Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Confrontation with Juninho

Juninho soon understood why Mace's number thirty was saying that to himself—he clearly wanted himself to remember his name, and he did now.

Five minutes into the game, Chu Zhongtian really defended Juninho with "not leaving an inch". At first, Juninho thought that he would only attack the opponent's home field and the No. 30 would force him, so he considered retreating to his own half to avoid the entanglement of the No. 30. But he didn't expect that he retreated to the second half and still didn't get rid of Chu Zhongtian's pressing.

When he went back to catch the ball, he found that he couldn't even turn his body, and it was obvious that there was someone on top of him. As an offensive player, it's all too familiar to feel like that, and it means that there's a defender who is pressing him closely.

Knowing that this was a dangerous area, Juninho didn't dwell much with the people behind him, so he passed the ball back and then motioned with his hand to his teammate Essien to pass the ball to Malouda in front of him, instead of giving it to himself. He turned and cut into position. Only then did I see who the man who ran to the thirty-meter area of Lyon to rob him - it was the thirty of Metz!

After running nearly fifty meters to force himself, Juninho felt a little incredible.

Chu Zhongtian doesn't care what others think, anyway, the task given to him by Coach Fernandez is to stare at Juninho, and he doesn't need to worry about other things. Then he will go to the ends of the earth with Juninho, not allowing this Brazilian to receive the ball comfortably, pass the ball comfortably, and control the ball comfortably.

Watching Juninho run forward, Chu Zhongtian also ran back, although he didn't fit closely, his eyes were always sweeping Juninho with his spare eyes, paying attention to his every move.

Seeing that Chu Zhongtian was not close to him, Juninho suddenly stopped and prepared to ask for the ball. Almost a colleague, Chu Zhongtian also made a sudden stop, turned around and moved closer to him, narrowing the distance between the two people.

Juninho now knows that this number 30 of Metz is specifically responsible for freezing himself during the game. He still hooked his hand to signal his teammates to pass the ball to him, and did not evade the responsibility of organizing the attack because of Chu Zhongtian's close marking. He doesn't know how many times he has encountered such a situation since he played football, does it happen that every time he encounters someone who is closely watched, he disappears voluntarily with nothing to do?

After four seasons in Ligue 1, he has yet to find a situation that he can't solve on his own, Ligue 1 has always played in a central midfield, he has played against a variety of midfielders, and his experience will help him to deal well with Metz's number 30 in this game.

Isn't it just a young man? Can you still be afraid of a young man?

The football was passed to Juninho's feet, and at the same time, Chu Zhongtian pressed up. And at the moment when Chu Zhongtian rushed up, Juninho gently stabbed the football to the diagonal front with the outside of his left foot, Chu Zhongtian rushed through directly, and Juninho started to get rid of Chu Zhongtian to chase the ball!

Lyon's fans erupted in cheers from the stands when they saw the captain get rid of his opponent so lightly.

The commentator also praised Juninho's lightweight lifting this time: "It's really a perfect embodiment of small skills, he told those children who like to play football, it's not just about cycling, it's also that!" A perfect get-out! ”

Chu Zhongtian didn't expect Juninho to complete the process of deceiving him with his ankle on the spot, and he rushed too violently through between the football and Juninho, and when he turned around, Juninho was already five meters away.

Instead of being annoyed, he felt excited—that's right! That's right! Such an opponent is strong enough!

Chu Zhongtian lowered his head and accelerated towards Juninho, although the distance between the two people was five or six meters, he did not give up. Anyway, I have good physical strength, so I'm not afraid to waste it here.

The TV commentator was continuing to praise Juninho's small skills, when a figure in a crimson Metz jersey suddenly appeared on the TV camera. The figure didn't slam into Juninho, but slowed down and became entangled with Juninho.

"It's Chu!" The narrator couldn't help but exclaim. "He's so tenacious......"

Juninho obviously didn't expect Chu Zhongtian, who was thrown five or six meters away by him, to catch up so quickly, and he was caught off guard and almost lost the ball. Fortunately, the Brazilian player's unique delicate technique allowed him to control the ball again under Chu Zhongtian's interference.

Only this time the timing of the pass was lost. He stopped suddenly, turned around, protected the football in front of his body, and carried Chu Zhongtian on his back to prevent him from easily breaking his ball, while Chu Zhongtian pushed Juninho hard in the back, and at the same time looked for an opportunity to break the ball with his feet.

Juninho didn't continue to entangle with him, although his skills could get rid of Chu Zhongtian, but the result of wasting that energy and delaying time did not necessarily lead to organizing an attack. Now he doesn't need to get rid of Chu Zhongtian to get the ball out, and the players who organize the offense don't see each other before passing the ball, which is not right.

He saw that the fullback Abidal had rushed up along the sideline, so he held Chu Zhongtian with one hand, and then passed the football to Abidal from the side, the ball was passed right in front of Abidal, he could not slow down, and directly rushed the football out, so that the Metz players who wanted to defend couldn't prevent it.

Chu Zhongtian couldn't do anything about such a ball, he could only run back to the penalty area and prepare to fight for the top.

