Chapter 419 His passing makes the defense look meaningless!
Chapter 419 His passing makes defense seem meaningless!
Author: Thief Cao
Chapter 419 His passing makes defense seem meaningless!
In the LeTV live broadcast room, Zhan Jun's straight back suddenly collapsed when he saw the staff's gesture indicating that the camera had been cut away.
He leaned back in his chair, bent down and took out a water bottle from under the studio, took a sip of warm black tea, and said: "Manchester City's game today is probably on the line."
Next to him, Zhang Lu also loosened his tie and leaned on the back of his chair to rest. Hearing this, he nodded and said: "Today, Manchester City's front, middle and back lines all have big or small problems."
"The players in the frontcourt are squandering experience like crazy, the midfielder has no achievements and no mistakes, and the backcourt is a cliché. The problem is obvious. Several main players are aging seriously."
Zhan Jun nodded and said: "But Chu Zheng is in pretty good condition today and is very active. It's a pity that those clever offensive plans were squandered by Aguero, Navas and others."
At this moment, the on-site staff brought over the data of the first half of the game. Zhan Jun lowered his head and glanced at it and said: "Oh! 81% of the ball possession, the number of passes and shots are also Leicester City's.
Twice."
"It's meaningless!" Zhang Lu shook her head, "Half of them are backcourt moves, and only a few of them can actually pose a threat through unlimited passing.
Manchester City's defense problem is even more serious than Liverpool's.
Now Manchester City's aging defense is completely unable to withstand the long-distance passing in the Premier League. Manchester City's side assists are no longer sharp. After losing the ball, they can only watch the opponent's forwards galloping wantonly in the space behind them.
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"In fact, Guardiola's tactical idea of heavily pressing defenders when attacking is correct, as evidenced by Manchester City's winning streak at the beginning of the season."
"Because this gives Manchester City a great advantage in the number of people in the frontcourt during the attack, thereby strengthening their control. This is why when we watch Manchester City's games, we can often see the ball rotating back and forth from the midfield line to the opponent's penalty area.
Wandering.”
"This kind of personnel accumulation can allow Manchester City to firmly control the ball in the frontcourt, but no matter how stable you are, you can't guarantee that the ball will always be at your feet. Coupled with Manchester City's current aging defense line, it is difficult to play
This tactic is almost always accurate once it is hit."
"Leicester City's tactics today are actually very easy to understand. As long as they grab the ball, they run forward desperately and pass the ball forward desperately. They don't care about your so-called passing success rate and ball possession rate.
He just needs these few seconds to complete an attack."
"Yes! Older ones are still hotter!" Zhan Jun nodded, "Every time Leicester City counterattacked in the first half, Manchester City was frightened. It was difficult for two full-backs and a central defender to catch up. Vardy and Maher
Reis is very fast. Every time Stones and others defend, they have to turn 180 degrees before chasing. It's normal to not be able to outrun him, but it's weird to be able to outrun him."
Zhang Lu nodded and smiled, then changed the topic and said: "But there is one thing that Manchester City did very well, which surprised me very much."
"What?" Zhan Jun cast a confused look.
"Professional attitude, ability to withstand pressure, and strong willpower. Compared with the Pellegrini period, Manchester City's ability to withstand pressure under Guardiola is obviously much stronger." Zhang Lu said slowly.
"The timing of these three goals in the first half was quite capable of destroying the team's will."
"Although Manchester City was defeated in terms of score, the situation and will were not different."
Zhan Jun was stunned for a moment and said with a smile: "It's true. After Manchester City lost the third goal, they were only briefly impatient, and then quickly stabilized. They tried every means to find opportunities to attack, and they had to switch to some teams with insufficient willpower.
After falling behind by three goals, the players had no intention of taking on the challenge and were just passing the game time."
After a while, the director of the live broadcast room made a gesture, and Zhang Lu and Zhan Jun quickly arranged their clothes and sat upright.
As soon as the live footage appeared, the fourth official on the sidelines was seen holding up two substitution signs in succession.
"Oh! Guardiola directly replaced two players at halftime."
"Sterling replaces Navas!"
"David Silva replaced, uh, replaced Aguero!" Seeing Manchester City's substitution, Zhan Jun was confused, "Then who will play forward? Do you want to play a forwardless formation?"
Zhang Lu also looked a little confused.
Soon, as the whistle sounded to start the second half of the game, the mystery was revealed.
Playing forward is Yaya Toure.
In addition, the positions of many players on the Manchester City field have also changed.
After Sterling came on, he moved to his favorite left wing, while De Bruyne moved to the right area.
Chu Zheng also moved from the attacking midfielder to the defensive midfielder position, while David Silva took his original attacking midfielder position.
"Yaya Toure has played as a center forward. He has a body, a header, and comprehensive skills! The purpose of Guardiola's substitution is very clear, which is to establish a high point in the Leicester City penalty area and break Ranieri's goal.
