Green Journey

Chapter 420 A good dad!
In a blink of an eye, Ranieri completed the substitution. He replaced the goal hero Andy King with Drinkwater who had just recovered from injury.

Compared with Andy King, Drinkwater not only has excellent defense, but also plays very well forward.

Ranieri hopes to use Drinkwater to enhance the interception and stealing ability of the midfielder, while also retaining the ability of the midfielder to pass the ball forward.

In addition, he replaced Danny Simpson, who was carrying a yellow card, with Ben Chilwell.

This 96 teenager from Leicester City's youth training camp is also strong in offense and defense.

Ranieri has been training the young full-back since Chilwell returned on loan from Huddersfield Town in January this year.

In Ranieri's eyes, although Chilwell is young, he is very stable on the defensive end, and has excellent speed and technique, especially in one-on-one defense. position to control the opponent.

With the debut of Chilwell and Drinkwater, they also brought new tactical instructions from Ranieri to the Leicester City players on the field.

So soon people saw that Leicester City's formation continued to retreat, and it seemed that they had made up their minds to stick to the last minute.

But anyone who knows Ranieri knows that this Italian coach is a cunning old fox, and it is impossible to launch counterattack tactics.

Only when the fist is retracted can it hurt people.

As for Manchester City, after the game restarted, it is not an exaggeration to say that the morale is booming.

Although the three super-efficient goals of Leicester City in the first half would not break their confidence, they were still quite frustrating and depressing.

Therefore, from the beginning to the present, the Manchester City players have been depressed.

Well now, this goal gave them hope. Chu Zheng used the goal to prove that although Leicester City's defense is good, it is not watertight. As long as the quality of the pass is high enough, fast enough, and unexpected enough, then Can penetrate Leicester City's defense.

Soon, Manchester City's offensive resumed.

In the 65th minute of the game, Leicester City rarely implemented a high frontcourt press against Manchester City, but after scoring a goal, the Manchester City players seemed much calmer in the backcourt under the influence of morale and self-confidence.

After three passes and two leads, the ball was turned to the front of the arc in the middle. Chu Zheng took the ball and turned around. Without a word, he made another low and flat ball straight pass.

Manchester City circled the right rib in the middle of the half, and De Bruyne quickly rushed forward after stopping the ball with his right foot.

In a blink of an eye, Manchester City hit the 30-meter area of ​​Leicester City's penalty area.

At this time, Yaya Toure is also in the position in the center. De Bruyne in the ribs has David Silva on the left front, Sabaletta on the right front, and Sterling on the other half. Lin also followed up.

But Leicester City's four-man defense lined up in a row was not in a hurry, they were closely connected with each other, and they retreated.

Bringing the ball into the right rib area at the top of the arc, De Bruyne still couldn't find a way to send the ball to the middle.

Seeing Amatey approaching from the left side, Huth and Fox in front of him jointly waiting for him to go up, De Bruyne splits to the right without saying a word.

Zabaleta chased to the bottom line on the right and made a pass directly outside the sideline of the penalty area.

The ball is not high, but the ball is extremely fast.

On the right side of the penalty point, Leicester City's defense line was too deep, and there was no one around David Silva in the area on the right side of the single penalty point.

Seeing the ball flying behind him, David Silva quickly stopped and turned his back to the goal, raising his right foot to unload the ball perfectly.

After stopping the ball at his feet, Drinkwater also jammed him behind him, preventing him from turning to face goal.

At this moment, De Bruyne rushed in from the upper right corner of the penalty area, with no one around him, David Silva raised his foot and gave it.

The Leicester City players next to him were not slow to react, and quickly surrounded De Bruyne on three sides.

But in the next second, De Bruyne passed the ball non-stop with his left foot to the middle of the penalty area, very suddenly.

The ball rolled from the middle of Drinkwater and Huth, who stood vertically forward and backward, to the front of the small penalty area in the middle.

Yaya Toure quickly protected the ball with his back, stuck the tall Morgan behind him, and stretched out his right foot to stop the ball.

After the ball stopped, Yaya Toure also knew that he had no chance to shoot, so he knocked the ball back to Chu Zheng in the top area of ​​the arc without saying a word.

At the top of the arc, Chu Zheng ran two steps before facing the ball, quickly adjusted his footsteps, and swung his legs sideways.

Suddenly the roar of heavy artillery raged over the King Power Stadium.

boom!
With a loud bang, the ball disappeared from everyone's sight. When people saw the ball again, it was already outside the baseline.

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

Immediately, a rapid exclamation from the stands on all sides of the scene was deafening, and everyone was frightened by Chu Zheng's heavy cannon.

