Green Journey

On the court, Buffon, who was wearing a black lining, put Chu Zheng's No. 10 jersey on his right shoulder. Looking at the back of Chu Zheng who was carrying his jersey, he didn't look away for a long time.

Today's game put great pressure on Buffon.

It can be said that Buffon has encountered the strongest defensive pressure this season.

"What are you looking at?" Just as Buffon was distracted, Bonucci came over and gently pushed Buffon from behind.

Buffon glanced back at Bonucci, smiled, turned his head to Chu Zheng, and said, "Look at a monster!"

Bonucci was happy, nodded in approval, looked at Chu Zheng and said: "It is indeed a monster, and it is a crazy monster. He almost suffocated me, Andrea and Gio."

Thinking of Chu Zheng's offensive plans during the 90-minute game.

Especially after Manchester City fell behind 1-2, the wave of attack that seemed to be one after another made Bonucci and his defensive players face extremely strong pressure.

Sometimes just after finishing a defense, another wave of Manchester City's offensive came again before they had time to take a few breaths.

At this moment, Barzagli also came over, stood beside Buffon and the two, and said, "If I had a choice, I don't want to meet him again."

Hearing this, both Buffon and Bonucci laughed.

Both Buffon and Bonucci can see how much pressure Barzagli is under today.

This guy often faced Chu Zheng on the court today.

As long as their support is not timely enough, Barzali will be beaten by Chu Zheng and Sane immediately, and will fall into an extremely passive situation.

"Damn it, he made me wonder countless times whether there are gaps around me." Thinking of the several thrilling scenes in the game, Barzagli had lingering fear on his face, "It's terrible, he always seems to be able to find The gaps in our defense, and we can also quickly and accurately seize them."

Hearing what Barzagli said, Buffon and Bonucci nodded. They also felt that the attack planned and organized by Chu Zheng was almost pervasive.

Some loopholes in the defensive line, they didn't even realize it until Chu Zheng passed the ball.

If it weren't for their good defensive understanding with each other, the consequences would be really unimaginable.

They really don't want to experience that feeling again, it's too scary.

……

At the post-match press conference, facing the reporter’s interview, Chu Zheng smiled slightly and said: "It is not easy for any team to play against Juventus. They are the strongest defensive team I have ever encountered. In With Juventus defending, we couldn't find much space in attack.

"We have to create opportunities when there are no opportunities."

[Chu, now Juventus has two away goals, which is a great advantage. Do you think you still have a chance to go to the Juventus Arena in the second round? 】

Chu Zheng glanced at the Italian reporter and said with a smile, "Why not? Football is round. Juventus' defense is strong, but our offense is even stronger.

I think today's game can explain a lot of problems. We broke Juventus' record of 564 minutes without a seal. "

"..."

At the same time, on the inner stage of the press conference, Juventus coach Allegri was also accepting questions from the media.

"It is not easy to win here. Although we failed to win today, we also completed the second goal set before the game."

"I have to praise the performance of the team, the Manchester City players have a very strong individual skills, very comprehensive.

When the score was 0-0, we made some mistakes, but Buffon made a heroic save.

Overall, we should be happy with this result. "

"As for Buffon, when the game gets tough you understand how reliable Buffon is, the best goalkeeper in the world."

When asked by reporters why the game suddenly changed from 4231 to 3 central defenders, Allegri explained to the reporters: "Khedira is suspended. Manchester City is very good at both frontal attack and defensive counterattack. I need Someone can do the man marking.

Fortunately, we performed very well on the defensive end today. The players all completed their tasks very well and did not allow Manchester City to get too many opportunities to threaten the goal. "

Soon a reporter mentioned Chu Zheng.

After listening to the reporter's question, Allegri smiled and said: "We have studied him, and we have studied him carefully.

Chu is a very destructive player. I have met many powerful players in the past, but it is the first time I have seen him with such ability at this age. I think he will become a special player. player of……"

Not long after, Allegri left the stage.

Now the reporter waited for nearly 1 minute before Guardiola arrived late.

"Mr. Guardiola, in the past four years, Juventus has beaten all the Champions League teams at home. Do you think you will be an exception?"

Hearing this question, Guardiola tilted his head, shrugged and nodded, and said with a smile: "Why not? We ended Juventus' record of zero seals today, scored two goals, and went to the Juventus Arena in the second round. You can also score goals.”

Hearing what Guardiola said, some reporters on the field laughed, obviously not believing it.

