Chapter 6: Chelsea Juniors

Football is an indispensable part of life in the UK, whenever the weekend comes, groups of fans from various cities and communities will wear different jerseys, go to different stadiums to watch the games of the teams they support, and there are many football games for primary school students in the UK, many primary school students have joined the football team in school, to cultivate their love and interest in football from an early age. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Andy's primary school has won the All England Primary School League "Prince Cup" for 3 consecutive years in the fierce competition, Andy has also broken his own record for 3 consecutive seasons to get the top scorer, although it is only a primary school competition, but Andy has attracted the attention of many teams and junior teams, and Andy is also a small celebrity in the Fulham area, and his family will walk on the street with neighbors who will come to greet him kindly, and under the influence of Andy and Edward Sr., George Chan and Alina also join them at the stadium every weekend to watch Chelsea play, although they were taken aback by the atmosphere when they first stepped onto the pitch, with at least 50,000 people at Stamford Bridge, a capacity of 40,000 people, packed into the stands.

Looking down at them, many people were flushed, obviously stepping into the field after drinking, George Chen frowned at that time, as a Chinese descendant he has always been indifferent to football, you must know that in the United Kingdom, although football is the most popular and most watched sport, but in England football is a sport belonging to the lower class of the working class, he is traditionally regarded as a barbaric sport, and rugby and cricket are gentlemen's sports, because England is a country that pays great attention to historical traditions, Football a hundred years ago was synonymous with barbarism.

But as the game continued, driven by the old Edward and Andy, George Chen quickly entered the state, singing fan songs with the big men with five big and three thick, naked bodies next to him, and Alina, who had also watched the game with his father since he was a child, was even more proficient in singing there.

Looking down from the VIP stand where they were, their eyes were full of blue colors, and both men and women of all ages were singing in their hearts, singing from the beginning of the game until the end of the game, these lovely fans always had countless lyrics, and they could even improvise new lyrics right away, and they could immediately sing them all together.

With the regular weekly watch with his family, George Chen also began to enjoy the atmosphere of this kind of stadium, you must know that the atmosphere of the stadium in the 90s was the most enthusiastic, compared to the Premier League after all the seats in England stadium culture has basically become a gentleman culture of the stadium, everyone sits quietly, stands up and applauds together when the goal is scored, and sits down together after the applause, how to look like a group of robots, and Chelsea has performed quite well in recent seasons, Chelsea entered the First Division in 1989 as Second Division champions and finished fourth in the English First Division the following year, and since the 90s the Blues have maintained their image as a mid-table team in the First Division.

'Mr George, you have to know that joining our Chelsea junior team is the right thing to do, our team is League One and we have good academy facilities, to hell with Fulham, they're in the second division, as far as I know, your family is our fans, right?' Scouts from Chelsea chattered.

"Study, absolutely no problem, you know that the under-14 junior team is not allowed to stay, unless you move your family to another community or city, but then little Andy will have to join the junior team of another team, I don't think you would do that, right?" The scouts kept lobbying Andy's family, and Andy could only listen quietly from the sidelines, as a child he had no right to speak. …,

"Every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday after school, you can accompany Andy to train for two hours, in order to be responsible for their future, we will also regularly evaluate the results of the young players in school, you must know that not all young players will be able to get professional contracts in the future, so you have to be responsible for their lives."

"Well, you impressed me, and I decided to let Andy join your junior team." George Chen stretched out his right hand.

"It's a wise choice, Mr. Chen," the scout said relieved and shook George's hand.

"Okay, little Andy, you're satisfied, but I want to say to you, no matter what your future holds, don't relax in your studies, once your grades don't meet our requirements, I won't let you continue to play." George Chen helplessly looked at Andy, who was happy in the arms of old Edward.

Andy is about to start his secondary school career and his time in the Chelsea junior team.

"Hi Andy, welcome to the São Paulo Under 14 team," a familiar voice appeared in Andy's ear as he rushed to the school's soccer field after the first day of school.

"Coach Niven, my gosh, are you the coach of the middle school team now, I'm so happy!" Andy cheered and hugged the figure.

'Yes, I heard you've joined the Chelsea junior team, so you've got to work harder, Andy Jr.' Coach Niven rubbed Andy, who was already 1.65 meters tall, and said.

"I will, Coach, I promise!" Andy replied loudly.

"Come on, don't forget to bring more goals and honors to our school team when you participate in the training and games of the junior team over there." Coach Niven continues to motivate him.

The Cobham training base covers about 60 acres, and when Andy walked into the base with his mother, the scout who invited them to join was already standing at the door waiting for them.

"I'll show you around, Andy," Cather led Andy all the way to the training ground, giving him a briefing on the base.

Looking at the teams of all ages training on the more than 10 lawns in the base, Andy watched all this curiously, knowing that he had never seen so many people training together.

"Mr. Cather, can I meet Gullitt here, you know, I like him very much." Andy asked at Cather.

"Of course, you can also ask him for an autograph." Cather replied with a smile.

Andy whistled "Cool", and asked for an autograph to give old Edward to make him happy.

As the two of them walked and talked, they came to the edge of a training ground, and Cather called a middle-aged man on the sidelines, while saying to Andy, "This is your future coach, his name is Bass." ”

"Name?" Coach Bass asked.

"Andy Chan"

"Age?"

"12 years old"

"Where are you from?"

"London Fulham"

"Very well, come with me." Coach Bath then took Andy to the team's locker room and assigned him a wardrobe.

Andy looked at this somewhat rudimentary locker room, which was no different from the school, but it was much larger, with hundreds of cabinets around the walls, each with the names of their respective players on them, and a long row of chairs in the middle of the locker room, and a row of about 10 showers for bathing could be seen at the end.

"Okay, quickly change into your clothes, go out and make a presentation to your teammates, and then start training, there are 2 sets of jerseys, pants, sneakers, and all kinds of protective gear in the cabinet, you have to wash and keep it clean from time to time!" Coach Bass walked out without looking back.

"Got it, Coach." Andy shouted at Coach Bath's back.