Green Journey

Chapter 475 Chu Zheng's Enemy Forever!
"Guardiola got his wish and scored the first goal. Like the tactical arrangement before the game, he went ahead of Mourinho again."

"Hey!" Zhang Lu blinked, "This tactic is useless again, the ball has already been lost, and it doesn't make much sense to play a defensive counterattack."

"Yes, the first half is coming to an end, it depends on how Mourinho will adjust in the second half, whether to continue to stick to the defense or to attack and fight Manchester City."

In the stands, the Manchester United fans were very anxious.

Now that we are behind, how can we play defensively and counterattack.

If you continue to play like this, there may be a second conceded goal.

They really guessed right.

There is indeed a second ball.

Soon the fourth official on the sidelines played stoppage time.

Since the conflict was delayed for four or five minutes, a full seven minutes of stoppage time was given in the first half.

In the 49th minute of stoppage time, due to the retreat of Manchester City's formation, with the intention of consuming the game time, Manchester United suddenly pushed up the formation, and even the defense suddenly mentioned the middle circle, which seemed to be going up. A wave of onslaught before halftime.

On the left side of the middle circle, Damian dribbled the ball in.

Sane followed up the defense on the inside, and did not directly stick to the past and stretch his feet to steal. He deliberately wanted to interfere with the rhythm of Manchester United's wing attack.

As a result, Damian's speed changed from slow to fast, and a simple change in speed and rhythm fooled Sane, who was not good at defending, and directly accelerated and rushed past Sane.

Sane is also very clever, he did not chase Damian, followed by crossing the center line and then quickly shifted to the right, directly cutting off Damian and Lingard's pass on the arc of the center circle on the right rear side of Damian line.

At the same time, Kompany has been pushed up from the ribs and is in front of Damian.

Walker on the wing also stared at Martial who was forward on the sideline.

Otamendi and Kolarov also stood in front of Rashford and Mkhitaryan in the middle.

On the left side of Kompany, Chu Zheng also withdrew along the ribs, cutting off the passing line of Damian and Rashford in the middle, and precisely stuck on the main artery of Manchester United's attack.

If Damian makes a strong pass, Chu Zheng can kill Manchester United in this attack.

Damian, who was restricted by Manchester City from all the nearby ball points, only had the choice of long pass or return pass to reorganize the attack.

So he didn't know what to do for a while.

It was such a hesitation that made the experienced Kompany in front of him directly grab it.

But Damian was very vigilant and quickly sent the ball forward to the left.

To Martial.

Kompany quickly turned around and retreated after making an empty shot, preparing to fill the gap between Walker on the back line and Otamendi at the top of the arc in the middle.

But when he turned around, he saw that Chu Zheng had already taken a step ahead of him.

Seeing Chu Zheng directly cut off the crossing line of Martial on the wing and Rashford on the center, Kompany felt as if he had drunk and felt extremely comfortable.

Having such a teammate is really a sense of security.

In the past half of the season, due to repeated injuries, not to mention that he didn't play a few games, he didn't even participate in training.

So he didn't really know Chu Zheng well.

Stones and Otamendi have described to him more than once the difference in pressure faced by the defense when Chu Zheng retreats and does not retreat.

Now he realized that this feeling was too comfortable.

This is a release of mental pressure, and the reason is that Chu Zheng has already killed the danger in advance.

On the sidewalk, Martial quickly slowed down after entering the 30-meter area on the sidewalk, and began to dribble the ball laterally with a flick of the right outer instep.

Walker turned very quickly and followed up horizontally.

The next second, Kompany rushed back.

Seeing that Chu Zheng was in the middle of the gap, Kompany simply stopped going back and immediately stopped in front of Martial who was dribbling the ball laterally.

Coupled with Sane who retreated all the way, the three directly made Martial into a bun.

Seeing that he couldn't advance or retreat, Martial wanted to make a pass before being surrounded.

But the ball was blocked by Kompany and flew back to the wing behind Martial.

When Martial chased back two meters, the ball had already touched the ground and bounced high.

Without waiting for Martial to take a stance to protect the ball, Sane, who followed closely, took the lead and took the ball directly out of the sideline.

Damian came over to quickly serve the sideline ball, and Fellaini passed the ball back.

But as soon as Damian stopped the ball, he was blocked by Yaya Toure on the touchline.

