Green Journey

On April 4th, Manchester's Etihad Stadium, there is still more than an hour before the game, but fans have already entered the stadium.

"Na na na, na na na na, na na na, hey City!"

"Na na na, na na na na, na na na, hey City!"

In the empty stadium, as Manchester City fans entered the stadium one after another, the scale of the chorus became bigger and bigger, and the singing became louder and louder.

Although this song is not Manchester City's team song, the city fans sang it with great enthusiasm.

Because this is the lucky song in the hearts of all Manchester City people.

"Hey Jude" is a masterpiece created by the Beatles in 1968.

The song's influence in Britain even surpassed that of the British national anthem.

Especially in the group of football fans, it has a high degree of popularity, because it is the product of the perfect combination of rock and football.

And that year also happened to be the year Manchester City won the English First Division Championship.

So "hey Jude" is the lucky charm in the hearts of all Manchester City people, and it has become a team song that must be sung at the beginning, which is not a team song.

"Na na na, na na na na, na na na, hey City!..."

The warm and powerful melody was supported by the chorus of thousands of people, and the positive force in the melody of "hey Jude" infected everyone on the scene.

At 19:15 local time, the Manchester City bus drove into the Etihad Stadium amidst the cheers one after another.

Although it was only a few minutes away, Chu Zheng and the others on the Manchester City bus were terrified, and they were evoked by the thrilling scene in Dortmund that almost knocked people out of their hearts.

Even the big-hearted Chu Zheng heaved a long sigh of relief after getting off the car.

"boom!"

However, just after Chu Zheng waved his hand to the fans to say hello, there was a sudden explosion at the scene, which made Chu Zheng's heart twitch with fright.

Foden's actions next to him were even more exaggerated, he was so scared that he hugged De Bruyne's arm directly, which immediately caused the fans on both sides of the player tunnel to burst into laughter.

After seeing clearly that a relatively large balloon exploded, Chu Zheng, who was a little frightened, couldn't laugh or cry.

And Foden's little face turned red instantly, and he got into a crack in the ground with hatred.

However, what is unexpected is that Dortmund is even more cowardly.

Seeing that there is less than half an hour before the game time, Dortmund's bus has not dared to leave.

They didn't set off until the Manchester City police repeatedly confirmed that the route from the hotel to the Etihad had been closely checked many times before they set off, which eventually caused the game to be delayed for half an hour.

At 20:03 London time and [-]:[-] BJ time, the live broadcast signal is connected to the LeTV Sports live broadcast room.

After the heart-pounding Champions League theme song ended, the starting lineups of Manchester City and Dortmund appeared in the camera.

Manchester City: (4141)

Goalkeeper: Ederson
Defenders: Stones, Kompany, Otamendi, Clichy

Defender: Fernandinho

Avant-garde: Sterling, De Bruyne, Chu Zheng, Sane

Forward: Aguero
"Compared with the first round, Manchester City's defensive line personnel changes are very large."

"The first is the position of the right back. Manchester City was forced to reduce staff before the war. Walker's absence should have a great impact on Manchester City's defense."

"It's said to be viral enteritis. It's so serious that I've been hospitalized! Hehe!" Zhang Hehe said suddenly.

Zhan Jun snorted twice, pursed his lips hard, and almost couldn't hold back, said: "Yaya Toure was also infected. Fortunately, the Manchester City team responded quickly, so the virus did not spread in the team."

"So today Guardiola has a new idea, Stones plays right back!"

"And at left-back, Guardiola played Clichy today."

"So today Dortmund has more options for attacking. They can attack Manchester City's left side like they did in the first round, or they can use their brains on Manchester City's right side."

"Those are the two weak points in Manchester City's tactical system today."

"Yes, whether it is Kolarov or Clichy, or Delph and Sagna, they are not in good form."

"So Gua Shuai can only choose a taller one among the dwarfs."

Zhang Lu smiled, nodded and answered, and said: "Clichy's characteristics are actually quite obvious. He is fast and has rich game experience. Ability, and certain crossing skills, long pass is also good."

"Guardiola used him, probably because he wanted to prevent the left defense from being overwhelmed by Dortmund's speed again."

Not to mention, Zhang Lu really guessed right.

Before the game, in the position of left back, Guardiola was really worried.

Kolarov, this guy has been under constant attack from the media since he had a bright performance at the beginning of the season. He seems to be a bit old. Now this guy gives Guardiola a sense of salty fish. You want him to do it. Just do whatever.

Although he usually works hard in training, his energy is already a bit sluggish.

So Guardiola picks and chooses, and in the end he can only look at the player's personal condition. In the end, he chose Clichy.

Leaving aside the defense, at least Clichy meets Guardiola's tactical requirements in terms of speed, game return and forward attitude, and foot skills.

