In live football, Ribery finally found the venue. Chu Zhongtian had just started playing this game for two months, and he had to learn language in addition to playing football, and he didn't have much time to play, so his level was not very good. Ribery was a master, so he was humiliated by Ribery for one night. He threw away the handle and stopped playing without losing a few games, but continued to fight with Ribery. This surprised Ribery.

In fact, Ribery just didn't know that Chu Zhongtian was using this opportunity to hone his game skills, and at the same time he planned to save face in such a game in the future.

He hates failure, even if he plays live football. The crushing defeat tonight will one day come back to Ribery.

After getting up the next day, Chu Zhongtian got up very early, while Ribery was still staying on the bed. He waited for the assistant coach to knock on the door outside before he reluctantly got up, got up to wash and change clothes.

After breakfast and lunch, the players took a lunch break and waited until 5:30 pm to set off. Before leaving, they simply ate some sandwiches, bread and other things to fill their stomachs. It was not a formal dinner. The real dinner was something they only ate after they returned to the hotel after playing the game.

This game opened at 7:30 pm local time, so it is normal for the team to prepare two hours in advance.

At the same time, outside the Forian Stadium in Saint Mountain, enthusiastic Metz fans are already preparing to enter the court.

Monaco is a strong team. It reached the Champions League final last season and almost won the Big Ear Cup. For fans of small teams like Metz, while supporting their own teams, they can also enjoy the performances of strong teams and see those big-name stars. It is also very attractive.

In addition, for them, this game has a very special significance - this is the game where they welcomed the former "Canu II of Metz" Adebayor home.

※※※"Adebayo is a great character!" On the way to the stadium, the midfielder Grégory Leca, who started in this game, was discussing their opponents tonight with other teammates. "And most importantly, he was trained by us Metz!"

Chu Zhongtian was very unfamiliar with the name, and he asked Ribery, who was sitting next to him: "Who is that?"

Ribery shrugged: "A black bamboo pole, played for Metz a few seasons."

The captain Stefan Bobiconi, who was sitting in front of them, turned around and explained to them: "It was a very talented Togo man. Mess discovered him and trained him out. Mess was relegated in the 2001-02 season. Many people left at that time, but Emmanuel_adebayor stayed and helped the team upgrade successfully. Unfortunately, he was bought by Monaco after the upgrade, just for 3.2 million euros..." Speaking of this, Bobiconi shook his head, feeling very regretful.

Chu Zhongtian nodded: "Oh, it's really a pity."

"But there is nothing we can do. Mess is a small club. Many times he has to rely on selling those talented players to survive." Speaking of this, captain Bobby Coni glanced at Ribery sitting next to Chu Zhongtian.

Ribery felt the captain's gaze and shrugged at him.

Although Ribery's performance in the game is still average, his teammates can see that he is a talented person, but he has not mastered the way to correctly exert these talents. In addition, Ribery is also a very ambitious person. Everyone can see that he may not stay for too long again. Maybe he will leave the team during this winter break? As long as other teams offer him a contract that is more attractive than Metz... ※※ Delphin Mathilde has stood in the square outside the Sanshan Forian Stadium, but she still hasn't figured out why she wants to watch this game. She has never watched football before, and she doesn't like playing football, and is not a fan of Metz. But why should she watch this game?

Is it because of the excited expression on the face of that Chinese boy?

Before Mathilde could figure out this problem off the court, he was surrounded by other excited fans and mixed into the crowd lined up to enter the field.

Not far away beside her, two young men with the same complexion and hair color as Chu Zhongtian were talking in language she couldn't understand.

Wang Hao lined up in the crowd and said to Jiang Ran next to him: "I heard that Brother Chu has entered the 18-man roster in this game. I just don't know if it will be the starter..."

"It would be great if it was the starter." Jiang Ran said.

"But as long as you enter the roster, you will have a chance to play. Even if you are not the starter, you can be a substitute. I am still optimistic about Brother Chu."

"Because you are fellow countrymen?"

Wang Hao scratched his head: "On the one hand, for this reason, and Brother Chu is indeed capable. He is very strong and cannot see his clothes when he wears clothes. He has muscles when he takes off his clothes."

When talking about Chu Zhongtian's strength, the two boys would look down at their arms and legs, and then sighed together.

"If I had the body like Brother Chu, I wouldn't worry about being injured." Jiang Ran, who delayed training and competition due to the injury, said in frustration.

"If I had Brother Chu's body, I would be the second Zidane!" Wang Hao clenched his fists and waved it, then sighed regretfully. "It's a pity that it's just a dream..."

