After Chu Zhongtian completed the goal, he stood behind, watched the whole process of the goal, and when Menez scored the football into the empty goal, he raised his hands, clenched his fists and pointed to the sky!

He didn't cheer, he didn't jump, he didn't run around. He stood there like a statue of power.

Later, he was soon hugged from behind by Promans screaming. More teammates passed past them and threw themselves at Menez in front of them with open arms.

Ribery also got up from the ground and threw himself at Menez. At this time, he completely forgot that he and Menez didn't like each other.

Rather than fall silent at the Stade Gérland, the stadium became even more frantic – with Lyon fans booing even more shrill to show their displeasure with the goal and their disgust with the Metz players, while the Metz fans desperately chanted the Metz anthem or chanted Menez's name.

"Ribery and Kupe collided and he stabbed the ball...... Menez! Menez! Menez - but! but！ butbutbutbutbutbutbuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut！！！！ The French narrator roared passionately.

"Metz actually leads Lyon at the Stade Gérland! Lyon, who had besieged Metz for thirty minutes, did not score a goal, but conceded one! That's football! Strength does not lead to absolute victory, and the lads of Metz have done a great job! ”

Due to Lyon's long-term dominance of Ligue 1, it has caused a lot of dissatisfaction. Many people in the football world believe that Lyon's dominance of the French football league is quite detrimental to the development of French football, especially the competitiveness of the professional league will be greatly reduced. Take a look at the performances of French clubs on the European stage in recent years, apart from Monaco's Champions League final, what else has been achieved? A team like Lyon, which is strong enough to accompany the prince to study in Europe.

In the same situation as them, there is also the Bundesliga, Bayern Munich is dominant, and the excellent players of other teams in the Bundesliga will eventually be taken away by Bayern Munich, Bayern is strong, but German football is declining.

There were references to Europe's top five leagues before, but now the Bundesliga and Ligue 1 are declining one after another, and everyone only talks about Serie A, the Premier League and La Liga.

If Lyon are allowed to dominate like this, what will the future of Ligue 1 football look like?

Therefore, seeing that Metz dared to challenge Lyon's hegemony, the narrator applauded Mace. They do hope that someone in domestic football will stand up and break this championship monopoly of Lyon. There is no way for the league champions to win the domestic double this season, at least not for them.

※※※ "We are ahead!" The announcer in Metz yelled. Menez's goal came from an assist from Ribery, and the person who launched this offensive was Chu! ”

"Oh yes!" Belmont, who was driving the car, slapped the steering wheel excitedly.

He noticed a taxi coming up next to him, and his colleague inside pointed to him, as if he had something to ask him. He rolled down the window and asked, "What's the matter, man?" ”

"My damn radio isn't very good, do you know if the ball went in?" A colleague asked.

Belmont waved his fist and replied loudly: "We are ahead of Lyon!" Menez's goal! Ribery's assist, Chu instigated! ”

"Yay!! Pretty! The driver in the taxi also slapped the horn.

The excited Belmont couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart, and suddenly accelerated and rushed out.

※※※ Menez and Ribery ran back surrounded by their teammates and hugged Chu Zhongtian, who had instigated the offensive for them.

But in the crowd, they weren't celebrating the goal, they were discussing what to do next.

'We were ahead but I don't think it's enough and we should score again if possible!' These are the words of Ribery. He wasn't satisfied with a one-goal lead because a one-goal lead was dangerous. "Are you satisfied with a one-goal lead over Lyon?"

"I think so, too." Menez agreed with Ribery for the first time. The two men put their arms around each other's shoulders and looked intimate.

"Of course I'm not satisfied!" Promans is on the rise, not to mention letting him score another goal against Lyon at this time, even if he is asked to challenge Real Madrid, he will not hesitate.

'Yes, we should keep chasing goals. But you can't press it out. Chu Zhongtian spoke, and his teammates in a circle looked at him. Off the field, it is the head coach Mr. Fernandez who has the final say, and on the field, it is the team's commander Chu Zhongtian who has the final say. He always understands and executes the manager's tactics very well, so there are a lot of times when what he says is equal to the manager's intentions.

"We continued to defend and counter-attack. Just like we did before we scored. You have to be patient, maybe we couldn't score until the end of the first half, we didn't have good chances. I think it's more important not to concede a goal at the moment than to score a goal, I'll decide when to counter-attack and you all listen to me. ”

When Chu Zhongtian said this, he didn't feel anything wrong at all. And as his teammates, no one thought there was anything wrong with him saying that. Everything is very natural, because they have been listening to Chu Zhongtian on the field all along, even if Chu Zhongtian doesn't speak, they will play around Chu Zhongtian.

Chu Zhongtian looked at his teammates, and he saw confidence on their faces, which was completely different from the expressions he had when he came on the court. It looked like the goal was a catalyst that put everyone out of doubt about winning the game.

