Merry thought about it, and still told Chu Zhongtian the content of her conversation with Fernandez, and did not hide anything. He felt that this was definitely good news for Chu Zhongtian, who was still waiting for an opportunity, and it could boost his confidence, because he could know that his head coach valued him very much.

Sure enough, after knowing that Fernandes actually called him the type of player who could become a leader in the future, Chu Zhongtian was very excited.

He's not excited about being the potential leader of a team in the future, he's excited that he could get more appearances in the near future. The manager's words are a statement, and the meaning is already clear, his days of playing in the reserve team may be coming away, and he will be more involved in the real Ligue 1. Whether as a midfielder or as a central midfielder.

That's why he's happy.

Although the second-tier team league is also a very fierce competition, such a game with only two or three hundred people watching each game makes Chu Zhongtian a little unmotivated. He's the kind of guy who gets more and more aggressive the more people watch, and as he did in the FA Cup game against Chelsea, in front of tens of thousands of Chelsea fans, he didn't have stage fright, even went above and beyond to slash Chelsea with two world waves.

He's hungry to take on stronger opponents, even if he's defeated, he'll be back next time.

On December 4, 2004, in the seventeenth round of the French Ligue 1, Metz challenged Lens away, and Chu Zhongtian entered the squad again in this game. But he didn't get a chance to play. Metz fell behind by two goals in the 68th minute, and when he needed to score and tie the score, Fernandes did not let Chu Zhongtian play, and he reluctantly sat on the cold bench below for 90 minutes.

As a result, Metz was unable to recover the score in the end, and not only that, but they did not even score a single goal. Ribery is still active in running, but he is alone, and without the support of his teammates, he can't do anything.

Chu Zhongtian looked depressed below, he was thinking about what he should do if he was on the field? Playing as a central midfielder at Wimbledon for half a season, his main task is to organise the attack, and his thinking has come closer to a playmaking midfielder than a purely defensive midfielder.

When he saw Ribery running into the air and his team-mates didn't get the ball in time, he slapped his thigh on the sidelines, frustrated. If I had been on the field, the ball would have passed! That's what he thought when he was done with his chagrin.

But what's the use of thinking about it again? Coach Fernandez looks like he's going to continue to support himself. He really wanted to say to the manager - don't raise it, sir, it's going to be old again...... Well, this is just a small complaint that flashed in Chu Zhongtian's heart, if he has to wait, he still has this patience.

He made it to the squad for three games in a row, and the news made fans on the "We All Love Pills" website excited. Although he didn't play in this game, everyone still felt that there was a play.

"With three games in a row, is it time to play three games in a row? After playing three games in a row, is it possible to start three games in a row? ”

"Come on, big eggs! Mays is not doing well at the moment, but it's actually a good thing for our big egg, because he has the opportunity to get more appearances. ”

"Brothers, I just went to check the information. It turned out that the head coach of Metz, Jean. Fernandes is the coach who produced Zidane! It is Chu Zhongtian's luck to be able to play under him, you must cherish this opportunity, Chu Zhongtian! ”

"Zidane's coach? Is there a chance that our eggs will also be a second Zidane? Hehe, I know it's unlikely, but I can't help but ask for yy......"

"But it's not a problem to keep playing all the time. In addition, the ccav is hairy! The Ligue 1 league that rotates every weekend is a game without Metz, do you have a grudge against Metz or what? We're going to see Lin Danda! We're going to see Metz! Did anyone come with me to demonstrate outside the CCAV building? ”

Sometimes when Chu Zhongtian sees everyone's enthusiastic messages in the forum, he will feel that no matter how hard and tired he is, it is nothing. Because in the distant homeland, there are many people who silently support him.

Even Lin Beiyao, a girl who didn't know anything about football before, now buys tickets to watch every home game of Metz, and then begins to learn some basic football knowledge, such as figuring out which actions are fouls and how to define offside. As the closest Chinese to Chu Zhongtian on the planet, she must send back some training life and games to those fans in China from time to time, for which she must learn the most basic football terms.

※※※ "Hey, Chu, I heard Mr. Merry say that you used to play in the center of the midfield, specializing in organizing attacks?" "It's another day of training.

Ribery took the opportunity to chat while doing pre-training stretching movements with Chu Zhongtian.

"Yes......"

"But you look more like a pure defensive player now."

'I've only been a playmaker for half a season, and before that I was a midfielder, specialising in tackling the ball.

"I haven't watched your previous fights, and it's hard for me to imagine how a beast-like midfielder would be able to organise an attack......" Ribery looked at the sky in the distance, then shook his head.

"When I'm organising an attack, I don't usually get involved defending. But if the coach asks for it...... I'll just make a few more trips. ”

"What do you use to organize the attack? I don't think your dribbling is good. ”

"Of course, it's not as good as you......" Chu Zhongtian gritted his teeth and said. Passing, I like to pass the ball more than I like to dribble. ”

Ribery thought about it, but he still couldn't think of how a player like Chu Zhongtian, who was often on the defensive side one-on-one with him, could organize the attack.

