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I don't know how many Portuguese journalists remember what they said to Metz a week ago, when they were waiting to see Metz's joke because Benfica had scored an away goal and Metz had only won that game 2-1, which was a defeat for the home team. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Benfica only need to return home to a 1-0 win to qualify on away goals.

If they still remember that scene, I wonder how they feel now...... Across from the press box was the stand where the visiting fans had gathered, and now everyone was jumping up and waving their arms and cheering loudly.

The Benfica fans in the other stands were silent.

In the broadcast booth diagonally above the press box, commentators from all over the world are speaking at different speeds to explain what has just happened.

"It's only been three minutes! Metz took the lead on the road! This is completely unexpected by the Portuguese, haha! "This is a French commentator.

By the time the League Cup reached the quarter-finals, there were still two teams left in Ligue 1, Lens and Metz. In the match played the day before, Lens lost 0:3 away to Tottenham Hotspur, and in the first leg between the two sides, Lens also won 2:1 at home. Lens was eliminated by Tottenham Hotspur 2-4 on aggregate. In this way, 2-1 at home is really not a safe score.

Now there is only one team left in the entire Ligue 1 that still has the hope of staying in the League Cup, plus Lille and Lyon are out of the Champions Cup, and in the entire European arena, only Metz is still maintaining the dignity of the French team.

The decline of Ligue 1 in recent years can be seen.

It was also for this reason that the French commentator was particularly excited to see Metz score a goal in the opening three minutes.

"Aha! Now Benfica's away goal advantage is gone! ”

In contrast, the Portuguese commentator was a little frustrated, "Benfica's players did not prevent Menez, who had returned from injury, and let him break through so easily...... Now with Metz leading 3-1 on aggregate, Benfica will need to score at least two goals at home if they are to progress. ”

In the stadium below the stands, the Metz players in red jerseys were celebrating their goal, huddled together and waved to the Metz fans in the stands.

And the Metz fans echoed their incitement with loud cheers.

The happy Metz fans who had travelled with the team to play away from home had been exacerbated by fears that the 2-1 deficit at home was not safe, as Lens, who had also led 2-1 before, had been knocked out by Tottenham a day earlier. Unexpectedly, only three minutes into the game, and most people's butts had not yet heated up their seats, Metz actually scored, which was really unexpected!

Menez looked excited after the goal. It was his first game of return after straining a thigh muscle in the league against Lyon on 3 February, and what was expected to be a three-week break was extended to a month and a half due to Fernandes' caution.

Now Fernandez's caution has paid off, fully healed from his injury, and at the same time, Menez, who is holding back his strength, sent the ball into the Benfica goal with his second touch of the game!

He was assisted by Portuguese full-back Felicio, who started the game, and his pass gave the team a fatal blow to his home country.

Fernandes was pleased with the form his team showed at half-time. Before the game, he specifically told his players that an away goal from the opponent is not an advantage at all, because he advocates attacking and will let the team play attacking football away from home, so Metz will definitely score goals, maybe he will score two goals, and at that time, an away goal from Benfica will have no effect.

※※※ Benfica, who were behind, launched a fierce offensive.

The game Rui. Costa is no longer on the bench and is starting the game.

Chu Zhongtian's task is not only to defend him, but also to organize the attack, Promans still has not returned, Yayiovi is his midfield partner, this kid is still a little tender, he can't take charge alone, and he needs to help many times.

Rui. Costa's skills are still there, but not as physically fit as they used to be. To deal with him, Chu Zhongtian doesn't know how to "respect the old and love the young" at all, and whatever Costa is weak, he will come. Pressing close to Costa, not giving him the opportunity to pass calmly and dribble laterally, the defensive action is very big, and the body collision is constant.

This one of his works very well. As a veteran who is almost thirty-five years old, Rui. Costa was afraid of injury, and Chu Zhongtian's every defense looked like he was going to get him seriously injured, so on some balls, he had to give up control of the football to avoid injury.

This also leads to Rui. Costa simply couldn't play at his level.

When Chu Zhongtian wanted to focus on defense, he handed over the task of organizing the attack to Menez, who could play as a front midfielder, and he was only responsible for controlling the rhythm.

His big-picture vision and broad vision, as well as his resolute and decisive passing, and his style of play that never drags the mud, allow him to pass the ball forward in the midfield position, and he does not run up, which can benefit the whole Metz team a lot.

Rui. Costa also saw it. Originally, he thought that this Mace No. 8 would definitely affect his performance in the attack if he was so physically pressing, but he didn't expect him to organize the attack and be able to do a metronome. It reminded him of his former teammate at AC Milan, Andrey. Pirlo (andrea_pirlo).

