Ribery was unhappy with the decision, but in front of Fernandez, he did not show it and reluctantly accepted the arrangement. Picking up his clothes and backpack, he walked up to Menez and said to him, "Hurry, change." ”

Fernandez certainly saw it all, but he didn't say anything. Just watched in silence as Ribery and Menez switched places with each other.

Seeing Menez put all his things in the locker beside Chu Zhongtian, he nodded with satisfaction, and then said to Ribery, "Frank, change your clothes and come to my office." ”

Everyone had been looking at Chu Zhongtian and Menez, but now they all turned their heads to look at Ribery. Could it be that Ribery did something wrong, and this is punishment?

Ribery was also very suspicious, he exchanged glances with Chu Zhongtian, Chu Zhongtian was also puzzled, and he didn't understand what kind of medicine the head coach was selling in the gourd.

Ribery hurriedly took a shower and changed his clothes to go to the manager, his mind was full of question marks, and even the shower gel was useless, so he took a shower.

Chu Zhongtian came out of the shower and saw that Menez had already changed his clothes and was about to leave. Looking at the young man's still somewhat immature face, Chu Zhongtian couldn't figure out what the head coach Mr. Fernandez thought. In fact, he and Menez were "neighbors" in the locker room, and although he didn't show the same dissatisfaction as Ribery at first, he still felt embarrassed inside. Because he had a quarrel with Menez in the game, and deliberately didn't pass the ball to him, now that the two of them are so close to each other, how can it not be embarrassing? I just wonder if Menez himself will feel embarrassed too?

I guess it's a little embarrassing, and the two of them didn't say a word between them, isn't this a sign of embarrassment? Everyone is teammates and "neighbors", isn't it normal to not say a word when they meet?

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Ribery came out of Fernandez's office, the look of dissatisfaction on his face had disappeared, only replaced by depression. He and Chu Zhongtian's neighbor did a good job, just because he wanted to help a hairy boy integrate into the team, and this neighbor couldn't do it. And there is even worse news - Fernandez told him that if Menez has a chance to enter the list in the future, the hotel room will have to be rearranged, and he will not be able to live in a room with Chu Zhongtian, Chu Zhongtian's new roommate is Menez! The reason is naturally to help Menez better integrate into the team.

Fernandes also used Ribery himself as an example: "When Chu didn't integrate into the team, didn't you take the initiative to talk to him and apply to live in the same room with him to help him integrate into the team? ”

Ribery muttered, "That's because I look at Chu Shun's eyes, and I don't like that kid!" ”

Fernandez didn't care what Ribery called Menez, he smiled: "Someday you will also look at Jeremy with his eyes, in fact, he is a very cute lad, a little like you." ”

Comparing himself to himself, Ribery grinned: "Don't I see where he resembles me, what he looks like?" ”

Fernandez was not angry at Ribery talking to him like this. For players with personality, he always knows how to treat them differently. For example, in the case of Ribery, you can't just suppress it, that will only be counterproductive. Because of Ribery's experience, he was not superstitious about authority. He can be called "his godfather of football" by Ribery, definitely not because of his glorious coaching achievements and status, but because he cares for Ribery and allows him to give full play to his strengths.

"Just treat Jeremy like a child who doesn't know anything yet, Frank. Just like your little brother. ”

Ribery shrugged his shoulders and pouted: "My brother is much more obedient than him." ”

In the end, Ribery could only accept Fernandez's decision, so what if he didn't? He's his own manager, his boss.

As soon as he came out of the office, he received a text message from Chu Zhongtian, asking him what the head coach was looking for him.

Ribery replied: "It's nothing, just for me to cooperate and understand." Man, from today onwards, you're the kid's leader, hahaha! He also gloated, thinking that Chu Zhongtian's kid finally had a headache, and his mood improved a little.

When Chu Zhongtian saw the last sentence on the screen of his mobile phone, he was so frightened that he dropped his mobile phone to the ground.

He knew who "that kid" meant. From today onwards, he is the leader of Menez? What does that mean? Teach him in training or care for him in life?

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Chu Zhongtian's question was answered the next day. Head coach Fernandez called Chu Zhongtian to his office alone after the training session.

In the office, Fernandez told Chu Zhongtian what his purpose was in arranging for him to sit with Menez.

"I want you to help Jeremy settle into the team."

Chu Zhongtian felt very strange: "But I am neither a captain nor a veteran player, sir......"

It stands to reason that helping new players integrate into the team smoothly is the captain's accusation, Chu Zhongtian is not the captain, not even the third and fourth captains. No matter how much you shoot, it won't be his turn.

"You have an advantage that others don't have. You have the most contact with Jeremy. ”

Chu Zhongtian was even more surprised. He thought about it carefully, he had only quarreled with Menez once on the court, and this was the most contact, right? He doesn't have as much contact as captain Bobbiconi and Menez.