"That's it, Chu. There's a matchup in a while, and if we can split into a team, how about you pass the ball to me? Ribery's suggestion made Chu Zhongtian a little embarrassed.

"But if Mr. Fernández asks me to defend ......"

"Hey, don't worry so much! On the pitch, you have to play and express yourself! According to what the manager said, how rigid football should be! Listen to me, and give me some good passes! ”

The two of them changed their pulling positions.

"Don't you see that I often don't listen to Mr. Fernandez, and go my own way on the field? He didn't do anything to me......"

Chu Zhongtian was a little moved, he had indeed not experienced the feeling of passing a football to a teammate in a game for a long time, and then the teammate scored a goal. Since he left Wimbledon, the feeling of using passes and runs to move his team-mates and opponents, and finally assisting his team-mates to score, has been a long way from him.

To be honest, he does miss it a little.

※※※The last item of the afternoon training is the confrontation match, basically from the grouping of this game, you can almost know what the team's main lineup is in the next official game, but there are some accidents, and it is not necessarily the main player who is assigned to the yellow vest, and sometimes the coach will adjust the personnel according to his own needs.

For example, today...... "Chu, you go to the yellow team." "David. When Carré was distributing the vests, he called Chu Zhongtian's name.

Chu Zhongtian was a little surprised. In the previous intra-team matches, he was on the side of the red team, that is, he did not wear a yellow vest, but wore a dark red Metz training uniform, which basically means that he is a substitute or cannot enter the 18-man squad at all.

Ribery looked very happy, and he winked at Chu Zhongtian vigorously.

Chu Zhongtian now suddenly felt that in terms of intuition, I am afraid that Ribery is not much worse than him...... Franck Franck Ribery had previously said that playing in the first division was not far away for him, and it didn't take long for him to play nine minutes in Ligue 1 against Monaco.

Chu Zhongtian took the yellow vest and put it on his body, thinking in his heart - is he going to be the starter?

Before he could continue to think about it, Ribery slapped him on the back: "Remember to pass the ball to me." ”

※※※Not long after the start of the game, Chu Zhongtian got the ball once, Ribery raised his hand in front of him to ask for the ball, but he did not pass it, but handed it to Gregory next to him. Leka.

Ribery was very dissatisfied with Chu Zhongtian's performance, he jumped up in front of him and waved his arms vigorously.

The head coach Fernandez was watching from the side, and Chu Zhongtian couldn't directly shout "I can't pass it to you, because the head coach is watching from below", he just shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands to Ribery.

Ribery pointed at himself, saw that Chu Zhongtian was a little hesitant, pointed at himself again, pointed three times in a row, and saw Chu Zhongtian nodding before putting down his hand.

When his teammate passed the ball to Chu Zhongtian again, he looked up and saw that Ribery was already running along the sideline. He ran a little early, and if he didn't want him to be offside, he would have to pass it out immediately after receiving the ball.

Thinking of this, the ball also arrived, Chu Zhongtian did not pass to Leka beside him this time, but directly made a long pass to Ribery on the left side!

The soccer ball rises into the air and falls forward.

Fernandez's eyes widened a little as he watched the game from the sidelines.

Ribery looked back as he ran forward.

"Well done nice ......"

As soon as he stretched his leg, he didn't catch the football, and the football fell to the ground a meter in front of him, and then there was an acceleration after landing, and it jumped forward sharply, directly out of the bottom line.

Ribery gave up chasing the ball when he saw it hit the ground, slowing down, trotting a few steps and waving helplessly. But he quickly gestured to Chu Zhongtian again, raised his right hand, and gave a thumbs up.

Although the pass was not accurate, Chu Zhongtian regained the feeling he had not felt for a long time from this pass. It's just that I haven't made a similar pass for too long, and my control of football has dropped significantly. He exhaled softly and shook his head.

Later, Chu Zhongtian passed a few more long-distance passes, which were half good and half bad.

"He's trying to attack with a long pass?" Tadio muttered to himself off the field.

Fernandez nodded: "I'm not willing to be lonely, hehe." ”

"Speaking of which, I've always thought that our team lacks change in attack and always relies on Frank's words, and sooner or later the opponent will study ......it thoroughly," Tadio said from the sidelines.

"It's been thoroughly studied by the opponent." Fernandez said. Metz are not as good as they were at the start of the season, having not won five league games in a row since a 2-0 home win over Bastia on October 30.

He then put assistant coach David Brown, who was working part-time as a referee on the sidelines. Carré called down: "Tell Chu, let him be in the position, and participate in the attack more." ”

Carré was stunned for a moment, but went anyway.

Chu Zhongtian was still a little incredulous when he received this order.

"That's what the manager meant." Carré said to him.

He glanced down the field, and Fernandez nodded at him.

He had no scruples.

