Chapter 102: Front Waist

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Kalou scored a long-range shot past Humby to level the score. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 There was a deafening cheer from the Parisian fans in the info stands.

Kalaw, who scored the goal, excitedly ran to the corner flag area to greet the Paris Saint-Germain fans there.

The Metz players, on the other hand, surrounded the referee, believing that Kalou's tackle before the goal was a foul.

"This should be a foul first, such a goal is invalid!" Promans was furious.

But Chu Zhongtian didn't defend himself, or make excuses. He stood outside the crowd with his head bowed.

Regardless of whether Crowe made that steal or not, at least he didn't perform well before conceding the ball.

He never found a solution, but conceded the ball at his feet, allowing the opponent to play a successful counter-attack...... What a fuck!

It happened that the TV camera gave Chu Zhongtian, who bowed his head, a six-second close-up. The commentator commented: "Chu's goal at the beginning of the game made the Metz fans ecstatic, but then Chu was closely guarded by Paris Saint-Germain and did not play at a normal level. The goal he conceded was caused by him being cut off at the back...... Chu is usually the core of Metz's midfield, and more than half of Metz's goals are directly or indirectly related to him, in other words, once he can't play at a normal level, Metz can't play at a normal level. The local media in Metz gave Chu a nickname - 'Mace's lungs', which vividly illustrates the importance of Chu to Metz, and if this lung fails, the team will cough and even be unable to breathe......"

If this French commentator knows Chinese culture very well, he can summarize his tirade in just one sentence -- "Success is also Chu Zhongtian, defeat is also Chu Zhongtian".

※※※ Seeing that the team conceded the ball because of Chu Zhongtian, the individual performance was mixed. Chu Zuosheng and his wife, as well as Gao Jie, were silent. And Kang Jianbo also scolded the referee in the Internet café for being a black whistle: "Damn! It's clearly a foul, okay? Such an obvious foul is not blown, it really deserves to be 'home'! French Black Whistle! ”

In the group and on the forum, there are also many statements condemning the black whistle. But no matter how angry the crowd is, it can't change the reality of Mace conceding the goal.

※※※ In the face of this conceded goal, the fans of Metz reacted silently, they really have nothing to say, this is their own problem.

Only Emily raised her middle finger downwards, yelling "foul" and shouting "**" in English.

It's really incompatible for her to do this as a beautiful woman. In case this scene was captured by the TV camera and recognized, then the media did not need to know that she ran away from home, and the innocent and lovely image that her mother had painstakingly built for her would have been ruined...... Emily didn't care about her "personal image" and "fan wishes" at this time, since she came to watch the football game live, she wanted to fully vent her emotions. If you are in the stands, facing a fierce game, and you still clamp your legs and act like a lady, it will be really a waste of the money you paid for the tickets.

Watching football games regularly is a good way to relieve stress and vent your emotions. It's a pity that this kind of way has been too rare for Emily in the past two years. Today in the stands of the Stade de France, she wants to release all the pressure and negative emotions that have accumulated little by little over the past two years.

※※※After the game restarted, Chu Zhongtian still had no way to solve the dilemma he was facing. He was only able to make a few short distance passes and almost no threatening passes forward. Because Paris Saint-Germain tasted the sweetness in his defense, and now they are doing even harder.

Chu Zhongtian didn't rush to pass the ball when he got the ball, but pushed Mbami with one hand, and signaled to the people in front of him to come back a little bit with the other, the distance was too far, and he couldn't guarantee the accuracy of the pass in this situation.

While he was distracted, Mbami broke the ball with his foot. Chu Zhongtian rubbed the football lightly, and Mbami kicked him on the ankle!

Chu Zhongtian suffered pain under his feet, couldn't support his body, and fell to the ground. Mbami hurriedly jumped out and snatched the ball away.

This time the referee finally blew the whistle and he blew for a foul on Mbami.

Promans did not give up, signaling that the referee should give a yellow card to the fouling Mbamy, of course, if the referee wanted to give a red card.

The referee didn't listen to him, and gave a verbal warning to Mbami.

Mbami spread his hands, shrugged his shoulders, and ran away.

Chu Zhongtian rubbed his ankles and got up from the ground. The tip of the other party's toe kicked the softest ankle, making him grin in pain. He moved his ankle and was relieved to see that there was nothing wrong with it - it would have been terrible if he had been kicked.

Next, in the game, Chu Zhongtian found that defense similar to Mbami's small actions just now was not uncommon in him, which seemed to be a targeted tactic specially arranged by Paris Saint-Germain.

Top thighs, kick ankles, sweep legs...... In contrast, pulling the jersey and pulling the arm is simply a pediatrics of pediatrics.

In short, it is not allowed to allow him to hold the ball comfortably, and any means can be used to achieve the secondary goal.

PSG's players have mastered this aspect well, and although they are all fouls, they are not carded. At most, they were booed by the Metz fans for a while, and there was nothing to lose. And disrupting Mace's offense is the real benefit.

