Captain Bobiconi said that he wanted to give the newcomer a little time, so everyone gave Menez time to see if he could gradually integrate into the team.

As a result, three rounds of league play have passed, and his performance has not improved in the slightest. He is still a lone ranger on the court, not seeking cooperation with anyone. He just waits for someone to pass the ball to him, but never thinks about passing the ball to a teammate in a better position. Whenever he has the slightest chance, he will be decisive to shoot, although he should be a little selfish as a striker, but he is too selfish to see his teammates, which is not a good thing.

Menez's poor performance naturally dragged down the team's results. In the first three rounds, the Metz team drew one and lost two, lost to Paris Saint-Germain 1:4, was forced to draw 0:0 at home by promoted Malems (le_mans), and lost 0:2 to Saint-Etienne away.

After three league games, the team is third from bottom with just one point. This made Metz's players feel very angry. You must know that even if they narrowly avoided relegation in the end last season, their results at the beginning of the season were very good - they won two and drew one in three rounds of the league, ranking fifth with seven points, and seven points from first to fifth in the league, which can also be said to be tied for first place.

There are more and more people who are not used to Menez within the team, but they are not used to Menez's usual arrogant attitude, they are not used to Menez not knowing how to cooperate with them on the field, and they just want the whole team to serve him. It seems that they deserve to pass the ball for him, and he passes the ball for them as if it were a handout.

Chu Zhongtian was also a little unhappy with Menez, and the talented teenager wasted many passes in the game. There were many times when he passed the ball to Menez, he had already seen the next few steps in advance, as long as Menez could pass the ball to the wing at the first time, and then the side could pass the ball to the middle to form a good chance to score. But after Menez received the ball, he turned around and smashed Huanglong with the ball, and the final result was naturally that Huanglong was not pounded and the opportunity was lost.

In the fourth round of the league, Metz hosted Strasbourg, Menez still started, and he still went his own way, wasting the pass given to him by his teammates.

After Chu Zhongtian passed the ball to him, he ran to an open position, and at the same time, he also saw a gap in front of him, and Ribery obviously saw the gap as well, and was running diagonally and inserting forward. As long as Menez can get the ball through, and he doesn't stop pushing the ball, he can give Ribery a great one-on-one chance to avoid offside.

It's a pity that Menez and the opposing defender went it alone and conceded the ball. In order to prevent the opponent from counterattacking, Chu Zhongtian stepped forward and stopped Strasbourg's counterattack with a very vicious foul. For this, he paid the price of a yellow card.

Chu Zhongtian, who got up from the ground, ignored the referee, but yelled at Menez: "Pass the ball, pass the ball!" Don't you know how to pass the ball? ”

Seeing him like this, the other Metz players all said in their hearts: "Chu finally can't help it!" ”

Menez also seemed to think that he had just conceded a stupid goal, but his arrogant personality did not allow him to give in, and he stiffened his neck and responded: "I didn't see you anywhere!" ”

"Nonsense, you just keep your head down and just dribble the ball, even if I stand in front of you, you will treat me as an opponent!" Chu Zhongtian retorted with a slight sarcasm.

Ribery, who heard his words next to him, laughed - in terms of lip service, Chu was on par with him. It's just that Chu usually doesn't show his ability very much.

Menez's face flushed with excitement from Chu Zhongtian, he didn't want to talk nonsense with Chu Zhongtian - because he was not as sharp as Chu Zhongtian in his mouth - he turned around and ran back, but Chu Zhongtian didn't want to let him go, he ran up and kept shouting beside Menez: "I'll pass the ball to you, if you think you have a great opportunity, you can do it yourself." But if I'm in a better position than you and someone else, and if I have a better chance than you, you should pass the ball! Can't you do such a simple thing? Are we a team? Football is a sport of eleven people, what is the use of you being good alone? ”

He has been holding these words in his heart for three rounds of the league, and he has long wanted to say them to Menez, but he has never been able to find a suitable opportunity.

Today's yellow card will see him miss the next league game, so he doesn't care about the game and has to tell him what he thinks of Menez. He doesn't care if the other party can accept it or not, he just wants the other party to understand that it's not right to do so.

"I don't think you guys can keep up with me." Menez was annoyed, turned his head and said to Chu Zhongtian.

Chu Zhongtian was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect Menez to be able to say such a thing. Then he nodded: "Very good, I'll show you what our rhythm is." See who exactly can't keep up with whom. The boy from Sochaux. "He and his teammates were looked down upon, and he got angry.

He threw Menez down, turned and ran away.

"Chu is complaining that Menez didn't pass the ball to him. The two of them seemed to have some quarrels...... "The TV commentator watched it very carefully, and judging from the expressions of the two people, Chu Zhongtian and Menez definitely did not exchange each other's opinions in a friendly atmosphere.

