In addition to training, Chu Zhongtian's life in the past few days has been at Ribery's home, watching the game video with him. The two of them watched it together, and then expressed some opinions and opinions on their opponents. After finding their opponent's weaknesses, they discussed how to use it.

The two of them said that they would go out in the excitement and demonstrate on the spot on the lawn. Wahiba was left behind her husband and the child and was helpless with Chu Bao all day long. She could only express her opinions tactfully in a joke: "Frank, do you know? Sometimes I think it's not me who married you, but Chu..."

Ribery laughed at this and took his wife's words as a joke - how could I marry a man!

During training, Chu Zhongtian also worked hard. This was the final of the first European Cup he had experienced. He didn't want to leave any regrets for himself, so he had to adjust his body and condition to the best during training.

"We have an in-team game today, and I will see how you prepare." With three days left before the final, head coach Jean Fernandez arranged such a in-team game.

Each side gave eleven people to play a non-public match in the training ground.

On the one hand, it is to test the success of the players' training, on the other hand, it is to observe the players' status, and another reason is to hope that through games that are close to actual combat, the players' bodies can be gradually adjusted to the stage of adapting to the game. After all, most main players have not played much since the semi-finals.

Chu Zhongtian was naturally assigned to the main group, wearing a yellow vest that symbolizes the main players.

Ribery, who was also wearing a yellow vest, came up: "Chu."

"Um?"

"Do you remember the things we summed up when we watched the video?"

Chu Zhongtian nodded. When they were watching the video, they came up with many strange ideas, but because they did not have the opportunity to fight, they naturally had no way to test whether those ideas were effective.

"Let's try this in this competition."

"good!"

Not long after the game started, Chu Zhongtian and Ribery made a wonderful cooperation. He took the ball in the middle of the midfield, waved his hand to let the full-back press forward, and he controlled the football and waited for the full-back to press. Then he made the illusion of passing the football to Oblaniak, but knocked the football to Ribery with his heel. Ribery did not catch the ball and broke through, but also passed it to Chu Zhongtian who was inserted. Then Chu Zhongtian took a long shot and the football came out.

When Jean Fernandez saw this scene off the court, he nodded. Chu Zhongtian was in good condition, so he felt relieved.

In the following game, Chu Zhongtian and Ribery kept trying the cooperation they had come up with before, some of which succeeded, and some failed.

After twenty minutes of the game, the Red Team launched an attack. As the Yellow Team's midfielder, Chu Zhongtian returned to the defense and faced Obetan.

The young Obetan is fast, flexible, and good at accelerating and changing direction. When facing Chu Zhongtian, he used the trick of suddenly accelerating and then suddenly accelerating, and then changing direction direction. He wanted to shake Chu Zhongtian.

When Chu Zhongtian saw Obetan suddenly stop, he knew that he was going to change direction. Obetan's problem was that he relied too much on his own characteristics, so he was easily studied thoroughly by his opponents in the game. He could create some threats at the beginning. As the game time went by, he would gradually lose his effect.

If he wants to have a brighter future on the court, he must get rid of the problem of relying on his body to play football. His characteristics are too single, which is not conducive to his growth.

Therefore, when Obetan stopped urgently, Chu Zhongtian also stopped urgently and turned around at the same time as Obetan.

Chu Zhongtian knew Obetan, and Obetan also knew Chu Zhongtian. He knew that this simple emergency stop change could not be avoided by Chu Zhongtian, so he followed another emergency stop change to accelerate.

Chu Zhongtian also stopped quickly and turned around.

At this moment, he suddenly felt a sensation of pulling the muscles of his left leg. The feeling was very short, and it came when his thigh was exerting force. When he felt the pain, he immediately stopped doing the movements, and the pain disappeared again.

He stood there like this, allowing Obetan to break through him without making any blocking moves.

Obetan found that his fake moves worked, so he rushed over proudly, then took a kick and shot.

Goalkeeper Winby didn't expect Chu Zhongtian to be passed so easily. When Obetan shot, he didn't react at all and let the football enter the goal.

After scoring the goal, Obetan was celebrating his heart's content.

The Red Team’s teammates were also cheering for him. It was not easy to break through Chu Zhongtian.

