Green Journey

Chapter 441 Splurge!

"In the first half, the number of shots between the two sides was 1 to 8, and the shots were 1 to 5. The ball possession rate was 23% for Everton, and 77% for Manchester City..." In front of the studio, looking down at the statistics of both sides on the table, Zhan Jun shook his head and laughed.

"Whether it is from the statistics or the scene, Manchester City is overall dominant. Then Zhang Zhi, what do you think is the problem with Manchester City?" Zhan Jun looked up and asked Zhang Lu on the left with a smile.

Zhang Lu grabbed the pen and lowered her head to write something in her notebook. Hearing this, she raised her head, smiled in a signature manner, and then said: "Now the problems in Manchester City have spread from the backcourt to the midfield.

Manchester City's current three lines have a lot of problems.

On the offensive end, Aguero's state is very average.

Chu Zheng and De Bruyne are in very good condition, but the problem is that most of the opportunities they create cannot be grasped by other Manchester City players on the offensive line. "

Hearing this, Zhan Jun nodded and said: "Ishinacho is too young to be trusted by Guardiola, but Guardiola has a lot of trust in Aguero, but his state has not recovered for a long time, and Whether the new Gabriel Jesus can adapt to the Premier League is also a question mark."

"In the first half, Manchester City was indeed crazily squandering the opportunities created by Chu Zheng and De Bruyne!"

After patiently listening to Zhan Jun's words, Zhang Lu continued: "Midfielder, Gundogan was seriously injured and was reimbursed for the season. Fernandinho was sent off again in the last round and was suspended for 4 games. So now Manchester City is alone. Relying on Yaya Toure and Zabaleta cannot quickly complete the offensive and defensive transition and defensive coverage."

"As for the defense, I've said it more than once. Guardiola must transform or even dismantle and rebuild this defense. Otherwise, I'm not surprised that Manchester City can't reach the top four this season."

After that, Zhang Lu changed the subject and said: "Guardiola's coaching ability is actually not a problem. A famous coach who is at the top of the world football food chain understands football many times better than us, so he should be very clear about the problem. Where is it?"

"Yes, judging from the two signings that Manchester City is about to complete, Guardiola should have chosen the road of transformation. Even if it needs to be rebuilt, it will be a matter of next season." Zhan Jun adjusted his glasses and looked at the camera with a smile. .

Zhang Lu nodded, looked down at the notepad, and said: "As for Everton, if you say what Koeman did right, it is that he used 3 central defenders. This season, the Premier League teams using 3 central defenders are a bit crazy."

"It was the same with Everton today."

"In Koeman's tactical system, Baines and Coleman, the two players who play left and right backs, are placed on the two sides of the midfield. very fast."

"Defensively, Everton has used non-stop running to intercept since the midfield, and made more use of physical advantages to squeeze Manchester City's ball possession and passing."

"In terms of offense, Everton's offensive speed is very fast. Although they invest less personnel each time, the success rate is quite high, and today their players are not only fast but also reasonable in handling the ball."

"So this made Everton's offense very efficient. Although there was only one shot in the first half, the other counterattacks were destroyed by Manchester City players, but the threat was really not small."

Time passed in the sound of the conversation between the two.

In a blink of an eye, a whistle sounded, and the second half started.

After the start of the game, it quickly became apparent that neither side had made any tactical adjustments during the intermission, nor had there been any changes in personnel.

It's not necessary, especially Manchester City.

Although Manchester City did not seize the opportunity in the first half, the scene can be said to have an overall advantage.

Soon, the attack planned by Chu Zheng came, and he lived up to the name of an efficient midfielder.

In the 49th minute of the game, Otamendi dribbled the ball forward along his right rib channel in the backcourt.

When he came to the ribs of the middle circle, he saw that Ross Barkley in front of him did not rush up to grab it, so he raised his foot and made a long diagonal pass.

The ball went straight to the left side of the frontcourt.

Chu Zheng, who was on the ribs, quickly withdrew enough space to stop the ball to the side, and stretched out his feet to stop the ball perfectly.

Everton's right center back Holgate made consecutive grabs, forcing Chu Zheng to retreat to the sideline step by step.

Perhaps it was the continuous retreat that made Holgate feel that Chu Zheng was easy to bully.

Then he was tragic.

After Chu Zheng brought Holgate to the sideline, the instep of his right outer instep suddenly flicked forward to the right, and he suddenly started to dribble the ball and rushed over, cutting horizontally to the middle.

