Green Journey

On May 5, the semi-finals of the Champions League kicked off. The first thing to start was the civil war belonging to La Liga, the Madrid derby between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid.

This is the 8th time that the two sides have met in the European war. Before that, Real Madrid had a record of 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss, of which Real Madrid won both at home.

The only defeat dates back to 1959 in the last century, so judging from the record of the European war, Real Madrid, which has won four knockout matches, has a clear advantage.

After the opening, Real Madrid played an active offensive. Facing Atletico Madrid's high-pressure frontcourt, Real Madrid's continuous and precise pass control in the backcourt made Atletico Madrid exhausted.

Real Madrid midfielders Modric, Casemiro and Kroos also protected their own defense well. They completed key steals and interceptions at the front of the penalty area many times, strangling Atletico Madrid's offense in their own half time and time again. Inside.

Moreover, Real Madrid also made full use of the width of the field, quickly passed the midfield after getting the ball, and resolutely sought cooperation from the two sides or kicked the ball into the penalty area.

In the backcourt, Real Madrid's Marcelo and Carvajal also performed their defensive tasks well.

At the same time, their proper pressure on the side also suppressed Atletico Madrid's opponent's side attackers, created a partial numerical advantage for Real Madrid's side attack, and played decisively and accurately at the front of the opponent's penalty area, allowing Ronaldo and Benzema The ability to exploit points in the penalty area continued to threaten Atletico Madrid's goals.

So Ronaldo's goal came naturally.

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After watching the game, Chu Zheng personally felt that Real Madrid won the game in terms of skills and tactics.

Especially in the second half, Real Madrid's pass control + counterattack style of play, coupled with Ronaldo's terrifying ability to seize opportunities, made Real Madrid's offense extremely terrifying.

As for Atletico Madrid, Chu Zheng felt that Simeone's team's oppressive ability was not as good as in previous years.

In this game, Atletico Madrid's front line was completely misfired, and they could not find an effective offensive method. In the end, Real Madrid slowly tore apart the defense line through pass control.

And through this game, Chu Zheng also thought of their game against Juventus tomorrow.

Chu Zheng felt that they could learn from Real Madrid, maybe by limiting Juventus' set-pieces and counterattacks, Juventus could be caught without a fight.

But after thinking about it carefully, Chu Zheng gave up this idea again, feeling that he had taken it for granted.

There is no other reason, Juventus' defense is stronger than Atletico Madrid.

Especially the kind of integrated defense, even if they can limit Juventus' counterattack, they may not be able to tear apart Juventus' defense.

After the game, this peak duel within La Liga was widely reported by the media.

Especially Cristiano Ronaldo, who scored more goals in the knockout stage than in the group stage, after this battle, his total number of goals in the Champions League has reached an incredible level.

With 103 goals in the Champions League, Messi, who has only 94 goals in the Champions League, is closely behind.

As for the other 8 players in the top ten, except for Benzema with No.551 grains and Ibrahimovic with No.948 grains, the rest of the players have all retired.

Then there are Lewandowski with 40 goals, Muller with 39 goals, Rooney with 30 goals, Robben with 29 goals, Aguero with 27 goals, Cavani with 25 goals, and Neymar with 21 goals.

Considering the age factor, Neymar is the only player in this group of players who has a chance to catch up with the record of Messi and Ronaldo.

However, considering that the two record smashers, Messi and Ronaldo, will continue to set new records in the future, with Neymar's average scoring efficiency of 0.53 in the Champions League, his hope of catching up with Melo's Champions League scoring record is still very slim.

Therefore, "French Football" threw out a conclusion in the report, that is, from this perspective, football seems to have quietly ushered in the era of superstar faults.

But some media do not agree with this point of view.

The "Times" directly threw out Chu Zheng's Champions League statistics.

As a newcomer to the Champions League, Chu Zheng has played 10 of Manchester City's 9 Champions League games so far, scoring 10 goals in the Champions League, with an average scoring rate of 1.11 goals per game, which is higher than Messi and Ronaldo.

After being reminded by the "Times", countless fans suddenly realized that they had ignored the efficiency of Chu Zheng, the new king of the Premier League.

But even if they are surprised by Chu Zheng's average goal efficiency of 1.11 in the Champions League, many people don't think Chu Zheng can catch up with Messi and Ronaldo.

The reason is that Chu Zheng is too young, even 3 years younger than Neymar.

Just one Champions League season does not prove that Chu Zheng can maintain this scoring efficiency in the following seasons.

All in all, Chu Zheng still needs to prove himself.

