Green Journey

Chapter 542 The Season Is Not Over, Chu Zheng Has More Records!
As the game time passed, the situation on the field gradually changed.

For Manchester City, the official formation before the game was 433.

But after the 5th minute of the game, it can be clearly seen from the positions of Manchester City players on the field that Manchester City's formation is switching between 343 and 4141.

The switch between these two formations allowed Manchester City to stabilize the defense while also increasing midfield passing and frontcourt pressure on the offensive end, thereby gaining control of the game.

It was also under this new tactic that Chelsea fell into a passive situation where they could not get the ball at all after the 5th minute of the game.

This also led to Conte asking the team to urgently adopt a 3511 formation and officially enter a comprehensive defensive counterattack tactics.

On the sidelines, Conte frowned. He didn't expect that Manchester City would not play 3241 today, which made all his pre-match preparations in vain.

But this is not the most important.

The most frightening thing is that from the beginning of the game to the present, Manchester City's pass-by-pass, pass-by-pass style of play that can't wait to pass the ball into their goal makes him particularly afraid.

Today, he saw the shadow of the dream team that swept across Europe from these players on the Manchester City field.

Manchester City's pass control today is not meaningless pass control, but with a strong purpose and very threatening.

But fortunately, he is not unprepared. Now Conte can only retreat along the trend and adopt tactics to lure the enemy deep.

In the stands, fans from both sides did not expect that the game would take a sudden turn not long after it started.

Although the expected confrontation scene is gone, Manchester City's pass-and-control football is still pleasing to the eye, but this is for Manchester City fans.

When Chelsea fans saw that their team was at a disadvantage, they did not find Manchester City's passing and control pleasing to the eye at all. Instead, they found it very hateful.

Seeing Cesc Fabregas, Matic and others being stalked by the Manchester City midfielder, some Blues fans gritted their teeth with anger, wishing to rush to the field and shovel the Manchester City players behind them to relieve their hatred.

In the 9th minute of the game, Manchester City has been in possession of the ball for nearly 5 minutes. This is simply incredible. The opponent is Chelsea.

On the left side of the middle circle, after Chu Zheng took the ball, he saw that Chelsea had used people to pile up the sideways tightly. He turned around and brought it back without saying a word, and then passed back to Stones behind the arc of the middle circle.

Stones passed the ball forward without stopping to Walker in front of the kick-off point, and then quickly split to the right.

On the outside line of the right rib in the 30-meter area, the moment De Bruyne was about to catch the ball, Fabregas also slapped him.

But De Bruyne didn't stop the ball, but went to the left sideways to meet the ball, and directly started to follow up.

Fabregas was caught off guard, and De Bruyne rushed over in an instant.

When he came to the middle, De Bruyne was blocked by the tall Matic and had to pass the ball back to the left.

Delph in the rib took the ball and quickly sent the ball to Chu Zheng on the outside of the left front rib.

Chu Zheng followed the ball to the wing, and his old friend Kanter was behind him on the inside.

Facing Kanter, Chu Zheng suddenly kicked back and wanted to cut inward, but Kanter was already prepared and stabbed the ball under Chu Zheng's foot to the side.

Then it became Chu Zheng chasing Kanter.

"Kanter, today he will focus on taking care of Chu Zheng, a former teammate, and try to limit the performance of Chu Zheng, the core of the organization, as much as possible."

Zhang Lu nodded and shook her head again, and said with a smile: "But the most powerful thing about Manchester City is that there is not only one core organization."

"In the midfield, not only are Chu Zheng and De Bruyne good assisters, but even Fernandinho, who plays as a lone defensive midfielder, can pass a scalpel-like through ball once there is space and opportunity. That’s why Manchester City’s attacking power has been so amazing this season.”

"Even if a Gundogan is lost, there are still quite a few players in Manchester City's midfield who can organize offenses. There is also an all-round fighter Yaya Toure on the bench, and Phil Foden is younger."

"After being mentioned by Guardiola to Manchester City's first team, this young player has grown rapidly. He not only has excellent breakthrough ability, but also has certain organizational skills."

"Yes, Manchester City is almost a luxury in terms of the thickness of the midfield lineup. Even Barcelona and Real Madrid can't match them."

Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu were chatting, and Manchester City's offense came again on the field.

In the 11th minute of the game, in the front right area of ​​Chelsea's half-time circle, Sterling received a direct pass from Walker, but Alonso quickly stepped forward.

Sterling had no chance to turn around, so he had to immediately start the back belt, and then pushed it to Walker in the right rib area of ​​​​the center circle behind the center line.

Seeing that Chelsea's formation quickly pressed up, Walker was very alert, quickly dribbled the ball back, and passed the ball back to Ederson in the penalty area.

In the next second, Manchester City's offense suddenly accelerated.

Ederson passes to the right.

After Walker on the right inside got the ball again, facing Cesc Fabregas in front of him, he immediately went forward to De Bruyne who retreated along the wing, then turned and ran to the inside of the ribs.

Immediately afterwards, De Bruyne hit the ball horizontally, and a simple two-to-one broke through Chelsea's frontcourt oppression.

On the right side of the middle circle, when Walker caught up with the ball, Matic on the left also leaned over.

Walker didn't bird Matic at all, accelerated with a pass ball, and immediately threw Matic to the left rear.

Immediately afterwards, Walker dribbled the ball along the ribs at high speed, with a flat surface in front of him. Without a single Chelsea player, he could go directly to the front of the penalty area.

In the middle of Walker's left side, Kanter was going to go to this side to intercept Walker, but suddenly found that Chu Zheng was plugging in at a high speed on the left side. He immediately gave up his original calculation, and after slowing down, he got stuck between Walker and Chu Zheng. horizontal connection.

Walker saw that there was no way to cross Chu Zheng, so he covered his head and continued to dribble the ball.

In a blink of an eye, Walker brought the ball to the right side of the top of the arc.

At this time, Matic is behind him on the right, Kanter is on the back left, and Cahill is in front of him.

Although the left front Jesus is interspersed and running to the right, but Azpilicueta is blocked in front of Jesus.

At this moment, Walker used his right foot and the ball rolled horizontally into the left rib area at the top of the arc, catching Kanter off guard and unable to intercept in time.

In the next second, Chu Zheng followed up. Before Kanter came around, he didn't stop the ball and shot directly to the far corner of the goal with the inside of his right foot.

In front of the goal, Courtois flew out to the left, stretched his left hand forward, and hit the ball out of the baseline again.

"Huh!!!!" Manchester City's smooth and fast attack this time really scared the Chelsea fans enough.

"What is flowing clouds and flowing water, this is it!"

"With a few simple passes, the last shot was directly completed."

"Looks like Courtois is a bit busy today, hehe."

On the sidelines, Guardiola had a smile on his face and was very satisfied with the performance of the players on the court.

Today, he suddenly used another set of tactics. Apart from catching Conte by surprise, he has other purposes.

It now appears that his decision was correct.

……

At the same time, in Madrid, Spain, Real Madrid coach Zidane is also paying attention to this Premier League title battle.

He never misses this kind of opportunity to understand his opponent.

After watching the ten minutes of the game, Zida became even more afraid of Manchester City in his heart.

The pass-and-control football that Manchester City showed today reminded him of the days when he was ravaged by Meng San Barcelona.

Barcelona in that era, they were far ahead of other teams in that era, they made all players look mediocre, including Real Madrid.

No matter how hard the opponent tries, nothing can stop their strength and charisma.

This is why fans all over the world were crazy about Barcelona.

Barcelona that year represented a pinnacle in football history.

They have made countless powerful opponents hopeless and powerless.

All teams become insignificant against Barcelona.

They changed the face of football and redefined the way teams compete.

Their pass-and-control football not only shows gorgeous skills and coordination in the game, but also an artistic expression, allowing people to enjoy the wonderful movement on the green field.

Guardiola also quickly dominated European football with his unique tactical concepts and outstanding player groups.

Since then, Zidane once thought that no other team in the world could replicate the dominance of Mengsan Barcelona.

If there is, it will definitely only come from Guardiola.

But it is still difficult, because even if Guardiola has a unique set of tactical ideas, he will find it difficult to find a suitable group of players.

Players at the level of Xavi and Iniesta have always been scarce in football.

But now, he really sees the shadow of the peak dream three Barcelona in Manchester City.

