During the halftime break, in the locker room, Chu Zheng sat in his seat in a daze, replaying Ward-Prowse's two-legged free-kick goal in his mind.
Although these two free kicks made Chu Zheng feel incredible, they also made Chu Zheng quite envious.
Taking the free kick as a penalty kick, this is how Chu Zheng felt about Ward-Prowse, it was really accurate.
In Wolfsburg, Naldo and Rodriguez are also good free kickers, but their success rate is honestly not high.
Chu Zheng never expected that seemingly ordinary Southampton would actually hide a free kick master.
"This is the Premier League, you can't underestimate any opponent!" Seeing Chu Zheng in a daze, captain Morgan sat down next to Chu Zheng, smiled and patted Chu Zheng on the shoulder.
In fact, let alone the Premier League, even when he was in the English Championship, Morgan found that some players in the English Championship had unique skills.
Chu Zheng came back to his senses, nodded, and said with a confident smile: "They can't win!"
Hearing Chu Zheng's words, Morgan was stunned for a moment. He nodded, smiled happily and said, "I believe you can do it!"
This is not what Morgan said, he really believed that Chu Zheng could do it.
Because Chu Zheng is the most unique one among the many teammates he has encountered in the past ten years.
Let’s put it this way!
During the game, Chu Zheng never came back like some players who went up to participate in the attack. Instead, he spared no effort to come back to help them defend every time.
And with Chu Zheng, Morgan can feel that the defense line they established will instantly be upgraded to a higher level and become stronger.
Especially Chu Zheng's vision can often help him and Hu Te find loopholes in the defense in advance.
Sometimes it's hard for Morgan to imagine how there could be such a versatile offensive and defensive player.
Chu Zheng's strength on the offensive end is now the consensus of everyone in the Leicester City team, but on the defensive end, Chu Zheng's talent is still extremely strong.
Not long after, Ranieri walked into the locker room with assistant coach Paul.
Ranieri did not scold Chu Zheng and the others, and he is not the kind of head coach who likes to turn on a hair dryer.
Amidst the gentle and amiable tactical explanation, the fifteen-minute halftime break ended unknowingly.
"Oh, Ranieri makes substitutions, two at a time!"
After the players came on stage one after another, both Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu saw the fourth official on the sidelines holding up a substitution sign.
"Mahrez replaced Shinji Okazaki, and Nathan Dyer replaced Schlupp, who had a mediocre performance in the first half!" Zhan Jun said according to the script.
"The intention of Mahrez's substitution is obvious, which is to use Mahrez's strong personal breakthrough ability to disrupt Southampton's defense in the frontcourt and create some opportunities!"
"Nathan Dyer is purely a matchup substitution. Ranieri should be a little dissatisfied with Schlupp's performance!" Zhang Lu analyzed, laughing.
On the field, the two sides changed sides and fought again. Southampton was not like other mid- and lower-tier teams in the Premier League. They changed their tactics when they were ahead and huddled in their own backcourt for intensive defense.
Southampton still invests three to four offensive forces in the frontcourt.
In the midfield, Southampton players are still very active in stealing and intercepting.
But under Chu Zheng's command and dispatch, they rarely got the ball and were walked around most of the time.
But even so, Southampton's players still fight for the ball.
Whenever there is an opportunity, they will grab the ball and they will constantly try to force the ball away from the dangerous area and drive Leicester City players to both sides.
Soon, Chu Zheng threatened Southampton's goal.
In the 49th minute of the game, Southampton's offense was offside. Schmeichel kicked the ball from the upper right corner of his own penalty area and drove the ball towards the front of Southampton's penalty area.
Van Dijk appeared at the landing point in time to crush Vardy and headed back.
Chu Zheng happened to be in the direction of the ball flying back, and he immediately stretched his legs to remove the ball.
Facing Ward-Prowse who quickly came in front of him, Chu Zheng did not hesitate and quickly distributed the ball to the left wing to avoid Southampton's heavy troops in the middle.
After Mahrez got the ball, his figure was so agile that Cedric, who was marking him, couldn't tell whether he was going to break through the bottom or cut in laterally.
At this moment, Fox stepped in along the wing, followed by Mane.
The addition of these two people caused chaos in the situation on the wing.
Cedric saw Mane coming back and immediately handed over the marking target with Mane.
He ran to the left side of the penalty area and looked at Fox, while Mane braked quickly, preparing to block Mahrez.
At this moment, Mahrez seized this chaotic opportunity and suddenly started to cut laterally towards the top of the arc.
Mane was caught off guard, and defense was not his strong point, so Mahrez suddenly broke through.
Seeing Mahrez's successful breakthrough, the Southampton players in the ribs quickly spun a net, setting up a trap with many people waiting for Mahrez to get inside.
Mahrez did not fall for the trick. Instead, he used his body as a bait to attract Ward-Prowse in the rib area in front of Chu Zheng. Suddenly, Chu Zheng was unguarded in front of the rib area.
Chu Zheng has already completed the observation in advance.
Under the scanning of his terrifying vision, Southampton's troop deployment in the penalty area was very clear.
However, it is a pity that Southampton's defense was so impeccable this time that Chu Zheng was unable to find a better passing opportunity.
So after Chu Zheng got the ball, he quickly adjusted his steps, almost without running, he raised his right foot and fired.