※※When the bus that Monaco team took arrived at the Forian Stadium in Saint Mountain, Patrice Evra patted Adebayo's head: "How is it like going home, Ade?"

"I hope they won't boo me..." Adebayo, twenty, looks like he is thirty years old. He has played in the Champions League, but when he returns to this small court again, he still misses him.

"Don't worry, it seems that you are very popular here." Evra pointed to the fans outside the car window, and some Metz fans were wearing Adebayo's jersey that was more than a season ago. The back of the jersey was printed with Adebayo's name and his number at Metz at that time - 20.

"But if you score, it's hard to say." Evra added.

Adebayo shook his head: "If I scored, I wouldn't celebrate."

Evra patted his shoulder.

Adebayo turned his head and looked out the window. The familiar exterior wall of the Forian Stadium in Saint Mountain had no change from two years ago. However, he had not left for too long and came last year's away game. However, he was replaced in the 73rd minute and did nothing. The team defeated Mess 2-0.

He stayed in this team for nearly four years, but he only had two seasons to play in the first team. The most brilliant season was the season when the team was relegated to the second grade. At that time, the monkeys fell and many people left the team, but Adebayo chose to stay. Now I think about it, I really thank him for his decision at that time. With his help, Metz returned to the first league in just one season, and he also won the favor of Monaco head coach Deschamps with his outstanding performance of fifteen goals in forty games this season. In fact, Arsenal and Juventus were interested in him at that time, but he eventually joined Monaco.

He is already Monaco's main striker in the new season, but who trained him is Metz, and who gave him a stable chance to play in the first team? It is Metz's head coach Jean Fernandez.

Perhaps in the future, his mentality will change due to his growth in knowledge and different living environments, but at this time, Adebayo, who was only 20 years old, was still grateful to Metz, a French club that brought him from his poor and backward African hometown to the European continent.

"But hey, Ade." Evra saw him looking out at the crowd outside the window and the stadium, and reminded him again, "Don't be weak during the game."

"Don't worry, Patrice. I'm a professional player." The big black man Adebayo grinned and showed his white teeth. "I know what to do on the court."

Evra gave him a thumbs up.

※※After entering the locker room, the players did not rush to change their clothes and then went out to warm up. They had plenty of time and didn't rush this time. After all, they came to the court two hours in advance. Assistant coach David Carre did not yell at the moment when they entered the locker room and reminded the players to change their clothes and go out to warm up.

This is different from what Chu Zhongtian did when he was playing in Wimbledon, and he was still a little uncomfortable.

Assistant coach David Carrey pulled Chu Zhongtian, who was a little unaware of what to do, and he walked to the front of a coat hook. On the top of the wooden cabinet above the hook, he saw his surname "chu". But what was more conspicuous than this was the dark red jersey hanging in the cabinet. No. 30, chu, was clear at a glance, and told him that this was his own jersey.

"This is the locker you will use in the future, Chu."

Ribery shouted strangely from the side: "We are neighbors again, Chu! How come you can meet you anywhere!"

Chu Zhongtian looked at Ribery's locker, which was hung with a No. 10 jersey.

Many teams pay attention to the order of cabinets in the locker room, but it depends on the head coach's personal habits. For example, the cabinets in Real Madrid's locker room are arranged in alphabetical order of the player's name, and the position of Chelsea's team's locker room this season has also been redesigned by Mourinho: on the far left are two marginal people who are most likely to leave in the new season, next are the positions of the team's two bosses, Terry and Lampard, then the forwards, midfielders, defenders, and goalkeepers. Try to arrange people who speak the same language together as much as possible, so that they can communicate better.

At Metz, there is obviously no such concerns. It is not that the team's main players are working next to each other, while the substitutes sit aside. It looks like the same order as the locker room of the training base.

After taking off the jersey, Chu Zhongtian discovered that there was another world in the cabinet blocked by the jersey - there were several clothes racks for hanging clothes that were replaced, and there was also a small drawer for holding small items such as watches, necklaces, rings, bracelets, sunglasses, etc. There was also a lock on the drawer. In addition to these, there was a double-phase and three-phase socket. What was this used for?

Chu Zhongtian had never seen this thing in the visiting team locker rooms at King's Ranch and Stamford Bridge.

He looked around and saw that some teammates plugged their phone charger in and took advantage of this opportunity to charge their phones. Some people were charging their mp3s, in addition to these... He even saw Gregori Leka blowing his hairstyle with an electric hair dryer in the mirror.

Leka noticed that Chu Zhongtian looked at him in surprise, so he stopped and blinked at him, "A good personal image helps me maintain a good state. As a professional player, personal image on the court is also very important, Chu."

