Merry thought about it and told Chu Zhongtian all the conversation between him and Fernandez, and did not hide anything. He felt that this was definitely good news for Chu Zhongtian who was still waiting for an opportunity, and it could enhance his confidence, because he could know that his head coach valued him very much.

Sure enough, after knowing that Fernandez actually called him a player type who could become a leader in the future, Chu Zhongtian seemed very excited.

He is not excited because he may become the leader of a team in the future. What makes him excited is that he may get more opportunities to play in the near future. The coach's words are a statement, and the meaning is already very clear. He may be about to stay away from the days of playing in the reserve team, and he will participate more in the real Ligue 1 league. Whether it is a midfielder or a central defender.

This is why he is happy.

Although the second team league is also a fierce competition, Chu Zhongtian was a little unhappy in this game with only two or three hundred people watching each game. He is the kind of person who becomes more and more excited the more people he watches. Just like in the FA Cup game with Chelsea, facing tens of thousands of Chelsea fans, he was not frightened and even performed extraordinaryly, killing Chelsea on the horse with two feet.

He longs to fight against those stronger opponents, even if he is defeated, it doesn't matter, he will make a comeback next time.

On December 4, 2004, in the 17th round of the Ligue 1, Metz challenged Lens away, and in this game, Chu Zhongtian entered the roster again. However, he did not get a chance to play. Metz fell behind two goals in the 68th minute. When he needed to score and tie the score, Fernandez did not let Chu Zhongtian play. He sat down for 90 minutes below for helplessness.

As a result, Metz was unable to win the score in the end. Not only that, they didn't even score a single goal. Ribery was still active in running, but he was alone and without the support of his teammates, no matter how powerful he was, he couldn't do anything.

Chu Zhongtian was depressed when he watched it below. He was wondering what he should do if he played on the court? He played in Wimbledon for half a season in the central defender. His main task was to organize offense. His thinking was close to an organizational midfielder, not a simple defensive midfielder.

When he saw Ribery running into the air and his teammates did not pass the ball in time, he was very upset when he slapped his thighs off the court. If I were on the court, the ball would have been passed! After he was upset, he thought so.

But what's the use of thinking? Coach Fernandez seems to have to continue to support himself. He really wants to say to the head coach - don't raise him, sir, you will get old if you raise him again... Well, this is just a small complaint that flashed through Chu Zhongtian's heart. If he had to wait, he would still have the patience.

He made it to the roster for three consecutive games, and the news excited the fans on the website "We All Love Lindanda". Although he did not appear in this game, everyone still felt that there was a chance.

"If you enter the roster for three consecutive games, should you play three consecutive games in the next step? After playing three consecutive games, can you start three consecutive games?"

"Come on Big Egg! Mess's current performance is not good. In fact, it is a good thing for our Big Egg, because he has the opportunity to get more opportunities to play."

"Brothers, I just checked the information. It turned out that Metz's head coach Jean Fernandez was the coach of Zidane! It was Chu Zhongtian's luck to be able to play football under his command. You must cherish this opportunity, Chu Zhongtian!"

"Zidane's coach? Is that our Dandan also hopes to become the second Zidane? Hehe, I know it's unlikely, but I still can't help but want yy..."

"But it's not a big deal to keep going on the game. AV is making fun of it! Every weekend, there is no game with Metz. Do you have a grudge against Metz or what? We have to see Lin Danda! We have to see Metz! The demonstration outside the AV building?"

Sometimes when Chu Zhongtian saw everyone leaving such enthusiastic messages on the forum, he felt that no matter how hard or tired he was, it was nothing. Because in the distant motherland, many people were silently supporting him.

Even Lin Beiyao, a girl who used to know nothing about football, now buys tickets to watch every home game of Metz, and then starts to learn some basic football common sense, such as understanding which movements are considered fouls and how to define offside. She is now a special foreign correspondent on the website "We all love Lindanda". She is not good at taking photos. As the Chinese who is closest to Chu Zhongtian on this planet, she must send back some of Chu Zhongtian's training life and game situations to the fans in China from time to time, and for this reason she must learn the most basic football terms.

※※※ "Hey, Chu, I heard from Mr. Merry that you used to be a central defender and were responsible for organizing the offense?" Another day of training.

Ribery took this opportunity to chat while doing the pulling movements before training with Chu Zhongtian.

"Yes……"

"But you look more like a pure defensive player now."

