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In the afternoon of the next day, in Dietma. At Hope Field, Metz played a warm-up match against the local home team, Hoffenheim 1899. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

It can only accommodate 6,350 people. Hope Stadium is the home of this team, and the stadium is so small that the professional players in Metz are a little surprised - their own home stadium, the Holy Mountain Fortion Stadium, is considered a small stadium. Hope Field is even smaller. This small stadium made Chu Zhongtian feel some intimate feelings, because this stadium reminded him of Wimbledon's home stadium - Kings Ranch, which is now also called Fan Stadium.

The stadium is named after the club's owner, Dietma. Hope (dietmar_hopp). He is also one of the founders of SAP, a well-known software company in Europe, with a net worth of two billion. He was born in Hoffenheim and played at Hoffenheim as a young man as a centre-forward.

Dietma. Hope doesn't have much talent in football, and thankfully he doesn't have much talent. He later went on to found SAP, a well-known enterprise management software company, which gave him the money to invest in his hometown team.

At present, this Hoffenheim is still in the Southern Regional League, that is, Chu Zhongtian They think of the C League, the league level is equivalent to the C division, in fact, the real name is "Southern German Regional League", and the South League has the same level as the North Division League, which is very easy to understand for Chu Zhongtian, who has experienced the learning of the English professional league system. The top two teams from the two divisions of the South and North divisions qualified for the Bundesliga. Hoffenheim's goal this season is to be promoted to the second division, but their goal has largely been dashed. Towards the end of the league, they are in fourth place, a long way off second place.

The level of the North and South League is equivalent to the amateur level, and the teams participating in the league are also amateur teams, and only after being promoted to the second division can they be considered professional teams.

Therefore, the opponent of Metz in this match is actually an amateur team.

Chu Zhongtian found that he was really close to amateur football...... Although Hoffenheim's boss has the money to make Metz boss jealous, the strength of the two teams is not directly proportional to the assets of their respective owners. As the best upstart in Ligue 1 this season, Metz is far superior to the amateur team of Hoffenheim.

Finally in Dietma. On the Hope Field, Metz defeated the German amateur team 5-1 with a lineup in each half.

Fernandes put in the main squad in the first half, which is also to test the form of the squad as they will take on Paris Saint-Germain at the Stade de France in three days' time. After the second half, the eleven people on the field were replaced by ten, and even the goalkeeper was replaced by a substitute, but Chu Zhongtian still played the whole game.

The scores in the first and second halves were 2:0 and 3:1 respectively, and the substitute lineup was more eager to win** and expressive than the main team, while the main players were worried about being injured and missing the French Cup final, so they stayed in the game. The substitutes, led by Chu Zhongtian, scored three goals against Hoffenheim.

It was a very ordinary warm-up match, and it did not cause any repercussions except for a few local media reporters who were present. But there was a special guest watching the game from the sidelines.

He is the manager who has just been sacked by Schalke 04. Rangnick (ralf_rangnick). He was invited to watch the game because the management of Hoffenheim were approaching him to take charge of the team. Hope was a little unhappy that the team was not promoted to the second division this season, so he was ready to sack the team's current head coach Flick, who was supposed to sign a contract until 2010, but he has been in the Southern Regional League for five consecutive seasons, and even if Hope's patience is good, it is a little unbearable.

To this end, he invited Rangnick to visit the club, let him know what kind of ambitions the amateur club has, and by the way, take a look at the warm-up game, so that he can have an intuitive impression of the strength of the team.

Rangnick quickly shifted his attention from Hoffenheim to their rival Metz.

He then turned his attention to Metz's number eight.

After looking at it for a while, he nodded and praised the performance of Mace Eight.

But he soon realised that he had been invited to see Hoffenheim perform, not to look at the Metz players. So he turned his attention to Hoffenheim.

At that time, Hoffenheim was under siege by Metz, and the person who connected everyone in the team was none other than No. 8 Chu Zhongtian. He connected the team with his passing and running, not only making dangerous passes and assisting his team-mates' shots, but also controlling the tempo of the team. Under his command, Mace sometimes slowed down his tempo, back and forth on his feet, and sometimes suddenly exerted force, accelerating violently, and hit Hoffenheim completely unable to parry.

Because it was a warm-up match, there was no information on the back of the shirt except the number, and he didn't know the name of the number eight player, or even what nationality he was from.

Unconsciously shifted his attention to Mace Eight...... It's really helpless.

Rangnick shook his head and smiled wryly.

Hope thought Rangnick was unhappy with his team's performance. In fact, Hoffenheim were okay in this game, at least they scored a goal against the professional team Metz.

"I'm going to invest a moderate amount of money in the team, and if you join the team, I promise to give you a long time to plan for the long term. I'm not like Roman Abramovich, I invested in Hoffenheim because I love this hometown team. So I want this team to grow in the long run, not just because we have a rich owner, but I want to keep this team running even if I'm gone one day......"

