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Chu Zhong suddenly picked up a pass, which caught Tottenham Hotspur off guard, and Ribery's back insertion came from the tacit understanding between the two men. www.biquge.info When Franck Ribery stopped the ball in the Tottenham penalty area without a single Tottenham player around him, the outcome was doomed.

When Franck Ribery slammed the ball into Tottenham's goal, the Metz fans, who were just over 2,000 people, erupted in loud cheers from the stands. They saw hope that the team would qualify.

"In fact, before the game, everyone has been talking about away goals and away goals, but they have forgotten that the two teams are actually on the same score, which means that Metz only needs to score and then lead Tottenham...... In fact, Tottenham's hopes of promotion are not as big as we thought...... "England's commentators are still adding to the congestion of Tottenham fans.

So those Tottenham fans who had no way to go to the game and could only watch the game on the TV in the bar or at home raised their middle fingers to the TV screen, and spat out like a mantra: "**_you!" You bitch raised commentary! ”

Before the rise of Arsenal in recent years, Tottenham Hotspur has been the team with the largest number of fans in London since the day of its establishment, they are the representative of London football, West Ham United's influence is limited to east London, and Chelsea and Fulham have been unknown until the arrival of Monopoly, Tottenham is the symbol of London football, not only in north London. Even when Arsenal had Chapman, they couldn't beat Tottenham.

Only now, Tottenham fans have been disappointed with their team's performance for many years. They will be hoping that the team can make a breakthrough this season and make a difference in the UEFA Cup. They have a good chance because Metz is not strong - they understand it that way, compared to teams like Sevilla and Espanyol, Metz is not very strong.

After a 2-2 draw away at Metz, Tottenham fans were even more adamant about that idea. As long as they can eliminate Metz, they can advance to the semi-finals, and they are only one step away from the final. The semi-finals are coming, will the final be far away? The finals are coming, will the championship be far away?

But who would have thought that Metz would launch a Jedi counterattack at the White Hart Lane Stadium and score a goal...... Tottenham fans in the stands at White Hart Lane began chanting: "Attack! Offensive! Offensive! Offensive!! ”

They kept shouting, hoping that the team would abandon the conservative defensive counter-attacking tactics and bravely press out to fight Metz.

With 30 minutes played, Tottenham didn't have any decent attacking opportunities, which had to do with the tactical demands of Coach Joel.

At that time, he thought that as long as the team held on and did not concede goals, the victory would be theirs. I can't think of it that way now.

The entire Tottenham fans chanted "Attack". Joel was hesitating whether to press out and attack immediately. He knew that Mace's attack was very strong, and he was worried that if he pressed up, there would be more gaps in the backcourt, and if he was caught by the opponent, he would be in big trouble. At this time, Metz had just scored, morale was high and fighting spirits were high, and if Tottenham pressed out, it was only a matter of time before they conceded, not impossible.

The priority at the moment should be to defend, the opposition have only scored one goal anyway, and we still have an away goal advantage, as long as we score one goal in the remaining time to equalise...... With an aggregate score of 3:3, we still advance...... Thinking of this, Joel left the dugout and walked to the sidelines.

Just when Tottenham fans thought that Joel must be asking the team to attack, Joel was gesturing to the Tottenham players on the field: "Defend solidly, don't concede any more goals before the first half!" ”

He intends to make further adjustments at half-time to make arrangements for Metz's defence.

After the restart, Tottenham fans quickly spotted Martin. Joel didn't make any attacking changes at all, and the team still allowed Metz to pass backwards in midfield as they had done for the previous 30 minutes, lacking the momentum to move forward.

"This is!" There were Tottenham fans complaining from the stands. "Are we the ones who are behind in the aggregate? Why do I think it's actually Metz that is lagging behind? ”

"Tottenham like this is a tragedy!"

"When those bastard Arsenal fans showed off their football in front of me, I couldn't find an excuse to refute them because our football is really boring!"

"Think about the past! Danny of the sixties team. Blanc Frover, Jimmy. Greaves, Martin of the Seventies. Peters and Steve. Perryman, Green in the Eighties. Hoddle also has the Argentine double star Olympiad. Altirez and Richie. Vera, Paul in the early nineties. Gascoigne and Gary. Lineker ...... Our football at Tottenham is always so eye-catching, free-running, attacking and adventurous...... Look at the current Tottenham team, it really makes me feel ashamed! ”

"I really doubt now that the club asked George at the time. Is there some conspiracy for that guy from Graham to be the coach? Bringing in an Arsenal supporter to be our coach ended up making a mess of Tottenham's style of football, Graham's Arsenal were boring, and now our football is boring......"

'We need to score! Did Joel think that we would be able to qualify for the semi-finals with such a scoreline? ”

"Man, he's afraid to lose the ball, he's afraid to take risks. In fact, he played quite well in the league...... It's just that this game is too important for him, and if I were him, maybe I would be more conservative than him......," someone defended Joel. In fact, in the fan circle, the popularity of this unattractive head coach is very good, but today the fans poured great expectations into the team, but they reaped a bitter goal, and it is no wonder that they have abandoned Joel now.

