Chapter Twelve: The Pearls That Hurry to Shine

Ding Yue's house, Emarson, has been rented in advance. After buying all kinds of daily necessities www.biquge.info the pen "Fun", Emalson hurriedly took Ding Yue to apply for a bank card, you must know that in France, if you don't get a bank card, you can't even get a phone card. It's just that even this bank card has to wait a week to arrive.

So Ding Yue had to use Emarson's phone to tell various people in China a message, and this one-after on-the-sea long distance made Emarson pretend to be in pain.

In a foreign country, everything needs to be adapted.

On the fourth day of Saint-Etienne, Emarson left Ding Yue alone in Saint-Etienne and ran back to Paris, and the summer transfer was still in full swing, which was the busiest and harvest time of the year.

Fortunately, the coaches and staff at the training base can still speak more or less English.

But youth director Bernard David kept emphasizing the importance of language when talking to Ding Yue and the other four new youth team members. Only by learning French well can you get along with your teammates, be fully aware of all the coach's requirements and tips, and truly integrate into the club of Saint-Etienne.

Ding Yue knows the importance of following the local customs. In the face of the French lessons arranged by the club, he was very serious about learning from the first night.

During the training of the youth team, Ding Yue had all kinds of doubts about his previous training methods for the first time. There are constantly advanced football concepts that hit his brain.

August 8th. The first round of Ligue 1 begins. Saint-Etienne played Paris Saint-Germain away, and although Paris had not yet become a big Paris at this time, Saint-Etienne still lost the game with a clean 1-3 away game.

After watching the game with a group of youth team teammates in the base, Ding Yue always felt that some of them were eager to try, perhaps, everyone was like him, thinking about how to enter the eyes of the head coach and then be promoted to the first team.

Looking at the twenty-two players on the court on TV, Ding Yue clenched his fists, and was really envious in his heart, it was a stage full of dreams and glory. It's just that the audience is full of people with dreams, but only those people on the stage realize their dreams!

In the boring but fulfilling daily training, the days passed day by day, and in the blink of an eye, three rounds of Ligue 1 were carried out.

Saint-Etienne won one and drew one and lost one, and coach Galtier was actually not too satisfied, because the third round away against Rennes should have been a three-point battle.

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August 25th. Ding Yue participated in the reserve league with the youth team for the first time after coming to France. The match was against the youth team of Lyon.

Galtier was also on hand to watch the game.

For a team, transfer reinforcements are perhaps the best way to improve the squad and deepen the depth of the squad, and this method has become more common since the Boseman Act.

But for fans, especially those who have a deep affection for their club, if they can witness their youth products slowly grow from various echelons, rise to the first team, and then occupy the main position in the team, and finally become a legend of the team, the joy, pride and sense of identity they can gain from it will be even stronger. Therefore, in today's reserve league game, there are not many fans who came to watch.

In fact, in recent years, Saint-Etienne has not neglected to promote newcomers internally, in the first few seasons when the results were not enough to satisfy the fans, Saint-Etienne U19 still provided the first team with Sarr, Dabo, Perrin, Matuidi, Payette, Gomi, and other strong emerging forces, these players born in the 85-87 age group have really ushered in a period of maturity this year, and the Saint-Etienne academy, which has produced Sagnol and Kupe, is catching up after a period of dormancy.

And this summer, Galtier has promoted three 90-91 newcomers from the reserve team, Giravogui, Sidi Sania and Neri, which also makes the youngsters in the reserve team see the hope that the door of the first team will open for themselves, especially the central defender Kurma, who is the brightest star of the reserve team manager Kousnia who is the next to enter the first team.

One of the purposes of Galtier's visit to the site is also to inspect Zuma.

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Gallier was not satisfied with the difficult situation of Saint-Etienne last season, and although he was promoted from the assistant coach position halfway through, Galtier had his own revenge in his heart.

He hopes that his simple, efficient and pragmatic style of play will enable Saint-Etienne to play well in Ligue 1.

He's not worried about the team's defense, he's worried about the team's offense.

In the second half of last season, Galtier quickly stabilized the number of goals conceded by the team, and although the attack was still weak, he basically had the capital to defend and counterattack. It's just that the team's extremely low goal rate is still a headache for Galtier, missing a flashpoint! Galtier looked at Zouma and sighed.

In the summer of '09, Saint-Etienne spent more than 20 million euros in exchange for a failed season with a mid-course change of coach and on the verge of relegation. As a result, the club spent less than a million on the transfer market this summer, which disappointed Galtier, who was looking for a strong winger in the market.

With a sweep of his eyes, the yellow-skinned man on the bench was a little conspicuous in a group of black-and-white players, Galtier frowned, and asked assistant coach Donis: "Is there any feedback on the kid recommended by Emaelsen, yes, that young Chinese man, Bernard David?"

It's okay, Emarson's goods are still guaranteed by quality. It is said that this kid is the best seedling in the top club in Huaguo. These days in training against our previous lads did not fall behind, but it may be due to the football environment in Huaguo, his tactical understanding and execution ability needs to be improved. Anyway, I think it's something to look forward to. Donis replied truthfully.

In the hot sun, Galtier's eyes narrowed slightly, his nose snorted, and he thought to himself, what he wanted was instant combat power, and he couldn't afford to wait.

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Ding Yue sat on the bench, looking around, except for his teammates and coaches who had been training together for many days, almost all of them were people he didn't know, but he only needed to know one person, Galtier...... I hope I can play for more than ten or twenty minutes today.

The game started with a whistle from the referee. Lyon kick off first.

Ding Yue looked at his No. 5 on the field, central defender Zuma. I always think about this kid going back to Chelsea in the future, and then I always want to get rid of him when I have the opportunity to train. Perhaps, is it because I am too anxious, or has I become immature after being reborn?

Shouldn't it be, Ding Yue smiled bitterly, compared to the others in the reserve team, he can be called a good boy.

Although the French youth training is also the top in the world, however, in Ding Yue's opinion these days, the French youth training may have a shortcoming that is not a shortcoming, that is, they attach too much importance to talents, and once those young and potential young stars are discovered, the club and the agent will immediately give them money and a good life, which has also cultivated a bad extravagance for them since childhood.

Agents are also constantly taking advantage of this, seeing potential young people immediately recruit themselves and then introduce them to big clubs to earn commissions. During this period, they often lack the education of young players.

So these days, Ding Yue has seen a little bit of the dark side of professional players, that is, they think that money can buy anything, including luxury goods, including girls' feelings.

Although he was a little disdainful at first, Ding Yue thought about his behavior in his previous life, so he couldn't say this disdain.

"Hey, buddy, do you think we have a chance to play today?" Ding Yue tidied up his somewhat tight sneakers, and said to Reeves in a low voice.

Reeves' mother is American, and he lived with his mother in the United States for four years before returning to France, so he speaks English very well and is one of Ding Yue's best friends on the team.

Reeves looked at the brothers on the field intently, smiled, patted Ding Yue's shoulder and said, "Brother, calm down...... The opportunity will come, don't rush......"

Don't be in a hurry, Ding Yue bit his lower lip with his teeth, and his cramped and restless hands gently patted his thighs, thinking that no matter how shiny the pearl is, it has to be put out, so that others can see it.