Green Journey

Chapter 315 Van Gaal's Regret
After the opening lightning surprise attack, Chu Zheng, Vardy and others immediately followed Ranieri's tactics and retreated to the midfield.

As for Manchester United, this is Old Trafford, the Theater of Dreams, their home court, and they are the Red Devils Manchester United, so there is no reason to be intimidated.

For a giant team like Manchester United, the home game must be the main attack, and there is no reason not to attack!
After Manchester United regained possession of the ball, they did not directly launch an attack through a long pass from the backcourt, but through smooth ground conduction, and the formation rushed forward with a sudden move.

Leicester City, on the other hand, launched an active and tacit oppressive press in the midfield.

Looking from the stands at this time, none of the players in Leicester City are walking on the field. Everyone is actively cooperating with nearby teammates to run without the ball. The exuberant and high-spirited spirit is extremely obvious .

Manchester United tried a few times to advance in the middle, but every time they were robbed by Leicester City players, they could only develop the attack to the side.

Especially Chu Zheng and Kanter, the stealing and intercepting abilities of these two people are really too scary.

Kanter's ghostly running position and terrifying sweeping range are enough to cause headaches for Manchester United players, but there is another Chu Zheng who is not much worse than Kanter.

Compared with Kanter, Manchester United players are more afraid of Chu Zheng.

Because Chu Zheng has a very deceptive body, he doesn't look like a muscular man, but once you have physical contact with him, you will immediately feel a pressure that is hard to resist.

In the 5th minute of the game, Manchester United was once again almost unable to take care of themselves by the tacit press of Leicester City in the middle.

Fortunately, Blind reacted quickly and transferred the ball to the front wing in time through his precise long pass.

Martial pulled the side in time, and after getting the ball, he quickly started to cut inward to the left rib area at the top of the arc.

And Manchester United left back Rojo came up very quickly, and went directly along the wing to meet him.

Mahrez and Simpson stood one after the other outside the upper corner of the left penalty area to form a layered defense.

Seeing Martial bring the ball over, Mahrez directly pasted it.

He didn't stretch his feet recklessly, but was careful to guard against Martial's sudden speed up and change to a strong one.

He judges others by himself, and he is very clear about the thoughts and abilities of Martial, who is also a wide player.

Simpson, on the other hand, slowly moves vertically along the left penalty area line to the bottom line, and the inside line is released to Rojo.

And Simpson was not too far away from Mahrez for fear of accidents.

Simpson knows Mahrez well. This guy is a genius on the offensive end, but his defensive ability is not so solid.

On Martial's side, he has no idea of ​​a breakthrough.

He had stared at the no-man's-land to the left of the empty Leicester box behind Mahrez and Simpson for a long time.

However, waiting left and right, Rooney, who is on the left of the top of the arc, and Rashford, who is in the top of the arc, neither ran to this position.

Chu Zheng was in front of the penalty area in the left rib area, of course he knew what Martial was waiting for.

But Rooney behind him didn't run away, and Chu Zheng was also happy.

And Chu Zheng actually hoped that Martial would pass, because he was 100% sure to intercept the ball directly.

Even Chu Zheng had already guessed which route Martial would choose to pass obliquely to this area.

Soon, the helpless Martial chose to split the sides.

As soon as Martial passed the ball, he immediately wanted to run this area by himself.

But just as he was about to start it, he saw Chu Zheng cross the restricted area line and enter this area.

Suddenly Martial was full of helplessness, and the opportunity to attack was gone.

Because even if Rojo passes the ball into the penalty area, Martial, who has no advantages in speed and body, will be bitten by Chu Zheng immediately, and may even fail to get the ball, and then give it to Lai for nothing. A chance for Sturt City to counterattack.

Before the game, Van Gaal repeatedly emphasized that he should be more cautious when playing the ball in offense, play patiently, control the ball, and don't lose the ball easily, so that Leicester City can get a chance to counterattack.

Rojo took the ball from the wing and looked at Mahrez and Simpson who stood in front of him in parallel positions like goalkeepers. He was also a little confused and didn't know how to play.

So he chose to dump the pot.

Seeing the ball return the same way, Martial's face was a little dark, and he would die if he just forcibly went down and passed into the penalty area!
But to complain, Martial turned around and took four or five steps back diagonally, and then passed his right foot at 45 degrees to the back.

At this time, Rashford in the middle ran horizontally to the left side of the penalty area.

Unfortunately, it is not the best time.

And Martial could see very clearly that Chu Zheng stepped on the end line of the penalty area on the left rib at the top of the arc, and he didn't follow it completely, so he was on guard.

Martial believes that as long as he walks on the ground to pass the ball, there is a high probability that he will be directly intercepted by that monster.

This area is obviously a trap set by this guy, so he won't foolishly drill into it.

In the penalty area, because Martial took a few steps back, Leicester City's defense was not allowed to move forward.

But for Manchester United, Fellaini moved forward and back at the moment Martial passed the ball, forming an excellent passing and running tacit understanding.

However, although Fellaini was half a body ahead of Fox, the ball failed to come.

Martial's passing power was weak, allowing Huth, who retreated behind his back, to make a header directly.

