Green Journey

Chapter 209 Free kick hat trick, no way!

During the half-time break, in the locker room, Chu Zheng sat in a daze in his seat, replaying Ward-Prowse's two immortal free kicks in his mind.

Although these two free kicks made Chu Zheng feel incredible, they also made Chu Zheng quite envious.

Taking the free kick as a penalty kick, this is how Chu Zheng feels about Ward-Prowse, it is really accurate.

In Wolfsburg, Naldo and Rodriguez are also good free kicks, but the success rate is really not high.

Chu Zheng never expected that the seemingly ordinary Southampton actually hides a free kick master.

"This is the Premier League, you can't underestimate any opponent!" Seeing Chu Zheng in a daze, captain Morgan sat down beside Chu Zheng, smiled and patted Chu Zheng's shoulder.

In fact, let alone the Premier League, even when he was in the British Championship before, Morgan found that some players in the British Championship had unique skills in their hands.

Chu Zheng came back to his senses, nodded, and said with a confident smile, "They can't win!"

Hearing Chu Zheng's words, Morgan was stunned for a moment. He nodded, smiled very happily, and said, "I believe you can do it!"

This is not Morgan's scene, he really believes that Chu Zheng can do it.

Because Chu Zheng is the most peculiar one among the many teammates he has met in the past ten years.

Say so!

In the game, Chu Zheng never came back like some players went up to participate in the offense, but every time he spared no effort to come back to help them defend.

With Chu Zheng, Morgan could feel that the line of defense they had established would instantly upgrade to a higher level and become stronger.

Especially Chu Zheng's vision can often help him and Huth find loopholes in the defense line in advance.

Sometimes Morgan finds it hard to imagine how such a versatile player can exist.

Chu Zheng's strength on the offensive end is now the consensus of everyone in the Leicester City team, but on the defensive end, Chu Zheng's talent is still extremely strong.

Not long after, Ranieri walked into the locker room with assistant coach Paul.

Ranieri didn't scold Chu Zheng and the others, and he wasn't the kind of head coach who likes to turn on a hair dryer.

In the gentle and friendly tactical explanation, the 15-minute intermission ended unconsciously.

"Oh, Ranieri made a substitution, two at a time!"

After the players came on the field one after another, both Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu saw the fourth official on the sidelines holding up a sign for a substitution.

"Mahrez replaced Shinji Okazaki, and Nathan Dyer replaced Schlupp, who was mediocre in the first half!" Zhan Jun said according to the script.

"The intention of Mahrez's substitution is obvious. It is to use Mahrez's strong personal breakthrough ability to disrupt Southampton's defense in the frontcourt and create some opportunities!"

"Nathan Dyer, it's purely a counter-substitution. Ranieri should be a little dissatisfied with Schlupp's performance!" Zhang Lu analyzed with a smile.

On the field, after the two sides changed sides and fought again, Southampton's side was not like other teams in the middle and lower reaches of the Premier League. They changed their tactics when they took the lead, and huddled in their own backcourt for intensive defense.

Southampton still invested three to four offensive troops in the frontcourt.

In the midfield, Southampton's players are still very active in tackling interceptions.

But under Chu Zheng's command and scheduling, they seldom get the ball, and most of the time they are walked around.

But even so, Southampton's players still have the ball.

They will grab the ball whenever they have the opportunity, they will constantly try to force the ball out of the danger zone, and drive the Leicester City players to the two flanks.

Soon, Chu Zheng threatened Southampton's goal.

In the 49th minute of the game, Southampton attacked offside. Schmeichel kicked the ball from the upper right corner of his own penalty area to the front of Southampton's penalty area.

Van Dijk appeared in time to crush Vardy on the landing point and headed back to the top.

Chu Zheng happened to be in the direction of the ball flying back, and he immediately stretched his legs to unload the ball.

Facing Ward-Prowse who quickly came in front of him, without any hesitation, Chu Zheng quickly distributed the ball to the left wing to avoid the heavy troops deployed in the middle of Southampton.

After Mahrez got the ball, his figure was extremely agile, making it impossible for Cedric, who was marking in front of him, to tell whether he was going to break through the bottom or cut inward.

Just then, Fox cut in along the sidewalk, followed by Mane.

The addition of these two people caused chaos on the wing.

Seeing Mane's return, Cedric immediately handed over the goal to Mane.

He ran to the left line of the penalty area and looked at Fox, while Mane took advantage of the situation and slammed the brakes, preparing to jam Mahrez.

At this moment, Mahrez seized this chaotic opportunity and suddenly started to cut horizontally to the top of the arc.

Mane was caught off guard, and defense was not his strong point, so Mahrez rushed over at once.

Seeing Mahrez's successful breakthrough, the Southampton players in the ribs quickly weaved a net and set up a trap with many people waiting for Mahrez to drill in.

Instead of being fooled, Mahrez used his body as a bait to attract Ward-Prowse who was in the rib area in front of Chu Zheng, and suddenly passed Chu Zheng who was unguarded at the front of the rib.

Chu Zheng has already completed the observation in advance.

Under the scanning of his terrifying vision, the deployment of troops in the Southampton penalty area is very clear.

However, it is a pity that Southampton's defense was impeccable this time, so Chu Zheng did not find a better pass opportunity.

