Last season, Hoffenheim won the league championship during the winter break as a promotion, and was called the biggest dark horse. This season, they ranked seventh during the winter break. As the defending champion, this result is not good, but not many people accused them because Hoffenheim performed very well in the Champions League. Everyone believes that Hoffenheim cannot advance together on two fronts, so since they have made some breakthroughs in the Champions League, it is normal for them to perform poorly in the league, which is not worth making a fuss.

Because the WHO claimed that the flu was outbreak, Chu Zhongtian, who had planned to go to the United States, could not go there this Christmas holiday. This made Chu Zhongtian very unhappy with the WHO. He felt that the "swine flu" was not as terrifying as the media said. Obasi was still sending him a text message to joke during the quarantine period, and he could not see the awareness of "contaminated seriously ill".

Everyone is so nervous that their normal travel is greatly restricted. But his life is still the same as before the flu outbreak. He still goes to places with a lot of people, and never wears a mask or something, and has never been infected with the flu.

Therefore, he was very upset that he could not go to the United States and could not see his beloved person. He scolded the WHO at home but still couldn't breathe. He had to go online depressedly and talked to Emily online.

Although he couldn't go to the United States, staying in Sinsheim this Christmas holiday was boring. Chu Zhongtian decided to change his itinerary. He wanted to go to France to see his friends.

So he returned the flight ticket to Los Angeles and booked a ticket to Paris, France. Chu Zhongtian packed his luggage and left Sinsheim to France without even saying hello to Emily.

※※※Belmont was waiting for guests outside Charles de Gaulle Plaza, and the car door behind him was opened.

"I'm sorry, I'm not my turn yet..." Belmont was wearing sunglasses and shook his head with the music in the car. He heard someone say without looking back when he opened the car door, his tone was lazy. It was so cold that day, and he was listening to music with the air conditioner in the car. How comfortable it was. As soon as the person behind opened the car door, a gust of air conditioning came in, which made him very upset.

The talent behind him didn't care about so many people, and sat in the back seat and then stopped saying a word.

Seeing that he still didn't move after talking about the person, Belmont was a little angry. He turned his head and took off his sunglasses, with a fierce expression on his face: "I'll say you..."

Before he finished speaking, what caught his eye was Chu Zhongtian's smiling face.

"Huh?" Belmont was stunned for a moment.

"What am I?" Chu Zhongtian asked with a smile on his face.

"You... damn!" Belmont turned from his seat and wanted to hug Chu Zhongtian, but his head hit the roof of the car. "Ah!" He sat back with his mouth covering his mouth - he bit his tongue.

Belmont, who was so painful that tears were squeezed out of his eyes, changed for a while before he spoke again: "Why are you here? Damn..."

"Come on vacation." Chu Zhongtian replied.

"Mess is not a winter tourist destination." Belmont asked again after saying that, "Where do you want to go? I'll take you there for free!"

"I booked a hotel, but it's still early. I haven't decided yet, so you can take me around." Chu Zhongtian put his backpack aside and leaned against the seat.

As a result, Belmont took him to the Holy Mountain Forian Stadium.

Chu Zhongtian got out of the car and looked up at the exterior wall of the stadium that he once knew very well but now felt a little unfamiliar.

Belmont also got out of the car, leaned against the door, pointed at the stadium in front with sunglasses and introduced: "One of Metz's landmark buildings - the Holy Mountain Forian Stadium! It can accommodate 26,600..."

Chu Zhongtian interrupted Belmont: "I know all this, Belmont."

"We may be downgraded this year." Belmont said suddenly without continuing to introduce it.

"I'm sorry..."

"Why do you want to apologize?" Belmont looked at him and asked, "I don't think you can stay here for a lifetime. It's already great to be able to stay for four seasons. In fact, even if you leave, we won't be relegated, but that idiot Molinari..."

Belmont realized that it was not the time to talk about this topic, so he shrugged: "Forget it, let's not talk about this. I watched your Champions League game, you are more mature than when you were here, Chu. It seems that one season in the Bundesliga has helped you a lot."

Chu Zhongtian smiled and said nothing.

The two stood in the square outside the stadium for a long time, watching the stadium chatting. Later it turned into a memory conference. Chu Zhongtian talked about the fact that when he first arrived in Metz, Belmont gave a warning.

Belmont said that it was his unique way of welcome.

Later, they got tired of chatting. They got into the car, and Belmont took him to a hotel for rest, and gave Hoffenheim a new business card, saying that as long as he used the car, he would call himself and pick him up for free, and it would be fine even if he went directly to Paris Charles de Gaulle International Airport.

The nagging "talk" Belmont left, and Chu Zhongtian returned to the room alone, opened the curtains, and looked outside, snow began to fall in the dark air.

He came from a world of ice and snow to another world of ice and snow. Is he here to take a vacation?

He originally wanted to come and have nostalgia, but when he saw the stadium under the gray sky, he suddenly felt that there was nothing to be pregnant with.

Metz is just a stop on his career, not his spiritual home.

He took out his cell phone and called Emily: "Guess where am I?"