Dortmund: (4141)

Forward: Aubameyang

Forwards: Royce, Shaheen, Shinji Kagawa, Durm
Back midfielder: Weigel
Defenders: Guerrero, Ginter, Papastathopoulos, Piszczek
Goalkeeper: Burki
"In last week's Bundesliga, Borussia Dortmund beat Eintracht Frankfurt [-]-[-], and this victory also took them out of the shadow of the bomb attack for a while."

"But in the case of a 2-3 loss in the first leg, Dortmund must win by two goals today to hope to advance to the semi-finals of the Champions League!"

"Yesterday, in an interview with the pre-match media, Tuchel said that we should try to score more goals. The team still needs to play offensive football, but the defense can no longer be like the first round. It is stupid to attack and not defend. They There needs to be a balance between offense and defense."

"In other words, Dortmund's tactical strategy today may be based on the defense without conceding the ball, and then try to find opportunities to score goals as much as possible."

"The good news for Dortmund in this game is that captain Royce is back!"

"Then Zhang Zhi, do you think Royce's comeback will bring greater changes to Dortmund's offensive system?"

"Ah! That's for sure." Zhang Lu chuckled, "Royce, Shaheen, and Shinji Kagawa are all veterans under Klopp's most glorious period in Dortmund. The tacit understanding is not comparable to other young Dortmund players."

"..."

At 03:15 BJ time, with the whistle of the referee Skomina, this strong dialogue officially kicked off.

On the field, Dortmund, who was dressed in yellow and black trousers and attacked from left to right, took the ball. Aguero, Sterling, and Sane quickly pressed on and pressed Shaheen and others.

However, the midfielder Chu Zheng and others did not move much, making many people mistakenly think that Guardiola's tactical strategy today should be to seek stability.

However, the game was less than a minute before people realized it, and they were begging for stability.

Both Manchester City and Dortmund have a fast offensive and defensive rhythm on the field. When they get the ball, they attack at full speed, just like two supercars, they start in fifth gear.

The two sides did not have any temptations, and they came up to stab each other with knives.

In terms of formation, Manchester City still adopts the rotation strategy of the midfielder today.

In short, Guardiola's tactical intentions today were very clear from the first second of the game. He wanted to completely liberate Chu Zheng and let Manchester City unleash the strongest offensive firepower.

On Dortmund's side, Aubameyang stepped forward in the frontcourt, with Royce and Shinji Kagawa behind him.

In the midfield, Guerrero played not a left back at all, but a left wing back, so Dortmund actually played a 3421 formation.

Tuchel's tactical intention is equally obvious, that is, to break the boat, attack at all costs and strive for goals, and strive to advance to the semi-finals of the Champions League.

This guy seems to have forgotten what he said in the interview yesterday that the offense and defense should be balanced and so on.

The fans in the Etihad stands did not expect such a fast-paced game today.

So the Manchester City fans stopped singing about Judy, and all yelled and cheered for the players on the Manchester City field.

In the front row of the South Stand, near the Manchester City bench, Zhao Dudu and Michelle are also there.

Although the little Mason in Michelle's arms is young, he already has the energy of a fanatical football fan.

He sat on his mother's lap and kept waving his two little arms, laughing like silver bells, and stared hard at his calves from time to time, making Michelle and Zhao Dudu dumbfounded.

Just 2 minutes into the game, Manchester City and Dortmund have completed two more threatening offenses and defenses with each other.

At 2 minutes and 11 seconds into the game, Chu Zheng, who was withdrawing along the middle, saw Dortmund's cross from the left was directly embraced by the attacking Ederson. After slowing down and stopping, he turned his head to look at Dortmund's cross. Thinking on the right.

In the first 2 minutes, Dortmund's offensive center of gravity was heavily tilted to the left, which gave Chu Zheng the feeling that this was not a regular 3421, but a partial formation.

After sorting out his thoughts, Chu Zheng had an idea.

Since Dortmund wants to fight like this, he will not be polite.

In the penalty area, Ederson retreated to the front of the small penalty area. Seeing that Dortmund players had all exited the penalty area, he threw the ball under his feet.

At this moment, Aubameyang, who had just retreated to the front of the top of the arc, suddenly started to rush into the penalty area like a cheetah.

Edson was taken aback, and quickly moved the ball to the front right, followed up and swung his right foot to drive the ball to the front court immediately.

At the front of the 30-meter area in the middle of Dortmund's half, Aguero took the lead in rushing to the landing point.

But the ball was still behind him, and Papa, who came out from the back line, fought for it.

The ball was pushed into the middle circle area where there was no one six or seven meters in front of the two, and was taken by Sane who ran across the ribs into the middle circle.

At the same time, Chu Zheng on the center line behind Sane suddenly started, and after taking the ball into the LS on the left front side, he saw Weigel approaching in front of him, and he immediately smashed the ball and turned back. belt, and then across the midline.

Seeing that Chu Zheng had already run to the front of the center line, Sane passed the ball.

But Sane didn't stay idle after passing the ball, but immediately started a full-speed oblique thrust to the left front side, and wanted to return to the left side of the frontcourt.