Although it has not yet reached the frightening level of Barcelona back then, the pass control demonstrated by Manchester City today has also begun to take shape and effect.

Gradually, Zidane focused his attention on Chu Zheng who frequently appeared in the camera.

That's this player.

This is the super core of Guardiola's copy of the dream team, and it is also where Guardiola's confidence lies.

After watching for a few more minutes, Zidane obviously began to lose his mind.

Because he was a little uncertain about what tactics Guardiola would adopt in the Champions League final.

A few days ago, he and the coaching staff analyzed Manchester City's 3241 tactical system in detail, and they have figured out some ways and found some loopholes that can be attacked.

However, now that Manchester City has given him such a new set of tactics, he really has a headache and feels a bit messy in his head.

If a general team can stabilize and maximize a set of tactics in a season, it is already very rare.

But when it comes to Manchester City, it is really unpredictable.

From the beginning of the season to the present, Zidane counted carefully. Guardiola has already experimented with five or six sets of tactical systems, and there is no definite conclusion, which is really a headache.

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At the scene, as the game progressed, Chelsea's situation continued to deteriorate, and it became difficult to even play the ball in the backcourt.

In the 13th minute of the game, Courtois took the opportunity to attack directly and confiscated the ball.

In an instant, Manchester City's forward formation faded like a tide.

After Courtois saw it, he bent down and put the ball forward with one hand to his right foot.

But when he looked up and looked forward, he saw that Costa and others were all guarded by Manchester City players, so he passed the ball across to Luis in front of the baseline outside the penalty area.

As a result, as soon as the ball was passed, Sane from the outside of the upper corner of the penalty area immediately rushed forward and pressed Louis.

Luiz immediately crosses Courtois.

Outside the free throw arc on the left, Jesus immediately started to press towards the goal.

From the perspective of the stands at this time, none of the Chelsea players actively ran to break Manchester City's high press.

Seeing no one at the front of the top of the arc, Courtois immediately drove forward in panic.

As a result, Jesus reached the next second and stretched out his foot to directly block the ball.

The ball bounced off the ground and flew back over the two men's heads and out of the baseline.

Suddenly, countless Chelsea in the stands were not only frightened and almost died suddenly, but also jumped in anger.

They have no idea what their players are doing, this is a championship game.

On the sidelines, Conte was also livid with anger.

Guardiola sat on the coaching bench and opened the water bottle. Seeing this thrilling scene, his mouth was rounded with shock, and then he smiled refreshedly.

This is what he wants to see.

"Goalkeeper Courtois was playing with fire in the penalty area and almost lost the ball. If he had stood on the inside of the goalpost, the ball might have gone in." Zhan Jun shook his head and said.

"He underestimated Jesus' pace a bit."

"Jesus is also very smart in running, you can see that he slanted and pressed the whole line, just cutting off the line of Courtois and Azpilicueta."

"Sane and Sterling also watched Luiz and Cahill on both sides."

After finishing the sentence, Zhang Lu shook her head and smiled, and said nothing more.

Although Chelsea can't get the ball, the current style of play may not have the meaning of luring the enemy deep.

Therefore, Manchester City is not without danger, and it is not certain when Chelsea will steal one.

But now, although Chelsea are blocked in the middle through the 3511 formation, the two sides will be relatively weak.

In the 25th minute of the game, Manchester City attacked from the left, but after Sane took the ball to the outside of the penalty area, he was surrounded by four players.

How can Sane bear it, there is no place to run.

Sane had no choice but to bite the bullet and cut the ball into the penalty area.

But he didn't run very far, and Azpilicueta and Kanter snatched the ball and destroyed it.

The ball rolls obliquely to the outside of the left rib area at the top of the arc.

Chu Zheng was on the end line of the penalty area, but because the ball was too sudden, he strode to the left and failed to intercept the ball.

Behind Chu Zheng, Matic on the free throw arc on the left immediately started to speed up, took the ball forward, along the ribs, and quickly pushed from the inside to the outside.

After bringing the ball to the right rib area of ​​​​the middle circle, seeing Hazard in front has been pulled from the rib to the side, Matic immediately sent forward a high-precision direct pass.