While the No.8 may not be as delicate and brilliant as Pirlo in terms of footwork, his big-picture vision and control of the pace of the game are almost as good as Pirlo's.

He suddenly forgot that he was playing and began to sigh: if this young man did not play in the lesser-known Ligue 1, but in Serie A, the Premier League or La Liga, he would not have to wait until the League Cup to know that there was such a number one figure in football...... His team-mates at AC Milan are all amazing talents, but Andrea Pirlo is the one and the most different.

Kaka was also very good, with the Brazilian being able to decide the game on his own, but Pirlo was able to get the other ten team-mates to move with him.

In Rui. In Costa's opinion, Chu Zhongtian is also such a character. His passing and running on the field can drive the other players of Metz and let them run with Chu Zhongtian.

It's a shame that such a great player should only play in a small team like Metz...... Rui. Costa retracted his sentiments and realized it was going to be a tough match. Despite being their own home turf.

※※※Rui. Costa guessed right, this game is really tough for Benfica who are playing at home. Benfica's head coach Fernando. Santos (fernando_santos) didn't expect that the Metz team would choose to attack away from home with a one-goal lead before the game.

And scored in the opening three minutes. This goal hit the morale of Benfica's players hard, and without the advantage of away goals, it was as if one of the pillars in their hearts had fallen. Now in their hearts, there are still two pillars left: "we are playing at home" and "there are more than 70 minutes left in the game, and we still have time to reverse".

However, when the score was still 1-0 at the end of the first half, when the score was still 1:0 ahead of the away team, many Benfica players felt the crisis, and the two pillars collapsed by half.

Coming out of the second half, they stepped up their attacking and fought back desperately, which calmed the Metz players and at the end of the 58th minute, Benfica equalised. But they were one goal away from sending the game to extra time...... Go on the offensive!

After seeing this, Fernandez waved his hand and asked the team to press up and attack, and play against the opponent to see who scored first!

Chu Zhongtian continued to defend Rui. Costa, while using his passing to control the team's tempo. Since the head coach said that he wanted to press the attack, then he passed more forward passes, and in addition, he accelerated the tempo when counterattacking, slowed down the pace when the opponent had formed a positional defense, and directed the team to back and forth.

The two sides launched a very gorgeous and beautiful confrontation.

In the 71st minute, Chu Zhongtian's long pass from the backfield instigated the offensive, and Ibisevic ferried the football to Menez with his head, but Menez did not break through by himself, but passed to Ribery on the right side. Franck Ribery used his skill and pace to force a break through Benfica's left-back Leo. After shooting hard, the football was saved by goalkeeper Moreira, just so that the follow-up Ibisevic picked up the leak, stretched out his foot and stabbed it, and the football rolled into the goal again...... "Ibisevic!" Ibi Ibi Ibibishevic!! The French narrator was agitated again. He scored his fourth goal in the UEFA Cup! Metz leads 2:1 and the overall score is 4:2! And more importantly, they got two away goals, what does that mean?! ”

This means that Benfica will have to score three goals in the remaining 19 minutes to tie the aggregate score at 5:4 if they are still fantasizing about qualifying, but from the form of Benfica's game, it will be too difficult to complete this task...... In the seventy-seventh minute, Rui. Costa was substituted.

Although he played seventy-seven minutes in this game, compared to the twenty minutes of the previous game, his performance in these seventy-seven minutes was unqualified, he was dragged down by Chu Zhongtian's tireless physical fitness, and as time went by, the effect became smaller and smaller. In the end, Santos had no choice but to replace him.

Less Rui. Costa, Benfica's attack only relied on two ways to fly, and the speed was much faster, which can be regarded as a slight competition with Metz.

But the goal of scoring three goals is not motivation for Benfica's players, but a heavy pressure that overwhelms them. Some people move out of shape under these pressures, others become impatient, and others become discouraged.

Benfica's whole team can't twist a rope, and the strength can't go anywhere, how can such a game be played?

When the match was over, and Metz beat Benfica away by the same score as at home, all the Metz fans got up from their feet, and in fact five minutes before the end of the game, most of the Metz fans had already left their positions and started singing to celebrate the victory.

Because Benfica showed no fighting spirit in the last five minutes, it was impossible to score three goals in five minutes, and they knew it, so they just waited for the game to end.

"It's over! Metz has reached the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup! They are the only Ligue 1 team that remains in Europe! They are the only spark in French football and hopefully they can go one step further...... Their next opponent in the next round will be Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur! This team had just eliminated Lens a day earlier. ”

At Benfica's home stadium, the Stadium of Light, the players of Metz hugged each other to celebrate their promotion. Just like Chu Zhongtian said a week ago, there is nothing to be afraid of when the opponent has an away goal, because if we score one more goal against them, their away goal advantage will be gone, as long as we score two, we will be the leader.

