Despite the game against Nancy, the team was full of injuries and some people were unable to play because of red cards, and Menez did not wait for his chance. He was still left out of the squad for such an important match.

When Fernandez announced the decision to Menez, the disappointment on Menez's face could be clearly seen. Still, he gave Menez a homework assignment: "Look carefully at Chu's performance in the game and see how he runs and passes the ball. ”

Since Menez has arrogance, Fernandez is going to kill him fiercely.

If this arrogance is not killed, Menez will only experience success in the future, and will not be able to suffer setbacks and failures. But who has only succeeded and not failed in his life?

Throwing Menez at Metz, Fernandez led the team to Nancy.

From the day they arrived in Nancy, they felt the atmosphere of the derby.

When Menez was not selected for the squad, Ribery was still in the same room with Chu Zhongtian, and as a result, outside the hotel where they were staying, a group of extreme fans of Nancy had an all-night fight. At first, Mace went to the hotel to negotiate, but the hotel didn't care at all. Through this incident, they all saw Nancy's hatred for Metz.

The rest was not good, and the team yawned when they woke up in the morning. Seeing this situation, Fernandez simply announced that he would cancel the arrangement of going to the stadium for acclimatization training in the morning, and asked all the players to go back to their rooms after breakfast to continue to rest and make up for sleep.

During the day, the group of Nancy fans who had been making noise all night finally dispersed.

Although there is a lot of traffic outside the hotel, it is much better than deliberately created noise.

"This is the derby...... Huh—" Ribery yawned, and when he got out of bed, it was nearly twelve o'clock in the afternoon, and he still didn't seem to have slept well.

Chu Zhongtian is better than him, even the group of fans last night didn't make trouble for him, because he fell asleep listening to music with headphones on, and the fans were noisy, but they couldn't withstand the music with the volume turned on.

So in the morning he was the only one on the team who didn't continue to catch up on sleep in his room, he went to the gym provided by the hotel and did an hour of strength and conditioning training.

Then he found some local newspapers to read.

After the Metz players counter-attacked, the Nancy were not to be outdone. The media reported on the wounded battalion of Mace, and there were many exaggerations in their rhetoric, as if Mace couldn't even make up a full eleven men. But in reality? Chu Zhongnaïve didn't know what good such a report would do Nancy and let them let their guard down?

Of course, there were also Nancy players who responded to the remarks made by the Metz players.

For example, that Berencourt responded to Ribery's contempt for him and said: "He doesn't know me, but I know him, and I think this game will let him know about me." ”

After lunch together, in order not to make the players sleepy and sleepy, Fernandes did not allow any players to go back to their rooms to continue sleeping, but arranged to go to the gym for strength and endurance training, which was not very intense, mainly to let the players move their bodies and refresh themselves by the way.

Chu Zhongtian has preferential treatment, he doesn't have to participate in this training, because he has already practiced before. He sat alone in the hotel lobby, watching the reporters and fans outside. Both sides have at least twice as many people as in a normal match.

After six rounds, Metz has two wins, one draw and three losses, accumulating seven points and ranking 14th. Nancy, on the other hand, has only three points with one win and five losses, ranking second from the bottom. It's not a strong conversation, and it can attract so many people because it's a derby, and it's the hottest derby in all of France. It attracted not only the media in Lorraine, but also the media in France and other places, such as the national newspaper "Le Liga" and "French football".

In the face of such a situation, some people will feel nervous, but Chu Zhongtian will not.

The bigger the scene, the more energetic he became.

There are still five hours left in the match with Nancy, and Chu Zhongtian is already a little impatient.

As a taxi driver, Belmont can only occasionally go to the Holy Mountain Forion Stadium to watch the game, and he has nothing to do with the away game, more often he can only sit in his taxi, turn on the radio, and listen to the game.

This is not the first time he has "listened" to the derby on the radio. The last time was in the 2002-2003 season, when Messi was unfortunately relegated, playing two Lorraine derbies against Nancy in the second division, and those two derbies impressed him, because Metz not only managed to return to the first division that season, but also beat Nancy twice in the set, 2:1 away and 4:0 at home. Especially in that game at home, he went to watch it live. The four goals were all spectacular, and the team won heartily, and their arch-rivals Nancy were beaten by Metz's stormy attack.

Earlier in the 1999-2000 season, the two sides met twice and ended in a draw, one 2:2 and the other 0:0, which was so far away that Belmont's memory was blurred.

He had already planned that when the game was about to start, he would find a quiet place, park the car, and then sit in the car and listen to the broadcast intently.

In those 90 minutes, there was nothing more important than this derby.

The old man Le Goff slept until six o'clock in the afternoon and woke up, while his daughter was busy in the kitchen, preparing dinner for him. In fact, they usually don't have dinner so early, but today is very special, so Le Goff specially asked his daughter to prepare dinner for him in advance, so that he can finish early and sit in front of the TV to watch the game.

