Chu Zhongtian didn't know that Mourinho planned to observe him and see if he had the value of cultivation. He didn't know that Metz club had been turned away by Chelsea because of his turn. He didn't know anything, and he still trained and competed every day, and learned German with Mathilde once a week. Occasionally, Wang Hao and Lin Beiyao came out to go shopping together, chat in their mother tongue, and sootheed the homesickness of the two children. In fact, Lin Beiyao is two years younger than Chu Zhongtian, but Chu Zhongtian always felt that this baby-faced loli sound student was a child about the same age as Wang Hao, and he usually treated her as a little sister.

After the game against Ausserre, Chu Zhongtian once again attracted the attention of the media. Of course, the most enthusiastic one is the Chinese media. If you only look at the Chinese media's flattery of Chu Zhongtian, you may think that it will be no problem for him to be selected into the national team.

But what about it?

Before the 31st round, there were two international A-game events. As long as the national teams around the world had the ability, they would call for players to gather. Now next year's German World Cup qualifiers in various regions are in full swing. Unless the players are injured, the club must let them go. However, the Chinese team does not have a qualifier to play, because they were eliminated from the Asian qualifier group stage as early as November 17 last year and did not even make the top ten matches. That game was a tacit match between the Chinese team and the Hong Kong team, and the Chinese team beat Hong Kong 7:0. However, they have never played the West Asian team Kuwait, which is more dark and more fierce. Kuwait has squeezed the Chinese team out of the top ten with the advantage of one goal.

That game completely hurt the hearts of Chinese fans. Many people laughed at themselves: "I have been doing fake A and B for so many years, but I have never messed with anyone else in the fake football." "You can't come really, and you can't play fake ones as good as others. Do you think you have any hope?"... In that game, Chu Zhongtian was working hard for a place to play in Mets, but only paid attention to the Chinese team's game on the news, and was very disappointed that the Chinese team was eliminated early. At that time, he did not think about "playing for the country". He knew that with his current strength and fame, he was not enough to be selected for the national team.

Now he is gradually becoming famous at Metz, and the national team still has not called him. However, he doesn't care. At this stage, what he thinks most is not the national team, but the club. Compared with being selected for the national team, he would rather have a better performance in the club.

During these two international match days, the Chinese team organized two warm-up matches. The name of Chu Zhongtian was not on the roster, and the Chinese team's two warm-up matches were not seen in France. Chu Zhongtian was not idle either.

In addition to training, he played a warm-up match with a team in Luxembourg and also participated in a second team league. For those players who have not been recruited by their respective national teams, these two games are a means to ensure that they maintain their form.

In both games, Chu Zhongtian played for 90 minutes, performed well, assisted and planned, but didn't score. Once his long shot hit the goal post, which was the closest he had ever scored in these two games.

Chu Zhongtian was surprised that Ribery, who performed well in the league recently, did not get the signs of the national team. He and his teammates all thought that Ribery should be selected for the national team with his outstanding performance at Metz, with six goals and twelve assists, right? As a result, Domenech (raymond_domenech) seemed not to see Ribery's wonderful performance, just not select Ribery on the roster.

A reporter once asked Ribery, who said nothing, and he really couldn't say anything about this sensitive topic. Since Merry became his agent, he was asked to speak less in front of the news media because Ribery's personality was too easy to say wrong things. His amateur players and market aura also made him unable to deal with reporters, and he was always easily fallen into the trap carefully woven by reporters.

Therefore, it is wisest to say nothing about the reporters. He will use whatever he says, which will become dissatisfied with Domeneke. He will have a relationship with the head coach of the national team and will be completely locked up when entering the national team.

The reporters could not get any valuable news from Ribery, and asked others, such as coach Fernandez, who wanted to hear what he thought his beloved disciple was not favored by the national team. Surprisingly, Fernandez did not support Ribery to be selected for the national team so early.

"For many players, they may have played their first game for the national team at the age of seventeen, and have become a regular player of the national team at the age of twenty. But Frank is different. I think he should still be trying to sharpen himself. Being selected for the national team now will make him lose his direction."

He has quite high expectations for his disciples.

Some Chinese reporters came to ask Chu Zhongtian because Chu Zhongtian and Ribery are good friends, and more and more people in China know that Ribery naturally pays attention. Therefore, he, a player who looks "strange" but has a fast speed, good skills and passionate football, has some fans in China. Chu Zhongtian once told him that he still has fans in China, and he made Ribery happy for several days. He announced to everyone in the team that he was also a celebrity in the distant China!

He was fond of pranks and joined forces with Chu Zhongtian to deceive the Chinese media who interviewed him. They worked together to compile a story about Ribery being a descendant of the Chinese emperor, which was a serious story.

"I am a descendant of a Chinese emperor." Ribery said this when he saw Xu Xiaodi and other Chinese journalists, but he scared all the Chinese journalists present.

