Chapter 161 Injury(1/2)
Emily noticed a phenomenon - Chu Zhongtian would occasionally touch the back of his left thigh during the game. That was where he was injured before the game.
Has the injury worsened?
She was worried about her lover.
During the game, Chu Zhongtian did feel that the pain was intensified when the place where he was once wounded.
Actually, I had a little pain before, but at that time the game was very nervous and I was thinking about equalizing the score, so I didn’t care about the injury in my thigh, so I didn’t feel anything. Now after equalizing the score, I felt a psychological relaxation, and the pain suddenly came everywhere, reminding him.
As long as you exert force, it hurts.
Chu Zhongtian has his own way of treating pain. He will not deliberately avoid this pain. On the contrary, he will constantly stimulate the wound and let the constant pain sensation stimulate his body until he adapts to the pain and is numb. This pain will cause him much less trouble.
So whenever he has time, he kicks his legs back hard, and then grits his teeth and endures.
This is not a way to treat injuries, Chu Zhongtian himself knows it very well. But talking about treating injuries at this time is simply a fool. The primary problem now is not to let the pain torture himself in the game and affect his performance. His native method can minimize the impact of pain on himself.
Sevilla was still putting pressure on Metz's goal. Fortunately, they changed their minds and no longer frequently hit Chu Zhongtian's side. Chu Zhongtian's performance in the 90-minute game completely conquered Juander Ramos, making him feel that facing this tenacious and unyielding warrior, his own trick would not work.
In fact, as long as he continues to attack Chu Zhongtian in overtime, he might really be able to see the scene of Chu Zhongtian collapse... Now, since they are doing average, Chu Zhongtian's pressure will naturally be much less.
Only then does he have time to compete with his thighs.
※※※The first half of the overtime game was Sevilla's besiege of Metz. However, they did not score.
Metz made up her mind to hold on, and Sevilla players bombed Metz's goal.
In the 97th minute, Duda and Puerta cooperated on the side, and then Puerta crossed the ball from the edge of the penalty area. The ball passed through Jaiovi's crotch. Canut suddenly stepped forward from behind, and before Rodriguez, he pushed the ball five meters away from the goal. Winby's body had fallen backward. It can be said that facing this shot, he completely surrendered. As a result, Canut's shot pushed it up by a terrible spell!
Missing this opportunity made Kanut very upset.
What is even more annoyed than him is the Spanish commentator: "...The attack opportunity that Canute missed may be completely ending Metz! If this goal is made, Metz will be in trouble again. I don't think Metz can still create miracles in that situation. The fact is that it is already very lucky to be able to defend the penalty kick of 2:2... Why did Canute push this shot higher?"
Two minutes later, Fabiano took a long shot from twenty-two meters away from the goal, slightly higher.
In the 101st minute, Puerta's powerful shot from the left was blocked by Winbie. Two minutes later, Alves shook Chu Zhongtian in the ribs and shot, which was blocked by Tremi this time.
In the 105th minute, Sevilla made a long pass from the backcourt, Chu Zhongtian jumped up and headed the ball to clear the ball, but was intercepted by Paulson halfway. The Danes passed the ball to Dragutinovic, who came on as a substitute. Dragutinovic passed the ball to Maresca. The Italian midfielder volleyed vigorously from 24 meters away. The football bounced on the ground and flew out of the baseline against the goal post, which shocked the Metz fans in a cold sweat.
Due to the cramps in the first half, it took some time to replace the referee, so three minutes of stoppage time were given.
In these three minutes of stoppage time, Sevilla had a good chance to score. Unfortunately, Fabiano stopped the ball slightly larger in the penalty area and was kicked out of the sideline by Jaiovi.
After that, the first half ended.
There was no intermission, both sides changed the half-time directly and continued the game.
No one can still run at this time. Everyone slowly walked towards the opponent's half-time, especially the goalkeeper who was the farthest away was walking slowly, as if he was walking. They were all delaying time so that their teammates could get some rest.
Chu Zhongtian also walked very slowly. On the one hand, he needed rest, and on the other hand, he was injured in his thigh.
The night rain in Glasgow was getting heavier and heavier. His jersey was already soaked, but it was not just wet by the rain.
Ribery walked slowly next to Chu Zhongtian. When he turned around and saw his good friend, he stopped to wait for him.
"Can't run?" he asked Chu Zhongtian who was walking slowly.
Chu Zhongtian shook his head: "I still have the energy."
Ribery smiled and nodded: "I still have the energy, I have the chance to pass the ball to me! I said that you passed too few balls to me in the previous game... This is unfair."
