Chapter 150 Hampton Park Stadium
Chu Zhongtian's injuries these days are unknown. In fact, the person who is most worried is not Chu Zhongtian himself, but Obetan. Because it was his breakthrough in the training game that caused Chu Zhongtian's thigh muscle to be strained. If Chu Zhongtian could not play for this and Metz lost the game, wouldn't he become a serious sinner?
This is the best season for Metz. They may be able to make history, but if they make it all silly because of themselves... he couldn't even think about what kind of treatment he would be treated in the team.
Originally, Ribery was his master and had always had a good relationship with him, but he always had a cold face these days. In fact, that was not targeted by him, because Ribery had this expression in front of everyone, but Obetan was always "condescending" and felt that Ribery was blaming him.
The day before the game, before leaving for Glasgow, Chu Zhongtian underwent a physical examination. Then when facing the reporter, he said everything was normal and he could play. Obetan breathed a sigh of relief.
Later, when he saw that the team's coach and team doctor were still careful on the training ground, his heart rose again. In fact, Obettan himself didn't know when he could completely relieve himself.
Even if Chu Zhongtian can play, his old injury may recur in the game, aggravate his injury. If this leads to more serious consequences... Chu Zhongtian is one of the most influential players in the team. How will he face him and how will he face himself?
Obetan was alone there and worried about the future.
Chu Zhongtian didn't expect to cause trouble for him.
It's one pm now and I've just finished lunch. The team is resting as required.
Even when Chu Zhongtian was lying on the bed, his injured parts were covered with ice packs. This was not what anyone asked him to do, but he did it on his own initiative. He also knew that his injuries were not cured. He seemed to be fine when walking and running, but it would still hurt if he exerted force suddenly. So he was hurrying up to apply a cold compress.
Menez lay on the bed next to him and looked at him sideways. During the three days when Chu Zhongtian missed the team's training due to injury, Menez was entrusted with an important task - to serve as the team's offensive organizer in the game. He has not done such a job, but he still does not want to really organize the offense. That means Chu Zhongtian will not be able to play.
"If it hurts when the force is exerted, you can run less, or don't try it, and keep some strength when defending. Anyway, there is promontory." Menez said to Chu Zhongtian. "Make sure your body doesn't have any problems in the game."
Chu Zhongtian thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "I think your request is quite difficult to achieve."
The characteristic of his organization of offense is to run tirelessly back and forth, and he can be seen in every corner of the court. How can he organize the offense if he doesn't run? He is not the kind of player who stands in place, or passes a few balls in a small narrow area in the middle, and then organizes the offense without doing anything. But people? When it comes to the game, who knows whether he needs to pass? He can expect that his opponent will closely guard him. At that time, he is only a man, and only passes the ball, he cannot organize the offense smoothly. As for the issue of retaining some strength when defending... When Proman is broken through and he is the last line of defense in front of the back line, do you still have to keep your strength?
Therefore, Chu Zhongtian could not do any of these three requirements.
"Actually, my injury is not as exaggerated as you think. I don't think it will have much impact on the game."
Chu Zhongtian shrugged.
Menetz glanced at the ice bag on his thigh and stopped talking. He put on his ipod's headphones again and lay back for rest.
Chu Zhongtian also slid down, closed his eyes, hoping to let himself fall asleep.
But he found that he couldn't sleep. This was not the first time he participated in the final, and he had never felt nervous before the French Cup final with Paris Saint-Germain. But today he was a little nervous, and this tension came from his physical condition. If his body was normal, he would not feel any tension and would be full of confidence. Today he had to worry, praying in his heart that such a small injury would not cause trouble for him in the game, and that he would successfully complete the ninety-minute game. Thank God.
What if my thighs had to get in touch with me during the game (Sichuan dialect: something went wrong)? Chu Zhongtian thought of this problem, but he was actually unwilling to think about it, but he always had to think about the countermeasures before things happened.
Should I give up and be replaced by my body? Or grit my teeth and persevere? Or simply conceal it and refuse to report it?
This involves a question of whether it is worth putting your body at risk for this final.
Chu Zhongtian firmly believes that his future will definitely be better than now, and he will definitely participate in the Champions League. So is it worth it to work so hard in a League Cup final? If he suffers more serious injuries in the game, which will affect his entire career...※※※ Chu Zhongtian said in front of reporters that he will participate in the final, which is the best news for those local TV stations in China in the past few days. They are not worried about the decline in advertising revenue and the ratings are too low.
On the last day, they began to advertise wildly on their respective platforms, doing their best to incite.
Of course, the most effective thing is always to connect Chu Zhongtian with the national and national honors, which can attract many people who do not usually watch football or even understand football, but have a sense of national honor and national self-esteem to watch the game.
