Green Journey

Chapter 467 The popularity has been robbed!
As soon as the game whistle sounded, Chu Zheng's tense spirit relaxed, and he immediately felt his whole body go limp, and that kind of exhaustion seemed to penetrate deep into his soul.

Chu Zheng supported his knees with his hands, and it took a while for his rapid breathing to calm down.

Today's game made Chu Zheng feel the cruelty of the knockout stage of the Champions League. The whole audience was really desperate.

At this moment, Chu Zheng felt that they were really lucky.

Fortunately, Monaco chose a defensive tactic of recovering the formation after a 3-2 lead.

Otherwise, it will be difficult for them to continue to burn the flames of war in the Monaco half, and Monaco will not be kicked behind.

Once the two sides continue to consume such a confrontation, the result is really hard to say.

The offensive ability of this Monaco team is at the top of the pyramid even in the Premier League.

Besides Mbappe, the one who impressed Chu Zheng the most today is Bernardo Silva of Monaco.

That dribbling technique, tsk tsk, is really excellent and extremely flexible.

Looking at the thin body, this guy does not lack confrontation ability. Bernardo Silva's advantage is his unique flexibility and balance ability.

Especially the sudden change of direction and the ability to change speed during the march are really strong, and the overall situation and court vision are also excellent, and the passing is also top-notch.

Looking at how embarrassed Yaya Toure and Fernandinho faced Bernardo Silva today, you can see how difficult this kid is, as slippery as a loach.

Except for Bernardo Silva, other Monaco players are also very good young players.

This made Chu Zheng think of Wolfsburg and Leicester City.

Perhaps the next club to be dismembered by money-wielding giants is Monaco.

No way, although Monaco is a giant in the first league, it is difficult for them to compare with those traditional giants in Europe in terms of reputation and financial resources without Ligue [-].

So these excellent players from Monaco are destined to leave, it is only a matter of time.

It took Chu Zheng a while to recover, straightened up and walked towards the field.

"Chu! Are you okay?" De Bruyne came over and asked.

"a bit tired!"

De Bruyne nodded and didn't speak. Even one of the best players in the Manchester City team was exhausted today.

De Bruyne's state is also very good today.

The offensive end actively plugs in to support teammates, and the defensive end also actively returns to defense time and time again, even withdrawing to the penalty area.

Such a high-frequency back and forth between the two halves, if Monaco hadn’t taken the initiative to shrink back in the second half and let them play half-court offense and defense for more than 20 minutes, he really might not be able to last until the end of the game, and his physical fitness would probably be exhausted. Nothing left.

Walking to the side of the players' entrance passage, Chu Zheng glanced at the stands on the left, and found that Zhao Dudu and the others had already left, so he went back to the locker room with De Bruyne and the others.

At the post-match media conference, Guardiola, who always had a smile on his face, first talked about his overall feelings in the face of reporters' questions.

"A lot of things happened in this game, but this time we were the lucky side."

"It was a very special game and we can't deny that. We had good times and bad times."

"We are very happy with the team's offense, of course, we also need to improve."

"But football is beautiful when both teams are attacking and the fans supported us for 90 minutes, which is the best gift we can ever receive. I think the experience of falling behind twice and tying twice can help To us, can light up the future."

And when a reporter asked him if he was satisfied with Chu Zheng's performance, Guardiola praised Chu Zheng again, and his words revealed his importance and love for Chu Zheng all the time.

"In the past I had Messi, now I have Chu!"

"Hehe..." Guardiola's first sentence amused all the reporters at the scene, and it was this familiar tune again.

"Of course I still have a good group of players and that's what makes me successful."

"I'm not kidding, but it's the fact that every manager who has been successful for a long time has had a strong structure and a great group of players."

"I always thought I was lucky, Chu was the second super talent I met after leaving Barcelona."

"Then who is the first one?" A bald male reporter asked with a smile.

"What do you think!" Guardio, who was in a particularly happy mood at this time, asked back, with a rare and mischievous smile on his face.

In an instant, there was a light smile again at the press conference.

"Chu made me feel an emotion called jealousy for the second time. His talent is what I dreamed of when I was a player..."

Not long after, Guardiola, who was talking and laughing with nearly a hundred reporters, left, and then it was the turn of Monaco coach Jardim.

Compared with the cheerful Guardiola, Jardim has a serious face, feeling as if someone owes him a lot of money.

He was kicked 6-3 by Manchester City. Although he had done psychological construction before the game, when he really faced this cruel result, he was still very uncomfortable.

To be precise, it is dissatisfied.

Jardim felt that they had lost a bit.

Obviously had the advantage in the score in the first 70 minutes, and the scene did not lose to Manchester City. It is very hopeful that they can get a precious victory.

