In the second round of the Ligue 1 League on August 14, Chu Zhongtian still did not enter the final 18-man roster.

But for him, it was not nothing, because just before the team set off for Corsica, Fernandez called Chu Zhongtian aside alone and told him that in the second team league on the 15th, the team had signed him up and he would participate in the game on the 15th. This was the first time he had participated in the official game a month and a half after he came to Metz.

"I believe you have learned a lot on the training ground, and it's time to let the actual combat test these training results."

This news made Chu Zhongtian very happy. He didn't expect the opportunity to play so soon. The only regret is that head coach Fernandez would not watch the game on the spot, that is, the head coach would not know how he performed immediately.

But it would be nice to have a game at this time. Chu Zhongtian didn't care whether there was a coach watching the game on the spot.

"I want to remind you one thing. I know you used to play in the amateur league. Although the second team league level is only C, it is also considered a professional game, because those who can participate in the second team league are reserve teams and other professional teams of each club. Don't underestimate your opponents."

After seeing off the first team, he watched the live TV broadcast of his teammates' game at home.

Despite his poor performance in the first round of the league and being questioned by the media and fans, Ribery still started in a 10 jersey. Fernandez also had to give Ribery enough opportunities and trust under pressure.

Chu Zhongtian looked at Ribery who was walking out of the passage and suddenly felt that playing football under such a coach was really Ribery's luck. So what about himself?

The commentator on the TV talked endlessly in French, but Chu Zhongtian could only understand part of it.

Metz's opponent is Ajaccio (io), a team on Corsica. It is very weak. Most of the players in the team are free agents or loans. However, they inherited the strong and warlike character of the Corsica, so Metz's team did not play easily in this game.

Ribery's performance is far from good, but Chu Zhongtian could see that he deliberately strengthened his cooperation with his teammates during the game. Unfortunately, everyone was not prepared for his passing, and they did not have enough tacit understanding and could not even play the passing cooperation.

In the end, Metz defeated Ajaccio 2-1 away and won two consecutive victories in the new season. Ribery still has nothing to do with these two goals.

As a friend, Chu Zhongtian is very concerned about Ribery's performance. Another reason is that he seems to be able to see his future from Ribery, who is almost the same as himself. If I play on the court, will I be very uncomfortable with his performance like him?

※※ When Metz ended their match with Corsica, stayed in the local area for one night, and set off for the next day to return, Chu Zhongtian's first game at Metz was about to begin.

Xu Xiaodi knew that Chu Zhongtian would come to watch the game specifically after appearing in this game. Xu Xiaodi knew that Chu Zhongtian would not attract people's attention no matter how he performed in such a game. Domestic readers only have the top league in mind, and they are not interested in low-level games. At most, he sent a press release to tell everyone that Chu Zhongtian played his first game at Metz. Besides, everything is normal and there will be no change. But he still wants to watch the game, not for interviews and reports, but just to cheer for Chu Zhongtian - he may be Chu Zhongtian's only fan in Metz.

This game was not arranged to be held at the Forian Stadium in Saint Mountain, but was placed in a simple venue outside the stadium without stands. Not many people came to see the game, with about 300 people standing outside the court in a sparse manner. However, these more than 300 people were all irons among the irons, or relatives and friends of Metz's second-team players.

Chu Zhongtian looked at the scene in front of him and thought of the Ninth League in England he played. In terms of audience size, he was about the same as the Ninth League in England.

He started in this game and was arranged in the defensive midfield by second-team coach Jose Pinot.

"Chu!"

When Chu Zhongtian heard Coach Pinot calling him, he stood out from the warm-up crowd.

"In this game, you play as a midfielder, and your main task is defense." Pinot tried to assign tasks to Chu Zhongtian in simple French.

Chu Zhongtian nodded, indicating that he understood.

He hasn't been a pure defensive midfielder for half a season. In the last half of Wimbledon Athletics, he has been the core of the midfield organization of the mission team, while Lee Sidwell replaced his previous job and focused on defense.

It seems that we are going to start over, even the position and role on the field are like this.

"Don't let the opponent easily get the ball in the first ten meters of our penalty area, don't let their people easily shoot from a long shot. If they pass the ball to the side, let them pass it. Your task is to guard the middle." Pinot is the head coach of the second team, who is responsible for the training and competition of the second team.

"Okay, sir." Chu Zhongtian replied in French.

After hearing his answer, Pinot patted his shoulder: "Very good, perform well in the game later."

Most of the players participating in this game are second-team players, and Chu Zhongtian is the only player from the first-team. He has won the attention of many teammates.

A few days ago, before the first team rushed to Ajaccio, the capital of Corsica, to play, first team head coach Fernandez once told Chu Zhongtian that he would take the game seriously.

Soon Chu Zhongtian knew what was the reason.

