Chapter 142 It turns out they are here(1/2)
No one guessed that Chu Zhongtian would shoot immediately after making a breakthrough inward move, so when Chu Zhongtian suddenly shot, Ridley King, who was defending him and Paul Robinson, who was in charge of keeping the goal, did not react.
When the football passed by Ridley. King, he realized that Chu Zhongtian was shooting, not passing.
Robinson is even more miserable. As a goalkeeper, he should be fully focused to prevent the opponent from shooting. However, when he saw that Chu Zhongtian was taking the ball, he would always glance at other players of Mets. He knew that Chu Zhongtian was the core of Mets' organization and many goals were planned by him. So he didn't even think that Chu Zhongtian would shoot, so he became an unlucky goalkeeper who had to pick up the ball from the goal three times in a game.
He lay down on the ground, staring at the sky blankly, letting the cold raindrops hit his face. The football lies in front of his head.
Behind him was the stand where Metz fans gathered. People were jumping and cheering for the goal. Looking at Robinson who was close at hand, they were gloating.
Chu Zhongtian, who scored the goal, bypassed Ridley Jin, who was standing there and ran to the stand behind the billboard, which was dark red. He didn't have to worry about celebrating freely, and would be injured by the people in the stands with hard objects. He ran to the front of the billboard and waved his fists at the people in the stands.
He was very excited because he knew Metz had advanced to the semifinals!
"Glasgow! Glasgow!!" The Metz fans in the stands were more ambitious than him. They shouted the name of the city hosting the final, as if their team had advanced to the final.
Tottenham's White Hart Lane Stadium can accommodate 36,200 people. There were about 33,000 Tottenham fans in this game, with less than 3,000 Metz fans, and hundreds of them are neutral fans, just watching the excitement.
Before Chu Zhongtian scored, the White Hart Lane Stadium was the territory of Tottenham fans. They kept singing and cheering, and booing, just as dogs like to pee to show that this is their territory. Tottenham fans also used this method to tell Mets fans who came from afar that this is their territory, so don't think about making any tricks here.
But when Chu Zhongtian scored a goal, their protection of the territory was invalid, and the White Hart Lane Stadium became the world for Mets fans.
They sang and danced, cheering for the team to advance to the semifinals.
Like them, people from Wimbledon were cheering. After singing "its_my_chu", they shouted Chu Zhongtian's name loudly.
Terry Eames also heard the song, and he was not surprised by it, but laughed.
Chu Zhongtian is back to play the game, how could his former friends not come to see him?
He didn't sing with the fans, but he stood among a group of Tottenham fans and applauded Chu Zhongtian's goal. When Tottenham fans glared at him, he shrugged and said to the man: "Although we were eliminated, don't you think this is really a wonderful ball?"
"The game is not over yet!" the Tottenham fan shouted angrily.
Eames ignored him, and he understood the mood of Tottenham fans.
After a while, the man turned his head and said to him, "But it is indeed wonderful..."
※※※When Chu Zhongtian waved his fists at the Mets fans in the audience, Mets' players rushed up and surrounded him. They patted Chu Zhongtian's shoulder, back and head hard.
"Hahaha! Beautiful work, Chu! You're so fucking beautiful! Have you seen those stunned Tottenham players? I really like their expressions!"
"Now they have lost all their hopes. They have to score four goals in the remaining time, but this is absolutely impossible!"
"Yes, if we let Tottenham score four goals in a row in twenty-six minutes, it would be the biggest insult to us!" The person who said this was central defender Sammy Traore.
"We're sure to win, guys! We're sure to win!"
"Where is the next step? Glasgow?"
"Go! Go to Glasgow! Go to Hampton Park Stadium!"
After celebrating the goal, the Metz players dispersed and ran back to their respective positions.
Chu Zhongtian looked up and searched in the stands. He was looking for his old friends who had sang and cheered him up before.
Unfortunately, time was short and he didn't find it. He could only wave to the stands and beat his heart to express that they had received this friendship.
※※※ "Chu scored his second goal in the League Cup. Although he didn't score many goals, he helped the team completely lock in the victory. If Tottenham wants to advance, he must score four goals in the remaining time, and he cannot let Mes score another goal. I think even the most hardcore Tottenham fans may think this is impossible..."
"Spurs have been sentenced to death by Chu's goal! Although saying this may make Tottenham fans very dissatisfied, I still have to say: the game has entered garbage time since then!"
"This goal is very important. When two goals are behind, Tottenham players are confident of equalizing the score, because when the two sides met in the first leg, Metz also did this while falling behind two goals in the first half. But three goals... completely defeated the confidence of Tottenham players! Scoring four goals in a row? I think this is impossible to complete!"