"Defend the counterattack before the end of the first half, don't fight back if you don't have a good chance, continue to defend, you can't let them score anyway." Chu Zhongtian stretched out his hand.

Ribery stacked it up, followed by Menez, and more people put their hands on it.

"Victory over the !! of Lyon"

A group of people made a declaration of victory.

※※※After the game resumed, Lyon really launched a more fierce offensive against Metz, and this wave of offensive was even more menacing than the last time. After all, Metz had only threatened Lyon's goal before and had not scored a goal. And this time? They scored!

Lyon, who were behind, did not fight back because they felt insulted, but they did need to score to equalise.

Ribery and Menez, who don't like to participate in the defense, also had to withdraw to help the defense this time, and for a while, out of the 30-meter area, there was not a single Metz player to be seen.

Juninho had three long-range shots in quick succession, one that was blocked by Promans with his body and the other two went over the crossbar.

And Benzema also forced his way into the box once, but his close-range shot was miraculously saved by Wemby!

Wenbi, who pounced on Benzema, pulled up from the ground, clenched his fists and opened his mouth to yell. He's very excited and he looks like he's in good shape for the game.

Until the end of the first half, the Metz players managed to keep Lyon from scoring. They can walk off the pitch with their heads held high and go back to the dressing room.

Lyon's players, on the other hand, were a little reluctant to accept such a score - from a technical point of view, they were much better than Metz, whether it was the number of shots on goal, the number of times they scored in the 30-metre area, or the percentage of possession and pass completion...... Except for the fact that the number of fouls was slightly less than that of Mace, the other statistics were dominant across the board.

Why is the score 0:1 and they are behind?!

There were even Lyon players who had some confusion in their heads and wanted to appeal to the referee - Ribery had rammed the goalkeeper just before Menez's goal.

But the goalkeepers are out of the penalty area, in that case, where is there any "rushing goalkeeper"?

They're really confused.

Back in the dressing room, Fernandes complimented all the players at Metz. He thinks the players are doing well, but he also has new demands on the players: "1-0 is not enough, we need more goals. In the second half, we continued to defend and counter-attack, the lead was our biggest advantage, you have to be more patient than the opponent. Believe that the lagging side is more likely to lose patience than us. So everyone has to make a strict distinction between risky and conservative situations on the pitch, when will they be able to take risks? When should you be conservative? ”

Someone secretly glanced at Chu Zhongtian.

What Mr. Fernandez said was similar to what Chu Zhongtian said to them in the game, and the general meaning was exactly the same.

In fact, Fernandes's football defense does not have many counter-attacks, and most of the time his football is very good-looking, which can be seen from the number of goals scored and conceded by Metz. A team with a conservative style will never be able to score 48 goals and concede 44 after 34 league games...... Metz is second in the league in goals scored this season behind Lyon, who have scored 59, while they are tied with Ajaccio and Rennes for third.

However, in some games, for the sake of results, Fernandez doesn't mind playing ugly at all.

This is clear from the season in which he led Metz back to the first division. At that time, he led the team back to the second division and then he told the media: "There are some games where we have to change the way we play now. I don't think playing a few good games and losing more games will help us stay in the first division. So in order to be able to survive relegation, I don't mind giving up attacking football for the time being. ”

For so many seasons, he has stuck to what he said at the beginning, playing well in most of the games and winning a few key games conservatively.

So he always managed to stay relegated.

Hollier was furious with his men in the locker room. Among the players, there were those who looked at him worriedly - Houllier had only undergone heart surgery for a few years, and they were really worried that such a tantrum would make the manager's husband sick in the dressing room...... Houllier's dissatisfaction with his team's performance in the first half focused on the goal conceded: "I didn't allow the two of you to come forward and get involved, so don't go up!" ”

The people he scolded were the two centre-backs, Chris and Kakapa. Before the game, Houllier really didn't require the central defenders to take the ball and participate in the attack, so the two were scolded so much that they didn't dare to fight back.

"Stay in the back for me in the second half!"

The two centre-backs shrunk their necks. It was indeed their responsibility to concede that goal, and there is nothing to argue with that.

Then Houllier pointed the finger of anger at the attacking lineup: "Siege for the whole first half, no goal!" I don't know what you're doing? Can you calm down when faced with opportunities? ”

"And Hatem, you're an attacking striker on the left, not a midfielder! Can you not always give me a place for Juninho? The Brazilians are going to make you a midfielder! ”

Hatem. Root. Alpha was said to have a somewhat uncomfortable face. Although he can play in the middle and on the wing, he prefers to play in the middle when he is an attacking striker, and when he is on the wing, his position changes from attacking full-back to full-back.

