Qin Gude never dreamed that his trial journey would be so smooth.

He knows that he has a little talent, but in England, where "geniuses" and "golden boys" are born, the late-growing Chinese do not show any outstanding abilities at the age of 15. And the Manchester City youth echelon coaching staff was able to accept him so easily, obviously not really valuing his own ability.

He is not a fool, so he is especially grateful to Sun Jihai who helped him with all his might.

However, what he didn't know was that he met Sun Jihai when he was at his peak, which became his greatest luck-

After a few days with his parents, the Manchester City academy offered him an apprenticeship contract of £80 a week, which increased to £100 after ten months, until July 2008, and the contract made it very clear that the rights and obligations of both parties were very clear, he would receive training four days a week and would not be absent for no reason, and the club would provide the players with training and match jerseys, shoes and other equipment, regardless of food and lodging, and only provide free nutritious meals on training and match days.

Due to his late arrival, the club had to re-apply to the FA to register as a youth player in January, so he will not be eligible to play for the club in youth competitions until then – although at his current level, he will not be able to play to the standard, as Qin Goodde knows.

So after seeing off his parents, he immediately left behind the sorrow of parting and devoted himself to a new training.

Even though Manchester City is now only a mid-table team, and the academy is not as well-known as clubs such as Arsenal, Manchester United, Liverpool, Southampton and Tottenham, the training system that has been in operation for decades is enough to open his eyes and benefit a lot.

After a detailed examination by the youth team's strength and conditioning coach and team doctor, they agreed that the most important thing for him to improve at the moment is his weight.

The weight of 62 kg is too thin for an athlete of 174cm, especially in England, where the body collision is the most intense, if there is no strong and durable body, then the opportunity to compete is completely lost. For example, John Campbell, a 15-year-old striker in the same team, weighs 13 kilograms at the same height as Qin Goode!

So he began to gradually increase the amount of food according to the nutritionist's advice, but fortunately, the Sun family's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law have long been accustomed to cooking athletes' recipes, just eat a few more slices of beef, a piece of cheese, and drink a few more mouthfuls of fish soup in one meal.

While gaining weight, he also has to further increase his physical training, especially for Qin Good, who has long been accustomed to the low-level and slow-paced junior level competitions in China, if he wants to enter the squad for the youth team competition, he must first ensure that he has at least enough physical fitness to play the whole game.

The easiest way to exercise is long-distance running, 10,000-meter long-distance running, marathon, and long-distance running with a changing rhythm, combining aerobic jogging and anaerobic sprint running repeatedly, exercising every muscle in your legs can freely switch the contraction mode, and through various methods, accelerate the decomposition of lactic acid, reduce the accumulation of muscle fatigue.

At this time, Qin Gude's nutritional diet that he insisted on for two years finally played a huge role, and his long-term healthy eating habits made his physique, especially the muscle type, more suitable for exercise than ordinary Chinese (mainly the proportion of red and white muscles), and he was thrown into the medicine pool by his grandfather since he was a child, which also made his bones more able to bear the weight and impact, and the physical fitness coach even suggested that he could properly increase the strength of the exercise, otherwise it would be a waste of this rare good skeleton......

As for the technique at the foot of the foot...... Come on, when have you ever seen relegation side Manchester City play such an amazing technical flow of play as Arsenal? -

At the end of this morning's practice, teammate Campbell looked at him with a sad face: "Hey, Good. ”

"What's wrong, John?" Qin Goode pulled the football back at his feet and played a not pretty Marseille maneuver to himself.

"You bastard boy, can you stop working so hard when you're training?" The black brother stretched out his right foot, trying to cut off the football from his control, but only kicked it into a cloud of air, he could only hum angrily, "Since I have you, I feel that several bastards in the team have been stimulated by you, and I will train myself from time to time, we are only fifteen or sixteen years old, it is the time to grow the body, in addition to training, you also need to go outside to breathe fresh air and enjoy a beautiful youth!" But...... You've spoiled my teammates! ”

Qin Goode stumbled on his feet and almost fell on the grass, he glared at Campbell: "I want to play too, but ...... I only have twenty pounds in my pocket, and I can't even get through the bar!" ”

After a month in Manchester, he gradually began to adapt to the customs and habits of the place. Because of the high latitude, people here generally go to bed late and wake up late, and live a more leisurely life. At ten o'clock in the morning, the school opens, and the company goes to work, and it generally closes at three or four o'clock in the afternoon, mainly because it is necessary to reach out and lose five fingers at five o'clock. And it is said that in the middle of summer, even at ** o'clock in the evening, the sky outside is still bright......

As Britain's oldest industrial city and the second most prosperous city in the British Empire after the capital, Manchester is undoubtedly also an entertainment city, with opera houses, nightclubs, bars and some dimly lit venues scattered throughout the city, making many young and famous players linger.

However, this has nothing to do with Qin Goode, because his weekly salary is only 80 pounds......

In fact, these young youth team players, in addition to training four times a week, have to be educated in the secondary school curriculum in school, and generally do not have money in their pockets, especially the black-skinned players......

"Hey!" Assistant coach Paul shouted from the sidelines, "Kids, we're going to fuck Old Trafford to cheer on our first team!" ”

"Oh shit!" John Campbell ran with his legs, "It's a damn derby today!" ”

Qin Gude was stunned, knocked the ball forward hard, and accelerated to catch up.

The two men arrived at the restaurant almost at the same time.

"Hey, John, Goode." A black guy sitting near the doorway greeted them warmly.

"Hey, Danny." Qin Gude nodded in agreement and stopped the football under the washbasin.

Danny Sturridge, a young man under 17 who is widely regarded as another big discovery in the Academy after Richards, has recently started training with the first team and while he has yet to get a chance to play, everyone thinks it's only a matter of time.

Of course, Qin Goode knows that this player, who looks a little thin, will indeed make a name for himself in Liverpool in the future, if it weren't for his glass attributes, his achievements would probably not be below Owen, and Liverpool would not be so miserable......

After washing his face in a hurry, Qin Gude received his own nutritious meal, and after a gust of wind, he drank an extra glass of fresh milk, and boarded the bus while burping.

Although it is not mandatory for the club to watch every first team game for young players, this one is different.

The Manchester derby, although one side is the strongest world-class team in the Premier League for 20 years, and the other side is a team in the bottom of the league that has been committed to relegation for many years, but in every head-to-head meeting, the underdog never backs down. Just a few years ago, in the first season of Manchester City's return to the Premier League, the first city derby after Sun Jihai joined Manchester City, Manchester City overturned his own rival in the same city, which is unbeatable in the whole of Europe.

That's the derby.

Qin Goode and his teammates walked through the narrow passage and stepped into the Old Trafford stadium, where they were suddenly filled with bright red. Directly opposite the stands, the white letters "MANCHESTER-UNITED" on a red background with seats are particularly eye-catching.

In the midst of this large expanse of bright red, a black and white clock hangs alone in the North Stand.

FEB，6th，1958，MUNICH。

The two hour hands, one long and one short, point silently to 3:04, as if they have never changed.