Chapter 159: Three minutes and fourteen seconds(1/2)
When Paulson put Chu Zhongtian down to the ground, Emily suddenly stood up from her seat and pointed at the field and shouted: "He should be sent off!"
This shocked the people next to her. Some of them knew Emily Stan, and never expected that the innocent and lovely girl on the screen would have such a wild side... Metz fans were also protesting the referee's penalty - he did not give Paulson the second yellow card, but just signaled to Metz to give a free kick.
In fact, Chu Zhongtian could have rolled around on the ground with his ankles covering his ankles, which made the referee think that he had been seriously violated, so that the referee might give Paulson a yellow card.
But Chu Zhongtian didn't care about wasting his time on the ground now. He almost jumped up from the ground. This posture made the referee feel that Paulson had not tackled him at all, so he naturally wouldn't give Paulson a card.
Chu Zhongtian drove the free kick quickly, but unfortunately Matthew Valbuena had just started playing. Although his body had been warmed up after being warmed up, his thinking had not adapted to the rhythm of the game. He was not very prepared for Chu Zhongtian's free kick to quickly start.
The football was stopped by him and Daniel Alves cut off.
Sevilla took advantage of the situation to fight back, and they wanted to score another goal before the game. The 3:1 score is obviously much safer than the 2:1 score.
When Chu Zhongtian saw Alves break the ball, he did not pounce directly, but ran back quickly, and the other teammates also retreated.
Alves passed the football to Marty and continued to attack Chu Zhongtian's side.
As the game is approaching, the players and coach Ramos both firmly believe that the moment Chu Zhongtian completely collapses. When Chu Zhongtian collapses, he can open the gap from here, and scoring goals is easy.
He did not pass the football to Marti's feet, but directly passed it to Marti's front and asked Marti to chase the ball. This is a way to ensure the speed of counterattack.
But Marty did not catch up with the ball he passed, so the football asked Chu Zhongtian to come over and kick it into the stands.
※※ Chu Zhongtian looked up at the big screen of Hampton Park Stadium, which contained the team logos, scores and game time of the participating parties.
The huge numbers kept beating, telling Chu Zhongtian that it was just the 90th minute now.
There are four minutes of injury time, and the time left for Metz and Chu Zhongtian is only four minutes.
The music from the stands could also bring out the familiar singing voices, and the guys from Wimbledon were cheering him up in this way.
The Metz fans also sang songs. Suddenly they did not sing the Metz team song, and they sang a song for Chu Zhongtian: "You should know that I am Chu! Because I am as strong as a pillar! Didn't you see me crushing my opponent? After tonight's game, you will know that I am Chu! Chu! Chu! Chu——!"
At this time, Metz fans all put their hopes on Chu Zhongtian. This man wearing the captain's armband never disappointed them.
This was the first time Mathilde was standing in the stands to watch the game, and it was not just as simple as standing. She waved her arms with the people around her and sang the song "Song of Chu". She didn't know why she did this, but she unconsciously sang it with the atmosphere on the scene.
※※※Juand Ramos and Jean Fernandez, the head coaches of both teams, both stood on the sidelines. However, there was no one around Fernandez, and he stood alone. Beside Ramos, more and more people gathered. They were holding hands, shoulder to shoulder, excited and nervously waiting for the game to end, waiting for the referee to blow the whistle to the end of the game, and rushed in to celebrate the victory and celebrate their successful defending title.
The people around him were excitedly discussing the championship, but Ramos was thinking about a question.
It's already the 90th minute, should you stop here? Don't attack the right side anymore and shrink the defense instead. After all, the French team attacks Italy because they have been lagging behind until the 94th minute and twenty seconds. What about their own team? They are leading now. Although one goal is not safe to lead, considering that there is not much time left, the advantage of this goal can still be defended. In the absence of time, the advantage of one goal is an insurmountable natural barrier.
He just felt a little regretful that Chu Zhongtian did not fall into a collapse after the team took turns to attack, and it was impossible to tell from every move that he had been injured.
What a pity... Forget it, if you don't collapse, you won't collapse. Anyway, it won't affect your team's winning.
But if you keep attacking like this, the huge space behind Alves is really heartbreaking.
So he yelled on the field: "Alves!!"
The Brazilian heard the head coach's shout and turned his head.
Ramos made a defensive gesture, telling him to focus on defense from now on and not to press on easily.