"Who told you not to Alves' side?" Chu Zhongtian shrugged.
"Hey!" Ribery rolled his eyes. "I don't care. Anyway, in the second half of the overtime, you have to pass more balls for me. We are brothers, right? You always have to help me on the court, don't always care about passing balls for that kid Menez..."
Chu Zhongtian nodded: "Okay, as long as you have the right position, I will pass the ball to you."
Ribery happily patted his shoulder, "I'll wait for you to pass the ball!"
Then he ran away.
Chu Zhongtian shrugged as Ribery looked at Ribery's back.
This good friend of mine will definitely not stay at Metz next season, and I don’t know where I will go. Everyone wants to leave something worth remembering for their Metz career.
A goal, or...a champion.
※※※Mes kicked off in the second half. After Chu Zhongtian received the ball, Paulson no longer came up to press him. It is estimated that the kid's physical fitness also had problems. Chu Zhongtian did not intend to show off his outstanding physical fitness in front of the opponent. His style of playing football must keep running and running. Once he stands down, it means that there is a problem with the offense.
Chu Zhongtian, who received the ball, passed the football to his partner Yayiovi. He did not rush to pass the forward, because the game had just begun and the opponent's formation had not been opened yet, and many places were airtight. The forward pass only made their formation more compact and was not conducive to his organization of the attack.
He pointed to the back and asked Jaiovi to pass the football back and continue to pull out the entire Sevilla team.
According to general rules, the performance of both sides in the first and second half of overtime is completely opposite. If Sevilla attacks Mess in the first half of overtime, then Mess will definitely be Mess hitting back against Sevilla in the second half. But this game is different, Mess lacks one person, which gives Sevilla a lot of imagination.
They felt that Mess was not able to siege him in the next game, so they boldly pushed forward and tried to score a winning goal in wave after wave of offensives, just like in the first half.
As Metz passed the ball back, Sevilla's players pushed out. Alves saved too hard in the ninety-minute game and consumed too much physical strength. He was somewhat in the overtime game. Puerta on their left side frequently intervened in assists under the leadership of Duda. Since he no longer put pressure on Chu Zhongtian, Sevilla naturally shifted the focus of the offensive to their left and Metz's right. Don't forget that Sevilla's wings are very powerful, but not just one side is powerful.
Puerta frequently assisted in the first half of overtime, and Chu Zhongtian noticed this. In fact, even if Ribery didn't look for him, he would consider passing the ball more often in the second half of overtime if he had the chance.
The football fell back after a round behind and then passed it back to Chu Zhongtian's feet. Chu Zhongtian made a long pass to attack. Ribery cut in and shot in a long shot after receiving the ball, but unfortunately he missed it. He turned around and gave Chu Zhongtian a thumbs up, indicating that he had a beautiful pass from the corner kick.
Chu Zhongtian grabbed Yayiovi: "We two will change positions. You are responsible for the defense on the left side, and I am responsible for the defense on the right side."
Yayi Ovi knew about Chu Zhongtian's muscle strain and knew how tremendous pressure he had been under in the previous game. Now that Alves finally stopped, he could breathe a sigh of relief. Why did he come here to find something for himself?
"I can handle it..."
"It's okay, I'm better off taking advantage of the space they've inserted here."
In this way, Chu Zhongtian and Yayi Ovi completed the transfer, and Chu Zhongtian appeared in front of Puerta and Duda.
Because Fernandez asked the team to change to the three-guard formation, the defense of the two sides was very tight, and Chu Zhongtian came to the side to help, which could be considered an emergency.
Duda was replaced in the second half, and Puerta did not advance and assist in the 90-minute game, so neither of them personally experienced Chu Zhongtian's strength.
However, Alves was a little surprised to see Chu Zhongtian change his position.
Duda understands this - a player was injured and was hit by his teammates for 94 minutes in turn. Now he is just at the end of his strength. What's there to be afraid of?
So he drove the ball towards Chu Zhongtian.
Chu Zhongtian released the outside line and stuck on the inside. He knew that he could tell Duda down to the bottom, but he didn't even think about it. In the penalty area, Tremi and Rodriguez were both big men over 1.9 meters tall, and their air defense capabilities were still very good. Canut competed with them for a game and scored a goal with his head.
Du Da was so concerned about that. Seeing that the person who came to defend him was Chu Zhongtian, who had been squeezed out by his teammates in the ninety minutes of the game, he thought he was easy to bully, so he naturally wanted to break through him completely.
So switch the football to your left foot, and gently tweak it to the inside to break through.
In fact, it is not that Du Da was so wrong about Chu Zhongtian. Because of his thigh injury, Chu Zhongtian's movements were not agile, and he looked like he could not run because he had no energy.