But in less than five seconds, Hazard, who was holding the ball on the sideline, was sandwiched back and forth by Delph and Sane, who was actively returning to defense.

Hazard made a strong breakthrough, but the ball was kicked out of the baseline by Sane, and Chelsea's offense also changed from a counterattack to a positional battle.

Soon, Hazard threw the ball and went directly to Costa outside the penalty area.

But after Costa took the ball with his back, Stones quickly pushed it out, so stuck that he couldn't turn around and face the penalty area.

After a while, the ball was kicked out of the baseline by Stones.

After a while, Chelsea sent another throw-in.

Relying on a partial pass, Chelsea broke Manchester City's press, and Azpilicueta crossed the front of the penalty area from the outside of the upper corner of the penalty area.

But Stones and Kompany sandwiched Costa.

The ball was cleared by Kompany's diving header and bounced to the right rib of the penalty area.

Kanter swung the ball towards the ball, but it missed.

Moses followed up behind Kanter, but also missed the spot. The ball bounced continuously and went straight to the near corner of Manchester City's goal.

This kind of shot is the most troublesome for goalkeepers.

Fortunately, Edson's concentration was very good, and he fell to the left in time, laying his body in front of the goal post, and blocked the ball directly out of the baseline.

After a while, Chelsea took a tactical corner kick.

The ball was quickly passed back along the side to the front of the upper corner of the penalty area. Azpilicueta stopped the ball with his right foot, quickly adjusted and then passed again at a 45-degree angle.

In front of the goal, Edson found the right time to attack aggressively, raised his knees and took off to grab the ball firmly with both hands.

After landing, Ederson rushed forward, bent his knees and bent down and threw the ball low to Sterling, who rushed out along the right rib of the top of Manchester City's arc.

At the same time, De Bruyne and Chu Zheng in the middle also immediately started to follow up.

When Sterling brought the ball to the center line of the right rib, Kanter arrived in time and got stuck between him and De Bruyne outside the arc of the center circle, cutting off the passing line.

At this moment, Sterling and De Bruyne had a tacit understanding and suddenly slowed down at the same time.

Kanter didn't react, and ran forward a few steps.

Seeing the passing line coming out, Sterling immediately passed the ball to the left and then continued to advance.

Kanter's purpose is very clear, continue to follow Sterling along the inside line.

But in terms of speed, he can hardly match Sterling.

After taking the ball, De Bruyne pushed forward to the front of the 30-meter area. Seeing the rib gap between Kanter and Cahill that did not close in time, he immediately sent a scalpel through.

Two seconds later, Sterling went into the right rib of the penalty area and crossed the ball non-stop on the right side of the penalty spot.

At this time, in the middle of Chelsea's penalty area, Azpilicueta chased him back alone. The large area from the right rib to the right side of Chelsea's penalty area was completely empty.

Although Azpilicueta followed Jesus in the middle, Chu Zheng on the left side of Jesus was unmarked.

In the next second, Jesus rushed to the top, but was disturbed by Azpilicueta and missed the ball, and the ball continued to fly to the left.

Immediately afterwards, under the watchful eyes of everyone, Chu Zheng rushed to the end line of the small penalty area and jumped up directly. With his right foot on the high platform, he directly kicked the ball into Chelsea's goal.

The ball flew in against the inside of the post, and if it was a little bit off, it would hit the goal post.

"Goal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

The moment the goal was scored, the 8000 Manchester City fans in the stands boiled like a pan of oil, and the cheers even faintly overshadowed the wailing of the Chelsea fans.

At the same time, in Manchester, everyone was cheering in bars, squares, and residents' homes.

On the field, after Chu Zheng scored a goal, he turned to the left after landing, and rushed up with open arms.

After a while, Guardiola and Foden, who was warming up in a substitute vest, rushed outside the corner kick area and hugged Chu Zheng and others to celebrate wildly.

In the LeTV live broadcast room, Zhan Jun smiled and said: "In the 26th minute of the game, Manchester City made a quick counterattack. Chu Zheng kicked a shot in front of the goal to help Manchester City lead 1-0."

"At the same time, this is also the 103rd goal Chu Zheng made in a single season."

"The season is not over, and Chu Zheng has more records."

"..."

(End of this chapter)