Metz has a Metz University where there are Chinese students. Although not every Chinese student watches football, they are fans. But in Metz, they will watch a Chu Zhongtian game on site as long as they have the conditions. Because Chu Zhongtian is the most famous Chinese in Metz, as compatriots, they will inevitably feel national pride - the heroes of this city are us Chinese, and we Chinese students will also feel very proud.

In fact, the same is true. In school, when local students in Metz meet them, they will give them thumbs up and shout: "Chu! China! China! Chu!" It is difficult for people who are not wandering outside to understand that feeling.

Originally, the hearts of these Chinese students since the Olympic torch relay were condensed, and the Wenchuan earthquake united them tightly. Now it is rumored everywhere that this will be Chu Zhongtian’s last game in Metz. The heroes of this city are about to leave. How could they not come and take a look?

Many of them still have to continue their studies in this city, and now they are coming to bid farewell to the most famous Chinese compatriots in this city.

When Chu Zhongtian walked out of the corridor, he easily found the messages from the international students in a piece of French slogans.

He waved to his fellow countrymen.

In the past, there were Chinese students and fans in the stands. He had encountered them, but they rarely formed the same scale as they are today. Most of the time, they met Lin Beiyao.

Today, it seems that they all came from a group.

He saw Lin Beiyao in the crowd again.

Lin Beiyao noticed Chu Zhongtian waving to this side and jumped excitedly in the stands. "Come on, Brother Chu!!"

Chu Zhongtian smiled at her.

She is leaving Metz, while Lin Beiyao has to continue her studies in Metz. In addition, Mathilde, who has not been in contact for a long time.

During the first and most difficult days when he came to Metz, the two girls who were by his side are now about to become a thing of the past.

And these fans in the stands.

I wonder if they will remember that they are a Chinese, who played for four seasons in their team and helped the team win two championship trophys in the next years?

The Metz player who was leading the live fans to shout out on the live broadcast.

All the Mets players have been called, but only Chu Zhongtian has not yet "appeared". And others have already come out.

The live broadcaster paused after calling out the name of the last Metz player. He seemed to have taken a sip of water and seemed to have taken a deep breath.

Then I heard a roar coming from the radio: "The last one-"

His voice was soon drowned in the crazy shouts of the fans on the scene, because everyone knew that the person who was specially placed to the last one was finally here.

Amid these crazy shouts, the live broadcaster had to increase his volume in order to overwhelm the collective sounds of 20,000 live audiences.

"Please be quiet! Please be quiet! Listen to me finish!" He shouted several times.

The people in the stands heard his request and calmed down one after another.

It was not until there was no such loud noise in the stands that a satisfactory voice came from the radio.

"Although I don't want to say goodbye, but reason tells me it's time to say this... Let me introduce this last player to you. He is likely... no, he will definitely leave us this summer! He is... Zhongtian--"

The live commentator dragged a long sound, and at the end, the live fans shouted with him: "Chu!!!"

※※※ "Also after the season ends, Ribery's departure gives people a feeling that he has obtained it for money, and Chu Zhongtian has truly won the love of Metz fans." China Central Television's sports commentator He Ping compared Ribery with Chu Zhongtian. Although this comparison will definitely offend Chinese Ribery fans, what he said is the truth. Ribery has always thought about leaving the team, so he always gives Metz fans the feeling that "he can't wait to leave." But what about Chu Zhongtian? He had the opportunity to leave last summer, but he chose to give up and stay for the team for another year, which won the hearts of Metz fans for him.

Metz fans know what their team is like. They don’t have much ambitions and make a living by selling the young players they have trained. It is unrealistic for such a team to expect Chu Zhongtian to stay with players who will definitely achieve great success. No one has the right to ask Chu Zhongtian to do so.

It's already interesting that he's willing to stay for an extra season, what else can he do?

※※※ After hearing the cheers of the fans, Chu Zhongtian raised his arms and waved it, which caused a second wave of cheers.

In this way, he walked onto the court amid the cheers of the two and stood side by side with his teammates.

Then he walked up with his teammates to shake hands with the visiting team players. After shaking hands, everyone came back and lined up in two rows, facing the reporters' cameras, leaving him with his last photo before the game for Metz.

※※After the group photo was over, the players returned to the court.

