Chapter 162: Tenacious Mace!
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When Chu Zhongtian got up to pass the ball, most people only thought it was an ordinary pass. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Info made a lot of attempts in extra time with Metz to pass the ball forward, but none of the passes ended up in the goal.
It wasn't until the ball slid all the way past Maresca, Navarro and Escude, like sunlight shining through thick dark clouds behind the Sevilla backline, that everyone either panicked or got excited.
The Sevilla fans booed loudly, while the Metz fans cheered.
Emily's ass left her seat and her body popped forward, she didn't let out any cheers, just nervously watched what was happening in the field.
Sevilla manager Sergio Ramos' eyes widened and he looked at the pitch with a little trepidation, and his mind was already predetermined by what was going to come, an ominous premonition.
Amid the boos of the Sevilla fans and the cheers of the Metz fans, Ribery rolled the ball over and ran wildly towards the penalty area.
Except for the goalkeeper who attacked in front of him, there was no one who could stop him, because Chu Zhongtian's pass just now made Navarro and Escud all fall to the ground, and when they got up, everything that should have happened happened, and it was estimated that what shouldn't have happened also happened.
Before the equaliser, Chu Zhongtian passed the ball to assist Menez, and he couldn't hear anything except his own breathing. But Ribery is different from him, and he can now hear all the sounds coming from the stands very clearly. He glanced up at the attacking goalkeeper, calmly analyzing the distance between the two sides and what he was going to do next.
"Frank. Ribery! He received the ball...... It's so beautiful! He brought ...... forward."
Do you want to shoot straight at the goal? Or do you hover each other?
Palop decided to abandon the goal when he saw the football pass through Navarro and Escude. So now he's a little bit away from goal, almost near the penalty spot.
If you shoot straight at goal, the angle is getting smaller...... Ribery decided to pass the goalkeeper.
Facing Palop who came on top, Ribery was very calm. He moved the ball down the middle and dribbled sideways, causing Palop to change direction and slow him down. Ribery then lifted his left foot to shoot...... For goalkeepers, they often have no choice at this time, even if they know that the opponent may be a feint, they must make a save, otherwise they are indifferent, but the opponent shoots directly at the goal, which may penetrate the goal behind him.
So Palop didn't think about it that much, and pounced sideways, stretched out his body, and tried to increase the defensive area as much as possible.
Now that he made the save, the shot must have turned into a feint, and Ribery landed with his left foot and didn't shoot, but flicked the ball forward a little further and dodged Palop!
The Sevilla fans in the stands booed in despair and horror, and now they could only pray that Ribery would shoot the ball wide with his next shot, or ...... The Metz fans cheered loudly, as if they had seen the football fly into the goal.
"Ribery shook off Palop! This is the best chance! ”
Lying on the ground, Palop suddenly struggled to pounce on the football!
Ribery hasn't completely shaken him off yet, and he hasn't given up either!
Palop bet Ribery didn't expect to be so tenacious – a goalkeeper who had fallen to the ground still had the strength to get up and save the ball again, which was not the way a 33-year-old goalkeeper should behave.
"Palop!" The narrator exclaimed.
At that moment, some of Sevilla's fans cheered, as if they remembered the second leg of the quarter-finals of this year's UEFA Cup.
In the first 89 minutes of the game, Sevilla trailed the Ukrainian powerhouse Shakhtar Donetsk 1:2. If the score is maintained until the end of the game, the defending champions will miss out on the quarter-finals. In the fourth minute of stoppage time, Sevilla were awarded a corner, which may have been the defending champions' last chance. It was at this point that Palop rushed to the Shakhtar Donetsk goalkeeper and prepared to take a corner. Alves took a corner kick and Palop leaped high to hit the ball, which bounced off the ground and into the back of the net...... Goalkeeper Palop saved the team like a god and dragged the game into extra time, which was 5-4 and Sevilla beat their opponents in extra time to advance to the quarter-finals.
If our great Palop can save the team once, why can't he save the team a second time? Last time he saved the team with a goal he wasn't good at, this time with his job!
That's what Sevilla fans think.
Palop himself thinks the same way, he wants to use his own hands to save the team!
He lunged forward, outstretched his arms to slap the ball away. The soccer ball was close at hand, bouncing and soaring in front of his eyes, spinning in the air, bringing up some grass clippings, not moving quickly, as if waiting for him. The sight fascinated him, and he narrowed his eyes with only the soccer ball in his eyes.
At this moment, a black shadow flashed, and the football in front of him disappeared!
He waved his hand over and slapped it into the air.
