It has been almost ten days since Xu Xiaodi returned to London. In the past ten days, he was busy with Li Liangcai's interviews with the British coaches and players, and he was too busy to go to the Wimbles bar. I can't find any news about Mace and Chu Zhongtian here.

When he left, he was the only reporter in China who still stayed in Metz, and he didn't know if there would be news related to Chu Zhongtian in China after he left, maybe there would be no clues.

What should those supporters in China who are still interested in Chu Zhongtian want to know about Chu Zhongtian?

This is no longer Xu Xiaodi's responsibility.

After he left, how did Chu Zhongtian perform in the second-tier team game? Is the relationship with your teammates better? What did Coach Tadio, who always followed Chu Zhongtian, say about Chu Zhongtian's performance? There are also two children, Wang Hao and Jiang Ran, they are the future of Chinese football, and what is their study and life?

I don't know.

※※※After October 3rd, the Ligue 1 was suspended for a week due to national team competitions. However, there are no international players in the Mez team, so the international team game has not affected them at all, and they continue to train under the guidance of the coaching staff. Only Franck Franck Ribery has been recruited by the under-21 national team to play in international competitions.

Thanks to his impressive performances against Marseille in the league and his consistent appearances at Metz, Franck Ribery was selected for the French under-21 national team, although he was still far from being able to do so.

Franck Ribery's performances are slowly improving, and he is gradually getting rid of his bad habits of playing amateur football, and there are some voices in the media and fans who praise him, and even a local media outlet in Metz has called him the "new Pire", which is a high praise.

His friends have slowly been recognized by people, and Chu Zhongtian himself seems to have returned to the time when he first played at Wimbledon, no one knows him, and there will be no media to disturb him, he doesn't have to think about anything else except training and playing.

He was like a chrysalis, quietly waiting for the day when he would break out of his shell.

On October 14, Ribery returned to the team. The team began to prepare for the match against Monaco in two days' time.

At the end of the session, head coach Fernandez put assistant coach David Fernandes into practice. Carré announced the squad for the match the day after tomorrow. Eleven starters plus seven substitutes, a total of 18 players, the players selected for the 18-man squad will have the opportunity to appear on the field, and the rest can watch the game from the stands, or at home, or go to do other things, no one cares.

If nothing else, Chu Zhongtian will go to participate in the second-tier league a day later.

He's used to this kind of arrangement, anyway, every time the list is announced, he doesn't have anything to do, and he doesn't put his mind on it. What he was thinking about was whether to call Wang Hao and Jiang Ran to watch the game at the Holy Mountain Fulian Stadium. Monaco reached the final of the Champions League last season, only to lose to Jose Mourinho's Porto, and they have lost some of their meritorious players after the new season, but they are still strong and still very popular in Ligue 1. He wanted to take Wang Hao and Jiang Ran to see what the strength of the team that could reach the Champions League finals was.

Just as he was distracted, he suddenly heard someone call his name: "Chu." ”

"Huh? What's up? Chu Zhongtian asked reflexively.

The result drew laughter from a group of young teammates around him.

Assistant Coach David. Carley looked at Chu Zhongtian helplessly: "It's nothing, I'm just reading the names in the list." ”

"Oh......" Chu Zhongtian responded, and after a few seconds, he suddenly reacted - the name in the big list? Clear? Isn't that me! I'm in the big list?!

He jerked his head up and looked at assistant coach Carré, who had already read the squad and didn't see his eyes.

Ribery, who was standing next to Chu Zhongtian, touched his arm: "Hey, Chu." What am I talking about? I used to say you're not far from competing, right? Ha! ”

Fernandez has been observing the players, he saw Chu Zhongtian's reaction, and nodded to Chu Zhongtian, which can be regarded as answering the question in Chu Zhongtian's heart.

Chu Zhongtian slowly grinned and laughed.

He didn't even hear what Ribery said next to him.

His appearance is quite calm, but his inner world is already in ecstasy.

I'm really on the list! Hopefully playing for Metz in Ligue 1! Top League! Banzai!

※※※ Until Chu Zhongtian left the training base, he was still in this excited mood, and he didn't even know how he walked home. He's not actually the kind of person who always likes to be in shape, but who let him be suppressed for too long? The good news came so suddenly that it felt like he was in a dream, a sweet dream, and it was better never to wake up.

He can't wait to share the good news with people now, but Xu Xiaodi changed his mobile phone number after the reporter returned to London, and he didn't know the new number. If you want to call home, the time is not right, the time difference between France and China is six hours, and it is now half past nineteen, and it is half past one in the morning at home in Chengdu, Sichuan, when my parents have already gone to bed.

Mr. Merry had long since returned to England, and he still had his own job, and if he had only relied on his own five per cent salary, the family would have starved to death. At present, his situation here has stabilized, and there is nothing to do with the agent, and whether he can play it has nothing to do with the agent, it all depends on his own efforts.