Especially Tus's defense itself is extremely strong, and Juventus has all the favorable factors at home in the second round. It will be extremely difficult for Manchester City to advance.

Therefore, they are not optimistic about Manchester City.

After the game, major media reports were released.

"Manchester City drew 2-2 with Juventus at home!Chu has one goal and one assist in this game, and he is one goal away from the [-] goals of the season! "

"Higuain scored twice, scoring more than 30 goals in two consecutive seasons for the first time, and he also broke his four-year scoring drought in the knockout stage of the Champions League! "

"Two precious away goals put Manchester City into a passive situation. In the second round, they will go to the Juventus Arena. Only a 0-0 score is needed, and Manchester City will be out. This is for Juventus, which has a strong defensive ability. It may not be a very difficult thing to do! "

"The valuation of Germany's turn is refreshed. After the end of this game, after Chu rewritten the goals scored in a single season to 99 goals, his worth has approached [-] million euros!" "

……

The next morning, Arteta directly announced before the start of training that in the next week, a penalty shootout will be simulated every day for training.

So the training time is extended by half an hour.

Chu Zheng and the others had no objection, and no one dared to object.This is preparing for the second leg of the Champions League and the possible final.

Nearly two hours later, the daily training session ended, and the Manchester City players were divided into two teams to simulate a penalty shootout.

After a while, it was Chu Zheng's turn.

Seeing Chu Zheng slowly walking into the penalty area, and standing in front of the ball with his hands on his hips, Edson swallowed in front of the goal, and at the same time, his eyes kept scanning for flaws in Chu Zheng's body.

But it seems that there is a ghost flaw.

Chu Zheng stood quietly in front of the ball, without even making eye contact with him, so that his accumulated experience in judging points over the years was completely useless, and he couldn't guess what Chu Zheng was thinking.

"Beep!" Arteta whistled.

Chu Zheng looked down at the goal, grinned, and swayed his legs on the spot.

boom!
The ball went up from the upper left corner of the goal.

And Edson in front of the door didn't respond at all. He stood there and rolled his eyes, which made Chu Zheng amused.

"Chu, your way of penalty points is simply the nightmare of all goalkeepers!" Edson complained loudly, causing everyone to laugh.

After a while, it was Foden's turn to be on the same team as Chu Zheng.

As long as Foden makes the free throw, Chu Zheng and his blue team will win.

As a result, Foden was wrong. He played a spoon penalty in front of Ederson.

As a result, the experienced Edson directly saw through, stood in the center of the goal without moving, and directly hugged the ball in his arms.

Then Chu Zheng and his blue team also lost the penalty shoot-out because of Foden's showmanship.

Chu Zheng was so angry that after being fined fifty push-ups, they started chasing and killing Foden, a little flirt.

Foden was chased screaming and running wildly, but he was not caught relying on his ability to change directions flexibly.

For a while, the training ground was full of laughter.

Guardiola stood by and watched with a smile. With this kind of atmosphere in the team, he felt relieved.

After last night's game, the outside world is generally not optimistic that Manchester City can advance at home to Juventus, which has two away goals.

To be honest, Guardiola doesn't have much confidence, but he doesn't want these negative remarks from the outside world to affect the mentality of the players.

The game has not yet been played. If the players' confidence is gone, the possibility of their advancement will be infinitely close to zero.

After watching for a while on the sidelines, Guardiola hurried back to his office and continued to study Juventus.

Regarding Juventus' tactics in the second round, Guardiola doesn't need to think about it. There is a high probability that Allegri will put the bus on the defensive counterattack.

So he must think of a way to deal with Juventus before the start of the second round.

Otherwise, it may be difficult for them to break through Juventus's defense that is too strong.

……

On May 5, the 6th round of the Premier League kicked off. As a result, the first game was a big upset.

Although Tottenham, which is aiming to compete for the championship, launched an active offensive at the beginning of the game, constantly threatening West Ham United's goal, they were unable to attack for a long time and frequently wasted opportunities.

In the 65th minute of the game, West Ham United Bayram passed back to the center from the right side of the penalty area. Ayew's shot in front of the small penalty area was blocked by Tottenham. Lancini made a close-range shot into the net, breaking the deadlock.

Since then, Tottenham have not only struggled to create effective opportunities in more stringent offensive battles, but were also almost used by West Ham United to expand their score by taking advantage of the defensive counterattack.

In the end, Tottenham lost 0-1 to West Ham United.

