Green Journey

Chapter 427 Guardiola's Efficient Adjustment!
As the referee Atkinson blew the whistle for the end of the first half, the players left the field one after another, and the live broadcast camera also returned to the LeTV live broadcast room.

Zhan Jun looked at the camera with a smile on his face and said with a smile: "In the first half, the score was 1-1, but the scene was quite exciting."

"In the first half, Arsenal, after equalizing the score, repeatedly launched defensive counterattacks through pressing. They even controlled the rhythm of the game for a while, and Manchester City paid a considerable price to hold the score, including Chu Zheng's return in the 38th minute. The yellow card for the shovel defense."

"Yes, Wenger's tactical strategy today is to abandon layers of advancement, quickly pass through the midfield, and use high-speed, efficient, and high-quality attacks to directly attack Manchester City's weak defense."

"Although the efficiency of this tactic is a bit unsatisfactory, the effect is quite good. Arsenal missed the goal twice in the first half."

"As for Manchester City, Guardiola's offensive focus quickly shifted to Arsenal's left after the score was equalized, but it is a pity that Guardiola found a weak point in Arsenal's defense, but the Manchester City players did not help him completely break through this fate. Door."

After Zhan Jun finished speaking, the big screen in the live broadcast room showed the passing line map of the first half of the two sides.

Compared with Manchester City's dense and overlapping red and blue pass map, Arsenal's pass map is much sparser, mostly concentrated in the frontcourt, and the top of the arc and the two rib areas are the most dense.

"From this picture, we can see that in the last 20 minutes of the first half, although Arsenal were suppressed by Manchester City, there was still some passing organization around the center circle, especially the attack on the top of the center arc and the two ribs. , not much weaker than Manchester City."

"As for Manchester City, after the score was equalized, through Chu Zheng, they still maintained enough transition and connection in the opponent's 30-meter area, especially in the center circle area. With the smoothness of continuous transmission and control."

In the discussion between Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu's tactical replay, 15 minutes passed in a flash.

As soon as the live footage entered the live broadcast room, the fourth official was seen standing on the sidelines, holding up the electronic card for substitution.

"At halftime, Guardiola made a substitution directly!"

"No. 3 is replaced by No. 5, and Zabaleta is replaced by Sagna. This is a matchup substitution!"

Zhang Lu smiled and said: "In the first half, Zabaleta was attacked by Iwobi and Ozil very badly, and he didn't play too well on both ends of the offense and defense.

To replace him in this time period, either Guardiola is dissatisfied with his performance, or he has a physical problem.At the same time, this substitution can also be said to be a preventive measure, maintaining the defensive strength on the right side in the second half. "

Soon, the second half of the game started.

After the start of the game, Arsenal didn't see too many tactical changes, but Manchester City's player positions have changed significantly.

Guardiola's tactical adjustments are reflected in the frontcourt, Sterling switched to the right, and Sane's area of ​​activity became the left and center.

Chu Zheng played as a free agent in the frontcourt, and Manchester City can be said to have completely changed their formation without a striker.

In addition to the changes in player positions, Manchester City's tactics have also changed.

Compared with the first half, in the second half, Manchester City's high-position pressing intensity in the midfield has obviously stepped up to a new level.

The changes in the new tactics were reflected in Chu Zheng and Yaya Tourei.

After the start of the second half of the game, Chu Zheng and Yaya Toure often played in the two rib areas of Arsenal to improve the efficiency of Manchester City's frontcourt possession, interception and second attack.

In order to enhance the results of the high pressing, sometimes even Fernandinho, who was late, was involved.

Guardiola's tactical adjustment can almost be said to hit Arsenal's seven inches directly.

So in the next 10 minutes, Arsenal looked like two different teams compared to the first half.

After stealing the ball in the backcourt again and again, Manchester City successfully counter-robbed it in a blink of an eye, and then launched a second attack, making the inside and outside of the penalty area very jittery.

In the 56th minute of the game, Yaya Toure held the ball at the front of the right rib at the top of the arc.

But Coquelin, Xhaka, Coquelin, Iwobi and other Arsenal players blocked the rib area airtight.

Seeing Sarnia coming up from the right, Yaya Toure got rid of it in place and picked the ball to the corner with his right foot.

Sagna caught up with the ball before the bottom line. Seeing that Iwobi, who was defending along the inside line, did not approach, he raised his foot and passed directly.

The landing point is near the penalty spot in the middle of the penalty area.

Before the ball started to fall, six Arsenal players surrounded the area and competed with Chu Zheng, Sane and De Bruyne who were also near the landing point.

