Green Journey

Chapter 303 Pressed out!

After Leicester City scored a goal, Ranieri was relieved, and the mentality of making substitutions and adjusting tactics was no longer urgent.

On the one hand, such an early substitution will cause a confidence blow to the replaced players.

On the other hand, the team has already taken the lead, and it is not him who should be worried now, but Bilic next to him.

Ranieri observed from the sidelines for a long time. Although Drinkwater failed in the organization of the offensive end, he can still score a high score on the defensive end.

Therefore, the team's defense is no problem.

Taking advantage of a dead ball, Ranieri walked out of the coaching area and had a brief exchange with Chu Zheng.

Soon, Chu Zheng's position on the field changed.

In the next game, Chu Zheng's position became more flexible, and he would even switch positions with Drinkwater from time to time, and he would take over the midfield again.

Therefore, Leicester City's midfield strength has been significantly improved several times.

Especially the ability to organize the offense and move the ball forward and the rhythm of offensive and defensive transitions, some old ballworms who know the ball are full of enjoyment.

These fans and countless scouts who came to the scene felt the huge gap between Chu Zheng and Drinkwater.

In the sideline coaching area, as time went by, West Ham coach Bilic became more and more anxious.

They are now only one point behind Manchester United in the fifth European theater of the league.

As long as they can catch up and make no mistakes in the next few rounds, they will get tickets to next year's Champions League.

In this round of the league, Manchester United's opponent is Aston Villa, who is the last in the Premier League, and Manchester United is still playing at home, so winning is certain.

So if they fail to win Leicester City, the point difference between the two will be instantly expanded to four points.

Thinking of this, Bilic, who was a little anxious, looked back at Lanzini who was sitting on the bench.

On the field, Obiang, Noble, and Kuyat did a great job of intercepting the midfield today, but like Leicester City, their offensive organization can barely be regarded as a pass.

After hesitating for a while, Bilic made a decision in his mind.

He has no choice!

They must win this game. If they lose, they will be in the abyss. The European dream they have worked hard for for nearly a season will be completely shattered.

On the field, leading by one goal, the morale of the Leicester City players was high.

Due to the transfer of the core of the organization to the wing, the pressure of Drinkwater and Kanter has been released, and thus the defense has become better.

But it is uncomfortable for West Ham United.

Chu Zheng's position was too flexible, which interfered with their marking.

What makes Obiang and other West Ham players feel the deepest is Chu Zheng's dribbling ability.

What aggrieved the West Ham United players the most was that sometimes when three people went up to siege Chu Zheng, he still escaped.

This is simply incredible!

In the last minute of stoppage time in the first half, Vardy was still tirelessly pressing the frontcourt.

Kuyat got the ball in the backcourt, and Vardy rushed to him in a blink of an eye.

The two go head to head along the ribs.

But in terms of speed, Vardy can smash Kuyat into scum in seconds.

Coming to the rib area on the left side of the top of the arc, seeing Mahrez blocking the front, Kuyat knew that he would be cold if he didn't go out.

So he immediately slowed down and risked the ball to the left.

On Vardy's side, perhaps breaking the scoring drought made this guy a little excited, and he fell to the ground and kicked directly on Kuyat's kick.

In the next second, the referee Moss whistled directly and gave Vardy a yellow card without mercy.

Not long after, the whistle at the end of the half-time game resounded throughout the audience, and the game entered the intermission.

The live broadcast screen had just been cut into an advertisement, and Zhang Lu and four people in the LeTV Sports live broadcast room immediately replayed the first half.

"Now West Ham will see how Bilic will adjust in the second half!"

"Yes, it depends on whether Bilic has prepared other tactics!" After hearing what Sun Jihai said, Zhan Jun nodded, "Now that West Ham is behind, Bilic needs to make a choice!"

"I just don't know if Bilic's whole set of tactical preparations have designed how the team should play when they fall behind 0-1!"

"Press it out and continue the tactical strategy of the first half!"

"But pressing out to play West Ham United will inevitably face a problem, that is, the threat of Leicester City's counterattack will become greater!"

Zhang Lu nodded and answered, "Leicester City's current counterattack is so powerful because he is direct enough! Often three passes and two directs can directly threaten your goal!"

"Guardiola mentioned Leicester City in one of his lectures the other day!"

"He said that now he is not pursuing how well he does in the golden transition period from offense to defense or from defense to offense, but should be like Leicester City and complete the transition directly from these two transitions. !"

"He hopes that his team can only have offense and defense when playing on the field, that is, it can switch between these two states in an instant, instead of asking for a transition period of offense and defense!"

"Just like the Leicester City goal just now, hurry up! After the defense is over, you will immediately enter the offensive state! Kill you!"

15 minute is fleeting.

During the intermission, Leicester City's lineup remained unchanged, but West Ham United made direct substitutions.

Seeing the numbers 14 and 9 on the substitution sign held up by the fourth official on the sidelines, Zhang Lu and the others in the live broadcast room were stunned.

"Oh, it's not Emenique that Carol traded for!"

"Bilich played really well!"

"Is this going to change to 442 and come out to fight!" Zhang Lu shook her head and nodded again, "I'm afraid it is. Can't find too many opportunities!"

"So Bilic has another big center forward!"

"Carroll scored a hat-trick of overhead kicks against Arsenal last round..."

On the sidelines, Ranieri was a little nervous when he saw that West Ham United's formation was pressing forward significantly at the beginning of the game and gained possession of the ball for a long time.

But when the game entered the 50th minute, Claudio Ranieri found that West Ham was only passing Moses and Payet on the two sides, and there were no other more threatening means of attack, so he hung up His heart sank back a little.

Now this situation is what he wants to see.

West Ham United's overall formation is pressing forward, which is bound to leave them with a large gap behind them.

Ranieri has absolute confidence in the ability of those little bastards on the field to seize the opportunity to counterattack behind him.

Especially with the monster Chu Zheng on the court, Ranieri put his heart back in his stomach.

However, Ranieri never expected that God would play a malicious joke with him next.

(End of this chapter)