"Oh oh" Old man Le Goff sat on the couch and raised his hands to cheer for the team's advance.

"England bastards, here we are, ahaha!" Don't look at the old man is seventy-seven years old, when it comes to football, just like a young man.

As Belmont drove through the city center, people could be seen waving the Metz flag in celebration of the victory. As a die-hard Metz fan, he had just finished listening to the game on the radio, but he wasn't as excited as the other fans.

Because he knows: "It's too early to celebrate, we're going to make it to the final!" Celebrate then! ”

※※※ "Haha! We won! We're in the cut! Back in the visiting dressing room at the Stadium of Light, the players in Metz were elated and cheered loudly.

"Who's our next opponent?"

"Tottenham Hotspur! We put the host before the guest. ”

"Let's go and knock them out away!"

…… A group of people excitedly discuss the next round.

Chu Zhongtian only realized at this time that he would have a chance to return to London in the next round of the League Cup.

Although it is White Hart Lane, not Stamford Bridge, London is also where he once started. Revisiting the old place is really a special taste in my heart...... I wonder if I will meet the old people there?

※※※ "What's new! "In Wimbledon, a small town in southwest London, in an ordinary pub, a man suddenly burst in and shouted to the people present." Metz wins Benfica and advances to the next round! ”

"Oh, Chu did a pretty good job there."

"Yes, yes, I heard that now he is the core and main force of Metz, and anyone in the whole team can be missing, but he can't be missing!"

"That's amazing...... It's a pity that Ligue 1 is too under-recognized......"

After the people in the bar heard the news, they praised Chu Zhongtian one after another. Other than that, they don't have any ideas.

The person who came to report was Phil, and he saw that everyone was just happy about Chu Zhongtian's success, which was not the response he hoped for...... "Do you know who their next opponent is?" So he asked.

"Who is it?" Someone asked.

"Tottenham Hotspur!" After Phil said this, there was a pause in the bar, and then everyone's expressions began to change.

That's what Phil wants.

"Tottenham? Damn, isn't that right in North London? ”

"That's close enough......"

"So Chu has a chance to come to London to compete?"

"Wow! I'm tired of having to rely on pictures and words on the Internet to imagine what Chu will look like...... I'm going to watch the game! Jackson stood up excitedly, shouting with his arms raised.

He soon gained enthusiastic support from the others, and a crowd of over-drunk drinkers kicked over their chairs, stood up, and shouted with their fists:

"Go to the scene! Go live! We're going to watch Chu's game live! ”

"Why is it so lively today?" Joe. Schilling and Andy. When Sullivan walked in, he was taken aback by the atmosphere in the bar.

"Hi Wimbledon top scorer, good evening!"

Someone greeted him.

"Hey guys, what are you doing here?" Shirin gestured to a group of drinkers who stood up and waved their arms and shouted slogans.

Someone explained to him: "They're going to watch the League Cup. ”

"Look at the League Cup? Why not watch the Champions Cup? Chelsea are in the quarter-finals. "Joe. Shirin thought it was strange.

"Because ......" the man was about to explain, when Joe was discovered. Schilling and Andy. Sullivan's Jackson interrupted.

He rushed up and shouted to the two people: "Because Chu is coming back!" Aha! ”

"Chu?" Joe. Schilling was stunned for a moment.

"Mace?" Andy. Sullivan also asked.

Jackson nodded vigorously: "Metz's next round of the League Cup opponent is Tottenham Hotspur!" They're back for the White Hart Lane Ball Game! ”

"Wow!" Joe. Schilling was also taken aback, he didn't expect to be able to see Chu Zhongtian's game on English soil.

"So we're talking about going to the game."

Joe. Schilling suddenly became interested: "Okay! I'll go too! He looked at Andy. Sullivan.

Sullivan nodded: "Of course I will go." ”

Shirin touched his chin: "I'll have to contact them and see how many of them are interested in this game......"

"Great!" Jackson slaps Joe. Shirin's shoulder. "The more people, the better! Haha, let's go cheer for Chu! ”

Boss John looked at the crowd of people who were enthusiastically discussing the game that was yet to come, and smiled at Old Bent, who was sitting across from him.

"Are you going to see it?" Old Bent asked him.

"Of course I'm going."

"I'll go too."

The two old men looked at each other and smiled.

"Let's surprise Chu then, ahaha!"

Everyone in the bar laughed.

(To be continued)