With two rounds left in the league, this defeat can also be said to have caused Tottenham, with 79 points, to lose most of their hopes of catching up with Chelsea and Manchester City to win the championship.

The next day, the second upset came, and the protagonist was Liverpool, the warm baby of the Premier League.

This round of Liverpool played against Southampton at home. As a result, due to Van Dijk's phenomenal performance, Liverpool, like Tottenham, fell into a tough battle.

After nearly 70 minutes of strong attack, the game finally ushered in a special plane, and Liverpool won a penalty kick that was enough to win.

However, what makes the blood of the Red Army fans burst is that Milner, who has a penalty rate of 100% in recent years, the number one penalty shooter in the Liverpool team, has missed the ball.

In the end, Liverpool was tied 0-0 by Southampton.

After this battle, Southampton, who scored 1 point, officially successfully avoided relegation.

But Liverpool is a tragedy.

Yesterday's match between Arsenal and Liverpool was over.

Since Manchester United defeated Celta in the Europa League semi-finals a few days ago, the possibility of Manchester United advancing to the Europa League final has greatly increased.

So this time in the league with Arsenal, Mourinho rotated many of the main players in the Manchester United team. In the end, Manchester United was kicked 2-0 by Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium.

So Liverpool's tie allowed Arsenal to catch up and share 68 points with them.

The only thing that makes Liverpool fans happy is that their goal difference is enough to prevent Arsenal from squeezing them from fourth place in the standings.

……

On May 5, the penultimate game of the 8th round of the Premier League, Manchester City played against Crystal Palace at home.

Crystal Palace is currently ranked 7th from the bottom of the Premier League standings, but they are only 3 points away from Swansea, who have played one more game in the relegation zone, so they still need to work hard for relegation.

If they can win Manchester City at the Etihad in this game, it will be difficult for Swansea and the relegation team behind them to threaten them.

But that is obviously impossible.

In this game, since the 11th will play the second round of the Champions League semi-final with Juventus, Guardiola adopted a rotation, and even Ederson was rotated.

Although most of the main players have been rotated, Manchester City still crushed Crystal Palace with their strong offensive strength in the game.

In just 114 seconds of the opening, Silva made a diagonal pass in front of the top of the arc in the middle of the Crystal Palace. Nolito on the left side of the penalty area passed the ball across the goal.

But the ball was barely cleared by Crystal Palace centre-back Martin Kelly, allowing Silva, who plugged in from the middle of the penalty area, to draw the ball directly into the goal.

Subsequently, Manchester City began to bombard the Crystal Palace indiscriminately, but the second goal was delayed. Instead, Crystal Palace played two threatening counterattacks.

The Manchester City fans were terrified.

You can't lose at this time, otherwise it would be equivalent to handing over the Premier League title to Chelsea.

As soon as the second half started, the news that Manchester City fans were hanging on fell back into their stomachs.

In the 47th minute of the game, Navas took a right corner kick, but was cleared by Crystal Palace.

Silva, who was dragging behind outside the penalty area, immediately rushed to the top of the arc to hit the right rib and gave the ball to Navas.

Navas took the ball and crossed again. This time he chose to walk on the ground and cross the ball to the penalty spot.

Kompany suddenly withdrew from the front of the small penalty area with a low and flat shot, and once again broke through the Crystal Palace goal.

In the 76th minute of the game, Guardiola sent Chu Zheng and De Bruyne together to find the feeling of the game and maintain the state.

As a result, Chu Zheng and De Bruyne broke out one after another.

In the 79th minute of the game, Silva headed the ball forward, Jesus struck horizontally, and De Bruyne shot directly into the net from the edge of the penalty area, 3-0.

In the 82nd minute, Chu Zheng made an oblique pass in the 40-meter area of ​​the left rib and directly launched an attack with a long pass.

Zabaleta crossed the header from the right side of the penalty area, and Sterling volleyed the ball with his left foot in the middle from the lower right corner of the goal, 4-0.

This is not over yet.

In the 92nd minute of the game, De Bruyne's free kick from the top of the arc passed into the penalty area, and the unguarded Otamendi rushed to the top of the left end line of the small penalty area and scored again.

After the game, the game was called a naked massacre by the media.

In the evening of the same day, the last game of the 36th round started.

But what Manchester City fans hoped for did not happen. Chelsea, who played at home, easily defeated Middlesbrough, who had already been relegated and had no fighting spirit, 3-0.

The suspense of the Premier League title continues.