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The Metz players were happy when they returned to the dressing room, and apart from a little trouble in the middle of the first half, the game was in their hands. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoIf it weren't for bad luck, they would have been 2-0 up at least in the first half.

Menez is also regretting that he didn't score. At that time, he saw that there was no defender around him, there was a huge goal in front of him, and Palop was alone, so he relaxed, thinking that this goal was not scored with a casual stretch of his foot.

When he thought so, his ankles were not stretched, and the speed of the ball that was pushed out was a little worse, and it was too positive. Palop, who was guarding the doorway, pounced.

Franck Ribery has scored goals and he doesn't want to be left behind.

It's been almost two seasons since he joined the club, and his relationship with Ribery is not as strained as it was at the beginning, but it would be incorrect to say that the two are friends. To be accurate - they're more of a competing relationship. No one wants to be worse than anyone else.

Franck Ribery is a France international who played in the World Cup, which has already stimulated Menez, and he can't accept it if he is beaten to the club in everything. So as long as Ribery plays well in the club, he Menez also wants to play well and be the focus of attention.

Franck Ribery scored in the UEFA Cup final, and it was Menez who passed the goal. Ribery later returned him an assist, but he didn't take it.

It made him feel bad in his heart.

The other players didn't know what Menez was thinking, and they saw that he was silent, just that he was simply annoyed that he didn't score, and someone came up to comfort him: "It's not a big deal! As long as we keep playing like this, it shouldn't be a problem to win this game! ”

"yes, yes, Jeremy. The bonus check is coming! ”

"I've got the bonus, I'm going to have a good time!"

Menez didn't appreciate it, and he continued to sit there sulking to himself.

Especially when he saw Ribery triated to score his team's first goal in the UEFA Cup final, he was even more unhappy that he had just squandered that scoring opportunity so easily.

Most of the players were talking about the first half, they had the advantage and the future was bright.

Chu Zhongtian was examined by the team doctor Tang Ji on the side, Tang Ji wanted to see if Chu Zhongtian's strain had aggravated after a forty-five minute game, and the results of the examination made him very satisfied.

"There are no signs of recurrence." He was right to the head coach Jean. Fernandez said.

Fernandez nodded in satisfaction.

Chu Zhongtian smiled when he saw the head coach's relieved look: "Sir, are you relieved now?" ”

Fernandes shrugged: "It's not over yet, it's too early to say reassure." You have to be careful, that Paulson didn't have much restraint after getting a yellow card, so you don't have a lot of pressure. But as the second half goes on, I'm sure he won't be polite to you forever. When the time comes, try to avoid going toe-to-toe with him. ”

Seeing that Chu Zhongtian didn't answer, he said again: "Could it be that the exercises you have done for a season have been in vain?" Don't meet a tough opponent and always try to collide with him, use your skills to deal with them! ”

Seeing that the head coach reprimanded, Chu Zhongtian hurriedly nodded in agreement.

"You did one thing well in the first half, Chu." After training Chu Zhongtian, Fernandez lost no time in praising him. 'It's a good job to use our wide attacks to suppress their wide attacks.

Fernandez head coach, team doctor Tang Ji and Chu Zhongtian discussed his injury on the sidelines, which naturally attracted the attention of other teammates. Everyone is actually very concerned about Chu Zhongtian's injury and hopes that he is fine.

Later, when they saw a smile on Chu Zhongtian's face, they all breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that Chu Zhongtian's injury was fine. So everyone shifted the conversation to the upcoming championship trophy.

Overall, Metz had a relaxed half-time atmosphere as they dominated the first half from result to pitch, which gave them a lot of confidence.

※※※ On the Seville side, it's a different atmosphere.

Juander. Ramos didn't curse, and he's not the kind of manager who is used to yelling at his players in the dressing room. In fact, he is not as angry as everyone thinks, because he has long expected the current situation of the team.

There are no weak teams that can make it to the finals, and even if they are shitty lucky, at least they are strong in terms of luck.

In last season's UEFA Cup final, Sevilla were able to easily defeat Middlesbrough with a score of 4:0 because Middlesbrough from the Premier League despised Sevilla. He didn't want his team to fall prey to underdogs. So he has always attached great importance to Mace, especially to their core Chu Zhongtian.

"Alright, alright." He slapped his face. "We anticipated this in advance. I told you before the game that the final was no ordinary game, and now I don't think anyone will doubt my claims, right? Does anyone still think Mace is easy to deal with? ”

The players were silent.

Alves kept his fists clenched, and he was not reconciled by the performance in the first half. He's a very good player, and he and Keylor Navas are only on par with Mays's number eight, which makes him very unhappy. He admits that he had taken his opponent lightly because of injuries. But he secretly promised in his heart that he would be serious in the second half.

'In the first half we were a little bit loose with their core defence. Ramos glanced at Paulson. 'Paulsen, in the second half you have to be more aggressive when you defend Chu and don't think about the yellow card.

