Chapter Twenty-Nine: Nervous? No, it's excitement
Besiktas' home stadium, the Inani Stadium, was already packed with people, with the frenzied Turkish fans booing Brescia from afar. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
"Huh~~ Turkish fans look even more fierce than Lazio fans." During the warm-up, Zhang Shu stood in the center of the court and muttered quietly. Besiktas fans in the stands around them did not hesitate to pour their "enthusiasm" on the Brescia players.
The most striking thing is the fans in the North Stand, which, like most teams' home stadiums, is also home to the most fanatical and aggressive Besiktas fans. Quite a few were shirtless, and their skin was covered in oil paint similar to tattoos. Every time a Brescia player touches the ball, they attack the Brescia player with wave after wave of boos.
Until the Brescia players returned to the dressing room, the boos continued to wane.
"The fans on the other side are doing this, aren't they afraid that they won't be able to shout when the game comes?" Tony shouted.
His voice was drowned out before it could bubble out in a noisy swirl, so that even his teammates standing next to him couldn't hear what he was saying.
Mazzoni came in and motioned to Igor, who was standing in the doorway, to close the locker room door, and as the door closed, the locker room was finally a little quieter, and Mazzoni cleared his throat and clapped his hands to focus the players' attention on himself.
"Lads, I think today must be an important day for you, and I don't need to worry about your fighting spirit. We had a great season last year and as a bonus, today we are on the stage of the Champions League. It's a reward for us and a big challenge. ”
"I know that many people think we lack experience in Europe's top competitions. That's right, and most of us are on this stage for the first time. But is there anyone in this world who is born with experience? Could it be that Ronaldo, Zinedine Zidane, Ronaldinho, they have experience in the Champions League since birth? The answer, of course, is no. Everyone will have their first time, and in the face of such an opportunity, some people can seize it and make their name resounding throughout Europe. And some people let the opportunity slip away, and in the end they can only come to the Champions League for a lap and leave. ”
"Do any of you want to just be a Champions League passerby?"
"Never!" The players immediately shouted.
Mazzoni nodded to the players, "That's right, no one is willing to do that. This summer, we have been very well prepared for this event. There were a lot of good team-mates in the team, there was a change in tactics, and it was all about making Europe remember us. The last league game is sure to show you how strong we are. As long as we keep our consistency in our performances, I'm sure we'll have our first Champions League win after 90 minutes! ”
Pep Guardiola stood up from his seat, "That's right! As long as we play our own football, the Turkish champions will not be our opponents. Whether it's the league or the Champions League, the victory will be ours. ”
Baggio also clapped his hands to cheer his teammates on, "The Champions League is not a big deal, except for a little faster pace, just play like the league." Calm down and play steady. The Turkish fans may be more aggressive than you've seen in the past, but after all, the game is a battle between teams, and as long as they don't let them influence, they can't change anything. Come on, everyone! Win the game! ”
While veterans like Mazzoni and Pep Guardiola Baggio want their younger team-mates to treat the game as if it were a league game, Zhang Shu still felt a very different atmosphere from the league game when he entered the stadium.
It has nothing to do with the climate of an unfamiliar country, it has nothing to do with the unintelligible Turkish that the fans in the stands shout into, it has nothing to do with the unfamiliar stadium.
Just the Champions League theme song ringing in his ears when he entered the stadium made him can't help but shiver. It was as if another hormone in the air made his scalp tingle.
"Zhang, don't be nervous."
Baggio, who was standing in front of him, quickly noticed his unusual behavior and spoke out in relief.
The current Zhang Shu is the core of Brescia, others can be nervous, but he must not be nervous.
Zhang Shu took two deep breaths and suppressed the emotions in his heart. "Robbie, don't worry, I'm fine."
In order to reassure Baggio, he also smiled at Baggio after speaking.
It's just that this smile is a little stiff in the eyes of the other party.
But Baggio can't say anything more, and if the nervousness can be relieved by a couple of words, then no player will be out of shape because of the nervousness. He could only hope that Zhang Shu could adjust back as soon as possible and return to his usual heartless appearance.
Zhang Shu looked a little stiff.
Not only Baggio, but Huang *Jian*Xiang in front of the TV also found that Zhang Shu's state was a little wrong.
