Chu passed the ball to Menez and ran forward...... Menez passed the ball, two-by-one! Do you want to continue to cooperate...... Leaked! Chu let the football! Who's next...... Frank. Ribery bursts into the box! It's a single knife! He shoots...... Gregory. Kupe! He saved the ball! Pretty! Exciting offense and defense! ”

The commentators and fans were excited, but the players on the pitch didn't think so – the Metz players were deplored, and the Lyon players were terrified.

Ribery, whose shot was saved, put his head in his hands and looked regretful. Chu Zhongtian didn't expect such a wonderful shot to be saved, he raised his arms and was ready to cheer at first, but now he had to put his hands crossed behind his head, and the expression of disappointment on his face was obvious.

He had expected a beautiful attacking combination to help Ribery score a goal so that his side could take the lead on the road, which was definitely an exciting goal. As a result, the teammates were able to completely put aside their distractions and go all out to win the game.

Regret to regret, disappointment to disappointment.

Ribery still turned around and stretched out his thumb to Chu Zhongtian, who leaked the ball to him, signaling that he had made the ball beautiful.

When he saw Chris going to pounce on Menez and Chu Zhongtian stepped forward, he expected that there might be a situation where Kakapa also rushed out to top Chu Zhongtian. On the one hand, Chu Zhongtian is indeed unmarked, and he needs Kakapa, a central defender, to go. On the other hand, because Chris is all up, if Kakapa is still behind, he will be used by Metz to successfully counter offside, so he must step forward in time.

Then plug it in from the back yourself, and you will be able to take advantage of this.

The problem is that you can't shout: "Give me the ball!" That would attract everyone's attention from Lyon - of course, that might help Chu Zhongtian reduce the defensive pressure he faced, but Ribery would prefer to let himself finish the shot.

So he could only expect Menez to pass the ball in Chu Zhongtian's direction, and at the same time, Chu Zhongtian would know that he was running without notice and leaking the football...... That's a lot of demand.

Ribery didn't know if Chu Zhongtian could do it, he could only try once. Anyway, no matter whether Chu Zhongtian leaks the ball or not, he will complete that run, even if he can really attract the attention of the opposing defender for Chu Zhongtian, it can be regarded as completing the task.

Unexpectedly, when he crossed the line between offside and non-offside in the Lyon defense, he saw Chu Zhongtian really conceding the football over!

Ribery thanked Chu Zhongtian for this omission.

But he still had to ask Chu Zhongtian why he gave the ball to him.

"Intuition plus tacit understanding." Chu Zhongtian's answer he liked very much.

A corner was awarded and Promans, the team's best set-piece specialist, was naturally in charge. Chu Zhongtian could only run back and stay near the middle circle, ready to defend.

He didn't blame Ribery for squandering a great chance, but he still felt sorry for the players of Lyon and Metz who were preparing for a corner kick - if it had scored, his team-mates would have believed that it would not be impossible to beat Lyon with Metz's quality!

Chu Zhongtian shook his head slightly.

The Metz corner did not pose much of a threat to Lyon's goal. Captain Bobbiconi jumped high but headed the ball high, and the ball flew high over the crossbar, and Kupe just waved his hand and didn't even jump.

When all the members ran back, Menez happened to be facing Chu Zhongtian, and he showed Chu Zhongtian an inquiring expression, which meant: "Who will organize this game?" ”

Chu Zhongtian pointed to himself: "It's me for the time being." ”

Menez nodded.

has been with Chu Zhongtian for almost a season, and he doesn't listen to the rest of the team very much, even Ribery is not a bird. But he just listens to what Chu Zhongtian says, and there are few objections. When Fernandez asked Chu Zhongtian to help Menez integrate into the team, I don't know if he foresaw that one day the relationship between Menez and Chu Zhongtian would develop to this point?

In fact, it was not only Chu Zhongtian who helped Menez integrate into the team, the more he saw Chu Zhongtian's performance in training and games, the more Menez admired this guy who claimed to be "not a genius".

His skills are inferior to his own, but his consciousness is far superior to his own. Just like the one he missed to Ribery just now, he was completely facing himself before, and he didn't look behind him at all, how did he know that Ribery behind him was telling him to plug in?

It stands to reason that a strong sense of football should be built up through constant play - people often call this "experience". But Chu Zhongtian's football consciousness seems to be innate, a talent.