Ribery didn't look back at Palop, who was lying on the ground and couldn't get up again, he just flicked the ball with his left foot, and then used it as a support, and his right foot directly swept the ball away, and the action was very coherent in one go. Now there is only a huge empty door in front of him, and no one can stop him!
Seeing this scene, some of the Sevilla fans sighed, they had already resigned themselves to their fate.
Ribery adjusted his posture and picked up his right foot, this time with a shot, and it was not a feint!
The ball was hit in the upper middle by the forefoot of his right foot, and it flew towards the goal.
Without any suspense, the ball crossed the goal line and hit the net.
Palop had just stood up from the ground when he looked back and saw the ball in goal. His hands lost all strength in an instant, and his body fell again.
Then he lay on the ground with his hands spread out, his back facing the sky, his chest rising and falling violently, and let the rain fall from the sky and hit him in his face, eyes, and mouth, without any reaction.
Conceding the ball at this point, he knows what that means.
※※※ "Frank. Ribery - but! but! butbutbutbutbutbutbuuuuuuuuuuuut!!! The announcer on French national television stood up from his position, holding the microphone in one hand and clenching the other into a fist, shouting and waving vigorously.
Compared to his madness, the Spanish commentator not far away was holding his head in his hands and not saying a word.
The Spaniards' nightmare at the World Cup repeated itself today in the final of the UEFA Cup, and it was the same Franck Ribery who brought it to them.
Ribery, who scored the goal, turned around and ran back with open arms, and he wanted to hug Chu Zhongtian, who assisted him. With this goal, he will never have to feel guilty about leaving Metz in the summer.
Escud and Navarro watched in amazement as Ribery ran past them and then pounced on Chu Zhongtian.
When Chu Zhongtian was hugged by Ribery, he felt some pain in his right arm, but he was in a state of extreme excitement and ecstasy, and he didn't take it to heart at all.
"We've won, Chu!" Ribery held his head and pressed his forehead against him, yelling at him.
"Yes, we won!" Chu Zhongtian also responded to him loudly.
"We're champions! We're champions! Hahaha! Ribery screamed with excitement and hugged him tighter.
Their team-mates had already arrived from all directions, surrounding them to celebrate the goal.
Promans, who had been following the game at the entrance of the players' tunnel, was excited to hit the concrete wall next to him after seeing Ribery hit the ball into the goal, although he grinned in pain, but his heart was as sweet as drinking honey.
※※※ "The ball is in!" Yes...... Pretty! Pretty! This is an assist from Chu Zhongtian! His pass tore through the Sevilla defence and created this one-on-one chance for Ribery! The commentator of Sichuan TV shouted.
At the same time, in front of the TV, Chu Zuosheng and Zhou Xiaoxiang also shouted excitedly.
Not only in their homes, but at this time in Sichuan, in Beijing, in Shanghai, in Guangdong, in Liaoning, in Shandong, in Henan, in Hunan, in Shanxi...... Across China, the Chinese fans who were waiting in front of their televisions to watch the League Cup final leapt to their feet, clenched their fists and screamed as if no one was around.
They weren't cheering for Ribery's goal, but for Chu Zhongtian's potential to win the UEFA Cup.
※※※ "Yay!! Emily in the box raised her arms and screamed excitedly. The people around her were just applauding the goal, and they felt completely different from Emily. They may just think Mace has a chance of winning the championship, but Emily knows that if she wins this match, all the pain her lover has endured will be worth it.
"Well done, well done......" she muttered with a smile on her face.
"Oh...... Oh! Oo!!oo Belmont, who had been standing in the stands for nearly 120 minutes, was surprised and then excited, jumped up, raised his fist and shouted. Mace! Mace! ”
Not too far from him, Mathilde grinned, looking at the way she was now disheveled, but she was not at all ladylike. She's usually a very quiet girl...... But she didn't have to worry that she would be despised, because right next to her, there was a big man who looked fierce, who was covering his mouth with one hand at this moment, bursting into tears, choking up, and only making a "whine" sound in his throat.
Seeing Ribery send the ball into the goal, the daughter sitting next to her father couldn't help but cry out excitedly, although she is not a Metz fan, but she is a Metz person, and she will naturally be happy that the team in her hometown has such a good performance.
But she didn't hear her father's excited yelling, nor did she see him jump up from his seat like a child, wriggle his ass in front of the TV, and vent his emotions with expletives.
She turned her head strangely to find her father sitting on the couch with a contented smile on his face.
"Daddy?" She whispered in confusion.
"I'm fine." Le Goff's voice rang out. "Don't worry about me."
"But...... We won......" the daughter said to her father, pointing to the TV screen.
"I know, I know." Le Goff replied in a very calm tone.
