Green Journey

Chapter 476 Winning is Thrilling!
From the 60th minute into the game, Chu Zheng felt that Manchester United was gaining momentum, and he felt that his side had made too many mistakes.

Therefore, in order to stabilize his own rhythm and not be led away by Manchester United, and to organize the defensive front to contain Manchester United's extremely threatening counterattack in the midfield, Chu Zheng began to reduce the number of times he went to the frontcourt.

He dragged behind and let Yaya Toure, the big brother, go up to cooperate with De Bruyne to organize the offense.

On the sidelines, Guardiola was very satisfied with Chu Zheng's actions.

The outside world said that Guardiola's team does not need super giants, leaders, or players with personality.

Especially a player with leadership qualities, because he is the leader, and his team does not need a king, because he is the supreme king in the team.

This is actually wrong. Coaches and players seem to have a subordinate relationship, but in fact it is a relationship of cooperation and mutual achievement.

He is not a super giant who does not need leadership qualities.

It's just that this super giant with leadership qualities needs to be prefixed with restrained type. He likes players like Messi and Chu Zheng who are restrained and low-key.

It's not Ibrahimovic and Eto'o who have strong personalities, exude my dick all the time, and blow guns everywhere to vent their dissatisfaction.

And in terms of the ability of leadership, Guardiola feels that Chu Zheng is better than Messi.

Because Chu Zheng's ability to resist pressure is extremely strong, so strong that Guardiola has only seen it in his life.

In the past six months, every time the team got into trouble, it was always Chu Zheng who stood up to help the team break the predicament, and it would only be Chu Zheng.

In the past half of the season, Manchester City has been able to not be thrown off by Conte's Chelsea with a poor defense line. It is Chu Zheng who is carrying them forward.

Sometimes Guardiola even feels that the incredible magic power in Chu Zheng is stronger than that in Messi.

There is no head coach who would dislike this kind of talented player with a great reputation and good skills, who is usually hardworking, has a low-key and gentle personality, and gets along well with everyone.

Especially Chu Zheng, because he has a coach-like football thinking, so sometimes he doesn't even need to say anything, Chu Zheng can understand his intention behind it.

Just like this time, before the game, Guardiola was afraid that Chu Zheng didn't fully understand his intentions, so he deliberately talked to Chu Zheng, but Chu Zheng nodded and agreed without thinking, and followed his train of thought to analyze with him It caused the dilemma that such a kick might encounter.

Guardiola feels that even if Chu Zheng retires, he will be a good head coach.

So it's really comfortable to work with this kind of talented, talented, and good-natured player.

He knows what you're thinking and can agree with it.

Sometimes Guardiola really feels like a confidant to Chu Zheng.

Next to the coaching area, Mourinho doesn't have as much drama as Guardiola in his heart at this time.

From Chu Zheng's uncharacteristically sitting in the backcourt today, he can guess that Guardiola's slow pace today is to reserve physical strength for the high-intensity confrontation at the end of the game.

Manchester City's slow-paced style of play is actually not difficult to deal with, that is, use fast to play slow.

As long as the rhythm of the game is driven, the number of mistakes in Manchester City's not yet fully formed pass control system will increase.

This has been proven since the start of the second half.

But the problem was that it was hard for a clever woman to cook without rice, and he didn't have such a player who could compete with Chu Zheng in terms of rhythm.

Pogba, the only one who can be used, is probably already on crutches, hopping on one foot to the barber shop to get his hairstyle and hair color changed on January [-]th.

Mourinho is very clear that Manchester City is not invulnerable, and it can even be said that his weakness is on the bright side.

If it is said that Manchester City overwhelmed halftime and calmly controlled the ball at the front of the penalty area, forcing them to fight back is a poison they have to eat.

So is Manchester City.

Because Manchester City's tactical system is doomed to avoid taking risks.

Even if it is dangerous to pass the ball back from the midfield, Manchester City still has to do this. This is the price brought by Guardiola's tactical system.

This is also a poison that Manchester City has to eat.

Moreover, due to Manchester City's low offensive participation of full-backs today, Sane and Sterling lacked sufficient support and lack of level after receiving the ball from the wing.

This is one of their opportunities for Manchester United.

Because once Sane and Sterling are unable to pass the ball from the front side, they can quickly complete the attack on the offensive ball holder on the defensive side.

Once the ball is stolen, a quick counterattack can be launched immediately, directly attacking the vast grassland behind Manchester City.

But at this point, the problem arises again.

