Green Journey

Chapter 508 Crazy Chu Zheng, Another Bloody Case!
Four days later, on April 4, the 8nd round of the Premier League hit.

In this round, Manchester City will play at home against Hull City, which has temporarily jumped out of the relegation zone and is fourth from the bottom in the standings.

Since the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals will be played against Dortmund in a few days, Guardiola adopted a corresponding rotation this round to allow the main players to adjust their physical fitness.

But Guardiola did not underestimate the enemy, and he also paid enough attention to Hull City, which came from afar.

At this stage of the end of the season, no head coach in the Premier League dares to underestimate those teams fighting for relegation, otherwise it would be too normal to capsize in the gutter.

This is the biggest difference between the Premier League and the other four major leagues. It has no real underdogs.

Guardiola feels particularly clear about this.

When he was in La Liga and Bundesliga before, except for the only one or two opponents, he was not killed randomly when he encountered him.

But when you come to the Premier League, let alone Quack kills randomly, you will be killed if you don't pay attention.

Those seemingly underdog Premier League teams are really not weak, but relatively weak.

So today on the front line, he did not rotate Aguero, Sterling and Sane.

But the personnel changes in the midfield are a bit big.

The first is the goalkeeper position, where he re-enables Bravo.

The defense also adopted a rotation, with Clichy and Keylor Navas playing full-backs, and the two central defenders were Stones and Kolarov.

As for the midfield, due to Chu Zheng's strong request, Guardiola rotated De Bruyne, allowing Chu Zheng to partner with David Silva and Delph.

Now everyone in the Manchester City team knows that Chu Zheng is going to hit the record of [-] goals in the season, and everyone is willing to help Chu Zheng.

Guardiola also noticed that Chu Zheng was in a frighteningly good state under the stimulation of this goal.

This is a good thing for the team, and he has no reason to stop it.

The only thing that worried him was whether the frequent starts would cause Chu Zheng to get injured due to fatigue.

Therefore, after seeking the opinion of the medical department and seeing Chu Zheng's physical examination and assessment, he still let Chu Zheng start.

As a result, as soon as the starting lineup was announced, the outside world collectively fry the pot.

"What the hell, why is Bravo activated again?"

"Why is Ding Ding on the bench?"

"Oh my god! Fernandinho didn't even make the squad for the competition!"

"Holy shit, why did Delph, who was almost hidden in the snow, also play?"

"..."

Doubts like these are endless.

But Manchester City fans have expressed that it is a big deal, they are used to it, because they have never understood Guardiola.

This season, Manchester City fans have seen too many of Guardiola's weirdness, and the starting lineup has not been stable.

What 361, 451, 4231, 4141 formation, that is switching back and forth.

He even came up with a 3241 formation of the central midfielder that has confused countless people so far.

Seeing the complaints of Manchester City fans on the Internet, many people are happy, and it is really the case after thinking about it.

For example, expelling Hart and using Bravo, the regent who is about to die.

Put Aguero on the bench and play no striker, let Keylor Navas and Fernandinho play full-back.

All kinds of choices that seem weird to the outside world are all made by Guardiola.

But don't tell me, some of his choices have really created classics.

For example, without a striker, Barcelona was blown away.

Of course, there are also failures.

For example, during the period when Guardiola insisted on using Bravo regardless of doubts from the outside world and his own fans, Manchester City almost fell out of the championship.

Now many people think back to that time and feel that if Chu Zheng was not carrying Manchester City to catch up with Chelsea, perhaps Manchester City would have fallen behind in the championship.

As far as the outside world is concerned, the media's focus is not on the game itself, but on Chu Zheng, who continues to start.

Most fans in Europe now know that Manchester City has a monster midfielder who is hitting the record of [-] goals in a single season.

Chu Zheng has now scored 88 goals in a single season, which is 12 short of [-] goals.

With Chu Zheng's current terrifying state, it is not difficult to score 12 goals at the end of the season.

Now there are 7 games left in the Premier League, and in the Champions League, if Manchester City can reach the final, it will be 5 games.

In addition, Manchester City also reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup. If they can reach the final, Manchester City theoretically still has 14 games.

If he played all 14 games without being troubled by injuries, then with Chu Zheng's efficiency, making 12 balls is as easy as eating and drinking.

As for whether Chu Zheng can break Messi's record of 117 goals in a single season, this is a bit difficult to say.

……

At 22:[-] BJ time, the battle between Manchester City and Hull City officially started.

In less than 4 minutes of the opening, Manchester City took the lead in threatening Hull City's goal.

