Like Ling Feng, Riyad Mahrez was also making his first appearance for the Leicester City first team.
Although he didn’t know Ling Feng’s strength and passing habits at all.
However, a player’s intuition told him that in the instant of the transition from defense to offense, as a winger, he had to run forward!
Therefore, the moment he saw Ling Feng intercept the pass, he resolutely made a forward run into the space behind the defenders.
It was this early start that allowed him to successfully beat the offside trap and, leading the full-back marking him by two body lengths, arrive at where the football was dropping.
“My God!
It’s number 23 again, another precise line-breaking pass!”
“Number 26 Mahrez, also a young winger making his first appearance for Leicester City, let’s see if he can seize this opportunity…”
Compared to the commentator’s doubt and the fans’ apprehension, Ling Feng was calm, certain that Mahrez would not let him down.
You know, this handsome African lad was the man who would win the Premier League MVP in the future!
“Go, Mahrez, give English football a bit of African shock!”
Under the gaze of everyone in the stadium, Mahrez lifted his left foot and stopped the ball gracefully, as if there was glue on his foot, settling the falling football steadily in front of him.
Immediately after, without the slightest hesitation, he pushed the ball with the outside of his left foot and cut inside into the penalty area.
Taking a look at the goalkeeper’s positioning, he made a slight adjustment, swung his left foot, and struck the bottom of the football forcefully with the inside of his foot.
In the next second, the football was curled into a perfect arc, flying towards the far corner of the goal!
Even though goalkeeper Begovic made a diving save at the first moment.
But his fully extended right hand didn’t touch the football even a bit.
Just like that, the football shaved the inside of the post and spun into the goal!
In the next second, the mere two thousand Leicester City fans in the stadium erupted with a roar of cheers that instantly spread throughout the entire stadium.
At the same time, the commentator who witnessed the whole process also held the microphone, his tone full of excitement and thrill:
“The ball is in!!!”
“Simply unbelievable!
Leicester City has actually reversed the score!”
“In just ten minutes, they scored two consecutive goals!!!”
Amidst the commentator’s excited words and the cheers of the Leicester City fans on the scene, Ling Feng, who watched the football being sent into the goal, also waved his fists excitedly:
“Nice!!!”
At this moment, he was not only excited about the goal, but also thrilled to have personally directed such a super comeback.
Before transmigrating, he was a super football fan.
Now, he was actually standing on the pitch of the FA Cup, and together with the weaker Championship team “Blue Foxes” Leicester City, had overturned the Premier League’s “City of the Sky” Stoke City.
How could one not love such football?!
As his heart surged, he was grabbed by Mahrez, who ran wildly towards him and shouted in his ear:
“Mate, great pass!”
And Ling Feng also returned a smile:
“Your shot was great…”
At this time, the stadium director very opportunely aimed the camera at the two heroes of this goal: Ling Feng and Mahrez!
Seeing Ling Feng and Mahrez appear on the big screen, the Leicester City fans instantly boiled over!
“I declare, from now on, I am a loyal fan of this number 23 kid!”
“That black-haired kid’s passing is too accurate, too sharp…”
“What black-haired kid, his name is Ling Feng!”
“Ling!
Ling!
Ling!”
From sparse at the beginning, it gradually became uniform.
All the Leicester City fans in the stadium started shouting the surname on Ling Feng’s jersey in unison.
Facing the enthusiasm of the fans, Ling Feng was stunned at first, and then felt an unprecedented sense of happiness and honor.
Fans are a very simple group of creatures.
As long as the team and players they support perform well, they will unsparingly give applause and cheers.
While his heart was passionate, he violently clenched his right fist and waved it forcefully at the Leicester City fans in the stands.
Like a general who had just won a battle, showing off his muscles to the civilians who supported him.
This action inspired even louder cheers from the Leicester City fans.
“This kid is too handsome!”
“Domineering enough!”
At the same time, the other Leicester City players also swarmed over, surrounding Ling Feng and Mahrez in the middle.
“Beautifully done!
Ling!”
“Mahrez, that was a fantastic shot!”
While speaking, other teammates reached out to rub Ling Feng’s head one after another, messing up his black hair into a bird’s nest.
Although he was severely “ravaged” by his teammates, Ling Feng was full of smiles and enjoyed it very much.
Before transmigrating, he could only watch players running on the green pitch and celebrating victories in front of the TV.
But now, he had become one of them.
This feeling was exactly what every fan dreamed of!
“A precise interception, followed by a brilliant lobbed through ball, assisting a teammate to score!
This eighteen-year-old Leicester City youngster simply dominated the game with his passing!”
“Yes, I’m sure that no matter what the final result of this match is, he has become famous overnight!
After the game, his name will definitely appear on the headlines of football news and magazines!”
In the slightly excited voice of the commentator, after the Leicester City players celebrated for a while, they slowly returned to their own half.
And the time displayed on the stadium’s big screen had reached the stoppage time phase.
In other words, that goal just now was undoubtedly a buzzer-beater!
In the loud song of the Leicester City fans singing the team anthem “When You’re Smiling,” the referee didn’t give Stoke City many chances.
After Stoke City attacked fiercely for two minutes but still couldn’t equalize the score, he blew the whistle to end the match!
With the whistle, the Leicester City fans once again erupted with enthusiastic cheers and roars.
The Leicester City players also raised their arms and shouted, fully releasing their inner excitement and thrill for this comeback.
On the contrary, the Stoke City players all looked at a loss, as if they still couldn’t believe they had actually lost the game.
Ling Feng also clenched his fists and let out an excited low roar of victory:
“Yes!”
First professional match, won!
At this time, the commentator in the broadcast booth also summarized this wonderful match:
“The match is over!
The FA Cup third round produced a significant upset.
Championship team Leicester City came from behind to eliminate Premier League team Stoke City and advance to the next round!”
“In the final moments of this match, eighteen-year-old Leicester City youngster Ling Feng used two assists to announce his sudden emergence to everyone!”
“It can be said that he defeated Stoke City single-handedly!”
“An English rising star is slowly ascending!”
“We might soon see him in the Championship, or even the Premier League…”
At the same time, some scouts watching the game in the stands didn’t need the commentator’s reminder.
They had already taken out their phones and called their clubs.
Their uniform opening line was:
“Hey, mate, I’ve found a genius!”
(END CHAPTER)