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Metz's players have not played in rain battles, but even more extreme weather than water battles - games under heavy snow. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

But they never came under so much pressure to play in such bad weather.

If you can't score, you can't advance, and if you can't score, you have to go home.

Who wants to say goodbye like that? With three matches left until the final.

Metz's players are hoping to keep their name in the UEFA Cup and being eliminated in the quarter-finals is clearly not an option.

So Metz's players are not as unhurried as usual when playing in such conditions.

After Menez's long-range shot failed, he soon got another chance to shoot from distance, in fact, it might have been better if he had passed the ball to Ibisevic, but Menez decisively chose to shoot from distance after receiving the ball and turning around. As a result, under the pressure of the opposing defender, his shot went directly off the bottom line.

Franck Franck Ribery then fired a long-range shot from outside the box.

When it rains, it's natural to have to shoot from a distance, because the ball is heavier and more slippery, which can easily cause the goalkeeper to get out of his hands, or simply make it impossible for them to save the ball.

But no matter what the situation, it is not right to shoot blindly from a distance...... Chu Zhongtian, as the team's captain and commander, must criticize his teammates for constantly wasting offensive opportunities.

"Don't always shoot from a distance!" He shouted to two men. "Obviously there is a better chance, what are you anxious about?"

"We're going to score as soon as possible...... Menez defended himself.

"It's not a few minutes before you end the attack so blindly, just giving possession to the opponent. We're going to talk about the success rate. If you don't have a better chance, don't shoot from a distance, even if you really can't find a chance to go inside, don't shoot from a distance. Give me the football and we'll reorganize. Football doesn't have 24 seconds to attack, what's the hurry? ”

"Okay......" Menez pouted.

Chu Zhongtian looked at Ribery.

Ribery raised his hand: "I only shot once." The pitch was a bit slippery and I couldn't control the ball, so I chose to shoot from a distance......"

"Pass the ball more and dribble less." Chu Zhongtian also knew that the venue was a little slippery, but this was not a problem he could solve.

※※※ Seeing Metz blindly shooting from a distance, the happiest person is Tottenham manager Martin. Joel. He knew why Metz was shooting from distance because they wanted to score. More shots can increase the chances of scoring a goal, and it is obviously easier to shoot from distance than to score a shot with a complex combination.

But he is not afraid of long-range shots. He made a targeted deployment specifically for this. Today's weather wasn't good for Metz, with rain and slippery ground, but it was all favourable for Tottenham. Because in such a situation, the opposing long-range shooter only needs to give them the slightest defensive pressure, which can cause their shot to go wide.

So he asked that when the Metz players shot from outside the box, they couldn't give them space and went up to interfere.

Look at the ridiculously wide shots and his players did a good job of following his request.

Shoot, shoot, the more shots like this, the farther you will get to the semi-finals...... Unfortunately, Metz then didn't get what he wanted, as they cut back on blind long-range shots and increased their constant passing combinations.

Tottenham made up their minds to defend and counterattack in this game, and in the face of Metz's possession in the second half, they all shrank into their own half and did not come up to disturb. Chu Zhongtian can calmly receive the ball, turn around, observe the situation, and then decide how to play this attack.

After stopping his team-mates from shooting blindly from distance, he discovered a new problem - because of the rush to score, Metz's players tend to press well and concentrate in the middle of the attack. What are the consequences of this? Tottenham's backline was squeezed down by them, shrunk down the middle, and there were very few gaps to exploit and almost none.

Typical dense defense.

In the previous game, everyone would consciously retreat to respond, and the opposing player's player would be withdrawn, just like a net, originally crumpled into a ball, and there were not many holes to be found, but now when it is spread out, it is found that it is full of loopholes. But because everyone is in a hurry to score now, they don't care about retreating, and then they are pushing forward, and they all try to squeeze forward, as if the closer they are to the goal, the closer they are to the goal.

However, it was easier for Tottenham to defend because the Metz players did not move after they were in position. Standing opponents are best defended. On the other hand, because of the forward pressure of the Metz line, Tottenham's defense line also shrank and retreated, so that the space available in front of the Tottenham goal is getting smaller and smaller, or even none.

It doesn't matter to the strikers, they just need to stand in front of them and pass the ball to their team-mates anyway. But for a midfield passer like Chu Zhongtian, this situation is very uncomfortable - they can't pass the ball if they don't have space, they can't organize an attack if they can't pass the ball, and they have to face the pressure of the opposing defender and can lose the ball at any time.

Every time Chu Zhongtian wanted to pass the ball forward, but he was powerless in the face of the crowded front of the penalty area, in order to avoid being cut off for too long in possession, he turned around and passed the football to the back, and then hooked his hand to his teammates in front: "Pull it out!" ”

At the end of the day, the blind long-range shots and the rush to the front are all because they want to score goals as soon as possible.

The opponent's two away goals were like a boulder in the hearts of the Metz players.

There is only one solution - to score goals as soon as possible.

Although it was said that it should be as soon as possible, Chu Zhongtian, who was in charge of mastering the rhythm, could not be in a hurry. Because if even he is impatient, then the team's offense will be even more chaotic.

