Chapter 104 Shoot, Ibi!(1/2)
After Chu Zhongtian received the ball, Pauletta rushed up first. As the captain of Paris Saint-Germain, he naturally had to lead the way in terms of tactics. What's more, head coach Laconbu said very well, this is their only chance to redemption.
Chu Zhongtian did not entangle with Pauletta near the central circle, which was just an opportunity to experiment with a new tactic.
He passed the football to Proman behind him. Proman was not far from him, which was related to the fact that the game had just begun and the formation had not yet been opened.
Promman did not pass the ball to Chu Zhongtian because Pauletta let Chu Zhongtian go, but Carau followed again. Promman knew that such a situation in the first half was difficult for Chu Zhongtian to deal with, because no matter where he ran, he would always follow such a Paris Saint-Germain player in time, sometimes Pauletta and Carau, and sometimes Mbami and Roten.
He passed the football back to central defender Bobby Coni, and Chu Zhongtian wanted to run back to pick up - this was his habit. Proman waved to him: "Go ahead, Chu. I'm responsible for connecting the front and back courts."
So Chu Zhongtian ran up obediently.
Kalao, who had originally planned to defend him closely, was stunned for a moment, looked at Chu Zhongtian who ran behind him, hesitated but still couldn't follow him. Anyway, in his opinion, although the boy had escaped from his control, he entered the territory where Mbami and Doraso were responsible. No matter how he ran, he could not escape.
For Chu Zhongtian Paris Saint-Germain, you can use the strategy of pressing area, but they don’t do this against other people of Metz. If you do this against everyone of Metz, it is completely unnecessary. On the one hand, the project volume is huge, and on the other hand, the effect may not be good. They just need to defend the core.
Bobby Coni passed the football to Proman. Proman was not pressed by the opponent like Chu Zhongtian. Pauletta just made a symbolic defensive move.
For a small team like Metz, as long as they are curbing their core, the entire team will be almost paralyzed. There is no need to waste energy on others.
Proman turned around calmly, then dribbled the ball forward.
Kalao came up to stop him, and he passed the football to Chu Zhongtian in front of him.
Almost at the moment of receiving the ball, Chu Zhongtian felt the pressure from behind, so he immediately passed the ball to Oblaniak diagonally opposite him.
Originally, Oblaniac should have taken the ball quickly because Chu Zhongtian had completed the running position. As a result, Oblaniac habitually wanted to break through, and was cut off by Paris Saint-Germain's Christopher Landrin and right-back Bernard Mendy.
Although Paris Saint-Germain's defense against Promont is not that important, it does not mean that they do not defend much against any Metz player, let alone the Metz offensive players who are directly threatening the goal. In fact, Chu Zhongtian has certainly been closely guarded, and Ribery, Menez, and Oblaniak, the three Metz attackers who perform well in the league have always been the main targets of Paris Saint-Germain's defense.
Chu Zhongtian, who ran to the position but did not receive the pass, spread his hands to Oblaniac.
Oblaniak, who had climbed up from the ground, waved his hand apologetically.
Chu Zhongtian made a quick gesture to him, then turned around and ran back to participate in the defense.
It seems that it will take some time for the whole team to adapt to this style of play. I just hope that Paris Saint-Germain will not score another goal during this period. It is still hopeful to equalize only one goal behind. Being behind two goals will be a very heavy blow to Messe's morale.
※※※In the subsequent games, Chu Zhongtian kept leading his teammates to try this fast pass and run style, trying to make his teammates familiar with them as soon as possible.
There have been many pass-through errors, because the pass speed is fast and the running position is fast, and there are often coordination mistakes.
For example, when Chu Zhongtian passed the ball, he found that his teammates had run over the head. Or because the pass was too fast, the accuracy could not be guaranteed, and the power was too great, so he could not stop the ball... In short, various mistakes were the norm for Metz in the offense in the first thirteen minutes of the second half.
Only Chu Zhongtian, Menez and Ribery had a smooth transition and the three of them had a tacit understanding.
After seeing this scene off the court, Fernandez decided to replace Babacar Geyer, who could not cooperate with the three men, and replaced Ibisekic.
Ibisevic was a little surprised when he heard that he was going to play as a substitute.
Fernandez pulled him to the sidelines and asked a question that had nothing to do with tactics: "You're transferring from Paris Saint-Germain to our team, Ibi?"
"Yes, sir." Ibicevic nodded. He didn't understand why the coach asked this. In his opinion, his experience at Paris Saint-Germain was simply unbearable to look back on. His lack of confidence on the court now is also related to his experience.
