Chapter 418 This score is enough to make people despair!
Chapter 418 This score is enough to make people despair!
Author: Thief Cao
Chapter 418 This score is enough to make people despair!
In the 19th minute of the game, Gundogan held the ball on the right side of the center circle. He was pressed closely by Slimani and quickly protected the ball with his back, knocking back Sagna behind the center line.
Seeing Navas return to the wing center line, Sagna passed the ball forward.
After Navas took the ball and turned around, he saw Leicester City players standing in a fan-shaped position with four players on the flanks, cutting off his ground connection with the center and the front wing. After a slight adjustment, he directly took the ball and passed it long.
On the left side of the penalty area, De Bruyne retreated to the sideline and took off, unloading the ball from his chest.
But Leicester City's defensive focus shifted quite quickly.
By the time De Bruyne stopped the ball at his feet, Leicester City's defense had already retreated to the line of the penalty area, and the midfield defense quickly withdrew, compressing the space between the two lines and forming a closely connected two-line defense.
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Seeing Chu Zheng running from the ribs, De Bruyne knocked the ball horizontally.
Chu Zheng didn't take it, he knocked back the ball, and then ran forward without the ball.
De Bruyne guessed Chu Zheng's intention, and he did not stop the ball. He continued to hit Yaya Toure from the center towards the ribs, and then ran horizontally towards the top of the arc in the center like Chu Zheng.
He and Chu Zheng, who was in the left rib area at the top of the arc, ran sideways and directly brought Simpson, Mahrez and Amartey into the rib area, immediately vacating the wing.
Kolarov saw that Chu Zheng and De Bruyne had created offensive space, and he quickly inserted back along the sideline.
At the same time, Yaya Toure made a pass from the wing and the ball went straight to the bottom line outside the penalty area.
Simpson, who was always paying attention to the wing, was not slow either. He quickly started from the upper left corner of the penalty area and ran straight for the ball along the inside line.
Before the baseline, Kolarov wanted to pass the ball directly, but before he finished the action, he felt his supporting ankle being kicked, and then he fell to the ground and slid out of the baseline.
"Beep!!!!!!!!" The referee Oliver blew the whistle directly, then strode over and gave Simpson a yellow card for the sliding tackle.
"This position is pretty good. Although I can't hit the goal directly, I'm still very threatening when I cross."
Zhang Lu nodded and said: "De Bruyne's free kick is quite threatening, the ball is very fast and accompanied by strong spin!"
In the middle of the penalty area, Chu Zheng was surrounded by Huth and Morgan.
Hu Te and Morgan knew each other very well, so after they looked at each other, they both knew that they must not let Chu Zheng jump up.
Otherwise, they may lose the ball. Having worked with Chu Zheng for a season, they know very well how strong Chu Zheng's header ability is.
Chu Zheng's ability to bounce and judge the ball's path once made them feel endless despair in defense.
"Robert, please, you can't do this to me, aren't we good friends?" Chu Zheng turned his head and glanced behind him, and found that the jersey was secretly grabbed by Hu Te, and he immediately had a wry smile on his face.
"Hey!" Hu Te let go of his jersey, then shrugged at Chu Zheng and winked, with a look that you know.
Morgan next to him also smiled and said: "Chu, don't even think about jumping up later!"
"Who knows!" Chu Zheng said with a smile on his face.
Not long after, with a whistle from Oliver, Manchester City took a free kick.
Chu Zheng really had no chance to jump because De Bruyne chose to hit the goal directly.
De Bruyne used his right foot and went directly to the far corner of the goal.
This free kick was powerful and heavy, and accompanied by strong spin, it flew into the penalty area and turned directly towards the goal.
But unfortunately, the angle was not completely corrected and it went straight towards goalkeeper Ziller in the middle of the goal.
Ziller pushed to block with both hands, and the ball flew towards Navas in the right rib area at the top of the arc.
Facing the ball falling high, Navas wanted to volley it directly.
But this kind of shooting difficulty is obviously not something that a winger like him, who can only cross, can accomplish.
There was no accident. He missed a kick, and the ball bounced off the ground, fell towards the top of the arc, and was pushed to the right of the center circle by Albrighton.
Vardy started from the right rib at the top of the arc, maximizing his speed.
But by the time he got to the ball ahead of Navas and Stones, the ball had already appeared.
But this guy was a thief. When he saw that the linesman was a little far away, he kicked the ball back and hit Stones before going out.
Unfortunately, the linesman had a keen eye and awarded the ball to Manchester City.
Stones quickly bent down to pick up the ball and sent it back to the backcourt through Zabaleta, turning the offensive line to Manchester City's left.
Sagna, who was at the top of the arc, received the ball and quickly passed it diagonally to the left rib of the center circle.
Kolarov took the ball and crossed the center line. When he saw Chu Zheng starting up in the middle and ambushing Leicester City between the two defensive lines in the midfield, he directly made a risky pass.
