Green Journey

Chapter 377 The assist is here too!
After watching the slow-motion replay, Zhan Jun said: "Manchester City conceded the goal. In fact, Otamendi on the sideline of the penalty area also has a certain responsibility."

"Look where he was when Tierney passed the ball. He didn't appear on Tierney's passing line, but stood on the right side. Otherwise, with his height and jumping, he could jump directly to clear the ball. It's not going to get to Kolarov's side."

Zhang Lu nodded in agreement and said, "Manchester City's defense problem has always been there, but it was covered up by their dazzling ten-game winning streak, but today it was completely exposed. It was caused by a huge error at the back."

"Actually, in a sense, Kolarov is very similar to Manchester United's Blind. Guardiola also wants to use his ability to connect the defense and organize the ball."

"After all, if you use Otamendi as an attacking center back, you should equip him with a ball-out center back to match him."

"But the problem is that Kolarov's speed is slow now, and he's not good at one-on-one defense. Look at all his defenses from the new season to now. Many of his defenses rely on additional actions or even fouls to organize the opponent."

"Yes, this also explains why Guardiola spent a lot of money to poach Stones, a central defender who plays the ball."

"Even if Stones lacks a bit of a tough temperament and is not experienced enough, Stones is actually much better than Kolarov, a guest star, in the position of center back." Zhan Jun also followed up. .

On the field, the game will soon restart.

As time goes by, it can be seen that the two sides did not make too many tactical adjustments during the halftime break.

Manchester City maintained the tactical strategy of the first half.

For the Celtics, Rodgers strengthened the offensive of the two sides, allowing the Celtics players to actively break through the side or pass directly when they cannot penetrate the center, playing Manchester City's high-altitude ball. disadvantage.

But after scoring the third goal, the trend of the game did not go as Rogers expected. Instead, Manchester City, who was a little anxious, continued to attack, threatening the Celtics' goal.

In the 53rd minute of the game, Sterling suddenly returned the ball from the right side of the penalty area.

Chu Zheng followed up with his right rib at the top of the arc and hit the goal with his left foot again.

It's a pity that Chu Zheng didn't completely press down on the ball, causing it to go slightly above the crossbar.

In the 57th minute of the game, Chu Zheng made continuous breakthroughs in the area of ​​​​the left rib at the top of the arc, and the Celtics were passed by 3 consecutive players.

Seeing that Chu Zheng was about to suddenly enter the left side of the penalty area, Scott Brown directly swept Chu Zheng down, received a yellow card and released a free kick from Manchester City in an excellent position.

It's a pity that David Silva's low-level shot was saved by Craig Gordon.

In the 61st minute of the game, Nolito received a through pass from David Silva from the wing, and made a direct cross from the bottom to the point.

It's a pity that Aguero's shots today are always a little bit off. He shook his head and hit the goal again.

Rodgers on the sidelines soon discovered that Manchester City's offensive was due to the decline in their pressing intensity, which led to a smoother rotation of Manchester City's possession.

So Rogers quickly made substitution adjustments to replenish the team's physical strength so that they can continue to maintain the intensity of the press.

In the 63rd minute of the game, Rodgers replaced Rogic with Scottish midfielder Armstrong, which was a counter-substitution.

After the energetic Armstrong came on the field, the Celtics' pressing intensity in the middle quickly increased again, which caused Manchester City's ground conduction to appear stagnant again, and the offensive also fell back slightly.

The Celtics took advantage of the situation to press the Manchester City players like crazy. Through three-line interceptions, they quickly hit a wave of offensive climax.

In the 69th minute of the game, Tierney once again made a cross from the side.

Moussa Dembele won the header in the middle, and the header flew back.

Forrester followed up with a close-range volley, and the ball hit the crossbar directly and bounced off the baseline with a bang.

In the 72nd minute of the game, Sinclair made a strong breakthrough from the left.

Before hitting the bottom line, he was blocked back and forth.

Forced into desperation, Sinclair took the risk of making an inverted triangle pass back.