Hope's words said that Rangnick had been brought back from his distracted state, and he smiled at Hope, "I don't doubt that at all, Mr. Hope. ”

When the game was over, Rangnick also left Hoffenheim. He didn't make any decisions before leaving, he just promised Hope to think about it. As the coach who brought Schalke 04 to third place in the league, he was sacked because of his strained relationship with the big stars in the team, not because of his ability, and he was not worried about finding a job at all. So he had a lot to think about.

And just in the past few days, China from the far east has also contacted him, hoping that he will coach the Chinese Olympic team. Because the 2008 Olympic Games were held in China, the Chinese Football Association attaches great importance to the Olympic Games held in China and hopes that the national Olympic team can achieve good results at home.

Rangnick was still undecided, and he decided to wait.

※※※ Let's not mention Rangnick first, just Mace.

Winning the game without any injuries made a lot of people breathe. After finishing the game, the whole Metz team simply finished their meal and rushed to Sinsheim by car, where they went to Mannheim and then to Frankfurt to take a flight back to Paris.

Arriving in Paris, the squad will not return to Metz, but will train directly in Paris in preparation for the upcoming French Cup final.

The trip to Hoffenheim was very brief and left nothing to remember for the players of Metz. No one will be nostalgic for this small village of more than 3,000 people.

Their hearts have long since flown to the Stade de France.

If there is anything to talk about on the way back, it must be inseparable from the French Cup final and their opponents.

"It's Paris Saint-Germain again, it's great, I want revenge! Avenge our loss to them in the first game of the new season! ”

"This team has good memories for me...... Ribery said in mimicking his pre-match emphasis on Lyon. Isn't it, Chu? He touched Chu Zhongtian's arm.

Chu Zhongtian laughed.

His mind had already arrived in Paris one step ahead of the plane he was on.

When Emily was hugging her laptop to surf the Internet, her mom thought she must be tossing her personal blog again.

But in fact, her daughter bought the ticket online. Buy tickets for this season's French Cup final.

On the evening of April 29, the final of the French Cup will be held at the Stade de France, and Emily had already purchased tickets online four days before this day.

All she has to do now is continue to book hotel rooms online and plan her travel times and routes.

She hadn't done anything like this for a long time, because whenever she went out, the plan had been arranged a long time ago, she didn't have to worry about the route accommodation or anything, and her mother and agent had already taken care of everything.

But this time it was different, because she didn't plan to tell her mom that she was going to Paris, France, and not to do publicity there or attend any commercial endorsement event, but just to watch a football match!

To put it simply, she plans to run away from home secretly. Forget all the pre-scheduled program announcements, and let mom deal with any trouble!

Who asked you to arrange those announcements for me? I don't like those mean and nasty hosts, since you like it so much, Mom, then you go for it!

Emily has had her wayward moments since she was a child, such as when her mother didn't let her go to a football game, and she wanted to go. But this is the first time she is so willful as this time, she not only did it against her mother, but also threw those jobs aside, just because of Chu Zhongtian's previous words.

For the first time planning such an exciting operation, Emily must be careful not to let her mom find out, and at the same time, she must not be recognized by her crazy fans all over the world, so she must be prepared and well-planned.

It was a completely secret operation, and no one knew about it except herself. Even Chu Zhongtian didn't know that she was going to watch the game, she wanted to surprise Chu Zhongtian after the game, I believe he must like it very much.

Emily was in a nervous and exciting mood all the way to her plan to run away from home. Although she is still in Los Angeles, her heart has flown to Paris, France.

※※※ Miranda didn't know anything about what her daughter was planning, and she was still arranging work for her daughter step by step, interviewing which TV station tomorrow, talking to the producer of which crew the next morning, and going to the 10 o'clock talk show of which TV station the night after tomorrow...... At this time, her daughter was hiding in her room and packing her backpack.

You need several sets of coats, several sets of underwear, as well as T-shirts, shirts, skirts, shoes...... Before Emily could start stuffing her toiletries, she noticed that the large LV suitcase she had pulled out was stuffed full.

She carried the suitcase and found it troublesome to move, prone to bumps. She had to run away from home in the middle of the night, and with such a big suitcase, she couldn't move. You don't want to run away from home, it's like traveling to Hawaii.

Emily took out her clothes again and spread them out on the bed. Of course, she wanted to appear in front of Chu Zhongtian in the most beautiful posture and give him a big surprise, so many beautiful clothes were really difficult to choose in her eyes.

But if it's unrealistic to bring them all, escaping should be light, how can you prepare so many things?

The best bag is actually a backpack...... Emily reopened her closet and rummaged through it. Finally when she flipped to a blue T-shirt, her hand stopped. After removing the blue T-shirt from the hanger, her eyes softened.

