On the field, Manchester City took the lead in kicking off the ball and attacking from left to right. After the game started, Manchester City firmly took control of the initiative and the ball moved faster than before.
It can be seen that Guardiola not only requires players to control the ball at their feet in this game, but also to make the ball move quickly.
Chu Zheng and De Bruyne were very close to each other today, and even often moved in the same area.
Guardiola's intention is very clear, which is to shorten the distance between Chu Zheng and De Bruyne, the two offensive cores, and to control the game through quick penetration as much as possible through short passes, thereby breaking Chelsea's defense.
As for Chelsea's away game, their defensive formation without the ball is 541. The two defensive lines in the midfield and backfield are very close and closely connected with each other to cope with Manchester City's short pass penetration on the ground.
The most frightening thing is that when Chelsea players converted from 343 to 541, it was almost perfect and fast.
Chelsea's players moved into place quickly like machines. It can be said that the connection was seamless, making it difficult for Manchester City to seize the offensive space in a short period of time.
In terms of offense, Conte also made targeted arrangements today, focusing on Hazard.
In other words, Chelsea's main offensive line is in the left half.
Hazard is the fastest, sharpest and strongest player in Chelsea's starting lineup.
So Conte put Hazard up front.
As long as Chelsea has the ball, it will be quickly handed to Hazard's feet, allowing him to break through or run with the ball, using the space in Manchester City's backcourt to create threats.
In the 8th minute of the game, Chelsea sent a throw-in from the left side of the backcourt.
David Luiz is in the rib area, and Chu Zheng is marking him next to him.
De Bruyne is guarding Fabregas on the wing, while Gundogan stands next to Kante.
Seeing Chu Zheng looking at Alonso holding the ball outside the sideline, Luis suddenly pushed Chu Zheng and then quickly ran towards Alonso.
Chu Zheng was pushed and staggered, but relying on his strong core strength, he quickly stabilized the center line and quickly followed Alonso.
But this is a smokescreen for David Luiz.
At this moment, Hazard retreated along the wing, followed by Fernandinho.
Alonso saw Hazard retreat to get the ball and quickly threw the ball over.
Then De Bruyne, Chu Zheng, Fernandinho and Gundogan surrounded Hazard.
But Hazard is not afraid of this kind of encirclement at all. He has the ability to break through with the ball or pass the ball when surrounded by opponents.
Taking advantage of De Bruyne's lateral movement to block the passing line, Hazard accurately grasped the timing of the ball and poked the ball forward.
In front of Hazard, Fabregas saw the ball being kicked out, but he didn't have enough strength. He quickly took a step forward and kicked the ball to the left center before Gundogan.
The next second, the ball came to the player, and Kanter rushed up and passed the ball directly to Moses on the right on the arc of the center circle.
Moses picked it up and quickly pushed it forward.
Sane quickly moved from the ribs to the wing, blocking Moses in time.
Facing Sane, the German fast horse, Moses made a smart choice. He made a fake pass with his big foot and deceived Sane's center of gravity to the outside. He dunked the ball inward and moved it laterally, and then grabbed the ball before Gundogan came over.
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In the upper corner of the penalty area on the left half, Hazard retreated continuously and unloaded the ball perfectly.
At the same time, Alonso moved forward along the wing.
Immediately, Navas, who was back on defense in the left rib area at the top of the arc, was brutally beaten 2-on-1.
Navas' attention was attracted by Alonso's forward penetration, and Hazard also took the opportunity to burst out and dribble the ball horizontally past her.
Otamendi quickly came over and grabbed the ball.
But Hazard didn't give him a chance and passed the ball directly to the beautiful Costa who was at the intersection of the left penalty arc and the penalty area line.
Seeing the ball coming, Stones, who was behind Costa, quickly took a step back to close the distance and did not flank Costa with Fernandinho.
Costa did not stop the ball, but hit Hazard back with the ball, allowing Fernandinho to clear the ball in front of him.
The next second, Hazard dribbled the ball past Fernandinho and entered the top area of the arc. Hazard immediately hit the goal with his right foot.
Stones put his hands behind his back and quickly moved sideways to block the ball. Although he guessed Chelsea's cooperation intention, he failed to block it.
Suddenly the ball went straight to the upper right corner of the goal.
In front of the goal, Bravo, who has impeccable goal-line skills, quickly jumped to the left and reached out to accurately block the ball.
"fool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Suddenly everyone at the Etihad Stadium was frightened and collectively exclaimed that Hazard felt like a slippery loach.
On the Manchester City coaching bench, Guardiola frowned slightly.
This is not the first time Chelsea has done this kind of attack. Chelsea's attack from the left was quite active today.
This is not possible, we must suppress it and destroy Azar, a living loach.
Otherwise, if Hazard continues to advance like this, their defense with poor pressure resistance will definitely have problems.
After a moment of silence, Guardiola asked Arteta for a tactical tablet, and then he, Torrent and Arteta gathered together to study it.
Next to him, Conte had a faint smile on his face.