Throughout the first half, except for that goal, Chu Zhongtian played very awkwardly, it was difficult for him to hold the ball, he could only play the ball as soon as possible, and the connection between him and his teammates was cut off by the defenders of Paris Saint-Germain. Occasionally, there is only one chance to succeed, but the teammates do not grasp it...... When the game reached the thirty-fifth minute, Mbami, who was responsible for defending him in the midfield, made an oversight that allowed Chu Zhongtian to use a feint to shake it off. This is a rare opportunity!

Mbami, who was shaken away, was in a hurry, and his feet slipped, and it was too late to catch up.

But it doesn't matter, there's another midfielder, Dorasso...... Dorasso was still five or six meters away from Chu Zhongtian, and this little space was enough for Chu Zhongtian to pass the ball.

He sent a through pass and handed it to Ribery.

After Ribery got the ball, he cut inside and broke into the box, and then suddenly got up and shot at goal!

This time the attack was sudden, and the PSG defenders largely did not react, but Ribery's shot went high...... Ribery, who shot the ball high, held his head in his hands and looked regretful.

As regretful as he is, Chu Zhongtian - this is a great opportunity...... But he couldn't complain that Ribery had wasted his chances, because he hadn't created a couple of decent chances of his own in the first place. If you don't do a good job, you have no position to blame others.

"Frank. Ribery breakout! Shoot - it's high! What a pity...... Unfortunately, it was probably the best chance of the first half for Metz. Ribery was decisive in his shot, but he didn't control his footwork. "The narrator is also a pity." Chu finally got rid of PSG's defense and completed a organized attack, but it was a pity that Ribery did not grasp the ......"

Ribery turned around and gave Chu Zhongtian a thumbs up, signaling that he had just passed beautifully.

"Judging from Chu's pass, it proves more and more that Lakombu's tactics are correct. Look, just gave Chu such a chance, and let him complete a penetrating pass, if he was left alone, the score would definitely not be 1:1 now! ”

If the commentator's praise was heard by Chu Zhongtian, he would only smile bitterly.

※※※ This attack did not go in, and it also took away the good luck of Mace. Before the end of the first half, PSG seized another chance to attack and score another goal. Beat the score!

To Emily and those Chu Zhongtian fans in China, it is a little comforting that this conceded goal has nothing to do with Chu Zhongtian.

But Chu Zhongtian on the court was still very disappointed. They had a fantastic start but didn't have an equally fantastic continuation. In the first 45 minutes of the first half, he was overwhelmed by the opponent's highly targeted tactics.

As the commander of the team, this speaks to his incompetence.

"The first half is over! Paris Saint-Germain fought back after falling behind, scoring two goals to put the score in check! What a great first half! ”

Metz fans don't think so...... When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half, they had a blank look on their faces, and some people shook their heads. Dissatisfied with the team's performance.

Chu Zhongtian walked off the field with his head down, he heard some boos, he didn't know who sent them, but he always felt that he was booing himself, because in the first half he was very uncomfortable with Paris Saint-Germain's ubiquitous close pressing, and he was helpless.

The team's first half from leading to falling behind was directly related to his poor performance.

Perhaps because this is the final, the opponent's momentum is beyond his imagination, and it is several times more difficult than in the league. He admits he was ill-prepared for it.

But how? The opponent's close pressing was everywhere, which made him very uncomfortable, and he couldn't even guarantee the ball, let alone organize the attack and master the team's rhythm.

Chu Zhongtian kept his head down and walked into the corridor, and then into the locker room.

As he stood in front of the cabinet for his own use, taking off the jersey that had fallen on the floor, he suddenly remembered who the original owner of the cabinet was.

It's ridiculous, before the game, I imagined that Zidane was possessed...... How could Zidane be trapped by such an opponent? Although it is a final, it is only the final of the French Cup, and there will be more advanced and more difficult games in the future, so can you not do anything about it every time? Or do you want to stay where you want from now on, and never pursue those high-level competitions and opponents again?

That's not right, of course you have to play against strong opponents to be fun. You have to play at a higher level to be a professional player.

A French Cup final shouldn't be a Waterloo for me!

He threw his dirty jersey to the ground and turned to sit in the same position that Zidane had done.

As he sat here to reflect on himself, his teammates walked in. Ribery originally wanted to talk to him, but when he saw Chu Zhongtian like this, he didn't dare to come up and disturb him. The first half was very breathless, and everyone knew that Chu Zhongtian had a problem, but the problem was that Chu Zhongtian couldn't be blamed for this, the opponent's tactics were too powerful, what could be done?

As soon as many people came in, like Chu Zhongtian, they sat in their places with their heads bowed and did not speak. They went through a happy and sad first half, and they really didn't know what to say.

Fernandes was the last to walk in, and quite a few people looked up at their manager. At this point in time, the person they can trust the most is the manager, and they need the manager to tell them what to do in the second half.