"It's not Los Angeles anyway." Emily said with a lip voice. Chu Zhongtian couldn't come, and she was also very unhappy. This holiday will be boring.

“I’m in Metz.”

"Huh? Why are you thinking about going there?" Emily was also a little surprised by Chu Zhongtian's answer.

"I don't know, I suddenly thought of it."

"Go there to see old friends nostalgia?"

"Um."

Emily suddenly thought of someone, and she smiled and said, "Do you have female friends?"

Chu Zhongtian was stunned for a moment, and then realized who Emily was referring to. The name Mathilde was almost completely gone from his mind. Unexpectedly, Emily still remembered that if it weren't for her, she would probably not have been able to remember it.

"Ha, no." Chu Zhongtian said. "I plan to stay in Metz for two days and leave."

"So short? Where else are you going?"

"Well, go to Aussel."

“Where to do what?”

"Go and see the head coach of Fernandez." Chu Zhongtian planned to visit his real mentor. Wimbledon Athletics head coach Eames just gave him a chance to play again. But it was Fernandez who really made himself a professional player and his personal ability improved by leaps and bounds. He was very glad that he had lasted for four seasons at Metz, instead of leaving in just two seasons. It was because of these four seasons that laid a solid foundation for him. Now when he crossed Carrick and Fletcher on the court, it was his years in France that provided him with such skills.

Without Coach Fernandez, he wouldn't be the one he is today. All the foundations of his career were completed in Metz's four seasons, and Rangnick had a bit of "living on his own".

So he must thank this mentor.

Emily understood this emotion, so she agreed.

But before going to Ausselle, he had to see another person.

※※The next day, Chu Zhongtian came to the downstairs of the apartment he rented in Metz's first season with a bottle of champagne. He looked up at the five-story building, and he wanted to see someone.

Up to the fourth floor, knocking on the door.

The woman who opened the door was Legov's daughter.

"Hello." Chu Zhongtian smiled and greeted him politely. "Is your dad here?"

The woman was stunned for a moment, then she looked sad: "He passed away two months ago..."

The smile on Chu Zhongtian's face froze.

※※※It is quiet in the cemetery that you can even hear the sound of snowflakes falling on the ground.

The sound of footsteps of the two people broke the silence, and the two figures slowly walked from a distance.

"He had a heart attack, and the rescue was ineffective..." Legov's daughter told Chu Zhongtian. After her father passed away, she moved to Paris and lived with her husband and children. She came this time to clean up the old house and planned to rent out the house. It was a coincidence that if she missed it in just two days, Chu Zhongtian would never find her again, and would not know the end of Legov's life.

For several years, she has been taking care of her old father who is unwilling to leave her hometown. When she first met, Chu Zhongtian thought she was single... "He was watching Met's game at that time, and then..." The daughter whispered.

The two walked in front of a tombstone and stopped. Chu Zhongtian noticed that the tombstone was carved with the Metz team emblem as a pattern... Then he saw the name on it - Henry René, Abel, Guyle-Goff.

It is indeed the tomb of the old fan Legov. After knowing him for three and a half years, this is the first time he knows Legov's full name.

From life to death, they are all fans of Metz.

After Legoff's daughter put down the flowers in her hand, Chu Zhongtian also squatted down and placed the champagne in her hand in front of the tombstone.

This old man gave him so much champagne, and he said he would come to pay him a bottle this time... If there is anything else that I can't forget Metz's years, I'm going home every day and seeing the champagne in the cabinet. In Metz's four seasons, he helped the team win the French Cup, the UEFA Cup, and the UEFA Super Cup. These are team honors, and those champagne are personal trophys awarded to him by an ordinary fan.

"I believe he will be happy to see him. Thank you," said Legov's daughter.

Chu Zhongtian stood up, looked at Legov's name on the tombstone and said, "Where, when I was in Metz, your father's bottle of champagne gave me great confidence. I can't forget that day until now. Your father's bottle of wine saved a young player. So it was me who should say thank you."

They didn't stay in the cemetery for too long. After learning about Legov's death, Chu Zhongtian proposed to come and see him. Now that he has seen it, it is natural that he should leave.

Without bringing the bottle of champagne, he left the wine in front of the tombstone.

The two turned around and left, and the distance went further and further, the sound of footsteps gradually disappeared. The cemetery returned to its original tranquility, with nothing but the sound of snowflakes falling. A breeze blew, and the ribbon tied to the bottle moved.

※※※ Chu Zhongtian did not find his teammates in Metz. First of all, this team is very different from the one he was familiar with at the time. Molinari almost sold off all his previous teammates. Secondly, it is a holiday now, and no one will stay in Metz, and they all went to the warm and sunny south vacation.

In fact, he came to Mets mainly to see Legov. He has suffered so many benefits from him, so he has to come to the door to thank him in person in order to be sincere. He did not expect that he would indeed complete the thanks in front of the old man's tombstone.

On the last day of Metz, Chu Zhongtian called Wang Hao and wanted to ask him out and everyone got together. The news he received was indeed Wang Hao went back to his hometown in Chengdu to recuperate. He once shined in the youth team because of his age and excessive pursuit of perfection, which greatly affected his growth rate.