Ribery was the first person to notice something wrong with Chu Zhongtian. He found that when Chu Zhongtian could have stopped Obetan, he suddenly stopped, like a mecha that had lost all its power, and then stood there with his head down and could not see any expression.

He ran over and said, "What's wrong with you, Chu? I let Obetan pass so easily. This is not like you..."

Chu Zhongtian ignored him and just kicked his right leg on the spot, then frowned.

Anyone who often exercises this movement is familiar with it, so Ribery frowned.

"Injured?" he asked in a low voice.

Chu Zhongtian nodded slightly: "It may be a strain."

"Hell..." Ribery cursed. When the finals were only three days away, Chu Zhongtian's muscle strain was injured?

Jean Fernandez was the second person to notice something was wrong with Chu Zhongtian. He saw Chu Zhongtian and Ribery together, lowering his head and constantly kicking his legs, as if he was testing something. He knew what that meant. So he signaled David Carre, the assistant coach and referee, to stop the game, and then ran up with the team doctor.

When the finals are only three days away, no minor injury can be ignored, and no wonder he is so nervous.

The players were stunned when they saw the head coach running with the team doctor - who was injured? They didn't expect Chu Zhongtian at all, because Chu Zhongtian had never been injured in the team for more than two seasons, even if there was no smallest injury. This made everyone agree that Chu Zhongtian would not be injured.

But they forgot that Chu Zhongtian is actually a human being, not an alien.

Obetan, who was still celebrating the goal, also noticed this scene. He stopped celebrating and watched the head coach and team doctor run towards Chu Zhongtian and Ribery in confusion.

Chu Zhongtian looked up at the head coach Jean Fernandez and team doctor Stefan Tangji who had already run in front of him.

"What's going on?" Jean Fernandez asked with a serious look on his face.

"Thigh muscle strain, sir..." Chu Zhongtian replied helplessly. He was injured before the final, and anyone who was involved in such a thing was disappointed and helpless.

Fernandez's brow frowned, and Tang Ji had already started to check on Chu Zhongtian.

"When did it happen?" Fernandez continued.

"Just just now, when I was defending Obetan, I made an action and felt a pain in my left thigh muscles, so I stopped." Chu Zhongtian said.

"You did it right, Chu." Tang Ji, a team doctor who was checking Chu Zhongtian, answered the sentence. "It is correct to choose to stop immediately. If you insist on completing that move, your muscles are torn now." Then he patted Chu Zhongtian's thigh. "Now, it should be just the slightest strain."

"Can you catch up with the final?"

This sentence was asked in unison by Chu Zhongtian and Jean Fernandez.

Tang Ji was startled by the performance of the two people, and then said: "I can't guarantee that it depends on the recovery situation in the past few days. But Chu, don't think about training anymore."

Chu Zhongtian heard that he was not sure whether he could participate in the finals, so he suddenly became very frustrated, and his shoulders suddenly collapsed.

Ribery was also next to him and listened to the conversation between the three people in full. When he heard that Chu Zhongtian was not sure whether he could participate in the final, he was stunned.

Can't participate in the finals? So why did you work hard for a season?

He watched Chu Zhongtian walk down the training ground step by step with the support of team doctor Tang Ji, and stood there in a daze and didn't know what to say.

"What's wrong with Chu?"

"Are you injured?"

"No way? Chu, who is like a monster, will be injured?"

"I heard it was a muscle strain..."

"Damn it, this injury..."

"I just don't know if it's serious or not, can I catch up with the final..."

There were a large group of teammates around me at some point, and they looked at Chu Zhongtian's back and talked a lot.

※※※“Don’t be sad, Chu.” Team doctor Tang Ji comforted him when he saw Chu Zhongtian with a stern face. “It was just a slight strain. As long as you rest and massage within these three days, it should be no problem to catch up with the finals…”

Chu Zhongtian did not smile as Tang Ji thought, and his expression did not change at all.

"If I can't catch up, I'll shut down." This is his answer.

"The matter is not that serious..." Tang Ji said quickly, afraid that Chu Zhongtian would think of something terrible.

