Chu Zhongtian sat in the brightly lit classroom, and the teacher was talking about the prospects of their profession on the podium. Murdoch (rupert_murdoch) used it as an example -- they studied print and digital media. But he found himself a little absent-minded, and in June, July and August, for three whole months, he was immersed in football, and now he can't fully take it back. Although people sit in the classroom, their hearts are still on the football field.

Two days ago he was a player playing in the mixed county league and enjoyed the cheers of thousands of people in the stands. Today, he is a student who sits in the classroom and listens honestly. It's like a battle-hardened soldier who has just retreated from the battlefield filled with gunsmoke and shouts of killing, and returned to live the life of an ordinary peasant in a peaceful and quiet village...... Yang Yang returned to the apartment the day before yesterday and paid attention to the "Chinese Derby" that had been hyped by the Chinese media for a long time, and said to Chu Zhongtian in disappointment that fortunately he didn't go to watch the game, but went to watch Chu Zhongtian's game. The so-called "Chinese Derby" was boring to death, and Li Tie was replaced after only twenty-four minutes of the game. It is clear that the British do not care about the feelings of the Chinese at all, and Chinese football has no place here. They may not have heard of such a thing as a "Chinese derby", and Moyes will not let Li Tie sleepwalk on the field for 90 minutes in order to take care of the mood of Chinese fans. It is said that Li Tie's performance in that game was very bad and very tired, and he was completely two people from the "Tiezi" who couldn't run before. So in the opening 24 minutes, Moyes replaced him with Linderot.

Later, the domestic media was not too embarrassed to continue to hype this "Chinese derby", the 24-minute "Chinese derby" is not the pride of Chinese football, but can barely be regarded as the shame of Chinese football. It's a shame that we Chinese treat things that people don't care about at all...... Chu Zhongtian retracted his thoughts, looked down at the watch on his wrist, and it was four twenty in the afternoon. By this time, Wimbledon had already started twenty minutes into the match against Southall. I don't know what the situation is?

At noon, he met Emily on campus, and Emily said that she was going to skip class to watch the game, and that he couldn't do anything so dashing, so he could only wish the team a victory away from home. Sure enough, he didn't see Emily in the school all afternoon.

Before the start of the lesson, he met Russell and Borger in the hallway of the school building, and the three Wimbledon players who were unable to go to the game had a casual chat, but they did not leave the afternoon game. Chu Zhongtian could clearly sense that Russell and Borger were absent-minded about the afternoon class, and they even wanted to skip class to participate in the competition. But the list of players has already been reported, and they are now rushing over to be spectators in the stands - and they have to buy tickets. Chu Zhongtian believed that they would not be honest for long...... Listening to Russell, Sosar is not a team that is too strong, and if Wimbledon plays normally, it should not be a problem to win. This made Chu Zhongtian feel a little relieved.

It cannot be said that Chu Zhongtian's student life is boring. At least in his class, there were two Wimbledon fans, which made Chu Zhongtian have to sigh "The world is so small".

At this moment, the two fans were sitting around Chu Zhongtian, separated by a narrow aisle, and they could talk to him on one side of their bodies.

"Hey, Chu. Do you think you can win today's game? "The bald fat man on the left is Charles. Philip, he tilted his body and lowered his voice and asked Chu Zhongtian, who was sitting on his right. They've only known each other for less than a day, but because of football, because of Wimbledon, they're now like old friends for many years.

In fact, they had already seen Chu Zhongtian, and it was in the stands of the King's Ranch. It's just that they didn't expect that the "Asian" player who wore the No. 8 jersey and couldn't run on the field would be their college classmate, and he was in the same class.

"It should be no problem...... "In fact, Chu Zhongtian didn't know if he could win, he didn't even know what color the opponent was wearing, how could he know if his team could win?"

"Charles, your question is all nonsense! Wimbledon must win! "Sitting in front of Chu Zhongtian, wearing a blue and yellow Wimbledon jersey, the black man is named Joseph. Kenny, he turned back to Charles, who had little confidence in his team. Philip shook his fist and quickly retracted.

"Don't look like you're lacking in confidence!" Joseph. Kenny was honest for less than five seconds, and then quickly turned around and turned to Charles. Philip said.

The two of them were good friends, and they were before they met Chu Zhongtian. Because they are neighbors and grew up together. Good thing Philip wasn't a racist...... "Hey, I just...... It's just a pity that I can't go to Wimbledon to see Sosar slaughtered by Wimbledon! Charles retorted.

"But I'm sure, if Chu goes, we will definitely win!" He added.

This phrase got Joseph. Kenny agreed, and he turned to look at Chu Zhongtian and gave him a thumbs up: "You are the best defensive midfielder I have ever seen!" I've watched you a lot of games and as long as you're there, our defence is safe most of the time! ”

Chu Zhongtian didn't think he was as good as they said: "Even if I'm here, we will still lose the ball and lose the game......"