Along the way, Chu Zheng continued to chase after Coleman and Davis, relying on swaying shoulders and quick rhythm changes.

When Chu Zheng came to the front of the top of the arc, Everton's right was completely taken away by Chu Zheng.

Facing Coleman, who was defending horizontally on the left, Chu Zheng suddenly made a fake fax button when he came to the middle.

After tricking Koeman to stretch his feet and lose his center of gravity, Chu Zheng, who turned backwards and completed his turn, directly passed the ball across to De Bruyne in front of the upper left corner of the penalty area.

De Bruyne stood still after taking the ball, attracted Holgate up, and waited for Koeman to rush back before stuffing the ball to the baseline.

On the left side of the restricted area before the bottom line, Chrissy, who inserted behind, made a non-stop pass.

After the point, Sagna wanted to give the ball directly to the left to Sterling and Zabaleta, who had no one around the penalty point.

But seeing the keeper move to the right from the left post, he quickly changed his mind and jumped up to head the ball straight towards the far goal.

In the next second, Guardiola was so angry at what he saw.

The ball did fall straight to the top corner of the goal, and Sagna headed it very accurately, but Temiao didn't have the speed of the ball, allowing Davis to head the ball directly from the goal line to clear the baseline.

Guardiola saw the ball very clearly. As long as Sagna sat in the middle of the penalty area, both Sterling and Zabaleta could hit the goal directly.

On the court, Chu Zheng was also quite helpless. Sania's choice was to lose the watermelon and pick up the sesame seeds.

The actions of Sterling and Zabaleta also seemed a little angry.

Soon, Chu Zheng and De Bruyne created an excellent scoring opportunity again.

This time Manchester City made a short corner kick.

Everton directly pressed out of the penalty area, and assembled its defensive forces to the right and ribs outside the penalty area.

Chu Zheng, Sterling, and De Bruyne relied on tacit one-foot passing and off-ball running to firmly control the ball on the sidewalk.

But the Everton players were not vegetarians either. If they couldn't catch them, they changed their strategy, trying to force Chu Zheng and the three to the side, narrowing the defensive area, and then killing them all.

Seeing De Bruyne get the ball with his back to the center and being pushed to the sideline by Davis behind him, Chu Zheng, standing in front of Coleman on the wing, quickly retreated to the sideline.

Seeing that Chu Zheng was in place, De Bruyne raised his foot and passed it, then turned around and ran behind Davis, trying to have a two-on-one with Chu Zheng.

But Chu Zheng didn't pass it on.

De Bruyne, who didn't catch the ball, was a little puzzled, but when he saw that Chu Zheng took the ball, Coleman was hooked up, and the depth of the outside of the penalty area behind him was completely exposed. De Bruyne immediately knew that Chu Zheng What kind of idea did you come up with?

For Chu Zheng's ability to plan ten steps in one step, De Bruyne really admires him. There is really no pass without purpose.

After reacting, De Bruyne rushed up quickly.

The young Davis hadn't reacted until this time, and was directly left behind by De Bruyne.

The next second, Chu Zheng swung his legs on the spot, and there was a bang!The ball went straight to the bottom line on the wing.

Two meters before the baseline, on the left side of the penalty area, De Bruyne followed the ball into the penalty area, and then crossed directly to the front of the small penalty area in the middle.

The passing line chosen by De Bruyne made goalkeeper Robres afraid to attack.

At this time, before the penalty kick in the middle of the penalty area, Aguero, who was originally to the right, suddenly ran back to the left. The Everton central defender Morrie next to him was shaken out of balance and fell down.

At the front of the end line of the small penalty area, Aguero tackled the ball.

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

"oops!!!!!!"

"Aguero missed the opportunity!!!!!!!" Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu in the live broadcast room jumped their feet angrily.

"It's only half an inch away!!!!!!!!!!"

On the court, Aguero lay on his back in front of the goal line in the small penalty area, covering his face with his hands.

Seeing that Aguero missed this nearly one-on-one opportunity, the Manchester City players on the field acted surprisingly uniformly, and they all held their heads with their hands just like Chu Zheng.

It was almost a one-handed scoring opportunity. With Aguero's ability and sense of smell in front of the goal, it was a surprise that he didn't even touch the ball.

On the sidelines, Koeman breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the ball leaked to the back point and was cleared by Baines in time. He then pointed at the Everton players in the penalty area and snarled, spraying venom. dissatisfied.

Next to him, Guardiola squatted on the ground just now, probably not far from autism.

(End of this chapter)