Green Journey

Chapter 204 Van Dijk!
In the 8th minute of the game, Leicester City got a throw-in in the 30-meter area on the left side of the front court.

After Fox slipped the ball into his jersey and wiped it, he made a grenade serve from the run-up.

The ball crossed the left sideline of the Southampton penalty area and fell straight to Vardy on the left sideline of the small penalty area.

But under the joint defense of Wanyama and Southampton right center back Jose Fonte, Vardy, who is only 179cm tall, can't make a splash.

"It's hard for Vardy to catch this kind of ball!" In the live broadcast room, Zhan Jun was amused by Vardy, who was standing still, overwhelmed by Wanyama and Fonte, who didn't even jump.

Zhang Lu said, "Leicester City is actually an atypical Premier League team now. The two forwards, Vardy and Okazaki Shinji, belong to the kind of players with strong speed and breakthrough. His team There is no real high center forward, so if you give this kind of ball to Vardy and Okazaki Shinji, it will be difficult for them to catch it!"

"Yes, this is indeed very rare among the teams in the middle and lower reaches of the Premier League!" Zhan Jun nodded.

On the field, the ball was hammered by Wanyama to the front of the left rib at the top of the arc.

Kante is in that zone.

Seeing the ball coming, Kanter adjusted quickly, raised his right foot sideways, and directly made a powerful volley.

However, Kanter's shooting was even worse than Chu Zheng's in Leicester City, let alone such a difficult sideways volley.

In the next second, the ball was unsurprisingly picked by Kanter.

But by mistake, Kanter's shot turned into a long pass transfer.

The ball rose into the air and fell obliquely to the right side of the Southampton penalty area, and then popped out of the Southampton penalty area.

Albrighton has the ball in front of the right corner.

But Bertrand came out very quickly, and he quickly came to Albrighton to block the line of the cross.

Soon Simpson came up to meet him.

But at this time, there were 7 players in Southampton's defense line, and in a blink of an eye, Simpson was also pegged by Southampton's left midfielder Tadic.

Seeing this scene, Albrighton quickly smashed the ball and turned around after a feint next to the corner flagpole, and dribbled the ball back.

Outside the upper right corner of the penalty area, Chu Zheng and Albrighton passed by and completed the handover of the ball.

Tadic saw that Bertrand was deflected by Albrighton, so he quickly pushed out from the sideline of the penalty area and stuck in front of Chu Zheng to defend.

Chu Zheng continued to touch the ball to the bottom.

Looking at Tadic, who was bending over beside him, he pushed the ball forward with his right foot for a short distance, and then quickly followed up sideways, posing for a forced pass.

Tadic, with his back to the penalty area, quickly moved a position to the left, ready to block.

However, when he finished blocking, he saw that Chu Zheng's swung right foot missed the ball at all, but swept past the ball.

Suddenly Tadic realized that he had been fooled.

In a panic, Tadic made a wrong judgment again. He thought that Chu Zheng was going to break through and enter the restricted area.

So Tadic quickly pulled his center of gravity back, ready to trap Chu Zheng with his body.

However, in the next second, Chu Zheng's right foot on the left side of the ball suddenly pushed the ball forward.

Tadic was turned into a spinning top by Chu Zheng's coherent movements that looked like a cow's tail, his feet slipped and he fell to the ground.

After knocking Tadic down, Chu Zheng quickly bottomed out and passed the ball across the middle of the penalty area.

On the end line of the small penalty area, Vardy, Shinji Okazaki, Van Dijk, Fonte, and Wanyama huddled together.

Seeing the ball coming, Southampton goalkeeper Kelvin Davies struck quickly.

But Van Dijk was faster than him, and quickly came to the landing point to squeeze away Shinji Okazaki, and pushed the ball out with a flick of his head.

But the ball sees the height but does not see the distance.

Vardy retreated three or four steps quickly, and took off in front of Kelvin Davis who continued to attack. A lion shook his head and pushed the ball to the left of the goal.

At this moment, Van Dijk's figure appeared again, the ball bounced back quickly on his face, and just fell into the arms of goalkeeper Kelvin Davis who turned around.

Until this time, the hearts of countless Southampton fans in the stands fell.

"Chu Zheng, an incomparably smooth breakthrough pass!"