When Harry Hodzic brought him from the United States to Paris, he originally thought it was a good opportunity to change his destiny. He was invincible in the football team at St. Louis at that time. With his experience of playing football in the Swiss football club, he looked down on those Americans. He once thought he was a genius.
After coming to Paris, everything changed. The childish idea of "I am a genius" has been forgotten. He believes that he has been playing football in the low-level European leagues with his own abilities, but he did not expect to be favored by the French Ligue 1 team Metz.
He considered this transfer to be a rebirth, what was the result?
Unfortunately, he still did not rise from the quagmire of despair.
The experience at Metz in this half season made him believe that he has no talent and ordinary abilities, and is not a player who can play in the top league. If Metz club wants to clean him this summer, he would not be surprised at all.
"You have a good relationship with Chu, Ibi?" Fernandez asked again.
Ibisevich nodded.
"Very good, then go up and join them." Fernandez nodded and was about to push him out.
He asked quickly: "What is my mission, sir?" After a few conversations, he didn't mention his mission and tactical arrangements at all. How did he play?
Fernandez said to him: "You are the striker, what do you think your mission is?"
Ibisevic wanted to say something, but in the end he swallowed the words.
He remembered what Chu Zhongtian said to him before the game: Have confidence in yourself.
"But I can't do it." It's better not to say such words... ※※※ "Fernandez took the lead in making the first substitution of this game. In the 58th minute, he replaced Geyer with Ibissevic. To be honest... I can't understand this substitution." The commentator shook his head. "Since Ibissevic joined Metz, except for his good performance at the beginning, he has not performed well in the game. He has not scored so far. Fernandez, the starter of this game, finally replaced Ibissevic who is useless. I thought he finally figured it out, but he didn't expect..."
"Paris Saint-Germain once abandoned this big bag and Metz picked it up. Now, right? The Parisians must be very grateful that Ibissevic was an opponent in this game, not a teammate, ha!"
Ribery saw Ibisevic running on the field and gave his roommate a thumbs up.
Ibisevic nodded at him and ran to Chu Zhongtian. He wanted the core of the team to know what his mission was so that he could cooperate in the game.
"There is no adjustment." He said to Chu Zhongtian. "The coach just asked me to come up and play the striker."
"Of course it's the forward, do you still want to play the defender?" Chu Zhongtian laughed.
"But I..."
Chu Zhongtian interrupted him: "Remember the story I told you? Have confidence in yourself. If you don't have confidence, yell when you shoot: 'This ball must be in'! Haha!" He patted Ibisevic on the shoulder and pointed to the front, "Go there and wait for me to pass the ball to you. If your chance and position are better, shoot. Don't be afraid of not being able to shoot, just be afraid that you won't shoot!"
Ibisevic's face was still a little hesitant.
Chu Zhongtian pointed to the players of Paris Saint-Germain: "Don't you think this is a good opponent, Ibi? They brought you from the United States and gave you hope. Later, they abandoned you. How great is such an opponent, defeated them, scored their goals, prove to the people who once abandoned you, questioned you, and laughed at you that you are doing well now!"
When he said this, Chu Zhongtian admitted that he was not thinking of Ibisevic, but Qiao Xilin, who was competing in the amateur team Wimbledon.
"Okay, stop talking nonsense, Ibi. The game is about to begin."
Chu Zhongtian pushed him, turned around and ran back.
After running a few steps, he turned around and ran backwards, shouting at Ibisevic, "Don't come back to play the defender, we don't need you!"
※※※The commentators and commentators are still questioning Ibissevic's appearance. They all think that Fernandez's substitution is a failure. He was in poor condition so early and had no performance. Ibissevic, who is considered a parallel player, is not like a normal coach who should have.
"This is a stupid move. If Metz loses this final, I think his substitution will definitely be widely questioned and criticized after the game!"
Fernandez, who replaced Ibisekic on the court, stood on the sidelines and quietly watched Ibisekic on the court.
Laconbe next door turned his head to look at his old friend. He couldn't guess what Fernandez meant. When Metz asked Paris Saint-Germain for Ibissevic, he had just replaced Fornier as the head coach of Paris Saint-Germain. He found that Fernandez was interested in the PSG players he had never heard of. He thought that his ex had missed some pearls, so he specially found Ibissevic's game video and data research. After watching it, he felt that he was too worried. The Bosnian was of no use except for being big. As a striker, his shooting skills were really bad and lacked confidence. His running position on the court was also average, and he could occasionally pass the ball to his teammates.
He didn't know why Fernandez fell in love with this person. Anyway, Paris Saint-Germain definitely did not have this player position, so it would be better to give him a favor. In this way, Ibissevic transferred to Messe at a very low price.