Today is derby day, such a hot game, how can he, as a die-hard fan of Metz, miss it?

After getting up, Le Goff washed up alone in the bathroom, and then came out and stood in front of a large wine cabinet as wide as a wall, with honeycomb compartments full of wine bottles, one bottle for each. But two of the compartments were empty and there was nothing in them.

He counted them, made sure they were correct, turned around and sat down on the couch and turned on the television. Pulling a thin blanket over his legs, he leaned back on the couch and began to watch TV.

The TV screen was playing a recap of the first game of the league, Bordeaux and Lyon, and in the end the two sides ended in a draw, with no one suffering a goal each.

After the recap, here is a preview of the rest of the league games in this round. Four games will be played at 7pm today, with the most eye-catching of them being Nancy's home game against Metz.

The host of the show is announcing in a passionate voice: "The hottest Lorraine derby is back!" ”

Le Goff followed with a roar: "Nancy die!" Ahaha! ”

Frightened his daughter, he ran out of the kitchen to see what was going on, just in time to see his dad laughing. She sighed helplessly and went back to the kitchen to get busy.

In China, CCTV had already negotiated with France's Canal+ TV when Chu Zhongtian and Metz confirmed the signing, and gave priority to providing Metz's game signals in the new season, so that Chinese fans and viewers could see Chu Zhongtian's game for the first time.

Lorraine derbies like Metz and Nancy, how could they not turn? Advertising for the match started two weeks ago.

Kang Jianbo, Chu Zuosheng and Zhou Xiaoxiang, as well as many other fans who like and follow Chu Zhongtian, are ready to stay up late to watch this game.

Looking forward to this game as soon as possible, there is not only one Chu Zhongtian.

※※※The game officially starts at 7 p.m., but the team has to leave for the stadium at 5 p.m. to prepare for the game.

On the way, except for Promans and Stephen. With the exception of Morisot (stéphane_morisot), a group of Metz players who have never played in a Lorraine derby, have a glimpse of how this derby is different from any game they have played before.

Everywhere the bus in which the Metz team went, it drew a chorus of boos from the Nancy fans on the side of the road. On the road, they were accompanied by Nancy fans who drove cars, and the people on the buses kept giving the middle fingers to the Metz players on the bus, or showing the Metz players their own threatening and abusive slogan banners and caricature portraits.

Chu Zhongtian even saw a cartoon aimed at himself - a player wearing the No. 8 jersey of Metz, with an obvious pigtail braid on the back of his head, was kneeling down to the Nancy player...... I don't know if the group of Nancy fans deliberately sarcastically ridiculed Chu Zhongtian for being from the Qing Dynasty, or did they think that there should still be a braid on the back of Chinese's head...... Judging from Chu Zhongtian's understanding of many Europeans, it should be the second reason.

In England, he met drinkers who thought the Chinese were still engaged in the Cultural Revolution, and it was not surprising to meet a group of French people who thought that the Chinese were still under Manchu rule.

But Chu Zhongtian clenched his fists, he had to give this group of arrogant French a little bit of power. Let them know that the days when the Chinese dragged a pig's tail and were called the "sick man of East Asia" are long gone.

Kneel? I don't know who kneels to whom for a while! Nancy's bastards!

※※※ Two hours before the start of the game, Nancy's home stadium Marcel. Pique's Stadium (stade_marcel_picot) is almost full. If it's a normal game, then the fans will start to enter...... The stadium can accommodate 20,087 people, and according to Xu Xiaodi's visual inspection, it is basically completely full, and there are no empty seats.

In fact, Xu Xiaodi's visual inspection was still very accurate, because according to official statistics afterwards, Marcel . There were 20,000 and 52 people at Pique's Stadium, and there were only 35 empty places, which could be considered full.

Because considering that the fans of both sides have always had a feud, for safety reasons, the Nancy club only provided Metz fans with 800 fans.

This caused discontent among Metz fans and the club Metz. They thought there were too few tickets for Metz. The stadium, which can accommodate 20,000 people, only allows 800 Metz fans, which is obviously intended to create a completely away feeling for the Metz team.

Both the Metz club and the Metz Fans' Association have protested like the Nancy club.

Nancy's explanation for this is that there are some racists among the Metz fans, who can only give so many tickets for the sake of safety. "I'm not saying that all Metz fans are football hooligans, of course we have extreme fans, but we're only a minority. And the Metz team has a large number of football hooligans who can affect the image of the whole group. ”

The president of the Nancy Club, Jacques Brown. Russet's (jacques_rousselot) words angered the club and the fans. Officials of the French Football Federation also felt that Russet's remarks were ill-conceived, and that he did not say them "out of security concerns" at all, but instead added fuel to the fire of the already tense derby.

