Chapter 100 B2B Midfielder Character

This game is a contest between the two league titles last season. Inter Milan's opening possession of the ball seemed to be strolling in the backcourt, and they were obviously confident that they were still stronger than Schalke. Coupled with this level of competition, it is not enough to make Inter Milan players have enough excitement.

Although business competitions have to be won, won't the prize money be taken as well?

They shouldn't be too hard... right?

It is precisely because of this kind of thinking that the Inter Milan players did not maintain 100% concentration in the first few minutes.

And the Schalke players were actively looking for opportunities from the very beginning-everyone dared not not be involved, and Magath was watching from the sidelines. No one wants to experience the feeling of being drilled alone by Reuthard.

Therefore, the state of both sides at the beginning is one ebb and flow, and the opportunity should of course appear on Schalke's side.

Only two minutes into the game, Cambiasso crossed Motta under Holtby's active pressure. When the latter led the ball, the rhythm was not adjusted smoothly, the ball did not stop firmly at the foot, and it was a little far away. Of course, this opportunity was seized by Zhou Tiancheng, who had a strong sense of stealing. A step forward to meet, steal the ball directly in front of Mota.

The second reaction of Motta and Cambiasso was quick, and they attacked Zhou Tiancheng one after the other. Zhou Tiancheng knew very well that he must not be intercepted, and there was nothing behind him! If it is counter-robbed, the opponent can directly face the central defender. Moreover, Cambiasso is only one step away from him in front of him, and the long pass is too late...

Then you can only do it yourself!

Zhou Tiancheng saw Cambiasso coming up to tackle the ball from the front, and took a step to the side to avoid Cambiasso's sliding left leg. Although Zhou Tiancheng staggered a little after landing with an empty foot, he still had no problem controlling the ball.

"Oh! Zhou Tiancheng, beautiful! Cambiasso and Motta, they are in a state problem. The holiday is so pleasant, and I haven't recovered from the beauties with red wine and cars!"

He Wei joked with great interest, there is no psychological pressure in this kind of game commentary.

The attendance rate of Stanford University Stadium is actually not high. After all, it is far away from the European continent, and the number of expeditionary troops of the two teams is limited. And university stadiums can only hold a few thousand people. Half the seats are still vacant.

But it was such a bleak attendance rate that at this moment, there were shouts that could be heard for hundreds of meters—most of them were from the students who stayed at Stanford University.

After all, they are not fans of any side. They just heard that a group of football superstars will come to the school to play a game today, purely to join in the fun.

Moreover, all Americans who like sports have one characteristic: advocating creativity and passion. They love nothing more than to see a stroke of genius like this.

The American spectators who erupted in cheers were all staring at the court, wanting to see how Zhou Tiancheng would handle this opportunity.

Zhou Tiancheng drove the ball all the way forward. As long as fans who watched the Schalke game last season, it is not difficult to guess what Zhou Tiancheng will do next.

In the Inter Milan team, there are also people who know-Lucio.

He played against Bayern twice last season, and he clearly remembers Klinsmann's repeated exhortations: Never give Zhou Tiancheng any space in front of the penalty area!

But his teammates didn't realize it, so he could only come up to make up for it by himself.

Lucio's filling speed was already slower than Zhou Tiancheng's swinging his legs. In desperation, he could only turn sideways and throw his entire body out to increase his defensive area.

"Bang... bang!"

Zhou Tiancheng took a powerful shot and aimed precisely at the upper right corner on the right side of the goal. But there were two crisp sounds in succession.

The first sound was the sound of Zhou Tiancheng kicking the ball and shooting it out, and the second sound... was the sound of the ball hitting Lucio's back.

A block made by Lucio in desperation actually blocked the ball's path.

The ball bounced off and landed behind Zhou Tiancheng's left side. Cambiasso, who had just got up to catch up, took the ball and immediately sent a long pass to the front court. Eto'o on the right side had already started strongly!

He Wei immediately exclaimed: "Oops! Eto'o's rushed! This is a big trouble!"

He Wei explained a lot of La Liga games last season, so he knows exactly what kind of nightmare Eto'o's speed in Barcelona is for defenders.

Eto’o’s 100-meter sprint speed has been evaluated by an authoritative organization at about 10.7 seconds. Although it is not as good as the top speed star like "Zonda" Caniggia, Schalke is not good at it. The defense of chasing back is still enough. This acceleration ability makes it difficult for left-back Bordon to catch up with him.

If there is a flying cat camera looking down from above the pitch, it is not difficult to see that at the moment Eto'o started, apart from Milito in the middle of the frontcourt, Inter Milan also had three players actively counterattacking at the same time, but Zhou Tiancheng was the fastest , when Eto'o got rid of Bordon, he also overtook Cambiasso and Mota in the midfield continuously, and chased back towards the position between Eto'o and Milito

Eto'o looked like he was in no man's land all the way, cutting in quickly along the penalty area line, dodging the shooting angle, and swung his foot for a powerful shot.

If this kick is one second faster and the ball is drawn, Eto'o may have a share of CCTV's top 10 goals this week.

But Zhou Tiancheng stretched out a leg at this critical moment, perfectly blocked the ball that was shot to the dead corner, and bounced off the other sideline.

There was another burst of exclamation at the scene, Zhou Tiancheng's outrageous chase just now made the Americans look stupid.

"God! How can yellow people have such speed."

"Handsome! Haha, this speed... how is it compared with Usain Bolt." A track and field enthusiast said to himself.

Immediately someone next to him answered him: "That can't be compared. Jason Gatlin is the best 100-meter sprinter in the world!" Someone next to him immediately stood in line to support the top American sprinter.

"Hey, I'm digressing, this is a football game!"

But to be honest, Zhou Tiancheng's return defense across the audience was really shocking, not only because of his amazing speed, but also because of his accurate prediction of the sense of position.

Even Magath, who has always been serious, has a flash of joy in his eyes, but unlike other coaches, he will not show it through body language.

He Wei even exclaimed immediately: "Unbelievable! But Zhou Tiancheng can indeed do it! Although it is risky for Magath to place him in the single midfielder, at least this time proves that Magath is wise. If it were someone else, I am afraid that even if he wants to, he will be powerless. Zhou Tiancheng perfectly interpreted this is the true definition of a B2B midfielder, covering no dead ends between the two penalty areas."

On the bench, Matip asked Jiang Hao gently: "I remember that speed is not Zhou's specialty, right? When did speed become so powerful?"

Jiang Hao glanced at him and replied: "I don't know. I thought I knew him well enough, but it seems that I just realized that I don't even know his limit."

PS: Calvin, this transitional plot is not easy to write.

Incidentally, the World Football Challenge mentioned in the previous chapter is actually the International Champions Cup, which was renamed in 2013. It used to be called the World Soccer Challenge.