Green Journey

Chapter 484 This is not the Manchester City we know!
The game has been nearly 20 minutes, but Manchester City has yet to take a shot. This kind of Manchester City really makes them feel very strange.

In this predicament, Chu Zheng's figure naturally appeared in the minds of many fans.

However, in fact, most of Chu Zheng's energy today was held back by the passive defensive situation on the field.

From the beginning of the game to the present, the number of times Chu Zheng went up to participate in the attack can be counted on the fingers.

He can't go up.

Because Chu Zheng has stepped up to the frontcourt several times, but Fernandinho, who was lagging behind, was immediately beaten by many Monaco players, making it dangerous.

Therefore, many Manchester City fans feel that Guardiola is a bit too big today.

They believed that there was no need for Manchester City to come up and take the risk of conceding the ball against Monaco.

Instead, you should do a good job of defense first, anyway, there are still multiple goals.

只要能守到最后1分钟，就算1-0或者2-0输掉这场次回合的对决，他们同样能以6-4或者6-5的总比分淘汰摩纳哥。

Monaco's offensive is strong, but it has not reached the point of being invincible.

Now with only Fernandinho as a defensive midfielder, Manchester City cannot effectively control the situation once they are intercepted in the frontcourt after attacking.

This group of young players in Monaco is really fast, and the team's tacit understanding is also surprisingly good. The continuous one-foot pass makes it difficult for Manchester City to defend.

Now the team's offense has not only failed to kick out, but also has not taken measures to strengthen the defense. As a result, Manchester City cannot go up or down, and is in a passive situation.

Even Chu Zheng was dragged into a dilemma, and could only use medium and long-distance passes to instigate attacks.

But the problem is that even though Chu Zheng passed the ball as well as usual today, Aguero, Sane, and Sterling in Manchester City's frontcourt seemed to be affected by the away game, so there was a problem in the cooperation with De Bruyne. The problem is that there is always a little bit of tacit understanding missing.

Even if there is an occasional tacit match, Aguero and the others fell into an absolute disadvantage in the physical confrontation with the Monaco players today.

No problem, this group of young people in Monaco is either black or hard, or they are both black and hard, and Aguero, who is delicate and frail, really can't do it.

Manchester City suffered a lot in this regard in the first round.

If they hadn't continued to burn the flames of war in the Monaco half in the second half and invested enough troops to attack like crazy, they might not have been able to win Monaco at the Etihad.

So they think that Guardiola should change his tactics as soon as possible.

But obviously they thought too much. Guardiola's stubbornness in tactics sometimes couldn't pull back the nine-headed dragon.

In the 19th minute of the game, Fernandinho was blasted again.

He dribbled the ball laterally to the right in front of the 30-meter area in the middle of the backcourt, and Germain continued to chase behind him.

Seeing that he was about to be unable to withstand Germain's entanglement, he did not choose De Bruyne who passed the ball across the wing.

But standing on De Bruyne's front right is Bakayoko.

Seeing the ball coming, Bakayoko quickly pressed De Bruyne.

Facing the tall, dark and tough Bakayoko, De Bruyne didn't dare to push the ball back to Fernandinho.

However, although the idea of ​​two over one is good, Fernandinho is like a log, not moving, completely ignoring De Bruyne's intentions.

By the time he reacted, he was already stuck behind Germain.

But Fernandinho did not give up. He desperately wanted to squeeze to the front to grab the ball, but he slipped to the ground in embarrassment after being carried by Germain for half a circle.

After successfully getting rid of the entanglement, Germain quickly dribbled the ball diagonally and advanced towards the middle.

Chu Zheng sprinted back along the middle road with all his strength.

As soon as Germain saw Chu Zheng coming back, he immediately faltered, swung his right foot before Chu Zheng approached, and shot from a long distance.

But he hastily shot the ball into the stands.

In the LeTV live broadcast room, seeing this scene, Zhang Lu and Zhan Jun shook their heads repeatedly.

"Fernandio's performance today dragged down Chu Zheng."

"Yes, Chu Zheng had to withdraw most of the time to help him. Fernandinho was completely at a disadvantage in the physical confrontation with the Monaco players today. It’s too risky to even do a good job defending.”

"Zhang Zhi, do you think it would be better to go to Yaya Toure!" Zhan Jun asked suddenly.

