Helping new teammates settle into the team doesn't happen overnight, and it's not something that can be done with a few words. This thing belongs to a typical "can't eat hot tofu in a hurry". So Chu Zhongtian was not very anxious, anyway, every day when he came to train, he would greet Menez who was sitting next to him, and if there was any interesting topic, he would simply chat a few words, if not, he would be busy with his own after saying hello. Neither affectionate nor snubbed.

He carefully analyzed that Menez is not a bad guy, but his personality is too obedient and arrogant, his vision is high, and he looks down on his teammates, in this case, he can't be forced to integrate into the team, and he can't be pulled in very enthusiastically, which will only backfire and provoke this kid's rebellious mentality. Eighteen-year-old, still like a fifteen or sixteen-year-old child. Only a simple environment like football can cultivate such people.

Chu Zhongtian was slowly looking for a suitable opportunity, while also cultivating familiarity.

In addition to the team's affairs, his personal affairs have also been settled recently.

Ribery now has the highest salary in the team, and it would be too shabby if he still lived in that rotten apartment together, so he kept saying that he wanted to buy a new house, and in order to be neighbors with Chu Zhongtian outside the stadium, he pulled Chu Zhongtian to look at the house together.

Chu Zhongtian didn't want to buy any house because he didn't have much money. Although the salary is high now, it is also paid month by month, and he can't get the money he needs to buy a house.

Unexpectedly, Ribery patted his chest and promised that he could borrow if the money was not enough, and even if he rented and then bought, he would be neighbors with him.

And Chu Zhongtian also considered that he transferred to Metz, not on loan, and it was impossible to stay here for only one season and leave, so it is also necessary to have a stable residence. What's more, the house is bigger, there are more rooms, and there is a place to live when people come. He used to say that when he made money, he would take his parents to his side and enjoy the blessings. If you don't have a place to live, how can you enjoy the blessings?

And Merry has to stay here a lot, which is really inconvenient if there are only two bedrooms.

Thinking about it this way, Chu Zhongtian also decided to buy a house. But he didn't ask Ribery to borrow money - he wasn't in the habit of borrowing money from anyone else. He took out a mortgage from the bank and bought a two-story house next to his new home in Ribery. In China, such a house is called a villa, and you can't get two million each, but it's not expensive in Metz, and many people live in such a house.

Before moving to a new home, you have to say goodbye to your old neighbors who have lived there for a year.

Legov was very reluctant to let Chu Zhongtian leave him the address of his new home. He wants to send champagne to Chu Zhongtian after Chu Zhongtian wins the best in the game!

Chu Zhongtian said again and again that he didn't need to, but in the end he didn't beat the old man and left his new address.

After moving into his new home, Ribery invited his teammates to their new home for dinner and a night of fun.

At that time, it was the worst time when everyone had the worst impression of Menez, so no one invited Menez.

Now Chu Zhongtian feels that it is a pity - if Menez is invited, maybe he can take this opportunity to win over everyone's relationship and let him integrate into the team little by little...... The new house is a bit far from the training base and the stadium. It's not something that can be easily reached by running. Moreover, Fernandez had already forbidden Chu Zhongtian to do so after knowing that he came to train every day. In his words, "The body is the tool you use to earn money and work, and as a professional footballer, you have to protect your tools, which is the greatest professional attitude." ”

Now he trains in Ribery's car and goes home in Ribery's car. Of course not every day, sometimes he would take a taxi to train by himself.

When Ribery got rich, he disposed of the second-hand logo he used to drive and bought a brand new Audi. Cheng Tian showed off in front of Chu Zhongtian and encouraged Chu Zhongtian to learn to drive as well.

"As a star who receives 64,000 euros a month before taxes, it is so shameless to have to take a taxi to train!" Ribery said to Chu Zhongtian. "Go get a driver's license, buy a car, and it's convenient to go anywhere in the future." Travel to Germany, to Belgium, to the Netherlands, we can go by car! ”

Chu Zhongtian, who listened to it, was a little moved.

It seems that after buying a house, buying a car is also on the agenda.

In addition to this, he continued to learn German from Mathilde once a week. If there is a holiday, I will accompany Wang Hao and Lin Beiyao to go shopping together, and when I am tired of shopping, I will return to my new home, and cook for the two Chinese compatriots by myself, and sometimes Xu Xiaodi will also come to join in the fun.

On weekdays, when he is alone at home, he will choose to use the Internet for entertainment. Go to Kang Jianbo's personal website for themselves, and then go to Emily's blog to read her new blog posts, focusing on her life and work, as well as her relationships. Then he will also leave a message, still using the identity of "tourist". Emily congratulates her on the successful completion of her work, and comforts and encourages Emily when she has a problem at work or feels tired. There is nothing special about his ordinary identity as a "tourist" and his messages, so every time he leaves a message, he will quickly be drowned in a flood of enthusiastic fan replies.

He never had the chance to talk to Emily for more than two hours. They are busy with each other.