The blue T-shirt had a yellow "Wimbledon, Undying Forever" printed on the chest, a piece of clothing she had been hanging in her closet for a long time and hadn't taken it out to wear. Because there has been little chance.

When she saw this T-shirt, she remembered her days at Wimbledon, and Chu Zhongtian, with those Wimbledon players, and her friends at the Wimbledon Bar, who went to watch the game, crying for football and laughing for football. It was a simple time.

Emily compared the T-shirt on her chest, it was a little smaller, but she could still wear it, but it was just a crop top. She didn't care about any of that, so she grabbed a pink Nike backpack and tipped it in.

Emily decided to go the "nostalgic route" - not to dress up so beautifully, to restore her image to before she became famous, which she believes would be better.

In that case, it's okay to bring another pair of denim shorts. She won't be in France for long either, and she doesn't need to bring much with her.

Stuff the other messes into your backpack and double-check that you have your tickets, tickets, and passports with you. She then zipped up her backpack, tucked it under the bed, set the alarm clock, and lay down on the bed.

※※※ Belmont received a call from Delphine. Mathilde called. At first he didn't react - Mathilde? Which Mathilde? There's no such name in the girl I've soaked...... But soon he thought that it was Chu Zhongtian's language teacher.

Although he had given the business card to the woman, the woman had never called him, so much so that he forgot that the woman would even call him.

"What? Are you going to Paris? Which day? April 29th? What a coincidence! I'm going to Paris too! Belmont laughed as she held the phone. Let me guess, what are you going to do in Paris? Visiting the Champs-Élysées? Apparently not...... Then you must go to the Stade de France to watch the game! Ha ha! Me too! ”

"No problem, no problem...... I don't charge you for your car, not a single euro! …… Rest assured, absolutely safe and high-speed, what else do you worry about doing my car? ”

"Let's make an appointment, when would you like to go?" I listen to you...... Well, in the afternoon, we can still make it in time for dinner in Paris! Okay, that's it, I'll be waiting for you at your door tomorrow at two o'clock in the afternoon. No problem! ”

At the same time, on the official website of the Metz club, a fan posted a post on the forum called "Go to Paris" to solicit fans who would go to Paris to watch the game together, and in half a day, he recruited a team of 200 people, and the team is still growing.

"Go to Paris! Let's cheer for our team! Go to Paris! Let's witness the glorious moment! Go to Paris! Let's fight with the team! Go to Paris! Go to Paris!! ”

"The Stade de France is in Saint-Denis, on the northern outskirts of Paris, which is a Parisian territory, and we have to go to more people and cause enough trouble for them! We can't let them underestimate us! ”

"What about our fan organization? I'm going to Paris to see the game, I have a ticket, here is my phone number, if you guys have an event, please contact me! ”

The fan organization was also hiring, and the dude left his phone number on the forum and soon received a call from the head of the fan organization, and after asking some questions, he included his name in the list of fans who went to the Stade de France with him.

"Unite, Mace! The final is not a matter for the players, it is a glorious moment for us as Metz players! Let's go to Paris and turn the Stade de France into a crimson!! The Crimson fan group is looking for like-minded friends to cheer on our own team, so if you have a ticket or would like to do so, please call ......"

The slogan of the fan organization is a few words of agitation, which makes people feel enthusiastic just by seeing it, and immediately take out their mobile phones to sign up.

When the Metz team was training on the outskirts of Paris, the whole city of Metz was mobilized. The media conservatively estimated that there would be more than 20,000 Metz fans attending the game, or even more. Although they can't fill the 80,000-seat Stade Francia, I believe that they will be able to burst out of great energy there, so that Paris Saint-Germain dare not underestimate it.

※※※ At four o'clock in the morning of April 28 Western time, the alarm clock placed in the bed rang, and Emily opened her eyes, closed the bed and fumbled in the bed to turn off the alarm clock.

She looked at the time, then rolled over and got out of bed, washed up briefly in the bedroom, dressed and backpacked, and snuck out of the quiet of her home.

The streets of Beverly Hills were quiet at four o'clock in the morning, and it was the darkest time before dawn, and Emily sneaked out without fear of being bumped into. That's why she chose four o'clock in the morning.

Standing outside her yard, Emily looked back at the dark villa, the window of the room where her mother was located was dark and there was no light, and her mother should be asleep.

"Bye-bye, Mom." Emily waved her hand there, then tightened her backpack and trotted quickly into the end of the silent street.

The streets were deserted, with nothing but the light of the street lamps, and the villas were in the middle of a dense grove, and apart from the occasional barking of dogs, Beverly Hills was even quietly and somewhat terrifying at this time.

But Emily didn't care about any of that, she only had one thought on her mind now - to go to Paris!

(To be continued)