"How can you win a football game without risk? If he's afraid to take risks, he might as well retreat back into his fucking womb! ”

Tottenham fans in the stands were complaining about Jol's conservative choice, while Metz fans were cheering on the team's performance.

"If we go on like this, we'll be able to go to Glasgow eventually!"

"Let Tottenham die, haha!"

"Oooh, Tottenham are cowards! They don't have eggs and **! Oooooooo ”

Metz fans cheered on their team's performance. The Chu Zhongtian family and friends group from Wimbledon always only care about their old friend Chu Zhongtian.

"The key to this goal is Chu's sudden forward insertion and forward pick-and-roll!"

"It was evident from this attack how important the change of tempo was...... You see, Chu kept falling in the middle and back at the beginning in order to change the tempo, so that the Tottenham defence would let down its guard and there would be holes. And once there was a loophole, Chu suddenly passed the ball forward and accelerated the tempo, which was slow, and the Tottenham defenders couldn't react and lost the ball! It's a powerful strategy......"

"I don't understand that much, but I think Chu's kick is unexpected, very beautiful. I didn't think he'd do that, I thought he'd shoot straight away...... If it were me, I would have shot straight away! ”

"That's why you can only play amateur football, while Chu can play professional football! Don't roll your eyes, I'm telling the truth. ”

"Hey!"

"Haha!" Everyone laughed, Mace took the lead, and Chu Zhongtian had an excellent performance, which made them feel good.

※※※After the game restarted, Metz found that Tottenham was not in a hurry to counterattack, but continued to stay in his own half, only slightly increasing the scope of the scramble, at least when Chu Zhongtian passed through the center circle, no one paid attention to it.

Although Tottenham did not press out to attack, which would make it difficult for Metz's goal, Chu Zhongtian was very patient.

He had been patient for thirty minutes, and it would be okay to continue to be patient.

He values quality more than quantity. The kind of thing that you shoot 30 goals in a game and don't score a goal, and ask the opponent to score a goal with one shot shouldn't happen to the team he dominates.

So Metz's game statistics, possession rate tends to be very high.

The broadcast of this game also played the current possession ratio between the two sides in due course. Metz had 73 per cent possession as the visitors, but it was not surprising as a large part of that possession was done by Metz in midfield and had little practical significance.

Once he hits the opponent's 30-meter area, Chu Zhongtian will pick up the tempo, and the team's possession will plummet.

If you find a loophole, of course you have to kill it with one blow. If it's still upside down like in the back, the holes disappear and don't help the team's offense in the slightest.

He is not afraid of Tottenham's shrinking turtle tactics, anyway, his teammates can always create opportunities when they run, and it depends on whether he can seize them.

※※※ Martin. Jol's adjustments are limited, and there are people in the squad who are not happy with it.

For example, Edgar. Davis.

In fact, Davis was asked to defend Chu Zhongtian before the game, but Chu Zhongtian withdrew too far back, and every time he returned to the back line of Mace to respond, as a back midfielder, Davis obviously could not do this. But now he doesn't care so much. He wants to give Chu Zhongtian a little bit of power, otherwise he is strolling around the midfield like this, and he really thinks that there is no one in the Tottenham midfield?

Davis, who is only 1.69 meters tall, was once the world's top midfielder, with braids like Gullit and his style of playing with glasses are eye-catching, but the most eye-catching thing is actually his own strength. His toughness, physicality and agility are all hallmarks of his play, as well as his outstanding long-range shots.

It's just that these traits are gradually moving away from him as he gets older.

The 34-year-old "Wild Boar" has not had many appearances this season and has limited roles. Unlike last season, when he first joined Tottenham, he did the work of two or three people to help Tottenham rebuild order in midfield. Now he is thinking of retiring, planning to leave Tottenham Hotspur and return to the Netherlands at the end of this season.

But before that, he has to leave something behind in the game and tell others that he, "The Boar" Davis, is still not to be underestimated!

When Chu Zhongtian received the ball again and was about to pass the ball forward, he was entangled by Davis. He couldn't turn around, and naturally he couldn't pass the ball forward.

Chu Zhongtian was a little surprised, he had studied Davis's. The reason why he dared to be so unscrupulous in the midfield was because he kept a certain distance from David, and he knew that the older Davies was declining quickly in terms of physical fitness, and it was impossible to mark him all over the game, so he pulled his position very far back, like a pure midfielder.

The 30 minutes before the goal proved his plan right. Davis is more often in the backcourt to defend Menez and others, and is rarely able to sprint more than 20 meters to force him.

But how did he come up now?

Unwilling to fail?

Chu Zhongtian saw that he couldn't turn around, so he passed the football back, and Davis didn't follow.

But he didn't leave completely, once the football returned to Chu Zhongtian's feet, he forced it again.

If Chu Zhongtian plans to pass the ball forward or dribble the ball, he can stop it, and if he can't stop it, he will directly foul, never hesitate!

At first, Chu Zhongtian felt the pressure, but soon he found a way.

