Ten minutes passed, and Chu Zhongtian was still organizing the offense on the court. However, Michael Hawen was not in a hurry. They still had time. Moreover, at present, their defensive strategy was also very successful. Wimbledon's offense could not pose any threat to Reading's goal... He sat leisurely on the coach's seat and watched the game on the court.

Chu Zhongtian divided the football into two consecutive times, and finally formed a cross, but neither posed a threat to Reading's goal.

This is also a normal thing. After all, Reading has as many as three central defenders in the penalty area, plus one or two of the full-backs who came to make up for the defense, and one or two of the three midfielders will definitely retreat to the penalty area to assist in the defense... How can such a dense defense give Wimbledon's forward a chance to head the ball? Wimbledon's only one Kevin in the penalty area. Clark can pose a certain threat to their goal. Kieran Agard is a fast forward. He is only 1.70 meters tall. Heading is not something he is good at... So many people staring at Kevin. Isn't Clark exactly?

Chu Zhongtian also realized that if the cross from the wing was made, Kevin Clark would not effectively threaten Reading's goal.

His heading ability is also good, but he and Clark alone can't do it. Besides, he rushed in, what should I do if I follow up the attack?

Although heading offense cannot directly threaten the opponent's goal, it can at least provide them with a second offense opportunity. When the opponent pushes the football out, he can still grab the second landing point, control the football and reorganize the attack... So he did not completely deny the tactical style of crossing the wing. Although doing so cannot directly threaten the goal, second offense is also an important means of scoring in football games. So he still has to play, but it has to change a little, and he cannot rely solely on crossing the wing.

It's time to try a long shot...※※※ Chu Zhongtian is trying to deal with Reading, and Reading's three midfielders are also trying to deal with him, because as Chu Zhongtian's partner, Kurt Hammons only knows defense and has no contribution to offense, so these three midfielders don't need to consider Kurt Hammons at all.

They just need to bite Chu Zhongtian tightly like a mad dog.

"Mad Dog" is definitely not a derogatory meaning in the minds of the British. Many British teams have been famous for their "mad Dog Spirit" and are proud of them.

Reading's head coach Michael Hawen is a admirer of the "Mad Dog Spirit". Under his leadership, Reading has become one of the representative teams of the "Mad Dog Spirit".

These three midfielders will show you the ultimate of the mad dog today.

Chu Zhongtian is the offensive core of Wimbledon Athletics. He has many opportunities to get the ball, and every time he gets the ball, he will attract a "mad dog" to chase and fight.

Every time a huge boo sounded in the stands, it meant that Chu Zhongtian was thrown to the ground by the other party using various means.

"Royce Harrison has his arms on his arms! Why is there still not a yellow card? The 20th minute of the game! Reading's defense is too rough!"

"Wimbledon Athletics is now facing problems, and their offense cannot be organized smoothly... Although the two teams have played twice in the league, this time is obviously different from the previous two times. Reading is doing his best to stop Wimbledon Athletics' offense... They even modified the formation for this game, a 541 that has never been used!"

Chu Zhongtian got up from the ground helplessly, and his partner Kurt Hammons continued to roar at the referee: "This is also a foul that should be given to the card!"

But to no avail, whether it is Reus Harrison, Eric Barker, or Edwin Grayton, these three midfielders are very well-behaved after the foul. They will actively apologize to Chu Zhongtian, and actively admit their mistakes to the referee, ensuring that they will not make another mistake next time - they will not use the same method to foul the next time... The Reading people have really put a lot of effort into how to deal with Chu Zhongtian.

In the 25th minute, Chu Zhongtian received a pass from the central defender in the backcourt. He turned his back to the offensive direction, in the second half, but behind him had already hit Edwin Grayton... It can be seen how much Reading valued Chu Zhongtian's defense.

Chu Zhongtian did not stop the football. He knew that once he stopped, it would be difficult to get rid of the people behind him. So he watched the football come over, and then suddenly used his heel to push the football behind him! At the same time, he quickly turned around!

The football crawled between Grayton's legs. Before Grayton understood what was going on, Chu Zhongtian followed him and wiped it from him... "Beautiful breakthrough!"

"Reding's rough defense can't stop this guy!"

Everyone cheered.

But how could Grayton tolerate the other party getting rid of it again and again in front of him?

He thought about turning around and chased him back!

When he saw Chu Zhongtian dribbling the ball again, there was only one thought in his mind - shovel him! shovel him! Let him get out!

Head coach Hawen's special advice to the three of their midfielders before the game was still wandering in his ears: "Get him off at any cost! He is the most dangerous person, so that he can't continue the game! If he goes down, our defense will be no longer threatening!"

Hawen has no psychological burden for the 35-year-old veteran to get hurt, or simply to ruin his career. Anyway, a 35-year-old man should retire, so why should he continue to play at this age... The person in front of him is a big shot who has won the World Footballer three times and won the European Golden Ball Award four times! If he can successfully stop him, he will no longer be a damn substitute!

