On the field, after losing the ball, Chu Zheng slightly slowed down the number of forward passes in order to prevent his teammates from making mistakes due to being too impatient and giving Southampton, whose morale was soaring, another chance to threaten the goal.
But Chu Zheng soon discovered that he was a little too worried. Today, Vardy, Kante, Albrighton and others seemed to be mentally prepared to lose the ball.
These people found that Chu Zheng had a steady rhythm and his intention to sharpen Southampton's energy, and they all cooperated very well.
On the sidelines, Ranieri nodded when he saw the player's unhurried performance, with a very satisfied expression on his face.
A game lasts 90 minutes, and nothing can be solved by rushing.
As long as you keep a calm mind and slowly look for opportunities, the goal will eventually come.
Compared with the current Southampton team, Ranieri believes that their overall strength is still a level higher.
Coupled with his tactical system, he believes that it is only a matter of time to recover the ball.
However, what happened next made Ranieri feel that St. Mary's Stadium seemed to be aimed at Leicester City.
In the 24th minute of the game, Leicester City was on the left wing of the center circle. Kante and Schlupp were preparing to play a one-on-one to break through Southampton's defense on the wing.
As a result, as soon as Kanter stopped the ball, Wanyama rushed forward.
In order to prevent Kanter and Schlupp from achieving a one-two match this time, Wanyama committed a tactical foul that was obviously a collision.
Referee Tierney directly blew the foul whistle, which not only gave Leicester City a chance to set the ball, but also gave Wanyama a yellow card.
At the top of the arc, five Leicester City players, including Chu Zheng, participated in this attack.
But Southampton's side was simply exaggerated. A total of nine people lined up in a row, giving Chu Zheng and others a hard look.
Especially Chu Zheng, who was in the middle, was stared at by Van Dijk and Pellet, two tall men over 193.
After a while, the referee Tierney blew the whistle, and Albrighton hoisted the ball directly to the left area of the penalty area in the penalty area.
At the top of the arc, Chu Zheng quickly and accurately determined the landing point.
He used all his strength to push away Pellet, who was blocking him in front of him, sandwiching him with Van Dijk.
Pellet is a high center forward who is also good at heading the ball, and his judgment of the landing point is also very accurate.
He saw the target, but he knew what Chu Zheng wanted to do, but he just couldn't resist Chu Zheng's hard squeeze.
Squeezing past Pellet and crossing the end line of the penalty area, Chu Zheng ran into Stephen Davis head-on.
Facing this midfielder who is 172cm tall and can play as a defensive midfielder or front midfielder, Chu Zheng pulled his arm, and the delicate and frail Stephen Davis went away to play.
In the area to the left of the penalty kick, Chu Zheng took off with a run-up.
Van Dijk, who had been following Chu Zheng, was not slow either. He was only 0.5 seconds behind Chu Zheng, and Van Dijk also successfully took off.
But after jumping up, Van Dijk was greeted with despair.
Van Dijk is 193cm tall and he was very confident in his jumping before this game.
After a run-up, he took off with all his strength and was able to touch the football 3 meters away.
In other words, the height of his full-strength jump is more than 1.1 meters.
In this fight for the top spot, Van Dijk was determined to decide the outcome with Chu Zheng.
Therefore, he deliberately maintained his position with Chu Zheng so that he could jump with all his strength.
But now, at a height of 193cm, he jumped with all his strength, and what greeted him was panic and despair.
Chu Zheng was still rising, but Van Dijk had already reached the top and was about to fall back. Chu Zheng was half a head taller than him.
The next second, Chu Zheng, who stood out from the crowd in the penalty area and took off with his back, sailed the ball to the left side of the penalty area without being able to directly attack the goal.
After Okazaki Shinji raised his foot to remove the ball outside the upper left corner of the small penalty area, he immediately followed up with his left foot and took advantage of the situation to shoot a low shot.
The ball went straight to the bottom corner of the near post.
In front of the goal post, Southampton goalkeeper Kelvin Davis was caught off guard and fell to the ground half a beat too late.