As soon as he ran, Weigel had to follow.

But then something went wrong.

On Chu Zheng's side, when Sane led Weigl to rush past his right front rib, he also suddenly started to rush and quickly entered the rib.

Durm, who was defending on Chu Zheng's left side, and Shinji Kagawa, who had just retreated along his ribs on the right side, couldn't keep up with Chu Zheng's speed at all.

Seeing that Chu Zheng was about to accelerate away from his side, Durm's heart became ruthless, and he fell to the ground and stretched out his right foot to tackle.

Durm's action seemed to be running towards the ball, but in fact he stretched his foot over, which caught Chu Zheng off guard and tripped him.

In this way, even if he is called for a foul, he will have an excuse to defend himself, and the penalty will be lighter.

But coincidentally, Kagawa Shinji on Chu Zheng's right also thought so.

He fell to the ground almost at the same time as Durm, and stretched out his left foot to trip Chu Zheng.

In the stands, seeing the actions of Durm and Shinji Kagawa, the hearts of Manchester City fans instantly lifted.

It's fine if the attack is gone, but Chu Zheng must not get hurt.

However, in the next second, the fall that countless fans expected did not come.

No, to be exact, Chu Zheng fell down, but quickly stood up again.

On the court, just as he picked up his speed and swung the ball forward, Chu Zheng, who hadn't had time to follow up, tripped over Durm and Shinji Kagawa's feet and threw himself forward.

However, at the moment when Chu Zheng couldn't control his forward leaning center of gravity, he jumped forward very simply, propped his hands on the ground, and pushed his head to the ground, which was a front flip directly, and then stood up.

But the huge inertia made Chu Zheng's center of gravity lean forward unstable.

So he bent over and supported the ground several times with his hands. After staggering for a few steps, he actually straightened up, and took advantage of the remaining inertia to rush up again.

Not far away, the referee Skomina had just put the whistle in his mouth. After seeing this scene, his eyes widened and his whole body became square.

Good guy, come to practice gymnastics on the football field?

Skomina's eyes were full of disbelief.

It was the first time he saw this kind of action in all his years of law enforcement, and he was so shocked that he even forgot to blow the whistle.

At this moment, Guardiola and Tuchel on the sidelines and all the fans in the stands were all dumbfounded.

After the shock, there was a shock in Tuchel's eyes.

Two people, two players put shovels left and right, but they still couldn't stop the monster.

On the field, after Chu Zheng caught up with the ball again, Dortmund's four-man defense, Sane, Aguero, and Sterling on the right side of the top of the arc were all in place in front of him.

Under the restraint of these three people, Dort couldn't tell anyone who would rob or interfere with Chu Zheng.

In a blink of an eye, Chu Zheng took the ball to the front of the penalty area on the left rib at the top of the arc.

After seeing Piszczek stop at the penalty area line, Chu Zheng suddenly turned his foot while running and slammed the ball heavily.

In an instant, the ball rubbed against the right side of Piszczek, who was blocked with his back, and shot towards the goal like a white lightning.

On the right side of the goal, goalkeeper Burki happened to be on the shooting line. He blocked his chest with both hands, and the ball hit him and bounced back in front of him.

In the next second, Aguero and Sterling hit the goal.

Before the penalty kick, Sterling directly pushed the ball back from Burki from the lower right corner of the goal.

"Goal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" In the BBC sports broadcast room, Lineker climaxed instantly, sitting on the sofa clenched his fists and shouted.

Beside, Ferdinand and the specially invited guest Uncle Klopp were also dumbfounded.

"This is crazy!" Klopp muttered to himself, his head was full of Chu Zheng's front flip.

Next to him, Ferdinand couldn't find a word to describe Chu Zheng, so he nodded along. It was indeed a crazy and miraculous action.

"What a goal!!!!!!!!!!!!!" In the commentary seat, Martin and Smith were also shouting hoarsely, pulling their necks.

"The ball went in!!!"

"Fantasy start for Manchester City!!!!"

"In less than 3 minutes of the game, Manchester City scored a goal!!!!!!!!!"

"Chu Zheng, a magical performance!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" In the live broadcast room of LeTV Sports, Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu also exploded.

"Now the total score is 4-2, Dortmund has been pushed to the edge of the cliff again..."

At the same time, the barrage on LeTV's live broadcast room also exploded.

"Oh my god! The animation scene is reproduced, this is it!"

"It's just that God Chu didn't jump up with the ball, otherwise it would be more like it!"

"That's enough to show off! It's really a young football player at that time!"

"Chu Zheng's adaptability is really amazing!"

"..."

On the sidelines, Guardiola was extremely excited today.

After witnessing the goal, he jumped back three steps in a row, then turned and waved up and down at the Manchester City fans in the stands, inciting the fans.

Next to the Manchester City bench, Zhao Dudu and Michelle also raised their arms and cheered. Little Mason was placed on the ground, and the little guy was also jumping for joy.

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