Commentators from all countries are expressing their opinions and commenting on Chu Zhongtian's goal. They almost praised Chu Zhongtian one-sidedly.
It's a pity that the League Cup game is not broadcast in China, so there is no Chinese in the commentator team here. But it doesn't matter. It is said that several local TV stations in China are already considering joining together to purchase the broadcast rights for the League Cup final this season. As long as Metz, where Chu Zhongtian is located, can make it to the final, they will take action.
Although CCTV will not broadcast the League Cup, fans across China can see the heroic performance of Chinese players in the League Cup finals through their own TV stations in their province. Chu Zhongtian will also become the first player in China to reach the finals of the three major European Cups. Including the cancelled European Winners Cup, in decades of history, there is no Chinese player with yellow skin and dark hair in the finals of the three major cups. Chu Zhongtian will be the first person. Such a great gimmick, even if you spend more money to buy the broadcast rights, it will be a sure profit for the TV stations.
※※※After the game restarted, Tottenham's players obviously had not recovered from the third goal conceded, and performed like sleepwalking on the court.
Their head coach Martin Yole was not much better, and stood on the sidelines in a daze, not knowing to make adjustments to the team. In fact, it is not his fault. In this situation, no matter how much adjustment is made, it is useless. If Spurs really can do this, he will buy lottery tickets tomorrow.
How did Tottenham players feel sleepwalking? It can be seen that their Jenas actually passed the football directly to Jaiovi's feet.
Yayi Ovi was still a little surprised when he received the ball and didn't know what to do. Then he heard Chu Zhongtian shouting behind him: "Transfer the ball to me!"
Yayiovi League kicked the football back with his heel.
After Chu Zhongtian received the ball, he organized an attack again. After three passes and two falls, the football fell at Ibissevic. Ibissevic forced to turn around and shoot. Robinson rushed, and the football hit the post and bounced back. As a result, it just bounced back into Robinson's arms. He didn't do anything, and the football returned to his hands.
"Ahhh! Tottenham is so lucky, otherwise the ball will be 4:0 again! What a pity!"
"The whole team of Tottenham is sleepwalking, only their goal posts are still fighting... It's ironic!"
"After the game, I will beat Tottenham's goal post to their team with the highest score!"
Losers have no human rights, and everyone can ridicule them wantonly. Who told them to perform poorly?
Ibisevic seemed very sorry for not scoring a goal. He held his head in his hands. He got booed by Tottenham fans - you all scored three goals, what else do you want? Do you think there are few goals?
Martin Yoll was awakened by Ibissevic's shot. He rushed to the sidelines and shouted to the Tottenham players inside: "What are you doing! Get me up! Be energetic! Be energetic!!"
Tottenham players also feel that their previous performance is too amateur. No matter what, the game is not over yet, they still have to work hard. No matter whether the final result is satisfactory or not, at least they will have no regrets if they work hard.
So Tottenham launched a slightly tragic counterattack, launching wave after wave of offensives at Metz's goal amid the singing of Tottenham fans.
As a defensive midfielder, Yayi Ovi faces tremendous pressure. Tottenham players have seen that Yayi Ovi has the worst ability among the two midfielders, and Chu Zhongtian has the strongest. Of course, persimmons have to pick up soft ones, so they rushed to the area where Yayi Ovi is responsible. Chu Zhongtian naturally also saw that he often went to help, but if he always left his defensive area and helped Yayi Ovi, there would be problems over time.
At this time, Jean Fernandez made the first substitution in this game. He replaced Jaiovi with Proman who had just recovered from injury and strengthened the midfield defense.
When Proman came on the court, he wanted Chu Zhongtian to give him a thumbs up, and Chu Zhongtian smiled at him. The old midfielder partner is back. Although Yayi Ovi is also working very hard, the gap in strength makes him not perform so well in the game. Besides, he is not a full-time defensive midfielder, so it is awkward to play by himself. Chu Zhongtian had to spend more energy to help Yayi Ovi in the game.
Now that Proman has recovered from injury, although Chu Zhongtian will lose the captain's armband because of this, he can organize the offense more calmly in the game.
As soon as Proman came on the court, he used a fierce tackle to tell Tottenham players that now that this area has substitutions, they need to reassess the risks and rewards of the main attack.
Tottenham did reassess because soon they stopped focusing on Promenade, but returned to the wing.
Yoll also made his substitution adjustments, replacing Defoe with many wasted opportunities and made no contribution to the team except for his cool shooting.
Difo is fast, so Mess makes adjustments to Difo's characteristics. Fernandez asks the whole team to shrink the defense line, and the full-back is not allowed to assist, compressing the space for players like Difo to get the ball, so that he cannot sprint, so naturally he cannot play his characteristics.
