Green Journey

Chapter 545 Fatal blow!
On the field, two team doctors squatted beside Costa, surrounded by other Chelsea players.

Conte on the sidelines is also very anxious. If Costa cannot persist in the game, then they will be in trouble.

More than a minute later, when he saw the team doctor on the field giving him a sign to replace him, Conte's face was extremely solemn, and he quickly called William who was on the bench to his side.

"Hey, it seems like Costa can't last in the game." Zhan Jun said when he saw two team doctors helping Costa off the field.

"Although Costa didn't perform very well during this period of time on the court because of his poor state, there is a difference whether he is on the court or not."

"Costa is on the field, he can provide Conte with everything he needs when counterattacking, speed, skill, height, header. The most important thing is that Costa is a relatively smart player, he always uses his brain to try on the field Solve the problem."

"He is a very important part of Chelsea's offensive." Zhang Lu said.

After a while, the fourth official on the sidelines held up a sign for a substitution.

No. 22 William replaced No. 9 Costa.

With Willian and Hazard as partners, Conte's idea should be that there should be no troubles in the defense, and then the two liberos in the frontcourt will use their personal abilities to counterattack.

Guardiola, who is surrounded by his arms around his chest, is smiling a little bit.

He could see Conte's intentions, but the disadvantages of doing so were also obvious.

It is difficult for Hazard to explode today under the turns of Fernandinho, Delph and Walker, and Willian also has his own problems.

The problem with the player William is not that he doesn't play hard. His high ball dribbling, acceleration from a standstill, and direct breakthrough without stopping the ball are all top-notch.But William has a bad habit, and now it has become a magic weapon for opponents to target him.

Most players will choose to return the ball to seek cooperation when it is difficult to break through the opponent's encirclement in the front field, but William is used to turning around and taking it by himself, getting rid of the pressing and then looking for a safe position to play the ball.

This habit is now well known in the Premier League.

So as long as one person is arranged to block William's breakthrough line and prevent him from accelerating, and then one or two people are arranged to grab William's steps back, there is a high probability that the ball will be regained.

Guardiola is still very accurate.

In the 79th minute of the game, after receiving the ball from Hazard on the right side of William's center circle, he immediately started to take the ball to the side.

His starting speed is really difficult for Fernandinho to follow immediately.

But when the ball was brought to the wing, Delph went up to the top, and Stones also leaned over to block the inward line of the rib. Coupled with Fernandinho's follow-up on the left, William immediately followed his own The kicking habit is brought back.

As soon as he turned around, he saw Chu Zheng rushing back along the sidewalk.

William quickly smashed the ball and wanted to go forward to the right.

At this moment, Fernandinho teamed up with Chu Zheng, and the two attacked together, and William threw the ball down, watching Conte on the sidelines throwing his hands again and again.

After Chu Zheng got the ball, he immediately turned around and started to advance quickly along the wing.

In Chu Zheng's front right position, Moses quickly rushed over from the sideline to grab the ball, trying to kill the first point of Manchester City's counterattack.

Facing Moses' frontal charge, Chu Zheng suddenly swung the ball to the right just before Moses got close, and a man scored the ball.

When Moses turned around in a hurry, Chu Zheng had already rushed out from the outside line.

Seeing that he was about to catch up with the ball on the center line, Matic rushed over like a roaring tank.

Matic is 194cm tall and weighs close to 170 pounds. He rushes like a heavy tank on the court.

Chu Zheng was also taken aback when he saw it.

Looking at this guy's aggressive posture, it is clear that if he can't get the ball, he will be knocked over.

In a blink of an eye, just as Chu Zheng swung the ball forward and accelerated to follow the ball away, Matic ran over from behind him, making Chu Zheng's heart twitch in fright.

If it was a little slower, and Matic slapped him straight, Chu Zheng thought that he would most likely not be able to withstand this kind of body impact, and would most likely become a loser.

After throwing away Matic again, Chu Zheng immediately passed the ball when he saw Sterling quickly leaning over from his ribs to respond.