They lack the super fulcrum of the Swedish tower today.

Mkhitaryan will not talk about it. Today, it can be said that he has no sense of existence. He has never won the championship. Mourinho can't bear to see it.

Chu Zheng is too cruel!

And Rashford and Martial are also very average. They are also crushed against Chuzheng and Yaya Toure. They lose less and win more.

Therefore, after they steal the ball in the backcourt and launch a counterattack, once they hit the midfielder, they will be delayed by the two monster midfielders of Manchester City.

And then it's gone.

Now Mourinho hopes that the frontcourt players on the field can seize the opportunity and use Manchester City's mistakes under high-intensity oppression and confrontation to create murderous opportunities.

But in the next scene, Mourinho was so angry that he almost exploded on the spot!
On the field, in the 64th minute of the game, at the front of the 30-meter area in the middle of Manchester United's half, Smalling got the ball from Valencia on the right and made a long pass to the left side of the front court, looking for Rashford Germany.

But working at heights is really not what the young master La is good at.

Before the ball started to fall, Kyle Walker accurately judged the landing point and got in place ahead of time to seize a favorable position.

Before Rashford ran to his descendants, Walker had already taken off and headed the ball directly to the middle.

But this guy Walker missed the accuracy of the header this time, and the ball fell to Martial's feet in front of the arc in the middle circle.

De Blau retreated along his right rib and crossed the center line and quickly ran across to the right. When Martial stopped the ball, he had successfully blocked Martial.

Martial was well aware of De Bruyne's physical strength, so he didn't dare to go hard, so he took the ball and ran across Manchester City's left rib.

But this guy is playing tricks.

While running, he suddenly knocked the ball to Carrick in the center circle area with the outside of his right foot to the right back.

At this time, in the middle circle area, Carrick and Fellaini stood in parallel.

The moment Martial passed the ball, Chu Zheng, who came back from the frontcourt, suddenly appeared between the two.

Chu Zheng pushed forward and directly blocked Carrick who was holding the ball.

Carrick faced Chu Zheng, stood sideways, and passed the ball from his right foot to his left foot.

But this kind of fake action was seen by Chu Zheng at a glance. While Chu Zheng pulled his center of gravity back to the right, he stretched out his right foot and poked the ball, and the ball rolled past Carrick's crotch.

Then Chu Zheng wiped away from Carrick.

But the moment Chu Zheng caught up with the ball, Martial on the left also turned around and rushed over.

Facing Martial on the front left, Chu Zheng didn't rush forward.

The moment he touched the ball, he dunked the ball back with the front half of the inside of his right foot.

Immediately, Martial, a mindless person, was fooled directly.

He felt that Chu Zheng was going to smash the ball and turn back to get rid of him.

So he quickly moved his center of gravity to the right, ready to stretch out his foot to steal the moment Chu Zheng turned around.

However, in the next moment, the ball that was kicked back by Chu Zheng hit Chu Zheng's left foot directly, and swished out to Chu Zheng's front right side.

"Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Seeing Chu Zheng's fast left and right foot bumping the ball, the Dream Theater was full of uproar.

On the sidelines, Mourinho grinned and shook his head.

Chu Zheng's super ability to drive forward with the ball is too terrible, it is purely for nothing if there are no three people to go up to help defend.

On the court, Chu Zheng quickly crossed the midfield line from his left rib.

Seeing that Aguero in front of him had turned around and started the game, Chu Zheng raised his foot and thrust a scalpel straight through, precisely hitting the gap between Valencia and Smalling's ribs.

In the 30-meter rib area, seeing that Aguero was about to follow the ball, Valencia approached from the wing and pinned Aguero directly.

"Beep..."

Atkinson whistled quickly and gave Valencia a yellow card without saying a word.

Aguero was a little angry and chattered towards the referee, signaling that the ball should be given a red card and sent Valencia off.

But it is a pity that Smalling was dragged to the end just now, and Valencia was not the last player.

Soon, De Bruyne trotted to the scene of the incident, ready to send the ball.

This position is on the outside of the ribs, which is quite good. It can pass directly diagonally, and the high point in the penalty area can respond, which can threaten Manchester United's goal.

Seeing Chu Zheng trot past, De Bruyne smiled and shouted: "Chu, do you want to kick me?"

"(﹁)" Chu Zheng glanced sideways at De Bruyne, and then ran directly into the restricted area.

De Bruyne grinned straight away, the only thing he can bully Chu Zheng now is his free kick ability.