But at the most critical moment, he actually did something that seems extremely stupid now.

He actually created a turning point in the game himself.

That is, he even took the initiative to ask the players to shrink back and defend.

So much so that Manchester City completely ignited the flames of war, and their great situation finally fell short under Manchester City's crazy and continuous onslaught.

Jardim feels that he needs to take responsibility for this game, and at the same time he has also learned the cruelty of the Champions League.

The total score is 6-3 behind, which means that when they return to the home court in the second round, they will not only have to seal Manchester City, but also score 3 goals to completely defeat Manchester City.

As for whether Manchester City can get a clean sheet, he doesn't know.

But he is still very confident in letting the team score 3 goals.

As the founder of Monaco's youth guard, he knows the team's attack power very well.

And they are playing at home in the second round, there is no reason to be afraid of Manchester City.

But when he thought of the terrifying attack power shown by Manchester City just now, and the No. 10 monster of Manchester City, Jardim began to worry again.

"This game is definitely a good thing for the fans, and I'm sure they will enjoy the high-quality confrontation and nine goals."

"The difference between us and Manchester City lies in maturity and experience. We are still a young team, but this is what we are proud of."

"We still have 90 minutes, the game is not over yet!" The worried Jardim's speech was very brief, but the meaning of dissatisfaction in his words was very obvious.

Especially Jardim's last sentence fully expressed his determination to reverse Manchester City at home.

At the same time, the reports of the game from major outside media have also sprung up like mushrooms after a spring rain, pushing the news to the eyes of the public as soon as possible.

In addition to authoritative media, some famous football players who watched the game also expressed their personal views on their personal social media platforms.

"It was a penalty that couldn't be clearer, a clear foul, Subasic brought Aguero down. - Gerald
Gerrard, who just took over the Liverpool youth training team, was praised by a large number of Manchester City fans for his remarks.

Whether it was a penalty or not, however, is irrelevant now.

"Monaco's formation is the classic 442, compact formation, high pressure, two full-backs retracted, two forwards take turns to limit Yaya Toure, 442 is not dead yet! - Carragher
"Chu, Champions League hat-trick, his personal Champions League goals this season has reached 8, he surpassed Messi and Ronaldo who have 7 Champions League goals.For a long time, people thought that it would be Neymar who challenged Messi and Ronaldo in football. However, now, this person may also be Chu. He has the strength and qualifications. After the end of this season, his total number of goals in the season And the number of assists may break through to 40+, or even more. "—— Marca
Where is the upper limit of Chu?Perhaps this is a question that many footballers have been curious about. From Wolfsburg to Leicester City and then to Manchester City, he has been increasing his goals, and his state is so stable that it is frightening. Maybe he has no upper limit at all! "—Gazzetta dello Sport
"..."

But soon the popularity of Manchester City and Monaco was robbed, and even Chu Zheng was robbed of most of the attention.

The instigator was another quarter-final of the Champions League held at the same time.

It was also a game that attracted worldwide attention. Paris Saint-Germain played against one of the La Liga duo at the Parc des Princes, Barcelona, ​​which has the Argentine champion.

These two teams played against each other for the first time in the 20s. From the history of the confrontation between the two sides, Barcelona has the advantage.

However, Paris Saint-Germain, which has been settled by the patron's father, has now been reborn and has good strength.

So for this game, the outside world generally believes that it is [-]-[-].

Even if Barcelona can win, it will be a small score. It is not surprising that even if it is a tie or Paris Saint-Germain wins.

However, the score after the game slapped everyone in the face. Paris Saint-Germain kicked Barcelona from afar 4-0.

It was a carnage victory.

"The Worst in Team History!Barcelona set a shameful record and want to reverse it?It's harder than climbing to the sky! "—— Marca
"Barcelona's biggest problem now is MSN!While Enrique created a super attacking striker, he also left Barcelona with a huge weakness. "-French Football

"Messi Shame Data!Worst fight of my career! "—— Aspen
"Barcelona Sentenced to Death!Angel eclipses Messi! "——Kicker

"This Barcelona team has nothing to do even if Guardiola is back! "-Sports Bild
"Messi, horrible!His post-match media rating was only a pitiful 2 points! - L'Equipe

"Barcelona has been seen through by the whole world, they are old! - The Times

The magic on Messi is gone!Perhaps he needs to forget about this game in Paris, where he was tackled 18 times, one of which resulted in a goal lost. "--Guardian

"..."

Criticism headlines like this emerge in endlessly, so that the wonderful battle between Manchester City and Monaco is also overshadowed by this shocking upset.

On the Barcelona side, the fans were also extremely angry, and some even shouted Enrique to get out.

