Promón's figure quickly disappeared at the entrance of the corridor. Chu Zhongtian's gaze retracted. He glanced at the captain's armband on his left arm, with the red Metz jersey as the base, and the captain's armband was yellow and white, which looked very conspicuous.

Unexpectedly, he became the captain of the field under such circumstances. He was not excited about it at all. Instead, he frowned.

The team was awarded a penalty kick and the score was likely to be equalized. And with one less person in the half game... it would be difficult to play in this game.

What to do next?

He turned his eyes to the coach's seat on the sidelines.

Jean Fernandez was pulling Ribery and saying something to him, Ribery nodded while listening.

It seems that it is explaining tactical changes. The team has one missing person and the score is about to be equalized. The tactics formulated before must be adjusted.

At the same time, Chu Zhongtian also noticed that Yayiovi was being called out by assistant coach David Carre to warm up.

After hearing the head coach's words, Ribery ran up again. He made a gesture to Chu Zhongtian: "The old man said to stabilize the defense first and withstand Sevilla's next attack."

Chu Zhongtian nodded to show that he knew.

On the other side, the Sevilla celebration was over. Their striker Fabiano walked to the penalty spot with the football in his arms and prepared to take the penalty.

Seeing this scene, Metz fans kept booing and scolding in the stands to interfere with Fabiano.

Both Metz players and Sevilla players withdraw from the penalty area. If Winby can save the football, Metz players plan to rush in and clear the ball as soon as possible. Sevilla players are preparing to go in and make a comeback if Fabiano does not kick in.

Fabiano did not give them a chance to do so. After hearing the referee's whistle, he sprinted to run and then started to shoot!

The football got into the goal from the lower right corner of the goal, and Winby completely saved the wrong direction.

"Luis Fabiano! Luis Fabiano! Fabiano!!gooooooooooooooool!!gooooooooooooooool!!Seville--!" The Spanish narrator shouted passionately in their unique way of commentary.

Sevilla equalized the score and had one more person than his opponent, and the balance of victory had been tilted towards the Spanish team.

While the Sevilla player was celebrating the goal, Chu Zhongtian gathered his annoyed teammates together. After Proman came out, he now wears the captain's armband and needs to perform the duties of a captain.

"Mr. Fernandez asked us to stabilize the defense first," Chu Zhongtian said to his teammates. "Sevilla equalized the score, and there was one more person than us. They would definitely want to take advantage of the situation and overtake the score. We cannot let them do what they want, we must keep this point."

"Is it possible to play extra time?" Ibisevic asked.

Chu Zhongtian nodded: "If necessary, he might also play a penalty kick."

When everyone was silent when they heard him say this.

Now there are 44 minutes left before overtime and 74 minutes left before the penalty shootout... Can they guarantee that they will not lose a goal in such a long time?

When Chu Zhongtian saw that everyone was feeling a little depressed, he quickly clapped his hands and encouraged everyone: "Actually, this is our opportunity, guys."

Everyone looked up at him, not understanding why he said that.

"Sevilla must now think that we have no ability to resist and they are sure to win. The two full-backs will press assists more frequently, so that there will be more room behind them than before... As long as we can seize such an opportunity and fight back, we will not have the hope of scoring again."

"Yes!" Ribery punched his palm. "They will definitely underestimate the enemy, so we will seize this opportunity to fight them back!"

After Chu Zhongtian and Ribery said this, everyone felt that the situation was not so bad that it would fail at any time. As long as they worked together and defended and fought back, the suspense of this game was still there.

In fact, Fernandez's idea is not this. He still hopes that the team can attack after these few minutes of offensives to seek a goal. After all, if you defend now, you will definitely not be able to defend. Sevilla's attack power is not weak.

※※※"The score was equalized, and there was one less player. How should I play this game?" Wimbledon fans in blue T-shirts complained.

"That penalty is a bit too severe. It's logical that it's just a penalty kick, why should I send someone off? In this way, the advantages of the game will all be on Sevilla's side..."

The views of this group of English fans are the same as those of the French commentator. After Sevilla scored, he began to slam the referee.

"In such an important final, I really don't know what Busaka thought. We won't talk about Chu's misjudgment before, just talking about this penalty. Just as Proman's foul, there is no doubt about the penalty, but the red card is worth discussing... His red card ruined the entire game, and there are more than 40 minutes left in the next game. Messe, who has one person missing, will definitely not push forward against Sevilla. We will not be able to see such a wonderful game in the first half! Masim Busaka has enforced five European games this season, showing only fifteen yellow cards, and not one yellow card. He is a referee with loose law enforcement, but why did he show a red card in this final? Is it the first time that the League Cup final? Is it too nervous?"