Sane received Aguero's ribs and hit the goal from a small angle and was blocked.

Chu Zheng was right behind Sane, and when he saw the ball rolling over, he was overjoyed. If he really wanted to sleep, he would pass him a pillow.

So Chu Zheng followed up a few steps and kicked the ball in the upper corner of the small penalty area and sent the ball directly to Hull City's goal.

After scoring the goal, Chu Zheng ran directly to the camera and made 8 and 9 gestures, indicating that this was the 89th ball, and he was extremely excited.

The Etihad fans at the scene also gave him congratulatory applause.

In the eyes of many Manchester City fans, even if Chu Zheng does not break [-] goals this season, he is already the god in their hearts, their Ittihad.

Even if Chu Zheng stops at 89 in a single season, he can still be proud of the current football world.

After successfully breaking the game, Chu Zheng became more and more excited when he played in the midfielder position. Either he took the ball to play for Sane, Aguero and Sterling, or he crazily stirred up Hull City with his super breakthrough dribbling ability. A dense back line, and then wait for opportunities to shoot or assist.

Under the influence of Chu Zheng's abnormal level of excellence, Hull City let alone threaten Manchester City's goal, sometimes it is a bit difficult to think about halftime.

Chu Zheng's activeness and organized a storm-like attack put great pressure on all the players on the Hull City field, and even made some young players find it difficult to breathe.

On the sidelines, Guardiola was also a little dumbfounded, Chu Zheng was too scary.

He was terrified in his heart, why this kid was getting more and more crazy, this madness even made Guardiola a little scared, afraid that Chu Zheng would be too excited and hurt.

At the same time, Chu Zheng also made Guardiola think of Messi. Messi was in this state in the 2011-12 season, which was extremely crazy.

……

In the 32nd minute of the game, Chu Zheng scored his first assist of the game.

On the right side of Manchester City, Navas slipped to the bottom and sent a cross.

The ball was not passed well, it couldn't go up, it couldn't go down, it was almost at the same height as Chu Zheng's shoulders, so Chu Zheng couldn't hit it directly, and the header was awkward.

So Chu Zheng didn't do anything, shrugged his right shoulder, took off most of the ball's strength, and sent the ball to the back point in a parabola.

Before hitting the post, Sane outflanked the ball, jumped straight forward, and hammered the ball with his face.

The ball brushed the inside of the post and flew into the Hull City goal.

Chu Zheng's shoulder assist stunned the fans at the scene, making countless fans and reporters marvel that this is an art on the football field.

In the 66th minute of the second half, one minute before Chu Zheng was substituted, Sterling successfully broke through the defense on the right, cut inside to the ribs and then crossed.

Chu Zheng, who was on the left side of the top of the arc in the penalty area, followed up and fired another heavy shot with his left foot, and the ball went straight to the upper right corner of the goal.

3-0!

Chu Zheng also refreshed his number of goals made in a single season to 91.

After scoring three goals alone, Guardiola quickly replaced him with De Bruyne.

Chu Zheng played too much today, and occasionally used some fancy moves that tinged humiliation.

Guardiola was really worried that the Hull City players would get angry after being humiliated and kick Chu Zheng directly, which would be a tragedy.

So, let's accept it when you see it!
Chu Zheng left the game cheerfully. He knew what was good and bad, and knew that Guardiola's substitution meant to protect him.

After De Bruyne played, Manchester City did not let go of Hull City and continued to attack, rewriting the score to 72-81 in the 5nd and 0st minutes of the game.

The goals were scored by Sterling and Aguero, and De Bruyne was the assist.

However, Hull City's spiritual attributes are also really strong.

Seeing that a fiasco was inevitable, fortunately they attacked boldly, and then a scene that made people vomit blood came.

In the 86th minute of the game, on the right side of Manchester City's goal, Hull City took a corner kick.

Stones made a clearance in the middle of the penalty area.

The ball fell to the upper corner of the penalty area on the right side of Manchester City and returned to the feet of Hull City players.

Immediately afterwards, Hull City played an exquisite offensive cooperation from the side, successfully sending the ball from the side to the bottom line of the ribs of the penalty area, and then passed back to the left side of the penalty area in an inverted triangle.

Facing the incoming ball, Hull City's left central defender kept pushing the ball with his right foot, but he didn't exert any force. The result was astonishing.

In front of the goal line, facing this kind of ball that was not fast, Bravo, who fell to the left on the spot, touched behind him, and the ball rolled directly to the Manchester City goal.

On the court, Ranocchia himself was a little dazed. He stayed in place for two or three seconds before running back.

