Green Journey

Chapter 402 The ball is scored!
"Manchester City, the pressure is too high. Just now they went all the way up and played around Barcelona. This is very dangerous."

"Messi is fast on his feet. De Bruyne came back from a long distance and stood in a good position, but he just couldn't keep up with Messi's movements.

This is why so many Manchester City players slipped in the first round. Barcelona always passed such unexpected balls, which caused Manchester City's defensive players to always make sudden stops and turns.

If De Bruyne stopped and turned suddenly just now, he would also fall. "

"Fortunately, Chu Zheng also came back from a long distance. He knew that Neymar would look for Messi, so he followed him all the time, and then he had this wonderful defense."

"Barcelona's attack took less than 10 seconds from receiving the ball in the backcourt to completing the shot. They only passed two kicks.

It is not that Manchester City did not try to intercept the ball during the whole process, but the passing of Messi and Neymar was too precise, and the speed of advancement was very fast, and Suarez's pulling also successfully gave Messi the advantage of De Bruyne and Otamen. A hole was torn between Di. "

"If Chu Zheng hadn't come back in time to defend Messi, there would be absolutely no one around Messi when he got the ball. With Messi's finishing ability, once he kicks the goal, there is a high probability that it will be a goal." Zhang Lu narrowed her eyes and smiled.

On the court, the game continued, but the situation continued to be stalemate. The two sides occasionally threatened each other to attack, but they were still unable to stab the opponent's goal.

In the coaching area on the sidelines, Guardiola stood with his hands behind his back, frowning.

He can see that as the game progresses, the players' performance is getting better and better, and he has somewhat adapted to Barcelona's style of play today.

But the problem now is that the frontcourt can't attack for a long time, and it is necessary to always guard against the counterattack of Barcelona MSN. This makes Guardiola see that the players on the field are also somewhat restrained.

Guardiola knows very well that it is not enough to continue playing like this, and the game must be broken.

He has coping strategies, but he has to take risks to break the game.

So Guardiola has been a little hesitant from just now to now.

Because once Barcelona scored first, the situation would be a bit bad.

At that time, whether it is the situation or the psychological and morale levels, they will fall back into a disadvantage.

After watching silently for a few more minutes, Guardiola flicked his right fist and walked directly back to the coaching bench. He needed to discuss with the two assistants Arteta and Torrent.

Soon, Guardiola returned to the coaching area. Taking advantage of a dead ball, he once again passed on his new tactical instructions to all Manchester City players on the field.

When the game passed the 35th minute, Manchester City's tactics changed with the on-the-spot command of Guardiola on the sidelines.

Manchester City players began to press on a large scale on the field, and implemented higher intensity oppression on Barcelona players.

So Guardiola's on-the-spot adjustment directly exposed Barcelona's weaknesses.

This weakness is that Barcelona has too many newcomers in the backcourt today.

So under the large-scale press of Manchester City, Barcelona's backcourt began to run tight.

Enrique quickly sensed Guardiola's intentions, which was to fight the bayonet to break the situation, and Guardiola was stud.

For a moment, Enrique couldn't help admiring the courage of his old friend.

But Enrique couldn't help it.

A series of generals such as Pique, Iniesta, and Alaba were suspended due to injuries, which made it difficult for him to use the players he could use.

Recently, Barcelona has even experienced a strange and rare problem of insufficient lineup depth, which is simply incredible for a super giant like Barcelona.

Up front, MSN's combination has no players capable of substituting.

In the midfield, one of the Habaibu combinations of the year has already left, and now Iniesta is also injured, resulting in a significant drop in the attack rate of the midfield.

Pique's injury at the back made Enrique even more anxious.

Enrique is very clear that if it continues to deteriorate like this, it may affect them for a whole season.

But he can't help it, it's hard for a clever woman to cook without rice.

Soon, the scene that Enrique was worried about appeared.

In the 37th minute of the game, Barcelona attacked from the left and hit outside the Barcelona penalty area.

However, there were six players standing at the front of Manchester City's penalty area line, and the dense posture completely blocked Barcelona's infiltration pass line.

Chu Zheng and Jing Duoan are also at the front of the top of the arc, and the other is standing in the left rib area, maintaining a close connection with the defense.

Neymar, facing Sterling on the wing, faltered with his right foot, hesitated, and then he pushed the ball to the right and crossed Messi in the left rib area at the top of the arc.

Messi didn't get the ball, and when he saw Gundogan approaching, he pushed the ball back to Neymar.

After taking the ball again, Neymar dialed the ball under his feet and accelerated laterally. After entering the ribs, he suddenly crossed the back of Manchester City's penalty area.