In the past half season, Ibissevic started the game almost every game, but no goal was scored. His performance proves Laconb's previous evaluation of him, and it also made Metz fans very dissatisfied. Some Metz's local media simply believe that Ibissevic is Metz's biggest parallel product this season - what's the use of buying a forward who cannot score? Although the Bosnians worked very hard in the game and returned to the penalty area many times to help defend, we spent 800,000 to buy a forward, not a central defender!
Laconbu was glad that he took this man early, so he couldn't understand Fernandez's current adjustment - does an old friend think that this Bosnian can change the game and make Mess turn defeat into victory? He believed that Chu had this ability, Ribery had this ability, and Menez had this ability, but... Ibissevic, I'm so sorry.
※※The game continued. With Chu Zhongtian's tireless running-in, the cooperation of the whole team finally looked like a little.
Menez still found a chance to shoot under the control of Paris Saint-Germain. The football was eventually rushed out by goalkeeper Alonzo with his fingertips, which shocked the players and fans of Paris Saint-Germain in a cold sweat.
Ribery also got a chance to break through in the rapid pass and run with Chu Zhongtian. Unfortunately, he took a little bigger in the last step and was directly taken by goalkeeper Alonzo.
The players of Paris Saint-Germain found that Chu Zhongtian, who was in a higher position, had a threat that it would be multiplied by the first half, and they could not bear it anymore. So they strengthened their defense against Chu Zhongtian, Menez and Ribery, the three "Mess swordsmen".
As for Ibisevic, who had just been on the court, they didn't have much effort.
Some players on the field at Paris Saint-Germain still remember the performance of Ibisekic transferring to the team last season - four appearances and zero goals.
In a team like Dijon in a 28-game match, he only scored eight goals.
What threat can such a striker pose to our goal?
Thanks to Metz coach Fernandez for doing this, at least Geier is very fast and can still cause some minor trouble for Paris Saint-Germain's defender in the frontcourt. This big man can't even create the most insignificant trouble.
Such people have no value to pay attention to.
Chu Zhongtian also noticed this in his entanglement with Mbami and Doraso. He found that Ibissevic, who was replaced, did not get the attention of Paris Saint-Germain players. Sometimes their defense against Ibissevic is too slack and casual.
Perhaps these Paris Saint-Germain players believe that Ibisevic cannot even score a single shot and has no defensive value.
Chu Zhongtian doesn't think so. No matter whether Ibissevic can build confidence in this game, he must pass the ball to him.
Passing to players with better positions is the responsibility of the passer.
But first of all, he needs room to get the ball... Chu Zhongtian stopped a little bit when he received the ball, so Mbami came in and wanted to intercept the ball from his feet.
But Chu Zhongtian himself is also a midfielder and is good at stealing. How could Mbami cut the ball so easily?
Mbami originally thought that he had successfully stuck his position and the football was his. Unexpectedly, Chu Zhongtian turned around and chased him again, stretched his foot and hooked the football away from Mbami for a little distance. Mbami didn't expect Chu Zhongtian to be so tenacious. Before his body could twist over due to inertia, Chu Zhongtian had already inserted it in reverse and hooked it again. At the same time, his body was stuck, completely cutting off the connection between football and Mbami.
Chu Zhongtian, who grabbed the football back, leaned against Mbami with his body, making it impossible for him to easily cut the ball.
He looked up and saw that there was a loophole in the middle of Paris Saint-Germain's defense line - there was no one around Ibisek!
This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!
Because Paris Saint-Germain's defensive attention is focused on Ribery and Menez. One of them goes left and the other goes right, pulling the Paris Saint-Germain's defender away, and taking advantage of the moment!
Chu Zhongtian pushed the football out.
Ibisevic in the penalty area looked back at Chu Zhongtian. He thought the opponent would pass the ball to Ribery or Menez, but he didn't expect the football to roll towards him!
"He passed it to Ibiseyvic..." Although Ibiseyvic's position was very good, the commentator's voice did not seem excited at all, but instead he was a little regretful - it was a pity that the attack launched by the counter-attack in the frontcourt... Ibiseyvic raised his foot and prepared to receive the ball.
At this time, his mind was still clear. He knew that there was only Paris Saint-Germain goalkeeper in front of him, and there was no one else. As long as he raised his foot and shot... But he didn't score a single goal for half a season, even if he shot, would it really work? This is an excellent opportunity. What would he do if he wasted...? Why not pass the ball to a better teammate?
No, your position is already the best, who else should I give it to?
When the football touched Ibissevic's toes, he heard Chu Zhongtian's roar: "Shot, Ibi!!"
"This should have been an excellent goal opportunity for Metz, but Chu passed the ball to Ibisevic..." The commentator was not excited at all.
To be continued...