Although he had no idea about Metz and Chu Zhongtian before, after the explanation from head coach Ancelotti, AC Milan players became interested in Chu Zhongtian.

And Pirlo discovered something--the teammates always stared at him when they were fine.

"Hey, Gnaro. What are you always watching me do?" Finally, Pirlo couldn't help asking Gattuso beside him. The No. 8 player of AC Milan was not only staring at him, but also rubbing his chin while watching, as if evaluating something.

"I'm thinking about how to freeze you in the game...ah, no!" Gatuso came back to his senses and waved his hand quickly, "I'm trying to deal with that Chinese."

"But you are looking at me."

"Hey, judging from Ancelotti's description, I think he looks quite like you."

Pirlo rolled his eyes helplessly.

Kaka is still kind-hearted. He came up to comfort Pirlo who was very injured: "Don't worry, Andre. I don't think there is another person in this world who can play a midfielder like you. You are one of the nineteen people who have changed the world football. I think that Chinese people cannot do it."

"No matter whether he can do it or not, you can't always stare at me. We are teammates..."

A group of people burst into laughter.

Before the game, the players of the AC Milan team were in a very relaxed mood. In terms of strength, Metz is not an AC Milan opponent, so there is nothing to worry about.

※※※On the day of the game, Metz's starting lineup was finally made public.

Chu Zhongtian is indeed not in the starting lineup.

This made AC Milan players a little strange. In their opinion, Metz can play with them with Chu Zhongtian's ability, but now Metz put Chu Zhongtian on the bench. Don't they want to win this game? They plan to give up the European Super Cup?

When the players ran on the court, someone looked at Chu Zhongtian sitting on the bench, and Kaka patted Gattuso: "It seems that we have nothing to worry about."

The live TV broadcast also gave Chu Zhongtian several close-up shots, wanting to see his psychological activities from his face sitting on the bench. The result they hoped was that Chu Zhongtian sat on the bench with a lonely face, and was resentful that he could not start.

But they were disappointed. Chu Zhongtian had a great time talking to Matthew Valbuena, who was sitting beside him, on the bench. Judging from the smiles on their faces, it seemed that they were not here to participate in a game, but to travel to Monaco.

After all the AC Milan players were on the court, Chu Zhongtian ended his chat with Valbuena and turned his attention to the stadium. He did not look at his teammates, but went directly to find AC Milan players.

He is very interested in the stars who were only able to see on TV before. He played the League Cup for a season but failed to meet the team that has always been a giant, which may be the only regret.

Inzagi, Kaka, Pirlo, Gattuso, Nesta, Sidov... and Ronaldo and Kafu sitting on the bench.

These are all stars that are well-known all over the world, completely different from Metz. Metz is considered the number one star, but his reputation is very small when it comes to France.

He still has a long way to go.

As the captain of the team, Proman walked forward and shook hands with Ambrosini, the captain of AC Milan in this game, exchanged team flags, and then guessed the side.

Chu Zhongtian turned his attention to the stadium stands. He is not unfamiliar with Louis II Stadium in Monaco, because it is the home court of the French Ligue 1 team Monaco. They come at least once a year to play away games in the league. The stadium can only accommodate 20,000 people, not big, but it has attracted much attention because of its unique architectural style and geographical location. From 1998, at least until 2008, the European Super Cup will be held on this stadium.

The stands that can accommodate 20,000 people are now full. The upper floor of the north stand is the area where VIP private rooms are concentrated, the lower floor stands are crowded with fans from Metz, and the south stands belong to AC Milan fans. Because the jerseys of both teams are mainly red, it seems that the stands of the entire stadium have become a sea of ​​red.

In fact, Metz drew a away team draw in this game, and AC Milan can continue to play with their red and black sword-striped jerseys, while Metz will wear a white and yellow bordered away jersey.

It looks like there are AC Milan fans in the stands.

Just as Chu Zhongtian observed the stands, Proman had finished picking the side. He lost to Ambrosini in picking the side, AC Milan got the right to pick the side, and Metz got the right to kick the ball.

The referee blew the whistle to start the game, and Menez kicked the football Ibiszevic to his back, and the game officially began!

※※※Because Chu Zhongtian did not play, although this game was broadcast live in China, most of the people watched it. Only AC Milan fans don’t care about those.

Because the school starts soon, Zhou Xiaoxiang has returned to Chengdu, Sichuan, and is now watching the live broadcast of the game with her husband. It is now 2:45 am Beijing time, and the next day is the day when the school starts. Zhou Xiaoxiang has long been used to this kind of life - she stayed up late to watch the game while she had to go to work the next day, and she has no idea how many times she has done it in the past season.

But Chu Zuosheng, who is husband, is still worried that his wife can't stand it, after all, she is not young anymore.

"How about you sleep first? I'll wake you up after my son comes on stage."

Zhou Xiaoxiang is used to lying on the sofa to watch TV, so it is easy to fall asleep. She shook her head: "Don't fall asleep."