Just like in fact, ordinary people know very little about many events in the Olympics, but as long as there are events, Chinese people will be very happy and excited, and then start to pay attention to the gold medal that won the event. They are actually not interested in that event, but are just interested in the gold medal. Winning the gold medal is to win glory for the country, but not. This is not the opinion of ordinary people. This is the opinion of reporters from CCTV Sports Channel, the most authoritative television organization in China. The athletes who lost the gold medal at the Olympics were already very injured. These reporters also had to run up and ask: "Are you very sad and disappointed if you didn't win the gold medal?" "The country has trained you, but you only got one silver medal. Do you feel very sorry for the training of the country?" The athletes who must win the silver medal expressed their tears in tears and said that they were sorry for the country, the people, and the leaders, and that was the end.
But although this trick is inauthentic, many people like it.
Because modern China has suffered too much humiliation, the current Chinese people urgently need to be proud in all aspects. The competitive sports, called "war in peacetime", naturally need to undertake a lot of tasks in this regard.
As the world's number one sport, China's achievements in this regard are not good, and it can even be said to be embarrassing. The Chinese naturally hope that China can also be proud in this regard.
With the national team defeated the Asian Cup, the World Cup qualifiers, and domestic football scandals like leeks, one more crop of growth, an outstanding overseas player like Chu Zhongtian is the only one who can bring some psychological comfort to the Chinese people.
How can you not make good use of such resources?
"Look at my Chinese players Yangwei the League Cup!"
"After the French Cup final, the League Cup final, how many surprises can Chu Zhongtian bring us?"
"They are the defending champions of the League Cup, they are a group of dark horses from France! He is a talented player from China! At 2:45 am on May 17th, Beijing time, Glasgow, Hampton Park Stadium. Let's witness this wonderful showdown together! Can Chu Zhongtian continue his outstanding performance this season in this game? Can the dark horse Messe be blacked to the end? Can Sevilla become the fourth team to defend successfully since Real Madrid? There are less than twenty-four hours left before the mystery is revealed!"
The TV constantly replays Chu Zhongtian's wonderful performance in the past games, attracting the attention of Chinese fans and viewers who do not watch the game.
The Internet also has a high attention to this game, and everyone has discussed it very enthusiastically, and everyone is looking forward to the coming of the game. They can see Chu Zhongtian's performance through TV or live broadcast on the Internet.
"This is the professional player of Europe!" Some fans announced proudly. "Our country has finally calculated a professional player of really good quality!"
"Just trying to lead the team to the League Cup final, I can say that no one in China can be better than him. There was no in the past, and there was no now!"
Of course, there are also many fans praying for Chu Zhongtian online, hoping that he will not be injured again, and hoping that his strain will not affect the finals.
Chu Zuosheng now occasionally goes online and goes to the "We All Love Lindanda" website to see news about his son. After all, there are the most authoritative and timely news on his son, and he can also see the comments of fans from all over the country about his son. Sometimes there are some impolite comments, and he will use his unskilled input method to reply to the other party to argue with him. But most of the time he just spent more than ten minutes to finish a few words and post them, and found that the post had been deleted by dedicated moderators.
His username on the website was "I am Chu Zhongtian's father". As a result, he was blocked after the registration. He asked his son to ask why this was. His son told him that the administrator did not know that the username was really used by his father, and he thought it was the kind of insulting id that was specially used by people who made trouble.
Now his username is "Old Fan 001", which is not noticeable at all. Ordinary ones cannot be more ordinary. Only a few administrators know that it was Chu Zhongtian's father, because Chu Zhongtian greeted them. If something happened, they asked them to help their father more, so they learned the true identity of "Old Fan 001".
Since having supper on May 16, Chu Zuosheng sat in front of the computer in his bedroom, soaked online to read news about his son, or read posts in the forum, and occasionally talked to everyone about their views on this game.
"I think Chu Zhongtian will be closely guarded by the other party, which is a test for him. But I am very confident in him."
His wife was watching Korean dramas in the living room. He was not interested in Korean dramas with family backgrounds and foot bindings that looked like an old woman. Fortunately, there is now an Internet and a computer. He has already put the alarm clock at two o'clock, because the live broadcast of Sichuan TV's competition starts from two o'clock. Before the game, they will analyze the strength and recent status of both sides. Of course, Chu Zhongtian's strain is naturally a topic they are very concerned about.
When his wife was still watching the last episode of today's Korean drama in front of the TV, Chu Zuosheng had already washed up, turned off his computer, and went to bed. He wanted to keep his spirits up and cheer for his son.
