Chapter 103: I'm the Center
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At half-time, many people left their work to refuel at a place dedicated to drinks and food, so that they could continue to cheer on their team in the stands in the second half. www.biquge.info Of course, in order to avoid a disagreement after the fans of both sides meet, the security in these areas is also very strict.
Thankfully, not many people are actually going to take the grievances on the pitch off the court.
Emily also went to buy a beer, and a sandwich, returned to her place, and sat down to take a sip of beer, a sip of a sandwich. Such simple food is delicious to her.
Unlike the elated PSG fans, the Metz fans were also a bit silent at half-time. They got off to a good start in the first half, thinking that they could take advantage of the situation to kill Paris Saint-Germain in one go, but they didn't expect that they had no chance at all in the subsequent games, and they were crushed by Paris Saint-Germain and couldn't turn over at all. The lead didn't last long, and now the leaders have become laggards. This kind of psychological gap makes many people a little unbearable.
Behind Emily, there were quite a few people drinking coffee and discussing the first half.
'Why did we play so poorly in the first half? It doesn't look like a finalist team at all! I was very excited when I saw Chu score, and I thought that we had a play for the championship! I didn't expect ...... Alas! The man sighed as he spoke.
"Isn't it because Chu was targeted to death by the other party...... The vast majority of our offense comes from Chu, and if he is out of shape, or is contained, we are doomed. I've said a long time ago that this tactic is very risky, you can't pin the hopes of a team on one person, this won't work......" Another shrill voice rang out.
Hearing this, Emily frowned, she is not a Metz fan, she is a fan of Chu Zhongtian. She doesn't care whether Mace's tactics are suitable for the opponent, she doesn't care much about whether Mace lives or dies, as long as Chu Zhongtian plays well. Those who say bad things about Chu Zhongtian can't do it!
It was at this time that she heard someone also raise objections to the shrill voice.
"Fuck you!"
This objection is a bit fierce...... "Hey, we're all fans of the same team, don't talk like this......" someone next to him is admonishing.
Emily became intrigued, and she stood up and turned to look at the crowd gathered in the stands above.
In the crowd, a flat-headed young man with a meaty face was glaring angrily at a middle-aged man opposite.
"What the are you talking about? When Chu performs well, you cheer in the stands, and when the team performs badly, put the blame on him! Even people like you deserve to shout his name from the stands? The young man pointed at the middle-aged man opposite, and shouted, his fingers almost poking into the other's eyes.
"Don't talk nonsense, the professional commentator also admits that Chu's freezing is the reason why our whole team is not playing properly...... I think Fernandes should also develop Menez, who can also play in the midfield......" The middle-aged man spread his hands.
"If you really understand the professional commentary, you won't sit there and talk about football with your mouth!" The young man pointed to the broadcast seat, "We are a small team, do you still want to engage in a double core in a small team?" I think one chu is enough. Facts have also proved that Chu is enough to deal with all situations. Now Chu is just in a little trouble, don't say it so exaggerated! I'll tell you, we were in such a bad situation in the first half, I wasn't even worried. Are you still Metz fans? β
Emily got a little closer and noticed that the young man was wearing Chu Zhongtian's No. 8 jersey, and it seemed that he was also a Chu Zhongtian fan...... She laughed.
"I dare say that Chu in the second half will definitely bring out his best side! Think of last season's relegation battle with Paris Saint-Germain, think of last season's game against Lyon, and think of this season's quarter-final against Lyon! Oh, and the derby, the first Lorraine derby of the season and Nancy, who saved the team time and time again? Who always scores the key goals at the crucial moments? It's Chu! It's that China's number eight! Without him, we would still be fighting for relegation this season, you, including me! The young man said that he was emotional, and poked his hand in his chest vigorously, "I won't be standing here today!" Maybe we won't be here for another 10 years to cheer on our team! When was the last time we won the French Cup? 1988! How many years has it been now? Eighteen years! How many eighteen years can there be in life? You cheered for him when he helped us reach the final, now what? β
"Does anyone dare to bet with me! Bet Chu will explode in the second half and he will save the team again! The young man turned and looked around.
The crowd fell silent at his impassioned words, and no one answered him.
Emily suddenly felt that this young man was very cute, just because he was so excited to say so many good things for Chu Zhongtian.
She held up her hand: "I'll bet you." β
The young man turned his head to glare at her, and Emily noticed that the excited old man had a scar hairstyle on the left side of his hair that could be trimmed, and he looked ruffian.
"But I'm betting on a good second half." Emily looked at the angry young man and smiled.
It turned out to be with him, and the young man's face softened. He looked at the silent Metz fans again, "It seems that no one dares to bet with me, so it means that you and I think the same thing, right?" With that, the young man shrugged, ignored the group, and walked down the steps to Emily: "Hey, beauty. Meet Escher. Morality. Belmont, you can call me Belmont. β
Emily shook his outstretched hand, "Emily, Emily. Stan. β
Belmont looked at Emily in sunglasses and frowned: "Watching the game in sunglasses?" Today's sun is not shining. β
Emily glanced up at the night sky and smiled, "But the lights are a little harsh." She straightened the light on the ceiling.
