“Time: May 14, 2013.

Title: Cartier turns the tide, Metz returns to Ligue 2 after a year!”

“Date: October 20, 2013.

Title: The number one superstar of the Metz youth team, the Chinese young player emerged!”

“Date: April 30, 2014.

Title: Chinese young players scored 67 goals in a single season, and Metz won the Youth League championship!”

“Time: May 25, 2014.

Title: Cartier is still magical, Metz successfully advanced to the armor!"

“Date: October 25, 2014.

Title: The familiar face appeared on the bench for the first time, and the Chinese young player officially entered the first team lineup!”

“Time: November 3, 2014.

Title: Who is Metz? He is the best scorer in the French Youth League!"

“Time: November 28, 2014.

Title: Another 90 minutes on the bench! When will the Chinese young player be on the court?"

“Date: December 30, 2015.

Title: Half a season of 0 appearances, another marketing player?!"

“Time: February 16, 2015.

Title: Metz is hard to win in the New Year! The league ranking fell to 17!"

“Time: March 5, 2015.

Title: Break! Break! Metz slipped to the second to last!"

“Time: March 18, 2015.

Title: Metz is at the bottom of the game and has no choice but to retreat, and the Chinese young player wears a hat on the sidelines."

Somewhere in the SCCD, a middle-aged man was flipping through the newspaper in his hand.

He looked at the latest edition of the newspaper and couldn't help but sigh:

"Ma Mai Critic! Look at these unconventional media. The youngest son (referring to the youngest son) sits on the sidelines and wears a hat... can they make fun of it like this?!"

His wife had read the reports of her son's club long ago. In comparison, she was much calmer than her husband, and instead advised her:

"It's okay to check out these messy reports, but don't tell your son on the phone, it's already hard for him to be alone in France..."

Chen Zhiyuan slapped heavily on the sofa:

"Of course I know!"

Wife Wang Xiaoqing stared at her eyes:

"You know a hammer!"

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It is now March 20, 2015.

It has been three years since Chen Hao stayed in Metz.

Metz, who fell into the French League C, was once in a desperate situation and even continued to decline. It was not until the club invited the team's former celebrity Albert Cartier as the head coach at the end of 2012 that it gradually recovered its decline.

Cartier is not a famous coach. He is just a mediocre person who is involved in small clubs and barely seeking a job. But such a coach leads Metz, who is poor and on the verge of disbanding, to return to Ligue 2 in just one year and re-enter Ligue 1 in another year!

This result made Cartier a hero in the entire club and even the entire city!

You know, the last time Metz participated in the Ligue 1, it was already the distant 2005-2006 season!

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"I'll go, what kind of grudges do this website have with me? I'm so bad!"

Now it is the Internet era. Even if his parents don’t say it, Chen Hao has seen the news of “wearing a hat” from various channels, which is so angry that he almost smashed his phone...

Although he had two lifetimes of experience, his mind and Measure were far from reaching the state of no joy or sorrow. He even took out a small notebook and viciously recorded the name of the media.

In three years, Metz completed a magical two-stage jump, and he also achieved rapid growth.

At the end of 2012, when he was less than 15 years old, he officially entered the U15 echelon of the Metz Club from the International Training Center.

Half a year later, in the 2013-14 season, he crossed the U16 again, advanced to the U17, and quickly became the main force of this youth team, even further and served as the deputy captain of Metz U17.

In the French Youth League, he scored 67 goals in 23 games he participated in (this goal efficiency is of course terrible for the adult team, but it is not too shocking in the youth team game with lax defense. For example, Barcelona's genius Boyn's average goal efficiency in the echelon team was terrible 3.5), and he won the Youth League Best Player and Golden Boot Award without surprise. Metz also won the championship trophy without surprise.

As the best player in the youth team, and the Chinese media have also begun to pay attention, Chen Hao naturally entered the vision of first-team head coach Albert Cartier.

Considering that the team had just succeeded in the League, the club's financial difficulties and was unable to introduce a large number of strong players, Cartier officially promoted three youth training young players, including Chen Hao, to the first team as reserve force shortly after the 2014-15 season began.

But...even Cartier himself did not expect that the situation in the new season would be so difficult.

Halfway through the league, Metz had already fallen into the relegation zone (17-20th place). After a short winter break and entering the new year, the team's situation not only did not improve at all, but was even worse. The gap between the relegation zone (17th place) has widened to 8 points. You know, Metz played 33 rounds and only won 30 points in total.

If it weren't for not finding a better head coach at this time, Metz club chairman Bernard Sailen would have kicked himself away without hesitation!

Anyway, the penalty for liquidated contract is not much!

Let’s take a look at the results this year. After playing 14 rounds in three months, Metz has only barely won two pitiful victories recently, with 30 points in 33 rounds, ranking second to last in Ligue 1, and 7 points less than the third to last team.

In the head coach's office, Cartier stared at the tactical manual in his hand with a serious expression, his eyebrows almost twisted.

He encountered a big problem.

In the 33 rounds of games that have been played, Metz's team scored only 29 goals, averaging less than 0.88 games...

As for the issue of conceding 46 goals in 33 rounds, Cartier is not worried because this is a common problem for Ligue 1 teams. Their defensive system is probably not even considered a primary school student in front of the Italians.

But on the offensive side...

He left the manual and turned to his assistant coach Jose Yunashanp:

"Falcon's injury..."

Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Yuna Champ:

"You have asked Albert many times. Even the most optimistic estimate is that he will not be able to resume training in early May. As for participating in the competition... I'm afraid he can't help with the last four rounds of leagues..."

Cartier rubbed his temples and picked up another schedule again.

In the 31st round of the make-up match, he challenged Paris Saint-Germain, who ranked first away; in the next 35th round, he welcomed the traditional giants Marseille, who ranked fourth at home; in the 36th round, he was Lorient, who ranked 17th; in the 37th round, he met Monaco, who ranked third; in the final match, he was Lille, who ranked seventh.

Among these five opponents, four of them are traditional French strong teams, and the only weak team, Lorient, is a direct competitor to relegation. They slaughtered Metz 3-0 in the first half of the season. Of course, the pressure on Cartier's shoulders can be imagined.

Nowadays, Cartier no longer expects the team to leave the relegation zone directly. The 87-point gap is almost like a natural disaster in the face of such a devilish schedule. He can only hope that Metz can rise from 19th to 18th, so as to qualify for the relegation playoffs in the end.

But at such a critical moment, Falcon, one of the main strikers, has been absent from the injury since the end of the African Cup in February, and the offensive line, which lacks firepower, is undoubtedly greatly reduced. On the international match day a week ago, two midfielders of Metz were accidentally injured in the matches of their respective national teams. At that time, Cartier almost fainted on the spot after hearing the news!

Another assistant coach, Sebastian Muerte, who is also the youth team coach, finally spoke:

"Albert, why don't you try to use that little guy? You've recruited him into the first team for more than half a year, but you haven't allowed him to play in the league for a minute..."

Cartier explained:

"Of course I can see his talent, but the next game is a vital battle. I don't want him to bear too much pressure so early. He should be Metz's future, rather than falling too early like those young and famous geniuses..."

Muett shrugged:

"If you don't let him play, he and you will only be in the French Ligue 2 future."

Cartier grabbed his hair and sighed.

He knew that the assistant was already very subtle.

If Messe fails to survive the last six rounds of the devil's schedule, he will definitely be swept out by the club and will not have any future...

He looked at the last name "Chen Hao" in the player's manual, and then looked at the next round opponent "Paris Saint-Germain":

"Hope... this little guy won't be destroyed by pressure."

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Chapter completed!