Green Journey

Chapter 251 Changes in Manchester City's offensive strategy!
"Run! Guys, run!!" After the game resumed, Pellegrini in the coach's area continued to shout loudly at the players on the field.

"Take the ball down!!!!!!"

"PASS THE BALL!!!"

"Don't get too entangled with them in the midfield, what we want is offense!! Attack!!!!" Pellegrini blushed.

Next to him was Ranieri, who already had a ball in his hand, standing in the coaching area with his arms folded. The old man looked calm.

Ranieri glanced sideways at Pellegrini, whose expression and behavior were quite excited, and one side of his mouth was raised, revealing a playful smile.

Today he removed a striker and added a midfielder. Apart from freeing Chu Zheng from the heavy defensive tasks, the second purpose is to complete the control of the midfield and cut off Manchester City's midfield and striker. Contact, forcing Manchester City's offense to develop on the wing.

Judging from the game during this period, his tactical players have performed well.

Ranieri's eyes switched back and forth between Chu Zheng and Kanter on the field, and the smile on his face became more and more intense.

As Chu Zheng and Kanter performed better and better, Ranieri felt more and more grateful for the decision to return to the Premier League.

In Ranieri's mind, Chu Zheng and Kanter are really a perfect midfield partner.

The current results of the team cannot be separated from the contribution of every player in the team, but in fact Chu Zheng and Kanter played the main role.

Ranieri is very clear that without the perfect pair of Chu Zheng and Kanter, they would never have achieved an unbeaten record of 18 rounds.

On the field, Manchester City's offensive strategy has also undergone great changes after losing the ball.

In the 24th minute of the game, De Bruyne was robbed by Chu Zheng on the left side of Leicester City's half-time circle.

De Bruyne didn't slap louder than Chu Zheng. After stopping the ball with his back, he quickly brought the ball to the center circle of his half.

Manchester City's left central defender Mangala retreated straight to the arc of the center circle to stop the ball, and then pushed it to Yaya Toure on the kick-off point.

As soon as Yaya Toure Toure stabilized the ball, Drinkwater and Vardy clipped it from front to back.

No way, Yaya Toure, unable to turn around, had to face the ball and quickly hit Fernandinho on the left side of his body.

Fernandinho passed back to Otamendi, who was three meters away.

Otamendi took the ball and seeing Vardy approaching, he quickly turned to the right and took the ball into the ribs, and then suddenly made a long pass with a low and flat ball.

His long pass went along the left rib area of ​​Leicester City to the left penalty area of ​​Leicester City, and directly penetrated the two defense lines of Leicester City's center and backcourt.

It's a pity that the ball passed, but he didn't form a connection with Sterling on the Rast postpartum defense, and Sterling didn't run at all.

The ball ended up in Schmeichel's arms.

Although Manchester City's attack failed this time, Chu Zheng thought the idea was correct.

And it's not the first time.

Chu Zheng also faintly smelled danger, and Manchester City's offense seemed to have changed to a simpler way of thinking unconsciously.

Soon, Chu Zheng's guess was verified.

In the penalty area, Schmeichel stopped the ball at his feet and kept flapping his hands, signaling Chu Zheng and the others to press up, and he was about to fire.

Seven or eight seconds later, Schmeichel threw the ball in front of him, and directly drove the ball forward with a big kick.

Attacking the left rib area of ​​​​the third area, Vardy and Sarnia are both on the landing.

But Vardy made a misjudgment that he jumped too early, and Sagna, who was slower than him to take off, pushed the ball forward.

On the left side of the middle circle, Kanter seized the landing point, shook his head directly in front of De Bruyne, and headed the ball to the left.

Albrighton retreated to get the ball in time, and passed the ball back to Fox in front of the center line on the wing without stopping.

Although De Bruyne saw through Albrighton's intentions in advance, he still failed to block the ball.

Seeing De Bruyne turned around and rushed again, Fox kept the ball and continued to kick the ball forward.

But as soon as the ball was passed to Kante, Fernandi came up from behind.

Coupled with the fact that Fox passed the ball wide, Fernandinho stretched out his foot and stabbed Sagna on the wing.

Sagna retreated to meet the ball. After adjusting his footsteps, he made a long pass directly in front of Kanter.

The moment the ball was passed, two people moved at the same time.

One is Sterling in the left rib area of ​​the center circle of Leicester City. He quickly started to advance along the ribs, and formed a perfect pass and run tacit understanding with Sagna. In a few blinks, he used the speed inside to overtake. Huth was thrown behind him.

The other is Chu Zheng, who is behind Sterling and is in the half of Manchester City's half.

Three or four seconds later, in the upper right corner of the penalty area, Sterling, who was walking with ecstasy, caught up with the ball.

But Huth also took advantage of his deceleration to stop the ball in time and got him stuck on the sideline of the penalty area.

Morgan and Simpson also rushed into the penalty area from the top of the arc in time, watching Aguero follow up in the middle.

On Sterling's side, he didn't choose to force the ball, but suddenly smashed the ball in the direction, and then quickly pushed the right rib at the top of the arc.