After Sterling took the ball, he immediately cut to the outside of the ribs, attracting Fabregas, forcing Azpilicueta to receive the upper corner of the penalty area from the wing. Seeing Chu Zheng lapping, he immediately Passed the ball.

In the next second, Chu Zheng made a pass before the baseline.

At the back point, Jesus raised his foot to unload the ball, but Cahill, who is experienced in defense, got stuck in the key position in time. Coupled with the cooperation of Alonso, Jesus was forced out of the penalty area in a blink of an eye.

Jesus didn't keep the ball at his feet, turned around quickly as soon as he got out of the penalty area, and shot the ball to the right rib at the top of the arc.

De Bruyne followed up and saw a shooting line pulled out by Jesus on the left side of the penalty area. He didn't stop the ball and grabbed the ball before Kanter approached him.

At the moment of the shot, Courtois swooped to the left in front of the goal and blocked the ball out of the baseline again.

For a while, Stamford Bridge was in an uproar again.

Madrid, Spain.

Zidane shook his head. He personally thinks that there is no suspense about the title of the Premier League champion.

Costa plays a vital role in Conte's tactical system.

Although Costa's fulcrum did not perform too well today, he still has a basic fulcrum role, and the pressure on Manchester City's defense is stronger than his teammates.

Now that the game is done like this, even the most basic fulcrum function is gone, which is a serious blow to Chelsea's offense.

In the midfield, Chelsea was completely suppressed by Manchester City, and the defense was constantly torn and cut by Manchester City's flexible position changes, exposing the gap to be attacked.

In this situation, if Chelsea want to reverse the comeback, the possibility of success is very low.

In the 82nd minute of the game, Guardiola made substitution adjustments.

David Silva replaces Sane.

After Silva played, Chu Zheng's position was the same as that of Juventus in the second round. He appeared on the wing, and the two would cooperate with each other to the extreme from time to time.

In the 84th minute of the game, Hazard received the ball from the left side of the center circle, relying on his own skills to try to outdo Fernandinho who moved laterally.

But Walker received the rib very timely, and the two intercepted the ball reasonably, and then immediately moved to the left half.

In the area behind the left rib in the middle circle, David Silva took the ball and used a deep-fried ball to avoid William's upper grab, and then immediately sent the ball to the left front.

When Chu Zheng took the ball, Moses immediately pushed it in front of him.

At this moment, Chu Zheng made a cross pass to the right, and made a perfect two-for-one with Jesus who retreated along the middle.

After getting rid of Moses' entanglement, Chu Zheng sprinted with the ball again, as if entering no one's land all the way.

Entering the 30-meter area of ​​the sidewalk, Azpilicueta stood in the upper corner of the penalty area, blocking Chu Zheng on the outside.

At this moment, Jesus, De Bruyne, and Delph behind him also approached, and immediately formed a 4-on-3 situation in the area outside the Chelsea penalty area.

With tacit running without the ball and one kick, Chelsea's defense leaked a flaw in a short period of time.

After receiving Chu Zheng's pass, David Silva immediately made a through pass.

Jesus broke into the penalty area from the left rib at the top of the arc, and met the ball rolling obliquely from the left.

On the outside of the front edge of the upper corner of the small penalty area, Jesus quickly adjusted and swung his right foot to shoot into the far corner before Luis got it.

At the moment of shooting, Courtois in the small penalty area quickly flew to the side. With a flick of his left hand, the ball went wide of the goal frame, and finally hit the outside of the post and rolled out of the baseline.

In the BBC studio, Lineker and Ferdinand were amazed at Manchester City's smooth attack.

"Leo, today's Manchester City reminds me of Barcelona in the 2010-2011 season." Lineker said.

Ferdinand nodded, and said with a look of disbelief: "Before the game, many people thought that this would be a peak match, but people guessed wrong."

"It was a one-sided title race, terrible Guardiola, terrible Manchester City!" said Ferdinand.

As Lineker said, Manchester City today is very similar to the Barcelona team back then.