"Ah! You can try it!" Zhang Lu laughed.

As soon as the words fell, the game in the broadcast footage was interrupted by a foul.

"Fabinho is overwhelming!" Seeing the slow-motion replay, Chu Zheng immediately started to break through after getting the ball on the left rib in the center circle of his own half, but was overwhelmed by Fabinho next to him. With hugs and dragging both of them to the ground, Zhan Jun couldn't laugh or cry.

"hey-hey!"

"Jardin actually imposed restrictions on Chu Zheng today. As long as Chu Zheng gets the ball, there will be a Monaco player by his side to press and grab the ball."

"Many Monaco players even surrounded Chu Zheng, blocking the road, cutting the line, and robbing. The responsibilities and division of labor are very clear."

"If you still can't do it, you can use your hands and feet, or come together, and just lay down on the spot. The yellow card doesn't matter. Anyway, there is only one main purpose, and Chu Zheng is not allowed to take the ball comfortably."

"Yes, Jardim seems to have a little understanding of Chu Zheng. As long as the ball is not at his feet, the threat of Manchester City is not so great. On the other hand, we must pay attention!"

On the sidelines, Guardiola has thought about it for a period of time, and he already has an idea of ​​​​adjustment.

However, before he passed the adjustment instructions to the field, Manchester City was hit again.

In the 32nd minute of the game, Chu Zheng circled his left side in the middle of the half and prepared to take the ball.

Behind Chu Zheng, Fabinho did not follow too closely this time, keeping a distance of half a meter.

Seeing that Chu Zheng was about to take the ball, he immediately pushed forward.

As a result, he had just arrived behind Chu Zheng when he saw Chu Zheng suddenly miss the ball from the left side of his body.

Suddenly Fabinho turned pale with fright, and subconsciously wanted to drag Chu Zheng down.

As a result, Chu Zheng, who turned around to face the ball, swung his left hand back and knocked off Fabinho's right hand that had just grabbed onto the jersey.

He dribbled the ball across the center line and saw that De Bruyne and Aguero, who were ambushing Monaco's defense in front of them, had already started to advance forward. Chu Zheng went straight through without saying a word.

The ball was passed extremely accurately, passed through the crowd, and rolled in front of De Bruyne.

De Bruyne and Chu Zheng also formed an excellent passing and running tacit understanding. He rushed the ball forward in front of Remelsson on the right, and then continued to accelerate, abruptly pulling the ball away from Remelsson. position.

Seeing that he was about to enter the penalty area from the left side of the top of the arc, at this time Raj leaned over from his left side, and apart from anything else, he made a resolute shovel and successfully destroyed it.

"Huh!!!!!!!!!!!!!" The Monaco fans in the stands were terrified. The accuracy of the through ball made them break out in cold sweat.

In the coaching area on the sidelines, Jardim shook his head again and again, with a look of horror on his face.

He thinks that today's targeting of Chu Zheng has reached the limit of what he can do, even if Messi and Ronaldo come to please him.

Unexpectedly, Chu Zheng could not be stopped.

This reminded him of what Guardiola said to the media before the game: "In this world, no one can completely restrain Chu. As long as he is on the court, the threat to the opponent will always exist."

At this moment, he had to agree with Guardiola's words that seemed a bit arrogant and over-blown to him at the time.

Fortunately, the state of Manchester City's front line is a bit sluggish today, otherwise if they let Manchester City score another one, they will probably be finished.

Thinking of this, Jardim was so frightened that he subconsciously wanted to make the team retreat a little bit, so as not to give Manchester City such a huge space behind them.

But when he thought of the miserable experience after the first round of withdrawal, Jardim strangled the idea instantly.

He will never forget the regretful feeling of self-blame at that time.

Therefore, today either they die or Manchester City dies.

In front of the small penalty area, Subasic shoveled the ball from Raj to the center circle with a big kick.

This time his long pass still had a certain degree of accuracy, so Monaco instantly switched from defense to offense.

In the left rib area of ​​​​Monaco's middle circle, Sarnia and Lemar competed for the top.

Lemar turned his back and unloaded and picked.

But the ball passed and was knocked down by Sagna.

The referee saw the ball falling in front of Mbappe on the center line behind the two, so he didn't blow the whistle, indicating that the attack was favorable.

