After nearly two weeks of international matches, the Premier League war has reignited, and Leicester City will face Aston Villa, their opponent in the fifth round of the Premier League.
Aston Villa is a football club located in Birmingham, central England, which was founded in 1874.
In the early years, Aston Villa won the English top league championship seven times and the English FA Cup seven times.
Since the establishment of the Premier League in 1992, Aston Villa has also been at the forefront of the Premier League in the following seasons. At that time, it was one of the stronger teams besides Manchester United and other giants.
Unfortunately, with the strong rise of teams such as Manchester City and Tottenham, and the fact that many famous players at Aston Villa switched to other teams, their league results began to plummet.
Today, Aston Villa has lost its former glory and has become a Premier League relegation team.
In recent seasons, Aston Villa has struggled very much, and every year its fans are frightened for fear of falling into the English Championship.
In the sports channel live broadcast room, He Wei and Zhang Lu are ready.
"Teacher Zhang, how are you feeling? If it doesn't work, I can do it myself. You can go back and rest!" Sitting behind the studio, He Wei looked at Zhang Lu's somewhat white lips and said with concern.
Zhang Lu took a sip from the steaming thermos cup, took a sip of strong tea, and said with a smile: "It's okay, it's just a little cold. When the game starts, I'll be fine after sweating. The game is my best cold."
Medicine, especially the game with Chu Zheng!"
"Haha!" He Wei was amused, "Okay, if you feel uncomfortable, please tell me at any time!"
On September 13, at 22:50 BJ time, the live signal was connected to the sports channel on time.
Immediately, countless fans who had been waiting in front of TV sets and computers became energetic.
"Friends in the audience, good evening, welcome to watch the fifth round of the 2015-16 Premier League season, Leicester City versus Aston Villa..."
After He Wei's opening remarks, he smiled and said: "The Premier League has been extremely lively recently, especially in the last round of the Premier League. There were three huge upsets in three games, which can be said to have shocked the eyes of countless fans."
"Liverpool played at home at Anfield, but West Ham United scored 3 goals in a row!"
"Chelsea played at Stamford Bridge at home and suffered a 2-1 last-minute defeat by Crystal Palace!"
"Manchester United played away from home and also lost the game, 2-1 to Swansea!"
Hearing He Wei's words, Zhang Lu responded in a hoarse voice: "The last round of the Premier League's giants can be said to be in a collective downturn. Although Manchester City and Arsenal won, the wins were actually thrilling."
"Yes! Yes!" He Wei nodded, "The collective collapse of wealthy families is extremely rare in previous years!"
Not long after, the starting lineups of both sides appeared on the live broadcast camera.
Leicester City:442
Goalkeeper: Schmeichel
Defenders: Schlupp, Morgan, Huth, De Laet
Midfielder: Albrighton, Chu Zheng, Inler, Mahrez
Forward: Vardy, Shinji Okazaki
"Leicester City's last game ended in a draw because of Ranieri's formation, which they could have won!"
"Yes, that game was indeed a pity for Leicester City."
"Especially after Chu Zheng was replaced, Leicester City can be said to have an overall advantage and their offensive performance was very good."
"But it's a pity that Bournemouth insisted on defending after Leicester City gained momentum, and used bus tactics to force Leicester City to get a draw!"
Defenders: Jordan Amavi, Lescott, Micah Richards, Bacuna
Goalkeeper:Guzan
"Villa also burned a lot of money this summer!"
"This summer they invested a total of nearly 60 million euros in the transfer market, but they also sold Benteke to Liverpool, plus some other players, and they were able to break even."
"But so far this season, Villa's results are 1 win, 1 draw and 2 losses, ranking 15th in the Premier League..."
At 16:00 London time, with the whistle of referee Mike Dean, the match between Leicester City and Aston Villa officially started.
On the field, after Leicester City, which was attacking from left to right, kicked the ball out, Aston Villa immediately pressed forward and began to press in the center circle.
With Chu Zheng here today, Leicester City will not let Aston Villa succeed so easily.
Chu Zheng saw that Aston Villa was aggressively grabbing the ball, so he was not in a hurry to attack. Instead, he sat in the center, like a ball transfer station, and reasonably dispatched and transferred the ball sent by his teammates from all directions.
So within the first two minutes, Aston Villa was fooled around by Chu Zheng.