Intensive defense.”
"David Silva is responsible for the offensive connection and organization of the frontcourt in the middle. Chu Zheng retreats accordingly. In this way, Chu Zheng's comprehensive ability can not only stabilize Manchester City's weak defense line, but also strengthen the backcourt.
Ball and tracking ability.”
Zhang Lu nodded and did not continue. This is the rich tactical options that Chu Zheng's versatility brings to Guardiola.
On Leicester City's side, there were no substitutions and adjustments, and Ranieri continued the tactical strategy of the first half.
But less than five minutes into the second half, Ranieri frowned on the sidelines.
Maybe some people who are insensitive to tactics haven't noticed yet, but Ranieri has already noticed that his side was choked by Manchester City in the midfield.
To be precise, he was choked by Chu Zheng.
Ranieri had a headache. Although he knew Chu Zheng very well, he couldn't do anything because of his understanding. Chu Zheng's comprehensive skills destined him to be difficult to restrain.
If Kanter is still there, then Ranieri still has something to do.
On the field, in the 51st minute of the game, the effect of Guardiola's adjustments suddenly appeared.
On the right side of Leicester City's half-time circle, Andy King received a pass from Mahrez on the right, took the ball across the center line, and was blocked by Gundogan who moved from the center.
Andy Jin did not dare to break through head-on. To be on the safe side, he quickly turned back and prepared to pass back to the backcourt to reorganize the attack.
However, the moment he completed his turn, Chu Zheng, who had already started in advance, rushed over from his left back, fell to the ground, swept his left foot forward and backward, and intercepted the ball.
Andykin jumped up to avoid being knocked down.
After getting the ball, Chu Zheng put his right hand on the ground and stood up quickly.
Before he could fully stand up, Chu Zheng used his right foot to quickly slam the ball towards his left foot. Then he rubbed his left foot forward and took the ball from the center circle area and passed Amatei, who was charging laterally.
The frequency of Chu Zheng's extraordinary movements is not fast, but the timing of the connection between each movement is pleasing to the eye.
And Amatai looked like a stiff corpse against the backdrop of Chu Zheng's flexible and elegant figure.
After successfully breaking through Leicester City's midfield defense, Chu Zheng did not continue to lead forward. He brought the ball into the center circle and suddenly made a long pass.
The ball landed on the right half court, De Bruyne quickly moved forward and unloaded the ball perfectly.
Seeing that Leicester City's defensive focus shifted, Sterling allowed Sterling to get into the penalty area from the top left rib of the arc. No one was marking him for the time being. De Bruyne lowered his head and made a 45-degree diagonal pass.
Before the penalty kick, Morgan felt nervous when he saw the ball coming and turned around suddenly.
Sure enough, Simpson was still on the wing and his defense was out of position, leaving Sterling unguarded.
Morgan quickly moved over.
But it was too late.
Before he could get completely close, Sterling took off in the upper left corner of the small penalty area and then swung his head to attack the goal.
In full view of the public, Sterling showed his flaws.
After receiving force, the ball hit the ground in front of Sterling, but it accidentally dodged goalkeeper Ziller, bounced off the ground, and then headed towards the center of the goal.
"Duang!!!!!!!!!"
"Ouch!!!!!"
"Hit the crossbar!!!!!" Zhan Jun exclaimed, his face full of regret!
On the sidelines, Guardiola, who was standing in the coaching area in the rain, was so angry that he turned around and looked up at the sky speechlessly.
Chu Zheng and De Bruyne almost fed the ball into Sterling's mouth, but Sterling still spit it out.
Next to him, Ranieri looked frightened, but this was the Chu Zheng he knew.
No matter where he is, no matter how far away from the goal, this kid can threaten your goal at any time as long as he is on the court.
In the stands, Leicester City fans also smelled something unusual.
But for many Leicester City fans, as long as Manchester City remains unchanged and the defense continues to be raised so high, sooner or later they will counterattack.
As long as one more goal is scored, the 4-0 score will be enough to crush Manchester City and make the Manchester City players completely lose their fighting spirit.
Or keep this score until 70 minutes. By then, with the decline in physical fitness, Manchester City players will recognize the reality even if they don't give up.
However, Leicester City fans never expected that the situation in the next game would continue to deteriorate, with Manchester City's offensive coming one after another like a tidal wave.
And Chu Zheng, whom they were familiar with, continued to organize attacks with through balls and long passes like crazy.
Chu Zheng's aggressive offensive organization made many Leicester City fans feel extremely depressed.
The only thing that makes Leicester City fans feel lucky is that the finishing ability of Manchester City's frontcourt players is as bad as ever, wasting opportunities created by Chu Zheng again and again.
