Chapter 49: Chu Zhongtian's Counterattack(1/2)
Chu Zhongtian walked off the court with the help of team doctor Rhode Ryan, and the applause in the stands continued. Everyone was applauding for such a tough guy. The English people highly praised tough guys, which can be seen from their preference for "mad dog spirit". They believed that football is a pure manly sport, and the braver the person, the easier it is to get everyone's favor. So although Chu Zhongtian is a Chinese, he has long been loved by many English fans with his hardness.
"He is really good!" Some of the fans praised Chu Zhongtian like this.
But no one is worried about this... "Reding's No. 28 flying shovel is really bad! It's too cheap to give him a red card! You know, the one he was hurt is our core! The core! If Chu is gone, we..."
"I'm worried if Chu can still hold on to the next game? His ankle has always been hidden dangers... And if I read that right, his injured foot was injured in the game against Nottingham Forest..."
Everyone was talking about it, worried about Chu Zhongtian's prospects, and also worried about the future of Wimbledon's sports upgrade.
"I believe he will return to the court." Boss John suddenly spoke.
Emily, who was standing beside him, nodded vigorously: "Yeah, I feel so too."
Everyone turned their heads and looked at them.
Boss John shrugged at everyone: "Look, he will never let us down!"
"Then what should we do now..." someone asked.
"Wait, wait patiently." Emily said to her husband who was being inspected on the sidelines.
There was a fan next to him who put his hands together and prayed for Chu Zhongtian. Emily didn't do this, she just watched silently.
You won't let yourself miss this feast, right, my great hero?
※※When seeing Chu Zhongtian get out, Russell ran over and cared about Chu Zhongtian's injuries.
Like Russell, the person who cares about Chu Zhongtian's injury is Reading's head coach Michael Hawen.
What he cares about is whether Chu Zhongtian will end up because of this. Now Reading has paid the price of one person's red card. If Chu Zhongtian is not replaced, it would be bad. At that time, they are one less person than Wimbledon Athletic, and Wimbledon Athletic still has a star like Chu Zhongtian... This game will be even more difficult to play.
He now has one wish, that is, that the flying tackle just now really ruined Chu Zhongtian, making it impossible for him to continue to persist in the game. In this way, Greyton's end is meaningful, otherwise it would be a meaningless sacrifice.
He was so anxious that he didn't even bother to watch the game, and looked at the place where Chu Zhongtian was undergoing examination and treatment.
※※※ On the sidelines of the game, Chu Zhongtian was sandwiched between Russell and Ryan.
"I don't know the specific injury, but I suggest being cautious, it's better not to play..." Rhode Ryan gave his opinion.
"Stop funny, Rhodes, you know, what is our purpose this season. If this goal is not completed, the next season will be a torment for me - I don't want to play another season of the English Championship. And once morale is leaking, it will be difficult to get better. This time I encountered difficulties, but who can guarantee that I will not encounter greater difficulties next season?" Chu Zhongtian retorted.
He firmly disagrees with the break, even if it is just for the sake of caution.
"But for your future..."
Chu Zhongtian laughed: "For my future? Hahaha! Rhode, you are so funny. You tell a thirty-five-year-old player that the future is not worth a penny at all. If you can't upgrade, it would be meaningless even if I can play four more seasons in the future!"
Rhode Ryan has seen Chu Zhongtian's stubbornness. After he was injured, he insisted on participating in the game against Leeds United. He knew that he could not convince this person, so he turned his attention to head coach Russell, hoping that Russell could make a decision.
If it was the head coach's decision, the players would have no way to resist. Russell must replace Chu Zhongtian, so Chu Zhongtian will have to end.
Russell looked at Chu Zhongtian's ankle, which was the foot that was injured when playing against Nottingham Forest. Then he turned his gaze up and saw Chu Zhongtian's firm eyes.
"Let me go on the court, Alai. Guys are still waiting for me." He pointed to the court.
※※※On the court, Wimbledon Athletics players are struggling to reduce the impact of core absence on them. Although Reading's midfielder Edwin Grayton was sent off by a red card, resulting in one less person. However, Chu Zhongtian was also unable to play on the sidelines because of treatment. The number of both sides was balanced, but Reading's morale was high. They don't know what kind of conversation happened with Chu Zhongtian. They think that Chu Zhongtian, a 35-year-old "old man", was almost impossible for him to survive Grayton's flying tackle, so he will definitely end up.
Wimbledon Athletics has lost their core and is about to go crazy. There is no leader in the group. If you don’t take this opportunity to attack them and score a goal, what are you waiting for?
So Reading, who had been defending before, suddenly had a great offensive. No full-backs were instigated from the wings, and they had full-backs. Two full-backs who had been taking on the defensive responsibility began to step in and threaten Wimbledon's penalty area.
High center Eddie Woodgate also became active, trying to threaten Wimbledon's goal with headers.
Although it was only two minutes, Wimbledon Athletic fans felt that these two minutes were so long, as if two centuries had passed... Every Wimbledon Athletic player had a belief - hold on! The boss came up immediately! Until then, we can't give him a score behind!
So although Reading's offensive gradually became fierce, they still failed to break through the Wimbledon Athletics...※※Russell retracted his gaze toward the court.
"If you can't continue playing football due to injuries in this game, Chu...you can be the coach." He looked at Chu Zhongtian and said, then he said to Rhode Ryan: "Put the bandage on his ankle and try to wrap it tightly."
This is already agreeing that Chu Zhongtian will play again.
Chu Zhongtian smiled, and he also looked at Ryan: "Please, Rhode!" After that, he sat on the turf, waiting for treatment.
"I just knew it was this result... No one paid attention to the opinions of me, the team leader, at all..." Rhode Ryan murmured and squatted down, began to take the bandage out of the medical bag, and began to change the bandage for Chu Zhongtian.
