Green Journey

Chapter 203 Southampton!

The Premier League restarts after a two-week international break.

The first game of the 9th round of the Premier League is an eye-catching focus battle, Tottenham vs. Liverpool.

But perhaps due to the impact of the national team game, Tottenham and Liverpool played sluggishly, and finally shook hands 0-0.

On October 10th, at 17:21 p.m. BJ time, the live signal was connected, and Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu, who were ready in front of the studio, immediately entered the commentary state.

After the opening remarks, Zhan Jun said with a smile: "The most surprising teams in the Premier League this season are Leicester City, West Ham United and Crystal Palace!"

"Let's take a look at the current Premier League standings!"

1、莱斯特城：8场，18分，5胜3平0负，进球23，失球10
2、曼城：8场，18分，6胜0平2负，进球19，失球7
3、曼联：8场，16分，5胜1平2负，进球12，失球8
4、水晶宫：8场，15分，5胜0平3负，进球11，失球7
5、西汉姆联：8场，14分，4胜2平2负，进球16，失球12
6、阿森纳：8场，14分，4胜2平2负，进球12，失球9
7、热刺：8场，13分，3胜4平1负，进球11，失球7
……

"After the 8th round of the competition, Leicester City has successfully reached the top, beating all the big clubs in the Premier League!"

"After the 8th round of the Premier League, Leicester City, which has reached the top of the Premier League, has aroused considerable public opinion in England!"

Hearing Zhan Jun's words, Zhang Lu shook her head and smiled, and said, "Actually, I personally think that Leicester City's current results are still lacking in convincingness and gold content, and it's too early to say that they are overwhelmed! "

"Indeed! In the first 8 rounds of Leicester City's schedule, except for one Arsenal, the rest of the opponents are the relegation teams in the middle and lower reaches of the Premier League in previous years." Zhan Jun nodded and smiled, and seemed to agree with Zhang Lu's point of view.

"Yes, uh, uh, compared to West Ham United, Leicester City has played against Arsenal!" Zhang Lu smiled while wagging her fingers.

"But West Ham United is different!" Zhan Jun nodded, and counted with his fingers, "In the first round, they beat Arsenal 1-2 away, in the fourth round, they beat Liverpool 0-4 away, and in the sixth round, they still won. Defeated the Manchester City duo Manchester City 3-0 away!"

"This is simply an away game madman, half of the Premier League BIG has been wiped out by him!"

"Haha!" Zhang Lu was amused, "Leicester City, uh, he played against Arsenal once, and almost lost at home, so the English media are now questioning Leicester, who ranks first in the Premier League standings. Techeng makes sense!"

The two were talking and laughing, and the starting lineups of Leicester City and Southampton appeared in the live broadcast.

Southampton: (4231)

Goalkeeper: Kelvin Davis

Defenders: Cedric, Jose Fonte, Virgil van Dijk, Bertrand

DM: Ward-Prowse, Wanyama
Attacking midfielders: Sadio Mane, Stephen Davis, Tadic

Forward: Pellet

"Southampton is currently ranked 10th in the Premier League standings, with 3 wins, 3 draws and [-] losses!"

"At the beginning of the season, Southampton can be said to be hard to find a win. The team has been affected by the continuous sale of core players by the club's top management for the past two years!"

"But Southampton's performance in the last two rounds has been excellent!"

"In the 7th and 8th rounds, Southampton defeated Swansea and Chelsea by 3-1 points in a row!"

"Although Chelsea is indeed a bit bad this season, it is still difficult to score this score at Stamford Bridge!"

"So Leicester City should be careful today, this Saints team that has returned to a stable state is not so easy to deal with!"

Then the Leicester City starting lineup appeared.

Leicester City: 442
Forwards: Shinji Okazaki, Vardy

Midfielders: Schlupp, Chu Zheng, Kanter, Albrighton
Defenders: Fox, Morgan, Huth, Simpson
Goalkeeper: Schmeichel

"The head coach Ranieri of Leicester City used the starting lineup from the previous round!"

"Hey! This Ranieri, when there is no peace, the starting lineup and formation keep changing, he must be a monkey!"

"Haha!" Zhang Lu's sudden remark made Zhan Jun lean back and forth with laughter.

After a while, Zhan Jun smiled and said, "Never mind him, anyway, as long as Chu Zheng is in the starting lineup, he can play in 901-[-] formation."

"Haha!" It was Zhang Lu's turn to burst out laughing.

On the field, Leicester City, wearing a blue jersey, attacked from left to right.

At the beginning of the game, Leicester City and Southampton fought fiercely in the midfield. Once they got the ball, they would pass it forward quickly. Both sides obviously wanted to grab the start.

However, because Southampton has been poached by giants in recent years, they have found that all three lines in the front, midfield and back have been affected to a greater or lesser extent.

Especially the back line, it can be said that it has been poached miserably in the past two years.