Fernández was surprised and explained to him. Said that Menez seemed to be interested in him and usually observed himself.

Chu Zhongtian shuddered when he heard this. Menez wouldn't have that kind of love, would he? I know that people are very open to this kind of thing abroad, but I can't see it......

Fernandez didn't know what Chu Zhongtian was thinking in his heart. He introduced the situation and hoped that Chu Zhongtian could help Menez integrate into the team. He also cites the example of Franck Franck Ribery: "If Frank hadn't helped you in the first place, would you have been able to integrate into the team so quickly? Maybe you'll be on the fringes of the team until the end of the season. Menez just lives in praise all the time, and his personality is a bit perverse and arrogant, but he is not actually a bad person......"

Chu Zhongtian didn't know if Menez was a bad guy or not, but he knew that this kid didn't cooperate and looked down on himself and his teammates.

"I'm sorry, sir. Can I refuse? ”

Fernandez shook his head with a smile: "I'm afraid not, Chu." ”

"But I think the captain and vice-captain are better suited than me...... Such a leader. I've only been with the team for a season, I'm a newcomer, I don't know much about Metz yet, so I asked me to help people settle in...... I don't think I'm doing well, sir. Chu Zhongtian made an excuse to refuse, he really didn't want to deal with Menez.

So he came to the training base very early today, changed into training clothes a long time ago, and then went to the training ground to run laps slowly. He hadn't done it before, even if he was active, because Mr. Merry told him that it was easy to distance himself from his teammates and make them think he was a misfit in - you yourself are so diligent every day, do we learn from you or not? In short, this kind of thing to do less to make a head bird in a team, to be diligent, usually train seriously, and put in 200% effort in the game. This is professional football, and the body is also the capital, and blindly practicing can speed up the wear and tear of the body. Training is also about science.

Today, Chu Zhongtian did this to hide from Menez, so as not to embarrass everyone in the locker room.

Unexpectedly, now the head coach will push him to Menez.

"Chu. You're at the heart of the pitch right now, right? ”

Chu Zhongtian didn't understand why the head coach wanted to ask him this question, he nodded. That's right, Mr. Fernandez has already identified him more than once in tactical lessons - the tactical heart of the team.

"As an aside, are you going to play in Metz for the rest of your life?"

Chu Zhongtian was completely stunned and didn't know how to answer. Is it a test of your loyalty to the team? But I've never heard of foreign clubs like to do this......

Chu Zhongtian didn't know how to answer for a while, he definitely didn't think about dedicating his life to such a thing as Mace, but admitting this in front of Coach Mace, he was afraid that the other party would wear small shoes for him......

Fernandez didn't want Chu Zhongtian to answer his question, because in his opinion, the question was nonsense. How could a small club like Metz, a person with great talent like Chu Zhongtian, sit here until he retired? He is not a native of Metz and has an extraordinary affection for this team.

He continued: "Of course you can't stay on this team for the rest of your life, and I won't coach this team for the rest of my life. Mr. Lu, I don't have his environment at the time. What I want to say is...... No matter which team you go to, your ability needs to be the core to be able to play, in Metz I help you establish your position in the team, but go to a new team, meet a new coach, a new group of teammates, what do you do? Are you waiting for the manager to put you in the centerpiece, or do you just want to be able to play in the game if you don't care if you are the core or not? ”

Chu Zhongtian didn't expect that from a Menez could be involved in his own future future.

"I hope you can learn from Jeremy how to lead a team, not just on the pitch with your passing and tireless running, but also with your charisma and leading them off the pitch. You have to make your teammates willing to listen to you and be willing to cooperate with you according to your wishes, you don't expect a coach like me to help you do those things every time, if you unite your teammates and lead your teammates, that's your own job, Chu. ”

Chu Zhongtian looked at the old man in front of him dumbfounded, he was very surprised, he didn't expect Mr. Fernandez to value himself so much. even pushed him to the position of "team leader......

"You're going to be the leader of the team, from now on, from leading Jeremy into the team, Chu."

After speaking, Fernandez sat on the chair, crossed his hands on his lower abdomen, and looked at Chu Zhongtian quietly.

Chu Zhongtian was suddenly a little moved. Once again, he was convinced that he had made the right decision to leave Chelsea and move to Metz, that he had missed once and that he would not be wrong again.

He nodded, "Yes, sir." I'll do my best to help Jeremy. ”

Fernandez smiled at him.

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Chu Zhongtian didn't come to the training base half an hour in advance the next day, and then changed his clothes and ran out to warm up alone. As usual, he was passing by the training base parking lot just in time to see Ribery close the door, and he greeted Ribery: "Good morning, Frank. ”

"Good morning, man." Ribery walked up and put his arm around Chu Zhongtian's shoulder, "Why didn't you come to avoid that kid in advance today?" Ahaha! ”

Yesterday, when he saw Chu Zhongtian running laps on the training ground alone, Ribery smiled happily. Being able to see Chu Zhongtian, who usually doesn't look very foreign, was embarrassed, but it made him happy.