At this time, the distance between Leicester City's two teams is a bit wide, and the positions between the players have not yet formed a close connection.
Therefore, as long as the ball can successfully reach Chu Zheng's feet, Chu Zheng can face Leicester City's defense line directly.
Based on Chu Zheng's personal skills with his feet, Kolarov believes that Leicester City's defense can definitely be turned into a pot of porridge.
It's a pity that the idea was good, but the ball was not passed.
The ball flew past Amartey's crotch in front of Kolarov, but hit the inside of referee Oliver's right foot behind Amartey.
Another crotch piercing.
But the ball turned to the right towards the right rib area at the top of the arc.
After taking the ball, Fox quickly advanced along the ribs for two or three meters, and then directly took a long pass to the right rib of the frontcourt.
Fox's long pass of over 60 meters was quite accurate.
The landing point was just in front of the left rib at the top of Manchester City's arc. It could almost be said that the pass was staring at Mahrez's feet.
At this time, at the front of Manchester City's penalty area, only Stones, who was behind, was back in place to defend. He was on the left side of Mahris.
The two old men, Kolarov and Sagna, have been left behind by Vardy in the middle.
Stones' defensive positioning was accurate, and he cut off the passing routes of Mahrez and Vardy.
However, Mahrez passed the ball.
The next second, in full view of everyone, Mahrez kicked the ball without stopping again.
No, or you can say his continuous stop and pass.
The moment the ball touched the ground, Mahrez accurately hit the upper end of the ball with the toe of his right foot. He immediately took away the force of the ball bouncing off the ground and took a penalty kick diagonally towards the penalty area against the turf.
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Mahrez's kick caused an uproar at the King Power Stadium. This feeling of the ball is definitely S-level.
The next second, Vardy collided head-on with Bravo in the Manchester City penalty area.
Facing Bravo, Vardy moved forward to the right at the right time, and Bravo, who fell to the ground and pounced, was reduced to a backdrop.
Arriving at the upper right corner of the small penalty area, Vardy easily pushed and shot into the empty goal.
3-0!
After scoring again, Vardy was very excited this time. He walked back along the baseline to the front of the penalty area and hugged Mahrez.
The person he should thank most for this goal is Mahrez.
It was Mahrez's divine handling that made everything easy.
"Vardy, scored twice!!!"
“If you don’t go in, you’re gone, if you go in, you’re two!!!!”
Zhan Jun shouted loudly next to him, and Zhang Lu shook her head and laughed: "Man City was blown away! Completely blown away!! It can be said that Manchester City's weak defense was completely blown away by Leicester City today."
"Kolarov and Sagna can't keep up with Vardy!"
"Stones didn't pay attention to the space behind him at all!"
"Stones! He is worth 47.5 million pounds, but he has a net worth of 4.7 million pounds!" Zhang Lu said with a somewhat sarcastic tone.
This scene was not too surprising to Zhang Lu, because he had already had a premonition from the moment he discovered that Guardiola was playing as a 3-center defender.
On the sidelines, Ranieri did not expect that they were already leading by 3 goals just after 20 minutes of game time.
Ranieri was very excited and excited. He clenched his fists and waved continuously, spinning around in circles.
Next to him, Guardiola had a rare look of confusion on his face.
On the field, the frustrated expressions of the Manchester City players were in sharp contrast to the elated Leicester City players.
In the stands, the silence of the Manchester City fans who came to watch the game in the rain today also formed a clear contrast with the ecstatic Leicester City fans around them.
Before the game, no one could have imagined that the score would be like this at this time.
3-0, this score is enough to make people despair.
"So far this season, Vardy has only scored two goals in the Premier League, but at this time last season he had scored a terrifying 18 goals."
"There are many possibilities for a forward not being able to score a goal. For example, like Cavani from Paris Saint-Germain, his teammates created opportunities for him and he ran into position, but his final kick lacked sufficient accuracy."
"This situation is not too bad."
"But Vardy obviously does not belong to this category, because he has not received decent opportunities at all in this season's games."
"Compared with the same period last season, not only has his number of goals dropped off a cliff, but in fact his regression has been comprehensive."
"At this time last year, Vardy averaged 4.09 shots per game, 2.16 shots per game, and 0.89 goal chances per game."
"But so far this season, his three statistics are only 1.15, 0.31 and 0.15. And his average number of threatening passes per game has also dropped from 1.59 to 0.59 in the same period."
"In Leicester City's game against Middlesbrough, Vardy played for nearly 70 minutes, but he only touched the ball nine times."
"What's even more incredible is that these nine touches all happened in our own half."
"Last week, England star Owen publicly commented on Vardy, saying that although Vardy can make a lot of contributions to the team through his running, it can be seen from his goal data that he is not an outstanding finisher.
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"He also said that the reason why Vardy was able to score so many goals last season was because he was favored by the goddess of luck."
"But today, Jamie Vardy, who had been sinking for 14 rounds, rebounded. He scored twice in just 20 minutes!"