He felt that the problem was not with him, but with the head coach Houllier who had arranged such an awkward position for him. He didn't make many appearances in the league, about the same as Benzema, and the cup was supposed to be a great time for a young player like him to show his ability, but Benzema was able to start in the position he did best, but he had to sacrifice for the team's tactics and play a position that he was not used to at all. It really annoyed him.

Lessons are finished. Alpha, Hollier turned his head to the other players without looking at the disgruntled look on the young player's face.

"Think about the game we played against them a month ago, how did we beat them by a big score? I don't believe that Metz can be turned into Real Madrid in a month! Even if they're Real Madrid, we've beaten that bullshit Galactic battleship here! ”

"You have to be patient and look for holes in their defense! There is no such thing as a team in the world that has a leaky defense! ”

Houllier felt his heart beating too fast, which was a red flag, so he stopped and continued to lecture the players. For a moment, the only sound in the locker room was his panting.

After the break, Houllier couldn't hold back his emotions and continued to curse, he just waved his hand: "Think for yourself, you are the giants of the league, but you are going to be eliminated by Metz?" ”

He didn't make any adjustments to his tactics because he didn't think there was anything wrong with his tactics. That goal was just an accident, and if the two centre-backs had strictly adhered to his tactics and had not assisted with the ball on their own, how could Metz have a chance to score?

So the root is in the disobedient player, not in him.

※※※After the second half restarted, Houllier's angry scolding seemed to have an effect. The two central defenders, Kakapa and Chris, really didn't plug in the attack anymore, and Ben. Alpha is no longer moving closer to the middle.

It stands to reason that the game should follow the trajectory he envisioned – the mighty Lyon equalised, then took advantage of the win to chase down and score twice in a row to complete the comeback. In the end, he won the game that should have been no suspense.

But...... Metz scored another goal shortly after the start of the second half!

Taking advantage of a corner, Metz's captain Bobicon fought his way to the top and headed the ball into the Lyon goal!

"Oooo It's unbelievable that Metz actually leads Lyon by two goals on the road!? This time, even the narrator's tone revealed a hint of doubt.

"Lyon's players made a mistake in marking, they missed Bobiconi! What an unforgivable mistake! ”

Accompanying the narrator was Hollier's face distorted with anger.

He shook his fist vigorously and cursed with expletives in his mouth.

Next door, Fernandes and his men rushed out of the dugout with their arms raised, delighted to have a two-goal lead. To be able to lead by two goals away from home, even he didn't expect it.

※※※ "Ahaha! We're two goals ahead! Who could have imagined this scene before the game? We have a two-goal lead over Lyon at the Terra Gerland! The announcer in Metz said excitedly.

Belmont, who was pulling the guests to their destination, shouted, "I thought of it, stupid! ”

However, his sudden shouting did not frighten the customer behind him, because the poor customer had already been tossed and dying...... ※※※ The Lyon player looked at the Metz player who was celebrating the goal in a bit of a daze. They couldn't believe they were going to be two goals down, knowing that it was on their home turf...... What went wrong? Aren't we strong enough? No way!

So are we underestimating the enemy?

What happened to the fifth captain who missed Mace?

The Lyon players are now in a mess of brains.

And the TV commentator added to the problem: "Basically, the early defense of the league title must have made the players of Lyon overjoyed, they were slow to get into the game, and although they dominated the field, neither Fred nor Benzema remembered to put on the shooting boots. Juninho's control of the game also weakened in this game, and he did not do his job of leading the team well. The players were not very focused...... Do they think the game is a win? But looking at the current score, what a wonderful irony! ”

Chu Zhongtian was not involved in this goal, but the attack that caused the corner kick had something to do with him.

It wasn't a good counter-attacking opportunity, and when he got the ball, his instincts told him it was time to take a risk. So he passed the ball out and when he caused a corner, he felt a little sorry because he didn't score, but he came around and finally got a goal.

After celebrating his goal with his teammates, he ran back to the pitch.

He heard the cheers of the Metz fans, and this time they were outnumbered and finally overpowered the home fans. Lyon's fans didn't know what to say before conceding the second goal, so many fell silent. The Metz fans were happily shouting: "Victory belongs to Metz!" Victory belongs to the 'Crimson'! ”

He raised his hands and clenched his fists in response to the shouts of the fans.

Ribery, who was beside him, did the same as he greeted the fans.

Chu Zhongtian lowered his arm and looked at Menez, who was running on the other side, and Menez, who was still a little far away from them.

"Jeremy!" He shouted.

Menez heard Chu Zhongtian calling him and looked over.

"Come here." Chu Zhongtian hooked his hand at him.

Menez hesitated, but still ran over and leaned against Chu Zhongtian's side.

After pulling Menez over, Chu Zhongtian didn't say anything. He continued to run back in the middle, while Ribery was on the left and Menez on the right, and the three ran back side by side.

Metz head coach Fernandes, who noticed this small detail off the pitch, laughed.

He saw that the leader of a stadium was on his way.

(To be continued)