In the 8th minute of the game, Leicester City received a foul ball in the 30-meter area on the left side of the front court.
After Fox put the ball in his jersey and wiped it, he hit a grenade-style serve.
The ball crossed the left sideline of Southampton's penalty area and fell straight to Vardy on the left sideline of the small penalty area.
But under the joint defense of Wanyama and Southampton right center back Jose Fonte, Vardy, who is only 179cm tall, could not make any waves.
"It's hard for Vardy to catch this kind of ball!" In the live broadcast room, Zhan Jun was amused by Vardy who was standing there, overwhelmed by the figures of Wanyama and Fonte, without even jumping.
Zhang Lu chuckled and said: "The current Leicester City is actually an atypical Premier League team. The two forwards, Vardy and Shinji Okazaki, are players with speed and strong breakthroughs. His team
There is no true high center forward in the team, so if you give Vardy and Shinji Okazaki this kind of ball, it will be difficult for them to catch it!"
"Yes, this is indeed very rare among the teams in the middle and lower reaches of the Premier League!" Zhan Jun nodded.
On the court, the ball was hammered by Wanyama to the front of the left rib at the top of the arc.
Kanter is in this area.
Seeing the ball coming, Kanter quickly adjusted, raised his right foot sideways, and fired a powerful and heavy volley.
However, Kante's shooting is a bit worse than Chu Zheng's in Leicester City, let alone such a difficult sideways volley.
The next second, the ball was flawed by Kanter as expected.
But something went wrong and Kanter's shot turned into a long pass.
The ball rose into the air and then fell diagonally to the right side of the Southampton penalty area, and then popped out of the Southampton penalty area.
Albrighton got the ball in front of the corner kick on the right.
But Bertrand came out very quickly, and he quickly came to Albrighton to block the passing line.
Soon Simpson came to answer.
But at this time, there were seven players in Southampton's defense. In the blink of an eye, Simpson was also stared at by Southampton's left midfielder Tadic.
Seeing this scene, Albrighton made a feint beside the corner flagpole, quickly spiked the ball, turned around, and dribbled the ball back.
Outside the upper right corner of the penalty area, Chu Zheng and Albrighton passed by each other and completed the handover of the ball.
Tadic saw Bertrand being deflected by Albrighton, so he quickly pushed out from the sideline of the penalty area and got stuck in front of Chu Zheng to defend.
Chu Zheng continuously moved the ball under his feet.
Looking at Tadic who was bending down next to him, he moved the ball forward a short distance with his right foot, then quickly followed up and turned sideways, as if to force a cross.
With his back to the penalty area, Tadic quickly moved to the left, preparing to block.
However, when he finished the blocking action, he saw that Chu Zheng's swung right foot did not hit the ball at all, but missed the ball.
Immediately Tadic realized that he had been fooled.
In panic, Tadic made a wrong judgment again. He thought Chu Zheng was going to break through horizontally and enter the penalty area.
So Tadic quickly pulled his center of gravity back and prepared to use his body to trap Chu Zheng.
However, the next second, Chu Zheng's right foot, which was on the left side of the ball, suddenly pushed the ball forward.
Tadic was turned into a spinning top by Chu Zheng's coherent movements that looked like a cow's tail. His feet slipped and he fell to the ground.
After knocking Tadic down, Chu Zheng quickly went down and passed the ball across the middle of the penalty area.
On the end line of the small penalty area, Vardy, Shinji Okazaki, Van Dijk, Fonte and Wanyama huddled together.
But Van Dijk was faster than him, quickly reached the landing point and squeezed away Shinji Okazaki, and pushed the ball away with a flick of his head.
But the ball is high but not far.
Vardy quickly retreated three or four steps, jumped in front of Kelvin Davis who continued to attack, and with a lion's head, he headed the ball to the left side of the goal.
At this moment, Van Dijk appeared again, and the ball hit his face and quickly rebounded, just falling into the arms of goalkeeper Kelvin Davis, who turned around.
It was only then that the hearts of countless Southampton fans in the stands dropped.
"Chu Zheng, an extremely smooth breakthrough pass!"
"It's a pity that Leicester City lacks a high center forward, otherwise Chu Zheng's cross would have created a very good opportunity to attack!"
