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Ribery, who was trying to show himself in order to be able to go to the World Cup, received a text message from Chu Zhongtian. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Finally got a chance to play you in an official match, ha!"

Ribery was surprised for a moment, and then remembered that they were going to play a warm-up match against the Chinese team on June 7. Could it be that Chu was selected for the national team?

He sent this question over and got a positive answer from Chu Zhongtian.

"Congratulations, Chu! But I'm not going to release water in the game! ”

Chu Zhongtian did not go back after receiving Ribery's text message. The Chinese team is in Switzerland.

He didn't expect to be back so soon after leaving France, and he was looking forward to seeing him face Ribery on the pitch.

However, this may not necessarily happen.

In training, Chu Zhongtian found that Zheng Zhi was the core of the midfield in the team, and the team's tactics revolved around him, and he was positioned as a newcomer - how could a newcomer seek to usurp the throne as soon as he came up?

Chu Zhongtian is very aware of the phenomenon of seniority within the national team, so he is not dissatisfied, anyway, the team does not have any major competitions to produce results at present, he is still young and can afford to wait.

In addition to training, Chu Zhongtian does not have many friends in the national team, and it can even be said that there are almost none. First of all, he is a newcomer, and secondly, he does not have any faction and does not belong to any small gang. Naturally, there are no people who have been in close contact with each other.

He lives in the same room with Dong Fangzhuo, and the two have been compared by the Chinese media, calling them the hope for the future of Chinese football. Now Chu Zhongtian is obviously a little better than Dong Fangzhuo, although Dong Fangzhuo just scored eighteen goals in last season's second league and won the top scorer in the regular season. It is also confirmed that he will represent the team in South Africa this summer. But Chu Zhongtian is now the main core of the Ligue 1 team, which level is higher than Ligue 1 and B, needless to say, anyone with a normal IQ knows it. And Chu Zhongtian already has a team honor - the French Cup champion, which Dong Fangzhuo can't compare.

Because he lives in the same room with Dong Fangzhuo, the former Dalian player can be regarded as the person who Chu Zhongtian has the most contact. The two of them occasionally talked about some topics about football, and Chu Zhongtian could feel that this player, who was one year younger than him, was a little envious of his current situation, but he was just covering it up.

Other times, Dong Fangzhuo was not a chatter, and he was quite silent in the room. However, among the players in the Northeast, he will be a little more active. In the evening, he would go to the room where the Northeast players were, and Chu Zhongtian didn't go anywhere, just texted Emily in his room, or talked on the phone.

He has just entered the national team, and he is not very comfortable with this environment. In addition, Chu Zhongtian himself is actually a little arrogant - he feels that his strength and reputation are not lower than the players of the current national football team, and he is really reluctant to let him take the initiative to make friends with them. Unless someone takes the initiative to get to know him, it's pretty much ...... So in the team he seems to be a bit of a maverick.

From the training, Chu Zhongtian knew that it was impossible for him to start in the game against Switzerland, and on the day before the game, he really did not enter the starting list. Zheng Zhi is the core of the midfield of the current national team, and there are mature tactics around his team, and Zhu Suishen will not change the tactics that have been running in for more than a year for the sake of a Chu Zhongtian.

Chu Zuosheng and Zhou Xiaoxiang were originally sitting in front of the TV, ready to watch their son's first game for the national team, but Chu Zhongtian did not start, which disappointed the two of them. Zhou Xiaoxiang even angrily scolded the national team for being shady and looking down on people. "My son's level threw them a few streets! Why don't you let my son start? ”

After watching the games with her husband for more than a season, Zhou Xiaoxiang gradually became more and more like. At least I know that the national football team stinks, which is the sign of entry.

I believe that many Chinese fans have always thought that Switzerland is a second-rate team in Europe before this game, and the Chinese team should be able to draw with Switzerland.

As a result, Switzerland told the Chinese fans who watched the game in front of the TV that although they are not the best in Europe, they are more than enough to beat the Chinese team at the bottom of Asia.

By the 73rd minute, they had scored four goals in the gate guarded by Chinese goalkeeper Li Leilei.

In the seventy-fifth minute, Chu Zhongtian replaced Zheng Zhi on the stage. He wore the number 39 jersey in his first game for the Chinese national team, and the number 8 jersey he liked belonged to Li Tie.

The commentator was excited when Chu Zhongtian appeared - the Chinese team was beaten without temper before, which made the CCTV commentator always weak, and would only repeat that "there is indeed a huge gap between Chinese football and European football".

"One of the most successful representatives of Chinese overseas players, Chu Zhongtian has appeared! He's in the same position as Zheng Zhi, playing in the middle of the midfield, and his presence may change the attacking ...... of the Chinese team."