"My family has always been a story about my ancestors being monks and beggars." Next, Ribery did not give Chinese journalists time to think, and memorized the script written with Chu Zhongtian. "Actually, I didn't believe it at the beginning. As we all know, I am a Frenchman. I was born in the Calais Strait Province, which is 108,000 miles away from China. How could I be a descendant of a Chinese emperor? But recently one of my cousins ​​made amazing discoveries when studying Chinese history!"

Ribery's passionate narration made many Chinese journalists forget their doubts and only curiosity remain.

"My cousin tells us, what Chinese emperor is it that passed down from the family? Chu?" Ribery pretended to be unable to remember and asked Chu Zhongtian beside him.

"The grandson of Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty." Chu Zhongtian reminded him very tacitly.

"Yes! Grandson Emperor!" Ribery waved his arms vigorously and said with certainty. "It is said that one of my ancestors was seized by his relatives and fled to Persia shortly after becoming emperor. Later, he came to France. There are still some unknown Chinese cultural relics in his home. I asked Chu to see them. He said those supplies that look very much like your ancient Chinese imperial palaces."

Chu Zhongtian interrupted again at this time and added: "Yes, I can testify, it is indeed very traditional Chinese."

"Oh!" A group of Chinese reporters exclaimed. Unexpectedly, Ribery had such a connection with China. So how much Chinese origin is Ribery, a rookie in French football, who has one in Chinese?

Ribery applied to continue proudly: "My ancestors also left a sentence for future generations to remember - our hometown is in the far east! Not only that, some of the folk customs preserved in our family are somewhat similar to those of Chinese... I am very proud of this! I also learned a Chinese sentence from Chu, and you can hear if it is authentic..."

Ribery coughed and said in a deep voice: "All the Lords are equal--"

"It's a flat body." Chu Zhongtian corrected the matter beside him.

"Ah? Uh...all the ministers are flat--"

Later, this group of Chinese media really spread the matter to China, which attracted heated discussion among fans online. Kang Jianbo and others also consulted Chu Zhongtian on this issue on the website forum. Chu Zhongtian told them the truth. Xu Xiaodi, who had been lurking in the forum, also realized that they were being fooled, so he sent the truth back to China to tell everyone that this was just a kind joke by Ribery and Chu Zhongtian. However, in the vast network, rumors have almost become the truth after being widely spread. Instead, the truth that came out later became a lie. It is difficult to distinguish between true and false, and everyone only believes what they are willing to believe.

But this is not important, and it has no effect on whether it believes it or not. However, Chu Zhongtian and Ribery will laugh when they mention this matter... Although they were teased by the two of them once, the Chinese media knew that Chu Zhongtian and Ribery had a very good relationship. They still want to hear what Chu Zhongtian, Ribery's friend, said about Ribery's inability to be selected for the French team.

Regarding the fact that he was not selected for the French national team, Chu Zhongtian also privately asked Ribery what he thought.

Ribery naturally felt a little regretful, but after listening to Fernandez's words, he didn't complain.

Therefore, Chu Zhongtian felt that Ribery's current desire to join the national team was not strong.

"I don't know what Domeneck thinks, but as the head coach of the national team, there must be a reason for choosing who or not choosing who. I don't think there is nothing to make a fuss about."

What made Chu Zhongtian feel a little incredible is that it is normal for French media to discuss whether Ribery was selected as a French team. It is nonsense for Chinese media to follow the trend to report. You may care whether Ribery can become a French international. Why are you not a Chinese international? Although I don’t care about this issue, after all, we are from the same country. It is normal to care about our own people than a foreigner?

※※※Ribery was not selected for the French team and became one of the focus of French media this weekend, but it did not last long because everyone knows how stubborn Domeneck is. Pirey was never selected for the national team because he offended him.

Despite these two World Cup qualifiers, the French team was first tied 0:0 by Switzerland at home, and then tied Israel 1:1 away, making the French team's qualifying situation confusing. The French media did not bother Domeneke with Ribery not being selected for the national team, because they did not think Ribery could save the current French team. Henry did not do this, and Vieira was not good either. Don't say a young boy.

The person who could save the French team has withdrawn from the national team. After these two rounds of the World Cup qualifiers, the whole of France is calling his name - Zinedin Zidane. I hope that the midfielder can withdraw from the national team's decision since the European Cup in Portugal, return to the national team, and lead the French team to Germany smoothly. Ironically, just after the French team was eliminated in the European Cup, Zidane announced his withdrawal from the national team. French media also believed that Zidane was old and quit. "As long as we have Henry, it is not a problem to win the World Cup."

Such bold words are still heard. Now people find that the Arsenal King without Zidane cannot be the French King. Everyone sees Henry's performance in the club, without doubt, but in the national team, they can never play at the same level as Arsenal. So French fans find that they can't play with Zidane after leaving Zidane... Even if that person is old, he is still the king of France. So everyone quickly forgot what they said before, and praised Zidane, who seemed to be unable to pass the World Cup qualifiers.

As Zidane's mentor in his youth, Jean Fernandez also praised Zidane in an interview with reporters, believing that in today's French football, only Zidane can save this national team that is getting deeper and deeper in the quagmire.