Chu Zhongtian still has to patiently organize the attack and master the rhythm of the whole team.

He doesn't care what his teammates in front of him do to signal him to pass, he just stumbles to the defenders at the back. Anyway, Tottenham don't press up, and he's not afraid of conceding goals.

"Mays doesn't look like he's in a hurry to attack again...... After fifteen minutes of unsuccessful attempts at goal, Metz slowed down. ”

If Chu Zhongtian doesn't have a good opportunity, he would rather fall in the backcourt than send the ball up easily, and then once the football is passed, he will yell at the front and ask his teammates to come back to pick him up. He also made gestures for his teammates to run.

How do you pass the ball when you stand dead? The air is all in the running, and if you don't run, you will never have a chance.

Under Chu Zhongtian's mobilization, the teammates in front finally realized that if they didn't change the way they played, football would always be passed around in the back, and Chu Zhongtian's stubborn temper came up.

So they all ran according to Chu Zhongtian's request.

And Chu Zhongtian was still passing the ball unhurriedly, as if he hadn't seen the changes in his teammates.

When he was down at the back and the defenders, the Tottenham players did not press the defensive, with strikers Dimitar Berbatov and Robbie Brown. Keane just made a symbolic defensive appearance, as long as Chu Zhongtian pushed the ball to the front, they didn't care, waiting in place for their teammates to break the ball so that they could play a long pass counterattack.

"Mace is still not in a hurry to attack, Chu frequently returns the pass, what does he want to do? Hey, Tottenham's goal is here, not over there......" The commentator was confused.

※※※ "Why is Chu just a return or a horizontal pass?" There are too few forward passes! Isn't Metz in desperate need of a goal? How do you score a goal if you don't pass the ball forward? "The people in Wimbledon in the stands couldn't understand it, and they started talking.

"Stupid, look ahead, do you have a chance?" Joe. Schilling accosted as he pointed to the stadium and gave lessons to the fans around him. 'Tottenham tightened their defence, they were full of their men in front of goal, and passing the ball forward was just getting the ball to Tottenham's feet. And Metz even pressed the fullbacks, once they lost the ball, there was a large amount of space behind them, Tottenham made it clear that they wanted to play defensive counterattacks, and Chu certainly couldn't easily play the ball! ”

He is the main striker at Wimbledon, and he is usually the coach of a football team, so he sees the whole thing clearly.

"Then when do you think Chu will pass forward?" Someone asked.

Shirin didn't answer right away, but observed for a moment. He saw that the players in front of Metz began to move, and the fullbacks were also running back, in short, they were getting closer and closer to Chu Zhongtian.

'When there is space in the Tottenham backline, that's when he picks up......,' he muttered.

As he spoke, Ibisevic ran to the left, and the last man who was still in front finally left his original position. When Metz's players stopped playing on their feet, Tottenham's players couldn't stand and defend.

Joe. Shirin's fists clenched naturally.

Here it comes! He roared inwardly.

※※※ Chu Zhongtian has been passing the ball back and forth with Traore, Rodriguez and Jaiovi, sometimes passing forward, but after he passes the ball, he will let the player who receives the ball pass back to him. Keane and Berbatov got a little closer, and he continued to pass back and cross, but he was not in a hurry to pass forward.

Don't think he's just passing the ball for the sake of passing, he's been watching his team-mates and Tottenham backline change along the way. When he passes forward, that's when things change, and there may be a gap in the backline, but it closes immediately, so he waves the ball back. Be patient and wait for the next opportunity like that to arise. If the hole is small, then he will continue to come back, and if there is a big chance, he will go forward after passing the ball.

For five or six minutes, the football was always on Metz's side.

And the Tottenham players are not in a hurry to grab the ball, anyway, they don't feel sorry for the time wasted like this, they wish that all the game time was wasted. 0:0, 2:2 on aggregate, because there are more away goals than Mes, Tottenham Hotspur will qualify.

However, the Tottenham fans in the stands were dissatisfied with this, on the one hand, they did not want to see such a boring game between the two sides, and on the other hand, they naturally ridiculed Metz as a turtle with a shrunken head. There were growing boos in the stands.

When Metz just started to fall in the middle and back, the boos were sporadic and only louder when Chu Zhongtian got the ball, and now it has developed to the point that no matter who it is, as long as Metz starts to fall down, the boos will not stop, unless they pass the ball forward.

There were not only boos, but also a lot of insults to Mace.

"Cowardly Frenchman, why don't you attack?"

"I just slept with your wife last night, it tastes so cool, hahaha!"

"! You're a big! Go out at night and be careful of being hit by a car! ”

"If you want to give up the game, get down on your knees and raise your hands high!"

…… Just when they were scolding more and more, Chu Zhongtian asked Traore for the ball, and then passed it to Yayiovi. As soon as Jaiovi gets the ball, Robbie. Keane rushed up, and he seemed a little tired of such repeated midfield inversions. Seeing that the opponent was pressing, Yaiove planned to immediately pass to the withdrawn fullback Signorino, but at this time, he saw Chu Zhongtian make a gesture to him - pass to my front!

He didn't have time to think about why, anyway, he just listened to Master's words.