Chu Zhongtian nodded to show that he understood.

Then Leka turned on the hair dryer again, whistling and whistling his hairstyle.

The cabinet is where you sit, and under the cushion is a grid for placing bags.

This is the home locker room for a professional team.

Chu Zhongtian’s first time came, it was a bit like Liu Laolao’s visit to the Grand View Garden.

Some teammates started changing clothes, but instead of changing their jerseys to warm up on the court, they wrapped themselves in a bath towel and went straight to the bathroom.

The locker room is the most mysterious place in a team. You can even imagine it as a cave where the gods and heroes are about to enter the battlefield in mythical stories. There are many secrets that outsiders don’t know. Here you will have the hope to see the special habits of many players. Some players like to perform some mysterious prayer rituals before playing, giving themselves a strong psychological hint; some players like to take a bath before playing; some players will apply something to their bodies, which may be oil paint, or

It's plaster or maybe shampoo; some players are used to listening to some music before the game to relax themselves and temporarily get rid of the heavy pressure; some players are used to pasting some things that can give them strength in their cabinets, such as portraits of stars they worship themselves, Jesus Christ is also a regular in the locker cabinet, and some inspirational mottoes written by themselves... In short, the locker room is like a big stage for sitcoms, where you can see all kinds of performances.

Ribery seemed very serious at this time, and his hippie smiley expression disappeared from his face.

Chu Zhongtian doesn’t have so many messy habits, but would it be a bit too stupid to change his clothes and sit in his seat too early? But what can I do if I don’t do this?

Chu Zhongtian simply sat in front of his cabinet, began to close his eyes and think about other things. For example, recalling his days at Wimbledon, and then silently told the people he had known in his heart: I was on the roster and might have a chance to play, but this is just my first step.

Then he thought about it and suddenly thought of the last advice coach Eames had once said to him:

"No matter where you will play football in the future, remember, you came from the 'crazy gang'."

I came from the "crazy gang"!

This sentence made Chu Zhongtian feel very proud. Although Wimbledon Athletics is just an amateur team and her predecessor's best result was just a FA Cup championship, Chu Zhongtian had this idea - those who came from the Madman are amazing and have outstanding features.

If you have the chance to appear, don’t lose face as a crazy gangster!

He clenched his fists.

Some were listening to exciting music, some were singing loudly in the bathroom next door, some were talking on the phone with their girlfriends, and some were playing on the handheld game console... The locker room was in chaos, but Chu Zhongtian was not affected by these noises at all, and he was completely immersed in his spiritual world.

Until the assistant coach's voice rang: "Okay OK, gentlemen! The time is over! End your phone, Philippe. Turn off that bad music, Sebas Dean!"

The assistant coach walked back into the locker room and reminded the players one by one to change their clothes and go out to warm up.

"This is not bad music, sir. It's industrial rock!"

"No matter what that is, agricultural things are not good either. I said I would turn it off. Gregory, you have been looking in the mirror for an hour, have you?"

"Actually, it's only thirty-three minutes, sir." Gregori Leka looked at himself in the mirror reluctantly, then combed his hair again, and then put the small mirror into a small bag he carried with him.

"I'm out for the shower!" When he walked to the bathroom door, the assistant coach Carret opened the bathroom door and shouted.

Fifteen minutes later, everyone changed their shoes and clothes.

"Go out and warm up!" Carrey waved.

※※This is not the first time Chu Zhongtian stepped on the turf of the Holy Mountain Forian Stadium. The first time was when he just joined the team and came here for a walk. This is the second time today.

The feeling of stepping on it is no different from the turf at the Holy Mountain Forian Training Base, but it is much better than King's Ranch.

Running, leg pressing, pulling, passing and shooting... Chu Zhongtian and Ribery are in the same group. Their opponents have also appeared at the other end of the court.

"Look, that's Adebayo." Ribery pointed behind Chu Zhongtian, and Chu Zhongtian turned his head to look.

"That tallest, black man, number 24."

According to Ribery's description, Chu Zhongtian found Adebayo among a group of Monaco players.

"There is nothing great except for being taller." Ribery commented on his side. "The tall people are very heavy, and I'm like a wooden stake. During the competition, I'll show you how I fight him one-on-one!"

"You seem to be inconsistent..." Chu Zhongtian reminded him.

Then he saw the Togo forward pushing the ball up, looking very skillful. As he pulled the ball, there was also a cheer in the stands near him. You should know that the ball was a fan gathered by Metz fans.
To be continued...