Wang Hao and Jiang Ran are still young, and there are some things that they can't say to them, and he, the eldest brother, must maintain a stable image in front of them, but being so excited to be selected for the big list is really too damaging to the "tall image" that he has built in the hearts of the two of them for a long time. Although Ribery has a good relationship, if you go to tell him, it will definitely make him laugh off his big teeth.

When he finally waited for the best news in more than three months, he found that he didn't have anyone around him to talk to...... At this time, he will miss the time when he played at Wimbledon, whether it was Lao Yang, who lived with him, or his classmate Charles. Philip and Joseph. Kenny, and the drinkers at the Wimbledg, and finally Emily. These people are the targets he can confide in, and if there are unhappy things and happy things, he can tell them.

At this time, there was a knock at the door.

"Ahh It's Mr. Mathilde! Hello! ”

Chu Zhongtian came to open the door and saw Delphine standing outside to teach him. Miss Mathilde greeted her with a dance of her hands, and even raised her voice.

Miss Mathilde was taken aback by Chu Zhongtian's unexpected performance, and she stood outside again and did not dare to go in, for fear that she would never be able to get out again...... She didn't know what kind of person Chu Zhongtian was, but according to what she had learned about him, this Chinese boy should not be the kind of person who likes to be happy or lively.

So what's going on today?

"Hello, Chu. What is it that makes you so happy? Mathilde thought about it for a moment, and walked in anyway. We've all been in class together for so long, and nothing has happened, and it doesn't seem to be going to happen this time. And the important thing is that she didn't smell the smell of alcohol, which means that Chu Zhongtian didn't drink, since he didn't drink, it means that his consciousness is still sober and can control his actions. Well, at least he won't drink and have sex...... Since Mathilde took the initiative to ask, how could Chu Zhongtian let go of this opportunity to confide in others? He hey, "You know, Mr. Mathilde? I just got notified that I was selected for the squad for the day after tomorrow! What does this mean? That means I have a chance to play in tomorrow night's game! I've been in Metz for more than three months and I've never played even a minute in Ligue 1! But I'm here to play football, not to learn languages...... I'm hungry for the game and tomorrow that goal could be achieved! You say, can I be upset? ”

Mathilde listened to Chu Zhongtian's euphoric words, and thought to herself that he was already much more fluent in French, and perhaps it was almost time for him to finish the course.

"Congratulations, Chu." Mathilde laughed.

finally has an object to talk to, how can Chu Zhongtian easily let go of this opportunity? Besides, he hadn't spoken to Martiel before, though only once. But he always felt that the chat had brought him closer to the French girl.

"Actually, I've always wanted to play at a high level and play against great opponents. But I know I'm not good enough. You know, Mr. Mathilde. I haven't played professional football before, I'm an amateur. Playing in the ninth tier of England, I was still a college student at that time, and I played football while going to school......" Chu Zhongtian, who was on the rise, suddenly saw Teacher Mathilde a little surprised.

"Didn't I tell you about that before?" He asked.

Mathilde shook her head. She didn't know that Chu Zhongtian was a college student before, she was not interested in Chu Zhongtian's past before, she didn't ask, and Chu Zhongtian didn't take the initiative to mention it.

"Hmm...... I still think about the past a lot. At that time, I was going to school, working part-time, and playing football. It's pretty much the same as you are now, except you don't play football. ”

"Then you must be tired, right?"

Mathilde asked curiously, not realizing in the slightest that she had changed her address to Chu Zhongtian from "you" to "you".

"You" was put into this sentence, which was so natural that even Chu Zhongtian didn't notice it. He shook his head: "No, it's not tired. The main thing is that I have met a lot of friends through those, and I don't have so many friends in Metz......" Speaking of this, Chu Zhongtian's tone was low. The most uncomfortable thing for him to adapt to the change of environment is not the language, not the eating habits, not the pressure of the new environment, but the fact that he can't find a few friends around him who can fall in love with.

Mathilde thought of the fact that she had rejected his "friend offer" before, and the expression on her face was a little unnatural.

"But it's nothing. When I first arrived at Wimbledon, I didn't have any friends for a year, so it was hard to live alone. Maybe in six months I'll have a lot of friends in Metz? Chu Zhongtian laughed when he said this, and he remembered that his friends at Wimbledon Athletic also met through football.

Football is a great bond. He could make friends at Wimbledon through football, so why not make the same friends at Metz?

"Then I'll wish you a lot of friends in Mace, Chu."

"Thank you, Mr. Mathilde."

"Okay, you're excited right now, but we still have to go to class." Mathilde opened the book.

Chu Zhongtian smiled embarrassedly, only to realize that he had lost some of his temper. "I'm sorry, Mr. Mathilde. Makes you listen to some nonsense. ”

Mathilde looked at Chu Zhongtian and shook her head very seriously: "No, these are not nonsense. It's nice to be able to share your feelings. ”

Chu Zhongtian smiled, stopped speaking, and began to listen carefully.