But he knew that Chu Zheng had been practicing free kicks, and he didn't know how long it would take to catch up with him, maybe it wouldn't be too long.

Recently, I have been training with Chu Zheng at home. De Bruyne can see that Chu Zheng's free kicks have begun to take effect, and occasionally he can perform miracles with great force, kicking the line from left to right, or falling very obviously. free kick.

In a blink of an eye, De Bruyne and Kolarov separated the left and right sides of the ball, and it is not known who will take the penalty.

On the penalty area line at the top of the arc, Manchester City and Manchester United players huddled together.

Chu Zheng, Yaya Toure, Otamendi, Kompany, these high points of Manchester City have all come up, and Manchester City is also ready to fight, seven defenses and four defenses.

After the whistle sounded, Chu Zheng, who was sandwiched between Lindelof and Valencia in the previous point, ejected and started, and Lindelof and Lindelof were separated by half in an instant.

But the ball was drawn directly to the back point by Kolarov with his left foot.

Lindelof and Valencia stopped immediately after seeing the ball go straight.

But Chu Zheng didn't stop. He subconsciously ran two or three steps forward and crossed the small restricted area line.

At the back point, Martial, who was originally marking Sterling in the upper corner of the small penalty area at the back point, saw the ball land on the line of the small penalty area one meter away from the left. He quickly turned around and ran across, and stuck Sterling behind him. Finally, he raised his right foot and took a swipe at the ball, wanting to make a direct clearance.

However, the ball drawn by Martial hit the back of Carrick in the crowd on the left front side of the penalty spot, and then accidentally folded in front of Chu Zheng.

Seeing the ball fall in front of him, Chu Zheng quickly adjusted his steps on the spot, then fell to the left side, and shot directly in the air.

In front of the goal line, De Gea just moved over from the middle, and before he had time to react, the ball was drawn into the goal by Chu Zheng.

For a while, Dream Theater was boiling again!
Manchester City fans cheered happily in the stands, waving the team flag in the stands majestically.

If this gift-giving goal was a dream for Manchester City fans, it was a nightmare for Manchester United fans.

No one could have imagined that Manchester City's second goal would be an assist from their own players, which made many Manchester United fans do not know where to spread their anger.

Blame Martial?

He is kind. As a striker, returning to the penalty area to participate in the defense is a manifestation of responsibility.

Blame Carrick?

That would be even more unfair.

On the sidelines, at the moment of the goal, Guardiola finally had a more excited celebration. He jumped back with his fists clenched, and then ran a short distance.

Next to Mourinho at this moment is in vain.

Mourinho really didn't expect that Manchester City sent them a goal with a mistake, and they returned a big gift when they turned their faces.

In the BBC live broadcast room, Lineker and Ferdinand also had absurd expressions on their faces.

"This own goal assist has the potential to destroy everything that Manchester City has just built." Lineker said watching the slow-motion replay on TV.

Ferdinand frowned, with disappointment and a little anxiety in his tone, and said: "This is an unnecessary mistake, but what Manchester United has to do now is to forget about this mistake as soon as possible, otherwise Manchester City will seize this opportunity and continue to increase the score."

At the same time, in the live broadcast room of LeTV, the magical laughter of the second general Heha has filled the entire live broadcast room.

"Manchester United lost the goal too much!" Zhang Lu shook her head again and again.

"Carrick, this is like sitting at home, the pot came from the sky, and was kicked by Martial!" Zhan Jun laughed.

Zhang Lu followed suit for a while, and then said, "This ball certainly has an element of luck, but it also fully demonstrated Chu Zheng's sense of smell in the penalty area."

"In the slow motion playback, it was actually very clear. Lindelof and Lindelof stopped running when they saw the ball flying backwards, but Chu Zheng didn't stop. Instead, he turned his head to the right to observe, and ran a few more steps. It means he thinks more than Lindelof and is prepared for the unexpected."

"So when the ball came, Chu Zheng immediately made a volley shot without any hesitation. It can be seen that he was mentally prepared!" Zhan Jun continued.

After a while, at the urging of the referee Atkinson, Chu Zheng and his party ended the celebration and the game resumed.

After falling behind by one goal, Manchester United was forced to the edge of a cliff, and they would be smashed to pieces if they took another step back.

And the consequences of losing a Manchester derby are dire.

At that time, neither Mourinho nor the eleven players on the field will be overwhelmed by the saliva of Manchester United fans. No one wants to be involved in public opinion and be criticized.