On the sidelines, when Guardiola saw the goal missed, he clasped his head in both hands and shook his hands in an instant, with an extremely regretful expression on his face.

Chu Zheng was also annoyed and kicked the air on the spot.

But the Manchester City and Leicester City players next to them looked fearful at this time, because they saw that an LCD screen on the advertising wall on the left side of the goal had dimmed, and it was covered with dense and irregular cracks.

This kind of billboard around the sidelines is not so easy to break.

Because players often damage these LCD billboards after scoring goals or venting their dissatisfaction, the merchants specially installed special glass and plastic on them, but they did not expect that they are all cracked now.

This shows how terrifying the power of Chu Zheng's heavy cannon is.

In front of the goal, the goalkeeper Ziller, who had picked up a starter due to Schmeichel's finger injury, looked away and swallowed subconsciously. At the same time, he was very glad that Chu Zheng's shot was not within the range of the goal frame, otherwise he would be sorry for his parents. , I'm sorry for the team if I don't rush.

Now Ziller knows why Schmeichel has a horrified expression when he mentions Chu Zheng's shot.

This kind of powerful shot, anyone has to be discouraged. Although he won't die if he is kicked, he will definitely have a lot of bruises. Life is worse than death.

"Chu Zheng wanted to exert too much force with this ball! He just flew past the outside of the post! It was just a little bit short! What a pity!"

"Yes!" Zhan Jun was full of pity, "If the goal is scored, it will be hard to say who will win this game."

After saying that, the live broadcast camera deliberately zoomed in and gave the cracked billboard a look. Immediately, Zhan Jun, Zhang Lu, and countless fans watching the game took a breath of air at the same time.

On the sidelines, Ranieri had no time to care about whether the billboards were broken or not. Seeing that the rain had stopped, he put down the hat of his down jacket, and then gesticulated and shouted at the players on the field, signaling them not to rush. Defense is the primary goal right now.

After receiving the order, the Leicester City players were very obedient and began to shrink back, waiting for the opportunity to counterattack.

Now it's all right, Manchester City pressed down like crazy.

In the next 5 minutes, Manchester City passed the left and right halves of the flanks, or penetrated with a good ground pass, or directly made a high pass from the flank, looking for Yaya Toure, the high point in the penalty area.

But Leicester City may only counterattack that set of offense, but defense is really their strong point, and it did not give Manchester City too many opportunities.

Most of the time, Manchester City used Chu Zheng, who was delayed, to move back and forth between the two halves and change the direction of attack.

When the game passed the 75th minute, Guardiola, who saw the team's delay in scoring a second goal, became more and more anxious.

Ranieri next to him was expressionless.

Ranieri is very clear that if the game moves forward by 1 minute, as the physical fitness of the players on the field declines, they will be more secure.

Don't look at Manchester City's fierce attack now, in fact, the side effects are also very large, and there may be a weak situation at some point.

Moreover, both sides fought in the rain for more than 60 minutes today. Fighting in such a bad environment, in addition to the physical consumption caused by various technical actions and running, the players' bodies also need to allocate a lot of physical energy to resist the invasion of the cold. .

As a result, physical expenditure will be greater than usual.

Ranieri is now looking forward to the weakness of Manchester City, once it loses this vigor, Manchester City will have nothing to fear.

On the field, taking advantage of a pass error in Manchester City's frontcourt, Leicester City finally got a chance to counterattack.

But as soon as Vardy took the ball, Chu Zheng leaned close to him.

If it is only about speed, Chu Zheng may not be able to outrun Vardy, but with Vardy who runs, then Chu Zheng will have something to play with.

Chu Zheng started from the middle and caught up with Vardy on the left flank of Leicester City.

Chu Zheng didn't steal it immediately, but took every step, forcing Vardy to lean over to the side.

Then Chu Zheng was stuck inside and defended all the way. When the two ran to the outside of Manchester City's penalty area, Gundogan, Zabaleta and others all came back, dragging Leicester City's quick counterattack into a positional battle. .

Seeing Chu Zheng's wise defensive move, Guardiola smiled on the sidelines.

What Guardiola appreciates the most is that Chu Zheng always makes the right choices, whether it is offensive or defensive.

That means that Chu Zheng has a smart brain and a game reading ability that is different from ordinary people.

That's why he let Chu Zheng play as a midfielder instead of Yaya Toure.

Although Yaya Toure was equally good, although this guy changed his attitude after he took care of him, he couldn't reach Chu Zheng's level. He didn't have Chu Zheng's brains.

Sometimes Guardiola's choice of Chu Zheng's position will even fall into a kind of happiness trouble.

Letting Chu Zheng play the midfielder, although it can stabilize the defensive end, it was a waste of Chu Zheng's talent on the offensive end, and vice versa.