The fact is that Chu Zhongtian's appearance did not reverse the decline of the Chinese team, after all, he trained with the team for a week, and he was completely unfamiliar with his teammates, so there was no tacit understanding at all.

In terms of understanding of football, he is indeed several levels above his teammates in the national team. Many times his passes are completely uncatchable, if only on the surface it is Chu Zhongtian's bad pass, but in fact, if these balls are put in Metz, they will be caught without exception, and they can pose a threat to the opponent's goal. But his football consciousness was incomprehensible to the players of the Chinese team, so that all the balls he passed were wasted - this is called the so-called "waste expression".

Chu Zhongtian also realized this problem, and he began to reduce the kind of balls that needed to be passed in advance, because the result of his passing was just out of bounds again and again, and he would be considered incompetent. The team-mates in the national team are completely different from their teammates in Metz, and the people here play the ball standing up, standing in place after passing the ball, or moving in a small area, and never try to venture into a new area. The Metz players, on the other hand, are running and playing, not just Metz, but all the teams in Ligue 1. They take it for granted that they continue to run after passing the ball, and for Chinese players, they can't understand it, or they can understand it but don't bother to do it.

After Chu Zhongtian realized the problem, he only passed the kind of ball that was very good to catch, but meaningless - the pass could be passed to the feet of his teammates, and it was not difficult to catch it, but it basically helped little for offensive advancement.

The only person who can cooperate with Chu Zhongtian is Dong Fangzhuo, who is in the same room as him, because he has been playing in Europe and receiving the influence of European football, so his understanding of football is not the same as that of ordinary Chinese players, and he can fit in with Chu Zhongtian.

In the ninety-first minute, after Chu Zhongtian got the ball on the left side of the midfield, he did not pass the ball step by step as before, but suddenly picked up a pass into the penalty area. At this time, Dong Fangzhuo happened to enter the penalty area diagonally from outside the penalty area, jumped up and shook his head, and pushed Chu Zhongtian's pass into the net.

"Good shot!" The CCTV commentator shouted. "Dong Fangzhuo is beautiful, and Chu Zhongtian is also beautiful!"

This was a face-saving goal for the Chinese team, and it could not change the reality of their big loss.

After the game, the media still praised Chu Zhongtian's performance. Even the Swiss commentator said that there is only one person in the Chinese team who can maintain his composure and play normally under the fierce pressure of the Swiss players, and that person is Chu Zhongtian.

The Chinese media believe that after two seasons of tempering in Metz, Chu Zhongtian's level has improved significantly - in fact, this is, what Chu Zhongtian's previous level was, they don't know at all. They just think that Chu Zhongtian has played in the amateur team for two seasons before, so the level must not be as good as now.

There are also media calls for the next game against France, and coach Zhu Suishen should give Chu Zhongtian more playing time: "...... He had an assist in fifteen minutes, so what if he was allowed to start? No one in the Chinese team is more familiar with the French team than him, and he has played against many players in the French national team in the league for a long time, and even has a teammate - Frank. Ribery. I think Chu Zhongtian's start against France will definitely give us more surprises. ”

Although the media said so, Zhu Suishen obviously had his own considerations, so Chu Zhongtian was still sitting on the bench in the game with the French team.

Match with the French team in Saint-Etienne Gio Firoli. Quicard Stadium. The stadium is not unfamiliar to Chu Zhongtian, as he used to follow Metz to play league games with Saint-Etienne.

French President Jacques Chirac also came to cheer for the French team in this game, and he also specifically mentioned Chu Zhongtian in an interview with Chinese media before the game. "The first time I saw him was on the pitch of the French Cup final, he impressed me, I heard he was here too? I hope to see him play when the time comes. ”

Being remembered by the French president, Chu Zhongtian has already made many people envious. Of course, in this game, Chu Zhongtian made his national team teammates envious or jealous of many things.

For example, in a stand, there is a portrait of a French fan holding up a portrait of Chu Zhongtian, and the words around the portrait read: "Chu is the king of Metz!" ”

This group of fans are obviously Metz people, they came to see the French team's game, but they also came to see Chu Zhongtian's game. Chu Zhongtian's status in Metz is now quite high, on par with Ribery, and in a sense even higher than Ribery. And he is also the only person in the Chinese national team who can be called by the French fans in the stands.

And that's not all. In the pre-game warm-up, Ribery ran up and took the initiative to greet Chu Zhongtian, and the two got together and chatted a few words in French, and then Ribery introduced Zidane to Chu Zhongtian!

When the players of the Chinese team just ran onto the court to prepare for the warm-up, they were all surprised to see that Chu Zhongtian, who came out in advance, was chatting with Zidane, the No. 10 of the French team and the king of France, not to mention how envious they were...... Judging from their expressions, the two of them talked happily, and the short man standing next to them seemed to be Ribery, a teammate with Chu Zhongtian in the club.

