Chapter 269 Another successful long-distance raid!
Chapter 269 Another successful long-distance attack!
Author: Thief Cao
Chapter 269 Another successful long-distance attack!
On the sidelines, Pellegrini, who was sitting on the coach's bench, saw his team concede a goal shortly after the start. The Chilean engineer's face was full of astonishment.
Looking at the figure running and celebrating on the field, the smile on Pellegrini's face was full of helplessness.
In this free kick defense, all 10 of their players on the field returned to the penalty area, but the four Leicester City players made a tacit understanding of running without the ball and actually ran a passing line.
There were also Demichelis and Yaya Toure, both of whom looked down upon Chu Zheng, which made Pellegrini a little dissatisfied.
After sitting there for a minute, Pellegrini appeared in the coaching area and kept gesticulating and shouting at the players on the field, indicating that the team's formation should continue to press forward.
In the LeTV live broadcast room, Zhan Jun saw Pellegrini's actions in the camera and laughed: "A team like Manchester City will never give up its main offensive tactics easily at home, so in terms of the connection between offense and defense, today
It will definitely be a huge test for Manchester City."
"Compared with Manchester City, Leicester City is much more calm." Zhang Lu smiled, "Defensive counterattack is their special skill. When playing away games, they are eager for Manchester City to attack fiercely, so that they can catch Manchester City behind and play sharply.
counterattack."
"With Chu Zheng in Leicester City's midfield, even if Manchester City chooses to retreat, they are still capable of attacking." Fan Zhiyi also said, "I have carefully analyzed the current Leicester City, and I found that this team
The team doesn’t seem to have any major shortcomings.”
While the three of them were talking, Manchester City had already kicked the ball out again.
As Zhan Jun said, Manchester City, which was lagging behind, launched a fierce attack on Leicester City's goal.
Leicester City, on the other hand, took advantage of the trend to shrink their formation, ready to attack, waiting for the opportunity to counterattack.
In the 5th minute of the game, Manchester City pressed forward from all fronts.
Demichelis took the ball to the arc of the center circle and distributed the ball to the right.
Otamendi took the ball on the right side of the center circle. Seeing Vardy slowly approaching, he quickly sent the ball to the right front.
When Silva got the ball, Zabaleta came forward from behind him.
But Albrighton and Fox, both on the wing, also positioned themselves very quickly defensively, with a clear division of labor.
Albrighton went straight towards Silva, while Fox positioned himself in the back line to watch Sabaret who continued to advance from the wing.
Silva held the ball on the spot and saw that none of his nearby teammates had moved out of position, so he immediately passed the ball back.
In the midfield circle of Manchester City's half, Demichelis regained the ball. Seeing that there was no one around Kolarov and Delph on the wing, he quickly took the ball away.
By the time Delph got the ball, Leicester City had already completed the shift in defensive focus.
Kanter watched Sterling in the ribs, and Simpson was also waiting for Delph to drive forward with the ball.
Seeing that there was still no chance to deliver a threatening ball, Delph waited for a while.
Kolarov just stepped forward from behind him. He moved his feet and suddenly started to speed up and dribble the ball horizontally towards the ribs.
Mahrez also reacted quickly and quickly turned around to follow up.
Delph didn't run very far when he saw Kanter pushing up against his ribs, waiting for him to pass in the direction he was going.
Seeing this scene, Delph was overjoyed. He immediately crossed Toure in the middle, then turned around and advanced into the space behind Kanter, preparing for a one-two with Toure and launching a direct attack from the ribs.
However, the next second, as soon as Toure stopped the ball, Chu Zheng quickly pushed in front of him, cutting off the connection between Toure and Delph who entered the left rib area.
With no other choice, Toure had no choice but to spike the ball to the left and lead it to the wing.
At this moment, Shinji Okazaki retreated and pressed Toure closely.
At this time, looking at the broadcast footage, Toure clearly dribbled the ball into a rib circle formed by Chu Zheng, Kante, Okazaki Shinji, and Mahrez.
Soon Toure also realized that he had entered a dead end.
But for this world-class offensive and defensive midfielder, it's not a big problem.
He immediately pushed Shinji Okazaki out of the way, and then suddenly kicked forward to the right.
After passing the ball, Toure immediately moved forward, preparing for a one-two with Delph.
But Delph didn't catch the ball.
At the moment of passing the ball, Kanter saw through Toure's intention, lunged forward and successfully intercepted the ball.
Chu Zheng was right in front of Kanter, and the two faced each other.
Seeing the ball being intercepted by Kanter rolling toward his feet, he quickly turned the ball around, followed up with a strong movement of his feet, and immediately increased his speed.
"Beautiful interception!!" Zhan Jun exclaimed, "Leicester City, opportunity to counterattack!!"
"Chu Zheng is rushing!" Fan Zhiyi shouted next to him, staring at the big TV screen with wide eyes.
