Xu Xiaodi has been back in London for almost ten days. During these ten days, he was busy cooperating with Li Liangcai to interview the British coaches and players, so busy that he was not able to go to the Wimbledon bar. He could not find out any news about Metz and Chu Zhongtian here.

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

What should those supporters in China who are still very interested in Chu Zhongtian do if they want to learn about the news related to Chu Zhongtian?

This is no longer the responsibility of Xu Xiaodi.

After leaving, how did Chu Zhongtian perform in the second team game? Is his relationship with his teammates more harmonious? What is the evaluation of Chu Zhongtian's performance by coach Tadio, who always follows Chu Zhongtian? There are also two children, Wang Hao and Jiang Ran. They are the future of Chinese football, so what about their study and life?

Don't know anything.

※※After October 3, the Ligue 1 was suspended for a week due to the national team competition. However, there were no international players in Metz, so the national team competition did not affect them at all. They continued to train under the leadership of the coaching staff. Only Ribery was recruited by the national team under the age of 21 to play international competitions.

Due to his outstanding performance in the league against Marseille and a stable appearance rate at Metz, Ribery was selected for the French under-21 national team, but he is still far from the French national team.

Ribery's performance is getting better and he is gradually getting rid of the bad habits he has developed when playing amateur football. Some voices of praise appeared among the media and fans. Some local media in Metz even called him "New Pire", which is a very high praise.

His friends gradually gained recognition from people, while Chu Zhongtian himself seemed to have returned to his first time playing football at Wimbledon. No one knew him, and no media would disturb him. He didn't have to think about anything except training to play football.

He was like a pupa, quietly waiting for the day when he broke out of his shell.

On October 14, Ribery returned to the team. The team began to prepare for the game with Monaco two days later.

After the training, head coach Fernandez asked assistant coach David Carre to announce the roster of the day after tomorrow. Eleven starters and seven substitutes, a total of 18 players. Players selected for the 18-man roster will have the opportunity to appear on the court. The remaining people can watch the game in the stands, or at home, or do other things, without anyone caring about it.

If nothing unexpected happens, Chu Zhongtian will participate in the second team league one day later.

He was used to this arrangement. Anyway, he didn't have anything to do when the roster was announced, and he didn't focus on it. He was thinking about whether to ask Wang Hao and Jiang Ran to go to the Forian Stadium in the Saint Mountains to watch the game. Monaco finally reached the Champions League final last season, but he lost to Porto led by Mourinho. After the new season, they lost some meritorious players, but their strength is still very strong and their popularity is quite high in the Ligue 1. He wanted to take Wang Hao and Jiang Ran to see what the strength of the team that can reach the Champions League finals are.

Just as he was distracted, he suddenly heard someone calling him his name: "Chu."

"Ah? What's the matter?" Chu Zhongtian asked reflexively.

As a result, it attracted the laughter of a group of young teammates around.

Assistant coach David Carre looked helplessly at Chu Zhongtian with a confused look on his face: "It's nothing, I'm just reading the name on the roster."

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

He suddenly raised his head and looked at the assistant coach Carre. Coach Carre had finished reading the big list and did not see his eyes.

Ribery, who was standing next to Chu Zhongtian, touched his arm: "Hey, Chu. What am I saying? I once said you are not far from participating in the competition, right? Ha!"

Fernandez has been observing the players. He saw Chu Zhongtian's reaction and nodded to Chu Zhongtian, which was considered to be a question in Chu Zhongtian's heart.

Chu Zhongtian slowly grinned and started to laugh.

Even Ribery said next to him, he didn't hear anything.

His appearance is quite calm, and his inner world is already ecstatic.

I'm really on the roster! I have hope to play in the Ligue 1 for Metz! Top League! Long live!

※※※ Until Chu Zhongtian left the training base, he was still in this excitement and didn't even know how he walked home. He was actually not the kind of person who always showed joy, but who made him suppress him for too long? The good news came so suddenly that it made him feel like he was dreaming, a beautiful dream, it would be better not to wake up.

He can't wait to share this good news with others, but after returning to London, reporter Xu Xiaodi changed his mobile phone number. He didn't know the new number. He wanted to call his home, but the time was wrong. The time difference between France and China was six hours. It's nineteen:30, and the home in Chengdu, Sichuan was 10:30 in the morning. At this time, his parents had already gone to bed.