"Vardy refuted Owen's remarks with practical actions. Actions must speak for themselves on the pitch!"
Hearing Zhan Jun's words, Zhang Lu, who was sitting next to him, could only agree with half of it.
Vardy's condition today is indeed very good, but it was Guardiola who activated Vardy.
Very ironic!
When today's Premier League teams play against Leicester City, they all know not to raise their defense too far forward, otherwise they will not be able to defend against Leicester City's high-speed counterattack.
However, for Guardiola, high-pressure defense and half-court offense and defense are his tactical necessities.
At the same time, Guardiola also likes to use many strange formations, such as today's flat diamond-shaped 343, which is also a weird and unconventional formation.
It seems mysterious, but so far in the game, although the offense is okay, the defensive end is completely useless.
It can be seen from the positioning of the players on the field during the 20 minutes of Manchester City's game that although it is originally a three-center defender, Kolarov's position is very high.
So there is a very big space between him and Stones.
And this kind of space is just conducive to Leicester City's counterattack.
Theoretically, this was a mistake in Kolarov's positioning, but it was Guardiola who was arranging the formation, so it is difficult to say that this was not something Guardiola did intentionally.
There is such a large gap in Manchester City's left defense zone, and it happens that Leicester City's Mahrez is active on the right.
So this scene is not surprising at all to Zhang Lu.
The original defensive formation played right into Leicester City's counterattack tactics, and the defenders kept giving gifts. It was difficult for Leicester City to lose!
Although Vardy is not a top striker, you continue to create space and opportunities for him. Now that the goal drought has been broken, his self-confidence has returned. Even if Vardy scores a hat trick in the following games, Zhang Lu will not be surprised.
On the field, Chu Zheng kept exhaling white air and felt like his heart was filled with panic.
At this moment, Chu Zheng couldn't help but have a doubt in his heart. With such a tofu-level defense, can they really make a difference in the Champions League?
Chu Zheng now only hopes that tomorrow's Champions League quarter-final draw will draw teams that like to play defensive counterattacks or have super offensive capabilities.
It's best to be a second-tier European team like Benfica, then maybe they can go further.
Otherwise, their fate will probably be very miserable. He would not be surprised if Kolarov and others were turned into a hornet's nest.
As for Guardiola's tactics today, Chu Zheng didn't think he was wrong.
How long has it been since Guardiola took over Manchester City?
Now Manchester City can still stay second in the Premier League standings, which is inseparable from Guardiola's coaching ability.
Try it with someone else. If you encounter such a shabby defense line, it will be good if you are not at the bottom.
Guardiola, who advocates offensive football, has actually been trying to use powerful offense to make up for the defense, so he is getting more and more crazy.
On this first point, Chu Zheng feels that Guardiola and Klopp have similar ideas.
There are very obvious signs of recovery for Liverpool this season.
Why?
It's because Liverpool found a head coach who is crazy enough and ruthless enough.
Liverpool's defense is probably as good as Manchester City's, not to mention half a pound.
So this season Liverpool simply stopped defending and started attacking crazily.
Then 4-3, 3-4, 5-1, 6-1, 4-0, 5-1 and other huge scores appeared naturally.
Throughout the new season so far, Liverpool have been fighting each other with their opponents in almost every game.
With good luck and high efficiency, they can directly defeat their opponents.
The bad luck was just like the last round of the Premier League. Liverpool played away from home and clashed with Bournemouth, but failed to beat them and lost 4-3.
After all, in football, whoever scores more goals wins.
So Guardiola's tactics are right.
It's just that people are a little unsuitable.
After Chu Zheng came to Manchester City, one of his clearest feelings about Guardiola's tactical system is that you must have the physical fitness to survive and excellent foot skills, otherwise it will be a matter of time before you are abandoned by Guardiola.
Just like Kolarov, Sania and Zabaleta now, Chu Zheng can almost predict that the future situation of these big brothers will not be too optimistic.
Football is, after all, a game for young people.
But soon, Chu Zheng got rid of the messy thoughts in his head.
Today he is the captain, and the others are probably more confused than him now, so he needs to do something.
Chu Zheng is quite familiar with his teammates.
Although they are a little stunned now, these people will not give up so easily.
Maybe their defense is poor, but in terms of mental attributes and ability to withstand pressure, the current situation is far from breaking the mentality of these teammates.
Now Chu Zheng is not worried at all that he and De Bruyne cannot create opportunities to threaten the goal. The only thing that gives him a headache is the team's current finishing ability.
Aguero is still in a sluggish state today, and Navas can only pass from the bottom.
Although Yaya Toure was a little lazy in the first few minutes of the game, he quickly changed his attitude after being stared at by Guardiola. He was extremely active in intercepting and attacking, with a desperate attitude, and his performance was better than that of Fernandini.
Oh better.
Therefore, Chu Zheng feels that the key to whether they can equalize the disadvantage is not Leicester City's defense, but their own finishing ability.