Molinari, the president of the Metz club, countered: "For me, the fans of Metz are the safest and best fans in the world! ”

The biggest news before the game was the verbal battle between the two clubs, but the "exchange of greetings" between the players was a bit of a small thing. Both sides claim that their fans are the loveliest people in the world, while the opposing fans are the most hateful people in the world.

In fact, the butts of the fans of both clubs are not clean, and both Metz and Nancy fans have a bad record of bad behavior in the newspapers, such as tearing down chairs and smashing opposing fans, singing racist songs, lighting plastic seats during games, and setting off fireworks...... In the end, after the strong protest of the Metz club, the Nancy club decided to increase the number of Metz fans to 200 tickets, so that the number of Metz fans who could go to the stadium increased to 1,000.

But this is still not enough. You must know that in a normal game, there are as many as 2,000 Metz fans who travel with the team to the away game, and considering that this is a derby, that number should at least double.

Now Nancy has only given a thousand tickets and the Metz team will play in Marcel. The Pique Stadium is under intense pressure from 19,000 home fans. Considering it's a derby, the pressure could be doubled.

When the Metz players ran out to warm up, they felt the "enthusiasm" of the Nancy fans.

When they saw the Metz players on the pitch, the Nancy fans in the stands booed them, and then went on to curse: "Metz idiots! Have your asses been washed?! ”

"Today I want you to regret why you weren't directly relegated last season!"

"Don't underestimate us, we're going to beat you up!"

"We're back! The kings of Lorraine are us! ”

In the face of the tsunami of abuse and boos from the Nancy fans, the Metz fans, who were only 1,000 people, also fought back, scolding the Nancy players: "You coward, you can only talk in the newspapers!" I'm sure your oral work must be good, right?! Come on, uncle, I have a big thick and long sausage, come and lick it for me! ”

It's a pity that their voices were too quiet, and they were quickly drowned out by a new round of scolding from Nancy's players.

The boos all over the sky made every Metz player who appeared feel their hearts racing, their mouths were dry, and their heads were still a little dazed.

Is this the Lorraine derby, which is known as the hottest in France?

Chu Zhongtian was not disturbed, he won the battle of Stamford Bridge where more than 60,000 people booed together, and the small stadium of 20,000 people could not interfere with him at all.

He warmed up with the coach and didn't even look up at the Nancy fans who were sassing at them.

After the warm-up, the players left the pitch and the Nancy fans in the stands booed them off.

"You'd better go in and don't come out, you cowards!"

The players left the field, and the protagonists in the stadium naturally became fans again. The Nancy fans, who had lost their goal, began to curse the Metz fans, who were not to be outdone despite their small numbers. Separated by a wall of police, the two sides greeted each other's immediate female relatives in each other's homes, and at the same time extended their middle fingers to greet each other warmly.

The Metz fans were gathered in a small stand surrounded by Nancy fans, separated by three teams of riot policemen armed with shields and batons, wearing face masks and helmets and riot armor. If there is any movement between the fans of the two teams, at least three police officers immediately surround them and push each other back to their positions with shields. In the event of a conflict, the police will not spare any of them. They have long accumulated a wealth of experience - dealing with football hooligans, any warning is nonsense, just one word: fight! Fight until they lose their combat effectiveness and can no longer resist the trouble.

※※※ Chu Zhongtian and his teammates returned to the locker room, where Coach Fernandez was waiting for them.

On the tactical board next to him were the names and numbers of several men, all of whom were the more dangerous players in the Nancy team.

Eighteen, Carlos. Adrian. Sarquisian (carlos_adrian_sarkisian).

Six, Pascal. Berengur.

Eight, Freddie Rick. Biancarani (frederic_biancalani), captain.

Twenty-two, Erie. Claupi (eli_kroupi).

Once the players had returned and sat down, Fernandes began to talk to them about what to look out for against the four players.

"Sarchisian is the most technical, the best passer in their team and the heart of the team. It is necessary to keep an eye on it. However, his physical fitness is very average, and if he encounters a fierce scramble, he will take the initiative to give in. Chu and Promans, you can take advantage of this when defending him. ”

'Berencourt is their defensive midfielder, very physical, with a long-range shot. Try not to give him a long-range shot during the game. ”

'Biancarani is the captain of Nancy, he can play as a defensive midfielder or as a full-back and has excellent assist ability. But it's not fast enough, and once you go up, it's not so easy to come back. So our offense can take advantage of the opportunity to hit him in the back. ”

'Claupi's speed is his biggest weapon and our threat, so I'm asking the defenders not to give him too much space to sprint when defending and to foul him if necessary.

After analysing the four most dangerous players, Fernandes gave a brief overview of the other Nancy players. Let everyone know what kind of opponent they are going to face.

Finally, Fernandes looked at the players who were silent, "The importance of this game, I don't need to talk nonsense anymore, boys. When you step on the pitch, remember one thing – it's a derby! ”

(To be continued)