Green Journey

Chapter 181 Aston Villa

After nearly two weeks of international breaks, the Premier League battle has reignited, and Leicester City ushered in their opponents in the fifth round of the Premier League, Aston Villa.

Aston Villa is a football club located in Birmingham, central England, which was founded in 1874.

In the early years, Aston Villa won the English top league championship seven times and the FA Cup seven times.

Since the establishment of the Premier League in 1992, Aston Villa has also been able to rank in the forefront in the next few Premier League seasons.

It is a pity that with the strong rise of teams such as Manchester City and Tottenham, coupled with the fact that many players who were famous in Aston Villa switched to other teams at that time, their league results began to plummet.

Up to now, Aston Villa has lost its glory in the past and has become a Premier League relegation team.

In recent seasons, Aston Villa has struggled quite a bit, making its fans terrified every year, for fear of falling into the British Championship.

In the live broadcast room of the sports channel, He Wei and Zhang Lu are ready.

"Ms. Zhang, how do you feel? If it doesn't work, I can do it myself. You can go back and rest!" Sitting behind the studio, He Wei looked at Zhang Lu's pale lips and said with concern.

Zhang Lu blew on the mouth of the steaming thermos, drank a sip of strong tea, and said with a smile: "It's okay, I just have a little cold. When the game starts, I'll just sweat all over. The game is my best cold." medicine, especially in a match with Chu Zheng!"

"Haha!" He Wei was amused, "Okay, if you feel uncomfortable, you can tell me anytime!"

On September 9, at 13:22 BJ time, the live broadcast signal was connected to the sports channel on time.

Immediately, countless fans who had been waiting in front of the TV and computer cheered up.

"Friends from the audience, good evening everyone, welcome to the 2015th round of the 16-5 Premier League season, Leicester City vs Aston Villa..."

After some opening remarks, He Wei said with a smile: "Recently, the Premier League has been extremely lively, especially in the last round of the Premier League. There were three super-unpopular games, which can be said to have shocked the eyes of countless fans."

"Liverpool played at home at Anfield and was conceded 3 goals in a row by West Ham United!"

"Chelsea played at Stamford Bridge at home, but they were beaten 2-1 by Crystal Palace at the last minute!"

"Manchester United played away and also lost the game, 2-1 to Swansea!"

Hearing He Wei's words, Zhang Lu answered in a hoarse voice: "The last round of the Premier League giants was in a collective downturn. Although Manchester City and Arsenal won, it was actually very thrilling to win."

"Hmm! Yes!" He Wei nodded, "The collective sinking of wealthy families is extremely rare in previous years!"

Not long after, the starting lineups of both sides appeared on the live broadcast screen.

Leicester City: 442
Goalkeeper: Schmeichel

Defenders: Schlupp, Morgan, Huth, De Laet

Midfielders: Albrighton, Chu Zheng, Inle, Mahrez

Forwards: Vardy, Shinji Okazaki

"Leicester City's last game was due to Ranieri's formation, and the game they could have won ended in a draw!"

"Yes, that game was indeed a pity for Leicester City."

"Especially after Chu Zheng was replaced, Leicester City can be said to have an overall advantage and played very well offensively."

"But it's a pity that Bournemouth is dedicated to defending after Leicester City's rise, and used the bus tactics to force Leicester City to get a draw!"

Aston Villa: (4231)

Forward: Abang Raho

Attacking midfielder: Sinclair, Grealish, Karls Gill
DM: Westwood, Carlos Sanchez

Defenders: Jordan Amavi, Lescott, Mika Richards, Bacuna

Goalkeeper: Guzan

"Villa have also burned a lot of money this summer!"

"They spent nearly 6000 million euros in the transfer market this summer, but they also sold Benteke to Liverpool, plus some other players, and they broke even."

"But so far this season, Villa's results are 1 win, 1 draw and 15 losses, ranking th in the Premier League..."

At 16: London time, with referee McDean's whistle, the game between Leicester City and Aston Villa officially started.

On the field, after Leicester City, which attacked from left to right, kicked the ball, Aston Villa pressed up and pressed in the middle circle.

Leicester City has Chu Zheng here today, but it is not so easy for Aston Villa to succeed.

Chu Zheng saw that Aston Villa was fighting fiercely, so he was not in a hurry to attack, but sat in the center, like a transfer station for the ball, and reasonably dispatched and transferred the ball sent by his teammates from all directions.

