Chapter 154: Reclaiming Control

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Chu managed to cut off Navas's ball...... He has a long pass! Menez runs forward with the ball...... Pass to Ribery...... Shot! Ribery shoots straight at goal...... Ball, ball in! The ball is in! The ball went in-!! ”

"Mace! Mace!! Mace!!! ”

The Metz fans in the stands erupted in a huge cheer, and those who could not go to the stadium had to watch the game at home or in the bar to raise their arms and chant as they were. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

'It was a surprise that Metz scored first in the final and they were ahead of Sevilla! It was a beautiful counter-attack! ”

Le Goff sat in front of the television and opened his mouth to laugh. Until the game restarted, he was still reminiscing about the team's goal.

※※※"Oh! I didn't expect to get in! It seems that this time Mace has a play, and Chu also has a play! Boss John was pleasantly surprised.

"yes, yes! I didn't expect Metz to score so quickly! Looks like the defending champion isn't going to be any better......"

"That's because Metz has a good idea, he organises the attack in midfield...... Don't you see that as long as Chu is here, Mace's attack will be smooth? ”

"In fact, the most important thing is that Chu alone blocked the attack of the two Sevilla people on the side, which is amazing!"

Wimbledon fans in the stands were in awe.

Not far from them, there were Metz fans, a large crowd bouncing and jumping in the stands, chanting the name of the goalscorer Ribery.

Mathilde is among them. In the past, she only cheered for Chu Zhongtian, but today she wanted to be more active in the stands, and she wanted to try to understand what this game meant to Chu. She always felt that she couldn't understand E-Chu's thoughts because she didn't know enough about the game, even though she was able to understand the rules of football. So she wanted to behave more like a normal fan, like the people around her, cheering for every goal of her team, applauding every wonderful performance of her players, laughing at every mistake of the opposing team, or cursing loudly when the opposing player violated her own player.

She felt that maybe in this way, she would be able to get closer to Chu's heart.

"Oh oh - good job! Good job! She put aside her reserve and shouted.

The game restarted, the leading Metz did not immediately retreat to defend and counterattack, and Sevilla did not launch a frenzied counterattack. The game was only eleven minutes into play, and time was still plenty for both teams. Of course, Sevilla's indifference can also be interpreted as the fact that they are confused by Metz and do not know what to do.

Juander. Ramos was a little surprised. It wasn't an accidental goal conceded, but an accident that two of the best players on his side teamed up to take turns to attack, and neither of them was able to bargain for anything from that Metz No. 8.

He estimated before the game that Chu Zhongtian would definitely be injured in this game, and his performance would be greatly reduced due to injuries. Then you should take advantage of this and put pressure on him to take care of one thing and the other.

When Navas shook Chu Zhongtian to the ground, Ramos thought he had succeeded.

Now it seems that he underestimated the Chinese player too much.

What's next?

When he encountered a hard bone on Chu Zhongtian's side, did he retreat and find another way to attack? Ramos doesn't think so, even if he is not injured or sick, his players will continue to attack this side, and sooner or later Chu Zhongtian will not be able to resist.

At the 2000 European Championships, the young Cannavaro, who was still playing for Parma at the time, was a rock-solid defender on the right flank in Italy, and he had to bow down to any opponent in front of him. Italy's head coach at the time, Zoff, fixed Cannavaro at right-back, and his choice proved to be correct, and Cannavaro's defense was watertight.

In the final, how did France's head coach Le Maire deal with Cannavaro? He didn't deliberately avoid one of the best performers in the Italian backline, instead he kept the team attacking from Cannavaro's side.

No matter how good Cannavaro is, no matter how good he is. In such an important game as the final, facing the French team's tidal offensive again and again, his psychological pressure also accumulated layer by layer and became bigger and bigger. Finally, in the final moments of the game, he made a mistake in clearing a header that turned Italy's lead into a draw. Seeing that the championship was close at hand, but the French team scored the equalizer in the fourth minute and 20 seconds of stoppage time, the psychology of the Italian team was hit hard. But none of them were as hard as Cannavaro was hit.