Manchester City and Manchester United formed a 3-on-3 situation on the wing.

Damian hesitated for a while, but had no choice but to pass the ball back along the wing.

Blind crossed the center line of the wing, stopped the ball with his right foot, looked up to observe, and a second later made a long pass with his left foot.

Immediately, the ball went straight to the rib area at the top of the arc in Manchester City's penalty area.

Outside the free throw arc on the right side of Manchester City's arc, Otamendi took the lead to rush to the landing point and take off, but he missed the ball.

The ball brushed his hair and fell behind him.

On the right side of the arc top area, the ball landed just in front of Kolarov's left foot who was standing sideways.

But perhaps disturbed by Otamendi's top fall, Kolarov hurriedly raised his right foot, trying to intercept it with his thigh, but the ball was a little higher and flew over his thigh.

The most terrible thing is that his stomach rubbed a bit, causing the ball to bend to the ribs of the penalty area on the right rear side.

"HO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" In the BBC live broadcast room, Lineker was so startled that his eyes widened when he saw Manchester City's defense leak consecutive goals.

The famous Manchester United star Ferdinand next to him was also very nervous.

On the field, behind Kolarov, Rashford jumped in quickly, followed up to the right side of the penalty spot, and pushed the ball straight to the far corner without stopping from the front of the small penalty area.

Ederson rushed to the six-yard line and dived straight down to the right, but neither his hands nor his right foot on the ground touched the ball.

"goal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

“Manchester United!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

“Manchester United!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

Witnessing Rashford's equalizing goal, nearly [-] Manchester United fans cheered collectively in the Dream Theater, instantly pushing the slightly slumped atmosphere back to the peak.

On the sidelines, Mourinho was ecstatic, rushed out from the coach's bench, and slid and knelt directly, the iconic celebration.

Guardiola was a little dazed, as if he hadn't expected to concede the ball like this.

After a brief moment of stupefaction, Guardiola shook his head and laughed, because this scene was so familiar.

In the penalty area, Edson, who missed the ball, seemed a little angry. He slapped the turf hard, then got up and walked towards the goal without saying a word.

He felt pretty good during his stay at Manchester City.

Due to Manchester City's tactical style, sometimes it is so idle in the backcourt that it can't wait to sit on the spot and watch the teammates in the frontcourt perform half-court offense and defense.

But now he sort of understood Bravo.

Encounter this kind of pit, even if God comes, there is no problem.

It's not uncommon to get the ball off the top, but it's rare to leak the ball to the opponent's players in a row.

Although Edson knew that Kolarov was also cheated by Otamendi, he still felt a little depressed and unhappy.

His zero letter bonus!
No more!
Outside the penalty area, Chu Zheng and De Bruyne stared wide-eyed, seeing the speechlessness in each other's eyes.

"No matter how you look at this ball, Kolarov is somewhat responsible!" Zhan Jun said after watching the replay in the LeTV live broadcast room.

"Yes! Although Otamendi's top fall interfered with him, he missed the ball because of his own lack of vigilance!"

"That's true. Not only was he not vigilant enough, but he also had a problem with his judgment of the ball. The ball rubbed against him for a while, and then folded in front of Rashford who came in behind."

"This is a godsend for Rashford!"

Not long after, the game restarted.

But for the next few minutes, neither City nor United threatened the other's goal.

In a blink of an eye, Atkinson blew his whistle to end the first half of the game.

The live broadcast returned to the LeTV live broadcast room. Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu had already chatted about their respective tactics and player performance.

"Pogba's injury has caused United to attack more often with long balls from the back."

"But this type of attack has high requirements on the striker's ability to compete for the first point."

"But today Ibrahimovic, who has strong physical confrontation, balance and anticipation, is not on the court, which has become an almost unsolvable problem. Judging from the performance of Rashford and Martial, they and Ibrahimovic It’s not just one star and a half of cloth.”

"And then because of the low efficiency of the first point of contention, the second point of the competition is more passive."

"In the second point of contention, since Manchester United's players are not superior in personal ability and have not invested enough troops, it is impossible to siege on the spot after losing the ball. Difficult. That's what Mourinho had to deal with in the second half."