"It's a pity that Leicester City lacks a high center forward, otherwise Chu Zheng's cross could have created a very good chance to attack the goal!"

"Valdy's sense of smell in front of the goal is very good! He has reached the limit of what he can do!" Zhang Lu shook her head, "But Shinji Okazaki was directly overwhelmed by the tall Southampton player just now, and he was completely lost. There is no way to provide support and echo to Vardy."

After saying that, Zhang Lu looked at Van Dijk, who was shown to the camera by the director, "The Dutch central defender selected by Southampton today performed very well!"

"For the two threatening attacks planned by Chu Zheng, he appeared in key positions in time. This sense of position is very good!"

"Yes!" Zhan Jun nodded, "Before that, Southampton coach Koeman used the Japanese player Yoshida Maya and Fonte to partner as a central defender, but it turns out that Yoshida Asaya partnered with Fonte, a turnaround wonder." A slow centre-back is a disaster!"

Zhang Lu said with a chuckle: "Everyone is familiar with Yoshida Asahi. He is not tall, his turning speed is also slow, and his physical fitness is not strong. He cannot withstand the fierce physical confrontation in the Premier League, especially as a central defender who needs to be frequent. A position for physical confrontation with the opponent's striker!"

On the field, Chu Zheng frowned and trotted back.

He personally feels that with Van Dijk, who will break the world football defender's transfer record two years later, it will be difficult for them to create a threat with their cross today.

After the game restarted, perhaps aware that the defense was somewhat passive, Southampton's players began to actively seek offense forward, using offense instead of defense, to relieve the pressure on Leicester City's defense.

Soon, Southampton threatened Leicester City's goal and completed the first shot.

In the 12th minute of the game, Southampton and Leicester City formed a 3-on-3 partial confrontation on the left side of the penalty area on the left side of Leicester City.

Wanyama, Tadic, and Ward-Prowse made consecutive passes, but in the end none of them could penetrate Leicester City's defense built by Simpson, Albrighton, and Chu Zheng.

The ball was intercepted by Chu Zheng with a sliding tackle, and then quickly cleared by Albrighton to the center circle.

Before Leicester City's half-time circle arc, Van Dijk and Vardy won again in the header competition, and the header was passed back to the center circle area.

After taking the ball, Cedric quickly splits to the right.

After Southampton's right front midfielder Sadio Mane received the ball with his back, he immediately dribbled the ball laterally, and Leicester City immediately described the three-man encirclement.

Fox chased after Mane, while Kanter and Schroop surrounded him from left to right.

It seems that Mane got into the encirclement of Leicester City, but in fact Leicester City was tricked by Southampton in turn.

While Mane brought Fox, the full-back, into the rib area, Cedric, who had passed the ball, was also advancing along the wing at high speed.

At this moment, Mane, who moved the ball horizontally to the center, stuffed the ball to the side.

Fox guessed Southampton's offensive intentions before Mane passed the ball, but he was still slow to turn around and missed Cedric.

On the right side of the Leicester City penalty area, Cedric kicked and crossed the penalty area before Fox fell to the ground.

At this time, in the Leicester City penalty area, Simpson, Huth, Morgan and others are all scattered in the middle and front, marking Southampton players.

The Leicester City fans who came to St. Mary's Stadium with the team at the scene were a little bit lost after seeing the team, and they raised their hearts immediately.

In front of the upper left corner of the small penalty area, Tadic outflanked the ball and shot angrily.

However, the moment he finished shooting, a figure suddenly broke into his sight and jumped in the small penalty area in front of the goal post.

In the next second, there was a muffled sound, and the ball hit the figure and bounced off the baseline.

Seeing Chu Zheng complete a wonderful block, the Leicester City fans were relieved, and then there was loud applause.

"Chu Zheng! Block it in time!" Zhan Jun exclaimed in the live broadcast room!
"A very timely and crucial emergency rescue!" Zhang Lu laughed.

He saw very clearly from the live broadcast just now that just after Cedric received Mane's through ball, Chu Zheng, who was in the middle of the top of the arc, retreated obliquely to the left side of the penalty area. This was obviously noticed in advance. crisis.

On the sidelines, Coman slapped his thigh in anger at Chu Zheng's blocking.

What a chance to score, but this guy suddenly appeared again and blocked the ball with his body abruptly.

(End of this chapter)