Paulsen raised his hand and asked: "The number eight was always hiding in their backcourt in the first half, I couldn't have run all the way to that place to defend him, coach." ”

"If he doesn't come up at the back, you don't have to worry about him. As soon as he crosses the halfway line, you go up. Ramos commanded. The farther away from the penalty area, the less threatening Chu Zhongtian is, this is Ramos's opinion. So if Chu Zhongtian has been in the backfield and can only rely on long passes to attack, the team doesn't have to care too much about him. Only when he intends to step forward himself to take part in the further offensive formation will he be able to pose a real threat to the Sevilla defence.

'Also, in the second half we continued to attack and press on their left flank.

Ramos did not abandon his tactics because of the setback the team suffered here in the first half.

"But we have to make some adjustments. Marti, in the second half you leaned to the wing, come here to support Keylor Navas. Alves, you have to reduce the range of assists in the second half, and then come back when we open up the situation, and then you have to return to the defense as soon as possible after the assists. ”

"Okay, Coach."

Although Marti is a central midfielder, he can occasionally make a cameo on the right wing-back to bring him closer to the wing, just to use his skills to support Navas, share Alves' tasks, and avoid the Brazilian frequently inserting assists and causing emptiness behind him.

※※※The intermission was very short, Chu Zhongtian untied the cold compress bag, stood up from his position, and then kicked his legs to see if his thigh muscles still felt.

The rest of his teammates also got up and walked out of the locker room.

The players of the two teams met in the corridor, and everyone did not interfere with the river water, and no one paid attention to anyone. After all, Sevilla and Metz have little intersection, and the players of the two teams have no friendship, so naturally they will not put their arms around each other's necks at this time, pulling family routines, in order to show something "friendship first, game second".

Only Chu Zhongtian met Paulson and Alves when he came out, and both of them looked at him with malicious intent. These two men can be considered his enemies in a sense.

Chu Zhongtian was not at all surprised that they looked at him with hostile eyes.

If the other two people come up and shake hands with him, he will be surprised.

The two people on the other side didn't say anything, just glared at Chu Zhongtian fiercely, and walked past him quickly.

Chu Zhongtian shrugged.

At the same time, he thought about the situation he might face in the second half, and judging from Paulsen's expression, he really won't have an easy second half.

※※※ Chu Zhongtian guessed correctly, he was indeed not easy in the second half.

In the second half, it was Metz who kicked off, and taking advantage of the kick-off opportunity, Chu Zhongtian originally planned to organize an attack. As a result, just past the halfway line, he was targeted by Paulsen.

Unlike the rest of the first half, Paulsen regained his aggression and energy in the second half.

Chu Zhongtian changed direction in dribbling the ball, making a posture of continuing to dribble the ball, while at the same time observing the situation around him. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Paulsen posted it. Chu Zhongtian could only turn his back to the direction of the attack and protect the football, but at the same time, he also lost the opportunity to pass forward.

Paulson suddenly bullied him from behind, stretched out his leg and stabbed the football at Chu Zhongtian's feet!

Chu Zhongtian made a mistake and let the other party break the ball. He also reacted quickly, did not stop where he was and raised his hand to signal to the referee for a foul, nor did he fall to the ground and pretend to be injured, he also rushed out like a cheetah and caught up with Paulson.

Then with a very precise tackle, the ball was broken from behind.

It's just that the referee's whistle also sounded - Chu Zhongtian fouled, and Sevilla won a free kick in front.

Hearing the whistle, Chu Zhongtian thought that there was something wrong with his ears. He made a clean and impeccable tackle this time, so why should I be awarded a foul?

Chu Zhongtian jumped up from the ground to argue for himself - my tackle is very precise and beautiful, you can't subjectively think that I am a foul just because it is a tackle from behind...... But just as he was about to do this, Paulson, who was lying on the ground with a painful face just now, suddenly got up from the ground.

Out of the corner of Chu Zhongtian's eyes, he caught a glimpse of Paulson's abnormal behavior, and he didn't react at first, but when he saw Paulson holding the football with both hands, he suddenly understood what this kid was going to do - free kick fast!

He didn't bother to appeal to the referee, so he threw down the referee and pounced on Paulsen.

It was too late, the football was kicked to the side by Paulsen, and the person who received the ball happened to be Navas!

Chu Zhongtian was more than ten meters away from Navas, and unless he was a person with special abilities who could teleport, he would not be able to catch up with Navas.

And Sevilla's quick free-kick also caught Metz off guard.

Originally, seeing Chu Zhongtian lose the ball, the players of Metz were nervous, and they were ready to return to the defense one by one. But immediately after Chu Zhongtian used another foul to stop the opponent's counterattack, they relaxed and relaxed, and the players who were still desperately sprinting back also slowed down and slowly walked back, without worrying.

They thought Sevilla would have waited until they were all back in place before kicking off because they had to wait for the referee's whistle. And the referee can't blow the whistle without waiting for half of Metz's men to be up front.

But they all ignore that sometimes the referee doesn't have to blow the whistle.

Like this time.

When Paulsen sent the free-kick to Keylor Navas, the only Metz players left near the box were three defenders and one midfielder - centre-back Sammy. Traore and Rodriguez, a full-back Signorino and a midfielder Promans.

