Green Journey

Chapter 482 Monaco!A bunch of lunatics!
At 19:45 local time, with the whistle of the referee Rocky, the game officially started.

Wearing a red and white jersey and attacking from right to left, Monaco kicked off. Manchester City's attacking four-man team led by De Bruyne immediately pressed forward to press.

Monaco quickly transferred the ball to the feet of central defender Remelsson in the left rib area of ​​​​the top of the arc.

At this time, Monaco's determination to win today can be seen from the overall wide-open formation of Monaco and the positioning of the players.

Facing Manchester City's four-man press, only Fabinho and Bakayoko retreated to respond to Monaco's side. Mbappe and Bernardo Silva in the frontcourt did not return.

Even Sidibe and Mendy mentioned that they are on the same line as Fabinho, leaving Raj and Remelsson in the two rib areas at the front of the penalty area.

As for Manchester City, although Guardiola was forced to adopt tactics against Monaco today, he actually made some arrangements, which was reflected in Chu Zheng.

Today Chu Zheng is behind De Bruyne and cruising in front of Fernandinho.

Guardiola made it very clear to Chu Zheng before the game that it is entirely up to him to decide whether to step forward to participate in the offense or to step back and participate in the defense.

So in the opening stage, out of fear of Monaco, Chu Zheng was very cautious.

He did not press directly, exposing the single midfielder Fernandinho behind him.

Soon, facts proved that Chu Zheng's caution was correct.

Germelsson gets the ball in the half and sees De Bruyne standing right behind Bakayoko.

Sterling on the wing also noticed Mendy, who was on the left, and did not oppress him foolishly.

So he slowly dribbled the ball along the ribs, and it wasn't until De Bruyne slanted over to apply pressure that he split forward.

After Mendy got the ball and crossed the center line from the wing, he was in a more awkward position, with Sagna in front and Sterling in the back.

But just when he was about to be pinched back and forth, Mendy stepped forward with his left foot to the right and broke into the rib area.

The moment after he successfully broke through, Chu Zheng, who was dragging behind in the middle, quickly leaned over.

Coupled with the fact that Fernandinho, who retreated to the back line, quickly stepped up, the two quickly closed Mendy's cross belt and the channel for passing the ball.

Chu Zheng stood there and waited.

In a blink of an eye, Fernandinho, who came up from the top of the backcourt, and Sterling, who was defending from Mendy's right side, pinched left and right, and the ball was stabbed towards Chu Zheng.

Chu Zheng started quickly and got the ball outside the arc of the middle circle on the right.

Three meters away from Chu Zheng, Bakayoko quickly stepped forward.

But Chu Zheng didn't stop the ball at all. He left the ball to the right without stopping and split the ball, hitting Monaco's backcourt goal in an instant.

But the problem is that Aguero didn't keep up with De Bruyne's rhythm.

The moment he received the ball from De Bruyne, although he shrewdly pulled from the right rib, he was in an offside position, which prevented De Bruyne from forwarding the ball.

This slowness gave Remelsson, whose ribs went to the wing to make up for it, a chance.

In a blink of an eye, De Bruyne was forced to take the ball to the sideline, and then used the inside of his right foot to force a pass around, trying to pass the ball around the ribs at the top of the arc.

But the ball was not passed well under the interference of Remelsson, and the ball went directly to the goalkeeper Subasic who was pressed out of the small penalty area.

"Kevin, this pass is a bit bad!"

"Yes, even if the ball can go around the left rib area at the top of the arc in Monaco, there is a high probability that Rahim will not be able to catch it. He will be stuck behind Fabinho and Raj."

In the commentary booth, Manchester City's official commentators Martin and Smith said with regret.

"Chu's offensive planning ideas are very clear. He quickly found the weakness of Monaco's defense line. Kevin is also in the position. The two cooperated very well, but Akun and Kevin did not form a tacit understanding."

"Kun ran a little earlier, maybe he only needs to run a second later at night, and we can threaten Monaco's goal!"

On the sidelines, Jardim was also a little scared. He was very afraid of Chu Zheng's ability to plan attacks.

Especially for the throw from defense to offense just now, as long as Chu Zheng hit the ball in an instant, it means that he has found a flaw in the opponent's defense.

Next, as long as the players on the offensive line he chooses have a certain tacit understanding, they can threaten the opponent's goal to a certain extent.

On the field, after Subasic held the ball in his arms, he quickly looked up and looked forward.

Seeing that Manchester City's defense reached the middle circle, he threw the ball in front of him and directly volleyed a pass.

Subasic passed the ball very well.

After the ball crossed the midfield, it fell straight to the left rib at the top of the arc, which is Manchester City's right rib.

Mbappe, meanwhile, was half a body ahead of Stones on his right.

Seeing this scene, Martin and Smith in the commentary stood up abruptly, leaned forward and stared at Mbappe on the court, their eyes full of horror.

