Chapter 132: A Difficult Opponent
"Haha! Well done, man! Your flying rescue is simply too professional! "In the tiny away dressing room, the Wimbledon players are encouraging and praising each other.
"Your header is not bad! Mutu, that Romanian can't get a chance on your head, aha! β
However, when Chu Zhongtian appeared at the door of the locker room, they all stopped "praising each other", looked at Chu Zhongtian, and then applauded him, and some whistled.
"Well done, Chu!"
"Oh oh oh - I knew you could do it!"
"Your shot is so beautiful! You've never shot a ball like this before......"
Everyone congratulated Chu Zhongtian one after another.
"Hey...... Thank you! Chu Zhongtian was proud of such treatment, and he didn't feel embarrassed, because it was earned by himself through hard work.
In the world of football everything is so simple β as long as you have the quality, as long as you perform well, you can earn the respect and respect of others, you can be popular.
Eames and Ingrid stood outside the door and did not rush in to disturb the players' celebrations.
"The whole person has changed......" Ingrid sighed as he listened to the applause and whistles coming from inside. Before, everyone was still hesitant, lacking confidence, or lacking fighting spirit...... Now they are full of confidence......"
"Because Chu's goal gave them hope of beating their opponents." Eames laughed, "That's what a core should do, huh!" Chelsea scared our people before, they thought Chelsea were invincible giants, but Chu Zhongtian debunked Chelsea's disguise with a very, very wonderful goal, and let them know that this team is just looking strong. Actually, I'm glad that if we hadn't equalised immediately after conceding the goal, our morale would have been getting lower and lower, and we wouldn't have been able to win no matter how much we wanted to......"
That's right, Chu Zhongtian's goal timing was very good. Equalising right after conceding a goal was a huge morale boost. If time drags on and Wimbledon Athletic are unable to equalise, Eames will have to worry about what to say to boost his team's morale at half-time.
Now he doesn't have to do anything because the morale of the team is high.
"Let's go in, Nicky." He made a gesture to Ingrid and pushed the door open.
β»β»β» "It's a shame! It wasn't Chelsea manager Claudio Ranieri who said that, it was Frank Lampard. He was unhappy with his team's performance in the first half, who should have led at least two goals into the break, but were now equalised, and even heard boos from the home fans on the way out. He's been here for almost three seasons and it's the first time he's heard a home fan booing them.
Although the captain is John. John Terry, but he's so young, there's something in the dressing room that he has to say without saying Frank Lampard, he's like the way he plays β simple and direct.
"We should have played better!" Frank Lampard stood in the middle of the dressing room as if he were the team's manager, while Claudio Ranieri stood to the side, his interpreter behind his back.
The Italian has been at Chelsea for four years and still hasn't learned to speak and understand English. Not only does he not speak or listen to English, but he also does not speak or listen to French or German...... He doesn't know anything but Italian and a little Spanish.
But Chelsea has been a "multinational force" since the days of Gullit...... So Chelsea's dressing room became a king-size coffee table, and for Ranieri, it was full of cups (tragedy).
When he had to explain the tactics to the main players, he usually told assistant coach Wilkinson (now Wilkinson is gone, but the club has a translator for him), because Wilkinson is English and fluent in Italian, so he has no problem communicating with Ranieri. Wilkinson first told the English players in the team about the tactics in English, then Ranieri himself spoke to the Italian players in Italian, and then again in Spanish to the Spanish players, Argentine players and Uruguayan players. As for the French players, Ranieri first spoke to Desailly in Italian, and then the French player who had played in Italy repeated it to his compatriots, as for the German Hutter and the Danish Glenschar...... They have to work hard to improve their English on their own. The Roman Iyan Mutu is fine, he used to play for Parma in Italy for many years, and Italian is not a problem.
Also because of the language, the initiative in the Chelsea dressing room has been handed over to the leaders of the homegrown players, with John Terry being one and Frank Lampard being the same. He himself was very low-key and hidden in the corner. That's where he is smart, but it doesn't always work out very well because John Terry and Frank Lampard aren't language experts, and they have to go through other enthusiastic team-mates who know at least two languages to let the rest of the squad know what they're saying with impassioned influence. If those temporary interpreters suddenly feel bad and don't want to interpret simultaneously, then there will be a lot of people who are baffled by what the locker room leader is saying - what is he talking about? Is he complimenting me or scolding me?