In the next second, De Bruyne followed up and directly led the ball into the Leicester City penalty area.

After crossing the end line of the penalty area, De Bruyne quickly raised his right foot and fired brazenly.

Seeing this scene, the Manchester City fans in the stands were filled with excitement, and they couldn't help feeling ecstatic.

However, in the next second, they saw Chu Zheng, who was following De Bruyne's right back, directly fell to the ground and shoveled, and everyone felt as if they had been punched in the heart.

On the field, in the blink of an eye, Chu Zheng touched the ball with the toe of his outstretched left foot after falling to the ground.

With just a slight rub, the ball jumped forward, allowing De Bruyne to swing it empty.

Seeing the ball let Morgan in front of De Bruyne clear the sideline, countless Manchester City fans suddenly seemed like ducks being choked by someone.

This feeling of falling from heaven to hell made them extremely depressed.

On the court, De Bruyne was also so depressed that he was only a few tenths of a second slower.

Chu Zheng sat on the ground, seeing De Bruyne's cute behavior, who was bouncing four or five times in front of him, he immediately giggled happily.

Having been good friends with De Bruyne for so many years, he knows this guy too well, and now he makes this kind of action, which means that he is really depressed.

"Oh!" The live broadcast signal was delayed, and both Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu exclaimed when they saw this thrilling scene.

Seeing Manchester City's attack, Zhang Lu said with a smile: "Look at Chu Zheng, he started almost at the same time as Sterling. As soon as Sagna just passed the ball, he guessed the intention of Manchester City's attack. Tsk tsk! This kind of game reading ability is really too strong."

"Do you think De Bruyne will break up with Chu Zheng after the game!" Zhan Jun was surprised.

Hearing this, Zhang Lu laughed out loud.

In football, there are many cases where friends who were originally very good friends ended up falling apart because of a game.
It took a while for Zhang Lu to stop laughing, and to get to the point, saying: "Although Pellegrini is not a revolutionary in the tactical era, he is a continuation of a tactical faction."

"His offensive tactics are set extremely richly. In many games, he often adopts a Rubik's cube formation, using satellite radiation tactics in the core area of ​​the midfield to channel the offensive. In addition, he will also use frequent small-scale passes. The ball to connect the offense."

"The two forwards, Aguero and Sterling, are used as scoring points, and the other is more often used as a fulcrum!"

"Both full-backs are also able to step forward and participate in the attack at any time when needed."

"He used to decide at Manchester City whether it was a winger or an attacking midfielder who planned the attack according to the opponent!"

"Therefore, it is difficult for opponents with such flexible and changeable tactics to parry!"

"During the first half of Manchester City today, it was the attacking midfielder who planned the offensive!"

"But it's a pity that Ranieri, who is experienced, played a five midfielder today, which not only liberated Chu Zheng, but also restricted De Bruyne and David Silva that Pellegrini placed in the midfield. These two attacking midfielders!"

Hearing Zhang Lu's analysis, Zhan Jun, who had done his homework, smiled and said, "Manchester City players are actually very good at sports."

"The way they score from open play is varied!"

"Now Manchester City does not involve the wing, and directly through the middle is delicate and ingenious. The fast and smooth offensive method is restricted by Leicester City, and they quickly changed their offensive strategy."

"It's the kind of fast attack that was launched with a long pass by quickly skipping the midfield after stealing the ball from the midfield!"

"Although this offensive method is simple, Manchester City players use it very well. Their long pass from defense to offense is extremely accurate and can directly threaten the goal behind you in a very short period of time!"

"Leicester City almost didn't react just now!" Zhang Lu nodded.

In the sideline coaching area, Pellegrini saw that the team missed this opportunity to equalize, and he was also speechless.

At the same time, Pellegrini also had a clear understanding of Chu Zheng's ability to read the game.

Beside, Ranieri frowned slightly.

Although Manchester City's tactical strategy of directly instigating offense from the backcourt is simple and unremarkable, the tactics also need to be used separately.

No matter how ordinary and simple tactics are in the hands of a wealthy team, the effect sometimes used is enough to be fatal in one blow.

Just now Otamendi's precise long pass surprised Ranieri, the precision is pleasing to the eye.

This is clearly to focus on their weakest line to fight!
But what makes Ranieri a little relieved is that Morgan and Huth are not well-known, but they are in extremely good form. They have performed extremely steadily on the court during the recent period, and those mistakes at the beginning of the season have basically disappeared.

On the field, Chu Zheng sat on the ground, grinning and stretched out his hand of friendship to De Bruyne, motioning to pull him up.

De Bruyne immediately pulled Chu Zheng up, and then said, "Next time, he will never let you touch the ball again!"

"Hey!" Chu Zheng laughed aloud, "Kevin, that's not necessarily true, your speed is not as fast as mine! Your body is not as good as mine!"

"Bastard!" De Bruyne laughed angrily.

After saying that, Chu Zheng pointed to his eyes with two fingers and made a gesture with a smile: "Kevin, don't worry, I will definitely stare at you today!"

"Let the horse come here!" De Bruyne rolled his eyes and said a cruel sentence in a half-baked Chinese.

(End of this chapter)