In stoppage time, again on the side of Cannavaro's defence, Pire broke through Cannavaro's defence and then crossed near the baseline. Trezeguet volleyed the winning golden goal and Italy "died suddenly".

These two goals speak for themselves. Why did Cannavaro, who has always been solid defensively and known as "rock solid", make the mistake of clearing the ball with a header? Why was it so easy to break through by Pire? It's all the result of Lemaire's request that the whole team keep attacking Cannavaro. Cannavaro, who was strong, couldn't stand it anymore and finally collapsed in the final stages of the match. The first goal was a big psychological blow to Cannavaro, so it made sense that the second goal was launched from his wing.

Ramos remembers the classic game in which he had to emulate then-French coach Le Maire. Hit Chu Zhongtian with continuous attacks until he was completely crushed.

Keylor Navas and Alves are the most attacking wide players and could not have been more suitable for such a thing.

Marti can also move over to help if necessary.

He walked to the sidelines and gestured to the players on the field, signaling them to continue to attack the side that Chu Zhongtian was responsible for defending.

※※※ After Chu Zhongtian thought that he cut off Navas's ball and then instigated a counterattack to cause the team to take the lead, Sevilla would definitely be very smart to retreat and try in a different direction. In this way, the defensive pressure on your side can be reduced, and you can have more energy to think about how to attack.

But things didn't turn out the way he thought.

Keylor Navas and Alves still appeared in front of him in turn, attacking Signorino's flanks again and again, and he had to come over often to help fill in the position.

It must be admitted that both Keylor Navas and Alves are two very good players. Signano and Felicio basically don't play much role in defense, you must know that Signorino is also an offensive fullback, so in fact, many key defensive tasks are completed by Chu Zhongtian.

Let's start with. Fernandes' strategy of two midfielders to help one side of the defense is to take into account that when both the full-backs and full-backs have to go up to assist, the space behind them can be easily exploited, so he asks the midfielders who stay behind to make up for the defense. Who would have thought that Sevilla would take advantage of this to nail Chu Zhongtian firmly in the second half, and did not dare to step forward.

Because as long as Chu Zhongtian plugs in, even if Signorino doesn't assist, he will be beaten by the extremely fast Navas and Alves in turn.

Chu Zhongtian can only organize the attack more through long passes now, and handed over the fatal pass that is more delicate and closer to the goal to Menez.

So it seems, let's. The two sets of plans prepared by Fernandez are really right.

Menez became a midfielder and Metz's formation changed from 442 to 451. Ibisevic was up front alone, playing the ball to his team-mates and there weren't many chances for him to turn and shoot. Without Chu Zhongtian's constant running and passing at the front of the opponent's penalty area, Metz's attack seems to lack level - after all, Menez has played more shadow strikers in the past two seasons, and the forward midfielder is only a temporary cameo. In terms of organizing the attack, he and Chu Zhongtian cannot be compared.

There is another advantage to having Navas and Alves take turns attacking Chu Zhongtian's side - Metz will gradually shift the focus of defense to this side, and there will be holes in the defense on the other side. When the time comes, seize the moment and move the ball violently to tear through Metz's defence.

For fans, the most enjoyable thing is that they can watch the car ** battle between Navas and Alves and Chu Zhongtian, and every duel can make them secrete a lot of adrenaline hormones, whether Chu Zhongtian wins or Navas and Alves wins.

Chu Zhongtian couldn't stop the joint attack of the other two people every time, he wasn't that powerful. Now he can only draw with the other party at most, and there are winners and losers for each other.

※※※ When Navas faced Chu Zhongtian, he made a feint to cut inside and break through, but Chu Zhongtian was unmoved, because by studying the game video, he had long known that Navas rarely cut inside, and more often he would choose to go down with the ball and go outside. Therefore, as long as it is an incision, it must be a feint.

