Green Journey

Chapter 364 Song of Spear and Shield!Guam looks at each other!

At 19:15 BJ time, the live broadcast signal was connected to the LeTV Sports live broadcast room on time.

In the live broadcast room, Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu made preparations early.

Today's game is completely a prime time in China, and it happens to start at 19:30 in the evening.

At this time, people just finished their dinner, washed off their exhaustion, and just sat down to welcome a hearty derby.

"Welcome to the fourth round of the Manchester Derby in the 2016-17 Premier League season brought to you by LeTV Sports. This is also the 4nd Manchester Derby..."

"Wow! Thanks to the Manchester Derby, from the bird's-eye view, today's Old Trafford Theater of Dreams has become a sea of ​​red and blue!"

"The fans in the stands seem to have gotten excited first, and they are singing against each other!"

"A Song of Ice and Fire! Spears and shields clash!" Zhang Lu chuckled, raised her hand and loosened the earphones hanging behind her ears, and adjusted the volume accordingly.

No way, the scene was too loud.

Usually he uses a fixed volume, but today the sound of the scene is extremely loud, and he can feel the hot atmosphere of the scene even through the screen.

In today's Manchester Derby, Zhang Lu could already see that it was extraordinary just by hearing the unprecedented noise coming from the scene.

"In the new season, under the leadership of the two new coaches, Manchester City and Manchester United have achieved complete victories in the Community Shield, the Champions League play-offs and the Premier League."

"Currently Manchester City ranks first in the Premier League standings, accumulating 9 points and scoring a total of 10 goals. They have extremely strong attack power!"

"Among Manchester City's 10 Premier League goals, Chinese player Chu Zheng contributed 3 goals and 3 assists, and his efficiency is as terrifying as he was in Leicester City!"

"Manchester United, which also achieved a complete victory record, is also amazing. The Red Devils led by Mourinho have only conceded one goal in the new season so far. The strength of defense and the Red Devils under Van Gaal last season seem to have undergone earth-shaking changes... ..."

"Mourinho and Guardiola have had 16 contests in the past. Mourinho is slightly disadvantaged, winning 3 times, losing 6 times and tying [-] games."

"The last time the two met was in the UEFA Super Cup in 2013-14, when Pep Guardiola's Bayern equalized from behind and eventually beat Mourinho's team 5-4 on penalties. Blues Chelsea."

"In addition, there is another piece of data that is very interesting."

"That is, in the 16 games Mourinho played against Guardiola, a total of 8 players in Mourinho's team were sent off by red cards, and one of them had to be sent off in two games!"

"Haha!" Zhang Lu grinned from ear to ear upon hearing this, "This actually reflects the fact that Mourinho was forced to do so in order to destroy Guardiola's, uh, pass-and-control style of play. Foul tactics adopted."

"But this is actually something that happened in the early years. Back then, Guardiola led Barcelona to pass and control too much. If you don't foul, you can't handle him at all!"

"Yes, this is also impossible!"

"However, Guardiola's pass control system in Manchester City, which has just arrived, has not yet been completed. He no longer has the strong dominance he had in Barcelona, ​​so the two of them are completely at a new starting point in this game. Rinho probably won’t and doesn’t need to resort to foul tactics today, the strength of the two sides is actually quite balanced!”

Zhan Jun's time card was very accurate. After he finished his opening remarks and introduced the recent situation of the two teams, the starting lineups of Manchester City and Manchester United appeared on the live broadcast screen.

Manchester United: (4231)

Goalkeeper: De Gea
Defenders: Valencia, Bailly, Blind, Luke Shaw
Defenders: Fellaini, Pogba
Front midfielder: Mkhitaryan, Rooney, Lingard
Forward: Zlatan Ibrahimovic
Manchester City: (4141)

Forward: Iheanacho,
Midfielders: Nolito, Chu Zheng, De Bruyne, Sterling
Defender: Fernandinho

Defenders: Kolarov, Otamendi, Stones, Sagna
Goalkeeper: Bravo
"After the week-long international match day, neither Manchester City nor Manchester United have been harassed by the international FIFA virus, and the players have all returned healthy, but the starting lineups of both sides in this game have changed compared with the previous round."

"For Manchester City, compared with the last round of 3-1 defeat of the Hammers, there are four changes in personnel!"

"The goalkeeper position is Bravo starting, this is his first Premier League game after joining Manchester City!"

"And in defense, Guardiola sent Sagna and Kolarov today!"

"There is no change in the midfield, Chu Zheng and De Bruyne, the extravagant twin star partner Fernandinho the engineer!"

"But up front it's a pity that Aguero didn't play."

"In the last round of the match against the Hammers, Aguero had an elbow in the confrontation with West Ham players. Although the referee did not make a penalty at the time, the FA imposed an additional penalty this season. , resulting in Aguero being suspended for three games!"

"Well, this may have a huge impact on Manchester City's offense!" Zhang Lu nodded, "Aguero is Manchester City's most efficient super-scorer in derby games in the past. In eight Manchester derbies, he scored seven goals for Manchester United."

"So today Guardiola had no choice but to choose Nigeria's 19-year-old teenager, Ishinacho!"

"And Mourinho's formation on Manchester United's side is interesting!"

"In this game, Manchester United has changed personnel in two positions, that is, Mkhitaryan and Lingard!"

