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At half-time, Fernandes gave Rodriguez and Signorino a glove each. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

This move made everyone puzzled and thought it was strange - what was this for?

The two parties didn't understand why the manager was doing this.

Fernandez said to the two unidentified parties: "I'll give you an opportunity to throw each other's gloves to duel during the fifteen-minute break." Decide the winner and lose, and that's the end of it. When you got on the field, you all forgot about me and threw yourself into the game. What do you think? ”

That's when everyone knows what the manager is doing.

Both Rodríguez and Signorino lowered their heads under this stimulus from coach Fernandez. They also realised how humiliating their performance on the pitch was.

Fernandez pointed to the gloves in their hands: "What? You don't want to duel now? ”

"I ......," said Signorino, "...... We don't need a duel, sir. We...... Uh, we didn't have any problems......"

Fernandez asked him, "Are you sure?" Are you really sure that there are no issues between you that need to be resolved? ”

"I'm sure." Signorino nodded.

Fernandez went back to see Mexican centre-back Rodriguez.

The Mexican nodded hurriedly: "I'm also sure that it's normal to quarrel on the court, sir." Frank and I both want the team to win and it's over......"

Fernandez withdrew the gloves of the two men and said, "I hope you really think so, because by the second half, you won't have a chance to duel." We have to play a duel with Bayern Munich. We conceded in the first half, but what I was more concerned about than conceding was how we played in the first half. ”

He looked at Chu Zhongtian. 'In the first half, our midfield didn't work well and we got stuck in the mire of Bayern Munich in midfield. A tug-of-war with an opponent in midfield? It's not what I want to see. We had to change that in the second half, we couldn't afford to settle in a stalemate with each other in midfield, that's Bayern Munich's strategy, and if we play with them in midfield, we're playing into their hands. 'Fernandes was a spectator and always saw the situation clearly and explained it to the players in the simplest terms.

'So in the second half we had to pick up the tempo. Chu, you have to reduce the time you have to control the ball at your feet, and you have to reduce the number of times you have the ball when necessary, and we don't necessarily have to use you to organize the attack. ”

Chu Zhongtian didn't object, he thought about it and felt that this was the only way at present. As the core of Mace, he has a reputation and has long been thoroughly studied by his opponents.

'We have to be fast with the ball, we have to be quick to run and we have to be more active on the wings. Bayern Munich know how to bring full-backs up to assist, so why can't we? Open up the situation from the flanks and force Bayern Munich's midfielders to strengthen their defense on the flanks. In this way, the pressure on Chu in the middle will be reduced a lot. ”

Fernandes wrote on the tactical blackboard and told every player what was going to happen in the second half, so they knew what to do in the second half.

By the time he finished his speech, it was just three minutes before the start of the second half.

"It looks like I've talked a lot, but I hope you all remember everything I said." Fernandes said to the players. 'We were behind on aggregate and we lost our away goal advantage and we need to give it our all in the 45 minutes of the second half if we want to progress. I don't want to see what happens after conceding in the first half. ”

As he said this, he glanced at Rodriguez and Signorino, both of whom also lowered their heads one after another.

"I know that after winning last season's UEFA Cup, a lot of people have lost the motivation to go for the title. But why can't we defend the League Cup? No team has been able to do that since Real Madrid. ”

His words made many Metz players shine in the eyes - yes, why can't they defend their title? After winning the UEFA Cup, the players of Metz thought their top goal had been achieved and that they were just a matter of routine. With Ribery gone again this season, the team's morale is understandable.

But now they've found their goal again – to defend their UEFA Cup title!

Chu Zhongtian also clenched his fists.

※※※When the Metz players came out, they were still excited about their newfound goal.

Taking advantage of the Bayern Munich players' appearance, Promans gathered his team-mates, and there were some things that he didn't have time to say in the dressing room, and now he has to tell his teammates.

"I would say that defending the UEFA Cup is a great goal!" Proman exclaimed to his team-mates around him, "I get excited at the thought that we can be on a par with a team like Real Madrid. Are you the same as me? ”

"Yes!"

"You're right, defending your title is a good idea, Gregory!"

"I think we can do it, it's the quarter-finals now, as long as we win Bayern Munich, we can get to the semi-finals, the semi-finals are close, is the final still far away?'

"The final is near, is the championship still far away? Aha! ”

His teammates responded to him enthusiastically.

"Very well, brethren! Actually, there is nothing to be afraid of Bayern Munich. We drew with them at their home stadium, so why is it that we are not as good as them when we return to our home stadium? It doesn't make sense! As long as we work hard, as long as we are all united, brothers...... We're sure we'll make it to the semi-finals! ”

Promans shouted.

"Semi-finals!"

"Defeat them!"

"I'm not afraid of Bayern Munich!"

"Find a way to score their goals!" After Promang said this, he looked at Chu Zhongtian.

Chu Zhongtian knew it was his turn.

