Chapter 111 The situation took a turn for the worse
Author: Thief Cao
Chapter 111 The situation took a turn for the worse
On the sidelines, Naples head coach Benitez was also frightened by the sudden linkage between De Bruyne and Chu Zheng, the two core players of Wolfsburg.
From before the game to just now, Benitez always thought that he had analyzed Wolfsburg very thoroughly.
Unexpectedly, he still missed the ability of Wolfsburg's 66-year-old central defender to play the ball, have vision and read the game.
Taking his eyes away from De Bruyne, Benitez looked at the back of Chu Zheng who strolled back into the backcourt.
The German sentence Chu Zheng just shouted was right next to him, so Benitez heard it very clearly.
Benitez knows a little bit of German, so the moment Chu Zheng shouted, he was very panicked.
Fortunately, Wolfsburg's defensive midfielder did not choose to hand the ball to Dost on the right side of the arc, otherwise it would have been really bad.
Benitez in Italy has also heard of Chu Zheng, whose fame is gradually spreading in Europe.
And recently, because of studying Wolfsburg's tactical system, he understands Chu Zheng better.
In Benitez's eyes, Chu Zheng's progress was very rapid, so fast that it shocked him.
It only took Chu Zheng most of the season to go from a purely defensive center back to a ball-playing center back. His growth trajectory is very clear in the game video.
If he had not left Naples after coaching this season, Benitez would definitely have suggested that the club's senior management buy the young central defender.
What a pity he is leaving Italy!
On the field, Wolfsburg was still attacking Naples' goal intermittently.
But although the Naples players looked a little thrilling in dealing with Wolfsburg's various attacks, in fact they were not nearly in danger.
The game has been played for fifteen minutes, and Napoli's tactical intention has been very obvious, which is to defend and speed up counterattacks.
In the 16th minute of the game, Naples ushered in its first threatening attack in the first half.
Caligiuri's advance to the right was blocked, he spiked the ball and moved laterally, and then suddenly made a low pass and transferred laterally.
But his pass made it unclear whether it was going to De Bruyne in the center or Rodriguez on the left.
The trajectory of the ball is that De Bruyne and Rodriguez are not in contact with each other.
It rolled past De Bruyne in the middle, and Callejon, who realized the opportunity and turned forward, picked it up.
The moment Callejon touched the ball, he poked it directly to Higuain in the center circle, and then advanced diagonally to the right.
Higuain received the ball and when he saw Rodriguez retreating early, Chu Zheng pressed forward directly.
So he couldn't play the ball to Callejon for a one-two with the side and center. Instead, he took the ball out of the center circle along the center line, and then passed the ball forward to Callejon.
Napoli's counterattack was very fast this time, and in just two or three seconds it reached the 30-meter area of Wolfsburg's penalty area.
Rodriguez followed Callejon in the ribs, trying to slow down Naples' counterattack.
Chu Zheng was trying to grab Higuain just now, and now his legs were moving very fast and he was chasing back along his ribs.
On the right side of Chu Zheng is Naples right back Ma Qiao, who is advancing together with Chu Zheng.
But after entering the right rib area at the top of the arc, Chu Zheng, who had already rushed behind Rodriguez, suddenly ran diagonally toward the center of the left penalty area.
At the same time, Callejon played the ball, and he pocketed the ball from the upper right corner of the penalty area into the Wolfsburg penalty area.
At the moment of passing the ball, Maggio quickly passed behind Rodriguez, who had his back to the top of the arc.
Naples' two-on-one pass and run this time directly killed Rodriguez, who was strong in offense and weak in defense.
On the right side of Wolfsburg's penalty area, before Maggio caught up and touched the ball, Naldo in the middle also beat him behind him.
At this moment, Macho suddenly raised his right foot and stepped in front of the ball, and actually knocked the ball back with his heel.
This extremely sudden movement caused Nardo to miss, and the ball swooped past his feet.
At the same time, Hamsik outflanked the penalty spot.
Higuain is on the end line of the penalty area on the right side of the top of the arc.