The moment Chu Zheng shot, Ward-Prowse and Wanyama, who had reacted, quickly joined forces from left to right in an attempt to block Chu Zheng's shot.
But before they were in place, they heard a "bang" sound and felt a strong wind whistling past them.
In front of the goal line, Southampton goalkeeper Kelvin Davis was next to the right post.
Seeing the ball that was like white lightning coming from Chu Zheng, he quickly judged the route, jumped up on the spot and stretched his right hand towards the upper right corner of the goal.
However, the speed of Chu Zheng's ball was so fast that it was difficult for Kelvin Davis to clearly capture the flight trajectory of the ball with his naked eyes.
When he stretched out his hand, the ball had already hit the lower edge of the crossbar hard.
"Bang!" All the fans at the scene, including the fans in front of the TV, heard the crisp sound clearly.
Immediately afterwards, the ball that hit the lower edge of the crossbar bounced directly to the ground.
On the goal line, a panicked Kelvin Davis quickly knelt down to pick off the ball that bounced off the ground, then fell forward and held the ball underneath him.
"fool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
St. Mary's Stadium resounded with a rapid exclamation again!
Countless Leicester City fans felt sorry for Chu Zheng's heavy shot!
"Chu Zheng's shooting ability has actually been improving, as evidenced by this heavy shot!"
"Yes! It's just that compared to Chu Zheng's other aspects, his progress in shooting is not very obvious!!"
As soon as Zhan Jun finished speaking, he saw referee Tierney suddenly blow his whistle in the camera, then raised his hand and pointed to the center circle.
"oh!!!!!!!!!!"
"The goal stands!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Suddenly Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu exclaimed in unison, and the expressions of regret on their faces quickly turned into surprise!
On the field, Chu Zheng saw Tierney, who was surrounded by Southampton players, constantly pointing to the watch on his wrist to indicate that the ball had been scored. The annoyed look on his face suddenly turned into ecstasy, and he jumped up on the spot and punched the ball.
celebrate.
In the coaching area on the sidelines, Koeman looked at the players on the court who were besieging the referee, with a look of helplessness on his face.
Sometimes he really hates the high technology on the court.
If there was no goal-line technology, they would definitely be able to get through this time.
But sometimes Koeman is extremely lucky that the existence of these high technologies can prevent them from suffering injustice.
After the score was tied at 3-3, Southampton's morale took a bit of a hit.
But after all, they are professional players. Southampton quickly stabilized their position and were not in a hurry to attack. Instead, they began to defend firmly with all members to deal with the fierce impact of the menacing Leicester City.
From the 50th to 65th minute of the second half, Leicester City almost took the absolute initiative.
Chu Zheng also planned several good attacks during this period.
But it's a pity that he finally fulfilled Van Dijk.
This guy used excellent defense, blocking positions, attacking, or clearing and blocking to defeat Vardy, Mahrez and others time and time again.
It wasn't until the 70th minute of the game that Southampton got its first chance to score in the second half after Koeman's substitution adjustment.
Or a free kick.
The position is similar to Southampton's first free kick, in the middle, in the 35-40 meter area.
Seeing Ward-Prowse standing in front of the ball for the third time made countless Leicester City fans feel excited.
On the field, this time Chu Zheng did not line up the human wall, but stood at the left rear of the human wall.
Looking at Ward-Prowse who was getting ready to go, Chu Zheng did not believe that Ward-Prowse could complete the feat of scoring a free kick hat trick.
In the history of football, except for Mihajnović and Kostas who have accomplished this feat, no player has been able to do it so far.
Even Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi, the two arrogant players in today’s football world, can’t do it!
Soon, following the referee's whistle, Ward-Prowse, who had taken a run-up, kicked the ball toward the goal.
It was exactly the same as his first goal. It was as if he had copied and pasted it, and the flight path of the ball changed again.
In front of the goal line, Schmeichel was well prepared and made a save, but he was still full of despair for this save.
Because the ball went towards the upper right corner.
However, just when Schmeichel was despairing, Chu Zheng, who had started to quickly retreat towards the goal with his back just before Ward-Prowse's free throw, jumped high into the air.
In full view, everyone saw that the ball seemed to have rubbed the hair on the top of Chu Zheng's head.
The next second, there was a crisp sound, and the ball hit the top edge of the crossbar and bounced out of the baseline.
"Fool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" A rapid exclamation sounded like a turbulent wave!
On the court, after Chu Zheng landed, he quickly turned back and looked into the goal.
Seeing that the ball did not go in, Chu Zheng immediately showed a look of ecstasy, then squatted down on the spot, holding his head with both hands, and kept rubbing his burning scalp.
"If you want to score a free kick hat trick, just dream!" Chu Zheng was extremely proud.
At the penalty spot, Ward-Prowse's eyes widened with an expression of disbelief.
He was just one scalp away from becoming the third player in football to score a free kick. At this moment, he wanted to chop Chu Zheng into pieces.
“Incredible!!!”
"incredible!!!!"
“Amazing!!!!”
In the live broadcast room, Zhan Jun uttered idioms one after another to describe his mood at this time.
At this moment, Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu were extremely curious about how Chu Zheng, who had moved ahead, predicted the path of Ward-Prowse's free kick.