Green Journey

Chapter 406 Old friends meet again!
On December 12, the 3th round of the Premier League hits. The first opener of this round of the Premier League is the top battle between Manchester City and Chelsea.

Chelsea are the third most expensive club in the Premier League this summer transfer window.

Kanter, Batshuayi, Eduardo, David Luiz and Marcos Alonso cost Chelsea nearly £1.4 million.

It can be seen that Chelsea's boss Abramovich has great support for Conte, the famous Italian coach, and has high hopes.

And Chelsea under Conte had won consecutive victories at the beginning of the season, but Conte's tactical thinking of the 4141 formation was quickly figured out by his opponents. He lost to Arsenal and Liverpool in a row, and was kicked out of the game. Team morale hit rock bottom.

At the time of crisis, Conte boldly sought changes, resorted to his unique understanding of the 343 formation, and quickly reversed the decline through changes
Then Chelsea transformed and sublimated, like a dead tree in spring, rejuvenated, causing Chelsea to burst out with incredible energy from top to bottom.

So far, the blue team led by Conte has won 7 consecutive Premier League victories, and the momentum of the championship is extremely obvious.

Compared with Conte and Guardiola, there is an obvious momentum of coming from behind.

Therefore, this double-blue battle has attracted the attention of European and English media and fans.

The game time was at 12:3 on December 13rd, but since 30:12 noon, there have been a large number of fans on the streets of Manchester, like a trickle of blue streams pouring into the center of Manchester The Etihad Stadium.

For Manchester City fans, people are in a good mood recently.

11月19日，英超第12轮，曼城客场水晶宫2-1胜。

11月23日，欧冠小组赛第5轮，曼城奔赴德国客战门兴格拉德巴赫1-1平。

On November 11, in the 26th round of the Premier League, Manchester City played away against the newly promoted Burnley. Although the game process was a bit difficult due to the rotation, they finally defeated the newly promoted Burnley 13-2 with Chu Zheng's header.

Although Manchester City has been criticized by the media and there are hidden dangers in the defense, but 2 wins and 1 draw in three games, this is an excellent answer for Manchester City fans, and they are very satisfied.

Especially the Champions League.

Now there is still the last round of the UEFA Champions League group stage, but Manchester City with 9 points and Barcelona with 10 points have already qualified ahead of schedule. Impossible to get out.

So for Manchester City, between now and the middle of February next year, they can temporarily get rid of the extremely heavy burden of the European war and concentrate on cultivating the league.

Manchester City fans all hope that the team can establish some point advantages during this period, so that the team can calmly balance the two fronts after entering February.

From December to February next year, these two months include the Premier League's famous Christmas devil schedule.

At this time of year, every club in the Premier League is prone to large-scale injuries due to the overly intensive schedule around Christmas, and then a series of chain reactions will eventually lead to a decline in performance.

Therefore, in the eyes of Manchester City fans, this is a good time period for the team to establish a point advantage and lay the foundation for winning the championship.

But they didn't consider that during the devil's schedule, Manchester City will actually be extremely difficult, but this is obviously not considered by the fans, because this is an issue that Manchester City coach Guardiola should consider, and they only want the result.

At 12:50, the warm-up of the two teams ended.

Chu Zheng was walking in front of his teammates. When he saw Kanter among the Chelsea players leaving the field, he immediately trotted up.

"Hey! N'Golo!" Chu Zheng rushed behind Kanter and jumped on him.

"Shit! Chu, you scared me!" Kanter dragged Chu Zheng, and instantly showed a bright smile. At this moment, he had the illusion of returning to Leicester City.

Chu Zheng quickly got off Kanter's back and reached out to wrap his arms around Kanter's shoulders, but because of his height, he felt a little awkward in his posture, so he retracted his hands, and then the two walked off the field side by side.

Although they are their own masters now, Chu Zheng has not lost contact with Kanter, Vardy, Mahrez and others after leaving Leicester City, and occasionally calls.

So Chu Zheng has a better understanding of Kanter's situation at Chelsea.

Like in Leicester City, after Kanter joined Chelsea, he was reused by Conte and started every game.

And Kanter's performance on the court is still diligent, and his defensive data is still so dazzling, almost unmatched in the Premier League.

The reason why Chelsea has this dazzling winning streak is inseparable from Kanter's great contribution on the defensive end.

At the end of October, in the 10th round of the Premier League, in Chelsea's 9-4 massacre of Manchester United, Kanter dribbled the ball into the penalty area in the 0th minute of the game. The shot from the lower left corner of the goal was successful, and he successfully scored his first Premier League goal after joining Chelsea, which also helped Chelsea completely seal the victory.

It is said that Conte also has the idea of ​​​​developing Kanter's offensive attributes.

As for whether Kanter is talented offensively, Chu Zheng, who has worked with Kanter for a season, knows it all.

There are definitely some, but it's hard to say where Kanter's upper limit on the offensive end is.

Thinking that if there was a Kanter who could attack and defend well, if he appeared opposite him, Chu Zheng felt that this would be a horrifying ghost story.

Scary!

"Chu, don't be too coquettish on the court later, or I'm afraid I won't be able to resist shoveling you!" When he entered the player tunnel and was about to part ways, Kanter suddenly winked at Chu Zheng with a smirk.

Seeing Chu Zheng's stunned expression, Kanter smiled again: "But don't worry, I won't hurt you!"

"Are you serious? N'Golo?" Chu Zheng stared, pointing his right index finger at his face, "Are you sure you can shovel the ball away from my feet?"

"How do you know if you don't try?" Kanter shrugged, then waved his hands cheerfully to say goodbye to Chu Zheng, then turned and walked to the locker room.

Kanter’s words revealed a bit of information, and Chu Zheng quickly interpreted it, that is, Conte might send Kanter to watch him specifically. Thinking of Kanter’s ghostly running, stealing and intercepting, Chu Zheng felt a headache all over his body. .

When in Leicester City, Kanter often accompanied Chu Zheng in extra training.

The two have done a lot of breakthrough and defensive training.

When facing Kanter head-on, Chu Zheng had a slight upper hand, with six to four open, that is to say, Chu Zheng broke through ten times, and Kanter would steal the ball four times.

But defense depends on the team's tactics, and a pure 1V1 solo is of little significance in most cases.

Kanter's characteristic is that he has a huge defensive area and a strong will. Even though he is thin and small, he has a strong physical confrontation ability and clean interceptions and steals. Even if you can break through his defense from a certain position, it is temporary, and it may be in a blink of an eye. will meet again.

Chu Zheng was deeply impressed by Kanter's stickiness.

(End of this chapter)