He always thought that his physical fitness and physical ability were not a problem, but what he showed in the game was another matter. He seemed to be unable to keep up with the pace of the game. He seemed to be weak in running, and he always felt a little difficult to contact his opponent. This made Chu Zhongtian feel very confused. He was not like this when he was in the Wimbledon competitive game... "He seems to be a little uncomfortable with such a game..." Pinot shook his head off the court and told Coach Tadio who had taught Chu Zhongtian.

"It's normal. He hasn't played games in two months, and the quality of his games before...the game is not high. He may have to start learning how to play real professional games again." Coach Tadio said.

Pinot frowned and said, "We will loan him for one season, and then spend half a season to teach him how to adapt to professional games? Actually, I don't really understand why Mr. Fernandez insists on loaning this Chinese. In my opinion, Wang and Jiang in the junior team are better and more promising than him."

Tadio laughed: "Not only that, Mr. Fernandez also asked me to observe Chu's game and then write a detailed game report."

Pinot was a little surprised: "What does Mr. Fernandez want to do?"

"I don't know, just do it. I think Mr. Fernandez always has his own considerations. Anyway, I think in French football now, no one should be skeptical of Mr. Fernandez's vision." After Tadio said that, he continued to turn his attention to Chu Zhongtian on the court. There are some bad reports about Ribery in the media, but he doesn't care. He is a coach and he knows the ability of his boss, Jean Fernandez. In Cannes, Mr. Fernandez and Guy Laconbu trained Zidane in the youth training camp, and also brought a short splendor to Cannes.

A few years ago, a Class B team Sochaux (fc_sochaux) emerged. The team not only successfully upgraded to Class A as the French Ligue 2 champion in 2001, but also produced many outstanding young players: Benoit Pedretti, known as "Deschamps II", Fro... and the head coach who led this team to successfully upgrade was Jean Fernandez.

Now, he has come to Metz and also helped Metz return to the first league as the second league champion. He has also trained another young player who is now increasingly attracting attention from mainland Europe - Togo's striker Emmanuel_adebayor.

Tadio firmly believes that Ribery will have a bright future, although Ribery's current performance is not satisfactory. His confidence in Ribery naturally comes from Jean Fernandez who works together.

"He is very strong and has good physical fitness. But he hasn't fully learned how to use his body reasonably. Maybe he did a good job in amateur competitions, but that was an amateur competition after all..." Tadio commented while observing. Then he would lower his head and write these quickly on the notebook as part of the competition report.

"I think the training of him will be a very systematic process... But I can't figure it out. As a player loaned from Chelsea Club, do we need to be so worried about training?" Pinot still couldn't understand - if Chu Zhongtian transferred directly to join this team, he would spare no effort to cultivate Chu Zhongtian and allow him to continue to grow and improve. But now he feels like he is trying hard to make wedding dresses for others.

"I don't think he has a future at Chelsea. Such a big club won't give young players a chance. Maybe we can loan him for two seasons and then buy it out directly." Tadio replied. "In addition, letting him participate in more offenses in the second half, he is not good enough to always shrink in the second half. I have to see more of his things."

"Is this what Mr. Fernandez means?" asked Pinot.

Tadio shrugged: "It's almost the same."

※※※In the first half, Chu Zhongtian felt that his performance in the game was simply a mess. He couldn't understand why, and he was not even as good as his performance in Wimbledon's competitive game.

He thought he would be criticized, but he didn't. During the halftime break, Pinot told Chu Zhongtian not to get involved in defense and to step forward and participate in the offense with confidence: "I heard that you used to play the role of the midfield organization in the previous team? Then you continue to do this in this game."

Chu Zhongtian was confused when he heard it. Pinot's French was easy to understand, but why did he get confused when he put together the French words?

I let myself defend in the first half and then attack in the second half. Why is this?

Pinot didn't explain, just asked him to do it.

So the second half was a tragedy for Chu Zhongtian. In the first half, he could at least use his diligence to make up for some mistakes. When he got the ball and wanted to pass it to his teammates in the second half, he was always easily lost the ball. There were several times when he looked up and observed his teammates running, and the opponent's player broke the ball from his feet.

Xu Xiaodi shook her head when she watched outside the court - this was not the Chu Zhongtian he was familiar with. She looked clumsy and didn't seem to know how to play football.

"Well, sure enough..." Tadio pondered.

"What exactly? His performance in the offense is simply too bad. Did he really score two goals in a row against Chelsea?"

"He has a very shallow understanding of professional football. He is completely unacceptable to the rhythm and habits of professional football." Tadio buried himself in his notebook and wrote that the signs of what he said were an explanation of Pinot, and it was like a statement that he talked to himself.

"It seems that he should be allowed to participate in more competitions?" Pinot expressed his opinion.

"Yes. He played too few professional games, but he can't play in the first team's official leagues yet. He will be yours from now on, Jose."

"Okay, let me see what changes he can make... Can the ugly duck turn into a swan?" Pinot laughed, with a little doubt in his tone.