On the field, Chu Zheng quickly advanced along the middle.
At this time, Mahrez is sprinting in the right front rib area, and Vardy has already run into the center circle in the left front.
At this time, Manchester City only had Otamendi, Demichelis and Fernandinho behind, and the three of them retreated in an inverted triangle position.
Facing Leicester City's three-on-three counterattack, the three of Otamendi cooperated extremely well. They will maintain a close distance from Chu Zheng, Okazaki Shinji, Vardy and Mahrez.
It can be said that it is extremely subtle whether it is far or not.
Therefore, the space in front of him with the ball was compressed and Chu Zheng, who was unable to stride forward to speed up the ball, was quickly caught up by Yaya Toure behind him.
After Yaya Toure caught up to Chu Zheng's left side, he began to squeeze Chu Zheng with his body, trying to make Chu Zheng lose his balance.
But Chu Zheng always maintained his own speed and dribbling rhythm. No matter how Yaya Toure squeezed him, Chu Zheng was always as steady as a mountain.
At this moment, Demicheli, who was in the middle of Manchester City's three-man team retreating, found that Zabaleta had crossed the center line along the ribs. He suddenly stopped in the center circle of his own half and looked like he was
He and Yaya Toure must attack Chu Zheng from both front and back.
When Otamendi on the right side of Demichelis saw this, he quickly began to move to the center to fill up for Demichelis, and his position was filled by Zabaleta.
But the next second, Demichelis almost cried because of the choice he made.
I saw Chu Zheng rushing behind him, and his right foot that stepped forward suddenly pushed the ball forward to the left with great force.
At the same time, Chu Zheng also increased his speed, constantly breaking through the defense of Demichelis in front of him, and even Yaya Tulia behind him was opened three positions away by him.
In the coaching area on the sidelines, when he saw Demichelis, who was stuck in the same place like a wooden stake and had been passed cleanly by Chu Zheng, Pellegrini was so angry that he almost came up.
"Chu!!!"
“goal!!!!”
"Chu!!"
“goal!!!!!!”
At this time, thousands of Leicester City fans who came to the Etihad Stadium with the team had already been completely excited by Chu Zheng.
Under the huge cheers of these fans, Chu Zheng soon faced Manchester City's second defender on the field.
On the field, Chu Zheng made a small change to the left to catch up with the ball, and directly ran into Otamendi who was filling in behind Demichelis.
Facing Chu Zheng, Otamendi, who was running, was ready to slide and destroy the ball.
However, in the next second, Chu Zheng, who was the first to touch the ball, suddenly poked the ball forward with his right foot, and then he rushed over from the left.
Facing Chu Zheng's pass, Otamendi was once again reduced to a backdrop.
The ball rolled past his feet, but he didn't react. Chu Zheng's choice was beyond Otamendi's expectations.
But Otamendi was able to squeeze Chu Zheng out of Manchester City's roster, and he also has his own advantages.
As a central defender, although his turning speed is a bit slow, his sprinting speed is not slow.
So Otamendi quickly increased his speed and chased back, trying to attack Chu Zheng a second time with Zabaleta, who was already approaching from the left rib.
But this time Manchester City made a tacit mistake in cooperation.
Fernandinho, who had been retreating along the middle to guard Mahrez who was advancing on the right side of the ribs, saw Otamendi being broken through by Chu Zheng. He quickly abandoned Mahrez and headed to the left area at the top of the arc.
He ran away, trying to block the direction of Chu Zheng's advance.
Just a second after he left, Chu Zheng suddenly pushed the pass with his left foot before being flanked by Otamendi and Zabalet.
The ball rolled past the heel of Fernandinho in front of Chu Zheng and went straight to Mahrez in front of the intersection of the right penalty arc and the penalty area line.
By the time Mahrez stopped the ball and crossed the penalty area line, Zabaleta had already rushed in front of him.
Facing Zabaleta, Mahrez turned sideways and swung his leg to fake a shot, causing Zabaleta in front of him to quickly fall to the ground and block the shot with his body.
After Zabaleta slid by, Mahris immediately moved the ball to the right with his right foot and hit it before Fernandinho and Otamendi got close.
"Oh yo!!!!!!!!!"
"JOE HART!!!!"
"World class save!!!!!!!!!"
In the LeTV Sports live broadcast room, when they saw Joe Hart blocking Mahrez's ball from the near corner, Zhan Jun, Zhang Lu and Fan Zhiyi exclaimed in unison.
The Etihad Stadium was also shocked by this scene and collectively let out a rapid exclamation.
In the penalty area, Mahrez immediately knelt down when he saw that the ball did not go in.
Chu Zheng, who had just passed the ball and was knocked to the ground, was so angry that he patted the turf twice, then turned over and looked at the light snowflakes in the sky, his chest heaving violently.
