On December 11, Metz will host Strasbourg in the 18th round of this year's Ligue 1 competition. Strasbourg are third from bottom after 17 league games, but they are just four points clear of 11th-placed Saint-Etienne.

Metz, on the other hand, have dropped to 14th in the standings after failing to win five consecutive league games. Two months ago, the local media was still cheering, saying that Metz was no longer a problem with relegation this season. Unexpectedly, it has only been more than a month, and the team's results have plummeted.

The reason for this is related to the poor offensive of Metz. After 17 rounds of league games, only 16 goals will be scored, an average of not even a single goal per game. This goal rate is really not flattering.

Therefore, in the training before this game, Coach Fernandez has been practicing various attacking routines. Let. Fernandes is an attacking coach, so he coaches teams that are often able to play a lot of beautiful attacks, and are one of the representatives of attacking football. Otherwise, he would not be able to cultivate a forward peak like Zidane.

Unfortunately, there are many midfielders in the Metz team, but there are not many who are good at organizing attacks, and the best ones are defensive players. For example, the team's No. 2 captain, twenty-six-year-old Gregory. Promans (grégory_proment) is a pure defender, he has a strong sense of filling, he can always be where the team needs him, and he is calm, if not injured, he is almost the team's main midfielder. But his problem is that he has almost zero contribution to the team in attack.

Ludovick. Oblagnac is an attacking full-back and a player for France's under-21 national team. He was once considered a top player in the youth team of Metz and is now promoted to the first team. In the game he was mainly on the right flank, with Ribery on the left and on the right. Fast, physical, good dribbling, good with long balls, and also good at set-pieces. But as a wide attacker, he clearly can't change the situation of Metz's lack of attacking organization. Just like Ribery.

Gregory. Leka is a versatile midfielder who can play as a centre-back, a defensive midfielder and a central defender. Another meaning of offensive and defensive balance often means that nothing stands out and has no characteristics.

Plus Frank. Ribery. These four are the most capped midfielders in the team so far, and they can basically be considered the main players of the team. But here only Ribery has been the most active in attack and has created the most threat.

They basically represent the strongest midfielders in Metz.

Look at this staffing, two midfielders, two wing-backs, no midfielders. It can be seen that let. Fernandes also knew that there was no suitable playmaker in the team's current squad, so his tactics were to ask Ribery and Oblagnac to fly together and abandon the middle. Ribery was mainly on the right, Oblagnac on the left, and the two men occasionally switched positions, with Ribery on the left and Oblagnac on the right. Sometimes Leka will step in and participate in the attack, but the effect is not obvious.

To put it simply, Metz doesn't have a midfield commander right now.

At the end of the ten-day training session, Fernandez asked assistant coach David Fernandes. Carré announced the eighteen-man squad for the second day's competition, and Chu Zhongtian was among them for four consecutive times.

After the training, Chu Zhongtian called his agent, Mr. Merry, who lived with him, and told him that he would not go back in the evening and asked him to settle dinner by himself, because he was in the competition squad again.

Merry wished Chu Zhongtian an excellent performance if he could play.

After talking to Meili on the phone, he called Lin Beiyao and told her that he had been selected for the squad. Lin Beiyao will post this latest news in the news section of the website "We All Love Lin Danda". At the same time, she will also buy tickets to watch the game.

As for the French teacher Mathilde, because Chu Zhongtian has been in the competition squad recently, their curriculum has also been adjusted, from Friday to Thursday every week. Today's Chu Zhongtian is able to communicate with the French more fluently, although he will burst out of English and even Chinese in a hurry. Therefore, the time that Mathilde came to teach Chu Zhongtian was also reduced from three times a week to once a week.

※※※Chu Zhongtian, who was resting in a familiar hotel room, fought with Ribery for another night of live football. Ribery did not switch to the French team for ten thousand years, while Chu Zhongtian insisted on using the Chinese team, so most of the time he was abused by Ribery.

"You just build yourself to join the Chinese team, Chu. It's not easy for you to win against me. Ribery quipped.

"A real master can beat you even with the worst team on the planet!" Chu Zhongtian showed no weakness.

Ribery shrugged and pressed the start button again.

There are some players who like to go to the pub for a few drinks on this night, but Ribery is a devout Muslim and doesn't go for alcohol. His biggest entertainment now is to play live football with Chu Zhongtian in the room, but Chu Zhongtian has to use the Chinese team that is not very strong...... Even if he wins, he doesn't feel a sense of accomplishment.

"Don't you like Brazil, why don't you choose Brazil?"

Chu Zhongtian shrugged: "If you choose Argentina, I will choose Brazil." If you choose France, I will choose China. ”

Ribery threw the handle away: "Don't play the battle anymore!" Shall we play co-op? ”

"Cooperation?"

"It's just the two of us playing the Master League with one team." Ribery explained as he adjusted the menu, and soon he brought up the interface of the Master League.

