Chapter 12: No one hears the cry of Chu(1/2)
Monaco's second corner kick was not pushed out by Chu Zhongtian. Adebayo finally fought for the header, but under Chu Zhongtian's interference, he pushed up.
The commentator's evaluation of this ball was: "...Adebayo is not good at heading the ball, look at how he beat the ball."
The two of them completely ignored Chu Zhongtian who had squeezed Adebay down there.
However, after Adebayo landed, he complained to the referee that No. 30, who was carrying him down there.
"If he hadn't been pushing my waist, how could I have pushed the ball so high?"
The referee ignored him.
Adebayo turned around and glared at Chu Zhongtian. Chu Zhongtian looked at him without giving in.
Perhaps Adebayo was very popular here before, but now it is an enemy, so there is no need to talk about any relationship.
After this corner kick was taken, the full-back Evra, who was broken through by Ribery at the last moment, came out of the field, and Jimmy Juan (jimmy_juan) played for him. This is a midfielder. Deschamps seems unwilling to take a point away from home. Facing Mess, who is not strong, he hopes to get all three points.
For all the remaining time, Monaco bombed around Metz in the half, hoping to score another goal, while Metz returned to defense at all. Even players like Ribery had to run back to assist in the defense, because if he stayed in front, he would not even touch a ball for several minutes.
However, it can be seen that Ribery is not good at defense at all. In addition to running with the opponent's players, he also fouled from the back. Monaco won several set pieces in a row at the last moment, but they were not sure about one chance, so they let Chu Zhongtian push two out.
In the 89th minute, the fourth official raised the sign of injury stoppage time on the sidelines, and he told everyone that the injury stoppage time was three minutes.
Deschamps got up from his seat and walked to the sidelines. There were less than four minutes left before the end of the game, and the score was still 1:1. He was a little anxious. He was already two points behind Lille and Lyon in front. If he couldn't win this game, the gap in points would be wider and wider.
Fernandez has been standing on the sidelines since the team equalized the score and has never returned. He doesn't want to turn defeat into a victory and kill Monaco at the last moment. He knows his team's weight. He is already content with being able to equalize the score in the 83rd minute when he is one goal behind. What he is worried about now is that he will lose his efforts in stoppage time and will not get this point.
Judging from the Chu Zhongtian reserve team game report given to him by Tadio, Chu Zhongtian does not have much opportunity to perform in the offense, but he has performed outstandingly in defense, so that the second-team head coach Pinot imagines that Chu Zhongtian is fixed on the defensive end.
But if this is true, what's the point of renting him to train him?
In defense, he can only improve by games, but in offense, he still has a lot of talents waiting to be excavated... It's like a companion mine. When people are happy about the shallow mineral deposits, there is actually another ore with even more amazing reserves below.
But Rome was not built in one day, and the meal had to be eaten one by one. So far, I can only count on Chu Zhongtian's defense.
※※※After a successful defense by Metz, the football fell to Ribery's feet.
Ribery, who got the ball, was like a Ferrari who drove a full horsepower. He changed his clumsiness in defense and turned around and took the ball out alone - he wanted to win when almost the whole team was thinking about a draw.
It’s a pity that his ideas were not in line with his teammates. When he had already rushed through the center line, no Metz player followed.
Chu Zhongtian originally wanted to go up to support Ribery, but when he thought about the assistant coach's previous instructions, he would look at his position - the center back. Forget it, if Ribery concedes the ball in the middle, there would be one center back in front of our goal.
After bringing the ball to Monaco's 30-meter area, Ribery finally lost the ball under the clamping of three opponents' defensive players due to lack of support.
Monaco intercepted the ball and fought back.
Ribery ran back to chase the ball.
Although he is now the core of Metz, he is still working hard and working hard on the court as always.
Adebayola went out to ask his teammate for the ball.
After passing the football by several Monaco players, it was finally passed by Sierra Leone striker Mohamed_kallon to Adebayo.
Although Adebayo is very tall, he is not as clumsy as Ribery said before. In fact, he is very fast and his feet are very flexible.
When Adebayo was still outside the penalty area, Chu Zhongtian pressed out. As soon as the opponent received the ball, he was crossed in front of him. He was used to playing the midfielder and often pushed forward and grabbed it. Anyway, there were central defenders behind the midfielder... But he forgot that he is the central defender now, and he needs to protect others, instead of throwing his back to his teammates with confidence and boldness.