On the field, at the front of the left rib area at the top of the arc, Vardy stopped, and Chu Zheng got stuck behind him.

At this time, from the top of the arc to the end line of the penalty area on the left rib, Sania, Stones, and Kolarov have already settled down and lined up.

In front of the three of them, Chu Zheng was in the center, and on the left and right were Zabaleta and Gundogan standing parallel to him.

The two lines of defense are relatively close to each other, which does not give Leicester City much room to attack.

At this moment, Mahrez, who switched positions with Albrighton and came to the left, quickly ran laterally, and passed by Vardy, who was protecting the ball with his back, and the two completed the possession of the ball face to face. handover.

On Chu Zheng's side, after seeing Vardy hand over the ball, he turned to the right and went forward to the left rib at the top of the arc.

And Mahrez held the ball from his left side and continued to run laterally towards the center.

Without saying a word, Chu Zheng turned around and started quickly, following Mahrez.

At the same time, Gundogan also ran across, and together with Yaya Toure, who was actively returning to defense, the three directly surrounded Mahrez.

Mahrez wanted to ask Chu Zheng to reach out to snatch him, because this way he would have room to break through, but Chu Zheng just stuck in his position and blocked him.

Soon, Chu Zhengtu saw the dagger in poverty, and after Gundogan rushed over, he chopped his foot and Mahrez lost the ball.

After Chu Zheng got the ball, without half a second's hesitation, he raised his left foot and threw the ball forward to the left.

Seven or eight meters away, De Bruyne let the ball turn around, followed up with the left rib and rushed up again, quickly forming a counterattack.

In the middle, the energetic Yaya Toure followed up quickly.

But Leicester City's four defenders and two midfielders are also not slow, and the experienced Morgan is still very smart.

Seeing De Bruyne dribble along the ribs and across the halfway line, he quickly slowed down and broke away from the neat four-man defense.

With his top, De Bruyne had to slow down.

In the next second, Amartai chased back to the right side of De Bruyne, and Manchester City's counterattack was immediately delayed.

After De Bruyne knew that he couldn't fight back, he had to dribble the ball to the left, and then distributed the ball to Sterling on the left.

Sterling took the ball and ran less than a meter before stopping.

The 6 Leicester City players took advantage of this opportunity to quickly settle down.

Sterling waited on the wing for a while. After Manchester City's second echelon came up, he directly passed the ball back to Gundogan in the rib.

Jing Duoan stopped the ball and turned to face the middle. Seeing Chu Zheng coming along the middle, he continued to cross.

Chu Zheng also didn't stick to the ball, took the ball and turned to the right, and directly distributed it to Sabaletta on the outside of the upper right corner of the penalty area.

Sabalet confronted Fox on the sideline of the penalty area. He dribbled the ball slowly, shaking left and right continuously but failed to shake Fox away. Instead, he shook Drinkwater over.

When the two defend together, Sabalite is even more useless.

After dawdling for three or four seconds on the touchline, Sabalite opted to pass back to David Silva who was coming down the wing.

At this time, Chu Zheng was on the penalty area line on the right rib at the top of the arc, and beside him was Slimani, a forward who was actively returning to defense.

David Silva got the ball and turned to face the other half, but missed the pass, turned around and knocked the ball back to Zabaleta.

At this time, Chu Zheng retreated a bit, and in front of him was Slimani who was gradually moving away from him and was returning to the forward position.

At this moment, Chu Zheng realized that there was a huge problem with Leicester City's defense, and he quickly turned to face the goal.

At the moment when Chu Zheng completed his turn, Sabaletta from the wing suddenly moved forward to the left, and quickly crossed Chu Zheng at the front of the right rib area at the top of the arc with his left foot.

After Chu Zheng took the ball, he had to glance at the back of his head, and suddenly dunked the ball to the left with his right foot, dodging Amatei who was grabbing from her left back, and then dribbled the ball horizontally and went straight to the arc. top.

Seeing that Chu Zheng was unmarked, Hu Te, who was on the end line of the penalty area, quickly stepped forward.

But it was too late.

Chu Zheng rushed to the right free throw arc, turned to the right side, raised his left foot and shot a long shot without any interference.

In the next second, under the watchful eyes of everyone, the ball drew a C-shaped arc over the Leicester City penalty area, and plunged in from the upper left corner of the Leicester City goal.

In front of the goal, Ziller flew to save. He fully stretched his body in the air, but he still couldn't reach the ball and watched the ball go into the goal.

Suddenly, the King Power Stadium roared! ! ! ! ! !

"The ball went in!!!!!!!" Zhan Jun suddenly shouted!
"At 79 minutes and 48 seconds of the game, Manchester City chased another goal!"

