Before this game, Monaco won five wins, two draws and two losses in nine rounds of Ligue 1, with seventeen points, ranking third in the league. Lyon was only two points away from Lille, the top two.

Metz ranked seventh in nine games with three wins, four draws and two losses.

Judging from the points, Monaco is stronger than Metz. Judging from the staffing of both sides, Monaco is also stronger than Metz. Although many people have been sold this season, the lean camel is bigger than horses. Today, Monaco is still like a giant for Metz.

So when the team was able to score 0:0 with Monaco in the first half, everyone seemed very happy and thought they hoped to get a point at home. In fact, after the start of this season, Metz performed well in the fight with strong teams.

On August 22, in the third round of the league, Metz tied the visiting Ligue 1 overlord Lyon 1 1 at home. On August 28, in the fourth round of the league, they went to challenge Marseil away and defeated their opponents 3:1 cleanly.

It was just that in the eighth round of the league on September 25, he lost to Lille 0:4 away.

Their ability to rank seventh in nine rounds of the league is inseparable from their outstanding performance against strong teams.

But they still conceded the goal in the second half.

The goal scorer is Togo's striker Adebayo, who had previously transferred from Metz to Monaco.

After he broke through the Metz goal, the Togo striker covered his face with both hands and did not make any celebration. His move also brought him thunderous applause from Metz fans.

"Even I can't help but applaud him..." Richard Sorill, a substitute player sitting next to Chu Zhongtian, murmured like this.

The TV broadcaster said: "Adebayo has not forgotten who trained him! Although he scored Metz's goal, he received applause from Metz fans! This scene is so warm..."

Only Ribery didn't buy it. He picked up the football and rushed into the middle circle, then pressed the football on the kick-off point.

Seeing his actions, Chu Zhongtian laughed. He felt that this "scarface" had many similarities with him - for example, he had played amateur player, worked while playing football, and was eager to win... No wonder he became friends with him, and he is currently his only friend in the team.

※※※Adebayo was particularly excited at Metz's home court, perhaps because he returned to his former supporters, just like Joe Shilin wanted to defeat Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.

After scoring a goal, he became more and more active. He also played bridgeheads in the frontcourt many times, creating opportunities for his teammates to score.

For a while, Metz had a hard time guarding.

As time passed, when the score was still 0:1 and Messe was behind, Messe's fans finally didn't bother to cheer for Adebayo - Adebayo was still an opponent no matter what, and the results of his own team were more important.

They began to cheer for their teams desperately.

Ribery worked very hard in the game, but he was a little lonely. His teammates were too far from strength compared to Monaco's players. No matter how outstanding he was, as long as Monaco sent two or three players to guard him, he would be no threat. Now he is far from the point where he can change the outcome of the game with his own.

"Ribery works hard, but you can't win football games by running too much. I think he has a little gap with Adebayo." The TV commentator commented. "And Metz's overall strength is also very different from Monaco..."

In the 70th minute, Fernandez replaced the forward Babacar_gueye. Fans can have certain feelings for Adebacar. He, the head coach who once pushed Adebayo to Metz's main center position, is still more realistic. When the team equalized the score or simply won the game, he could express his appreciation for Adebayo in an interview. But now he can't take care of so much.

After replacing Geier, the team's offense still did not improve. In the 80th minute ten minutes later, Fernandez made a desperate bet with another striker Richard Sorill to replace central defender Bruno Pompiere (bruno_pompiere), and took the risk to play 343. He hoped to equalize the score in the last ten minutes.

At this time, the fans were no longer able to hear the praises from Adebayo, and everyone was nervous about Metz's fate.

Coach Jean Fernandez has been standing on the sidelines after the change of people and has not returned to the coach's seat. Assistant coach Carre drove all the unplayed players who were still on the bench to the warm-up area to warm up. He wants to make sure that when the head coach Fernandez thinks about who to return, he can immediately prepare the players to play, instead of giving him five minutes of warm-up time - you should know that in this case, even half a minute of warm-up is a luxury.

Chu Zhongtian also put on a yellow vest to warm up the warm-up area.

When he had just arrived at the position and started to warm up for a few minutes, he heard the sound in the stands suddenly louder. Then his teammates stopped and turned around to look at the field.

He also looked over and saw Ribery breaking through Evra at Monaco No. 3!

Then insert the diagonally into the restricted area!

"Oh!" The substitute teammates next to Chu Zhongtian couldn't help but scream.

"Come on, boss!!"

Although Chu Zhongtian did not shout, he also clenched his fists.

Ribery broke into the penalty area and was very fast. Evra is also a famous full-back in the Ligue 1 league, but she could not catch up with Metz at all!

"This is the best opportunity for Metz to play in the whole game! Frank Ribery breaks through-" the TV commentator shouted.

Monaco's defenders were paying attention to the three forwards who were targeting Metz, but forgot that the attack was not just the forwards... After Ribery broke into the penalty area, he did not shoot directly, but looked up at the penalty area, and then passed the ball out after attracting the attention of Monaco's central defender Francois Modesto.

Whether it was Richard Sorill, Babacar Geier, or Elf Tum, none of the three received the ball because Ribery didn't pass the ball to them!

Dino_djiba, a midfielder who had been outside the penalty area, saw Ribery breaking into the penalty area and then rushed into the penalty area. When Ribery passed the ball, he happened to run to the position, neither early nor late, and just received the ball!