Mbappe dropped back in front of the ball, protecting the ball with his chest to complete the turn.

But before he had time to start and rush up, Chu Zheng killed him behind him.

Immediately, Mbappe got excited, and the ejection started with one step, wanting to compete with Chu Zheng.

But Chu Zheng's starting speed is not weaker than Mbappé's at all, and he defends on the right inside.

Seeing that he couldn't get rid of Chu Zheng, Mbappe was forced to take the ball to the side.

But after entering the wing, Mbappe suddenly gave Chu Zheng another kick to accelerate.

But it turned out that Chu Zheng started at the same time as him, and still followed him tightly.

This scene fell in the eyes of countless Monaco fans in the stands. Although it was not the first time they saw it, they were still shocked.

Because in Ligue [-], they haven't seen anyone who can compete with Mbappe in speed.

So far, Chu Zheng is the only one.

On the field, after seven or eight seconds, Chu Zheng blocked Mbappe outside the penalty area.

At this moment, Mbappe felt very uncomfortable and full of frustration.

In the short few seconds just now, he tried all kinds of methods, but he still couldn't get rid of Chu Zheng who was stuck on the inside and defending.

Chu Zheng gave him a very scary feeling, as if no matter what he did, Chu Zheng could instantly see through his true intentions.

But he couldn't guess what Chu Zheng was thinking.

Mbappé felt as if he was naked in front of Chu Zheng, and that feeling made him extremely uncomfortable.

Near the bottom line, Mbappe, who had nowhere to go, was forced to step on the ball and stop.

At this moment, he really wanted Chu Zheng to rush up, so that he would have a chance to break into the restricted area.

On Chu Zheng's side, he glanced at Mbappe lifting his convulsive calf hanging above the ball and swinging from side to side. He didn't move at all, and stood in front of Mbappe.

Seeing that Chu Zheng was still not fooled, Mbappe gave up completely. He felt that he had lost again. This feeling made him extremely uncomfortable and aggrieved.

If he was in Ligue [-], how could he be so angry, he just passed by him, a bunch of weak chickens.

Seeing that the right rib area at the top of the arc of Manchester City is empty, Lemar is running towards the rib after coming along the wing, and he quickly passed the ball.

Chu Zheng also realized the danger.

But seeing Stones rushing towards Lemar first, he took advantage of the opportunity and ran a cross with Stones, running to the ribs to prevent Lemar from cutting inside.

But as soon as Chu Zheng came to the upper corner of the penalty area, after Lemar stopped the ball with his right foot, he suddenly slammed the ball to the left from the outside of his left foot, and his movements were extremely coherent and fast.

Although Stones was empty, he had an advantage in his position, and quickly turned around and retreated along the inside line, trapping Lemar on the outside line.

The two confronted each other outside the penalty area.

Lemar saw that Chu Zheng was staring at Mbappe again in the upper corner of the penalty area, and there was only one Germain in the penalty area, forcing a cross would only waste the ball.

So he dialed the ball with his right foot and brought it back slowly.

At this moment, Mendy came along the sideline, and it was a direct overlap, which put Stones into a two-on-one disadvantage in an instant.

When Mendy ran past, Lemar turned quickly and pushed the ball to the baseline.

Although Stones also quickly turned around and followed up with the defense, his start and speed were not enough to make up for the huge disadvantage of the defender in the two-on-one situation.

And Mendy didn't give him time. After catching up with the ball, he crossed the penalty area with an inverted triangle and low flat ball.

On the left side of the penalty spot, Fabinho followed up with no one to defend, and made a powerful push to meet the ball. Monaco once again pierced Manchester City's goal.

2-0!

For a while, the Louis II Stadium boiled up again.

At this moment, the fans of Monaco really saw the hope of advancing, and they were still one goal away from the quarter-finals of the Champions League.

On the other hand, the Manchester City fans were collectively confused.

On the sidelines, Guardiola looked ugly.

At this moment, he seemed to have returned to the extremely tormented time when Walker didn't come and Kompany didn't recover from his injury.

Now, this feeling came again.

Next to it, Jardim hugged the coaching staff and substitute players who rushed out from behind, and celebrated wildly amidst the cheers of the fans.

(End of this chapter)