Green Journey

Chapter 174 The scared Pochettino!

After spending a whole day fighting wits and courage with his girlfriend in Loughborough Town, Chu Zheng soon returned to the daily routine of training.

In a blink of an eye, the time came to March 8.

At 14:30 pm London time, Leicester City's home game is at the King Power Stadium.

At this time, the 32500 seats on the scene have been filled.

Tottenham players and Leicester City players who came from afar on the field were warmed up in the left and right halves.

"Claudio Ranieri has now made a fantastic start to his coaching Leicester City. In the first two rounds of the Premier League against Sunderland and West Ham United, they won easily 6-0 and 3-0 respectively."

"The life of Tottenham Pochettino is not so easy. In the first two games of the new season, they lost 1-0 to Manchester United, and then let Stowe lead by two goals at White Hart Lane at home. Kecheng drew 2-2!"

"If Pochettino can't win this game again, then he will be under great pressure!" Zhan Jun said in the live broadcast room of LeTV Sports.

The guest commentator sitting next to him was still Zhang Lu. He took the conversation and said with a smile: "Pochettino played in the 4231 formation at Tottenham."

"His style of play is to rely on the players' sufficient physical fitness to press high, control the ball, and then distribute the ball to the wing to launch an attack!"

"In this tactical system, defense becomes particularly important!"

"In the Tottenham game, we actually often saw Lamela and Eriksson, the two attacking midfielders, actively participating in the fight."

"Do you still remember what Lamela was like when he first came to the Premier League? At that time, the Argentine did not have an advantage in physical confrontation, but now he has become extremely fierce and is a well-known villain in the Premier League!"

"Many fans think that Eriksson is the core of Tottenham, but in fact the core of Tottenham is Dembele!"

"His excellent ball control ability can play a big role on both ends of the offense and defense. He can break through and steal the ball when he retreats. He can drag the opponent into the quagmire created by Tottenham in the midfield and win the defense for the entire team. Time to adjust."

Hearing Zhang Lu's analysis together, Zhan Jun nodded and said: "But Pochettino's tactics have very high requirements on full-backs."

"I can't help but be fast, be able to go up and down, have good physical fitness, pass the ball reliably, and have good defensive ability."

"Last season, Tottenham have been playing stumblingly, which is actually caused by Tottenham's poor performance at the full-back position."

During the chat between the two, the time came to 21:55 BJ time, and the players of both sides also walked out of the player tunnel under the leadership of the referee team.

"Today's referee is Atkinson!"

"Fortunately it's not Mike Dean!" Zhang Lu said suddenly with narrowed eyes.

"Haha!" Hearing Zhang Lu's words, Zhan Jun laughed for a short while, obviously he knew what Zhang Lu meant.

If it was Mike Dean who would celebrate a Tottenham goal, then Leicester City would be miserable today!
At this moment, the starting lineups of today's match between the two sides appeared in the camera.

Leicester City: (442)

Goalkeeper: Schmeichel

Defenders: Schlupp, Morgan, Huth, De Laet

Midfielders: Albrighton, Drinkwater, Chu Zheng, Mahrez
Forwards: Vardy, Shinji Okazaki

"In this game, Ranieri still uses the striker combination of Vardy and Okazaki Shinji."

"Chu Zheng and Drinkwater sit in the midfield."

After Zhan Jun finished speaking, Zhang Lu said with a smile: "Chu Zheng is also very efficient off the court. Two games have established his position in Leicester City."

Zhan Jun grinned when he heard the words, but didn't say much.

The better Chu Zheng performed, the happier they were.

After all, he is the only star of Chinese football overseas.

Tottenham Hotspur: (4231)

Forward: Harry Kane

Attacking midfielder: Chadley, Lamela, Dembele
Defenders: Ryan Mason, Dale
Defenders: Ben Davies, Vertonghen, Alderweireld, Kyle Walker

Goalkeeper: Lori

"For Tottenham, the lineup has not changed much compared to the previous two games!"

"Kane came forward, Lamela, Chadley, Dembele behind him, Mason and Dier in midfield, Danish star Eriksen was absent due to injury!"

At 22:[-] BJ time, Atkinson blew the whistle in his mouth.

On the field, as soon as Tottenham kicked the ball, wearing a blue jersey, the Leicester City formation, which attacked from left to right, immediately pressed forward and pressed Tottenham in a high position.

Tottenham were also very calm here, passing the ball back to the backcourt continuously.

Vardy and Shinji Okazaki withdrew after more than ten seconds to prevent their own formation from pressing too far forward, allowing Tottenham to fight back.

On the sidelines, Tottenham coach Mauricio Pochettino was standing in the coaching area, his gaze was always on Chu Zheng on the field.

In this summer transfer window, Pochettino actually took a fancy to Chu Zheng who was in Wolfsburg at the time.

Tottenham Club also made an offer to Wolfsburg Club for Chu Zheng.

However, as a result, Tottenham were instantly scared by the 6000 million offer.

The owner of Tottenham Club, Daniel Levy, directly told Pochettino that the club was unable to buy Chu Zheng.