"Judging from these games, Menez really hasn't integrated well into the team. More often than not, he prefers to go it alone. However, last season's Metz was a monolithic style, with Chu in charge of linking the whole team and Ribery and Oblagnac in solving problems. Every attack, whether it was successful or not, Chu participated in the whole process, with him running non-stop, and also mobilized his teammates to participate in it to the greatest extent. It's a great kind of football. In the closing stages of last season, this kind of football helped Metz to relegation, beating Paris Saint-Germain and Ausell to draw with Lyon. ”

Last season's French commentators were lukewarm, and now their attitude towards Chu Zhongtian has taken a 180-degree turn. praised Chu Zhongtian as the key figure in the team's successful relegation and a well-deserved core player in the team's midfield.

Menez now has to understand that this is not the Sochaux who revolves around him, nor is he the youngest hat-trick player in Ligue 1 history who has attracted much attention and deserved privileges. Before he can become a star player, he first has to become a professional player. ”

'But if you look at Ribery now and think about his performance at the start of last season, we still have a lot of confidence in Coach Fernandes. It is said that Menez joined Metz because of an invitation from Fernandes, and I believe that this relationship between the two of them will be very helpful for Menez to integrate into the team. ”

Fernandez saw the scene of Chu Zhongtian and Menez arguing from the sidelines, and he shook his head slightly.

Tadio leaned in and asked, "Do you need me to take him to the reserves to calm down?" ”

Fernandes hesitated: "After this game, I'll have a good talk with him and then talk about it." ”

It's time to talk to Menez, but before that, he's going to have to talk to Guy Murphy. Lacomb called and asked what was going on.

※※※ It didn't take long for Promans to injure Strasbourg's midfielder Sidi in defence. Keita (sidi_keita), for which he also received a yellow card. Taking advantage of Keita's treatment on the field, Chu Zhongtian called all the goalkeepers and Menez's teammates together.

Although he is not the captain and not the most active person in the dressing room, he is the tactical heart of the team on the pitch, there is no doubt about it, he gathers everyone, and there is no one who does not give him face.

"Remember how we played last season?"

Everyone nodded, and most of the people on the field at the moment were the original team from last season. Ahn Jung-hwan was not in the starting list for this game, and the only newcomer was Menez.

"Good, let's keep playing like that. You know what to do. ”

Chu Zhongtian didn't explicitly say not to pass the ball to Menez, but everyone knew it because they thought the same as Chu Zhongtian.

"Play our way and let that kid who looks down on us see that we can stay in the First Division because it's definitely not a fluke or something!"

And when they had made their promises, they parted.

Now their opponent in this match is not just Strasbourg...... Menez doesn't know what the guys are talking about, and he doesn't care about it. In his eyes, Metz's players are not as good as his own, only one Ribery is okay, but he doesn't like Ribery's boss style. So now he doesn't have anyone who can speak in Metz, and he's not uncommon. He's arrogant, he's a genius, and he doesn't bother to associate with the mediocrity of Metz, he just needs to take the field anyway. As long as he plays well, those people will naturally take the initiative to make friends with him. They will realise that giving the ball to themselves no matter what the situation is the only thing they can do, because this is the only way to ensure that the team keeps winning. He's the guarantee of the team's win, and he deserves to be the heart of the team.

As the game progressed, Menez found that he was basically unable to pass the ball, and no matter how much he raised his hand or shouted, his teammates just wouldn't pass the ball to him. Unless he grabs the ball himself, seeing that he is a shadow striker, he won't do this kind of thing.

Chu Zhongtian completely ignored Menez, who had appeared in his field of vision many times, and just passed the ball to others. Everything was like last season, as if there was no Jeremy in the team at all. Menez is the same person. They were treated as if one man had been sent off, and they were met with ten. Despite this, the team's performance was better than it was just now. Because their performance seems to be one, the football is running smoothly and it doesn't get stuck with one person.

He also doesn't care if the manager blames himself at half-time or whether he punishes himself after the game. Anyway, Coach Fernandez told him to be a commander who adjusts his strategy on the pitch and not stick to the manager's pre-match arrangements. In other words, he has absolute power on the court, and he will be subject to the orders of the monarch outside!

"Hey! Pass me the ball! Pass it to me! As the ball rolled past him again, Menez shouted with open hands.

Ribery, who received the ball next to him, turned around and said to him: "Watch it from the side, this is our football, boy!" Don't think you're the only one who is a genius! ”

With that, he ran back.

Menez didn't understand, he didn't bother to return to the defense, so he stood in front and watched his teammates defend.