"I have only been the organizer for half a season. Before that, I have been a midfielder and are specifically responsible for grabbing the ball."

"I haven't watched your previous game. It's hard for me to imagine how a beast-like back midfielder would organize an attack..." Ribery looked at the sky in the distance and shook her head.

"When I organize the offense, I usually don't participate in the defense. But if the coach asks... I'll just go a few more trips."

"What do you organize the offense? I don't think your dribbling is very good."

"Of course it's not very good compared to you..." Chu Zhongtian gritted his teeth. "I like passing the ball, better than dribbling."

Ribery thought about it, but still couldn't imagine how players like Chu Zhongtian who often had one-on-one defense with him would organize the offense.

"Let's do this, Chu. There will be a confrontation match later. If we can divide into a team, how about you pass the ball to me?" Riberit's suggestion made Chu Zhongtian a little embarrassed.

"But if Mr. Fernandez let me defend..."

"Hey, don't worry about so many! You have to play your best on the court and show yourself! As the head coach said, how rigid the football should be! Listen to me, I'll give me a few wonderful passes at that time!"

The two changed into a pulling position.

"Look, don't I often ignore Mr. Fernandez. Do you do your own thing on the court? He didn't do anything to me either..."

Chu Zhongtian was a little moved. He had indeed not experienced the feeling of passing football to his teammates in a long time, and then scoring with his teammates. Since he left Wimbledon, the feeling of using passes and running to mobilize all teammates and opponents in the end, and assisting his teammates to score and score has been far away from him.

To be honest, he really missed it a little.

※※The last item of afternoon training is the confrontation. Basically, from the grouping of this game, you can almost know what the team's main lineup will be in the next official game. However, there are some surprises. The main players are not necessarily assigned to the yellow vest. Sometimes the coach will adjust the staffing according to their needs.

For example, today... "Chu, go to the Yellow Team." David Carre called Chu Zhongtian's name when he was distributing the vest.

Chu Zhongtian was a little surprised. In the previous team competitions, he was on the Red Team, not wearing yellow vests, but wearing dark red Metz training suits. Basically, in the Red Team, it means that he is a substitute or cannot be included in the 18-man roster at all.

Ribery seemed very happy, and he kept blinking at Chu Zhongtian.

Chu Zhongtian suddenly felt that in terms of intuition, Ribery was probably not much worse than him... Ribery had said before that it was not far for him to play in the first league, but not long after, he really played for nine minutes in the Ligue 1 against Monaco.

Chu Zhongtian took the yellow vest and put it on his body, thinking to himself - Are he going to play the starter?

Before he could continue thinking, Ribery had already slapped him on the back: "Remember to pass the ball to me."

※※※ Not long after the game started, Chu Zhongtian got the ball. Ribery raised his hand in front and tried hard to ask for the ball, but he did not pass it over, but handed it to Gregory Leka next to him.

Ribery was very dissatisfied with Chu Zhongtian's performance. He jumped up in front of him and waved his arms vigorously.

Head coach Fernandez was watching from the side, and Chu Zhongtian couldn't directly shout, "I can't pass it to you, because the head coach is watching from below." He just shrugged and spread his hands to Ribery.

Ribery pointed at him, saw Chu Zhongtian hesitation, and pointed at him again, and pointed three times in a row. When he saw Chu Zhongtian nodding, he put down his hand.

When his teammate passed the ball to Chu Zhongtian again, he looked up and looked ahead. Ribery was already running along the sideline. He ran a little early. If he didn't want him to offside, he would have to pass it out immediately after receiving the ball.

Thinking of this, the ball has also arrived. Chu Zhongtian did not pass it to Leka beside him this time, but directly passed it to Ribery on the left side!

The football rose into the air and fell forward.

Fernandez's eyes widened a little while watching the game off the court.

Ribery ran forward while looking back.

“Beautiful job…”

He stretched out his legs and failed to catch the football. The football fell to the ground one meter in front of him. Then, after it landed, it accelerated and rushed forward and went straight out of the bottom line.

After seeing the football landing, Ribery gave up his plan to chase the ball. He slowed down, trotted a few steps, and waved helplessly. But he quickly made gestures to Chu Zhongtian, raised his right hand high, and gave a thumbs up - it was good to pass, continue.

