Green Journey

Chapter 175 The Precarious Goal!
In the stands, Leicester City fans are no strangers to Atkinson.

Although they were equally angry, they really had nothing to do with this guy. This is Atkinson's law enforcement style, which makes fans love and hate.

On the court, after the game restarted, the two sides continued to enter an anxious confrontation.

Chu Zheng played a bit aggrieved in this game.

Because before the game Ranieri repeatedly told him to do a good job of defense before looking for offense, don't be impulsive, and said that Tottenham are very strong.

But after this period of fighting, Chu Zheng admitted that Tottenham's defense is very strong, but the offense, to be honest, he thinks that's the case.

But soon Chu Zheng realized that the situation was not good.

From the 12th minute of the game, Tottenham suddenly continued to increase the pressing intensity of the midfield.

This made Chu Zheng feel the pressure.

Tottenham's frontcourt press is very different from what Chu Zheng encountered in the Bundesliga.

Compared with the frontcourt pressing of the Bundesliga teams, Tottenham's high-position pressing is more targeted and holistic, and it is obviously stronger.

Among Tottenham's frontcourt players, once a certain area starts to press, other players in the frontcourt will join in immediately. The players perform their duties and immediately form an excellent tacit understanding.

In the 16th minute of the game, Drinkwater's midfielder was surrounded and lost the ball.

The ball was quickly passed by Lamela to the right.

After receiving the ball, Dembele relied on his dribbling skills and directly broke through Albrighton's defense.

After entering the rib area, he saw that Leicester City was getting denser and denser at the end of the penalty area, so he took a long shot directly.

Dembele's shot was very powerful, and he also avoided the Leicester City defenders in the penalty area, but the angle was not shot, and Schmeichel was hugged directly.

In the 21st minute of the game, after the two sides fought fiercely in the midfield again, Tottenham's high-position pressing tactics finally worked.

Albrighton dropped back along the wing and received a deflected ball from Schrup, who was pressed by Kane in the ribs.

But as soon as the ball stopped, Albrighton saw Dembele on the left side of his body rushing directly.

Albrighton quickly spiked the ball and turned back, facing the Tottenham half-court, only to see Walker coming towards him.

Just as he was about to pass the ball diagonally into the circle, Lamela's figure also appeared, cutting off his passing line again.

In the middle circle, Vardy and Shinji Okazaki are also in trouble at this time. They are surrounded by Tottenham's two central defenders, Vertonghen and Alderweireld, obviously guarding against the possible high ball. .

So in just a few seconds, Albrighton fell into a desperate situation.

Chu Zheng quickly discovered Albrighton's predicament.

However, before he made a run to meet Tottenham's press, Albrighton surrendered.

Albrighton is 173cm tall and weighs only 66kg. He can't carry Dembele who is 185cm tall and weighs 82kg.

In just the first physical confrontation between the two, Albrighton was knocked away.

After receiving the ball, Dembele quickly advanced along the wing.

Two seconds later, Dembele arrived at the position 30 meters away from the goal.

At this time, Kane was stuck behind Schlupp.

Seeing that Kane had no intention of moving to the wing at all, Dembele knew Kane's plan.

So at the moment Albrighton caught up from the inside, Dembele, who suddenly slowed down, sent an arcing through ball with the inside of his right foot.

The ball was just outside the upper corner of the penalty area, and Schlupp jumped in front of him, turned a C-shaped arc, and circled into the Leicester City penalty area.

Kane saw Dembele pass the ball, and he suddenly showed ecstasy.

He didn't have any difficulty stopping the ball. Dembele can almost be said to have created a single-handed ball for him facing the goalkeeper.

At the front of the upper right corner of the small penalty area, Kane successfully joined the turned ball.

Then, just as he was about to switch to his left foot and shoot again, a blue figure suddenly appeared from the back left.

Seeing that Chu Zheng, who was sticking to him, did not stretch out his feet, Kane's face instantly became constipated.

Seeing that if he didn't hit, the opportunity to kick the shot would disappear, so Kane had to forcefully hit the goal with his right foot.

In front of the right post, Schmeichel was already in place and directly blocked the near corner.

bang!
Kane has a shot!
But the ball went wide and the ball hit the side netting hard.

Seeing that Kane missed the goal, the Tottenham fans who came to watch the game looked a little regretful.

"Chu Zheng, this defense is very beautiful!"

"Very calm. You can see that he followed Kane on the left side without stretching his foot. Chu Zheng sealed Kane's most threatening left foot." Zhang Lu pointed to Chu Zheng on the TV and laughed.

In the defense of professional players, steals are actually only the second choice.

And the first choice is to cooperate with the teammates around to push the opponent into a desperate situation.

That's what Chu Zheng did just now, sealing Kane's left foot and placing his right foot.

When Kane took a shot from the right sideline of the small penalty area, in fact, it could almost be said that there was no angle.

Coupled with Schmeichel's excellent position selection, the probability of Kane scoring is infinitely close to zero.

On the sidelines, Ranieri was applauding.

But Pochettino next to Ranieri still had this shocking expression on his face at this time.

He saw clearly just now that Dembele hadn't passed the ball yet, and Chu Zheng, who was behind Kane's left, suddenly started and ran directly to the right side of the small penalty area.

It is very obvious what Chu Zheng's early activation means.

This is obviously to see through the cooperation intention of Kane and Dembele in advance. He knows that Dembele has the ability to bypass Schrupp.

At this moment, Pochettino was very complicated. He regretted why he didn't fight for Levi.

It's not that Tottenham are incapable of buying Chu Zheng, otherwise, how could they turn around and buy the 3000 million South Korean player Sun Xingmin from Leverkusen.

At this time, in the stands, Sun Xingmin, wearing a white baseball cap, was also watching Chu Zheng silently.

For Chu Zheng, Sun Xingmin has a complicated heart.

He didn't hate Chu Zheng, who was also an Asian player, but he couldn't like him either.

And he was still a little bit jealous.

In the Bundesliga, Chu Zheng's achievements in one season killed his hard work in six or seven years.

When he came to the Premier League, Chu Zheng still ran ahead of him.

He has not integrated into Pochettino's tactical system until now, but Chu Zheng has already started and has performed well.

It stands to reason that Chu Zheng's position is more complicated and needs more time to adapt and integrate into the team.

However, in the end, it didn't take long for this kid to occupy a main position in the new team again.

In contrast, Sun Xingmin felt a little helpless and a little frustrated.

In the next 10 minutes, Tottenham's high pressure on Leicester City's frontcourt increased, so that Leicester City's defense looked a little precarious.

Ranieri couldn't sit still on the coach's bench, and appeared in the coach's area, silently observing the situation on the field with his arms crossed.

In the 26th minute of the game, the referee Atkinson took advantage of a dead ball and directly asked Tottenham and Leicester City players to go to the sidelines to replenish water.

Entering August, the weather in the UK is getting hotter and hotter.

In addition, the sun is surprisingly big today, so in order to protect the players, the players are allowed to go to the sidelines for hydration during the game.

Ranieri and Pochettino also know how to use the rules. Both of them quickly called all the players to their side and made some tactical adjustments.

Ranieri quickly explained the team's tactical adjustments in English with a strong accent.

Less than 1 minute, Ranieri's tactical adjustments have been explained.

Chu Zheng took another bottle of carbohydrate energy drink from Kanter, but still squeezed and spit it out, not daring to swallow it.

Chu Zheng really felt thirsty, but he didn't dare to drink, otherwise he would have to run and vomit and be carried off.

It can only trick the brain through the receptors in the mouth, telling the brain that I have replenished water, and you can work harder.

(End of this chapter)