"3-2!!"

"This is Chu Zheng's 10th Premier League goal this season!!!"

"And Chu Zheng's Premier League assists are also 10!!!!!!!"

In the coaching area on the sidelines, after witnessing the goal, Guardiola jumped up and down, turned around and rushed back to the coaching bench.

On the field, after Chu Zheng scored a goal, he was not overwhelmed by joy, and he did not celebrate in any way.

"Slimani is the fastest and most active player who came back from Leicester City's striker. He directly approached Chu Zheng."

"But when Sabalet passed the ball back to David Silva, and Silva had the intention of shifting to the left half, he quickly left Chuzheng."

"At this time, he didn't have any handover with his teammates at all, but quickly left Chu Zheng and ran forward, wanting to return to his forward position."

"There were problems with the timing and process of returning to the position, leaving Chu Zheng in an unguarded vacuum."

Zhang Lu was amazed, "You can see that Chu Zheng turned around quickly after retreating halfway. Obviously, he was the first person on the field to find out that there was a problem with Leicester City's defensive handover."

Hearing Zhang Lu's analysis, Zhan Jun laughed happily and said, "Amatai is the second one, so he rushed over directly, but Chu Zheng has eyes on the back of his head, and he dodged it with a light tap, and then he kicked completely uselessly. Unraveling the world wave!"

"Yes!" Zhang Lu nodded, "Slimani did bad things with good intentions, so you either have a clear handover with your teammates, or follow to the end."

Not long after, the game restarted.

After chasing another goal, not only the morale of the Manchester City players was like a rainbow, but the Manchester City fans in the stands were also extremely excited, cheering endlessly.

In the eyes of Manchester City fans, the balance of the game has completely tilted towards them. If they continue to play like this, let alone winning, the equalizer should be no problem. Counting a few minutes of stoppage time, they still have time.

However, 5 minutes later, Manchester City fans vomited blood and died.

In the 85th minute of the game, Kolarov dribbled the ball all the way after receiving a cross from Stones in the middle circle on the left.

But before he ran four meters, he was blocked by Shinji Okazaki and Mahrez who replaced Slimani.

But Yigao was bold, and Kolarov still made a strong pass to De Bruyne from the ribs.

As a result, the ball rubbed against Shinji Okazaki's feet, changed the line, let Drinkwater get it, and quickly distributed the ball to the right front, and launched a counterattack again.

The game has come to the final time period, and Mahrez has no physical fitness at this time.

So when he ran less than three meters across the center line along the sidewalk, he was overtaken by Kolarov who was chasing back.

But Mahrez did not give up, but continued to stride the ball, trying to use his last physical strength to get rid of Kolarov.

As a result, the ball he waded out vigorously was picked up by Stones, who moved quickly laterally from the ribs.

After getting the ball, seeing Mahrez going up to grab the ball, Stones went directly to the right side of the penalty area and brought it back.

At this time, Bravo has come to the bottom line on the left side of the penalty area to respond.

Seeing that Mahrez did not continue to follow up, Stones quickly returned to Bravo after coming near the sideline.

As a result, in the next second, the ball passed by Stones was not only soft, but the line was not correct, and Vardy, who didn't know what fatigue was, directly picked it up.

At this moment, the Leicester City fans were ecstatic, almost crazy.

The Manchester City fans vomited blood collectively, feeling like being kicked 180 feet in one second, with headaches, face pains, internal organs pain, but also pain!

On the inside of the right side of the penalty area, Vardy poked the ball away in front of the rushing Bravo.

Before chasing the bottom line, Vardy pushed the door directly at zero degrees.

The ball bounced off the inside of the far post along the goal line.

Just then, Sagna arrived and kicked the ball out of the goal with his right foot.

But it was too late.

The referee Oliver raised his hand and pointed directly at the center circle, and then pointed at the device on his right wrist, indicating that the ball had crossed the goal line.

"It is indeed close, the goal line technique is very clear, the ball has completely crossed the goal line before Sagna made a clearance!"

"Valdy, first hat-trick of the season!!!"

"Stones!" Zhang Lu was speechless, and now Manchester City's good situation can be said to have come to an end.

On the sidelines, Guardiola's face was as black as the bottom of a pot, and Arteta and Torrent on the coach's bench were also expressionless.

Ranieri next to him was really high, circling in circles and raising his fists to celebrate.

On the court, Chu Zheng was so angry that he vomited blood. This is really a good father.

Soon, Manchester City kicked off again, but Stones' ultra-low-level mistake has completely shattered the morale and will of Chu Zheng.

Although Kolarov scored a wonderful free kick in the 93rd minute of the game, Manchester City eventually lost 4-3 at the King Power Stadium.

(End of this chapter)