Green Journey

Chapter 419 His passing makes the defense seem meaningless!
In the LeTV live broadcast room, Zhan Jun's straight back suddenly collapsed when he saw the staff's hand gesture indicating that the camera had been cut.

Leaning on the back of the chair, bent down and lowered his head, he took a sip from the water bottle and took a sip of warm black tea from under the studio, and said, "Manchester City's game today is probably suspended."

Zhang Lu next to him also loosened his tie and rested on the back of the chair. He nodded when he heard this, and said, "Today, there are problems, big or small, in the front, middle and back lines of Manchester City."

"The players in the frontcourt squander their experience wildly, the midfielder has no merit or fault, and the backcourt is commonplace. The problem is on the surface. Several main players are seriously aging."

Zhan Jun nodded and said, "However, Chu Zheng is in a good state today and is very active. It's a pity that those clever offensive plans were squandered by Aguero, Navas and others."

At this moment, the on-site staff brought over the data of the first half of the game, Zhan Jun glanced down and said: "Oh! 80.00% of the ball possession, the number of passes and shots is twice that of Leicester City .”

"It doesn't make sense!" Zhang Lu shook her head, "Half of them are backcourt players, and very few of them can really pose a threat in the end with unlimited passes.

The problem of Manchester City's defense is more serious than that of Liverpool.

Now Manchester City's old defense line can't withstand the long pass of the Premier League, and Manchester City's side assists are no longer sharp. After losing the ball, they can only watch the opponent's striker gallop in the gap behind him. . "

"In fact, Guardiola's tactical thinking of the defender's heavy pressure when attacking is correct, as evidenced by Manchester City's winning streak at the beginning of the season."

"Because this makes Manchester City have a great advantage in the number of people in the frontcourt in the attack, thus strengthening the control. This is why when we watch Manchester City's games, we can often see the ball rotating back and forth from the midfield line to the middle of the opponent's penalty area. Wander."

"This kind of personnel accumulation can allow Manchester City to firmly control the ball in the frontcourt, but no matter how stable you are, you can't guarantee that the ball will always be at your feet. Once this tactic is hit, it is almost one hit and one hit."

"Leicester City's tactics today are actually very easy to understand. As long as they grab the ball, they run forward desperately and pass the ball forward regardless of everything. They don't care about your so-called pass success rate and possession rate. He just needs those few seconds to complete an attack."

"Yes! Jiang is still old and spicy!" Zhan Jun nodded, "Every counterattack of Leicester City in the first half made Manchester City frightened. It was difficult for two full-backs and a central defender to chase back. Vardy and Maher Reis’s speed itself is fast, Stones and the others have to turn 180 degrees before chasing every time they defend, it’s normal if they can’t run, it’s weird if they can’t run.”

Zhang Lu nodded and smiled, then changed the subject and said, "However, there is one thing that Manchester City did very well, which surprised me."

"What?" Zhan Jun cast a puzzled look.

"Professional attitude, ability to resist pressure, and strong willpower. Compared with Pellegrini's time, Manchester City under Guardiola's ability to resist pressure is obviously much stronger." Zhang Lu said slowly.

"The time points of these three goals in the first half are relatively capable of destroying the team's will."

"But although Manchester City was defeated in terms of score, the scene and will were not crossed."

Zhan Jun was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "Really, after Manchester City lost the third goal, there was only a short period of impatience, and then quickly stabilized, doing everything possible to find opportunities to attack, and to replace them with some teams that are not strong enough. After falling behind by three goals, the players have long since lost their interest in the game, and have just passed the time of the game."

After a while, the director of the live broadcast room made a gesture, and Zhang Lu and Zhan Jun quickly straightened their clothes and sat upright.

As soon as the live picture appeared, I saw the fourth official on the sidelines holding up two replacement signs in succession.

"Oh! Guardiola directly replaced two people at halftime."

"Sterling for Navas!"

"David Silva replaced, uh, replaced Aguero!" Seeing Manchester City's substitution, Zhan Jun looked confused, "Then who will play the striker? Are you going to play without a striker?"

Zhang Lu was also a little confused.

Soon, as the whistle sounded to start the second half of the game, the mystery was revealed.

Playing forward is Yaya Toure.

In addition, the positions of many players on the Manchester City field have also changed.

After Sterling came on the field, he came to his favorite left, and De Bruyne switched to the right area.

Chu Zheng also withdrew from the front midfielder to the back midfielder position, and David Silva replaced his original front midfielder position.

"Yaya Toure has played as a center forward. He has a body, a header, and comprehensive skills! The purpose of Guardiola's substitution is very clear, which is to set a high point in the Leicester City penalty area and break Ranieri's goal Dense defense."