In Conte's eyes, the team's tactical execution on both the defensive and offensive ends today reached 90%, which was completely consistent with his pre-game expectations.
He was very satisfied with the performance of the players on the field.
However, Chu Zheng soon gave him a huge gift.
On the field, Chu Zheng discovered that Chelsea's 541 defensive formation was very dense, and after the players had a good understanding of each other, he consciously increased the passing rate in the frontcourt, trying to use one kick to quickly pass the ball and cut open Chelsea's defense.
, and Chu Zheng also strengthened his breakthrough.
De Bruyne and Aguero also consciously cooperated with Chu Zheng.
In the 12th minute of the game, Riotamendi picked up the ball in the center circle and quickly distributed the ball to the right.
Chu Zheng's ribs quickly followed up.
De Bruyne saw Chu Zheng's move without request. He glanced into the penalty area and saw that Aguero had already reached the penalty spot. He suddenly made a diagonal pass while running.
It's a pity that he didn't make full use of the ball. David Luiz, who was blocked accurately, retreated into the penalty area and passed the ball directly to the left to Alonso on the side of the penalty area.
Seeing Navas quickly press forward, De Bruyne quickly moved to the ribs.
The next second, Alonso's pass to Kante on the right edge of the arc was intercepted by De Bruyne.
At this time, Chu Zheng had his back to the Chelsea goal.
Seeing that De Bruyne had no intention of passing the ball after successfully intercepting the ball, Chu Zheng quickly retreated and gave up the space in his ribs to De Bruyne.
Chu Zheng ran directly towards Kanter, trying to use his body to block De Bruyne and delay Kanter.
As a result, Kanter, a clever little kid, saw through Chu Zheng's intention and directly bypassed Chu Zheng and chased De Bruyne.
Soon De Bruyne was flanked by Kanter and Alonso in the upper right corner of the penalty area.
De Bruyne lowered his head to dribble the ball. At the same time, he knew very well that he could not dribble it any longer, so the moment he came to Alonso, he suddenly knocked the ball to the right with his left foot.
However, Alonso was on guard and quickly touched the ball with his foot, but he did not completely block it, but only slowed down the ball.
At the same time, Navas on the wing quickly started, rushed to the ball and quickly kicked the ball with his right foot towards Chu Zheng in the right rib area at the top of the arc.
Chu Zheng stopped the ball perfectly with his left foot and faced Kante directly in front of him on the line of the penalty area.
Facing this old teammate, Chu Zheng didn't have any hesitation or fear. He lightly moved his feet to the right and ejected directly to start.
Chu Zheng knows Kanter very well.
When you meet Kanter one-on-one, you must not hesitate at all. You have to be fast, you have to release the ball quickly, you have to start the ball quickly, you have to be fast and decisive in choosing the breakthrough route. Only when all of these are combined can you break through this monster of Kanter.
This is what Chu Zheng summed up when he fell to the ground and lost the ball again and again when he was at Leicester City.
Kanter also knows Chu Zheng very well.
But this guy learned bad things when he went to Chelsea. When he saw Chu Zheng stopping the ball, his first reaction was not to attack, but to shake.
"Marcos!!!"
"Marcos!!!"
"Marcos!!!" Kanter shouted three times in an attempt to shake Alonso on the wing to double defense.
Alonso reacted quickly and quickly ran to the upper right corner of the penalty area.
But as soon as he started, Chu Zheng was already charging.
Relying on his absolute starting speed, Chu Zheng immediately stuck Kanter on the back left side, and then dribbled the ball along the right side of the penalty area towards the baseline.
When Alonso rushed over, Chu Zheng had already rushed over first.
De Bruyne, who was originally on the right side of the penalty area, quickly started to move laterally into the penalty area, giving up his position to Chu Zheng.
At the same time, Navas was not idle either. He followed Chu Zheng down the side road.
As soon as De Bruyne and Navas ran away, Kanter and Alonso no longer dared to continue chasing Chu Zheng.
The two have a clear division of labor, with Kanter guarding De Bruyne and Alonso cutting off the passing routes of Chu Zheng and Navas.
Chu Zheng was handed over to Cahill who came over to cover up the defense.
Chu Zheng led him all the way to the end.
But Cahill firmly stuck inside and made no mistakes in position selection.
When the two came to the baseline, Cahill saw Chu Zheng tilting his center of gravity to the left and preparing to pass with his right foot. He quickly fell down, stretched out his foot to block the ball, and at the same time laid his body across the lawn.
Increase the defensive area.
But when he completed his defensive action, he discovered that Chu Zheng was not passing the ball at all, but using the inside of his right foot to knock the ball past the back of his left heel.
The ball missed Cahill's left elbow, which was resting on the ground.
At this time, Kanter was following De Bruyne laterally on the inside. When he saw the ball rolling forward, Kanter quickly started.
But when he rushed to the ball, Chu Zheng also arrived.
Realizing that he was not as fast as Chu Zheng, Kanter used the power of his sprint to directly tackle the ball, heading towards the ball.