Although Coach Tadio had told him before that when Chu Zhongtian first came to play in the team, he never looked up to observe the situation, so he always yelled at Chu Zhongtian on the sidelines: "Look up!" Observe! Clear! ”

But Menez now thinks that even if Chu Zhongtian never looks up, he knows everything that is happening in every corner of the court. It's like he leaked the ball to Ribery just now. It's amazing, isn't it? He asked Chu Zhongtian how he did it, and Chu Zhongtian replied: "Intuition." ”

Menez prefers to believe that it is talent, talent, and an indescribable feeling. It's the same as how he always keeps the ball under his feet.

Chu Zhongtian took over the command of the team in this way.

He was still frustrated that the goal was not hit, and he needed his team-mates to join him in the fight against Lyon to the end. Even though he had said that he would do it even if there was only one person, it would not work for him alone.

When Chu Zhongtian was annoyed, the live TV broadcast gave him a close-up.

"It's hard to imagine that the first most threatening attack of the game was not from the home team Lyon, but from the away team. And it is still their No. 8 Chu who is instigating all this! There's always an amazing inspiration to the Chinese midfielder, and his miss was the highlight of the attack, and God knows how he knew there was a Ribery behind him? You know, he's never looked back......"

The narrator praised Chu Zhongtian, but he didn't know Chu Zhongtian's worries at all.

The lack of a goal in this attack revealed his true identity and the fact that Diarra was not there and Clement (jeremy_clement) was not there, but that didn't mean Thiago wouldn't cause him problems.

In addition, this attack is sure to provoke a frenzied revenge from Lyon. After two seasons at home, he already knows very well what kind of domineering Lyon's team has as the hegemon of Ligue 1. Although they are not yet in the European arena, they are the kings of the acre and three points of land in Ligue 1. If this king suddenly launches a surge, will Mace be able to resist it?

The scores of 1:4 and 0:4 were like a mountain weighing on the hearts of the Metz players, who had been terrified for more than three weeks before the start of the game.

Anyway, let's get this offensive over first...... Chu Zhongtian soon noticed that his teammates were a little different. Lyon did launch a fierce attack afterwards, but there was little to do in the defence, and everyone was desperately trying to defend. He could feel the fighting spirit that emanated from everyone. It's strange, where did all this strong momentum come from?

He hadn't figured it out yet, and although Franck Franckis' shot didn't result in a goal, the team's previous series of brilliant combinations had already given a lot of confidence to his teammates who had doubts about beating Lyon. However, the attack brought out by Chu Zhongtian gave the Lyons no chance to steal at all, which was the most important thing. The players in Metz know the ball and they can see what this attack means - Lyon are not monolithic and we are not weak!

※※※ Morale returned to normal levels of Metz began a tug-of-war with Lyon.

Metz almost scored a goal with an attack, much to the humiliation of the hegemons Lyon, who launched a fierce attack on the Metz goal, hoping to cover it up with a couple of goals.

They didn't get their way. After the Metz team completed the task of attacking Lyon at the beginning of the game, they retracted and played a defensive counterattack, not giving Lyon any chance.

Fernandes' tactical goal came close to being achieved, if Ribery's shot had been a little trickier. Now they can only play Lyon with a 0-0 scoreline, not a one-goal lead.

Later, Lyon simply pressed Metz to play in the half, and in the wave of cheers of the home fans, their offensive was also higher and higher.

Chu Zhongtian firmly followed Juninho and freed Promont to deal with the others. Alpha is also active.

Today's Chu Zhongtian is a little more mature than he was a season ago, and he will no longer easily give Juninho the opportunity to take free kicks. Twenty minutes into the game, Lyon won a total of three free-kicks in front, best 32 metres from the goal, right in the middle. Juninho's football is over the crossbar.

To be honest, when Chu Zhongtian saw that the football was finally high over the crossbar, his confidence in winning against Lyon increased by another point.

However, if you want to win, you have to solve one problem first.

"We can't always be so defensive!" Promans took advantage of a dead ball opportunity to say to Chu Zhongtian.

Chu Zhongtian agreed: "I know that we are defending and counterattacking, and now we are only defending, not counterattacking. ”

"So, let's find a way, Chu!" Vice captain Promans has habitually relied on Chu Zhongtian on the court.

In fact, during this time, Chu Zhongtian was not only on defense, he had been taking time to observe Leon. Hopefully, he can find something that he can use to his advantage.

For example, when Lyon was under a frenzied siege, did the back line have any weaknesses?

It really made him discover a little.

After Ibisevic withdrew to assist in defence, Lyon's two centre-backs were in question, pressing too far forward and lacking a link with the full-backs in the game. Kacapa and Chris are both Brazilian centre-backs, and the Brazilian defenders have a habit that is hardly good or bad – the two centre-backs have been on the ball several times.