Alves was in full swing, and when he saw the head coach making a recycling gesture, he was a little unhappy. But he still did.
Seeing Alves retreating, Ramos put down the last stone in his heart. He was not worried about Puerta, because the left side was not the main attacking direction, so it was enough to leave a Duda. Puerta rarely went up. In the past few minutes, as the game was about to end, he had already chosen to defend the back and not easily assisted forward.
Ramos made adjustments here, while Fernandez just gritted his teeth and stared at the stadium without saying a word. He made all substitutions, and had already adjusted and strengthened the offensive. What else will happen next? He really can't think of it.
Now he can only watch the players running and fighting on the court, and he can't help at all. As a head coach, sometimes he is actually quite powerless.
No matter how good the head coach is, the key to determining the outcome of the game is still the player.
※※※"The game entered injury stoppage time. Although it was a bit regretful, Metz was getting further and further away from the championship trophy..."
Hearing the TV commentator's words, Legov, who was sitting in front of the TV, snorted heavily.
The daughter was afraid that her father would not be able to withstand such stimulation and had a heart attack. When the commentator said that Mes had no hope of winning the championship, she stood up and wanted to turn off the TV. She thought that she would turn off the TV in advance, and her father would not see the scene that made him sad and angry, so this would not have a big impact on his heart.
Seeing her daughter approaching the TV, Legov asked, "What are you going to do?"
“Isn’t the game over?”
"Who told you?" Legov glared.
My daughter pointed to the TV screen, feeling a little aggrieved... "Don't listen to those bastards talking nonsense! Sit back for me!"
When my father got angry, his daughter didn't dare to act rashly, so she had to return to her seat.
"The competition is not over yet, the competition is not over yet, and it is not... it is far from over..." She heard her father muttering quietly.
※※※In the first minute of injury time, Sevilla organized an offensive. Chu Zhongtian noticed that Alves did not run dozens of meters from the backcourt to assist. Is this kid tired? Or is it the coach's arrangement?
He turned his head and glanced at the coach's seat on the sidelines.
He saw that the head coaches of both sides were standing on the sidelines, but Metz was the only one in front of the coach's seat, and it was much more lively on Sevilla. Their substitutes all stood up from their respective positions and gathered on the sidelines, talking and laughing.
Wait until the game is over, and then rush into the court to celebrate the victory?
Although he didn't understand why Alves didn't push him up, the defensive pressure he faced was suddenly reduced, and he could go up and attack.
But Alves didn't come up, so he had no time to be behind him... It was an obvious space that could be used, but now it's gone, and we have to look for it again. The key is that Mess doesn't have the time to deal with Sevilla now.
He had no choice for a moment.
※※※"A minute passed in injury time, Sevilla recovered the entire line. They were very satisfied with the score. But if the score was maintained until the end, Metz would lose the championship. And our Chu Zhongtian will also say goodbye to the championship trophy of the first European event in his career..."
The commentator of Sichuan Taiwan said in a little frustrated.
Like him, there are commentators from other TV stations across the country. They have nothing to say about this game.
At the beginning of the second half, Messe lost one person. It was already very good to be able to persist until now with only one goal and lose with a small loss. However, when Chinese players were thinking of saying goodbye to the highest honor of the club's European competitions, few people could still be calm.
Zhou Xiaoxiang was worried about her son. Whenever Metz players got the ball, they would yell to ask them to pass the ball to their son.
Chu Zuosheng said nothing, frowned and stared at the TV screen. Based on his experience as an old fan who has watched the ball for more than 20 years, the football game is indeed not easy to say victory or defeat in the last second, but it also depends on the situation. When you really have no choice, there is no difference between the last second and the last ten minutes left. If there is a way, you cannot give up in the last second.
Now for Mess, there is really no way. As soon as Sevilla shrinks, with one more advantage than Mess, they are blocked in front of the penalty area and can only attack with force, but his son just passed the ball and was quickly kicked out by the opponent's defender.
How can this work?
※※In the second minute of injury time, due to Sevilla's retreat, Metz launched a crazy counterattack. However, although the momentum was strong, it could not be effective at all.
Because of the lack of solutions, attack is more like a gambling by chance. If we get the bet, we will win. If we don’t get the bet, we will be done.
How can this continue?
Chu Zhongtian wanted to try hard to control the rhythm, but his teammates no longer obeyed his command. If anyone had the ball under his feet, the only idea that came to mind was to shoot. No matter where they were, they would shoot. What kind of passes and cuts were to cooperate, what kind of running position was to pull and find gaps... they all ignored them.