But Chu Zheng still didn't give him a chance.
In full view of everyone, Chu Zheng, who was the first to rush to the ball, did a Marseille spin, alternately pulling the ball with both feet, and even dribbling the ball perfectly past Kante.
"Oh ho ho!!!!!!!!!!!"
"Chu Zheng is here again!!!!!"
"Dancing in Chelsea's penalty area, passing Cahill and Kante one after another!"
In the LeTV live broadcast room, Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu were also in high spirits due to Chu Zheng's sudden fancy moves.
"Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"Chu!!!!!!"
"Chu!!!!!!!!!"
"Chu!!!!!!!!!!!!"
After the uproar at the Etihad Stadium, all Manchester City fans were chanting Chu Zheng's name, looking forward to the goal.
Manchester City fans know Chu Zheng very well.
Once Chu Zheng shows off in the penalty area, it means that he smells the opportunity to score a goal, or he has already planned a wonderful assist plan in his mind that others will never guess.
Which one will it be?
have no idea!
No one knows.
But the excited Manchester City fans are extremely looking forward to the next scene. They are waiting for Chu Zheng to detonate the blood in their veins.
On the court, Chu Zheng came to his senses, stepped on the ball under his feet, and stopped in place.
At this time, David Luiz in the upper right corner of the small penalty area was rushing towards him.
Cesc Fabregas on the left side of Chu Zheng is also quickly leaning towards Chu Zheng.
"Chu!!!!"
"I'm here!!!!!!"
De Bruyne had already run to the top of the key area, and there was no one around him to mark him. Chelsea's defense had been completely turned into a pot of porridge by Chu Zheng's breakthrough.
At this moment, everyone's attention is on Chu Zheng who is holding the ball.
Everyone could see clearly that Cesc Fabregas, who was playing as a defensive midfielder, was a bit off-kilter and did not completely cut off the passing lines of Chu Zheng and De Bruyne.
As long as Chu Zheng can successfully pass the ball, then with De Bruyne's long-range shooting ability, the probability of scoring is more than 70%.
However, under the gaze of countless pairs of eyes, Chu Zheng did not do what people expected.
In front of everyone, Chu Zheng, who was in the right rib area of the penalty area, stepped on the ball. Without any pause or hesitation, he suddenly swung his leg on the spot, and then kicked the lower edge of the ball directly with his back-swinging left foot.
The next second, the ball soared into the air, flew just over the head of David Silva, and hit the top corner of the goal with a high parabola.
"Hanging door!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Zhang Lu and Zhan Jun exclaimed instantly, their eyes widening.
It was completely unexpected that Chu Zheng’s choice would be the last one.
As he approached the goalpost, Courtois was in a state of despair. He never expected that Chu Zheng would swing his legs to hang the door at this position.
After judging the trajectory of the ball, Courtois, who was half-hearted, did not give up. He moved quickly along the goal line, jumped up halfway and threw his body out, reaching for the rapidly falling goal.
However, Chu Zheng's shot was perfect both in terms of strength and line.
Although Courtois is two meters tall and has a pair of ape arms, at this moment he can only watch the ball and sigh, watching the ball fall into the goal from the angle between the crossbar and the upright.
"boom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
The moment the goal was scored, the Etihad Stadium suddenly erupted like a volcano that had been sleeping for thousands of years and accumulated devastating energy.
Wave after wave of cheers were like hot lava rising into the sky.
On the sidelines, Guardiola was also overjoyed by Chu Zheng's magical kick. He turned around and returned to the coaching bench to hug Arteta and others.
"The ball went in!!!!!!!!!"
"Chu Zheng, with a shocking kick in the lightning flash, opened the door of Chelsea!!!"
"Courtois surrenders! There is no other way!!!" Zhang Lu and Zhan Jun were ecstatic at this time in the LeTV live broadcast room.
On the court, De Bruyne looked convinced.
It would be impossible to create a hanging door at this angle without luck.
But in the professional arena, luck itself is a part of strength, and it is based on the strength of the players.
If the shooter's shooting skills are too bad, he will not be able to score even if he is lucky.
After reacting, De Brau suddenly felt a burst of ecstasy in his heart, and then started to rush towards Chu Zheng, who had already knelt down to celebrate.
Halfway through, he glanced at Courtois who was in a panic in front of the door. He smiled extraordinarily brightly and felt extremely happy.
If he scored the goal himself, it would probably be more enjoyable.
At this time, another group of fans in Manchester looked constipated.
At the same time, I don’t know if it was out of the desire to see Manchester City suffer misfortune, but some Manchester United fans were watching today’s game.
But now they feel very unhappy.
Because Chu Zheng's super performance reminded them of the equally valuable midfielder in their own team.
Pogba, including his salary, Manchester United also spent hundreds of millions of dollars.
However, under the background of Chu Zheng, Pogba's performance after joining Manchester United was immediately reduced to scum.
When they thought that they spent 100 million to buy Pogba, these Manchester United fans suddenly felt like eating flies.
Comparing one person to another can make a person angry to death!