"And David Silva is responsible for the offensive connection and organization of the frontcourt in the middle, and Chu Zheng retreats. In this way, with Chu Zheng's comprehensive ability, it can not only stabilize Manchester City's weak defense, but also strengthen the backcourt. The ball and the ability to chase back."

Zhang Lu nodded, but did not continue. This is the rich tactical choice that Chu Zheng's versatility brought to Guardiola.

As for Leicester City, there were no substitutions and adjustments, and Ranieri continued to use the tactical strategy of the first half.

But less than 5 minutes into the second half, Ranieri frowned on the sidelines.

Maybe some people who are not sensitive to tactics have not noticed yet, but Ranieri has already noticed that his side was choked by Manchester City in the midfield.

To be exact, he was pinched by Chu Zheng.

Ranieri had a headache. Although he knew Chu Zheng very well, it was because of his understanding that he couldn't help it. Chu Zheng's comprehensive skills made it difficult for him to be restrained.

If Kanter is still there, Ranieri still has something to do.

On the field, in the 51st minute of the game, Guardiola's adjustment effect suddenly appeared.

Leicester City's right rib in the middle of the half, Andy King received a return pass from Mahrez from the right, took the ball across the center line and was blocked by Gundogan who moved from the center.

Andy King didn't dare to make a frontal breakthrough. To be on the safe side, he quickly turned around and returned the belt, preparing to pass back to the backcourt to reorganize the attack.

However, the moment he completed his turn, Chu Zheng, who had already activated in advance, rushed over from his left back, fell to the ground and swept back with his left foot, and broke the ball.

Andy King jumped to avoid being brought down.

After getting the ball, Chu Zheng put his right hand on the ground and got up quickly.

Before the man could stand up completely, Chu Zheng used his right foot to quickly buckle the ball to his left foot, and then rubbed his left foot forward, taking the ball from the middle circle area and wiped it past Amatai who was rushing horizontally.

The frequency of Chu Zheng's extraordinary movements is not fast, but the timing of each movement is pleasing to the eye.

And Amatai looked like a stiff corpse against Chu Zheng's flexible and elegant figure.

Successfully breaking through Leicester City's midfield defense, Chu Zheng did not continue to move forward, and suddenly made a long pass after bringing the ball into the center circle.

The landing point was on the right side of the half, and De Bruyne quickly moved forward and unloaded the ball perfectly.

Seeing that Leicester City let Sterling drill into the penalty area from the left rib of the top of the arc because of the shift of defensive focus, and there was no one to mark for the time being, De Bruyne lowered his head and made a 45-degree cross.

Before the penalty kick, Morgan felt his heart tighten when he saw the ball flying, and turned around suddenly.

Sure enough, Simpson was still on the wing, and the defense was out of position, leaving Sterling in a state of no one to follow.

Morgan quickly started to lean over.

But it was too late.

Before he could get close enough, Sterling took off from the front of the upper left corner of the small penalty area, and then shook his head to attack the goal.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Sterling was flawed.

After the ball was forced, it hit the ground in front of Sterling, but because of this, it accidentally avoided the goalkeeper Ziller, bounced off the ground and plunged into the middle of the goal.

"Duang!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"Ouch!!!!!"

"The beam is in the middle!!!!" Zhan Jun exclaimed, his face full of regret!
On the sidelines, Guardiola, who was standing in the coaching area in the rain, turned around instantly and looked up speechlessly at the sky.

Chu Zheng and De Bruyne almost fed Sterling the ball, but Sterling spat it out abruptly.

Next to him, Ranieri looked terrified, but this was the Chu Zheng he knew.

No matter where, no matter how far away from the goal, as long as this kid is on the field, he can threaten your goal at any time.

In the stands, Leicester City fans also smelled something unusual.

But for many Leicester City fans, as long as Manchester City remains unchanged and the defense continues to be raised so high, they will counterattack sooner or later.

As long as one more score is scored, the score of 4-0 will be enough to crush Manchester City and make the Manchester City players completely lose their fighting spirit.

Or maintain this score until 70 minutes. At that time, as their physical fitness declines, Manchester City players will recognize the reality even if they don't give up.

However, Leicester City fans never expected that the situation in the next game would continue to deteriorate, and Manchester City's offensive was like a wave after wave.

And the Chu Zheng they were familiar with continued to organize attacks with through balls and long balls like crazy.

Chu Zheng's aggressive offensive organization made many Leicester City fans feel extremely depressed.

The only thing that makes Leicester City fans feel lucky is that the finishing ability of Manchester City's frontcourt players is as bad as ever, wasting the opportunities created by Chu Zheng time and time again.

But as the game time passed, countless Leicester City fans suddenly realized that they seemed to have not seen the team play an overly threatening counterattack for a long time, and suddenly everyone had a bad feeling in their hearts.