In fact, Chu Zhongtian sometimes wants no one to pass, he dribbled the ball up and shot, and he was a hero when he entered... But this idea flashed in his heart and was rejected by him. He is not a sharpshooter who passes through Yang in a hundred steps, nor is he good at scoring. It is better to give it to his teammates to end the attack at a critical moment, so they can get more confident in shooting.
※※※The third minute of injury time has entered, and there is more than one minute left before the end of the game.
Chu Zhongtian was in the midfield and Paulson didn't get up and pressed, because he would leave room after he came up and would easily be taken advantage of by his opponents. So he simply stood there and let Chu Zhongtian and the others fall behind outside.
Chu Zhongtian looked at the left, Matthew Valbuena and Yaiovi were all moving there. Valbuena was at the front and raised his hand to ask for the ball. However, he was too far away from him, and that position was not very good. It would be possible to make a threat when passing over, and it would be easy to be cut off because the opponents were all standing in the defensive position.
He turned his head to look at the right side. Ribery was moving in the ribs, and he wanted to interpolate the diagonally. But the problem was that even if he could pass the ball over, the goalkeeper was too far from the goalkeeper. The maximum possible possibility of the ball was not to pass it to Ribery's feet, but to let Palop get it.
What about the middle? Menez and Yula were in front. After Ibissevic left the court, Menez became the center, and Yula became the shadow striker. He was fast. But he has not yet used his speed advantage, because Sevilla did not give him such a chance, and Chu Zhongtian could not find a pass route that could make him rush up.
And what gave him a headache was that Sevilla's lineup retreated too much, and he was all pressing outside the penalty area, and there was almost no room to use.
Let them come out a little.
He passed the football back to Tremy.
Then he signaled Tremy to pass the football to Kabo.
He ran over to answer.
Everyone around Juander Ramos is celebrating the victory in advance. He is not blinded yet. He has a substitution quota, and he plans to use this substitution quota to consume the game time.
Dragutinovic (ivica_dragutinovic) was ordered to stand on the sidelines and wait for his appearance. In fact, it is hard to say whether he can play or not... If there is no dead ball in football from now until the end of the game, then he will not have to play.
Fabiano saw Chu Zhongtian's back facing him, thinking that this was a good opportunity to intercept the ball, and defense should not always wait for the opponent to attack negatively. As a Brazilian, even defense should take the initiative!
He leaned up quietly.
Kabo passed the football to Chu Zhongtian, and at this time he saw Fabiano suddenly appearing behind Chu Zhongtian. He pointed behind Chu Zhongtian and shouted: "Be careful!"
Although Chu Zhongtian didn't know what to be careful about, he knew it was definitely not a good thing.
He was originally waiting for the ball to be received on the spot, but Fabiano took this opportunity to overtake the ball from behind!
The football was broken when it fell down in the backcourt, which made all the Metzs' hearts hang up... Sevilla's fans became excited.
Chu Zhongtian saw Fabiano's back appear in front of him and immediately pounced on him. He didn't have the intention to think about such boring thoughts as "Oh no!" "Don't!". He now only had one thought in his mind - to break the ball back, and if it couldn't be cut off, he would commit a foul! He would definitely not give the opponent a chance to counterattack. Once they scored the third goal, the game would be completely over.
Chu Zhongtian grabbed Fabiano's shoulder with one hand, leaned forward with the flow, trying to intercept the ball.
Fabiano was also smart and led forward without breaking the ball. He knew that it would be easy to lose the ball. He leaned against Chu Zhongtian and protected the football.
In fact, he may not want to score another goal. As long as he can control the ball on his side, he can drag the time to the end. Isn’t it much better than passive defense?
There are many people who have the same idea as him, so almost no one comes to support him, with only one exception - Daniel Alves, the right back from Brazil, also from Brazil!
After seeing his compatriots intercept the ball, Alves rushed up without hesitation. Although his physical strength was not enough, the attacking blood was still burning and boiling in his physical strength.
Fabiano glanced at Alves, and he passed the football to the side, and the kick was very hard. After Alves chased him, he found that the football was almost at a dead end, and it was impossible to directly dribble the ball and hit Huanglong.
He changed his mind temporarily and stopped forcing any goals. He just needed to protect the football and delay the game.
To be continued...