As the match reached the 83rd minute, Real Madrid faced relegation-threatened Valladolid and was trailing by a goal. Schuster let Chen Zhong warm up to replace Heinze as the center defender.
From late August to early November, nearly two months, Chen Zhong had maintained restraint and calm. Upon hearing Schuster wanted to substitute him as a center back, he protested to the head coach for the first time in his professional career at Real Madrid, starting from the youth team.
"Me?"
"Center defender?" Chen Zhong stood up, and the other Real Madrid players immediately held him back. Chen Zhong clenched his right fist and passionately exclaimed to Schuster, "It shouldn't be me going on now. We are trailing; we should substitute with an attacking player."
"Boss! We are behind! This is already the last substitution!"
