After Chu Zhongtian finished the goal, he stood behind and watched the whole goal. When Menez scored the ball into the empty goal, he raised his hands and clenched his fists and pointed it into the sky!

He did not cheer, did not jump, nor did he run around. He stood there, like a powerful statue.

Later, he was quickly hugged from behind by Promone. More teammates passed by their side and spread their arms toward Menez in front.

Ribery also climbed up from the ground and rushed towards Menez. At this time, he completely forgot about the things that both he and Menez didn't like each other.

The Gerland Stadium did not fall into silence because of the goal. On the contrary, the stadium was even more crazy - Lyon fans were making more harsh booing to express their dissatisfaction with the goal and their disgust for Metz players, while Metz fans sang Metz's songs desperately or shouting Menez's name.

"Ribery and Cupe collided with each other, and the football was stabbed by him... Menez! Menez! Menez - but! But! but but but but but but but but but but but but but butbuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

"Mes actually led Lyon at the Gerland Stadium! Lyon, who had besieged Mes for 30 minutes, did not score a goal, but instead conceded! This is football! Strength does not lead to absolute victory. Mess' boys did a pretty job!"

Because Lyon has long dominated the French Ligue 1, it has caused dissatisfaction among many people. Many people in the football industry believe that Lyon dominates the French Football League, which is quite unfavorable to the development of French football, especially the competitiveness of the professional league will be greatly reduced. Look at the performance of French clubs in the European courts in recent years. In addition to Monaco reaching the finals of the Champions League, what else can be achieved? Teams such as Lyon are always a part of the Prince to study in the European court.

The same situation as them is also in the Bundesliga. Bayern Munich is the dominant player. Excellent players from other teams in the Bundesliga will eventually be forced to be taken away by Bayern Munich. Bayern is strong, but German football has declined.

There was a concept of the five major European leagues before. Now that the Bundesliga and Ligue 1 are declining one after another, everyone only talks about Serie A, Premier League and La Liga.

If Lyon continues to dominate like this, what will the future of Ligue 1 football be like?

Therefore, seeing that Metz dares to challenge Lyon's hegemony, the commentator applauded Metz. They really hope that someone in the domestic football world can stand up and break Lyon's championship monopoly. There is no way for the league champion this season, at least they cannot win the domestic double championship.

※※※"We are ahead!" Metz's broadcaster shouted. "Menez's goal came from Ribery's assist, and Chu was the one who launched this offensive!"

"Oh yeah!" Belmont, who was driving the car, slapped the steering wheel excitedly.

He noticed a taxi coming up next to him, and his colleague pointed at him, as if he had something to ask him. He rolled down the window and asked, "What's the matter, man?"

"My damn radio signal is not very good. Do you know if the ball just now entered?" asked the colleague.

Belmont waved his fists and replied loudly: "We are ahead of Lyon! Menez's goal! Ribery's assist, Chu Jian!"

"Yeah!! Beautiful!" The driver in the taxi also slapped the speaker.

The excited Belmont couldn't help but feel excited, and rushed out.

※※Menez and Ribery ran back surrounded by their teammates and hugged Chu Zhongtian, who instigated the offensive for them.

But in the crowd, they were not celebrating the goal, but discussing what to do next.

"We are leading, but I don't think it's enough. If possible, we should score again!" This is Ribery's words. He is not satisfied with a goal lead because it is dangerous to lead by one goal. "Are you satisfied with this team of Lyon with one goal?"

"I think so too." Menez agreed with Ribery for the first time. The two of them hugged each other's shoulders and looked very close.

"Of course I'm not satisfied!" Proman was in high spirits. Not to mention letting him score another goal in Lyon, he would not hesitate even if he was asked to challenge Real Madrid.

"Yes, we should continue to pursue goals. But we can't push it out." Chu Zhongtian spoke, and his teammates who were in a circle looked at him. Off the court, head coach Mr. Fernandez had the final say, and when he went to the court, the team's commander Chu Zhongtian had the final say. He could always understand and execute the head coach's tactics well, so many times what he said was equivalent to the head coach's intentions.

"We continue to defend and counterattack. Just like before we scored a goal. We need to be patient enough. Maybe we can't score until the end of the first half, and we don't have a good chance. I think it's more important not to concede the ball at the moment than to score. I'll decide when to counterattack, and you all listen to me."

When Chu Zhongtian said this, he didn't think there was anything wrong with it. As his teammates, no one thought there was anything wrong with him saying this. Everything was very natural, because they had always listened to Chu Zhongtian on the court, and even if Chu Zhongtian didn't speak, they still came to play around Chu Zhongtian.

Chu Zhongtian looked at his teammates. He saw confidence in their faces, and his expression was completely different from the one he had when he was on the court. It seemed that this goal was like a catalyst, leaving everyone without any doubt about winning the game.