Kolarov accidentally let Sinclair wear the crotch again.

The ball rolled back to the front of the arc top area.

Armstrong followed up in the middle and shot angrily at the ball.

The ball went straight to the goal along the somewhat empty middle of Manchester City's penalty area.

But Armstrong didn't hold the ball down, and directly blasted the ball into the stands.

The Celtics' two attacks instantly woke Guardiola up.

In the 72nd minute of the game, Guardiola finally made a substitution adjustment.

Stones replaced Clichy.

Suddenly Kolarov of Alexander was relieved in this game, and he returned to his most familiar left back position.

Guardiola's substitution also quickly received results. Manchester City's defense line is obviously much stronger than before the substitution adjustment.

However, as time passed, when the game entered the 80th minute, Manchester City's goal to equalize the score still did not come.

Immediately, the Manchester City fans secretly became anxious.

As for the Celtics fans, seeing that there were only more than ten minutes left before the end of the game, they sang loudly in the stands, cheering for the Celtics players on the field with huge applause and loud singing.

But soon the Celtics shut up and were hit by Manchester City for the third time.

When the game passed 85 minutes, the crazy Celtics were a little bit impatient, and the players had different degrees of physical problems one after another.

As for Manchester City, the rhythm of the game is under the control of Chu Zheng. Although they are also very tired, they still have some spare energy to rush and rush.

In the 87th minute of the game, Manchester City had the ball in the backcourt.

Stones made a cross from the left side of the backcourt to Otamendi at the top of the arc in the middle.

Otamendi quickly moved forward after taking the ball.

Running diagonally to the center line of the right rib in the middle circle, Otamendi directly threw a long pass.

It's a pity that the ball was in the top area of ​​the arc and Kolo Touré took the lead in clearing with a header.

Immediately, Manchester City immediately launched a high-position press.

Aguero went straight to Sviachenko who took the ball on the right side of the penalty area.

Seeing Aguero chasing him, Sviachenko quickly turned around and kicked the ball forward to make a clearance.

The Celtics left 35 meters wide, Zabaleta stepped in in time, grabbed the ball before Sinclair, and pushed the ball directly to the upper corner of the penalty area.

Sterling quickly moved laterally, stretched out his foot to stop the ball, and slowly dribbled the ball towards the top of the arc.

At this time, Chu Zheng was standing on the corner of the restricted area on his right.

Aguero in front of Chu Zheng walked horizontally along the end line of the penalty area.

There are four Celtics players around the three, and they do not have an advantage in numbers.

At this moment, the moment Sterling robbed Neil Beaton, he also gave him a crotch piercing, and the ball was stabbed towards Aguero.

The ball is fast!
Aguero quickly turned back to block the ball, then pushed it with his right foot to Chu Zheng, who was close to him and facing him, and then quickly moved forward.

Chu Zheng didn't stop the ball at all, without any hesitation, he just went straight.

The ball rolled past Sviachenko's feet on Chu Zheng's front left.

Although Chu Zheng's shot was risky, it was a success.

In the next second, outside the upper right corner of the small penalty area, Aguero directly pushed the far corner of the goal with his right foot.

“goal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

Seeing the goal that equalized the score, the Manchester City fans in the stands immediately cheered and jumped wildly!
The Celtics fans in the other stands all hugged their heads, and they couldn't believe that the team would lose the ball at the end of the game.

Leading three times, tied by Manchester City three times!

It's that number 10 again!
Now Celtic fans really know why Chu Zheng is worth [-] million pounds!
Guardiola also jumped up from the sidelines.

With the game at this point, he no longer expects to win, all he needs to do is get one point.

"Very nice triangle pass in a small area!!!"

"We have to rely on Chu Zheng, this kick is really beautiful, it is impartial, and it goes straight to Aguero!!"

"This is Manchester City's rare frontcourt cooperation today..."

"This is also Chu Zheng's first Champions League assist in his career!"

It was also the last goal of the game.

Not long after, the referee Rizzoli blew the whistle for the end of the game.

(End of this chapter)