The situation is somewhat similar now.
The first half was equalised by an amateur side and the Chelsea players were not in a good mood. Frank Lampard volunteered to boost morale, but few responded - some because they weren't in the mood, others because they didn't understand and could only guess what he had just said from the look on Lampard's face. It's just that...... Excitement and anger look pretty much the same.
Frank Lampard doesn't care about those who don't understand him, as long as five of his team-mates can understand him and do so, a second-half win won't be a problem. "We should put further pressure on their defence. Fight for more set-pieces and keep an eye out for which of them have yellow cards...... In terms of strength, we have the advantage, what is there to be afraid of? We conceded so stupid! Their No. 8 brought the ball for a long time, and no one went up to defend! β
"We can't let him be so unscrupulous in front of our box in the second half!"
"You did a good job in the first half, but the second half was tougher. We're still sticking to ...... By the 75th minute or so, I think the Chelsea players will lose their breath, they will get irritable, they will lose their temper, they will make inexplicable mistakes - these are our chances, and I have to take every chance to counter-attack when the time comes! If we can score one more goal, the balance of victory will tip in our side! 'Eames is talking to the players about the tasks of the second half.
"But don't rejoice too soon. Because in the second half you will be very, very high pressure - do you think Chu will be able to get back immediately after conceding another goal? He's not God...... A clean sheet is the floor. If you don't have a good chance, you can't relax your defense, even if you give up the attack completely. This game is a draw, we still have a chance to replay, and then Chelsea will be even more uncomfortable at our home turf. But if we lose this game, there will be no chance and our FA Cup journey will be over, so the second half will still be defensive! β
After talking about tactics, Eames wants to talk about things that have nothing to do with tactics, but also affect the outcome of the game.
"Guys, I said before the game that I was going to win this game, and there are a lot of you who don't believe what I say, right?"
Some players bowed their heads in shame. Now that I think about it, I really badly behaved at the beginning.
"You have to thank Chu!" He pointed to Chu Zhongtian, who was sitting between Shirin and Borjie. "He believes and is willing to try to win. I hope all of you can be like him, not just in this game! You have to keep in mind that even if you may not play in this team in the future, I think it will help you - no matter what time you go, don't say 'no' in advance, men can say anything, just can't say 'no'! Don't give up early, no matter what! When you do that, you're the real 'mad gang'! β
After saying this, he waved his hand: "Alright, guys. Let's play. Prove to them, to me, whether you are really a 'mad gang' or not! β
β»β»β» Many Chinese fans who stayed up late to watch the game frantically posted on the Internet in the past 15 minutes, tirelessly telling Chu Zhongtian's wonderful performance in this FA Cup match to other netizen fans who had no way to watch the game. They want to tell everybody their joy β our compatriot scored in that much-anticipated stadium against Chelsea, and it was a beautiful goal!
"Chu Zhongtian has won glory for us!"
"From today onwards, I'm a fan of Lin Danda!!"
"Good job, Chu Zhongtian!"
"Do you think Lin Danda's goal will be rated as the best goal in the FA Cup this season?"
"Damn...... I can't see the live broadcast of the game in the small county...... Is there a live streaming address for online tours? β
"Upstairs, Sina has a text live broadcast...... But let's be honest, this game needs to be watched live on TV! Hey, people who watched live TV passed by......"
"World waves! Definitely a world wave! Chu Zhongtian is the hope of Chinese football! β
"Don't be funny, landlord, Chinese football has long been hopeless, I now hope that Chu Zhongtian has been playing in foreign countries, don't come back...... Of course, you can't change your nationality! β
'I'm a Chelsea fan though...... However, I still support Chu Zhongtian today! Because he is Chinese, so am I! β
"Do you have any friends in the UK? I really want to know what the British commentators and media say about Chu Zhongtian!! β
"Die to the Chinese Football Association! Our best player came from an amateur team, an international student who played part-time! Let's stop our professional league! β
There are tens of thousands of discussions about Chu Zhongtian on the Internet, and there are even many fans who have left their QQ numbers on the Internet, spontaneously established various QQ groups to support Chu Zhongtian, and then continued to discuss the game in the group and discuss Chu Zhongtian's outstanding performance.
In the midst of enthusiastic discussions, the 15-minute intermission flew by.