After Strasbourg finished an attack, it was Metz's turn to kick off the goal. Since Chu Zhongtian became the core of the team, Wenbi has become accustomed to handing the ball to Chu Zhongtian who retreated to receive it with a short pass, and then he is responsible for organizing the attack, whether it is a quick counterattack or a positional battle that is slowly advancing. Every time he saw Chu Zhongtian sort out the complicated situation on the field in an orderly manner, he felt that the brain structure of people and people was really different - if he was called out of the same situation, he would definitely go out with big feet. And Chu Zhongtian always patiently passed the ball and ran to catch the ball, and then passed the ball and ran to catch the ball, and strung out a clear path in this continuous repetition process. By the last step, Wenbi could see it clearly in the back, and he knew what to do. This is really amazing, how did Chu think that there would be such a step before? At first, Wen Bi thought it was a coincidence, but then he knew that he was wrong, it was not a coincidence, it was an opportunity created by Chu Zhongtian using his running and passing to catch the ball again and again!

Chu Zhongtian retreated to the position of central defender and received the ball. The Strasbourg striker came up to press him closely, not letting him turn around, and Chu Zhongtian passed the ball to the central defender and captain Stefan on his side. Bobpicone. I was in the air cut and ran by myself. Without the ball, the opponent naturally did not mark him, and without pressure, he motioned to Bobiconi to pass the ball to him.

Chu Zhongtian, who received the pass, turned around and walked forward with the ball, and he soon met the defense of the Strasbourg midfielder.

If this ball is handled by Menez, he will definitely use his skills and explosiveness to break through the opponent and then smash Huanglong.

However, Chu Zhongtian passed the ball to the fullback Aligolo who rushed behind and participated in the attack before he met the opponent.

Menez saw the scene in front of Chu Zhongtian who couldn't wait to pass the ball out, and smiled disdainfully. But then he couldn't laugh.

After the football was passed to Aligolo, Chu Zhongtian moved closer to him. Ribery also retreated, and it suddenly became the densest place for Metz, and Strasbourg naturally made arrangements for this - they adjusted their defensive center and concentrated their forces on this side corridor to block the attack of Metz.

After Aligolo passed the football to Ribery, Ribery did not stop the ball, but directly stepped on the football with his heel to Chu Zhongtian.

Chu Zhongtian didn't stop the ball either, he picked up his right foot and passed the ball directly to the left side. There, Oblagnac picked up the ball with ease, as he was not marked by anyone at all.

Menez, who saw this scene, was taken aback. He's arrogant, but he's not stupid, he knows how difficult it can be. Because before this, Chu Zhongtian couldn't see Oblagnac's position at all, and it was still a direct long pass without stopping the ball, which was much more difficult than a direct short pass without stopping the ball.

You must know that if you don't stop passing the ball and pass it accurately while running, you can pass it accurately, which is not something that anyone can do casually.

Strasbourg's defensive focus is on their left side, that is, on the right side of Metz, and after Oblagnac receives the ball on the other side, it will take time for Strasbourg's players to adjust their focus.

It was on this time difference that Oblagnac dribbled into the box unmarked.

With no one interfering, Oblagnac passed the ball to the middle and kept up with Sebastian. Reynolds scored with ease!

The whole offensive process is clearly visible. Menez has been watching, from the beginning to the end. When Oblagnac received the ball and burst into the box, he didn't even have time to follow up - he didn't expect Metz's attack to hit Strasbourg so quickly. So he missed the opportunity to score his first goal for Metz in the team.

After the goal, Reynolds ran to Oblagnak, who assisted him, and the other Metz players rushed over as they ran past Menez without looking at the talented prodigy.

Only when Ribery ran in front of Menez, he didn't forget to sarcastically mock him: "Why didn't you keep up with the attack just now?" Aha? ”

He and Chu Zhongtian bumped into each other, holding each other's shoulders and running towards Reynold, who was celebrating the goal.

"Well done, do you see the look on that kid's face? Ha ha! Ribery gave Chu Zhongtian a thumbs up.

The stands at the Holy Mountain Forien Stadium resounded with cheers from the Metz fans.

It was Metz's first home goal of the new season, for which they waited four rounds.

Menez looked at his teammates who hugged and celebrated the goal, and his heart was mixed, and he didn't know what it was for a while.

Throughout the goalscoring process, no player has ever played a single man, no player has ever played a fancy footwork, they just do the simplest passes, receive the ball and dribble the ball, but they make a goal. Reynolds only touched the ball once and scored the goal, but what do he usually do?

Fernandez and the coaches walked out of the dugout with their hands raised after seeing the goal.

"Ahaha! What a beautiful goal! A triumph of teamwork!! Someone shouted.

Fernandez applauded, but his eyes were on Menez.

Hopefully this goal will teach Menez a lesson.

A lesson called "Mutual Respect and Cooperation".

Young Menez, you still have a long way to go.

With this goal, Metz finally won his first win of the new season against Strasbourg at home stadium.

Menez, on the other hand, was substituted in the 70th minute. Counting this game, Menez started four consecutive games and was substituted early in four consecutive league games without injury or exhaustion.

Everyone knows that Coach Fernandes is unhappy with him. Now the media is speculating about when Fernandes will completely put Menez in the cold, no longer start, and even not let him in the squad.

He's given Ribery enough patience, but will he give Menez enough patience?

(To be continued)