'It's normal for young players to be a little nervous when they're playing in the Champions League for the first time. In the World Cup last year, even the veteran players of our national team had a time when they couldn't let go of the first game 20 minutes, but as the game progressed, it got better, and I believe Zhang Shu could quickly adjust. ”
Director Zhang, who is Huang *Jian*Xiang's partner, helped Zhang Shu find a reason on the side, anyway, as a Chinese commentator, their tendencies are undoubted, and the audience will not have any opinions on their tendencies.
"That's right, as the first Chinese to stand on the Champions League stage, Zhang Shu is a little nervous, and I believe that after entering the official competition, he can still bring us wonderful performances as always."
In fact, the Champions League is not only the first time for Zhang Shu, but also the first time for Huang * Jian * Xiang and Zhang Lu to participate in the live broadcast commentary of the Champions League. This made them a little excited.
CCTV has not purchased the broadcast rights of the Champions League before, and in the past, if mainland fans wanted to see the Champions League, they could only switch between various local sports channels. Fans in the south, on the other hand, were a little luckier, as they had the opportunity to receive a signal from ESPN Sports in Singapore for a better viewing experience.
Because Brescia unexpectedly entered the Champions League last season, CCTV urgently signed a second-level broadcast agreement with Singapore's ESPN TV, which had previously obtained the three-year first-level broadcast rights in Asia, before the start of the new season, and obtained the broadcast rights in the mainland.
That's why today's game is live.
In fact, not only the Champions League, but also the five major leagues such as the Premier League and La Liga, CCTV also did not buy broadcast rights. In addition to the Bundesliga, which has had a relatively stable live broadcast since 95, even the broadcast rights of Serie A CCTV are only B-level broadcast packages bought. This is also the reason why there are always Milan Juventus fans who complain that Brescia is taking away their live broadcast time in the country. Zhang Shu is one aspect, and the more reason is that the broadcast package bought by CCTV before is not qualified to broadcast the game of strong dialogue.
This kind of broadcast situation has also created a large number of die-hard Bundesliga fans and a large number of fans of the middle and upper reaches of Serie A such as Fiorentina, Sampdoria and other teams in the old Chinese fans. After all, the live broadcasts of these teams are relatively stable and easier to be familiar with by Chinese fans.
Of course, although the games that have not purchased the broadcast rights cannot be played, CCTV is still very careful in the production of highlights, in addition to the league highlights of England, Germany, Italy and Spain every week, there are also highlights and recordings of the matches of the French Eredivisie and even the Argentine league.
In China around 2000, this was also a relatively stable channel for those early Barcelona and Real Madrid fans to get information, and they were undoubtedly really literal "highlight fans" in that era.
But now, thanks to Zhang Shu's blessing, Chinese fans can finally watch the world's highest level of football matches on CCTV, which has a relatively stable signal.
Teammates thought Zhang Shu would be nervous, Huang * Jian * Xiang and Zhang Lu thought Zhang Shu would be nervous, and even Zhang Shu himself wondered if he was nervous.
He stood in the center circle and wiped his palms against his pants, though his palms showed no signs of sweating.
Brescia got the kick-off, and Toney stood across from Zhang Shu, just waiting for the whistle to blow to rub the ball to him.
The stadium suddenly fell silent. Everyone held their breath and waited for the game to start.
A few seconds are as long as hours have passed.
Zhang Shu began to hate his ability to slow down time, and the small uneasiness in the long wait kept stirring his heart, making him feel as if his hands and feet were itching from the deepest part of his bones.
So, in order to reduce this discomfort, he turned off his skills so that he did not have to endure the torment of waiting for the game to start all the time.
As a result, the moment he turned off his skill, he heard the referee blow the whistle for the start of the match.
The originally almost frozen stands erupted like a volcano erupting with a deafening noise, and Tony hit the ball with his foot and immediately rushed to the front, but Zhang Shu was stunned by the sudden sound in the stands. Accustomed to thinking slowly in slow time and space, he seemed to be a little slow to react when he turned off his skills.
By the time he reopened his skills, the Besiktas striker was almost ready to pounce on him.
Fortunately, after returning to the slow time and space, Zhang Shu regained his quick reflexes and movement frequency, and he pulled the ball behind him with his foot, avoiding the opponent's upper legs. Then he slammed the ball behind him with the inside of his pulling foot and knocked the ball to the left front, and then he lunged up and controlled the ball.
The Besiktas striker, who didn't grab the football, didn't care, he didn't chase back, but continued to go deep into the Brescia half, ready to continue to put pressure on Pep Guardiola, who was going to pass back with another striker.
