Green Journey

Chapter 425 Deadly and coquettish pass!

On the field, Manchester City, wearing a blue jersey, attacked from left to right.

After the game started, the positions of the players on both sides were very clear.

On Manchester City's side, Sane and Sterling switched left and right, which is a no striker formation.

De Bruyne, who played as a center forward in the starting lineup, came to the position of left central midfielder.

De Bruyne has a certain defensive ability, so Guardiola's thinking is actually very clear. Let De Bruyne play the side, and by the way, he can help defend the side and strengthen the defense of the side.

Chu Zheng was active in the middle of the frontcourt.

Sterling and Sane pulled away from each other, and he took advantage of the momentum to go up.

Abducted, Chu Zheng retreated, and ran in series in the middle area behind Sterling and Sane, who were retracted.

But this is just one of the running changes in Guardiola's tactics.

Occasionally, De Bruyne will come over, and Chu Zheng will take advantage of the situation to pull to the side or retreat. The position is very flexible and free, and the range of movement is huge.

In short, it is difficult for you to see players in a fixed position for 90 minutes in a Manchester City game.

On Arsenal's side, the formation change from off-ball to ball-holding stage is 4231 to 4141.

The position of the players is much more fixed than that of Manchester City. The mature and prudent Wenger is not as flamboyant as Guardiola.

But after the start of the game, neither side pushed forward to attack and played fast.

Instead, they all focus on fighting, and they all want to take control of the midfield first, do a good job of defense, and then wait for an opportunity to launch an offensive.

No way, whether it is Manchester City or Arsenal, the recent defensive performance has been somewhat sluggish.

Soon, Manchester City's offensive suddenly rose.

At 3 minutes and 02 seconds of the game, De Bruyne made a big push from the wing, and found that he couldn't catch up with Gabriel next to him. In order to avoid being hit back, he stretched out his foot and tripped him.

Soon, Cech kicked off from the right side of his own penalty area, and kicked the ball directly to the front field, Manchester City's left side.

On the sidewalk of the 30-meter area of ​​​​Manchester City's restricted area, Kolarov quickly arrived.

Sanchez also quickly rushed to the landing point.

For Kolarov, an opponent like Sanchez has no pressure at all.

Kolarov stuck in his body and took off, pushing the ball forward to Yaya Toure, who was six or seven meters away from the ribs.

Landing point, Yaya Toure quickly turned around and rushed forward, jumped in front of Xhaka, and threw the ball to Chu Zheng who was running horizontally in the left rib area of ​​​​the middle circle.

Zhaka also reacted quickly, turning around quickly, trying to pinch Chu Zheng with Coquelin who was following behind Chu Zheng.

But before he could reach it, Chu Zheng, whose feet were like springs, jumped up outside the arc of the middle circle, and headed the ball back to the middle.

Chu Zheng's header instantly shifted the ball from the densely defended right half to the relatively empty center.

At this time, as long as Manchester City's right back Zabaleta starts to move forward, Sane, who is temporarily unmarked by his side, can take advantage of the trend to split to the right and directly attack Arsenal's weak defensive side.

It's a pity that Chu Zheng thought well, but Zabaleta failed to form a tacit understanding with Sane.

Seeing that no one was following up on the right, Sane in the middle quickly turned around and passed back to the backcourt, making Iwobi, who came from behind him, nothing to steal.

Originally, such a return pass was also possible. Although the attack from the right would be slowed down, it could also quickly advance across the half and press back Arsenal's pressing formation.

But Otamendi seemed a little dismayed.

After the ball came, he was obviously unprepared. When he turned his center of gravity to the right and stretched his feet, the ball had already rolled back from his right side.

But Otamendi was very fast, and quickly chased back to the left rib area at the top of the arc to catch the ball.

Stopping the ball, seeing Sanchez cut off Kolarov in the right rib area of ​​​​the top of the arc, and Iwobi is also eyeing Sabaletta on the inside, Otamendimendi seemed a little hesitant.

But soon he had an idea.

Seeing that Sanchez and Iwobi did not come to grab, he quickly moved forward for more than one meter, and then suddenly kicked forward with a long pass.