They chatted for a few words, and Zidane patted Chu Zhongtian on the shoulder and walked away with Ribery.

Only then did Chu Zhongtian turn around and go to the half of the Chinese team to warm up.

Dong Fangzhuo was the first Chinese player to come up and ask Chu Zhongtian what he had talked about with Zidane.

"It's nothing, they asked me how I'm doing and encouraged me to play well." Chu Zhongtian shrugged his shoulders and said - after living in the West for five years, his movements and expressions have gradually become Westernized.

The actual content is that Ribery introduced Chu Zhongtian to Zidane, and then Zidane took the initiative to talk about Chu Zhongtian in Metz.

'You played well in Metz. Let. Mr. Fernandez is a very good coach and you are lucky to be able to follow him. ”

Then he gave Chu Zhongtian some advice from a football perspective: "You should work hard to improve your skills, excellent skills can help you deal with those pressing defenses. ”

In the end, Zidane patted Chu Zhongtian on the shoulder: "Do a good job, you are still young, Chu." ”

Being able to get the guidance of this legendary master on the spot, Chu Zhongtian didn't expect it. Ribery winked at him as he left, and he gave Ribery a thumbs up and thanked him.

The conversation with Zidane made many people in the national team look at Chu Zhongtian completely differently...... Zidane's status in international football, they all know that there are people in the national team who have played against Zidane - in the summer of 2003 and the summer of 2005 at Real Madrid's trip to China, but they will never have the opportunity to let Zidane talk to them so intimately. The Frenchman was actually a bit arrogant.

As soon as the game began, the French commentator noticed that Chu Zhongtian was not in the starting list, and began to complain for Chu Zhongtian: "Chu is the only player in the Chinese team today who plays in the top European league, French Metz!" But I did sit on the bench today...... The decision of the Chinese coach is really incomprehensible - the best player in their team is a substitute ......"

Not long after the start of the match with the French team, Zheng Zhi, who started the game, was in a scramble with Cisse, resulting in a fracture of Cisse's calf and an injury.

This sudden accident made Gio Philori. The atmosphere in the Quikad stadium suddenly changed - boos erupted...... France then missed a penalty when Zinedine Zidane slipped on the sole of his foot and shot the ball high.

In the 30th minute, France scored a goal through Trezeguet to take a 1-0 lead.

After that, the French team played a little carelessly, and their legendary coordination rhythm was too slow to penetrate the Chinese team's defense. In this game, Zhu Suishen's strategy was to defend and counterattack, requiring the team to stabilize the defense first.

China equalized in the second half. Zheng Zhi broke through on the right side of the penalty area and was tripped by Abidal, the referee awarded a penalty, and Zheng Zhi personally hit it, 1:1.

In the seventy-fifth minute, Zhu Suishen once again replaced the physically exhausted Zheng Zhi with Chu Zhongtian, and coincidentally, on the French team's side, a substitution adjustment was also made at the same time - Ribery replaced Vieira.

Two men stood side by side on the sidelines, waiting for the fourth official to hold up a sign.

Ribery winked at Chu Zhongtian: "What a coincidence, you are also there." "He hadn't forgotten the joke yet.

"Yes, I didn't expect you to be here too......" Chu Zhongtian also joked. Being able to be a rival with his friends, he was in a good mood today.

"Also, thank you." He was referring to Zidane's business.

"Thanks for what? I thank you for having Emily come to our house. You don't know, after Emily came, Vahiba was happy for days. ”

The fourth official held up the sign and changed the players of the home team, France. Ribery and Chu Zhongtian high-fived, and the person he replaced was Vieira.

Then Chu Zhongtian also came on the field and replaced Zheng Zhi. After Zheng Zhi and Chu Zhongtian high-fived, they walked back to the bench out of breath.

After the French commentator saw Chu Zhongtian appear, the performance was the same as that of the Chinese commentator - excited.

The entire Chinese team put aside the information, he is most familiar with Chu Zhongtian, can he not be excited?

"Wow! It's Chu! It's a familiar face, and I remember those two goals in the French Cup final, haha! He is the most dangerous player in the Chinese team, and our people must keep a strict eye on him! ”

Originally, because of Cisse's broken leg, French fans did not have a good impression of the Chinese players, so as soon as the Chinese team players, especially Zheng Zhi, took the ball, there was a burst of boos in the stands. But Chu Zhongtian's appearance changed the situation, and there was a burst of applause against Chu Zhongtian in the stands.

Zhu Suishen's task to Chu Zhongtian was to strengthen the Chinese team's attack while defending. So Chu Zhongtian had a one-on-one opportunity to his idol.

The first time, Zidane easily shook him off and then passed the ball out.