Even Chu Zhongtian raised his head and looked at the head coach. Although Mr Fernandes had told him to play with his brain on the pitch, what else would the manager do if the players could solve the problem themselves? He is a man in the game, and he doesn't think about the whole situation more thoroughly than the manager on the sidelines, and at this time he is like a lost child, and he also needs the manager to guide him.

Fernandez happened to glance at Chu Zhongtian, and the eyes of the two collided in the air.

Fernandez didn't say anything, his gaze naturally crossed Chu Zhongtian's face.

Chu Zhongtian also retracted his gaze.

When Fernandes walked straight to the tactical board, the dressing room fell completely silent, and everyone was waiting for him to make a little adjustment to the team.

'In the first half they were better than us, so they deserved to be ahead. These were the first words that Fernández spoke. It sounds like a tactful criticism of the team. "First of all, I have to admit that I made a mistake, I didn't expect PSG to have that kind of tactic. It's not your problem, it's all my responsibility. When he said this, he looked at Chu Zhongtian.

"Now, let's adjust our tactics. Clear. ”

Hearing his name called, Chu Zhongtian stood up, and he looked at his head coach with anticipation.

"In the second half you play as a midfielder."

This sentence surprised everyone present, including Chu Zhongtian himself.

Although Chu Zhongtian is the organizational core of the team, and more than half of the team's offense is related to him, he has never played the position of a forward midfielder. He has always been in the position of the midfielder, retreating when defending, cutting forward when attacking, attacking and defending. The forward midfielder basically does not need to take on defensive tasks, so Fernandez has never let Chu Zhongtian play as a front midfielder, but Menez has done it a few times.

'Your problem is that if you are too far away from the opposition box and the goal, the threat is much less. So you go and play the midfield, you can get closer to the opponent's penalty area. This will allow you to play your ability to pass the ball. ”

"But sir, I'm going to be the midfielder, who's going to connect the team? I still have to run back......" Chu Zhongtian felt that the problem was still unsolved, he stretched out his hand and asked.

"Promans comes to help you get the ball from behind."

Promans pointed at himself in surprise: "But I'm a defensive midfielder, sir......"

"More in the second half, Promans." Fernandez's answer made everyone vaguely smell something.

Promans saw that the manager was so categorical that there was nothing more to say. And he also felt that he was always shrinking in the back court and couldn't help the team solve the problem. The team's current problem is not that they can't defend, but that they can't attack, so they can't put more pressure on PSG before they can attack with impunity in Metz's half. It is believed that as long as the offensive problems are solved and the attack of Metz is restored to normal operation, PSG's offensive will naturally weaken a lot, and his defensive pressure will not be so heavy at that time.

After saying goodbye to Promans, Fernández turned around and continued to talk about Chu Zhongtian's mission.

"And one thing I've noticed is that they're getting more and more unkind to your defense, and there are a lot of fouls in small gestures. The closer you get to their box, the more chances we have of getting set-pieces from dangerous positions. I thought why can't we take advantage of your header from set-pieces? ”

Chu Zhongtian understood. Close to the opponent's penalty area, you can complete the task of organizing the attack with fewer passes, and you can avoid blindly entangling with the opponent. At the same time, he was able to get a lot of dangerous set-pieces and scored a header in the first half, so why not score again? Secondly, as long as they threaten the Paris Saint-Germain goal a few times with set-pieces, they will naturally reduce the fouls on themselves, and the pressure on them will be reduced a lot, and he will have room to move again, and the very little space to move close to the box may make a big difference.

It's a really nice adjustment.

He admires his manager more and more, and playing under such a manager is really the right choice!

"Yes, I'll listen to you, sir." After thinking about Fernandez's adjustment intentions in his mind, Chu Zhongtian knew what to do, and he replied a little louder.

"Don't worry, I'm not done yet." Fernandez made a calming gesture. 'When you're closer to the goal, it means you have more shots. My advice is – if the timing is right, then try to shoot from distance. ”

The angel in Chu nodded vigorously. He has no objections to the manager's arrangement.

Fernandez was very satisfied with Chu Zhongtian's attitude, and then he turned to the whole team and said: "I know that the performance in the first half was not your real level, and I also know that you must have played very breathlessly in the first half. But it doesn't matter, it all goes around in the second half. In the second half we attacked...... I remember saying that before the game, but unfortunately we didn't do it in the first half. In the second half we have to attack, there is no other way if you still want the title. There haven't been any major changes in our tactics, except that Chu and Promans have been slightly adjusted in midfield. I hope you get used to this quickly. Remember this is the final and we only have forty-five minutes left. I've heard that more than 20,000 fans have come from Metz, do you want them to be disappointed for you after the game? We've been doing really well this season, you're proud of them and I hope they will think that after the race! ”

Fernandez rarely said such impassioned words, but this time he did, because it was the French Cup final. It's a game you can't afford to lose.

(To be continued)