"There's Team Metz. But without the two of us, it's okay, I'll edit it! ”

Next, Ribery quickly edited the players, setting them up according to the appearance of the two people as much as possible, but Chu Zhongtian was easy to do, and the scar on his face was difficult to do, so he had no choice but to do it.

The most interesting thing is when setting the player's ability, Ribery set his own values very high, almost all of them are 99, and then set Chu Zhongtian with 10...... In the end, under Chu Zhongtian's reprimand, and the reprimand of no longer playing games with him, Ribery finally honestly set up according to the current abilities of the two people. But there are differences of opinion on the subjective question of how much you are capable of.

"Do you have a speed of 96 and 98?" Chu Zhongtian watched Ribery set his own speed to 96, and the acceleration was as high as 98, he questioned.

"I think it's almost ......"

"Robert. Carlos isn't as high as you, how fast can you outrun him? Change to 88 and 90! ”

"And your defense is 95 that high?" Ribery asked rhetorically.

"It's defensive awareness, not defensive ability, and my defensive awareness is pretty much that high."

"Then why is your offensive awareness even 88?"

"Don't you know that I've always wanted to be part of the offense?"

"And your passes, how can it be as high as 85? I think it's good that you can have 65 at the moment! ”

"Hey!" Chu Zhongtian rolled his eyes.

The two argued for more than an hour before editing themselves and then choosing Metz to start the Master League. At the beginning, the players were not in the team, and they needed to accumulate funds through the game and then buy them from the transfer market.

"Ah, when do you have to go......" Chu Zhongtian was a little disappointed, now he is very much looking forward to using himself and Ribery to play the Master League, upgrade together, and win the championship together.

"Take your time, we make the game five minutes, make it a little bit more difficult, and make enough money to buy us and then turn it back. Come on, let's go! Ribery handed the P2 handle to Chu Zhongtian.

"Pass it to me, pass it to me! I ran to it! Ribery yelled at Chu Zhongtian next to him while manipulating his character.

"Let me reorient you...... Damn it! The person controlled by Chu Zhongtian lost the ball.

"Your passing sucks!" Ribery complained.

"It's not that I'm rotten, it's this person...... This Mark's pass sucks! Chu Zhongtian argued. Why is there such people in Metz that we don't know at all? ”

"It's the default lineup for the Master League, and no matter what team you choose, that's the guy who comes out and lets you control it in the first place." Ribery explained. "Forget it, come again. Remember, when you see me running forward, you're ready to pass the ball in front of me, and this Castro isn't slow, so you can take advantage of it. ”

As a result, the second time, Chu Zhongtian was dressed too lightly because the strength of the long pass was not well controlled, and he was pushed out by the opponent's defender. Ribery ran away again in vain, and he quickly switched back to participate in the defense.

"Hey, Chu, you want to be the person who organizes the midfielder, can't you even play the game?" He was still grumbling.

"It takes time for me to get used to it. Even if I were to play in person, I wouldn't be able to play well in the first game......" Chu Zhongtian defended himself.

Ribery also felt that Chu Zhongtian was right, this was the first time for the two of them to play together, and it was inevitable that there would be a feeling of not having a tacit understanding. "Well, we all don't like to lose, do we? So let's find a way to guarantee a win. ”

"What is it?" Chu Zhongtian asked.

"My skills are good, I have been playing this longer than you, and I know some of the characteristics of this game better. So the task of assault scoring is left to me. You, on the other hand, are mainly responsible for passing the ball to me and defending. What do you think? ”

Chu Zhongtian thought about it, this was almost exactly the same as the role of the two people in reality. "No problem, just do as you say."

"Good, watch my movement and pass the ball to me at the right time."

Having said that, Chu Zhongtian feels that there is still a difference between playing games and actually playing football by himself, when he controls his players to get the ball, on the one hand, he has to pay attention to protect the football and not let the opponent grab it easily, on the other hand, he has to take the ball forward, and finally he must observe Ribery's running position and pass the ball over at the right time.

Single-minded, in a hurry, Chu Zhongtian even twisted his feet, but kicked out, almost mentioning the PS2 game console in front of him.

He did this and made Ribery laugh.

Chu Zhongtian glared at him, and continued to control his game character with a chaotic look.

He got used to one game and only got good in the second.

"Pass the ball!" Libeli screamed again.

"Don't scream! You're scaring me to death! I know the ...... myself."

"I'm afraid of running offside!"

"Don't rush forward, look back at me. If there is someone around me, I will definitely not be able to pass it on to you at the first time, and you will become a sideways position. ”

"I know I know ......"

…… Ribery controlled Castro and planned to rush forward in a straight line, but he glanced at Miranda, who was controlled by Chu Zhongtian, and saw that Chu Zhongtian was changing to a diagonal line to dribble in order to avoid the opponent's defense. He temporarily changed his mind, braked sharply when running in a straight line, and then adjusted the direction diagonally to insert behind the opponent's guard line.