Maybe it's because of the joy of watching the frontcourt players besiege, and some of the skills are unbearable.

However, after they took turns to insert, there was actually only one central defender left behind, plus Lyon's two full-backs were also very attentive to attacking. If Metz can launch a quick counterattack at this time and accurately send the ball to the feet of Ribery or Menez in front, then Lyon will definitely not be focused in the transition between attack and defense, and this is an opportunity that Metz can take advantage of.

The difficulty is whether he has the opportunity to pass the football in the midst of Lyon's non-stop fierce attacks, and whether he can pass the football accurately. Another difficulty is whether Ribery and Menez, who are running in front of them, can run to the right position when they have such an opportunity, so that they can pass the football to themselves.

At this time, it is necessary to look at the results of the usual training and the tacit understanding between them.

Thiago's defensive ability is not as good as Mahamadou. Diarra, this is a more favorable condition for Chu Zhongtian.

If it was Diarra or Essien, Chu Zhongtian didn't dare to guarantee whether the final pass would be delivered exactly where it should go.

If the accuracy of the long pass is not enough, an offensive opportunity will be wasted, and for the defending side, such offensive opportunities are far from so many that Chu Zhongtian can squander them at will.

Therefore, be cautious in every attack.

Chu Zhongtian considered the problem from the most difficult perspective, but he couldn't tell his teammates about these hardships, what his teammates needed at this time was confidence. So he nodded at Promans: "Okay, no problem." Leave it to me. ”

Promans was very happy that Chu Zhongtian could say this, and he patted Chu Zhongtian's arm hard: "If you want to do it, then do it!" I protect you! ”

Chu Zhongtian gave him a thumbs up.

※※※ In the twenty-seven minutes of the first half, Lyon besieged Metz for fifteen minutes in the half, and still did not score. In those fifteen minutes, Metz had only three counter-attacks and none of them threatened Lyon's goal. More often than not, football is going around in the Metz half, with Lyon going from the flanks and the middle, through the air and underground, doing everything they can to get past Metz's goal. But luck is always a little worse.

During that period, Lyon created four dangerous chances in a row. Once was denied by the crossbar, once by goalkeeper Humby in an incredible save, and the other two were denied by the goalkeeper.

"Metz looks like they have been beaten by Lyon and have completely lost their ability to fight back, so even if they can maintain this 0-0 score and go to the dressing room at halftime, it is already very thankful!"

"Looking at the current situation, I was thinking how great it would have been if Mace's goal had just scored......"

Another three minutes passed. Something happened in the last half minute of those three minutes.

Chu Zhongtian cleared Bopiconi's broken ball with a big foot, and the ball fell to the feet of Lyon centre-back Chris, who was near the center circle, and after the Brazilian stopped the ball with his chest, there was not a single Metz player within a radius of 10 meters. He had planned to pass the football out as soon as anyone forced it. Now that I see that there is not a single opposing player, it is better to dribble the ball to the front, and maybe we can still score a goal!

Thinking of this, Chris stepped the ball forward.

Chu Zhongtian saw Chris pass the ball, and he knew what the Brazilian was going to do - didn't he have done something like this in the previous game?

He gestured to Promans, motioning for him to step forward and steal, dragging himself back to protect himself.

Promans understood what he was going to do, nodded and greeted him.

When Chris passed past Menez, Menez just made a defensive move and didn't really defend with his heart. He knew that he was not the material for defense, so he simply didn't work hard. The easy break through Menez gave Chris more confidence to dribble and go straight to the Yellow Dragon. So when he saw Promans rushing up, he didn't choose to pass the ball, but planned to use his skills to shake the opponent.

He took a slight step to the right, ready to take advantage of the slow turn of the opponent to complete the breakthrough.

But when he managed to cross Promins, he realized that the ball he had thrown out no longer belonged to him, but had fallen at the feet of Metz Eight!

The moment he saw Chu Zhongtian walk the football past him, Chris was shocked. He knew it was bad!

The commander of Mace got the ball and he wasn't in the defensive position, so ...... "Oh! Mace breaks the ball successfully! Chris out of place! The narrator couldn't help but exclaim.

Seeing Chu Zhongtian get the ball, Ribery suddenly accelerated forward along the wing, and Menez was also rushing through the middle.

There is also Oblagnac on the left, who is a little slower. The three of them were like three arrows in unison, shooting towards Lyon's half.

