After winning Strasbourg, there was a voice inside the Mets coaching staff: "Since we can win with the lineup from last season, why should we buy a Menez? Although he is very outstanding and talented, it is worthless if he can't integrate into the team."

Fernandez's answer was: "We can win a team like Strasbourg, but when we meet Marseille, Paris Saint-Germain and Lyon, we need Menez's ability. The question is not whether we need Menez, but when Menez can fit in."

He called Laconbu first and asked, "I asked you to take care of me. How much do you love that child, old man?"

Laconbu also learned from the media about Menez's current performance. He felt a little embarrassed: "He is so talented, I can't help it... Actually, I think I'm already strict enough."

"You are right to be strict with him, but you also have to let him learn to serve the team... My locker room has not been peaceful recently."

"I know you must have a solution. Old friend Frank Ribery is not a good boy who is easy to deal with. Look at his current performance. Haha!"

There is no way and there must be a way. Who told Menez to become his Fernandez player now?

Fernandez analyzed that the culprit of Menez's current situation was that he became famous too quickly and too early, and he was a little lost under the heavy pressure. Menez is arrogant and is not afraid of pressure, but obviously he has not learned how to deal with pressure correctly.

What he needs is to get rid of the pressure and re-examine himself and his teammates with a calm eye. Don’t always think that I’m the best in the world and others are not as good as him. Although he is very talented, when he is in the entire professional football world, he will be able to capture a lot of people who are better than him. There are many examples of talented people when he is young, but he becomes a mediocre person when he is older. So there is nothing to be proud of if he is talented.

Fernandez must make these things clear to Menez.

When the words were said, he asked him to go to the reserve team to calm down for a while.

Anyway, Menez can still listen to his own words now and is willing to listen to his own words, so he uses this opportunity to correct his wrong thoughts.

Having personality is no big deal, but if a player wants to succeed, he must learn to control his personality, and cannot let it vent his voluntarily, and eventually ruin himself. Maradona is a very unique player. He was once expelled from the red card for maliciously hurting Brazilian players in the 1982 World Cup. Who could have thought that he could lead Argentina to win the World Cup championship four years later? In Maradona's most glorious years, he must have controlled his personality well, at least in football. Otherwise, he would never succeed. French player Anelka is a failure example of not controlling his personality well.

After finding an opportunity, Fernandez told Menez about his words, but Menez obviously didn't listen. He still did his own thing in training. He didn't think he had done anything wrong. It was not himself who had the problem, but his teammates.

So before the match with Lille, Fernandez announced the squad, and there was no name for Menez.

Menez was a little surprised. He thought it was natural to play the main player in a team like Metz with his own strength.

Fernandez did not explain the matter on the spot, he just said to Menez: "Come and come to me later."

When Menez found Fernandez, Fernandez told Menez: "From today on, you are training in the first team, but you are going to play in the second team."

Menetz's eyes widened, unable to believe what he had heard.

"You need to calm down, Jeremy. I want fame to make you lose a little." Fernandez said to the player who admired him with seriousness. "No one of your teammates is worse than you, otherwise they wouldn't appear in my team's roster. When you complain about the unfairness of the world, think about whether you have tried your best. If you want to succeed, prove it to me in the reserve team. If you don't want to succeed, then fend for yourself in the reserve team!"

Many years later, Menez became famous and disclosed this anecdote in his autobiography. In his autobiography, he said that he heard Fernandez's words so harshly, he returned to the dormitory and cried. He came from a familiar place to a strange place, his parents were not around and his teammates were unfriendly to him, which made him feel lonely and lost. He even had the idea of ​​applying for a transfer during the winter break, and for this reason he called his father to cry, but was scolded by his father.

In this matter, the father, who has always loved his son, stood together with head coach Fernandez.

Both the head coach and father insisted that they should go to the second team to exercise, but Menez had no choice but to accept this reality.

So he was still with his first teammates in training every day, but no one would take the initiative to chat with him. In the locker room, he also changed clothes silently, went out to train silently, and then left silently. He was like an invisible person. When the second team had a game, he would be called to participate in the game.

The person who accompanied him was one of the team's coaches, Francisco de Tadio.

"I will record your performance in each game and report to Mr. Fernandez. If you want to return to the first team as soon as possible, then perform well. Jeremy."

Coach Tadio said to the frustrated Menez.

After hearing the coach's words, Menetz was still very frustrated and seemed to be very depressed.

To encourage him, Coach Tadio decided to tell him one thing: "You are not the first player to join the team and be immediately transferred to the reserve team to participate in the second team league, Jeremy. Before you, Chu played in the reserve team for half a season of the second team league."

When talking about Chu, Menez remembered his dispute with this Chinese teammate in the last round of the league and the goal he directed on the court. He was indeed arrogant, but he had to admit that Chu performed very well in that offense.

Seeing that he had some interest, Tadio continued: "Before Chu first came to our team, he had never played a professional game."

These words surprised Menez. Looking at the performance of the Chinese in training and competitions, he never expected that Chu Zhongtian had never played a professional game before.