In this more than 80 minutes of the game, Ferdinand came up with this idea more than once.

In terms of style, the Barcelona team dominated the pass control back then, penetrating and tearing the opponent with smooth and short passes, and could even pass the ball into the opponent's goal.

When defending, surround and scramble on the spot so that the opponent can't hold the ball at all.

Today's Manchester City obviously played this powerful style.

More importantly, Manchester City's on-the-spot siege in the frontcourt today is very good. So far, Manchester City has attempted 21 steals in the backcourt.In the Chelsea half, Manchester City also attempted 19 steals, with the front and rear almost even.

It was this kind of anti-grabbing that caused Chelsea a lot of trouble, making Chelsea lose the ball quickly after getting it, and it was impossible to send the ball out.In terms of staffing, this Manchester City team is also similar to the original Barcelona team.

Chu Zheng + De Bruyne, which is reminiscent of Harvey + Iniesta, where Chu Zheng controls the rhythm, and De Bruyne is more offensive like Iniesta, and sometimes even the other way around , De Bruyne controlled the rhythm, and Chu Zheng went to attack.

Such a dual-core configuration ensures Manchester City's strong control and attack power.

Fernandinho and Yaya Toure are like pinnacles in the sea, balancing Manchester City's offense and defense, playing the role of blocking Bassa Busquets.

Sane and Sterling, on the other hand, worked together to tear apart the opponent's defense like Messi did back then.Even Walker, who frequently attacks on the right side, is similar to Alves who is blocked.

In the 86th minute of the game, seeing that there was not much game time left, Conte used up the last two substitutions.

Pedro replaces Hazard, Batshuayi replaces Matic.

The intention of these two substitutions is self-evident. Obviously Conte is aware of the impact of not having a fulcrum in the frontcourt.

Seeing Conte making substitutions and adjustments, the Blues fans in the stands were also cheering for the team with shouts.

But they never expected that Conte's two substitution adjustments further worsened the situation and caused Chelsea to completely fall off the cliff.

On the field, after Chelsea made substitutions and adjustments, although Batshuayi regained the frontcourt fulcrum, Hazard did not have the frontcourt explosive point.

Although Hazard's performance was mediocre today, he also created a certain amount of pressure on Manchester City's defense on the court.

And replacing Matic is even more disastrous move.

There is no Matic in the midfield, although there is still Kanter who can't run to death, but with Kanter's physical fitness left, Chelsea's midfielder's interception ability has dropped extremely significantly.

Therefore, with Chelsea constantly pressing forward, Manchester City's quick counterattack came naturally and was extremely ferocious.

In the 88th minute of the game, Walker made a steal from the side and quickly crossed the ribs at the top of the arc.

De Bruyne, David Silva and Fernandinho diverted the ball from Chelsea's pressing circle with consecutive passes, and then Chu Zheng sent a super long through ball.

Sterling charged like a wild horse down the right.

However, under the pursuit of Alonso on the inside, Sterling's last step after entering the 30-meter area was a bit too big, and then Alonso separated him from the inside to the outside. His speed dropped sharply, allowing the attacking Courtois to directly pass the ball. Confiscated.

In the 89th minute of the game, Kompany in the penalty area took a Chelsea corner kick to the top of the arc to make a clearance.

De Bruyne quickly rushed out of the penalty area to unload.

At the same time, Jesus, who was ambushing in the frontcourt, suddenly started a counter-run.

De Bruyne sent a precise guidance immediately after seeing it.

Since Jesus started in his own half, there was no offside, allowing Manchester City to directly get a single goal.

As a result, Jesus didn't know whether his physical fitness had declined or he was thinking too much. His shot in the top area of ​​the arc was actually blocked by Courtois.

This scene was so angry that Guardiola almost knelt on the sidelines.

Not long after, the fourth official on the sidelines held up a stoppage time sign.

5 minutes.

On the court, the game has completely heated up.

Although the physical fitness of the players on both sides is not much, but relying on that unyielding will, the players are still persevering.