Because of the 0-4 defeat in the away game, it means that Barcelona has almost been eliminated.

In the long history of European wars, there has never been a team that has lost 0-4 in the first leg to complete the reversal in the next leg.

remember!Never!

In fact, if you ignore the results of the game and this dazzling score, Barcelona will not lose to Paris Saint-Germain in the game.

Throughout the game, Barcelona still had obvious advantages in passing and possession.

However, the problem is that Barcelona's performance in this game has no dominance at all.

This time, Barcelona's mouthpiece "Mundo Deportivo" and Real Madrid's mouthpiece "Aspen" were surprisingly consistent in their criticism of Barcelona's performance.

Under the careful analysis of these two media, the problem of Barcelona's fiasco was found.

Something went wrong in midfield.

Big question!
The core factor of the loss was that Barcelona's midfielder did not play well and was completely defeated by Paris Saint-Germain's midfielder.

Not only was Barcelona's midfielder unable to limit Paris Saint-Germain's counterattack in defense, but it was also unable to send the ball to MNS's feet on the offensive end.

It forced Messi to keep retreating to the midfield to get the ball, and then bet that he could successfully break through the Paris Saint-Germain midfield defense.

But the facts are cruel, Boss Mei lost in an extremely embarrassing situation.

He retreated to take the ball again and again, in exchange for falling to the ground again and again.

Every time Paris Saint-Germain will have three or four players chasing and intercepting him.

In fact, after the game, many fans criticized Iniesta and Busquets for not defending enough, having a negative attitude, not chasing the ball, and being blown away by Paris Saint-Germain's Rabiot and Matuidi.

But the problem is that Iniesta and Busquets have never been world-renowned for their ability to chase the ball.

Iniesta is good at passing and controlling, good at controlling the rhythm of the game, good at getting rid of, and good at the last pass, but Iniesta is not good at chasing the ball.

Busquets, Professor Bu has been selected as the world's best midfielder for many years.

He is good at taking the ball in the backcourt and splitting the ball. He is good at accurately selecting the best position when defending. He is good at the main artery of the opponent's offensive transportation. He is good at stealing the ball when the team is pressing in the frontcourt. But he is not Maclay Lay and Kanter's type of midfielder.

Barcelona wants to talk about the ability to run after the ball. Among the seven players in their team who can play midfield, Andre Gomez may be the strongest one.

So the actual reason is caused by the tactics adopted by Enrique.

In the Guardiola era, driven by the dual-core of Harvey and Iniesta, it had both control and aggression, so the football that Barcelona could play back then was gorgeous.

However, Barcelona has been in the hands of Enrique. Over the years, Barcelona has gradually lost the tradition of pass control and positional warfare in the past, and has become more dependent on MSN's personal ability, and has fought more counterattacks.

In fact, any style of play or tactical concept is based on 11 players. It is difficult for you to say whose tactics are good and whose tactics are not.

Thinking about it from another angle, in the current situation where Barcelona's midfielders are in short supply and facing a change of blood, if Enrique does not rely on MSN as many Barcelona fans think, and thus sticks to the traditional tactics of the past, maybe Barcelona's results will be even worse. impossible things.

Numerous games this season have proved that the hard power of Barcelona's players is not as good as before.

When competing with opponents for ball control skills, Barcelona players are no longer stand out from the crowd.

Even the Real Sociedad of La Liga can now walk Barcelona around.

In addition, the intriguing words that Busquets said in the interview after the game are also vague evidence that something is wrong with Barcelona's tactics.

"Paris Saint-Germain are better than us in many ways. Their tactical arrangements are much better than ours. It has nothing to do with attitude. It's the overall gap. They know how to make a reliable game plan and implement it according to the plan. Winning in the end."

It is this sentence that has been interpreted by countless media as doubting Enrique.

At Manchester Airport, Mario received a call just as he got off the plane.

Seeing that it was Begiristan's call, one side of Mario's mouth was raised, and he smiled sinisterly.

Thinking of Chu Zheng's phenomenal performance of creating 6 goals in the game just now, he hesitated a little and turned off his phone directly.

Putting the turned off phone into the inner breast pocket of the suit, Mario took out another iPhone from his pocket and dialed a number.

Not long after, the phone was connected.

"Hello, Boss!"

"Jamie, if Begiristan asks you about my whereabouts, just say I'm on the plane. If he asks you where I'm going, just say I'm in Spain."

"I'm so anxious for you!" Not long after, the arrogant Mario hung up the phone, walked out of the airport hall with his head upright, and disappeared into the vast night.

　Which side do you prefer, Manchester City or Inter Milan?
　　
　
(End of this chapter)