"That's not your responsibility, Chu. There are times when we're unlucky, and defending isn't a one-man affair and you shouldn't be the one to take responsibility for...... Other times, I felt that our offensive approach was too one-dimensional. Kenny said seriously.

It's really a fan who understands the ball, and Wimbledon's biggest problem he said in one word.

"Russell's skills are good, but relying on him alone, the opponent will figure out how to deal with him sooner or later."

"In fact, it's been studied." Charles. Philip interjected next to him. "Look at the last game, if it weren't for Chu's beautiful over-the-top transfer, which penetrated the opponent's defense and helped the team score first. It's hard to say what the final score will be. As long as our opponent shrinks into the box, we can't do anything......"

"Ah, speaking of that pass, it's beautiful...... To be honest, I didn't even see in the stands that there could be a breakthrough, how did you see it, Chu? ”

I don't know if it's the first time someone has asked the same question. After the game the day before yesterday, when he was working at the Dons Bar yesterday, almost all the drinkers who came would ask him "Chu, how did you see that ball?" while asking for a pint of beer? "Such a question.

Chu Zhongtian's answer didn't know how many times he had said it, he opened his mouth and came: "Intuition." ”

Suddenly, Charles and Joseph, two rookies, looked at Chu Zhongtian with a look of reverence. Chu Zhongtian, a Chinese, became more and more mysterious and profound in their eyes.

"That's amazing!"

"Chu is awesome!"

"I know that when you play at a high level, you have a feeling of incomprehension, and that's your gut feeling!"

The two men gave heartfelt compliments.

The lecturer who was talking about it earlier saw that the three people over there were chatting unscrupulously, and he knocked on the blackboard: "I said the three gentlemen over there." While I don't mind you guys chatting in my class, can you please keep your voice down? ”

When the students in the classroom heard the teacher say this, they burst into laughter.

Amid the laughter, both Joseph and Charles turned their heads in embarrassment, sat up straight, and did not dare to speak again.

Chu Zhongtian smiled. This scene reminded him of his high school student life, which was also so free. Now that I think about it, I have been in London for a year, and I haven't been in touch with my classmates in high school, and I haven't gone home this summer, I really don't know how they are now...... ※※※After finishing the day's classes, Chu Zhongtian walked out of the teaching building with a schoolbag and a football in his arms. Kenny and Philip stopped him from behind, and they excitedly said, "Kick the ball, Chu?" "They want to play together.

Chu Zhongtian looked at the football in his hand and knew that he had misunderstood. He shook his head, "Not really. I went to work. ”

"Going to work with a football?" Kenny's eyes widened in surprise. "What kind of work, so cool? Introduce me too! ”

"No, I'm going to send an order to Mike China. Practice your ball control skills on the way. Chu Zhongtian pointed to the football in his hand and said.

Kenny and Philip were taken aback, they didn't expect Chu Zhongtian to do this.

The two of them were stunned for a moment before they reacted, and they shook their heads at the same time: "We usually play football, and we think we play well." Now we know why some people can play in regular league games when we can only play occasionally in Sunday leagues......"

Philip even thought of yesterday's game: "Yesterday's pass requires a lot of control of the ball, is that how you practiced, Chu?" ”

Chu Zhongtian is not a very modest person, he can even appear a little arrogant where he is confident, but he will not lie. He shook his head: "I'm just starting to practice." "The day before yesterday in the game, he was surprised that the ball was so accurate, if it is intuitive to know where to pass the ball, then being able to pass it accurately has nothing to do with intuition, it is a test of his own skills. He knows what his passing skills are, and his passing on the ground is generally good, but not in the air. Yesterday he was able to pass a ball like that, and he can only blame it on good luck.

He didn't get a chance to try again, and he didn't know if he would be able to make another pass like that.

But the benefits of practicing on the ball, he did experience it in the game. In the face of the number 14's close pressing and interference, he has much more control of the ball, and can observe the situation on the field while controlling the ball. He also has more confidence in possession of the ball in confrontational situations. And that's just the result of the practice, wouldn't it be better if you practiced consistently over the years?

So Chu Zhongtian now even came to school with a football from where he lived, so that Yang Yang couldn't go with him. Yang Yang took the bus three stops to school every day, while Chu Zhongtian slowly ran on the road with the ball alone. Running from the Dons Bar to the Kings Ranch that day gave me a different feeling - controlling the ball with a lot of physical exertion, which was much more difficult than simple ball control exercises. When people are tired, even if they are simply running, they will feel that they can't move their legs, let alone carry a football under their feet. He has to be careful not to kick the ball too far, then he loses control of the ball, and it is impossible to say where the ball will roll, and he has to speed up to chase the ball, which is more physically demanding. If you use too little force and too much caution, you will let the football get too close to your feet, so it is easy to trip yourself, and when the time comes, you will lose control of the ball, not to mention that you will have to fall on. Wrestling on the street, in front of so many people, is not a good experience. And forcibly reducing one's speed to dribble the ball is actually more physically demanding.