Chu Zhongtian glared at Ribery, he couldn't say anything about this unserious friend. In fact, he knew that Ribery was very concerned about not being a neighbor with him and sharing a room, but since he promised his "football godfather" to cooperate with Chu Zhongtian's work, he didn't show it.

"Alright, man. Actually, I sympathize with you. Ribery patted Chu Zhongtian on the shoulder, "From my observation, it is very difficult to deal with that kid, I hope you don't get angry with him and become unstable, then our losses will be great." Do you know? The media out there gave you a new nickname - 'Mace's lungs'. If you have a problem, our whole team can have a problem. ”

Chu Zhongtian has heard of this nickname, which is an affirmation of his role and status in the team, and he is not disgusted.

When the two men walked into the locker room side by side, they saw Menez standing alone in front of his closet changing clothes. At this time, there are a lot of people in the locker room, chatting in groups about topics of interest, such as where is the best nightclub, and whether the soap opera last night is good. It's no different from any other day, unless you lose the first day, you start training in such a relaxed atmosphere.

Only Menez stood alone in the corner of the locker room like an outsider, and no one came forward to talk to him.

It's like a foreign player who doesn't know French for the first time in the team. Chu Zhongtian remembered what he looked like when he was just loaned to the Metz team.

From the bottom of his heart, he felt a glimmer of sympathy for this nasty ghost.

Ribery also saw that Menez, his position was a little far away from Chu Zhongtian, not even a direction, he patted Chu Zhongtian on the shoulder, let him have good luck, and walked to his locker.

Chu Zhongtian walked towards Menez.

Everyone in the locker room was chatting, but when they saw this scene, they all gradually quieted down, and their eyes followed Chu Zhongtian.

Chu Zhongtian secretly scolded his group of teammates in his heart, continue to talk about your heavens. Why are you looking at me? Isn't that more embarrassing?

Although he promised Mr. Fernandez to help Menez integrate into the team, he has not yet figured out how to do it. Now I can only take one step at a time, slowly understand what kind of person Menez is, and then prescribe the right medicine.

The first step starts with a greeting.

Chu Zhongtian still remembers that when he first arrived at the team, he couldn't understand French, but Ribery would greet him in a large number of muttering dialects every day when he saw him, and this incident impressed him deeply, because in an unfamiliar environment, if someone took the initiative to greet him, it was very heartwarming. The reason why he stood up to comfort Ribery when he was criticized by the media was also because of the meaning of "reciprocating the peach".

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Menez is changing his clothes, his training uniform is almost finished, everyone is chatting, but he is not interested in those boring topics, what nightclubs, what soap operas, no wonder this team is relegated every year. The players are only concerned about these superficial things, how can the team improve? If not let. Mr. Fernandez is here to teach, so he won't be here! He's going to Monaco, he's going to Marseille, he's going to Bordeaux, and in those teams he's going to have the opportunity to play in Europe, he's going to get more opportunities to work and improve.

It's just that now he has some doubts about his original decision, he came to Metz because there is Mr. Fernandez, but Mr. Fernández did not give him any special treatment, but relegated him to the second team. When he was in Sochaux, he was a talent and the focus of everyone's attention, playing 24 games last season, he originally thought that this season would be the beginning of his take-off, able to play all 38 Ligue 1 games, the domestic media rushed to report his excellent performance, maybe there is a chance to be selected for the French national team, participate in the World Cup in Germany.

But looking at Metz now, if this situation continues, he has no hope of being called up to the national team before the World Cup......

The thought of all this mess made him feel upset.

It was then that he heard a man say to him, "Good morning, Jeremy. ”

Menez didn't react at first, thinking that the voice was just greeting the others. Then I remembered that he seemed to be the only one in the Metz team called "Jeremy......

He turned around and saw Chu Zhongtian standing in front of him, smiling.

Chu Zhongtian's sudden attack made him a little overwhelmed.

"Ah......h Good morning...... Clear. ”

Chu Zhongtian smiled at him, and then began to change his clothes.

Menez was still expecting Chu Zhongtian to have something to do, but he didn't say a word. He sat next to him and was silent.

Watching the two people just say hello to each other, there is nothing lively to see. Soon there was a buzz in the dressing room, the sound of chatting, and the sound of music mingling, and everything was business as usual.

In fact, Chu Zhongtian didn't mean to snub Menez, or put up a fight, he really didn't know what to say. If you talk to Menez, he doesn't even know the topics that Menez is usually interested in, and his hobbies are not clear, so how do you start? In the UK, you can also start with the weather, but in France? Start by complaining?

It seems that it is not a matter of a few words to help Menez integrate into the team, forget it, take your time......

Chu Zhongtian sighed in his heart.

(To be continued)