Green Journey

Chapter 234 Bald, but not necessarily stronger!

A few days later, the enthusiasm for Chu Zheng to win the European Golden Boy Award subsided a bit, and Leicester City also ushered in the opening match of the Little Devils schedule in late December.

Leicester City's opponent in the 17th round of the Premier League is Everton, who is ranked 10th in the Premier League standings.

Although Everton ranks in the middle this season, their record is 5 wins, 8 draws and 3 losses, and they lost to the Manchester City duo and Arsenal.

In the summer window of this year, Everton made very little move in the transfer market, maintaining a small capital operation strategy, and spent a total of less than 2000 million. After buying central defender Mori from River Plate for 950 million, they spent another 420 million from Barcelona. Bought Deulofeu.

In the second round of the Premier League this season, in Everton's away game against Southampton, some Everton fans even rented a helicopter and pulled up a banner: "It's time for Ken Wright to leave." Venting their dissatisfaction with club owner Ken Wright's inaction in the transfer market.

But in fact, Everton is not really inactive.

Their most important signing in the summer window was actually the successful retention of Stones, the indispensable core of the team's defense.

November 12, 19pm London time.

There is still an hour before the game, but at this time the King Power Stadium is already full of people, and the fans have already completed their entry ahead of schedule.

Because before today's game, Leicester City prepared a pre-match ceremony for Chu Zheng.

Last night, Chu Zheng, Zhao Dudu and Mario attended the Golden Boy Awards Ceremony of "Torino Sport".

The spherical trophy that Chu Zheng brought back from Italy was quickly reduced to the plaything of Vardy, Kanter and others before it was warmed up.

For this award that is far away from them, the players of Leicester City have shown envy and curiosity.

It was rare for them to be able to play with the Golden Boy trophy at close range, so how could they miss this opportunity.

"Hey, Chu, can I take a bite? I want to see if it's pure gold!" Vardy sat beside Chu Zheng, stroking the golden ball with both hands back and forth, deliberately scaring Chu Zheng.

With a helpless face, Chu Zheng said, "Jamie, I have already bitten it secretly. This trophy is gold-plated brass!"

"Haha!" Laughter erupted in the locker room.

At this moment, assistant coach Paul suddenly opened the locker room door, grabbed the doorknob and leaned forward with a smile, "Chu, it's time!"

Chu Zheng nodded to Paul, took the trophy and followed out of the locker room.

At this time, in the live broadcast room of the domestic sports channel, in order to allow domestic fans to see the small ceremony that Leicester City prepared for Chu Zheng, the broadcast signal was connected in advance.

In front of the studio, He Wei and Zhang Lu had already chatted passionately.

After a while, there was sudden applause and cheers from the fans on the big TV in the studio!

The two turned Realization to the TV at the same time, and in the zoomed-in shot, Chu Zheng, dressed more formally in a casual suit, walked out of the aisle, holding a golden spherical trophy in his hand.

"This is a small ceremony that Leicester City prepared for Chu Zheng before the game!"

"Chu Zheng is showing his Golden Boy trophy to all the fans at the scene!" Seeing Chu Zheng's appearance, He Wei smiled and began to explain.

"Chu Zheng's winning the European Golden Boy, the highest award for young players, is of great benefit to the improvement of the Leicester City club's reputation..."

On the field, feeling the applause and cheers coming from all directions, Chu Zheng, who raised the trophy with both hands, smiled more and more on his face.

He likes the feeling of being surrounded by stars!

People, in fact, are more or less a little vanity!
Even the monsters on TV will slap their chests twice to show off after successfully throwing Ultraman down!
In the stands, Zhao Dudu also put his hands around his mouth, following the fans in the stands, they continued to cheer and laugh very brightly.

"My brother is so handsome!" At Chu Zheng's home, Chu Ling held Lin Mengmeng in his arms and smiled while watching Chu Zheng on TV.

"Uncle has always been handsome!" Lin Mengmeng followed up.

Chu Ling lowered his eyes and said, "It's useless for you to flatter my brother. I will never fix your car!"

