Paris Saint-Germain's head coach Laurent Fornier (laurent_fournier) believes that it is a godsend opportunity for them to meet a weak team like Metz at the critical moment of the League Cup.

In an interview with a reporter from The Team, he said: "I am very happy to see that Marseille's opponent in this round of the league is Lyon. And I never think that Lyon will let the money off when he has won the league championship. For a highly dedicated professional team, they will do their best to fight in any game. I believe in the professional ethics of Lyon players."

He praised Lyon for his big praise and even congratulated Lyon on winning the league championship, believing that they are worthy of the league championship. "Four consecutive championships are a great result. Regon did a good job and Lyon's boys are also great! The league championship is completely what they deserve. I think there is no team in the Ligue 1 that can compete with them..."

The Marseille media mocked Fornier for giving Leon all his might to deal with Marseille, and he had already pleased Lyon to the point of being disgusting. "I wonder if Regon and his disciples would get goosebumps when they heard Fornier's words?"

Media from the two major cities are fighting verbal battles around these three teams. But in fact, there should be four teams in these two games, Paris Saint-Germain and Metz, Marseille and Lyon. But everyone automatically ignored Metz... Only Metz's local media were very excited, and seemed to be too excited. Sometimes it was "Metz's relegation situation was in danger", and sometimes it was "Metz players are confident of defeating Paris Saint-Germain". The fans of Metz didn't know whether Metz could win or not win.

The media in Nancy, not far from Metz, gloat about Metz's current situation.

Nancy is a city in northeastern France, with a professional team of the same name. Chinese striker Li Jinyu once played for this team for one season. Every time Nancy and Metz have a very popular derby. Although they are not as famous as Paris Saint-Germain and Marseille's "Clasico" in France, in terms of popularity, they were once called "the most popular derby in France" by the French media.

The two teams have always had old grudges, so they naturally don’t want to miss the opportunity to attack the other party and take the blame.

Nancy competes in the French Ligue 1 this season. With the last two rounds left in the league, they have 68 points, ranking first in the second division, eleven more points than the fourth-placed sedan, and have been upgraded ahead of schedule. They will participate in the French Ligue 1 next season. This is a happy event, and as the rival of the Lorraine region, Metz is deeply trapped in the relegation quagmire, which makes Nancy people feel happy.

Their media said: "Mes is welcome to the second division. We have experience and can teach you for free. But I believe you don't need it, because you just played in the second division two seasons ago."

"We go to Class A, you come to Class B!"

In the past, Metz fans once mocked Nancy, who had not returned to the first league for four seasons, was a "lift". Now Nancy has been confirmed to be upgraded, but they themselves may become a new "lift". Nancy media and fans naturally also mocked Metz for this matter: "They (referring to Metz) have been upgraded! They have been relegated! They have been relegated! They have been relegated! Look who is the real elevator?"

Metz's fans have absolutely no good temper. They went to Nancy's official website to leave a message to scold their opponents, and claimed that they must look good in the Lorrin derby next season.

※※※The fans in various media are fighting fiercely, but the whole team of Metz, who is at the center of the storm, is not calm. The attention of the media and the approaching of the competition will inevitably make some players feel nervous.

Even Chu Zhongtian, a Chinese player who rarely appeared in the French media before, is now surrounded by many French journalists, wanting to hear how he views this relegation battle.

"We have no other way to go except victory. So we will definitely win." This is Chu Zhongtian's answer.

"But your strength is somewhat different from your opponent..."

"The football game is not just about the strength of both sides, otherwise Lyon should be unbeaten this season." Chu Zhongtian suddenly hated these French reporters because these questions were too mentally retarded and looked down on people too much. If the football game was only higher than the static strength of both sides, then football would lose a lot of fun. People would lose expectations for the results of the game, because the strong team would always be strong, while the weak team would always be weak.

He had the experience of beating top professional teams with amateur teams, and that feeling was wonderful. He longed to relive it again.

He knew that local media in Metz often wouldn't ask this. Those who asked this were media from other places, and maybe Nancy's media were also there. He now knew that Nancy and Metz were not the same, although he felt a little intimate about that team because Li Jinyu had played for that team before.

What else the reporters wanted to ask? Chu Zhongtian had already left and returned to the locker room.

"This group of reporters is so fucking annoying!" As soon as I returned to the locker room, I heard Ribery complaining loudly. "It seems that the whole world thinks we will lose!"

When he heard this, he thought of his teammate Joe Xilin who was playing football at Wimbledon Athletics, before the game against Chelsea, had such a complaint in the car. But what was the result?

Chu Zhongtian laughed.

When the whole world is not optimistic about us, we will win instead. Isn’t this a good thing?

※※※On May 19th, two days before the game, after training, Fernandez announced the roster for the day after tomorrow, and Chu Zhongtian's name was unsurprisingly listed. He is now the main player of the team, so there is no need to look forward to anything with nervous and excited when announcing the roster.