At the same time as he sent the football to Chu Zhongtian, Chu Zhongtian also started to step forward.

Berbatov wanted to come up and steal, or stop Chu Zhongtian. Chu Zhongtian didn't entangle with him, but directly sent the football to the feet of Menez in front.

Then he didn't hook his hand to let Menez pass the ball back again, but ran forward by himself, Menez saw him suddenly cut forward, did not turn around by himself, but knocked the football to his right side with the outside instep, in front of Chu Zhongtian.

Edgar who was supposed to come up to defend Menez. Davis didn't expect Menez to pass the ball to the side instead of a return pass, and he hadn't reacted yet - who was this passing to? I saw a red figure come up and kill it.

"Wow! It's Chu! He abruptly ended his pointless inverted pass in central midfield and began to cut forward! His forward insertion was completely unexpected! ”

"This bastard!" Ridley. Kim was one of Tottenham's reactions, and Ibisevic went to the wing, and there was no one in the middle for the time being, so there was no need for him to stay behind. Before the game, the coach warned them that Metz would have a lot of long-range shots, and not let them shoot easily in front of the box. But now because of Chu Zhongtian's sudden advance, Tottenham's midfield did not play an interception role at all. Now is not the time to ask "who is responsible", but to rush forward and resolve this crisis first!

Jin rushed up to stop Chu Zhongtian's long-range shot, in his opinion, this is a great opportunity for long-range shooting, if Chu Zhongtian doesn't shoot from a distance, there must be something wrong with his brain!

"Chu is facing the goal, the football is at his feet, and it looks like he is going to shoot...... He picked up his feet! ”

Seeing him leave his defensive position and rush towards him, Chu Zhongtian did pick up his foot, and it seemed to be a long-range shot...... But when his feet fell, the ball didn't come out of Ridley like a cannonball. Kim's ears whistled past him, but fluttered lightly from Ledley. King's eyes rose above his head at a speed that was not fast, but the Tottenham captain couldn't stop him because his center of gravity couldn't adjust to the forward sprint, from horizontal to vertical.

So he could only raise his head, lean back, and watch helplessly as the football floated over his head.

"Pick the pass!!"

※※※ "Beautiful! Pretty! "Joe. Schilling slapped Andy in front of him. Sullivan on his back.

"It's wonderful, this corner kick is passed!"

※※※ Ledley who keeps his eyes on the football. Jin Yuguang glanced at the side behind him, and a figure seemed to intervene.

He didn't know who that person was, and someone else knew.

"Frank. Ribery!! The narrator shouted.

Yes, it's Ribery!

When Ridley. When Kim pounced on Chu Zhongtian's long-range shot, Ribery was keenly aware that the gap behind him could be exploited. Ibisevic was running in parallel, so he didn't put Tottenham's other centre-back, Michael. Dawson pulled out that the position of the two men was better than Ridley. Jin Ke has to be behind, even if he appears behind Jin at this time, it is not offside.

So he cut in from the wing, slashed into the box and headed straight for Ledley. The void left after Kim rushed up!

At this moment, Chu Zhongtian picked up and made a shot-like foot and landed but turned into a pick, a pick pass that was just right, from Ledley, who is one meter tall and eight meters tall. After the golden head crossed, the football fell straight behind him.

It was at this time that Ribery, who was inserted into the penalty area, stretched out his left foot and lightly unloaded the ball from Chu Zhongtian.

He was completely unmarked, with another Tottenham defender, Zim Bonda, simply raising his hand to signal his French compatriot for offside.

It's a pity he's just a player, not a referee, so no whistle sounds. All that rang out was the shrill and desperate boos of Tottenham fans.

After Ribery stopped the ball, he didn't make any unnecessary moves and volleyed with his right foot!

This time, the football flew out like a cannonball, pointing straight at the goal!

Tottenham goalkeeper is England international Paul. Robinson, but he couldn't do anything about Ribery's powerful volley from near the penalty spot.

He stood there and just waved his hand, less like a save, more like a save...... Just like that, he watched the football fly into the goal he was guarding...... "Wow! The ball is in! The ball is in! Good ball not offside! Frank. Ribery! He scored Metz's first away goal...... Metz leads Tottenham 3-2 on aggregate! Tottenham's away goal advantage is only one! Aha, well done, Frank! ”

"Oh-oh! What a beautiful goal! Pretty!! Chu's sudden forward insertion made Tottenham's defense chaotic, but the most exciting thing was his unexpected pick pass and Ribery's forward insertion, the two of them really have a tacit understanding, and they are worthy of being good friends who live together in a pair! ”

"Ribery Ribery Ribery Ribery Ribery Ribery Ribery T ”

Compared to them, the English commentator made his stance very well: "That's true...... What is on the mind of Tottenham's backline? Actually let the opponent pass and catch the ball so easily, Frank. Ribery even had time to stop and tie his shoelaces before sending the ball into Robinson's goal! Well, now Tottenham have only one away goal advantage and more importantly they are behind on aggregate! Martin. Jol's conservative tactics went bankrupt so quickly, and in the 29th minute, Metz led Tottenham 1-0 away! ”

(To be continued)