But he doesn't have the luxury of it now, as long as he can still learn about Emily's current situation through his blog, he feels very content.

He and Emily are separated by thousands of rivers and mountains, but fortunately, there is the Internet and high technology, so that he can know Emily's news. As for the meeting, he didn't have any extravagance. I'm barely a star in Metz, but I'm still hungry for Emily's world.

※※※ Chu Zhongtian's life is so simple and low-key, unknown. But on the pitch he is a completely different man, he controls a team and is the new favourite of the local fans in Metz.

On September 18, at 7pm local time, Metz will take on Nancy away. For the whole team and the fans of the city, it was the first major event of the season - the most intense Lorraine derby in France.

There are always some games on the football pitch that you can't afford to lose, and that's the derby.

The importance of the derby is such that no game can compare to it. Even if Metz were relegated at the end of the season, fans would have no complaints if they beat Nancy in both derbies this season – and of course, it would have been better if they had been able to skip relegation and beat their rivals in the derby.

The media in Metz and Nancy began hyping up the derby two weeks before the game. The whole of Lorraine has waited too long for this derby. Since the 1999-2000 season, when Nancy was relegated, they have not returned to the first division. Metz were relegated to the second division in 2002, and the derby between the two teams was finally repeated in the second division, but because in the second division, it was not as much attention as in the first division. This is the first time in five years that the two teams have played a derby in the First Division.

The Lorraine derby between Metz and Nancy is considered the hottest derby in France, not the most important, not the most famous, but the hottest. Every collision between the two teams was able to go from the stands to the pitch, and red cards, injuries and fan riots in the stands were a common occurrence.

So every time Nancy and Metz play, the police in both cities are the most nervous and the fans are the most excited. Twice a year, I have the opportunity to vent my emotions unscrupulously, and I must overturn all my opponents in the stands and on the field!

"I'll tell you buddy, I can't go to the scene to watch this game, but you have to behave well and fuck all those bastards in Nancy!"

Sitting in the taxi, Chu Zhongtian naturally had to endure Belmont's broken thoughts. He didn't take Ribery's car today, because he didn't think it was good to go to the car every time, so sometimes he would choose to take a taxi to the training base. Today is also a coincidence, as soon as I went out, I heard the sound of the engine of the racing car.

"It's been five years and they're finally back in the first division. We have to welcome them and welcome them to the First Division! Aha! Belmont said as the foaming stars flew wildly, baring their teeth and claws.

He still drove the car fast, but Chu Zhongtian had slowly gotten used to it...... Every time he made a Belmont car, he made a secret decision in his heart that he must learn to drive starting tomorrow. Of course, tomorrow he will forget.

After arriving at the Holy Mountain Furian Training Base, Chu Zhongtian threw two ten euros to him, "No need to look for it." Then he jumped out of the car, he felt that he had really practiced, the first time he did Belmont's car was rolled out, and then he walked out with weak legs, and now he can jump out. I don't know if Belmont is deliberately slow to watch, or if he is super adaptable?

Belmont saluted him: "I said man, remember, next game, Nancy!" ”

Chu Zhongtian nodded: "Don't worry, even if it's not a derby, I don't like to fail." ”

Belmont shook her head when she heard him say this, "No, no, no...... It's not a question of whether you hate failure or not. I said man, don't play this game like a normal game. It's a derby, it's a derby! ”

Chu Zhongtian shrugged: "It's not like I haven't played a derby." He was referring to the Wimbledon derby. With that, he waved and ran to the training ground.

Belmont looked at his back and muttered, "Make no mistake, man. It's the hottest derby ...... in France."

※※※ Chu Zhongtian came to the locker room of the training base, greeted Menez as usual, sat down to see that it was a change of clothes, and listened to the chat of his teammates by the way. There will also be an exchange of views in the locker room about the reaction of the outside media. For example, the Lorraine derby, which has been hyped by the media recently.

In fact, not many members of the Metz team have experienced the Lorraine derby, and they don't have a clear idea of what the Lorraine derby is like other than listening to the media shouting. What exactly does the Lorraine derby represent? Why is the Lorraine derby called "the hottest derby in France"?

So for the next derby, they are full of excitement and nervous anticipation.

"Have you heard? Nancy's Berencourt (pascal_berenguer) says he deeply regrets that we were not relegated last season? "Someone in the dressing room suddenly talked about the war of words between the two sides, which immediately attracted everyone's attention.

Young people love this thing the most. Competitive and competitive, no one wants to be ridden by an opponent to on their necks, even if they use their mouths.

"That bastard!"

When I heard that someone dared to insult their team, some people immediately shouted with righteous indignation.

"Maybe the media misinterpreted what he meant?"