"Killian!!!!!!!!!"

"Killian!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

The two official Monaco commentators next to him were shouting Mbappe's name with their necks stretched. One of them pressed his hands tightly on the headset on his head, while the other clenched his fists white.

On the court, amidst the cheers of the Louis II Stadium, Mbappe took the lead in rushing to the landing point.

But the ball also touched the ground at this time, and Mbappe had no time to reach out to stop the ball.

Moreover, Subasic's ultra-long-distance long pass had a strong rotation, and after touching the ground, it suddenly bounced high to the left.

This caught Mbappé a little off guard.

When he changed his center of gravity and started to follow up, Edson had already struck out in time and took off the ball firmly with both hands.

"Snapped!!!"

"fool!!!!!!!"

"Snapped!!!"

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

"..."

Although the attack was not successful, the Monaco fans in the stands were very excited.

They raised their arms and clapped their hands, then cheered on the Monaco players on the field with Viking battle cries, and also put psychological pressure on the Manchester City players.

In the next 5 minutes, the tactical strategies of the two teams were well reflected in the game scene.

For Monaco, the only difference between Jardim's tactics today and the first round is that the pressing in the frontcourt and the siege in the midfield have become more fierce and crazy.

Jardim's tactical strategy is to play fast, increase the speed of offense and defense, the frequency of offense and defense transitions, and use rapid and repeated impacts to overwhelm Manchester City.

And it is this kind of black and hard scrambling and rushing tactics that once again made it difficult for Manchester City to adapt to the away game, making it difficult for Manchester City to pass the midfield with four or five Monaco players. Side pass.

Then Manchester City's offense will be delayed, and what awaits Manchester City is Monaco's dense defensive formation.

On Chu Zheng's side, he kept in mind Guardiola's instructions and kept the team running at his own pace.

He does that too, and does it well.

But Chu Zheng felt that Monaco, who played at home today, was more domineering than in the first round.

Monaco has a very fast overall rhythm and individual rhythm. Sometimes goalkeeper Subasic will sweep the midfield and backcourt with a big kick to develop the attack to the frontcourt.

Mbappe and Germain, the two forwards with one high and one fast, have an exceptionally high success rate in competing for high-altitude balls.

Once the ball is taken down and the attack in the middle is blocked, Monaco will not give you time to react at all, and quickly distribute the ball to both sides.

Then, with the help of the overlapping of the two full-backs, a local two-to-one advantage was formed, and then the ball was directly shot, and the high point in the penalty area was found to bomb the Manchester City goal from high altitude.

Chu Zheng knew very well that this was a tug-of-war between two rhythms.

In terms of the ability to control the overall rhythm, this group of young players in Monaco did not lose to them, or Chu Zheng could not completely suppress them in terms of rhythm.

Besides, Chu Zheng didn't really want to slow down Monaco's rhythm completely.

Because it is completely unnecessary, it will consume a lot of his physical energy, and the benefits are not directly proportional to the effort.

Now that Monaco is playing like this, they are actually given a chance behind them. It depends on how efficient Aguero and the others are today.

As long as they score first, then this group of young Monaco players will at least mess up their positions.

Maybe more flaws and weaknesses will be exposed to them under the mentality of eager to score goals.

In the LeTV live broadcast room, Zhang Lu smiled and said, "This scene is rare in Manchester City."

"Yes, the first six or seven minutes were a bit difficult for City."

"On the contrary, Monaco has used this tactical strategy of siege and high-frequency rushing to form a siege outside the penalty area of ​​Manchester City many times."

"However, Manchester City's defense did a good job of defending against high balls today. Monaco's frequent wide crosses did not really threaten the goal guarded by Ederson."

"Before the game, the media said that without Kyle Walker and Kompany, Manchester City's defense will be beaten back to its original shape. Now it seems that this defense is not as bad as they said."

"Haha!" Zhang Lu laughed a few times, moved her mouth, and then shook her head again.

After the words fell, seeing that Zhang Lu didn't answer, Zhan Jun had no choice but to continue to praise Stones, Kolarov and Sagna's performance on the defensive end today.

On the court, after being crazy for a while, Monaco's overall rhythm slowed down slightly.

Raj took the ball from the ribs in the backcourt, and then took the ball again without hesitation and passed it to the frontcourt.

The right rib at the top of the arc, that is, the left rib of Manchester City, Otamendi quickly got in place, stuck Germain behind him, and watched the ball bounce into the penalty area and was stopped by Edson.

After taking the ball, Edson stopped on the left rib of the penalty area, looked up and looked forward.

After Otamendi and Stones opened to the upper corners of the penalty area on both sides, Fernandinho withdrew from the center to the top of the arc before passing the ball forward.

Fernandinho took the ball and turned around in one go.

But after turning around, looking at his movements, there was an obvious hesitation for some reason, and he seemed to be swinging between pushing the ball forward and advancing with the ball.