"Before the end of the first half, defend and counterattack, don't fight back if there is no good opportunity, continue to defend, you can't let them score anyway." Chu Zhongtian stretched out his hand.

Ribery stacked, followed by Menez, and more people put their hands on it.

"Battle against Lyon!!!"

A group of people issued a declaration of victory.

※※※After the game started again, Lyon indeed launched a more fierce attack on Mets, and this wave of offensive came more aggressive than the last time. After all, Mets only threatened Lyon's goal before and did not cause a goal. But what about this time? They scored the goal!

Lyon, who was behind, fought back not because he felt insulted, but because they really needed to score goals to equalize the score.

Ribery and Menez, who don’t like to participate in defense, had to withdraw to help defend this time. For a moment, after leaving the 30-meter area, no longer could see a Metz player.

Juninho made three consecutive long shots, once blocked by Proman with his body, and the other two times above the crossbar.

Benzema also forced himself into the penalty area once, but his close shot was magically saved by Winby!

Winby, who was called a one-on-one sword, stretched out from the ground, clenched her fists and opened her mouth and yelled. He was very excited and looked in good shape in this game.

Until the end of the first half, the Metz players successfully prevented Lyon from scoring. They could walk down the court with their heads raised and return to the locker room.

Lyon's players are still unwilling to accept such a score - from a technical perspective, they are much better than Metz, whether it is the number of shots, the number of times they scored in the 30-meter area, or the ball possession rate, the passing success rate... Except for the fouls slightly less than Metz, other data are generally dominant.

Why is the score 0:1? They are behind?!

There are even Lyon players who are confused about their heads and want to appeal to the referee - just before Menez scored, Ribery ran into the goalkeeper.

But the goalkeepers all left the penalty area. In that case, where did they come from the "collision goalkeeper"?

They were really anxious and confused.

※※※After returning to the locker room, Fernandez praised all Metz players. He thought the players performed well, but he also put forward new requirements for the players: "A score of 1:0 is not enough, we need more goals. Continue to defend and counterattack in the second half, and leading is our greatest advantage. You must be more patient than your opponent. Believe that the lagging side is more likely to lose patience than us. So everyone must strictly distinguish between adventure and conservative situations on the court. When can we take risks? When should we be more conservative?"

Someone secretly glanced at Chu Zhongtian.

What Mr. Fernandez said was similar to what Chu Zhongtian said to them in the game, and his general meaning was completely consistent.

In fact, Fernandez does not have many football defenses and counterattacks. In most cases, his football plays very well, which can be seen from Metz's number of goals and conceded goals. A conservative team will definitely not score 48 goals and conced 44 goals after the thirty-four rounds of the league... Metz's goal count this season is second only to Lyon, which scored 59 goals, and ranks second in the league, and conceded goals with Ajaccio and Rennes tied for third.

However, for some games, Fernandez doesn't mind playing ugly at all.

This is clear from the season when he led Mets back to Class A. He led the team back to Class A from Class B, and then he told the media: "In some games we have to change our current tactical style. I think playing a few beautiful games and losing more games will not help us stay in Class A. So in order to be able to successfully relegate, I don't mind giving up offensive football for the time being."

Over so many seasons, he has insisted on what he said at the beginning. Most of the games played well, and a small number of key games won conservatively.

Therefore, he can always succeed in relegation.

※※※Hollier was furious at his men in the locker room. Some of the players looked at him worriedly - Hollier had just undergone heart surgery for a few years, and they were really worried that losing his temper would make the head coach sick in the locker room...Hollier's dissatisfaction with the team's performance in the first half was mainly focused on the concealment of the ball: "I didn't allow you two to come forward to participate in the offense, so don't go up!"

The people he scolded were two central defenders, Chris and Kakapa. Before the game, Hollier did not require the central defenders to dribble the ball and participate in the attack, so these two people were scolded so hard that they dared not retort.

"I stayed behind in the second half!"

The two central defenders shrank their necks. It was indeed their responsibility to concede the ball, and there was nothing to argue about.

Then Hollier pointed his angry spearhead at the offensive lineup: "I attacked the entire first half and didn't score! I don't know what you are doing? Can you calm down when facing opportunities?"

"And Hatm, you are a left-leaning attacking avant-garde, not a front midfielder! Can you not always grab Juninho's position? The Brazilians are almost making you squeeze into a back midfielder!"

Hatm Ben Alpha was said to make him feel uncomfortable. Although he can play both in the middle and in the wing, when his position is an attacking avant-garde, he prefers to move in the middle. If he is on the wing, his position will change from an attacking avant-garde to a wing.

He felt that the problem was not himself, but that he had arranged such an awkward position for his head coach Hollier. He didn't play many times in the league, similar to Benzema. Originally, the Cup was a great time for young players like him to show their abilities, but Benzema could start at the position he was best at, but he had to sacrifice for the team's tactical sacrifice and play a position that he was completely unaccustomed to. This really made him unhappy.