"Yes, Chu Zheng and Yaya Toure have made great contributions on the defensive end today!" After Zhang Lu finished speaking, Zhan Jun smiled, "According to the statistics of the first half, Chu Zheng and Yaya Toure succeeded in the top battle. The percentages are 90% and 79% respectively, and most of Manchester United's long ball attacks are intercepted by them in the air."

Meanwhile, Ferdinand and Lineker were analyzing Manchester City in the BBC studio.

"Manchester City, who dominated the ball in the first half, played cautiously at Old Trafford. They didn't use that suffocating high press from the beginning to close the United defenders."

"The team's total movement with and without the ball was below City's average."

"Kyle Walker and Kolarov's presence on the offensive end is very low. Most of Manchester City's offense is completed by the midfielders."

After Ferdinand finished speaking, Lineker went on to say: "Pep Guardiola's main tactical strategy today is to create space around the ball holder and build a flexible pass and control network, and then wait for Manchester United to grab it. Attacking the spaces between United's flanks and looking for chances to score."

"..."

In the sound of four-person analysis, the 15-minute break was fleeting.

But what is surprising is that Mourinho directly replaced Lindelof Jr. Blind who was suspected of being injured during the intermission.

This is not good news for Manchester United fans, but bad news.

Blind's ability to play the ball is too important for Manchester United, which lacks Pogba today.

For a while, Manchester United fans had a headache.

The absence of Pogba caused the midfielder to be constipated and unable to play the ball. Now that there are no players in the backcourt, how can this be played.

Once the ball can't be played in the backcourt, won't it be rubbed hard by Manchester City in the penalty area?

Not long after, the whistle for the start of the second half of the game sounded in the Dream Theater filled with snowflakes.

As the game progressed, the tactical adjustments of the two sides during the halftime break were also exposed.

For Manchester City, there seems to be no change in tactics.

How to play in the first half, how to play in the second half.

The rhythm is still slow, and it can be seen that Guardiola is determined not to waste his energy with Manchester United today.

On the contrary, on Manchester United's side, Mourinho once again drastically changed his tactical strategy, even pressing out from the backcourt, giving people a feeling of desperately trying.

After the start of the second half of the game, Manchester United no longer retreated easily, but strengthened the intensity of oppression and pressing in the midfield.

Not only that, Mourinho also let the players actively seek physical confrontation.

Manchester United's tactics of burning themselves to run, help defend, and interfere soon forced Manchester City to no longer control the ball smoothly.

As time went on, the pace of the game became faster and faster, and the situation on the court became more and more open.

As for Manchester City, under Mourinho's self-burning oppressive tactics, Manchester City's pass turnover rate has risen rapidly.

In the 55th minute of the game, De Gea scored a goal kick to the midfield.

Yaya Toure seized the position and won the first spot, but after gaining possession of the ball, facing Manchester United's mad dog-like press, Manchester City could not hold the ball firmly.

The two sides changed ownership of the ball three times in the fight, and finally returned to the right rib De Bruyne in the middle circle.

But De Bruyne took the ball and advanced less than two meters, and Manchester United had three players enter the ribs to press.

Chu Zheng quickly came to De Bruyne's left side and caught the ball from the cross with his back.

But Fellaini, who was behind him, yelled at him like a male dog in heat.

Chu Zheng found that he couldn't turn around, so he walked back directly, and a quick start opened the distance between him and Fellaini.

Fellaini didn't give up either, and continued to chase Chu Zheng, with the purpose of preventing Chu Zheng from turning around and facing Manchester United half-court.

After Chu Zheng ran two meters, he turned the ball with his left foot to the left, and suddenly turned at a [-]-degree angle to take the ball sideways.

"Anthony!"

Seeing that Chu Zheng was facing Martial on the sidewalk, Fellaini quickly roared and asked Martial to come over and flank Chu Zheng back and forth with him.

Martial rushed towards Chu Zheng quickly.

However, when he came to Chu Zheng and was about to stretch his feet, Chu Zheng suddenly smashed the ball to the left again from the outside of his left foot, then made another sharp turn at a [-]-degree angle, and then started a catapult. Fellaini and Martial It was too late to brake and hit together.

Seeing that Martial and Fellaini were knocked together by Chu Zheng and both fell to the ground, the Manchester City fans in the stands immediately burst into loud laughter.

"Whether the BIU is good or not!" Lineker looked intoxicated. This kind of sharp turning ability is not something that ordinary players can do.

