Green Journey

Chapter 385 Chu Zheng, omnipotent!

On the field, after the start of the second half, Tottenham once again oppressed Manchester City with a frenzied rush at the beginning, trying to grab another start to stabilize the victory.

Tottenham's pressing effect is still very good, forcing Manchester City to be unable to conduct smooth conduction on the ground.

But Guardiola's midfield adjustment is not without effect.

The most obvious is the effect of Chu Zheng coming to the midfielder position.

When facing Tottenham's high-post press in the frontcourt, Chu Zheng appeared in time every time, helping Bravo, Stones, Otamendi and others quickly break Tottenham's press.

Even though he had known for a long time that Chu Zheng was invincible when kicking the midfielder, Pochettino was still amazed at the sidelines.

Every time they form an oppression in the frontcourt, the position Chu Zheng chooses must be able to break their press.

Guardiola is also very satisfied with Chu Zheng's performance.

Only when the backcourt is stable can they start looking for offense, otherwise everything is empty talk.

As the game time passed, other effects of Chu Zheng's switch to playing the midfielder also became apparent.

For example, interception, from the 45th minute to the 55th minute, Chu Zheng made 4 steals in the midfield and 2 successful interceptions, 5 interceptions and 2 successful interceptions.

In addition to these defensive statistics, what frightened Pochettino the most was Chu Zheng's strong ability to hold the ball when he faced them after he had the ball in the midfield.

In the 58th minute of the game, seeing Tottenham's frontcourt pressure forming again, Chu Zheng quickly leaned over to his right rib.

Facing the onrushing Moussa Sissoko, Kolarov quickly passed the ball from the corner.

Chu Zheng took the ball and turned around, and Ali in the penalty area rushed out to grab Chu Zheng.

Chu Zheng flicked the ball continuously with his left foot, firmly controlled the ball under his feet, and separated Ali from the ball with his body. After turning around in place, Ali was stuck behind him.

Getting rid of Ali's interference, Chu Zheng raised his foot and made a straight pass, transferring the ball to the right of the center circle.

Immediately, Manchester City's offensive line was sorted out by the clear through pass witnessed by Chu Zheng.

After Sterling retreated to the center line to get the ball and turned around, facing Danny Rose, the little buttocks who had been holding back for most of the half-court made a strong effort under his feet, and he succeeded in breaking through.

But it is a pity that when Sterling came to the right side of the Tottenham penalty area, the Tottenham players had already returned to the defense, blocking all the lines that cut in from the ribs.

Sterling didn't bother, and a rhythm change made another strong point after the bottom pass.

Navas entered the Tottenham penalty area from the sideline of the penalty area and then outflanked, but he did not do the tall and strong Kyle Walker.

Although this attack was not successful, it also scared the Tottenham players enough.

Pochettino also had a toothache on the sidelines.

I'm really afraid of what's coming.

As soon as Chu Zheng switched to playing as a midfielder, Pochettino thought of Chu Zheng's various unsolvable long passes and through balls in the midfielder position of Leicester City.

There are only two options before Pochettino's eyes.

One is to continue to press and rush like this.

But there is a high probability of being pierced by a long ball like Chu Zheng behind him.

The other is to withdraw the formation a little.

But in this way, it is impossible to form enough pressure on Manchester City's backcourt in the frontcourt, which is tantamount to giving Manchester City an opportunity to calmly conduct the backcourt.

Pochettino is well aware of the horror of Guardiola's pass control tactical system.

Once Manchester City is allowed to complete the offensive preparation stage and increase the offensive speed, it will be difficult for them to stop Manchester City.

It's really hard to decide.

Frowning silently for a while, Pochettino turned his attention to Aguero and Sterling.

The duo are City's top scorers.

But today the two are obviously out of shape, and they are not active enough in running.

So Pochettino is going to have a look.

On Guardiola's side, he saw that the backcourt had stabilized, but the midfielder still lacked enough creativity, so he replaced Fernandinho with the newly injured Gundogan in the 61st minute of the game.

The effect of Gundogan's debut is extremely obvious.

From the 65th minute of the game, Manchester City's creative passes in the frontcourt increased significantly, and the success rate of breaking Tottenham's siege also increased significantly.

In the 70th minute of the game, Chu Zheng retreated in the middle. After getting the ball from Bravo's feet, he suddenly jumped up and assumed a posture of going to the end alone.

Suddenly, the Tottenham players were terrified.

Ali and Lamela quickly chased and attacked Chu Zheng from left and right.

But Chu Zheng's ability to start and accelerate was too fast, and he ran ahead of them in the blink of an eye.