In the right rib area at the top of the arc, Suarez quickly rushed forward to reach the landing point.

But Zabaleta was not slow, he was stuck inside, blocking Suarez's crossing in the middle and the passing line from the back point.

Seeing that Zabaleta's position was chosen impeccably, Suarez was at a loss. He knew that as long as he stopped the ball, he would be entangled, so he swept the ball without stopping.

As a result, the ball was not completely kicked, and the ball bounced on the ground and flew to Kolarov on the right side of the penalty spot.

Kolarov stopped the ball in the upper right corner of the small penalty area and turned around in one go, and then directly cleared the siege with his big foot, avoiding Messi's rush.

In the backcourt of Barcelona, ​​Ter Stegen went out to the right side of the penalty area to get the ball and pushed the ball to Mascherano in the rib.

Seeing that Manchester City's formation pressed up again, Mascherano scored from the right.

After Roberto got the ball, seeing Gundogan and De Bruyne teaming up to force him, he was instantly discouraged and chose to smash the ball and turn around to pass back.

In the upper left corner of the penalty area, when Mascherano stopped the ball, De Bruyne had already killed him more than one meter away.

At this time, Busquets is also quickly retreating along the left rib, preparing to break Manchester City's high press.

But under the pressure of De Bruyne and Aguero at the top of the arc, Mascherano had no choice but to kick the ball to the front right again for Roberto.

Roberto took the ball, but was so entangled by Gundogan that he couldn't get rid of it. He had to use his body to protect the ball and bring it back along the sidewalk, and then sent a cross pass that caused countless Barcelona fans to die suddenly.

The ball passed the left rib of the top of the arc and went straight to the top of the arc.

Busquets didn't expect Roberto to make such a pass at all, and he was very cheated. He quickly turned around and went straight to the ball line, but he stretched his foot and missed it.

At this time, Aguero, who penetrated into Barcelona's penalty area from the top of the arc, quickly turned and retreated, and successfully got the ball.

Busquets and Umtiti quickly rushed in both directions along the penalty area line, sandwiching towards Aguero.

At the same time, Sterling, who plugged in after starting the middle, quickly ran to the right rib area at the top of the arc.

When he entered the half area, Aguero just turned his back and took the ball out of the top of the arc, then turned suddenly and cut a pass with his right foot.

On the right side of the penalty spot, Sterling met the ball. He didn't bring it himself or hit the goal directly. It was also the point after crossing the ball with the inside of his right foot.

At the line of the penalty area in front of the goalpost, Chu Zheng slapped his horse and slammed into it. Facing Sterling's pass, Chu Zheng exploded the pole with his left foot at close range.

In front of the goal line, Ter Stegen only felt a white shadow in his sight crack through the air like lightning, and the ball was already in the goal.

From the eyes of the fans and the live broadcast, Chu Zheng's shot made the back net of the goal protrude a long way, as if the ball was about to break through the net, and the force was chilling.

"boom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

At the moment of the goal, Manchester City fans cheered fiercely inside and outside the Etihad Stadium, and the two echoed each other!
"The ball went in!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"Chu Zheng!!!!!!"

"This is Chu Zheng's 4th goal in the Champions League!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"Perfect running position, impeccable shot!!"

"Ter Stegen has no time to react!!!!!!!"

In the LeTV live broadcast room, Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu shouted in unison when the goal appeared, and the two were extremely excited.

"Today, Chu Zheng has always been in the best position on the offensive end."

"Twice before, Chu Zheng ran perfectly, but Aguero and Sterling didn't have the footwork to send the ball over."

"Yes! Otherwise the ball would have been scored!"

On the sidelines, Guardiola also jumped up and down with joy, pumping his fists in celebration, with a bright smile on his face, he won the bet.

Next to him, Enrique had a constipated expression on his face, really afraid of something.

But a clever woman can't cook without rice. He doesn't have players in his hands. Even if he knows where the problem is, he can't make effective adjustments.

"Hahaha!!"

On the field, Chu Zheng made his unique celebration again, and then made a long sliding kneeling, and then stood up directly with the help of inertia, turned around and opened his arms to his teammates running from all directions.

Sterling, who assisted, was the first to feel Chu Zheng's side. He was picked up by Chu Zheng and turned around in a circle.

"Raheem, great pass!" Chu Zheng yelled as he hooked Sterling's neck with his right forearm.

And Sterling, who received an assist, also looked excited.

Sterling passed the ball beautifully. Both his line and strength are just right, and he hardly needs to adjust his shot.

It was the first time for Chu Zheng to eat such a comfortable pancake.