"Chu did it on purpose. These two sharp [-]-degree turns fully show that he has a perverted body!" Ferdinand was also amazed.

As a former world-class central defender, he was also most afraid of this kind of player who was so flexible that he could turn ninety degrees.

This kind of player is a nightmare for a central defender with a tall man, a high center of gravity, and not flexible enough.

On the field, Chu Zheng brought the ball to the center line, and Carrick quickly blocked him in front of him.

Chu Zheng slowed down, and suddenly swung the ball forward to the right in the next moment, then quickly followed up, facing the side, and easily threw Carrick to the left rear.

At the same time, Chu Zheng's actions also attracted the attention of Damian on the sidewalk.

Damian made an outside line on the right side, knowing that Chu Zheng was creating an opportunity for him, Sane quickly started to advance.

As soon as he ran, Chu Zheng made a pass, a coquettish outside instep pass, the arc and scalpel-like precision made people fascinated.

The ball circled from the front of Damian to the outer line of the wing, and in front of Sane, there was a full three or four meters in advance.

Two seconds later, Sane, who threw Damian half a body away, chased the ball.

Seeing Lindelof on the left side quickly approaching from the ribs, he gave up the idea of ​​​​cutting the ball to the bottom without saying a word, and instead directly faced the ball and made a vigorous low-level cross pass.

At this time, in the front area of ​​the right rib at the top of the Manchester United arc on the other side, Sterling also left Valencia behind and went straight to the back point.

In the middle, Smalling returned to the penalty area from the top of the arc and fell to the ground to intercept with a sliding shovel, but he missed the ball.

It may be luck!This time, Sane, who is not very good at long-distance passing, passed the line and quality of the ball surprisingly high.

Not only made Smalling, who was chasing back in the middle, unable to get it, but also made De Gea afraid to come out.

In the next second, the ball passed the penalty spot and went straight to the back point.

Immediately after Sterling killed.

However, under the watchful eyes of everyone, in front of the top corner of the small penalty area, Sterling sent the ball into the stands almost facing half an empty goal.

At this moment, Guardiola in the sideline coaching area directly knelt with his head in his arms, his mouth grew wide and his eyes widened, as if he couldn't believe that Sterling would miss this opportunity.

In the stands, countless Manchester City fans were as dumbfounded as Guardiola.

"Good guy! Good guy! Good guy!" Lin Gou widened his eyes and exclaimed three times, "I can score this ball if I go up!!!"

Chu Zheng's father and two uncles next to him were also jumping in anger. What a chance.

In the LeTV live broadcast room, Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu also instantly leaned back in anger.

Looking away from the TV, Zhan Jun raised three fingers towards the camera and said with a straight face: "In this world, there are only four people who can make Guardiola kneel down with his head in his arms."

"One is Messi with honey on his feet!"

"One is the Ninth Five-Year Supreme Lewandowski!"

"One is Chu Zheng with infinite magic power!"

"The last one is Sterling facing the empty goal!"

"Hahahaha!!!!" Zhang Lu next to her leaned forward and back together.

On the field, seeing Sterling miss this opportunity, Chu Zheng knelt down directly, "It's over! It's over, this big guy is happy again!"

Chu Zheng's action of kneeling on the spot without entering the empty door was captured by the camera and sent to everyone.

"See, another one!" Zhan Jun pointed to the camera on the TV screen, "Chu Zheng must be saying in his heart at this moment, brother, I kneel down to you!"

"Sterling is definitely Chu Zheng's lifelong enemy!" After saying that, Zhan Jun added another knife, "For most of the season, he has directly or indirectly wasted Chu Zheng's many assists and plans."

"In Liverpool, Sterling and Benteke were definitely the two strongest sides in the world. People often praised them: Benteke is like a pig, and Sterling is like a pig!"

"Hahaha...hehehe..." Zhang Lu next to her was so teased by Zhan Jun's coquettish words that her laughter changed, and she raised her hand to wipe tears from the corners of her eyes.

The barrage in the live broadcast room was also full of joy after being praised by Zhan Jun.

"Benteke, fuck it, it's over if you push the empty door early! Damn Cao!"

"Benteke, fuck it, it's over if you push the empty door early! Damn Cao!"

"..."

The barrage is full of Zhan Jun's famous quotes!

(End of this chapter)