In the next game, Chu Zhongtian moved forward and changed from the back to the central midfield. He gradually regained the feeling he had felt when he played at Wimbledon, and then he started raising his hand to ask his teammates to pass the ball to him.

Once he has the ball, he decides whether to pass the ball himself, keep it and wait until his teammate gets in to catch it, or simply dribble forward himself.

When he decides to pass the ball, he always goes to Ribery and asks for a match with him, and the two are not far apart.

It's just that the cooperation between the two people is not tacit enough, and there have been many times, and the pass is not up to the point. There were also a few times when Chu Zhongtian was forced by the opponent to make a mistake in passing the ball and kicked directly on the opponent.

"It doesn't look like he's used to ......," Tadio said.

"Hmm. Take it easy. Fernandez nodded. He saw some advantages, such as Chu Zhongtian's idea of passing the ball with several feet was very good, but due to his own passing skills, these balls were not successfully passed in the end, and those were very good vacancies, and once passed, they could be fatal. He didn't even know how Chu Zhongtian saw these vacancies, because his location at that time couldn't be discovered at all...... I don't have talent, but I need to polish and polish it.

Of course, Fernandez didn't know, because it was a little secret that belonged to Chu Zhongtian. The thing in his head that he called "intuition" was particularly active today...... It's just a pity that my passing skills are not good, and many opportunities are wasted.

It looks like I'm going to continue to work on my passing footwork.

The outcome of this kind of game is often not important, the manager mainly relies on this kind of game to observe the condition of the players, if someone is not in good shape, even if they are wearing a yellow vest, they may be taken out of the starting line-up before the game.

At the end of the game, Carré let the team run in circles to relax, and after doing the pulling, they disbanded.

Chu Zhongtian played as a central midfielder for dozens of minutes, but it was the first time since he left Wimbledon that he felt a lot.

Back in the dressing room, he was still wondering how he was doing in the game when he heard Ribery's voice ringing next to him.

"The awareness is good, but the passing skills are poor. And one more question, do you know what it is? "Ribery ** with his upper body, in the heated dressing room, he doesn't feel cold.

Chu Zhongtian shook his head.

"You turn your body before every pass, it's so obvious that anyone who isn't stupid knows where you're going to pass next."

Chu Zhongtian thought about it carefully, it was really like this. Before passing the ball by yourself, get used to adjusting your body, turning it completely, and then using the most basic posture to pass the ball.

"Your passing should be a little more hidden." Ribery no longer cares whether Chu Zhongtian has really been an organizational defender, just from the passing awareness that Chu Zhongtian showed in the confrontation game, he knows that it is definitely not the first time he has played this position and done this job.

"Be more imaginative when passing the ball, and the pass is not just a touch point on the inside instep. When I'm behind you, do you have to turn completely before you pass? Ah, heels! Ribery lifted his left heel and patted it.

"There are also balls that you just need to turn your crotch to pass, even if the center of gravity hasn't been adjusted yet. By the time you adjust your focus, the time is long gone. You see, I'm going to pass the ball with my back now, but it's too light with my heel, and I can't pass it fifteen meters away. Come, stand up, guard against me. The rise of Ribery's words directly pulled Chu Zhongtian up from his seat.

Then he motioned for Chu Zhongtian to stand close to his body and make a defensive posture.

At the same time, he reached out and hooked a ball in front of his feet.

"Keep close to me, don't let me turn around easily."

Chu Zhongtian lowered his center of gravity and adjusted his state to what he was on the training ground.

Ribery was clearly feeling the pressure from behind. While leaning back against Chu Zhongtian, he stepped the football outward, and finally formed a relatively stable triangle.

"You've got it." Ribery pushed Chu Zhongtian with one hand, and then the upper body rotated very slightly, and the crotch rotated very much, and then he kicked the ball under his feet between Chu Zhongtian's legs with a very awkward and unconventional action!

The soccer ball flew through Chu Zhongtian's legs and hit the opposite wall. Leka came out of the bathroom door to find a soccer ball coming back at a rapid pace, hitting the wall with his legs, making a "bang" sound, startling him.

"Wow, what are you doing?" He looked at Chu Zhongtian and Ribery and asked.

Ribery shrugged: "Teach Chu Zhongtian to pass the ball." ”

Then he turned his head to Chu Zhongtian and said, "Have you seen it?" I turned the same way, but when I passed the ball I was half-turned, and I didn't turn around until I finished the ball. And you? You're going to have to wait until you've completely turned around before you pass the ball, and your opponent will already react. Do you think he can still let you pass the ball easily? Unless you can pass the kind of ball that goes around him completely, but that kind of ball is more technically demanding. Passing the ball like me, because it is blocked by the body and the movement is unconventional, it is very hidden. ”

Chu Zhongtian listened very seriously, and he nodded thoughtfully.

Leka, who was ignored, looked at the two people and grinned: "Is it necessary?" I still have to train in the locker room......"

(To be continued)