But Mbappe and Germain on both sides of him did not hesitate, and quickly sandwiched them from left to right.

At this moment, Fernandinho made a choice and moved forward with the ball.

In the next second, Fernandinho just ran two meters, and Germain, who was leaning on the left side of him, fell to the ground and shoveled.

The ball was first poked forward by Germain, and then Fernandinho fell to the ground.

The ball rolled to Bakayoko in the middle circle area.

Bakayoko ran across and kept the ball straight forward.

To the right of the top of the arc, at a position about 24 meters away from the goal, Mbappe, who started in the middle, quickly joined the ball.

After Mbappe came to the ball, he took a step forward with his right foot and wiped it directly in front of Otamendi who moved across from the right.

“Killian!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

“Killian!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Seeing this scene, the two Monaco commentators in the commentary booth immediately screamed loudly.

Martin and Smith next to each other froze for a while, and subconsciously held their breath, not daring to breathe, so they stared at Mbappe on the field.

In the stands, the cheers of the crazy Monaco fans were louder and louder, and countless people were so excited that they wanted to pee!
On the sidelines, Jardim stared wide-eyed, stiff as a sculpture, standing motionless in the coaching area, and so was Guardiola next to him.

On the field, Mbappe entered the penalty area from the right side of the top of the arc, and swung his right foot in front of Stones who was running across from the left.

In front of Mbappé, in front of the small penalty area line on the left, Ederson fell to the right when the ball came over, but he still guarded against the near corner.

So when the ball shot over like a white lightning, he raised his left upper arm just to block the ball's necessary route, blocking the ball out of the baseline.

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

In the commentary seat, Martin and Smith, who didn't even have the strength to stand up before, jumped up from their seats in an instant, and the two roared until their white faces turned red.

"Oh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" At the same time, countless Monaco fans in the stands were also hugging their heads in anger.

Some fans witnessed Mbappe miss a nearly single-handed opportunity, and even frantically punched the air to vent their depression.

"concentrate!!!!"

"keep Calm!!!!!!!!"

"Watch out for your opponent's press!! Don't give them a chance!!!!!!"

After witnessing this thrilling scene, Guardiola let out a long breath, then rushed to the sidelines, stood between the coach's area line and the sideline of the court, and yelled at the Manchester City players on the field.

Fernandinho's hesitation just now left him speechless and puzzled.

Fernandinho is indeed very good in the tackle, but sometimes his braised egg always has inexplicable short-circuits.

Just like just now, if Fernandinho took the ball or dribbled forward at the first time, he might not be tackled by Germain and miss the ball.

But he hesitated in that fatal position at a moment when he shouldn't have hesitated, so that after being intercepted, he completely exposed the middle to Monaco.

Fortunately, Otamendi and Stones did not stretch too far this time, otherwise Mbappe would definitely score a goal without interference.

"Continue to maintain this offensive pressure! Next time we will score!!!" Jardim was not idle next to him, he shouted to the field and applauded.

On the field, Chu Zheng returned to the penalty area and found Otamendi, saying, "Nicholas, you should be more determined just now! What are you worried about? Is it a card?"

"That kid's body is very strong, you can't stop him with such small movements just now!"

"Feel sorry!"

Hearing Chu Zheng's words, Otamendi grinned, but the smile was a bit bitter, "Chu, I will pay attention next time, and I promise not to let him pass by so easily."

"I didn't mean to blame you!" Chu Zheng didn't say any more, patted Otamendi's shoulder with a smile, and ran away.

They are all professional players, just a reminder is enough, any more will make people feel disgusted.

But if the goal is scored, Chu Zheng guarantees that Otamendi will be singled out by Guardiola during the intermission to whip the corpse.

Just now, Chu Zheng saw clearly during the retreat along his left rib. The moment Mbappe started, in fact, Otamendi had a chance to bring him down directly.

But Otamendi chooses a softer small action under concerns.

As a result, not only did he not bring down Mbappe, but he also made it look like he was surrendering to Mbappe by raising his hands to indicate that he did nothing.

In fact, even if he hit Mbappe directly, or tripped someone with his feet, it would be a yellow card warning at best.

As a result, he underestimated Mbappe's physical fitness and balance ability, and almost killed Edson.

Fortunately, Edson has been in a brave state recently.

If it was replaced by the regent king in their team, it is estimated that he would really die this time.

And Fernandinho, Chu Zheng felt quite helpless with the big brother's actions just now.

In Chu Zheng's view, Fernandinho's hesitation was caused by his lack of vision.

If he had seen clearly enough, there would be no such deadly hesitation.

In this regard, Yaya Toure, who is also good at attacking and defending, is much better than Fernandinho.

If it was Yaya Toure just now, then Chu Zheng can guarantee that Germain's lame shovel will never do anything to Yaya Toure.

This is just bullying Fernandinho's petite stature and not strong enough confrontation ability.

(End of this chapter)