※※※ Later, after Chu Zhongtian calmed down, he felt that he was too optimistic - he only entered the eighteen-man squad, and after careful analysis, his chances of starting are very small, since he does not start, then there are only three substitutes, so how can he be his turn to play?

Fortunately, I didn't spread the news everywhere yesterday, otherwise if I sat on the cold bench for 90 minutes, wouldn't I be disappointed by those who still have expectations for me?

Ordinary heart, normal heart. You're already twenty years old, Chu Zhongtian, you have to be more mature...... Chu Zhongtian, who came to his senses the next day, kept admonishing himself.

But in fact, even the players who are twenty-five or sixteen years old usually behave like older children. For example: Can you imagine John. Is a tough guy like Terry going out shopping in tight children's clothes? Sometimes when you look at these players, you can't help but think of them as a group of big boys who are already adults, but their minds are still underage.

Their life trajectory is very simple from childhood to adulthood, except that football is football, their growth trajectory is different from ordinary people, the people and things they come into contact with are different, and the character they cultivate is naturally different from ordinary people. Maybe ordinary people can be sensible by the age of twenty-five or six, but players of the same age seem a little naïve in dealing with people, which is inseparable from the environment in which they grew up when they were children. So it is easy for those who have perverse personalities among football players to be understood and accepted.

This is true of both Gascoigne and Ribery, who love mischief.

is only twenty years old and requires himself to be mature, Chu Zhongtian is really demanding of himself. Although he lived a normal life for a few years, the childhood and adolescence that most affected his character development were spent in a simple and boring football school for ten years...... Today is October 15, the last training session before the 10th round of the league, mainly practicing set-pieces and attacking routines. When changing clothes in the locker room, Ribery kept grimacing at Chu Zhongtian.

"Don't hold me back tomorrow!" He pointed at Chu Zhongtian and said deliberately viciously. He was selected for the French national youth team and is now a little famous, and some Metz fans even want to watch Ribery's breakthrough when they watch the game.

Chu Zhongtian was already immune to Ribery's funny, and he said, "I don't know if I can play." ”

"Uh......" Ribery was speechless when Chu Zhongtian said this, and he was defeated again in front of Chu Zhongtian.

He found that his jokes sometimes didn't work for Chu Zhongtian. Last time, I wanted to play tricks on him, but in the end, I let myself be planted and didn't wear underwear to play the game against Marseille, but fortunately my thing didn't fall out of the crotch of his pants in the game, otherwise he wouldn't have to rely on his assist, and he would have been nationally famous...... During training, Chu Zhongtian was assigned to the defensive group, and it could be seen that if he could play, the task must be defense.

After training, Fernandes retained the 18 players who had been named to the squad and announced the starting eleven.

Chu Zhongtian experienced such a scene for the first time, he was still a little curious, and there was a hint of luck in his heart - maybe there would be his own name in the starting lineup this time?

It's a pity that Fernandez's announcement of the results strangled the last bit of luck he had. He was not among the starting eleven, with Franck Ribery starting the league despite having just played for the under-21 national team.

Chu Zhongtian's name is in the bench lineup.

After announcing the starting line-up, Fernandez and assistant coach David Fernandes were announced. Carré led the players aboard a dark red bus parked outside the training base. Before the home game, in order to facilitate unified management, just in case, the players in the squad must go to the hotel booked in advance to rest, eat and rest in the hotel the next day, and then take the car to the stadium to participate in the game when the time comes.

"Have a good night's rest, you must all go to sleep before eleven o'clock!" In the car, assistant coach David. Carré is emphasizing the team's discipline.

The hotel where the Metz team is staying is still a short distance from the main stadium. The Sanctuary Hill Furien Stadium is on the island of Grande Solsi, while the hotel where the Metz team is staying is in the city centre, 20 minutes by car.

When they arrived at the hotel, the assistant coach was back in charge of handing out the room keys.

"Two people in a room, and everyone I called came up to get the key." Standing in the lobby of the hotel, Carré handed out keys as he took a roll call according to the roster.

"Frank, Chu. One room for the two of you. ”

Ribery winked at Chu Zhongtian, and then he lowered his voice and said, "How have you been practicing your Pro Evolution Soccer skills lately, Chu?" I brought the console with me......" he patted his backpack.

Chu Zhongtian took a closer look, and he could really see the outline of a square PS2 game console. It seems that Ribery has been prepared for a long time, and he must have been playing game consoles in the hotel to mix time.

So he laughed, "I don't think you can necessarily win me, Frank." ”

"Hey!" Ribery rolled his eyes: "I still remember the last time in Marseille, I want to get back on the field in the game!" You wait to be abused by me! ”

Hearing what happened to him two months ago, he still remembers that Chu Zhongtian gave him a thumbs up, of course, facing downward.

(To be continued)