Judging by this encounter, the result was that Juninho managed to pass the ball out, with Juninho having a slight edge.

But the game is still there, and there will always be a chance.

※※※At the beginning of the first half, Juninho felt that it was quite easy to deal with Chu Zhongtian, and even if he couldn't get by, he could pass the ball from a different angle. But then he found out that it wasn't so easy to get rid of him.

Once he faced Chu Zhongtian head-on, planning to use his feints to shake Chu Zhongtian away and then break through the ball, but Chu Zhongtian didn't eat his feints at all, and just waited for his feet to move a little away from the football, and then quickly stretched out his feet and stabbed the ball.

He then played the ball straight to Ribery on the flank, and Metz counter-attacked. Unfortunately, in the end, Ribery's direct shot went over the crossbar. However, this also shocked the Lyon fans into a cold sweat.

"It's really dangerous...... Ribery's performance was the best in the Metz team! The French commentator directly ignored Chu Zhongtian's performance.

Ribery, who had shot the ball away, yelled, looking annoyed.

Metz didn't have many attacking opportunities, and on occasional occasions they relied on the single-handedness of Ribery or several other attacking players, and they couldn't threaten the door guarded by France's No. 2 international Coupe.

On Leon's side, Juninho now feels the pressure brought to him by Chu Zhongtian, but although Chu Zhongtian's defense can interfere with him, he can also stare at the interference and pass the ball out, although not necessarily every ball is passed in place, unlike undefended, but there are always seven or eight feet out of ten balls that can be passed.

So in the overall situation, it is Lyon who is pressing Metz. Although Chu Zhongtian posed a certain threat to Juninho, he had not completely frozen the other party.

Fernandez shook his head lightly after seeing this scene from the sidelines. Maybe it was because he said before the game not to give Juninho too many free kicks in the danger area, which affected him and made him a little shrunken, once he reached the front of the penalty area, he was a little afraid to make a move.

This will not work.

He said to Carré next to him: "David, tell Chu to let him defend how he wants, and don't have too many worries." ”

Carré nodded, got up and walked to the sidelines, shouting Chu Zhongtian's name, and then relayed the words of Coach Fernandez to Chu Zhongtian when he looked over.

After Chu Zhongtian heard Carley's words, he nodded.

Although it is not necessarily that every steal will cause a foul, because he is worried about giving the opponent too many free kicks, Chu Zhongtian does not dare to make a lot of tackles, and he is a little willing to let go of it rather than cause the idea of free kicks. Now that the manager has relieved him, what is there to hesitate about? Let's have a big deal!

Juninho soon felt the change in his opponent. When Mahamadhoo. When Diarra passed the ball to him, he turned his back to the goal and was about to receive the ball, Chu Zhongtian suddenly came out from behind and rushed to Juninho's side, cutting off the connection between the football and him!

"Nice anticipation and defence!" Chinese commentator He Ping praised Chu Zhongtian's bravery.

The French commentator felt that Juninho was careless, "he didn't even look back at the situation behind him before receiving the ball......

※※※ Juninho took the ball again, this time it was a corner kick of the Metz team, but after the ball was directly obtained by Cooper, he threw his hand to him, let him turn around with the ball and rush forward, this time Chu Zhongtian was arranged into the penalty area by Fernandez, so he did not appear next to Juninho for the first time, he waited for Juninho to turn around and dribble the ball, and then chased him out of the penalty area.

Juninho's speed was not very fast, and when he brought it to the middle circle, Chu Zhongtian had already completely caught up from behind.

This time, the French and Chinese commentators kept exclaiming: "This is so fast!" ”

Chu Zhongtian, who had caught up with Juninho, was not going to let the Brazilian continue to take him down, and he glanced diagonally behind him, where Lyon's two wide attackers and striker Frau had already caught up. A little later, Juninho could pass the ball to them. When will you get off your feet at this time?

He didn't hesitate any longer, accelerated past Juninho, and then slammed down to shovel, and he even took the ball to the ground with the ball!

The Lyon fans in the stands let out shrill boos when they saw Juninho, who was dribbling the ball, suddenly fall to the ground. In this boo, the referee didn't blow the whistle, he didn't do anything, watching Chu Zhongtian get up from the ground and take the ball out under his feet.

Juninho waved his arms angrily on the ground, losing his temper for Chu Zhongtian for the first time in this match.

"Isn't that a foul!" The French commentator asked.

And He Ping shouted: "Clean defense! Tackle with absolutely no problems! ”

Slow motion replays at the right time, Juninho in the picture just walked the ball out, and before the second step could keep up, Chu Zhongtian shoveled it with his foot, and the timing was very perfect, neither early nor too late, early may be passed by Juninho, and late may be shoveled to Juninho's feet.

As for Juninho falling to the ground, it was because Chu Zhongtian couldn't stop the car and brought Juninho down under the action of inertia. "If that's all a foul is called, then the crowd at a football game will only hear the whistle blowing frequently." He Ping finally concluded.