Mr. Merry has returned to the UK long ago. He still has his own job. If he only relied on his five-percent salary, their family would have starved to death. At present, his situation here has stabilized and he has no agent. Whether he can make a call has nothing to do with the agent. It depends on his own efforts.

Wang Hao and Jiang Ran are still young, and they can't tell them some things. Moreover, they, the eldest brother, must maintain a steady image in front of them. They are so excited to be on the list, which is really too destructive of the "high image" they have built in their hearts for a long time. Although Ribery has a good relationship, what he says to him will definitely make him laugh.

When he finally waited for the best news in more than three months, he found that there was no one around him who could talk to him... At this time, he would miss his football at Wimbledon, whether it was Lao Yang who lived with him, his classmates Charles Philip and Joseph Kenny, as well as the drinkers in the Wimbledon bar, and finally Emily. These people are the goals he could talk to, and he could tell them about unhappy and happy things.

At this time, a knock on the door sounded outside the door.

"Ah! It's Teacher Mathilde! Hello!"

Chu Zhongtian came to open the door and saw Miss Delphin Mathilde standing outside to teach him, he greeted her with joy, even his voice was louder.

Miss Mathilde was shocked by Chu Zhongtian's unexpected performance. She stood outside and dared not go in, for fear that she would never come out if she entered the tiger's mouth... She didn't know what kind of person Chu Zhongtian was, but based on his knowledge of teaching him, this Chinese boy should not be the kind of person who likes to show off or is very lively.

So what happened today?

"Hello, Chu. What makes you so happy?" Mathilde thought about it and walked in. He had been alone for so long, and nothing happened. He didn't seem to be able to do this time. And the important thing is that she didn't smell the wine, which means that Chu Zhongtian did not 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 be chaotic after drinking... Since Mathilde took the initiative to ask, how could Chu Zhongtian let go

What about this opportunity to talk to others about yourself? He laughed: "Do you know, Mr. Mathilde? I just got a notice and I was selected for the big roster for the day after tomorrow! What does this mean? It means I have the opportunity to play in the game tomorrow night! I have been in Metz for more than three months and have never participated in the Ligue 1 even for one minute! But I am here to play football, not to learn language... I long for the game, and this goal tomorrow can be achieved! You said, can I be unhappy?"

Mathilde listened to Chu Zhongtian's cheerful words and thought in his heart that his French was already much fluent, and maybe he should almost end the course.

"Congratulations, Chu." Mathilde smiled.

Finally, there was a person who could tell me. How could Chu Zhongtian easily miss this opportunity? Besides, he had chatted with Mathil before, although he had only once. But he always felt that that chat brought him closer to this French girl.

"Actually, I have always been eager to participate in high-level competitions and fight against powerful opponents. But I know that my strength is not good. Do you know, Mr. Mathilde. I have never played professional football before, I am an amateur player. I played football in the ninth league in England. At that time, I was a college student, playing football while going to school..." Chu Zhongtian, who was in high spirits, suddenly saw Mr. Mathilde, was a little surprised.

"Have I not told you this before?" he asked.

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

"Well... I often remember the past. At that time, I went to school, worked, and played football. It was similar to yours now, but you didn't play football."

"Then you must be very tired, right?"

Mathilde asked curiously, without realizing that he had changed his name to Chu Zhongtian from "you" to "you".

"You" was put into this sentence, which was very natural, and even Chu Zhongtian didn't notice it. He shook his head: "No, it's not tiring. It's mainly because I have met many friends through those whom I don't have so many friends in Metz..." Speaking of this, Chu Zhongtian's tone was low. What made him most uncomfortable with after changing the environment was actually not language, eating habits, or pressure from the new environment, but not finding a few friends around him who can fall in love with.

Mathilde thought of his rejecting his "friend invitation" before, and his expression was a little unnatural.

"But it's nothing. When I first arrived in Wimbledon, I had no friends for a year, so it was quite hard to live alone. Maybe I will have many friends in Metz in half a year?" Chu Zhongtian laughed at this point. He remembered that the friends he played in Wimbledon were also met through football.

Football is a good bond. Through football, he can make friends at Wimbledon, so why can't he make the same friends at Metz?

"Then I wish you can make many friends in Metz, Chu."

"Thank you, Mr. Mathilde."

"Well, although you're very excited now, we're still going to class." Mathilde opened the book.

Chu Zhongtian smiled embarrassedly, and realized that he had lost his composure. "Sorry, Teacher Mathilde. I let you listen to some nonsense."