Chu Zuosheng doesn't know how to surf the Internet, and he doesn't know that the discussion about his son on the Internet has intensified at this time. At halftime, he hurriedly refilled the tea, and then hurried to go to the toilet, so as not to start urinating urgently in the second half for a while, and he didn't want to miss watching his son's performance, so it would be a dilemma at that time...... With that done, he sat back down in front of the TV and felt a little cold. He turned his head to look at the bedroom with the door closed. Afraid of disturbing his wife, he went to his son's bedroom and turned out a quilt, returned to the sofa, wrapped himself in the quilt, and waited for the game to start. The commentators and commentators on the TV are commenting on the first half of the two teams, in fact, the main thing is to comment on Chu Zhongtian's performance in the first half, his goal was repeatedly used by them to comment, praising Chu Zhongtian's wonderful kick and running wonderful, and I can't wait to tell the audience directly: "This is a good ball, a very, very, very good ball!" Don't say it's bad! β
Listening to them praising their son, Chu Zuosheng kept smiling on his face, and his heart felt like he had drunk honey. The son is good, and he is happy to be the old man...... When footage from Stamford Bridge reappeared on the TV screen, he knew the second half was about to begin.
"Alright, audience friends! Welcome back to the TV, the second half is about to begin, let's see...... The players of Wimbledon Athletic were the first to run out of the passage, it was Chu Zhongtian! You can't see any noticeable change in expression on his face and we don't know what the manager said at half-time, but I hope he can continue the good performance of the first half in the second half! β
The director of this game specially gave Chu Zhongtian a close-up, and kept following him from the road to the court, doing some small warm-up movements.
Seeing his son in front of the TV, Chu Zuosheng clenched his fists again. "Come on ......"
β»β»β» "Hey, the second half is about to begin!" You won't be proud for long! 'As the Wimbledon players came out of the corridor, the Chelsea fans in the stands on either side waved their fists in demonstration.
Although they think they want to see a good game, when the good game does come out in front of them, they start to hate the positive Wimbledon because they start to fear that their team might lose - this is the so-called Ye Gong Haolong.
It's a pity that this group of British people will not know that there is such an idiom.
The Wimbledon players have paid no heed to the interference of the Chelsea fans, and they have never been more determined than they are now - convinced that they can take on that formidable opponent and that they can be a real 'madman'.
While the Wimbledon players had been on the pitch for around two minutes, the Chelsea players were rushing out of the tunnel.
The second half was finally about to begin...... and the second half was the same for most of the first half, when Chelsea laid siege to Wimbledon and tried to score, while the Wimbledon players continued to shrink into the box, embarrassed but stubbornly fended off Chelsea's attack.
In the first half, Wimbledon fans would have thought their team was too bad, but now they don't see it that way, they are singing loudly, cheering and cheering for the team from the stands. Because they saw hope in Chu Zhongtian's goal - the hope of a draw, or even a win over Chelsea. So what the team is doing now they support.
Fans saw hope in Chu Zhongtian's goal, and the Wimbledon players gained strength from Chu Zhongtian's goal, which supported their bodies and competed with Chelsea, who were several times stronger. Don't give up until the game is over!
Joe. Schilling and Kevin. Cooper retreated back into the box and became a defender. Sullivan and Gavin. Jorge became half a full-back, with Chu continuing to sweep back and forth on the edge of the penalty area, preventing the Chelsea players from getting the ball and passing the ball easily.
For the first time, Lampard noticed the Chinese player in front of him β the media said he was Chinese. It's not the first time he's played against Chinese players, Manchester City have one, Everton have one. He felt that the only impression he had of these Chinese players was that they were tenacious.
But the one in front of you is even more tenacious than those two, and it is a little tenacious - even if you shake him away, he will pounce on you with his hands and feet, even if he can't actually touch you at all, it will have some psychological impact on you.
On one occasion, he shot in a hurry for fear of being pulled down by the opponent, and the result was ridiculous...... It's annoying!
He passed the ball to the wing, and the number eight followed suit. So he raised his hand and asked. Glen Charles gave the ball back to him, and the number 8 ran back. Frank Lampard shook his head, he didn't see any benefit in such a move, and this time he didn't pass the ball to Glen Schal, but instead moved a long ball to the other side and to the already plugged in right-back Geremi.