Chu Zhongtian said goodbye to the two new friends who had become friends because of football, threw the football to the ground, and slowly ran out of the campus with the football in the strange rhythm in the eyes of Kenny and Philip.

Kenny looked at Chu Zhongtian's back and learned to do it himself.

Buckle two steps, dial two steps.

He straightened up and asked Philip beside him, "That's it, can you really pass a ball like that?" It's too easy, do you still need to practice? ”

Philip said very profoundly: "The simpler the more important." You don't know that? No wonder you can only play in Sunday League! ”

Kenny stretched out his hand in front of Philip and made a gesture of opening and closing, a gesture that signified that a person was talking. "You're no better, regular substitute for Sunday League!"

※※※Chu Zhongtian heard about the results of this game when he was working at the Dons Bar at night.

0:0, without Russell, Borger and his own Wimbledon, they drew with Sosar away from home. This is the team's first draw since its formation, and it can be regarded as "historic".

According to the elder Bent, without the three of them, Eames was mainly tied on the road, so the result was not disappointing. It's just that for the fans, they still want to see a win, especially after just a 3-1 match, and everyone's emotions are mobilized.

"Without you on the court, I suddenly feel a lot less fun, Chu ......" Finally, Old Bent raised his glass to Chu Zhongtian and said slightly drunk. Another pint of stout. ”

"What am I having fun with?" Chu Zhongtian took his cup and asked casually.

"I'll be looking forward to seeing what else you can do unexpectedly...... For example, the pass in the game the day before yesterday...... Hey! Old Bent laughed.

Chu Zhongtian himself also had some expectations, and he wanted to see if he could make such a pass in the game.

That night, Chu Zhongtian didn't see Emily until the bar closed. She just asked Boss John to bring a sentence: "Sure enough, there is no Chu, it won't work." ”

After saying this, Colin. John smiled and said to Chu Zhongtian, "Our Princess Dons is very optimistic about you, Chu. ”

"Ha......" Chu Zhongtian didn't know what to say, he could only smile.

The next day at school, Chu Zhongtian met Emily. Emily looked very happy to see him.

"I watched yesterday's game, and without you, we had to put too much force and energy into the defense, and we couldn't attack at all." As soon as Emily saw him, she talked about yesterday's game. "It's a shame you can't go, otherwise we could have won two in a row...... You know, it's been six rounds since the league started, and we've never won two games in a row! ”

Chu Zhongtian didn't want the team to lose, but he was still a little proud of finding that his role in the team was so important.

"Are you going for Saturday's game, Chu?" Emily asked.

"Of course." Chu Zhongtian said. 'I really want to play now, I really want to.'

Emily laughed.

"I'd love to see you play, too." She said to Chu Zhongtian. Then she pointed to the football at Chu Zhongtian's feet. "Did you practice when you were in school?"

Chu Zhongtian nodded.

Emily looked at him for a moment before she said, "You're working so hard, aren't you really going to think about going down the path of professional football?" ”

Chu Zhongtian shook his head: "I just think that if you want to do something, you have to do it seriously." It's nothing to do with professional football, Emily. I just want to finish my studies and play well for Wimbledon for all three seasons at the same time. ”

Emily pouted, "It's disappointing. The thought that in three years we will be separated......"

When Chu Zhongtian saw her like this, he felt funny: "There is a saying in China: There is no banquet in the world that will not be dispersed. This means that there is no such thing as a reunion that will never be separated. Now that technology is so developed, there are mobile phones and networks, if you want to get in touch, no matter how far away it is, it is not a problem. ”

Emily shrugged, then raised her hands and patted Chu Zhongtian's shoulders hard: "I hope after we separate, you can still remember me, Chu." ”

"I don't think I'll forget you, Emily." Who will forget the beauty?

Hearing Chu Zhongtian say this, Emily became happy again: "I won't forget you either, Chinese boy!" ”

Then she waved her hand: "Goodbye, Chu." I'll cheer you on Saturday's game! ”

Chu Zhongtian waved to her, and then watched her walk into the teaching building.

The three years of studying abroad in the UK are destined to be boring. Because he had football to play and made many friends he hadn't known before, Emily would surely be the most special of all. She studied theater acting, and it must be a wonderful feeling if she could see that familiar and beautiful face on the big screen in the future...... Hey, I know this star! I was a classmate with her, and we had a good relationship at that time!

(To be continued)