Seeing that he was not fooled, Navas passed the football to Alves, who was plugged in from behind.

Facing Signorino, who was weaker than Chu Zhongtian, Alves crossed with his feet.

After the ball was pushed out by Traore, Marti picked up his feet from outside the box and fired a long-range shot.

Goalkeeper Wenbi thought the corner was deflected, but the ball hit the post and bounced back!

The Sevilla fans in the stands and the Metz fans exclaimed at the same time, the former regretting that the ball had not gone further, and the latter being frightened.

Rodriguez saw the ball bounce back and quickly kicked it out. Wembi came back to his senses at this time and quickly patted the Mexican defender on the shoulder to show his gratitude.

It was Sevilla's most dangerous attack to date. Although the process was uneventful, the result was also a bit of a mistake. But after all, it was the closest Sevilla had come to scoring - only 12 centimetres, the diameter of a goalpost.

In the end, Mace responded.

Chu Zhongtian rushed forward with the ball, and just after the middle line, he passed the football to Menez in front, Menez turned his back to the direction of the goal, and gently flicked the football from Chu Zhongtian to the side, and was about to turn around. Called the top central defender Navarro to the ground. The referee awarded Metz a free-kick in front. Promans went up to take the free kick, and Chu Zhongtian stayed behind to defend alone.

Promans whipped in a free-kick from the right side of the goal and Ibisevic did his best to get on the spot, but his shot from the far end of the net was not on target, and the ball bounced off the ground before falling into the hands of Sevilla goalkeeper Palop.

Sevilla then stepped up their attack, and with 20 minutes of play, it was time for them to make a difference.

Keylor Navas and Alves once again took turns attacking Chu Zhongtian and Signorino's defenses, and while everyone was focused on their breakthrough, Navas passed the ball between Chu Zhongtian and Signorino.

Paulsen, who cut in at the back, received a pass from Keylor Navas at the top of the box and fired straight over the crossbar.

Soon Sevilla won another corner. It was caused by Alves deliberately kicking the football on him when he failed to break through Chu Zhongtian. From the corner, Puerta got to the spot, flicked his head at the goal, and the ball went just over the top.

With two successive waves of attacks almost scoring, Metz looked scrambling under Sevilla's pressure and didn't know what to do. Because Chu Zhong couldn't go to the sky, their attack was very arbitrary, and they had no purpose or plan. Anyone who gets the ball can organize an attack, but in fact, it is just a waste of time, and those fleeting opportunities are missed in this unclear division of labor.

Control must be regained.

Chu Zhongtian stood up.

When attacking, he restarted running widely, no longer confined himself to the centre and right, but could be seen in any corner of the pitch.

He took over the team's offensive playmaking and Menez could honestly play the shadow forward he does best.

His activity has stabilized Metz's midfield, and everyone is no longer hesitant to pass the ball, not knowing who to pass to.

Of course, Paulson will follow him closely, waiting for an opportunity to steal, or rather an opportunity to get a black foot. Because of the thigh injury, Chu Zhongtian paid special attention to Paulson's movements. After a season of hard work, the foot skills can play a role at this time.

When Paulson tries to force a break on the ball, he always manages to get the ball out of the way in time and at the same time keep his feet out of the opponent's almost savage defensive moves.

On two occasions, Paulson made a flying tackle from behind, but nothing came down. But it caused displeasure among the Metz fans in the stands, who thought that Paulson's action was too dangerous and that the referee should show him a card, even if he didn't tackle Chu Zhongtian.

"Do you have to wait for Chu's old injury to recur and be carried off the field before giving Paulson a yellow card?" The French commentators were also very dissatisfied.

Sometimes he would pull Chu Zhongtian's clothes, and at this time, Chu Zhongtian would not care about him. Even when Paulson ripped off his jersey, he still controlled the ball and looked for opportunities to pass the ball.