"I have no doubt that he has this ability. As long as he comes back, he will be the core immediately. The French team with him is the complete French team."

He asked Ribery not to rush to be selected into the national team, and he praised Zidane so much. That's because Ribery is still young and becoming famous too quickly may not be a good thing for him. Zidane has proved his ability in the world football world and established his position. He is experienced and has never seen any storms? Giving him pressure does not make him perform poorly, but will only make him more outstanding.

Speaking of this, Fernandez sometimes thinks that Chu Zhongtian and Zidane are quite similar in the face of pressure...※※※After the national team's game, the league resumed normal operation. Metz continued to fight for their relegation. On April 2, they lost 0:1 to Toulouse. After the 31st round of the league, the team scored 33 points and their ranking continued to decline, falling from fifteenth to sixteenth, only three points away from Caen, the third-last. If they lose, Metz will really fall into the relegation zone.

For the team, the next round of the league is very important because their opponent is the relegation-oriented direct competitor Caen, which is a six-point game. It must be won.

In the end, Ribery, who was not selected for the French team before, saved the team. He used his personal skills to score the only goal in the game, helping the team defeat Caen. After 32 rounds, Metz scored 36 points and his ranking rose to fifteenth place again.

On April 16th, in the 33rd round of the league, Metz played against the last-ranked Isters at home. Metz didn't mind sprinkling some salt on Easter's wounds. They finally defeated their opponents 2:1, and Ribery scored another goal and assisted. Media comments that not being selected for the French national team inspired Ribery's fighting spirit and made him perform better. This may confirm from another aspect that Fernandez's words: being selected for the French team now may not be a good thing.

Of course, the Chinese media is more concerned that behind Ribery's goal and assist, there is a same name - Chu Zhongtian. He instigated these two offensives and sorted out Messe's midfield in an orderly manner.

On April 23rd, Metz tied Saint-Etienne 0:0 on the away game.

After 34 rounds of the league, Metz scored forty and had already jumped to the 13th place in the league. With only four rounds left in the league, he led the bottom East by 14 points, seven points ahead of the second-to-last Caen, and five points ahead of the third-to-last Bastia. The relegation situation is still not optimistic. Although it is impossible to fall to the last, it is likely to lose in the last moment and become the third-to-last or second.

During this period, the whole team was very nervous. Because many people in the team were players from the Metz youth team, they played here for many years, and no one was willing to relegate their team.

The entire Metz City is very concerned about the fate of the only professional football team in the city. Local media have published many reports and analysis articles about Metz's relegation, and also called on Metz fans to go to the stadium to cheer for their team.

Even Mathilde can talk to Chu Zhongtian about Metz's relegation situation during class, which shows how much attention everyone is to this matter.

The old man Legov, who lives downstairs of Chu Zhongtian, cheers him on as long as he sees Chu Zhongtian. "For the health of my old man, you also need to help the team relegate!"

Whenever he said this, the daughter standing next to him smiled at Chu Zhongtian helplessly.

"I think it's okay to relegate, Mr. Legov." Chu Zhongtian answered like this every time.

After her daughter sent her father back to the house, she leaned out again and whispered to Chu Zhongtian: "Sorry, please don't feel too much pressure, my father is that kind of person..."

Chu Zhongtian waved his hand to her: "I don't have any pressure."

His lack of pressure does not mean that the rest of the team is not under pressure.

In the first league game after May, Metz tied with Lens 1:1 at home, which was not bad. However, in the second league game, when Metz challenged Strasbourg away, the team's performance was abnormal.

Strasbourg has one more point than Metz, just above Metz. For relegation, this is a six-point game. As long as you can win Strasbourg, you can step on the opponent and go ashore.

Maybe he wanted to win too much, and many people in the team performed very impatiently. Although Chu Zhongtian tried to cooperate with his teammates as always, his teammates did not cooperate with him.

In this game, Metz lost to Strasbourg 1:3 in the end, and sent his opponent ashore with two rounds left in the league. Strasbourg jumped to 12th with three-pointers in this game. They accumulated 45 points, while Caen, the third-last, had 39 points, and the score difference between the two sides reached six points, and the goal difference was 25. Strasbourg only has the possibility of a theoretical relegation.

What about Messe? It's 41 points, ranking fifteenth. It's only four points away from Bastia, the second-to-last. There are two rounds left in the league, and they may be relegated at any time.

In addition, the opponents in the last two rounds were also very unfavorable to them - in the penultimate round of the league, they still have to face strong rivals Paris Saint-Germain (paris_sg). Paris Saint-Germain still has the hope of winning fourth in the league to qualify for the League Cup. They are only four points away from the fourth place Marseille, which is not impossible.

In the last round of the league, their opponent is Nantes. Nantes is currently ranked 16th, with a total of 40, and is only one point away from the relegation zone. Nantes will face Soko, who is not weak in strength in the second round. Like Metz, they may lose a lot. At that time, the last round will probably be a real relegation battle! Both sides will definitely fight to the death, and they will even pay a very heavy price for relegation.
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