※※※In the 80th minute, Chu Zhongtian was replaced. He sat on the side and gasped heavily, feeling that his performance was really shit. You know, he felt tired before the game was over 90 minutes! This was something that had never happened before... No, I felt like this after the game against Chelsea, but that was because the opponent was strong and now it was just a mere second-team league. Why was he so tired? He always felt that skills were his shortcomings, but physical fitness was a strength that made him proud of. Now this strength no longer exists... He couldn't understand why it was like this, and he even doubted whether this game would make his future at Metz bleak.

The second team of Metz was already ahead of his opponent Pontarlier by 5:2, but this score had no connection with Chu Zhongtian, and his contribution to the team was almost zero.

Xu Xiaodi was very worried when she watched Chu Zhongtian sit alone on the edge of the bench and gasp. However, he soon saw a coach from the Mets team walking towards Chu Zhongtian.

Chu Zhongtian was gasping for breath, and suddenly noticed that there was someone else around him. He looked up and saw that it was coach Francis de Tadio who was once in charge of teaching him skills.

"Your performance is not very good, Chu." Coach Tadio said to Chu Zhongtian at a very slow speech speed to ensure that he could understand.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Tadio..." Chu Zhongtian replied with some frustration. His most confident strengths also performed poorly in this game. He really didn't know how to face his coach.

"But don't be discouraged, boy. Let's find out where the problem is." Tadio squatted down.

Mr. Tadio's words were beyond Chu Zhongtian's expectations. He thought he would be scolded and then announced that the next game was out of the blue. Unexpectedly, coach Tadio came to help him.

"I remember that you showed good physical fitness during physical examinations and daily training. Why are you so tired now?" Tadio's question was also Chu Zhongtian's question.

He shook his head: "I don't know, sir. I didn't feel tired when I was training."

Tadio asked, "Can you tell me how you trained in England?"

Chu Zhongtian said his situation there. Of course, due to language limitations, he was not very detailed, but the general meaning was clearly expressed. In the first season of Wimbledon, the training was very irregular, because sometimes the class was to be held in the afternoon, and sometimes the team had something to do but did not arrange training. It was only in the second half of the second season that it gradually became regular.

After listening to his words, Tadio was silent for a while before saying to Chu Zhongtian who had been uneasy: "I understand... our training plan will be modified in the future. Two training classes will be added every Tuesday and Thursday. Your physical fitness is not a problem, but due to the long-term lack of regular and effective training, your physical fitness cannot be automatically adjusted to the appropriate state of the game on the game day. Amateur leagues may not be a problem, but professional competitions are sloppy. After adjusting the training plan, at most two months, your body can form a climax on Saturday or Sunday, ensuring that you have inexhaustible physical fitness in the game. I think today, the feeling of being powerful but still very tired should not be there."

Chu Zhongtian was confused, but he finally realized that this was not the reason for his poor health, but the reason for training. As long as the training plan was adjusted, he could return to normal. He breathed a sigh of relief, and it seemed that the biggest capital was still there... "Next to talk about your problem in the offense. One big problem you have is that the pace is too slow, the ball is slow, the ball is slow, and the ball is slow. Have you noticed it yourself? When you stop the ball, the opponent who was originally far away from you had already pressed him up. When you plan to pass the ball, the opponent's players are everywhere. As long as your feet leave the football, the ball will be broken..."

Chu Zhongtian nodded, he did experience that kind of thing.

"The problem lies in your lack of understanding of professional games, and you are not used to it. Just play more games. The pace of amateur games is always slower. You can calmly stop the ball and turn around before deciding what to do next." Tadio said while making gestures to help Chu Zhongtian understand what he meant. "This won't work in professional games. High-level games require you to make decisions in advance, rather than waiting for the football to be at your feet before making decisions. If you want to observe, observe in advance. Hesitation will only make you fall into the quagmire. Mile, do you understand what I mean? It is a place that is difficult to think about. What you have to do now is to participate in as many games as possible, and then correct some of the bad habits you have developed when playing football in the amateur league for a long time."

Tadio talked about this passage for a long time and explained it repeatedly in some places, so that Chu Zhongtian fully understood what he meant.

"So the performance of a game is not important, Chu." After saying that, Tadio patted Chu Zhongtian's head, "I think your performance in this game is pretty good, and we have discovered your problems, so we have the opportunity to correct those problems. I know you must really want to participate in the official Ligue 1 league, but in the future, I'm afraid you will have to adapt to the second team league first."

Chu Zhongtian nodded. He had no objection to this. As long as his problem could be solved, he was willing to make all attempts, let alone just let him play in the second team game.

After Tadio left, Xu Xiaodi walked around, approached Chu Zhongtian, and asked him what the coach had said to him just now.

Chu Zhongtian turned around and smiled at Xu Xiaodi and gave a thumbs up: "I'm on the way, Mr. Xu."

Seeing his smile and hearing this sentence, Xu Xiaodi felt relieved.

So he also gave a thumbs up: "Come on!"
Chapter completed!