Anyway, the team is now leading 3:0 away, with a total score of 5:2, and it is impossible for them to lose the game, so Fernandez no longer plays beautiful offensive football, but becomes conservative.
Victory is the most important thing.
For the rest of the time, Tottenham has always been pressing Metz against Metz. Metz retreated with all players. Fernandez replaced Menez with Bobby Coni and continued to strengthen his defense. Fernandez replaced a defender, and Martin Yoll replaced a forward, and he replaced Mido, known as "Ibrahimovic".
By the last ten minutes of the game, Tottenham Hotspur was still besieging Metz. And the Tottenham fans in the stands were still cheering for their team. But at this time, everyone knew that it was impossible to reverse and advance to the semi-finals. They just hoped to score a goal, even if it was just a goal, proved that they did not lose the game without resistance. At least they completed a redemption for their poor performance in most of the game.
But until the end, this wish was not realized.
I want to score so much that Tottenham players don’t have the patience to organize the offense and cooperate with their teammates. The first thought that anyone has a ball under their feet is always - shooting!
No matter where you are, how far away from the goal, what is happening around you, how many defensive players want to shoot after getting the ball.
Such an offense is like buying a lottery ticket to hit the national fortune. I hope to score a goal with twenty shots, but football matches are not a matter of probability. It does not mean that the side with more shots must score more goals.
This kind of offense without cooperation cannot threaten Mess' goal. In addition to occasionally having a few high-quality long shots, more long shots are just to vent the extra energy of Tottenham players.
Originally, Mes' possession rate was higher than Tottenham and the number of shots was higher. But in the last twenty minutes, Tottenham turned all these technical statistics over. Because Messe had given up on the offense, Tottenham could control the ball for most of the time, so their possession rate was slightly higher than Mes. In terms of the number of shots, it was even more amazing. Tottenham had only six shots in the previous seventy minutes of the game. But when the game ended, their number of shots became twenty-one, surpassing Mes' thirteen shots.
If you only look at the statistics, outsiders will definitely think that Metz can win 3:0 because they are lucky, but in fact, the football game cannot be simply judged by statistics. Only those who have watched the whole game will know that Metz won this game for granted, while Tottenham lost at all.
When the referee blew the whistle to the end of the game, Tottenham did not score a goal. They were shaved by Metz at their home court.
Mays' players hugged tightly in the rain in London to celebrate their advance to the semi-finals.
"The match ends! The match ends! Metz defeated Tottenham Hotspur, and they defeated Tottenham Hotspur 3:0 away, thus advancing to the semi-final with a total score of 5:2!"
"Two seasons ago, Metz was still an unknown small team that aimed at relegation every season. Four seasons ago, they had struggled to rise and fall in the second division. Who could have thought that Metz could now advance to the semi-finals of the League Cup?"
"Messe continues to move forward in the League Cup, they are the only spark in French football!"
"Frank Ribery, Jermaine Menez, Chu Zhongtian, these three players who are known by the media as the "Three Musketeers of Metz" have shown their strengths in the game, and their performance determines the outcome of the game. If Metz wants to go further in the League Cup and keep walking into the Hampton Park Stadium in Glasgow, he must continue to rely on the strength of the three of them."
The TV cameras swept across three people one after another and finally froze on Chu Zhongtian.
"Yeah!" Kang Jianbo, who could only watch the live broadcast of this game on the Internet in front of the computer, clenched his fists and waved. The Metz team advanced to the semi-finals, Chu Zhongtian scored, and Kang Jianbo was in a good mood in the next week.
※※※Mez players celebrated everywhere after the game, but most of them were concentrated under the stands where Mez fans gathered.
Chu Zhongtian was there at the beginning. After expressing his gratitude to the fans, he changed places and continued to applaud and thank them.
So he walked while applauding.
"Hey, look, it's Chu! He is coming to our stands!" The Wimbledons were excited. They only had Chu Zhongtian in their sight, so it was easy to see Chu Zhongtian's movements.
Boss John saw Chu Zhongtian walking down the stands where they were, and suddenly took off his poncho.
"Hey, old man! What are you doing? Are you not afraid of a cold? Look at your body is wet..." Bent was startled by John's actions. He didn't know why John did this.
Boss John didn't answer, but took off the blue Wimbledon competitive jersey on his body. Then he said to the person in front: "Pause it down and hand it to Chu!"
Only then did Bent understand what John was going to do.
The blue jersey was passed down one by one by one by the people in the stands.
When Chu Zhongtian passed by this stand, he was stopped by a stranger: "Hey, Chu! Wait a moment, wait a moment!"
Chu Zhongtian stopped and pointed at himself: "Are you calling me?"
The man nodded vigorously, and handed the thing in his hand to Chu Zhongtian. "Someone above asked me to give you this." He also pointed above himself.
To be continued...