On the center line of the right side of the center circle, Sterling retreated in place, seated Koscielny behind him, and swept the ball directly in front of Lusane on the right without stopping the ball with his right foot.

The ball was two meters ahead, which gave Sane enough space to start.

However, Sane was indeed fast, but Monreal, who was chasing inside, was not slow. He blocked Sane in the right rib area at the top of the arc in time.

When Sane dialed the ball with his left foot and began to cut inward, Sterling had already crossed the end line of the penalty area from the middle and entered the Arsenal penalty area.

Chu Zheng followed closely behind Sterling.

Sane saw that there was no one in front of Chu Zheng, and there was a gap with a diameter of more than one meter on the front and right sides of Chu Zheng, and he quickly realized the opportunity.

He knew very well that as long as Chu Zheng gave the ball to Chu Zheng's feet, whether Chu Zheng shot or passed the ball, he could threaten Arsenal's goal.

But there is a problem with passing the ball, which is to chase Koscielny in front of Sane's left.

In the blink of an eye, Sane made a decision.

Wealth is in danger.

So while Koscielny was not completely close, Sane suddenly picked up the ball with his right foot.

Koscielny's center of gravity is very low here, ready to intercept Sane's pass at any time, but he never thought that Sane would go into the air.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, the ball flew towards Chu Zheng in the top area of ​​the arc.

At the same time, Coquelin behind Chu Zheng quickly rushed up.

Coquelin knew very well that Chu Zheng couldn't stop the ball, otherwise he would be courting death.

At this time, in the eyes of fans and countless football commentators, although Sane's passing idea is tricky enough, it is not a good goal.

Because of Chu Zheng's situation, Chu Zheng has no time and space to stop the ball.

Even more unable to hit the goal, Gabriel in front of Chu Zheng quickly moved sideways, blocking his only shooting line.

Forcibly hitting the door has a high probability of being blocked.

However, in the next second, everyone was dumbfounded.

Before Coquelin could approach from behind, Chu Zheng jumped up unexpectedly.

In mid-air, Chu Zheng turned to the left, and with his right shoulder, he swung the ball in front of him, and the ball flew towards the front of the small penalty area on the left.

At the same time, Sterling on the left side of Fabregas advanced in time, and formed an excellent passing and running understanding with Chu Zheng.

Seeing this scene, most of the fans on the scene widened their eyes with expressions of amazement.

What is genius-like creativity, this is it!
What is genius passing imagination, this is it!
On the penalty kick in the penalty area, Fabregas turned around and saw the back of Sterling going away, and instantly felt a sense of despair that the end was coming.

On the sidelines, Guardiola clenched his fists and stood inside the coach, overlooking the penalty area.

It can be said that Chu Zheng had fed the ball into his throat, and there was no reason why Sterling couldn't score it.

But it's hard to say.

Thinking of the happy football that Sterling has been practicing all the time, Guardiola's heart tightened, for fear of being pissed off by the next scene.

But this time Guardiola's worries did not appear.

Sterling is indeed happy, but only occasionally.

In the Arsenal penalty area, facing Petr Cech who was attacking with a black helmet, Sterling rushed to the landing point, pushed the ball non-stop, and the ball jumped through Chelsea's crotch, and then crossed the goal line and rolled into Arsenal's goal .

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

At the moment of the goal, the Etihad Stadium instantly set off a stormy wave of cheers, which directly pushed the atmosphere of the scene to its peak!

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

"STERLING!!!!"

"A calm and calm shot!!!!" In the live broadcast room, Zhan Jun had no idea that the goal would come so early, "Manchester City scored in the 4th minute of the game, and Petr Cech's goal was broken together! "

"It's amazing!!!" Zhang Lu exclaimed, "Chu Zheng's shoulder pass is as accurate and deadly as his feet!"

"Yes!" Zhan Jun laughed wildly, "Chu Zheng's genius imagination and creativity abruptly created a fatal goal!"

On the sidelines, under the scorching atmosphere at the Ittihad, Wenger's face was full of surprise.

Looking at Chu Zheng, who was celebrating with his teammates with a bright smile on the field, Wenger glanced at Xhaka who was also on the field, and sighed leisurely!

Although Xhaka is also excellent, this man is afraid of comparison!
(End of this chapter)