The TV broadcast gave Busaka a close-up shot, and at this moment he became the protagonist of the game. Busaka's face was expressionless, and it was impossible to tell whether he was golden or not.

Metz's fans kept scolding the Swiss referee, giving him a middle finger, and greeting him warmly, especially his female relatives.

Emily, sitting in the VIP box, also frowned. She knew the game would become very difficult. She didn't know if her lover could win the championship trophy as she wished...※※※ "Fight their defensive counterattack!!" Before the kickoff, Chu Zhongtian shouted to his teammates. "It's no big deal to have one person away! I'll run a little more, and everyone cooperates with me!"

Of course, it is impossible for Fernandez to let Chu Zhongtian run more alone, and it is really unreliable to have one less person in the midfield.

Soon he changed into Jaiovi, who had finished warming up. The person he replaced was Felicio, who brought the head coach's latest instructions after he came on the court. Menez went to the left to play the left forward, leaving only Ibisekic in the forward position.

Menez can be left and right, with speed and skills, and can play with both left and right feet, wing forwards, shadow forwards, front midfielders, and centers. At this time, he will use his panacea attributes.

It is not the first time that Yayiovi and Chu Zhongtian have partnered. When Proman was injured, he and Chu Zhongtian played for two months, played in the League Cup and the league, and there is no problem with experience.

Despite this, this was his first time playing in the finals. Chu Zhongtian was worried that he was too nervous or too excited, which led to his misperforming performance. After he came up, he also took special care of it: "Play at normal levels, your main task is defense, Ahmed."

"Okay, captain." Yayiovi nodded.

After the game started again, as Chu Zhongtian and Fernandez expected, Sevilla launched wave after wave of offensives against Mess' penalty area, intending to take advantage of the momentum that completely captures Mess' city.

Metz only used the ball possession to launch an attack on his side when kicking off. Because the number of people was small and he had to defend, he did not invest too much force in the attack. Chu Zhongtian did not have the opportunity to organize a delicate attack under Paulson's close press, so he just passed the ball to Ribery and left it to him alone.

Ribery used his personal skills to break through Puerta and made a cross. Ibisekic still struggled to grab the spot under the pinch of Navarro and Escud. Unfortunately, his header was hit by the pinch of two Sevilla central defenders and was skewed.

At this point, Messe completed their attack, and the next time belonged to Sevilla. They bombed around Messe's half. It was difficult for Messe to kick football out of his half. Sevilla took advantage of the number of people to firmly control Messe's peripheral position in the 30-meter area and continuously organized a second offensive.

Metz's offense can only be taken to take time, such as using the speed of Ribery and Menez to counterattack.

Ibisevic had to withdraw to serve as a central defender more often. He had no speed and was not very effective when fighting a counterattack.

Alves is now unscrupulous in assists, and after handling the football, he did not retreat, but continued to stay in the frontcourt and wait for a second chance.

The commentator lamented that Alves is no longer a right back, but a right winger. The place where he appears most often is not near his own bottom line, but near Metz's bottom line.

Under such great pressure, Chu Zhongtian still made some long passes at odds to help Ribery and Menez in front harass the opponent's defense line. However, they were too few and outnumbered, so they could only "harasse" the other party.

In the first half, Chu Zhongtian would occasionally think about his muscle strain. Now he completely forgot that he had been injured before the game. He tried his best every time he defended to ensure that the area he was responsible for was not used as a breakthrough by his opponent - Sevilla was still attacking his side, trying to crush him.

"Navas faced Chu Jianxiang's breakthrough! Beautiful! Chu tackled his ball! It's not a foul!"

"Navas passed to Alves... Alves dribbled the ball and broke forward, and the person following him was Chu! The cross! He was blocked by Chu..."

"Maldi faced Chu... He passed the ball, this time it was Alves on the wing! No one defended him, beautiful pass!"

...The commentator kept mentioning the names of Navas, Alves and Marti. These three were Sevilla players who were mainly attacking Chu Zhongtian's side.

Chu Zhongtian and Signorino are under tremendous pressure, and they cannot ask for support, because the pressure of teammates in other positions is not much smaller than that of them. In addition, the wing forwards also need to participate in the defense, but because Prommen was sent off, the team lacked people and the tactical strategy has been adjusted accordingly. The team's counterattacks all depend on two fast wing forwards, so they naturally cannot let them invest too much energy in the defense. Otherwise, once there is a chance to counterattack, Ribery and Menez are wasted because they are involved in the defense in the second half and cannot run up in time, which is a tragic thing.

There is a data that shows how unfavorable the situation Mes is facing now.