"There is a space behind Metz's defense!" the TV commentator shouted excitedly.
"It's really a hell!" Assistant coach David Carre couldn't help but curse. In his opinion, Chu Zhongtian's robbery was too rash!
Adebayo obviously also saw the gap behind Chu Zhongtian. At this time, as long as his teammates penetrated the diagonal line from the side, he would push and pass it straight... The task was done!
Just when Adebayo was planning to do this, the ball under his feet gave up and Chu Zhongtian, who was quick to stab it!
"Wow! Adebayo is distracted again! He has been observing for a long time and has completely forgotten to pay attention to the ball under his feet! Could it be that the sudden space made him lose his composure?" The commentator teased the new star, who is no longer considered new.
Carre let out a long sigh. Fortunately, the Chinese Chu successfully cut off the ball, but no matter what, this is a reckless act that should be criticized!
Chu Zhongtian, who had cut the ball, wanted to pass the ball forward and fight back. But when he looked up, there was no one in front of him, and even Ribery, the most active, had no energy to sprint up at this time. He had to change his mind and pass the football horizontally. He didn't dare to let the football stay under his feet for too long, because the opponent's midfielder had rushed up with murderous intent.
After passing the ball, Chu Zhongtian retreated and ran back to the penalty area.
Goalkeeper Winby shouted to him from behind: "Stop being so reckless, Chu! Pay attention to behind you! You are now a central defender!"
Chu Zhongtian turned around and waved at him, indicating that he knew.
In fact, the moment he saved it, he knew he was reckless, but in that situation he could not turn back halfway, which was a taboo. The best way was to penetrate the ball - he rushed up and stretched his foot to break the ball. Unexpectedly, Adebayo was just watching the space behind him, thinking about what he would do if a teammate penetrated into the penalty area at this time, so that he could easily poke the ball.
Now Chu Zhongtian remembered such an easy defense and was a little surprised - Adebayo, who is considered to be the second highest in Canu, is at this level?
If Adebayo knew that he had been despised by an unknown man, he would be furious and would be about to expose Chu Zhongtian's point.
Unfortunately, he didn't know anything.
※※ When the injury time entered the last minute, everyone's physical fitness was almost gone, and the last Chu Zhongtian who was replaced was still alive.
Adebayo once again took the ball from outside the penalty area. When Metz midfielder Leka, who was defending him, thought he was going to break through, he suddenly sent the ball out and turned around and ran inward.
Diego Perez (diego_fernando_aguado_perez) who received the pass from Adebayo did not let the football stay under his feet for an extra second. He directly sent the football diagonal line, and the target was Adebayo who broke into the penalty area!
It's Chu Zhongtian's turn to make the appearance.
When Perez passed the ball inside, Chu Zhongtian had already rushed from the middle to the side of the penalty area. The ball arrived!
Adebayo looked back at the pass, and was about to pass the ball and then shot directly.
Just as he turned his sight to the ground ahead, he saw that Metz No. 30 came out again.
This time it was a beautiful slip shovel!
Before Adebayo received the ball, Chu Zhongtian shoveled Perez's pass out, and he dribbled the ball from front of Adebayo. Adebayo swung his foot but kicked it in vain!
Adebayo, who had lost his center of gravity, fell into the penalty area. The booing sounded at Adebayo for the first time in the stands at the Forian Stadium in Saint Mountain, although it was far from "spectacular".
Monaco players were all raising their hands to ask the referee for a penalty kick, while Ribery, who was on the wing, shook his fingers hard, indicating that his teammates did not commit a foul.
Metz's assistant coach David Carre was scared very much. Fortunately, he soon saw the referee signaling Adebay to make an appointment, and then he let out a long sigh: "This kid's defense is really scary..."
"He is very active, but it seems that he can only play a guest role in a central defender occasionally. The most suitable position for him is in the midfield..." Fernandez said from the side.
When Monaco's head coach Deschamps saw that the referee did not give the team a penalty kick, he was so angry that he waved his arms hard on the sidelines to protest: "This is not a foul, then what is a foul?!"
The TV commentators initially thought that Chu Zhongtian was a foul, and they even claimed that it would be a controversial penalty after the game. However, after watching the slow-motion replay, the two were silent for more than ten seconds before they had to admit: "The tackle from the No. 30 player of the Metz team is very clean...although it looks very dangerous."
