Chapter 23 A magical defense that is hard to explain!
Author: Thief Cao
Chapter 23 A magical defense that is hard to explain!
After the game restarted, Chu Zheng, who received an assist, was not dazzled by joy.
He restrained himself a lot and suppressed his strong desire to continue shooting the ball forward and find those openings.
That's not his main responsibility.
Once or twice is fine!
But if it happens too often, Gustavo and Guillavodji will probably be dissatisfied. The most important thing is that he is not sure yet.
So he decided to continue to grow up in a humble way, and then come out to show off when his magic skills are perfected.
But when the team occasionally needs to make a transfer in the backcourt, he no longer hands the ball to Naldo like in the previous two games, but makes a long pass transfer himself.
Under the pressure of Hoffenheim's three forwards in the 433 formation, Chu Zheng's long pass was quite satisfactory.
This also made Xu Yang and Liu Jianhong strengthen their opinions.
The same views were shared by Dieter Heijing and Eddie on the sidelines.
After all, the central defender has the widest field of vision on the court except for the goalkeeper. It is not surprising that Chu Zheng can see them.
But the key is the timing of this pass, which is so unusual.
But since Chu Zheng had never shown it before, Dieter Heijing and Eddie only thought that Chu Zheng was the blind cat who suddenly encountered a dead mouse.
But Mourinho, who is far away at the Cobham training base in London, doesn't think so.
After discovering that he had missed Chu Zheng, he immediately issued instructions to Chelsea's scouts in Germany to conduct long-term follow-up and evaluation of Chu Zheng.
He would also watch Chu Zheng's games when he had time.
Mourinho looked surprised and helpless when he saw that Chu Zheng had just sent a long pass that directly penetrated Hoffenheim's midfield and defense.
He didn't expect that Chu Zheng had already picked up his weakness in passing in just two months.
Neil Bass’ words really came true!
Although it still doesn't meet the standards he needs, it has already passed the passing line.
Mourinho can see that Chu Zheng is improving rapidly.
Maybe it won't be long before people discover Chu Zheng's hidden super talent.
Seeing Dieter Heijing's use of Chu Zheng, Mourinho wanted to personally hang up the phone and tell this guy that he was wasting Chu Zheng's talent.
It's a pity that he can't, he still wants to quietly buy Chu Zheng back at the winter window.
As for whether Chu Zheng is willing to come back, he is not very worried.
The appeal of Stamford Bridge is still very strong.
In addition, Chu Zheng is from the Cobham Youth Training Academy, so he will have some affection, so it should not be a big problem to provide enough money by then.
After the halftime break, the two sides made no adjustments for the time being.
But Hoffenheim's style of play has changed.
They strengthened their pressing and interception in the midfield, trying to isolate Wolfsburg's frontcourt attack group from the midfield.
This made it difficult for Wolfsburg's midfielder to pass the ball forward in the first ten minutes of the second half, and the offensive was also contained.
As time passed, Hoffenheim gradually got rid of its passive situation and started attacking intermittently by relying on continuous high-pressure.
Chu Zheng was the first player among all the Wolfs players on the field to smell danger.
But unfortunately, he is soft-spoken and unable to direct other teammates like a commander, so he has to secretly be wary of the gaps in the backcourt.
In the 70th minute of the game, Hoffenheim once again launched its third wave of offensive in the second half.
Chu Zheng retreated toward the penalty area at a steady speed along the ribs of his own left half, leaning sideways and hunched over, his peach-blossom eyes fixed on Rudy who was dribbling the ball in front of him.
Rudy saw that Chu Zheng didn't come up to grab it, which played into his plan.
He knew Chu Zheng was waiting for Rodriguez to return to the wing.
However, he is also waiting for his teammates. At this time, he is competing to see whose reinforcements can come faster.
Two seconds later, Rodriguez, who Chu Zheng was waiting for, did not come back, but Firmino, who Rudy was waiting for, arrived.
After Firmino came up, he saw that there was a gap between Chu Zheng and Naldo on the left and right sides, so he immediately inserted diagonally behind Chu Zheng.
At this moment, Chu Zheng, who heard someone running behind him, suddenly moved sideways to the outside, and then fell directly to the ground and made a sliding tackle.
On Rudy's side, after he passed the ball, he was so shocked by Chu Zheng's actions that a weak electric current flowed through his body, making his whole body numb.
Because Chu Zheng's action was made at the moment he passed the ball, the timing was so exquisite that he had no time to stop.
The Hoffenheim fans at the scene were also stunned when they saw Chu Zheng's defensive actions.
This kind of defensive action in which I predicted your prediction is so rare in football, and almost every one of it will be remembered by the majority of fans.
Amid the uproar, the ball hit Chu Zheng's left calf and bounced upward. It entered the penalty area from the upper corner of the penalty area and rolled in front of Firmino.
However, Chu Zheng's interference directly caused Firmino to be on the edge of the penalty area when he received the ball, blocking Naldo who was following him all the way. It also cut off Firmino's connection with the center.
On Chu Zheng's side, after the interception failed, he pressed his hand on the lawn, then jumped up. He immediately started to follow Rudy who ran past him. The two of them rushed to the middle of the penalty area, one on the left and the other on the right.
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At the same time, Naldo and Firmino also decided the winner.
Naldo knew that his turn would be slow to start, so he didn't dare to get too close.
This allowed Firmino to seize the opportunity and suddenly made a cross from an inverted triangle to the back post.
Naldo raised his foot a beat slower and had to watch the ball leave.
Outside the upper corner of the small penalty area on the left, Shaoloy outflanked the ball in time.
But Sebastian Rong was not slow either. He cut off the connection between Sauloi and the center in time.