After teaching the lesson Alpha, Hollier turned his head to the other players without looking at the dissatisfied expression on the young player's face.

"Think about the game we played with them a month ago. How did we beat them with a big score? I don't believe that Messe can become Real Madrid in one month! Even if they are Real Madrid, we will beat the bullshit Galaxy battleship here!"

"You must be patient and look for loopholes in their defense! There is no team in this world that is defenseless!"

Hollier felt his heart beating too fast, which was a dangerous sign, so he stopped and continued to teach the players a lesson. For a moment, he was the only sound of gasping in the locker room.

After the break, Hollier couldn't raise his emotions and continued to curse. He just waved his hand: "Think about it yourself, are you giants in the league, but you are going to be eliminated by Metz?"

He did not make any adjustments to his tactics because he believed that there was no problem with his tactics. The concealment of the ball was just an accident. If the two central defenders strictly abide by his tactics and do not drive the ball and assist the ball without authorization, how could Messe have a chance to score?

So the root cause lies in the disobedient player, not in him.

※※※After the second half restarted, Hollier's scolding seemed to have effect. The two central defenders, Kakapa and Chris, really did not intervene in the attack anymore, and Ben Alpha no longer moved closer to the middle.

Logically speaking, the game should continue to develop according to the trajectory he had imagined - the powerful Lyon equalized the score, took advantage of the victory to chase, scored two goals in a row, and completed the reversal. In the end, he won this game that should have been unsurprising.

But...Mes scored another goal not long after the start of the second half!

Taking advantage of a corner kick opportunity, Metz's captain Bobby Connie rushed to the top and pushed the ball into Lyon's goal!

"Oh oh! It's incredible that Messe actually led Lyon two goals away!?" This time even the commentator's tone was a little confused.

"Lyon players made mistakes in the man-game, they missed Bobbyconi! This is a really unforgivable mistake!"

Cooperating with the commentator was Hollier's face that was distorted due to anger.

He waved his fist hard and sweared.

Next door, Fernandez and his men raised their arms and rushed out of the coaching seat, happy that the team was leading by two goals. Even he did not expect that he could lead two goals away.

※※※"Ah haha! We are two goals ahead! Who could imagine this scene before the game? We are two goals ahead of Lyon at the Gerland Stadium!" Metz's broadcaster said excitedly.

Belmont, who was pulling his guests to his destination, shouted: "I thought of it, stupid!"

However, his sudden scream did not scare the customer behind him, because the poor customer had been tortured and dying long ago...※※※ Lyon players stared at the Metz player who was celebrating the goal. They couldn't believe that they would fall behind two goals. You know, this was at their home court... What was wrong? Are we not strong enough? Impossible!

So are we underestimating the enemy?

What happened to Captain No. 5 who missed Metz?

The Lyon players' minds are like a ball of paste now.

The TV commentator is still making things worse: "Basically, defending the league championship ahead of schedule must have made Lyon's players too happy. They have not entered the game for a long time. Although they have the advantage in the scene, neither Fred nor Benzema remembers to wear shooting boots. Juninho's control over the game has also weakened in this game. He did not complete the task of leading the team well. The players are not very focused... Do they think they will win this game? But looking at the current score, it is a wonderful irony!"

Chu Zhongtian did not participate in this goal, but the attack caused by the corner kick was somewhat related to him.

It was actually not a very suitable counterattack opportunity. When he got the ball, his intuition told him that it was time to take a risk. So he passed the ball out, causing a corner kick to feel a little regretful, because he didn't score, but after a round trip, he finally got a goal.

After celebrating the goal with his teammates, he ran back to the court.

He heard the cheers of Metz fans. This time, they were not many, and finally overwhelmed the home team fans. Lyon fans didn't know what to say before conceding the second goal, so many people were silent. Metz fans were yelling happily: "Victory belongs to Metz! Victory belongs to 'Crimson Red'!"

He raised his hand and clenched his fists to respond to the fans' shouts.

Ribery, who is by his side, also greets the fans like him.

Chu Zhongtian put down his arm and looked at Menez running on the other side, Menez, who was still a little far away from them.

"Jeremiah!" he shouted.

Menez heard Chu Zhongtian call him and looked over.

"Come here." Chu Zhongtian hooked at him.

Menez hesitated for a moment, ran over and leaned against Chu Zhongtian.

After pulling Menez over, Chu Zhongtian said nothing. He continued to run back in the middle, while Ribery was on the left and Menez was on the right, and the three of them ran back shoulder to shoulder.

Metz coach Fernandez, who noticed this small detail on the court, laughed.

He saw that a stadium leader was on the way.
Chapter completed!