In the end, the ball hit the shoulder of De Bruyne, who was sandwiched between Walcott and Coquelin, and bounced directly to Chu Zheng, who was one meter away.

At this time, Chu Zheng and Sane on his right were standing parallel to each other, standing on the left and right of the end line of the small penalty area, but there were people marking them behind them.

Seeing the ball flying towards him, Chu Zheng quickly leaned back and leaned against Koscielny behind him.

Immediately afterwards, Chu Zheng unloaded the ball with his chest, then forcibly turned his body to the left, and at the same time kicked back to the right with his left foot.

Behind Chu Zheng, Koscielny was squeezed by Chu Zheng the whole time, unable to resist.

In front of the goal line, Cech was also frightened by Chu Zheng's sudden turning and awkward cold shot.

But in the end he is a world-class goalkeeper.

Although Cech was not well-prepared, his reflexes, which had undergone a lot of firefighting training and actual combat tests, were very fast. He kicked his left foot heavily in front of the goal line, then flew sideways to the right, and pushed the ball to the top of the arc with both hands.

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

Suddenly the Etihad Stadium exclaimed! ! !

"Chu Zheng!! It's another highly imaginative shot with stoppage!!!" Zhan Jun exclaimed with regret.

"It's a pity that the posture is too awkward, and Chu Zheng didn't fully exert his strength!" Zhang Lu also said in a regretful tone.

At the point of landing, Coquelin quickly seized his position, stuck Sane behind him, stopped the ball with sticky feet, and quickly took the ball away from the penalty area.

But as soon as he ran out of the arc top area, he was blocked by Yaya Toure from the front and was forced to run to the right rib area.

With this change of line, Coquelin instantly fell into the trap of pressing Manchester City's frontcourt.

When Coquelin entered the rib area, he was locked in a triangular position by Yaya Toure, Chrissy who came up from the rib, and De Bruyne who retreated from the left rib area at the top of the arc.

The three of De Bruyne were stuck in an excellent position, completely blocking all of Coquelin's passing lines.

In a blink of an eye, Coquelin was made into a sandwich cake by De Bruyne and Yaya Toure on the left and right, and the ball was dropped.

After De Bruyne took the ball, he immediately wanted to send the ball to Sane in front of the end line of the penalty area in the left rib area at the top of the arc.

There was no one around Sane at this time.

As a result, Coquelin got up quickly and blocked him directly.

De Bruyne was also decisive enough, and quickly turned to the right with a feint, facing the front of the top of the arc in the middle.

It was this turning around that allowed him to see Chu Zheng in front of the free throw arc to the left of the center.

In the next second, without saying a word, De Bruyne kicked the ball with his right outer instep, narrowly dodging Coquelin's attack.

Facing the incoming ball, Chu Zheng received the ball with his back. He did not give Gabriel and Koscielny behind him a chance to snatch him. He lifted his left foot to the right, and the ball was sent to the left of the empty top of the arc. in the rib area.

At this time, in the left rib area of ​​​​the top of the arc, Sane and Yaya Toure stand in parallel inside and outside.

Seeing the ball rolling, Yaya Toure made a movement of catching the ball, and immediately attracted the attention of Gabriel, Coquelin and Bellerin who turned and chased back.

But in the next second, Yaya Toure made a small jump on the spot and directly missed the ball horizontally.

On the right side of the upper corner on the left side of the penalty area, Sane took advantage of the situation and hit the ball in front of the goal in the blink of an eye.

Facing the attacking Cech, although Sane was young, he showed the killing nature of his shooter.

Facing the eyeing Cech, Sane calmly pushed the far corner.

"The ball has been scored!!!!!!!!!!" When the goal appeared, Zhan Jun suddenly shouted!

"Manchester City's continuous counterattacks in the frontcourt finally paid off!"

"In the 57th minute of the game, Manchester City almost passed the ball into Arsenal's goal and overtook the score!"

"This is also Chu Zheng's 14th assist in the Premier League this season! He dominates and overwhelms the Premier League stars who are famous for their assists."

"Although Chu Zheng didn't score a goal, he scored twice in assists!"

"He is also the only player in the Premier League who has broken single digits in assists so far! The efficiency is as terrifying as last season!"

Zhang Lu also smiled and said: "Manchester City's second attack, the position Chu Zheng chose is too subtle, it happens to form a 90-degree right-angle connection with De Bruyne, Sane and Yaya Toure. Deadly."

Zhan Jun nodded, and then said: "Yaya Toure also did a good job as a bait, which completely attracted the attention of Gabriel and others, and then cleverly leaked it to Sane on his left. This is a perfect bait." cooperation."

(End of this chapter)