No matter which one of them gets this ball, they will face Benaglio directly.
In full view of everyone, the ball rolled diagonally towards Hamsik at the penalty spot.
When Hamsik saw the ball coming, he was immediately ecstatic, and the frequency of his feet could not help but speed up a bit.
Almost instantly, he made a plan after receiving the ball. He was ready to shoot the ball. He had full confidence in his shooting skills.
Then the next second, Cheng Yaojin came out halfway.
Chu Zheng suddenly appeared on the passing line and kicked the ball into the stands.
"oh!!!!!!!!!!!"
In the stands on all sides, the Wolfsburg fans, whose hearts instantly dropped into their stomachs, collectively let out a cheer filled with infinite joy. Everyone waved the green scarf in their hands and drummed loudly.
On the sidelines, Dieter Heijing was smiling and applauding.
Next to him, Benitez's face was expressionless, but annoyance could be seen in his old eyes.
"Naples' attack was too fast this time, especially Maggio's magical heel, which was very concealed and sudden."
"He was very lucky and successfully passed the ball between Naldo and Rodriguez."
"As for Chu Zheng, his defense this time was perfect."
"Because during this return, Wolfsburg's defense and midfield lines were out of touch!"
"Let Hamsik and Higuain knock on the door!"
"After Chu Zheng saw Nardo rushing towards the right side of the penalty area, he was keenly aware of the disconnect between the two defense lines in the midfield and backcourt, so he released Maggio to Nardo while he moved towards the center.
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"It turns out he just caught up with Macho's amazing backheel pass."
"This is Chu Zheng's characteristic, he has a strong sense of crisis on the court!"
"And the position Chu Zheng chose to rob is also very clever. His interception point is at the intersection of the extended lines in front of Hamsik and Higuain, so as long as Macho can pass the ball, no matter what he does,
Whoever it is, Chu Zheng can intercept it immediately."
After analyzing it, Zhang Lu's face was filled with wonder.
Because Chu Zheng's thinking was so clear, his defense this time was equivalent to doing the work of the defensive midfielders such as Gustavo and Gilavoji.
Soon, Callejon was ready to take a corner kick on the right.
At the penalty spot, Wolfsburg and Naples players gathered together, as many as ten players.
The moment Callejon kicked off the ball, Naples players immediately divided their duties clearly and started moving.
Some ran forward, while others ran backwards and in the middle. In an instant, the Wolfsburg players were torn apart.
At the front of the small penalty area in the middle, the 190-meter-tall Napoli right center back Albiol found that there was no one around him. He thought that his corner kick tactics in troubled waters were successful.
So he took two steps back to meet the ball and jumped to compete for the top.
He has full confidence that he can hit this ball!
However, Albio, who subconsciously closed his eyes and headed the ball after taking off the next second, did not wait for the ball.
Realizing something was wrong, Albio opened his eyes and raised his eyes, and then he saw a head above his head.
At this moment, Albio, who had experienced Chu Zheng's jumping ability for the first time, shrank his pupils severely, with a look of shock in his eyes.
His jumping ability is excellent among all the center backs in Serie A. Coupled with his height of 190cm, he couldn't jump against Chu Zheng, who is about 183cm. This is simply unbelievable.
On the sidelines, Benitez was amazed when he witnessed Chu Zheng's spring jump for the first time.
"I bought it! It should be 70CM, right?" Benitez muttered to himself.
He felt that Chu Zheng's takeoff this time was much higher than what he saw in the video.
"Oh, what a bunch of poor guys!" After Chu Zheng cleared the ball from the sideline, he was very disappointed to see Albio who had nothing to lose.
Before the game, he studied Naples, Higuain, Hamsik and others are all considered stars.
In the end, I didn't expect these guys to be so stingy. Even if they didn't give him talents, they didn't even have any fragments. He was simply a non-chief.
However, Chu Zheng soon no longer had the mind to think about this.
Because the situation of the game took a turn for the worse.
As the game time went by, Wolfsburg had more and more problems, while Naples' counterattack tactics became faster and faster.