him are Lukaku and Ye Qi's teammate Mahrez.

Although there is a three-goal difference between Ye Qi and Aguero, it only took Ye Qi 21 games to complete 15 goals!

This goal efficiency is very scary, averaging 1.4 goals per game!Looking at the current Premier League, it is far ahead!

Now Ye Qi is back from suspension. If he can continue to maintain his form, then it is very likely that he will exceed 30 goals this season!

At the same time, Aguero is recuperating from an injury recently. Ye Qi may seize this opportunity to directly open the gap with Aguero and Kane behind him!

Ye Qi's suspension penalty is over, and Drinkwater's accumulated yellow card suspension is also over.

But it wasn't all smooth sailing for Leicester City immediately, because Vardy's physical condition still needs a few days of rest, and Kante, the iron man, can't stand it anymore, and Mahrez also needs to take a rest... ..

At this time, the importance of bench thickness is reflected.

Many years later, looking back at Leicester City now, the core lineup is very strong.But in fact, the bench depth is not thick. The "not thick" here does not mean that there are few people.

The number of players is sufficient, otherwise Kalamaric would not have played without a game.The key is that the strength gap between the substitute players and the core players is too big, so there are no qualified substitutes to support Ye Qi, Vardy and Mahrez when they are injured.

This is one of the reasons why Leicester City's performance has declined during this period.

Kramaric left for Germany after the game against Sunderland, and he officially joined Hoffenheim on loan.

At the same time, for Leicester City, a new problem has arisen.

Substitute central defender Nenanu and right back De Lett also want to leave the team. They want more playing time.There were not many opportunities to play in Leicester City, and the two wanted to seek new development.

Players and teams are like couples in love. Only when they are in love can they last forever.During this period, as long as someone is dissatisfied or changes their mind, they can only part ways.

The two had in-depth discussions with the head coach, and Ranieri ultimately planned to loan them out.But before that, for example, the team has to recruit defenders. Otherwise, the two leaving the team at the same time will undoubtedly make things worse for Leicester City, which already has a weak bench.

Therefore, at least one more person is needed on the back line.

At the same time, the young player Chilwell has just finished his loan and can be transferred to the first team to make up for the team's lineup.However, Chilwell plays as a left back. At this position, there is the absolute main force Fox, and the substitute Schlupp...

On January [-]th, the third round of the FA Cup started.

This is the first FA Cup match for a Premier League team this season, as the FA Cup does not join the Premier League until the third round.

Leicester City's opponent is Coventry from the English League One. This is a third-level team and not very strong.

So for this cup match, Ranieri made reckless rotations.Didn’t Kante and Mahrez need to rest?This game happened to be a break in order to prepare for next weekend's league game.

Vardy and Albrighton also continue to rest.

The starting striker partners are Okazaki Shinji and Ulloa, with Dyer and Andy King on both sides respectively. The midfield partners are Raymond and Inler.

Naturally, there was also a large rotation on the back line. Benanu and De Leter, who wanted to leave the team, both got the starting lineup. Even the goalkeeper was the veteran Australian goalkeeper Schwarzer.

Although Ye Qi has ended his suspension, Ranieri did not let him start as soon as he came up. Instead, he sat on the bench and planned to let him find his condition during the garbage time in the second half. After all, he had not played a game for almost a month. .

If the opponent is some strong team in the British Championship, Ranieri may be more cautious.But facing Coventry, which is not even a strong team in League One, Ranieri felt that even his substitute lineup could completely defeat the opponent.

After all, Coventry has been struggling to avoid relegation in League One in recent years.

Is there any suspense about being a substitute for a Premier League team playing against a team that is very likely to be relegated to League Two?

Have!

Coventry slapped Ranieri hard in the face with his performance, making the Italian coach realize that even a relegation team from England's third tier is not that easy to deal with.

The score remained at zero-[-] throughout the first half!

During the halftime break, Ranieri rarely lost his temper with the team, because in his opinion, the result of his starting half against the Premier League relegation team was acceptable.

But playing against a League One relegation team?

"Guys, what do you mean? Do you still want to win the game?!"

Ranieri was stunned. For a moment, he didn't know whether there was a problem with his formation or the mentality of the players.

Although Ranieri does not value the FA Cup, he does not intend to spend too much effort in this event.After all, the depth of the bench is average, so multi-line operations are a bit troublesome.

But... He touched his conscience and said that he really never thought about giving up in this game!

This is the first FA Cup game of the season, and the opponent is not strong. He would be crazy to give up in this game.

Why should we wait until we meet a strong Premier League team later before giving up tactics?

But...what do you guys mean?Faced with Coventry, they all raised their hands in the French military salute?

Although Coventry has a bus today, there are still Shinji Okazaki, Dyer, Andy King and Inler in the starting lineup!

These four players have no big problem even if they meet the teams in the middle and lower reaches of the Premier League. But they are in vain when they face a team in the English League with an iron barrel formation?

So during the halftime break, Ranieri asked Inler and Raymond to attack more in the second half.

After all, one of the best ways to break through a dense defense is to shoot from long range, allowing the two midfielders to step in and take long shots.

Six and 10 minutes into the game, the score still had not changed. At this time, Ranieri began to prepare for substitutions.

Albrighton came on the bench to replace Redmond, so Andy King returned to his familiar center.

At the same time, Ye Qi started to warm up.