"Misinterpretation? No way, it's not a media that is reporting on it, the media in Nancy and ours are saying that. ”

"Tsk, do they think they can run rampant this time when they're at home? The cowards who can't get up with the birds only dare to pretend to be ** at their own doorstep. "Ribery was very interested in this kind of thing, and immediately put his mouth to work, and everyone listened to it with great fascination." Let's give them something awesome when the time comes! Let them regret being promoted to the first division again! ”

Listen to them in the dressing room denouncing the media and the Nancy players. Chu Zhongtian suddenly thought of something - Menez also seemed to be ridiculed by the players in Nancy, thinking that his transfer to Metz was a big mistake. I really wonder how Menez would react when he heard such words?

He stole a glance at Menez.

With this kid's personality, it shouldn't be so easy to give up, right? But I don't know if he has a chance to play in the derby, maybe he won't even be in the squad. So isn't it breath-holding?

He noticed that Menez was also listening carefully to his team-mates talking about the derby, and apparently he had seen what the Nancy players had to say about him in the media. Does he think the Nancy people are right or not?

In a press session after training, Metz's players also responded to the voice of the Nancy players: "We want Nancy to understand that the First Division and the Second Division are two completely different worlds, not to mention that they haven't played in the First Division for five years, and the experience of five years ago cannot be applied to the present. ”

This is a satire that Nancy has been fighting in the second division.

'I want the referee to pay attention because it's on their home turf after all. I know there are always accidents going to happen in derby. "It's putting pressure on the referee not to be naked in favour of Nancy at Nancy's home ground.

"Who is Berencourt? I don't know him. "This is a sign of contempt for the opponent.

Even Chu Zhongtian was caught by Chinese reporters asking questions to hear how he dealt with what was called "the hottest derby in France".

"As usual, every opponent needs to be beaten." Chu Zhongtian replied.

"Beware of injuries." After the interview, Xu Xiaodi reminded him. Xu Xiaodi heard that the Lorraine derby is "the hottest derby in France", although he has not seen how popular the Lorraine derby is, but he has seen other derbys, and when he was in England, he has seen reports about the Scottish "time-honored" (old_firm) derby. The so-called "time-honored derby" is the same city derby between two top teams in Glasgow, Scotland, Rangers vs. Celtic, this is the world's top five hottest derby, and it is normal to get injured in such a derby.

Since the Lorraine derby is known as "the hottest derby in France", I believe it will not be gentle. Out of consideration for Chu Zhongtian's good, he reminded Chu Zhongtian to pay attention during the game to avoid injury.

Chu Zhongtian nodded.

South Korean reporters surrounded Ahn Jung-hwan and Fernandes, and they were concerned with only one question - whether their national idol Ahn Jung-hwan would get a starting shot in such an important match. In the first round of the league, Ahn Jung-hwan scored a goal just off the bench, which made the Korean media jubilant, believing that Metz would open the "Ahn era", and Chu Zhongtian, a Chinese player, would be completely submerged in the light of Ahn Jung-hwan. As a result, six rounds of the league have passed, and Chu Zhongtian started every game and played the whole game.

What about Ahn Jung-hwan?

Four starts, two substitutes, and just one goal. As a centre-forward, his goalscoring efficiency is too low.

In response to reporters' questions, Ahn Jung-hwan could only say that everything was subject to the manager's arrangement, while Fernandes resolutely refused to reveal his starting line-up or even the squad in advance. As for whether Ahn Jung-hwan can play, Fernandez also refused to answer.

It's a derby, and he's a lot more cautious than usual.

The South Korean media always compared Ahn Jung-hwan to the leader of the Asians in Metz - even though there were only two Asians, they also thought Ahn Jung-hwan was better than Chu Zhongtian. But Chu Zhongtian never regarded An Zhenhuan as a threat, first of all, they were in different positions, and secondly, he knew that An Zhenhuan did not like the head coach, because Fernandez did not ask for the purchase of An Zhenhuan, which was the meaning of the club chairman and the Korean Football Association, since it was not his own lineage, there was naturally no need to be too patient with him. If Ahn Jung-hwan continues not to score, then his fate can be imagined.

The goalscorer who once enjoyed the glory of the World Cup in South Korea and Japan will have to work hard for a chance to play in Metz in the future.

The South Korean media were still hopeful about Ahn Jung-hwan's appearance, but the next day Ahn Jung-hwan strained his thigh because of too much force in training, and after the team doctor's diagnosis, it was determined that he would miss the derby with Nancy.

Ahn Jung-hwan is not the only injury in Metz's squad. In fact, Metz has been plagued by injuries during this time.

Last season's top scorer Elf. Toom has not recovered from his injury half a month ago, he has a groin strain.

The two full-backs, Aligolo and Signorino, who had a consistent performance last season, were unable to play continuously due to injury.

Leka has also been in much worse shape since being injured by Cana, and has been suffering from minor injuries this season.

In addition, Ludovick. Oblagnac was also unavailable for this game after receiving a yellow card in his last game against Nantes.

As a result, in fact, the Metz team can't even come up with a complete set of main lineups. It's no wonder that Fernandez was cautious.

In Fernandez's mind, the away game against Nancy is definitely not as easy as the fans, the media and some players imagined.

(To be continued)