Then Chu Zhongtian went to guess the coins.

In this game, Proman was not injured and in a stable state. He was not placed on the bench by Fernandez. However, the person who led the team with the captain's armband was Chu Zhongtian.

Because this was Chu Zhongtian's last game at Metz, after communicating with Proman, Fernandez handed the captain's armband to him and let him finish the last game as the captain.

Chu Zhongtian did not refuse either.

The captain's armband was tied on his left arm, and there was no idle on his right arm. He was tied with a black rope. Not only him, but all the players on the field team, Metz and Le Mans had a black belt on their arms. This was a silence to the victims of the Wenchuan earthquake. It was like a dead person who had to put a black veil on his arms. However, if you put a black veil on your arms, it was inconvenient to move, so it was changed to a black veil. This was a routine in the football world. If a relative of a player's family passed away, his teammates would also wear a black veil in the game and watch him in silence.

Captain Chu Zhongtian stepped forward to pick the side. Because he wanted the team to score a goal, he deliberately lost the right to pick the side and got the right to kick the ball.

Then the starting eleven of the two teams stood on the center circle line, and the substitutes and coaches of both sides stood in front of the bench, and the audience stood up from their seats.

The live broadcast began to say in a low voice: "Now, please observe a minute of silence for the victims in the Sichuan earthquake in China."

The Holy Mountain Forian Stadium, which was extremely noisy just now, suddenly fell into silence.

Chu Zhongtian stood among his teammates, instead of lowering his head, he looked quietly in the distance. His gaze passed through the stands blocking him, and then continued to extend. In this short minute, his spiritual sense followed him to the distant east, his motherland.

On the land of his hometown, his compatriots were experiencing the fear and the pain of losing relatives and friends brought to them by aftershocks. What could he do?

He looked down at his jersey, and inside his jersey, he wore an extra T-shirt, which said what he wanted to see all over the world.

Although everyone has passed on this T-shirt, he still wants to lift the jersey with his own hands and show his thoughts to others.

If you do this, it is better to do it yourself and say it yourself.

One minute was short. After the silence was over, the cheers of fans sounded from the stands again. The game was about to begin.

※※After the game, Chu Zhongtian directed his teammates to pull the Le Mans players out.

There is no pressure on both sides in this game, so there will be no too many tactical intrigues. Anyway, everyone uses their best style to play this game. As for what they play... Let's talk about it then. If everyone plays at their own level, the result should not be much different, right?

Fernandez and Le Mans head coach Rudi Garcia (rudi_garcia) both sat in their respective positions and did not stand up to command the game. They had made up their minds to let the players play freely in this game.

Metz fell in the backcourt, and Le Mans players rushed out in a swarm, while Metz's two full-backs Obetan and Matthew Valbuena went upstream and ran forward along the side. Ibisekvic and Menez also rushed up, playing a role in attracting Le Mans' defensive attention.

Chu Zhongtian controlled the ball at his feet, looked up from side to side, and observed the situation. He found that there might be a gap in Matthew Valbuena in the future, because the defenders who were originally guarding there meant to move closer to the middle because of Ibissevic and Menez. If he moved closer to the middle, there would be a gap in the side. Although it seems that it is still a little far from Matthew Valbuena, it is now, and it will be different in three seconds.

Just like playing Go, Chu Zhongtian quickly analyzed all the possible situations in his mind, and then came to the conclusion that passing the football over, the possibility of his own team benefiting was very high.

So he swung his right foot and sent the football out.

Sure enough, when the football flew up, Le Mans' full-back moved closer to the middle, and now in front of Matthew Valbuena, there was an unblocked road... He accelerated his sprint, stretched out his foot to remove the football, and then broke into the penalty area and shot directly!

The football hit the Le Mans defender and bounced out of the bottom line.

Corner kick!

Just after 45 seconds of the game, Metz received a corner kick.

This game will definitely be very exciting after seeing this.

Metz's corner kick was taken by Promont, and after it was kicked out, Le Mans defender Antonio Geder (antonio_geder) pushed it out.

The football fell outside the penalty area, and Chu Zhongtian received the ball. This time he did not reorganize the attack, but directly shot from a long time!

This shot is very powerful, but lacks accuracy. The football ends up flying high above the crossbar.