Although Brescia did not make any specific tactics against Besiktas before the game, Besiktas has carefully studied the Champions League newcomers. In this group, apart from the big favourites Chelsea, the other three teams have a chance of qualifying, so winning or losing against each other is particularly important.
As the first initiator of Brescia's transition from defense to attack, and at the same time the metronome in positional warfare, Guardiola's importance is undoubted. In Besiktas's eyes, the most important thing to deal with Brescia is to suppress Guardiola.
Therefore, it is expected that Zhang Shu will pass back to the back of the Besiktas players did not continue to come to the ball to grab Zhang Shu who held the ball, except for a back back, everyone else went to mark the Brescia players who Zhang Shu might pass the ball.
After opening the halfway line, the forward who receives the ball and returns the ball has become the formula for everyone to start a game.
But Zhang Shu didn't pass back, and the time he had to think carefully had become shorter when he turned off his skills, and when he got rid of his opponent's first wave of scrambles, he looked up and saw that he was still several meters away from his nearest defender.
Anyway, I don't have time to deduce it carefully, so what else is there to think about?
Simple and rough is a dry!
He suddenly accelerated and rushed straight with the ball towards Besiktas's half.
"Let's take a look at the starting line-ups for both sides, Brescia's side... Huh? Eh, eh, eh??? Huang *Jian*Xiang originally planned to read the list of appearances first according to the previous commentary habits, but when he was burying his head in reading the information, he suddenly felt that he was stabbed by his partner next to him.
When he raised his head, what he saw was a picture of Zhang Shu receiving Tony's midline ball and directly attacking forward with the ball, so that he forgot to speak, and could only keep exclaiming.
"Zhang Shu! Break through with the ball directly after the kickoff! When Huang *Jian*Xiang was temporarily speechless, Zhang Lu had no choice but to speak. But his forte is the analysis of the game, not the general commentary of the game, so he can't say much more than a dry and simple description.
But Zhang Shu on the court did not slow down the pace of advance because of the downtime of the commentator in the distant homeland. Against the somewhat unprepared Besiktas players, his unconventional brutality was very effective, and it was not until he broke through to the edge of the opposition penalty area that he was pulled to the ground by two Besiktas defenders.
"It's a foul! The referee blows the whistle! It's only been 1 minute into the game! Zhang Shu won a very good free-kick for Brescia! ”
Zhang Shu got up from the ground and hammered the turf with some chagrin.
People who play basketball or soccer often sometimes get into a wonderful state, you feel that everything is natural and you don't need to think, you just need to make very beautiful moves according to the instinct of the body to complete the attack, this time it is very easy to score goals, and even the moment the ball leaves your body, there is a premonition that "this ball is in".
This is how Zhang Shu felt when he broke through just now.
Originally, he was ready to shoot with his feet after pulling out of the gap with another half step, but he was interrupted by a foul by the opponent, how could he not be angry.
"Zhang, you can actually pass it on just now." Baggio walked over with the ball in his arms, patted Zhang Shu on the shoulder and said. He and Tony had both run out of position before, and if it was the previous Zhang, he would definitely have passed the ball. It's just that at present, it seems that Zhang is indeed a little nervous today, so much so that he neglected to observe the running position of his teammates.
"Sorry, I was a bit upset." Zhang Shu raised his hand embarrassedly at Baggio.
He really didn't notice just now that in the past, he was usually in a state of calm analysis when he was dribbling the ball with the help of the system. However, this hastily decided dribble assault was not as thoughtful as before, and the choice of attack was so thoughtful that he had to be distracted from the choice of route after the start of the advance, and failed to observe the position of his teammates in time.
"It's okay, don't make a wrong judgment because of nervousness, take your time, we're not in a hurry." Baggio didn't blame him too much.
Hearing Baggio's words, Zhang Shu suddenly laughed.
Nervous?
No, Zhang Shu, who had just handed over everything to his body's muscle memory, finally confirmed one thing.
I'm not nervous, I'm excited!
What a thrill it was to be on the European stage for the first time!
The itch that had crawled through the veins of his hands and feet like ants turned into a surging impact after running, and he only felt that he was now like a wolf longing for flesh, eager to drink the blood of his opponent.
"Robbie, can I take this free kick?" Zhang Shu asked Baggio.
Baggio paused for a moment and nodded quickly.
"Of course, if you want to be punished, of course it's fine, you created it anyway."
Zhang Shu smiled with satisfaction towards Besiktas's goal.
After receiving the captain's affirmative answer, the beast in his heart couldn't wait to show its fangs. (To be continued.) )