"He played two seasons of amateur league before last season. He had never even played in the amateur league before. He was just an international student. So after coming to Metz, he was placed in the second team by Mr. Fernandez, training to follow the first team, and playing with the second team. The same situation is the same as you are now, but you are better than him, because Fernandez at least explained the reason to you, saying nothing to him, Fernandez said, he didn't let him play in any first team game, but he just asked him to play with the second team. But Chu didn't ask anything. At first he was a little impatient, but soon he calmed down.

Come on, just training and participating in the second team league, and that's all until our first match against Paris Saint-Germain last season, when he came on as a substitute with Leka injured, then helped the team get back two goals, and almost took a point from the Princes... Since then, Fernandez gave him the chance to start in the first team, and he also grasped it firmly and never got taken off the starting list. Later, he became the biggest contributor to our successful relegation, so this season we spent 2 million euros to buy him from Chelsea, making him a very important part of the team's plan."

After telling Chu Zhongtian's story, Tadio looked at Menez who was thinking: "If he was originally arranged to play football in the second team and he was as depressed as you, then he would never be able to appear in Metz now. Going to the second team to play football is not a punishment, Jeremy is an opportunity. Here you can play your best, and as long as you perform well, I will record it for you. One day you will get the opportunity to participate in the first team. With your intelligence and talent, I believe that you won't have to wait too long that day."

"Put your mind calm, Jeremy. You are a professional player and you should know what to do. Oh, and in the league the day after tomorrow, you have to watch live TV and write an experience report to tell Mr. Fernandez what you saw and felt from the game. This is your homework." Tadio added.

The day after tomorrow is the fifth round of the league, and Metz will challenge Nantes away. Menez is not on the roster. He has not been selected for the roster for the first time since joining Metz. I believe that it will attract the attention and discussion of the media tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, as well as after the game.

Menez's subsequent performance in this game was pretty well-behaved and not very good, but at least he began to seek cooperation with his teammates. This surprised several first-team teammates who participated in the second team league with him. Some of them even did not receive a pass from Menez because of their surprise and missed the opportunity to score.

At this time, Menez showed his arrogant side again and complained endlessly to his teammates who missed their chances.

Tadio laughed from the bottom. He found that behind the arrogance was a competitive heart. He had seen this heart in Frank Ribery and Chu Zhongtian. Successful outstanding players seemed to have one thing in common - none of them wanted to lose. He hoped that Menetz could get along well with his teammates and be able to integrate into the team, but he did not want to wipe out the competitive heart in him.

Second-team head coach Jose Pinot said to Tadio: "He is very talented. I think we have another treasure. The previous one was Chu. Chu's goal instigated in the last game. I saw it. The pass was still very exciting. I didn't see him looking at Oblaniac in the whole process. How did he see Oblaniac there?"

Chu Zhongtian no longer comes to the second team to play games, but Pinot misses him a little. Seeing a rookie who knows nothing becomes the core of the team today, I really feel accomplished!

※※The next day, Menez stayed obediently in the dormitory and turned on the TV to watch the game broadcast.

In the last game, without Menez and Chu Zhongtian, Metz lost 1:2 at home to Lill. Chu Zhongtian was suspended due to the accumulated yellow cards, while Menez was completely deported. Menez watched the game at that time and felt a little guilty and happy about Metz losing the game. Although the team's loss was not good, it proved that they couldn't play without themselves. The loss of this game must have made Mr. Fernandez and those teammates know how important they are!

But the media's report on the next day ruined his mood because the media said that the main reason for losing was that Chu Zhongtian was absent due to cumulative yellow cards, which made Menez very unconvinced.

It’s clearly because of me, how could it be because of that Chinese?!

So in today's game, Metz team challenged Nantes away, so he had to take a good look at who the team lacked.

Menez paid special attention to Chu Zhongtian's performance during the game.

"Chu is in good condition in this game..." The commentator on the TV happened to talk about Chu Zhongtian.

"Yes, he showed a high level in both defense and offense. It's hard to imagine that he played in the amateur league before last season and played in England's Ninth Division team."

Chu Zhongtian just blocked a counterattack from Nantes and then passed the ball to Ribery in front. After Ribery broke through, he formed a very threatening attack.

During the whole process, Chu Zhongtian did not bring a single ball, but completed an offensive task. Menez himself played as a midfielder, but his style was that he liked to drive the ball over several people before passing the ball. Therefore, he did not sneer at Chu Zhongtian - only players with poor skills would rush to pass the football, because they were afraid that the football would be cut off by the opponent under their feet. But I, Jeremy Menez, are not afraid!

In the next game, Chu Zhongtian completely controlled Metz in his hands. He kept interspersing with running positions, receiving the ball and passing the ball, connecting Metz's three lines well together.

With him there, Metz doesn't seem to have to worry about the disconnection of the three lines.

His physical strength and speed ensure that he can appear in every corner of the court in time, whether it is defense or offense.

As long as Chu Zhongtian's figure appeared on the TV screen, Menez kept staring at him.

In the 58th minute of the game, Metz finally scored a goal. The attack began with Chu Zhongtian's pass. After four people's back and forth, Reynold scored a goal!