When Mesz was dominant in the first half, their shots were nine times, and Sevilla only had six times. Now the second half was almost halfway through, Sevilla had already shot as many as sixteen times, while Mesz only had eleven times.

Goalkeeper saved five times in the first half, Wimbie had three times, and now it was Winby nine times and Palop six times. Metz had five corner kicks and Sevilla had nine. Metz had fifteen fouls and Sevilla had ten times.

In terms of ball possession, Sevilla rose from the original 47% to the current 72%.

Metz is at a disadvantage in all respects.

※※In the 65th minute of the game, Fabiano broke into the penalty area and faced the defense of two Metz players, and cleverly passed the football to Canute.

After Canut stopped the ball, he had physical contact with Jaiovi and fell in the penalty area. The football allowed the defender Traore, who followed, to kick out.

The Sevilla fans in the stands roared again with a "penalties!", and Jaiovi jumped up from the ground, shook his fingers constantly, indicating that he had not fouled. Metz's fans thought that Canut was cheating on the penalty kick, and they all made harsh booes.

The referee Busaka didn't mean to give a penalty. He just hooked his hand and signaled the two of them to get up from the ground and not delay the game. Seeing this, Canut angrily slapped the ground.

"I still want a penalty?" Yayiovi turned around and shouted at Canut, "You tripped me up!"

Although Canut is a player of the Mali national team, he has played for three seasons in Lyon, France, and his birthplace is also Lyon, so French is his native language to him. Of course, he can understand Jaiovi's words.

Hearing Jaiovi's words, he glared at the young man.

Yayiovi did not get entangled with Canut, and after he said this, he turned around and ran away.

The Spanish commentator refused to give in: "This is a misjudgment! This should be a penalty kick! Busaka, the Swiss referee, must have been because he sent off Proman before, and now he is looking for a balance here!"

Sevilla threw out the ball, Adriano took the ball and then dribbled the ball horizontally and shot from a long time, but the football was outrageous.

Soon Sevilla made a comeback. Navas easily broke through Signorino and then made a cross. Traore and Rodriguez focused on the 1.92-meter-high Canute. Despite this, Canute still scored the ball in the crowd. He headed the ball to Puerta at the back point. Puerta volleyed. The football hit Cabo and bounced out of the bottom line.

Even Sevilla's full-back can shoot in Metz's penalty area, which shows how fierce Sevilla's offensive has been during this period.

In the 69th minute, Metz finally got another chance to counterattack.

Chu Zhongtian, Signolino and Traore joined forces to cut off the cooperation between Navas and Alves. Traore cut off the football and handed it to Chu Zhongtian. Chu Zhongtian passed it to Menez in front again.

After dribbled the ball, Menez looked at the left and right sides. None of his teammates could only dribble the ball and break through.

In front of him was Escud, and Navarro was next to him, just Sevilla's two central defenders, while Paulson and Alves were still returning to defense.

Menetz did not hesitate, and faced his French compatriot Escud's fake move of riding a bicycle.

Taking advantage of the unstable center of gravity of Escud, he changed direction and accelerated and threw away the opponent. Next, Navarro focused on guarding against Menez's breakthrough, but he didn't expect that Menez suddenly took a long shot at a distance of 25 or 6 meters away from the goal!

The ball shot very suddenly, but the distance was too far, and the football rolled forward against the grass. When the speed and strength in front of the goal were all weakened, Palop easily pressed the football under him.

"He should try to continue to surpass him..." The French commentator felt a pity for Menez to shoot so hasty.

※※※In the 70th minute, even the fans in the stands and the audience in front of the TV could see that the whole team of Metz was very physically consumed. Metz players always seized all the time to rest and recover on the court. They bent down, supported their knees with their hands, and gasped for breath. The red Metz jersey was completely wet and the color became darker.

Even Jaiovi, who will only come up in the second half, is not much better. He usually has good endurance, but under the opponent's fierce and suffocating attack, his physical energy is consumed rapidly, and due to the particularity of his position, the exhausted physical energy is not replenished at all.

If anyone else in the team has no problem with physical fitness, it is only goalkeeper Wenbi and captain Chu Zhongtian.

It was because he didn't need to run a large range or sprint back and forth. What about Chu Zhongtian? His running distance was the most in the team. The jerseys all over his body had been wet, and sweat beads were constantly dripping from the ends of his hair. The traces of sweat sliding across his neck shone brightly under the lights at night.

Despite this, he was still running with energy and was still suffering from the successive impact of Navas, Alves and Marty.

Navas originally planned to break through Chu Zhongtian, but when he knocked the ball out, he found that it was himself who could not exert force, not his opponent. On the contrary, Chu Zhongtian kicked out suddenly, stuck the position, and broke the ball.
To be continued...