"You're not French?" Belmont wondered, "I don't sound like ...... accent to you."
"I'm British."
"Oh, the British......" Belmont whistled.
"Hey, Frenchman." Not to be outdone, Emily responded.
Then the two of them laughed, and there was no tension between the British and the French.
"Looks like you're also a Chu fan? Came here from England to watch him race? β
Emily nodded, "yes, it's his fan." I love watching him play. With that, she spread out the piece of paper that had been placed in her seat for Belmont to see.
Belmont looks at the paper "Come on!" Clear! He nodded.
I said...... Want him to sign it? β
Emily was stunned for a moment.
"If you want, you're welcome, tell me and I can get you the kid's autograph. It's not me who blows, I have a good relationship with him! He often rides in my car...... Oh, sorry I forgot to introduce, I'm a taxi driver. If you come to Metz to play, you can call this number, be on call, and ensure that it is comfortable and fast! With that, Belmont pulled out her business card and handed it to Emily.
"If you want his autograph, I'll be able to get you as many as I want. I'm not kidding, I'm friends with him! β
Emily laughed, "Okay, then please ask me for a copy of his autograph." β
While Belmont and Emily, whom she had just met, were chatting together, Mathilde sat quietly in her place alone, even during intermission, and she didn't move, buy a drink, or go to the bathroom. In the first half, except for cheering for Chu Zhongtian's goal for a while, she fell into silence, just silently worried about Chu Zhongtian.
She had little interest in the break and just wanted to get the second half off to a quick start.
β»β»β» "You did a good job in the first half, and continued to contain Chu in the second half. As long as you can contain him, you can contain Mace. But I hope you don't settle for the scoreline and keep attacking and scoring goals in the second half! "Guy. Before the team came out on the pitch, Lacomb gave his final words to the team.
"Come on, guys! We only have forty-five minutes left until the championship! Know that this is your only chance for salvation! Use this title to tell others that PSG is not down! β
Unlike Fernandes, Lacombu is better at stirring up emotions than he is.
Every PSG player who walked out of the dressing room was excited, as if they had touched the trophy.
β»β»β»Chu Zhongtian and Menez walked out of the locker room side by side and walked towards the court.
'In the second half you play up front and there's a problem you have to pay attention to. Menez is using his experience to tell Chu Zhongtian, who has never played in a forward midfield, what to pay attention to.
"What is it?"
'It's not the same as the midfielder, you have more opportunities to get the ball with your back, and if you can't turn around, you can't organise the attack.
Menez has played in the front midfield, and he can play almost all positions in the front court, so in terms of experience in different positions, he must have more experience than Chu Zhongtian.
"The back is different, you can catch the ball more calmly......"
Chu Zhongtian smiled bitterly: "Do you think there is any difference between me taking the ball in the back and forward positions in this game?" Jeremy. β
Menez was stunned for a moment, and then reacted to what Chu Zhongtian was referring to. He shrugged: "The degree is not the same. Like our attack in the first half, the opponent's number 23 (which is Mbami) made a mistake and gave you a chance to move forward. But on the edge of their own penalty area, such a mistake would be almost impossible to come by, as it could be fatal if it did. They must know that better than we do. So you have to think about how to deal with the situation where you can't turn around, or how to turn around. β
Chu Zhongtian thought about it quickly.
"Why don't you help me?"
"Me? How can it help? β
"If I can't turn around with the ball, you're my wall. The same goes for you, if you can't turn around, I'll be your wall. Why do we have to fight each other alone? Get out of the ball fast, run fast, get moving, the faster the better......"
"If it's fast, there will be mistakes......" Menez felt that Chu Zhongtian's idea was good, but it was a little troublesome to actually operate...... "If you lose the ball, you can counter-rob on the spot, and you can foul it, anyway, you can't let them easily beat the fast attack." Chu Zhongtian came up with his own solution.
Menez thought about Chu Zhongtian's proposal in his mind and felt that this was the best way at the moment. He nodded.
Chu Zhongtian proposed an "upgraded version" of this method: "But only the two of us can't do this, and the two of us are also easy to be targeted to death by each other." More people have to get involved...... After a while, we called everyone together and talked to them. β
Menez nodded.
Chu Zhongtian played football and used his brain well, and the head coach Fernandes moved him from the back to the front midfield, providing him with new ideas, and he followed this line of thought to come up with a way to deal with Paris Saint-Germain. Menez admired this.
When the players from both sides ran onto the field, all the activity in the stands was interrupted, and everyone returned to their seats and sat down, waiting for the second half of the game to begin.