Therefore, the situation on the field quickly tilted towards Leicester City.

In the 4th minute of the game, under the high pressure of Leicester City's front court, Southampton right back Cedric kicked the ball into the air in the left rib area at the top of the arc.

However, his clearance kick was high but not far away, and the landing point was at the front of the arc in the middle of his own half.

Chu Zheng was in this area just now, and he quickly arrived at the landing point.

After a while, Southampton's midfielder Stephen Davis also rushed over quickly.

But Stephen Davis, who is 172cm tall and weighs just over 65kg, can't handle Chu Zheng who is 185cm and 80kg.

After finding out that he couldn't beat Chu Zheng, the battle-tested Stephen Davis played tricks.

The moment he unloaded the ball on Chu Zheng's chest, he suddenly pushed Chu Zheng from behind.

On Chu Zheng's side, he suffered from his lack of experience in the game, which caused the ball to fly towards Wanyama, a Southampton midfielder two meters away in front of him, after hitting his chest.

At this time, behind Chu Zheng was Ward-Prowse on the left, and Stephen Davis who quickly evacuated on the right.

After Wanyama took the ball in front of Chu Zheng, there were two exit points.

Wanyama saw Chu Zheng rushing up, he didn't dare to stop the ball.

Seeing that Chu Zheng's left shoulder was tilted, he seemed to be guarding against him passing the ball to Ward-Prowse, so Wanyama raised his foot and picked the ball that just rolled in front of him towards Stephen Davis.

However, at the moment when he picked a pass, Chu Zheng's body suddenly leaned to the right, and the ball hit Chu Zheng's forehead.

In the rib area on the right, Albrighton, who was standing parallel to Chu Zheng, saw that Chu Zheng successfully intercepted him, so he quickly started to pull to the side.

With his run, the Southampton left back Bertrand in front of him had to retreat to guard and cut off Chuzheng Albrighton's passing line.

But when he withdrew, the area on the right rib was vacated.

Bertrand thought that Wanyama and Stephen Davis could handle Chu Zheng.

However, it turned out that the two of them were thrown away by more than two positions by Chu Zheng's ejection start.

After entering the rib area, Chu Zheng wanted to walk on the ground, and used an arc foot to stuff the ball to the left side of Southampton's penalty area. He had already seen Vardy ambushing there.

However, just as he was about to pass the ball, a tall figure suddenly appeared on the passing line that Chu Zheng had discovered.

The appearance of Van Dijk instantly forced Chu Zheng to change Plan A and implement Plan B.

So Chu Zheng kicked up without hesitation, and made an arcing pass with his right foot.

The ball entered Southampton's penalty area from the top of Van Dijk's head on the end line of the penalty area on the right rib, and flew to the front of the small penalty area on the left in a C-shaped arc.

At the same time, Vardy, on the left side of the penalty spot, used his speed to seize a favorable position, rushed to the landing point and stretched out his feet to shoot.

"fool!!!!!!!!!!"

Seeing Vardy pass Chu Zheng's extremely exquisite pass to the stands on the mat, the [-] Saints fans at St. Mary's Stadium let out a collective exclamation, and everyone's face was terrified.

"Hey! If Van Dijk hadn't blocked Chu Zheng's line on the ground in time and let Chu Zheng pass it, with Vardy's ability, it would definitely be a beautiful goal!"

"Unfortunately, Leicester City missed a great opportunity!"

In the LeTV live broadcast room, Zhang Lu and Zhan Jun felt extremely sorry.

But Vardy's ability to do this is already very good.

Chu Zheng passed the ball very fast, and the line was very strange. Vardy can accurately judge the landing point and hit the ball, which is already very good.

On the sidelines, Southampton coach Koeman sat on the bench and stared at Chu Zheng frowning.

At this time, Coman was full of joy!

He was lucky that Van Dijk blocked the ground line in time, otherwise the ball would have a high probability of scoring.

At this moment, Koeman experienced the horror of Chu Zheng's ability to find space on the court, which was more terrifying than what he saw in the video recording.

At the beginning of the season, when he heard that Leicester City spent 4000 million and 2000 additional clauses to sign Chu Zheng, who was 20 years old and played only one professional season, Koeman felt that Leicester City had nowhere to spend their money and was crazy.

But now, just after Chu Zheng passed the ball, he found that he still underestimated Chu Zheng.

And Chu Zheng's beautiful interception just now clearly saw through Wanyama's intentions, and his ability to adapt to the situation is very unusual.

On the court, after Chu Zheng gave Vardy a gesture of a beautiful shot, he turned his attention to Van Dijk.

This central defender is not easy.

Looking at Van Dijk silently, Chu Zheng remembered who this guy was after a while.

Suddenly, an inexplicable excitement surged in Chu Zheng's heart!

Another talented player covered in talent beads!
(End of this chapter)