So Chu Zheng quickly adjusted his footsteps after getting the ball, almost without a run-up, raised his right foot and fired a shot.

The moment Chu Zheng shot, Ward-Prowse and Wanyama, who had reacted, quickly moved to the left and right, trying to block Chu Zheng's shot.

But before they were in place, they heard a 'bang', and the two felt a gust of wind whistling past them.

In front of the goal line, Southampton goalkeeper Kelvin Davies is at the right post.

Seeing Chu Zheng shoot the ball like white lightning, he quickly judged the line, jumped up on the spot and stretched his right hand to the upper right corner of the goal.

However, the speed of Chu Zheng's ball was so fast that it was difficult for Kelvin Davis to clearly capture the trajectory of the ball with his naked eyes.

When he stretched out his hand, the ball had already hit the lower edge of the crossbar heavily.

"Bang!" All the fans at the scene, including those in front of the TV, heard the crisp sound clearly.

Immediately afterwards, the ball that hit the lower edge of the crossbar bounced directly to the ground.

On the goal line, a panicked Kelvin Davis hurriedly knelt down to pick off the bounced ball, then fell forward, pressing the ball under his body.

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

St. Mary's Stadium once again resounded with a rapid exclamation!
Countless Leicester City fans feel sorry for Chu Zheng's heavy artillery!
"Chu Zheng's shooting ability has actually been improving all the time, and this heavy shot is a reflection of it!"

"Yes! It's just that compared to Chu Zheng's other aspects, his improvement in shooting is not obvious!!"

As soon as Zhan Jun finished speaking, he saw the referee Tierney suddenly blew his whistle in the camera, and then raised his finger to the middle circle.

"Oh!!!!!!!!!!"

"The goal is valid!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Immediately, Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu exclaimed in unison, and the look of regret on their faces quickly turned into surprise!

On the field, Chu Zheng saw Tierney, surrounded by Southampton players, pointing to the watch on his wrist to indicate that the ball had been scored. The annoyed expression on his face immediately turned into ecstasy, and he jumped up on the spot and punched. celebrate.

In the sideline coaching area, Koeman looked helplessly at the players who were besieging the referee.

Sometimes he really hates all the technology on the court.

If there is no goal line technology, then they will definitely pass this time.

But sometimes Koman is very grateful for the existence of these high-tech, which can save them from being wronged.

After the score was equalized 3-3, Southampton's morale took a bit of a hit.

But after all, he is a professional player. Southampton quickly stabilized his position and was not in a hurry to attack. Instead, he began to defend firmly with all members to deal with the fierce impact of the menacing Leicester City.

From the 50th minute to the 65th minute of the second half, Leicester City can almost be said to have an absolute initiative.

During this period of time, Chu Zheng also planned several good attacks.

But it's a pity that he finally fulfilled Van Dijk.

This guy used excellent defense time and time again, or blocked positions, or advanced, or cleared and blocked, and defeated Vardy, Mahrez and others time and time again.

It wasn't until the 70th minute of the game that Southampton, after Koeman's substitutions and adjustments, got the first chance to hit the goal in the second half.

Still a free kick.

The position is similar to the position of Southampton's first free kick, in the middle, 35 meters to 40 meters area.

Seeing Ward-Prowse standing in front of the ball for the third time, the hearts of countless Leicester City fans were raised.

On the field, this time Chu Zheng did not line up the wall, but stood behind the wall on the left.

Looking at Ward-Prowse who was ready to go, Chu Zheng did not believe that Ward-Prowse could complete the feat of a free kick hat-trick.

In the history of football, apart from Mihajnovic and Kostas who have accomplished this feat, no player has been able to do it so far.

Even Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi, who are the two prides of today's football, can't do it!

Soon, with the referee's whistle, Ward-Prowse kicked the ball towards the goal after the run-up.

It was exactly the same as his first goal, as if copied and pasted, the trajectory of the ball changed again.

In front of the goal line, Rao Schmeichel had been prepared and made a save, but he was still full of despair about this save.

Because the ball went to the top right corner again.

However, just when Schmeichel was in despair, Chu Zheng, who started to retreat to the goal immediately before Ward-Prowse made a free throw, plucked green onions from dry land and jumped high.

In full view, everyone saw that the ball seemed to wipe the hair on the top of Chu Zheng's head.

In the next second, there was a crisp 'clang' sound, and the ball hit the top of the crossbar and bounced off the baseline.

"Huh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" The rapid exclamation sounded like a stormy sea!

On the field, after Chu Zheng landed, he quickly turned his head to look into the goal.

Seeing that the ball missed, Chu Zheng immediately showed ecstasy, then squatted down on the spot, covered his head with his hands, and kept rubbing his burning scalp.

"If you want to score a free kick hat-trick, go ahead and dream!" Chu Zheng was extremely proud.

At the penalty spot, Ward-Prowse's eyes widened in disbelief.

He was only a scalp away from becoming the third player in football to complete a free kick hat. At this moment, he wanted to cut Chu Zheng.

"Unbelievable!!!"

"incredible!!!!"

"AMAZING!!!!!!"

In the live broadcast room, Zhan Jun uttered idioms to describe his mood at this time.

At this moment, Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu were extremely curious about how Chu Zheng, who moved ahead of time, predicted the route of Ward-Prowse's free kick.

(End of this chapter)