Soon their premonition came true.

In the 61st minute of the game, Leicester City failed to counterattack, allowing Gundogan to successfully intercept in the ribs.

After turning around with the ball, Gundogan quickly went straight to the right.

De Bruyne started from the wing, relying on the two-for-one cooperation with the inside line Zabaleta, quickly got rid of Amatey who was marking from the ribs.

But Fox's running position is very badass. He followed up and defended inside, and always maintained a subtle distance, so as not to change.

De Bruyne knew that Fox was trying to hold him back, so he brought the ball to the corner flagpole and suddenly made a cross without warning.

This cross pass was very concealed, and Fox was a little slower and didn't stop it.

At the front of the upper right corner of the penalty area, Huth turned and took off, but missed the ball, and the ball fell straight to Yaya Toure, who was facing the goal on the penalty spot.

Yaya Toure saw the ball hit him, he leaned back slightly, and prepared to unload the ball with his chest.

But he underestimated the power of De Bruyne's ball a little bit, causing the ball to bounce a bit high after hitting his chest.

However, just as he was about to return to his center of gravity and kick directly on the spot, Morgan got in front of him, probed over and shook his head to push the ball out of the penalty area.

To the right of the top of the arc, Chu Zheng quickly rushed to the landing point when he saw the ball coming straight up and down.

Seeing Andy King rush out from the top of the arc, Chu Zheng immediately turned the ball away from the goal.

Seeing that Andy King successfully blocked Chu Zheng, Huth, Morgan and others quickly followed Sterling in the penalty area, and Yaya Toure and David Silva pressed out of the penalty area.

Morgan was the fastest, relying on his strong physical fitness, he squeezed directly in front of David Silva to the end line of the penalty area.

But it was this move that made him regret three seconds later.

However, when everyone in the penalty area was running forward, after Chu Zheng turned around to protect the ball, he didn't stop the ball at all, but the moment the ball touched the ground, he knocked back with his left heel, and the ball under his foot He slammed towards the area on the right side of the Leicester City penalty area.

The ball passed Andy King's left side behind Chu Zheng, and then passed Morgan and his side on the end line of the penalty area.

But the two of them didn't react at all like a piece of wood, and they didn't have time to react. Chu Zheng's ball was really unexpected.

Blind plugging behind the back, is this a human thing?
Behind Morgan, David Silva, who followed the retreat, saw the ball coming, he quickly turned around, let the ball pass, and then quickly followed up.

On the right side of the penalty spot, David Silva caught up with the ball. There was no defense around him, and he raised his right foot and calmly pushed the far corner.

This time David Silva did not waste Chu Zheng's wonderful through ball.

The ball avoided goalkeeper Ziller's long legs and went straight into the far lower corner of the goal.

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

The moment the goal was scored, the Manchester City commentators Martin and Smith roared out in an instant, venting their depression accumulated for more than 60 minutes.

"The ball went in!!!!!!!!!"

"Quantitative changes lead to qualitative changes. Chu Zheng's crazy pass finally helped Manchester City get back a goal!!" Zhan Jun said excitedly.

"The pass was so imaginative. Chu Zheng confuses everyone, including David Silva, with this back-and-forth movement!" Zhang Lu exclaimed.

On the field, Guardiola, who was exposed to the increasingly cold winter rain, suddenly felt the heat surge in his body at the moment of scoring a goal, and he didn't feel cold at all. This is his football philosophy, passing the ball directly into the opponent in the goal.

Next to him, Ranieri shook his head and smiled bitterly. He had expected this scene.

But it doesn't matter, they still have two goals in hand, it's time to change and adjust their tactics.

On the field, after successfully pulling back a goal, Manchester City had no one to celebrate.

David Silva simply rushed into Leicester City's goal, took the ball out, and went straight to the center circle.

Chu Zheng, De Bruyne, Yaya Toure and others also quickly turned around and ran towards the middle circle, with an attitude of racing against time.

Morgan and Huth looked at each other, and both saw the helplessness in each other's eyes.

But this is the Chu Zheng they know, always so unexpected.

Morgan was also very helpless. He never expected that Chu Zheng would accurately capture the fleeting gap in the back line caused by his pressing out of the penalty area.

Chu Zheng's timing is shocking.

Just a second slower and David Silva will be in an offside position, and a second faster will be intercepted by Morgan who has not completely moved away from David Silva, but none of them are just right , hit your life gate directly.

When Chu Zheng was in Leicester City, defensive players like Morgan once felt frustrated that the defense would become meaningless in front of Chu Zheng's pass.

Up to now, the memories that had been forgotten in their hearts following Chu Zheng's departure were awakened again.

(End of this chapter)