At this time, there are still three and a half hours before the start of the game.
※※※ Chu Zhongtian was sitting in the bus. The bus was leading the way toward the final venue Hampton Park Stadium under the guidance of the police car.
There were some fans along the way, but not many. As the cars got closer to the stadium, there were more fans. The fans of Sevilla and Metz all saw each other and gathered together to walk slowly towards the stadium.
Chu Zhongtian searched in the crowd, but couldn't see a familiar figure.
Ribery sat next to Chu Zhongtian and touched him looking outside: "Hi, Chu."
"Um?"
"Is your injury really OK?"
"You have asked me twelve times, Frank." Chu Zhongtian rolled his eyes helplessly.
"I just don't feel relieved..."
"I've also told you twelve times, Frank. This is just a very minor minor strain, which is not a big problem at all. If it were before the ordinary game, there wouldn't be so many people paying attention..."
Ribery smiled and said, "Who made you injured before the League Cup final? Even if it is a small injury, it is amazing in such a context. I am worried that this injury will affect your running in the game and some movements that require explosive power, such as jumping and sprinting, changing direction acceleration..."
"It's really okay, Frank. I know my body very well."
Seeing Chu Zhongtian's expression of certainty and even a little impatient, Ribery shrugged and stopped saying anything.
The majestic Hampton Park Stadium is within easy reach.
This stadium is home to a special local team playing professional leagues but using amateur players. The team is called "Queen's_park_fc". This team is one of the earliest teams established in Scotland and the most successful team in Scotland in the 19th century. Now in the third league, there are 1,000 spectators per game.
This stadium is also the home court of the Scottish national team, the venue for the finals of the Scottish FA Cup and the venue for the finals of major European cup competitions.
Although for many Chinese fans, they may only know that there are Glasgow Wanderers and Celtics in Scotland, and because of General Fan, they may also know that there is a team called "Dundee United". They are a little unfamiliar with the name of Hampton Park Stadium, but they must be familiar with the stadium itself.
The closest time to now was the 2002 Champions League final, where Real Madrid faced Leverkusen here, and they finally defeated the big dark horse with a score of 2:1. Zidane also scored a goal from Tianwai Feixian in the game, which was later selected as the best goal in the Champions League in 50 years.
There are more than this classics born at the Hampton Park Stadium. In the 1970 League Cup final, the local Scottish team Celtics and the English team Leeds United met here. In that game, the Hampton Park Stadium, which could accommodate 150,000 people, flooded in.
The record of the European Champions League final was also set here - in May 1960, Real Madrid was again, another team from Germany. Real Madrid defeated Frankfurt with a big score of 7:3 and won the Champions League. This game set three Champions League records, but it has not been broken so far: the most goals were scored - ten; the most individual goals were scored - four, all of which were scored by Puskas; the largest number of spectators - 127,000.
It is no exaggeration to say that this stadium is a classic cradle. This stadium has witnessed countless superstars performing here, and those who can play on this stadium are not ordinary people - except for the amateur players of the Queen's Park team, the home team of the stadium.
Everyone knows that the two towers of Wembley Stadium are famous for, which is the pride of the English. But in fact, the "two towers" of Wembley Stadium are the "two towers" that copy the "two towers" of Hampton Park Stadium.
In European football, Hampton Park Stadium plays an important role. It is UEFA's five-star stadium, the venue for international competitions, and the holy land of Scottish football.
Now, Metz is going to make history at the stadium - they have the hope of winning the first European championship since the club was founded.
Some players were already attracted by such a grand building, and they looked at the stadium that was getting closer and closer outside the window and exclaimed.
"This is much larger than the Holy Mountain Forian Stadium..."
"Idiot, if it's smaller than the Forian Stadium in Saint Mountain, the League Cup final will be held in Metz!"
"Only the French Stadium can match it..."
Chu Zhongtian did not give out such an amazement.
However, Ribery touched him again from the side and nodded at the Hampton Park Stadium outside: "Qizu scored the goal here, it was a very beautiful ball."
Chu Zhongtian knew which ball he was talking about, and it was indeed a very, very beautiful goal. More importantly, on an important occasion like the Champions League final, he could still shoot such a ball calmly. It is indeed only a player like Zidane could do it.
He looked at the stadium again, with some yearning and longing.
The final, the League Cup final, the most important game in my life so far. How could I still have doubts about a little injury when facing such a game?
No matter how important the game will be in the future, today, now, and now, this is the most important game. If such a game cannot make me forget those boring things and work hard to fight, then what other games in the world can make me fight hard? What kind of face do I have to say that I play football to win, not to lose?
Chapter completed!