"Go to the hotel after training tomorrow, so bring your own things when you come tomorrow." After giving instructions, Fernandez disbanded the team.

When Chu Zhongtian jogged back to the apartment, he found that today's apartment was different from usual - there were not so many people at the door and corridor of the apartment on weekdays... "It's Chu! Chu is back!" After seeing Chu Zhongtian's figure, several people shouted excitedly. Some people turned around and ran in, probably to inform him.

Chu Zhongtian felt strange, why do these people stand outside?

"Hi, hello everyone." But he greeted them anyway.

"Good evening, Chu!"

"How was your training today? Are you in good shape? Where is Frank's condition?"

Chu Zhongtian walked in and asked this all the way. There were many Metz fans living in this apartment. When they heard that Chu Zhongtian was back, everyone walked out of their houses and stood at the entrance of the corridor. When they saw Chu Zhongtian coming, they said a few words to him or reached out to pat his body.

He lives on the fourth floor and wants to have three corridors. On the third floor, he meets Legoff and his daughter.

"My father must come out and say a few words to you." Legov's daughter said helplessly to Chu Zhongtian.

"It's okay." Chu Zhongtian stopped, and he noticed that Legov was holding a bottle of champagne in both hands.

Legov also found Chu Zhongtian's eyes looking at the bottle of wine in his arms. He lit up proudly: "The best reward for this game has been prepared for you, young man! It depends on whether you have the courage to get it! I can't go to the scene the day after tomorrow, but I will watch it in front of the TV!"

Chu Zhongtian glanced at Legov's daughter who was worried, and then said to Legov: "You should listen to your daughter, Mr. Legov..."

"No, no! What does she, a woman, know? Football is what makes my heart strong and powerful! When I was diagnosed with illness ten years ago, I told the doctor that if I didn't let me watch football, I would die tomorrow! And now I watch Mets' games every weekend and live well, haha!" Legov laughed loudly.

At this time, his daughter was particularly nervous, fearing that she would be too excited to stimulate her father's heart.

Chu Zhongtian also knew that he could not stay here for too long, otherwise it would have aroused the old man's fun, but it would be miserable.

"I'm sorry, I'm going back, Mr. Legov." Chu Zhongtian pointed to the ceiling.

"You go back, I just want to tell you, come and get the best reward in the whole game!" Legov raised the bottle and shook at Chu Zhongtian.

Chu Zhongtian spread his hands: "I can only try my best to help the team win, but the whole game is the best..."

"As long as the team can win, you are the best in the game!" Legov gave him a thumbs up.

Chu Zhongtian waved to him, turned around and walked up.

But when he walked to the top floor, the fourth floor, he found that his agent, Mr. Merry, was waiting for him outside.

"How do you feel when you are welcomed by someone, Chu?" Meili asked him with a smile.

"It feels... strange." Chu Zhongtian scratched his head.

Merry laughed and patted his shoulder: "I'm ready for supper, let's have it together."

※※After the last day of training, the whole team took a bus to stay in the hotel to prepare for the game against Paris Saint-Germain.

Paris Saint-Germain also came to Metz and went to the Santa Forian Stadium in the evening for a warm-up. Metz's head coach Fernandez and assistant coach David Carre went to the stadium to investigate the enemy situation. The management work in the hotel was handed over to another coach Francisco de Tadio.

Tadio required that everyone was not allowed to go out, and could only go around the hotel, chatting, and drinking was absolutely not allowed. In addition, everyone had to go to bed at 11 o'clock, and he would check rounds one by one.

This night, Ribery and Chu Zhongtian were still playing live football games on PS2 in the hotel room. This time they did not play Masters, but chose the real Metz vs. Paris Saint-Germain to play repeatedly with Paris Saint-Germain. Ribery and Chu Zhongtian used Metz together to play against Paris Saint-Germain, the most difficult Paris Saint-Germain. They planned to simulate the game first in the game.

The two of them cooperated tacitly, and even when facing the most difficult Ai, they could always win easily.

After playing for a while, Ribery felt bored: "4:0, 5:0, 6:0... As long as we want to, we can score more goals, such a preview is meaningless... Pauletta in the game looks useless, and balance in all aspects means overall mediocrity. And that Kana... There is no way he looks like a 'killing machine'. Roten's skills are excellent, but he takes a few steps here and passes without any threat!"

"After all, even if it is the highest difficulty, the computer is still a computer. It is not as smart as a real person." Chu Zhongtian shrugged.

Ribery lay on the bed, looking at the ceiling. Chu Zhongtian paused the game and put the handle aside.

"There are two rounds of leagues left to end this season... I remembered Mr. Merry's words again. What should I do next season?" Ribery murmured. "Are you going back to Chelsea, Chu?"