He clapped his hands: "I think Mr. Fernandes is right, we should reduce the time we spend in possession in midfield, it will make it easy for Bayern Munich to defend - as long as they get stuck in our midfield, we can't attack." ”

Captain Promans used his blood to infect the team, while Chu Zhongtian calmly analyzed the situation.

'I want everybody to run in the game, Frank and Ibrahim to be active and get assists, don't think about the defense until we have to score as soon as possible. You don't have to pass me every ball, I'll play the attack...... I'm here to share my thoughts – we can just go to the wings without going through me, or we can just make a long pass to Ibi in front. In short, I'm here as an ornament, and the main role is to draw the attention of Bayern Munich's defense. They kept a close eye on me and I didn't have much timing for the pass. But I'm sure they're always two or three people guarding me, and I'm sure I'm going to be back in the air somewhere else, and I can't get the ball out there, but you can. They don't care much about your defenses, and that's something we can take advantage of. Deliver the football to someone who is more threatening than me. ”

After Chu Zhongtian finished speaking, everyone nodded.

"I don't have much more to say, speak with your feet, guys. With forty-five minutes to go, we have hope and the ability to beat the unbeatable Bundesliga giants! ”

※※※ After the start of the second half, the Bayern Munich players quickly noticed the change in Metz, and they were different from the first half.

In the first half, the Metz players would hand over the football to Chu Zhongtian after getting the ball, so that he could organize the attack or master the rhythm. In this way, Bayern Munich's defense is very easy, they only need to keep an eye on Chu Zhongtian and put pressure on him, and Metz's attack will not be able to unfold.

So they could have pressed Metz at home for forty-five minutes and scored a goal.

But in the second half, Mace adjusted his tactics, and they ignored Chu Zhongtian, or Chu Zhongtian's role in the tactical system of the whole team suddenly became unimportant.

Metz began to emphasise wide attacks, as they already had two full-backs who were good at assisting, as well as two fast and technically good wing-backs. Why not take advantage of it?

Metz always played the game very carefully, and they frequently reversed their feet, ran in positions, and played all kinds of amazing passing and cutting combinations. In Ligue 1, it is not the French league hegemon Lyon who has been recognized as the best player in the last two seasons, nor Paris Saint-Germain, which has always adhered to the banner of artistic football, nor is it a strong team such as Marseille, Auxerre, Bordeaux, and Monaco...... Rather, it is like a dark horse that rises in Metz in the north of France.

It has to do with their manager, Bruno Fernandes is a manager who insists on attacking football and likes to coach his team to play the kind of attacking style that spills down.

But this kind of football, although it is beautiful, is too cumbersome. Some critics have dismissed Metz's football as "Rococo football". Rococo is a transliteration of the French rococo, a word derived from the French ro-caille, meaning that the style is characterized by rock and mussel shell decorations. It is a combination of Baroque style and Chinese decorative taste, using a number of S line combinations of gorgeous carving, delicate and cumbersome artistic style.

Critics say that Metz football is a pun, on the one hand, that Metz football, like the Rococo art form, is ornately carved, delicate and cumbersome, and although pleasing to the eye, it is as fragile as Chinese porcelain, as can be seen from the successive encounters to Waterloo in the league. This team is not a team that can win in any situation.

Another meaning is from the origin of the Rococo art style, indicating that the current Metz football combines French football and Chinese elements - Rococo combines the Baroque style with Chinese decorative taste, and Metz football is the core of French football with a Chinese player.

After the new French President Nicolas Sarkozy came to power, his series of brain-dead remarks and actions suddenly made the relationship between France and China tense. This "Rococo" remark is a bit racist - our French football is so good, do we still need to let a player from a football-backward country like China be the core?

Although the criticism is a bit snarky and even obviously malicious, there must be something right about being able to have a bad opinion in the market.

Most of Metz's goals do have to go through too many foot passes, which at first glance seems amazing, but after watching it for a long time, it will be aesthetically tired. And because the process is too cumbersome, it is easy for the opponent to find a way to crack it - anyway, no matter how Mace's attack is played, it must pass through Chu Zhongtian's point, so everyone sees Chu Zhongtian dead, Mace's attack will lose its threat.

It is precisely in response to this that Fernandez made an adjustment - don't you think that Mace's attack must pass through Chu Zhongtian, so watching Chu Zhongtian is equivalent to freezing Mace's attack? Very good, I just let Chu Zhongtian not play such a big role in the attack, and the people you spend a lot of effort to watch are just decorations.

Although Chu Zhongtian doesn't directly pass the ball to organize the attack, he can use gestures and words on the court to direct the team. After all, the Bayern Munich players can look at his body, but they can't freeze his mind.

"Pass the ball to Obertan!"

"Straight to the front!"

"Return, return! There is no chance ahead! ”

"Very good...... Bigfoot shifts, there's space on the right! ”

"Pass it to me, hard! Okay......" When the football was really passed by his teammates, Chu Zhongtian spread his legs apart and leaked the football.