Davies's action was obviously his own idea, because the whole Tottenham team did not cooperate with him, and seemed a little overwhelmed by his sudden insertion into the defence, which was a godsend for Metz - Davies came up, so who was his original position? There is no one to fill in the position, it is a complete blank!

Chu Zhongtian motioned to Menez and the others to get closer to him, but in order to prevent Tottenham's back line from pressing up, Ibisevic continued to be at the forefront and suppressed Tottenham's defense.

Then he began to command.

※※※ Chu Zhongtian just received the ball, and was hit by Davis from the side, and his steps stumbled slightly, but he still protected the football. If this collision was changed to eight years ago, Chu Zhongtian would not be able to keep the ball under his feet. But the thirty-four-year-old Davis is no longer as brave as he used to be, and this collision did not have much impact on Chu Zhongtian.

He deflected the ball away and passed it to Jayovi next to him.

Davis was still by Chu Zhongtian's side, he knew very well that only Chu Zhongtian could command the entire Mace team, and freezing him was equivalent to freezing the whole Mace team, so he didn't pay attention to the people around Chu Zhongtian at all.

Yayiovi was going to pass the football to Chu Zhongtian again, but Chu Zhongtian waved his hand not to do this, but asked him to pass the football directly to Menez in front.

Yayiovi looked over and immediately understood what the master's intention was in doing this - Davis left his defensive area and followed Chu Zhongtian closely, and Menez was defenseless as long as he pulled out. The Tottenham backline suffered the first loss of conceding a goal, and even if Menez pulled it out, their defenders would not follow, for fear that the space behind them would be used by Chu Zhongtian.

So Menez at this time is very free!

Jayovi didn't dare to delay, for fear that the opponent would react, and hurriedly sent the ball to Menez's feet.

After Menez caught the ball, no Tottenham players came up to defend him.

That's when Davis realized he had made a big mistake – a defensive misalignment. This time, he hurriedly threw down Chu Zhongtian and ran towards Menez.

"Menez received the ball and he didn't have anyone to defend...... Tottenham's defence is wrong again at this time! ”

"Boar" Davis desperately ran back, and in his eyes, Menez had already raised his foot and seemed to be planning to shoot straight at goal!

Yes, he guessed right.

Unmarked, still facing the goal, what do you do if you don't shoot at this time?

Although it was outside the penalty area, although Chu Zhongtian didn't let them shoot blindly from a distance at the beginning of the game. But now it's not a "blind" long shot! It doesn't get much better than this!

Menez's supporting foot stomped the slippery ground, and he picked up his right foot...... Davies had to make a flying tackle in the hope of stopping Menez's shot, but he was a little late. Menez's right foot hit the soccer ball, which arced through the rain, spinning in the air and throwing the raindrops out.

Paul. Robinson flew to save, but the arc of the ball was too big, bypassing his ten fingers, and then grazing the post and flying into the goal!

“2：0！ Pretty! It's beautiful! With an aggregate score of 4:2, Metz extended his lead!! ”

"What's more, they ripped off the last fig leaf for Tottenham! Now you're just like us, Tottenham! And we're two goals ahead of you on aggregate! ”

Davis slid past but missed nothing, and the ball was kicked away by Menez, and the man jumped up just in time to avoid his back-tackle.

The Dutchman lying on the ground was a little unwilling, he didn't expect Chu Zhongtian to organize an effective attack without passing...... Damn it!

Menez, who scored the goal, rushed to the camera at the corner flag and shook his fist vigorously to cheer for his goal.

Metz's players rushed up and surrounded him. Everyone knows how heavy this ball is. There is no away goal advantage between Metz and Tottenham Hotspur now, as both sides have scored two goals at each other's home ground.

Metz took a big step forward on their way to qualification, taking a two-goal lead in addition to offsetting Tottenham's away goal advantage.

"Mace, Mes, Mes, Mes!" The Metz players gathered around and shouted and jumped.

Tottenham's players stood still, unexpectedly before the half-time was over, and the two away goal advantages were gone in a blink of an eye.

Because the whole team of Metz has no other way to go except attacking, they are united in the spirit of scoring. Tottenham had so many options that they lost their way and didn't know how to move forward.

Tottenham fans in the stands were unhappy and angry at the team's performance of conceding two goals in a row in the first half, and they booed, and for the first time their boos were not directed at Metz.

"Attack! Offensive! Offensive! ”

"What are you waiting for? Joel?! We're already two goals behind, aren't you going to attack yet? You coward!! Have you forgotten how you led Tottenham last season?! Have you forgotten how we finished fifth in the league? Courage, we need the courage to attack! Joel!! ”

The fans yelled at head coach Joel.

And Martin. Joel stood on the sidelines with his head in his hands, his eyes showing disbelief.

He couldn't have counted his own backline so badly, allowing the opponent to seize the hole and score one after another. In fact, his tactical choice cannot be wrong, but why did it not succeed?

The game was like this, he didn't even know what to say. How do you adjust to halftime? His mind went blank suddenly......

(To be continued)