……

The next day, on the second match day of the Champions League semi-final, the match between Manchester City and Juventus will begin in Ittihadella.

At 17:[-], there are still nearly two and a half hours before the game, but the Etihad Stadium has opened ahead of schedule, and the stadium is almost full of fans.

The Manchester City fans in the stands sang "hey city" for a while, and sang the Manchester City team song "The Boys in Blue" collectively for a while, which has already set up the atmosphere at home.

In the stands behind the Manchester City bench, Hao Xiao and the other three also came over today.

"Blind Man and the others are probably a bit overwhelmed in today's match!"

Hearing what Hao Xiao said, Niu Benben next to him didn't take it seriously, and said, "I'm optimistic about Manchester City. With that kid Chu Zheng around, it's impossible for Buffon to get a clean sheet against Manchester City."

After saying that, seeing that Jiang Lai, who was caught between him and Hao Xiao, did not speak, Niu Benben bumped Jiang Lai with his shoulder and asked, "Jiang Lai, what do you think?"

Jiang Lai smiled and said, "Of course I support Brother Chu!"

Hao Xiao next to him rolled his eyes and said, "That's because you don't understand how strong Juventus is!"

This season, Hao Xiao's Bologna Serie A played against Juventus in two rounds, and was kicked 5-1.

The only goal they scored was a dribble.

So how strong Juventus' defense is, Hao Xiao has the most say.

After the two games against Juventus, what Hao Xiao felt the most was the extreme tacit understanding of the cooperation of the Juventus defenders.

Chiellini, Bonucci, and Barzagli have been partners for six or seven years. The division of labor, filling, and coordination in defense can be called art.

Coupled with the strong defensive ability of these three people, they dare to shoot, they are positioned accurately, and their positions are selected properly, which makes Juventus' defense more stable.

In addition, there is Buffon, the last line of defense.

As a goalkeeper, Hao Xiao is convinced of Buffon.

Buffon's anticipation ability is too strong, and it always makes people feel as if the opponent's forward shot is too direct.

At 18:45, the starting lineups of Manchester City and Juventus were announced.

Manchester City: (4141)

Goalkeeper: Ederson
Defenders: Kyle Walker, Kompany, Stones, Otamendi

DM: Yaya Toure

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

Forward: Aguero
Juventus: (343)

Forwards: Mandzukic, Higuain, Dybala

Midfielders: Alex Sandro, Marchisio, Pjanic, Alves

Defenders: Chiellini, Bonucci, Barzagli
Goalkeeper: Buffon

In the BBC studio, Lineker, Ferdinand and Lampard chatted enthusiastically as soon as they got the starting lists of both sides.

"It seems that we hope to witness Guardiola's magical 3241 formation again today." Looking at Manchester City's starting lineup on the big TV in the studio, Lampard said.

Ferdinand said with a smile: "Juventus scored 11 goals in ten Champions League games, and they only conceded two goals. The defensive strength is undoubtedly the strongest team this season, and Manchester City scored a total of 2 goals in ten Champions League games. A goal, three times that of Juventus."

"So, today is also a peak duel of spear and shield!" Lineker said cheerfully.

……

At the same time, on the fifth sports channel of the domestically installed radio station, He Wei and Zhang Lu were also analyzing the starting lineups of the two sides for domestic fans.

"The scariest thing about Juve's defense this year is the seamless transfer between formations, such as from 3 backs to 4 backs to 5 backs, the switching between the three is almost smooth, and it hardly reveals too much I'll give you the flaw."

"There is nothing to say about the cooperation of Chiellini, Bonucci and Barzagli in the defense. It has truly achieved the point of 1+1+1>3."

"Buffon is still the same Buffon. The decline in ability is not directly proportional to his age. On the contrary, the older he gets, the more monster he gets."

"Two wings, Sandro and Alves attack as full-backs and defend as full-backs."

"Juventus midfielder has a certain degree of hardness and softness. He is not afraid of fighting and can control the ball. The player Pjanic is the key to Juventus' offensive and defensive transition."

"Frontcourt, Mandzukic is also a key point."

"When Juventus is defending, he often pulls to the side to take on the heavy responsibility of defense. His enthusiasm on the defensive end sometimes even makes people feel that he is a defender, and he defends very well."

"Behind him is another key player, Dybala!"

"His role in the frontcourt is also crucial!"

After the words fell, Zhang Lu changed the subject and said, "But this Juventus team is not without flaws."

"As far as the personal ability of the midfielder is concerned, it is actually the weakest Juventus in recent years."