"Why don't you look happy at all, Daddy?"
Le Goff shook his head: "I don't know...... I feel like 'this is the end.'" He adjusted his seating position and continued to look at the celebratory Metz players on the TV screen.
※※※ "Haha! This is Chu's assist! Three goals, one planner, two assists! It's amazing! The Wimbledon fans also stopped singing and excitedly discussed the goal.
"Who would have thought of this when Chu first went to our team? He looks very different from us...... "muttered the player who used to play at Wimbledon.
Several of his former teammates around him were silent. Everyone is playing amateur football, some of them are still playing, and some of them have given up football. Only this person has kicked such a big scene step by step. Don't envy? Aren't you jealous? That's impossible. However, Chu Neng deserves such a day.
The Wimbledon fans don't have as many thoughts as those players, they just want to be happy for Chu.
There were also people who went to congratulate Boss John.
"Boss John, your bar is completely famous! Out came an Emily. Stan, now Chu! ”
"Aha!" Boss John was delighted and laughed at the compliment.
The fans of Metz were celebrating, while Sevilla were silent.
The Sevilla players stood on the pitch, stunned. I can't react at all. No one could react, from falling behind to reversing the lead, and then to being equalised in the last minute of the game and dragged into extra time. Now, after dozens of minutes of siege, Mace scored the winning goal by Metz, who was one less of them! Who can accept such a result?
Sevilla's bench was silent, everyone sat in their seats, not knowing what to do.
Not far away are the cheering players and coaches who set the background for the silent Sevilla players, and the silent and dejected Sevilla players as they set the stage for the excited and reveling players.
"Metz scored with two minutes left in extra time, and if nothing else, it could well have been the goal that would have decided the eventual winner!" From Frank. Ribery! But before that, it's Chu's accurate long pass! "The whole process of the goal just now was being shown on TV, starting with Chu Zhongtian's long pass, and ending with Ribery dribbling past Palop and hitting the ball into the empty net.
"It was a great game! The process was full of twists and turns, and when Promans was sent off, who would have thought that Metz would have the last laugh? The brave Metz had one less man than Sevilla, but they beat a formidable opponent! ”
"Hah! Now I know why so many teams can't defend their titles! Sevilla had the best chance - they had a comeback and were missing one man at half-time, but now the score is 2:3 and they are behind the defending champions! Is this God's will? ”
"Metz has taught Sevilla a good lesson, and it's called 'tenacity'! They are really, really tenacious! ”
Commentators from various countries have commented on the goal. With about two minutes to go, no one could have believed that Sevilla could pull off a miracle.
In the final moments of the 90-minute game, they were equalised by Metz, and their morale and confidence were already devastated. Ramos had the opportunity to encourage his players. Now they have suffered a second heavy blow, Juander. Does Ramos still have any magic? Do you want to wait until the game is over to boost the morale of the team? What's the use of cheering up a bunch of people like angry bulls at that time? The game is over.
When the game resumed, this time it was Metz's turn to come to the sidelines and wait to celebrate.
The Metz fans in the stands sang songs celebrating the victory, while the Sevilla fans fell silent. On this rainy night in Glasgow, a chill ran down everyone's spine.
After the resumption of the game, Sevilla's players were completely demoralized and they were crushed by Franck Frangieva's goal.
It's ironic, Juande. Ramos tried his best to defeat Chu Zhongtian, but he didn't expect Chu Zhongtian not only not to be defeated, but also to use two assists to attack and collapse Coach Ramos's team.
It's called Juande. Why is Ramos embarrassed...... In the next two minutes, Sevilla also tried to counterattack, but their attack was impatient, and they did not have the patience to organize the attack, and after the kick-off, they hung forward with their feet, and the result was naturally pushed out of the touchline by Mez players.
After the throw-in was thrown, Maresca didn't pass the ball to anyone, and she shot from distance 35 yards from goal.
As you can imagine, the ball flew high over the crossbar and headed straight for the stands.
Seeing Sevilla's performance like this, the Metz fans, who were still a little nervous before, laughed, and their hearts had fallen.
Next is the goal kick of Metz, Wenbi handed the football to Chu Zhongtian, and Chu Zhongtian used the pass and running position to turn the football upside down in the backfield, and moved the Sevilla players who pounced on the ball to grab the ball back and forth, just like "teasing monkeys and grabbing circles" in training.
Time went fast with Metz on the ball. Bertolini, who was substitute Masaka as the referee's fourth official on duty, saw that the football was always at the feet of the Metz players and that Sevilla could not get the ball. There was no extra time, and as soon as the 120 minutes of game time came, he blew the whistle for the end of the game!
(To be continued)