Hearing her mother's words, Lin Mengmeng immediately froze, sighed like an adult, and then struggled to slip off Chu Ling's lap, changing to another target to please others.

With a faint smile on her face, Su Ping was a little distracted watching Chu Zheng, who was so beautiful on TV.

To be honest, Su Ping never thought that her son would be able to get to where he is now.

At the scene, Leicester City and Everton players were already lined up in the player channel, waiting for the referee to play.

In the Everton crowd, Lukaku looked at Chu Zheng, who was supported by thousands of people on the field, and he was a little distracted.

Lukaku was extremely impressed with Chu Zheng.

However, unexpectedly, after not seeing him for more than half a year, Chu Zheng quietly ran in front of him.

After a while, amidst more enthusiastic applause from the fans, Chu Zheng left the field, and the time was approaching 15:[-], the start time.

All the live TV footage showed the starting lineups of both sides in this game.

Leicester City: 442
Goalkeeper: Schmeichel

Guards: Danny Simpson, Vasilevski, Morgan, Fox
Midfielders: Mahrez, Kante, Chu Zheng, Albrighton

Forwards: Shinji Okazaki, Vardy

"The lineup of Leicester City has changed in this game. The central defender Huth was suspended due to accumulating yellow cards. Drinkwater and Schroop also reported injuries before the game!" The starting lineup of Sturt City, He Wei said with a smile.

After finishing the words, Zhang Lu went on to say: "Huth's suspension actually has a great impact on Leicester City's defense."

"We all know Huth and Morgan, the two centre-backs, are very good headers."

"Especially the player Huth, who is tall and powerful, and has excellent air control ability."

"But Morgan is the only one today!"

"If Ranieri still wants to play a defensive counterattack today, for Leicester City, which lacks the high point of Huth, the defense is expected to face a severe test."

He Wei nodded and said, "If Leicester City can win this game, they will win the first half of the league championship!"

Everton: (433)

Forward: Lukaku
Attacking midfielders: Kone, Ross Barkley, Deulofeu

Defenders: Cleverley, Barry
Defenders: Baines, Funes Morey, Stones, Coleman
Goalkeeper: Howard
Seeing the appearance of Everton's starting lineup, He Wei continued: "Compared to Leicester City, Everton's team is full of wounded players today."

"Jagicar, Oviedo, Hibbert, Browning and McCarthy all suffered injuries!"

"It is worth noting that in the past 6 matches between the two sides, Everton has 1 win and 5 draws, and has not lost yet..."

"Lukaku has recently scored six consecutive Premier League rounds and is currently ranked second in the Premier League scorer list with 12 goals, second only to Vardy. His state this season is also quite amazing!"

"Therefore, how to limit Lukaku's performance will be the key to whether Leicester City can win the game!"

On the field, after the players from both sides shook hands, Chu Zheng and Lukaku walked towards the middle circle together.

To be honest, Chu Zheng really didn't dare to recognize Lukaku in front of him.

Compared with last season, Lukaku in front of him is obviously two sizes bigger from top to bottom, and he already has a bit of the iron and simple shadow in the 2018 World Cup.

"Chu, I will never be knocked down by you easily this time!" Lukaku turned his head to look at Chu Zheng with a very confident smile on his face.

Hearing this, the corner of Chu Zheng's mouth twitched.

Chu Zheng visually estimated that Lukaku's current weight is definitely above 88kg.

If Lukaku gained muscle and became like this because he was knocked into the air last time, then his sin would be aggravated.

"Not necessarily!" Looking at Lukaku's bald head, Chu Zheng laughed.

After leaving Lukaku separately, Chu Zheng looked back at Lukaku's bear-like figure again, and he was full of smiles.

With so much weight gain, it goes without saying that flexibility and balance are definitely affected.

But Lukaku's physical talent is no one else. If you say you gain muscle, you gain muscle, just like blowing a balloon.

Chu Zheng had a hunch that if he met Lukaku head-on in today's game, he might no longer have the slightest advantage in physical confrontation.

(End of this chapter)