※※Haven saw Russell coming back, and he even had the impulse to go up and ask his opponent Chu Zhongtian how injured he was and whether he would be replaced... But he could see some clues without asking. For example, if Russell started to prepare for a replacement after he came back, it would mean that Chu Zhongtian would definitely not be able to hold on to the game.
He waited, looking at Russell with anticipation.
As a result, after Russell returned to the coach's seat, he sat in his seat and said something to the assistant coach, and there was no other movement. The assistant coach did not take the order and informed the Wimbledon Athletics players who were warming up, so that one of them would prepare to play.
There was nothing, Russell and his coaching staff were sitting in the seat.
He turned his eyes to Chu Zhongtian again and found that Chu Zhongtian was sitting on the ground, while Wimbledon's team doctor was busy with something... A bad idea flashed through his mind - "Does he still insist on playing? This bastard..."
※※※Reeding head coach Michael Havin’s bad thoughts became a reality.
After Rhode Ryan's emergency treatment, Chu Zhongtian stood up again, and then he raised his arm high, which was a gesture to ask the referee to return to the court!
"Oh oh oh oh! Chu is coming back! His injury does not seem to affect his continued competition!"
"After being treated by the team doctor, Chu is ready to return to the court!"
"For Wimbledon Athletics players and fans, this is nothing like a heart-warming agent!"
"Greton's flying tackle did not hurt Chu, but instead caused him to be expelled from the red card. This is really not a good deal..."
After seeing Chu Zhongtian's gesture, there were also huge cheers in the stands, and some fans shouted: "Mr. Referee! Did you see it? Let him play! Let him play! We can't wait!!"
Boss John smiled, "Ha! Look at what I said just now? Guys! Let's sing!!"
"This is not a song for the cowards! Because the object of our praise is not a coward! He is different from those all living beings! You will hear his name and let us shout out loud--its_my_chu--!!"
“its_my_chu—!!!!”
Amid this huge singing voice, the referee looked back and then hooked his hand.
Chu Zhongtian stepped onto his battlefield again with singing and cheering.
"Ladies and gentlemen! The most tenacious man on this planet is back!!" the commentator shouted loudly with great sensational skills.
"Chu--!!" Fans welcomed their heroes back with cheers.
※※※Amid this huge cheer, Mr. Michael Hawen held his head with his hands, looking in pain.
What he was most worried about was still happening - Grayton became a complete clown, and he did not knock down this terrible person!
Has my hard work been wasted?
Reading, who is missing one person, is destined to be dead?
No!
Hawen refused to admit this, and he decided to compete with Wimbledon and fight Chu Zhongtian to the end!
He didn't think that Grayton's kick had no effect on Chu Zhongtian at all. He was just holding on. He knew very well what impact it would have on the team once he was absent. Therefore, he would rather go on the court with an injury and did not choose to leave the court to save his ankle. This shows that he is very important to Wimbledon's athletics.
Since that's the case, he must go down!
Greyton must have caused damage to Chu Zhongtian's ankle, and his performance will be greatly reduced. Moreover, in this way, his players will no longer have to do those very obscene defensive actions, which will cause Chu Zhongtian to be injured. Perhaps just an inadvertent "foot" can kick Chu Zhongtian out of the field!
He didn't believe that Chu Zhongtian's ankle was made of steel and had no pain. And even if he didn't let him get out of the game, as long as his ankle couldn't work properly, he could not run or exert force on the field. What's the difference between him and waste?
Hawen took advantage of the opportunity of a dead ball to call another midfielder Eric Barker to his side to teach the opportunity in person.
"Continue to killing tactics! The target is focused on Chu's injured ankle! Use all means to interfere with him and hit him!"
Barkel nodded: "I understand, boss!"
"In addition, he is forced to use his injured left foot to control the ball as much as possible in the defense..."
※※※ Chu Zhongtian ran to the court and returned to his teammates.
He first slapped his high-high with his partner Cooter Hammons.
"Welcome back, boss!" Hammons shouted excitedly.
Then he brimmed with Kevin Clark again: "Thank you for your hard work," he said to Kevin Clark.
This was a chance to die. Hawen called Barkel to give him a face-to-face, while Chu Zhongtian gathered everyone to give me some explanation.
"My ankle is nothing, so don't worry about it. Give me any balls to the ball you should give me, and don't have to worry about it. In addition, our main task next is to score goals. I believe that Reading's players will also adopt foul tactics against me...even more crazy than before. This is our opportunity. I will attract their defensive attention. Then you pay attention to the running position and run to the space, and I will pass the football over..." Chu Zhongtian was assigning tasks like a head coach.
"... Finally, what are we?!" he asked loudly.
"Mad—Gang—!!!"
Everyone roared and answered him.
"Very good! Let's give them some excellence!" Chu Zhongtian waved his hand and signaled that everyone could disband.
※※※At the same time, Barker received the latest knowledge of the head coach and ran back to the court.
He came to his midfielder Royce Harrison: "The boss asked us to continue to use killing tactics against Chu, but we should pay attention to the movements and be more concealed, so don't give the referee a chance to play cards for us. I already have a yellow card on my body, so..."
What he meant was to make Harrison bear more defensive responsibilities, especially killing responsibilities.
Harrison nodded: "Don't worry, I know the right way."
"In addition, the boss also said that we should try to force him to use the injured left foot to control the ball when we defend, so that our defense success rate will be much higher. His ankle must have been affected by Edwin's kick..."
The bandage wrapped around Chu Zhongtian's ankle is very conspicuous. Such a thick bandage will definitely affect Chu Zhongtian's ankle flexibility, and it also shows everyone how serious his ankle injury is.
The bandage is very conspicuous and is a very easy target to find.
To be continued...