The second time, Chu Zhongtian used a foul to stop Zidane. After he pushed Zidane to the ground, he reached out and pulled Zidane up.

For the third time, Zidane did not let Chu Zhongtian have a chance to steal, and passed the ball to Ribery in advance.

Facing this legendary figure, Chu Zhongtian was completely at a disadvantage. But he's not frustrated, he's having fun playing against the best players in the world, and only by playing against such opponents can he continue to improve. To be honest, Chu Zhongtian felt that after Mace's second season, his progress was slower than before, which may have something to do with it.

Of course, Chu Zhongtian didn't just defend against Zidane, he first used a reasonable position to grab Henry's ball, and then protected the ball in front of Henry. Later, he used a very vicious tackle to put Ribery on the ball to the ground, Ribery fell down and his movements were exaggerated, Chu Zhongtian hurriedly waved his hand to the referee to indicate that he had not fouled, and then he ran to Ribery and said to him: "Don't pretend, Frank." If you want to pretend again, I'll be there next time! ”

Ribery hurriedly jumped up from the ground, and then patted Chu Zhongtian's head: "I don't want to be that unlucky guy of Cisse...... You killer! ”

Although Ribery jumped up on his own, the referee still showed Chu Zhongtian a yellow card, which was his first yellow card in the national team.

After seeing the referee show Chu Zhongtian's card, the TV broadcast camera captured the sly smile on Ribery's face and Chu Zhongtian's helpless expression.

The French narrator, who knew the relationship between the two of them, laughed. "They were teammates in Metz, but now they're enemies, well done, Frank!"

The final result of the match against France was a 3-1 loss to France, with France's last two goals coming in the final moments of the game, and both related to Franck Francis. First of all, Ribery crossed near the bottom line on the left side, Wang Yun made a mistake in clearing the middle of the penalty area, and the football hit the outside of his right foot, drawing an arc and hanging into the upper left corner of the goal, goalkeeper Li Leilei could only look at the ball and sigh.

A minute later, it was Ribery again. Henry passed directly to Ribery, Ribery broke through and formed a single knife, Li Leilei rushed out of the penalty area to clear, Ribery stabbed the football back to Henry before him, Henry scored directly into the empty goal, 3:1.

After the game, many Chinese players wanted to exchange jerseys with the players of the world champion French team, but many French players refused their request, and only Chu Zhongtian successfully exchanged jerseys with Zidane.

Originally, Ribery wanted to exchange jerseys with Chu Zhongtian, but Chu Zhongtian waved his hand at him and went straight to Zidane, so angry that he rolled his eyes behind him - I knew I wouldn't introduce you to each other!

Chu Zhongtian's last shock to the Chinese team came after the game, when French President Jacques Chirac suddenly visited the Chinese team's dressing room - something that had not been arranged before.

Chirac first had a brief chat with Zhu Suishen, the head coach of the Chinese team, and during the conversation, an interpreter accompanied him throughout the conversation, and everyone heard his sentence: "It's a pity that Chu didn't start." A group of people immediately shot their eyes at Chu Zhongtian, and Zhu Suishen was no exception, Chu Zhongtian could only pretend to be calm, pretending that he didn't care that the president was complaining about himself just now...... After communicating with Zhu Suishen, he chatted with the player representative, and he didn't choose anyone else, but went straight to Chu Zhongtian and patted him on the shoulder: "We meet again, Chinese boy." ”

"I didn't expect you to remember me, Mr. President."

"Of course, I remember your invitation to me, haha! Although you lost the game, you played okay, the only pity is that you played a little bit less, if you had started the game, we might not have won this game...... Ha! ”

The two of them communicate with each other, but there is no need for an interpreter. The players watched Chu Zhongtian and the French president communicate fluently in French, and they didn't know what it was like...... At least after Zheng Zhi saw this scene, he made up his mind in his heart that he would go abroad to play football no matter what, and he would never stay in China again!

Then President Chirac encouraged Chu Zhongtian to continue to play well and contribute to the football exchanges between China and France...... This is official talk, and Chu Zhongtian also nodded and agreed-in fact, he didn't know if he could do it himself.

After Chirac and Chu Zhongtian finished chatting, they waved goodbye to all the members of the Chinese team without communicating with other Chinese players.

After the French president left, Chu Zhongtian could clearly feel that his teammates looked at him differently. He was business as usual, not showing off what he had experienced tonight. Just take off Zidane's jersey and stuff it into his own backpack. It's a gift to cherish for a lifetime...... It was a great honor to have used Zidane's wardrobe and put on the jersey that Zidane worn.

After returning to the hotel room that day, Dong Fangzhuo and Chu Zhongtian, who were in the same room, talked a lot about playing football in Europe.

(To be continued)