Sometimes the referee couldn't watch it anymore and would stop the game, give Metz a free-kick, and then verbally warn Paulsen.

Of course, Navas and Alves did not let Chu Zhongtian go because he was active in attack. They still took turns attacking the side when the team was attacking, and Chu Zhongtian continued to appear there to make up for the defense.

This kind of behavior is very demanding on the physical fitness of the players, but Chu Zhongtian has an advantage in this regard, so he is not worried.

Chu Zhongtian knew why the other party wanted to focus on attacking the side where he was, because they wanted to see that they couldn't bear the weight and collapsed. In that case, can I use them in reverse...... Defense is not something that can only be passively endured, and there is also the word of active defense. The so-called active defense is to use the attack on this side to press the opponent back. Sevilla has Alves and Navas, and Metz has Ribery.

It would be a waste to leave Ribery alone.

Alves has frequent assists, there is a lot of space behind him, and Sevilla's midfield is not like Metz, and the midfielder can often fill in to help defence.

Taking advantage of a dead ball, Chu Zhongtian called Ribery and Felicio.

"You're going to have to change positions a lot during the game." He made a cross gesture. 'The full-backs on their right were very frequent, they pressed a lot, and they were all open at the back. We're going to take advantage of that. ”

Felicio nodded.

Ribery squeezed his eyes at Chu Zhongtian: "No problem." I also played left midfielder in the French national team. ”

Then Ribery switched to the left, and as long as Chu Zhongtian and Signorino could cut off Navas or Alves, they would find Ribery as soon as possible.

Then it was Ribery's personal technique to dribble and assault.

This trick works.

When Alves pressed twice in a row to attack, and the space left behind him was seized by Ribery, dribbling straight to the Yellow Dragon, causing Ibisevic to have a dangerous two-footed shot, Juander. Ramos couldn't sit still on the sidelines.

He walked to the sidelines and shouted to Alves inside the stadium: "Hold back a little, Daniel!" It's too much when you go up! ”

Alves felt aggrieved - wasn't that what you asked for before the game?

But the manager's orders could not be ignored, so he consciously reduced his number of assists, leaving Navas alone. At the same time, he kept his eyes on Ribery.

Chu Zhongtian took advantage of this to immediately reverse the team's disadvantage in the game, and Sevilla's most proud wing attack lost a point of attack, and its power dropped sharply. Mays can finally free up his hand to clean up the dishonest defending champions.

Next, Paulsen stumbled while defending Chu Zhongtian and finally received a yellow card.

The yellow card made him a little more honest, at least less of the judo-like moves.

For the remainder of the first half, the initiative was gradually taken back by Mez.

Sevilla, on the other hand, looked a little passive on the field because they lost their attacking means on the wing.

With six minutes to go until half-time, Mays came close to extending their lead.

At that time, it was Alves who was unwilling to be suppressed in the second half and stepped forward to assist, only to be seized by Metz to hit him behind. After receiving Chu Zhongtian's pass, Ribery burst into the penalty area with the ball, and the Sevilla defenders thought that Ribery would shoot directly, so they focused on him. Franck Ribery swept the ball into the middle.

Menez, who was on his feet, shot with his feet.

It was supposed to be a must-score, but it was miraculously saved by Sevilla goalkeeper Palop!

"Wow...... Palop made a crucial save! Otherwise, the score will be 2:0! ”

'In the first half, Metz had a difficult time, but now they have the initiative and it is quite effective to play wide attacks against wide attacks. Juander. Ramos' proudest wide attack was alive for fifteen minutes in the first half before falling silent! ”

The first half ended with wave after wave of Metz attacks, and defending champions Sevilla did not look easy to defend their title, as they were not only behind in the first half, but also on the back foot. Metz was in complete control of the game and everyone thought that as long as they continued to play like this, victory was not a luxury.

Including themselves think so.

(To be continued)