So in the opening 2 minutes, Aston Villa was played around by Chu Zheng.

The Leicester City fans in the stands of the King Power Stadium watched this scene with a look of enjoyment and intoxication.

After Chu Zheng's excellent performance in these four rounds of competition, all Leicester City fans' dissatisfaction with Chu Zheng's total transfer amount of up to 6000 million has long since dissipated.

They are not blind!

After Chu Zheng came to the team, the changes brought to Leicester City's midfield are extremely obvious.

At this time, Aston Villa fans also looked at their own players who were walking their dogs on the field with a speechless expression.

They played against Leicester City in two rounds last season and achieved one win and one loss.

Although they lost 1-0 in the second round, they actually had a certain advantage in the game, but Leicester had better luck.

But looking at it now, they feel that the Leicester City team in front of them is too strange.

The fluency of this kind of midfield operation is no worse than those star midfielders of giants.

And Leicester City's midfield changes all come from the Chinese midfielder they laughed at some time ago.

Just when these Villa fans were amazed by the changes in Leicester City, Chu Zheng on the field suddenly gave them a big meeting gift.

In the 5th minute of the game, Aston Villa took a goal kick, and the ball went straight to the left area of ​​the middle circle of Leicester City's half.

Chu Zheng happened to be near the landing point, and he got there quickly.

Aston Villa's left back was also nearby, and he quickly rushed across from Chu Zheng's left rib, trying to get in front of Chu Zheng and trap Chu Zheng behind him.

However, in the next second, he misjudged the line where the ball fell.

Chu Zheng was behind Westwood, his upper body bent back, almost 90 degrees to the ground, and he unloaded it with the perfect ball on his chest.

This action not only showed Chu Zheng's flexibility, but also showed his strong waist and core strength.

Westwood turned around quickly after realizing that he had made a misjudgment, wanting to continue grabbing the ball.

However, when he turned around, he saw that Chu Zheng hadn't put the ball down at all.

After the ball bounced on Chu Zheng's chest, he jumped back to the left.

Immediately afterwards, Chu Zheng turned back immediately, facing the falling ball in front of him, and stuck Westwood behind him.

Although Westwood is only 175cm tall, his tonnage is 80kg.

He was confident that he would squeeze Chu Zheng away who looked a little thin.

However, just as he was putting it into action, after Chu Zheng turned around, he didn't let the ball hit the ground at all. Instead, he stretched out his right foot and hooked it with the front of the sole of his foot, and the ball flew from the top of Chu Zheng's head to behind him.

At this time, Westwood was dumbfounded, and could only watch Chu Zheng turn back again.

On Chu Zheng's side, after he turned around to catch up with the ball, he saw Carlos Sanchez, Aston Villa's right midfielder one meter in front of him, knocking away the cover for Chu Zheng. Shinji Okazaki rushed forward.

Without any hesitation, Chu Zheng kicked the ball that was still bouncing on the ground to the left rib area with his right foot, and then kicked his right foot. The powerful explosive force made him rush forward with a swish, causing Carlos Sanchez to pounce. empty.

After catching up with the ball on the left rib, Chu Zheng planned to pass the ball to Albrighton on the wing.

As a result, he saw Aston Villa goalkeeper Guzan standing a bit forward, so he changed his mind in an instant, and suddenly drew the ball towards the goal with his left foot.

At the front of the penalty area, Guzan was startled when he saw Chu Zheng hanging the goal 40 meters from his ribs, and quickly turned around and sprinted towards the goal.

But within a few steps, he saw the ball falling from the sky, which seemed to be within the range of the door frame.

In the stands on all sides of the scene, the fans' hearts were raised in their throats by Chu Zheng's choice.

In the next second, there was a bang!
The ball hit the upper edge of the crossbar on the left side of the goal and bounced off the baseline!

"fool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Immediately, there was a rush of exclamation from the King Power Stadium!
Immediately afterwards, the Leicester City fans tapped their palms with the cardboard in their hands, and the applause was extremely loud and resounded from every corner of the King Power Stadium.

In the stands of a VIP box in the South Stand, Leicester City owner Vichai Vichai was also applauding.

"You are right, this is an extremely good player!" Vichai lowered his glasses and said, looking at Steve Walsh beside him.

Chu Zheng's series of connections just now were fast and smooth, and his ornamental movements were pleasing to the eye.

On the sidelines, Ranieri also raised his arms and applauded, affirming Chu Zheng.

(End of this chapter)