How could he know that Chu Zhongtian’s physical fitness was fine at all?
Seeing Duda buckle the football inside, Chu Zhongtian knew what Duda was going to do. He stuck Duda's route and forced Duda to turn the football back. He took advantage of this opportunity and Chu Zhongtian decisively tackledly and shoveled the football out of the sideline. Duda jumped high because he was afraid of injury and avoided the kick.
When he landed, he looked back at Chu Zhongtian in surprise.
Chu Zhongtian got up from the ground and shrugged and spread his hands at him.
Sorry, this is my territory. Those who come here must obey my command. If you don’t listen, this will be the end.
Duda cursed in her heart.
The rain in the second half of the overtime game was getting heavier and heavier, which made it a lot of difficulty for controlling the ball. Just now, when he was diving the football to the outside line, the football rolled a little further away from him, so the boy seized the opportunity.
Such a field is more conducive to defense... Although I don't want to admit it, it seems that I can't handle the No. 8 of Metz alone. Navas is such a powerful figure, plus Alves, and the two of them join forces to tie him. This person is really terrible... When Puerta ran to throw the ball out of the box, Duda said to him: "You will be more decisive when you attack later. I need your support."
Puerta nodded.
※※※In general, the second half of the overtime game is the same as the first half. Sevilla attacks the main attack and Metz defends, but there is only a little more counterattack.
Puerta began to frequently assist, and Chu Zhongtian often gave Ribery the ball. Unfortunately, he did not pass accurately every time he passed the ball. In addition, the rainy days and the earth slipped, even if it was passed to Ribery's feet, he might not be able to control the football.
It was all the way to 115 minutes, and neither side scored a goal. It seemed that the final championship was decided by a penalty kick in this game.
Palop drove the ball out, the football flew high to the midfield, and Chu Zhongtian jumped up to compete for the top spot with Paulson.
He jumped on the spot, while Paulson sprinted and had a better advantage. The two people collided in the air, and Paulson finally got the ball. Chu Zhongtian was hit and lost all his gravity and fell backwards.
He reached out to support him, and his right palm first reached the ground, and then a piercing pain came instantly. The hand could no longer hold on to the weight of his whole body, and his whole body fell heavily to the ground.
He could have continued to lie on the ground and then expected the other party to carry forward the spirit of Ferrai to kick the football out, but it was not safe. Moreover, before landing, he saw Paulson pushing the football to Duda on the side, and at the same time, Puerta was plugging in at high speed behind Duda.
With little time left in the game, the opponent would never raise his spirits to kick the football out because he fell to the ground because of his injury. So he endured the pain and got up from the ground and chased Duda.
He finally didn't catch up. Duda passed the football into the penalty area. Fabiano and Canut and others didn't get the chance before the penalty area. Wimbie and Metz's defenders didn't meet, and the football just stepped out!
At this time, Chu Zhongtian had the opportunity to see his injuries.
He felt that except for the pain in his arms, it seemed that there was nothing else when he ran and waved his arms. He thought that it must have been that his arm had hit the ground just now, which was not a big problem. After the pain, it would not hurt anymore, and he didn't take it to heart.
He continues to play.
※※There is only five minutes before the end of the game. The second half of the overtime game is still smooth. It is estimated that at most one minute of injury stoppage time will be at most.
To be honest, Chu Zhongtian doesn't think it would be a good idea to delay the penalty kick. Although they did targeted penalty training before the game, Palop was far higher than Winby's level in terms of goalkeepers. Even if it was a penalty kick, Metz didn't have much chance of winning.
So if the game can be finished within 120 minutes, why should I delay it until I play a penalty?
Puerta came up again. Chu Zhongtian wanted to go up to defend, and a stinging pain came from his right forearm, which slowed down half a beat and was avoided by Puerta. Chu Zhongtian gritted his teeth and chased him back. Every step he ran, his arm hurt. He began to feel that maybe it wasn't just a simple hand, maybe it was more serious than that. But now in the game, he didn't have time to think about how serious the problem would be. Anyway, there were still five minutes before the end of the game, so just gritting his teeth and sticking to it.
Just as Chu Zhongtian was thinking this, Puerta made a mistake in the dribbling ball. He slipped under his feet and could not control the ball. Duda, who cooperated with him, did not expect Puerta to make a mistake. The football asked Rodriguez to take the opportunity to cut it off. Then he looked up and saw Chu Zhongtian running back, and passed the ball to him without hesitation.
Chu Zhongtian turned around when he received the ball, his arm still hurt, and he couldn't care so much.
To be continued...