"Well! 4231, it fits Mourinho's style very well. This formation is very cautious!" Zhang Lu glanced at the manuscript, raised her head and continued, "Look at the players he selected in the frontcourt, Martial , Rashford, Mata and other strong attacking players are all missing."

"Instead, Mkhitaryan and Lingard were sent in players with a relatively balanced offense and defense. This is Mourinho's consistent thinking, which is to first do a good job in the midfield's defensive interception, and then step by step and gradually make progress."

"One more thing to note is the central defenders of the two teams."

"Judging from the performance of both defenses in the new season, the new pair of Bailly and Blind performed better than Manchester City's Stones and Otamendi."

"And today Manchester United is ahead of Ibrahimovic, which may bring huge defensive pressure to Otamendi and Stones!"

"Yes! After Otamendi came to Manchester City, his performance did not meet the expectations of the fans. Judging from the few games at the beginning of the new season, Stones seems to be unstable!"

At 12:30 London time and 19:30 BJ time, the Manchester derby officially started with the whistle of the referee Clattenburg.

After the start of the game, as analyzed by many media and football celebrities before the game, Manchester City's formation directly pressed up, pressing and pressing the Manchester United players in a high position, posing a desperate attitude of onslaught.

In fact, this is exactly what Guardiola is smart about. Manchester City players are generally short in height and physique.

So if you shrink back and get beaten by the tall and burly Manchester United, it will definitely be difficult to guard against.

Especially on high-altitude balls, Manchester City's aerial defense has always been a problem.

On the other hand, Manchester United took advantage of the trend to retreat, but the intensity and scope of the press in this area of ​​their own half was no less than that of Manchester City.

Mourinho's tactical purpose is very obvious, which is to disrupt Manchester City's pass control, prevent Manchester City from approaching their goal, and at the same time steal the ball with a solid defense, and then launch a counterattack from behind.

"Look at Chu Zheng's position. He is parallel to Fernandinho in Manchester City's backcourt holding the ball, one left and one right, and he retracts to play double midfielders!"

"But as long as the ball moves forward, Chu Zheng will immediately press up to participate in the attack, and Fernandinho will protect behind him. The responsibilities are very clear!"

In the 3rd minute of the game, Manchester United's half, the left rib area of ​​​​the center circle, relying on the tacit cooperation of Fellaini, Valencia, Mkhitaryan, Rooney, and Pogba, Manchester United quickly passed Manchester City's ribs To lag down.

After De Bruyne took the ball, he was quickly surrounded by Manchester City players in a triangle position.

In front of him is Fellaini who is robbing from the front, and on the left is Mkhitaryan who cuts off the cross pass. Rooney behind him also cuts off De Bruyne's turn and pass back.

Chu Zheng in the middle circle quickly moved forward to the left and established a receiving point between Pogba and Rooney behind De Bruyne.

"Kevin!!!" Chu Zheng shouted.

De Bruyne, with his back on his back, quickly understood, and the moment before Fellaini's long legs stretched out, he made a backward blind pass with his left heel.

Seeing that Chu Zheng was going to take the ball, Pogba and Rooney started to pinch Chu Zheng at the same time.

But Chu Zheng didn't give them a chance at all. He lifted his left foot to meet the ball, and the ball shot up into the sky and was transferred to Sterling, who was on the other side of the right front half.

"Oh, the ball is transferred beautifully!" Zhang Lu and Zhan Jun were shocked.

"Hey!" Zhang Lu squinted her eyes every day, "Chu Zheng's characteristic long pass scheduling + offensive organization, Chu Zheng doesn't stop the ball just to seize the opportunity to attack!"

Because only Luke Shaw is left on Sterling's side, with Sterling's ability, it is not a big problem to fight alone or even [-]v[-].

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, the ball hit Sterling's feet with precision as if measured with a ruler.

Sterling also parked beautifully.

However, before Sterling had time to start, Luke Shaw rushed over and gave him a neat and beautiful sliding tackle, shoveling the ball out of the sideline.

In the middle circle, Pogba looked at Chu Zheng in surprise.

Chu Zheng's non-stop ball and 100-point accuracy of long pass scheduling really amazed Pogba.

But Pogba was amazed for a short while.

Boba not only has big breasts, but also has a big heart. He can also easily complete this kind of pass. It's nothing, so easy!

But in the eyes of Mourinho on the sidelines, his views are not as simple and superficial as Pogba.

Mourinho stood on the sidelines and saw Chu Zheng's actions clearly.

Before De Bruyne passed the ball, Chu Zheng turned sideways ahead of time and adjusted his posture for sending the ball.

This means that just after De Bruyne was besieged by Chu Zheng, he had already formulated a series of plans to respond and launch an attack.

Chu Zheng's strong foresight ability is extremely rare in football, and Pogba also has it, but it is not as strong as Chu Zheng's.

Mourinho, who has observed Chu Zheng for a long time, discovered early on that every pass of Chu Zheng hides some kind of unknown purpose and foresight.

Either tearing up the offensive space, or directing the offensive direction, you can't know what he wants until the offense is fully launched, which often makes people feel behind.

Just now if Luke Shaw reacted a little slower and allowed Sterling to get up to speed successfully, then De Gea would probably be in danger.

(End of this chapter)