Therefore, the unstoppable Manchester United broke out with unprecedented ferocity.

As a result, under the pressure of Manchester United, which is fiercely counterattacking, the pass error rate of Manchester City's midfield increased again, and as a result, Manchester United ushered in a wave of offensive.

But it is a pity that the momentum is heavy and the rain is small. With Manchester City retreating across the board, it is not only difficult for Manchester United, who is aggressively attacking, to threaten Manchester City's goal, but also has to guard against being hit behind.

In the 75th minute of the game, Mourinho used up the remaining two substitutions at one time.

Herrera replaces Carrick.

Mata replaced Mkhitaryan, who had a weak presence throughout the game.

The intention of these two substitutions is obvious. Herrera, who has a balanced attack and defense, is Mourinho hoping to improve the team's somewhat constipated midfielder.

And when Mata is replaced, Mourinho hopes that this veteran can use his rich experience, use his delicate foot skills and excellent overall situation in the frontcourt, and gather the loose sand of Rashford and Martial. And connect them in series to exert their due power.

In short, Mourinho's tactical theme in the next ten minutes is to go hand in hand with land and air, knock on the doors and windows, and equalize the score.

In the 82nd minute of the game, Manchester United's chance came.

Damian on the left side of the front field quickly sent a throw-in and threw the ball back to Lindelof on the center line of the ribs.

The ball was quickly transferred laterally to the feet of Smalling on the other side of the rib, and then passed forward to the feet of Valencia who inserted on the right.

Valencia took the ball and started sprinting directly.

But after running three or four meters, he found that Sane, who couldn't run inside, passed directly.

This time Rashford finally played the role of a fulcrum. He suddenly retreated from the penalty area to the penalty area line in the top area of ​​the arc, and held the ball with his back.

But he still couldn't resist Otamendi behind him and was pushed into the top area of ​​the arc.

At this time, on his right side, that is, on the penalty area line of Manchester City's right rib at the top of the arc, Damian, who inserted behind, was in an unguarded state.

But Rashford has no time for him.

Seeing that he was about to fall, Rashford quickly sent the ball to the left front rib.

Mata saw Damian who raised his hand to ask for the ball. He didn't stop the ball and directly picked the ball to the back of the penalty area.

The ball arrives, and Damian follows up to the landing point.

Walker also quickly moved across, cutting off Damian's connection with the middle of the penalty area.

But Damian was extremely determined this time. He kept raising the ball and knocked the ball from Walker's crotch, which was stretched out to block, to the middle.

In front of the small restricted area line in the middle, Martial resisted the pressure from Kompany behind him.

Although Damian hit the ball a little behind, he still bent over and took the lead without stopping the ball.

At this moment, Edson moved in place in time and directly blocked Martial's close-range shot with his face.

But the ball was not blocked and fell in front of Mata behind Martial.

Mata raised his foot to relay and volleyed again at close range.

As a result, at the moment of shooting, Edson also got up here. He knelt on one knee with his left foot, fell to the right, and blocked the ball back with his chest.

The ball turned to Yaya Toure on the left front of the small penalty area.

Yaya Toure swung the ball out of the sideline with a twist, which resolved the crisis in front of the goal.

"Edson!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"Wonderful double pounce!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Zhan Jun exclaimed again and again, and Zhang Lu was terrified by this exciting and thrilling scene.

In the stands on all sides, with the continuous crisis erupting in front of the gate, there was a wave of rapid exclamation.

Chu Zheng was also frightened and his heart was pounding wildly. Edson's excellent performance could almost nail Bravo to the bench.

On the sidelines, Guardiola also applauded Ederson's wonderful save.

Soon, Guardiola, who realized that sticking to the backcourt would not bring absolute safety, replaced Aguero with Foden and played without a striker.

Manchester United fans who didn't know the intention of this substitution at the beginning were very puzzled, what is the purpose of replacing a 17-year-old new melon egg.

But Chu Zheng knew it, and at the same time he was a little dumbfounded, because this was one of the tactical plans he had discussed with Guardiola.

Soon the Manchester United fans knew Guardiola's intentions, and they were suddenly so angry that they cursed shamelessly.

After Foden came on the stage, he also brought up Guardiola's new tactical instructions.

So Chu Zheng and the others no longer blindly retreated. Manchester City started the walk-control mode in the final stage, abruptly grinding away the rest of the game time with pass control.

Amidst the condemnation and abuse of Manchester United fans, Manchester City reaped the fruits of victory.

(End of this chapter)