Fernandez said to Chu Zhongtian: "Don't participate in training. Now follow Tang Ji to receive treatment and massage. You are not allowed to touch the ball these days, so you can rest assured. Did you hear that, Chu?"

"I understand, sir..." Chu Zhongtian was helpless. How could he ensure his condition if he couldn't participate in training? But he also knew that if his body continued to train, it would only aggravate the strain. Then there would be no hope to participate in the finals.

Chu Zhongtian's injury during training made everyone lose the mood of chatting and laughing, and the atmosphere during training was a bit dull. Everyone knows the importance of Chu Zhongtian to the team. He is the core of Metz, and all offense and defense revolve around him. If he cannot participate in the finals... many people have begun to feel that winning the championship is hopeless.

Ribery was in a bad mood, but he didn't feel that there was no hope for winning the championship. He felt sorry for Chu Zhongtian. Everyone worked hard for a season, but in the end they couldn't participate in the finals. Ribery could imagine and understand that kind of mood. Is there anything worse than this? He couldn't think of it.

※※※ Chu Zhongtian was injured in a closed team game, so the media didn’t know at first. But there is no airtight wall in the world, and for the media, there is no news that they can’t dig. So soon the media learned that Messe’s core player Chu Zhongtian pulled up his thigh muscles during training.

"What? Chu Zhongtian was injured?" The Chinese reporter's reaction was the most intense.

"Damn! This is so shit! How can I get injured before the final? How did I get injured?"

"Ah...is that's it...why are you not careful? This...this...this is too...ah!"

The first reaction of most Chinese journalists after learning this news was not that there was another news for hype. But it was a pity, regret, and a little disappointment.

Finally, I hoped that a Chinese player appeared in the finals of an important cup like the UEFA Cup, but I heard the news of his injury before the final. It was like a dream that ended up just a game of vain, which made me feel very disappointed.

"China Chu was injured during training, may be absent from the important final?"

"Injuries are the greatest enemy of athletes, how many heroes are trapped in injuries!"

"Die before he succeeds, and keeps the hero full of tears..."

Various pessimistic titles appeared in domestic media, causing Chinese fans who were still looking forward to the League Cup final to be poured into cold water. Because I had heard that Chinese local TV stations had successfully joined forces to purchase the League Cup final broadcasting rights, they would be able to watch this game on their respective provincial platforms.

In fact, if Chu Zhongtian cannot play, the biggest losses will be those TV stations who spent a lot of money to buy broadcast rights... As soon as the news of Chu Zhongtian's injury came out, the advertising period that had been popular before was sold was immediately cold-hearted. The sponsors who were previously very enthusiastic are now on the wait-and-see state, and they want to confirm whether Chu Zhongtian really cannot participate in the League Cup final. If it is true, there is naturally no need to advertise again.

Ordinary fans will definitely only feel regret and regret that Chu Zhongtian cannot participate in the final. They would never have expected that Chu Zhongtian cannot participate in the final would have such a wide impact. They may be able to understand why Ronaldo had to play before the French World Cup final and insisted on playing. Sometimes, even big stars are involuntarily uncontrollably. Fortunately, no one can force Chu Zhongtian in this regard.

The French media also felt sorry and regret for Chu Zhongtian's injury. They knew the importance of Chu Zhongtian to Metz. If Chu Zhongtian could not participate in the final, Metz's hope of winning would drop by at least 30 percentage points.

Spanish media were a little gloating when reporting on this incident. They all said that Chu Zhongtian's absence had a huge impact on Metz, and Sevilla will successfully defend the League Cup championship.

Chu Zhongtian's injury also touched others.

For the first time, he received a text message from Mathilde asking him about his injury and hoped that he could recover well and recover as soon as possible. Mathilde didn't care whether he could participate in the League Cup final, as long as Chu Zhongtian was healthy. As a pseudo-fan, she couldn't understand what a final meant for a player like Chu Zhongtian.

Lin Beiyao also specially gave Chu Zhongtian a bouquet of flowers, hoping that he could recover as soon as possible and play in the finals. Compared with Matilde, Lin Beiyao is no longer a pseudo-fan. At least she knew that Chu Zhongtian was eager to participate in the finals.
To be continued...