But as the game time passed, countless Leicester City fans suddenly realized that they seemed to have not seen the team counterattack with a high threat for a long time, and suddenly everyone had a bad premonition.
Soon their hunch came true.
In the 61st minute of the game, Leicester City's counterattack failed, allowing Gundogan to successfully intercept in the ribs.
After taking the ball and turning around, Gundogan quickly made a pass to the right.
De Bruyne started from the wing and relied on a one-two with Zabaleta inside to quickly get rid of Amartey who came from the ribs to mark him.
But Fox's movement is very bad. He follows the defense inside and always maintains a subtle distance to adapt to changes.
De Bruyne knew that Fox was trying to hold him back, so he brought the ball to the corner flagpole and suddenly made a cross without warning.
This cross kick was very concealed, and Fox was a beat too late to block it.
In the upper right corner of the small penalty area, Huth turned around and took off, but did not touch the ball. The ball fell straight towards Yaya Toure who was facing the goal at the penalty spot.
When Yaya Toure saw the ball coming towards him, he leaned back slightly and prepared to remove the ball with his chest.
But he underestimated the power of De Bruyne's kick, which caused the ball to bounce a little high after hitting his chest.
However, just when he was about to return his focus and take a direct kick, Morgan rushed in front of him, reached over and shook his head to push the ball out of the penalty area.
At the top of the arc to the right, Chu Zheng saw the ball coming straight up and down slowly, and Chu Zheng quickly rushed to the landing point.
Seeing Andy Jin rushing out from the top area of the arc, Chu Zheng immediately let the ball turn his back to the goal.
Seeing Andy Jin successfully blocking Chu Zheng, Huth, Morgan and others quickly followed Sterling, Yaya Toure and David Silva out of the penalty area.
Morgan was the fastest. With his strong physical fitness, he squeezed directly in front of David Silva and reached the end line of the penalty area.
But this very move made him feel regretful three seconds later.
However, just as everyone in the penalty area was running forward, Chu Zheng turned around to protect the ball. He did not stop the ball at all. Instead, the moment the ball touched the ground, he knocked back with his left heel and the ball was under his feet.
He suddenly jumped towards the right side of Leicester City's penalty area.
The ball flew past Andy Jin to the left behind Chu Zheng, and then passed by Morgan on the end line of the penalty area.
But the two of them were like pieces of wood and didn't react at all, and they had no time to react. Chu Zheng's goal was really unexpected.
Is this something humans do when they are blindly blocked?
Behind Morgan, David Silva, who was retreating, saw the ball coming. He quickly turned around, passed the ball over, and then quickly followed up.
On the right side of the penalty spot, David Silva caught up with the ball. There was no one around him to defend him. He raised his right foot and calmly pushed the ball into the far corner.
This time David Silva did not waste Chu Zheng's wonderful through ball.
The ball dodged goalkeeper Ziller's long legs and went directly into the far lower corner of the goal.
"goal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
At the moment of the goal, Manchester City commentators Martin and Smith in the on-site commentary box roared out instantly, venting the frustration they had accumulated for more than 60 minutes.
"The ball went in!!!!!!!!!"
"Quantitative changes lead to qualitative changes. Chu Zheng's crazy passing finally helped Manchester City get a goal back!!" Zhan Jun said in an excited tone.
"This ball was passed so imaginatively. Chu Zheng confused everyone, including David Silva, with his back-up movement!" Zhang Lu looked amazed.
On the field, Guardiola, who was exposed to the increasingly cold and biting winter rain, suddenly felt a surge of heat in his body the moment the goal was scored, and he didn't feel cold at all. This is his football philosophy, pass the ball directly to the opponent.
in the goal.
Next to him, Ranieri shook his head and smiled bitterly. He had expected this scene.
But it doesn't matter, they still have two goals in hand, and it's time to make substitutions and adjust their tactics.
On the field, after successfully pulling back a goal, no one in Manchester City celebrated.
David Silva simply rushed into the Leicester City goal, picked up the ball, and went straight to the center circle.
Chu Zheng, De Bruyne, Yaya Toure and others also quickly turned around and ran towards the center circle, with an attitude of racing against time.
Morgan and Huter looked at each other and saw the helplessness in each other's eyes.
But this is the Chu Zheng they know, and it is always so unexpected.
Morgan was also helpless. He never expected that the fleeting gap in the defense caused by his pressure out of the penalty area would be accurately captured by Chu Zheng.
Chu Zheng's timing of the ball was shocking.
Just one second slower and David Silva would be in an offside position. Just one second faster and Morgan would have intercepted him, who hadn't completely left David Silva's side yet. But none of it happened. It was just right.
, a direct hit on your life gate.
When Chu Zheng was at Leicester City, defensive players like Morgan had the frustration that defense would become meaningless in the face of Chu Zheng's passes.
Nowadays, the forgotten memories in their hearts with Chu Zheng's departure are now being awakened again.