The Bayern Munich players who came up to grab him made a pounce.

So everyone saw Chu Zhongtian waving his arms and shouting loudly on the field, not like a player, but like a head coach in the stadium.

※※※ Metz's style of play made Bayern Munich unable to react for a while, and Metz also seized such an opportunity.

Eleven minutes into the second half, Metz attacked. Goalkeeper Wenbi drove the football big foot to the front court, Chu Zhongtian and Fan. Bommel won the game in the process of scrambling for a header and he grabbed the victory in Van Van. Beaumel took the ball down in front of him and ferried it to Promans.

He then directed Promans to pass the ball to the feet of the wide defender Cabo.

Cabo got the ball and drove forward, drawing the attention of Bayern Munich's defense to the past, and then suddenly passed through. Striker Menez, who was supposed to be in the middle, pulled up to the wing and received this pass.

Then he dribbled down and crossed!

Ibisevic battled with Lucio in the middle for a header, but no one touched the ball. The ball went straight in front of the goal and flew straight to the back point.

Matthew. Valbuena appeared at the back post, and instead of stopping the ball, he set up for the incoming ball.

"Matthew. Valbuena! Direct volley-shot!! ”

The soccer ball thumped and flew straight to the near corner of the goal.

Goalkeeper Kahn struggled to save, but only his fingertips rubbed the ...... of the football, "But! but！ buuuuuuuuuuut！！！ The French commentator erupted in a loud roar. They equalised! Also equalized the aggregate score! Mace! Mace! From Matthew. Valbuena! The player, who played in the third division two seasons ago, has now opened the door to Kahn in the UEFA Cup! Wow! Pretty! It's beautiful! ”

"Matthew. Valbuena's goal made Bayern Munich realise that while they are strong, their opponents are not weak. You know, they're up against the defending champions of the UEFA Cup! ”

It was as if a volcano had erupted, and there were loud cheers.

There were also fans singing for Matthew. Valbuena wrote: "We have a little man, fast, agile, and you must not underestimate him!" He's Matthew. Valbuena! He's our Peter Pan Matthew! Oooooooo Matthew Matthew Matthew!! ”

Matthew after the goal. Valbuena even excitedly took off his shirt, ran to the edge of the stands, and threw the jersey in his hand onto the stands. It was as if a stone had been thrown into the surface of a calm lake, and it suddenly stirred up a thousand waves.

Matthew with his upper body. Valbuena was soon surrounded by excited teammates.

They slapped Valbuena's body and shouted, "What a nice job, Matthew! ”

"World waves, world waves! You're stunned with this shot! ”

"I thought this attack was over, but I didn't expect you to be guarding at the back point...... Ha ha! ”

"Do you see Karn's face? He couldn't believe it! ”

Matthew. Valbuena was excited and said to everyone: "Isn't this how it should be?" We're defending the UEFA Cup! ”

"That's right! Defending! We're going to defend the League Cup! ”

Valbuena finished the celebration with a yellow card, but he didn't care. The referee raised a yellow card behind him and he faced the stands and waved to the fans in the stands. A yellow card in exchange for a crucial goal, he made a lot of money!

※※※After Bayern Munich conceded the goal, Ribery stood still and watched the players of Metz flock to Matthew. Valbuena. Not much has changed in this team, and the vast majority of people are known to him. He was no stranger to the scene, and when he scored, everyone rushed up to celebrate with him – he was very popular in Metz...... Now, it's all a thing of the past. He is a spectator and an enemy.

He saw that Chu Zhongtian was also in the crowd celebrating the goal, with his teammates, smiling happily. He was holding the goal-scorer Matthew. Valbuena.

If it was a season ago, he should have been holding him, right...... Ribery pouted.

It's already in the past, what do you want it to do? He is now a Bayern Munich player and is set to play in the Champions League next season. I'm so much better than you!

He thought so in his heart, but he was still a little pantothenic.

A hand was placed on his shoulder. He turned his head to see that it was Luca. Tony.

'It's not a big deal, we'll score one more goal and they'll have two goals by then!' Luca. Tony spoke Italian, which Ribery didn't understand, but he understood the meaning.

"Waiting for my passbar, tall guy." He said in French.

Metz, who equalized the score, was in high spirits, and after Bayern Munich kicked off, he quickly seized the opportunity to launch a fierce attack on Bayern's hinterland.

Because before kick-off, Chu Zhongtian said to them: "We still have to score goals, score more goals, 1:1 is not good, 2:1 is not safe, we have to strive for 3:1, 4:1!" ”

Now attacking is the only thought of the whole team of Metz. They don't think about conservative counter-attacks, they are good at attacking and they are confident in their ability to score goals. Even against a team of Bayern Munich's level, they have the confidence to blast Kahn's goal, just like Matthew. Valbuena did that.

We want to defend the title, and Bayern Munich is just a hurdle on the road to defending the title.

(To be continued)