Chu Zhongtian didn't care if he fouled at all, he still had some concerns when he was close to the penalty area, but here in the middle circle, he was not worried at all. As long as it is not a bad foul, he will basically not eat cards, and even if he gives Juninho a free kick, he will not be able to score directly in the center circle.

Seeing that the referee did not say anything, Juninho angrily patted the turf, got up, and turned back to participate in the defense.

※※※ Chu Zhongtian, who broke the ball, did not blindly play the ball, this is an offensive opportunity that Mace finally obtained, but it can't be wasted so easily. Although the Fernandes coach gave him the task of defending in this game, as a player who will develop into a midfield commander in the future, he must always think about the offensive and wait for the opportunity to counterattack. If you just pass the ball out immediately after breaking the ball, you are not qualified, and you can't become an MC (short for midfield player in the middle of the field).

Originally, the players of Metz saw that the opponent was counterattacking, and they were desperately trying to return to defense, but then when they saw that Chu Zhongtian had broken the ball, some people chose to continue to defend back, such as the two central defenders in the team, and some people hesitated for a while and stayed in the front court, waiting for the opportunity to attack again.

Ribery is one of them.

After he saw Chu Zhongtian break the ball, he who was originally active on the side began to move to the middle. But he didn't make any sound in the process of moving, and he didn't make any obvious gestures, asking Chu Zhongtian to pass the ball to him—wouldn't that be exposed?

He didn't do anything, just stealthily moved closer to the middle.

Chu Zhongtian raised his head to observe the situation, but he couldn't do it for too long, because Mahamaduni. Diarra had already rushed up.

It was then that his mind gave him a command to look between Lyon's full-back Revier and temporary centre-back Essien. Since Essien is a cameo after all, he is more qualified in the position, while Revier is dragging behind, the distance between the two is a bit large, and it is not on a horizontal line, this is a good time to reverse offside!

Without any hesitation, he didn't care if there were any of his teammates there who could see and take advantage of it, and the opponent wouldn't give him time to think about it carefully, Chu Zhongtian pointed at the football under his feet and pushed it out with a horizontal ankle.

"This is one of the few offensive opportunities for the Metz team, Chu should be cautious......"

As the French commentator was talking, he saw Chu Zhongtian suddenly kick the football straight behind the Lyon players!

"Oh my God!"

In his opinion, Chu Zhongtian's kick was too blind and too anxious.

But then, not only him, but everyone present, whether it was Lyon fans or a few Metz fans, everyone on the scene saw a red figure slashing through Lyon's penalty area like electricity. Ribery appeared behind all the Lyon defenders!

No one knew where he came from, anyway, when everyone focused on him, Ribery had already received Chu Zhongtian's pass.

Essien looked back and saw that Ribery was still far away from him, and raised his hand to signal to the linesman and referee that the kid was offside.

Neither the linesman nor the referee paid any attention to him.

After Ribery received the ball, he didn't have time to see if the linesman was on time, he flicked the ball sideways and faced the goal!

Kupe didn't expect that Mace's attack would penetrate the whole day's defense and be able to play such a combination. You must know that Metz's previous attacks were all single-handedly fought by the likes of Ribery and Oblagnac, and one person was caught in the bag of several Lyon players, and even if this attack is over, there are very few times that can threaten Kupe.

He couldn't react in time, and his attack was a beat slower.

"No offside!!" The Ligue 1 commentator shouted, he really didn't expect that the team that had the first chance for 30 minutes would be Metz, not Lyon!

"Look at this attack...... Chu Zhongtian's pass, beautiful!! Pretty! He Ping also raised his voice excitedly.

It was only after Ribery flicked the ball down the middle that Lyon's centre-back Chris pounced on to grab it. He didn't bother Chris, his eyes were on the ball as he swept the goal in front of him out of the corner of his eye.

Kupe was already rushing out, and Ribery raised his foot to shoot!

Chris and Kupe fell to the ground at the same time, Chris was outstretched and the Kupe was down with open arms to save.

But instead of rolling off the ground, Ribery's ball leaped lightly, past Chris and Kupe, and then crashed into the empty goal behind them!

"Frank—" The commentator's voice came to an abrupt halt as the ball finally fell into the goal, and then he took a deep breath and yelled, "Ribery!! ”

"The ball is in! The ball is in! A beautiful attack! Planned by Chu Zhongtian, Ribery completes the final blow! ”

The Stade Gerrand didn't react to the sudden goal, and even the few Metz fans didn't expect their team to score first - considering that Lyon had the upper hand in the first 30 minutes of the game, and they just thought it would be nice to be able to keep the first half equal...... Lyon's fans are even less likely to react, as they thought Metz would not be able to threaten Kupe's goal.

After the goal, Ribery ran with open arms at the silent Gerland Stadium, ran all the way to the corner flag, and then turned around and pointed to Chu Zhongtian, who passed the ball for him, and motioned for him to come and celebrate together.

The players of Metz rushed towards Ribery together, and Chu Zhongtian was naturally in it.

He assisted a goal, which made him as happy as Ribery!

In the match against Lyon, we were ahead! And the leading goal came from my planning and assist!

(To be continued)