After two weeks of international matches, the Premier League resumes.
The first game of the 9th round of the Premier League is an eye-catching battle, Tottenham vs. Liverpool.
But perhaps due to the influence of the national team competition, Tottenham and Liverpool played poorly and ended up with a 0-0 draw.
On October 17, at 21:50 BJ time, the live broadcast signal was connected, and Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu, who were ready in front of the studio, immediately entered the commentary state.
After the opening remarks, Zhan Jun said with a smile: "The most surprising teams in the Premier League this season are Leicester City, West Ham United and Crystal Palace!"
“Let’s take a look at the current Premier League standings first!”
1. Leicester City: 8 games, 18 points, 5 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses, 23 goals scored, 10 goals conceded
2. Manchester City: 8 games, 18 points, 6 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses, 19 goals scored, 7 goals conceded
3. Manchester United: 8 games, 16 points, 5 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses, 12 goals scored, 8 goals conceded
4. Crystal Palace: 8 games, 15 points, 5 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses, 11 goals scored, 7 goals conceded
5. West Ham United: 8 games, 14 points, 4 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses, 16 goals scored, 12 goals conceded
6. Arsenal: 8 games, 14 points, 4 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses, 12 goals scored, 9 goals conceded
7. Tottenham: 8 games, 13 points, 3 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss, 11 goals scored, 7 goals conceded
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"After the 8th round of competition, Leicester City has successfully reached the top, beating all the giant clubs in the Premier League!"
"After the 8th round of the Premier League, Leicester City, which topped the Premier League list, aroused considerable public opinion in England!"
Hearing Zhan Jun's words, Zhang Lu shook her head and smiled, and said: "Well, actually, I personally think that Leicester City's current performance lacks persuasiveness and gold content. It is a bit premature to say that it is overwhelming!
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"Indeed! In the eight rounds ahead of Leicester City, except for Arsenal, the other opponents are relegation teams in the middle and lower reaches of the Premier League in previous years." Zhan Jun nodded and smiled, seeming to agree with Zhang Lu's point of view.
"Yes, uh, uh, compared to West Ham United, Leicester City has only beaten Arsenal!" Zhang Lu clapped her fingers and smiled.
"But West Ham United is different!" Zhan Jun nodded and counted on his fingers, "In the first round, they defeated Arsenal 2-0 away from home. In the fourth round, they beat Liverpool 3-0 away from home. In the sixth round, it was still
Defeated Manchester City duo Manchester City 2-1 away from home!”
"This is simply a madman on the road. Half of the Premier League BIGs have been wiped out by him!"
"Haha!" Zhang Lu was amused, "Here at Leicester City, well, he has only beaten Arsenal and almost lost at home, so the English media are now questioning Leicester, who is ranked first in the Premier League standings.
Special City makes sense!"
While the two were talking and laughing, the starting lineups of Leicester City and Southampton appeared in the live broadcast footage.
Southampton:(4231)
Goalkeeper: Kelvin Davis
Defenders: Cedric, Jose Fonte, Virgil van Dijk, Bertrand
Midfielder: Ward-Prowse, Wanyama
Attacking midfielder: Sadio Mane, Stephen Davis, Tadic
Forward: Pelle
"Southampton is currently ranked 10th in the Premier League standings, with 3 wins, 3 draws and two losses!"
"At the beginning of the season, Southampton could hardly win a win. The team was affected by the club's senior management's continuous sales of core players in the past two years!"
“But Southampton’s performance in the past two rounds has been very good!”
"In the 7th and 8th rounds, Southampton defeated Swansea and Chelsea with a score of 3-1 consecutively!"
"Although Chelsea is indeed a bit bad this season, it is still difficult to achieve this score at Stamford Bridge!"
"So Leicester City should be careful today. This Saints team that has returned to a stable state is not so easy to deal with!"
After saying that, Leicester City's starting lineup appeared.
Leicester City:442
Forwards: Shinji Okazaki, Vardy
Midfielder: Schlupp, Chu Zheng, Kante, Albrighton
Defenders: Fox, Morgan, Huth, Simpson
Goalkeeper: Schmeichel
“Leicester City’s head coach Ranieri will continue to use the starting lineup from the previous round for this game!”
"Hey! This Ranieri never settles down. His starting lineup and formation keep changing. He must be a monkey!"
"Haha!" Zhang Lu's sudden comment made Zhan Jun laugh so hard.
After a while, Zhan Jun smiled and said: "Whatever, as long as our Chu Zheng is in the starting lineup, he can play in the 901 formation."
"Haha!" It was Zhang Lu's turn to burst into laughter.
On the field, Leicester City, wearing blue jerseys, attacked from left to right.
At the beginning of the game, Leicester City and Southampton started a fierce battle in the midfield. Once they got the ball, they would quickly pass it forward. Both sides obviously wanted to grab the start.