"Yes." Chu Zhongtian nodded. "I was loaned to Mets. I naturally have to go back after the season ends."

"Then will you come next season?"

"I don't know, it depends on the club's arrangements..."

"If you are not here, it doesn't matter if I stay in Metz. Oh, and Mr. Fernandez." Ribery sighed, "Wait until the season is over to see if Mr. Fernandez and you are still here. Anyway, I don't have to worry about not having a place to go. But if you change places, you have to recruit people to cultivate tacit understanding again. It's really troublesome."

Ribery was lying on the bed and complaining, while Chu Zhongtian sat next to him and listened silently.

As he was talking, Ribery suddenly turned over and looked at Chu Zhongtian: "Just transfer next season, Mr. Fernandez likes you very much, you can tell? Isn't it better to play football under a coach who knows you and knows you and likes you? Isn't it better to play football on any other team?"

When Chu Zhongtian heard Ribery say this, he suddenly thought of something that Mr. Meri had told him before - Mess club had asked Chelsea about his intention to sell it, but was rejected by Chelsea coach Mourinho.

Does this mean that Mourinho and Chelsea are optimistic about their future?

Chu Zhongtian was not sure.

He vaguely felt that transferring to Messe might be a good choice. If Chelsea had no future of its own, why would he hang himself on that golden tree?

He nodded: "If you and Mr. Fernandez can still stay in Metz after the end of this season, then I will apply for a transfer."

Ribery seemed very happy when he heard Chu Zhongtian say this. He jumped up from the bed and ran to Chu Zhongtian to clap high fives.

After the high-fives, Ribery was excited to talk about what plans they had for the next season if they could all stay at Metz.

"Don't fight for relegation next season! Although it's exciting, it's too rude!" Ribery has greater ambitions, "I hope the team can go further in the cup."

"League Cup? Or French Cup?"

"Everything is OK, haha!"

The two of them talked until the prescribed rest time, and Coach Tadio's loud voice rang out of the door: "Sleep, Frank, Chu!"

The two of them then got up and went to the bathroom to wash.

Before going to bed, Ribery lay in the quilt and stretched out his fist at Chu Zhongtian: "I don't want you to come next season, but we are going to play in the second division, so we must win tomorrow's game! Let's show them!"

Chu Zhongtian stretched out his fist and touched him.

"Come on tomorrow!"

※※※For all the Ligue 1 games in this round, Metz's home match against Paris Saint-Germain is not a very important game. The most eye-catching game is Marseille's home match against Lyon. Both sides are strong teams, and it is also related to the qualification to participate in the League Cup next season, so this game has attracted much attention.

However, in China, this game is obviously more attractive than Metz's relegation battle. Over the past half season, as Chu Zhongtian continues to play in Metz and has performed stably, the attention of him in China has become increasingly high. In terms of Ligue 1 broadcasting, CCTV Sports Channel is dissatisfied with the French sending them a signal of non-Metz's match every time. It was just before, but this time I heard that it was Metz's relegation battle, and the opponent is Paris Saint-Germain, who helped Chu Zhongtian establish his position in the team. In this game, there will be a live broadcast signal.

We can easily tell the pros and cons with France, and tell the group of arrogant Frenchmen that because Metz is Chu Zhongtian, their league has become increasingly influential in mainland China. Of course, it should be exaggerated. If it is not as strong as it is, it will be so strong. Otherwise, how can the French people be willing to give a signal? Then tell them that the Chinese market is very broad. Now the Premier League, Serie A, and Bundesliga all have a large number of loyal fans in China, but the French Ligue 1 has been unable to open the Chinese market for a long time. Chu Zhongtian, who plays football at Metz, is a good opportunity. Chinese fans hope to see Chu Zhongtian's game, and the French Ligue 1 also needs to open up the Chinese market through Chu Zhongtian. Why not do a win-win opportunity?

Anyway, France finally agreed to send Metz's broadcast signal to CCTV to let them broadcast the mainland China.

After getting the signal, CCTV's sports channel began to promote it on their program a week in advance. It even compared Chu Zhongtian's game with the relegation battle of Yang Chen in Frankfurt a few years ago, and it was almost impossible to directly blow Chu Zhongtian into the leader of Metz.

This effect is very good. In China, many fans who do not pay attention to Ligue 1 usually plan to watch this game because they have Chinese players, let alone those fans who are already paying attention to Chu Zhongtian.

Chu Zhongtian's parents were even ready to stay up late to watch the football game, including strong tea, coffee, snacks and snacks... they could hold a small tea party.

Because the game kicked off at 8 pm local time in France, that is, at 3 pm Beijing time. In order to broadcast the game, CCTV Sports Channel also canceled the broadcast of La Liga. However, this time, there were not many people criticizing the TV station's decision.

Because this is an opportunity to cheer for your players, it is more inclusive than enjoying the performances of La Liga stars.
Chapter completed!