"This is Mets' football. We have been familiar with it since the last stage of last season. The beautiful pass and cut cooperation, the momentum of daring to invest in troops during the attack, with the previous series of passes, the final goal naturally appeared!"

"Fernandez has always been a coach who advocates offense. His team always plays such cooperation. In Cannes, Marseille and Socio, both of them. Now, Metz has finally seen such football again!"

"This kind of goal looks much more beautiful than the goal scored by one person who dribbles over five people in a row! It is also more technical. After all, football is a sport for eleven people. No matter how powerful a person is, he still needs the support of his teammates."

This sentence sounded a little familiar, and Menez suddenly remembered similar words Chu Zhongtian said to him in the last round of the league. He didn't listen to it at all, but now... his mood is a little complicated.

※※ Although the final score of the game was only 1:0, Metz won away. However, from the scene, Metz won very well. Most of the time they kept the scene firmly under control. Whether it was the number of shots or the number of times they scored into the opponent's 30-meter area, Metz team was higher than Nantes, so it was natural to win.

After the game, Metz players celebrated the victory together, and Nantes players also came up to ask for a jersey exchange. Even if they paid off their debts in this game, they lost and lost. It was no big deal. Because in the last round of last season, Metz played very politely on the away game, allowing Nantes, who urgently needed a victory in the game, to defeat them and successfully relegated.

The TV camera was aimed at Chu Zhongtian many times, and Menetz knew what that meant - the best player in this game was Chu.

Seeing this shot, Menetz was still a little dissatisfied - if it were me, he would have performed better than him!

Immediately below the TV screen, the running distance of Chu Zhongtian in this game was played: 14,600 meters.

When Menez saw this number, he was stunned for a moment.

Then he sneered: I can only run around! I can do so well without running... But this time, his heart was not as firm as before.

Menetz didn't want to watch Chu Zhongtian anymore, so he turned off the TV and began to worry about another thing - how to write the experience of this game? He had never washed this thing before, for football, either went down to play or watched it next to him. But after reading it, he still had to write his thoughts. What's this? Besides, he had never written this thing, nor had he had experience... He remembered Coach Tadio's words: "Write everything you see and what you learned."

I don’t know what I learned, what I saw... When he closed his eyes, Chu Zhongtian’s figure automatically appeared in his mind. He couldn’t get rid of it no matter how hard he was. His impression was too deep. He was running, he received the ball, he passed the ball, he defended, and it seemed that his figure would appear anywhere.

He shook his head hard, and Chu Zhongtian's shadow was still in his mind, even becoming clearer.

"What a fucking hell..." Menez muttered, then lay in bed in a daze.

What will happen if Mr. Fernandez fails to complete the task assigned by him?

He thought of something he heard when he was still in the youth team of Socho. At that time, the first team star Pedreti was punished by Fernandez to stay for further training because he did not complete the training program according to Fernandez's requirements during training, and cleaned the locker room for a week, and fined 10,000 euros... You know, Pedreti was already Socho's number one star and captain at that time. He was the darling in the eyes of the media and fans. Mr. Fernandez was able to punish such a severe punishment. He seemed to be even less pressure to deal with him, a young boy.

Menetz thought of this and sat up from the bed again.

It’s better to complete the tasks assigned by Mr. Fernandez honestly.

Since I was reading Chu Zhongtian today, I might as well write about him!

Menetz sat at the table, spread out the paper, and began to write "competition experience" he had never written before.

※※A day later, coach Tadio took the report he wrote from Menez, glanced at it, and laughed: "What did you watch all the game yesterday, Jeremy?"

Menetz felt a little embarrassed, but he still had to stubbornly say: "Isn't Chu the best? Of course I'm a little impressed by him!"

Tadio saw that the arrogant young man could have such an expression, so he stopped teasing him. He nodded and put away the report: "Go and train."

After Menez left, Tadio passed the report to head coach Jean Fernandez.

After reading it, Fernandez also laughed: "Do you really believe that he kept staring at Chu because of his outstanding performance?"

Tadio thought about it and shook his head at Fernandez and said, "It should be because I told him that day that Chu was playing football in the reserve team. The basically the same experience after joining the team made him a little interested in Chu... And Chu had a dispute with him in the game before. Anyway, he was the most impressed by Chu."

Fernandez thought for a while, then nodded. "I get it."

※※※After the training, the players who returned to the locker room found that head coach Fernandez had also walked in with them. You should know that the locker room coaches did not come after training, but the situation in the locker room after the game was different. All the things to say were said on the training ground, so what else should I do in the locker room?

A group of people didn't understand what was going on, so they stood in place and looked at each other.

Fernandez didn't give them a chance to ask questions. After entering the locker room, he pointed directly at Chu Zhongtian, Ribery and Menez.

"From today on, adjust the locker room positions of the three of you, and change the training ground and the stadium. Jeremy and Frank, you two change. You and Chu sit next to each other, Jeremy."

As soon as they said that, everyone turned their surprised eyes to the three people. These three people were even more surprised than them.
Chapter completed!