It seemed that he had a heart, and when he ran like this, Miranda, who was controlled by Chu Zhongtian, also sent a through ball. The timing of the pass was just right, if Chu Zhongtian passed a second late, Ribery would be offside, and if Ribery hadn't suddenly stopped and ran diagonally before, Chu Zhongtian would not have found this vacancy.

The next thing is simple, Ribery's Castro has already formed a single knife after receiving the ball, he burst into the penalty area, slowed down, waited for the goalkeeper to attack, and then used the method of first pressing the shot and then pressing the pass to cancel the fake shot and shook the goalkeeper, and easily pushed into the empty goal!

"Yay!" It was the first goal scored by the two of them, and Ribery threw away the handle, jumped up from his position as if he had scored a goal on the field, ran around the room with his arms outstretched, and jumped on the bed of the two men, and did a forward roll.

“buuuuuuuuuut――！！” Ribery's mouth shouted "goal" in French.

Finally, he celebrated the goal by mimicking the gesture of kissing the team emblem on his chest.

Chu Zhongtian watched his series of funny actions from the side, and leaned back and laughed.

He also likes this feeling very much, scoring a goal through the cooperation between himself and Ribery, the fun of cooperation, the wonderful feeling of having a heart, and the sense of accomplishment of finally completing the goal, which is far better than playing against the computer AI alone.

In the end, Ribery was so crazy that he even had to hug him!

Chu Zhongtian was caught off guard and was knocked to the ground by him.

"Wow!"

"Haha!" Ribery, who was holding Chu Zhongtian, laughed loudly.

"It's beautiful, Chu!"

The two of them quarreled for a while, and then continued to play, and the tacit understanding between the two of them in the game became deeper and deeper. Later, Ribery didn't need to shout anything, as long as he ran to the position, Chu Zhongtian's pass would definitely be sent. The two people cooperate tacitly, and this game that is not difficult in itself is naturally easy to play, and when they are ready to sleep, they have entered the first transfer period.

"We're going to have to buy ourselves into the team anyway before we sleep!" Even though it was almost twelve o'clock, Ribery was still in high spirits.

Because the values set by Ribery for the two people are based on the current strength of the two people, it doesn't cost too much money to buy them, and the funds they have accumulated from consecutive wins are completely sufficient.

Without saying a word, I started buying people.

In the first round, "Chu Zhongtian" easily agreed to Mace's invitation, while "Ribery", who had a higher value than him, simply rejected Ribery's invitation.

After Chu Zhongtian saw this result, he laughed so much that he lay on the bed and kept pounding, and Ribery obviously didn't expect that he would be so faceless and very embarrassed.

In the end, Ribery had to offer himself the highest salary in the team, which made "Ribery" reluctantly agree.

After signing himself, Ribery forgot about the embarrassment just now, and became proud: "See? I'm the highest paid on the team! It is a well-deserved core! Come on, play one more game, the two of us join forces ......"

Chu Zhongtian shook his head: "It's zero, Frank." There's a game tomorrow, so I don't know if I'll be able to play, but you're going to start. Let's rest. ”

Ribery was a little reluctant, he really wanted to manipulate himself to play a game. "Just one game, Chu ......"

"No, Frank. We're already half an hour late to our scheduled break, and if you're not in good shape tomorrow, you're going to lose a lot. Archive it out. If I still have a chance to be in the squad for the next round of the league, we'll play again. Chu Zhongtian began to clean up the bed that had been messed up by himself and Ribery just now.

Ribery looked at his back and shrugged helplessly. Archive exit, then go wash.

"You're so stubborn!"

"I'm good for you, Frank, hehe."

※※※ In the next day's game, Ribery started the game, and Chu Zhongtian was still a substitute.

The final score of the match was 1:0. Metz finally picked up their first win in six league games on their home turf. The man who scored the goal was Sebastian. Reynolds (sébastien_renouard) and it was Franck who assisted him.

He doesn't seem to be affected by the lack of rest and continues to perform vigorously on the field. It was Ribery's sixth assist in almost half a season and he is currently number one on the team.

Mr Merry, who is Ribery's agent, also continued to watch the game from the stands. I was also very happy to see Ribery perform like this - the better Ribery performed, it means that the more he earns, the more he earns, and the more his income will rise.

In the last 20 minutes of the game, in order to consolidate the victory, Coach Fernandez replaced Chu Zhongtian and strengthened the defense.

Seeing his two clients on the field at the same time, Merry felt a little proud in her heart. Chu Zhongtian and Ribery's professional football paths are not going well, and his professional agent is the same, he has already become an agent, but he still has to write articles for tennis magazines and newspapers to make money to support his family, it seems that he is more like a part-time agent.

But it can't be helped, who let their respective careers just start?

Now Ribery is a little famous, Chu Zhongtian is still unknown, but there will always be a day when he becomes a talent, right? Ribery and Chu Zhongtian will definitely become names that cannot be ignored in this world football, because of the training of Zidane. Fernandez is bullish on them.

At that time, I really don't know how it will feel when I look back at my current years.

Come on, two lads!

Come on, so do I!

(To be continued)