Wanyama quickly moved across the middle circle of his half, blocking Chu Zheng's direction, trying to force Chu Zheng to slow down.

Vertonghen behind Wanyama also slowed down the speed of the retreat, he was afraid that Wanyama would be passed.

However, Chu Zheng feinted and brought the ball to the kick-off point, which was a through ball.

The ball went from the right side of Wanyama, in front of Alderweireld, who retreated, to the front of Navas on the left rib.

Just such a simple through pass, instantly broke Tottenham's relatively dense center defense.

This through line, as well as the timing of the ball, made countless Tottenham fans on the scene shake their hearts.

On the left rib, Navas has fully pulled up the speed and handles the ball very well.

But when he rushed to the left rib area at the top of the arc, Navas was a little confused, giving people the impression that he didn't know what to do.

With such a slight hesitation, Navas was caught up by Alderweireld, who was slightly behind him.

In the next second, Navas' shot was blocked by Alderweireld, and the ball was directly blocked from the bottom line.

"Ouch!!!!!!!!!!" In the LeTV live broadcast room, Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu made annoyed sounds at the same time.

"It's obviously a one-handed ball!!"

Zhang Lu giggled, shook her head and said, "Navas is a bit awkward on the left side. It's true that his dominant foot is the right foot, but cutting inside is really not what he is good at!"

"This time defending Alderweireld did a very good job, chasing back and forth directly blocked Navas' right foot, very resolute!"

"If this ball was replaced by Aguero, there is a high probability that it will be scored! It's a pity that Chu Zheng's second pass!" Zhan Jun shook his head regretfully.

On the court, Chu Zheng, who was out of breath, also had a look of regret.

The distance of the ball, the speed of the ball, etc. can be considered by Navas, but the person who catches the ball is wrong, helpless.

If Sterling was on this side, the ball would probably be there, Chu Zheng thought so.

On the sidelines, the shock in Pochettino's eyes has not dissipated.

He saw clearly just now that facing Manchester City's counterattack this time, Wanyama, Vertonghen and others did not make any mistakes in positioning, and the number of returning defenses was completely sufficient.

But it was cracked by Chu Zheng.

This kind of through ball line is too tricky. Sometimes Pochettino is really curious about how Chu Zheng finds these terrible passing lines.

After Manchester City's continuous offensive climax, the game situation was stalemate again, and you came and went to each other.

In the 75th minute of the game, Pochettino found that the team's pressing intensity on the field had declined. He replaced Moussa Sissoko with Dell, who had just returned from injury.

This substitution serves two purposes.

One is to supplement the physical fitness of the team.

The second is to continue to put pressure on Manchester City's left and suppress Manchester City's left attack.

Pochettino's substitution also had an effect.

After Dell came on the field, the intensity of Tottenham's right-sided attack and pressing resumed.

In order to help Kolarov, Navas had to retreat to participate in the defense.

As a result, Manchester City's left rib, which had just improved in offense, was abolished again.

Seeing that there was not much time left in the game, Guardiola gritted his teeth and directly used the last substitution spot.

In the 79th minute of the game, Guardiola replaced Navas with Sane.

After Sane came on the field, Manchester City's frontcourt changed again, the cooperation between the midfield and the frontcourt increased again, and the number of threats to attack also increased.

Soon, Manchester City once again continued to attack threats.

In the 82nd minute of the game, Manchester City sent a throw-in from the right side of the frontcourt.

Sabalet saw the dense Tottenham players outside the penalty area, and he threw the ball back to David Silva.

After David Silva got the ball, Lamela launched a pursuit.

But David Silva successfully passed the ball back to the wing with a flexible U-shaped run.

Otamendi made a lateral transfer without stopping the ball in front of the center line on the wing.

In the middle circle area, Chu Zheng, who was retreating, got the ball and quickly moved forward about a meter to the left, and then suddenly kicked through the ribs again.

Tottenham's front edge of the top of the arc is on the left side, and Sane, who is in front of Alderweireld, quickly turns around and turns to the left rib area of ​​​​the top of the arc to meet Chu Zheng's through ball.

Kyle Walker is actually no slower than Sane.

But at this time point, Kyle Walker really has no physical fitness, and the speed of starting the chase is as fast as filling lead, allowing Sane to poke the ball away first.

At the front of the upper left corner of the small penalty area, after Sane caught up with the ball, he raised his left foot and hit it.

A loud bang!
The ball hit Lori, who was near the post, like a cannonball.

Lloris waved his hands in front of him, and Sane's shot hit his upper right arm and flew out of the baseline.

"Fluff!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Immediately, the fans of New White Hart Lane shouted in exclamation again!

