In the first half alone, Al Shawen and fernando_ricksen received a yellow card on Chu Zhongtian.

Among them, Rixson will miss the final because of this yellow card - if they can reach the final.

However, this tactic is indeed very useful. Most Metz players were closely guarded by Zenit players during the game. Their movements were rough, which made Metz unable to adapt. The frequent fouls also disrupted Metz's game rhythm.

In the 61st minute, Metz was hit again. Rodriguez made a mistake in the defense and pushed Arshavin's cross into his own goal... an own goal!

The score was tied to 1:1, and the total score also became 5:1. Zenit now had an away goal, leading Metz four goals in the total score. Now for Metz, there is no possibility of "overtime": they scored four goals and tied the total score to 5:5, and they will still be eliminated at the away goal disadvantage. Only in the next thirty minutes, five goals in a row and the total score becomes 6:5, can they advance.

But this was completely impossible for Mess... Chu Zhongtian was still working very hard, but the whole team had almost given up on the game.

No matter how hard he works alone, it is useless.

When the game was five minutes away, Metz's players had almost given up on the game. Chu Zhongtian was also replaced by Fernandez. Although the team lost the ball, he still received applause from the fans. In the eyes of the fans, it was not Chu Zhongtian's responsibility to be eliminated.

When the referee blew the whistle to the end of the game, Zenit players cheered, while Metz's players fell to the ground one after another, and accepted this cruel reality in pain and helplessness - the defending champion was eliminated!

※※After the game, Chu Zhongtian, as the second captain, walked onto the court to comfort his teammates, especially Rodriguez, who scored an own goal in the game, causing the team's efforts to be wasted.

After comforting Rodriguez, he stood alone in the center of the field, looked at the cheering Zenit players around him, and then looked at his teammates sitting or lying down.

He knew his cycle at Metz was over.

It's time to go to a place to start over and face new challenges.
Chapter completed!