In the backcourt, at the front of the penalty area, Caballero was also very excited. He opened his arms and clenched his fists and roared to vent the pressure accumulated during this period.

In Barcelona, ​​Antonella looked at Thiago, who was running around the hall happily after Chu Zheng scored a goal, and who was laughing brightly and innocently. She directly covered her face.

Does this unlucky boy like to watch his father lose so much?
Soon Antonella reacted, and directly picked up the mobile phone to record the scene of Thiago's celebration, and she wanted to show Messi.

In the LeTV live broadcast room, after watching the replay of the whole process of this goal, Zhang Lu smiled and said: "This is one of the reasons why Guardiola always puts Chu Zheng in the frontcourt and does not let him play the main midfielder."

"Chu Zheng's running position on the offensive end is the best in the world, no less than Melo. Where there is space and threats, there is him."

"He has a natural nose for goals!"

"Look at Aguero's goal, Chu Zheng nimbly moved forward, which shows that he knows how to develop the subsequent offense."

"Yes!" Zhan Jun nodded, agreeing with Zhang Lu's words very much, "This ball Sterling is not greedy for credit at all! Keep crossing the ball."

"It's right not to stop, because once Manchester City's attack is stopped!" Zhang Lu continued.

Soon, Barcelona took the ball again.

But after the game started, it was soon obvious that the Barcelona players were a little anxious, which was reflected in the Barcelona backcourt Roberto and Umtiti.

In the 39th minute of the game, Roberto shifted from the left and sent out a long pass from the backcourt that was so inadvertent that Neymar had no desire to advance.

Seeing the ball roll out of the bottom line, Neymar turned around and gestured excitedly towards the backcourt, seeming a little annoyed.

He just can't catch up with this kind of pass.

On Manchester City's side, the spirit and morale that soared after taking the lead are now more fiercely fighting for the ball and the ball.

Soon, Caballero took the goal kick.

This time he did not choose a high ball, but kicked the ball right to Otamendi outside the upper right corner of the penalty area.

Otamendi took the ball diagonally to the side, raised his head to observe the front court, and then made a long pass again, looking for the high point of De Bruyne in the right rib area of ​​​​the front court.

But this time he didn't control the strength of the long pass, and it landed on Umtiti's position one meter away from De Bruyne.

Seeing De Bruyne rushing, Umtiti didn't dare to stop the ball at all, but jumped up and pushed the ball to the right.

In the middle, Roberto, who was eager to make a contribution, took the ball and started to speed up directly, trying to break through Manchester City's defense line directly from the middle.

At this time, Chu Zheng, who had just run to his front right, quickly stepped on the brakes, and then moved laterally on the line where Roberto dribbled the ball.

With Chu Zheng's pressure, Roberto had to sway the ball to the left and forward, and was forced to change the route.

As a result, this diagonal trip happened to bump into Fernandinho who was coming up from the kick-off point.

Facing the oncoming ball, Fernandinho quickened his pace.

Roberto found that he seemed to be a little bit too big, and suddenly made mistakes, he chose to put the shovel directly.

However, Fernandinho, who went in both directions with the ball, was faster, and he picked the ball forward first.

Seeing that the ball was about to fly past him, Robert stretched out his hand in desperation.

But he still didn't stop the ball. After being rubbed by him, the ball slowed down and fell behind him, allowing Fernandinho to take it away.

"nice shot!"

"5 on 3!!!!!!!!!"

"Chance for Man City!!!!!!!!!!!!"

At this time, on the left and right sides of Fernandinho, Chu Zheng and De Bruyne were like two guardians, and the three sprinted side by side.

In front of the three are Mascherano and Umtiti.

When they came to the front of Barcelona's restricted area, Chu Zheng and De Bruyne quickly pulled away from each other, one ran to the side, and the other pulled to the center.

Mascherano and Umtiti had a tacit understanding and quickly approached each other, directly blocking the middle.

Fernandinho saw that it was useless to find De Bruyne, so he directly scored the ball to the left.

In the upper left corner of the penalty area, Chu Zheng took the ball. Facing Mascherano in front of him, Chu Zheng made an inverted triangle pass back.

Fernandinho stopped the ball with his right foot in the left area of ​​the penalty spot, and then quickly pushed the ball with his left foot to the far lower corner of the goal.

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

Seeing the ball passing by the sliding door outside the far point post, there was a short exclamation at the Etihad Stadium!
"Oh!!!!!" Zhang Lu kept exclaiming.

"Roberto, twice, almost gave Manchester City another big gift!" Zhan Jun laughed happily.

(End of this chapter)