Chelsea gritted their teeth and wanted to score another goal to equalize the score.And Manchester City is also holding back their energy to score another goal, completely killing the suspense of the game.

In the stands, the fans of both sides were also competing. Even though their voices were hoarse, many fans were still shouting hoarsely.

In the 92nd minute of the game, the fourth goal of the game came.

At the front of the top of the Chelsea penalty area, David Silva took the ball, but Kanter stuck him so tightly from behind that he couldn't turn around at all. He had to take a few steps back and pass back to Stones in front of him, and then went forward Run across the top right rib area.

Stones grabbed the ball in front of Pedro and quickly knocked the ball back in front of Silva. The two got rid of Kanter and Pedro's double press with a simple pass.

At the front of the right rib at the top of the arc, after David Silva caught up with the ball, he suddenly passed forward with a kick.

The ball rolled from the middle of Alonso and Cahill in the ribs to De Bruyne on the penalty area line behind them.

Facing the incoming ball, De Bruyne turned to the right on the spot, tapped his right foot lightly, and knocked the ball horizontally.

In the next second, David Silva moved forward and got the ball at the intersection of the arc top line on the right and the end line of the penalty area.

At the same time, Chu Zheng took the center forward position.

At this time he has Azpilicueta on the left and Luiz on the right.

When Chu Zheng saw Silva taking the ball, he immediately guessed the next pass line, so he went to the right side of the penalty area and ran diagonally to the right side of the penalty area.

Sure enough, he just started, took two or three steps forward, and Silva, who attracted Luis to the front, suddenly successfully stuffed the ball to the front of the upper corner of the small penalty area.

Chu Zheng quickly rushed past Lewis.

But at this time, Chu Zheng was followed by Azpilicueta, who was not allowed to turn around and face the goal after taking the ball.

Countless fans subconsciously shook their heads seeing this situation.

Even if Chu Zheng gets the ball, there is a high probability that he will eventually be forced to the bottom line or be taken out of the penalty area to the wing.

However, in the next second, under the watchful eyes of everyone, Chu Zheng came to the ball, raised his right leg forward suddenly, and made a step down motion, and the ball galloped straight to the far corner of the goal behind him.

Azpilicueta on the left of Chu Zheng stared wide-eyed, full of astonishment, he never expected that Chu Zheng would choose this way to shoot.

"Fuck!!!!"

"Mom!!!!!!!!!"

"There are also corners!!!!!!!!!"

"Mamma Mia!!!!!"

"Gift Crab!!!!!!!!!"

"..."

At this moment, everyone was dumbfounded.

I've seen heel shots, and I've seen arc shots, but people haven't seen arc shots with heels, which is simply unbelievable.

Under the eyes of countless fans, the ball drew a C-shaped arc in the small penalty area. The ball first bypassed Courtois, who was flying to the right, and then plunged into Chelsea. On the far side netting.

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

In an instant, [-] Manchester City fans in the stands jumped up almost at the same time, cheering with infinite ecstasy.

The eyes of some more emotional fans turned red at this moment, and tears immediately flowed down their cheeks.

After the commentary, the voices of Martin and Smith immediately became choked, but their mouths were not idle, and they kept GOAL in choked voices.

"The ball went in!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"Chu Zheng's hat trick!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"The suspense of the Premier League championship is over!!!!!!!!!!" Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu also shouted out at the same time in the live broadcast room of LeTV Sports.

"This is also Chu Zheng's 105th goal in a single season!!!"

"This is the role of Chaoju!" Zhang Lu shouted.

"..."

On the sidelines, Guardiola knelt down again at the moment of scoring and raised his arms in celebration.

Everyone on the Manchester City bench and coaching bench rushed out to celebrate, and everyone's face was filled with heartfelt ecstasy.

On the field, after Chu Zheng scored a goal, he took off his jersey immediately, revealing his strong upper body, and then ran along the baseline while shaking his jersey.

After a while, Manchester City players gathered around Guardiola and hugged a human ball to celebrate.

(End of this chapter)