Legov passed away, Wang Hao returned to Sichuan, and Belmont also had to work and make money. In Metz, Chu Zhongtian couldn't find anyone worth seeing, and this city could only be gradually preserved in memory.

The next day he bid farewell to Belmont and went to Ausselle alone. Originally, Belmont was going to send him there, but Chu Zhongtian refused his kindness and chose to take the train alone.

※※※Mes has been on vacation, how could Aussel not take a vacation? So Chu Zhongtian did not go to Ausselle's training base directly with the attitude of "give the old coach a surprise", but called Fernandez and told him that he was in Ausselle.

The old coach who received the call from Chu Zhongtian seemed very happy. He has led many young players, but there are not many players who come to him after several years... So he directly invited Chu Zhongtian to visit his house.

The master and apprentice were naturally happy to meet, which was completely different from the gloomy and sad atmosphere at Metz.

Fernandez is very concerned about Chu Zhongtian's situation at Hoffenheim. Judging from the Champions League, he has indeed made progress there, which makes Fernandez very happy. He has great expectations for this young man he had taken a fancy to at first sight, hoping that Chu Zhongtian can keep improving and maintain this momentum. Just like Zidane at the time.

After hearing about Rangnick's plan for Chu Zhongtian, he was stunned for a moment and said that this was a bold idea. It was hard to say whether it could succeed, but as long as Chu Zhongtian kept moving towards this goal, his achievements in football would not be small.

"Even if you can't become a legend, the achievements you can achieve in the end will be amazing." Fernandez was reducing the pressure on Chu Zhongtian. In his eyes, Chu Zhongtian was still the young boy who had just entered the professional football world. He needed careful care and care. In order to make Chu Zhongtian gradually adapt to the cruel professional league, he did not put too much pressure on him and avoid a genius being exhausted due to pressure, he took great pains to freeze Chu Zhongtian for half a season. If Leka hadn't happened to be injured by Sana at that time, he might have had to freeze Chu Zhongtian for a while, and then give him playing time bit by bit, gradually increasing, allowing him to slowly adapt to professional games.

It has to be said that Chu Zhongtian's ability to withstand pressure was beyond his expectations. He was ordered in such an important game and performed well when he appeared. Although he was "scaught" a penalty kick by the opponent in the end, as a young man who was only 20 years old, this performance was excellent enough, and that mistake was really acceptable.

Although Chu Zhongtian's ability to withstand pressure was beyond Fernandez's expectations, it must be admitted that the "career start-up plan" that Fernandez had carefully designed did indeed give Chu Zhongtian great help. If he had not had the previous half-season preparation training, he would not have performed as well as Paris Saint-Germain. Think about what Chu Zhongtian's virtue is that he had just joined Metz. He performed very poorly in a game of the second team of the club and could not find the direction and rhythm at all. If Chu Zhongtian directly played in the first team's Ligue 1, he would probably be kicked out of the field amidst laughter and scolding, and at the same time, Fernandez was carrying it on his back.

Under tremendous pressure, he dared not give him more opportunities to play. If this happens, Chu Zhongtian's life trajectory may have to go on another path. He will not be able to get more opportunities to play due to heavy external pressure. After the loan period expires, because he did not get more performance, Metz gave up on him. He returned to Chelsea. It is obvious that he could not get a place there, so he continued to be loaned to some messy places... After the four-year contract expires, where he is still playing football, it is really hard to say... After understanding these things, you can understand why Chu Zhongtian came to Ausselle specifically to thank his mentor Fernandez.

Rangnik gave him a broader vision and greater ambitions, but the foundation was laid by Fernandez. A tall building that was raised from the ground was not well laid. What is a broader vision and greater ambition? That's all nonsense.

I should really thank Fernandez for being today.

While eating the French meal made by the teacher's wife, Chu Zhongtian and Fernandez were talking about football. Chu Zhongtian took the opportunity to ask for many questions, and some of his doubts were answered. Fernandez also liked Chu Zhongtian's spirit of tireless pursuit of progress. Naturally, he would answer any questions whenever he had questions. At the same time, he also extended it and talked about many other issues, which benefited Chu Zhongtian a lot.

After defeating Manchester United in the Champions League, Chu Zhongtian did not take it as he was so proud that he could get into a bottleneck. On the contrary, he went to the next level and was just Manchester United. In the future, he and Hoffenheim would have more enemies.

The two of them had aroused conversation, and they picked up the football and went to the yard to practice it. They were sweating all over before they could rest for a while.

The next day, when Chu Zhongtian said goodbye to his mentor, his wife thanked him specifically because her husband hadn't been so really happy for a while.

But Chu Zhongtian said embarrassedly that he should have said thank you because he lived this day very meaningful and benefited a lot.

After saying goodbye to Fernandez's family, Chu Zhongtian set off for Paris and returned to Germany from Paris.

This short holiday ended here. He wanted to digest what he gained from this trip and use it in future training and competitions.
Chapter completed!