As a result, after a while, Chu Zuosheng heard a slight snoring coming from the side. He looked at him and saw his wife lying on the sofa with her face tilted to the side, and she was obviously asleep.

Instead of waking his wife, he let her sleep, and turned off the TV a little.

He has resigned and has been resting for the day to watch this game. Now he is in good spirits.

※※※ Without Chu Zhongtian, Mes' attack was all handed over to Pjanic to organize.

Although Pjanic's performance in the Ligue 1 is getting better and better, his lack of experience and physical weakness are exposed when facing stronger opponents.

Chu Zhongtian did not start, and did not panic AC Milan. Ancelotti just made a little fine adjustment, allowing Gattuso to keep a close eye on Pjanic and the others let go of the attack.

Gattuso's defensive ability is the world's top, and it is also the strongest opponent Pjanic has encountered since his debut. He was a little uncomfortable with Gattuso's close-fitting press and fierce tackles.

After Pjanic was frozen by Gattuso, AC Milan quickly took the initiative in the stadium. Just five minutes into the game, Seidorf made a straight pass from Inzaghi. The Italian veteran broke into the penalty area after receiving the ball at the edge of the penalty area. The football hit a little bigger, and everyone's attention was on him. Unexpectedly, Kaka inserted from behind and suddenly shot in front of Inzaghi!

Goalkeeper Winbie couldn't react so he could only watch the football fly towards the goal. Fortunately, the football finally hit the post and bounced out.

Kaka held his head with both hands, feeling very regretful that he missed this opportunity.

"From the beginning of the game, the game is the world of AC Milan. As long as you can win this game, AC Milan will win the European Super Cup in a record five times, so their players are full of fighting spirit!"

"Kaka is truly the best player in the Champions League last season! He has also continued his good form last season in the new season. Look at how unexpected his forward insertion is!"

The commentators gave all the praises to AC Milan, and Mez and Pjanic became complete foils.

In the 28th minute, Inzaji received a pass from Kaka to score. Just as his signature rush to celebrate, the referee's whistle sounded - he was offside.

"Offside comes first, the goal is invalid! Let's take a look at the slow release of this ball...it seems to have only surpassed that little bit..."

"I'm not surprised that Inzagi's offside is at all, because he is a forward born on the offside line! When the defenders face him, they should be careful when they are offside. This time he is offside, and next time he may not be offside!"

"Although this goal is not counted, AC Milan has already gained the advantage. I believe that it will only be a matter of time before another effective goal is scored, and it will not be a problem to win this game."

They said it right.

Gattuso, who was originally defending Pjanic, tried to participate in the offense more after finding that Pjanic was frozen by him and performed poorly. Before the end of the first half, he pulled to the side, received a pass from Kaka and made a cross from the bottom. Inzaghi jumped high from the back point without anyone to guard the ball, and pushed Gattuso's pass into Metz's goal, 1:0!

AC Milan players were celebrating the goal, but Pjanic's face looked very bad. The person who was supposed to defend himself ran up to assist, what does this mean? It means that he is very incompetent and has not put enough pressure on the opponent. Otherwise, how could others have the energy to assist?

But how to perform better? He couldn't imagine that Gattuso was so powerful, his feet were accurate and ruthless, which made him very afraid.

His body is not strong enough, and he always fears being injured in such a fierce fight. This is his first season of his career, and he does not want to be injured and miss most of the games.

He shook his head helplessly.

The director of the TV broadcast knows the ball well and the psychology of the player watching the ball. After Metz lost the ball, he first pointed the camera at the AC Milan player celebrating the goal. After replaying the goal, he pointed the camera at Pjanic with a helpless look on his face, and then turned off the court and gave Chu Zhongtian a close-up shot on the bench for five seconds.

Chu Zhongtian's face no longer had the smile before the game started, and he looked at the field with a blank expression or serious look.

The French commentator said that if Chu Zhongtian was on the court, Gattuso should have no strength to rush to assist.

"Chu is a very comprehensive player. He can not only attack, but also participate in defense. If he were there, Metz's defense would also be much more stable. Now the midfield defense can only rely on Proman alone, while Kaka, Sidov, and Pirlo of AC Milan are both players who are good at attacking. How can he deal with Milan's three tens alone?"

During the halftime break, Chu Zhongtian did not follow the team back to the locker room, but warmed up on the court with his teammates on the bench.

In the locker room, Fernandez did not blame Pjanic for not being a front midfielder at all, but encouraged him and did not express his intention to replace him at halftime. However, Pjanic himself felt a little guilty, after all, it was his poor performance that led to Metz not getting any decent chances throughout the first half.

※※※After just four minutes of the second half, AC Milan expanded the score again. Pirlo took the ball from the right side of the midfield, Promenade went up to defend him, and at the same time, right back Odo was stepping forward, attracting most of Metz's defensive attention. At this time, Pirlo suddenly made a long pass, passed the ball to the left, and flew straight to the penalty area!