Mathilde looked at Chu Zhongtian and shook his head seriously: "No, these are not nonsense. I'm very happy to be able to share your mood."

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

※※Later, Chu Zhongtian calmed down and felt that he was too optimistic - he just entered the 18-man roster and carefully analyzed that his chances of starting and appearing were slim. Since he did not start, there were only three places for the substitute, so how could it be his turn to appear?

Fortunately, I didn’t promote this news everywhere yesterday. Otherwise, if I had been on the bench for 90 minutes, wouldn’t it disappoint those who still have expectations for me?

Normal heart, normal heart. You are already twenty years old, Chu Zhongtian, you should be more mature... Chu Zhongtian, who woke up the next day, kept reminding himself like this.

But in fact, even the 25 or 26-year-old players usually perform just older children. For example: Can you imagine a tough guy like John Terry, wearing tight children's clothing and going out shopping? Sometimes when you look at these players, you can't help but treat them as a group of older boys who are already adults but are underage.

Their life trajectory is very simple since childhood. Apart from football, they are football. Their growth trajectory is different from that of ordinary people. The people and things they come into contact with are different, and the personalities they cultivate are naturally different from those of ordinary people. Perhaps ordinary people can understand things by the age of 25 or 6, but players of the same age seem a little naive in their behavior, which is inseparable from their childhood growth environment. Therefore, it is easy for football players to appear those with perverted personalities, which are often not understood and accepted.

This is true for both Gascoin and Ribery, who like to play tricks.

Chu Zhongtian is really demanding that he be mature at the age of twenty. Although he has lived a few years of normal life, his childhood and youth that can most affect his personality development, he has ten years spent in a simple and boring football school... Today is October 15th, the last training before the tenth round of the league, mainly practicing set pieces and offensive routines. When changing clothes in the locker room, Ribery kept making faces at Chu Zhongtian.

"Don't hold me back tomorrow's game!" He pointed at Chu Zhongtian and said viciously. He was selected for the French national youth team and is now quite famous. Some Metz fans even wanted to see Ribery's breakthrough when watching the game.

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

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

He found that his jokes sometimes were ineffective against Chu Zhongtian. Last time he wanted to tease him, but in the end he fell into trouble and played against Marseille without underwear. Fortunately, his thing did not fall out of his crotch during the game, otherwise he would have become famous nationwide without relying on his assist... During training, Chu Zhongtian was assigned to the defensive team, and it can be seen that if he could play, the task must be defense.

After the training, Fernandez kept 18 players who were selected for the roster and announced the 11 starting players.

Chu Zhongtian experienced such a scene for the first time. He was a little curious, but he also felt a little lucky in his heart - maybe there would be his own name in the starting lineup this time?

Unfortunately, the result announced by Fernandez also strangled his last glimmer of luck. He was not among the eleven starting players. Although Ribery had just played in the national team under the age of 21, he still started in the league.

Chu Zhongtian's name is in the substitute lineup.

After announcing the starting list, Fernandez and assistant coach David Carre led the players onto a dark red bus parked outside the training base. Before the home game, in order to facilitate unified management, just in case, the players on the roster must go to the hotel they had booked in advance to rest, eat and rest in the hotel the next day, and wait until the time is time to take the bus to the stadium to participate in the game.

"Get good rest tonight, and you must all fall asleep before eleven o'clock!" In the car, assistant coach David Carre emphasized the team's discipline.

The hotel where Metz stays is not close to the main stadium. The Sanctuary Forian Stadium is on the Greater Solsey Island, while the hotel where Metz stays is in the city center, which takes twenty minutes to drive.

After they arrived at the hotel, the assistant coach began to distribute room keys again.

"Two people and one room, everyone I called up to get the keys." Standing in the hotel lobby, Kare issued the keys while naming according to the list.

"Frank, Chu. You two."

Ribery blinked at Chu Zhongtian, then he lowered his voice and said, "How are you practicing your recent live football skills? Chu? I brought the game console..." He patted his backpack.

Chu Zhongtian looked carefully and could really see a square PS2 game console outline. It seems that Ribery has been prepared for a long time. He must often rely on playing game consoles in the hotel to make time.

So he laughed: "I don't think you can beat me, Frank."

"Hey!" Ribery rolled his eyes: "I still remember the last time Marseille. I want to find the place in the game! You are waiting to be abused by me!"

I still remember hearing what happened two months ago. Chu Zhongtian gave him a thumbs up, of course, facing downwards.
Chapter completed!