"Looking at Ranocchia's expression, he probably couldn't believe it himself."

"No, he didn't use his strength, but Bravo still missed the ball!" Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu twitched happily in the live broadcast of LeTV.

On the sidelines, Edson directly covered his chest the moment the team lost the ball, as if hit by an arrow.

But soon he realized that he was not on the court, and the loss of the zero seal award seemed to have nothing to do with him.

Chu Zheng also grinned at the sight, it was really crazy, this was Hull City's first shot on target in the whole game, and it turned out right away.

Bravo, what kind of crime did he do? He entered as soon as he was shot.

At this time, Chu Zheng could almost imagine that Bravo, who had gradually faded out of the media's attention after the game, would become popular again, and there was a high probability that he would be crazily ridiculed by the media again.

In the coaching area on the sidelines, Guardiola also couldn't laugh or cry, and felt extremely incredible in his heart.

After the game, as expected, the enthusiasm of Chu Zheng, who scored 3 goals in this game, was taken away by Bravo, a holographic projection goalkeeper.

"Who can make Manchester City's starting roster come out, so that the fans collectively yell and beat their chests?Who can steal the limelight from Chu, who scored 3 goals and was the best player in the game, before such a big victory?The answer is Bravo, he did not disappoint us, let down the fans of Manchester City, in front of a long-lost Premier League start, he defended his record of conceding a goal as long as he was shot on target! - The Sun
"Guardiola must have lost his head, he chose Bravo, he made a flaw in a game that could have been perfectly won!" - Daily Mail

But after a few hours, Bravo was relieved, and the media and fans were quickly diverted, laughing at another hapless man.

Because Arsenal lost again, and still lost to Crystal Palace, which defeated Chelsea in the 30th round.

In this round, with Liverpool, Manchester United and Everton all winning the four teams, Arsenal must win in order to continue to keep their Champions League seats.

However, under the pressure, Arsenal lost the chain again.

In the current Premier League standings, Liverpool has occupied fourth place with 61 points, followed by Arsenal with 59 points, followed by Manchester United with 58 points and Everton with 54 points.

This makes the situation of Arsenal's next competition for the Champions League seat more severe.

This means that they can no longer make mistakes, otherwise they will lose the last seat in the fourth.

After the game, Arsenal fans were reluctant to leave for a long time.

They swarmed and yelled at Wenger on and off the pitch, and this time even Arsenal's players suffered.

After the game, Bellerin and others went to the sidelines to thank the gun fans who accompanied the team, but the stranded gun fans pointed their noses and scolded, "You don't deserve to wear this jersey!"

Among them, Xhaka was the worst scolded.

In this game, Xhaka's performance was simply disastrous, which impressed the Gunners fans very deeply.

In the 41st minute of the first half, after the ball fell comfortably to the feet of the Crystal Palace players, they moved forward quickly.

After Crystal Palace's right midfielder Milivojevic passed the center line along his right rib, facing Ozil's timely pursuit, he suddenly stopped and kicked back, successfully throwing off the dead German.

However, what is funny is that, three or four meters away from the left front side of the incident site, Zhaka followed and slowed down. Zhaka, who was completely alone, seemed to hit an air wall, and suddenly fell backwards on all fours.

This funny performance instantly amused the audience at Crystal Palace.

Xhaka's disastrous performance on both offensive and defensive ends is actually the epitome of Arsenal's overall defensive performance today.

The ball possession rate was 73% in the whole game, but nothing was achieved. Instead, the Crystal Palace hit one goal, and the defense in the midfield was almost like a piece of paper.

After the game, Wenger accepted interviews with Sky Sports and the BBC. Even he himself said that they were well prepared, but they didn't know how they lost.

Wenger's original words were, "We wasted too many opportunities and paid the price of losing the game. There is no special reason in it. We are very prepared. Everyone is the same. It is difficult for me to explain the game. Why did it become like this."

In fact, under the analysis of the outside media and some famous football figures, in this game, from Arsenal's formation to on-the-spot command, Wenger can be said to have completely lost to Crystal Palace coach Allardyce tactically.

Judging from the overall game of the two teams on the field, Arsenal's complete defeat is actually reasonable, so Wenger can hardly shirk the blame for this defeat.

As for Manchester City, Guardiola and Chu Zheng kept their ears to the outside world, as if they were preparing for the upcoming Champions League quarter-finals.

And no matter how good-looking a series is, if it drags on for too long, there will be a day when people feel boring.

This drama between Arsenal and Arsene Wenger has something to do with it.

(End of this chapter)