Seeing that goalkeeper Benaglio was completely blocked at close range, Shaloi did not choose to shoot directly.
Instead, he let the ball pass, then turned around to follow up, took the ball from the sideline of the penalty area, and quickly knocked it back into the rib area.
Wolfsburg's defensive formation was already a bit chaotic at this time.
There was no one in the rib area on the left side of the arc, allowing Hoffenheim captain Baker to easily catch the ball.
Gilavoji was closest to Baker and he quickly rushed out of the penalty area.
But it's too late.
Seeing Baker's kick, he was forced to jump more than one meter away from Baker, trying to block the ball with his body.
At this moment, with Wolfsburg's defense line stretched parallel to each other around the penalty spot, Chu Zheng suddenly broke away from the team and retreated to the center of the small penalty area.
This scene made countless fans who followed the game dumbfounded.
I have no idea what Chu Zheng is doing.
"What are you doing?"
"Is he going to mark Modeste who is offside behind the line?"
"Haha! Doesn't he know that he is not offside if he passes Modeste?"
"Guys, this young player from Wolfsburg seems to be a fool!"
Countless people were talking about it. Even Dieter Heijing and Eddie on the sidelines couldn't understand Chu Zheng's tricks, including domestic Xu Yang and Liu Jianhong and the fans.
But the next second, almost 0.5 seconds after Chu Zheng retreated, something shocking happened on the side of Baker and Jilavoji.
The ball passed by Baker rubbed against Guilavoji's scalp and continued to fly upwards. Not only did it fly higher, but even the original landing point near the penalty spot also hit the target because of Guilavoji's rub.
Move forward and catch Naldo, Rodriguez and others off guard.
And the moment people saw the ball falling towards Modeste, Chu Zheng's strange and idiotic retreat movement suddenly came to everyone's mind.
boom!
At this moment, countless people’s minds are rumbling!
They understood! They understood Chu Zheng’s intention to retreat early this time!
In the middle of the penalty area, Modeste turned sideways and raised his foot to prepare for a volley.
But at the moment when he swung out his left leg, his ankle, which was almost at the same level as his chest, stretched out. With a naughty shake of his ankle, he just happened to cushion the falling ball, and then it flew off the top of the crossbar and out of the baseline.
In front of the goal line, when he saw Chu Zheng taking off with the Bundesliga logo pose and stretching his legs to push the ball away, Benaglio's eyes were straight and he looked a little silly.
Just now, like all fans, he felt that Chu Zheng was an idiot.
But now, the hard facts have proven that he is the idiot.
Everyone is an idiot!
idiot!
"My god!"
“My god!!!”
“Oh My god!!!!”
In the live commentary box, Wolfsburg commentator Stevenson held his head in his hands and repeatedly squawked in his mouth. He was completely shocked.
At this moment, Stevenson didn't know how to explain Chu Zheng's miraculous defense this time!
Did you say that Chu Zheng predicted the future?
Damn it! He is not an idiot to say such words that make fans laugh.
"this!!"
"This, this, this!!!"
In the live broadcast room of the sports channel, Xu Yang and Liu Jianhong were also stuck. They also didn't know how to comment on Chu Zheng's miraculous rescue defense.
In the stands on all sides, nearly 30,000 fans watched helplessly as the team scored another must-goal, destroying Wolfsburg's No. 66. However, the sad thing was that they couldn't get angry at this time, and everyone felt chilled all over.
In just over ten seconds, Chu Zheng's defensive actions shocked them twice in a row.
This time it’s even more bizarre!
But soon the slow-motion playback clarified everyone’s doubts!
The replay uses side shots from outside the sidelines on both sides of the court.
From the camera, you can clearly see the moment when Hoffenheim captain Baker passed the ball. Sebastian Yung from Wolfsburg's side on the far left side of the defense was attracted and fell unconsciously.
Behind the line of defense.
Therefore, Modeste behind Chu Zheng and others seemed to be offside, but in fact he was not.
After seeing this replay, everyone was immediately relieved, and the sense of horror faded away instantly.
However, their impression of Chu Zheng was even more profound!
Chu Zheng's early retreat can be said to have discovered that Modeste was not offside.
But Gilavoji's collision caused the impact point to move forward, but it happened later.
Many people think that Chu Zheng got lucky.
But in the eyes of Dieter Heijing, Eddie, Gisdol, Mourinho and the players on the field, it would be too unfair to explain it by luck alone.
This just proves that Chu Zheng is unique, with his superhuman sense of crisis and defensive awareness.
On the court, Naldo, Benaglio, Gustavo, De Bruyne and others once again surrounded Chu Zheng, touching their heads one by one to express their gratitude.
In their eyes, this ball is equally terrifying!
"Chu! How did you find out that I was lagging behind!" Sebastian Rong is still a little scared. If the ball is lost, he will be the sinner.
"Look with your eyes!" Chu Zheng said cheerfully.
Suddenly everyone rolled their eyes and smiled even more.
Chu Zheng said it simply, but none of them saw it. At this moment, they were really convinced.
This is not the first time Chu Zheng has saved the team!
On the sidelines, Dieter Heijing was still applauding. He was really impressed by Chu Zheng.
At the same time, he also decided to give Chu Zheng a chance to start in the Europa League a few days later.
In the end, the game ended 1-0. Wolfsburg narrowly defeated Hoffenheim and won a thrilling third consecutive victory.
As top-ranked Bayer Leverkusen was tied 3-3 at home by Werder Bremen last night, Wolfsburg went ahead by two points and climbed to the top of the Bundesliga.
After the game, Chu Zheng, who was named the MVP of three consecutive games, received focused coverage from the German media, which further increased his reputation in Germany. He is no longer limited to Lower Saxony and is now a rising supernova in the Bundesliga.
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