Greton, who was chasing back at high speed, exerted force on his right leg and kicked out, and his body was almost flat. At the same time, his left leg was stretching as long as possible... to Chu Zhongtian's feet.

It happened almost instantly, and Grayton's left shoe nail slammed firmly on Chu Zhongtian's heel.

The powerful inertia carried the impact force and made him continue to rush forward, like a bulldozer, tackled Chu Zhongtian and his ball to the ground.

Chu Zhongtian, who was running, suddenly lost all his center of gravity as if he was suddenly cut off his leg, and then his body fell forward. He was led by Grayton and slid forward for several meters before finally stopping... "oh—my—gooooooooood—!!!" the commentator exclaimed.

A shrill whistle sounded.

"Red Card!!"

Wimbledon Athletics fans in the stands collectively roared like this.

"This time I can't escape..." the commentator shook his head.

Greyton was still lying on the ground and didn't get up immediately. His expression seemed a little confused... But his teammates had already reacted. Barker, Harrison and captain Simmons rushed up. While running towards the referee, they shook their fingers at him, shrugged and waved their hands, indicating that it was definitely not an intentional foul... In the past, they had done this effectively.

But this time... the referee ran to the scene of the incident and touched the cards in his chest pocket. This time he must have played cards, but are yellow cards or red cards?

Wimbledon Athletics head coach Russell jumped up on his seat the moment Chu Zhongtian fell to the ground. He shouted to the referee excitedly: "What else can this be if this is not a red card!!"

Reading's head coach Michael Hawen was also thinking about shouting in the field, defending his players: "He is not unintentional! He is definitely not unintentional..."

Kurt Hammons rushed towards Grayton who was fouled and planned to teach this bastard a lesson, but he was stopped by Kevin Clark: "What are you doing, Kurt!"

"What are you doing? Fuck him!" Hammons shouted angrily.

"Calm down, do you want us to lose one person?" Clark held Hammons tightly. He knew how irritable this man was, but since he studied under Chu Zhongtian, his temper has been much more restrained. It was obviously Chu Zhongtian who affected him. Now seeing his partner being thrown to the ground by the opponent with such a bad foul, Hammons couldn't bear it anymore. He struggled desperately to teach the opponent a lesson.

At this time, other players from Wimbledon Athletics surrounded Chu Zhongtian, caring about his situation, and some people were protesting with Reading players.

"Are you playing football or people!"

"If you can't afford to play, don't play it, bastard! Football is not a sissy game!" The Reading player was not willing to be outdone.

The players on both sides quickly squeezed together, as if they were going to do a big fight.

The referee originally planned to play cards directly, but when he saw this situation, he had to whistle and tell everyone to calm down and not to get entangled... His whistle seemed weak in the chaotic situation.

Taking advantage of the chaos, Reading's captain Sailon Simmons pushed the foul Grayton out of the crowd: "Hide far away!" He waved to Grayton, signaling him to stay away from the conflict area. He hoped to use this to get Grayton out of focus and make everyone forget him for the time being. This may make the referee not remember him and not give a red card or something... If he always wanders in front of the head coach's eyes, something will happen sooner or later... Wimbledon's team doctor rushed up to see how Chu Zhongtian was. Chu Zhongtian is the core of the team, the most important person, you can do whatever you want, but you can't be missing.

If he was really injured in such an important game, it would definitely be a heavy blow to Wimbledon Athletic... At this time, the furious Russell suddenly understood what the Reading team was going to play. Before, he thought the opponent was using foul tactics to anger Wimbledon Athletic players, make them lose their calmness, and then use his body to fight with the opponent. If that is true, it would be very unfavorable to Wimbledon Athletics, so he was very happy to see Chu Zhongtian trying his best to stop his players from fighting with the opponent, and thought Chu Zhongtian had made a very correct decision.

Unexpectedly, the opponent was not a foul tactic at all, it was clearly a killing tactic!

He was out of anger. He knew that Michael Hawen was a traditional British head coach who advocated the spirit of mad dogs, but he didn't expect that he would actually do such a thing in the playoff final!

※※※When everyone's attention was on the players of both sides of the conflict, team doctor team leader Rod Ryan rushed to Chu Zhongtian. What surprised him was that Chu Zhongtian did not cover his feet and rolled on the ground in pain, or simply lay on the ground without saying a word without movement - he was trying to get up from the ground!

"What are you doing, Chu?" Ryan asked in surprise.

"As you... saw, I want to get up and help pull me..." He stretched out his hand to Ryan.

"You need to lie down and let me check, Chu..." Ryan said helplessly without reaching out. However, he felt a little relieved. He could still talk to himself like this. Want to stand up by himself, which probably means that Chu's injury is not too serious, at least not so serious that it hurts bones and ligaments... Chu Zhongtian pointed and pointed, although he was pulled, but his teammates who were still spitting at each other said, "I don't want to wait until I'm finished checking and find that there are a few missing people... Help me up, Rhode, believe me, I'm fine."