Sevilla FC had only two players, Fabiano and Keylor Navas, and they were numerically disadvantaged, but their attacks were sudden. When Keylor Navas received the ball, several of Metz's defenders had not yet set up their defensive formations, and they were standing on the field very casually, full of holes.

After receiving the ball, Navas quickly dribbled forward, attracting the attention of Signorino and Traore. Then, instead of continuing to break through, he chose to pass!

The ball is passed horizontally to Fabiano, who is inserted into the box from the outside!

Chu Zhongtian and other Metz players are still desperately trying to defend back, but no matter which way you look at it, they can't stop Fabiano.

Rodriguez crossed in front of Fabiano and the Brazilian striker had stopped the ball and picked up his feet to shoot. The Mexican defender, on the other hand, could only block sideways, and there was nothing he could do.

Chu Zhongtian is still chasing back.

Promans rushed in.

In the next second, the ball was not shot by Fabiano, because he was slammed to the ground by Promans who caught up from behind!

The referee's whistle finally sounded, but this time it was not a whistle signaling that Sevilla could take a free-kick, but a death sentence for Metz.

"Promans knocked down Fabiano!"

"Hell...... It was a foul ......"

"Penalty! Look at the referee...... He blew the whistle and ran towards the penalty area, pointing to the penalty spot! ”

"It's a penalty! This is really the best news for Sevilla, which is lagging behind! ”

"What could be better news than this? No...... Wait......"

On the pitch, in the penalty area of Metz, Fabiano was lying on the ground, his fists raised, and he already knew what the outcome was. Although he didn't score the football in the first place, he got a penalty and was one step away from equalizing.

Keylor Navas and the rest of the Sevilla players also threw up their hands and rushed to the penalty area, where they picked up Fabiano and hugged him in celebration.

Promans also fell to the ground after hitting Fabiano, and now he is sitting on his knees, already knowing that he has given a penalty. He shook his head vigorously, a little helpless and annoyed.

The only thing he can console himself with now is that the penalty kick rate is not 100 per cent.

It was then that he saw the referee run up to him and reach for his butt pocket. As a seasoned pro, he knows what that move means, because it's not the first time he's seen it.

The rest of the Metz players know what that means. Rodriguez, the nearest central defender, hurriedly rushed up and pressed the referee's arm, hoping that he would not pull out the color of the sign.

Traore held his head in his hands, feeling a hint of despair.

A penalty and a red card...... Is there anything worse in the world?

Chu Zhongtian also surrounded the referee and appealed to him, of course, he didn't say that Promans's foul should not be a penalty, but that the referee had a problem in the previous decision: "You should go and take a look at the free kick before this, I didn't foul at all!" I definitely didn't foul! From that ball, it was a wrong attack! It's not supposed to exist! ”

The referee didn't listen to him, he wasn't interested in what had already passed.

Despite the obstruction of the Metz players, he still took out the red card, shook it in front of Promans's eyes, and then pointed to the outside of the field, signaling Promans to get off the field by himself, hurry up.

“…… It seems that there is better news for Sevilla than that...... Not only did they get a penalty, Metz's defensive midfielder, captain Promans was also sent off with a red card! ”

All the Metz players and fans couldn't believe what they were seeing, and some of the Metz fans in the stands booed shrill as they raised their middle fingers at the pitch and shouted, "Fuck you bastard referee!" Be careful that I'm going to your wife at night! ”

"Chu's time was definitely not a foul! How do your eyes grow? ”

"Black Whistle! Black Whistle! ”

Fans angrily denounced the referee.

The Sevilla fans cheered. A penalty equaliser and a numerical advantage have tipped the balance in their favour.

Let. Fernández approached the fourth official with some anger and protested to him: "It was a misjudgment from the foul of Chu!" This penalty shouldn't have happened in the first place! It wasn't a foul, we should have been in possession! ”

The fourth official shrugged, he was already adept at dealing with all kinds of emotional head coaches. He didn't take Fernandez's roar to heart, anyway, all the decisions on the field were made by the referee, and he, the fourth official, had no right to interfere.

Fernandez knew he couldn't do anything but complain.

Also aware of this was the team's captain, Promans, who knelt on the ground and knew that the matter was irreparable when he saw the referee show him a red card. Maybe he should have calmed down a little more in the first place?

Now think about it, if it didn't work in the first place.

He accepted the result in silence and stood up from the ground.

Chu Zhongtian was still protesting with his teammates around the referee. The captain of the team on the field is Promans, but Promans has not said anything, and as the team's number three captain, it is necessary for him to stand up for the interests of the team.

It was at this moment that his arm was pulled.

He looked back and saw Promans, who was putting the captain's armband on his arm!

After he put the captain's armband on Chu Zhongtian's arm, he patted him on the shoulder, and then turned and walked to the sidelines.

The players of Metz no longer protested to the referee, but just looked at Promans' back in a daze.

With 44 minutes to go, they were awarded a penalty and will play with 10 men.

(To be continued)