Green Journey

Chapter 213 Battle for the Top of the Premier League
BJ time, at 11 o'clock in the morning on November 29th, in the Premier League live broadcast room of LeTV Sports Headquarters, Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu sat in front of the studio chatting while waiting for the relay signal to be connected.

These two funny guys didn't know what they were talking about, and they laughed so hard from time to time.

At 1:45, the Premier League live broadcast signal was connected.

Immediately, countless sleepy Chinese fans waiting in front of TVs and computers were cheered up.

As soon as the shot appears, it is a high-altitude bird's-eye view shot.

Looking down from the air, I can see the inside and outside of the King Power Stadium at this time. Blue and red are the main colors of the King Power Stadium today.

Seen from a distance, the two intertwined colors are like hot magma flowing into the blue sea.

Seeing the gesture of the director in the live broadcast room, Zhan Jun immediately started working, with a smile on his face, he said: "Welcome to the 2015-16 season brought to you by LeTV Sports, the 14th round of the Premier League, Leicester City and Manchester United. war……"

"In the recent two rounds of the league, the Premier League can be described as a group of demons dancing!" Zhan Jun raised the topic.

"Anyway, I don't really understand the Premier League this year, it's too evil!" Zhang Lu, who squinted and smiled, shook her head and took up the topic.

The Premier League in November was really unpopular, as if under some kind of curse collectively, a lot of Premier League giants were defeated by the middle and lower reaches of the Premier League one after another.

Now there are only four BIG6 members in the Premier League standings: Manchester United, Manchester City, Tottenham, and Arsenal.

Although the position is occupied, the difference between them and the teams behind West Ham United, Southampton, Crystal Palace, Everton and so on is very small. Perhaps they only need a draw to be dragged down.

As for the other two BIG6 members, Liverpool and Chelsea, they have already dropped out of the top 10. Let's join hands to see the scenery outside the relegation zone.

Especially last season's Premier League champion Chelsea, after 13 league rounds, their record is 4 wins, 2 draws and 7 losses, ranking 15th in the standings, and they can be defeated by the following teams such as Norwich and Sunderland at any time Pulled into the relegation quagmire.

With Chelsea's ridiculously sluggish state this season, it is not impossible to enter the relegation zone.

Liverpool is better.

In mid-October, after Klopp took office, Liverpool's decline obviously stopped.

Although the recent state is still unstable, but a little upward trend has been seen.

And Chelsea's Mourinho, this guy is not only about to lose control of the locker room, even Chelsea's top management has some criticisms of him.

Now some media in England have claimed that the Portuguese is not far from leaving!

At 01:55, the starting lineups of Leicester City and Manchester United appeared on the live camera.

Leicester City: (442)

Goalkeeper: Schmeichel

Guards: Simpson, Huth, Morgan, Fox
Midfielders: Mahrez, Chu Zheng, Kante, Albrighton

Forwards: Shinji Okazaki, Vardy

"If Leicester City is unbeaten in this game, they will continue to create a record in club history. The Premier League is unbeaten in 14 consecutive games!"

"There is also English striker Vardy, who currently ranks first in the Premier League scorer list. If he can still score goals in this game, he will break Ruud van Nistelrooy's record of scoring goals in 2003 consecutive league games in 10. Become the new record holder!"

“莱斯特城近期表现还是在他们的水准之上的！额，虽然第12轮主场被沃特福德2-2逼平，但第13轮他们迅速调整好了状态，客场作战送了纽卡一场4-0的大屠杀！”张璐笑道。

Zhan Jun nodded and said: "Although Leicester City's position at the top of the Premier League is due to their overly friendly schedule in the first half, we cannot ignore their state and strength."

"Yes!" Zhang Lu nodded, "especially Chu Zheng and Kanter, the arrival of these two people can be said to have directly raised the level of Leicester City's midfielder by several levels. The weakness is that the defense is not stable enough!"

After the words fell, Manchester United's starting lineup appeared.

Manchester United: (3412)

Forwards: Rooney, Martial

Front midfielder: Mata

Midfielders: Ashley Young, Carrick, Schweinsteiger, Darmian

Defenders: Blind, McNair, Smalling

Goalkeeper: De Gea
"Manchester United is currently ranked second in the Premier League table with 2 points. As long as they can win Leicester City at the King Power Stadium, they will immediately reach the top."

"Manchester United have actually played very well this season. They have won 13 games in a row. They have achieved an excellent record of 8 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses!"

"In the last 12 matches between the two teams, Manchester United can be said to have won completely. Except for the 3-5 reversal by Leicester City last season, they won 11 wins! So from all aspects, Manchester United is almost Fully dominant!"

Zhang Lu on the side listened silently to Zhan Jun's words, but he was actually more optimistic about Leicester City in this game.

Because Manchester United's problems have always been there.

Last season was Van Gaal's first season at Manchester United.

After taking over Manchester United, the Dutchman tried a 442 diamond-shaped midfielder and a rare 352 three-back system in the Premier League, but the results were not satisfactory.

Later, based on Manchester United's poor midfield control ability and ability to play the ball, Van Gaal developed a set of weird big circle tactics that left the midfield empty and focused on the two wings.

Also relying on this set of tactics, Manchester United even beat Liverpool, Tottenham, Manchester City and other strong teams.

However, Van Gaal's big circle tactics were soon broken by the Portuguese madman, directly declaring the end of this tactical system.

In Zhang Lu's eyes, Manchester United in the past few years has limited staffing, poor signings, and mixed player characteristics, and it is impossible to fully integrate into the same tactical system.

For example, the Spanish gang headed by Mata. These players are better at small-scale triangular cooperation and attack from the ground.

The England style of play headed by Fellaini is better at playing high and high, and they like to solve problems in the air.

Even though Manchester United performed well this season, the problem is still there, and Van Gaal failed to solve the problem.

As for Leicester City, Ranieri's tactical system is actually not brilliant, it can even be said to be simple and rude.

Players dare to press and take the initiative to attack.

They can also play passive defensive counterattacks, and they play even better.

Once there is a chance to counterattack, the players of Leicester City can quickly send the ball to the feet of Vardy, the new England striker, through Chu Zheng, the midfielder's brain and commander. Seal the throat!
Before Zhang Lu came to the studio, he had carefully analyzed the game at home.

Leicester City with Chu Zheng and Kanter in the midfield is definitely not weaker than Manchester United's big-name stars led by Carrick, and even stronger.

Because Carrick is old!

If Van Gaal still dares to use his wonderful big circle tactics against Leicester City today, Zhang Lu guarantees that Manchester United will be beaten badly.

Zhang Lu understood Chu Zheng's characteristics very well.

There is no gap on the court that can escape Chu Zheng's eyes.

And Chu Zheng has a terrifying speed.

Although Chu Zheng seldom dribbles forward by himself, that doesn't mean Chu Zheng can't do it.

On the contrary, Zhang Lu found that Chu Zheng's progress in dribbling was also very obvious.

It's just that Chu Zheng's game style is like this, he doesn't like to show off very much, and prefers to solve problems directly by passing the ball.

01:30 BJ time.

At 18:30 London time, under the whistle of the referee Paulson, the top game that has attracted much attention in Europe officially started.

(End of this chapter)