Although he didn't pass accurately, Chu Zhongtian felt the long-lost feeling from this pass again. It was just that he hadn't made a similar pass for too long, and his control over the football was significantly reduced. He let out a sigh and shook his head.

Later, Chu Zhongtian passed several long-distance passes, accounting for half of the good and bad.

"He is trying to attack a long pass?" Tadio murmured to himself off the court.

Fernandez nodded: "I'm not willing to be lonely, hehe."

"Speaking of this, I always think that our team lacks changes in offense and always rely on Frank's words. Sooner or later, the opponent will be thoroughly studied..." Tadio said next to him.

"It has been studied thoroughly by the opponent," Fernandez said. Metz's results are not as good as the beginning of the season. Since they won Bastia 2-0 at home on October 30, they have not won five consecutive league games.

Then he called David Carre, an assistant coach who was part-time referee on the sidelines, and said, "Tell Chu, let him take the position prerequisite and participate in the offense more."

Carre was stunned for a moment, but went to execute it.

Chu Zhongtian was still a little unbelievable when he received this order.

"It's the head coach's meaning," Carre said to him.

He glanced off the court, and Fernandez nodded at him.

He had no scruples anymore.

In the following game, Chu Zhongtian moved forward and changed from the midfield to the midfield forward. He gradually regained his feeling of playing football at Wimbledon, and then he began to raise his hand to ask his teammates to pass the ball to him.

After getting the ball, he will determine whether he should pass the ball or control the ball himself and wait until his teammates, or simply drag the ball forward by himself.

When he decided to pass the ball, he would always go to Ribery to seek cooperation with him, and the two were not far away.

However, the cooperation between the two was not tacit enough. There were many times when the pass was not at the point. There were also several times when Chu Zhongtian made a pass mistake under the opponent's press and kicked directly at the opponent.

"It seems that he is not very adaptable..." Tadio said.

"Well. Take your time." Fernandez nodded. He saw some advantages, such as Chu Zhongtian's idea of ​​passing several times was very good, but due to his own passing skills, these balls were not successfully passed, and those were very good spaces, which could be fatal once they were passed. He didn't even know how Chu Zhongtian saw these spaces, because his position at that time could not be discovered... There was no talent, but it still needed to be polished.

Of course, Fernandez didn't know, because it was a little secret belonging to Chu Zhongtian. The thing in his mind that he called "intuition" was particularly active today... It's just a pity that his passing skills are not good, and many opportunities have been wasted.

It seems that I need to continue to exercise my passing skills.

※※The result of this kind of game is often not important. The head coach mainly relies on this kind of game to observe the players' condition. If someone is in a bad state, even wearing a yellow vest, he may be won from the starting lineup before the game.

After the final game, Carre asked the team to relax after running the lap, and then they were disbanded after finishing the pull.

Chu Zhongtian played the central defender for dozens of minutes, but it was just the first time he had left Wimbledon's Athletics, and he had a lot of feelings.

When he returned to the locker room, he was still wondering how he performed in the game, and he heard Ribery's voice ringing next to him.

"The awareness is good, but the passing skills are not good. There is another question, do you know what it is?" Ribery was naked and didn't feel cold in the heated locker room.

Chu Zhongtian shook his head.

"You will turn your body before every pass. This movement is too obvious. As long as you are not a fool, you can know where you are going to pass the ball next."

Chu Zhongtian thought about it carefully and found that this was the case. Before passing the ball, he used to adjusting his body, turning it over completely, and then passing the ball in the most basic posture.

"Your pass should be more hidden." Ribery no longer cared whether Chu Zhongtian had really been a pioneer in the organization. Just from Chu Zhongtian's passing awareness in the confrontation, he knew that it was definitely not the first time he played in this position and did this job.

"When passing the ball, you have more imagination. It's not just a touch point for the inner instep. When I'm behind you, do you have to turn around to pass the ball? Heel!" Ribery raised his left heel and patted it.

"There are some balls that you just need to turn your hips to pass the ball, even if the center of gravity has not been adjusted. After you adjust the center of gravity, the opportunity has long been lost. Look, joining me now wants to pass the ball with my back, but with the heel, the power is too light and it is not even fifteen meters away. Come on, stand up and guard against me." Ribery's rise of words directly pulled Chu Zhongtian up from his seat.

Then he signaled Chu Zhongtian to stand close to his body and make a defensive posture.

At the same time, he stretched out his feet and hooked a ball and placed it in front of his feet.
To be continued...