Pochettino has also stayed at Tottenham for a season. He knows that Levi is a real businessman and is stingy, so he doesn't force it anymore.

After watching in silence for a few minutes, Pochettino felt that Chu Zheng on the court was completely different from the Chu Zheng he saw in the video.

However, he did see Chu Zheng's superhuman talent in the choice of defensive position and sense of crisis.

Very good!

Pochettino observed for a full 5 minutes, but he didn't see Chu Zheng make a mistake in choosing a position. Every time he chose the right position, he could directly break his high-position oppressive tactics.

In this short period of 5 minutes, Tottenham launched three tentative attacks, all from the left half.

As a result, the best route of the three attacks was immediately blocked by Chu Zheng, making their soldiers no threat, forcing Kane, Chadley, and Lamela to choose to pass back again and again to reorganize the attack.

Chu Zheng's game reading ability and vision amazed Pochettino.

And soon Pochettino's wonder turned to horror.

In the 10th minute of the game, Chu Zheng, who had been silently defending in the midfield, retreated and received a cross pass from Morgan, the captain of the left rib area. Chu Zheng turned around and the ball immediately picked up speed.

The first one to appear in front of Chu Zheng was Argentine midfielder Lamela.

Although Lamela is very unfamiliar with Chu Zheng, he also knows that Chu Zheng came to Leicester City with a worth of 6000.

Like many media in the Premier League, he felt that Leicester City bought a parallel import.

Facing Chu Zheng who was rushing head-on, Lamela quickly adjusted to the best defensive posture, ready to destroy the ball at any time, or keep people behind.

However, Lamela had calculated thousands of times, but she didn't calculate that Chu Zheng's speed would be so fast.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Chu Zheng rushed to the front and back of Lamela, flicked to the left with his usual left foot, and after a deft change of direction, he suddenly accelerated again.

The instant acceleration ability is like a supercar accelerated by nitrogen gas, and the speed is raised all of a sudden, rushing past Lamela.

On Lamela's side, the dirty Argentine reached out and grabbed Chu Zheng's back in an instant.

Then step by step, slow step by step, Chu Zheng's speed made him not even touch the jersey.

"HO!!!!!!!"

"HU!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"HO!!!!!!!"

"HU!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"..."

Surrounding the stands, the Leicester City fans who saw Chu Zheng rushing up for the first time also became excited. They kept cheering for Chu Zheng with rhythmic collective cheers.

On the court, after Chu Zheng broke through Lamela, Ryan Mason was the second to appear in front of him.

Seeing that it was this guy, not Dell, Chu Zheng, who was about to throw the ball forward, changed his focus instantly.

He slowed down, and when Mason got close, he slammed the ball with his left foot, and then accelerated again in disguise.

But the 31-year-old Mason has a lot of experience.

He seemed to have judged in advance that Chu Zheng would repeat his old tricks, so he quickly blocked his position horizontally.

However, the next second, Mason was stunned.

Because the moment he came into contact with Chu Zheng's body, he felt that his small body was hit by a huge force.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Mason was knocked to the ground by Chu Zheng.

"oh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Seeing Chu Zheng pass another one, Leicester City fans cheered collectively.

However, at this moment, Dell, who was behind Mason to protect him, quickly moved sideways and faced Chu Zheng with a fierce sliding shovel.

On Chu Zheng's side, as soon as he stabbed the ball to the right front rib, he was knocked down by Dell.

After Chu Zheng fell to the ground, he immediately thought that Atkinson would whistle.

But no!

Atkinson quickly backed away after directly signaling Tottenham's throw-in.

"What???!!" Chu Zheng sat on the turf with his hands spread out, his eyes widened with disbelief.

"Haha!" In the live broadcast of LeTV Sports, Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu saw Chu Zheng's expression through the camera, and the two immediately jumped up and down with joy.

"As expected of Atkinson the Scourge!" Zhan Jun shook his head with a sarcastic tone.

"This old fritter in the English refereeing circle, you will always see how he does good things every day when he is in the game of law enforcement!"

Zhan Jun grinned and nodded, "It's not a big deal that Atkinson is allowed to put shovels in the game of law enforcement, even with the nature of conflicts. Anyway, if you don't foul, you don't draw cards, you love What the hell!"

"Ha ha!!!"

"Ha ha!!!!"

"Ha ha!!!!"

"..."

Hearing Zhan Jun's ridicule in the live broadcast room, countless fans immediately burst into laughter.

On the sidelines, Ranieri acted very excitedly, and was obviously very angry at Atkinson's inaction, so he directly found Mason, the fourth official on the sidelines, to protest.

But Pochettino's fear at this time has not completely dissipated.

If Dale didn't bring Chu Zheng down in time, once he let Chu Zheng rush over, he would directly form a two-on-one situation with Mahris.

At that time, with Mahrez's individual breakthrough ability and Chu Zheng, Ben Davis will definitely be blown up in an instant, and then threaten the goal guarded by Lowry.

Pochettino knew that Chu Zheng's speed was no less than some speed forwards, but he never expected to see such an explosion and impact on the spot.

(End of this chapter)