"Welcome back to LeTV Sports Live Room, we will continue to broadcast the second half of the match between Manchester City and Black Cat Sunderland for you!"
"After a fierce battle in the first half, the score is 1-0 for the time being." In front of the studio, Zhan Jun looked directly at the camera, then turned to look at Zhang Lu beside him, "Zhang Zhi, what do you think of the first half?
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"Uh!" Zhang Lu organized her words, "Judging from the possession rate of both sides in the first half, Manchester City's advantage with 73% possession rate is overwhelming."
"And this ball possession data is not meaningless. Manchester City has been using ground conduction in the first half to try to tear apart Sunderland's dense defense, but it can be seen that Manchester City players have not fully adapted to Guardiola's tactics.
system."
"In terms of the number of shots, the two sides are 4-2. Judging from this data, Manchester City's advantage is not that big!"
"Man City now not only has problems in the backcourt, but also has some problems on the offensive end in the frontcourt."
"Although David Silva organized many attacks, they were not efficient and the success rate was not high enough."
"As for Sunderland, they were not too anxious after conceding the ball. Moyes seemed to have been prepared for the team to concede the goal. His team played extremely patiently, using dense personnel positions inside and outside the penalty area.
Bus, let Manchester City press forward and attack, while they wait for the opportunity to counterattack!"
"In the last ten minutes of the first half, after Sunderland gradually adapted to Manchester City's playing style, they relied on Defoe, an experienced forward, to keep running away from Stones, Sagna and Kolarov.
The space between the players almost allowed Sunderland to equalize twice."
"Chu Zheng was very active on the wing today, but after assisting a goal, Sunderland obviously marked him closely."
"Yes!" Zhan Jun nodded, "In the last ten minutes of the first half, Chu Zheng was constantly tactically fouled by Sunderland players on the wing, but even so, he still relied on his personal skills and body
The confrontational ability carried out four secondary offensive organizations and delivered several very beautiful threatening balls. Unfortunately, Aguero's foot feeling was a bit poor today and he missed the opportunity to expand the score again and again!"
"Chu Zheng's performance on the wing today was extremely good!"
"Yes! Manchester City took a total of 4 frontcourt free kicks in the first half due to Sunderland's foul on Chu Zheng, but they failed to threaten Sunderland."
"There is no way, Manchester City is not good at working at heights. The highest point in their team is Stones, 188cm, followed by Chu Zheng! 185cm."
“Ground penetration is Manchester City’s specialty!”
Zhang Lu nodded and said: "Yes, so I'm wondering if Guardiola should put Chu Zheng back in the middle to do his job in the second half. After all, Manchester City now has no shortage of breakthrough players on both sides.
For example, Nolito and Sane on the bench are all very capable of breaking through from the wing..."
Not long after, live footage appeared at the Etihad Stadium.
In the footage, Chu Zheng and De Bruyne walked out of the tunnel while talking and laughing.
"Chu, is your injury really okay?" De Bruyne frowned when he saw Chu Zheng touching his chest and abdomen.
"It's okay!" Chu Zheng shook his head and smiled.
The injury was minor. The two team doctors, Max and Eduardo, had conducted detailed examination and treatment during the halftime break. I didn’t feel anything while sitting still, but it was inevitably involved when I moved. It was always a bit uncomfortable.
I'll probably feel even more sore when I start to sweat when I run on the field later.
Soon, with Madley's whistle, the second half of the game began.
Zhang Lu guessed wrong, Guardiola did not put Chu Zheng back in the middle.
Manchester City's tactical strategy in the second half was exactly the same as in the first half.
From a tactical perspective, there is indeed no need to adjust.
Because the rhythm of the game in the first half was firmly in the hands of Manchester City, who were playing under the pressure of Sunderland.
For Guardiola, there is not much difference between winning by 1 goal and winning by 2 goals.
As long as he can win, what he needs now is for the players to become familiar with and understand his trance-like tactical system as soon as possible.
Only when a player thoroughly understands his tactical requirements can he build building blocks on this system, add other supporting offensive routines bit by bit, and enrich the team's tactical options.
The same goes for Sunderland, there haven't been any big changes, they still adhere to the principle of a weak team playing a strong team and defend and counterattack.
After the start of the second half, Manchester City quickly launched a wave of offensive climax.
In the 49th minute of the game, Manchester City received a corner kick on the right side.
De Bruyne took a corner kick and looked directly for Stones in the middle.
But Stones, who is 188cm tall, really can't beat O'Shea and Kaboul, who are 193cm tall and 190cm tall.
The three of them jumped to compete for the top, and the ball finally hit O'Shea's shoulder and bounced to Chu Zheng at the back point on the left side of the penalty area.
In front of Chu Zheng was Donald Love. When he saw the ball flying over, he accurately judged that the ball was behind him.
Chu Zheng quickly retreated, turned around, exerted his strength on the spot, jumped up from the dry ground, and directly made an extremely graceful barb shot.
Snap!
Whoosh!
Two crisp sounds, and the net beside the goal from the back post trembled wildly!
“Oh yo!!!!!!!!!”
"Chu Zheng's wonderful overhead kick was just a little bit off. Although the ball hit the side net, it was quite threatening!" Seeing Chu Zheng's action, Zhan Jun's voice instantly became high-pitched.
"Chu!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Although the goal was not scored, the more than 40,000 Manchester City fans at the Etihad today were quite satisfied with Chu Zheng's performance.
Chu Zheng's performance on the left today completely overshadowed Sterling on the other half.
On the sidelines, Guardiola also had a look of regret.
But this kind of ultra-difficult goal not only requires players to have extraordinary personal technical abilities, but also a bit of luck!
In the 53rd minute of the game, Sunderland made a pass from the left outside the penalty area.
De Bruyne picked up the ball and faced the top area of the central arc.
Chu Zheng received the left rib area at the top of the arc.
But there were two Sunderland players standing in front of Chu Zheng, blocking his ribs tightly.
Chu Zheng saw De Bruyne dribbling the ball laterally and hooking Donald Love out of the side block like a fish, and he guessed De Bruyne's intention.
So Chu Zheng suddenly started running towards the wing one second before De Bruyne passed the ball.
Immediately afterwards, Chu Zheng and De Bruyne successfully connected with the ball heading toward the baseline.
Chu Zheng turned the ball towards the penalty area.
Seeing Sterling diagonally cross from the top of the arc to the front point, he stepped forward to touch the ball, waited for two breaths, and then directly raised his left foot to sweep across the front point.
The next second, Sterling rushed in, grabbed the shot with his left foot in front of the defending Kabul, and kicked the ball directly into the stands.
Chu Zheng grinned, feeling that Sterling's happiness attribute seemed to be activated secretly.
He could understand hitting the side netting, hitting the post, and being blocked by the goalkeeper from this angle, but shooting it directly into the stands was a bit too much.
After a while, Chu Zheng passed by Sterling, grinning with a harmless smile, looked at Sterling and started singing, "Are you happy? I'm very happy!"
"What?" Sterling's eyes widened and he didn't understand, but he could tell that Chu Zheng seemed to be in a good mood, and he soon started laughing too.
"Hey, Chu, this song is good. Is it in Chinese? How about you teach me how to sing it?" Sterling smiled and shouted at Chu Zheng's back.
Chu Zheng's back suddenly staggered and he started to jog.