He noticed that the number 8 didn't run over again. Doesn't he think he's stupid...... Of course, Chu Zhongtian was not stupid, he knew that no matter what, the attack would have to return to the middle, so he didn't care about Grammie, who was too far away from him. Instead, he stayed in the middle and pressed Lampard if he wanted to get the ball.
At the same time, he also had to pay attention to returning to the penalty area to fight for the top. His bounce and header are indispensable weapons for the team when defending wide crosses.
Lampard glanced at Grami, then at Chu Zhongtian, who was facing him. Then when he looked back at the penalty area, he slammed forward and rushed into the penalty area.
And just then, Geremi crossed!
The moment Chu Zhongtian turned around, he saw Lampard running in front of him and rushing into the penalty area.
He also caught a glimpse of Geremi's cross, which he knew Lampard was in for a header...... Oops, leaking people!
The unmarked Frank Lampard burst into the box and prepared to jump...... "It's a chance for Chelsea," Mortensen shouted.
Next to him is Krees. Price clenched his fists as if he were helping Lampard exert himself.
β»β»β» Chu Zhongtian struggled to chase back, and then jumped at the same time as Lampard! Frank Lampard is on the outside, he's on the inside.
Because Frank Lampard was cut in from the middle, there was no one before him who could interfere with him, only Chu Zhongtian, who was still on his inside...... Andy. Bale spread his arms and it was too late for him to pounce forward, watching in horror as the ball flew towards Frank Lampard and then ...... Frank Lampard and Chu Zhongtian shook their heads at the same time, but one flicked towards goal and the other towards the touchline.
Frank Lampard is actually not good at heading...... He felt his scalp rub against the ball and hoped it would cause it to go into goal. However, after he shook his head, he happened to see Chu Zhongtian who was following him, and he also shook his head at the same time, and the two of them collided in the electric light. Immediately after that, Lampard couldn't see his opponent because the opponent's face was blocked by football!
The football smashed firmly on Chu Zhongtian's face, causing a change of line, grazing the goalpost and flying out of the bottom line...... "Damn it!!" 'Despite winning a corner, Lampard was not reconciled - he hadn't gotten rid of the Chinese in such a situation!
Half of Chu Zhongtian's face was smashed red by football, he covered his face, his eyes looked at Frank Lampard, who was a little angry, and his mouth grinned - it is really a very happy thing to do bad things for others...... "Oh oh oh - it's Chu again!" Mortenson exclaimed excitedly, and he didn't forget to take the moment to glance at Price, who was visibly disappointed.
'He missed his target at first, but his explosiveness was phenomenal β jumping up behind Lampard and getting into the air with two men going head-to-head! It was he who blocked the flight path of the football and finally broke the ball out of the bottom line! It's so tenacious! This Chinese is too tenacious! β
β»β»β» "Frank Lampard! Ball...... Didn't go in! It's dangerous! Was it Chu Zhongtian who blocked it? The commentator of Sichuan Station was startled, and Chu Zuosheng was scared enough.
Slow-motion replays showed that it was indeed Chu Zhongtian who blocked Frank Lampard's header off the line. The two of them became excited again: "It's really worthy of Chu Zhongtian!" Once again saved the team at a critical moment! β
At this moment, there were many more posts on the Chinese Internet, and everyone said that the attack just now was very dangerous, and at the same time, our Chu Zhongtian classmates were accustomed to being in danger of being the savior...... β»β»β» The stands resounded with the singing of Wimbledon fans, and after half the game and a half-time break, they were all familiar with the lyrics of this song.
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"Now he's our hero!"
"He never stops running!"
"He terrified all opponents!"
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"When he sprints, it's like a chariot of fire!"
"You don't want to cross in front of him easily!"
"Because he is our Chu!!"
Yes, no one can easily cross his realm, not even if you are Frank. Frank Lampard!
Goalkeeper Andy, who was frightened by the attack just now. Bell came up and hugged Chu Zhongtian vigorously, and shouted hysterically in his ear: "Well done, Chu!" It's beautiful! I love you, baby!! β
Then he let go of Chu Zhongtian and shouted to the others: "Pay attention to defending this corner!" Never concede a goal!! β
Frank Lampard shook his head at the scene, thinking it was just a casual game...... Looks like they've got a tough opponent to deal with.
(To be continued)