"Chu's desire to score goals in this game seems to be very strong... In the past, he rarely saw him shoot at the beginning of the game... In this case, if he was usually the one who would have to pass back, attract the opponent's players to press out, and then reorganize the attack. What he lacks the least in the organization is patience..."

The French commentator couldn't understand why Chu Zhongtian had such a strong desire to score in this game today.

Of course they wouldn't know Chu Zhongtian's own plans.

※※Although Chu Zhongtian really wanted to score, it was not him who scored the goal first, nor even Metz player. The first goal was Le Mans midfielder Mathieu_coutadeur, but it was not Metz's goal, but his own goal.

Kutadel accidentally pushed Obettan's cross into his own goal in defense. It was a very, very beautiful small angle fish jumped and swung its head to the top. The football flew into the goal of Le Mans from a very strange angle. For a moment, no one in the Le Mans team reacted. Instead, the Metz fans in the stands shouted first: "Long live! Good!"

Metz's players were stunned for a moment and cheered. Obetan raised his arms. After all, the ball was forced by his own cross to force the opponent to own. However, no Metz player lifted the jersey because they were a little confused. Is it necessary to lift the jersey excitedly to celebrate in such a situation?

It is rare to see the opponent score an own goal, but here they celebrate it with ecstasy unless it is at a critical moment in a key game.

Chu Zhongtian didn't have the nerve to lift up the jersey to show off his achievements yesterday.

The first goal ended in a dull manner, with Metz temporarily leading 1:0 in the score.

The game continued, and Le Mans, who lost a goal, attacked even more fiercely. They frequently pushed on to create murderous intent. For Metz and Chu Zhongtian, this was more beneficial to them, because the opponent pressed on to more frequently, and there was more room behind him, which was easier for him to use.

Chu Zhongtian began to run forward constantly and participate in the attack.

In addition to the long shot at the opening, he had two more shots until ten minutes later. Both of them were in the penalty area. Metz made a total of five attacks, four of which completed the final shots, and Chu Zhongtian alone occupied three of them.

The teammates also saw how eager Chu Zhongtian was to score goals in this game, so they all assisted him one after another.

So the game seemed to have roles interchange. The person who used to use passes to create opportunities for his teammates changed from Chu Zhongtian to other teammates of Metz, while the person who accepted his teammates' passing and then completed the shot became Chu Zhongtian.

In this way, although Chu Zhongtian was not a forward, he became the player with the most shots in the team.

※※※In the 13th minute, Metz launched another attack. Chu Zhongtian successfully transferred the football to the frontcourt through a series of passes and running in the backcourt. Menez retreated to meet him. After passing the football up, he did not continue to step forward, but cruised near Menez.

He saw that Le Mans strengthened his defense in the middle. If he followed him forward, he would only compress Le Mans the middle, which was obviously not conducive to the team's offense, because no team could break the deadlock from the middle without space.

So Chu Zhongtian changed his strategy and did not push forward to compress Le Mans' middle defense line, but instead stuck outside, so that Le Mans players had to be wary of him when defending Menez, Ibisevic and others. Their defense would not be so tight, so there would naturally be opportunities to take advantage of it.

Menez turned around and saw that there was no good opportunity ahead, so he passed the football back.

After Chu Zhongtian received the ball, he first made a fake move to transfer the ball to the side. He let the Le Mans midfielder Kuta Deal, who was defending him, believe it and move the center of gravity there. Then, Chu Zhongtian suddenly knocked the ball forward and forced a breakthrough from Kuta Deal!

Kutadeal did not expect Chu Zhongtian to fail to pass the ball, but forcibly break through from him. He subconsciously turned around and reached out to pull. He did not pull Chu Zhongtian's arm or hug the opponent in the waist, but he only grabbed Chu Zhongtian's jersey hem.

Of course, he would not let Chu Zhongtian pass easily. He tried hard to drag Chu Zhongtian's jersey and prevented him from moving forward.

However, there are only one step away from the penalty area and there are not many defensive players ahead. This great opportunity is in front of you, and no one can stop Chu Zhongtian now.

Chu Zhongtian could feel the front of his collar stuck to his neck, which made him feel a little uncomfortable, as if someone was strangling his neck.

But he gritted his teeth and moved forward, and the veins around his neck were beating.
To be continued...