According to FIFA rules, when both players are in half-time, there is no offside. Kakapa, on the other hand, crossed the midline, and within the center circle, it was about two metres away from the midline. Franck Franck Ribery was running towards the opposition half, and he was the closest player to the halfway line.

For a moment, it was impossible to observe which of the three directions was more suitable for passing, in that case, when he passed the ball, all three of them were probably offside. Chu Zhongtian did not continue to dribble the ball after driving the football away, but directly kicked the football forward.

Just as he was kicking the ball, Ribery's front foot was just stepping on the halfway line, behind Kakapa!

Seeing Chu Zhongtian's pass, Kakapa did not turn around and chase back at the first time, but stood in place and raised his hand to signal that Ribery was offside. It was clear from his peripheral eye that Ribery was behind him.

"Stupid!" Seeing his action, Chris, who was desperately chasing back, couldn't help but curse his compatriots in his heart. He could clearly see that Ribery was still in this half...... Where is there an offside position for such a ball?

He strode back after the meteor as he motioned for Kakapa to hurry back.

Like him, there are other Lyon players: left-back Abidal, right-back Reviere, midfielders Thiago and Juninho...... When Ribery crossed the halfway line, Menez and Oblagnac also crossed the halfway line. At one point, three Metz players in red jerseys rushed to the front, while six Lyon players in white jerseys were in hot pursuit, and the scene was quite spectacular.

Chu Zhongtian's passing power is very strong, which ensures that Ribery will have a wide space to sprint, but at the same time, it will also make the opposing goalkeeper abandon the goal, trying to destroy the football before Ribery.

It's up to you to see who's faster!

Ribery gritted his teeth and sprinted, accelerating and accelerating.

Lyon's goalkeeper Coupe decisively dropped the ball.

Two men raced towards the soccer ball from two different directions.

Who will get the first touch of football in the end?

Chu Zhongtian did not continue to run after completing the pass, but stood in place and waited quietly for the result.

Ribery and Kupe looked to be at the same time when the ball landed, but when the two collided, the ball leaked out of one side and bounced down the middle!

"It was Ribery who touched the ball first, his pass!"

Menez was the only player in the middle of the pitch for Metz, and behind him was a large line-up of chasers: Chris, Juninho and Thiago, as well as a dreamy Kacapa.

And what about in front of him? It's a huge penalty area and an empty goal.

"This is the best opportunity ever! Thirty minutes into the game, Metz finally got back to their best chance, better than the one at three minutes! There was no better chance than this - Kupe's mistake didn't destroy the football, but allowed Ribery to stab the ball into the middle......"

There are already Metz fans who can't help but raise their arms, ready to cheer.

The Metz fans, who had no way to go to the stadium and could only watch and listen to the game in front of the TV and radio, were even more nervous with their fists clenched and leaned forward, anxiously waiting for the result.

Ribery and Coope collided and the two of them fell to the ground, Ribery didn't get up, and Kupe spun back with his hands and feet. He knew what it meant when he didn't touch the ball - the gates were wide open!

For Menez, what he had to do was simple: calm his mood and shoot the ball into the striker's empty goal twenty meters away!

"Don't bring it, shoot straight at goal!!" Assistant Coach David. Carré nervously shouted from the sidelines. He was afraid that this young genius who liked to show off his footwork would habitually stick to the ball again and lose this great opportunity to attack.

In fact, he was shouting in vain, and at this moment the Stadium in Gerland was filled with piercing boos, which were the desperate and painful moans of the Lyon fans in the stands, and Menez couldn't hear anything at all!

The football was finally picked up by Menez, and what he had to do was simple. But the simpler it is, the more hesitant it becomes - do I shoot straight at goal, or do I go further and shoot in the box? Isn't that safer?

"Shoot!!" The Metz fans in the stands shouted in unison when they saw this scene.

"Shoot! Hell...... "Carré yelled and cursed again when he saw that Menez didn't shoot at the first time.

That's when he saw Menez kick the shot!

The ball flies from outside the box to the goal inside the box.

But until the last moment, no one dares to say that football will go in. Because there are many examples of football games where the best chances are flying. Will Menez be that unlucky guy?

Some Lyon fans were so nervous and overwhelmed that they blew into the stadium. It seems that this will allow Menez's shot to deflect the ball out of the goal...... But they are just in vain!

Menez stood still after the shot, waiting for the result. While Chris and Kacapa ran past him, Juninho and Thiago had already given up, only these two centre-backs had not given up and were about to save the football from the goal line.

It's just that the goal is already unstoppable.

By the time they got to the line, the ball had already crossed the goal line!

(To be continued)