Belmont also said goodbye to Emily and returned to her place. And Emily had a few more people around her, and it was only then that she noticed that the middle-aged man who had just argued with Belmont was diagonally in front of her.
After everyone was seated, Emily took off her sunglasses and took out her binoculars to observe Chu Zhongtian in the court.
This second half is a little harder, because Paris Saint-Germain switched to the opposite half, if Chu Zhongtian really has any outstanding performance, she has to take a telescope to be able to see Chu Zhongtian's performance clearly. Despite the large screen at the top of the grandstand opposite, it doesn't look like a "big" screen here.
She saw from the big screen that the live TV was giving some close-ups of several players. The two players who scored the first and second goals for PSG were treated like that. And on Mace's side, Ribery, Menez and Chu Zhongtian also gave close-ups.
Especially when Chu Zhongtian was on him, he gave a few more seconds.
The live broadcast director also knew that if Mace wanted to win this game, Chu Zhongtian was the key. In the first half, Chu Zhongtian was frozen by Paris Saint-Germain, which directly led to the poor performance of the Metz team in the first half.
"Come on, Chu!" Emily, who was holding a telescope in one hand, waved her other hand to Chu Zhongtian on the big screen.
β»β»β» Chu Zhong, who was on the field, counted the days and found that everyone was on the court, so he waved his hand and motioned for everyone to come around.
When everyone had gathered around, he stood in the middle and said to his teammates: "I have an idea to change our poor performance in the first half, but I need the support of all of you. β
"Just say it, Chu. What is there that needs to be done by us. "Promans, as Chu Zhongtian's midfield partner, has always been the only one who looks forward to Chu Zhongtian.
'I thought about why we didn't play well in the first half and I was a big factor but we were too far apart and we didn't run aggressively. I think we can ...... this," he pointed to himself, "with me as the centre of the field, there are a few people around me, and when I'm about to pass, it's easy to find you and it's a short distance. β
When assigning tasks, Chu Zhongtian was not polite to them, he was not modest at all, and told them what they were going to do in an almost commanding tone.
"No matter where I am, I have to be around me. Just like it is now. He pointed to everyone and himself, he was in the middle, and everyone was gathered outside, forming a circle.
It was intuitive to say this, and the teammates all nodded.
No one questioned whether he was qualified to command them, or whether he was right to do so. Chu Zhongtian has conquered all his teammates with a stable performance for more than a season, and everyone will listen to what he says, because he has never let them down. That's trust.
"It makes it difficult for the opposition to defend. I hope that everyone will run fast and try not to let the football stay at your feet for too long, because everyone has seen their tactics. If the football stays at your feet for too long, they will be pressed. In order to tear through their defenses, we must be fast! He cocked up his index finger, "Remember, guys, we're going to be fast in the second half!" β
The big guys nodded their heads.
"If you lose the ball, you can counter-attack on the spot. Don't cherish your physical fitness, we're lagging behind now, there's nothing to cherish. Chu Zhongtian continued. If you can't grab it, you have to interfere with them, and you can also foul them. Can't let them hit our quick counterattack anyway. β
'It's a bit small in attack, but it doesn't matter, as soon as they get dazed by us and have a bit of a slack in defence, we're going to move away with long balls. Hit them off guard! Chu Zhongtian punched in the palm of his hand.
"Great idea!" After listening to the whole plan, Ribery cried out.
"So what are we waiting for? So be it! Promans also shouted.
The others had no objections, and Chu Zhongtian's battle plan was implemented in this way.
"In the second half, let's surprise them a little bit." Chu Zhongtian finally said. "They thought they could defend us with the same game they did in the first half, so let them think that and let's use the goal to show them that it was wrong!"
"That's right!"
"Take the championship! Be sure to win the championship! β
"Lao Tzu didn't come here to change clothes in the luxurious dressing room!"
"Champion! Champion!! β
"Kill those Parisians...... Uh, Jeremy, I didn't mean you ......"
"I'm from the suburbs of Paris, not Parisian." Menez said with a blank face.
"Well, anyway, let's fight for these forty-five minutes together!"
"Fight with them!!"
While the Metz players got together to discuss what to do, the PSG players stood on the pitch, waiting for the opponent to return to their positions and kick off.
And when the Metz players dispersed, they didn't see any difference between the group of Metz players from the north and the first half.
Their head coach, Lacomb, shouted from the sidelines to the players on the field: "Attack! Remember, go on offense! Before I shouted stop, let me continue the attack! β
Captain Pauletta gave a thumbs up to the coach to signal that he had heard.
Offensive? He loved it.
He turned around and shouted to his teammates behind him, "Let's go on the attack-!" β
The referee blew the kick-off whistle just after he shouted.
Gaye kicked the ball to Menez, who then passed it back to the feet of Chu Zhongtian, who had already reached the arc of the center circle.
The second half of the championship has begun!
(To be continued)