Adebayo insisted that his fall was Chu Zhongtian's foul. He grabbed the referee and wanted to ask for an explanation, but because of his constant chatter and rude words, the referee showed a yellow card.
When he insisted on a penalty kick, he completely forgot that he was once a member of the Metz team.
Boos against him sounded again in the stands - why did you say that you were also from Metz? Do you still hope Metz will lose?
Ribery ran back and slapped Chu Zhongtian: "Beautiful job, hehe!"
For some reason, he couldn't stand Adebayo, maybe because in the first eighty minutes of this game, Adebayo stole his limelight...※※Adebayo and Chu Zhongtian's last showdown occurred at the last moment of the game. Monaco attacked, and the game time had entered the 93rd minute, which means that the referee could blew the whistle at the end of the game at any time.
It was Adebayo again. Since Chevanton was substituted in the 71st minute, Adebayo has become Monaco's main attack point.
This time, he finally used his foot skills and long legs to temporarily shake Chu Zhongtian away, but he didn't dare to lead too much. He just shook his way out of the free shot and shot directly outside the penalty area. Of course, the football was too high and posed no threat to the goal guarded by Winby.
After Adebayo shot the ball away, the referee finally blew the whistle to the end of the game.
"Ah, the game is over! Although we expected Monaco might not be able to take three points at Metz's home court, the process was still very dramatic. Adebayo scored the first record for the team, and Metz did not equalize the score until the 83rd minute. In the last moment, Monaco bombed Metz around Metz, but did not break through Metz's goal. Deschamps' team had no choice but to take a point back to Monaco."
※※※ A thunderous victory rang out in the stands at the Forian Stadium in Holy Mountain. For this draw, they saw the efforts of the players, especially at the last moment.
Delphin Mathilde had heard the No. 30 who was around her talking about the last moment and was replaced but rescued many times.
"I heard that the club rented a Chinese man in the summer, but I didn't care. Now I think I should go to the training ground to see more of his performance."
"What's the name of that number 30? "Pig or "poke"?"
"But to be honest, I think he is still a bit rash in the middle guard... but it doesn't matter! We didn't lose the ball anymore, this is the most important thing!"
"I almost got a heart attack in the last three minutes... Hell... That No. 30 performed pretty well!"
"But we should continue to observe him and draw conclusions."
Mathilde feels like his friend has been praised. Although she doesn't understand football and is not a fan of Metz, she is in a good mood now, just like the Metz fans around her.
But in fact, she and Chu Zhongtian are not friends.
She stood in the high stands and looked at Chu Zhongtian, who was celebrating the draw with her teammates in the field, and applauded him.
She didn't understand football, but thought that the applause was worthy of Chu Zhongtian because he worked so hard.
※※※Although he only played nine minutes of the game, Chu Zhongtian's performance helped the team get one point. He still seemed very excited.
Ribery came up and brimmed with him: "Beautiful job, man! You made that Togo man completely useless, ha!"
When Chu Zhongtian heard him mention Adebayo, he turned his head and looked over. Adebayo was interviewing reporters on the sidelines, and seemed to be completely unaffected by the draw in the game. He even smiled on his face.
It seems that the point I have tried so hard to keep, but I don’t think it’s important.
For a strong team, it is normal to be tripped occasionally, because they can afford to fall anyway.
This is Metz's home court. He is Metz's player and is just an unknown supporting role in this game.
After applauding and thanking the fans in the stands, Chu Zhongtian got into the passage. When passing by Adebayo and the group of reporters, he heard Adebayo say: "Yes...yes, it feels very good to go back to the Forian Stadium in Saint Mountain again... I didn't expect that the fans here would still treat me so enthusiastically. I am very grateful to them... I didn't celebrate the goal because I used to be a player of Metz... Fortunately, the game ended in the end with a draw, otherwise I really didn't know how to face the fans of Metz..."
※※※When Chu Zhongtian made his first appearance in the Ligue 1 League, although his performance was pretty good, he was not famous for it. French media hardly reported him much, but just made some hype about Adebayo's return home.
The Chinese media had never expected Chu Zhongtian to appear on the roster of the game and could even play, but they did not react. Later, they finally found this inconspicuous news from related reports from their French counterparts. They rushed to announce to Chinese fans:
To be continued...