Jiba, who had no one to guard the ball, shot with an angry shot!

The ball enters the net with a sound!

The Forian Stadium in Metz was silent for about two seconds. When the fans in the stands confirmed that the football was indeed entering the goal, not playing on the side net, they burst out with cheers.

“buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!!”

Chu Zhongtian and his teammates also cheered together.

"The eighty-third minute! Dino-Jiba-!!" the broadcaster on the scene shouted.

"Long live!!" Metz's fans cheered.

"It's really wonderful! Mes equalized the score at the last moment! Ribery's breakthrough was so beautiful. Under his wonderful performance, Evra was like a clumsy clown!" The commentator was also excited, completely forgot that he had been questioning Ribery's ability before, believing that Ribery was not as good as Adebayo.

Giba, who scored the goal, ran to the warm-up area on the side of the court and hugged his teammates. Ribery also rushed up.

Originally, Chu Zhongtian planned to celebrate the goal with his teammates, but at this moment, in the huge noise, he clearly heard the sound of assistant coach Mr. Carre calling his name.

"Chu!"

Chu Zhongtian turned around.

Mr. Carre is hooking at him: "Come back!"

Going out?

This thought flashed through Chu Zhongtian's mind, and the others had already run back.

His teammates behind him hugged each other, and later members jumped up and pressed them up.

Chu Zhongtian ran to assistant coach Carre and looked at him nervously.

"Prepare to play."

Ready to play!

Ready to play!

Ready to play!

Ready to play!

Ready to play!

Ready to play!

This sentence kept echoing in Chu Zhongtian's mind. After he realized it, he started to snatch his yellow vest down. The vest that was easy to take off in the past has been repeated three times before he took off.

The tactical explanation was carried out by the assistant coach, and head coach Fernandez was always standing on the sidelines and did not come up to talk to Chu Zhongtian.

"You don't play the midfielder, you play the central defender... You have played the central defender in the second team league, right?"

Chu Zhongtian nodded: "Yes, sir. I've beaten."

"Very good, so after you come on the court, you play the central defender. The main task is to stop the opponent's possible counterattack, especially pay attention to the opponent's No. 20!" Carre pointed his hand at the court, and Chu Zhongtian looked over with his hand and saw Adebayo like a bamboo pole.

Chu Zhongtian stared at Adebayo, who was a little disappointed, and nodded: "No problem, sir."

※※※"Look!" Wang Hao suddenly pointed at the bench of the Mets team in the stands and shouted.

At this time, the Metz fans around him were still cheering for Jiba's goal. He had already noticed that something had happened on the bench.

Jiang Ran looked along his hand and found that their elder brother Chu was standing on the sidelines, being pulled by the assistant coach to say something.

"Brother Chu is going to play?" he asked.

"It seems!" Wang Hao was very excited. He always regarded Chu Zhongtian as his elder brother in age, but at the same time they were still fellow countrymen, and this relationship was even more close to Chu Zhongtian and Jiang Ran. He most hoped that Chu Zhongtian could play in the first team because they were both children from Chengdu. "That's right, we just equalized the score. At this time, considering that the opponent might counterattack, it's worth changing to a defensive player to stabilize the defense. The head coach had replaced a central defender before..."

He was actually analyzing the reasons for Chu Zhongtian's appearance.

Jiang Ran nodded and agreed with Wang Hao's statement.

"Hehe, I'll call Brother Chu to treat you tomorrow! I should treat you to represent the first team in the league for the first time!" Wang Hao said excitedly.

※※※When the cheers in the stands gradually faded, Metz's players had already returned to the court, but the referee did not blew the whistle and let Monaco kick off, because Metz asked for a substitution, and the players who were going to replace were already waiting below.

Chu Zhongtian stood on the sidelines, jumping and continuing to move his body. He couldn't wait to go on stage.

"Mes substitution, Dino Giba No. 23!" shouted on the live broadcast.

After hearing Jiba's name, a cheer sounded again in the stands.

Jiba, the hero of the goal, was replaced, and he slowly walked to the sidelines, intending to delay the game time.

"No. 30 Chu Zhongtian!"

Compared with the cheers before, the stands at the Forian Stadium in Saint Mountain can be described as silence. Metz's fans are still unfamiliar with Chu Zhongtian. This difficult-to-mouthed name does not arouse any response from them. Only some people applauded out of politeness.

However, Wang Hao and Jiang Ran in the stands shouted and danced excitedly.

Another person who is more excited than ordinary people is Miss Delphin Mathilde, who shouted: "Come on!!"

Seeing that no one around him agreed with him, he quickly closed his mouth shyly and put down his raised arms. Then he lowered his head, fearing that the people around him would regard him as a monster who was not sociable and did not understand the ball.

Jiba slowly walked off the stadium, and Chu Zhongtian was anxious to watch it below. Now he and those Monaco players will definitely find a common language - I hope Jiba will come off soon, and I hope there will be more time left for him to play.

After finally waiting for Jiba to get out, Chu Zhongtian and him hurriedly hit the high fives and ran to the court. During the run, he almost used the speed of sprinting for 100 meters and was unwilling to waste even a second.

Chu Zhongtian ran directly to his penalty area, and then shouted to his teammates: "The head coach asked us to pay attention to the defense!"
To be continued...