As a result, the ball clanged, hit the goalpost, bounced off Kelvin Davis's feet, and rolled out of the baseline.
"fool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
The moment the ball rolled out of the baseline, more than 32,000 fans at St. Mary's Stadium, no matter which side they were from, were all frightened at the same moment.
"Ouch!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"Shinji Okazaki's shot was blocked by the post!!"
"Shinji Okazaki's shot was connected so beautifully. He unloaded the ball with his right foot and followed up with his left foot. It was smooth and smooth. It's a pity that he lacked a little luck!"
"Chu Zheng was able to get the ball to the first landing point amid heavy siege and ferry the ball over. He has reached his limit!"
"What a pity! Leicester City has been lacking a bit of luck from the start until now!"
In the LeTV live broadcast room, Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu explained Leicester City's attack with one glance and one word at a time.
On the court, Chu Zheng also had a look of regret.
But when he turned around to face Van Dijk, he saw this guy looking at him with a horrified look.
So Chu Zheng grinned and said in Chinese: "Jicao, Jicao, don't 6!"
"What???" Van Dijk asked subconsciously.
"Nothing! I'm greeting you in Chinese!" Chu Zheng said with a smile.
Just as he was about to move forward to fight for the corner kick, Chu Zheng inadvertently glanced at the grass, and then his eyes froze.
Good guy!
Good guy!!
In Chu Zheng's sight, he saw more than ten colorful fragments scattered at Van Dijk's feet, including seven or eight talent beads.
Staring at these pearls and fragments of talent, Chu Zheng now understood why this Dutch central defender was able to create a new value record for a defender in world football a few years later.
This talent is probably no worse than De Bruyne.
Not long after, referee Tierney blew his whistle and Albrighton took a run-up from the corner kick on the left and drove the ball towards the Southamp penalty area.
What Albrighton was looking for was Chu Zheng from the previous point.
But his kick was too close to the goal.
Before Chu Zheng had time to take off, goalkeeper Kelvin Davis rushed over and punched the ball toward the left rib at the top of the key.
“Ooh!!”
In the live broadcast room, through the camera, he saw four people including Van Dijk, Wanyama, Fonte, and Pellet gathered behind Chu Zheng. Zhan Jun had a bright smile on his face.
"It's a bit bullying! The four tall guys looked at Chu Zheng. Even Cristiano Ronaldo didn't get this kind of treatment in the Premier League back then!" Zhang Lu also joked.
"Just like Chu Zheng's bounce, who wouldn't be scared when he encounters it!" Zhan Jun's smile became even stronger, "Just now Chu Zheng jumped so hard that it was higher than the crossbar. I guess the Southampton players were collectively frightened.
Increased defensive strength!”
While the two were talking, Kanter, who was in front of the left rib at the top of the arc, removed the ball and quickly passed it back to the left to Albrighton.
After stopping the ball, Albrighton quickly adjusted and started to pass again.
From the front point, outside the upper left corner of the small penalty area, Chu Zheng is no longer alone this time.
Vardy's great wisdom appeared on the left side of Chu Zheng to cover.
In order to prevent Van Dijk from disturbing Chu Zheng, Vardy, a little chicken thief, jumped on Van Dijk.
It looks like a fight for the top, but in fact it has another purpose.
The next second, Vardy succeeded.
After contacting Vardy's body in the air, Van Dijk's center of gravity became unbalanced, and he could only watch helplessly as the rising figure completed a beautiful head-swinging attack under his eyes.
However, there was a 'Clang!'! Southampton's goal once again rejected Chu Zheng's shot.
"Oops! The ball hit the uprights and crossbar in the upper left corner of the goal!!!!!" In the live broadcast room, Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu slammed the table with regret.
On the sidelines, Leicester City's offensive attack made Koeman's heart beat wildly.
Chu Zheng's bounce made Koeman feel frightened!
This monster level bounce is really scary!
But not long after, Chu Zheng made Koeman experience another kind of horror.