"Vardy has a very good sense of smell in front of the goal! He has already reached the limit of what he can do!" Zhang Lu shook his head. "But just now, Shinji Okazaki was directly overwhelmed by the tall Southampton players. He was completely lost."
Law provides support and response to Vardy."
After finishing speaking, Zhang Lu looked at Van Dijk, who was shown to the camera by the director, "The Dutch central defender Southampton selected today performed very well!"
"In the two threatening attacks planned by Chu Zheng, he appeared in key positions in time. This sense of position is very good!"
"Yes!" Zhan Jun nodded, "Before this, Southampton head coach Koeman used Japanese players Yoshida Maya and Fonte to partner as central defenders, but it turns out that Yoshida Maya partnered with Fonte, the turning genius.
A slow centre-back is a disaster!"
Zhang Lu chuckled and said: "Everyone is familiar with Maya Yoshida. He is not tall, his turning speed is slow, and his physical fitness is not strong. He cannot withstand the fierce physical confrontation in the Premier League, especially as a central defender who needs frequent
A position for physical confrontation with the opponent’s striker!”
On the field, Chu Zheng frowned and trotted back.
He personally feels that with Van Dijk, whose worth will break the world football defender transfer record two years later, it will be difficult for them to create a threat with the cross ball today.
After the game restarted, perhaps sensing that the defense was somewhat passive, Southampton's players began to proactively seek to attack, using offense instead of defense to relieve the pressure on the defense created by Leicester City.
Soon, Southampton threatened Leicester City's goal and completed the first shot.
In the 12th minute of the game, Southampton and Leicester City formed a 3-on-3 local confrontation outside the penalty area on the left side of Leicester City.
Wanyama, Tadic, and Ward-Prowse passed the ball continuously, but in the end they failed to penetrate Leicester City's defense established by Simpson, Albrighton, and Chu Zheng.
The ball was intercepted by Chu Zheng with a sliding tackle, and then quickly cleared by Albrighton towards the center circle.
In front of the center circle in Leicester City's half, Van Dijk and Vardy once again won the battle for the top and headed back to the center circle area.
After Cedric got the ball, he quickly moved forward to the right.
After Southampton's right midfielder Sadio Mane received the ball with his back, he immediately dribbled the ball horizontally. Leicester City immediately described a three-man circle.
Fox chased behind Mane, while Kanter and Schlupp surrounded him from the front and left.
It seemed that Mane had dived into the encirclement of Leicester City, but in fact, Leicester City was tricked by Southampton.
When Mane brought Fox, the full-back, into the rib area, Cedric, who had passed the ball, was also moving forward at high speed along the wing.
At this moment, Mane, who moved the ball laterally towards the center, stuffed the ball to the wing.
Fox guessed Southampton's offensive intention before Mane passed the ball, but he was still too slow to turn around and failed to fight Cedric.
From the right wing of Leicester City's penalty area, Cedric crossed the ball to the back of the penalty area before Fox fell to the ground and made a sliding tackle.
At this time, in the Leicester City penalty area, Simpson, Huth, Morgan and others were scattered in the middle and forward points, marking Southampton players.
The Leicester City fans who came with the team to St. Mary's Stadium were stunned when they saw the team.
In front of the upper left corner of the small penalty area, Tadic outflanked the ball and fired furiously.
However, the moment he completed the shot, a figure suddenly broke into his sight and took off in the small penalty area in front of the goalpost.
The next second, there was a muffled sound, and the ball hit the figure and bounced out of the baseline.
Seeing Chu Zheng complete a wonderful block, Leicester City fans immediately breathed a sigh of relief, followed by violent applause.
"Chu Zheng! Block it in time!" Zhan Jun exclaimed in the live broadcast room!
"A very timely and critical rescue!" Zhang Lu said with a smile.
He saw it very clearly from the broadcast footage just now. As soon as Cedric received Mane's through ball, Chu Zheng, who was in the middle of the arc, retreated diagonally towards the left side of the penalty area. This was obviously noticed in advance.
crisis.
On the sidelines, Koeman was so angry at Chu Zheng's block that he slapped his thigh.
What a great opportunity to score a goal, but this guy suddenly appeared again and blocked the ball with his body.