The ball bounced on the ground and went straight to Rashford in the left rib area of ​​​​the penalty area.

But at this time Rashford was besieged on all sides.

Rashford flanks the goal, with Simpson behind, Morgan on the left and Kante on the right.

Seeing that Kanter quickly pushed up, Rashford was very smart and picked the ball up with his right foot.

However, Kanter was smarter. He came in front of Martial, turned around and turned his right foot back, and then the ball was hooked to Chu Zheng, who was in the rib area two meters outside the front.

At this moment, Rashford's whole body was completely relaxed, and there was a sense of horror that Kanter saw him naked.

Seeing the ball flying high, Chu Zheng immediately turned around and went straight to the landing point one meter away behind him.

Rooney also rushed over at this time.

But seeing Chu Zheng getting closer to the ball and raising his legs ahead of time, Rooney, who is old and frail, and his state has declined sharply this season, hesitated for a second. He didn't fight or grab the ball. .

Chu Zheng kicked the pass, not only the posture was very graceful, but also the accuracy was as high as ever.

The ball went straight to Shinji Okazaki who was five or six meters away in the middle of his left front.

At this time, Smalling, who was in front of Shinji Okazaki's left, also leaned over.

Shinji Okazaki knew that he must not be able to handle the tall and burly Smalling, so he raised his right foot and passed the ball directly from the outside.

At the same time, Mahrez has already started speeding along the channel on the right rib.

After Smalling made an empty shot, he saw the ball rolling in front of Mahrez, and he immediately started to retreat along the middle.

On the right, Rojo is also desperately chasing.

But Mahrez is no less fast than him.

Mahrez rushed in front of the ball and found that Smalling hadn't leaned over the rib channel in front of him. He directly waded the ball six or seven meters away, and his legs moved quickly.

Maybe a champion is in sight.

It may also be that he was bombarded by Ranieri's Italian guns before the game. Mahrez seems to be a lot faster today, and Rojo on the wing failed to catch up for a while.

"The opportunity to fight back is here!!!"

"This is the super counterattack that Leicester City has frightened countless Premier League giants this season!!"

Amid the exclamations of He Wei and Zhang Lu, Mahrez rushed to the 30-meter front of Manchester United's penalty area like a gust of wind.

But at this time, Luo Huo had already chased him to the right rear, and was desperately trying to squeeze in front.

Smalling also blocked the front left, blocking his inside line.

The time to counterattack was about to pass, and Mahrez did not dare to break through by himself. He chose to pass the cross.

Smalling failed to block Mahrez's pass.

But Blind, who was at the back point, followed Vardy tightly and sealed Vardy's right foot.

Vardy entered the penalty area from the left rib at the top of the arc, rushed to the goal post with his left foot and pushed the ball directly to the corner.

But after Blind interfered, he pushed the ball into the side netting.

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

The goal was missed, but the nearly [-] Manchester United fans at the scene were scared enough.

Leicester City's counterattack speed is really scary.

Hitting from the back to their goal gave these Manchester United fans a feeling of instant arrival, which was really horribly fast.

On the sidelines, Ranieri also took a deep breath, and his heartbeat slowly slowed down.

Although this attack did not score a goal, it made Ranieri's high hanging heart drop slightly.

He didn't know if his speech before the game had any effect.

But now judging from the opening period, it is still very useful.

Van Gaal next to him was also terrified.

But knowing that Leicester City's counterattack is fast and deadly, he still has no way to restrict it.

In fact, the core of the fatal counterattack of Leicester City is the commander Chu Zheng and Vardy and Mahrez, the two fierce generals who charge into the battle.

But it was one thing to know, and it was a headache for Van Gaal to set out to restrict.

How to restrict?

There are only a few ways to restrict a player in a football game.

But the difficulty lies in the comprehensiveness of the commander of Leicester City.

Accurate passing, super wide vision, good defense, fast speed, strong body, even dribbling ability is no less than that of forwards.

Sometimes Van Gaal thinks it is incredible.

For professional athletes, people with high strength often have poor flexibility, while people with high flexibility often lack strength. It is difficult to have both.

But Leicester City's midfield commander has both these superpowers at the same time. This kind of physical talent really amazed Van Gaal.

Ever since he knew Chu Zheng, Van Gaal felt very sorry every time he thought of Chu Zheng.

It's a pity that such a player was born in a football desert country.

If it is in the Netherlands, perhaps there will be another Bergkamp-style player with legendary attributes no less than Cruyff in the history of their Dutch football.

"Look at Chu Zheng's position when Martial held the ball just now!"

"He knew that the space behind the left side of the penalty area could be used for something, but he just didn't go in, and moved back and forth on the line of the penalty area, always stuck at that crucial point, and dealt with it calmly!"

"Forward, he can keep an eye on Rooney, and later he can be positioned in time to defend, and at the same time he is still near the most dangerous passing line, which makes Manchester United very uncomfortable."

"Yes, at that position, as long as Martial or Luo Huo dares to kick, with Chu Zheng's defensive skills and awareness, he will most likely be able to intercept it!" He Wei and Fan Zhiyi chatted in the studio.

(End of this chapter)