"So Allegri strengthened the numbers in midfield."

"In addition to the two defensive midfielders, the two full-backs must participate in the defense. When attacking, the wings rely on the breakthroughs of Sandro, Alves or Cuadrado."

"Higuain stayed in the front to support, that is to say, in the counterattack process, Juventus can not only achieve a quick counterattack, but also turn the quick counterattack into a positional battle."

"So if Manchester City wants to break the Juventus formation, the first thing to do is to speed up!"

"Of course, it's not just blindly fast like Monaco, but to have a super brain that knows how to control the rhythm, and then appear in the gap of the Juventus defense line, speed up instantly before forming a complete defense line, and break it down."

"I believe that Manchester City with Chu Zheng is no problem."

"Chu Zheng can now be said to be the most powerful and young midfielder brain in world football."

"His head, no one can guess what he's thinking in the game, it's always so different and unexpected."

After finishing speaking, Zhang Lu pointed to the name of De Bruyne in Manchester City's starting lineup, and continued: "Besides, De Bruyne also has this ability. His kick is highly concealed and precise. His pass can also penetrate Juventus' defense in an instant."

"Manchester City has these two main and auxiliary cores. I believe they will let Juventus take care of one and lose the other today. They can guard against this, but they cannot guard against that!"

"The second is the heavy hammer!"

"Heavy hammer?" He Wei didn't understand for a while.

Zhang Lu chuckled and said, "It's a powerful center. It doesn't have to be to score directly. It can also create chaos in the opponent's defense and create opportunities for other teammates through strong personal abilities."

"Haha, it's like swinging a heavy hammer directly on the wall. Although it may not be able to knock down the wall, it may be able to smash a crack!" He Wei made a metaphor.

"This metaphor is very vivid!" The smiling Zhang Lu nodded again and again, "But it's a pity that Manchester City doesn't have this kind of center forward."

"The last point is set-pieces, especially the ability to score headers, but Manchester City is also not good at this, and even relatively poor in this regard."

"Indeed, although Manchester City has scored more than [-] goals this season, there are not many headers!"

"In addition to these, there is actually another way."

"What?" He Wei looked at Zhang Lu curiously.

"That is to give up half the court and play defense against defense."

"Juve's defense is a combination of offense and defense. When they counterattack, there are not many people. If the counterattack fails to achieve results, his formation is a passive formation."

"If you encounter a team that is equally good at defending and compressing space, the problem of Juventus' lack of numbers in counterattacks will be highlighted."

"Although Manchester City is not good at defense, they are definitely good at compressing space. Once Juventus, which is as sharp as a dagger in counterattack, is dragged into a positional battle, then Juventus' offensive will come to nothing."

"But I don't think Pep Guardiola would do that because it doesn't fit his football philosophy that the best defense is attacking."

……

At the same time, at the Etihad Stadium, players from both Manchester City and Juventus were warming up on the court before the game.

On the left side of the top of the arc, Chu Zheng crossed the ball, and Foden followed up with an angry shot, kicking the ball directly into the stands, which drew good-natured laughter from the Manchester City fans in the stands.

"Chu, can't you pass it better? It will be fast and slow!" Foden complained to Chu Zheng with his face heated up by the smile.

"Then I'll pass it directly into the goal for you next time, so you don't have to worry about it!" Chu Zheng didn't get used to this little guy, and he just opened his mouth.

"Haha!" De Bruyne and Aguero, who were warming up next to them, laughed collectively.

In front of the goal on the other side, Dybala, Pjanic, Alves, Mandzukic, Chiellini and Higuain are warming up by grabbing the ring.

"It's really unimaginable, he is only 22 years old this year."

"Leo told me, that kid is a monster!"

"Uh, Dani, are you sure Messi isn't talking about himself!"

"Haha!" Hearing Mandzukic's rhetorical question to Alves, Dybala and Pjanic were all happy.

Higuain also laughed a few times, then turned to look at Chu Zheng who was juggling the ball in front of Manchester City's goal.

To be honest, Higuain felt extremely incredible about Chu Zheng's career in the past two years.

When he played against Wolfsburg in Naples that year, although Chu Zheng surprised him, he was only on the defensive end.

As a result, I never thought that two years later, Chu Zheng quickly became a superstar in the football world, and his fame was close to that of Messi, Ronaldo and Neymar.

A total of 49 goals and 43 total assists in a single season, what kind of fairy data is this, not only dominating the Premier League scorer list, but also the assist list.

Based on this alone, Higuain thinks that what Messi said is completely right, this is indeed a monster!