Watching this scene, the Leicester City fans in the stands at the King Power Stadium had expressions of enjoyment and intoxication on their faces.
After Chu Zheng's outstanding performance in these four games, all Leicester City fans' original dissatisfaction with Chu Zheng's transfer worth a total of 60 million has long since dissipated.
They are not blind!
After Chu Zheng came to the team, the changes he brought to Leicester City's midfield were extremely obvious.
At this time, Aston Villa fans also looked at their own players who were walking their dogs on the field with speechless expressions.
Last season they played against Leicester City in two rounds and achieved one win and one loss.
Although they lost 1-0 in the second round, they actually had a certain advantage in the game, but Leicester had better luck.
But looking at it now, they feel that the Leicester City in front of them is too unfamiliar.
The smoothness of this midfield operation is no worse than those of star midfielders from wealthy clubs.
Leicester City's midfield changes all come from the Chinese midfielder they laughed at some time ago.
Just when these Villa fans were marveling at the changes in Leicester City, Chu Zheng on the court suddenly gave them a meeting gift.
In the 5th minute of the game, Aston Villa took a goal kick and the ball went straight to the left area of Leicester City's half-court circle.
Chu Zheng happened to be near the landing point, and he got there quickly.
Aston Villa's left midfielder was also nearby. He quickly rushed horizontally from Chu Zheng's left rib, trying to get in front of Chu Zheng and trap Chu Zheng behind him.
However, the next second, he misjudged the path of the ball.
Chu Zheng was behind Westwood, bent his upper body backwards, almost at 90 degrees to the ground, and used his chest to unload the ball perfectly.
This action not only showed Chu Zheng's flexibility, but also demonstrated his strong waist and abdominal core strength.
Westwood realized that he had made a misjudgment and quickly turned around, trying to continue grabbing the ball.
However, when he turned around, he saw that Chu Zheng had not dumped the ball at his feet at all.
After the ball bounced on Chu Zheng's chest, it jumped slightly to the left.
Immediately afterwards, Chu Zheng immediately turned back and faced the ball falling in front of him, trapping Westwood behind him.
Although Westwood is only 175cm tall, his tonnage is 80kg.
He was confident that he could squeeze Chu Zheng away, who looked a little thin.
However, just when he took action, after Chu Zheng completed his turn, he did not let the ball fall to the ground at all. Instead, he stretched out his right foot and hooked it with the front of his foot, and the ball flew from Chu Zheng's head to behind him.
At this time, Westwood was dumbfounded and could only watch Chu Zheng turn back again.
On Chu Zheng's side, after he turned around to catch up with the ball, he saw Aston Villa's right midfielder Carlos Sanchez, one meter in front of him, knocking away the man who was covering Chu Zheng.
Shinji Okazaki pounced directly.
Without any hesitation, Chu Zheng pushed the ball that was still bouncing on the ground to the left rib area with his right foot. Then he kicked off his right foot, and the powerful explosive force made him rush up, allowing Carlos Sanchez to pounce.
Empty.
After catching the ball in the left rib cage, Chu Zheng originally planned to pass the ball to Albrighton on the wing.
As a result, he saw Aston Villa goalkeeper Guzan standing a little forward, so he instantly changed his mind and suddenly whipped the ball toward the goal with his left foot.
At the front of the small penalty area, Guzan was startled when he saw Chu Zheng lob the goal 40 meters from the ribs, and quickly turned around and sprinted towards the goal.
But after running a few steps, he saw the ball falling from the sky and seemed to be within the door frame.
Fans in the stands around the scene were also moved by Chu Zheng's choice, with their hearts in their throats.
The next second, there was a bang!
The ball hit the top edge of the crossbar on the left side of the goal and bounced off the baseline!
"fool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Suddenly there was a rush of exclamations from the King Power Stadium!
Immediately afterwards, Leicester City fans tapped their palms with cardboard in their hands, and suddenly loud applause resounded from every corner of the King Power Stadium.
In a VIP box in the South Stand, Leicester City owner Vichai was also applauding.
"You are right, this is an extremely good player!" Vichai adjusted his glasses and looked at Steve Walsh next to him.
Chu Zheng's series of connections just now were quick and smooth, and the ornamental movements of the machine were pleasing to the eye.
On the sidelines, Ranieri also raised his arms and applauded, expressing his affirmation to Chu Zheng.