Ryan had no choice but to let Chu Zhongtian's hand hold the owner of the post and slowly get up from the ground with him. "Is your feet okay?" he asked.

"There is no problem at all, it hurts a little, but it doesn't matter, I'll check it out later..." After Chu Zhongtian said that, he turned around and shouted to his teammates: "Calm down for me!"

His voice attracted everyone's attention, and everyone couldn't help but shut their mouths. Many people's mouths did not close, but they did not make any sound - they opened their mouths because they were surprised.

No one expected that Chu Zhongtian, who was tackled like this, could get up... Reading's player was excited: "Did you see it? Did you see it? He has no problem at all. It was a fake fall!"

"Shut up!" Chu Zhongtian turned around and said to the Reading player on the other side, "Will your family get up immediately if they fall?"

Then he turned around and continued to say to his teammates: "There is no need to make trouble with them, do whatever you should do..."

After saying that, he sat down again, his face was so painful that his expression was distorted. Obviously, he was just showing off his strength just now... As soon as he sat down, Reading's players started to make trouble again: "This is a fake fall! A fake fall!"

"Fake a fucking fall!" Although the Wimbledon Athletics player no longer takes action, he can move his mouth.

Of course, the Wimbledon Athletics player wouldn't just swear. Kevin Clark said to the referee: "Whether he touches Chu or not, his movements are a very dangerous move!"

※※※ "What else is there to fight for? You will definitely not be able to escape with a red card!" said the commentator. "Edwin Grayton is a tackle behind the back! No matter whether the tackle is shoveled or not, it can be enough for a red card!"

The referee stood between the two groups of people and talked about not taking out the cards because he wanted to prevent the two sides from having a conflict. Now he has to take out the cards again.

He took out all the red and yellow cards from his pocket, then took out the red one and squeezed it into his hand.

"There is no suspense, red card!"

He waved to Grayton, who was hiding in the crowd, to signal him to come.

Don’t think that if you hide so far, I can’t find you. Boy, if you have the ability, you can hide on Mars!

Greyton was completely awake at this time and knew what he had done - he let his team lose one person in the 25th minute of the first half... Although the head coach encouraged them to foul and thought it was no big deal to be sent off by a red card. But this does not mean that he himself was willing to be sent off. He would rather his teammates be sent off and he continued to stay on the court... He tried hard to explain to the referee: "I didn't mean it... I didn't touch him... He was pretending to fall... That was inertia, inertia, I stopped my feet, but inertia couldn't stop..."

At this time, no explanation was useful. The referee "proudly" and showed a yellow card.

"Ahhh! Edwin Grayton was shown a red card!"

"Red card! It's really a red card! Just twenty-five minutes into the first half, Grayton was sent off by a red card! Now Reading's remaining game is very difficult to play!"

"I hope this red card can calm down those players who are full of muscles in Reading's mind. Football is not played like this..."

※※ Seeing his back midfielder showing a red card, Michael Hawen hugged his head with both hands and shouted loudly in surprise: "This is unfair! This should not be a red card!"

After hearing his voice beside him, Russell angrily said to him: "You have the face to say this, Mr. Michael Hawen? If my player tackles your player like this, would you also ask the referee not to show a red card?!"

Hawen knew he was in the wrong, so he ignored Russell and continued to mutter: "This shouldn't be a red card, just give a yellow card... The game has only started twenty-five minutes, and this red card is too impatient..."

Russell did not continue to pay attention to Hawen. He was worried about Chu Zhongtian's situation. If Chu Zhongtian was really injured and could not persist in the game, it would definitely be a heavy blow to the team. Who can replace Chu Zhongtian's position in the team? No, at least not now.

※※※After showing the red card, the referee came over to ask the team doctor Rhode Ryan who inspected Chu Zhongtian: "How is it? Do you need a stretcher?"

Before Ryan could reply, Chu Zhongtian rushed to answer: "No, thank you. I don't need it."

"But Chu..." Ryan wanted to express his disagreement, but was interrupted by Chu Zhongtian.

"I can't once be carried off by a stretcher in my career." Chu Zhongtian said firmly and proudly.

"Okay, then I'll get you there..." Rhode Ryan didn't know what to do, but it wasn't OK to always lie on the court, and the game had to continue. The referee came over and asked them if they needed a stretcher, but in fact they were reminding them to go to the court to deal with something.

Chu Zhongtian called Kevin Clark over, and he had to explain some things before the end.

"Don't worry, I'll be back." He said to Clark, who looked worried.

"Just go down and deal with it. But before that, I'll ask you..." He put his hand on Clark's shoulder and squeezed it hard.

Clark nodded.
To be continued...