Inzaji and Kaka were not in the penalty area. The person who ran up was the left back Jankulovsky who started in this game! The person who followed him was the only Met defender Rodriguez in the penalty area... Jankulovsky kept watching the ball. When the football fell from the air, he did not wait for the football to land but directly swung his left foot to volley!

Goalkeeper Wimbe and defender Rodriguez did not expect that Jankulovsky would shoot directly without stopping the ball, which was a difficult shooting action.

Wind was half a beat later than save, and could only watch the football rolling past him and flew into the far corner of the goal behind him!

"Oh-! World Wave! From Yankulovsky!"

"Acc Milan leads Messe 2:0. It seems that they will win this game!"

"What a beautiful goal! So beautiful! The European champion belongs to Milan!"

Only the French commentator was a little depressed: "Mez and AC Milan still have a big gap in strength, and Pjanic is still young and lacks the experience of dealing with such opponents..."

Chu Zhongtian was also depressed that the team lost two goals in a row, especially the second goal was too bad for morale, because the opponent's goal was impeccable and flawless. After being scored in such a world-wide goal, any opponent would be a little discouraged, and would give birth to a depressed thought from the bottom of his heart that "the opponent is simply too strong, no matter how hard we try, we can't win."

At this moment he heard Fernandez's voice: "Chu, go warm up."

The TV broadcast soon captured the scene of Chu Zhongtian warming up with several other teammates off the court. Is he going to play?

The Chinese commentator was excited: "Chu Zhongtian is warming up! Pjanic was frozen in the midfield, causing Metz to lose control. It seems that Chu Zhongtian must be effective at critical moments!"

Chu Zuosheng was also very happy. He hesitated for a moment whether to call his wife now. Later, he thought about it and waited for Chu Zhongtian to really play before talking. Being called to warm up does not mean that he would definitely play. The situation of warming up on the sidelines for dozens of minutes and finally returning to the bench and sitting until the end of the game has happened.

Ancelotti also noticed the scene of Chu Zhongtian going to warm up. It seemed that the other party was finally going to use their strongest weapon, but it was too late to replace it now, right?

Now AC Milan leads two goals, and the team is in good shape. He believes that even an opponent like Inter Milan may not be able to stop Milan from pursuing their fifth European Super Cup in history.

Chu Zhongtian was warming up, which also stimulated Pjanic. He performed more actively on the court, trying hard to get rid of Gatuso's guard, and even had a violent physical collision with his opponent. Unfortunately, his strength and experience were still too different, so he could not get rid of Gatuso.

※※※In the 60th minute, Chu Zhongtian, who was warming up, was called back by assistant coach David Carre.

Fernandez stood in front of him: "I don't give you much time, especially considering that your opponent is AC Milan. But I know you are the kind of player who gives up before the end of the game. Go up and get the rhythm back and take back our initiative."

"What should I do with Gatuso, sir?"

"Fight him head-on," said Fernandez. "Pjanic is too soft."

Chu Zhongtian nodded: "Okay, I understand, sir."

In the 62nd minute of the game, Chu Zhongtian was replaced, and he replaced Pianic.

When the game ended, Pjanic seemed a little depressed. Chu Zhongtian patted his head and said to him, "Don't take it to heart, this is normal." Then he ran onto the field.

※※※ Seeing his son appear, Chu Zuosheng quickly woke Zhou Xiaoxiang up. At the same time, the CCTV commentator on TV was also excited: "Mes made the first substitution adjustment in this game, Chu Zhongtian came on the court! This figure really made everyone wait for a long time..."

He said it was right at all. This was the first time that Chinese TV viewers saw Chu Zhongtian’s game on TV this season. The game against Paris Saint-Germain was originally broadcast on China, but Chu Zhongtian made a bench for 90 minutes and did not get a minute of playing time. Then there was no live broadcast arrangement for Metz. It was not until this European Super Cup that Chinese fans saw Chu Zhongtian wearing Metz jersey and reappearing on the court on the TV screen.

Since that League Cup final, Chu Zhongtian has disappeared on Chinese TV screens for 106 days.

It really made everyone wait for a long time.

Zhou Xiaoxiang was woken up by her husband in her sleep. When she opened her eyes, she vaguely saw a No. 8 on the TV screen. She didn't see the color of her jersey clearly, so she suddenly sat up. She knew that her son had appeared.

"I'll wash my face..." Zhou Xiaoxiang got off the sofa, put on her slippers and ran to the bathroom.

※※※Chu Zhongtian ran on the court and began to direct his teammates to stand and told them what to do next.

"Attention, guys!" Chu Zhongtian shouted in French, "Next, we'll attack!"

The teammates laughed one after another, and the depressed feeling that they had been suppressed by AC Milan before was immediately relieved.

The TV broadcast keenly captured this shot, and the French commentator immediately sighed: "This is the core of Metz... Although he wears the captain's armband, he is the real leader! With him, Metz's players can feel at ease. In the next game, AC Milan must be careful!"
Chapter completed!