However, due to Southampton's continuous poaching by wealthy clubs in recent years, their front, midfield and backfield have suffered a greater or lesser impact.
Especially the defense, it can be said that it has been badly exploited in the past two years.
Therefore, the situation on the field quickly tilted towards Leicester City.
In the 4th minute of the game, under the high pressure of Leicester City in the frontcourt, Southampton right back Cedric kicked the ball into the air in the left rib area at the top of the arc.
However, his clearance hit the ball at the edge of the arc in the middle of his own half.
Chu Zheng was just in this area, and he quickly arrived at the landing point.
After a while, Southampton's attacking midfielder Stephen Davis also rushed over quickly.
But Stephen Davis, who is 172cm tall and weighs just over 65kg, simply cannot handle Chu Zheng, who is 185cm and 80kg.
After discovering that he couldn't defeat Chu Zheng, the battle-hardened Stephen Davis resorted to a cunning trick.
The moment he unloaded the ball on Chu Zheng's chest, he suddenly pushed Chu Zheng from behind.
Chu Zheng once again suffered from his lack of experience in the game, causing the ball to hit his chest and fly towards Southampton midfielder Wanyama, who was two meters in front of him.
At this time, behind Chu Zheng was Ward-Prowse on the left and Stephen Davis, who quickly evacuated on the right.
Wanyama got the ball in front of Chu Zheng and had two ball-out points.
Wanyama saw Chu Zheng rushing up and he didn't dare to stop the ball.
Seeing that Chu Zheng's left shoulder was tilted, as if to prevent him from passing the ball to Ward-Prowse, Wanyama raised his foot and picked the ball that just rolled in front of him toward Stephen Davis.
However, at the moment when he passed the ball, Chu Zheng suddenly tilted to the right, and the ball hit Chu Zheng's forehead.
In the rib area on the right, Albrighton, who was standing parallel to Chu Zheng, saw Chu Zheng successfully intercepted the ball, and he quickly started to pull to the side.
His run forced Southampton's left back Bertrand in front of him to retreat to guard and cut off Chuzheng Albrighton's passing line.
But this time he withdrew, the area on his right rib was vacated.
Bertrand thought Wanyama and Stephen Davis could handle Chu Zheng.
However, the result was that the two of them were thrown away by more than two positions by Chu Zheng's ejection.
After entering the rib area, Chu Zheng wanted to go on the ground and use arcing kicks to insert the ball to the left side of the Southampton penalty area. He had already seen Vardy ambushing there.
However, just when he was about to pass the ball, a tall figure suddenly appeared on the passing line that Chu Zheng had discovered.
The appearance of Van Dijk instantly forced Chu Zheng to change plan A and implement plan B.
So Chu Zheng took off his feet without hesitation and made an arcing pass with his right foot.
The ball entered Southampton's penalty area from the head of Van Dijk on the end line of the penalty area on the right rib, and flew to the front of the small penalty area on the left in a C-shaped arc.
At the same time, Vardy, who was on the left side of the penalty spot, used his speed to seize an advantageous position, rushed to the landing spot and stretched his feet to shoot.
"fool!!!!!!!!!!"
Seeing Vardy pass Chu Zheng's extremely exquisite pass to the stands, the 30,000 Saints fans at St. Mary's Stadium collectively let out a rapid exclamation, and everyone's face was frightened.
"Hey! If Van Dijk hadn't blocked Chu Zheng's path on the ground in time and allowed Chu Zheng to pass the ball, with Vardy's ability, it would have definitely been a beautiful goal!"
"What a pity, Leicester City missed a great opportunity!"
In the LeTV live broadcast room, both Zhang Lu and Zhan Jun felt extremely sorry.
But it’s already very good for Vardy to be able to do this.
Chu Zheng's pass is very fast and the route is very weird. Vardy's ability to accurately judge the landing point and hit the ball is already very good.
On the sidelines, Southampton head coach Koeman sat on the coaching bench and stared at Chu Zheng with a frown.
At this time, Koeman was full of joy!
He was fortunate that Van Dijk blocked the ground line in time, otherwise the ball would have probably been scored.
At this moment, Koeman experienced firsthand the terrifying ability of Chu Zheng to find gaps on the court, which was even scarier than what he had seen in the video.
At the beginning of the season, when I heard that Leicester City had spent 40 million and an additional clause of 2,000 to sign Chu Zheng, who was 20 years old and had only played one professional season, Koeman felt that Leicester City had nothing to spend the money on and was crazy.
However, now, just after Chu Zheng passed the ball, he found that he still underestimated Chu Zheng.
And Chu Zheng's beautiful interception just now clearly saw through Wanyama's intentions. This ability to adapt to the situation is extraordinary.
On the court, after Chu Zheng gave Vardy a nice gesture in return, he turned his attention to Van Dijk.
This central defender is not simple.
Looking at Van Dijk silently, Chu Zheng soon remembered who this guy was.
Suddenly, Chu Zheng felt an inexplicable excitement in his heart!