"Damn!!"

"..."

Countless Tottenham fans in the stands were terrified.

Some fans even used cursing to vent the pressure that Chu Zheng had put on them during this period.

Many Tottenham fans feel that Chu Zheng, who plays as a midfielder, is a greater threat to their goal.

Every time Chu Zheng's through ball that can directly tear through their defense appears, they will feel cold in their hearts.

In the coaching area on the sidelines, Pochettino also had a decision in his heart after witnessing Manchester City's attack that almost scored a goal.

He turned and returned to the coach's bench, and called Nkudu and Vincent Jansen, who had just returned from warming up, to his side.

However, Manchester City did not give Pochettino a chance to change his tactics.

In the 84th minute of the game, Manchester City continued to hold the ball.

Tottenham can still run, they are still rushing, and they are pressing Manchester City players.

The frenzied momentum is still there, and Manchester City fans can't help but feel admiration. The tactical execution and physical fitness of Tottenham players are really scary.

However, under Chu Zheng's command and dispatch, Manchester City passed the ball back to Bravo in the penalty area three times in a row, which failed Tottenham.

Faced with Ali's grab, Bravo swayed his legs continuously, and then quickly sent the ball to the right.

After Zabaleta retreated to the outside of the penalty area to get the ball, he saw Danny Rose coming up again, and he subconsciously looked for Chu Zheng.

Soon, he saw Chu Zheng's figure in the left rib area at the top of the arc, and he raised his foot and pushed the ball over.

At this time, Chu Zheng was following Wanyama.

When the ball came in front of Chu Zheng, Chu Zheng rubbed the inside of his right foot, and then the ball passed under his crotch, and then Chu Zheng quickly turned to the left.

During the whole process, Wanyama, who had little physical strength left behind Chu Zheng, was left behind by Chu Zheng like a cumbersome brown bear.

"pretty!!!!!!!!!!!"

"pretty!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

In the LeTV live broadcast room, Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu saw Chu Zheng's stop-and-go action, and immediately exclaimed, full of admiration!

On the court, after Chu Zheng caught up with the ball, he led it diagonally from his ribs to the middle.

But when Chu Zheng entered the middle circle area, it was obvious that Chu Zheng couldn't run anymore, and he was about to be overtaken by Wan Yama behind him.

However, just when everyone thought that Manchester City's attack was about to come to an abrupt end, Chu Zheng's right instep suddenly slammed into the ball in front of him.

Immediately, the ball drew a wonderful arc in the low air, and bounced in front of Vertonghen, who was about 40 meters away from the goal, and jumped directly in front of Sterling on the right.

In the coaching area on the sidelines, Guardiola and Pochettino both stopped breathing when they saw Chu Zheng's beautiful instep pass.

Both of them could see clearly that Chu Zheng's instep kick broke the four-man defense of Tottenham again.

At this moment, everyone's eyes were focused on Sterling, who was receiving the ball in the frontcourt, and no one noticed that there was something wrong with Chu Zheng who had passed the ball.

On the outside of the right rib area at the top of the arc, Sterling did not stop the ball to slow down, but waded out the ball again, cutting into the Tottenham penalty area from the right line of the penalty area.

This time Sterling was no longer happy, and used his speed to eat Vertonghen, who was already physically exhausted.

After approaching the bottom line, Sterling vigorously swept the ball to the back point.

Before hitting the post, Alderweireld and Kyle Walker couldn't keep up with the physically fit Sane.

In the face of Sterling's cross, Sane lifted his foot from close range, and the ball entered the penalty area through the gap between Lowry and the goal post.

2-2!

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

The moment the goal was scored, all Manchester City fans in the stands jumped up and cheered wildly!
"The ball went in!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"At 85 minutes and 03 seconds of the game, Manchester City scored again!!!"

"Sane!!!!"

On the sidelines, seeing the team equalize, Guardiola was more excited than ever. He turned around suddenly and threw his fist at the fans in the stands to celebrate.

Opposite Guardiola's celebration, Tottenham fans responded with huge boos, and some Tottenham fans were so angry that they threw things in their hands into the stands.

But soon Guardiola couldn't laugh.

In the process of punching and celebrating, Guardiola subconsciously glanced at Chu Zheng in the middle circle from the corner of his eye. Seeing that Chu Zheng was limping with his right hand behind his right thigh, he immediately felt With a click, the joy of equalizing the score disappeared instantly.

Finished!

Guardiola, who was born as a player, is very clear about what Chu Zheng's action means.

At this moment, Guardiola felt like a thunderbolt.

(End of this chapter)